Chapter Seventy-Four: The Xu Family
"You can eat with your belly open, a lot of things have happened during the time you left home, and now there is no shortage of money at home."
Wang smiled and waved his hand, "You don't know yet, your third brother and sister's embroidery was taken by the capital during the winter vacation, and the Han family specially opened a shop for our family, No, the shop at the east end of the village is our family." ”
"What?!" Xu Huaiqian exclaimed, his subordinates shook involuntarily, and the braised pork that had just been clamped fell on the table. When he left, he knew that Bai Jiujiu was selling embroidery, but she always thought that it was a small fight in the women's family, and she couldn't make a few dollars, but she didn't expect that in just a few months, the family even opened a shop.
When he came over, he could see that the embroidery shop in the east of the village was crowded, even if it was a peaceful and prosperous era, this passenger flow was enough to make people enviable, not to mention the current famine year.
They are also the sons of the Xu family, why is the difference between the brothers getting bigger and bigger?
Xu Huaiqian barely squeezed out a smile. "Congratulations to the third brother, by the way, why don't you see the third brother and daughter-in-law? I didn't expect the embroidery of the third brother and daughter-in-law, an official lady, to be so good. ”
It's like the daughter-in-law he married, who doesn't know a single big word, and is no different from other women in the village, for a while, Xu Huaiqian's heart was particularly unpleasant.
Xu Huaiqing seemed to see something, and changed the topic without a trace, "Big brother went to the capital this time, did it go well?" ”
Wang immediately followed up and asked, "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and tell my mother what the capital is like, we have never been to the capital yet." ”
"Beijing! It's the biggest and busiest place I've ever seen, it's a fairyland on earth, where everyone wears silk and satin......"
Xu Huaiqian said endlessly, with a strange smile on his face, vaguely revealing a sense of pride.
He is the only person who has been to the capital here, and it seems that once he goes to the capital, he is different from the people here.
Xu Huaiqing smiled at the corner of his mouth, listening to his brother talk about the beauty of the capital, and there was a trace of yearning in his heart, but at the same time, he also firmly believed that he would go there one day, this Xujia Village was too small to trap him.
Xu Huaiqian drank as he spoke, and drunkenly patted Xu Huaiqing's shoulder, "Third brother, it's a pity that you didn't go to the capital together this time." ”
"I don't think there's anything." Xu Huaiqing didn't care much, anyway, he would go to the capital sooner or later, so there was no need to rush at this time.
"I'll tell you......" Xu Huaiqian seemed to be a little drunk, and patted the table with his tongue wide.
Xu Huaiqing shook his head helplessly, "Big brother, you're drunk, it's better to go back and rest early." ”
Xu Huaiqian returned to the room with the help of Li, and it was not until the next day that the sky was bright and he got up with a hangover.
"Big brother, get up."
Bai Jiujiu went to the store to check the accounts yesterday, so he didn't meet Xu Huaiqian who came back. As soon as Xu Huaiqian pushed open the door, he saw a fairy-like figure shouting to himself.
The smart apricot eyes, the delicate face, the skin is as tender as a freshly peeled egg. The most important thing is the temperament of the whole body, which is by no means comparable to the village women in the village, and even better than some of the noble ladies they have seen in the capital.
"Oops." When Xu Huaiqian was looking at it, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist, and when he turned around, he saw Li glaring at him viciously.
Bai Jiujiu didn't expect Xu Huaiqian to stare at her like this, and turned her face away in shame, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was Xu Huaiqing's eldest brother, she would have scolded her disciple a long time ago.
Xu Huaiqian also realized that he had lost his temper just now, with a little embarrassment on his face, "The third brother and daughter-in-law are so beautiful, and they have the ability to embroider, I don't know if you have kung fu to teach your sister-in-law, I don't want her to embroider as well as you, I just hope to learn your three points of ability." ”
Bai Jiujiu frowned slightly, Li was learning when she was embroidering, she never had the idea of hiding her secrets, and she would answer any questions Li had one by one.
"It's still the third brother and daughter-in-law, just forget it." Xu Huaiqian didn't want to taste it, as if Bai Jiujiu was reluctant.
It just so happened that Wang Shi heard this sentence when he came out, "What are you doing together?" ”
"Oh, I want the Li family to learn embroidery with the third brother and daughter-in-law, so that they can also help the family share one or two, but the third brother and daughter-in-law seem to be very busy, so I said forget it." Xu Huaiqian sighed as if annoyed, "Anyway, the Li family was originally very stupid and couldn't learn anything." ”
Bai Jiujiu's brows furrowed even more, she was almost sure that Xu Huaiqian said this on purpose, obviously she hadn't had time to say anything, and when he said this, it seemed that she was stingy and unwilling to teach the Li family.
Xu Huaiqian didn't know why, after knowing that Bai Jiujiu, whom Xu Huaiqing married, was so capable, he couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy.
"Your daughter-in-law has been learning embroidery from Jiujiu, but she is really clumsy and can't learn it well."
Wang just thought it was Xu Huaiqian who said it casually, and didn't think much about it.
Xu Huaiqian didn't think that his daughter-in-law was stupid, it must be that Bai Jiujiu was unwilling to teach with his heart.
"Although Li's hands are a little clumsy, the stupid bird flies first, and you can learn it with more practice."
"Husband, why do you call me a stupid bird?" Li didn't understand what the stupid bird meant by flying first, and thought he was scolding her.
When Bai Jiujiu and the others heard this, they covered their mouths and snickered, Xu Huaiqian was so angry that he couldn't speak, this stupid woman is really ashamed! I couldn't help but envy Xu Huaiqing even more, not to mention the daughter-in-law she married, not to mention that she was noble, she was also beautiful, and more importantly, she was knowledgeable and could earn money for him.
Since Xu Huaiqian came back, Old Man Xu's dull mood has also improved a lot.
On this day, he gathered everyone together, and Xu Huaiqing guessed that his father had finally figured it out and was ready to break off with Xu Weishan.
Sure enough, as soon as Old Man Xu sat down, he said bluntly, "I'm going to go to the clan tomorrow to cut off relations with your uncle Xu Weishan, and I'll talk to you before I see what you think." ”
After finishing speaking, Old Man Xu looked at them expectantly, hoping that someone would oppose him. In the final analysis, although Xu Weishan is not kind, Old Man Xu has sincere respect for this brother, and his ability to make this determination must be the result of repeated consideration.
But it backfired, and the rest of the Xu family agreed very much when they heard the news.
Xu Huaiqian didn't have a good impression of Xu Weishan, an uncle who only knew how to take advantage, and after returning home, he also knew about the dirty things Xu Weishan did, and he was happy to see the two families sever their relationship.
None of the family objected, and Old Man Xu was very sad, but he was really disappointed in Xu Weishan, and he sighed heavily after a long time, "Since no one objected, then this matter was decided." ”