Chapter 27: The Golden Bough is silent
The words were crisp and neat.
Mei Xiaotong saw that Zhu Ye was so neatly arranged, so she naturally had no dissatisfaction, took the water, and signaled with a smile: "Then I'll wait in the yard, you guys go--"
Knowing that this was Zhu Ye's deliberate desire to avoid herself and say something to Xiaoque's little sister, she didn't bother.
Zhu Ye and Xiaoque took a hoe, shovel and bamboo basket, and went to the backyard to dig flowers.
Mei Xiaotong is in someone else's house, and it is not easy to move around, so she only silently carries a small bench and sits by the courtyard wall, so as not to tan herself again in the sun at noon.
After drinking a glass of water, the two little girls hadn't come back yet, and Mei Xiaotong had to count the ants on the ground in a daze.
I heard two low female voices on the other side of the courtyard wall: "Jin Zhi, what are you doing?" What are you dragging me to the backyard for? What can't be said in the house? Previously, the Mei family asked someone to set the date, and I saw that you were unhappy, you girl, you are going to get married, it's a happy event, why do you still have a straight face. β
Mei Xiaotong chuckled in her heart, Jin Zhi? Thinking of Xiaoque's words, next door to this Zhuye family is the Jinzhi family, and the one who is talking on the other side of the courtyard wall is the future fourth sister-in-law?
With Mei Xiaotong's attitude when he saw Mei Changgui yesterday, he should be quite satisfied with Li Jinzhi's daughter-in-law, why doesn't Li Jinzhi seem to be very happy here?
Mei Xiaotong immediately pricked up her ears and leaned against the courtyard wall.
A low female voice sounded, with a little hesitation and irritability: "Mother, I don't want to marry into the Mei family." β
"You dead girl, do you know what you're talking about?" The first female voice suddenly raised her voice, and then lowered her voice and asked, "Dead girl, can you say this casually?" Be quiet, and be careful to be heard! β
Li Jinzhi's voice was also low: "Of course I know that I can't be listened to by others, so I pulled you down in the backyard." Next door, only a little girl with bamboo leaves was left at home, and I saw her and Xiaoque of the Mei family go to the backyard to dig flowers, and no one heard what they said here. β
Li Jinzhi's mother relieved her heart and became angry again: "What do you think about this girl? Didn't you always complain that the Mei family didn't marry you? Now that their family has come to set the day, what are you doing? This is a good family affair, how can you say that if you don't marry, you won't marry?
Li Jinzhi said unhappily: "The Mei family is not a good family, I used to be young and ignorant. Now that I think about it, what good life can I have if I marry into the Mei family? The mother-in-law is bitter and mean, and the sister-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so can she marry into the Mei family to be a cow and a horse? I'm not happy! β
Mei Xiaotong was dumbfounded, what the future fourth sister-in-law said is true, according to her conscience, if she is in Li Jinzhi's position, she will not like to marry.
"Jin Zhi, you are talking nonsense! Being a daughter-in-law is naturally different from being a daughter at home, which mother-in-law is different? The Mei family has already calculated, although Mrs. Li is mean-mouthed, but you see that the Mei family has been standing up for so many years, and the children born have all stopped, which is not bad! Although she is partial to her sister-in-law, her sister-in-law can't stay in her parents' house for a lifetime, and she is not young, and she will marry out in two years at most. When the time comes, you will work harder, make trouble and divide the family, you are married to the youngest son, you don't even have to support the old, you are the master of the house, the fourth child of the Mei family has the physique, the strength, are you afraid that life will not be good? "On the other side of the wall, Li Jinzhi's mother is persuading Li Jinzhi.
Li Jinzhi was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Mother, as the saying goes, marry high and marry low, the Mei family is just an ordinary family with us." I got married, and every day I was busy on the stove and in the field, and I couldn't be idle for a moment. You see the daughters-in-law of the Mei family, they are all women who are used as men, I don't want to live that kind of hard life. Mother, your daughter's appearance is not one of the best in the village, and it is not bad, why can't you marry a good family, you have to marry a country man--"
Li Jinzhi's mother didn't speak for a while, and then spoke: "You tell your mother the truth, do you have someone else in your heart?" Don't talk to the old lady about what you have and don't! Our family and the Mei family were set in the early years, and after the ceremony, we were about to pass the door last. You suddenly said that you don't want to get married, and it doesn't make sense to say that you don't want to get married! Explain it to me as soon as possible--"
"Mother, do you remember the boy of the He family who broke his leg by the fourth child of the Mei family last year?" was seen through by his wife, Li Jinzhi didn't hide it, and asked in a low voice.
Li Jinzhi's mother was startled, and slapped Li Jinzhi's arm: "You are a dead girl, the boy of the He family is teasing you, or the fourth child of the Mei family is the fourth child of the Mei family to relieve you, and he lost a lot of money to the He family for this, why are you involved with that kid from the He family?" β
Li Jinzhi rubbed his arm nonchalantly: "Mother, then the He family's big viagra is actually a flowery mouth, and people are not bad!" Besides, the He family has been passed down for several generations, just such a single seedling, the family has more than ten acres of good land, there is a shop in the town, and several sisters are married to wealthy families, often subsidizing their mother's family.
Big viagra said, because the leg was broken by the fourth child of the Mei family, although it was good to find a doctor, it was okay to work in the field, and their family decided to take back the shop in the town, and when we got married in the future, we would move to the town, he would be the shopkeeper, and I would be the shopkeeper. I also promised to buy a girl to serve me, I am not stupid for such a person, why don't I agree?
The fourth child of the Mei family has been engaged to me for so many years, and he has never even bought me a head rope, so Big Viagra is much more generous, buying me rouge gouache, and buying me a silver hairpin, and promised to give our family a dowry when the time comes, give an extra five taels of silver, and promise to cut a set of good clothes for you and your father. Mother, you said that I would not marry such a good family, why did I have to think about not going to the fire pit of the Mei family? β
Li Jinzhi's mother was silent, for the countryside, the dowry of five taels of silver was too rich, and it was so rich that she couldn't open her mouth if she wanted to refuse.
Not to mention, you can also cut a new dress, which is a lot of money for the fabric alone, plus bits and pieces of dowry, compared to the Mei family, it is really a heaven and an earth.
Li Jinzhi's mother's heart couldn't help but deviate from the He family.
However, she was still sensible, and she was coaxed by her daughter to look towards the He family without saying a word, and only said: "I'll discuss this matter with your father again in the evening, you can be honest with me these days, don't show your deeds in front of outsiders, you know?" β
Li Jinzhi stuck out his tongue and said hesitantly: "That mother, you have to persuade your father well, but you can't delay too much time--"
Li Jinzhi's mother's face changed, and she grabbed Li Jinzhi, panicked and afraid: "You...... Are you not, are you ...... with the He family?"
Two red clouds flew on Li Jinzhi's face, and he said wryly: "Mother, anyway, Big Viagra will come to the door to propose marriage in a few days, you should quickly return the Mei family's relatives, otherwise you will not be able to hide it when the time comes." β
Li Jinzhi's mother's face turned pale, and her body staggered, what else could she not hide, naturally her stomach could not hide it!
Of course, he had a white face, and he wanted to hit him a few times, but he was afraid that he would hurt his stomach, so he had to pat Li Jinzhi's back twice: "You dead girl, you are confused!" How can the girl's body be given to people before marriage? How will this make you behave in your in-law's family in the future? You dead girl, why are you so stupid, you are pushing our house into the fire pit, if this thing gets out, our family will have no face to go out, you dead girl, you sin--"
In the minds of the countrymen, the body of the girl who is not married is the most precious, and it is good to hold hands with the man before getting married, and it is good to meet him.
This has not yet become married, especially if he is still in contact with another man behind his back, if it spreads, I am afraid that the face of the family will be lost, and I will not be able to raise my head for several lifetimes.
When Li Jinzhi's mother thought of this consequence, she felt that the sky was about to fall.
Li Jinzhi pursed his lips and didn't take it seriously: "Mother, this matter is big viagra, and you and I know, let's not talk about leaking, who can know?" I quit the Mei family early, and waited for the big viagra family to come to propose, and quickly got the marriage done, and my arm was folded and hidden in my sleeve, how do outsiders know? Anyway, I don't care, it's like this, and the lives of me and your grandson in my belly depend on you--"
Li Jinzhi's mother was angry, worried and afraid, the six gods had no master, where could she still speak, she was so angry that she beat her chest and tears fell.
Mei Xiaotong on this side of the wall was shocked when he heard it.
Unexpectedly, this fourth sister-in-law, who has never been through the door, is still such a character, she got along with other men before marriage, and she was pregnant with someone else's child.
Pity the head of his fourth brother, and now there is a green grassland.
Reason told her that Li Jinzhi was greedy for a good life and was unwilling to marry his fourth brother, which was the freedom of others.
However, in the name of his fourth brother's fiancΓ©e, he is pregnant with other men, which is unforgivable!
Mei Xiaotong pursed the corners of her mouth, no matter what, this marriage can't be concluded.
And it has to be fast, otherwise this matter will get out at that time, and it will not only be the Li family that will be embarrassed, but also the Mei family.
His predecessor was dismissed from the marriage, and there was already a lot of trouble in the village, if the fourth brother was dismissed again, no matter whose problem it was, everyone would laugh at the Mei family, and it was useless to laugh at the fourth brother.
Having made up her mind in her heart, Mei Xiaotong was afraid of alarming Li Jinzhi's mother and daughter on the other side of the wall, so she walked lightly to the back door, and saw Zhu Ye and Xiaoque, carrying a basket on their backs, holding hands and smiling Yanyan coming over.
The laughter of the two girls also alarmed the mother and daughter on the other side of the wall, and after a whisper, they heard footsteps quickly leaving the courtyard wall.
Mei Xiaotong stabilized her mind, she couldn't see it at all on her face, and looked at the small white jasmine flowers hidden in the emerald green leaves in the back basket with a smile, as well as a few henna, and purple nightshade.
Sure enough, the little girl with bamboo leaves has the capital to boast, and indeed this flower is very lush, and there is a share of aura at a glance.
After thanking the bamboo leaves, he agreed to send the gardenias to Mei's house in two days, and explained some tips for planting flowers, Xiaoque took the initiative to carry the basket on his back, and the two aunts and nephews said goodbye and left.
On the way home, Mei Xiaotong had a word to talk to Xiaoque, and she still remembered what she had just heard, she had never dealt with such a thing, one could not handle it well, she was afraid that the Mei family and the Li family would lose both, not to mention it, the most afraid, it was the fourth brother Mei Changgui who was separated from the family.
was struggling, and saw a familiar figure, who is Mei Changgui?
smiled stupidly, I didn't know what I was carrying in my arms, and the direction I was going to was the Li family?
Mei Xiaotong frowned, stopped, and instructed Xiaoque: "You go back first, I have something to do, I'll come back as soon as I go." β
Xiaoque didn't dare to ask more, nodded obediently, and went home with the basket on his back.
Mei Xiaotong hurriedly followed behind Mei Changgui and walked towards Li's house.
Because she was afraid of being discovered by Mei Changgui, she deliberately stayed away.