"Humph!" The patriarch flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the door, actually too lazy to pay attention to these two people.

Several clan elders also walked out, planning to make the final wealth inventory for the three brothers of the Guo family.

Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing's expressions became extremely embarrassed, and they stared at Zheng Rin's eyes eager to stare through people. This time, instead of finding more silver, the house search also caused someone else's money to share the four or five taels of silver. This kind of feeling that it is impossible to eat rice from chickens is not good at all, and people regret it and want to hit the wall.

Zheng Rin didn't know, and walked to the hall with Meng and Old Man Zheng. As for the temporary plan, let the two of them suffer a loss, he didn't have any psychological burden, and he should teach them a lesson, let them increase their memory, and don't offend themselves again.

In the end, all the silver on the table went to Zheng Rin's hands, and Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing seriously did not get half a penny.

After the valuable ones are divided, the next thing is to share the pots and pans, farming tools, and chickens, ducks and geese raised in the yard that are worthless and need to pay for money.

Missing the big head in front, these little things of Lusu, Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing, who have low eyes and sect masters, don't look down on them at all, and they don't even have the psychology to seize them.

However, the Ma clan and the Niu clan fought for each other, and they almost fought for a bowl, and the alliance that had just been established collapsed in an instant, and they lost face in front of the patriarch and clan elders.

When it was the turn of Old Man Zheng and Meng to feed them, the Second Elder proposed to let Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing give them fifty catties of food and a set of clothes, shoes and socks every year.

Compared with the situation in the village, these two requests are not at all divided. The second and third rooms, who didn't get the benefits, pushed all the obligations on the second elder, not to mention taking food and clothes, and they couldn't wait to rush to the second elder's house at this time and divide all their existing things.

It was noisy for a long time, until the patriarchs and elders were so angry that the two rooms agreed far-fetched, and pressed the finger on the note formulated by the patriarch.

This pension agreement will be kept in the hands of the patriarch. If Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing are not obedient, they will be punished most severely if they are known by the clan, and then they will not only make up for food and clothing.

Compared with the two bedrooms and three bedrooms that do not support their parents, and they are pressing to search the boss's house step by step, Zheng Rin, who is a humble brother and takes the initiative to provide for his parents, makes the patriarchs and elders much more satisfied.

Before leaving, the patriarch and the clan elders also instructed Zheng Rin a few words, asking him to find the clan if he was in trouble, and the clan would definitely help if he could. In fact, it was aimed at Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing, saving them the trouble of being unwilling to come to Zheng Rin.

Zheng Rin didn't want anything from the clan, but he would not reject the good intentions of the patriarch and the clan elders, so he responded most politely, and asked Meng to wrap five portions of the good tea he brought back before in oil paper and stuff one for each person.

The patriarchs and elders were not polite, and left after accepting the tea.

As soon as the people left, Zheng Rin unceremoniously issued an expulsion order to Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing: "At this time, go and block things, I don't want to see you again after sunset." ”

Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing immediately panicked, especially Zheng Shanqing, who shouted loudly: "It's less than a half time before the sun goes down, where do you let us drag our family to go in such a short time?" ”

Zheng Rin said coldly: "The three children can stay for the time being, and you should be able to find a place to stay in three days, and then pick up the children." ”

Zheng Shanqing's eyes turned, and he dug deep into the soft soil and said: "Three days is enough, even if it takes half a month to build a thatched house, this poor winter is not the time to build a house." ”

Zheng Rin didn't give him a chance to stay, pointed to the outside of the house and said: "The house was empty after Uncle Zheng fell ill in the west of the village, you go to Uncle Zheng and rent the house, and Uncle Zheng will not rent it to you." ”

Uncle Zheng is an elder in the Zheng family's next room, his wife went early, and he had no children under his knees, so he left an adobe house after he died. The vacant house was temporarily watched by his own brother Uncle Zheng, and he could live in it.

Zheng Shanqing's eyes widened, and he couldn't find the second reason to come down.

Regarding Zheng Shuiqing, who usually doesn't leave, Zheng Rin doesn't have to worry about him like he scruples about spending too much, and directly struck the stone Dunzi at the door with one palm, which scared Zheng Shuiqing and the Niu clan into defeat, and then hid back in the room to block things, and left again before the sun went down.

Zheng Shanqing was generally frightened, and after blocking the good things, he ran to Uncle Zheng's house to ask for a house. Who knew that Zheng Shuiqing was the first to take the lead and rented the house first, Zheng Shanqing, who was angry, was furious and ran to Zheng Shuiqing to fight fiercely.

I couldn't get back to the house after fighting, so Zheng Shanqing had no choice but to find a vacant house in Qianzheng Village next door. The house is not as good as Uncle Zheng's house, but the landlord's rent is more expensive than Uncle Zheng's, and his heart hates Zheng Shuiqing even more.

The separation of the Zheng family was too sudden, if someone hadn't seen the patriarch and clan elder Qi Qi go to the Zheng family, Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing moved things out with big bags and small bags, and fought in the house of Uncle Zheng's fifth uncle, the people in the village were afraid that they would have to know about it the next day.

It stands to reason that both parents and fathers generally do not separate, unless there are tensions and differences between brothers, and the chickens and dogs that make trouble all day long are not working, and the old man is forced to propose separation. The relationship between the three brothers of the Zheng family is not good, but no one has heard of it, who would have thought that this family would suddenly be separated, and those with merit would gossip about the reasons.

The most feminine gossip objects are naturally Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing, who were separated.

When asked by the villagers about the reason for their separation, the two replied the most ambiguously, but they thought they were smart and pointed the finger directly at Zheng Rin, saying that Zheng Rin made a lot of money in it, so he couldn't tolerate their brothers and drove them out in the poor winter wax moon.

In the end, the village spread the most unfortunate words to Zheng Rin. The people who spread these words are not necessarily stupid, and they easily trust the big words said by Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing, but they can't grasp the jealousy in their hearts, so that they miss the actual voice in their hearts, and selectively believe that Zheng Rin is a cold-hearted person who does not have the affection of Bo Zhong.

Only in this way, when others praise Zheng Rin for his ability and ability, they can justifiably refute the sentence "What if you have ability, isn't it a vicious thing that is not a brother?" ”

Regarding the bad words and rumors in the village, Zheng Rin did not deform the association, it may be said that he didn't pay attention to it by accident at all, and only put all his psychology on the auspicious day of the zodiac when he went to Guo's house to propose marriage.

On this day, Meng Shi came back from inside with a chill and said to Zheng Rin: "The Ya Po who went to Guo's house to propose marriage has been found, and she will come over early in the morning." ”

Zheng Rin's face showed a little joy, and when he saw that Meng's face was frozen and purple, he said: "There is a trip to Lao Niang, you go back to the room to rest for a while, and I will cook the lunch meal." ”

Meng Shi hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, my mother is not cold, but there is something I have to remind you of." ”

When Zheng Rin heard this, he was puzzled: "What's the matter with your body?" ”

Meng Shi didn't let go of Zheng Rin's son yet, she hesitated for a moment before she spoke carefully: "I learned that the Guo family is proposing marriage, and you can't wait enough to even get engaged, don't you have a body, it's just that it's not good for the people inside to know." ”

There is still a big difference between proposing marriage and formal engagement, and generally if the woman does not refuse after the Ya Po comes to the door to propose, she will inquire about the man's situation in the following days. If you think that the man's premise is good, he will respond to the old man and then the two families will discuss and decide to marry.

Zheng Rin and Guo Mianmian understood in private that they were getting better, and they could skip the marriage proposal and go straight to the engagement. If it is spread out, it will not be very popular, and others will think that the two have a secret transaction first, so it will inevitably cause gossip.

Zheng Rin's truth-telling man has no resume in this regard, and under Meng's prompting, he also knows what is wrong.

It's just that he didn't want to wait for another auspicious day of the zodiac to settle the marriage, so he thought about it seriously and said: "Can you ask your cousin to be a matchmaker, and if someone asks from afar, you will say that your cousin is pulling him in?" ”

Meng Shi's eyes lit up: "Yes, this method is excellent." "If you have a matchmaker in the middle, you are not afraid of gossip.

Zheng Rin's brows stretched and he said with a smile: "When I go to Guo's house the next day, I will tell my cousin grandfather, I don't think there will be a problem." ”

Meng wanted to ask his old relatives about the personality of his daughter-in-law in Japan, so he took the initiative to say: "Let's go and tell my mother, your cousin has suffered such a big crime, and my mother has never been to see it, so this time I happened to take a look at it together." ”

"Well, then there's Lao Niang." Zheng Rin did not doubt him, and nodded in response.

Meng Shi returned to the room and sat down at the head of the bed, hoping to rest for a while before going to cook. Knowing what to think of, she stood up and walked to the big wooden box in the clear corner.

The large wooden box maintains the original color of the wood, and the corners and corners have already been ground out of the raw edges, and in some places there is even a piece missing, which looks the most old, and faintly emits a musty smell of rotten wood.

It's such a wooden box, but there is a big palm lock hanging on it. Meng Shi took out a shiny key from his neck, inserted it into the keyhole of the big lock, and opened the big lock with a slight farewell, and took out a small gold jewelry box from the bottom of the box.

On the gold box, there is a small lock.

When the old man Zheng walked back into the room, he saw his wife standing on the edge of the wooden box, touching the small box he had seen once in a while, and asked, "What is in this box, which has made you a magic weapon for so many years?" ”

Meng Shi came back to her senses, she glanced at Old Man Zheng and didn't say anything, just held the box and reached the bedside, and then took out another small key from her neck, and carefully inserted the key into the small lock on the box.

With a "ding", the small lock opened in response, confusing all the attention of Old Man Zheng and making him look forward to it inexplicably.

Meng gently flipped the lid of the box open, and a delicate piece of red silk hair was in sight at this time.

Seeing this, Old Man Zheng said with a smile: "It's a piece of cloth for a long time!" Even the belly pocket of a bare child can't be made with such a piece of cloth, and you have hidden such a magic weapon for so many years. ”

When Meng heard this, he didn't know how to say that his body was good. She reluctantly held up the red silk folded into blocks, and slowly uncovered it layer by layer, revealing a warm and beautiful jade bracelet: "This is the heirloom of my mother's family, and the day I married you, my mother handed it over to me with her own hands, only the eldest daughter of the family." ”