Tian glanced at Zhou angrily and said, "That's not the child of the old Zhou family, can the in-laws agree?" Besides, you haven't been happy for ten years, don't you have it now? Your second sister is still young, so it's not impossible to wait another two years. ”

"That's how my father persuaded me? I'm not in a hurry, I see that my mother is anxious and wants to persuade me, I don't take the medicine for a year to test the effect, this silver is really not in vain. Or, let the second sister also find my doctor, maybe it will be useful? Zhou was upset when he heard it, and deliberately mentioned the old thing.

Seeing that Tian didn't squeak, Zhou thought about it and said: "Dad, mother, while everyone is there, I have a few words to ask, now I also have a child, my mother just said, now marrying a daughter-in-law costs a lot of silver, our family has not been rich, Ziping most of her father's silver was given to the mother, just this year because I fell and injured my leg, lying for a few months, the second brother saw that we were in difficulty, so he helped us put the silver on the pad, I want to ask, the second sister has been out of the cabinet, and there is no need to spend that amount of medicine, the younger sister has a few months to go out of the cabinet, In the future, my father and mother's expenses won't need so much, right? How do you give money at home? Ziping is not young anymore, and I haven't saved her a dowry yet. ”

As soon as Zhou's words were finished, Tian didn't know how to speak, looked at the old man, the old man was silent for a while, and said, "In the future, you will give two taels of silver a year, and the rice will still be two stones." How can you say that you are the firstborn, you can't say nothing, and it doesn't sound good to say it, what do you mean? ”

Zeng Ruiqing was just about to speak, but Zhou pulled him and said, "How much does the second brother's family give?" ”

"Let's go as usual, twelve taels a year." Zeng Ruixiang was afraid that his father would be embarrassed, so he hurriedly expressed his position.

"The second brother will give twelve taels in the next year, and this year he will give eighteen taels, and the silver for the younger sister's marriage has already been prepared, right? In this way, father and mother, the two of you will have twelve taels of silver in the next year. You don't have to buy rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables, pigs can't be fed, you can still raise chickens, you are richer than us, enough is enough, it's better to add makeup to two taels of silver when the little sister gets married, and we will give two stones of rice every year in the future, and Ziping will be thirteen years old. It's only a matter of two or three years. As fathers and mothers, we have to find ways to save a few dollars for our children to press the bottom of the box, so that we can have a few bodies in the hands of our in-laws in the future, and we will not be too angry. Mother, do you say that's the reason? How many daughters have you married? ”

Tian's face turned a little red, and he said yes. In the future, she can't ask for silver from the Zhou family, let's say no, she wants silver just to marry a few daughters decently. Besides, what Zhou said is also the truth, Ziping is indeed not small.

The old man turned his head and asked his eldest son, "Ruiqing." You tell me? ”

"Dad, what Ziping's mother said is also the truth, now that she is finally pregnant, she will definitely not be able to do things in the field at home, after the year. We still moved to the city, she is alone at home I don't worry, the city has to rent a house, and can't grow vegetables to feed pigs or something, even if you can do it, now I don't dare to let her do it, my son has no other inputs, a year on this ten taels of silver, fortunately, there is still in the field, the production capacity of the field is subsidized, her mother's brother also sent some rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables every once in a while, and just dealt with the days, not to mention the small, Ziping is indeed going out of the cabinet in a few years, and she can't take anything out of the house when the time comes. Now the second brother's family is more prosperous, let the second brother bear more, twelve taels of silver a year should be enough for you and your mother's expenses, in case there is a headache and brain fever in the future, you are tight, and our two families will share it. ”

The old man listened and lowered his head in thought, but Tian saw that he did not speak, nor did he make a sound.

Zeng Ruiqing said such a big deal, and it is indeed this situation, there are too many places where a family needs to use silver. But I can't get a penny, as the eldest son, it's really a little unreasonable, and people outside know about it, maybe how to pass it on? Therefore, he produces two stones of rice a year, and it is better to say that it sounds better, and the grain is produced by him.

Ziqing felt that their family's annual expenses were enough for three or four taels, because the Zhou family had always been very frugal, and there were always people to provide rice, noodles, vegetables and vegetables. Ziqing didn't know if her family wasn't her own plan, she would rely on the original routine of her family to farm and farm, and now she still wants to give her grandmother twelve taels of silver a year, then her own life is almost the same as her aunt's family, and it is difficult to solve even food and clothing.

"Dad, mother, what the eldest brother said is also true, besides, they are all their own fathers and mothers, who raises them is not the same, doesn't the eldest brother give two stones of rice back a year? Didn't the eldest brother's silver also hand over before? Now that there are a lot of things at home, let the eldest brother delay for a few years, and the conditions will be better later. Zeng Ruixiang was afraid that everyone would be embarrassed, so he took the conversation.

"Then if one day you don't want to, say that we are partial, or your daughter-in-law is unwilling, and you don't want to give this silver, who will we rely on? Now don't you just raise your mother-in-law all day long, eat and drink well, who has us in their eyes? Tian said indignantly.

Shen raised his eyes and looked at Zhou when he heard this, he was so angry that he didn't know what to say, after so many years of compromise, now he can finally get together with his own mother, and he can actually talk about it?

Ziqing looked at Shen's expression, and was about to say a few words for his own mother, when Zeng Ruiqing spoke: "The second brother is willing to support whomever he wants, and there is no shortage of his father's share, since there is no short father, the second brother will raise whoever he wants, and it is about other people's." Your daughter must be capable, and let her son-in-law raise her, don't just think about taking advantage of her mother's family. For so many years, the younger siblings have never caused chaos in the family, and the New Year's holidays are to come and see, which time people have never been empty-handed, and now they finally have the conditions, and the mother-in-law is so old, and it is normal for the mother and sister to want to live together. Zeng Ruiqing's words moved Ruixiang and Shen very much, and they would never dare to say these words.

The originally good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was awkward because of the issue of alimony, and neither the Tian family nor the Zhou family refused to back down, but Zeng Ruixiang pulled the Shen family to unanimously promise that he would send silver to the Tian family in time every year, and the Shen family also offered to still add makeup to the sister-in-law's six taels of silver, so that the Tian family was satisfied.

In the end, of course, the guests and hosts were happy, and Qiu Yu and Ziping took a bath in the clean room before leaving.

The first and second days of the first year of junior high school are the same as in previous years, lackluster, and on the morning of the third day of junior high school, Qiu Yu came, saying that Zhou Tianqing was looking for someone to come and deliver a letter, no matter what, the children were going to go to Qiao Village, and the customs of their village were hospitable, saying that whoever had fewer guests, especially if there were no guests from her mother's house, they would be laughed at by the whole village. Qiu Yu asked: "Second sister-in-law, do you think it is past today or tomorrow?" ”

"Then tomorrow, my mother's family is here today, and tomorrow Japan is going to invite my eldest sister's family, so I'll wait until I come back from Qiao Village."

"Second sister-in-law, if you want me to say that it's the same today, the second sister-in-law's mother's house is coming, and the second sister-in-law is almost ready to come, Zifu doesn't matter if they are not there, according to me, the children are at home, it's even more chaotic, besides, didn't they go to their uncle's house yesterday to pay a New Year's visit?"

Shen had to agree. (To be continued)