Chapter 67: Needlework
It's a good day to rush to the sky, the wind is light and the clouds are light, and the autumn is high and cool. Li Xin got up early in the morning to pick up breakfast, and it was still dark. didn't get busy for a while, Ah Xiu and Ah Mei also ran to help.
The two girls were very excited to know that they could go to the market together today, and the needlework was much quicker. I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night like flipping pancakes, and when I heard movement outside the house, I got up and walked around Li Xin diligently.
The three sisters-in-law were busy gossiping, and Li Xin smiled and said, "I only learned yesterday that your eldest brother is a cow, and his temperament is ......."
Before he finished speaking, Ah Xiu said "ah" in surprise, and wondered: "Big brother doesn't belong to a cow?" ”
"Huh?" Li Xin paused, "No, I counted your eldest brother as a cow, and he nodded when I asked him." Thinking about it, Guan Wen did smile and then nodded slowly, but he didn't say yes or no.
Li Xin was confused, and frowned: "Miscalculated? No, rats, bulls, tigers, rabbits, snakes, horses, sheep, ......"
"Hey, sister-in-law, you missed the dragon and didn't count!" Ah Xiu interrupted: "It's a rat, a cow, a tiger, a rabbit, a dragon, a snake, a horse, a sheep, a monkey, a chicken, a dog, a pig, my eldest brother is a tiger, not a cow." ”
Li Xin stood embarrassed for a while, "Why didn't your eldest brother correct me, I thought he was really a cow, and said that he had a cow temperament, gentle or something...... If this is a tiger, it is not a tiger's nature......"
Ah Xiu smiled: "Actually, it's not bad to say that the eldest brother is a cow, he was born when he was ugly, isn't he a cow." ”
The timing is reasonable.
Li Xin sighed, but muttered in his heart, will Guan Wen have an opinion about himself because he doesn't even know his appearance? When I think about it, I don't think so. Is Guan Wen that boring? Cattle and sheep are mild, and although they are good together, they can't withstand other rushes. As for the tiger and the sheep...... They get along quite well now, so don't be superstitious about what genera match.
Shake off this layer. Li Xin was relieved. I made the base with leftover chicken broth from yesterday. I put down a handful of noodles, knead some dough gnocchi, cook it, and put it in chicken soup for breakfast. Ah Xiu and Ah Mei went to the hall, Guan Wen and Guan Wu also got up, the four brothers and sisters plus Li Xin had a meal, Guan Wen said: "Let's just go to the hall today, Xin'er, you make grandpa and their breakfast, it is estimated that they will also get up." ”
Li Xin agreed to clean up, and Ah Xiu glanced at Guan Zhicheng's special room. Snorted lightly to help Li Xin.
Ah Mei carefully cleaned up the needlework she and Ah Xiu had done during this time, with embroidered three plain handkerchiefs and ties. There were also braided knots, which looked quite large, and there were even four or five small toys made of rags, the kind of puppets that children held in their hands. Tsai carefully took a larger piece of cloth and spread it out and put these things in, and Ah Mei couldn't help but smile on her face.
After taking out the cloth and was about to go to find the sister-in-law and the fifth sister, Ah Mei suddenly paused and timidly shouted "Dad" to the person in front of her.
Guan Ming answered with his hands behind his back, glanced at the burden on Ah Mei's hand, and asked her, "What's in here?" ”
Ah Mei replied honestly: "The needlework that my fifth sister and I did, take it to the market today to see if we can sell it for some money......"
Speaking of the word "money". Guan Ming's eyes lit up slightly, and he coughed in a low voice and said, "That's good, it's just right to get the money back, I heard your sixth brother say that it will be another child test soon, and I have to invite Mr. to come to the house for a meal." Write a letter of recommendation or something. This time, your sixth brother said that there was absolutely no problem......"
Ah Mei took two steps back and blushed. I held it for a long time before I whispered, "It was me and the fifth sister who made ......"
"Dad knows that your sisters did it, so why do you give the money you earn to your brothers? Not happy? Guan Ming snorted heavily, "No wonder people say that girls are extroverted and girls are extroverted, and if you have a money-losing product, you don't want to go to your mother's family, and you are slamming at your own brothers!" ”
Guan Ming has never paid attention to Ah Mei, one may be that Ah Mei is a girl after all, and she is not a strong laborer, so when she gets married, she has to go out with the dowry, and raising her for more than ten years is considered to be in vain; Second, there may also be the death of his wife Zhou because of the birth of Ah Mei, and Guan Ming has a dislike for this daughter.
Ah Mei's tears rolled out immediately, hanging her head and holding the burden and crying lowly, her voice was as thin as a cat, and she heard Guan Ming irritable, "Why are you crying early in the morning, don't you be unlucky!" What's wrong with crying to your sister-in-law? ”
Ah Mei never dared to speak loudly, and when she was scolded by her father, she could only shrink to the side and bow her head to wipe her tears. It happened that Guan Quan also got up, and frowned slightly when he saw this situation, especially when he heard the last sentence and talked about his sister-in-law, he was even more disgusted with Guan Ming, and said to Guan Ming angrily: "Dad, you don't know that Ah Mei is timid, and you scare her early in the morning." ”
Guan Ming glared at Guan Quan, and didn't want to make any trouble with his son, so he turned to Ah Mei and said, "Remember what my father said." Then he turned and went to the hall to eat.
Guan Quan walked over and patted Ah Mei's shoulder, comforting her and saying, "It's okay." ”
"Fourth, fourth brother ......" Ah Mei timidly grabbed the corner of Guan Quan's clothes, and sobbed: "Dad wants me to give the money from the sale of the needlework I do to the sixth brother to invite Mr. to dinner......
Guan Quan gritted his teeth, "I have the money I earned, and the girl's family doesn't have a few pieces of money!" As he spoke, he pulled Ah Mei to the stove, and when he saw Li Xin and Ah Xiu busy mixing pigweed shabu and washing dishes, Guan Quan sorted out his emotions before shouting: "Sister-in-law." ”
Speaking of which, Guan Quan and Li Xin are the same age, both of them are in the double decade. Compared with Guan Wulai, Guan Quan is more sleek and sophisticated, sometimes there are disputes or quarrels at home, he always stands in the middle and does not fall down, easily does not offend anyone, and never says who is right or wrong, sees the problem more deeply, and is gentle to everyone. Li Xin privately feels that a person like Guan Quan understands the general situation, but sometimes he feels awkwardly that this person stays out of everything and is too protective of himself, but he seems a little selfish.
But fortunately, in this Guan family, as long as Guan Quan is not like Guan Zhicheng who has nothing to do to make trouble for her, she will be thankful.
Li Xin put down the stick that stirred pigweed, turned around and asked, "Is there something wrong with the fourth brother?" ”
At a glance, he saw Ah Mei crying with pear blossoms and rain, Li Xin straightened up and frowned, "Ah Mei, what's wrong with you?" ”
Ah Xiu immediately lost the work in her hand and ran to Ah Mei, suppressed her inexplicable anger and asked her softly, "Ah Mei, tell the fifth sister and sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Why are you crying? ”
Ah Mei shook her head, grabbing the corner of Guan Quan's clothes and just sobbing.
"Fourth brother?" asked the person concerned and couldn't get an answer, Ah Xiu decisively turned to Guan Quan.
Guan Quan simply said the matter, and stopped at the end and said: "Sister-in-law, this package of things was made by Ah Xiu and Ah Mei, and the money from selling it ......"
Before Li Xin could answer, Ah Xiu raised his voice and said, "Joke! The money from the sale is naturally mine and my sister! ”
Guan Quan smiled, pushed Ah Mei to Ah Xiu's arms, looked at the sky and said, "Sister-in-law, I haven't had breakfast yet, what are you going to eat this morning...... " Saying that, he went to the thatched house as if he was fine, and went back to his own house after avoiding the hall, and didn't bump into Guan Ming.
Human elves!
Li Xin secretly scolded Guan Quan, such a hot potato was pushed to her like this!
The front said that he was not looking for trouble, people were not looking for trouble, and things were found at the door!
The needlework done by Ah Xiu and Ah Mei is done by themselves, so naturally they have nothing to do with Guan Ming, and of course the money they get belongs to Ah Xiu and Ah Mei. But Guan Ming saw it, and proposed that the money from selling things should be returned to the family, and he still found a very legitimate reason - Guan Zhicheng is going to take the third children's exam, can the whole family not contribute money and efforts? Isn't it so that he can one day be named on the gold list and glorify his ancestors?
But you shouldn't move your mind to your daughter! Mr. Private School, who uses the body that his daughter wants to earn to please his son, simply doesn't know what to do!
Li Xin's heart arched one after another, on the one hand, he felt that this father-in-law was simply hateful, and on the other hand, he was also angry with Guan Quan. If he came forward to make a fuss with his father-in-law and let his father-in-law rest his mind, he would lead people to her, and later go to the market to get back the money from the sale of these needlework, if he didn't give it to his father-in-law, he would inevitably be punished. But if Ah Xiu and Ah Mei were to take her and ignore this matter, she wouldn't be able to say anything about it - she watched Ah Mei cry and listened to Guan Quan talk about the whole process.
Guan Quan can prevaricate with the sentence "Men don't care about things between women", can she, the sister-in-law, be a sister-in-law?
The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother!
Li Xinzheng was silent, and Ah Xiu raised his voice again, as if he deliberately said it to the people sitting in the hall, "Don't calculate anything about me and Ah Mei's self-esteem, I finally have my sister-in-law teach the church to do some needlework, and I think about it when I have time day and night, I just want to exchange it for a few dollars, and it's not a big amount, it's worth thinking about like this!" ”
There was a moment of silence on the other side of the hall, and it was estimated that he heard the words of the stove.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Guan Ming to come over and say to Ah Xiu angrily: "What did you just say!" ”
Ah Xiu raised her eyebrows, "I didn't say anything." ”
"I've heard it all, you're still quibbling!"
"What did Dad hear? Did I say you? ”
"You ......" Guan Ming was so angry that he was angry, "You still dare to contradict Lao Tzu!" ”
Ah Xiu was also angry, "Dad is telling me what I said?" Did I say you? Why are you angry, my sister and I haven't gotten angry yet! ”
Ah Mei only cried on one side, turned around and hid behind Li Xin. Li Xin wanted their father and daughter not to quarrel, but they couldn't interject for a while.
Seeing that the father and daughter were about to make trouble, Guan Wen and Guan Wu came when they heard the sound, and they both frowned when they saw this scene. Guan Wen asked, "What's going on?" Ah Xiu, why don't you pack up yet, we're going to the market. ”
Seeing Ah Mei hiding behind Li Xin crying, Guan Wen naturally asked Li Xin, who seemed to be in a relatively normal mood, and asked, "Xin'er, what's the matter?" ”
"What's going on!" Guan Ming snorted heavily, as if he was extremely dissatisfied and shouted: "Good daughter-in-law to marry!" This is the good daughter-in-law you married! (To be continued...... RQ