Aunt Gao just cried silently, and when she heard her brother reprimanding her without skin and face, she actually cried with a whimper. Seeing this, her sister-in-law said to Uncle Gao: "Let's talk, don't interject, my aunt doesn't like what you say." ”

"She doesn't like me? Hmph - she doesn't like a hundred things in her heart, that's because she has a bad conscience. Who else in the world is planning for her besides me? I just beg my aunt and grandmother not to ask me for support when they split up, otherwise I will crawl upside down to show you. Phew-bad conscience hoof, I just hope that when I am swept out of the house in the future, don't come to the pit on me, we are used to coarse tea and light food, but she has eaten meat all her life, can live a poor life with us? ”

My brother and sister-in-law's words were poked in my heart, and Aunt Gao listened to it, her heart was suffocating and sour, and she was even more tearful and silent. Her sister-in-law pointed to Uncle Gao's face and said, "On the day of great joy, can't you say a few words that make your aunt happy?" ”

Uncle Gao was reminded by his daughter-in-law, and remembered a happy thing, and said with a smile: "Sister, guess how much that ruby ring was exchanged?" ”

When Aunt Gao saw it just now, her brother gave this table of gold and silver jewelry and clothes, and she was so happy that she forgot where the silver came from? Although my brother bragged that these things were worth eight hundred taels, Aunt Gao estimated that it was only about three hundred taels, and when my brother asked, she instantly understood: These things were exchanged for that ring. Hold back her tears and say, "How much?" ”

When her sister-in-law heard this topic, she was as happy as picking up the gold ingots for nothing, covered her mouth and said, "Guess grandma? ”

"Five hundred taels?" Aunt Gao knew in her heart that her brother's willingness to take half of the dowry for Wanyun was already Wanyun's creation, so she prescribed five hundred taels.

Her sister-in-law was still smiling and covering her mouth, her head repeatedly denied. Uncle Gao is also proud of being a villain.

"Six hundred taels?"

Her sister-in-law still shook her head, Uncle Gao crossed Erlang's legs, and his toes were also shaking arrogantly, denying the price given by Aunt Gao.

Aunt Gao was ruthless, stretched out her hand, held three fingers, made a gesture of "eight", and said with great unconfidence: "Eight hundred taels? ”

Uncle Gao put away Erlang's legs, jumped in front of Aunt Gao's eyes happily, and said with a smile: "One thousand three hundred taels!" ”

Aunt Gao laughed in shock, smiled from ear to ear, retracted her breath and said, "Did you really exchange 1,300 taels?" ”

Her sister-in-law crossed her waist with one hand, and put the other hand on Uncle Gao's shoulder, extremely conceited and said happily: "These are not all, if it weren't for me, I wouldn't be able to get these jewelry." ”

Uncle Gao nodded with satisfaction: "It's still your sister-in-law who is shrewd, if it weren't for your sister-in-law's reminder, I would have really been deceived by them." ”

When Aunt Gao heard that a ring was exchanged for 1,300 taels, her heart was simply happy, she also knew how much this ring was worth some silver, but she didn't expect it to be worth so much, far exceeding her expectations, so she asked her sister-in-law with a smile: "What's the matter?" Sister-in-law, tell Whelan. ”

Her sister-in-law saw that Aunt Gao was interested, and said to Uncle Gao: "Go, go, sit aside, and block the aunt and sister-in-law." ”

Uncle Gao got up, and just as the little maid who added charcoal entered the house, ready to go over to pick up the charcoal.

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law jumped between Uncle Gao and the little maid with an arrow, and scolded without a nose or eyes: "Filthy, tell you to work, who do you make a face for." Hurry up and add charcoal, go to the stables and get a bundle of hay, your uncle's mule cart is still waiting for you to feed at the door! ”

The little maid nodded resignedly, tremblingly added charcoal to the stove, packed up the dustpan, and ran out with a cower.

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law smiled and said, "Look at it, it's good, toast and don't eat cheap things that punish wine." ”

Aunt Gao also felt that the little maid was sharper than usual, but she couldn't follow her sister-in-law's example, after all, she was also a grandmother of the master's family, and her identity and face still had to be held. But he couldn't sweep away his sister-in-law's kindness, so he pretended to flatter: "My sister-in-law still has some means." ”

After Aunt Gao's sister-in-law finished sending off the little maid, she listened to Aunt Gao's flattery, and her heart was very happy, and she said: "Your brother came home that day and told me that the ring was exchanged for 1,300 taels of silver. I wondered, those businesses have always been bargaining, since it can be exchanged for 1,300 taels, it means that the ring is worth more than 1,300 taels. ”

At this time, Uncle Gao grabbed a handful of melon seeds, sat down next to the seat in front of the stove, swallowed a melon seed, and threw the melon seed skin into the stove. The long flames blew Uncle Gao's yellow thin face red, and Uncle Gao took advantage of the gap between grabbing melon seeds in his hand and hurriedly said: "It's still your sister-in-law who is shrewd, I'm ashamed, I listened to your sister-in-law's words that day, and I also tried to tell the people of the Treasure Pavilion, but I didn't expect it to be exactly the same as your sister-in-law." ”

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law said proudly: "Bah, the old lady followed you, it can be regarded as a pearl secret investment, but any man who can take on some responsibilities has already achieved some careers at this moment, and like you, there is no last meal." ”

"Fuck, okay, what are you doing with me again, the flesh is loose, looking for a fight?" Uncle Gao didn't use his hands, he directly spit the melon seed skin into the charcoal fire, and the spit in his mouth fell on the edge of the copper stove, making a 'swish' sound.

Her sister-in-law was also carried away, and when she saw that Uncle Gao was ruthless, she shut up and didn't mention what she just said, and only said: "Your brother went to the jewelry store the next day, and only said that he didn't buy yesterday's ring." ”

Uncle Gao saw that his daughter-in-law did not reveal his scars, and he also echoed and said: "Exactly, as soon as I heard that I would not buy it, the shopkeeper's face changed, and he only said that he was not allowed to regret the real deal." Who the fuck is pulling this calf with him? Uncle Gao added a melon seed to his mouth and said, "I can still be bluffed by him, I just say, your shop is a big bully and blackmails me, even if you have a lawsuit, I am not afraid." ”

Aunt Gao also wanted to get the scene with her toes, her brother was originally a villain, and he could still be bullied by the good people. Just wait for his brother to say the following.

Who knew that her brother only cared about eating melon seeds, and he didn't bother to spit on the swan meat that had already arrived. Just devouring melon seeds wholeheartedly. Seeing this, her sister-in-law pulled over the topic and said: "I also told your brother the day before, we are also contented people, and jewelry stores are also doing business, we don't want more, as long as they can give a set of pure gold head jewelry." ”

Hearing this, Aunt Gao understood that these jewelry were not bought by his brother with money at all. This also echoes the temperament of my brother and sister-in-law, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to understand myself: A person like my brother and sister-in-law who has plucked their feathers will be kind enough to pluck their own hair? The money thrown into the charcoal fire, and the money was fished out for flowers. The money in their pockets, how can they spit it out? It's only the things that are false, it's reasonable!

The brothers, sisters and sisters-in-law were happily cooking their homework, and the tall lady came in with a disgraced face, like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Aunt Gao's face is no different from that of a donkey, and Aunt Gao doesn't know what's wrong? Obviously going to report the good news, how is it the same as eating cannon fodder? He asked, "Have you seen the master?" ”

Mrs. Gao pulled her face and said, "See." ”

Aunt Gao thought: The first time her brother gave such a generous gift, it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and returning to the lord is also a thing that makes the lord happy and gives herself a long face. asked, "Did you tell the master?" ”

Mrs. Gao just nodded and didn't speak. The uncle of the Gao family couldn't bear it in his heart, what kind of praise could he get back from his brother-in-law for spending such a large price. Waiting for the tall lady to depict with satisfaction.

The three of them waited for a long time, but Mrs. Gao never said a word. Aunt Gao faintly felt that something was happening, and asked, "Did the master say something?" ”

Aunt Gao also seemed to be waiting for Aunt Gao to ask herself, otherwise she would not be able to speak. However, she was also afraid that if Wudi opened his mouth like this, Uncle Gao would cause some turmoil. Just nodded, not daring to speak.

Uncle Gao also felt a little strange, but he gave up in an instant. Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, can you still give a gift and make a mistake?

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law is a shrewd person, poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Aunt Gao and said, "Warm your hands first, if you have anything to say, sit down, and talk slowly while roasting the fire." As he spoke, he held the hand of the tall lady with both hands and said, "You see it's frozen, it's cold and cold, hurry up and sit by the fire and roast." ”

Aunt Gao and Aunt Gao's sister-in-law are of the same age and have similar status. Compared with Aunt Gao, the two of them knew each other in the old days. Sitting by the fire, while baking the fire, wondering where to start? After a few sips of hot tea, he said, "The master just said, just register with the account office?" ”

Uncle Gao, who was eating melon seeds on the side, threw the melon seeds in his hand into the plate, stood up like a corpse, and grabbed the melon seeds by ghostly speed, still adding one to his mouth, and said, "What do you lords mean by this?" Don't even say thank you? ”

Aunt Gao was thinking about how to appease her brother, but she heard her sister-in-law say in a weird way: "You don't pee according to your own virtue." ”

This sentence doesn't say that Uncle Gao is okay, as soon as he said it, he completely provoked Uncle Gao, threw a handful of melon seeds into the fire, and suddenly 'crackled' with a puff of scorching smoke, spreading everywhere in the house, and it couldn't be stopped.

"Fuck, shame on me." Uncle Gao said fiercely.

Aunt Gao quickly stood up, pulled her brother and said, "Be quiet!" After speaking, he opened the curtain in a panic and looked around. After confirming that no one heard it, he relieved his heart, walked to Uncle Gao's side and said, "You don't want to die, you look for death, don't drag me down." ”

"Afraid of what? I'll just say it. "Uncle Gao cheered himself up, found himself under the steps, and bragged about cowhide, but his tone was getting lower and lower, and his morale was getting weaker and weaker.

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law saw that Uncle Gao's morale had been defeated, and hurriedly asked, "What else does Master Shi say?" ”

The tall lady said secretly: "Nothing? Really nothing? ”

If you don't say this, everyone really thinks it's nothing, and when you say it, it's like there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and no one believes that Master Shi didn't say anything.

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law grabbed a handful of melon seeds, snatched the teacup, stuffed the melon seeds into Aunt Gao's hand, and said, "There are no outsiders, what are you afraid of?" We won't eat you again. You speak up. ”

Aunt Gao also listened to a few heavy words from the teacher, and her heart was useless, even if she could endure it for a while, she couldn't bear it for two hours, she added a melon seed to her mouth, and said with hatred on her face: "The master didn't want these jewelry at first, and asked Uncle Gao to take it back." ”

"Then how do you let me go to the account office to register?" Aunt Gao asked.

Mrs. Gao said: "The master said that our uncle's money came from the wrong way, either by cheating and abducting, or by robbing the house, so he didn't want these things that cut off his children and grandchildren." ”

One sentence made Uncle Gao and his wife blush, and his face turned white for a while, and he didn't know how to take this sentence.

"Then why did you go to the account office to register?" Aunt Gao still said the same sentence and asked again.

Aunt Gao said: "Aunt Lin persuaded the master, saying that this is also your heart, besides, when the niece goes out of the cabinet, the gift from the uncle is a gift between relatives." The old man changed his mind. ”

Aunt Gao listened, and only said, "Oh yes, it's hard for her to speak for us." ”

Mrs. Gao shook her head again and again, denying Aunt Gao's statement. He said, "My uncle and my uncle are here today, and if I make up a word, I won't die well." ”

As soon as the three of them heard this poisonous oath, there must be an article, and Aunt Gao only asked, "What's wrong?" ”

When the tall lady was asked, the tears in her eyes were swaying, and she easily pulled out a half-new and crumpled handkerchief from her sleeve and rubbed it back and forth on her face. was so anxious that Uncle Gao only said: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go." ”

Mrs. Gao stopped her tears and said: "I just went to report, and when I inquired about it, I went directly to the Cherishing Pavilion, and I hurried in, who knew that there was no one in the courtyard, no one was through, I wanted to go in broad daylight, I went in directly, who knows......"

Where is the Treasure Pavilion empty, no one to pass through. It was clearly a tall lady, and while a few little maids went to the backyard, she quietly slipped into the Treasure Pavilion and listened to the corner. Aunt Zhao hadn't left yet, just in time for Master Shi to return home, and the three masters were talking about the ruby ring. Aunt Gao has slipped into the corner of the wall for so many years, and the first time she heard such a hot corner, she forgot what she was here to do for a while, until a few little maids shouted, she found that she had no way out. So he was reprimanded by the teacher. However, the two hostesses were not loud, and she didn't hear what Zhao Lin's two aunts said, but she just listened to the master scolding angrily from time to time.

"Tell me, what's wrong?" Aunt Gao's sister-in-law asked urgently.

Mrs. Gao omitted the paragraph where she was angrily scolded by the teacher, and said directly: "I only heard the master say 'Wanfen's ring', 'this son of a bitch', 'rat shit', 'when did I see the coffin before I cried', I think it must be the uncle's business." ”

Uncle Gao was so frightened that he was about to pee his pants, and asked anxiously: "That's all?" ”

"I was standing outside, and I only heard the master say this, and the two aunts must have said it too, but the voice was too small for me to hear."

"The master didn't say how to send me down?"

Mrs. Gao shook her head and said, "After I went in, the three of them stopped talking. Zuo is just afraid that I will chew my tongue and carry us behind my back. ”

Diao slave is Diao slave, quietly provoking the relationship between the masters. Mrs. Gao treacherously omitted the words that Master Gao admonished and scolded her for eavesdropping on the corner, but she successfully grafted her resentment towards Master Gao and his family.

Helplessly, Uncle Gao was really like the teacher scolded before, 'it's a lump of mud that can't be carried', and when he heard that the master didn't let himself go, it was like picking up a small life, and he was secretly happy.

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, she didn't dare to move the master's idea, nor did she dare to scold the master openly, so she only transferred the resentment in her heart to Aunt Lin's head: "In the prostitute's house again?" ”

Aunt Gao also knew that the four people in the room dared to be angry with the teacher, and the four people had to find an outlet for the miscellaneous grievances in their stomachs, and Aunt Lin was the best object.

"Sister-in-law, don't pull and talk nonsense, she doesn't have bad intentions for me."

Not only Uncle Gao, but even Aunt Gao couldn't believe that it came out of Aunt Gao's mouth when she heard this.

"Auntie, can you carry it clearly?" What her sister-in-law can't get used to the most is Aunt Gao's weak appearance. There is a kind of helplessness that hates iron but not steel, and there is a kind of emperor who is not anxious for eunuchs to act as a substitute, and more of an old lady eats persimmons - the kind of despicable and shameless that always picks and picks soft.

Uncle Gao didn't hear Master Shi drop himself, as if he was passing by death, that is, he was excited and refreshed, and he had palpitations, and said, "Sister, you are confused." What your sister-in-law said to you just now was in vain! ”

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law nodded again and again and said, "Grandma, as the saying goes, 'If a person is not for himself, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed.'" If the heart is not ruthless, the status is unstable. 'You don't have a son, and the master is always indifferent to you, if you don't be ruthless and set some rules, who will take care of your life and death in the future.' ”

Uncle Gao was also very moved at this moment and said: "Sister, you only hate that your brother is not motivated, and he always does those things that can't be put on the table, do you know?" If my brother hadn't done this, we would have starved to death a long time ago? ”

Aunt Gao asked rhetorically: "My father died early, I don't remember yet, when our mother died, she left us silver and land." ”

Uncle Gao took over and said: "Our father and mother died early, if the family is poor and white, will it also make it?" But when the old lady was angry, she saved up those scourges, which of the uncles didn't want to blackmail us? If I had been shy, I would have been oppressed to death by them. ”

Aunt Gao's sister-in-law also said in tears: "It's all a last resort, if it can be good, who would think about practicing themselves?" You brothers and sisters are guarding that little inheritance, if your brother is not ruthless, can he still have you today? ”

The past came to mind little by little, and Aunt Gao's relaxed heart was frozen by the cold stream again. That kind of ice wall that melts from the inside out is the least likely to melt, and unless there's enough strong warmth, it's a little bit on the surface each time. After that little bit of warmth was exhausted, the melted surface continued to be frozen, and compared to the previous smooth surface, it was either a little sunken into a shallow ice pit, or protruding like a strange ice bump. Nothing else has changed.

Uncle Gao said: "Mrs. of the family, you don't dare to offend, and we can't afford to offend." Although Aunt Zhao has no children, her mother's family is a wealthy businessman in the capital, and she has no grievances with us. Aunt Li is a relative of your wife, and Aunt Cui is your lord's distant cousin and has a son. The most powerless and powerless, it doesn't matter if you offend Aunt Lin, we don't dare to offend everyone, only this Aunt Lin is a stepping stone for you to raise your prestige, if you don't step on her, God will not allow it! ”

Uncle Gao has said this for more than 20 years, and Aunt Gao has long heard calluses in her ears, but she can't refute it, her brother's words seem unreasonable, but there is some truth.