Chapter 11 Child Brides
In the silence, the White Lotus's voice was very harsh, "Isn't it all good at qin, chess, calligraphy and painting?" Isn't it a daughter? I don't think it's true or false to say this, I can't salute, and I don't even have any rules - mother, are big families so unruly? ”
Raising her chin, she screamed again: "I see, you have to study hard with your second sister-in-law!" Second sister-in-law, you are also the child daughter-in-law of our Bai family, right? Teach this new child daughter-in-law how to be a child daughter-in-law! ”
Dressed in a gray coarse cloth jacket, it was worn and old, and Wang, who had no less than five or six patches, buried his head and kept silent, pulling the corners of his clothes with his hands, very restrained.
Looking at Wang's dry skin, sad expression, and then looking at Wang's withered hands like tree bark and full of cracks, Xu Wenlan "chuckled" in her heart.
Is this a child bride? The Bai family's child daughter-in-law? It won't be Wang's today, but her tomorrow, right?
Nervous in her heart, Xu Wenlan raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Auntie, why are you so happy to call a child daughter-in-law?" What happened to the child daughter-in-law? Did I offend you? ”
"What's wrong with the child daughter-in-law?" White Lotus straightened her back and glared at Xu Wenlan fiercely, but she was sitting cross-legged in the kang, although Xu Wenlan was standing under the kang, she couldn't be condescending if she wanted to.
"Do you understand what it means to be a child daughter-in-law? It was raised by our old Bai family! You eat our family, live in our family, and in this life, you can only be a cow and a horse in our family to repay this love! ”
"Really?" didn't shout loudly, Xu Wenlan laughed instead, turned her head and just looked at Zhu.
Zhu was frowning and glaring at the White Lotus, "Lotus, don't talk nonsense!" What do you do as a cow or a horse? It's a joke ......"
"Am I wrong? Why are you laughing at me! White Lotus also became more and more energetic, "Isn't the second sister-in-law a bargain that she bought?" This dead girl, only a few days after picking it up, how many eggs have she eaten in our house? ”
She said happily, and the third daughter-in-law, Fang, also said: "No, we haven't eaten eggs left......"
The two of you and I came to Xu Wenlan every word, but the Wang family pinched the corner of his clothes without saying a word, or Bai Cao'er couldn't help but whisper: "Isn't that five taels of silver a dowry?" ”
Her voice was very small, and as soon as she finished speaking, Wang hurriedly pulled the child into her arms, but the white lotus immediately rushed towards Bai Cao'er as if it was a lit cannonball.
"Cao'er, you say it again! Return the dowry! Our family is a dowry, but has the old Wang family paid a dowry? If his old Wang family could afford the dowry, the second sister-in-law would not have been sent to our house at only twelve or thirteen! Over the years, has the second sister-in-law brought back a straw stick from her mother's house? From what you eat to what you wear, what is not from our old Bai family? ”
With a twist of her head, she shouted at the kang table again: "Second brother, did you hear what your grass said to me?" I'm her aunt, and she's still talking to me like this, how do you teach my daughter? ”
Before the White Lotus's words fell, Bai Yinglu on the kang table jumped up, rushed over in a few steps, pulled the white grass, and slapped it.
"The ...... in charge" Wang screamed, and pounced on Bai Cao'er to protect her, and the slap landed on her thin shoulder.
At this time, Bai Yingkui also reacted, jumped over and hugged Bai Yinglu and pulled back, "What are you doing here?" Second brother, you're crazy, just hit the grass when you're too big......"
"I think it's a light fight! I have to let the dead girl know how to talk to the elders......" White Lotus didn't feel relieved, "she didn't hit ......"
"The dead girl and her aunt are stubborn, where is it......" Bai Yinglu also shouted, and his face was already red.
Bai Cao'er shrank in Wang's arms, afraid and panicked, and she had tears on her face, but she didn't dare to cry out for a while.
Zhu helped Wang, rubbed her shoulder, and scolded: "You bastard, you have the ability to go out and play with outsiders!" What kind of ability is it to shoot at the head of the family? ”
Looking up and glancing at Zhu, Wang whispered: "It doesn't hurt, sister-in-law, I'm fine, it's because I didn't take care of Cao'er, and it's not Cao'er's father's business......"
Zhu also hated her, "You don't need to help him say good things." ”
The Fang clan on that head was already smiling, "Sister-in-law too, do you care so much about the affairs of the two of you?" Beating is kissing and scolding, is love, do you think the second sister-in-law doesn't blame the second brother? ”
Wang lowered his head, tugged at the corners of his mouth, and didn't speak.
Xu Wenlan saw that her scalp was about to explode.
It's not once or twice to dare to love this riot, right?
I can't see that the second uncle who looks honest is actually a scumbag of domestic violence. But what's even more infuriating is what this second aunt thinks? Just because she is a child daughter-in-law, she is so angry?
With a fire in her stomach, she didn't comfort the Wang family and daughter, but stared at the white lotus with her neck stalked, "It's really rare to see this in this world, and she also instructed her brother to beat her niece." Auntie, you are really self-contained! ”
"What do you say?" The White Lotus jumped up directly, and seeing that, she really wanted to pounce and hit Xu Wenlan.
Xu Wenlan didn't do much, but Bai Shengwen protected Xu Wenlan in a flash.
Xu Wenlan tore Bai Shengwen away, "Everyone can hear what I said clearly!" White Lotus, what do you say that it is embarrassing for a child daughter-in-law to eat and live for nothing? Let's not talk about me first, let's talk about the second aunt ......"
She took Wang's hand, and didn't care that Wang was so frightened that she shrank her hand, so she held Wang's hand, "Look at the hands of the second aunt, and then look at your hands, who can't see who is doing more work in this family?" Besides, just the clothes on the second aunt, patched and patched, how many years have you been wearing this clothes? Are you embarrassed to talk about this? ”
"Don't say it......" Wang kept struggling back with his hands, and at this time he whispered to Xu Wenlan to stop talking.
Xu Wenlan couldn't stop talking, and still said: "Even if it's a child daughter-in-law, it's also the daughter-in-law of the Bai family, right?" I felt ugly for our Lao Bai family, so I let my daughter-in-law wear such a tattered one, and I was embarrassed to say that the food and clothing were all given by the Lao Bai family? ! Aren't you afraid to make people point at your face and laugh when you step out of this door?! ”
She said this directly and spicily, and she didn't leave any affection, and others didn't do anything yet, and the Wang family couldn't stand it first.
Pulling her hand back suddenly, she hurriedly waved her hand, "I, I never thought that much, father, mother, I can marry in our Bai family, eat well, dress warmly, I am already very content, I have never thought like or like her......"
Looking at Wang, Xu Wenlan almost smiled.
It's really eye-opening, it turns out that there is such a big vegetable bun in this house!
"Second aunt, are you content? What about the grass? On such a cold day, I asked you and Cao'er to go to the stove room to eat! Look at the thin grass, and the clothes......"
"Don't talk about it......" Wang begged in a low voice, hugging the grass tightly.
"I'm helping you, second aunt......" Xu Wenlan wanted to say more, but Bai Yinglu had already snorted heavily.
"A girl who can't even give birth to a son is embarrassed to fight for food and clothing?"