Yang and Xia Shouye also agreed.

Mrs. Xia, who was sitting on the kang, coughed heavily, the voice was loud and loud, and she knew that she had something to say when she heard it.

The sons and daughters-in-law all fell silent and looked up at Mrs. Xia.

Mrs. Xia was probably very satisfied with the obedience of her sons and daughters-in-law, she cleared her throat and said loudly: "Three rooms are not enough, I want to enter three rooms before and after, nine rooms." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the house froze.

Everyone looked at each other, and they really didn't know why Mrs. Xia wanted nine houses.

It stands to reason that Mrs. Xia and Mr. Xia are just two people, and it is quite spacious to live in three rooms, and to live in nine rooms, is it used as a hotel?

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Yang stabbed Xia Shouye, and Xia Shouye, as the boss, had to ask, "Mother, what do you want nine rooms for?" The house is not lived, and if it is built, it will be white, and it will collapse in a few years. ”

Mrs. Xia stubbornly insisted: "I want nine rooms, and you will ask the bricklayer to start work in Ming'er, and I will arrange the place with the patriarch, just west of the village." ”

As soon as everyone heard it, Mrs. Xia came prepared, it seems that she should not be planning this matter for a day or two.

Zhang's probably knew something, and said sourly: "I heard that the fifth brother is coming back, mother, you want so many rooms, it won't be for the fifth family, right?" ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was in an uproar again.

Xia Lao Wu Xia Shouzu has disappeared for more than ten years, and now he is coming back?

Mrs. Xia was afraid that her son and daughter-in-law would oppose it, so she wanted to hide it, but when the house was built and her younger son's family moved in, it would be useless for others to oppose it. Unexpectedly, now this wonderful idea was unexpectedly brought out by Zhang.

Glancing at Zhang's fiercely, Mrs. Xia said awe-inspiringly: "You brothers have a good life, and you have to pull your younger brother." The fifth family has a hard time, and there is no place to stay, I am in charge, and your brother will pay for him to build a few rooms! ”

The others hadn't said anything, but Yang's fiery temper couldn't help it, and suddenly shouted regardless of it: "Who loves to cover it, I can't pay this money!" Hmph, it took more than ten years to bind his family, and he ran away with a slap on the buttocks, which affected how many years of taxes we paid him. Build him a house? There is no door, and when he comes back, I still want to ask him for taxes! ”

Zhang also reached an agreement with Yang on this issue: "From the door of the Xia family, I asked for a house without a house, I wanted money without money, and after suffering for so many years, I even had to build a house for others." My family's newly built house has run out of money, and there is no spare money left. ”

Huang Liuniang saw that the two concubines had spoken, and hurriedly expressed their opinions: "My family has no money, and I have emptied my family by buying this house." ”

Seeing the unanimous opposition of the daughters-in-law, Mrs. Xia's face suddenly became ugly, she glanced at the daughters-in-law sharply, and saw that several daughters-in-law were unmoved, so she glared at her sons instead, and said sharply: "Tell me, your fifth brother doesn't have a home yet, can you help him build this house?" ”

Qing Bao thought that according to his cowardly father's character, Mrs. Xia glared at him and immediately agreed, but he didn't expect that when Mrs. Xia stared at him, he hesitated for a long time, and actually squeezed out a sentence that made Qing Bao a little unbelievable.

Xia Shouping, who has always been timid and cowardly, said this: "Mother, my family's money is all earned by Liuya, and the money earned by the child is used to build a house for the fifth brother. ”

Thinking that Xia Shouping dared to refute Mrs. Xia's words, this surprised everyone present.

In everyone's impression, Xia Shouping has always been like a frightened little mouse in front of Mrs. Xia, as long as Mrs. Xia, the old cat, barks, the little mouse immediately dare not make a sound

But this time, he openly rebelled against Mrs. Xia, and everyone looked at him in surprise, a little incredulous.

As soon as Mrs. Xia saw that her most honest son didn't listen to her, her two triangular eyes suddenly stood up, and she was panting heavily.

"Boss, fourth, what do you say!" Old Mrs. Xia roared angrily, burning her anger on the other two sons.

As the eldest brother, it is natural that Xia Shouye should take a stand first.

Xia Shouye was just about to open his mouth, Yang kicked him in the leg, Xia Shouye sore his teeth, under the angry eyes of his mother, he didn't dare to turn his head to look at Yang, just lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Mother, a few days ago, the sixth aunt said to Dahu, I and Dahu's mother think it's very suitable, if it can be done, we will have to give a dowry gift in a few days, we don't have enough money to give a dowry, yesterday I also told the fourth brother, borrow some from him first, my son really has no money to do anything else." ”

Although his reason was high-sounding, it was impossible to satisfy Mrs. Xia, Mrs. Xia's gaze was like a knife on Xia Shouye and his wife, especially Yang, who was given a few more knives by her old man.

When Mrs. Xia's eyes moved to the fourth Xia Shou's body, Xia Shouquan hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at his mother, but still said very resolutely: "The house we just built, there is not a few money left, and the eldest brother also said to borrow some, we really have nothing in our hands." ”

Three sons and three daughters-in-law, none of them agreed to help the younger son build a house, and Mrs. Xia's angry hair was about to stand up. Before she had time to have a seizure, Old Man Xia, who had never spoken, suddenly stood up, didn't look at anyone, picked up his crutches and walked out.

Xia Shouye hurriedly stood up and asked, "Dad, why are you going?" ”

Old Man Xia snorted coldly, slammed his crutches, and walked out without looking back.

"Look at your father, you unfilial sons!" Mrs. Xia scolded her sons, and hurriedly trotted to keep up with Mr. Xia.

Old Man Xia got into the carriage directly, and after Mrs. Xia came up, he instructed Dahu: "Big Tiger, catch the car, send grandpa home!" ”

Dahu, who is almost fifteen years old, can be used as an adult, seeing that his grandparents are unhappy, he hurriedly got up the carriage and shouted out of the gate of Qingbao's house.

The group of juniors hurried to the door, until the carriage turned a corner, and then returned to the living room.

After sitting down again, Xia Shouye asked everyone: "Daddy is angry, should we build this house or not?" ”

Yang immediately shouted loudly: "What is the cover? Anyway, I can't pay this money, the fifth child has made our family hard enough, and he has paid more than ten years of tax money for him, and he still wants me to build a house for him? There are no doors! ”

Zhang also said: "If I have money, I will throw it to beggars, and I will not give it to the fifth brother who has no conscience, and the fifth brother and sister, relying on themselves to be from the city, have never looked down on us, she doesn't treat me as a fourth sister-in-law, why should I build a house for her?" ”

Xia Shouquan asked Xia Shouping: "Third brother, why are you so bold today, dare to talk back to your mother?" I was afraid you agreed. ”

As soon as he said this, everyone turned their attention to Xia Shouping.

Xia Shouping still looked like an honest man, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he lowered his head a little embarrassedly: "In the past, the money earned by the three of us was spent on the fifth brother, but then our family was poor, and the fifth brother threw us away and ran away, I feel cold!" ”

Only then did everyone know that Xia Shouzu left behind the poor family who couldn't afford to eat and ran away, which made Xia Shouping, who had always been a brother and brother, seriously hurt, and in his heart, he had already decided that brothers who did not share weal and woe were not good brothers.

Qingbao finally understood Xia Shouping a little, and also understood why after so many years, the eldest brother and the fourth brother's family took advantage of him so much, and he didn't say anything. Because in his heart, these two brothers didn't run away like Xia Shouzu and left him, and worked hard with him to support this poor family, so he recognized these two brothers from the bottom of his heart, and he was taken advantage of by his brothers, and he didn't care.

mentioned that Xia Lao Wu Xia guarded the ancestors' unrighteous practices, and the three brothers reached a consensus that this house would not be built for him! He's in his thirties, and it's time for him to stand up and take on the responsibilities of a man. However, although the house is not built, the sugar making technology must be taught to him, so let them work hard to make a fortune by themselves!

After sending away Xia Shouye and Xia Shouquan's two families, Huang Liuniang's smiling mouth went up her ears, and she punched Xia Shouping's chest, and said affectionately: "Xia Shouping, after so many years, you are finally like a master!" ”

Xia Shouping hurriedly brushed off Huang Liuniang's palm, and said with a red face: "In front of the children, what do you do!" Then he went headlong into the kitchen and boiled the sugar.

Huang Liuniang, who was excited, pulled Xia Yu and boasted: "Big girl, is your father okay today?" Not a bag, right? ”

Xia Yu didn't say anything scathing, but said with relief: "No, my father is not a bag at all today." But grandma won't give up, mother, you have to persuade Dad, don't let him agree. ”

Huang Liuniang happily pulled Xia Yu to the room, and said as she walked: "Don't worry, your father's stubborn temper will never look back if he sees a way, he said that if he doesn't help your fifth uncle, your grandmother can't help it." Big girl, you and your mother go back to the room, your mother has a good satin, the color is bright, you take it to make beautiful clothes......"

Xia Yu saw that her mother was so worried about her, and she couldn't wait to give all the good things to herself, and then thought about the hypocritical appearance of the Li family, and compared the two to know that no matter when, she still gave birth to her own mother and raised her own and worried about herself. Two tears oozed from the corners of Xia Yu's eyes, but before Huang Liuniang saw it, she secretly wiped them away.

Qingbao was behind, taking in Xia Yu's performance, except for a sigh, she didn't know what she was going to give to this sister.

The next day, it was another scorching sun.

It was unusually hot early in the morning, and Qingbao put on the thinnest and thinnest gauze clothes, and the khan still flowed down his face.