On the day of the engagement, the Mei family also specially bought a firecracker to set off, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

There were two red lanterns hanging under the eaves, and the mats in the courtyard could not be placed, and outside the courtyard, they slipped along the wall.

The chef of the restaurant took out the skills of watching the house, what four happy balls, what button meat, as well as braised rabbit meat, white-cut chicken, plus a fish piece, plus a pheasant soup, tofu, and two or three kinds of green vegetables, a full ten dishes, there are six meats, it is really a rare wedding banquet in Lingshan Village in the past few decades.

This is the courtyard where only relatives at home have a seat.

The flowing water mat placed outside the courtyard also has a dish of meat, a fried tofu meatball, a chicken soup, plus a scrambled egg, and four green vegetables, which is more decent than ordinary sons.

Many villagers also sent one or two eggs, or took a penny or two, and brought their children with them, and they went away with their mouths full of oil.

In this formation, everyone who has eaten it gave a thumbs up, saying that Lao Mei's family is magnificent and has pomp.

On the main table in the courtyard, there are naturally Li Zheng, the patriarch, and several respected elders, accompanied by Mei Zhongzhong, Mei Xiaoque and several peers in the clan.

Shopkeeper Zheng, Wu Dashanren, Wu Zhongbao, as well as Manager Lu and Guan Yifei sat at a table next to them, accompanied by Mei Changgui and Mei Changqing.

Mei Changqing is flamboyant on weekdays, but at this time, it is really useful, with his mouth, the atmosphere at this table has always been good.

The engagement also requires a dowry, and there must be a marriage certificate.

The dowry An Huahao had already been prepared, and according to the etiquette of the villagers, only one or two were added.

One of the most precious is a golden hairpin contained in a box, the hairpin is twisted with gold wire to make a petaled plum blossom, and in the middle of the plum blossom, inlaid with a pink pearl the size of a little thumb, is full of light.

Shopkeeper Zheng and others have seen the world, and when they saw this pearl, their eyes shrank.

This pearl is rare, but it is so big, round, and pearlescent, but it is very rare.

It is considered a good product in the provincial capital of Kyoto, but it appears in Lingshan Village.

Everyone tacitly exchanged a look, and they all smiled and praised that today's heroes and heroines are really talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven.

Not to mention that the shopkeeper Zheng was surprised when they saw the world, those big girls and little daughters-in-law, even the old women, looked at this hairpin, and their eyes were red with envy and jealousy.

How much is such a beautiful hairpin worth if it is made of gold?

I don't know if this An Huahao slapped his swollen face and became fat in order to please his future father-in-law's family?

Or is it the Mei family's own money for their own face?

Zhou and Wen didn't blink their eyes, and Mrs. Li wiped her hands on her clothes several times before she dared to reach out to pick up the box, for fear of accidentally falling.

Mrs. Li naturally knew that this hairpin was bought by An Huahao for his daughter, but he didn't spend plums

Home a penny.

Therefore, I am more and more satisfied.

The girl has good eyesight, this son-in-law is well found, and he is a person who loves his daughter-in-law.

The marriage letter was naturally written by Li Zheng and several respected elders, and they all signed their names, which is also the only one in Lingshan Village.

If you say before, Li Zheng was still a little reluctant, but it was just on the surface, but at this moment, seeing the hairpin, and then looking at the Zheng shopkeeper of Daohe, where is there still half a point of reluctance, all the time smiling, the attitude is too good.

Especially today, An Huahao is wearing a new cyan robe made for him by Mei Xiaotong, and in the past few days, because he has fulfilled his wishes, the previous depression between his eyebrows has dissipated a lot.

The corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, his eyebrows and eyes are full of joy, and he looks even more handsome and invincible.

Mei Xiaotong sat in the room, playing with the hairpin given by An Huahao, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

Xiaoque, Zhuye and several sisters in the Mei family accompanied Mei Xiaotong in the house, and they all looked at the hairpin with envy, as well as Mei Xiaotong's clothes today.

The crimson clothes showed that Mei Xiaotong had fair skin and an excellent complexion, and she was wearing a hairpin on her head that was rewarded by the mother in the palace, and the ruby on it was shining with dazzling light.

Country girl, it would be nice to see a few flowers, and to buy two silver hairpins, where have you ever seen such gold inlaid with pearls and gems.

They all dared to look at them from a distance, and they didn't even dare to touch them.

I only envy Mei Xiaotong in my heart for being so favored, the four brothers in the family, and I am afraid that she will be wronged, so I want to recruit a son-in-law at home

。

I just recruited such a good-looking son-in-law, how can I be so good-looking?

Mei Xiaotong naturally saw the jealousy in the eyes of those girls, and she could only be helpless.

She originally thought that she would get engaged, invite someone to dinner, and write a wedding letter.

But whether it is Mei Zhongzhong, Mrs. Li, or An Huahao, it has to be done in a big way.

Mei Zhongzhong wanted to take advantage of this happy event to wash away the bad luck of being divorced back then.

Mrs. Li is distressed daughter, the last time she got engaged, the dowry was carried out from the Mei family to the An family, An Huahao is not at home, what kind of marriage is engaged?

Now this time, no matter what, you have to be beautiful, raise your eyebrows, and suppress the girls in the whole village.

An Huahao felt sorry in his heart, and naturally wanted to give Yongzhu the best he could afford.

The three of them hit it off, and there was nothing to do with Mei Xiaotong at all.

Looking at the excitement outside, Mei Xiaotong thought, after this time, I don't know how much hatred I have to pull again.

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The engagement between the Mei family's daughter and An Huahao has long spread in the village.

Those who have a good relationship with the Mei family, almost all of them, have received invitations.

Nowadays, when the countryside is free, there is nothing to do, and the rural mothers-in-law finally have a thing to swallow their teeth, and they are all engaged to this ten

points of interest.

Even if Song Chunhua was lying in the house, there were two mothers-in-law standing outside, and the voice was very loud, and when she heard it, she deliberately said it to Song Chunhua.

"Alas, have you heard, the Mei family has made a lot of money this time, the pig alone bought most of the fans, and bought more than a dozen big grass carp, and ordered a plate of tofu, I heard that even the chef is a chef invited from the restaurant in the town......"

"Of course I heard, in the morning, firecrackers were set off at the other end of the Mei family, hundreds of them!"

"Zhang Chuntao, this mother-in-law, this time is for her daughter, she is willing to give up anything!"

"That's not, who is like some people, tiger poison doesn't eat children, but someone can sell their own son!"

……

Song Chunhua was in a trance for a while, Hua Hao's child is really going to get engaged to the Mei girl?

She hadn't eaten for two days, and she was lying in bed with no strength at all.

Since selling An Huahao, the An family got the silver to pay off the gambling debts, and there was still some silver left in her hand, and in those days, the food in her family was eaten by the An family, and she was helpless, thinking about what her nephews and brothers said at the beginning, as long as they have a bowl of rice, they must be a bowl of their aunt.

When she went to An's house, she said that the food in the family had run out, and the sister-in-law's face was ugly.

It's a good thing that my father and mother still love themselves, so that they can cook for the people who work in the fields at Anjia, and they also have something to eat.

She was ready to send it to the ground, and everyone grabbed it, so it would be good if she could keep a bun.

Song Chunhua didn't pick either, thinking that her mother's life was not easy, it was not as good as before, and it would be good to be full.

Then during the day, he was cooking at Anjia, and at night the nephew and niece said that he didn't worry about her, and accompanied her home to live, and then today said that there was a lack of quilts at home, and Ming'er said that he liked his aunt's jacket, and the day after tomorrow he said that he liked something.

For three days and five days, the valuable things in her house were emptied by her nephews and nieces.

But after the autumn harvest, as soon as the grain of the An family was sold, her father and mother stuffed her with ten catties of grain, and let her go home, saying that the unmarried girl relied on her mother's house to eat every day.

For the sake of the past, give her some millet and eat it first when you get home.

She said that she couldn't carry it, and wanted her nephews and nieces to help, and the nephews and nieces who ran fast on weekdays seemed to have suddenly changed their faces, either saying that something was wrong or impatient.

My sister-in-law also scolded her, what kind of young lady is pretending, they are all rural girls, and they can't carry ten catties of grain? Don't even eat food, what is such waste doing alive?

Song Chunhua bought a helpless job, carrying ten catties of millet home, but she didn't know how to do it, so she cheekily begged her neighbor and exchanged it for five catties of brown rice.

I found that there was not enough firewood at home, and when there was never a shortage of firewood at home before, it was always full of yards there.

Song Chunhua went back to beg her brother and a few nephews to chop some firewood, but was scolded out by her sister-in-law.

said that she was a married sister-in-law who went back to her parents' house every day and asked for this and that

, said that she was shameless, and said that she didn't help pay off some gambling debts? Why are there so many things, the day before yesterday I want rice, today I want firewood, the day after tomorrow I want the life of my mother's family?

If you want Song Chunhua to have a face, you can endure it, you can save it, your brother and nephew still have their own family to take care of, where can you manage a married aunt?

Don't go back to your parents' house to dislike people.

Song Chunhua didn't know how to scold, but her face turned purple when she was scolded by her sister-in-law, and she covered her face and cried and went home.

I didn't have the strength to pick up firewood, so I cooked porridge every day and made do with it all day long.

I used to have a headache and brain fever when I was fine, and I couldn't get out of bed, so I boiled up a porridge a day, and I didn't get sick.

There are some bad things outside, saying that she is pretending to be sick, saying that she is really more ruthless than her stepmother! Pretending to be sick let his son hunt and support his family at such a young age, and now his son has sold it, this does not take medicine, and his body is better with three porridges a day.

Song Chunhua felt that she had been wronged, and she didn't know where to start.

Two days ago, if it wasn't for the brown rice, she cooked porridge and ate it, she really had no choice but to go to Anjia to ask for it, thinking that she wanted some money back, and bought some rice or something by herself, okay?

When she went back, as soon as she opened her mouth, she was slapped by her father, scolding her for having no conscience, being unfilial, and a white-eyed wolf.

Do you want to go back the money you gave to your family? I don't know if I have paid off my gambling debts? Is this to force my father and mother to die? Or do you force your brother to die?

Song Chunhua cried that she couldn't live anymore, and Song Lao's mother scolded her for being a fool, she couldn't live anymore, and she was looking for her own son, but she didn't have a son.

Song Chunhua said that she had already written a book of severance, and she had no face to look for it.

was sent to the old mother to be pinched, and scolded while pinching, saying that the meat that fell off his body, even if he sold it, was also his mother, and if he An Huahao dared not to raise it, he would go to the yamen to cry out for injustice.

also said that the last time she gave her ten catties of millet, she had already done her benevolence and righteousness, where is there a married girl who still needs to be raised by her father and sister-in-law? It's a joke.

Let Song Chunhua get out, either go home and wait for death, or go to An Huahao.

Anwar Hao came home with scars all over his body, and lay in bed and cried for a day and a night.

Only then did she know that the maiden family she thought she could rely on was unreliable at all at a critical moment.

It's a pity that it's too late now, and she has no face to go to An Huahao.

But at this moment, hearing the sound of firecrackers outside and the scenes described by those mothers-in-law, her mind couldn't help but move again.

Song Chunhua gritted her teeth, and she didn't know where another strength came from, she got up from the bed and walked towards Mei's house.

Several mothers-in-law outside the courtyard saw it and knew that she was going to Mei's house, so they all followed behind to see the excitement.

Song Chunhua heard the bustle of the Mei family from a distance and smelled the aroma of the food and wine.

Looking at the banquet outside the courtyard, the smell of meat drilled into the nose.

Song Chunhua was hungry and anxious, and hurriedly drilled into the courtyard of the Mei family.

She has been taken by people all the way

I saw it, if there is someone who helps, I have to stop it, this person is very happy, Song Chunhua is here, what else can there be besides making trouble?

persuaded her to go back, Song Chunhua was so hungry that everyone who cooed and helped heard it.

Pulled her aside, brought her food to eat, watched her eat, and persuaded her, "Sister Chunhua, it's not my sister-in-law who said you, you really shouldn't come today!" You're going back early after you've eaten! Otherwise, if you go in, what will it look like? There are a lot of decent guests here today, if you go, this will lose the face of the Mei family, and Hua Hao's life will not be easy, right? Anyway, you gave birth to him, and he sold himself for you, and you can't even save face for him? Right?

Song Chunhua only heard that there were a lot of decent guests here today, and her heart moved.

After taking a big bite of the meal, it was so fragrant, Song Chunhua hadn't eaten such a fragrant meal for a long time.

After two bowls of rice, she felt full.

wiped his mouth, "Sister-in-law, I'm his mother-in-law, and I'm not here to make trouble, in my sister-in-law's words, after all, I gave birth to him, and now that he's engaged, can't I take a look?" ”

The mother-in-law who helped was also annoyed, "Sister Chunhua, don't go too far!" Your parent-child severance book has been signed, and the money has been received, what's the matter, do you want to admit it now? If you come here today, for the sake of your birth and raising, I will give you two bowls of rice to eat, and it will be good! After eating and leaving, everyone can get by on the face, hello, I'm good, everyone, I don't have to find a happy day, right? ”

Song Chunhua has only one thought in her heart at the moment, she can't live anymore, there is no hope for the An family, she doesn't want to die! She wants to live! Then there is only to find An Huahao, she can compensate An Huahao, say that she was wrong, sorry for him, and let her son forgive herself.

I don't ask for anything else, just the same as before, and I don't say anything about her.

Because she was full of food and had the strength to do so, Song Chunhua took a hole and went to the yard.

At this time, An Huahao and Mei Xiaotong were coming out to thank Li Zheng's table and Zheng's shopkeeper's table.

An Huahao looked at the crimson clothes on Mei Xiaotong's body, and then looked at the two golden hairpins on her head, when she followed the nobles, she had also seen some of the world and knew that this hairpin was precious.

Looking at her son again, she hadn't seen her for a while, wearing a decent robe, and her expression was full of faint joy, so that she could hardly recognize it.

Most of the people in the courtyard knew Song Chunhua, and when they saw her rushing in, the whole courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Although I didn't know the table of the shopkeeper Zheng, I saw that the atmosphere was different, so I put down my wine glass and looked at it.

Mrs. Li was busy working in the stove house, and suddenly the leopard ran in and shouted: "Milk, it's not good, my aunt's ruthless mother is here!"

Suddenly, her eyebrows jumped, Song Chunhua, that slut, actually dared to come today? If you mess with your daughter's good deeds, you have to ask for that slut

Lives are impossible!

Grabbed a kitchen knife and rushed out.

When I got out of the stove house, I saw An Huahao looking at Song Chunhua lightly, just like looking at a stranger, "Why are you here?" ”

Song Chunhua's tears flowed down all of a sudden, and she threw herself in front of An Huahao, "Hua Hao, my mother is wrong!" Mother shouldn't have sold you, and she shouldn't have signed any letter of renunciation from that Raushzi! Mother regrets it! It's all my mother's fault! Hua Hao, for the sake of your mother's birth and raising you, you can forgive your mother! ”

An Huahao saw Song Chunhua rushing over, pulled Mei Xiaotong to take a step back, and waited for Song Chunhua to finish speaking, before he slowly spoke, "Have you forgotten, a few days ago, in front of Li Zheng and the two patriarchs, had you already signed a letter of parent-child severance?" In order to settle down, you sold me a hundred taels of silver to the Mei family, and since then the family relationship has been severed, and it has nothing to do with it anymore? ”

Song Chunhua cried for a while, but immediately cried again, "Hua Hao, do you want to watch your mother starve to death?" Are you really so ruthless? I had no choice but to sell you at the time, and I couldn't do it? But now that my mother knows that I was wrong, can't you forgive my mother? Besides, if your mother gave birth to you, is it only worth a hundred taels of silver? ”

An Huahao's eyes flashed with coldness, but his voice was very steady, "I'm sorry, now I am a member of the Mei family, everything on my body, and every penny I earn belongs to the Mei family!" Before you sold me, didn't you already know very well, what was going on with the door-to-door son-in-law? It is also clearly written in the book of disconnection......"

"I don't care! You were born to me! My son! Now you are wearing a robe, eating wine and meat, and you are buying such a beautiful golden hairpin for the Mei family girl to wear! It's all because of me, it's not me who sold you to the Mei family, can you have such a good life? Now that your own mother is about to starve to death, and the family can't open the pot anymore, do you want to see death and not save it? ”

"Don't you just covet the good life of the Mei family and leave your own mother? I'm going to the yamen to sue you! Sue you for unfilial piety! Sue you for not supporting your mother......"

Song Chunhua shouted hoarsely.

"Smack-" A slap threw Song Chunhua directly to the ground.

Mrs. Li stepped on Song Chunhua's leg with one foot, and held a kitchen knife in her hand, "Song Chunhua, you slut, my old Mei family has a great happy event today, you have to come to make trouble, right?" ”

"Do you want to go to the yamen to sue? Go on? The old lady will send you there! Whoever doesn't go, whoever is the king and the calf! My mother still wants to sue you! What's the matter, I received a hundred taels of silver from my Mei family, and now I want to pay the bill, right? ”

(End of chapter)