21. Conflict
"Don't worry, I won't tell my dad about this." Li Qi raised his hand and promised, "Xiaoxue, you guys go back, it's not safe to bump and bump here." β
"I'll go back then, don't do it too late, your body is important." Lin Xue instructed, as for the old man who said that he worked overnight, Lin Xue had already left it behind.
Li Qi smiled honestly and lowered his head to work, Lin Xue took the two children home again, on the way Lin Xue thought about how to solve Li Cheng's matter, and secretly said that he had to find out the woman's life experience first.
"Brother and sister, what's going on with the house, I heard from my father that it has already begun to be built." Seeing Lin Xue coming back from a distance, Zhang put down the basin in his hand and stepped forward to say.
Lin Xue was puzzled, since the last time the ribs were over, the Zhang family had not been waiting to see how she had changed her sex today, but she said quietly on her face, "Yes, the foundation has been laid today, and it must be built as soon as possible, so it can't delay Cheng'er's marriage." β
"It's really troublesome for my brothers and sisters, it's all because our family is too good, and some people are crying and shouting to marry before they get married, there's really no way!" Zhang's face was proud, "Brother and sister, how much does the helper you hire pay a day, don't you care about the meal." β
"Why, my sister-in-law also wants to help." Lin Xue desperately suppressed her smile, if the Zhang family knew that her daughter-in-law didn't have such a good family background at all, what would her face be.
"I'm a talented girl, how can I go to work as a coolie." Zhang waved his hand, "Brother and sister, if you want to take care of the food, the food will definitely not be enough, your eldest brother said that he is willing to help." β
"Really, sister-in-law." Lin Xue pretended to be surprised and said, "It's better to be a big brother, knowing that our food is not enough, I am willing to give us my family's food, sister-in-law, I will definitely treat you to a good meal when the room is built." β
"Send." Zhang hurriedly explained, his family has food to give away, "Brother and sister, you are mistaken, your eldest brother means that he can help you buy food, you and the third brother have not been busy recently, so just leave the matter of buying food to your eldest brother." β
"Sister-in-law, we are going to buy food, but the money for building a house is not enough, I originally wanted to see if the grain seller could get credit, if the eldest brother can help and say that of course we are willing." Lin Xue grabbed Zhang's hand and looked grateful, I don't have any money, see what you do.
"On credit," Zhang pulled out his hand and shouted, "Brother and sister, you are too good at thinking about how people can do business on credit, didn't your mother give you fifteen taels of silver when you split up, and you will spend it so quickly, you really won't live a ruined life." β
Lin Xue sank her face, "Sister-in-law, that's my family's money, how to spend it, I don't need to report it to you, even if I throw it away, I can't care about it, since my sister-in-law can't help, then get out of the way, I don't have any money for you to calculate." After speaking, he bypassed the Zhang family and entered the house.
"Phew, when will I calculate your family's silver, let me calculate your poor and sour silver, and owe a lot of debts outside for a money-losing goods, be careful that you can't afford to sell yourself to pay off your debts that day, and see if you can still be proud when the time comes." Zhang jumped behind and scolded.
"Smack." Lin Xue slammed the door shut, a thick-skinned needle like Zhang's couldn't penetrate it, and it didn't make sense to quarrel with her at all, so she could only be angry with herself, Lin Xue simply didn't hear it.
"Brother and sister, I don't have something to look for you at home." Zhao's voice came from outside the door.
"Second sister-in-law, is there something wrong?" Lin Xue opened the door and asked.
"Something." Zhao looked at the house, "The child is also there, brother and sister, let's go out and talk, it's inconvenient." β
Lin Xue nodded, what the Zhao family wanted to say was indeed not suitable for the child to hear, and told Li Feng to take care of Yunyun and went out with the Zhao family.
"Brother and sister, why did you quarrel with your sister-in-law just now?" Zhao pointed his finger to the upper room, "If you go to the upper room, you must have found your mother to sue you." β
"It doesn't matter." Lin Xue didn't care about this and it wasn't her fault, "Second sister-in-law, you want to talk about Li Cheng, you have other ideas." β
"That," Zhao rubbed his hands, "Your second brother said that he couldn't hide this matter and told his father, there must be a conspiracy for Li Cheng to hide a large family, maybe he was staring at the little money at home, and he couldn't let his father be deceived and gave all the money to the big house." β
Lin Xue understood, this Li Gui was worried that the old man would give all the money to Li Cheng, so he wanted to debunk this matter, if the old man knew that he was fooled, he would not value Li Cheng so much, "Second sister-in-law, how to say this, my father will not believe it without evidence." β
"I know, that's why I came to find you, brother and sister." Zhao said.
"I ...... Second sister-in-law, you won't think what I said works, our third room is the most unpopular, otherwise how would we be kicked out. Lin Xue observed her surroundings as she spoke.
"Brother and sister, it's not for you to say, I want us to go to the town to find out the details of that girl, and my father has to believe it." Zhao looked at it with blank eyes, hoping that Lin Xue would agree.
"Second sister-in-law, we know a name and we don't know anything else, and how to check it when the town is so big, it's too unreliable." The Zhao family wanted to pull Lin Xue to be an accomplice, and Li Cheng couldn't get out of this matter, and they couldn't run away, and one more person could share the anger of the old man.
Zhao Shi took out a piece of paper from his arms and unfolded it, "Who said I don't know, this is the portrait of the girl that I picked up in the courtyard, and I'm afraid I won't find it with this." β
"Second sister-in-law, how do you know that the painting is the girl, in case you make a mistake." Lin Xue looked at it carefully, and the girl painted on it always gave her a familiar feeling, as if she had seen it there.
"You can't go wrong." Zhao lowered his voice, "I saw Li Cheng draw with my own eyes, who else could there be if it wasn't her fiancΓ©e." β
Dare to love that this portrait was stolen, Lin Xue rolled her eyes, "Second sister-in-law, it's not appropriate for the two of us to go, and then Dad will be in trouble if he blames it." After a pause, he said, "Call the sister-in-law too, after all, it is her son who marries his daughter-in-law and knows the roots." β
Zhao's eyes lit up, "Why didn't I think that this matter can't be without my sister-in-law, I'll tell her to go, and the three of us will go together tomorrow." β
"Second sister-in-law, you plan to tell the truth." Lin Xue hurriedly stopped.
"How so." Zhao straightened his hair, "This future daughter-in-law is so sensible, how can a mother-in-law not go to see it." β
Zhao turned around and went to the big room, as for how to invite the Zhang family, Lin Xue didn't care, it was estimated that Li Qi should come back, and he had to warm up the food for him and boil the pot and water to take a bath, and he hadn't washed well for so many days in ancient times.