Chapter 34: Reluctance
…… There were three or four pieces of letterhead, and one of the pages of the letterhead was still a little water-stained, as if the person who wrote the letter couldn't help but cry when he wrote about it.
Li Han pursed his lips and threw away the letter: "This is what my cousin wants to marry, what does my uncle want to do?" ”
"Shouldn't you do it? Your uncle didn't write it in this letter. ”
Hmph, he didn't write because he was afraid that he would write less, and now that everyone is here, Li Han thought in his heart, but he didn't dare to say this.
"Dad, this matter is not in a hurry anyway, it is better to wait for two more days."
"Well, I'll just listen to you."
Master Li was originally very upset about this matter, but now that his daughter is so assertive, what he said makes sense, so he agreed.
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The Lu family, Lu Zhenghua's mother Qiu Guiling was busy with the family's lunch meal, and she was worried about where to find money to hire a matchmaker for her son.
After thinking about it, the family really couldn't come up with so much money, so they made up their minds to borrow some money first, and when the daughter-in-law entered the door, she could use her dowry to pay it back.
Thinking of this, Qiu Guiling felt a lot more settled, took off the apron on her body and hung it on the wall, and walked to the sixth aunt's house next door.
"Oh, yes, I heard that the brother of the Lu family also called the girl to a small room, I don't know what he is doing, it is very ugly."
Before she could get closer, Qiu Guiling heard a voice coming from inside the wall.
"Then you can't just blame the brother of the Lu family, I also heard that the girl doesn't seem to be good, she dared to enter that small room by herself, you say, if a daughter like our family dared to do such a thing, wouldn't she have been killed a long time ago?"
Another voice said, Xu felt that what this person said made sense, and this time the previous voice also echoed: "That's true, as the saying goes, a slap doesn't make a sound, a fly doesn't bite a seamless egg, I'm afraid that not both of them dare to do such a thing because of this shamelessness." ”
When the two of them said this, they both had a feeling of refreshment, and they couldn't help laughing at each other, as if they had seen through some heavenly opportunity, and they both felt very proud of each other at this time.
"You two, can you keep some virtue when you speak, so that you are not afraid of retribution when you talk like this?"
At first, Qiu Guiling felt embarrassed and wanted to sneak away quietly, and she didn't borrow the money, but then she heard their words becoming more and more ugly, so she couldn't help but rush in angrily to reason with the two aunts.
The two aunts were immersed in the wonderful feeling just now, and they were frightened by this sudden series of scolding, and they looked at the mother who turned out to be the main master, and immediately returned to the smug look just now.
"What is Aunt Lu talking about? We didn't say anything. ”
One of the aunts picked up the handkerchief and waved it, as if she was going to shoot something away, and the other aunt echoed: "That's right, now the outside is all over the world about your brother Lu and that girl, and we also heard about it." ”
As soon as she heard that everyone outside knew about it, Qiu Guiling suddenly became short of breath and asked curtly: "This, who is listening to this?" It's ...... to dare to create a rumor about our family."
As she spoke, she tried to raise her head, and she didn't dare to say it, so she tried her best to pretend that there was no such thing in our family, and what you heard was fake.
When the two aunts saw her leave like this, they laughed heartily again, and after laughing, they lowered their voices and continued the topic just now: "I'll just say, you see that she doesn't even dare to explain, nine out of ten of this thing is true." ”
"Oops, it's ......"
Qiu Guiling ran wildly all the way, and she didn't know whether she was embarrassed or angry, so she didn't stop until she couldn't hear the sound in the yard anymore, only feeling as if she had several cat paws hidden in her heart and scratching, which made her feel terrible.
finally returned home, Qiu Guiling closed the courtyard door tightly and was so aggrieved that she burst into tears, but her son had not done what she had confessed, and she didn't even have time to cry.
Thinking of the ridicule of the two aunts just now and what they said now that the whole village knows about it, she can't give up this face to borrow money again.
What should I do if I can't borrow it? Think of a way to earn a little bit on your own.
Qiu Guiling thought all the way and went straight to her daughter's boudoir, dragging her daughter Lu Xiuyun, who was lying on the bed and sleeping lazily.
"Mother, what are you doing?"
Lu Xiuyun was sleeping in a daze, she was very frightened, and when she saw who it was, she couldn't help but shout at Qiu Guiling when she got up.
"Alas, don't sleep, you hurry up and do needlework for me, don't want to sleep if you don't embroider a peony flower today."
Qiu Guiling was not in the mood to explain to her, she turned around and left after giving an order to her daughter, she also had to hurry up and sell some embroidery, so that she could come back in exchange for some silver, hoping to make it up as soon as possible.
It's not easy to be a housewife!
Qiu Guiling did needlework under the window of the hall for a while, and when she saw that Lu Xiuyun still didn't come out, she called out loudly to the only girl in the family: "Qiucao, go and call the young lady up, and tell her that if she doesn't work today, don't want to eat." ”
"Oh-" Qiu Cao, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old and looked skinny, said in a long voice, dropped the clothes she was washing and ran to Lu Xiuyun's room.
"Mother, what are you doing, why do you have to ask people to get up and do needlework now."
Lu Xiuyun came out, although she was reluctant, she still sat down next to Qiu Guiling, at first she thought it was to make a dowry for herself, but when she heard her mother say that she was going to ask the matchmaker to propose to her eldest brother in exchange for money, she immediately blew up.
"Mother, why do you want me to work as a sister to earn money when my brother marries his daughter-in-law? It doesn't matter if this matter is put in the world. ”
She threw the embroidery shed in her hand onto the sewing basket and stopped.
"You damn girl, you don't want to live, do you?"
Qiu Guiling was already very aggrieved, but now when she saw her daughter like this again, a burst of anger erupted in her heart, pointing at Lu Xiuyun and scolding.
Lu Xiuyun was scolded by her and cried bitterly, remembering that all this was caused by the shameless woman, so she scolded Jiang Tong again, Qiu Guiling was scolded by her daughter and also aroused her dissatisfaction with Jiang Tong in her heart, she left the embroidery shed and picked up her daughter, and the two scolded Jiang Tong while hugging and crying.
After crying happily for a while, Qiu Guiling was the first to let go of her daughter to wipe away her tears and pick up the needlework, no matter what, this job still has to be done.
"Okay, okay, it's a big deal, after she enters the door, my mother won't help her with anything, and if there are any good things, you can do it first, right? Now, you better help solve your brother's lifelong affairs first. ”
Lu Xiuyun got this promise from her mother, and her heart moved, thinking yes, when she enters the door in the future, let her see my face and live, it's not bad.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiuyun no longer resisted, and obediently picked up the embroidery shed handed over by Qiu Guiling and embroidered it.