19. Stealing craftsmanship
Seeing that Li Lian ran out in a bad mood, Li Ying was a little embarrassed on her face.
"Xuanxuan, we were scolded by grandma before we came, your second sister was holding her breath in her heart, she was in a bad mood, don't blame her......" Li Ying's face was a little red, and she explained softly.
Angry at home, come here to vent on me? At a young age, he bullies the soft and fears the hard! Xie Xuan complained in her heart, but she didn't answer.
This happened, and the three of them couldn't stay in the house anymore, so they went to Xie Wang's east room together.
Before I entered the door, I heard Li Lian say coquettishly: "Grandma, I also want to live in grandma's house, grandma beats and scolds us all day long, let us do so much work and don't let us eat, I don't want to go back......"
"Lian'er, what do you say? It's embarrassing enough for grandma's family to raise my sister for us, you still ......," Xie Huiniang blamed.
"Hui Niang, what's so embarrassing about this? Xuanxuan doesn't have the blood of our Xie family on her body? Isn't it right to raise her? Xie Wang said softly: "Lian'er can live in Grandma's house for as long as she wants?" If you want me to say, don't leave your mothers today, live well for a few days, and your mother-in-law in the province has nothing to do all day long. ”
When Xie Xuan and the three of them entered the door, they saw Li Lian in Xie Wang's arms, and after listening to Xie Wang's words, their faces were full of expectation.
"Mother, if you really do this, after I go back, my mother-in-law will point to Sang and scold Huai, and make a fuss for ten days and half a month, more things are better than less things, forget it!" Xie Huiniang refused.
When Li Lian heard Xie Huiniang say this, she was immediately deflated, and her face was full of unhappiness.
Seeing Xie Xuan coming in, Li Lian's eyes lit up, and she suddenly said anxiously: "Mother, take Xuanxuan back when you leave!" There were four people when I came, and there were still four people when I left, so I couldn't just change Xuanxuan and I! After that, he was smug and full of self-satisfaction for his cleverness.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
"How can you say that?" Xie Huiniang's face pulled down and looked at Li Lian, "Do you know how much your grandmother hates Xuanxuan?" If she sees Xuanxuan go back, Xuanxuan is still alive? Why are you talking nonsense, you kid, you don't think about it. ”
"But I don't want to go back, I want to stay at my grandmother's house! Xuanxuan wears a new dress here, a fragrant face, and eats dim sum and fruit all day long, so I don't want to go back and be beaten and scolded! She hugged Xie Wang's arm, twisted the candy and said coquettishly: "Grandma, I also want to stay by Grandma's side like Xuanxuan......"
Xie Huiniang's face became serious, "You don't want to go back and be beaten and scolded, but you want me and your sisters and sisters to go back and be beaten and scolded?" In the past, you only pinched the tip to be strong, but I don't know why you are so ruthless as a child? ”
Xie Wang and Xie Qiuniang hurriedly persuaded: "Where does the child know what is good, she only knows delicious and fun, where does she think a lot of ......"
Li Lian was still a little unconvinced, but seeing that Xie Huiniang was angry, she didn't dare to be coquettish, so she had to hide behind Xie Wang's skull and not speak.
After making trouble like this for a long time, I saw that the sun was gradually slanting westward, Xie Huiniang quickly embroidered the lace of the entwined branches and grass patterns for Xie Xuan, and Xie Qiuniang reluctantly went back, because Xie Huiniang's four or three children were children, Xie Qingshan was afraid that it would not be safe, so he sent Xie Ping'an to send them back, and sent them to the head of Gangxia Village before coming back.
In the evening, the family sat around the courtyard after dinner, watching the moon and eating moon cakes.
Xie Wang remembered the events of the day, and sighed that the two daughters were not well married, and Xie Qiuniang was okay, although he was poorer, he was not angry with his mother-in-law after all, although his father-in-law was sick and dragged down the family, but now he is also gone, as long as he is diligent and willing to work in the future, life will always be better.
"It's Hui Niang, every time I think about it, I feel uncomfortable! My good daughter, although she is not loved by thousands of people at home, but she has not been harshly criticized, she has not heard a word of scolding, and when she arrived at his Li family, she was beaten and scolded every day, and she never even had enough to eat, her son-in-law was honest, but she was too wasteful, and she was like a piece of wood in front of his mother, and she didn't dare to put a fart, and she didn't dare to stand out for his wife and children......" The more Xie Wang said, the more uncomfortable he became, and he couldn't help but wipe his tears.
Xie Qingshan sighed repeatedly, he couldn't eat the moon cake in his hand, and put it down.
"If you want me to say, it's good to reconcile with their Li family! Their Li family doesn't have a good thing, and it's too insulting! Xie Ping'an was angry when he mentioned the Li family, Xie Huiniang had a gentle and obedient personality, and brought him and Qiu Niang's sisters and brothers up since childhood, and they were the most affectionate.
"Where is it as simple as it says, if you can leave, you will leave a long time ago, why wait until now. At the beginning, your sister was reluctant to give up Li Ying and Li Lian's two children, and now she has added Sheng Lin'er who is still in her infancy, so she is even more reluctant! Xie Qingshan was sullen, drank all the turbid wine in the cup, and put down the porcelain cup.
After being bored for a long time, everyone was not in the mood to talk about eating and drinking, so they went back to sleep early.
The next day, Lin and Xie Pingtian took Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng back to Beishang Zhuang's mother's house to visit relatives, Xie Qingshan took Xie Ping'an to continue to cut bamboo and dung on the back mountain, and prepared to build a shed to plant winter vegetables such as leeks, garlic, and bean seedlings in a few days.
In the afternoon, the four of Lin and Xie Pingtian returned home, and they all had indignant looks on their faces, especially Xie Pingtian, who had always been steady, and his face was actually very angry, even Xie Zhicheng and Xie Zhiyuan were silent and did not dare to speak.
Xie Wang and Xie Qingshan hurriedly asked what happened.
Xie Pingtian was speechless, and the Lin family hurriedly explained: "Isn't Wu Qingxi's mother-in-law's mother-in-law the same as my mother's family in Beishangzhuang?" It's just that I think she has a broken mouth and loves to chew the root of her tongue, and I interact with her on weekdays. After we went back to our parents' house in the morning, we found that Wu Qingxi and their family also went back to visit relatives. Some villagers secretly inquired about why he made a fortune, but they were mysterious, but they just refused to speak. Later, someone coaxed his son Wu Feihu with sugar, but he leaked out, and his son said that he had made a fortune by digging treasures in the mountains. A few days ago, we dug He Shou Wu, weren't we being followed? I and Hirata suspect that Wu Qingxi did it, and this time it's right. ”
Xie Pingtian sat there sulking, and said sullenly: "This Wu Qingxi secretly learned our craft, and he really came to inquire about the news that day, and I blamed ...... for not finding out earlier."
Xie Ping'an heard that he picked up the hoe by the door and was about to go to Wu Qingxi's house, but was stopped by Xie Qingshan and shouted, "What are you doing here?" Let's catch him with our own hands and steal it, let's dig He Shou Wu? What reason do you have to hit someone? ”
Xie Ping'an said angrily: "Is that it? I'm not convinced! ”
Xie Qingshan said: "If you are not convinced, you have to hold back, and you will come to beat people for no reason, won't people report to the officials?" Do you want to go to jail for a lawsuit? ”
Xie Xuan hurriedly persuaded: "Forget it, didn't we guess this a long time ago?" Now that it's really happened, there's nothing to say. There are so many He Shou Wu on the mountain, and we didn't plant them, are we only allowed to dig them, and other people's families are not allowed to dig them? That's it. That is, we take the opportunity to dig more in the mountains during this period of time, and if we can dig it, we should pick up the money, and if we can't dig it, forget it, and when the snow covers the mountain in winter, we will grow vegetables and sell vegetables to earn a long-term money. ”
Although everyone is helpless in their hearts, they have been fighting small people for several lifetimes, and there is no good way, so they have to stop, but they are all holding back a lot of energy in their hearts.