Chapter Twenty-Three: Returning to the Door
Li Shi glared at Liu Shi menacingly, crossed his waist and continued to shout.
"Fluttershy is married to a rich man who does business at home, and she doesn't have to worry about food or clothing. Your Xiaowan is married to a hunter, not to mention, she is still a lame, if she eats this meal and goes to our family, she will go back to her mother's house to fight the autumn breeze every day in the future, and we won't be able to live anymore? ”
"You...... You ......"
Liu Shiqi couldn't say all the words, his chest rose and fell violently, and a pair of eyes stared at Li, as if he wanted to gouge her out of a hole with his eyes.
Li didn't move, he stood and laughed very happily.
"If my brother and sister really feel sorry for your Xiaowan, I will take the money out to buy some meat. It's okay for all of us to feast our mouths, and if we don't have this plan, we can stop thinking about it. ”
"Every day, the toad wants to eat swan meat, and he doesn't pee to take care of his own virtues."
Glancing at Liu contemptuously, Li snorted and turned around and walked away proudly.
Only Liu was left standing in place, tears falling from his nose.
After being married for so many years, the Zhou family doesn't like his stuffy gourd, and even dislikes Wanwan for being a girl, and they don't know how many grievances they have suffered.
When Lin Xiaodie came back to the door, the family slaughtered chickens and bought meat to make a large table of dishes, and at this time, Wanwan had nothing left at their house? It's obvious that they want to bully them Wanwan!
How can she and Lin Zhen be rich? Usually do embroidery work, and the money sold is not a penny, and it is all asked by Zhou to leave.
The sister-in-law said this knowing that the two of them had no money, which was obviously embarrassing for her, and said those words to insult Wanwan.
It's all because she is useless, no sister-in-law can speak well and coax her mother to be happy, and even her grace is not taken seriously, and she has to suffer such grievances on the day she returns home.
Liu was sad and burst into tears, but he was helpless.
The money was in Zhou's hands, and Liu knew that he would definitely not agree to ask his mother-in-law, so he went back to the house and asked her husband to ask for a favor.
That's where the opening scene comes in.
Lin Zhen looked at his wife's expectant eyes and sighed.
"That's what I said, but you also know that the money is all in my mother's place, and you don't know what kind of temper my mother is, and she may not give it if I go."
Lin Zhen also wanted his daughter and son-in-law to eat better, but it was his mother who was in charge of the family, and the Zhou family had always been slamming the door, so I was afraid that he would not agree.
Liu Shi tightened his sleeves for a while before he said softly.
"Wanwan will be married this time for the rest of her life, what happens to me on the day I go back, I have to give her enough face, if you don't go to me."
After speaking, he raised his feet and walked out, and Lin Zhen hurriedly pulled the person back.
"Nonsense. In the past few days, because of the matter of one or two pieces of silver, my mother is annoying you. Aren't you going to be scolded at this time? ”
Liu's eyes were red, and tears were about to fall.
"Then I just watched my sister-in-law and my mother have such a graceful face? I'm not afraid of being scolded, but Wanwan is the meat of my heart, and I can't let her suffer this grievance. ”
Lin Zhen's brows furrowed to kill a fly, and he patted his wife's shoulder soothingly.
"Don't worry, let me think."
Liu only lowered his head and wept, but Lin Zhen spent a lot of effort and finally persuaded people.
After appeasing his wife, Lin Zhen entered the hall with a sad face.
"Mother, I have something I want to tell you."
Zhou was chatting with Li and Lin Xiaodie, the three of them laughed, were interrupted coldly, and when they looked up and found that it was their youngest son Lin Zhen, her face immediately changed.
Putting away his smile, Zhou cleared his throat and squinted at Lin Zhen, who lowered his head and looked embarrassed, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"What's the matter? Go ahead. ”
The Zhou family has always looked down on this second son, and he is not open-minded, no one can speak well to his eldest brother, and marrying a daughter-in-law also exudes a small family spirit.
"Wanwan came back today, and I thought I couldn't prepare nothing. I want to ask you for some money and go to Zhang Butcher to buy some meat and come back. ”
Lin Zhen opened his mouth in embarrassment, and his face turned red.
In front of his sister-in-law and niece, he asked Zhou for money, and he felt ashamed.
When Zhou heard this, a pair of copper bells widened his eyes, and the whole courtyard could hear it as soon as his voice opened.
As he spoke, the spittle flew sideways and sprayed straight into Lin Zhen's face.
"Ask me for silver? No! Can you bear it with the second child, your father and I are so big that I don't want to honor our second elder, even if your daughter goes back to the door, I have to let your mother and I pay out of my pocket to round her belly? Don't you need money for firewood, rice, oil and salt? How big is her Lin Xiaowan, so big that my wife is in a hurry to pay for her to buy meat for her? I don't have money to ask for, and I can't die if I don't eat meat, she's a starving ghost reincarnated. ”
Zhou's eyes were not raised, he didn't care about his youngest son's face at all, he spoke harshly, and sent Lin Zhen away in three or two sentences.
Lin Zhen closed his eyes, embarrassed.
"But ......"
After hesitating for a moment, he decided to fight again, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Li family.
Lin Xiaodie and Li watched the excitement for a long time, and when they saw Lin Zhen eating a closed door at Zhou's place, their hearts were simply happy.
Li pretended to be understanding, glanced at Lin Zhen with disgust, and said gloatingly:
"Second brother, don't do it, don't you see how angry your mother is? My brother and sister asked you to come, right? I just told her, who are we? It's good to be full, don't learn from those losers outside. Brother and sister don't listen, you see it's girly. ”
Zhou Shi was very cooperative and snorted with a cold face.
Hearing that it was Lin Zhen who was pleaded by the Liu family, her face became even worse, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"I knew that this little slut was not a good one, and she dared to ask you to ask me for silver, and see if I would clean her up later!"
"Grandma, don't say that, when Xiaowan comes back and hears it, it's time to make trouble again."
Lin Xiaodie was "worried" while patting Zhou's back to give Zhou's relief, and at the same time giving Zhou's eye medicine on her mouth.
"She dares! My wife is not dead yet, and it is not her turn to be wild here! ”
Zhou's crutches hit the ground with a "clang" sound. That posture seemed to be in front of Lin Xiaowan, and she was about to knock on it with a cane.
The smug look in the eyes of Li and Lin Xiaodie could hardly be hidden.
Lin Zhen's heart was bitter, he took a deep look at the Zhou family, who was still scolding, stopped speaking, and silently retreated back to his house.
When Liu saw him come back in disgrace, he knew that the matter had not been completed. She heard Zhou's words clearly here just now, and she only felt cold.
Lin Zhen didn't know what she was thinking, and sighed deeply.
"No, no, no, isn't the embroidery made this time still unsold? When Wanwan comes back, you give it to her, and let her go back and take it to the town to sell it to supplement the family. It's useless for me to let you and Wanwan be wronged. ”
Lin Zhen sat on the kang and discussed with the Liu family with his head drooping, feeling very uncomfortable.
He thought that if he opened his mouth, even if the Zhou family slammed the door again, he would take care of his mood, but he didn't expect that there was no room for negotiation, and he and his sister-in-law insulted Liu and Wanwan.
He couldn't figure it out, Wanwan was also his mother's own granddaughter, why did the Zhou family look down on her so much?
On the one hand, there is a wronged wife and daughter, and on the other hand, an unreasonable eccentric old mother.
Lin Zhen was caught in the middle, in great pain.
complained about Zhou's ruthlessness, and also hated that he didn't realize that he had left some money for his small family.
Before, Liu also persuaded him to keep some money for emergency use, and not to give it all to his mother stupidly, but he also said that Liu was not sensible.
Now it seems that it is clear that he has no vision, so there is no room for decision-making now.
Liu felt sorry for her husband and couldn't bear to make it difficult for Lin Zhen anymore. Even if there are thousands of dissatisfactions, you can only break your teeth and swallow them in your stomach.
I just wiped my tears and went to the kitchen, thinking that even if there was no meat, I had to do something so that her Wanwan would not be too aggrieved.
Fortunately, Zhou didn't dare to do too much, except for not buying meat, other things were available.
Li knew that Liu was busy in the kitchen, but he pretended not to see it and stayed in the hall without moving, and Zhou also pretended to be deaf and dumb, leaving Liu to sweat alone in the kitchen.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law plus a Lin Xiaodie, there are talking and laughing, and there is a scene of three generations living together.
While the Liu family was busy, Lin Xiaowan and Guo Chengling also set off from home.
They live at the foot of the mountain, some distance from the Lin family, who live in the village.
Guo Chengling was carrying a gift box in his hand, which contained the dried mushrooms that Lin Xiaowan picked yesterday. Other than that, the two didn't bring anything.
Last night's mushrooms were very popular, and when Lin Xiaowan asked, she realized that no one had ever known that this thing could be eaten before, and Guo Chengling had eaten it for the first time.
The mushrooms soak up the soup, and when you bite into it, the soup is rich and tender, and the delicious mushrooms make you want to eat your tongue too.
Lin Xiaowan was in a good mood, and she was a lot happier when she walked. Guo Chengling looked at the bright little wife smiling in front of her, and her mood unconsciously improved.
The two arrived at the Lin family one after the other.
"Mother, I'm back!"
Li and Lin Xiaodie have been listening to the movement outside with their ears open, and as soon as they heard Lin Xiaowan's shout, the two ran faster than anyone else, and hurriedly went out, and those who didn't know thought they were Lin Xiaowan's own mother and sister.
"Oops, Xiaowan is back."
"What is Chengling taking here, give the eldest aunt long eyes."
Li saw the gift box Guo Chengling was holding at a glance. As he spoke, he was about to take it. The two of them stood at the door on the left and the right, blocking the door tightly.
Liu and Lin Zhen are late, and they have no choice but to stand behind Li and Lin Xiaodie.
Lin Xiaowan keenly noticed that Liu came out of the kitchen, and there was still a little flour on his face. The beads of sweat on his nose hadn't fallen yet, and his sideburns were wet and stuck to his ears, obviously just busy.
On the other hand, Li is dressed decently and neatly, without the slightest trace of work, and she has a plan in her heart.
Guo Chengling lightly avoided Li's rushing hand, and bowed slightly to Lin Zhen and his wife behind Li.
"Dad, mother."
Liu looked at his ruddy daughter, and his heart was a little relieved.
Hearing the man's deep voice, he had the opportunity to take a closer look at his son-in-law.