"Yo, who's coming home?" Xu Guanghua was talking to Xu Xiulan when he heard the voice of an old woman outside the door, Xu Guanghua turned his head, but found that it was his brother-in-law's father, the second elder of the Hu family.

"Hello uncle and aunt, I'm here to do some business in the city today, and I'll stop by to see my sister and brother-in-law." Although Xu Guanghua was dissatisfied with the approach of the second elder of the Hu family, he still had to have basic politeness.

Hu Pozi squinted and asked: "Oh, it turned out to be Xiulan's mother's family, I don't know what you are doing here today, will you come to ......." In the end, the word borrowing money was swallowed back by her, she was afraid that as soon as she said it, Xu Guanghua just took this opportunity to speak.

Although her words are not finished, her eyes and expression speak for themselves.

Speaking of which, it was many years ago, Xu Qingyan was sick a few years ago, the family had no money for treatment, and the people in the village did not borrow enough money for medicine, and finally thought that the third sister who married into the county should be doing well, so I thought about coming here to try.

It was the first time Xu Guanghua came to the Hu family, and then he realized that the third sister was not as good as they imagined.

In the past, Xu Xiulan could only go back to her parents' house during the Chinese New Year, but when Xu Xiulan returned to her parents' home, she always reported good news and not bad news, so the Xu family always thought that she was doing well.

As soon as Xu Guanghua said about borrowing money, Mrs. Hu began to complain, saying that the family had no money, how much money she spent when she married Xu Xiulan, and she didn't bring any dowry, and the family was not having a good time.

After listening to Mrs. Hu's words and looking at the brand-new courtyard, Xu Guanghua understood what Mrs. Hu meant. I know that not only will I not be able to borrow money this time, but I am afraid that the third sister will be affected by her eyes and difficulties.

In the end, Xu Guanghua walked out of the gate of the Hu family in frustration, or Xu Xiulan secretly chased him out, handed him ten cents and said: "Xiaohua, you take these ten cents, this is what I and your brother-in-law secretly saved, my mother-in-law doesn't know, I know that this money is not enough, this is all to blame my sister for being useless, you are now using money, but my sister can't help you" said that tears fell.

Xu Guanghua looked at Xu Xiulan like this, and his heart was even more full of feelings, they all thought that Xu Xiulan was the best married among all the sisters, and her life was also the best. didn't think about it, because there was no dowry, and my sister had no status in the Hu family, which was because they thought badly.

I knew that today, it was better to find a country house for my sister, so that they could take care of one or two, and the third sister had the most supple personality, I don't know how much anger I had suffered in this family.

Since then, the Xu family has never been on the gate of the Hu family, they know that the Hu family looks down on them because the Xu family is poor, and they can't do anything else except for Xu Xiulan.

"Aunt said with a smile, today I just came to see my sister and nephew, niece! I didn't bring some pastries for my uncle, and my aunt tried them. Although Xu Guanghua now wants to throw the pastries away to feed the dogs. But in order for the third sister to be better off in the Hu family, Xu Guanghua still endured it.

The father-in-law of the Hu family has not said a word for a long time when he came in, but seeing that he let Hu Pozi speak, he knows that he and Hu Pozi have the same thoughts, but they are just putting up a shelf.

That Mrs. Hu heard that she didn't come to borrow money, Xu Guanghua bought pastries again and entered the door, but it was not good to say anything unpleasant.

said in a stiff tone: "Xiulan, since your brother is here, you can entertain you well, and your father and I will go back to the room first." ”

Xu Qingyan watched all this from beginning to end, without saying a word, she had long expected that something would happen to the third aunt's house, and it was true.

Xu Xiulan is the best of all the aunts on the surface, but in fact, her life may be the saddest among the three aunts, maybe she is slightly better than others in terms of food and clothing, but this kind of psychological pressure from time to time is the most terrifying.

"Dad, take out the hairpin you bought for your aunt, don't you always say that the third aunt was kind to you when she was a child, now that our family is rich, buying a hairpin for the third aunt is also your intention as a younger brother."

Well...... Xu Guanghua didn't react for a while when he heard this, and then he saw Xu Qingyan winking at him, and then he came back to his senses, and the girl was talking about the hairpin he bought for his mother.

Looking at the second elder of the Hu family, who hurriedly paused after hearing this, Xu Guanghua suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "Yes, after talking to my sister for so long, I forgot what I was here for." ”

After that, he took out the plum blossom silver hairpin he bought for Cao's family from his sleeve, handed it to Xu Xiulan and said, "Sister, this is the silver hairpin I bought for you, do you like it or not." ”

Xu Xiulan hurriedly postponed: "No, no, why buy this for me, sister can't ask for it, it's too wasteful of money, take it back quickly." ”

"Third aunt, you just take it, now our family also has money, not only a few days ago I just bought a few acres of land, and it is not bad for the money of this hairpin. When our family makes more money in the future, my father said that he will buy you a golden hairpin! ”

"It is said that the family was in difficulty before, and I wronged you, and this is considered to make up for the original dowry. My father also said that the dowry is the private property of the woman's family, and it is the confidence of the daughter-in-law in the mother-in-law's family, and the mother-in-law's family cannot reach out the daughter-in-law's dowry at will, otherwise it will be drowned with spit. ”

The last few sentences were specially added by Xu Qingyan when she saw the Hu family's mother-in-law staring at the fiery gaze of the silver hairpin.

Sure enough, when Hu Po heard her words, her face suddenly darkened, and she forcibly took her eyes off the silver hairpin.

Xu Qingyan smiled with satisfaction when she saw this, old woman, let you look down on people, today she is here to support her aunt, let her keep saying that her aunt has no dowry all day long.

"Sister, Ayan is right, this is the dowry that my brother made up for you, take it quickly, and if the family makes money in the future, I will buy it for you." After that, he directly stuffed the silver hairpin into Xu Xiulan's hand.

Xu Xiulan looked at the silver hairpin in her hand, but her eyes were blurred with tears, and big tears fell down.

For more than ten years, because there is no dowry, her in-laws don't know how many eyes and faces she has been given, and the second brother and sister are just because they have a lot of dowry, and they are like young grandmothers in this family, and their mother-in-law has never even said a word.

And their family is like a subordinate, they do all the work at home, and they have to be counted and scolded by their mother-in-law from time to time. But she doesn't regret that she saved Xiaohua with the dowry, how can Xiaohua also be her own brother, she can exchange the dowry for his life, she is willing.

No, it turned out that her efforts were worth it, and today her brother bought her hairpins to support her.

"Okay, since it's Xiaohua's intention, my sister will accept it, but don't break the bank in the future." After speaking, he held the silver hairpin tightly.

Hu Luo next to him was also happy for Xu Xiulan, for so many years, Xiulan was embarrassed by his mother because she had no dowry. He also said it a few times as a son, but his father didn't take his words to heart at all, and he also knew that his father and mother preferred the second child.

Xu Xiulan and his wife here were very happy, but the faces of the second elder of the Hu family over there were dark and gloomy, although they were a little greedy for the silver hairpin, but they had no choice but that Xu Guanghua had already made it clear that it was a dowry, which blocked their back road, otherwise they would not want the reputation of the Hu family.