Chapter 50: Looking for the Bad Luck Door
"Second sister-in-law, you persuade your sister-in-law." Zhou hesitated in front of the two tigers and his wife and said.
"Phew, where can I be your sister-in-law, good things can't think of me, and bad things are in my arms. We're never going to do it again! Wang struggled to drop the dim sum in his hand to the ground, and the paper exploded all at once, and the shortbread was scattered all over the ground. It turned out that these were the two packs sent by Zhou.
"Second brother!" Zhou looked at the food on the ground, his voice was choked, and his face was lost today.
"You've been to your eldest brother's house, and your sister-in-law has already told you. Don't blame your sister-in-law for being angry, who did we offend? Suffer so many complaints in vain. It's been a terrible year! Erhu shook his head with an ugly face.
The sister-in-law here can't talk about it, and the Ding family over there has begun to scratch Dajin. Dajin is a man, and he is not easy to see with women, nor does he want to be beaten by women in vain, so he has to control Ding's two hands.
Ding's two hands were grabbed, and he twisted his body into a twist: "Indecent, you dare to eat Lao Niang's tofu!" ”
Before the words fell, Ding raised his foot fiercely and kicked it into the big golden crotch.
When Dajin saw that this woman was going to harm his second child, even if he was a clay man, he was angry. He was a strong man who was accustomed to farm work, and he threw his hands vigorously, and the petite Ding was like a rag doll, planted a foot away.
Wang Fuquan was born burly and tall, and when he saw his daughter-in-law's fall firmly, he rushed up angrily and punched the big golden door. The three Du brothers were not happy, and during the New Year, they inexplicably came to provoke them, and they dared to beat people, when the Du family was cowardly!
For a while, the men scuffled together, and the women tore each other's hair. Roars and screams came one after another, and the scene was extremely chaotic. The onlookers also came up to fight, and they inevitably suffered some punches and kicks in vain.
"Stop! What a way it becomes! "If you don't agree with each other, it's just four or five breaths. By the time Du Shicheng got up, the scene was out of control.
After all, it was the head of the family, and this old voice had a great deterrent effect, and the people in the scuffle automatically separated and stood on both sides.
"Uncle Du, the Ming people don't say secret words, we are Xiao Wu'er's father, your family's affairs have involved my son and I was kicked out by Qianzhuang, we have to ask for an explanation!" Wang Fuquan wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth and said.
"He's the eldest brother of the Wang family, since he has said this, my little old man is not afraid of being embarrassed in front of the villagers. For this matter, my eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law have been taught a lesson by the county master.
As for Xiao Wu'er, it was his master who made him angry. Don't blame me if I say something that I don't like. Even if there is no such thing as us, it is impossible to say that his master will find other reasons to open him in order to save wages. "Du Shicheng is in his fifties, and he has long understood the world.
"If that's the case, I'll admit it. Blind, unladylike. But your family's affairs are always a cause, don't think about it like washing! Wang Fuquan spat blood on the ground, damn, a tooth seems to be loose.
"And what do you want?" Du Shicheng asked in a deep voice. At present, it is impossible to talk about it, and it is inevitable to spend money to eliminate disasters.
"My son's master said, either pay 500 taels or ......," Ding interjected anxiously.
"Men talk, what are the girls chirping?" Wang Fuquan glared at Ding impatiently and interrupted her.
Don't look at Ding's fierce like a clawed wild cat in front of outsiders, but he is a good meow in front of her man. Seeing that the man was impatient, she immediately shut her mouth.
"Uncle Du, I don't need you to say it, I can see it now, Master Wu'er is indeed not a good person, don't say 500 taels, even if you ask us to go back now, I have to weigh it carefully."
But my son is really involved in the affairs of your family, and if there is no explanation, it will definitely not work. Otherwise, this matter will be spread, and those who do not know right from wrong will surely ruin my son's reputation. "In this rural place, reputation is much more important than life, Xiao Wu'er is only seventeen or eighteen years old, if he has a bad reputation, he can't even talk about his daughter-in-law.
"Then, please come into the house and talk about it." Since it's about money, don't be embarrassed in front of the crowded courtyard.
Du Shicheng led the way, followed by Wang Fuquan and his wife, and Tuesday Tiger and his wife. The lively people in the village also coaxed into the courtyard together, which is much more interesting than listening to singing and watching rowing boats. Wei couldn't stop it, and the courtyard was full.
"The inside is lost, what face do you need!" Du Shicheng looked back at the Wei family, this disaster was not caused by you, an old woman! Wei Shi was stared at by him, and he couldn't help but shrink back.
A room of guests and hosts sit down, although it is not a good stubble, but the New Year's Day, the number of etiquette is still indispensable. The Du Mei sisters served each a cup of coarse tea to each of them, and Wang Fuquan's eyes stared at Du Mei for a while.
"He's the eldest brother of the Wang family, say it." Du Shicheng asked straight to the point.
"500 taels, let's not mention it. My son will get half of his salary next year, and he will get all of it the year after his big year, not to mention more, at least 15 yuan in two years. "This is what Wang Fuquan and his wife calculated at home, took the money, put down two acres of good land, and then talked about the daughter-in-law. Farming, farming, who let his son not have the life of being a treasurer.
"Huh! You don't inquire, you have come to my house by slandering people! As soon as Wei heard that Wang Fuquan opened his mouth, he asked for 15 hanging money, and she said angrily.
"We still say that this is less, if my son takes the full share, and for the first twenty years, you will not be able to afford the entire Du family!" When Ding saw that Wei said that she was blackmailing, he was even more unhappy.
"He's the eldest brother of the Wang family, he can't say that, and he can't calculate the account like this. After all, his master no longer wants him, and he won't be able to do this business in the next year, let alone talk about it in the future. No matter if it's half or all of it, it can't be redeemed for the cash spent in vain. Du Shicheng felt like a mirror in his heart, this couple was wronged by the Du family.
"Don't talk about the money you haven't seen, just say, my son has been in the money bank for three years, and it cost more than 10 hangs to make a payment, let's let a little, 10 hangs a penny can't be less." Wang Fuquan took another step.
"In other words, your money should have been spent by your parents for their son, and it was not used by our irrelevant people. All I can give is 100 wen, which can be regarded as proof of Xiao Wu'er's reputation. Du Shicheng suddenly got a little tired of this kind of bargaining, and he simply quoted the money he could give.
"What? My son only has 100 Wen in your eyes! The gap was too far from what he expected, and Ding screamed.
"What? If it weren't for my family, I would have seen that Xiao Wu'er was a poor child, and I wouldn't even be able to give you 100 Wen! "Wei can't wait to take a penny out.
"Uncle Du, you are so obvious, you don't want to talk about it." Wang Fuquan twisted his eyebrows and said.
"His eldest brother of the Wang family, if you really take 10 yuan from me, your family's reputation will only be worse!" Du Shicheng took a sip of tea and said slowly.
"How?" Wang Fuquan asked suspiciously.
The people in the hall and the people standing in the courtyard all stared at Du Shicheng, waiting for him to say the following.
"You think, the matter of my family has spread to all over the country a few years ago, and everyone knows about it. Everyone knows that the county lord only fined him for beating, but not for money.
Now if you take 10 dollars from me for nothing, plus you come to the door today. The villagers will only think, I, Du Shicheng, am honest and peaceful, and you may be suspected of taking advantage of the fire to rob, who will dare to make friends with you in the future? Du Shicheng is confident, and he will talk about it carefully.
is as cunning as a fox, and dares to say that he is honest! This old man of the Du family is not easy to deal with. Wang Fuquan gritted his back molars and thought to himself.
"Uncle Du, you really woke up the dreamer with a word." Wang Fuquan said with a smile. No matter how cunning the fox is, he can't fight a good hunter, so Wang Fuquan naturally has a back hand.
"Huh?" Uncle Du suddenly became Uncle Du, and he got a lot closer at once. Du Shicheng's heart sank, what kind of trick is this?
"Let's not let those who like to chew the root of the tongue succeed, our two families should be happy to go back to their in-laws." Wang Fuquan's smile spread across his face, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes wrinkled with laughter.
"Ahh The crowd of onlookers let out an exclamation in unison. This thing has twists and turns, peaks and loops, more unpredictable than the weather, and more exciting than drama.
"We're in-laws." Du Shicheng remained silent and avoided the important and light.
"Then we will kiss and marry your granddaughter to my son Wu'er." Wang Fu pressed forward step by step.
"My granddaughter is either too young, or inconvenient, if you have a girl of school age, you can marry my grandson, we will definitely love it." Du Shicheng was very angry, but he still dealt with him.
"I see that your eldest granddaughter is not too young, and it is just right for my fifth son." Wang Fuquan had this idea as early as when Du Mei was serving tea.
His fifth son has been in the county seat for three years, and he was expecting to be a settler from now on, and he will not do the work in the fields and do not matter. Now that I have suddenly returned home, all my plans have failed, and I have to learn to do farm work from scratch. As soon as he dusted his eyes, he took a fancy to Du Mei's ability to work and do things. If you don't have the money to pay, it's the same if you pay someone to go home.
"It's been less than a month since my family's second gold left, and you are saying this to bully me!" Du Shicheng couldn't bear it anymore, and he stood up.
If you don't have money, you need people, and it's obvious that you're deceiving people too much. Dujiagou people are a big family, and on weekdays, they look at the jokes of their neighbors and fight with each other, just for leisure. But there are really outsiders who come to the door, and they are so rude, it is a slap in the face of the entire Dujiagou people.
"Hey, I said, you still have to be shameless, you want to go crazy about money." A man watching from the courtyard spoke.
"TMD, when Dujiagou people are so bullied, they want money, they want money, they want people!" Another sturdy man stood up with his hips crossed.
"Don't get out of here, or you'll get your ass rolling out!" The other man said in a gruff voice.
At this time, the crowd in the courtyard of the Du family was angry, the men were hot-tempered, these days are good to eat and drink, there is no need to work vigorously in the field, the body is not energetic, there is nowhere to put out the fire, I wish to do a fight to be happy.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, at this time, the patriarch Du Huaibing got the news of the second stunned report and hurried over. The second stunned man had already told Du Huaibing the reason for the whole story.
"Let's let let." The two stunned heads and carved a way in the crowd.
Don't look at the two stunned people who are lazy to eat and do on weekdays, and they talk a lot. Since he was frightened on the river beach, he has been very polite to the Dumay sisters. He heard something wrong in the crowd just now, and hurriedly ran to call the patriarch.
"What's going on?" Du Huaibing's eyes swept away, this group of calves, who didn't go to the ground for three days, wanted to fight energetically.
"Uncle." Du Shicheng stood up and gave up his seat, and Wang Fuquan also stood abruptly.
Du Huaibing glanced at Wang Fuquan: "Is Wang Laogen of Lao Wangzhuang still there?" He borrowed half a bag of grain from my family in the famine years, and now I don't know how to pay it back, and I still think he is dead. ”