Chapter 19 The Guo Family
But how can the door of a big family be so easy to enter, marrying a family is a good family, the Guo family is so poor that they can't even get a decent dowry, which big family will marry? Besides, although Guo is born well, she is just a girl in the countryside, and there are more girls in the city who are better looking than her.
Marrying an old man as a concubine or filling the house, Guo was reluctant to live or die, and wanted to marry a young man with more money, but the girls of the same age were dragged back and forth to get married, and she still did not find a place, and at this time, a matchmaker told her Liu Boyu.
Liu Boyu is also a picky person, he was a scholar when he was young, and although he didn't read anything famous in the end, he still had a bit of a talented and beautiful woman in his heart, and he didn't fall in love with many girls until he met Guo. Seeing that Guo Shi was not a flower and a moon, he was also charming and lovely, so he agreed.
Baishui Village is already wealthy, although the old Liu family is not a big family, but it is also a scholarly family, Liu Boyu talks and behaves in a certain way, and his appearance is also thoughtful, Guo's is in love at the moment, and he seduced Liu Boyu to do that kind of thing without waiting for the next hire, looking forward to marrying into the Liu family soon and living a good life.
The Guo family threatened each other with this and asked for a high dowry, and the dowry of other people's daughters was only ten taels, at most fifteen taels, and the Guo family asked for fifty taels when they opened their mouths, and if they didn't give it, they would sue the official and sue Liu Boyu for seducing and raping a woman from a good family.
In order to calm down the family, Old Man Liu had no choice but to swallow his anger and agree to the Guo family's unreasonable request.
After Guo entered the door, in the name of being pregnant, he refused to do any housework, and went back to the room after eating with his chopsticks. After giving birth to Liu Qingzhi, let her do some housework, either smashing dishes and bowls, or not cooking, the second elder of the Liu family did not let her enter the stove room again, and the Guo family lived a leisurely and good life.
The last time she was driven back to her parents' house, Guo told her family that the second elder of the Liu family asked her to go home to save her relatives, and she went back after a few days, and she also used her private money to buy some food for her family. At first, the Guo family didn't think much about it, but they were quite happy.
Guo's lazy woman, who usually does needlework, doesn't save a few dollars, and within a few days, the private money bottomed out.
Without money to buy things for the family, Guo's sister-in-law was not happy, and when she saw that her sister-in-law had stayed for so many days and still didn't leave, she moved her mind and quietly asked someone to come to Baishui Village to inquire about the situation.
Guo's affairs have long been known in Baishui Village, so just ask someone to inquire. After Guo's sister-in-law got the news, she asked Guo Laohan and his family to make trouble every day, and asked them to send their sister-in-law back, otherwise they would have to reconcile with Guo's brother.
Of course, Guo Laohan was no longer willing to keep Guo's dry rice at home, and the things ahead appeared as soon as they were summed up.
Liu Qingyan took a shower and changed into clean clothes, and suddenly felt refreshed.
Xie Shi came in to take the bathtub and pour the bath water, took out the dirty clothes by the way, and then went to take a bath himself.
Thinking of the book she bought, Liu Qingyan went to take out the set of "Canglan Zhi", and leaned comfortably on the bed to read it.
This set of books summarizes the astronomical geography, historical relics, customs and folk customs of the Canglan Dynasty, and the history of the Canglan Dynasty is introduced in the front. It has been 346 years since Canglan established the country, and there have been ten monarchs. Since it was compiled during the reign of the previous monarch, there is no information about the current eleventh monarch.
The folk customs of the Canglan Dynasty can be regarded as open, there is no bad habit of women binding their small feet, and even widows remarry, these are not big problems. It is also common for everyone to go out shopping, and about three or five handkerchiefs are handed over to the teahouse for tea and a party.
After seeing it, I realized that this was really not the earth where I originally lived, but another dimensional small world, but the climate of the geographical location of Canglan Country was very similar to the place where I lived in my previous life.
There is a large canal across the territory of the country, which is called Lengjiang. The south side of the Lenggang River basin has abundant water sources, rivers and lakes crisscross from the horizontal, and the climate is warm and pleasant, and it is a rich land of fish and rice, called Gangnam-do.
And Baishui Village, where he is located, is under the jurisdiction of Yuxi County, Yongzhou Prefecture, Jiangnan Province.
It's not the original plane! The knowledge in your head can be used as you want, if you can't do it, you can learn from the predecessors, take some famous poems and sell them, at least you can mix the name of a talented woman, and you don't have to be afraid of being exposed!
Hearing himself laughing like a tractor, he quickly covered his cracked mouth. If you see people like this, you will definitely think that you are a psychopath!
Liu Qingyan suppressed her excitement, jumped out of bed and opened the door and went out.
"We, the people, are really happy today......"
Humming a song around the courtyard, Xie was not in the room, and there was no one in the stove room.
When I turned to the hall, I saw Mrs. Liu spinning, so I asked, "Grandmother, do you see my mother?" ”
"It's in the backyard garden. You girl, you are not an unweaned doll, how can you come together to find your mother! Mrs. Liu quipped.
Liu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that she had unconsciously become attached to this mother.
"Grandmother, it's the same with you." Lying on Mrs. Liu's back and playing coquettishly.
Mrs. Liu patted Liu Qingyan's hand and smiled lovingly: "The girl is looking for her mother, it's a matter of course, grandmother, I'm not jealous, you go, grandmother has something to do here." ”
"Bh. Grandmother, then I'll go. ”
Xie was weeding in the vegetable garden, Liu Qingyan came to the garden and picked a cucumber, removed the top flower and wiped the tender thorns, then wiped it on his clothes a few times, and ate it with a click.
When Xie Shi saw it, he hurriedly said: "You kid, you can't wash the cucumber and send it to your mouth, and you're not afraid of stomach pain." ”
"It's not dry, it's not clean, and it's not sick if you eat it." Liu Qingyan grinned, and took another big bite of the cucumber.
"I can't help it." Xie Shi shook his head, then pointed to the vegetable basket on the side of the ground and said, "You're here soon, just help my mother pick some vegetables and go back to cook dinner." ”
"Whoa." Liu Qingyan agreed, and bowed her waist like a tanuki in the vegetable garden.
During dinner, Liu Qingyan deliberately faced Guo in front of Old Man Liu and Mrs. Liu and said, "Third aunt, it's your turn to do housework tomorrow, don't forget to get up early to make breakfast!" ”
Guo Shi was so angry that his heart hurt, and he didn't dare to show it, his face was red and white for a while. I went back to my room at night and complained to Liu Boyu.
Liu Boyu's heart also lightened a lot after what happened last time, so he ignored it and turned around and went to sleep.
The next day, Guo really didn't dare to be lazy anymore, and got up early and went into the stove room.
Qing Zhi was called up to help light the fire.
Guo Shi thought that Qingzhi was burning too big for a while, and then said that it was small, so angry that Qingzhi threw away the tongs and ran away, Guo opened his mouth to scold, but he was afraid that the old man would hear it, so he had to shut up.
After practicing yoga for half an hour, Liu Qingyan went to the stove room to fetch water and wash, only to see Guo Shi blowing hard into the stove with a blowtorch, his hair on his head was scattered, and his face was stained with black ashes at the bottom of the pot, like a big flower face on the stage.
"Third aunt, which play are you singing, and your makeup is good." When Liu Qingyan saw Guo's image, she pressed her stomach and smiled so much that she couldn't straighten her waist.
Guo was choked by the smoke and coughed violently and couldn't speak, so he could only stare at Liu Qingyan with resentful eyes.
How could Liu Qingyan be afraid of her glaring, and squinted at Guo with a provocative eye, and her momentum was not weak at all.
This breakfast was not served until mid-morning, and the porridge was filled with burnt black pots, and the steamed buns were as hard as stones, and they couldn't be bitten at all, and the noodles didn't rise at all.
was so angry that Old Man Liu dropped the bowl and made a big thunder.
"What kind of food are you cooking, can you eat it? Take it to feed the pigs, and the pigs will dislike it. A girl like you, your Guo family is embarrassed to ask for a dowry of fifty taels, and fifty taels is enough to go to the town to marry a young lady and come back. Our old Liu family is a Zhuang family and can't afford to provide for the Buddha. If you can't cook a palpable meal within three days, where did you come from? Old Man Liu slapped the table loudly, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped.
Guo stood in the middle of the hall like a wooden man, shrinking his head and not daring to open his mouth.
Liu Boyu sighed, silently walked out of the hall and went down to the ground against the hoe.
"Grandfather, you dissipate your anger, I'll teach the third aunt to cook lunch, if you still don't do it well, then punish the third aunt for not having anything to eat, okay? Tomorrow, my mother will cook, so that the third aunt will also get up early to learn, and she will be able to make delicious meals soon. Liu Qingyan "kindly" suggested to Old Man Liu.
Old Man Liu smoothed the fire and said coldly to the stunned Guo family: "Listen, how old is your niece?" Well-behaved and sensible, cooking is better than adults. You, who are an aunt, are not even as good as a child, and you have eaten dry rice for so many years. ”
"Dad, I must study hard to do housework." Guo Shi hung his head and bit the skin of his mouth, and his resentful gaze shot at Liu Qingyan like a poisonous arrow.
Liu Qingyan didn't move, and bounced back with a mocking smile.
In the end, Old Man Liu drank a bowl of mushy porridge and went to the field, and before leaving, he instructed Mrs. Liu to supervise Guo's cooking at noon, and if she couldn't make it, she wouldn't be allowed to eat.
Since then, the comfortable days of Guo's rice to open his mouth and pamper him are completely over, after breaking three plates and two bowls, and cutting his fingers once, the cooked meal can finally make people barely swallow.
On the evening of the 29th, the father and son in the town returned.
Tomorrow is the last rest in the school in March, and the next time I go home will be at the end of April, because on the first day of April, Liu Lanqing will leave for Fucheng to participate in the children's exam, and if he passes the exam, he will have the qualification to take the Xiucai exam.
Liu Bowen's father and son did not show much mood swings when they saw Guo's family, as long as she stopped making trouble in the future and lived a down-to-earth life, she would come back when she came back.
When the second elder of the Liu family heard that his grandson was going to Fucheng to take the exam, he asked Liu Boyu to go to the town early in the morning to buy meat and fish to see Liu Lanqing off.
Xie was busy making clothes for Liu Lanqing, and finally made them the night before departure.
Because Guo is back, Liu Boyu and Qingzhi's clothes naturally can't be made by Xie anymore.
Xie cut out the clothes of the two and gave them to Guo.
Guo Shi was unhappy with the clothes on his face, and complained to Liu Boyu that the whole family had new summer clothes, why she didn't have them.
Liu Boyu was impatient, and said with a cold face: "You were not at home when the cloth was pulled, can we not know that the prophet is coming back, buy it for you and prepare it for you, or send it to Guojialing?" ”
Guo Shi shut his mouth in a daze