Chapter 14: It Can't Be Bad, Right?
So after waking up, in the face of her grandfather and father's inquiries, she only said that she heard about the marriage proposal, and ran home in fear, without mentioning anything else. Old Xu's intentions were not exposed, arguing that Chun Tu had misheard, she just said to help keep an eye on family affairs.
Chunqingyang was kind, he didn't blame her for being troublesome, and he didn't say anything, but he seemed to understand everything in his heart. From that day on, the Chun family was not separated, living in a courtyard, each living in its own way, and paying its own daily expenses. He didn't want the Xu family to think that the Chun family was stained with the Xu family's light, and he didn't want his granddaughter to get married, and others would accuse the Bai family of leaving a dowry that was not clear.
Chun Dashan is a filial son and a loving father, so he was so sad that he cried several times, but he didn't know how to persuade Chun Qingyang to come over. But he still insisted on dividing half of the income from farming and farming to support his father and raise his daughter.
And now, Chun Tu is already a real daughter of the Chun family, for the sake of her own good, she sincerely hopes that this old Xu family will not appear.
However, the truth is, her hopes were dashed. Among the Xu family on the second day, the old Xu family was really included.
In fact, as the richest man in Laishui County, the son-in-law provoked official wrongdoing, and if the old Xu family, who is the housemother, really cares, it is right to send more capable people to come to help, and everything is out in person, that is, there are no rules and useless, and it also shows her strong desire to control, and she must master everything first.
After running to the town early in the morning, he asked for the deposit for hiring a lawyer from Sun Xiucai, and when he came back in a hurry, he happened to meet the carriage of the Xu family at the door.
Horses in this era were valuable goods, and most people rode in donkey carts or mule carts, while women mostly rode in ox carts. The Tang Dynasty's pavilions and official roads are more developed, but hiring a car is very expensive, like a modern taxi, in terms of distance, walking a mile, the charge is equivalent to buying two buckets of rice, so ordinary people are either hired together, or on foot. Most of the people who have cars have some family backgrounds, and those who have carriages are even more so.
When the carriage of the Xu family stopped in front of the Chun family, the old Xu family wanted to put the score of his mother-in-law, and refused to wait outside the car, so he first knocked on the door on the head of Lao Zhou, who was sitting on the wheel, and the coachman took out the pedal and waited.
took advantage of this gap, and at the moment when Xiaoqin opened the door, he slipped into the yard first, and while reporting to his own young lady, he hurriedly helped Chun Tu to lie down and pretend to be sick.
When Guo'er went out in the morning, he had already revealed the meaning of Chun Tu's unhappiness, but the hated Xu family was anxiously waiting for someone from his mother's house, and only asked two polite questions, but he didn't go into the house to take a look. Although it is more convenient for her not to come to visit the patient, her behavior still shows that she does not even care for the daughter in her husband's front room, which is really cold.
"You go outside and do a salute for me." Chun Tu leaned on the collapse and ordered, "Make tea and serve water, don't let that person who picks thorns afterwards and harasses his father with a gun and a stick." ”
"People have their own good tea and water, and they usually hide it, for fear that we will enjoy it, what will I do to hinder my eyes." Guo Er snorted, "Even boiling water to see the stove won't let me get close." ”
"You're stupid." Chun Tu nodded his forehead, "It's just a formality and a few words, mainly to take the opportunity to see Uncle Zhou and get him something to eat and drink." The Xu family is so mean, and Uncle Zhou is getting old again, and he has been convicted of crimes in the past three days. ”
"Yes, yes." After a while, he jumped up and ran out in a hurry.
At this time, it happened that the old Xu family was like a phoenix, and he had been invited in by his daughter with a swagger, and then followed by the princess who had been used.
When Chun Tu borrowed the corpse to resurrect his soul, because it was not suitable to move, he lived in Xu's house for a few days, so he recognized several key people. The old Xu family had dark skin and was thin, but his face was shrewd, and his voice was particularly bright. As soon as she spoke, the people around her couldn't interject, and she was full of strength. And the most trusted mother-in-law by her side, Chun Tu Yu has always wondered if she is a man dressed as a woman, otherwise how could she grow so tall and strong, like a wrestler. There are also moles on the face, and there are hairs on the moles, typical of the image of a bad guy.
"Say hello to the old lady of your in-laws." Guo Er strongly suppressed the disgust in his heart and saluted in a regular manner.
"Where's your young lady, why didn't you see it?" Old Xu really came up and picked the courtesy, "At a young age, it's not good to always nest in the house, and I'm dizzy carefully." ”
"Back to the old lady, since the last time I got lost in the mountains, my young lady's body has been very weak, and she has not been well. In the past two days, I was frightened and fell ill again. Just now I heard that you were coming home, and you insisted on coming to see you, but the slave and maid were bold and stopped. The old lady is also a painful person, if my young lady's condition worsens because of this idea, wouldn't you feel distressed? On the contrary, it is the unfilial piety of the young lady. "Besides, Miss is lost in the mountains, and it is already a great luck not to encounter a beast or a strong man, all thanks to you.
It's just that this sentence didn't dare to say it after all. Just mentioning the root of the previous illness was not good, and the old Xu family was so choked that he couldn't talk anymore, so he only smiled and said, "That has to be taken care of." The lifeblood of the old man and the old lady of the Chun family can't be missed. After speaking, he ignored his son and took his daughter's hand into the east house. Along the way, I disliked the yard of the Chun family was too small, the house was not bright, the wood at the courtyard door was not used correctly, the window paper was not the whitest and toughest, there were few people waiting below, the dried red peppers hanging at the kitchen door were in poor condition, and even the weather seemed to be worse than her Xu family in the sky above the Chun family. The small yard, at most a dozen steps, allowed the old Xu family to find out many mistakes.
Chun Tu pretended to be sick, but he was originally crooked on the collapse outside, stunned by his ears, and paid attention to the movement outside. At this time, listening to the old Xu's eggs picking bones, I couldn't help but laugh. The old Xu family is always critical of the Chun family, in order to show that the Xu family is a wealthy family, but it fully exposes the face of her rich man in the countryside, and she is also a nouveau riche, with no background, and the small family is very angry everywhere.
In the courtyard, Guo'er patiently listened to the old Xu's nagging and entered the house, and when she saw Xiaoqin on the side staring at her proudly, she snorted coldly and entered the kitchen. Xiaoqin was stunned for a moment, and immediately followed.
The kitchen of the Chun family is next door to the west chamber, which is very large, since Chun Qingyang decided not to divide the family, he built two stoves, together with the guys, firewood, rice, oil and salt or something, there are also two sets, divided into left and right. The left belongs to the two sons of Chun Dashan and the maidservant Xiaoqin, and the right is the place where the ancestors and grandsons of the Chun family and the old Zhou Tou and Guo'er cook.
"It's not enough time to eat, what are you doing here?" I've seen brushing pots and boiling water, and beating eggs with noodles, Xiaoqin asked.
"I made a bowl of egg noodles for Uncle Zhou, what's in your way?" Guo'er said angrily, "His old man was taken away by his wife for three days, and he was dusty, and he rushed back in the morning without even having a meal, and he was not allowed to eat hot noodle soup?" ”
Xiaoqin sighed and ordered unceremoniously, "In that case, you can do more." Although our old lady is not used to eating coarse tea and light rice, there are still two domestic servants outside, and she must have not eaten. And Mama Wang......"
Before he finished speaking, he let Guo'er go back, "It's strange, why do your people eat our family's food?" Besides, I use the rice grain here, if you really care about people, you can't do it yourself. ”
"The Xu family is here, it's not for the master!" Xiaoqin glared, "Is this the hospitality of the Chun family?" "About because the old lady of the Xu family is here, the momentum is more than usual.
But Guo'er didn't eat this, and she didn't look at her, "Our young lady has already put the master's troubles over, and we don't need others." As for hospitality, whoever invites you will entertain you! Didn't the old lady say it, each has its own way. What's wrong? The old lady is not at home, and we are not at home, but we are not at the same time? She specially pronounced the word "subordinate" extremely hard, so angry that Xiaoqin couldn't pounce on her and scratch her little face.
But Guo'er has always been spicy, although he is several years younger than Xiaoqin, he has never suffered a loss, and he has been working hard for a long time, and he has a lot of strength. As a result, Xiaoqin didn't dare to do anything, only threw down a sentence, "Things without rules, rampant you, sooner or later you will feel better!" "Stomp your feet and go.
Guo Er didn't pay attention to it, thinking that there was a young lady and the old lady to support her, and in the Chun family, the old Xu family was not easy to send her, so she just made the egg noodles and sent them to Lao Zhoutou while they were hot.
"Old Uncle Zhou, Miss asked me to bring you food." She brought the fragrant noodles to the table, looked at them again, and said, "Didn't the Xu family come with two male servants, people?" ”
Old Zhou Tou knew that the young lady had always pitied the old and the weak, and was even more kind to him, so he was moved in his heart, and after eating a big mouthful of noodles, he said to the opposite side, "How can we have a special room for hospitality in our Chun family?" What's more, they are just subordinates, and I am a place to live here, so it is very chaotic, so I have to wait in the utility room. Fortunately, there are chairs. However, the wife's mother was not an individual to forgive people, and she ate in the carriage with the mother-in-law in the morning, ignoring others. I'm afraid those two boys are starving too, so if you have a lot to spare, give them some as well." The young lady has always been soft-hearted, and she will be happy to know it. ”
"As far as your heart is good, I am a bad person." Guo Er pouted, "It's just an idea to eat, and I'm still reluctant?" It's just that I can't get used to seeing the Xu family's generosity on the surface, and the inside is cold. But in the end, I still couldn't bear it, and I went according to my words.
When she returned to the kitchen, she saw that Xiaoqin was making tea, and she didn't care about it at the moment, but poured a pot of leftover noodle soup, plus two Hu cakes and a plate of pickles, and sent it to the utility room in the outer courtyard.
The two servants thought they were going to be hungry all morning, and they were holding their hands, eager to gnaw wood, and when they saw this, they were naturally grateful. Of course, Guo'er took the opportunity to greatly praise the kindness of his young lady, treat his servants well, and vaguely mentioned the indifference of the mother and daughter of the Xu family, and then took advantage of them to eat, ran to Lao Zhoutou and quietly inquired about the situation in the past few days.
"I hurried and hurried, and I arrived at Xu's house in one day and one night." Lao Zhoutou said angrily, "The old lady of the in-laws scolded our master for being unconscious and harming her daughter. said that if the lord was in prison, he would definitely take his wife home. and a lot of nonsense about what should not have been married in the first place. But the old lady of the in-laws said that it was important to get people out quickly. I also bothered to invite a familiar knife and pen official in Laishui County, after all, it is easy to talk between peers. Originally, the old lady of the in-laws didn't let the old lady of the in-laws come, but you know, who can stop it. ”
"What about the grandfather? Why didn't you see it? "I'm curious.
"Let the old lady of the in-laws please go directly to the county office."
"Huh? That's not good! Guo'er was taken aback, "The young lady has already resolved the master's grievances, and she is waiting for the three classes to read the sheath." Such...... The Xu family is like this, it won't be a bad thing, right? ”
Old Zhou was also stunned, but after a while, he had already run into the yard.
Note: In fact, in the past, noodles were not called noodles, but soup cakes. Steamed buns are called steamed cakes. But for the sake of everyone's reading habits, it is called according to the custom, and it is hereby explained that everyone knows it.
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