Chapter 17 The Siege of the Mountain Begins
Before the separation, the people in the west courtyard thought about it, and sent the people from the east courtyard out, and no longer cared about their life or death. But people are always greedy, even if they don't give a penny, they feel that Gu Siyan and they have taken a big advantage by occupying the East Courtyard and the barren mountain, and they always want to drive them away.
And now, in addition to wanting to drive them away, I also want to take advantage of them.
Even if Jiang Xuehe deceived them at the beginning, but Jiang Xuehe spent too much money and was lavish, and the people in the West Courtyard began to suspect that Jiang Xuehe must have brought a lot of money with him when she got married, and it was a pity that she couldn't get it in time.
"Fifth sister-in-law, this is too much, right?" Gu Shuangshuang also walked over, "Everyone is a family, what's the matter with being like this?" The people of the village will definitely laugh at it when they find out. ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "Is there still less jokes for the Gu family to let the village see?" While saying that he only had twenty taels of silver left in his house, he was wearing silk and satin. Although the family made a poor appearance when they separated, the family wore silk clothes back as soon as they were divided, and now everyone knows what is going on. ”
Gu Dandan said disdainfully: "So what? The money in the family was originally given to my mother by my father, and my mother gave birth to four sons to the Gu family, who is the hero of the Gu family, and these things are all deserved by my mother! ”
The people in the West Courtyard have not really seen the rules of large families, and they don't understand what it means, so they have always been dissatisfied with Gu Jiaxing's preference for Gu Siyan, and they are very hostile to the sons and daughters of the East Courtyard, and they can't see them doing well in everything.
"Aunt Qiao can get it if she wants it, how much did she swallow before, didn't I know how much they wanted? I was too lazy to bother with her at the beginning, and I won't care much about it later. Jiang Xuehe didn't care.
According to Gu Siyan, the Gu family's antique calligraphy and paintings that can really be passed down are all in the private warehouse under the East Courtyard, and Qiao's never knew that the Gu family still had such a private warehouse, and thought that the good things in the East Courtyard had been emptied by her.
Jiang Xuehe felt that her father-in-law was also rare and not confused, at least he knew that the really important things could not be known casually, and that place seemed to be unknown to others except for Gu Siyan and Bai Shi. It is said that Bai Shi also left a valuable dowry for Gu Sixian in the cellar, but Gu Siyan was afraid that he would not be able to keep those things, so he didn't reveal anything when he was about to die, and only quietly left his last words.
In this regard, Jiang Xuehe didn't know what to say.
In short, the original division was ostensibly a big loss for the East Courtyard, but in fact they really didn't suffer a loss, but they just couldn't take out the money to spend it for the time being.
After knowing this, every time she saw the people in the West Courtyard who were complacent, Jiang Xuehe felt a little funny, if it wasn't for the people from the West Courtyard who kept running over to harass them, she really wanted to continue to watch the jokes.
Gu Dandan and Gu Shuangshuang listened to Jiang Xuehe's words, and only when the people in the East Courtyard were afraid of the West Courtyard, they didn't care, and even blocked the courtyard gate, and they couldn't help but feel proud.
Gu Dandan said smugly: "Since you are afraid of our West Courtyard, then take the initiative to take out your private room, and we will naturally not embarrass you anymore." ”
Gu Shuangshuang didn't know what to say when she heard this, thinking that her sister was too stupid. Even if you really think so in your heart, you can't say it so bluntly! Isn't it good to be tactful? There are so many foreign men at the gate of the courtyard, what if this word gets out? Will she marry in the future?
Jiang Xuehe sneered: "You think beautifully, if you dare to plot against my private room, I have the ability to make you unable to marry!" ”
"You-" Gu Dandan felt weak for a while when she thought of her marriage, she was the same age as Jiang Xuehe, and she was three months older than Jiang Xuehe, and then the marriage had not been settled. Others who are satisfied with her don't look down on her, and she doesn't like her if they like her.
Thinking of this, Gu Dandan couldn't help but feel that Gu Jiaxing was biased, and had already set up a family affair for Gu Sixian, but he didn't care about the sisters in their West Courtyard. When Gu Sixian was very young, she decided on the Xu family, a wealthy family in the county, and Gu Dandan and Gu Shuangshuang were very greedy for this. However, the Xu family and the Gu family have not been in contact for several years, and both of them are looking forward to Gu Sixian's family business.
"What am I? If you don't go back to the East Courtyard, I'll let these uncles and uncles personally send you out, and if you accidentally touch somewhere, I'll publicize the matter again, and I'll see who else you can marry!" Jiang Xuehe snorted coldly.
"Why are you so vicious!" Gu Dandan almost cried when he heard this.
"Am I vicious? Where can I match you? Jiang Xuehe sneered, "When my father-in-law was sick, you deliberately dragged him, and later when the family was separated, he also acted and pretended to be poor, and now we have sold the land and got money just about to live our lives, and you have come to the door again and again to make trouble, if I don't do something, do you really think I'm a bully?" ”
Jiang Qingfeng couldn't listen anymore, and hurriedly stepped forward to look at the pair of sisters in the west courtyard of the Gu family and said coldly: "Are the two eldest ladies going out by themselves or am I carrying you out?" If I do it, I'll carry you both to the gate!" ”
Gu Dandan and Gu Shuangshuang were taken aback when they heard this, and saw that Jiang Qingfeng was born tall and big, and he could indeed carry one in one hand, so they immediately fled.
Jiang Xuehe was about to tease her when she saw this, but saw Jiang Qingfeng looking at her with a sad face.
"Third cousin, what's wrong?" Jiang Xuehe wondered.
Jiang Qingfeng said distressedly: "Fourth sister, you have suffered, how gentle and considerate you were when you were at home in the past, and you even spoke softly, but now you actually have to scold these two shrews, which shows how difficult your life is in the Gu family." Don't worry, the third brother will help you repair the yard well, so that those bastards will never have the possibility of climbing over the wall to trouble you! ”
Jiang Xuehe couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but after thinking about it carefully, she was indeed gentle in the Jiang family in the past. She has always been raised to be relatively squeamish, and she doesn't have to worry about everything, so naturally there is nothing worth her-for-tat. It's just that after the death of her parents, her life has changed dramatically, even in her own home, she often has to quarrel with Jiang Taohua and the Lin family, and her temperament is not as gentle as before.
She came over like this little by little, and she didn't feel anything. But in Jiang Qingfeng's eyes, she suddenly became like this, so she naturally felt that she must have suffered a big loss. But in the end, she did suffer a big loss.
Under Jiang Qingfeng's distressed sister's extraordinary performance, the walls of the Gu family's east courtyard are indeed quite strong. Everyone first inserted a row of iron thorns on the top of the courtyard wall according to Jiang Xuehe's intentions, but Jiang Qingfeng felt that those iron thorns were not long enough, and when he encountered someone who reached out quickly, he could directly grab the edge of the wall without climbing to the top of the wall and step over. That being the case, they can't be given a chance to climb to the edge.
In order to accomplish this feat, Jiang Qingfeng took out his private house and bought countless fine needles, inserted them from the top of the wall, and inserted them all the way to the position below one arm, he asked several men to try it, and he also climbed once, and only after making sure that he couldn't climb up did he stop satisfied.
Jiang Xuehe was stunned when she found out, and hurriedly took twenty taels of silver to send to the Tong family. She knew in her heart that Jiang Qingfeng and Third Uncle Jiang would not accept this money, but now that Jiang Qingfeng was about to say goodbye, he could use the money everywhere. If she gave the Tong family money directly, the Tong family would not accept it, but she was Jiang Qingfeng's daughter-in-law's money, and the Tong family would accept it no matter what, and she would temporarily hide it from Jiang Qingfeng.
After the courtyard wall was completed, Uncle Jiang took everyone to the fence of the barren mountain. It seems to be too much of an exaggeration to build a wall around a barren mountain, so everyone tends to make a wooden fence. Jiang Xuehe was afraid that someone would sneak into the mountain on the wooden fence, although she had the idea of planting roses on the fence, but roses couldn't grow so fast.
"Fourth sister, don't worry, we just need to tie the wooden fence with thorns as well." Jiang Qingfeng thought for a while and said, "But this may require a few people to come to the door and raise a few dogs." You can leave the matter of finding a dog to me, and I will definitely help you find some of the fiercest dogs in our village! ”
Jiang Xuehe thought for a while and said, "Forget it about buying needles, how much does it cost to buy needles for such a big circle?" It's better to get some thorns directly in the mountains. ”
Jiang Qingfeng nodded and smiled: "This idea is also very good, so let's do it!" ”
Jiang Xuehe saw that he was full of interest, so she went with him. Third Uncle Jiang looked helpless, thinking that his son was really getting older and more out of tune.
Jiang Qingfeng didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, for him, it was an irreparable regret that he couldn't stop Jiang Xuehe's marriage at the beginning, and now he can only try his best to make up for it. Even if the truth is dealt with, I think Gu Siyan is not bad, but that body is really a drag, not to mention that there is such a large group of messy brothers and sisters, no matter how you look at it, it is not a good match.
How did Jiang Qingfeng know that when he was worried about Jiang Xuehe's lifelong affairs, Jiang Xuehe was also worried about him.
As soon as she stuffed the money, she inquired by the way: "Third aunt, has my third brother's marriage been settled?" ”
Jiang Hanxiao, who was sitting on the side to help the Tong family choose vegetables, couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "My brother has already seen Sister Haini in Haijia Village. ”
"Sister Haynie?" Jiang Xuehe also smiled, "The third brother has a good eye. ”
Heinie she has seen, she is a well-known diligent girl in several nearby villages, very capable, and her appearance is also very thoughtful, but her family is not solid enough.
Tong sighed and said, "What's good, this evil obstacle must be Haini." If you want me to see that Hennie is indeed a rare good girl, only a little worse than you. But you also know the conditions of her family, it's nothing to be poor, and our Jiang family is not the kind of person who expects his daughter-in-law to make up for it. But she also has five younger brothers and two younger sisters, your third brother has a crush on Hainie, but He Caihua doesn't look down on your third brother. ”
"Where can I compare to Sister Haini's diligence and ability." Jiang Xuehe modestly said curiously, "Our third brother is not worried about getting married, are there still fewer matchmakers who have stepped on the threshold in the past two years?" How could Aunt Hai not look down on the third brother? ”
Jiang Han pouted with a smile and said, "Isn't it just that the gift money is small?" My mother planned to give five taels of gift money, which is a lot in our countryside. But the Hai family was not satisfied, and the elder brother took out another five taels of private rooms, but they still couldn't look down on it, and the elder brother left in a fit of anger. ”
Jiang Xuehe was stunned for a moment, since Jiang Qingfeng decided to marry his daughter-in-law, how could he use it to supplement her? Jiang Xuehe couldn't help but take out another ten taels.