Chapter 51 The Du family's internal worries
This is neither early nor late, Du Erniang and his wife came back one after another, and Du Li and Li were naturally surprised.
Du Erniang is a smart person, and she doesn't embarrass her husband in front of outsiders, and said: "I listened to the bell just now, and I wondered if there was something going on here with my father, and Xianggong was going to come over to take a look." ”
Mei Xiucai also said: "Yes, father-in-law, why is there a village meeting at this time?" ”
"Why else, the Gui family tossed again. His family lost a tree in the mountains, and he wanted to catch a thief in the village. Village Chief Du said.
Du Erniang was as sick as the Li family, and she couldn't listen to the Gui family, so she muttered: "It's endless, all kinds of moths all day long, just look at their house." ”
This is a strong word, I didn't meet a thief, I don't blame the thief for casting, but blame the person who lost it.
Du Li said: "Isn't this with Gui Wu, I have more confidence." ”
The men spoke, and Du Erniang followed Li into the back room. The two almost became concubines back then, and later became "mother and daughter" by mistake, only a few years apart, and they were embarrassed in their early years. However, one is an aunt who is out of the cabinet, and the other is a new housewife, and the two have no interests, and they are polite to get along.
"It is said that the Mei family wants to tell the niece to the kid of the Gui Si family, and when the new house is built, it will be booked. The sixth sister is older than Mei Duo, can she have eyebrows? Du Erniang gossiped about the Gui family, and cared about the young sister's life.
Li called the little maid to pour egg tea for Du Erniang, and said: "The sixth sister's family affairs, others don't know, Erniang doesn't know?" ”
Du Erniang pouted and said, "Ghost-obsessed stinky girl, what's so good about that dead boy?" ”
"The sixth sister is a young daughter, the old man has always been a little more biased, and there were no good candidates in the town before, but the sixth sister is not easy to force her if she doesn't nod." Li frowned.
Du Erniang was anxious when she heard this, and "Teng" got up suddenly: "Except for a coffin face, what else is there for that dead boy?" The number of lives that is hard to overcome the number of relatives, and the difference in generations, how can you be a parent? I'm going to look for her. ”
"Don't be, where is it good to say this directly with her daughter's family, and carefully shame her." Li got up and stopped.
"I can't say what the ugly thing has done, but fortunately it didn't get out, otherwise it would be a dead person!" Du Erniang said and rushed out in a hurry.
The matter of seniority is one thing, the most important thing is that Du Erniang doesn't like Mei Sheng.
Now when it comes to the grandchildren of the Mei family, all they know is Mei Sheng, who has won the "Little Sanyuan", and Du Erniang's biological son Mei Zhi is rarely heard. Even in Mei Tongsheng's eyes, there is only the eldest grandson who has a fame, and every time he takes the second grandson's homework, he sighs.
Mei Zhi was twelve years old, which was the age of shame, knowing that his reading qualifications could not catch up with his cousin, so he disappointed his grandfather and studied more diligently. Rao is like this, and he is still left far behind by his cousin.
Du Erniang felt sorry for her son, and she had the heart to eat Mei Sheng raw.
Mei Xiucai is only in his thirties here, and he is also afraid of his nephew who is a teenager, and the husband and wife invariably suppressed Mei Sheng and destroyed several proper family affairs.
The Du family is the backer of Du Erniang and his wife, and they are thinking about relying on their mother's family to govern that kid in the future, how can they be willing to "kiss each other" between the two families. If it really comes to that time, the same son-in-law, a young talent, and a show talent are all based on luck, and it is obvious which one Duri will value.
Du Erniang knew that at this time, she had to intervene in it.
Li followed to the door, and saw that Du Erniang had gone to the West Chamber, so he retreated and picked the corners of his mouth.
After more than ten years of husband and wife, the Li family knows Du Lizheng's temper the most, looking at harmony, but he is often arbitrary, and he can't stand the disobedience of others. Du Erniang dared to sabotage this family business, Du Li Zheng would not spare her; It was Sister Du Liu'er, who was instigated by others back then, and she made trouble for the Li family.
The Li family wouldn't have bothered with a child, but Sixth Sister Du shouldn't owe anything, and she shouldn't talk about Qilang's appearance. Although it has been more than ten years, Li is still terrified every time he thinks about it.
Mei Sheng's talent and future are all there, Du Li can see it, and the Li family can naturally see it, so it won't be cheap Du Liu'er.
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In the west wing, Sister Du was already blushing.
"That's Zhi'er's cousin, call you 'aunt' according to your seniority, I haven't seen a man in my eight lives, you have to make a face." Du Erniang looked at the blue purse embroidered with the bamboo pattern "step by step", rubbed the fire in her heart, and reprimanded directly.
Sixth Sister Du's face turned red, but she was also arrogant, and she rolled her eyes and said: "This relative has been judged by his father since ancient times, not from his sister or brother-in-law, and it is not uncommon for a sister to marry an uncle, nephew, or brother. ”
Seeing that the girl was obsessed, Du Erniang said: "Those are all poor mud legs with no rules, serious people don't have such a marriage, anyway, if I don't agree, you just die!" ”
Sixth Sister Du was in a hurry, her eyes were red, her eyebrows were raised, and she said, "Dad didn't say anything, can you manage it as a sister who goes out?" Say I'm shameless, just ask for face? When he fell in love with Mei Sheng's father, he wanted to enter Mei's family with a dead face, but he married the teacher's niece and didn't want you at all. Dad promised you to the Gui family, and you went to stick to Meida and made the ugly thing of a daughter and two families; When Mei Da had an accident, you immediately married Mei Er, and your sister-in-law became a wife, so you will be embarrassed? When you go underground and cut it into three, you're really embarrassed! ”
This scolded Du Erniang head-on, scolding Du Erniang.
After a while, Du Erniang reacted, and her face turned bloodless: "Where did you hear all this bullshit, what are you talking nonsense?" ”
Sixth Sister Du said with a little smugness: "Which sentence is not true, second sister, you say, let's defend ourselves!" One daughter and three Xu, I didn't dislike the second sister and embarrassed, my sister disliked me......"
Before the words fell, Du Erniang had already thrown off a slap.
Sixth Sister Du's body was crooked, and she felt that her eyes were full of stars, but she was not willing to suffer, so she rushed to Second Sister Du with a "whoosh" voice and grabbed Second Sister Du's hair: "You beat me?" Why did you hit me, shameless man? ”
The two sisters were immediately torn apart.
In the hot weather now, the window is opened, and such a big movement in the west chamber naturally alarms the upper room.
Du Li is talking to Mei Xiucai and Weng Son-in-law about the labor after the autumn harvest, and now he wants to teach the Gui family a lesson, and he will have to wait until then.
Hearing the movement of the wing, Duri stopped talking, his face unhappy.
Li Shi came out of the back room with a curtain and said, "These two sisters have always been fragrant, I'll go over and take a look." ”
When the Li family entered the West Chamber, Du Liujie grabbed Du Erniang's hair, Du Erniang ripped open Du Liujie's clothes, and the two sisters were embarrassed.
Seeing Li come in, the two sisters were dumbfounded.
"I heard you." Li didn't say anything to persuade him to make peace, and said in a low voice.
The two sisters shuddered, and then they really let go.
Li pushed Du Erniang to the dresser and personally curled her hair. Du Erniang showed a little gratitude on her face, and Sixth Sister Du snorted coldly beside her.
Du Erniang got up and said with a cold face: "With me in the Mei family for a day, you don't want to enter the door, you are willing to be a sister-in-law to your nephew, I don't have the face to ask my sister to be a nephew and daughter-in-law!" ”
Sixth Sister Du is about to have a seizure, and Du Erniang has already pulled Li out.
Du Erniang glanced at the upper room, did not enter the house, and hesitated: "What does my father think?" ”
Li sighed and said: "The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, the sixth sister is a person who admits death, and the old man is kind to his father, so what can he do?" ”
Du Erniang said aggrievedly: "Why doesn't my father want to think about me, if he really wants the sixth sister to marry that dead boy, I'm afraid my father won't remember the two of us." ”
How can that work? Mei Qingsong died, but because Mei Sheng was there, the Mei family finally wanted two rooms. Du Erniang had a plan to give Mei Sheng the dilapidated old house at home and sweep him out; The family continued to stay in the current courtyard. As for the 30 acres of land that the family already had, they were all Zhongtian and Shangtian, so they were naturally reluctant to share it with Mei Sheng, but there were still 30 acres of land in Shun's mother's house, and a few acres of land were taken out of the field, plus the forest land, it was almost the same.
The division of the family like that was when Mei Sheng had no Yue's family to rely on, and everything was left to Du Erniang and his wife; If Mei Sheng marries Sixth Sister Du, according to what Du Li values him, it will be difficult to say who will share the lion's share at that time.
Li comforted: "Don't worry, the master hasn't had time to mention these now, it's still early." ”
This is to give Du Erniang a wake-up call, you have to hurry up and think of a way, otherwise when Du Li remembers to mention this matter, I am afraid that it will be useless if I oppose it.
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the villagers came to the ancestral hall one after another.
There are more than 70 families in Mujia Village, and at least one man from a family comes, and there are 70 or 80 people. Gui Wu, Gui Chun, and Gui Chongyang's uncle and nephew from "Xigui". This is an attitude, Gui Wu replaced Gui's second grandfather and became the head of the Gui family, and Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang became family members after two rooms and followed their uncles.
There was the previous reception of Gui's second grandfather's house, and Mei Tongsheng's loss of silver, which also broke the deadlock between the villagers and "Xigui", and some people greeted Gui's fifth uncle and nephew one after another.
There were only a few people in the corner, led by an old man with white hair, looking at Gui Wu's uncle and nephew with a complicated expression. They are not outsiders, they are the cousins of the Gui family, the people of "Donggui". Other villagers may have no worries to ease relations with "Xigui", but "Donggui" is not easy to come forward.
As early as thirteen years ago, when Guili was selling land, it was "Donggui" who followed and forced back a seller who had negotiated before, so that Guili Zheng finally had to sell the land at a low price. Because of the sale of land at a low price, the two hundred taels of silver could not be scraped together, so there was a later tragedy.
If it is said that "Xigui" owes the debts of Yang, Mei, and Li, then the debt owed to "Xigui" is "Donggui".
Some people are in debt and will feel ashamed and uneasy, such as Gui Yuan, Gui Chongyang father and son, and Du Lizheng who vomited blood and died; Some people will make excuses for themselves and bully others more and more unscrupulously.
The situation of "Xigui" in Mujia Village for more than ten years has the acquiescence of Du Lizheng and the promotion of "Donggui".
Gui Wu remembers this.