Tian hurriedly gave Jia Shi a good breath and preached affectionately: "Receive, receive!" Sister, don't think about it too much, don't mention the past things, what is the situation of your family, our hearts as brothers and sisters-in-law are all clear, but I have never complained about you or hated you. ”

Li Zhongquan sighed, since his daughter-in-law had all sent a message to accept it, he couldn't say anything more about asking Jia Shi to bring things back, wouldn't that be a refutation of his daughter-in-law's face.

Tian asked Jia and Sister Qiu to sit first, she went to the small kitchen to cook, and asked Sister Qiu and Jia to stay at home for lunch to eat.

Jia hurriedly excused herself, pulling Tian to not keep her busy, and said one after another that there was a bunch of work waiting at home, and she couldn't stay at noon.

Li Zhongquan also knew that the old lady of the Mei family was unforgiving, and now that the girl had no man to rely on, she was afraid that life would be even more difficult, so she didn't leave Jia's and Sister Qiu, and asked Tian's to take away Jia's two catties of cane sugar.

Tian agreed loudly, but it was grinding and grinding, the flesh was painful, and he really didn't want to send cane sugar to his little sister, and when Jia came, he made up his mind not to take the big brother's things, this work pulled Tian's, don't want Tian's candy, one of them pretended to go to the bag, and the other resolutely stopped it, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law pushed and fought in the store for a long time.

This happened to be when the students of Tingfeng Academy got out of school, and more than 20 teenagers in their teens came to the store to buy some snacks.

Pastries have white sugar yam cake, sugar fried twist and so on, is weighed and wrapped up in the morning, ten copper plates and a big bag, there are two or three pounds of weight, you can also take the food and go straight to the pastry.

Sister Qiu stood in front of her uncle in a novel way, saw that her uncle was selling pastries, collecting money or weighing food, and asked, "Uncle, all these people who came to buy some hearts are students of Tingfeng Academy?" ”

The eldest uncle smiled and touched the top of Sister Qiu's hair, nodded and said, "These are all of these." Taking advantage of this meeting, no one said, so he lowered his voice and said to Sister Qiu: "These Xu are all people who have no money at home, they carry rice and noodles on their backs, and they make a fire to cook rice by themselves after school, they are too lazy to do it, either they buy it with money, or they exchange food for pastries, and eat a little food and stomach." ”

At this moment, the Jia family and the Tian family came out of the store, and seeing that the two of them had empty palms in their hands, Li Zhongquan was a little unhappy, frowned at Tian, and asked, "Didn't you ask Ai Rong to weigh the two catties of cane sugar?" ”

Jia Shi hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Don't, don't, there are still at home, and there are still those who brought back last time, if there is no one at home, can I, who is a sister, still be able to cheat with my brother and sister-in-law?" ”

Tian also hurriedly said: "I want to say, Ai Rong doesn't want it." ”

Li Zhongquan didn't say anything anymore.

Before leaving, Jia asked, "Sister-in-law, why aren't Changguo and Changjia at home?" ”

As soon as the two sons were mentioned, Tian was full of smiles, "Changguo and the Chang family were apprentices in Huyang, and they all stayed in Huyang to learn crafts except for the New Year. ”

"The Changguo Chang's family is full of good children who understand things, and they must have a great future in the future." Jia is also happy for his brother and sister-in-law, the child has a craft, and he can earn food wherever he goes.

When the Jia family dragged Sister Qiu away, Li Zhongquan still pursed his lips and stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at the back of his sister-in-law, shaking his head with a wry smile and sighing: "At first, my father was gone, and he shouldn't have formed this relationship with the Mei family at all!" ”

"The grandfather is also in love, Mei Laoxiu is a scholar." Tian preached on the side.

Li Zhongquan shook his head, "In the eyes of my grandfather, if the scholar is good, the scholar is superior, but I don't look at it, where is the Mei family a good thing!" Over the years, Airong has suffered and Sister Qiu. ”

Tian was in a good mood today, and her sister-in-law came to the door and gave a gift, which made her impression of her sister-in-law also changed greatly, and Li Zhongquan said: "Where is it so easy to study? Look at the Tingfeng Academy at the back of our house, so many people go in every year to study, and only a few of them pass the exam? It's an old talent in the exam, look at Mei Lao Xiucai, and he is not good at learning a kind of craft. ”

Li Zhongquan turned his face and glanced at Tian, and said, "You can just talk about this in front of me, turn your face and Ailian, don't say this in front of her." ”

As soon as Li Zhongquan's eldest sister Li Ailian was mentioned, Tian couldn't help it, and said in a sneering voice: "Your eldest sister is capable, and she doesn't have your eldest brother in her eyes, so she may not be able to set foot on this door in this life!" She wanted to continue to say a few words, venting her dissatisfaction with the eldest aunt, but she swallowed the rest of the words only after seeing that Li Zhong was completely neutral.

Li Ailian's is different from the timid and honest little sister Li Airong, she is a bold and vulgar, and her sister-in-law is 120,000 points away from picking up, Li Ailian's man surname is Zhang, who traveled south and north to transport goods and carts, earned a lot of money, and had a solid family background, but she was in a hurry to go home when she pulled the car in the early years, and died of a sudden illness in the middle of the road, leaving Li Ailian and her son Zhang Yunhuai.

The Zhang family has a thick background, and the guards of orphans and widows have caused a lot of jealous people to look at the family business, and a bunch of patriarchs and young people of the Zhang family have all brushed up on the idea of orphans and widows, and they all want to make a fortune from the Zhang family's family business, but Li Ailian is vulgar and bold, and she insists on providing her son with education while sending away those relatives who have no good intentions.

Even with Li Ailian's support, the Zhang family provided Yunhuai with a study, and the family background was almost grinding little by little. Because of her bad relationship with her eldest sister-in-law, Li Ailian is a tough child, and she has never been to her eldest brother's house for many years.

"Why didn't Ai Lian come to the house, it's not because of you!" Li Zhongquan said angrily, "Eh, my two girls are all hard-working people, and they have no men at a young age. Ai Lian is okay to say, there is a son watching, there will always be someone to support her in the future, what should Ai Rong do? Sister Qiu will go out with her son in the future, she can't work anymore when she is old, where can the Mei family tolerate her? ”

Tian nodded, Rao is she has no feelings for her little sister-in-law, and she can't help but sigh, she knows how pitiful women without sons are, and when she is old, she doesn't even have a pension to send her to the end.

Li Zhongquan thought about it for a while, and said: "After the New Year, you find an opportunity to ask Ai Rong what she means, are you happy to go again, she is still young, only in her early thirties, and people can do it, let's find a good family for her." ”

"I'm afraid I'm not happy to look at her." Tian shook his head, "She can't rest assured that Sister Qiu." ”

Li Zhongquan laughed, "I have to marry her after the filial piety period, in two years, Sister Qiu is older, and she has a son, and she can remarry with peace of mind, but she plans to take advantage of this matter." My father and mother are all gone, and I, the eldest brother, plan for her. "Otherwise, his timid and honest little sister would really be ruined in the Mei family in this life.

Sister Qiu was carrying sugar and the rest of the money, and when she walked home with Jia's family, the two of them walked briskly, and the eyes of each other were all happy and happy, and the feeling of having money on her body was different, although a hanging of money was not much, but it was better than not being able to touch even a copper plate.

Jia's today is the first time to bring gifts to visit the eldest brother, before she didn't dare to laugh with Tian's, always feel inferior, now there is a gift confidence enough, the waist is also straight, it is actually an unprecedented experience and experience, think about it and can't help but feel sad, she made cattle and horses for the Mei family for many years, not a penny, and also pasted all the dowries to the Mei family, and now rely on the idea of the daughter, you can bring gifts to visit the eldest brother.

Or the girl is smart, she really deserves to be the daughter of the old Xiucai, only a day into the city, she knows that the snake skin can be sold for money, she goes back to the gutter to turn around, if you look at the long dragon skin again, pick it back, slowly save up, and pay off the debt is also expected. Jia Shi never dared to think that one day she would not rely on the Mei family, and she could pay off the debt to Lao Xiucai to do the aftermath. For a while, the big stone that had blocked her heart for a long time also became lighter, and although the road ahead was bumpy, she could still look at her expectations if she persevered.

Sister Qiu didn't know a thought of her mother, she thought about the eldest uncle in Jiujiang Town, in her opinion, the eldest uncle is an understanding person, he opened a shop by himself, the idea is not bad, there is a little money in his hand, look at the aunt's father and mother's bright and neat dress, she knows that the eldest uncle has not treated her badly, the eldest uncle is very clear, his own home is the most important, his own daughter-in-law and son are more important than other relatives, and the sister's life is poor, he only gives a few gifts, The extent to which she is helped will not affect the life of her own family.

Where is it like Mei Lao Xiucai, who hated to sell all his daughters-in-law, children, and children to be "filial" to his parents, brothers and nephews. If Mei Lao Xiucai had half of her uncle's father in her mind, she and Jia's life would not be uncomfortable like this, and Lao Xiucai's father would not have been left behind, and he would even borrow all the money to do his posthumous affairs.

There is also the Tingfeng Academy in Jiujiang Town, so many students have no food, if you can open a small restaurant around the Tingfeng Academy, you don't have to worry about running out of ideas. Just to open a restaurant, you have to lease a storefront, and you have to buy dishes, tables and chairs, all of which require money, Sister Qiu thinks about it a little worried, and her current assets are only a handful of money that she has just arrived.

The two of them returned to Xiaohe Town with their own thoughts, and now it was just noon, except for a few idle men squatting at the entrance of the village to talk and fart, most of the people in the village had just finished their work from the fields and were ready to go home for dinner.

Jia pushed open the door made of branches of the Mei family, but he didn't expect to see Mao standing under the porch as soon as he entered the gate, looking at the two of them with a tiger face.

Sister Qiu was surprised, raised her eyes and looked at the sun, it was not yet noon, and it was not too late, why was the Mao family unhappy?

"Coming back?" Mao asked, as if the words were squeezed out word by word between his teeth.

Jia's is also a little inexplicable, I don't know where to provoke my mother-in-law again, and now I came back relatively early, and I didn't delay cooking, how could I provoke her?

"Mother, I'll cook." Jia Shi lowered his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes.

Mao didn't say a word, looked at them with a gloomy face, and slowly walked from under the porch and walked to Jia's side.

Sister Qiu saw that the old lady's angry eyes could all erupt flames, and hurriedly said: "Milk, my uncle's shop is very busy, and he can't take care of us, we will come back when we go, and we didn't bring ......."

She wanted to explain to Mao why she didn't bring a return gift to her uncle's house this time, but before she could finish speaking, Mao rounded her arm, jumped up and slapped Jia in the face fiercely, and hit Jia's head off.

"You conscienceless bitch! Eat stuff inside and out! Mao scolded in his voice, the muscles on his face trembled, he looked hideous and terrifying, gritted his silver teeth, and hated to eat Jia alive.

The curtain of the west room was just opened, and listening to Mao's crisp slap sound of Jia's slap, as well as Mao's unbearable scolding, the uncovered curtain was immediately closed again.

Sister Qiu's unspoken words swallowed in her throat, and after relieving herself, she looked at Mao in disbelief, with anger spurting in her eyes.

"You can bear it! I have already said that your mind is the most vicious, how did your father and mother teach you? If you don't complain about dying so early, raise a wild pheasant like you, and you should die early! What evil did my poor eldest son do in his life, and put on you filthy poisonous woman? Mao pointed at Jia's head, scolding the spittle and flying sideways, still consciously puzzled, and his fingers poked into Jia's eyes hatefully.

Pheasant is the most unpleasant word to scold a woman in Xiaohe Town, which means prostitute.

In the past, no matter how angry Mao was, no matter how ugly the scolding was, he would not beat anyone, and he would not piggyback on a vicious "greeting" to Jia's parents who died early.

Jia Shi stood there with his face covered, his hair was scattered, his hair was scattered, and all his hair was covered with tears, and he didn't say a word.

Sister Qiu clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, ran out suddenly, stood at the gate of Mei's house, knelt down facing Mei's house, cried loudly, took the opportunity to scratch her hair, grabbed the ash on the ground and touched it a few times, and cried out in her voice: "Milk, I was wrong!" Don't beat my mother, milk, if you want to beat me, you can beat me to death! , please, don't hit my mother! Milk, I don't eat at all at noon, please milk, don't beat my mother! ”

The 10-year-old girl's voice was sharp and bright, very quickly overpowering Mao's rough voice. At this time, when the people in the village were carrying the iron plough home for dinner, the door of the Mei family quickly attracted a group of onlookers, and they pointed inside, and Lao Xiucai died for two months, and the fierce mothers began to beat their daughters-in-law and abuse their granddaughters.

Many people all asked Sister Qiu what was wrong, Sister Qiu didn't say anything, and cried loudly over and over again, "Milk, I don't eat at home anymore, I go out to beg for food, dig vegetables, and don't waste food at home anymore!" I'm wrong, I don't eat nests! Milk, you sold me to change the noodles for the big cow and the second cow, please don't beat my mother! ”

Mao's face was flushed, and she pointed at Sister Qiu's eyes with a fierce light, and said, "You girl wants to turn the other way, don't you?" Hurry up and crawl back for me, I can't kill you! ”

Lin Zheng next door, Aunt Chunhua came back with Lin Zhun and Da Yin carrying the iron plowshare, listening to such a loud noise of the Mei family, Da Zhun dropped the iron plow and ran to the door of the Mei family, and Aunt Chunhua and others also hurriedly followed.

Looking at Sister Qiu, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, Lin Zhun was full of heartache, wiped Sister Qiu's face with his sleeve, forcibly suppressed her anger, and dragged Sister Qiu into the courtyard of Mei's house.

Aunt Chunhua followed into the courtyard, and helped Jia Shi, who was standing there with a wooden face, to the side, she was a straight person, and fired at Mao, "Auntie, if you have something to say, how can you beat someone?" ”

Mao's gave a group of villagers onlookers and pointed out, and listened to Sister Qiu crying loudly there, muttering about adding oil and vinegar, and hated to want Lao Mei's family to mum about those things all the servants all day, and her face was red and her neck was thick, and the dead girl was muttering nonsense, as if she beat Jia Shi so hard, it was inconvenient to slap this poisonous woman's son!