Chapter 18: Writing in the Middle of the Night
Tong hurriedly pushed the money back to her: "You kid, you don't know how to live, whose cousin's marriage is the money paid by the cousin, if this is spread out, let your third brother be a person?" ”
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "As long as the third aunt and sister Hanxiao don't say it, who knows about it?" What's more, in order to make a fence for me, the third brother took all the private houses to buy needles, and I, as a younger sister, always don't want to go. ”
"What's better than not going, his private rooms add up to less than seven taels, and you have already given it." Tong said, "Besides, when the Chen family proposed marriage, they also gave ten taels, and it was still in the town." ”
The daughters currently married by the Jiang family, except for Jiang Xuehe, look very good. Jiang Meihua, the lobby sister of the big house, married a grocer in the town, and Jiang Yingchun, the second cousin of the third room, married the son of the owner of the rice grain store in the town.
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "The conditions of the Hai family are not good, but Sister Haini is good, and it is rare for the third brother to like it, so it is nothing to give ten taels more." ”
Jiang Han said with a smile: "Even if it's thirty taels of the Hai family, it's not enough." Aunt Hai let it go, if my brother wants to marry Sister Haini, he must give fifty taels! ”
"Fifty taels?" Jiang Xuehe was speechless, "Even if you sell your daughter, you can't sell it at this price." ”
Jiang Hanxiao sneered: "Isn't it just selling your daughter?" At that time, my brother was angry and left, and then my mother took me to go again, and Aunt Hai said that the landlord was willing to spend fifty taels to buy Haini as his stupid son as a daughter-in-law, and my mother didn't dare to tell my brother. ”
"The Hai family is so ruthless?" Jiang Xuehe frowned, thinking that if her third cousin knew about this, he would definitely not spend the money on her, and he would not help her keep surrounding the mountains in the past few days. According to Jiang Qingfeng's temperament, he must have to find a way to make quick money.
Tong said angrily: "If the Hai family is not ruthless, can Hai Ni's marriage be delayed until now?" Her two younger sisters are still young, and the Hai family plans to use Hai Ni's gift money to settle the marriage of her five younger brothers! ”
Haini's daughter, Tong, can't say a word, but Haini's family's badness is the same as that of the Gu family, but the two are not the same, the Gu family is too rich, and they have done all kinds of evil things. And the Hai family is too poor, and when people are extremely poor, they can do anything.
Hennie is the eldest sister in the family, and she will be eighteen in two months. Three or four years ago, many people went to propose marriage to the Hai family, but the Hai family said that they felt sorry for their daughter and wanted to stay for two more years, so they kept dragging Haini. Haini has to do all the dirty work at home, while the eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother are idle at home all day long, even if they are all old enough to work.
Now that Haini has reached the age where she has to get married, she can't find any good family, but the Hai family obviously doesn't plan to find a good family for her. He wanted to sell Haini for a good price, but Uncle Hai saw through the lazy nature of his five sons, and wanted to recruit a son-in-law who was as diligent and capable as Haini but had a good temperament, so that Haini and his wife could serve his five sons as cattle and horses.
Jiang Xuehe couldn't help but be shocked when she heard this, thinking that although she and Gu Siyan were both persecuted by their elders now, their biological parents still valued and loved them very much. And Hainie's parents are willing to treat their daughter like this, Jiang Xuehe, who has been pampered by her parents since she was a child, can't understand it anyway.
"If the third brother and Sister Haini are interested in each other, we still have to find a way to do it." Jiang Xuehe said, "Why don't I accompany the third aunt to explore Sister Haini's tone?" ”
"How can you worry about this?" Tong sighed, "Let me discuss it with your third uncle and Ah Feng again." ”
Jiang Xuehe nodded, but she thought about meeting Haini in her heart.
"Third aunt, it's almost time for me to go back, let Hanxiao go with me and recognize the door." Jiang Xuehe got up and said.
Tong smiled: "Her father and brother are all there, why do you need to recognize a door?" ”
Jiang Hanxiao immediately pestered the Tong family and said, "Mother, you just let me accompany the fourth sister on a trip, I haven't been to Hejia Village yet?" It's close anyway. ”
"Okay, okay, you go, don't make trouble for your fourth sister."
"Great!" Jiang Hanxiao immediately jumped up and down, and Jiang Xuehe went out.
Jiang Xuehe laughed at her: "You have also reached the age where you can say kiss, right?" Why are you still so noisy? ”
Jiang Hanxiao will be fourteen in a few months, cardamom girl, the first time she saw her graceful, the Tong family originally planned to solve Jiang Qingfeng's family affairs and began to look at Jiang Hanxiao with a smile. Jiang Hanxiao has a good face, but she has less work and a bit of a jumpy temperament, young men of the same age like her, but the mothers of these young men don't like her.
Jiang Han smiled indifferently and said: "I'm like this, don't look for me if you dislike me." ”
Jiang Xuehe couldn't help but pat her head: "Dare to say anything, and I'm not afraid of shame." ”
Jiang Han grinned and grabbed her arm and said, "My sister is my own person, so I'm not afraid." Actually, I don't want to get married, how good it is at home, my father and mother love me, and I don't have to do anything else except laundry, cooking, and cleaning. But if you look at other people's daughters-in-law, they are all being tortured, so I don't want to be like that. ”
"You don't have to worry about this, the third uncle and third aunt feel sorry for you, and they will definitely find you a good one." Jiang Xuehe said with a smile, "I called you out this time, mainly because I wanted you to accompany me to Haijia Village, I want to meet Sister Haini." ”
"Sister Hainie's family lives in the northernmost part of Haijia Village, a little far away from us. I'm afraid I won't be able to go today, so my sister will wait for me under the big locust tree early tomorrow morning. ”
There is a small river between Hejia Village and Jiangjia Village, and there is a big locust tree next to the small bridge that connects the two villages.
Jiang Hanxiao pouted after explaining: "I thought that the fourth sister called me over to make me something delicious, but it turned out that it was all for my brother." ”
Jiang Xuehe pinched her nose and smiled, "Can I still miss your stutter?" Let's go, come home with me, and I'll make you something to eat. ”
Jiang Hanxiao happily followed Jiang Xuehe.
Because Jiang Hanxiao came, Jiang Xuehe's lunch was indeed very rich, and Jiang Hanxiao also followed Jiang Xuehe to deliver food to Uncle Jiang and them. After lunch, Jiang Xuehe also made pastries for the afternoon, and asked her to take most of them back and share some for Jiang Yunlan and a few of them to eat.
"When you go to find someone, you'd better call them out directly, but you can't let those people in the big house see it." Jiang Xuehe admonished uneasily.
Jiang Han smiled and said, "Fourth sister, don't worry, I'll just take them over for dinner." Those people in the big house don't have any money, and they wish they had dinner at our house every day. ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "That's pretty good, I eat with those people every day, I'm afraid they won't be able to eat." ”
Jiang Han smiled and said regretfully: "It's okay to take it over for three or two days to eat, but grandma will always be suspicious if you take it every day." ”
Jiang Xuehe said helplessly: "The third uncle and three aunts are willing to take care of them more, and I am already very grateful." Sometimes I really think about giving the house to my grandmother directly, as long as I can take Yunlan and the four of them out. But even so, they won't let our family go. ”
"Why?" Jiang Han smiled puzzled, "Aren't you satisfied with such a good house?" ”
"It's okay for them to live in the house, but I can't give them the title deed. And they not only want the title deed, but also all the money left by their father. As long as I don't hand it over for a day, they won't die for a day. ”
Jiang Hanxiao was stunned, he never imagined that the people in the big house would be so greedy. No matter how rich the people in the second room are, it is also what they have earned hard, although they are envious in the third room, they will never be blushing, and they will only live their lives in peace. But even if the big house takes advantage of it everywhere, it still wants to occupy all the family property of others, how can there be such a reason in the world?
"Is there anything the fourth sister can do?" Jiang Han smiled and asked, "These days, I see that Yunlan and Yuxuan have more and more work to do, and the eldest aunt has thrown away all the clothes of their family for them to wash. ”
Jiang Xuehe's face sank suddenly, all kinds of housework and her sisters had learned all kinds of housework, but whether the three of them shared it or their parents helped, they had always had a very easy time on weekdays. Even if their parents die now, with the money left by their family, life will not be sad. But I met such a group of vampires, not only to steal their family's money, but also to tribulate their sisters.
"You go back first, I'll find a way to solve this matter."
Jiang Xuehe actually wanted to rush over immediately to settle accounts with the Jiang family's big house, but she knew in her heart that this matter would be endless, so she could only continue to wait patiently, thinking that it was better to go to see Hai Ni first and settle Jiang Qingfeng's family affairs.
Marriage is a major event, and now we pay attention to the words of the matchmaker of the parents, but Jiang Xuehe feels that it is best for husband and wife to be in love and support each other, just like her father. Jiang Qingfeng has always loved her, no worse than her own sister, and she also wants to help Jiang Qingfeng get what she wants.
"Do you think I'm overwhelmed? Are you too busy to take care of yourself, and you still want to take care of other people's business? ”
Jiang Xuehe couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, and when Gu Siyan asked, she couldn't help but tell everything about her mother's family.
Gu Siyan listened, and on the one hand, he felt that the two of them were in sympathy with each other, and on the other hand, he felt that Jiang Xuehe was luckier than himself. Jiang Xuehe still has the help of the third uncle's family, while their brothers and sisters are isolated. But now that their family has also been helped by Jiang Xuehe, life is gradually getting better, probably the road to the end.
"I see that the third uncle is loyal, the third cousin is enthusiastic, and the fifth cousin is also lively and straightforward, this family can be regarded as a friend, they help us like this, we should also help them." Gu Siyan said with a smile, "The affairs of the Hai family really need to be resolved as soon as possible, as for the affairs of your mother's family, you ask Xiaohua to help you send a letter tomorrow, and let your two sisters do their own things, but don't interfere in other people's affairs." In the future, you will send someone to send you for food and clothing, and your brothers and sisters will not spend a penny on the big house, and there is no reason for the big house to let you give them money. ”
"You're right, I'm afraid to get up and write letters!"
Jiang Xuehe got up and lit the lamp as she spoke, and there was a table between her soft couch and Gu Siyan's wooden bed, and it was very convenient to get up in the middle of the night to write. Gu Siyan secretly laughed at her for being an anxious child, because she was made sleepy, so she simply propped up her head and lay on her side to watch Jiang Xuehe write a letter under the lamp.