Mrs. Zhang is at ease in front of Mrs. Qi, she knows that Mrs. Qi is actually a fun-loving character, and this is in front of outsiders to put on such a shelf, and naturally she will not expose it without interest.

Instead, he sat comfortably at the table, and because of filial piety, he couldn't eat a lot of dishes.

However, Mrs. Qi had already prepared, and specially asked the kitchen to make a few vegetarian dishes and put them in front of Mrs. Zhang.

There was a maid who wanted to come forward to serve Mrs. Zhang to eat, and when she saw which dish she looked at with her eyes, she put it on the plate in front of her.

Mrs. Zhang took two bites, only felt uncomfortable, and said simply: "You kid, you are busy with your going, let me eat it by myself and it will be sweeter." ”

The maid pursed her lips and smiled, she was Mrs. Qi's personal maid, and she also followed Mrs. Qi to watch the game that day, knowing the relationship between the two families now, and also knowing that her master was quite temperamental to Mrs. Zhang, today Mrs. Qi specially called her to serve Mrs. Zhang, I was afraid that Mrs. Zhang would be inconvenient or embarrassed, so I was good to watch from the side.

Who would have thought that this mother-in-law is very comfortable, just like at home, she doesn't treat herself as an outsider at all, and she put down her chopsticks very happily at the moment: "The old lady eats first, just call the slave and maid if she lacks anything." ”

As he spoke, he stepped aside.

Mrs. Zhang first listened to the introduction of the girl next to her, saying that she is a chef today, but she is the apprentice of the cook who cooks for the emperor, and the skill is still there?

Not to mention, the dishes on the table are just beautiful when made, like flowers, and people are reluctant to put down chopsticks.

Looking at the other official wives, if you meet them on weekdays, you probably won't even glance at the corner of your eyes as a country woman.

I never thought I would be able to sit at a table today.

Because of her filial piety, she can't eat those dishes that look delicious, so she can only watch dryly.

I didn't expect those official wives to just look at it, but it made Mrs. Zhang wonder, could it be that these people have filial piety in their families?

Later, when I looked at these official wives, they awkwardly stretched out their chopsticks, and they tasted one or two bites, and they all sat there and watched.

I am more and more puzzled, this is a dish made by the emperor's chef apprentice, why don't you eat them all? What a waste!

If she can't eat it, she can wrap it up at this table today, and if she can't finish eating, she can pack it back and give it to Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Wu to taste, right?

Therefore, as soon as the vegetarian dish was served, I only ate two bites, and I wanted to swallow my tongue, it was so delicious.

It's a pity that Mrs. Qi's girl has a chopsticks to clip so little, where is enough?

Just let the girl go and come by herself.

Mrs. Zhang had a few vegetarian dishes, and asked for a bowl of rice, and ate a lot of food, and ate a lot of vegetables, and ate it very sweetly.

Seeing that Mrs. Qi, who was used to eating her own cook's skills, couldn't help but be hungry, so she simply asked for a small half bowl of rice, and actually finished eating.

Seeing that Mrs. Qi was like this, the other ladies were dumbfounded.

Not to mention anything else, their family

Men are also small officials, and there are a number of money, of course, even if there is some extra income, it is better to feed a large family, than ordinary people, and there is meat on the table on weekdays, even if it is good.

When I came to the banquet today, the men in the family were all told to be reserved, not like I had never eaten a banquet in my life, I would rather be hungry than look ugly.

There are even some people who nibble on two steamed buns before going out directly, and their stomachs are still full.

Who wouldn't want to eat a banquet like this? It's just that I don't dare, I'm afraid that I will eat indecently and be ridiculed.

This mother-in-law took the lead, and Mrs. Qi followed, so that those ladies didn't know for a while whether they should follow their heart's wishes and let go of their belly to eat, or listen to their own men, and go back hungry when they die?

At one time, a table of ladies watched Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Qi eat so deliciously, and swallowed saliva.

After a while, an older female dependent couldn't help it, and turned her head to look at the maid serving behind: "This girl, can, can you bring me a bowl of rice?" ”

The maid was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and said, "This lady, please wait a moment." ”

After a while, a bowl of steaming rice came up, and the lady pulled two mouthfuls of rice, and the chopsticks went towards the dishes on the table like rain.

One of them moved, and the rest couldn't bear it.

"Girl, bring me a bowl of rice, a bigger bowl."

"Girl, do you have a bun? Give me five first. ”

"Girl, have a bowl of noodles—"

……

No one spoke for a while, anyway, I couldn't shoot the horse's legs, and it was not uncommon for Mrs. Qi to be well-informed.

In this life, I can't say that I have such an opportunity to eat such a decent banquet, and rounding it up is to eat a royal banquet.

Who cares if you go back to your own man, what does the man say? Eat it first and then talk about it, with this banquet, it is enough to talk for a lifetime.

Therefore, one by one, the female dependents also put down their face and buried their heads in hardship.

The backyard was so quiet that only the sound of eating remained.

A few maids and servants of the Qi family, look at me, I look at you, I have followed my master for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen such a banquet, it is really delicious!

Several servant women who were farther away couldn't help but say, "How do I look at this Chef Li's craftsmanship today, it seems that it is getting better and better, and I can see that I am hungry." ”

"Let people go to the kitchen for a while and say, let's take out some silver, and let Chef Li leave two dishes for us too, and dip them into the light?"

"Okay, count me as well. Look at the roasted duck, the skin, golden butter shiny, crispy and crispy. It's a pity that these people can't eat it, so how can the skin be stained with sauce? I've heard that it's best to dip that white sugar in—"

"If in the past, I was afraid that the rest of this table would be rewarded to us, but now I look at this posture, and I guess that this time the chef is busy steaming rice, otherwise I'm afraid there won't be enough to eat——"

Wang Laozhu took a sullen puff of his cigarette, "What's the matter?" ”

"I've thought about it, and when the Li family sells the land and house, I don't know how to delay

When, there must be someone waiting to lower the price, wouldn't that be cheaper for others? I thought, it's better not to want the rest of the Li family's silver, let's ask them to use the house and land as collateral to give it to us, what do you think? ”

Mrs. Zhang naturally has a plan, but now the situation of the family, I am only afraid that it will be sad in the future, and no matter how much money I have, there will be a time when it will run out.

The farmer is still the most real in the field.

Instead of giving it to others cheaply, it is better to take over the land yourself, and as long as there is land, you will not starve to death! Moreover, she can also take advantage of this opportunity to secretly buy two acres of land for her daughter, otherwise I am afraid that the silver will be spent on the boss.

She won't wronged her daughter for the sake of the boss.

Wang Laozhu didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang's purpose was to buy some land for her old daughter to be used as a dowry in the future, so she really thought about it and counted the Li family's paddy fields and dry fields.

The most loved thing by the Zhuang family is the field, and the heart is solid with the field.

Although the Li family is cunning and cunning, the two sons and daughter-in-law are all good at work, except for a few acres of good paddy fields, many of them are dry land carved out by themselves.

If you pay all these fields to the Wang family, then ......

Wang Laozhu was suddenly so excited that he couldn't sit still.

After a few laps around the house, he still didn't stabilize, and ran to the patriarch's house, which is a major matter related to future generations, and in his own hands, he can provide a talented son, and leave a few more acres of good land for future generations, and he can look up and see his ancestors when he dies.

As soon as Wang Laozhu left, Mrs. Zhang stuffed the wrench in her hand to Mei Xiaotong: "Girl, touch it, this is a good thing that the county order rewards your third brother, and only the rich and noble people in the city can afford to wear it!" I've heard people say, what gold is priceless and jade is priceless, and it is estimated that it is worth at least five taels of silver, right? We can't buy such a good thing with money! You touch it, it's slippery and cool, and it's really a precious thing. ”

Mei Xiaotong touched it like a stream, and returned it to Mrs. Zhang: "Mother, you can keep this good thing." ”

Mrs. Zhang carefully took out a handkerchief from her arms to wrap the wrench, and said happily: "Mother will naturally take it well and give you a dowry in the future." With such a good thing, who would dare to underestimate you? ”

Mei Xiaotong was completely speechless, anyway, no matter what good things she had at home, Mrs. Zhang was planning to save for herself as a dowry.

This love for her daughter, she really can't resist, she can only force herself not to indulge in it too much, so that she can become the former Mei Xiaotong.

Moreover, in the current situation at home, she really has no intention of getting married, not to mention that the love task given to her by the cheating father's system is a headache when she thinks about it.

So she had to divert the topic, and when it came to the skill of diverting the topic, she estimated that she was already full.

"Mother, I don't want to get married yet, I want to accompany you more! Besides, now our family, this mess, I don't have this mind, wait for the situation at home to improve! Keep these good things for yourself! This is Mei Xiaotong's heartfelt words.

Now that he has become Mei Xiaotong and a member of the Wang family, even if it is for the sake of Mrs. Zhang, who is sincere, she has to make the life of the Wang family better.

Mrs. Zhang is only shy as a daughter, but what the girl said is also true, the current situation in the family, even if she gets compensation from the Li family, but the boss is such a strong laborer is useless.

If you want to have a good life, you have to have more men and more strong laborers to feed your family.

The boss is gone, and I am afraid that the life of the family will not be as good as it is now.

The family is old and small, and there is no manpower to work in the fields in the future, and it will definitely cost money to hire people.

This mother's family is not powerful, how to find a good family for her daughter?

Thinking about it like this, Mrs. Zhang is in a hurry! Now she looks at her daughters wherever she is, and she can't wait for the emperor to be worthy, if it is because of family reasons, she delays her daughter's marriage, see which one she can spare?

I cried out in my heart for such a good girl, but I was delayed by my family, why should my precious daughter be affected by those white-eyed wolves?

Mrs. Zhang turned countless thoughts in her heart, but her face was not obvious, and she comforted Mei Xiaotong: "Don't worry about Zhu'er, everything is here, don't worry-" said Mei Xiaotong's ear, and quietly said the idea of buying her land as a dowry.

Looking at the shocked face of the old girl, Mrs. Zhang thought that the girl was happy and stupid, and patted her head: "We both know about this, don't even say your father, do you know?" Take out the money I gave you first, and I'll go back to the house to sum it up, how can I buy you two more acres of land. ”

After speaking, he took the copper coin that Mei Xiaotong turned out, and went back to the house in a hurry.

The rest of Mei Xiaotong held her forehead and sighed for a long time before she cheered up and went to the firewood room to see the yellow pine mushrooms.

All this is because the family has no money in front of her, if she has money, why does Mrs. Zhang have to pick on other sons to make up for her daughter?

As long as she can earn money and make a lot of money, Mrs. Zhang naturally doesn't look down on the three melons and two dates of other sons.

So, in the end, you have to stand up and earn money on your own.

Now the only hope is the yellow pine mushroom.

Entered the firewood room, uncovered the cloth on the cultivation bed and looked, sure enough, the yellow pine mushroom had been last night, quietly, all out of the soil, at a glance, dozens of mushroom heads crowded together, very spectacular.

Mei Xiaotong was overjoyed, and she couldn't care about anything else, so she went back to the house to find Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang was in the house, cross-legged on the kang, counting her belongings, calculating how much she could pick out and buy a few acres of land for her daughter.

Hearing the sound of the door, he hurriedly scooped up all the silver into his arms, lifted his skirt to wrap it, looked up and was about to scold, and when he saw that it was an old girl, he relaxed: "What's wrong?" So flustered? ”

Mei Xiaotong didn't say anything, and pulled Mrs. Zhang and walked out.

Mrs. Zhang's shoes don't come

and wear, the skirt is still carrying silver, where is the willingness to go out, "Little ancestor, alas, slow down, slow down!" Don't tear up a handful of old bones. You stop, I'll pack up this pile and go out with you? ”

said that he quickly locked the silver in the box with his hands and feet, put on his shoes again, and then followed Mei Xiaotong to the firewood room.

When I saw the unearthed mushroom head, I was speechless for a while.

It took a long time before he squeezed out his voice: "Girl, you ...... You've really planted it......"

Mei Xiaotong nodded excitedly, she didn't expect that she would succeed in the first test of the water, and sure enough, she still has talent! Scholars are scholars everywhere!

Mrs. Zhang rubbed her hands excitedly: "Oh, Mom, how much silver is this worth?" I guess it's two or three pounds, right? Last time, those gave five taels of silver, so old, can't you give a dozen taels? ”

Now the Wang family is the two of them in this family, and they and the eldest and the fourth have taken a big step back.

But at the beginning, he personally promised this family to be the old girl, and now the Wang family is indeed thriving, and Wang Laozhu can't say with a bad conscience that his daughter's family is not good.

Wang Laozhu is worried about what will happen in a few years, or even decades.

The old woman has already let go out, and she wants the old girl to recruit a son-in-law at home, but she used to think that the old girl can't get married, and she has a good idea, so it is better to recruit a son-in-law at home, and she can also help the Wang family.

Now it seems that the old girl has a right idea, she has been in town for a day, the current land in the family is bought back by her, and the money and way to do business are also in the hands of the girl.

With the temperament of the girl, the eldest and the fourth can't make waves in the hands of the girl.

Wang Laozhu originally only thought that he could support the Wang family, but he didn't think much about it, but now he found out that if the Wang family got up, it would rely on a woman.

And with her daughter in charge like this, the eldest and fourth can only listen to her, not to mention the Jin Dou and Jin Kettle below?

Besides, if the daughter recruits a son-in-law and is in charge of the house, and the child born in the future is also surnamed Wang, if the daughter trains her own child, in the future, won't she want the daughter to be the branch, but to press her brother's main support to not raise his head?

The main branch is weak, and the partial branch is strong, which is not a good thing for any family, and he can't allow such a thing to happen.

But he worked this idea, and no one in the family understood it.

Even the eldest felt a little softer because he used his daughter's silver, not to mention him, even himself, didn't he speak in front of his daughter because of this.

It's not that he doesn't love his daughter, but this can't conflict with the future of the Wang family?

Wang Laozhu felt that he was not like an old woman who didn't see a woman, he only knew that his daughter made money, and she floated to the sky, why don't you want to think about it, in today's world, men are all for the sky, where is there a reason for women to be the masters of the house?

This kind of thought, before, I could still talk to the second child, and the second child understood him best.

But the second child, alas, don't mention it.

Unexpectedly, this big girl actually understands her own mind, every sentence, every word speaks to her heart.

It's just that his eldest man, when he said it, wanted his daughter to be in charge, but now he can't slap himself in the mouth and take back this power.

After thinking about it, I still have to let my daughter take the initiative to hand over power.

Thinking like this, Wang Laozhu's mind moved.

confided in Wang Yongzhen a little bit about the worries in his heart.

Wang Yongzhen was originally a person who was successfully brainwashed by Mrs. Lin, and when she heard Wang Laozhu's worries, she thought of what Mrs. Lin said at the beginning, if a woman wants to stand firm in her mother-in-law's house, she has to rely on her mother's family.

What does my mother's family rely on?

Of course, it's up to the brothers!

Whose mother's family relies on sisters?

She is not only for the good of her mother's family, but also for her own good in the Sun family, and she has to correct the things that her mother's family should not do now.

Thinking of this, Wang Yongzhen immediately stood up: "Dad, don't worry! I'll go to my little sister and say go! She is too ignorant, Dad, you are in good health, she should take the initiative to return the right to be in charge to you! It's still in your own hands, and it's not filial piety at all! ”

As he spoke, he walked outside in a huff.

Mrs. Zhang, who had been listening to the door for a long time, couldn't hold it back for a long time, and wanted to roll up her sleeves and rush in several times to give Wang Yongzhen a big ear scraper.

Something with no eyes and no conscience, he dares to say that he is a daughter!

was pulled by Mei Xiaotong, Mrs. Zhang is a stepmother, a little wrong, I'm afraid that I will have to say something unpleasant, and it will be no problem for her to come forward.

Therefore, as soon as Wang Yongzhen came out, he fell in love with Mrs. Zhang's mother and daughter.

Mrs. Zhang spat Wang Yongzhen in the face, slammed the door and went in.

Wang Yongzhen's face flushed, and it took a long time to smile at Mei Xiaotong reluctantly: "Little sister-" After shouting, she was stunned.

As a little sister, she didn't get close to herself when she was a child, and she was used to being very coquettish by Mrs. Zhang.

(End of chapter)