CHAPTER XXIX
Now that she thinks about it, her mother-in-law's approach really chills her. is obviously a grandmother, but she doesn't care about a few children as well as outsiders.
However, she did not elaborate on these words. Even though she has a grudge in her heart, she has drawn a clear line with the old house, but she is not a person who can speak ill of her mother-in-law.
Wang pushed the cloth bag forward, and took out some copper plates from his body and put them in, "The money sent by your uncle today is not much left except for buying grain, cotton, and eating in the restaurant......
This is also all the belongings of their family at the moment, if there is any more, it is the small urn of grain in the house.
The woman in the farmhouse, regardless of whether she could read or write, could not make mistakes in the accounts. Especially for a family like Lin Baoru, if a penny can't be broken into several pieces, it will naturally not be miscalculated.
Even though the copper plates are scattered on the table at the moment, the Wang family knows all the inputs and expenses in his heart. She said that there are more than 600 papers, which must be so much.
This is also the first time that this family has so much money, and it belongs to its own family and does not need to be handed over to the Liu family.
"Mother, we owe Aunt Lu the money they owe, we have to pay it back quickly." Lin Baoru thought about it seriously and said, "Now the whole village knows that we got two taels of silver for our family, everyone can look at it, if you don't pay back the money, I'm afraid that Aunt Lu and they will have to mumble in their hearts." ”、
Since ancient times, it is not difficult to borrow and repay, and if they can lend money to a poor clanging family like them, they must all be kind-hearted. The more kind-hearted people are, the more they can't make people feel cold, otherwise they won't be poked in the backbone when their family goes out in the future?
Wang nodded and said with relief: "My mother also plans to do so, but my mother wants to discuss with you, when Ming'er pays back the money, you should go with your mother, or let your brother go with you!" ”
It stands to reason that if there is no man in the family, the son should hold up the door.
But the Wang family also knows that in these small matters of dealing with people, they can't count on their son. Besides, after going through these days, she really takes her daughter as the backbone.
Lin Baoru hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "Mother, this matter should be let the eldest brother go." Over the years, others have said that the eldest brother is stupid, but these days the eldest brother has protected me and the little sisters, where can I not count on it as outsiders say? ”
"Don't talk about it, do you remember what the eldest brother said when you came out of Liu's Restaurant today?" She looked at the Wang family with burning eyes, and then looked at the eldest brother who was still silent, and said, "What my mother can think of, my eldest brother has also thought of." The eldest brother has a good temperament and can distinguish between right and wrong, but he has been bullied by his grandmother and aunt over the years, and he doesn't want to pay attention to the trivial matters at home. ”
"Others can say that the eldest brother can't be counted on, you and I still have a few sisters, but you can't think so." Lin Baoru's speech speed was not fast, but it was loud, and she covered her mouth in direct shock when it fell into Wang's ears.
Wang looked at his son, and the tears in his eyes were about to fall. It's just like that, with hope and shock.
Lin Baoru saw that Lin Mancang still didn't say a word, so she just hung her head, so she made persistent efforts and said: "Not only me, but even Cairu and Caihe, you have to count on the eldest brother." In the future, when we get married, we will live well or badly in our in-laws' family, and our eldest brother will be our dependent! ”
As she spoke, she looked at Lin Mancang, "The matter of me marrying the Liu family is already a certainty, if I really don't have a good life, no matter whether I am reconciled or despised in the future, I have to count on my eldest brother to take me in!" ”
Lin Baoru's marriage, everyone knows that it is not a good match.
And today, Lin Mancang also saw with his own eyes what kind of gentleman he wants to marry his own sister. Not to mention the trouble, he doesn't even value his sister at all, not only does he not care about the relationship with his sister, but he even wants his sister to pass on to others.
Lin Mancang had never met this kind of person, but he also knew that a man who could say that kind of thing would never become a girl's dependence.
When he thought of this, his brows gradually furrowed, his voice was a little dry, and he asked hesitantly, "Can't you not marry him?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Wang and Lin Baoru were relieved.
The fact that he was able to ask this question proved Lin Baoru's guess just now.
There are many men in the farmer households who don't like to talk, as long as they don't really have a bright head, they will be able to hold the door sooner or later.
What's more, Lin Mancang is capable and willing to endure hardships......
Wang's eyes were full of tears, and his heart was tense about the string that he had been worried about for his son for many years, and suddenly it was loosened.
Lin Mancang's brows became tighter and tighter, Xu didn't hear back, and couldn't help but look at Wang and Lin Baoru, expressing his thoughts with some difficulty.
"In the future, I will raise sisters, and I will not let people look down on them."
Wang's heart was warm and angry, and finally under his son's puzzled gaze, he cried quietly. She slapped her son's fist, and said with red eyes and a calm mood at all: "What you lack as your sister is to be supported by you." ”
After speaking, she sighed and roughly told her children about the benefits and disadvantages that Mrs. Liu had analyzed for herself today.
In this way, it can be regarded as explaining why she changed her attitude towards the Liu family during the day.
"Mancang, my mother still wants to discuss something with you." Wang suppressed the joy in his heart after knowing that his son was not stupid, hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "Mother heard that the daughters of wealthy families will take care of the family's money and food early, just to prevent the daughters from being fooled and ......belittled when they arrive at their in-laws' house."
"Then the threshold of the Liu family is high, we can be regarded as Gao Pan, and her son is that kind of temperament, I can't say if I can hurt Baoru in the future."
The mother thought about it, and gave the remaining copper plate to Jiao Baoru and let her manage the family's income. If...... If...... If she can have surplus, it should be a dowry for her......"
Before her words fell, Lin Mancang replied, "It's all for the sister, and in the future, I will work to earn copper plates, and I will also give it to the eldest sister." ”
"The land in the west of the village is a dowry for the eldest sister. Later, when the second sister and the third sister got married, they gave them the land that their father cultivated. Obviously, he had thought about these words for a long time, and although it was a little difficult to speak, they were quite smooth.
Lin Baoru didn't expect that the eldest brother, who had always kept his head down and seemed to have never had his own ideas, would value them as sisters so much.
To be honest, when he said that the land west of the village would fall under her name, Lin Baoru was already shocked. But the shock is shock, thinking that it is the dowry of the Liu family, which is reasonable.
Now, he let her be in charge without blinking an eye, and he plans to give all the thin fields that the family cultivates themselves to Cairu and Caihe as a dowry. I had never heard of such a thing in a farmhouse.
She heard that all the children in the family had sons, and most of the fields and even the daughter's dowry would be subsidized for her son to marry his daughter-in-law. How can there be a son who gives up his family property to a married daughter.
So, even the Wang family was a little stunned, "How can this work?" ”
She didn't value that light girl, she really hadn't seen anything like this, and she thought it was too unreasonable. Besides, if the son is not stupid, he may be able to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, because they have a weak family background, if they divide the two acres of thin land left by their man, the son will ......
It's a pity that Lin Mancang didn't give her a chance to speak, "I have the strength, and I can cultivate the field by myself in the future." ”
He didn't repair the field before, because he felt that the days were not rushing, and even if he repaired the field, it would not fall into the hands of their second room.
But now it's different, they're separated, and they don't have to be sucked by their grandmother and aunt's family anymore.
He has seen a lot of days when his mother was bullied by his grandmother and aunt because she didn't marry and didn't have the support of her mother. In the past, when he was still willing to speak, he also asked his mother why his grandmother always said that his mother was not as good as three chickens.
At that time, his mother would always cry, and after a long time, he would not ask.
Now he knows that it is because his mother did not marry, and he was despised by his mother's family at the root.
So he must not look at the three girls and go his mother's old way.
Especially Baoru, if the marriage is not enough, I am afraid that she will suffer.
And his family can give the most generous dowry, which is probably the fertile land that croppers value the most.
In fact, Lin Mancang has been closed for too long, he doesn't know and hasn't inquired, two acres of fertile land is nothing in the eyes of the Liu family.
But this heart is in practice, and it is really deep and meaningful.
The palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, and even if Wang wants to persuade a few words, he doesn't know how to speak.
She looked at her son who was still lifeless after speaking, and then thought about what her daughter had just said, so she no longer refutated.
No matter how many things there are, they are not as important as their son's brain.
Lin Baoru saw that Wang wrapped the copper plate in a cloth bag and pushed it towards her, so she excused herself, "Mother, you still keep this money, if there is anything to add at home, I will tell you again." ”
"When I go to Liu's house, I don't have to learn about housekeeping, after all, there is still Mrs. Liu above. Moreover, as long as I am angry, how dare the Liu family snub me? She let Wang hold his hand, saw that Wang's expression was a little loose, and continued, "You have also met with Mrs. Liu, do you think Mrs. Liu or Grandma is more difficult to deal with?" ”
Wang thought about it, and his heavy heart was a little calmer.
The mother-in-law not only does not have a good face for her daughter, but it can even be said that she practices all the time, and she doesn't look down on her at all.
But Mrs. Liu, although she is the mother of Liu Shulai, is easy to get along with when she talks and acts. At least, in front of outsiders, she will be a generous mother-in-law.
Speaking of this alone, Mrs. Liu doesn't know how much better than her own mother-in-law.
Lin Mancang sat for a while, and when he saw that his mother and his eldest sister no longer paid attention to him, he simply got up and left. On the side of the firewood stack, there are still a lot of loose firewood that have not been bundled, and some large tree trunks have not been split, and he can do more while the moon is shining brightly today.
He watched the second and third sisters working on the stove with a smile on their faces, and then thought about the cotton and cloth in the house, and his heart became happy for no reason, and even his face twitched a little.
It's a pity that he hasn't made an expression for too long, and he can't show a smile for a while.
When he was chopping firewood, he still thought that in the future, he would not need to send firewood to his grandmother and aunt, so he would be able to sell more copper plates.