Seeing the basket of broken pears in front of her, the old lady's hands trembled, and the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

"Old man, your two daughters went for a day and came back with this bit of, isn't it when I'm dead that I can't speak well, right?"

Wang Shi was directly furious and scolded: "You all have lost your conscience, are you ready to keep good things for yourself?" Let me, the old woman, look at it with a blank eye, just don't use it for me, what's the use of giving birth to you children, when you're old, you can't eat, you can't eat, you can't use, you can't use it, and you have to let the two old people serve you and your family, and see your face live. ”

Zheng Shiyuan didn't know what was in this basket, or the pears he saw with his mother-in-law, and when he saw that his mother-in-law was angry, he didn't dare to refute it, and muttered in his mouth: "Mother, I don't know what's going on with this, Juan'er (before the step-by-step) hasn't done this before, I didn't let her do this, I really didn't, mother, you have to believe me, there must be a misunderstanding here." ”

"Sister-in-law, don't talk about it, we all know that Juan'er has made a fortune, and that cart of things is worth hundreds of taels, and people leak their nails, which is enough for our family to eat for a year."

Xiao Wang glanced at Zheng, and continued on the side: "I know that you feel sorry for Juan'er, but you also have to think about your mother, why can't you think about the old man with so many things, you can't forget your roots!" ”

"That's it, you go, you go to Zhao Juan, I don't believe it, you are a mother and talk to your daughter, she dares not to give it, and she is not afraid of spitting Xingzi to drown her."

Seeing that her mother-in-law had already started to slap the table, Zheng didn't dare to speak anymore.

"Then I'll go tomorrow, it's dark today, the child's father is coming back soon, and he hasn't eaten."

Wang saw that his daughter-in-law Zheng softened, and his mouth pursed, "Hmph, hurry up and feed my grandson, hungry my grandson, I'll make you look good, go early tomorrow, don't enter the house again if you can't get it back." ”

"Oh, I know, mother, then I'll go down."

Wang nodded, Zheng dared to go out, returned to his house, and immediately looked for his two daughters, today's things are weird, you have to ask to understand.

In the past, no matter how much Du Jun earned, he would give her something or a few pennies back, what happened today?

"Did the eldest daughter not give it, or did these two girls not take it? Or is it something else? ”

"Yeon, Xiu, come out for me and tell my mother, what's going on today?"

Zheng shouted at his daughter's room: "Your sister will let you two take this pear, nothing else?" ”

Zhao Yan opened the curtain, came out of her room with Zhao Xiu, looked at the mother in front of her, and said:

"Mother, the eldest sister has been passed on to the Du family for eleven years, and that is the dowry given by the uncle, why are we embarrassed to reach out?"

Zhao Xiu accompanies the second sister, usually at this time, the two sisters are one rushing forward, the other is with the mud, so many years, with tacit understanding.

"Yes, my mother wants to be bad, Juanzi is going to get married, it's all useless for me to be a mother, I can't even afford a handkerchief, I'm sorry for Juanzi."

The thought of her daughter getting married, Zheng's heart ached.

"What else does your eldest sister have to do? It's useless, so I can only make something for her. ”

"We haven't looked at the eldest sister's dowry, and the eldest sister hasn't said anything, it should be enough."

"I'll go tomorrow to see, what's missing, there's no old man around, don't make any mistakes, it's not good."

Hearing Zheng say this, Zhao Yan put her heart in her stomach, afraid that this mother would be confused and do something unexpected.

"Mother, the ugly words are in the head, remind you of something, don't happen last year. Don't always listen to your grandmother, it's hard for the eldest sister, over the years, it's not easy for the eldest sister, just one person, even if you don't think about me and the third sister, you have to think about the younger brother, and when he grows up, the only way to be a sister can help out. ”

Zhao Xiu continued later: "Mother, if the milk asks you to take something, you say that you buy it according to the quantity, and there is no superfluity, or the milk and the second aunt should make trouble again." ”

"You two ghosts, I'm not worried, I'm only worried about your eldest sister, she has a temperament like me, she has no idea, she can't speak, she will be bullied when she gets to her mother-in-law's house, and she has no support from her mother's family, I am most sorry for her in my life", Zheng said and became sad again.

Zhao Yan turned her head and glanced at her sister, thinking in her heart,

"Let's take a look at it first, this mother is timid and cowardly, so she hasn't been the master herself, don't let her milk or father bully her again."

When going to bed at night, Zheng told Zhao Shugui about Juanzi, and he didn't dare to mention that her mother-in-law asked her to go to her daughter to get something, but only said that she would go and have a look.

Zhao Shugui has no opinion on this, for him, this eldest daughter is dispensable, since the old lady asked her daughter-in-law to go, then go and see, it is not a big deal. In his heart, there is only his son and his father, and nothing else matters.

In the opposite room, Xiao Wang and the second Zhao Shuli hadn't slept yet, lying on the bed, counting how many things the Zheng family could bring back tomorrow.

"Master, why do you say this Juanzi's life is good? A step-by-step, when the uncle returned so many things? If it were me, I shouldn't have given a penny, and I wasn't a real relative, don't you say? ”

Pushed the man lying beside him.

"Well, you can't say that, Juan's uncle only has this one sister, and the sister will rely on Juanzi to burn paper in the future, he is thinking about his sister."

"Then how many things do you say my sister-in-law can get back this time? This time, I'll tell you, let's get more points, don't give it to my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, our eldest is also fifteen, and we have to start preparing the bride price. ”

"The third child doesn't have a daughter-in-law yet, why can't it be our turn?"

"I don't care what about the third child, my son must marry a good one, so this bride price must be at least the same as the third child, how can I say that it is also the eldest grandson, this is also a matter of increasing the face of your old Zhao family, do you hear?"

"Then you have saved a lot of private money over the years, in addition to subsidizing your mother's family, how much is left?"

"Don't worry about how many you have, and besides, don't you know the little vault you got out of your mother's hand? Give it to me tomorrow, this man is easy to learn bad as soon as he has money."

"What's the little treasury, daughter-in-law, I haven't had that for a few days, come on......"

"Dead ghost, come here again, as soon as you get down to business...... Well...... Hmmm"

There was a creak of bed slabs in the room...... Squeak ...... and muffled wheezing.

Zhengwu, Lao Zhao Tou and Wang's family are also discussing the issue of Juanzi's dowry.

"Old man, it would be nice if we got all the things that lost money back, a few hundred taels, enough for our family to build a house for our third son to marry a daughter-in-law"

"A few hundred taels? Don't think about it, who in our countryside can have a dowry of a few hundred taels? You believe what others say. ”

"It's almost the same if it's not a few hundred taels, Aunt Ma saw with her own eyes, there are more than ten cotton cloths, and there is such a big bag of clothes, even a box of candles, and a jewelry box, if there are not a few hundred taels, can you hire a carriage to come back?"

"That's also someone else's thing, don't think about it, last year, I made my buddies laugh at me for a year, don't make trouble again this year."

"What do you say? Why didn't you eat the meat you got back, if it weren't for me, our family would have been able to save five taels of silver last year? Let me tell you, someone in my mother's family has fallen in love with our woods, seventeen years old, and the age is the same, that is, the bride price is thirty taels of silver. There is also Shufang who has also been mentioned, that is my daughter, how to press the box money, there must be ten taels of silver, and there must be three shops and three covers, cabinets, jewelry, dressers, this and that all need money, I don't make trouble, you just have the silver to give. ”

"Dead old woman, don't talk about it, sleep."

"Don't, you see that our house should also be repaired, and ah, ah, did you listen to me?"

Wang pushed Lao Zhao's head, looked at it, and fell asleep

"This dead old man is a pig, this family is fortunate to have my support, otherwise it won't be able to go on sooner."

Wang turned around, and there was a snoring sound.