Chapter 82: Meeting
Grandma Wang was set off, and the embroidery went wrong inexplicably, and was approached by the customer, and her reputation plummeted.
Liu Zong was angry, because of this theory of finding people, on the way back, he was beaten by a group of people with a sack and couldn't move, and when he was sent home, he was already unconscious.
This time the blow was too heavy, Liu Zong injured his internal organs, and since then, his body has been declining day by day.
It didn't matter how much medicine I took and how much money I spent, and all the money I had saved before was spent for medical treatment.
After that incident, there was no big shop willing to accept Grandma Wang's embroidery work, and she was afraid of getting into trouble. It can only be sold to those merchants who walk the streets and alleys at a very low price.
In order to make money, Grandma Wang worked day and night to do embroidery work, and Liu also helped her mother share it.
Even so, it was not enough money to buy medicine for Liu Zong. The family's money was spent, and Grandma Wang could only borrow money from relatives and friends to treat her husband.
Liu Zong advised her not to do this and leave some money for the two children. At that time, the Liu family had reached the age of marriage, but because of family problems, no one in the villages near and far dared to come to the door to propose marriage.
Grandma Wang refused to give up this idea, and the doctor said that her husband was still alive now, all relying on medicinal herbs and hanging his life in one breath.
Once she stopped taking the drug, she couldn't even think about the consequences.
Liu Zong couldn't persuade her, but he felt that he had dragged down the family. After another half a year, I was depressed.
After Liu Zong left, Grandma Wang was devastated and was very depressed for a while.
Liu's marriage was also delayed by the death of his father. After three years of filial piety, she is already an old girl.
The younger brother of the family, Yaozu, has also reached the age of marrying.
But their family is poor and white, let alone marrying Liu Yaozu, and even Liu's dowry can't be scraped together.
By chance, a kind-hearted matchmaker told the Liu family about the Lin family's relatives, because the Liu family has no dowry, and the Lin family's bride price is not much, and two taels of silver is considered all the bride price.
Grandma Wang originally disagreed, but when she looked at each other, she felt that Zhou didn't look like a mother-in-law who was easy to get along with, and she was afraid that her daughter would be wronged if she married her.
But Liu felt that she couldn't find a better choice in this situation, and when the two families looked at each other, she and Lin Zhen got along alone for a while, and after chatting, they felt that they were not bad, not as difficult as Zhou's.
In addition, the Lin family did not dislike her for not having a dowry, and there was a bride price of two taels of silver that could be given to her younger brother as a daughter-in-law's wife, so Liu gritted his teeth and agreed ruthlessly.
Sure enough, after getting married, her mother-in-law was very critical of her, and her concubine was difficult to get along with.
But every time his mother asked, Liu always reported good news and not bad news. Although Grandma Wang has never seen how the Zhou family treats her daughter harshly, she can also get a glimpse of it from the attitude of her mother-in-law when she came to the door.
Knowing that Zhou didn't like her to go to see her daughter often, Grandma Wang changed to contact her daughter by letter.
She has always felt that she owes her daughter and has no way to compensate her materially, so she can only try not to cause her trouble, and only hope that her daughter can live better in her in-law's house.
Liu Yaozu also knew that his sister had made sacrifices for herself, and it was good for the sister and brother to have a small relationship, after the Liu family got married, Grandma Wang muttered in her ear every day that she didn't know if the Liu family was doing well in her mother-in-law's house, and Liu Yaozu naturally remembered it.
He felt sorry for his sister, and after making money, he also sent silver to the Liu family twice.
It's just that after I became a family, I never had it again.
Grandma Wang has always felt that the daughter-in-law married by her son is good at everything, just a little, she takes money too seriously, and she has to hold every penny in her hands.
She just wanted to subsidize her daughter with a little money, but she couldn't do it, and then she cut off contact because she didn't have an address, which made it even more difficult.
Grandma Wang is getting older, her body bones are getting worse and worse, her eyes are often dry because she was overused when she was young, and she often feels dry eyes, tears in the wind, and she can't do heavy work, and she can't go far away.
I can only take care of my son and daughter-in-law at home, cook for them, and help them when they are busy with farming, and my son and daughter-in-law don't need her at other times.
Although the daughter-in-law is shrewd, she is filial to her, and she is not the kind of harsh evil mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law get along quite well.
Yesterday, my son and daughter-in-law took their grandson back to their parents' house, saying that they would stay at their parents' house for another night.
At this time, she didn't know that not long after she left, the Liu family came to her house. I didn't know that there was a big surprise waiting for her at home.
Grandma Wang gathered wild vegetables until the sun set, and then straightened up and walked home.
Walking on the road, she still thought, and she didn't know if her son had come back.
Liu Yaozu arrived home earlier than his mother, but they were only a little earlier than Grandma Wang, and they had just come back not long after.
When the family arrived home, they met Liu's group.
Liu Yaozu recognized Liu at a glance, left his wife and children and ran to his sister.
The seven-foot-tall man is already a father, but at this time, he seems a little helpless in front of the Liu family.
Liu's eyes were red when he saw his younger brother, and the sister and brother were very excited to see each other, and they couldn't help themselves, so they stood at the door and chatted.
Or the Liu family couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled his son forward and said with a smile: "Yaozu, this is my sister's family, right?" You're really, I don't know how to introduce me, I haven't seen it yet. Hello sister, I'm Yaozu's daughter-in-law, you can just call me Lotus. Why don't you go home? It's not nice to stand in the doorway. Let's go into the house and sit down. ”
With that, she asked her husband to open the door.
The Liu family is the daughter-in-law that Liu Yaozu married, the big name is Liu Lianhua, and she is a girl from the next village.
Liu had seen her mother mention her in the letter before, and she wiped her tears embarrassedly and greeted her.
"Hello brother and sister, I'm Sister Yaozu, you can just call me Sister Xiurong. I came with your brother-in-law suddenly today, and I didn't notify you in advance, and I didn't think that you were all at home, so I waited here for a while. But we didn't have to wait long, we just arrived. This is...... My nephew? How old are you? What's your name? ”
She was referring to the boy who was standing beside Liu Lianhua, with big black eyes open, looking at them curiously.
Liu Lianhua touched her son's head, pushed him out, asked him to call someone, and said to Liu with a smile: "This is Liu Cheng, your second nephew, who is five and a half years old this year." There is another big one who is not at home today, studying in the town, and comes back once a month. It just so happens that this is coming soon, tomorrow I will ask someone to ask him to come back, Sister Xiurong finally came to visit, but I have to let him recognize someone. ”
As she spoke, she looked at Lin Xiaowan on the side again, and asked with a smile, "This is Sister Xiurong's Xiaowan, right?" It's all grown so big. ”
Lin Xiaowan was listening to their conversation on the side, and looked at this aunt at the same time.
was named coldly, and she replied very quickly: "Hello uncle, I'm Xiaowan." ”
Liu Lianhua praised her for being clever and sensible, and said that she had always wanted a daughter, but she couldn't get her wish, and she felt close when she saw Xiaowan.
This is a half-truth, the Liu family has indeed always wanted a daughter, but both children are big fat boys.
But she is not familiar with Lin Xiaowan now, and she doesn't know what the personality of her sister-in-law's family is, so it is not easy to get close to her.
Lin Xiaowan smiled reservedly when she heard this, but fortunately, the Liu family didn't talk about her anymore, and beckoned everyone to sit down at home and talk again.
Lin Xiaowan followed her mother into the door, and she observed the Liu family for a long time.
After a few conversations, Lin Xiaowan felt that this aunt looked like a strong one, and she must be the one in charge of the Liu family.
From the fact that she took the initiative to come over to recognize her relatives without waiting for her uncle's introduction, and talked to her mother properly, she not only regained the initiative but was not overly embarrassed and disgusted, and it can be seen that she is not unassertive, and she listens to her husband in everything.
In addition, Liu asked her husband to open the door just now, and the uncle went to execute it without saying a word. Obviously, he was used to his wife giving orders like this, so Lin Xiaowan concluded that the Liu family was now the housekeeper of the Liu family.
The Liu family pulled the group to the house, and as for the things they brought, the three big men each carried two things, and even the youngest Liu Cheng held a box of pastries in his hand and hugged the house tightly.
Lin Xiaowan wanted to take it, but was stopped by Liu.
Liu Lianhua took her hand and smiled at her: "Let him take it, he doesn't work every day, and the stinky boy should run some legs." Let's go into the house and talk. ”