Chapter 77: Li Tong's tragic discovery
"Tea ceremony?"
Li Tong then remembered that according to custom, she should go to her parents-in-law early this morning to salute.
But shouldn't the groom be with the groom when the tea is served? Speaking of tea, Li Tong remembered Lu Zhenghua who disappeared early in the morning.
There is no way, I have to take one step at a time, she secretly thought in her heart, while quickly washing and combing her hair and changing clothes under Qiucao's waiting, and looked back and forth in front of the mirror and felt that there was no problem before letting Qiucao lead the way and walking towards the hall of the Lu family.
Along the way, there were desolate weeds, and Li Tong, who was used to seeing flowers and plants everywhere and pavilions in the Li Mansion, felt that he wanted to cry as if he had a nightmare.
Now don't say anything about picking a girl and living a good life, she just begs not to let her work.
No matter what, I have to find a way to get those two old men to come up with some money to buy a girl, otherwise I really can't live this life.
She thought about it, and when she looked up, she saw some red lanterns hanging on the eaves that were already torn and those red double happiness stickers, and she was a little skeptical about the possibility that she could get money to buy a girl.
"Here we are." Qiucao's reminder made Li Tong wake up from her contemplation, probably because outsiders will come to see that this place is much better than her new house.
It is a courtyard enclosed in the shape of "mouth", the front three rooms are relatively large, the side of each two rooms is relatively small, the other side is a wall, the wall has opened a door is considered the gate, the pattern of the whole house is a common pattern in the countryside.
There was a path next to the three main houses, and Akicao and she were standing on the intersection, and they had just followed it.
Qiucao took her to the door of the middle of the three main rooms, but she didn't go in, but said to her: "Young lady, go in by yourself, I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't go in." ”
With that, she went by herself.
Li Tong was worried, after all, it was the first time to see her in-laws and sister-in-law, and she didn't know if they got along well, but as the saying goes, an ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see a familyman, and now this door is afraid to enter, and she is not afraid to enter.
Moreover, she is a rich lady, what are you afraid of?
She comforted herself in her heart, and finally gritted her teeth and walked through the door.
What caught Li Tong's eyes was the extremely simple furnishings in the room, except for a few passable chairs and a tea table, there was nothing else, Li Tong's heart sank again, compared with what she saw here, the things in her new house were quite good.
"Ahem."
When Li Tong looked at the house, Lu Zongpu and Qiu Guiling, who were sitting in the room, and Lu Xiuyun, who was standing behind Qiu Guiling, also looked at Li Tong from head to toe, Qiu Guiling and Lu Zongpu were quite satisfied with the appearance of this daughter-in-law, but this body was a little too thin.
When Lu Zongpu saw Li Tong coming in, he just looked around, but he didn't come to serve tea, so he coughed twice to remind her.
Li Tong looked up at the three people sitting over there, walked up to them and gave a salute: "My daughter-in-law has seen my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law." ”
She has a new daughter-in-law, how have she ever seen a new daughter-in-law serving tea? Not to mention knowing what to do, she only feels nervous and ashamed, shouldn't there be an elder or someone to tell her what to do at this time?
"Hmm," Lu Zongpu replied very happily, while Qiu Guiling looked at the teapot and teacup on the tea table with her eyes, and motioned for her to go over and pour tea for the sake of tea.
Li Tong understood, walked to the tea table and picked up the teapot to pour tea, Lu Xiuyun snorted and muttered in a low voice: It's stupid.
Li Tong was scolded so much that her heart was on fire, she secretly suppressed her teeth, endured the humiliation, and poured two cups of tea for Lu Zongpu and Qiu Guiling respectively:
"Father-in-law, please have tea."
"Mother-in-law, please have tea."
The two took the tea and gave her a red envelope respectively, Li Tong secretly pinched the red envelope, and scolded in his heart, and there were only a few flat copper coins in the red envelope.
"Yun'er, I haven't come to see your sister-in-law yet."
Qiu Guiling commanded Lu Xiuyun behind her, and Lu Xiuyun reluctantly lowered her hands and made a gesture that looked like a salute but not like a salute: "I've seen my sister-in-law." ”
The words were vague, and I don't know if they were these words, but in front of her parents-in-law, Li Tong didn't dare to do anything to her, so she had to respond as a return gift, and then she casually handed over the red envelope she had just received.
"Hey, why are you so stingy, just give me such a red envelope."
Lu Xiuyun took the red envelope, pouted and scolded.
"Sister-in-law isn't joking, this is a red envelope given to me by my parents-in-law, how can it be small?"
She obviously knew what was in this red envelope early on, and she scolded directly when she got it and didn't even touch it.
Li Tong smiled on her face, happy that she had finally won back a game, and wanted to calculate her, as soon as the family gave her a few copper plates, she wanted her to come up with something valuable, but there was no door, hum!
"Doesn't it mean how rich your family is? I'm afraid it's all a lie, right? ”
Lu Xiuyun was angry, and pointed at Li Tong and said.
"What's wrong with whether our family has any money or not? Sister-in-law, what do you want to say? ”
Li Tong still said with a smile, but he was vigilant in his heart, this family, including Lu Zhenghua, wouldn't marry her just because he wanted the Li family's money? Could it be that it is for this reason that he was designated to marry Miss Li?
"Since you are really rich, you should take out a little bit of the dowry......
"Ahem."
Lu Xiuyun was dizzy, and a sentence rushed out of her mouth, until she heard Lu Zongpu quickly interrupt her words with a dry cough, and then she came to her senses and stopped talking.
Folk customs, no family dares to beat the idea of a daughter-in-law's dowry, if this is known, then the people of the Lu family will never be able to raise their heads in front of people again.
And the woman's dowry, she is willing to take it out to subsidize the family, it is not a matter, but if she is unwilling to be forced by the rest of the family to take it out, it is despicable and shameless.
Although there is no legal punishment, it is an unforgivable crime among the people, so no one has ever dared to openly ask for dowry money from his daughter-in-law.
"That's my dowry, I don't have to take it out, I hope my parents-in-law will be compassionate."
Li Tong had already begun to suspect in his heart that Lu Zhenghua was marrying him for the Li family's silver, and when he thought of this, the excitement and sweetness of marrying Lu Zhenghua were gone.
She thought that even if his family was poor like this, she didn't dislike him, all because she thought that he was sincere to herself, but now that she thinks about it, didn't he ask for money from him on the first night of marriage? blamed himself for being stupid and being deceived by him.
The more Li Tong thought about it, the more he hated, and he didn't want to accompany these poor ghosts anymore, so he raised his head and said, "My daughter-in-law felt a little uncomfortable, so I retired first." ”
With that, he went out and went straight along the path to his new house, leaving the Lu family of three at a loss.
"This ......" Qiu Guiling looked at the door, then at her husband and daughter.
"It's all the good daughters you taught, can our Lu family still be able to hold their heads up if it is passed on?"
Lu Zongpu snorted coldly, stood up, flicked his sleeves, and left.