Ai Yonggui lowered his head and obediently listened to Old Man Ai's words.

Ai Qiaoqiao hid behind Ai Mingshan, poking out from time to time to look at her second uncle.

No matter how you look at it, Ai Yonggui is a rich appearance, which is completely different from her eldest uncle Ai Tiancheng.

Obviously, the second master's stomach is full of oil and water, and his life as a chef is much better than farming in the countryside.

Ai Mingshan reprimanded for a long time, and Ma Shi finally couldn't help but come in from outside, "The second child just came back, you will never finish the training, you have to save some face for the child as a father." ”

Ai Mingshan snorted, "You don't know that his wings are stiff outside, and he feels that he is a character, so he is rampant." ”

"Dad, how can I have it." Ai Yonggui looked aggrieved.

"I still said no, how did you talk in the courtyard just now, you should be a maid or a subordinate in the family!"

Ai Yonggui pursed his lips disdainfully, "It's just a hairy girl, do I still have to respect her, she didn't beat my wife, I can't ask her clearly?" ”

"What more do you want to ask?" Ai Mingshan said angrily, "What did your mother-in-law tell you, she ran to the house of the two of them in the middle of the night, scared them half to death, and it was inevitable to treat her as a thief." ”

"Even then, they wouldn't have been so coincidental in the house to have sticks."

"I prepared the stick in advance." Ai Qiaoqiao said suddenly.

Ai Yonggui's eyes narrowed, "Dad, listen!" She obviously did it on purpose! ”

Ai Qiaoqiao tilted her head and blinked innocently, "Because we always lose things in the house, and our mother and mother are orphans and widows, we always have to guard against some outsiders, although my father is gone, but I will protect my mother, even if the real thief comes, I will not make a mistake." ”

Ai Mingshan's eyes were moist, "Okay, good boy." ”

Ai Yonggui was a little dumbfounded, "Dad, you just protect her like this......"

"She is your third brother's child, without a father, her mother is also stupid, and she is counting on us......"

Ai Qiaoqiao lowered her little face, but there was no sadness in her heart.

She is not a child who has never seen the world, since she was a child, she has followed her father in the tavern to meet people who are all kinds of people, what kind of people say what kind of words, she is very clear, and she will never be carried away by emotions because of impulsiveness.

However, in front of Ai Mingshan, she still pretended to be aggrieved and her eyes were red.

At dinner, everyone gathered in the upper room.

Old man Ai and Ma sat on the kang, Ai Qiaohua accompanied Ma, and they were at a separate table.

A large square table was placed on the ground, Ai Tiancheng and Ai Yonggui sat in the right seat, Ai Tiancheng's eldest son Ai Daquan sat in the lower hand, and Zhong's, Qiu's, Lan's and Ai Qiaoqiao's were lined up in turn.

Ai Qiaohua sat on the kang, but her eyes looked at Ai Qiaoqiao from time to time.

Ai Qiaoqiao felt her gaze, turned her head, and met the eyes of the older unmarried little aunt several times.

Ai Qiaohua raised her chin slightly, her tense face with disdain and arrogance.

Ai Qiaoqiao stuffed the eggplant stew with clear water without oil stars in her mouth, and couldn't help muttering a little in her heart.

She didn't know this sister-in-law well, and today was the first time they met, why did she always look at them.

She had something on her mind, so she kept a little more thought, pricked up her ears during the meal, and listened to the words of Ma Shi and others on the kang.

Ma Shi told Mr. Ai about Ai Qiaohua's marriage, and his words were full of love.

This surprised Ai Qiaoqiao.

She thought that Ma would not take anyone in her eyes, and no one would have her mind, but now it seems that this is not the case.

This sister-in-law is very fond of Ma's.

Sure enough, the old people in the family love the child the most.

And looking at Ai Qiaohua's dress, Ma's also invested a lot of money in this girl.

The whole family was dressed in coarse cloth, only Ai Qiaohua wore silk, and even the embroidered shoes were inlaid with small pearls.

Could it be that Ai Qiaohua is secretly comparing her appearance with her mother Lan?

A bold guess suddenly crossed Ai Qiaoqiao's mind.

Although she doesn't have any special understanding of beauty, because her father taught her since she was a child that she can't judge people by their appearance, so she doesn't care too much about the appearance of herself and her mother Lan.

She paid attention to it, and noticed that Ai Qiaohua's sneaking gaze was hot.

That gaze was clearly full of jealousy and dissatisfaction.

Ai Qiaoqiao quietly looked at her mother.

Although the Lan family is nearly forty years old, she has always maintained it very well, which is also due to her father's good care, and the Lan family has never bothered much before.

Her appearance is like Lan's, and after carefully dressing up, she can still get her hands on it.

Especially in a small place like the countryside, it is even more conspicuous.

Ai Qiaoqiao ate the tasteless water-clear eggplant, and peeked at the dish in front of Ai Yonggui and them.

Stir-fried zucchini with eggs, oily grilled eggplant, and two small cold dishes.

Looking at the women again, there is only a large plate of boiled eggplant, plus a bowl of miso and a handful of shallots.

Ai Qiaoqiao silently ate half of the bowl of rice in her bowl, then stood up and said to Lan: "Mother, I'll go to the kitchen to add some food, do you either?" ”

Ma's eyes shot like sharp swords.

Ai Qiaoqiao felt the murderous aura, but pretended not to know.

Lan said solemnly, "No need, my mother is full, or ...... Qiaoqiao, you eat these mothers. ”

Ai Qiaoqiao picked up the empty bowl and avoided the chopsticks in Lan's hand, "No need, I'll serve some more." Then he turned and walked out of the house.

Ma's voice came from behind him: "It is said that half of the eldest son eats dead Lao Tzu, and the dead girl still eats so much." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao listened outside the door and pursed her lips.

In fact, she ate almost the same half bowl of rice, but when she saw the dishes on the table, she felt sulky.

Everyone is human, why are they inferior, and they are not even allowed to touch some oil stars.

After serving some food in the kitchen, she was about to go out when she suddenly heard two people on the other side of the room go out and enter the yard.

There was a half-curtain hanging at the door of the kitchen, and Ai Qiaoqiao only had to squat down to see outside.

She bent down and glanced outside.

Just saw the backs of Zhong and Ai Qiaohua, and the two of them both went out of the courtyard and went to Zhong's house.

Ai Qiaoqiao held the bowl in her hand, followed lightly, and stood outside Zhong's window.

There was a whisper from Ai Qiaohua and Zhong in the room.

"My marriage is thanks to my second brother...... If it can be done, I will come again to thank my sister-in-law......"

"Look at what you said, you call me sister-in-law, of course we have to take care of your marriage, as long as you can marry well, our family will also have a light on your face." Zhong's tone was brisk.

If Ai Qiaoqiao hadn't watched Zhong enter the house with her own eyes, she would have thought that Zhong had been transferred.

It's really rare that she can actually say such "human words".

"If you have any problems, just say it." Zhong said to Ai Qiaohua, "I heard your second brother say that the family is very rich, and it also belongs to a large family in Huai'an City, and there are no elders in the family, you can be in charge of the family if you marry, and there is no concubine by his side, so you just wait to enjoy the blessings." ”

There was no sound in the house for a long time.

Ai Qiaoqiao stood outside the window and silently drank the porridge in the bowl.

She could imagine that Ai Qiaohua must have been full of shyness and couldn't speak just now.

After a long while, I heard Ai Qiaohua whisper: "Sister-in-law, why did you make it like this, I heard the second brother say that you were bullied by that wild girl?" ”

Finally got to the point.

Ai Qiaoqiao pricked up her ears......