Chapter 230: Humility and Prudence
Mei Yindi was angry, she didn't believe in which family to send good news, so Mao pulled her out in a hurry, and said that it was the uncle who was hit, this time it was good, and she made a big joke. Mei Yindi, a lady to be married, is more face-saving than before, originally hoped that Mei Qu could be an old showman, and helped her withdraw from Xiaowangzhuang's marriage event, and the door is even better, and it must not be compared to Lin Zhuan, but now it seems that the bamboo basket is empty, and she is happy in vain.
Mao's legs slowly weakened, sat on the ground, suddenly screamed, struggling to stand up, Mei Yindi hurriedly helped her.
Mao's face was blue, a pair of eyes like knives slashed at the next door, gritting silver teeth and shouting: "They are mistaken, they must be mistaken!" Lin Zhun has only been studying for a few years, why did he get in? It's definitely a mistake, the two are close, it's a mistake! I went to find that man and asked him to make it clear, my third son, my third son must be successful! β
Seeing that Mao's family was crazy, Mei Yindi was so frightened that she hugged Mao's waist and didn't want her to go, so many people in the village were all in Jiang's house to congratulate her, Mao's was going to make trouble, it was really a shame! It's not enough for her to have an ugly fiancΓ©, so why not add an ugly grandmother? "Milk, don't you go, how can people be mistaken! People's surname is Lin, our surname is Mei! β
"The two of us are close! It must be that they are officials who are confused and mistaken! Mao exclaimed angrily, "I can't ask someone to take the name of the third son!" Mei Yindi was anxious to jump, her physical strength was not as big as Mao's, she couldn't hold it at all, she hated that her grandparents at home hadn't come back, she was illiterate, and she knew that a surname was Mei and a surname Lin, how could people make people mistaken! Mao's is unreasonable at all.
Mother, this crazy is even more powerful!
Mei Yindi complained bitterly, after all, she watched Mei Laosuo lead the family to run home from a distance, and she hurriedly shouted: "Father, mother, hurry, I can't hold the milk!" β
Mei Laosuo was old and strong, running in front, looking at Mao's eyes straight, his face was pale, struggling to beat people, he looked crazy, he hugged Mao's arm in panic, and asked, "What's wrong with your milk?" "That is, he who hears the good news...... It was Lin Zhun who won the old Xiucai, not my uncle, my milk is like this. Mei Yindi stumbled and preached, and she was all embarrassed. Mao suddenly spat at Mei Yindi's face, and said in a sinister manner: "Dead Nizi is nonsense!" It's your uncle! They made a mistake, my aunt hacked them to death, Lin was a stinky boy, and dared to rob my third son's family name...... I'm going to kill them! β
Aunt Mei was watching the joke on the side, pretending to be worried, clapping her hands and shouting, "Eh, father, what can I do about this?" It's crazy to see my mother! I'm going to shout to my mother! Mao's struggle was so great that Mei Laosuo almost couldn't hold her for a while, and she was helpless at the moment, so she just said: "Then you shout, your mother is crazy this time, just call the soul back." "There is a superstitious saying in the countryside that if a person is suddenly suffered
Those who can't stand the great stimulation and go crazy are hooked by the dirty things, and the soul wanders around the human body, not in the human body, causing the human spirit to be abnormal. The so-called soul shouting is a woman who is close to the crazy person while fanning the wind with her hand around the person, while shouting: "Almost, come back quickly!" β
And if the child falls and cries, not only does the person feel that the child's soul is light, and it is very easy to leave the body after snorting, and the elderly also want to shout the soul of the child.
Aunt Mei shouted at the same time: "Mother, come back quickly!" While fanning Mao's body with a lot of trouble, it seems that he can bring Mao's soul back into the body, and shouted several times in a row, Mao's still looks crazy with a red and white face, if it weren't for Mei Laosuo's hug, she would rush to the next door to make a fuss.
Mei Laosuo didn't believe that those grandmothers who jumped the gods could cure Mao's family, and the gloating smile on Aunt Mei's face only felt a burst of worry, Mei Tang also watched the play with his hands on the side, and he wanted to be worried and angry, and in the end he really couldn't do it, he picked up his arm and scraped it on Mao's face.
Don't talk about doing it, Mei Laosuo has never even said a word to Mao's in his life, and this time he actually shaved Mao's ear, and even the two cows who laughed and laughed at the joke were all surprised.
The ear scraping was crisp and loud, and Mao also froze, and slowly passed for a while before he came to his senses, but his eyes rolled and he fainted.
"Hurry up and help me carry your mother into the house!" Mei Laosuo said to Mei Tang.
Several people carried Mao into the house, took off their shoes and covered the quilt, and then came out and walked into the courtyard. The Jiang family next door is lively, the sound of cannons, suona, and congratulations come and go, and the courtyard of the Mei family is even more miserable and deserted.
Mei Tang leaned against the wall with his face and hands, squinted at the high wall separating the Jiang family for a moment, and looked at Mei Laosuo for a while, although he didn't say a word, he clearly showed his dissatisfaction with Mei Laosuo.
Originally, when the second uncle and father of Mei heard that Lin Zhun was in the old Xiucai examination and there was nothing to do with Meiqu, they were already on the verge of an outbreak. I've been studying for seven or eight years before and after, and I didn't miss the exam twice, and my ten fingers don't stick to Yang Chunshui at home, and it's the best to eat, why? Why!
Mei Laosuo's face was blue for a moment and white for a moment, his fingers were shaking in his sleeves and he was almost unconscious, he instinctively wanted to smoke other earthen cigarette guns around his waist, but he felt empty, and only then did he think about it, the tobacco leaves that Sister Qiu bought for him had already finished smoking, and it was not good to find gray and withered grass blades to smoke at this moment, and he had quit smoking for a very long time.
In fact, after he listened to the news, he looked at the faces of the second child and the second daughter-in-law, and knew that something was wrong, if Lin Zhun also fell off the list, this thing would be easy to say, in the end, the big guys all know, Lao Xiucai is not so easy to test, how many people have only been a child in their lives, but Lin Zhun alone has also been admitted, a child who has only read more than a few years of books has been admitted, Mei Quhua
After so much money, after reading so much, but after years of studying, but falling off the list, who can be convinced? What could he say?
Lin Zhun how did that kid pass the test! This is called the third son, how shameless! Mei Laosuo's heart was also gloomy, complaining about the Jiang family next door.
Mei Tang didn't dare to say so ruthlessly in front of Mao, but he dared to say it in front of Mei Laosuo.
Mei Laosuo licked his dry lips, and only then spoke: "Second brother, Lao Xiucai is not so easy to test, your eldest brother back then...... Didn't you take the exam for several years? β
"Huh! Father, what are you doing with my eldest brother? My eldest brother has been taking the exam for several years, but when he is at home, he is not the same as the old man, why do he wait for everyone to serve! My sister-in-law...... That's a lot of work. Mei Tang didn't pay attention to Li Niangzi, and finally told the truth, after Jia's left, the life of the family resumed in an instant, and Mei's second aunt complained to Mao's for a long time, so that she realized the importance of Jia's family, and it was a pity that people had already taken them away.
Mei Laosu sighed, "That's not what I said, this person is different...... I see that the third son has been working hard in the past few years, maybe good things will be in the next year, what are you doing in a hurry? When your younger brother is admitted to the old Xiucai, can you not take care of the big cow and the second cow? If the third son becomes an official, not many good daughters will compete with the big cow and the second cow? Maybe you can even talk about the official lady......"
Before Mei Laosuo finished speaking, Aunt Mei exaggerated and patted her thigh in a long voice and shouted: "Eh, hey, return the official lady, smack!" Father, how dare you think about it! The two of us are dirt buns, but we don't dare to think about the official lady, our big cow can marry someone as rich as Wang Xiaonian's family. β
No, not to mention, compared to the old couple of the Mei family, Mei and his wife are very practical in the issue of marrying their children, and the big cake painted by Mei Laosu can no longer satisfy Mei and his wife.
The children of the second family, even the youngest and most incomprehensible Erniu seemed to understand what was going on, and collectively stood behind the second family and his wife.
Mei Laosuo has nothing to say, and his heart is gloomy, the old man did not pass the exam this time, which can be regarded as completely dispelling the confidence and patience of the second family, especially when there is an old talent next door.
Seeing that Mei Laosuo didn't open her mouth, Aunt Mei couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a smile: "Father, I know everything about you and my mother's thoughts with Da Niu and his father, and I have been tired and tired for many years, and I have brought the lives of his uncle and my little daughter, just to confess to an official grandfather." I don't think it's better to divide the family, the land in the family is four or six points, you and your mother are the most painful old man, and you will live with the old man, our family is many, hehe, our land occupies more points, father, you can rest assured, I and his father give you filial piety every year! β
When Mei Laosuo heard this, he was almost out of breath and broke up? Is this time the family is separated? The meaning of the second daughter-in-law is very obvious, she is not willing to support them, Mao and he are all old, and their bodies are not as good as before, so they can still do a few things
Year? If Mei Qu can't pass the old show for a while......
"Second daughter-in-law, you ...... You've got a good plan! Mei Laosuo was stupid and stupid, and he was not good at words, and he coughed violently.
While the Jiang family was celebrating lively, the town also came to the town with a noisy gong and drum, and went straight to the Qiu Ji shop, it turned out that Zhang Ruoxu also won the old Xiucai, and the Bao Xi people went to the village first, and heard that Zhang Lao Xiucai's mother was in the Qiu Ji shop in the town, so he went to the town again.
Li Ailian's tears flowed down her face, and she really wanted to run to her deceased husband's grave immediately to inform him of the good news, Zhang Yuxiu wiped her tears and persuaded her mother not to be too agitated to heal herself.
Jia Shi was also sincerely happy for his sister's family, and seeing that Li Ailian was only happy to wipe her tears, she quietly went to wrap a few red envelopes and prepared to send them to the annunciator. "No, no!" Li Ailian grabbed Jia's and said resolutely and happily: "I will pay this money by myself!" β
Aunt Chunhua also looked at it with envy, and sincerely said hello to Li Ailian, but there was a wisp of sadness in her heart, and her eldest son also went, and it looked like nine times out of ten she was off the list. It is also that after the previous year of enlightenment, the Great Quasi-Tonggong has only studied for more than a year, even if the kid is more than everyone else, but where is the old Xiucai so easy to test? Zhang Ruoxu studied all of them for 6 years before he was admitted to an old talent.
"Don't worry, sooner or later you'll have such a day." Jia Shi privately dragged Aunt Chunhua to persuade her.
Sister Qiu looked at it with a smile, and suddenly had an idea, ran to the announcer and asked, "Uncle, is there anyone else in the Tingfeng Academy in our town who has passed the old Xiucai?" β
Seeing that Sister Qiu was a beautiful little lady, and she liked it in her heart, she smiled and nodded: "Yes, now you have heard that there are old Xiucai in the Wind Academy, one Wang Xuan Wang Lao Xiucai, one Zhang Ruoxu Zhang Lao Xiucai, and another ...... Lin Zhun Lin is an old showman. β
"Lin Zhun? But Lin Zhun who lives in Xiaohe Town? Sister Qiu hurriedly asked.
Bao Xiren shook his head and said: "I don't know this, I am not responsible for going to Lin Lao Xiucai's house to report the good news, what I know is that Tingfeng Academy is now in the middle of this old Xiucai, there were not so many in previous years, Tingfeng Academy is going to be popular again, hehe!" β
How many Lin Zhun can there be in Tingfeng Academy? It must be a big quasi-brother!
Sister Qiu was very happy, and hurriedly went to talk to Aunt Chunhua: "Auntie, I just asked, and the eldest brother is also in the middle!" β
Aunt Chunhua was still a little incredulous, and said with a forced smile: "It's impossible, how many days have you been studying?" β
In fact, even Sister Qiu didn't believe it a little, she wondered how the eldest brother could study for two or three years before she could get into school.
After a while, the villagers from Xiaohe Town who came to report the news arrived, and they ran all the way over, panting for breath, but they were unbearable and excited, and told Aunt Chunhua about the old and middle-aged talents, and all the people who reported the good news entered the house.
Due to the inquiry of Sister Qiu in front of her, Aunt Chunhua was very calm when she heard the good news, and only her trembling speech revealed the excitement in her heart.
"Approve them...... When will you be back? Aunt Chunhua asked.
The annunciation didn't expect that in this small country shop,
There were two old Xiucai in a row, if he was still proud of the people in the city when he first came, this work has been completely put away, and he said with a smile: "I don't know this, according to the previous practice, the new old Xiucai will come back after thanking the county master, it should be these days, sister-in-law don't worry." β
In the afternoon, after sending away the good news, Li Ailian took Zhang Yuxiu to buy candles and yellow sorghum paper, and returned to her village, where her mother and son hugged their heads and cried in front of the tomb of Zhang's uncle, and couldn't wait to tell the good news to the Zhang family's uncle-in-law underground.
Jia Shi looked at the back of Li Ailian and Zhang Yuxiu walking together, shook his head and sighed: "It's difficult, it's difficult for the widow's family!" β
Sister Qiu also deeply felt that no matter what era it is, a widow's family with children is the most difficult. Like Jia's, there is only one daughter, and it is easy to remarry, but Li Ailian has a boy, and it seems to be very difficult to remarry, otherwise the boy will not be able to raise his head and give people guidance in the future, especially if Li Ailian still wants Zhang Ruoxu to take the road of the imperial examination, it is even more difficult to have a bad pool. Fortunately, Zhang Ruo's argument is vain, and Li Ailian's sacrifice is not in vain.
In the anticipation of everyone, three days later, Lin Zhun and Zhang Ruoxu and a group of people rushed back from the county seat, and after going to the college to thank the teacher, Lin Zhun and Zhang Ruoxu returned to the Qiuji shop.
"Brother Quasi!" Sister Qiu looked at Lin Zhun and Zhang Ruoxu by the door first.
Zhang Ruoxu shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm walking in front of Dazhun, why can you only look at Dazhun in your eyes?" β
Lin Jian smiled gently on the side, and looked at Sister Qiu without blinking, in the impression that he and Sister Qiu had not been separated for such a long time! He felt that the little lady in front of him still looked so comfortable and beautiful, as if he had never left, as if every day before, he came to eat at noon after school, and Sister Qiu stood by the door and smiled at him.
Sister Qiu stretched her eyes at Zhang Ruoxu and said with a smile: "Isn't this coming before I can call you, you will be sour!" After a few more glances, he shook his head and said with a smile: "You two have lost a lot of weight, and the eldest aunt and aunt should be heartbroken if they don't know." β
The two of them have not only lost weight, but they also give people the same feeling as before, and they feel more mature and stable.
As soon as Zhang Ruoxu and Lin Zhun entered the door, they didn't want to give their respective mothers a hug, but the country women didn't express so much, wiping their tears and heartache Tong Boy's hard work, so they let go.
"Where have I worked hard, it is my mother and little sister who have worked hard." Zhang Ruoxu said softly.
Lin Zhun also smiled and said, "It's my father and mother who are working hard at home." β
Da Yin, Donkey and Xiao Xu all came over, and they crowded together to see the two freshly baked old talents, and the donkey said enviously: "In the future, I will also study with good students like Brother Ruoxu and Brother Da Zhun, and I also want to be admitted to the old Xiucai!" β
Dayin is not very interested in reading and examining the name of the subject, and at this moment, he saw the eldest brother's old talent, just happy for the eldest brother, and he did not have the same willingness to learn from Lin Zhun as a donkey.
Xiao Xu whispered to Sister Qiu: "In the future, I will not only test the old talent, but also the life member!" β
"Good boy, capable!" Sister Qiu smiled and pinched Xiao Xu's white and fat noodle plate.
(End of chapter)