Chapter 22: The Yang family's embarrassing current situation
The Zhao family felt aggrieved, she couldn't just be used by the Liu family, and she couldn't easily let go of Yang Qiaoyue's sharp mouth.
"The eldest niece is really powerful, how can there be my eldest aunt in her eyes? What Aunt Liu said was clearly about your fight on the street, but when you said it, it changed the topic and became mine. ”
She raised everyone's attention again with one sentence, and Aunt Liu glanced at Zhao, this is not a good stubble.
The old grandmother's face became serious again, "The eldest daughter-in-law is right, the old woman didn't ask everyone to come over to talk about rumors." Yue'er, did you fight with a few foreign men on the street, and you even got into trouble with the government? ”
Yang Qiaoyue didn't deny it, Yang Muzhong couldn't help but say a few words of defense: "Grandmother, it's not our fault in this matter, others come to make trouble, what should we do?" Do you let yourself be beaten and bullied! Besides, the seventh sister didn't do anything. It's all my doing, if you want to punish me, punish me! ”
Seeing his son confronting his grandmother, Zhou's face turned anxious, "Mother, Zhong'er has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and she doesn't mean to disrespect you." ”
The old grandmother didn't care, and felt that this matter was not what she thought, so she simply asked Yang Muzhong to carefully explain the cause and effect of the matter.
Yang Muzhong told what had happened, and downplayed the matter of Chu Yechen and the three of them coming forward to help, as if he had seen an uneven road and pulled out a knife to help.
After speaking, Lu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, this was completely someone else's fault, and the county government had made a conclusion.
The old grandmother also felt that she was wrong to blame her granddaughter, and was about to open her mouth to reveal the matter, but the Liu family caught a breakthrough, she knew what the old lady cared about the most.
Liu pretended to be worried and said: "I heard from the old man two days ago that the magistrate has been targeting a lot recently. Today, the lord must have put a lot of effort into this matter not involving you, and after this incident, I am afraid that the situation will be even more difficult. ”
"What does the fourth and second daughter-in-law mean that today's matter is not the county magistrate's reasoning, but the mediation of the fourth son?" The old grandmother frowned.
Yang Jia was in the county government to receive this matter, she naturally knew, almost confused, if the county caught such a good opportunity to fall into the well, how could she let go, and thought that it was her son who worked hard to suppress this matter.
Immediately looked at Yang Qiaoyue with a gloomy face, "Yue'er, although it's not your fault, Zhuangzi has already caused trouble." Now that your father's situation in the county government is not good, don't trouble him anymore, sell it, don't do this kind of thing again, and be your Yang family's daughter at home with peace of mind. ”
As soon as the old lady spoke, the corners of Liu's mouth rose slightly, Zhao's eyes flashed with schadenfreude, and Zhou's didn't react, just wanting his son not to get hurt.
The Lu family wants to support their daughter, but they can't explicitly oppose the old lady's words, I'm afraid this can only be the case.
Yang Qiaoyue is not surprised, compared to her, everyone naturally thinks that the career of the eccentric official father is more important, but unfortunately this matter is not as they think today.
Yang Muzhong also knew that he had never seen the fourth uncle from beginning to end, and the county magistrate had never left the county office, so how could it be that the fourth uncle had worked hard to suppress it.
He just wanted to continue to explain, but Yang Qiaoyue took a step ahead of him and said, "What grandmother said, please forgive Yue'er for not agreeing." ”
Several people didn't expect her to dare to disobey the old lady, and they looked at each other for a while, and the Liu family was even more proud in their hearts.
The old grandmother frowned slightly, wanting to be angry, and suppressed it, she didn't want the estrangement with her granddaughter to grow bigger and bigger.
Because of what happened two years ago, the conflict between Lu's mother and daughter and the family is very obvious, and she has also reflected on it two years later.
"Tell me why!"
Yang Qiaoyue was a little surprised, her grandmother didn't get angry this time, she was ready to bear the anger.
Several ladies on the side were also puzzled, and Liu's smugness dissipated.
"Grandmother, in the past two years, can the rented land at home be productive?"
The old grandmother shook her head: "In the first year, I also invited farmers and tenants to help with farming, but because the land in Yan County is barren, it is really difficult to produce grain, so I am not farming. ”
"Do you have other sources of income for your family?" Yang Qiaoyue then asked.
The old grandmother still shook her head, she was just in charge of the house on the surface, and many things were in charge of the Liu family, and her health had become worse and worse over the years.
Yang Qiaoyue is not surprised by the situation at home, which can be seen from eating. The Yang family is now lying flat, sitting on empty seats, betting that the official father will be transferred after three years of evaluation, and they have not considered staying in Yan County for another three years, or they dare not think about it.
But she wanted to pierce it, and said lightly: "There is no food at home, and no silver is in." If my father continues to stay in Yan County this year, will the family's money and food last for three years? The elder brother and sister have reached the age of marriage after four years, and the dowry can be prepared at home. The two elder brothers, one in the wild land in the south, and the other in the bitter cold land of the north. The current situation in the home can protect them. In this case, if you don't want to produce food and make money, can't you rely only on the monthly money of the yamen? ”
After speaking, the house fell silent, everyone knew the situation at home, but they didn't dare to think about it, they were betting that Yang Jia would be promoted, at least flat, not in Yan County.
After hearing this, the old grandmother had already dissipated the anger towards Yang Qiaoyue in her heart, she inadvertently glanced at the Liu family, and muttered: "No, Si'er will not be promoted in this year's evaluation, and there will be no problem in transferring to a rich county." ”
Everyone looked at Liu, hoping to get affirmation from her.
The Liu family lowered her head and didn't speak, she didn't dare to guarantee this kind of thing, even the Liu family's mother didn't dare to say that.
"The third brother has been doing business abroad all these years...... Zhao suddenly muttered in a low voice.
Yang Qiaoyue laughed secretly: "It seems that the eldest aunt has forgotten that the third uncle has already split up, and when he wanted to go out to do business, no one in the family agreed." There were even contradictions, which have only eased up in recent years. ”
Hearing this, Zhao's cheeks flushed with shame, she was still the most fierce in charge of the family, and she didn't let her family pay for support.
Moreover, at that time, Yang Jiapei's career was in full swing, and he was in charge of Hanlin, and everyone felt that the businessman family had lost the face of the Yang family, and the contradiction back then was not small.
Now I really recognize the current situation at home, and I think I am enjoying happiness in Beijing all day long, they are all good land, and there are tenants and tenants every year to make money.
"Instead of staring at what others are doing every day, it's better for everyone to focus on this and plan more, at least things won't be rushed."
A group of elders were embarrassed by her, on the one hand, they were really worried about what happened next, and on the other hand, they felt that Yang Qiaoyue was so young that she had thought about such a deep problem.
Yang Muzhong's honest face couldn't help but feel a little proud, although he didn't think about so many issues, he just believed in the seventh sister.
Suddenly, a light cough behind him broke the silence in the house, and Yang Jiabei was at the door at some point.
He had been back for a while, and he just heard what Yang Qiaoyue said, not to mention the mother and wife of the inner house, even he was gambling on promotion.
has lived for decades, and has not yet seen the eldest daughter of the eleven-year-old.
The old grandmother and everyone came back to their senses, and the Liu family moved the fastest, and stepped forward to greet earnestly: "Master, why did you go down so early today, is it that the county magistrate is embarrassed by you because of today's incident?" ”
"What's going on today?" Yang Jiapei was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled.
"The magistrate only said that I had worked hard to copy the text for two days, and I went to rest earlier today. also said that he had already dealt with those few people who didn't have long eyes to make trouble in Nanzhuang. It's a shame to bother those adults to do it themselves. I didn't know what was going on, so I came back, and I was about to ask Yue'er what was going on. ”
Except for Yang Qiaoyue and Yang Muzhong, the others really didn't know about Yang Jia's matching, and what they just said was laborious, and even the words didn't exist.
Seeing that Yang Jia really didn't know, the Liu family immediately changed his face, and bowed to Yang Qiaoyue with a guilty face: "Qiaoyue, I misunderstood you just now when my aunt said it!" ”
Yang Qiaoyue's face was ugly, this Liu family is really doing something, doing this in front of her eccentric father, I don't know how she thought she was bullying this beautiful girl.
"Auntie's words, please take them back, I don't know, I think I'm a junior bullying an elder, I haven't done anything."