Chapter 13: Loss of Dignity
Although Dafeng Village has a big character, it is not big, a total of more than 100 households, according to Kang Pozi's words, it is a fart at the head of the village and the end of the village can be smelled.
Widow Xie took Ji Yu home and spread throughout the village in less than half a day.
How others talk about it and don't mention it, Mrs. Kang will be in her own yard, angrily scolding in the direction of Widow Xie's house.
"One Thief Eight! Scourge Spirit! It's not enough for you to harm your own family, but you like to mix with other people's affairs! I think you're without the panic of a man's night sky, what's wrong? That Wang Laizi hasn't climbed the wall recently, you can't stand it...... Against the old lady, I bah! Shameless stinky x goods, beware of rotten heart and lungs......"
Kang Pozi's scolding is a must in the village, and she can scold for a few days without repeating it.
Huan who was scolding with her feet jumping on her feet, didn't watch out for someone entering the yard, and took a closer look, which one was not her baby fourth!
Kang Pozi suddenly left Widow Xie behind, and hurriedly went up to pick up the small burden he was carrying, as if she was afraid that she would tire him. In fact, there are only a few clothes to be changed into.
"Oh my good boy, why are you back at this time, don't you usually have to be in the evening? Thirsty or not? Hungry or not? Have you eaten lunch? It's only been a few days, and I'm looking at people who are all haggard......"
Kang Pozi followed behind with a stack of shouts and greetings, and when Ji Lianjiao entered the hall and stopped, he bent down and reached out to pat the dust on the hem of his clothes and shoes for him.
The other two rooms also followed in when they heard the movement, and Zhu saw this scene in his eyes and couldn't help but pout secretly.
Ji Lianzhu bowed to Ji Qingshan.
The countryman doesn't pay attention to this, but after all, he is a scholar, and when he enters the official career in the future, the family style and rules must be established.
Ji Qingshan stroked his beard, he was very interested in this set, and his face, which had been cloudy for a few days, finally turned clear.
"The fourth child is back, sit down and rest, and ask your mother to make you something to eat."
Mrs. Kang was slapping Ji Lianjiao's sleeves at this moment, and she couldn't be empty, so she glared at the two daughters-in-law: "The eyeballs are just decorations in the eye sockets?" I didn't see your uncle starving! Let's go cook yet! My son, you must be tired after this long journey......
It's not early or late, what kind of meal did you eat, Zhu complained in his heart, and he didn't move at all.
Yang looked at her, then at her mother-in-law, bowed her head and went out of the house alone.
Ji Lianjiao went to the restaurant in the town with his classmates before, but he wasn't hungry, but he didn't stop it, in his opinion, these trivial things are not worth mentioning.
Seeing that Mrs. Kang was still slapping around him, he frowned.
"Mother, who are you scolding just now? How many times have I told you, don't mix with those rural village women, it's undignified! ”
If you want to say who can control Kang Pozi in the whole family, it is none other than Ji Lianjiao.
was trained by her son in person, and Mrs. Kang's face was a little unbearable.
"My mother remembers what you said, and my mother cares about your decency, and she doesn't care about those old women. This time it's not the widow of Naxie...... She took the mourning star home, which is obviously a slap in the face of our Ji family......"
Kang Pozi also wanted to defend herself, but when she saw that his face was getting worse and worse, she stopped talking.
This kid is good at everything, but the bigger the better, thinking she is vulgar and embarrassing him. He didn't do this before, thinking that when he was a child, she fought with the villagers, and he was still clapping and cheering next to him.
Kang Pozi was a little lost in her heart, but then she thought about it, her son is now a child's master, and now it is not what it used to be, she will be a talented old lady in the future, and she must not embarrass her son.
was about to confess again, but Ji Lianzhu asked about something else.
"Isn't the girl ......" he paused here, and the two words of buying and selling seemed difficult to speak.
Kang Pozi knew her son's mind best, and immediately told her what had happened in the past few days.
The more he listened, the more solemn he became: "Dad, I have something to say to you......"
Ji Qingshan coughed, and Ji Liansong, Ji Lianhuai, and the reluctant Zhu all left the hall.
Closing the door, Ji Lianji's face was gloomy.
"Dad, my mother said to give the girl to ...... There is money, but what is good now? Mr. Tan's birthday is still five days away, and my son's return this time is exactly ......"
Kang Pozi couldn't see her son worrying the most, and now she hated Ji Yu a little more.
"It's all because the mourning star is not angry, otherwise the thirty taels of silver would have arrived early! But son, isn't it just a birthday, you just give a decent gift, where can you use all this silver? ”
"Mother, what do you know!" Ji Lianjiao was a little dissatisfied, "This Mr. Tan's brother is doing the teaching of the county school, as long as he enters Mr. Tan's blue eyes, he is willing to say a few kind words for me from his brother, and then I have a few words of the county school teaching, and I will definitely be able to pass the college test next year!" ”
Seeing that Ji Qingshan and Mrs. Kang didn't speak, Ji Lianjiao showed a sense of sadness on his face. I complained in my heart that they were croppers after all, and my eyes knew that I was staring at an acre and a third of land in front of me.
"My son doesn't know that the family is difficult, but in this world, there is no way to get through without money, there is no way, no matter how good you learn, you have to be brushed off the list! Father, mother, son asks himself to learn not to lose to others, but he has repeatedly failed in the past few years, not because of anything else, or because no one is willing to take a hand! Now there is a relationship, but there is a problem with money, my son...... My son is useless! ”
Ji Qingshan's action of rubbing the dry tobacco in his hand gradually stopped, he was silent for a long time, and said to Kang Pozi: "Go to the east room...... Bring that box. ”
took out thirty taels at once, which is tantamount to asking for the life of Mrs. Kang.
But who let her make this money her good? She also understood, if she didn't give a gift to Mr. Tan, the fourth child would have to be brushed down next time.
She can't stand in the way of the fourth.
Kang Pozi went to the east room, and after a while, she came out with a small box, and when she handed it to Ji Lianjiao, her heart was like cutting meat.
“…… Good boy, this is my coffin book and your father's coffin, you ......"
Ji Lianjiao stretched out his hand to take it, and his face immediately turned from worry to joy.
He didn't believe in his heart that this was his father's coffin book, and he told him that it was a coffin book when he went back, so that he would save some flowers, and when he needed silver next time, wouldn't they still be able to take it out?
Ji Lianjiao nodded indiscriminately, not forgetting to repeat the words that he had said thousands of times.
"Mother, don't worry, when I am admitted to Xiucai, I will become an official in the future, and I will definitely be filial to you and my father. At that time, one of you will be an old lady, and the other will be Mrs. Command, and the current county master will have to get off the sedan chair when he sees you......"
The bright prospect sketched by her son made Kang Pozi smile so much that she couldn't see her eyes, and even the corners of Ji Qingshan's mouth showed a few laugh lines.
In the west wing, Zhu was muttering.
"Look, the fourth brother must have come back this time to get the money! I saw my mother close the door of the hall yesterday and hide in the east room, I don't know what to do, I must have prepared a ...... for her good son in advance."
She just refused to move in the hall, just wanted to stare at it with her own eyes, but she didn't expect to be sent away by the old four or three.
The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and in a blink of an eye, I saw that Ji Lianhuai was almost stunned when he was lying on the kang, and slapped him angrily: "Did you listen to me!" ”