Chapter Ninety-Nine: Keeping an Eye on the Horses

On the day of moving to a new home, many people came to Xiaoding's family, mostly neighbors, relatives and friends. Xiao Ding had nothing to do and was thinking nonsense on the side, but suddenly heard someone calling him.

Xiao Ding looked over and saw that the person who called him was a middle-aged woman sitting on the left side of his grandmother Zhou. Wearing a new dress of muslin, the appearance is somewhat similar to Zhou's.

Xiao Ding didn't know this woman, but since she was sitting next to Zhou, she must also be a relative of her family.

"Fool Tian, what are you still looking at there, hurry up and come here, I have something to ask you!" When the woman saw Xiao Ding standing in a daze, she cried out again.

Xiao Ding hurriedly stepped forward, "Are you calling me?" I don't know what you told me ——, do? Xiao Ding didn't know this woman, guessing that the other party should be his relative, but he didn't know how to call the other party.

"Don't you even know how to call your aunt? You're not so stupid that you don't even know your second aunt, are you? The woman spoke again, her voice high-pitched, drawing the attention of everyone around her.

Second aunt? It turns out that this woman is Ergutian Erhua!

Xiao Ding once heard Zhao Laixi say that he had two aunts in the Tian family.

Dagu Tian Dahua married Wang Xuexue, who went to school in the town. Wang Xuezhi is a "white-clothed talent".

What is a "white talent"?

"White-clothed talent" actually means not the first talent, referring to the candidates who failed to find the move and fell behind Sun Shan in the selection examination. One of the four famous novels "Water Margin", there is a "white-clothed showman" Wang Lun, who is actually a talent who is not the first. And the title of Xiucai, before the Ming and Qing dynasties, was obtained without going through an exam. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, if you want to get the title of Xiucai, you need to pass several exams to get it.

The name "Xiucai" originated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but it began in the Ming and Qing dynasties that scholars were called Xiucai. The Great Song Kingdom that Xiao Ding crossed over to usually refers to scholars as "pedants".

Wang Xuezhu has never been in high school since he passed the Tongziju exam when he was a teenager. Therefore, he became a "white-clothed talent". Later, in order to make a living, he gave up the idea of taking the merit test and became a teacher in the school in the town. Because Wang Xuexue's father and Tian Caishen were old acquaintances, the two families became in-laws.

With this relationship, when Tian Sibao was studying with Wang Xuejiu, he was able to save money. It's a pity that Tian Sibao is not as good as Wang Xuexuan, he has taken the exam several times, and he has not even taken the Tongziju test. Later, when he got older, Tian Sibao began to fool around with the gangsters in the town.

Ergu Tian Erhua was introduced to marry the town's Li carpenter. That is, the second aunt who followed Zhao Laixi with his apprentice. The second aunt has carpentry skills, so his family background is not bad. Therefore, Tian Erhua is always arrogant in this group of poor relatives, and feels that he is superior.

"Okay, second sister, he's just a fool, if he has a bright mind, how can he even dare to beat his second and third uncles!" A woman sitting to Zhou's right spoke. She was about the same age as Tian Erhua, but she was wearing coarse cloth clothes.

Xiao Ding looked at the two women sitting on Zhou's right. The one next to Zhou was slightly older, with a round face and a slightly chubby figure. They were dressed in coarse cloth similar to the woman beside her.

At the bottom of the table are several children seated in turn, just around a table. The people sitting at this table are all women.

As the saying goes, "men and women have no seats at the age of seven". In ancient times, when a child reached the age of seven, parents would not let boys and girls sit at the same table, nor would they let boys and girls sit at the same table to eat.

The seating of this era is also exquisite. Whether you are eating at home or eating out, the main seat must be reserved for the elders to sit, and the people who sit below are also arranged according to their seniority, and the youngest sits at the bottom.

Even in the countryside, there are such rules. It's just that if it's in your own home, the rules can be relaxed, and if you go outside, you have to have a good look, otherwise you will be laughed at by others.

So at this table, Zhou sat in the main seat. On either side of her were Tian Erhua and the two women. A few children sit at the bottom of the seat.

According to the rank, Xiao Ding guessed that the two women should be of the same generation as Tian Erhua. Looking at the appearance of the two women, there is no resemblance to the Zhou family and Tian Caishen, and there should be no aunt Tian Dahua among these two.

"Well, the boy seems to be really stupid. You don't know us, do you? Seeing Xiao Ding standing dumbfounded, the slightly chubby woman with a round face opened her mouth, she pointed at Zhou and continued: "This is your grandmother, I am your second aunt, this is your third aunt, and the one over there is your second aunt......"

Without waiting for Xiao Ding to speak, the second aunt continued to point to the children and introduced them one by one: "They are all your cousins and cousins. This is Tian Xiaoyue, the youngest daughter of me and your second uncle; The two of them are Tian Xiaochun and Tian Xiaodong, the daughters of your third uncle and third aunt. This beautiful girl is the daughter of your second aunt's family, named Li Xiu'er......"

The Tian family has never read any books, and the names of their children are relatively arbitrary, those born in spring are called Xiaochun, those born in winter are called Xiaodong, and those born at night are called Xiaoye, so they are called Xiaoyue.

To be honest, Xiao Ding has limited knowledge of the Tian family. He had already crossed over. He can't even recognize all his elders, let alone these peers.

Fortunately, Zhao Laixi had introduced him to the situation of the Tian family before. Second Aunt Luo, Third Aunt Wu, this Xiaoding still knows, but he has never had the opportunity to meet.

"I didn't expect this fool to get more and more stupid, and he didn't even recognize his family......" Tian Erhua pouted and said, with a disdainful expression on her face.

Xiao Ding smiled awkwardly, he was speechless. Since they all think he's stupid, then be stupid, and there won't be a piece of meat missing anyway.

Seeing Xiao Ding's smirk, even those children looked disgusted, and they didn't bother to look at Xiao Ding.

Seeing that Xiao Ding didn't speak, Tian Erhua glared at Xiao Ding again, and then asked, "Tian fool, let me ask you, I heard that there is a group of horses on the mountain behind, it belongs to your family, right?" Your brother-in-law has been an apprentice in my house for so long, and he hasn't even paid a penny for tuition, so give me twenty horses as a payment later......"

Twenty horses? Ordinary horses in this era were worth between five and ten taels of silver, and were priced according to the quality of the horses. If it is a good horse, the price is higher, even up to hundreds of taels or thousands of taels.

Even if these twenty horses were ordinary horses, they would be worth at least a hundred taels of silver. As soon as Tian Erhua's upper lip touched her lower lip, she would open her mouth for twenty horses, and this cheek was really thick enough.

Zhou listened to Tian Erhua say that Xiaoding's family had a group of horses, and suddenly came to the spirit, "Do you still have horses at home?" How many horses do you have? Send me twenty horses later. Your father hasn't honored your grandparents for so many years, so these horses should be honored to your grandparents......"

Zhou didn't know that Xiao Ding's family had horses. She only heard that Xiaoding beat the wolf and the bear, and then sold the money to buy land and build a house. She didn't know how much land Xiaoding's family had bought, and she didn't know what kind of house Xiaoding was going to build. Today she saw the brick house of Xiao Ding's house, and she was very envious, just now she was still thinking about how to find an excuse to live in this new house, and this time she heard about the horses, so she took the opportunity to beat the snake with the stick, and began to ask for the horses.

Xiao Ding was just about to speak, when he heard the second aunt Luo Shi on the other side also speak: "I said Xiao Ding, after your second uncle was beaten by you last time, it is still cloudy and rainy, and my bones are still painful, and I haven't seen you apologize." And your two cousins, who didn't dare to move for days after being beaten by you. If you want me to see, since you have a lot of horses, you can also give us twenty horses, which should be compensated for your second uncle and cousin......"

"Not only your second uncle, but also your third uncle, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless that time, your third uncle has been lying in bed for more than half a month. In my opinion, you compensate your third uncle, and you will also use twenty horses to calculate......" The third aunt Wu is also not far behind.

Xiao Ding's heart now understands all at once, it turns out that this family is eyeing their own horses.