Chapter 35: The Li Family
Sister Zhang Qiao got the letter and soon ran to the river to greet her.
Xie Mulin recalled the last time he saw Sister Zhang Qiao, seeing that she was white and chubby, wearing a pea-green muslin jacket and a water-red pleated skirt, a black crow's good hair combed into a bun, obliquely inserted two gilt hairpins, a silk flower pinned to the sideburns, a round face and apricot eyes, the whole person was full of energy, and she was a little more marked than when she was a big girl in the Xie family in the past, and she knew that she was doing very well now.
And looking at her dress, she also knows that her husband's family is good. Don't look at Li Xianglang, who is not obvious, but he is by no means a poor man. The Xie family's old and weak women and children temporarily took refuge in his family, but it didn't drag them down too much.
Xie Mulin's heart calmed down a little.
Wen personally helped Mrs. Xie get off the boat, and when she saw Sister Zhang Qiao, her eyes turned red: "I didn't expect that today, there are still old people who are willing to lend a helping hand to our Xie family." ”
Sister Zhang Qiao knelt down and kowtowed to her with tears: "Mrs. is serious." Mrs. is very gracious, Sister Qiao has nothing to repay in this life and this life, and if she can help a little, it is Sister Qiao's creation. Now the old lady is just a little uncomfortable for a while, and the rain will soon pass. Mrs. only went to Sister Qiao's house to live, taste the interest of the small family, and after a few days, she still had to go back to the big mansion to be the wife of the official family. ”
Wen was so moved that he burst into tears, and hurriedly bent down to help her up: "Don't be polite." You and I are no longer master and servant now, and you are also a grandmother, why pay attention to these vulgar etiquette? I only hope that your auspicious words will come true, and the master will return home safely as soon as possible, and I will be satisfied. ”
The former master and servant of Wen and Sister Zhang Qiao had a deep affection for each other, but Mrs. Xie was watching from the sidelines, but she was very unhappy. It is clear that she is the head of the family, and Sister Zhang Qiao, as the old maid of the Xie family, why does she only recognize the Wen family? I didn't say hello to her old master! After marrying for a few years, did you forget the number of etiquette?!
Mrs. Xie was still not angry, but she forgot that when Sister Zhang Qiao was a girl in the past, her parents died, and she knelt pitifully on the side of the road and inserted a straw sign to sell herself, so as to bury her father and mother in exchange for money. Strictly speaking, Mrs. Xie is not her master at all.
The master and servant cried once, and Sister Zhang Qiao bowed to Mrs. Xie, which was much worse than Wen's treatment. Mrs. Xie was angry again, but considering that she had to live in someone's house for the time being, she couldn't hold back her breath.
Xie Mulin helped his brother Xie Jin to go ashore, Xie Huizhi also stepped forward to take a hand, and then turned around to hug his younger brother Xie Hanzhi. Everyone in the Xie family finally went ashore together.
Sister Zhang Qiao was about to come to visit Miss Young Master again, but Xie Mulin stopped her: "Sister Zhang is not busy, my brother and brother are very sick, and it is windy here, can you let them find a sheltered place to sit first?" ”
Sister Zhang Qiao hurriedly said: "It's me who is confused." The house is all cleaned up, the hot soup brazier is ready, young masters and young ladies come with me. ”
The group walked through the market and walked straight to the end of the fish market, all they saw along the way were various houses, shops, and merchants, and the pedestrians were mostly wearing cloth clothes, mixed men, women and children, shouting one after another, full of fireworks. This is a completely different boundary from the Pearl Bridge where the Xie family's mansion is located.
Mrs. Xie and Wanqin both looked good. Aunt Dajin is a little nostalgic. She also grew up in such a market when she was a child.
Sister Zhang Qiao and Li Xianglang helped to support the patient, and at the same time led the way, and took the Xie family to the door of their house.
Li's house is located at the end of the street, in fact, it is almost at the corner of the street, and it is a two-entry house. There is a shop on the west side of the gate, with the flag of a pastry shop. Out of the shop came an old woman in her fifties with small feet, wearing a royal blue placket jacket, earthy ochre trousers, her hair combed bare, and a fuchsia forehead tied, all of which were indescribably colored.
Li Lang called her: "Mother." Everyone knew that it was his mother.
Mrs. Li is very enthusiastic, she hugged Mrs. Xie's arm with one arm, and invited people into the house half-pulled and half-supported, and muttered something in her mouth, she had long been looking forward to them coming to the house to sit, what thanks to the Xie family for raising her daughter-in-law so well, not only filial piety and courtesy, but also smart and capable, but also added two little grandchildren to her, and the family business is becoming more and more prosperous, and she can even buy a house in Jinling City, which is simply the ancestral tomb is smoking, Yunyun......
While introducing the Xie family, she also secretly showed off her new house that she had just bought for more than a year. Their family used to settle in a village outside the city, but now they have not only entered the city, but also lived in such a good house, which is really a great blessing! Anyone she has met newly, she can't help but show off.
This house is said to be two entrances, but it is actually an Arabic numeral "7" shape, the east side is the front and back two houses of the house, neatly arranged two rows of houses, and the west side is a row of north houses and a quarter of an acre of size of the deserted garden, which is considered a cross-courtyard. There is a wall in front of the deserted garden, which is the backyard patio of the pastry shop. In fact, the shop was also bought by the Li family, but now it is rented to others for a living, and the rent of the shop is just three taels of silver per month.
Mrs. Li speaks very quickly, and it is difficult for her to be able to speak every word. When everyone in the Xie family entered the main hall of the front yard of the Li house and sat down, she just finished introducing the layout of the house at home, and then she said that she had already cleaned up the cross-courtyard side, and all kinds of things were complete.
Old Mrs. Xie stretched her face and didn't speak. She looked at the house in the east courtyard of the Li family, which was still very clean and spacious, and it was neatly tied, but she didn't expect that she didn't live here. There is also a deserted garden in the courtyard on the west side, which doesn't sound like a good place, so how can she ask the old lady to live there? The Xie family is Sister Zhang Qiao's benefactor, does the Li family entertain them with such an attitude?
It can be seen that the world is cold. If it weren't for the Xie family's accident, the Li family would dare to snub her like this?!
However, whether it is the Wen family, Xie Jinzhi or Xie Mulin, there is no objection.
Although the East Courtyard is good, the Li family has been settling here for more than a year, and they are also a family, young and old, with men and women, how can the Xie family live with them? My family occupies a courtyard and is more comfortable with each other. Wen's trusted Sister Zhang Qiao even more, knowing that it was impossible for her to arrange an unreliable place for her mother and son to live.
Sister Zhang Qiao took a little girl, Zhang Luo sent ginger soup hot snacks to everyone in the Xie family, moved the charcoal basin to a few sick children, and beckoned Xie Jinzhi and the brothers to lie down on the bed inside. Seeing that everyone was relieved, Wen ordered Aunt Dajin to take Xie Yingrong to the cross-courtyard to tidy up first, while the others stayed and waited for the doctor to arrive, and specially asked Xie Huizhi to be responsible for talking to the doctor.
Aunt Dajin glanced at Xie Hui with some concern. The latter didn't care, he was excited. The eldest brother is not there, the second brother is sick, the younger brother can't take care of it, and the second aunt is obviously counting on him to support the field. He felt valued like never before.
Xie Yingrong absentmindedly followed her biological mother and followed the little girl to the hospital. She had also lived in the Li family for a few days in her previous life, and she knew what the situation was like in the West Cross Courtyard. The place is quite clean, and it is quite spacious and comfortable to live in, but it can't be compared with the Xie family's mansion, nor can it be compared with Pingnanbo's mansion.
Xie Yingrong didn't care about where she lived, she just didn't expect to come to the Li family so early in this life. In the previous life, she also followed her mother-in-law Cao and lived in Pingnanbo Mansion for a few days before she was kicked out along with the rest of the Xie family.
Now that the Cao family has turned their faces earlier, the Cao family's attitude is more ruthless. Will there be any changes to the case of his father Xie Pu?