Chapter 51: The Good Old Man and Mrs. Shang (2)
Xia Ruixi said expressionlessly: "It is Qing Jin who has been wronged. What do I and my child worry about? Am I not preparing to move? Everything is in charge of your own parents. "Second Master Ou is not a good talker, the head of the family, the order is like a mountain, where is a few women who can change their minds with a few casual words? She is not worried that Ou Xinfeng will really be like Aunt Tong said, there are three long and two short, Ou Er has been the old patriarch for so many years, how to punish him, he knows better than anyone else in his heart. At the beginning, Ou Qing took the responsibility for Ah Ke to smash her with a snow ball, wasn't he also whipped and punished for kneeling?
Her words are obviously dissatisfied with Mrs. Shang's words, what are you involved with the matter that the old man has decided? Mrs. Ou lowered her face and stared at Mrs. Shang without speaking, Mrs. Shang hurriedly closed her mouth and looked at the Wu family, meaning to ask the Wu family to help say a few good words.
Wu ignored Mrs. Shang, she had her own considerations: "The second brother is gone, and the mother of the trade wind has not returned, what insight can a vulgar woman from the Tong family have?" If no one disciplines him, his brother will inevitably make mistakes. He made a mistake, and the punishment should be deserved, if he didn't let him know what was good this time, he would inevitably cause other troubles in the future. According to the daughter-in-law, the most hateful thing is the talkative minion. Whoever picks it up, it should be beaten out, so as not to mess up the house rules. ”
Before Mrs. Ou could speak, Mrs. Shang said again: "Yes, yes, Aunt Tong just said this to me." Trade Wind is an honest child, and the little girl who serves him is a bad thing. Fourth brother and sister, you don't know, these people are bad, when I was at home, they instigated Shiqing to go to the yamen to make trouble. ”
Xia Ruixi smiled: "Yes, eldest sister, I don't know what these minions are at, what good is it for him to make trouble?" The master is really honest and pitiful, so he coaxed according to the slave, and the slave said that the ball was square, and he said that it was square. Although she knew that Mrs. Shang was a soft-eared, good person, stupid, and easy to be taken advantage of, she couldn't help but be a little annoyed after hearing those words.
The aunt and grandmother who returned to her parents' house were well fed and drunk, and others were afraid of upsetting their brothers and daughters-in-law, so they tried every possible way to please them, but Mrs. Shang was good, but she was afraid that she would not be offended. No wonder Wu hated her so much, she was really a mallet.
Wu listened to Xia Ruixi's sarcasm of Mrs. Shang, Mrs. Shang understood a little, but she didn't know how to reply, and the corners of her mouth curled.
Second Mrs. Ou's eyelids twitched, and she couldn't help but point at Mrs. Shang's nose and scold: "You foolish worm who doesn't know anything, you don't get involved in these things, you have the time to educate your own children first, there are fewer orphans and widows?" Think about why the clansmen don't count others, even if you are alone? Don't blame the poor house foundation, and the rice is rotten and blame the shakuki.
I am Trade Wind's grandmother, and your fourth brother and fourth brother and sister are Trade Wind's own uncles and aunts, will you not love the child? There are no rules, there is no circle, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and whoever is wrong should be punished. Whoever talks more will get out! ”
Mrs. Ou hates Aunt Tong even more now, knowing that her daughter is a mallet, and she can also be a gunman, causing discord between her sister-in-law, which is really too hateful. Second Mrs. Ou gritted her teeth and thought about how to clean up Aunt Tong well.
Mrs. Shang was frightened and sad by her mother's anger and merciless scolding, and Shang Min's nurse quietly pulled the corner of her clothes and mouthed angrily at Xia Ruixi. She suddenly remembered what she had just said, had she offended Xia Ruixi? She glanced at Xia Ruixi worriedly, nervously tugging at the handkerchief and thinking, she had to find a chance to explain to Xia Ruixi well, she didn't mean to favor the Tong family, and she didn't want her little brother's family to be kicked out, she just wanted to make a big thing a small thing, a small thing, and the family was harmonious.
Seeing that Mrs. Shang was silent, Second Lady Ou took another breath before asking, "Pucao is not from our family, right?" ”
Wu said: "When I recognized my ancestors and returned to my ancestors, Tong brought them back from outside. said that he has been serving the fourth young master since he was a child, and he has been serving for ten years. ”
Second Mrs. Ou sneered: "What a master, who has been with her for ten years, she is only a little bit older, and she will be pushed out to protect her son." No matter how troublesome the slave is, how can he make a fool of the master with a single sentence? In the end, she didn't teach well. is so unkind, since she is willing, she will do as she says, and go to Pu Cao to tell her that her aunt said that she taught her brother badly, and she broke the rules and beat her to death. "When people are old, although their hearts will be soft in most cases, they will be harder when they touch the bottom line.
How much does a little girl have to do with this? It's just that everyone has to find a place to get angry and warn others that there is not much going on, otherwise this big family will be more and more chaotic. But a good fight can also work, so why take a life? Although Mrs. Wu felt that it was a bit excessive, she did not dare to provoke Mrs. Ou at this time. Someone has to bear it, where can I care if a little girl is really wronged.
Xia Ruixi salivated and smiled: "Mother, the Chinese New Year is coming soon...... although Mrs. Ou pointed out that it was Aunt Tong's mother who harmed Pucao, and she was wronged and had a debt, so if you want to find it, you can find Aunt Tong. But in the end, the matter has something to do with her and Ou Qingjin, it's a human life, and it's almost the same as beating Aunt Tong well.
Second Mrs. Ou looked at Xia Ruixi: "Da Ge'er is still young, you will know how much hatred I have in my heart in the future." That's it, you are soft-hearted, and I am also angry for a while, so I beat forty boards and threw them out, all for the sake of Da'er. told Pu Cao that if it weren't for the fourth lady to intercede for her, according to the meaning of her aunt Tong, she should have been beaten to death. ”
He also instructed the red silk: "You go and pass on my words, let Tong take off her silk clothes, strip off the gold and jade, and move to the small courtyard in the west, without me, she is not allowed to come out and be embarrassed." Wait for the Xue family to come back, and then hand her over to the Xue family to discipline well, there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the overlord, she really sees herself as the mother of the fourth young master, and she doesn't look at what she is! ”
Everyone present in the small courtyard on the west side knew that two and a half of the four rooms had collapsed, and the weeds in the courtyard were half a man's height, and the conditions of the inferior servants in the Oufu who poured the night incense were better than that. Aunt Tong has completely lost her status, as long as she stays in Oufu for a day, she will not have a good life. This is still Mrs. Ou's second wife's face in Ou Xinfeng, and her subordinates are merciful.
Red Silk went to pass the word, and Xia Ruixi handed over the cards, keys and account books to the Wu family in front of Mrs. Ou: "In the future, the family and my father and mother will have to work hard, sister-in-law." I'm going to take you to take inventory? ”
Wu smiled bitterly: "What is the hard work? It's all as it should be. There is no need to count, when you come back, your house is surrounded by walls, but this time there is nothing missing, and everyone is stained with your light. She was a little worried, such a large family used to rely on a four-room subsidy, what should she do in the future?
Xia Ruixi said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is too polite, we are a family, we originally relied on each other to live, in the future, Qingjin and I will not live at home, and my father and mother will have to rely on you and my eldest brother to take care of them." It's better to count the things, and deliver them in front of the people, so as to save them from exploiting loopholes. ”
Second Mrs. Ou urged Wu: "Go, your fourth brother and sister are right." Da Ge'er stays here, I want to coax him to play more, and I don't know when the next time we meet. ”
Wu got up with a smile: "It's okay." ”
When the two went out, Wu pulled Xia Ruixi: "I have wronged you." In fact, my father and mother, your eldest brother and I are all very uncomfortable. Aunt and grandmother, this person is the ...... temper" She nodded her head: "I understand now, she has few roots here, don't worry about her, you have to really care, angry dead man." You wait, someone will ask her to apologize to you later. ”
The person Wu is talking about is naturally Mrs. Ou. Xia Ruixi avoided Mrs. Shang's topic: "We are reluctant to let you go, but we have already separated from the family before, and sooner or later there will be such a day, and I can think about it." The saddest thing for me and Qingjin is that we still can't spend this year with you. ”
Wu smiled softly: "Although this is the case, it is not without benefit that you go out, at least it is not easy to get into this mess." When everyone else comes back, this courtyard will be called lively. ”
As she was talking, Mrs. Shang chased out, pinched the handkerchief, and looked at Xia Ruixi pitifully: "Fourth brother and sister." ”
Wu smiled lightly and walked away.
Mrs. Shang took a few steps forward and took Xia Ruixi's hand: "I don't want to make you unhappy, I'm stupid, I can't think of so much, I just want the family not to be angry, but I don't think about what is really good for the children." You see, I can't even teach Shiqing well. What happened to Shiqing that day, thanks to the fourth brother who saved him and taught him, I have love in my heart. His father is gone, and he will have to rely on his uncles to help him in the future, the fourth brother and sister don't think I'm stupid, my heart is not bad, really. ”
"Eldest sister, you're too worried, I was a little angry with you before, but no matter what, Qingjin won't ignore the children." Xia Ruixi saw that she was still in her forties and her mouth was still comically curled like a little girl, and she wanted to cry and laugh, and she wanted to laugh. Mrs. Shang's words may come from the heart, but they are not what she wants to get, 100% of them were taught by Mrs. Ou after she and the Wu family came out, for fear that she would offend herself, and she would not care about her mother and son in the future. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, they are all the same, and they are still planning for their children in every detail when they are old.
"Then you're not angry now?"
"I'm not angry, but I'll still be angry next time you're like this." Xia Ruixi told her seriously that there is no need to play tricks on people like Mrs. Shang.
"Don't worry, my mother scolded me just now, I will definitely not have much to do in the future, just teach the children well." Seeing that Xia Ruixi's eyes were clear, without the slightest unhappy and perfunctory look, Mrs. Shang was greatly relieved and happily entered the house to make an errand.
Wu was waiting for Xia Ruixi under the front porch, and when he saw her coming, he smiled and said, "I'm not wrong, right?" If you want to say that this aunt and grandmother, she is really blessed to meet such a family of solid-eyed brothers and brothers-in-law. Father and mother will also choose a son-in-law, and they don't even dislike her.
I kind of understand, such a big family, why no one protected her as soon as my uncle died, and everyone pushed her out and fell to this step. Fortunately, the children are not like her, otherwise it would be enough to keep the family busy just by teaching them how to speak so as not to offend people one day. ”
Wu scolded Mrs. Shang for being stupid, not being a man, and being a mallet.
"The eldest sister admits her mistake quickly, and she is as good as a stream, so my uncle hates her, right?" Xia Ruixi laughed, such an honest person is really the best in the Ou family, and it is really nine kinds of dragons, all kinds of differences.