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"I'm really angry, I don't have your father and aunt to do things like this, I'm stingy at home, I'm really down the stock, I'm embarrassed to let people know, this is what our Zeng family does. (Leaves·~..).. Today, my father and mother are angry enough, the banquet is too bad, the dishes are not enough, nothing is enough, the aunt is even more ridiculous, your brother asked me to get the wine, your aunt held the wine jar and did not let go, saying, 'It's almost finished, what kind of jar is there to open.' I went back empty-handed, and your brother complained about me. 'Why don't you take the wine?' 'What can I say?' So many people are watching. ”

"What then? Didn't you give my sister-in-law twenty taels of silver? Enough should be enough, right? ”

"I bought a lot of things, but I couldn't stand it, and my aunt hid them in the house. How can my sister-in-law tell them this? Our father and mother are not in charge, and their health is not good, where can we worry about this? I thought I could do it if I gave the money. Your eldest brother is even more desperate, so angry that he went up to the house and turned over the wine jar and took it out, making your eldest lady glaring angrily. And Sister Ping's young master Hui, really let me speak, we are all busy with our feet not touching the ground, even your eldest brother and second brother went to fetch water in person, people sat on the table early, poured wine and drank it themselves, tell me, how old is the child? What's even more annoying is that there are still guests who have not left, and your aunt and Sister Ping have begun to divide things in the stove room. "It seems that the Liu family is really angry, in the past, although I heard that Zeng Ruiqing's family is not authentic, but after all, it is still not as deep as this experience.

Zifu and Zilu went to fetch water in person, Ziqing really didn't expect it, but Zifu didn't bring a few people when he went home, except for one who drove the carriage, that is, two portable maids.

"What about the others?" Ziqing asked,

"And today in the mountains. Your aunt and they only took out nine cents to come out, and the coffin bearer said that she wouldn't untie the rope, and was laughed at by the eight immortals, and your aunt took out another ten cents. People still don't do it, saying that they have to give some reward money for the New Year, and they grind for a long time. Your aunt finally took out forty-nine wen, but she was so distressed. You said that you can't save these few pennies, you have to let outsiders see the joke. I think your brother is really angry, I think they did it on purpose, deliberately embarrassing our family, anyway, they don't care, and they don't go out. It was spread out but it was a funeral run by the Zeng family. Where do people know these details, and don't they all think it's our family's business? My sister-in-law has been complaining. ”

Liu said so much in one breath, drank a bowl of hot tea, and said, "It's really suffocating me, I have to persuade your eldest brother to go." Persuade your father and mother to go. ”

Ziqing listened to Liu's words. pulled Ziyu back to her parents' house to see, Shen and Zeng Ruixiang did not go home, but Xia Ganyong came to pick up Ziyu, and they couldn't enter the city after dark, so the two still had to stay for one night.

Zishou's daughter-in-law Yang also came back to nurse the child, and said: "Daddy and mother, they haven't gone home, it seems that there is something to settle the account, and there is also the question of grandma's belonging, you can take a look." ”

Ziqing and Liu took a look. said: "Grandma's belonging? Isn't it already a big daddy's house? It's impossible for our father to take care of her, it's good that I didn't ask her to settle our grandmother's account. ”

Liu said: "What the hell is going on? Or I'll listen to it, fortunately, I'm still the eldest granddaughter-in-law, and I can still say a few words at a critical time, so don't go, it's dark. It's raining again, and I can't afford to fall. When I come back, I'll learn from you, what a thing, it's not enough to be angry. ”

Ziqing waited until ten o'clock, Shen and they hadn't gone home yet, so they had to go home first to sleep with their four sons, who knew that when they got home, all four sons were asleep, Xiaofan said that it was Shurui who told a few little stories, and then took them to bed, took off their clothes, Ziqing looked at the four little heads next to each other, touched this, touched that, and felt indescribable satisfaction and gratitude, Ziqing kissed their foreheads in turn and covered them with quilts.

At this time, Lin Kangping came in and didn't say anything, just hugged Ziqing and lay on Ziqing's shoulder, "Qing'er, let me hold it for a while, just for a while." I will not leave you alone. Ziqing listened to it for a long time before she reacted, and she was already in tears. (Leaves·~..)

Later, the two returned to their own room, and when Lin Kangping was washing, Ziqing sat on the kang in a daze, thinking about Lin Kangping's words, if there is no person around you who loves you, even if you wear silk and satin every day, wine and food, it will be difficult to calm down in the end. What's more, now the Tian family is afraid that they can't even guarantee their basic livelihood.

"What do you think? So fascinating? Lin Kangping came in with a hand towel wrapped in his wet hair, Ziqing took the hand towel and helped him dry it slowly, listening to Lin Kangping talk about what happened in the ancestral house.

After dinner, Liu's Chen and several concubines cleaned the dishes and chopsticks, Zifu took Zilu and a few of them to clean up, returned the tables, chairs and chopsticks, Zhou and Ziping didn't work, just picked up the remaining meat and vegetables, and hid them secretly.

Zeng Ruixiang saw that everyone had been working hard these days, so he proposed to rest early. Zeng Ruiqingfei said that while everyone was there, the account was settled. "Brother, settle the accounts, settle the accounts, let's share how much money should be shared, I won't take advantage of you. I am the eldest son of the Zeng family, although I am not as rich as you, but it should be my responsibility I will not hide, there are many people today, everyone to be a witness. ”

Zeng Ruixiang and Shen couldn't say anything when they saw this, so they had to fight their spirits, sit aside, and watch Qiuyu's husband Zhou Yunjiang take out a stack of bills, crackle and use an abacus to close the accounts, and finally cleared the accounts, and transferred the big silver taels that came to Zeng Ruixiang to Zeng Ruixiang's side.

"Shouldn't it be divided equally? The money spent should be divided equally, and the silver should be divided equally. Zhou Shi saw that they had so few copper plates, and asked anxiously.

"Sister-in-law, who did you hear say that this silver is divided equally? Could it be that when the second brother returns the gift in the future, you will pay him back? The villagers and the common relatives share the gifts equally, and the gifts of relatives and friends of each family belong to each family, which is the rule, sister-in-law. Zhou Yunjiang said.

"I haven't heard of your rules, I only know that people are coming to our father, and our father is the father of the two, and this silver should be divided equally between the two families." Zhou only recognized the death that was beneficial to her.

Zeng Ruixiang didn't bother to argue with Zhou, he just looked at Zeng Ruiqing and asked, "Big brother, do you need to find others to testify?" ”

Zeng Ruiqing darkened his face and said, "No, I still understand this truth." ”

Zeng Ruixiang listened, took the things handed over by Zhou Yunjiang, stood up and was about to leave, at this time, Tian's maiden sister and two younger brothers walked out and asked everyone to go in, saying that Tian had something to say.

Zeng Ruixiang didn't want to go in, he didn't want to face Tian, in the past few days, he has been avoiding Tian, saying hate, Tian was also calculated by Zeng, saying that he didn't hate, after all, she killed her own mother with her own hands, and ruined her future.

Zeng Ruixiang was still struggling, Zeng Ruiqing simply took Tian out and put him on the circle chair in the hall.

"Today's people are all there, a few of you are here, take advantage of today's things to get things done, and you should go home early tomorrow morning for the New Year. The old man also knows to pick a good time, for fear of delaying your New Year, everything is for your sake, but I just don't think about my poor old woman, but no matter what, I have also been the mother of the second child for many years, what I want to ask is, your father is gone, in the future, how to solve my pension problem? Have you all thought about it? After Tian finished speaking, he took out a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

"That's it, mother, although the second brother is not your biological son, the second brother is also your nominal son, what's the matter, you are also a wife, the only wife of our father. It's better for my mother to live in the school as before, and there is a mother-in-law to take care of it. I would like my mother to come to me, but my place is not big, and the food is not good, so there is no reason for my mother to follow us to suffer. Zhou said first.

Zeng Ruixiang bowed his head and was silent.

"Mother, you still follow me, and I also promised my father, so I don't have to trouble the second brother." Zeng Ruiqing said.

"What the eldest nephew said is still reasonable, and it should be so." Tian's two younger brothers said.

"Why? Even if the second brother doesn't care, my mother still has three daughters, and she can't let our family bear it. Besides, why did my father leave, it wasn't the eldest sister who was angry, and the eldest sister couldn't let it go? Zhou shouted, saying that she couldn't accept the reality that her family was serving Tian alone.

"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. Who said my dad was angry with me? I also said that Dad was angry with you. If you hadn't only cared about yourself, and only bought a pair of longevity materials when you bought them, our father might not have left. Everyone knows that this is unlucky, you have to buy a pair of parents alone, my father has long been uncomfortable in his heart, and he has already planted the root of the disease, don't put the basin on me alone. Chunyu shouted, where is she who will suffer? What's more, this matter is too relevant for a fool to admit it.

"Big brother, this is something you did wrong, this is only a matter of how much silver, why don't you want to discuss it with the second brother, or you come out first, is the second brother the one who takes advantage? Forget it, there's no point in me talking about this now, you have to figure it out yourself. However, having said that, the eldest sister is not a good person, knowing that her father is seriously ill, she has to bother her father endlessly. Dad's business has nothing to do with either of you. Qiu Yu said, she had long been dissatisfied with these two people in her heart, and she finally said it today.

"Qiuyu, you can't talk nonsense, we are not thinking about the second brother's family, his family has added a lot. If you want me to say, this father may also know in his heart that he doesn't have much time for himself, otherwise how could it be so coincidental? Daddy has to rush to do this this year. Zhou said.

"Mother, are you talking? What do you want to do? Zeng Ruiqing asked.

"I also know that Ruixiang doesn't want to see me now, so I won't go over to be disgusted, but, okay, I'm still Ruixiang's mother, Ruixiang can't ignore me, I don't ask for much, this mother-in-law still keeps it for me, the second child pays the silver, I follow the Ruiqing family, at the end of each year, a few grandchildren give me a New Year's gift, and there are no other requirements, Ruixiang, can you do it?" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )..