Zhou Dazhi didn't know how long it would take Chu Yunniang to embroider a handkerchief, but he saw Xiao Qiongzhi's opposition, and felt that she usually spoke reasonably, and the opposition must be reasonable, and he also persuaded Chu Yunniang to think about it again.

But Xiao Yunniang doesn't look at what Xiao Qiongzhi and Zhou Dazhi say, she tries her best to listen to their opinions and do it, but this time she insisted on her own opinion, not only negotiated with the store, but also immediately signed and painted the business of embroidering twenty handkerchiefs within a month.

Xiao Qiongzhi knew in her heart that Xiao Yunniang took the job to make money for the whole family, so it was not good to say anything about her.

After finishing everything, Chu Yunniang saw that it was not too late, lowered her head and took out a string of copper plates from her money bag, and asked Zhou Dazhi to send it to Zhou Dayong, who was studying in the county school, as a pocket gain.

Zhou Dazhi refused to answer: "Yun Niang, Dayong is a sensible person, we don't need to give him change, besides, we don't have much money in our hands, we have to save to buy rice and pay tuition for Dayong and Zhi'er next spring." ”

"Dad, mother, really? Are you telling the truth? Xiao Qiongzhi didn't expect that they would actually plan to send themselves to study, and when they heard the last sentence, they were very surprised, and interjected loudly and asked.

Zhou Dazhi immediately turned his head and smiled at her: "Of course it's true." A talented child like us Zhi'er can only be productive if he reads, so even if he smashes the pot and sells iron, your mother and I will send you to school. ”

"Moreover, we are not only planning to send you to study in the township, as long as you can study well, we also plan to send you to the county school, the government school and even the most famous women's college in Chujing-Zhilan College." Chu Yunniang also laughed as she spoke, as if she was very confident in Xiao Qiongzhi's future study.

This moved Xiao Qiongzhi very much.

No wonder she was willing to take the embroidery work even for the price of a copper plate before, and now it seems that it must be just to save more tuition for herself, which is really a great mother's love.

By the time I returned to the village, the sun had set.

It's just that before you enter the house, you can see from a distance that there are hundreds of people in a large circle at the door of the house.

These people are all villagers, including familiar adults such as Zhou Youqian, Zhou Youchong, Wang Chunhua, Liu Wuxiu, and familiar little guys such as big girls, dogs, and stones.

Xiao Qiongzhi felt very bored, held Chu Yunniang's shoulders, stood up from the ox cart, stood up on tiptoe to take a closer look, and shouted at the big girl, the dog, and the stone: "What's wrong?" What are you looking at? ”

"You've got a thief in your house!"

"The door of your house has been opened, the granary has also been opened, and even the two chickens that your mother raised to lay eggs for you to eat have been taken away."

"Uncle Li's old lady Grandma Liu is sitting on the threshold of your yard to make trouble, saying that your father is unfilial to her, which has caused your family to suffer retribution, and in the future, for the good of your family, she will live in your house and let your father provide for her for the elderly."

When the big girl, the dog, and the stone heard Xiao Qiongzhi's voice, they all turned their heads to look at her, and then they all ran to her and scrambled to tell her the situation.

"So, who first found out that my house was stolen, and when did the old shrew surnamed Liu appear at the gate of my yard?" Xiao Qiongzhi asked with anger in her temper.

She has never had a good impression of Zhou Lili's wife, and she feels that this matter, from beginning to end, may be related to Zhou Lili's wife.

Because, more than three months ago, when she and Chu Yunniang first arrived at Zhou Dazhi's house, Zhou Lili's mother once ran to the gate of the courtyard every day inexplicably, scolding her and Chu Yunniang with all kinds of vicious and dirty swearing, and no one could persuade her.

It wasn't until Zhou Dazhi said to Zhou Lili's wife that if he scolded again, he would not give her family any help in the future, and Zhou Lili's mother didn't stop talking.

But although the matter was resolved, the reason why Zhou Lili's wife scolded inexplicably still made Xiao Qiongzhi feel strange for a while.

She had specifically asked Zhou Dazhi about this, but Zhou Dazhi had no conclusion on this matter.

Later, it was Wang Chunhua next door who quietly decrypted Chu Yunniang and Xiao Qiongzhi.

According to Wang Chunhua, Zhou Dazhi and Zhou Dayong were brought to Zhoujia Village by Zhou Laojiu nine years ago.

Zhou Yuandong, the patriarch of Zhoujia Village, is a distant cousin of Zhou Laojiu.

Zhou Dazhi and Zhou Dayong were able to settle in Zhoujia Village at that time, thanks to Zhou Laojiu's help from the patriarch.

Nominally, Zhou Laojiu has always been the stepfather of Zhou Dazhi and Zhou Dayong.

They were together and lived for four years.

At the beginning of the fifth year, Zhou Laojiu suddenly fell in love with Zhou Lili's wife, who was fat and not beautiful, and left Zhou Dazhi, who was only fourteen years old at the time, and Zhou Dayong, who was ten years old, and joined Zhou Lili's family.

At the end of the fifth year, Zhou Lili became obsessed with eating wild meat, and when the heavy snow closed the mountain, he also urged Zhou Laojiu to go up the mountain to hunt wild game for him to eat.

As a result, Zhou Laojiu didn't encounter wild meat, and encountered a group of wolves, chasing and biting him.

Fortunately, a hunter father and son from a neighboring village passed by and chased the wolf away.

However, Zhou Youjiu's injuries were too serious to return, and he was carried home for two days before dying.

Before he died, he specially asked Zhou Lili to call Zhou Dazhi and told him to take good care of Zhou Lili's family, and also told him that when he planned to marry a wife, he had to bring the girl to Zhou Lili's mother, the palm of his mother, and only if she agreed to marry him.

Zhou Dazhi did not agree at that time, nor did he object.

Zhou Lili's old lady took him as a default, and from then on she took the chicken feather as an arrow, as long as she saw a girl showing favor to Zhou Lili, she would find the other party as a future mother-in-law, and privately express and imply the other party, and honor her a lot.

But her appetite is very big, it is a bottomless pit, and Xiao En Xiaohui can't satisfy her at all, resulting in many years of many girls who like Zhou Li, after suffering losses in her hands, they retreat.

And Chu Yunniang, who used to live directly in Zhou Dazhi's house, didn't give her any benefits at all, so it's no wonder she didn't scold!

"It should be Uncle Li who found out about the theft of your house first, Uncle Li's old lady, Grandma Liu, came to your house after Uncle Li came out of your house for a long time." The eldest girl replied loudly at this time.

Xiao Qiongzhi suddenly lit up and asked: "How do you know that Uncle Li Li found out that my house was stolen, and how do you know that Uncle Li's old mother, Grandma Liu, came to my house after Uncle Li came out of my house for a long time?" ”

"I saw it with my own eyes! I went to play with you at that time, and before I left the courtyard gate of my house, I saw Uncle Li Li walking out of your house and walking to the other side, and I didn't even have time to say hello to him. ”

"Later, when I came into your yard to look for you, I saw that the doors of your three rooms were open, the granary was also opened, and things were thrown on the ground, and I felt that something was wrong, and I wanted to run home to tell my father, and when I went out, I met dogs and stones who also came to your house to play, so I told them about the situation first."

"After I heard the eldest girl tell you about the situation of your family, let the eldest girl and the stone guard at the gate of your courtyard, don't let others in, and then run to tell the patriarch about the situation. The patriarch immediately called a few people to your house, but they only stood guard in the courtyard and did not enter your house, saying that they would wait for Da Zhibo and Yun Bo Niang to come back. ”

"Let me interject a sentence, Zhou Lili's old lady Grandma Liu, when my brother ran to find the patriarch, she came to your house, she still wanted to enter your house, I blocked the door with the eldest girl, and didn't let her in, she beat us, and later, the patriarch brought someone over, she didn't dare, just guarded the door of your yard and made trouble."

The big girl, the dog, and the stone took turns to answer.