In February, when the dragon raised its head, it rained lightly in the evening. The third old man came back with this light rain, listened to the family members who guarded the door say a few words of "spring rain is as expensive as rain", and went to the room in a good mood.

Under the corridor, he met his concubine Sun standing under the birdcage, and the third master smiled and said, "Are you standing here waiting for me?" Sun pursed his lips and smiled, pointed silently to the room with his fingers in the handkerchief, and then whispered to the third master: "Madame is packing up things as if she wants to give a gift to someone, I am waiting here, maybe you want me to accompany you." ”

"What do you want to accompany you when you give gifts outside?" The third master was in a really good mood today, and when he saw that Sun was the only one under the corridor, he touched her chest dishonestly, and whispered in Sun's ear: "I wasn't there last night, do you want me." ”

As soon as the door curtain moved, it was the girl in the curtain who saw the third master coming back to impress the door curtain. Mrs. Chu San looked at the scene outside with a smile, pretending not to see it and continued to pack up the things in her hands.

The third master came in without feeling embarrassed, and Sun blushed when he came in and looked at the third lady's face. Mrs. Chu San buckled a red brocade box in her hand and said to the third master: "The third master is happy today?" ”

Sun blushed again and lowered his head, and subconsciously shrank his feet back. The third master was really happy, he sat down and waved his hand to let people out, and mysteriously took out a paper roll from his sleeve.

This sneaky appearance made Mrs. Chu San "sneer" and teased: "It seems that you have dug up a treasure?" The third master still looked unfathomable, and took back the paper scroll in his hand in front of the third lady, and said with a smile: "Guess what this is?" ”

"It won't be a spell for the third master to go to high school." Mrs. Chu San thought about the unhappy scene outside just now, so she sneered: "The third master has this kung fu to ask for God, it is better to read a few more books, and when he goes down to the science field, he will also be like a god." I've heard people say that if there is a god in what is written, I am a woman who doesn't know, and the third master must know. ”

The third old man laughed, patted the paper scroll with his hand, and whispered to Mrs. Chu: "I was lucky today, I met Qiu Fatzi, the wife and brother of Master Wu, the former examiner, on the street, and the fat man gave me this, saying that it was this year's test question. Mrs. Chu said casually that she didn't want to be hit, she didn't feel happy, but was startled, and said scaredly: "This, it's going to be fine, right?" ”

After saying that, he immediately remembered that the third master usually acted not safely, and the third lady of Chu made a straight face: "How much did it cost?" Are we rich, take the money for nothing to send the fat man to fill the yellow soup, the third master has this heart, let's go to study. ”

Master Chu San hurriedly shouted: "Headache, headache, are you an ignorant woman, walking around outside, or these good friends are the most dedicated, like the last time the military department procured military supplies, it was this fat man who passed a letter, didn't your brother make money?" It's okay not to mention it, but when it comes to it, Mrs. Chu sneered: "The third master is talking about this, I'm embarrassed to tell you." It is said that it is more expensive to buy grain in Beijing in the northwest camp, and my brother believes that you have a lot of grain, and last year there was a bumper harvest in Shandong, Shanxi, and Fujian...... Anyway, there is a grain harvest everywhere. Third master, think about it with the head of a scholar, is this food price, is it still expensive? ”

"Is that so?" Master Chu San said in disbelief: "It has always been difficult to live in Beijing, don't I, a person from Beijing, understand the market price." Mrs. Chu San couldn't put down the sneer on her lips, and she felt angry when she didn't want to speak, so she still said: "You are born in Beijing and the mayor of Beijing, but how did you know that the price of grain is expensive, and how many wen is not expensive?" ”

The very boring Master Chu San smiled mockingly, held the paper scroll in his hand and said to Mrs. Chu San: "No matter before, this time it is useful, I took it and showed it to a few friends in the same field, and they all said that this question is not far from ten." Your husband and I will be successful in this department. ”

Because the girl was let out by Master Chu San, Mrs. Chu San lowered her head and cleaned up her things, listening to Master Chu San still thinking like this, it was not good to say anything to him, but said: "Since it is so good, take it to Huaixian and show it, your uncle and nephew are all in the middle, and the family is even happier." ”

"Oh, Huaixian," mentioning Chu Huaixian, the third master of Chu answered casually and was speechless. Seeing that Mrs. Chu San had three or four brocade boxes in her hand, and it really looked like she was going to give a gift, Master Chu San said with even more interest: "Who are you giving it to, you should tell me." We don't have money, and if you don't ask me, I can't spend it on my own initiative? ”

Mrs. Chu San smiled, stacked the boxes in her hand and brought them over to Master Chu San: "This, it is a branch of ginseng given by your birthday last year, although it is a little thinner, it can also nourish Xiao Chu's body; This is ......" As soon as he said this, Master Chu San stared at him: "Who to send?" ”

"Xiao Chu, my nephew and daughter-in-law, your nephew and daughter-in-law," Mrs. Chu San was shocked by Master Chu San's strange appearance, and her face changed a little after coming back to her senses: "What kind of scary thing is God and hell!" ”

The third old man sneered, not only sneering but also snorting: "It turned out to be her!" Hmph, no need to send it. The third lady said strangely: "Why? You didn't see Xiao Chu enter the door by himself, but he was getting thinner and thinner. It is not easy to be a daughter-in-law in theory, and it is even more difficult to be a daughter-in-law of everyone. Didn't you hear the ugly words that the second sister-in-law said? Alas, my mother doesn't care, and my sister-in-law doesn't even talk about her, at this time, my aunt doesn't care about her anymore, so that the family looks like we and Huai Xiansheng are separated. As she spoke, the third lady shed a few tears.

The third old man who entered the door with a smile on his face was a cold bystander, and when he saw the third lady wiping away tears, the third old man sneered: "Ignorant woman! The third lady was stunned by these words. Since they got married, the third master will only say the words "ignorant woman" when he is really angry. The third lady looked at the third old man's face, and saw that he didn't seem to be joking, and the third lady was also angry: "Why do I love my mother's family and become an ignorant woman?" ”

The third old man got up slowly and looked under the porch first. Seeing his aunt Sun and the girls waiting under the corridor, the third master suddenly came to the nameless fire, and he hit the brocade curtain with his hand and reprimanded: "Stand far away, what are you doing here!" Mrs. Chu sneered in the room, sneering and thinking that the third master had scolded her aunt, as if she had something important to say.

As soon as the third master of Chu became irritable, he had a particularly bad temper. The third lady sat quietly, ready to see what the third master of Chu said.

As soon as these words came out, Mrs. Chu, who was sitting upright, almost fell to the ground. Master Chu San scolded and turned around, walked to Mrs. Chu San's side and said in a low and clear voice: "Everyone in the family wants her to die, but you want her to live!" ”

This she, no need to explain, refers to Lin Xiaochu in the eldest son's room, the maiden family of Mrs. Chu San.

Mrs. Chu San was shocked and panicked. Holding the table with her hands, she finally sat down, and the third lady was so anxious that tears came out: "Say it quickly, do you mean this, or do you mean it at home?" ”

"At home, of course." Master Chu San straightened his young face and whispered to Mrs. Chu San: "I don't know if I'm not in the room, you are blind when you stand in front of her and look at it." If it weren't for the meaning of the eldest brother and sister-in-law and mother, the second sister-in-law would dare to do that to her? ”

One sentence made Mrs. Chu San feel empowered, and she recalled the scenes after Xiao Chu got married. has always wondered that the second sister-in-law made things difficult for Xiaochu, and her mother and sister-in-law never spoke. I thought that my mother and sister-in-law didn't like Xiao Chu yet, and I thought that Xiao Chu would get better after a while when she entered the door, but now after being reminded by the third master, Mrs. Chu San burst into tears, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and it took a long time to whimper out: "This, it is clearly her life!" ”

"Look at what you're saying!" The third master still doesn't admit it. He simply sat down in front of his wife and said to her one sentence at a time: "What's wrong with her at home?" No one can say it's bad! Is the Ming media getting married, is the dowry a few streets away, is it that you are sick when you enter the door, and you see the imperial doctor every day," the third master said, and the third lady whimpered and cried. The more the third master spoke, the more proud he became: "I met Doctor Zhou from the Tai Hospital a few days ago, and he knew what the girl wore when she saw a doctor. You must know that if you treat her badly, Huaixian's face is not ugly. ”

The third old man chattered endlessly, and the third lady hid his face and cried. After crying for a while, the third lady hated it, thinking that she had suffered all kinds of dissatisfaction in this family, she pondered Chu Huaixian's demeanor, and said to the third master: "Childe likes her, and Childe will not sit idly by." ”

"Are your parents big or a girl?" Master Chu San is even more energetic, he is the same age as his wife, and he has always been that you don't accept me, I don't obey you. At this time, he had the opportunity to do better than her, and he didn't want Mrs. Chu San not to do the wrong thing according to the family's wishes, Master Chu San knew everything: "I met her when I came back just now, and I couldn't afford to see her yellow face. It's just that it's okay for a while, and as long as you're sick, you can't stay in Huaixian's room anymore," the third lady said hatefully: "Where did she move to?" ”

"There are a lot of spare houses in the family, if I am the eldest brother and sister-in-law, I will move her to the three houses in the northeast corner, although it is a little simpler, but there is a forest where the wind cannot blow in and it should be warm." The third master said, and the third lady said angrily: "It is damp and uninhabitable, even if you put a few furnishings, it will be moldy." ”

The third master grinned: "You don't have to worry about this." Anyway, you can rest assured that your mother's family will come to see her, or the doctor will come to visit, no matter where she lives, you will not say that our family has treated her badly. The third old man was leisurely, as if Young Master Chu had said to him personally: "This patient will be sick for three or five years, and he will be sick for one and a half years." ”

Mrs. Chu San was cold, and she was paralyzed and looked at the third master Chu who kept talking in her mouth, and the words that came out of her mouth looked like a peacock and a crane.