Wang, who was sitting on the edge of the earthen kang, looked at the old and the young who entered the room, and looked at the sister-in-law in a new dress, although she felt very uncomfortable, she also had to greet her with a smile. The fat on this smile immediately squeezed out the small eyes.

"Mother, Hui, sit on the kang quickly, it's hot on the kang, don't freeze your body."

"Sister-in-law." Shen Hui called politely, and helped the old lady to sit on the kang, there are two cushions on the kang, which are exclusive cushions for two people, and the rest of the family does not have them. She has long been accustomed to all this, and enjoys the special privileges of the Shen family.

Entering the room was a young woman in a bun under twenty years of age, also dressed in a new green jacket, with a silver hairpin on her head and a pair of silver bracelets on her hands. The appearance is average, the face is full of dark spots, and it is better to be young and slender. This is the Zhao family, who has been married for two years and has not yet given birth to a baby. Because Zhao's maiden family opened a shop in the town, he had a few dollars to let his girl marry Shen Zhi, a talent. The silver hairpins and silver bracelets she wore were all dowry.

"Mother, sister-in-law, sister-in-law." Zhao also called people one by one when he entered the house. sat on the stool next to Shen Hui.

"Why do the third brothers and sisters let their mother wait for you? It's only been two years since I followed the show of the third child, and I didn't have a baby, and I didn't learn the rules? "Wang's heart is uncomfortable when he sees Zhao's, how can the three of them feel comfortable when they let the youngest one press on their heads? He is the hero of the Shen family who gave birth to two male babies, and the second family can only give birth to female babies, so naturally he can't compare with himself, and this one who can't lay eggs should see himself nodding his head. The hateful thing is that this concubine's maiden family is too hard, and no one dares to say that she can't lay eggs.

Zhao's is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and when he heard Wang's blatant scar, he was angry. The already black face is even darker.

"Isn't my sister-in-law just envious of my new clothes? It's good for you to go back to your parents' house and do it, why bother to covet me. "Zhao is a heart-eyed person, but he has always spoken directly to Wang, firstly, he relies on his mother's toughness, and secondly, Wang is a heartless foodie, and she doesn't pay attention to it at all. Shen Zhi didn't do anything at home, just studying, all relying on her mother's support. Otherwise, in this backward small mountain village, there is surplus money to support a scholar, even if the money to buy books has to be smashed and sold iron.

This is simply poking Wang's heart and lungs, is it her fault that her mother's family is poor? Zhao often takes good things to honor his mother-in-law, and stammers with his sister-in-law, how can he have money, he can only look at her fighting for face in front of the old man, and he has no choice. Wang also has her own careful eyes, she also wants to play some autumn breeze and get some good ones, but she really doesn't dare to offend her. But this breath is not out, and I can't hold back any panic in my heart.

At this time, Xiao Xia's mother finally entered the house with a large pot of nests. But he was dressed in a single shirt with several patches on his body, and just from the way he wore it, he felt that this was not a family at all. The whole body is thin and there is only a skeleton of bones, the big eyes are blank, all sunken into the sockets, and there are no wrinkles on the face, but it is exhausted.

"I don't know how to call someone when I enter the house, didn't I see my mother sitting for a long time? Grinding and grinding, who will you show when you cry all day long? gave birth to a push of money-losing goods, don't do more to raise you for nothing! As soon as Wang looked in, Xiao Wang finally found an outlet.

Because there are two daughters-in-law in the family who are both kings, but the two do not have any blood relationship, the eldest daughter-in-law is called Wang, and the second daughter-in-law is called Xiaowang.

"Mother...... " Xiao Wang called out and was busy. It's normal to be counted out for no reason, and it's just right to get on with the work.

Wang also felt bored when he saw it, and sat upright waiting for the meal to start.

The men of the Shen family also came in one after another, one table for men and one table for women, young and old. The amount that everyone can eat is set at home, and no one can eat more. The men in the family are sufficient, and the women are a lot less, but Xiao Wang and the three sisters get less pitiful, one person and half a nest of wotou, even coarse grain rice is not allowed to eat, the third child Xiaoqiu has half a wowotou, only half a bowl of porridge left in the morning, it is said that the porridge is almost invisible to the rice grains, just half a bowl of rice soup.

is also sitting at the same table to eat, but the treatment of other people is completely different, not to mention rice, and a plate of salted meat left over from the New Year, one person can eat a piece. This is a good thing that Xiao Xia Niang can't touch.

Xiao Xia silently gnawed half of the nest in his hand, to be honest, although it was less, but for Shen Xia, who had eaten all kinds of delicious food in the previous life, this kind of pure natural food was also very delicious, and it was good to have a stutter in the last days, who was not eating expired food full of preservatives. After a few bites, he got rid of the nest head in his hand, and looked at his sister Xiaoqiu, who had been sitting next to him and had not spoken, looking so small, after drinking the rice soup in the bowl, he sat and lowered his head and did not speak, and the family almost ignored her, as if there was no such child. Only everyone counts that when Xiao Wang's family gives birth to three money-losing goods, they will add her to make up the number.

She is also a thirty-year-old soul, looking at this little girl, her heart is full of pity. In addition to not having enough to eat every day for seven days in this world, but sleeping is very stable, should I be grateful, I can finally enjoy life when I come to this space, plain, trivial, isn't it happiness?

"Daddy, I have to go to work in the town tomorrow, and the family will rely on my father." After the family finished eating, Xiao Wang consciously began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Xiao Chun began to help his mother. Everyone else sat in the room as a matter of course.

Xiao Xia originally planned to take her sister back to her room, but when she heard her uncle speak, she decided to stay. Since you have come here, you have to live well, and you have survived the difficulties of the last days, in this backward era, you should enjoy life in a chic way, not in vain God has given you more than 20 years of life, and it is not in vain that you can live one more life. The first thing is to integrate into this family, and the days of not having enough food and clothing every day should come to an end.

Shen Shouli was less than fifty children and grandchildren, holding a cigarette stick in his hand, taking a few puffs from time to time, sitting cross-legged in the earthen kang, and the room was surrounded by the smoke from his clouds. Xiao Xia wanted to take a look into the kang, but he could only see the old man sitting there, and his expression was not clear.

"You are the first person in our village to be able to be a shopkeeper in the town, and your identity is decent! You must remember to do a good job, do more with your hands and less with your mouth. Rest assured at home! ”

"I plan to take Nengwen to study in the town, and strive to come back after taking the exam, and be as promising as his uncle." This is a decision he has already discussed with his daughter-in-law, whether Nengwen can go to the town to study or not, and it depends on the old man.

When the Wang family heard this, he immediately beat his morale like chicken blood: "Daddy, there is a third child in our generation who has come out, if Nengwen also takes the test and comes back, our old Shen family will be completely turned over." At the mention of her son, her originally unsmart head seemed to be open.

"Sister-in-law, is Xiucai so good at the test? Noh Wen didn't take the exam for two years. It's not a small boss, and his family has provided him for so many years, which is interesting enough, and it's true to hurry up and work in the field. If you go to study in the town, you will need more than the silver of the old and the young. My brother's nephew studied in the town for half a tael of silver for a month, and with books, he couldn't hold it for a tael. Where did our family get the money to let Nengwen go to the town to study? Besides, didn't his third uncle be admitted to Xiucai when he was studying in the village? Ten miles and eight villages are envious! When the Zhao family heard this, they were immediately unhappy, the money for the third child's study was all from his mother's family, but the Shen family didn't take a copper plate, why did the Shen family pay for the grandson of the big house to study.

The Wang family couldn't wait to tear Zhao's mouth, Nengwen didn't get admitted to the show because the teaching gentleman in the village was incompetent, how could he blame Nengwen. She only felt that the two sons she gave birth to were all good, how could she not be admitted to Xiucai, it must not be her son's own reason.

"Who doesn't know that uncle's head melon seeds are the first in ten miles and eight villages, and he can write like his uncle, as long as he can go to the town to study for a year, he will definitely be able to take the exam before coming back." Wang said that he would let his son go to the town to study, and if he went, he would definitely be able to be admitted to Xiucai. The monthly salary of his family is 800 Wen, but he used to pay all the money to support the family, and now his son spends his own money on studying, and no one has any reason to object. These thoughts are not only of the Wang family, but Shen Cai also thinks so, but he doesn't dare to say them blatantly.

"Dad, it's not bad to be able to write, so let him go to the school in the town to study for a year. He is the eldest grandson of our Shen family, if you also take the test to come back, you will not only be Xiucai's father but also Xiucai's grandfather when you are old, then our family can be regarded as a scholarly family. In your generation, it can be regarded as a change in the style of our old Shen family, and it is no longer a food gouge in the field, it is a scholarly family. Boss Shen used all the words he could use, just to let his eldest son go to the town to study. Nengwu can't count on stealing chickens and dogs for a day, even if the brother becomes an official, he can only go to fight an autumn breeze, if his son becomes an official, he is the father of the official master, that is the real majesty.

If there is anyone in the world who knows Old Man Shen best, it is his eldest son Shen Cai. Everything went to his heart. Since Shen Shouli had a talented son, he straightened his back in the village, and the people in the village took the initiative to greet him, and he already liked the kind of eyes that were envied and envied. Even the elder brother who is the patriarch has to give him three points of face, and he will be informed of something in the clan.

"Okay, let Nengwen go to the town with you to study." The old man still felt that silver was not face-important.

"Then who pays? Xianggong has to go to the state capital for the autumn test this year, and he will have a lot of money. If you are admitted to the Jinshi, you will come back as an official. "The Zhao family doesn't agree, the mother's family has had a lot of money in the past two years, and the brother and sister-in-law have long been unhappy, and the Shen family has to pay for the money in the autumn test.

"The old man has your business when he talks, and you don't have to worry about the third child's business." Mrs. Jia finally spoke, and the old man decided that it was a matter of the right thing, Mrs. Jia had always been a holy order, and she could not tolerate daring to refute the old man's words.