Chapter 17
Whenever the Ling couple quarreled, it was inevitable to find Wanhua to be a peacemaker.
At least from her memory, every time Li Xunzhuo and his wife quarreled hotly, Cui's mother would make her pretend to cry to divert their attention. The most peaceful day was when Shaohua was born, and Li Xunzhuo did not blame his wife for giving birth to two daughters in a row. Because the Su family has not been out, Li Xunzhuo is also in his first year, and he is also satisfied watching his two pink and tender little daughters playing on their laps.
The birth of Jinhua once again ignited the fuse between husband and wife. It can be said that the Ling family is a woman who is not qualified to be a sect wife, because she is straightforward, small-hearted, calculating, and most importantly, she has no means. Su secretly poured out the turnip soup, conceived a child, and in order to hide from everyone, he even deliberately provoked Li Xunzhuo to snub himself. It wasn't until two months before the secret delivery that the weather was so hot that I couldn't cover it with clothes, and I couldn't bear to close the door and block the house, and I was finally discovered.
When the Ling clan knew that the Su clan was secretly pregnant with a child, he was so angry that he ran to Huan Siyuan and slapped the Su clan twice. It stands to reason that it is a matter of course for a wife to fight a concubine, but this concubine is the favorite of the male owner. Ling was still angry after the fight, and smashed her house to pieces, and when Li Xunzhuo arrived, he only saw the pot-bellied concubine who knelt on the ground and cried so pitifully, and the wife with angry eyes and vicious eyes.
When Shaohua listened to Cui's mother's nagging about the changes in her family over the years in Pu'an, Shaohua was dumbfounded. How could there be such a brainless housewife, no wonder the Ling family always had to be bullied by her aunt.
No matter what, even if the one kneeling on the ground is not a favorite concubine, just at the child in her belly, Li Xunzhuo will not stand on the side of the Ling family.
And this resentment was entangled until the appearance of the passer-by, and when Shaohua was sent to Pu'an, Ling cried for several nights. For the Ling family, who has no minions, Li Xunzhuo still can't bear it, softens his temper, and has been a loving couple with her for a few months. It wasn't until Si Mo was born that Li Xunzhuo's heart was finally pulled to the middle of the scale.
In Shaohua's words: The Ling family deserves to be wronged for so many years, and it is clear that she pushed her husband out, who can stop it. Therefore, after Wanhua talked about the quarrel between Ling and Li Xunzhuo, Shaohua was even more sure that everything was done by Ling himself.
When the sisters arrived at Xiyuan, the Ling clan was glaring at Li Xunzhuo with red eyes, and judging from the bloodshot eyes, Fang should have cried fiercely.
"I'm telling you, she doesn't want to marry off her daughter in her life! If you want to marry, you can only marry the lowest slut. Ling roared.
"You! Let me tell you, Sanniang is my daughter, and Qi Niang is also my daughter, what kind of dowry do you prepare for Sanniang, you have to prepare the same for Qi Niang in the future. If there is one less, I will compensate her for three things! Li Xunzhuo usually looks kind and easy to speak, and he doesn't choose to say anything when he starts a fire.
"You dare?!" Ling was obviously taken aback, and he was so angry that he grinded his teeth and rattled, "A cheap concubine is also worthy of being compared to my concubine, I'm sorry!" ”
"Who do you mean slut!" Li Xunzhuo burst into tears.
"Who else can it be, even if you are cheap, teach your daughter to look the same, and learn to seduce men at a young age!" The Ling clan completely regarded Li Xunzhuo's anger as nothing, and scolded happily with a headache in his heart.
"Auntie!"
Wanhua heard her mother's voice in the courtyard early and rushed in eagerly. Shaohua followed closely, and when he heard Ling's words, he wanted to take a piece of cloth and plug her mouth. I don't know what it means to add fuel to the fire, and to make matters worse, no wonder Li Xunzhuo will stay in Huansiyuan all year round.
The maids who were hiding outside the door were relieved to see the Shaohua sisters coming back, and finally saw the savior.
"Auntie, Daddy, what's wrong with you, why are you arguing again!" Wanhua motioned for Shaohua to hurry up and help.
Before Shaohua could speak, Ling Shi hugged Wanhua and began to wail in pain, and his crying was quite rhythmic, "My son, my Sanniang, the eldest granddaughter of your dignified Li family is regarded as a cheap concubine." Our mother and daughter have no status in the Li family, it is better to go back to Pu'an, anyway, no one in this family has long regarded me as the head wife, and no one will treat you as the eldest lady. ”
Wanhua rubbed his swollen forehead, Ling would come to this set as soon as he was sad. Li Xunzhuo regarded the concubine as a concubine at most, and never treated the concubine as a concubine, let alone whether the people next to her regarded her as a wife.
Sure enough, as soon as he heard Ling's cry, Li Xunzhuo slammed the last bowl on the table, and was about to walk out in anger.
Shaohua saw that this was wrong, for fear that Li Xunzhuo would leave, and that it would be difficult to persuade him to come back. Without saying a word, he knelt down in front of Li Xunzhuo, just blocking his way. Accidentally overwhelmed the broken porcelain, the pain made her frown, but she didn't dare to move. Raising his little face, tears were already in his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, tears could fall out.
"Wu Niang, why are you doing this? Get up! Li Xunzhuo was frightened by Shaohua's appearance and bent down to help her up.
"Daddy, please let your daughter go back to Pu'an." Shaohua's words made Ling forget to cry and look at her dryly.
In order to make the tears cry more realistic, Shaohua secretly pinched his thigh, and suddenly burst into tears, and then began to choke: "They all say that I am the disaster star in the family, as long as I go home, I am always restless." Daddy, let me go back, as long as you don't quarrel with A-Niang, you don't have my daughter, okay! ”
Even though he was angry, seeing Shaohua so pitiful and pitiful, Li Xunzhuo also swallowed his anger.
"Silly girl, what does this have to do with you, we didn't quarrel because of you." was made by Shaohua's words, and Li Xunzhuo was sad.
I think that when he sent his second daughter who had just become sensible to Yue's house, she cried so heartbreakingly. But in order to raise a son, he was still ruthless and didn't care about Shaohua, who was crying all the way behind. Although it has been a long time, in retrospect, Li Xunzhuo always feels that he owes this daughter.
Ling Shi also pounced and hugged her, "A-Niang doesn't allow you to say such things, who dares to say that you are a disaster star, I tore her mouth apart!" ”
"Who chewed the root of the tongue in front of the five ladies!" Li Xunzhuo yelled at the door, and no one dared to come out to confess.
"But, but, they all said that before me, my father, my father, and my mother were all fine and didn't quarrel." Shaohua cried so hard that he trembled when he spoke, "Is it because I came back and robbed Qi Niang's share, so, that's why my father quarreled with Ah Niang." Daddy, I, I can pay it back, I can give it back to her. I don't want it, as long as my father and mother are fine. While sobbing and talking, Shaohua himself was so tired that he gasped.
Wanhua was about to say comfort, and when she saw Shaohua winking at her, she immediately understood in her heart.
Hearing Shaohua say this, Li Xunzhuo and his wife were suddenly stunned, and they were silent.
Although they have always been indebted to Shaohua, after all, they are not kept by their side, and it is inevitable that they will always forget her existence. Many things were only prepared for Wanhua and Jinhua, and finally Ling remembered that he had a little daughter, so he didn't have to think about it, and directly allocated Jinhua's share to Shaohua. And the share that fell to Jinhua was either less, or it was sent over by piecework.
Jinhua, who has been accustomed to sitting on an equal footing with Wanhua since he was a child, has reduced his treatment because of the appearance of another sister-in-law, and it is inevitable that he will be dissatisfied. complained to Li Xunzhuo a few times, but Li Xunzhuo just comforted her and sent other things to her. But when the Su family knew Yichen's identity, they immediately thought that the Ling family was going to marry Shaohua.
Because Wanhua is the eldest daughter and raised in the Li family, she is often taken out by the Ling family, and she is well-known to be knowledgeable and reasonable. Presumably, it is not difficult to find a wishful husband, and because Shaohua was raised in the countryside, the Ling family was afraid that she would not be able to cope with the big scene, and he did not want her to suffer, so marrying the Liu family was the best choice. As for Jinhua, according to the relationship between the Ling family and the Su family, it is probably the magnanimity of the Ling family that he did not marry Jinhua to a wild man in a poor mountain village as a daughter-in-law, or give it to a rich man in his seventies and eighties as the wife of the ninth aunt.
The Su family has always raised Jinhua as a concubine, and because of Li Xunzhuo's favor, all the uses are comparable to Wanhua. But she always knew in her heart that Jinhua was a concubine, and if the Ling family deliberately made it difficult, Jinhua would not be able to marry Ruyi Langjun anyway.
But because her relationship with the Ling family has been an old enemy for many years, even if she is willing to bend her waist for her daughter, the Ling family may not be willing to buy her account. Therefore, she can only find a way to find a good family for her daughter.
And the best candidate is none other than Yichen, who is studying at home.
Especially when the Su family knew that the Li family had not yet decided on a candidate for in-law, the Su family was even more active and excited to come up with ideas for their daughter, striving to stuff Jinhua into Yichen's arms in the shortest possible time, even if she stuffed herself to Li Xunzhuo back then. It's just that Su forgot one thing, the relationship between her and Li Xunzhuo back then was that of master and servant, getting along day and night, close to the water. And now Jinhua and Yichen, not to mention the relationship between distance, Yichen is only seventeen this year, while Jinhua is only twelve. Even though Jinhua followed Su's appearance and began to show beauty, he was still much more tender in the end.
So when Jinhua pretended to be Xi Shi in front of Yi Chen, and the weak willow was in the wind, Yi Chen was only curious about why he met her here.
"What kind of stupid thing are you talking about, can you be the same as Qi Niang? Mr. has taught the young and old in an orderly manner, and the concubines are different, Qi Niang is precisely because of the loss of the rules to let Mr. be punished for suspension of school at home, if you say this stupid thing to let Mr. know, I am afraid that Mr. will not teach you. Wanhua said sharply.
Because Li Xunzhuo has great respect for his father, and Li Gelao is very polite to Mama Rong, Li Xunzhuo also attaches great importance to Mama Rong. You must know that basically the ladies taught by Mama Rong are daughters-in-law that many families rush to want, so Li Xunzhuo will deliberately give in to the Ling family for the sake of Jinhua, so that Jinhua, a concubine, is also qualified to go to Mama Rong's school.
When Li Xunzhuo heard Wanhua's words, he was slightly surprised. Jinhua was suspended from school because he was punished? But it was clear that Su Shi was saying that Mr. was considerate of her foot injury that had not healed, could it be that Jinhua deceived him.
Seeing that her parents had calmed down, Wanhua nodded at Shaohua, signaling that she could end the game, and she was responsible for cleaning up the aftermath. "Daddy, you sent us to Mr.'s school to learn the principles of being a human being and the rules of doing things. Mr. only punished Qi Niang for breaking the rules a few days ago, and now Dad is going to break the rules for her, but I am afraid that Mr. will be unhappy if he knows. ”
"Sir, you taught you to bully your sisters like this?" Li Xunzhuo said coldly.
"How can this be considered bullying!" Wanhua said: "Please think about it, over the years, what I have, Qi Niang has what, Ah Niang has treated her badly." But because of this, she is not separated, but she has developed an arrogant spirit and forgot her identity. Now it's just that Wu Niang is back, and everyone is kind to Wu Niang, but Qi Niang is not happy. Of course, she was raised as a lady in our family, but in the eyes of outsiders, she was a concubine, and marrying to be a lady couldn't change her identity. If she herself doesn't know this, no matter what kind of person she is allowed to give it to in the future, it is inevitable that something will happen. ”
Shaohua secretly gave the eldest sister a thumbs up, and probably only Wanhua dared to say this to Li Xunzhuo. Maybe it's because she has been a peacemaker for them all the year round, Wanhua has long figured out her father's temperament, and she also knows that her father has always given her three points, so she has some confidence in speaking.
In fact, Li Xunzhuo and Ling's personalities are quite similar, the same loves face, and the same has a temper. As long as the other party is willing to give in, even if he oversteps the rules a little, as long as it is right, he will still listen.
His love for Jinhua is because Jinhua is the crystallization of his love with the Su family, and the other is that Jinhua is smart and knows how to please people. As long as Li Xunzhuo likes it, she will try her best to learn, knowing that Li Xunzhuo loves face, she will work hard to show her achievements for others to praise. Seeing that the youngest daughter worked so hard but was not as good as Wanhua's image in the minds of the elders, Li Xunzhuo couldn't help but think that if Jinhua was not a concubine, she should be a treasure in the hearts of the elders.
So, as soon as he felt guilty, he was better for Jinhua.
Seeing that her father was a little shaken, Wanhua gave Shaohua a look, pulled her father aside and whispered: "Daddy, you don't know A-Niang's temperament, why can't you mess with her." She is just hot, in the future, Qi Niang will go out, and no matter how much she saves, A-Niang will not lack her dowry. Besides, why don't you want to think about Wu Niang, Qi Niang has been by your side for so many years, what do you want. If you are partial to Qi Niang again, and Wu Niang shouts back to Pu'an, your grandfather will know about it, and things will be even more difficult to clean up. ”
Li Xunzhuo's first fear is his father, and his second fear is his father-in-law. After listening to Wanhua's words, he looked back at Shaohua, who was coquettish next to Ling's side, and sighed helplessly: "That's it, I don't have the same knowledge as you." ”
Hearing this, Wanhua's heart could be regarded as a big stone.
On the other side, Shaohua snuggled up to her mother and said softly: "Auntie, don't be angry with your father, let your father be angry, you will suffer a lot." ”
"Let's go!" Ling didn't hesitate.
Shaohua secretly rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that if he wanted the Ling clan to get rid of this bad habit, I am afraid the task would be arduous. If you can't convince people with reason, then it's good to move people with emotion, she immediately lowered her eyelids and lowered her voice: "When I was in Pu'an, I always saw the little lady of another family accompanied by her mother and father, but I didn't have anything......"
Another weakness of the Ling clan is that he eats soft and is afraid of hard, and when he heard Shaohua's aggrieved voice, he immediately lost his temper. "My good Wu Niang, Ah Niang is not angry, Ah Niang is not angry with your father, and Ah Niang and Dad will be by your side in the future."
"Really?" Shaohua asked excitedly, without waiting for Ling's answer, he turned his head to look at Li Xunzhuo again, "Daddy, is it true that Auntie said that you will accompany me to eat in Xiyuan in the future?" Wanhua's eyes opened slightly, and she couldn't help but smile, thinking that this Wu Niang was really exciting.
Li Xunzhuo was stunned for a moment, looked at Ling's family, saw that she was also at a loss, and then looked at Shaohua from excitement to disappointment. Wanhua tugged at his clothes, he came back to his senses, hesitated, and nodded, "It's true, I will stay in Xiyuan to dine with you in the future." ”
Ling Shi raised his head suddenly, met her husband's eyes, hesitated for a moment, softened her eyes, and turned her head.
Shaohua innocently clapped his hands and replied with a smile: "Great, I will also have my mother and father to accompany me in the future." ”
Listening to their daughter's words, Li Xunzhuo and Ling's hearts were sour, and their eyes when they looked at each other again also had a lot of warmth.