Zhang Lao Er coughed embarrassedly, stuffed the chopsticks in his hand to his daughter-in-law, and said, "Li Zheng and all the uncles are here, we have also been busy all morning, and we have just put the dinner table, and I wonder where your brother and Peach Blossom went to play, how could I have thought that I was here." ”

One of the four old men surnamed Kong is a violent temper, and he can't see such a hypocritical villain the most, so he sneered coldly, "I'm afraid they didn't just miss this meal, is your family looking forward to them missing every meal." ”

Without waiting for Zhang Lao Er to speak, Aunt Zhang had already jumped up, "Fifth Uncle Kong, we respect you as an elder, you can't talk nonsense, our family treats your brother and peach blossoms more than eyeballs, who expects them to miss the meal, who still sends them two bowls of porridge?" ”

Zhang Lao Er also said, "That's it, Fifth Uncle Kong, where did this start, that is my nephew and niece, just like my own children, how can I let them go hungry?" ”

Kong Wuye didn't argue, and pointed to Zhang Gui'er and Taohua's clothes that were dirty and tattered and couldn't see their original appearance clearly, the meaning was obvious, if you take good care of them, can they be like this beggar?

Zhang Lao'er's face turned red, and he wanted to speak again, but Li Zheng was already impatient, and said, "There is no need to say more about the matter at this point, the second brother of the Zhang family, your brother and Peach Blossom, came to the door today to beg me and a few elders to be the master, and in the future, I will have to choose my own life and live in your house, and the two acres of bud valley on the west slope will naturally be returned to their brothers and sisters, and they will eat or sell it in the future, so you don't pay attention to it." ”

As soon as Aunt Zhang heard that the duck in her mouth flew like this, the two pieces of fat on her distressed face were trembling, and she immediately shouted, "They two yellow-haired children, how can they choose to live?" They can't boil water for cooking, they can't eat even if they have buds..."

Li Zheng Niangzi was tired of her spitting shrew appearance, interrupted her words, pointed to the inconspicuous Pucao on the side and said, "His second aunt, you don't have to bother about this, there is Pucao, most of the work of the Zhang family over the years has been done by Pucao, with her, the two children can't be hungry." ”

She reminded her, and Aunt Zhang saw Pu Cao on the side, and she was full of anger and suddenly found a place to vent, where are you still scruples, and scolded, "Okay, you are a mourning star, you are broken, I still died in which ravine, and you actually came here to make waves, you can't see that the old Zhang family has a little good thing, and you came to provoke it..."

She scolded in her mouth, and was about to step forward to grab Pucao Fat and beat her, but she didn't want Chunni to lead a few little daughters-in-law to meet her, stopped her a few steps away, and said loudly, "Second Aunt Zhang, don't spew blood, everyone knows what kind of person you are on weekdays, obviously you want Baogu and don't want to raise children, and all the good things in the world have been taken up by you, and you are not afraid of losing your conscience." ”

"That's it, that's it." Several little daughters-in-law echoed Chunni, Chunni's mouth was faster, "Pucao has been making cattle and horses for the Zhang family all these years, and everyone is looking at the Zhang family, that is, a few days ago, I wanted to hang myself and go to the underworld with Zhang Fu, but now I am lucky to come back to life, thinking that taking care of the two children is also doing my best for the Zhang family, you are still so bad at her, how can there be such a reason in this world?" ”

Everyone listened to her scolding happily, and looked at Pucao's pitiful appearance and the bruises on her neck, she was really dead set on the Zhang family, and turned her head to look at the second aunt Zhang with teeth and claws and spittle, who can take care of the two children, it is simply clear at a glance.

Li Zheng and several old men looked at each other, slapped the table hard, and shouted, "Okay, stop it." ”

Second Aunt Zhang was so tired that she was out of breath, and was pulled back by her two sons, and she had nowhere to vent, so she had to reach out and beat Second Uncle Zhang twice, scolding, "You are a wreck!" ”

Second Uncle Zhang wanted to get angry, but it was not good to fight with his mother-in-law in front of the villagers, so he had to endure it, but his face was even more pale.

Li Zheng frowned and glanced at everyone, and said, "Now, the matter has come to this point, let's talk about it." Gui Ge'er and Peach Blossom want to go home to the bud valley and live with Pu Cao, but the two Zhang brothers and their family are reluctant to let go, worried that Pu Cao will not take good care of the two children...

Then it's better to do this, see what conditions your brother and Peach Blossom have, if the second brother Zhang and his family can do it, they will still belong to the Zhang family, if they can't do it, the second brother Zhang should not be stubborn, and it will ruin the friendship of the same clan. ”

Everyone nodded, after all, this is to determine the belonging of the Zhang family brothers and sisters, and their thoughts are the most important.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang glanced at each other and nodded, but Aunt Zhang had a little more heart, so she first pretended to look loving and pulled Peach Blossom's little hand, and coaxed, "Peach Blossom, is it okay to go home with the second aunt, the second aunt will give you pancakes to eat, and the snacks bought back in the city are fragrant and sweet, and the second aunt will keep them for you." ”

It's a pity that Peach Blossom is eight years old, smart and well-behaved, she has been fed up with cold scolding in the past few days, how can she still believe Aunt Zhang's words, her small body shrank behind the lady, no matter how Aunt Zhang coaxes, she just refuses to come out.

Second Aunt Zhang was annoyed and wanted to reach out to pull, but Lizheng Niangzi was distressed and stopped her, "Okay, her second aunt, forget if the child is unwilling to answer, what can a little girl in Peach Blossom ask for, at most she will have a full stomach, and she will have a similar dowry when she gets married in the future." ”

Second Aunt Zhang's face tightened suddenly, and her lips trembled, "Marry... Trousseau? ”

Mrs. Lizheng nodded, looking as a matter of course, "Yes, it's the dowry, although the peach blossom is from our farmer's family, she is also a good girl from a white family, and it is not too much to prepare a small dowry of ten taels of silver." ”

Ten taels of silver? Aunt Zhang's second aunt is like someone has gouged out her heart and liver, both eyes want to become a small silver ingot with white flowers, their family is frugal, and they have only saved twenty taels of silver in ten years, do they want to divide half of the money to prepare the dowry?

As if feeling that the blow was not heavy enough, Zhang Guier finally lived up to Pucao's expectations, and added again, "In addition to being full, I also have to go to the school to study." ”

What is the gold in these years? Talent. How did the talent come about? Cultivated. What did you rely on to cultivate it? Hey, silver.

If there is a child in the family who is studying, the consumption of paper, ink, pen and inkstone will be at least two taels of silver a year, and the bundle of the private school will be two taels.

In the whole Nangouer, except for the Shengzi of the Lizheng family, Zhang Guier, a child who is studying, this is still Zhang Fu who came back from stealing chickens and dogs and touching the money, so he can afford it.

Zhang Lao and his wife were completely dumbfounded, this dowry and a study smashed their little bit of taking advantage of the thoughts, neither of them was stupid, and the abacus in their stomachs was fast.

Two acres of bud valley, at most three taels of silver a year, deduct two children for food and clothing, and the rest is only two taels, if it is for Zhang Gui to study, they will have to put in two taels again, and even after a few years when the peach blossoms grow up, they will directly take out ten taels of silver for dowry, who agrees to this? Who is a fool!

The husband and wife shook their heads like rattles, and said in one voice, "These two children's requirements are too high, our family is small, and we can't drink enough porridge, how can we afford it." ”

"That is, that is, when those two acres of land are gold." Second Aunt Zhang glanced at Pucao and Chunni, who were smiling, and said with a roll of her eyes, "Our family can't afford to support it, can they live with Pucao and Pucao can support it?" It's not the same, it's better to be your own uncle and aunt than to follow an outsider. ”

Li Zheng and the elders think about it, this Zhang family is indeed a little difficult to raise, Pu Cao's small body, he may not be able to say that he will die one day, how to take care of others.

Pu Cao squeezed through the crowd and walked to the middle of the venue, raised his head and said loudly, "I will work hard to earn money and prepare a dowry for my sister-in-law for my uncle to study." ”

The courtyard was quiet for a long time, and suddenly it became noisy again, some laughed at Pucao's inadequacy, some were worried that Pucao's brain was burned out, and some said that Pucao lived on the slope and was possessed by something unclean, and Li Zheng looked at Pucao's look not like a joke, so he motioned for everyone to calm down, and said, "Pucao, you are still young, and you are out of Zhangjiamen, if you go to the city to find a job or marry someone else, it is a way out, but you have to take care of these two children, this burden is not light, you have to think about it." ”

Pu Cao is still very grateful that she is doing things justly here, but she can't say that she wants to make a fortune based on the local family, and she is unwilling to go to a big family to be a slave or a mother-in-law, so she has to pretend to be a firm face and say, "After all, the Zhang family has raised me for more than ten years, and now it has come to this point, I just want to take care of my uncle and sister-in-law desperately." ”

"Okay, good, just rush to this heart, Pucao is a rare good woman." Fifth Uncle Kong was the first to stand up and praise, "In the future, Pucao will be the head of Mr. Zhang's family, and no one will say anything unpleasant about abandoned women, because some people can't even catch up with abandoned women." ”

Li Siye and the other two old men also nodded, "Such a woman is really rare, in the future, the Zhang family's bud valley will be taken care of by Pucao, if there is any difficulty, just tell the villagers, everyone can help." ”

Li Zheng also said, "Regardless of whether what Pu Cao said today can be done, this spirit is indeed worthy of praise, but your brother will definitely marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and Peach Blossom will also marry, so it's not good to keep her working in the Zhang family, so you still have to think of a way." ”

Chen Siye stroked his beard and said, "It's better to limit it to five years, five years later, your brother will be sixteen years old, and the peach blossom will be thirteen, at that time, if Pu Cao wants to remarry, she can go out, but with the ability of the Zhang family, she will make a dowry." If there is no agreement, he will always be in the Zhang family for the elderly, and your brother is not allowed to take it. ”

"That's right, Pucao stayed for their brothers and sisters, if they grow up and take Pucao out again, they will lose their conscience."

Everyone echoed loudly, causing Zhang Lao and his wife to intervene several times but didn't find a chance, so they had to shut up hatefully.