Chapter Fifty-Eight: An Irresponsible Man
"Su Xiaoling! You shut up! Su Qi trembled all over, shouted so loudly that his throat split, his eyes widened, and his finger pointed directly at Su Xiaoling, "Do you know what you're talking about, you shameless!" I still want face! ”
Zhang Xiuqin was disgusted: "Her father, what you said is-"
"What I say, you don't care what your daughter says!" Su Qi had never been so angry, he walked up to Su Xiaoling angrily and slapped her hard.
The sound of "pop" was particularly loud.
Su Xiaoling's face quickly became red and swollen, and after a while, it swollen like a pig's head, and her eyes were squeezed into a slit by the swollen face, which looked extremely funny.
She looked at Su Qi blankly and didn't say anything for a long time.
Zhang Xiuqin was stunned, she opened her mouth, but quickly closed it again, not knowing what to say.
Lu Li looked at it coldly as if watching a play, and didn't say a word.
It is common for powerful people in Beijing to have three wives and four concubines, and even more so, there are already several concubines in the family who are still looking for flowers and willows outside, such people and things, Lu Li has seen a lot.
But here is different, most of the people in the village are monogamous and have no mind or money to take concubines.
In particular, Su Xiaoling is still Xiaoman's nominal sister, and she actually wants to marry her own brother-in-law, which is too crazy and reasonable.
What was the attitude of the mother and daughter towards themselves before, and what is it like now, Lu Li can see it clearly, and now Xiaoling wants to squeeze Xiaoman down, and he also knows what the other party is thinking.
Isn't it just that you like your identity?
Just thinking about it, Zhang Xiuqin suddenly pulled Lu Li's arm and said in a low voice: "You have something to say!" Xiaoling is willing to commit herself to being your concubine, why are you still twisting and pinching like a big man! ”
"Zhang Xiuqin, get out of here!" The angry Su Qi heard it clearly, he pointed at Zhang Xiuqin's nose and shouted unceremoniously.
"What are you yelling at this old man," Zhang Xiuqin was not to be outdone, "Is it wrong for me to find a good in-law for my daughter?" Why can Xiaoman marry a general, and why can't Xiaoling? Say a thousand ways and ten thousand, you are still partial to Su Xiaoman! ”
As she spoke, Zhang Xiuqin actually cried, she threw herself on the ground, screaming and kicking in dissatisfaction, like a madman.
Seeing her own mother like this, Su Xiaoling also sat on the ground with the same learning, opened her mouth and howled, saying things like "My father doesn't want me anymore" and "It's better to die".
Su Qi was so angry that he couldn't speak, he was so angry that he walked around the room, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he gasped for breath, as if he would be fainted by the mother and daughter in the next second.
Seeing this, Lu Li hurriedly pulled Su Qi over and whispered a few words of reassurance, and then he walked in front of Zhang Xiuqin, "Auntie, I already have Xiaoman, and I don't mean to take a concubine anymore, you are still-"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Xiuqin interrupted with a sharp howl: "My poor girl, how did you meet such an irresponsible man, Lu Li, are you worthy of Xiaoling?" You irresponsible man, you don't deserve to be called a man! ”
Lu Li's head is full of black lines, what are these words, if outsiders listen to them, they will definitely think that Lu Li took advantage of Su Xiaoling, but with the conscience of heaven and earth, he has not looked at Su Xiaoling squarely.
"Zhang Xiuqin!" Su Qi, who was finally appeased, burst into a rage again, he pointed to the door, "You get out of here!" Otherwise, I'll write a letter of resignation now! ”
"I'm not alive, I'm not alive!" Zhang Xiuqin pretended not to hear it and continued to yell.
Seeing this, Su Qi became more and more annoyed, he walked around the house, but in the end, he was a literati, he couldn't do anything more than "divorce his wife", so that he had nowhere to vent his anger.
As the saying goes, a woman is equal to five hundred ducks, and now there are a thousand ducks howling in the house, how can two men stand it?
Su Qi had no means, and he adhered to the psychology that the ugliness of the family could not be publicized, so he could only endure it silently.
But Lu Li was different, he opened the door curtain, showed the mother and daughter who were crying and howling on the ground in front of the crowd, and deliberately said: "Xiaoling, you are also Xiaoman's sister, and you want to call me brother-in-law, you actually want to marry me, have you ever thought about what your sister will think?" ”
"I already have a wife like your sister, there is nothing else to ask for in this life, if you are so shameless, I am afraid that I will never come to the Su family again in the future, and your sister will be cold!"
Before the mother and daughter who were howling and kicking their legs had already been shown in front of everyone, Zhang Xiuqin was completely stunned and forgot to pretend to cry.
Coupled with Lu Li's words being very upright, it became more and more shameless for Su Xiaoling, she looked at the crowd who were pointing at her in a daze, and her cheeks quickly burned like fire.
"Ouch, isn't this the girl who scolded before? How can you sit on the ground and cry now? ”
"Didn't you hear, seducing your own brother-in-law, I'm bah! What a shame. ”
"That is, now that she sees Lu Li becoming a general, she is just blushing at her sister, how Su Xiaoling and Zhang Xiuqin usually treat Su Xiaoman, we people in the same village know it very well."
It wasn't until the people outside were talking louder and louder that she suddenly realized that this was Lu Li's deliberate refusal to give Su Xiaoling face, taking this opportunity to strangle Su Xiaoling's opportunity to climb high branches, and by the way, Su Xiaoling couldn't marry someone else.
Su Qi wanted to say something, but when he looked at the mother and daughter on the ground, he wanted to intercede for them, and he was embarrassed to say it.
They did this on their own, and they should be taught a lesson.
"Father-in-law, I'll take Xiaoman to see you another day, and I'll leave first." Lu Li said goodbye respectfully, and then left in style.
When she got home, Xiao Man was waiting eagerly at the door, and Lu Li couldn't help but smile when he saw her, as if he had washed away his exhaustion.
Su Xiaoman stepped forward and complained while intimately arranging the man's collar: "Why are you only coming back now, what did the eldest lady let you do, and deliberately broke me apart." ”
"She wants Su Xiaoling to marry me." Lu Li paused, and successfully saw that Xiao Man froze, and even his hand that was sorting out his clothes froze.
Seeing Xiao Man standing in front of him a little sluggishly, Lu Li couldn't bear to continue to deceive, he said bluntly: "I have already refused, and I have taught them a good lesson, if your sister wants to marry someone in the future, I am afraid it will be more troublesome." ”
"You...... What was done? Su Xiaoman asked subconsciously.
Lu Li pursed his lips and smiled, "You don't need to know this, after all, the scene was too chaotic at that time, and your father was so angry that he threatened to divorce Zhang Xiuqin, but I think he is just talking." ”
Hearing this, Su Xiaoman bit his lip tightly and muttered to himself: "Since I was a child, I don't know how many times I've heard these words, but my father really just said it, he didn't dare to do it." ”
divorced his wife, Zhang Xiuqin did not make any mistakes, nor did she make any major mistakes, and retiring her wife rashly would only allow outsiders to accumulate all the faults on Su Qi.
"Okay, let's go eat first, I'm hungry after such a long delay." Lu Li grabbed Xiaoman's shoulders and led the person to the house.
Even though Lu Li had already rejected Xiao Ling, Xiao Man still didn't find a decline in his heart, and he couldn't be interested in anything.
The meal was unusually silent, Xiao Man was no longer in the mood to laugh and laugh, Lu Li didn't dare to say anything more when he saw her like this, so he could only put vegetables into her bowl one by one, trying to use this way to make her feel at ease.
But somehow, Xiao Man was always unhappy, even if he laughed, he was very reluctant, and Lu Li felt very distressed when he saw it.
After the meal, Lu Li couldn't help but pull Xiaoman to the bedroom, put the woman on the bed, Lu Li moved a stool and sat opposite her, "Xiaoman, I swear, you are the only one in this life, don't be sad anymore, okay?" ”
Xiao Man was a little flustered, but he didn't expect Lu Li to come out like this suddenly.
She was unhappy and very uncomfortable, but this was not for Lu Li, but Xiaoman felt very cold, for Zhang Xiuqin, for Su Xiaoling.
When they first married Lu Li, their mother and daughter ridiculed them in every way, and now after learning Lu Li's identity as a general, they began to stutter again, and that's okay, but they actually hit Lu Li with their ideas, how could Su Xiaoman act as if nothing happened?
Inevitably Lu Li misunderstood, Xiaoman hurriedly explained: "It's not because of you, I just think that the eldest lady's approach is a little inappropriate, I think it's very ...... It's just sad. ”
Lu Li immediately understood, he sat down next to Xiao Man, "This matter is not your fault, you have nothing to feel uncomfortable about, this incident is also to blame Aunt Zhang for being greedy and vain, you must not mind this, I will never take a concubine again." ”
Xiaoman nodded, "Hmm." ”
Sure enough, as Lu Li said, the events of the day were in an uproar, not only Bishui Village, but also the nearby villages knew about it, and everyone talked about it, and Zhang Xiuqin's matchmaker who had befriended her before did not dare to come to the matchmaker again, for fear of causing trouble for herself.
No one at home came to visit again, and the Su family was deserted for a long time, until this day, the Qian matchmaker boarded the door of the Su family.
Zhang Xiuqin was overjoyed, she put all the food at home on the table, made tea with the best tea leaves, and smiled: "Aunt Qian, you are here, there are no good things in our house, I hope you don't dislike it." ”
This money matchmaker is a famous matchmaker in ten villages and eight townships, and there is no family affair that she can't say, plus every pair she says is complete, and her fame is getting bigger and bigger, and she has gradually become the most famous matchmaker in this area.
Zhang Xiuqin's heart was full of joy, and she secretly thought: Now that she has boarded the door of her house, she must be here to say goodbye to Xiaoling!
"Xiuqin, I'm here to ask, is your family's Xiaoman married to Lu Li? Can you show me the way, I'm looking for him for something. The matchmaker smiled and took out a small silver ingot from her arms.