Chapter 159: The House of Discord (Part II)
Sheng Mingxuan was full of excitement, and subconsciously glared at the woman: "Mother is talking to me, do you have a lot of mouths?" Your dowry? As for the few quilts and a few taels of silver you brought, you are embarrassed to say it. ”
His daughter-in-law's maiden name is Yang, and she is the head of a village in a village, and the owner is a small and small rich family near the suburbs of the city. The Yu family is also hard-working, reliable and honest and hardworking, the owner behind him is satisfied, willing to give dignity, and his children are rewarded when they marry, compared with the Sheng family, it can already be regarded as a low marriage.
It's not as Sheng Mingxuan refuted, Sheng Yang's dowry is not simple, and he gave birth to two sons in succession in the third year of entry, because he has a stiff waist in front of his in-laws, and he has never been so careful and polite when he speaks.
"The big official has a big breath," Sheng Yang deliberately changed his name, pinching vinegar with sourness, "It's so delicious and lazy to make a name, which woman is willing to marry?" If it weren't for the matchmaker and my father who said, you can be productive in reading, my family would have let me get married, who knew that it would be such a talent! If it weren't for my few taels of silver, you wouldn't know if you would have been able to pass the test. ”
"You shrew!" Sheng Mingxuan was exposed by the woman's shortcomings, his eyes widened, and he was about to hit someone when he raised his hand, but he was beaten down by Mrs. Sheng with one arm: "Beat my wife very well, I have the ability to beat that little hoof back!" Yesterday I should have taken a slap in my mouth and let her know what was important. ”
Sheng Mingxuan held his breath, and he didn't dare to have a hard time with the old lady, so he could only curse in a low voice: "If you marry this mother-in-law, you will marry back an ancestor!" Saying that, he rolled his eyes and continued to look back at his mother: "Mother, look at the posture yesterday, which of those girls is like Sister Yao, one by one is like a tigress who wants to eat people, if you really beat the second sister, you can't beat them with a stick?" ”
"Whew!" Mrs. Sheng's face was full of disdain, "I saw that the old bustard was quite respectful, and she was still a sensible person, which gave her face." My son is a showman, she dares to do this to our Sheng family, and she also puts up a score, she simply doesn't know what to do. Dare to hit someone? Just now, you should go back to Master Li, copy her kiln, see that she still has to admit her mistakes obediently, kneel down and kowtow, and beg us for forgiveness? ”
"Ouch! Mother, you still want this, don't mention it again! ”
Sheng Mingxuan shouted, he couldn't help but scratch his ears and cheeks, and his facial features were twisted into a ball: "Think about it carefully, yesterday, this group of women, which one is afraid of the government?" I inquired about it, and in the first few years, there was a clear man who injured someone, not only was he not caught and soaked in the pig cage, but he also made the family unlucky! ”
"Tsk, is there such a thing?" Sheng Yang was originally satisfied with the protection of his mother-in-law, and he was proudly holding his son, and when he heard the man's words, he came up again.
"But no," Sheng Mingxuan squinted, "I heard that it was their Oiran who injured people, it seems that she is still the biological daughter of Mrs. Moyu, what is it called Yan'er or Luan'er, it doesn't count if you beat someone, and you threw it on the street to pick it up, but the next day, that person's family came to make trouble, I don't know who injured the Oiran, but within a year, the family was so dilapidated that it was a life lawsuit!" ”
Sheng Mingxuan smacked his tongue again and again, Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Yang looked at each other, only the youngest son opened his eyes widely, half-understood what his father said, pulled his mother's clothes, and asked what he meant.
"Mother, what is an Oiran? Mother? Mother-ah! Oops, mom beat me! Grandma ......"
The beloved little grandson was beaten, Mrs. Sheng was distressed, and hurriedly grabbed it and hugged her in her arms, glanced at her daughter-in-law dissatisfied, and scolded: "You mother-in-law, your heart is also ruthless, he is your own son, even if you say the wrong thing, you beat him like this?" It's not light or heavy, look at what you beat my grandson! ”
"If you don't study well at a young age, and you still inquire about things in the kiln, sooner or later you will be a bastard who spends all your days drinking!" Sheng Yang consciously disciplined his son without mistakes, and talked back to his mother-in-law.
"Mother-in-law, you protect him so much, but you have my face. My father and mother showed the owner Zhuangzi, and also accompanied a thick dowry, in addition to subsidizing the Xianggong study examination, the rest will be given to these two sons in the future, I am not good at discipline now, I will be a loser in the future, and I spent all the money on the sister of the Oiran kiln, mother-in-law, who do you go to reason? ”
Mrs. Sheng lost her husband in middle age, and lost her son one after another, and pulled Sheng Mingxuan to grow up alone, although she was a typical ignorant and rude rural lady, she had been saying the same thing in the Sheng family for more than ten years, and she endured it for a while, and she only felt that her blood was surging for a while, and she decided to save her prestige as a mother-in-law.
"If you marry my son, you are a member of my family, and you should abide by the rules of my Sheng family! How many daughters-in-law in the world are like you, who beat chickens and scolds dogs when they see the sky, are lazy to eat, and talk to their mother-in-law in a rough voice? If you want me to see it, you don't need to teach my Sheng family's grandson, you go back to your parents' house! ”
In the country, it is a great shame for a woman to be divorced. Mrs. Sheng thought of this, and her voice was several degrees higher. It's not that she didn't want her son to divorce his wife, but the family was difficult, and their mother and son relied on Sheng Yang's dowry to be comfortable for a few years, and then added Ding imports one after another, and rushed back to her parents' house, just afraid that she would ask for the dowry back, and even take away her two precious grandchildren.
Now that the two boys are older, Sheng Yang's dowry is also about the same, even if she wants to take it away, she can't take it with her.
Father Sheng has read books seriously, and Mrs. Sheng also recognized a few words when she was young, so she naturally knows that it is a shame to use her daughter-in-law's dowry. It's just that it's been broken for a long time, and she won't care about this face. What's more, Sheng Yang's family is a few years older than the man, she is nearly thirty years old, and it is difficult to remarry, and the Sheng family's mother and son are afraid of being divorced, and they will not dare to continue to raise her.
The dowry of the Yang family back then was indeed quilts and silver, as well as some clothes and cloths for the four seasons. It's just that the bedding is embroidered with red color mandarin duck silk, bright and smooth, the stitches are also fine and symmetrical, and the clothes are all the best in the fashionable style at that time.
As for the silver, it was fifty taels in total, which was already a considerable amount in the village. In addition, Sheng Yang's own personal jewelry and soft things can always be used, which has been supported all the way to the present.
"Mother! What nonsense are you talking about? ”
Before Sheng Yang's refutation, Sheng Mingxuan couldn't hold his breath at first, and finally remembered the one-day husband and wife Bairien: "Jia Li is the child's mother, and she has been with me for more than ten years, so it's okay to quarrel a few words, and I still can't say anything like driving people back to my parents' house casually." ”
"Xianggong, my mother-in-law's words are right to the point!" Sheng Yang's hand has food in his hands, and he is naturally not panicked in his heart, and he is full of confidence, "Your son doesn't need me to discipline him, I will go back to my mother's house." The dowry is my Yang family's money, of course I have to take it away, and the child is the incense of your Sheng family, so you don't have to go with me. ”