Ai Qiaoqiao hid under Zhong's window and listened to the wall.

By the time Zhong and Ai Qiaohua came out, Ai Qiaoqiao had already drunk all the porridge in the bowl and went back to the upper room to help Lan clean up the table.

Ai Tiancheng's son had just returned, and he and the Qiu family had all gotten the acquiescence of the Ma clan and let them go back to the house first.

Ai Yonggui sat cross-legged and drank tea with Old Man Ai on the kang.

Ai Qiao skillfully cleaned up the dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs, don't look at her age, but the speed of cleaning up things is not slow, and she does things in an orderly manner, and the dishes and chopsticks on the table are served by her in a moment.

Even Ai Yonggui couldn't help but look at her twice.

He works in the back kitchen of the restaurant, and he knows how quick the guys in the restaurant are, but at such a young age as Ai Qiaoqiao, she is still a girl, and it is rare to be able to clean things up so neatly.

Old man Ai found that his second son was looking at Ai Qiaoqiao, so he said in a low voice: "This girl really deserves to be your third brother's species, but unfortunately it is a female baby, if she is a boy, I will let you take her into the city, let her go through the experience, and she will definitely succeed in the future." ”

"Dad, don't be kidding, what will she do with a girl." Ai Yonggui hurriedly shook his head, "When I arrange my little sister's marriage, I will find a home for her, so that my mother will always worry about it, and it will be easy to marry her to our family, a Lan family can't eat much, and our family can afford to raise ......"

Ai Qiaoqiao's face was silent, and he went out with dishes and chopsticks, but there was a slight chill in his heart.

She was only thirteen, and her second uncle was in a hurry to marry her off, how much he wanted to leave him out of the house.

If she is gone, her mother will not be bullied to death by these people!

But she also knew that her arms couldn't twist her thighs.

She has no father above her, so she naturally has to listen to the other elders in the family.

It's a custom, and everyone follows it, and she's no exception.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Ai Qiaoqiao sent Lan back to the room to rest, and she went to the kitchen to scoop up some water.

Every night, as long as she is free, she will get hot water to help Lan soak her feet.

Although Lan's foot injury has healed, Ai Qiaoqiao is not at ease and has always insisted on soaking his feet.

"Qiaoqiao." As soon as she walked into the courtyard with water, she heard someone calling her.

Ai Qiaoqiao followed the prestige, and saw Ai Qiaohua standing at the door of the east room and beckoning to her, "Qiaoqiao, you come to my house." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao let out a vague "oh" and responded, "I'll send the water to the house first." ”

Saying that, she went back to the aural room first, and helped Lan take off her shoes and socks and soak her feet in the water.

"Mother, I'll go out, no matter what happens outside for a while, don't come out, okay?" Ai Qiaoqiao raised his face, looked at the Lan family, and paused word by word.

"What are you going to do?" Lan was puzzled.

"I'm playing with my sister-in-law, sister-in-law and they like to play tricks, I'll play with her for a while, you don't have to worry, even if you hear someone arguing for a while, you don't have to pay attention, we'll come back naturally when we've had enough."

Lan nodded ignorantly, "Then you come back early, don't be too playful, otherwise your father will be angry again when he comes back." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao knew that her mother was confused again, so she tucked the sideburns behind her ears for her, and then went out of the room and closed the door with her backhand.

It seems that there are some things that should come and still come.

She took a deep breath and went to the East House.

Ai Qiaohua and Zhong were in the house, with a lot of new clothes spread out on the bed, and a black lacquered jewelry box, and a lot of jewelry scattered on the bed.

"Qiaoqiao, come quickly." Ai Qiaohua hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, "Come and see, how about my clothes?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao deliberately pulled up her sleeves and wiped her hands on her body, "Is this a new dress made by my sister-in-law?" ”

"yes, and these jewels...... But it's all gilded. Although Ai Qiaohua had a smile on her face, the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes at all.

She looked at Ai Qiaoqiao's high-rolled sleeves and frowned slightly, and finally couldn't help adding, "If you have water on your hands, don't touch it." ”

"I helped my mother wash her feet just now, and the water has long since dried up." Ai Qiaoqiao said with a big grin, and at the same time reached out and touched the clothes.

Ai Qiaohua's face changed instantly.

"You, what did you just do with your hands?"

Ai Qiaoqiao pretended not to understand, "Sister-in-law, what are you asking me to do, do you want to pick out your clothes, you can be regarded as the right person, my mother used to have a lot of clothes, but unfortunately they were all burned by the second aunt, I remember that she had a smoke cloud shirt embroidered with a hundred butterflies, but it was silver thread, and the whole Huai'an City couldn't find a second one......"

Ai Qiaoqiao's mouth was very fast, she picked up a few pieces of jewelry on the bed again, and suddenly her eyes darkened.

It was a delicately crafted hairpin, gilded, but inlaid with a thumb-sized opal.

Ai Qiaoqiao is very familiar with this hairpin.

This was her father's birthday gift to her when her mother Lan celebrated her birthday.

Every year on Lan's birthday, her father would give her a gift, and he would also carve his little heart on that piece of jewelry.

Ai Qiaoqiao turned the hairpin over, glanced at it, and she found the familiar line of small characters.

Ai Qiaohua wanted to have a seizure, but was persuaded by Zhong's eyes.

Ai Qiaohua could, with a smile, to deal with Ai Qiaoqiao, one time let her help match the clothes, and the other let her help pick out jewelry.

"Where did you get all this jewelry?" Ai Qiaoqiao deliberately made her eyes hot.

Ai Qiaohua smiled, with a hint of pride in her eyes, "Of course my mother gave it to me." ”

"All of them?"

"Of course, my mother loves me, Qiaoqiao, if you like it, you can choose one and take it."

Ai Qiaoqiao smiled honestly and shook her head, "No need, I don't want it." She said this, but she hid the gilded hairpin in her sleeve.

Her action of hiding the hairpin was extremely obvious, Zhong and Ai Qiaohua saw it in their eyes, and they secretly rejoiced in their hearts.

The countrymen have always been simple and simple, and what they can't see the most is petty theft, if there is a stealing baby in the house, the mother will be ashamed to raise her head in the village.

Ai Qiaoqiao talked to them again, and then found an opportunity to quit.

She didn't go straight back to the ear room, but went straight to the upper door.

"Lord, lord!" She shouted.

Almost the moment she stepped into the upper door, Ai Qiaohua's exclamation sounded in the east room, "It's gone, it's gone, the hairpin is gone, it's still here just now!" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she made a quick decision and ran directly into the upper room.

"Master, my sister-in-law stole my mother's hairpin." Ai Qiaoqiao raised the gilt hairpin in his hand and knelt down directly towards Old Man Ai.

Outside the door, when Zhong and Ai Qiaohua came in, they were all dumbfounded.

They were only one step slower, but things changed dramatically.