Just as the family was having lunch.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"The army is not at home!"

It sounded like a middle-aged woman's voice, Xu Zhimu and Xu Mu looked up, it seemed that this was the first time they had heard someone come to the door.

Except for female village heads.

This voice shouted kindly, but it made Liu Ningqing's grandparents' faces feel a little speechless.

Rhubarb stood up, pricked up his ears and shouted twice.

The gate was unlocked, and someone pushed the door straight in.

Sure enough, it was a middle-aged woman, dressed decently, but it seemed to have a fine light in her eyes, which made people look a little uncomfortable.

She walked in and took a look, and when she saw Liu Ningqing and Xu Zhimu, his eyes lit up, but she still greeted Liu Ningqing's grandparents first.

"Auntie, uncle, eating,"

The middle-aged woman walked over with a smile, carrying a box of eight-treasure porridge and local eggs in her hand, and walked over to the door very affectionately.

The grandparents just smiled reluctantly and greeted them twice.

Liu Ningqing's hand that was also holding vegetables paused slightly, and Xu Zhimu felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"Yo, Qingqing is also back, you see that I have just come back from other places, I know that you are engaged, and I haven't had time to go over, you see that it is really getting more and more beautiful."

The woman looked at Liu Ningqing and immediately walked over and boasted.

"Auntie..." Liu Ningqing smiled a little and said hello.

"This handsome guy is our Qingqing's boyfriend, I've heard that he is a talent, look at how well he matches my Qingqing."

The woman praised Xu Zhimu on the spot.

Xu Zhimu smiled, although this woman greeted and spoke very warmly, but she always felt that her eyes always wanted to take out something, in short, the person who looked at it was very uncomfortable.

And looking at the performance of grandparents and Liu Ningqing, Xu Zhimu also speculated that this so-called relative definitely has ulterior motives.

"Xiaoyan, you haven't eaten at noon, let's sit down and eat some together."

Grandma also got up and said hello.

"Okay, I haven't had a chance to come back and see, you're all right, I heard that my aunt's leg was broken before, you don't tell me, I'll come back and take you to the city hospital to have a look......"

The woman said with a concerned face, and her real expression made people feel moved when they looked at it.

But the two old men just smiled honestly at the moment: "You are also busy, we can go to the hospital to see the disease ourselves, so we don't bother you." ”

"Look at it, we are all members of the family, what's not troublesome, eh, this is Qingqing's in-laws, it looks really young."

The woman said enthusiastically, and looked at Mother Xu again.

"Hello, I'm coming to our house today." Mother Xu also saw something, and on the surface, she smiled and said hello.

Xu Zhimu looked at it from the side, since this woman entered the house, she looked like she was kind to everyone with a loud voice, but she always felt that the emotions in her words had ulterior motives.

Xu Zhimu looked at Liu Ningqing's expression, this girl who has always been gentle, she didn't have much cordiality when she saw her relatives, but she was a little uncomfortable.

Xu Zhimu gently shook her little hand in the table and made eye contact with her.

"Auntie, I'll go with Qingqing to get you dishes and chopsticks."

"Okay, look at this kid, the one from the city is polite." The woman looked at Xu Zhimu, her eyes were shining,

Xu Zhimu took Liu Ningqing into the kitchen, not in a hurry to get the dishes and chopsticks, but looked at her slightly pursed lips.

"What's the matter, the pouting old Gao?"

"It's okay... It's ......"

Liu Ningqing was a little speechless and stopped.

"You little aunt, I don't think my grandparents and you don't like her very much." Xu Zhimu said it very calmly and directly.

Liu Ningqing hesitated for a moment, but still nodded lightly.

After that, Liu Ningqing probably told Xu Zhimu about what happened before.

In fact, in the past, Liu Ningqing's family had an ancestral old mansion left to her grandfather.

Because Grandpa Liu Ningqing has the highest seniority, but Grandpa Liu Ningqing's younger brother, who is also Liu Ningqing's master, is constantly pretending to be pitiful and insisting on the location of the ancestral house.

Because the ancestral house is in the middle of the village, the old family is more convinced of feng shui, and the geographical location is good, so there is no need to worry about the danger of mudslides and other dangers when it rains and blows.

Liu Ningqing's grandfather is an honest and honest person, and his own brother still couldn't bear to ask him, and the other party also promised to give them part of the money to build a new house, so he agreed.

Arrived at the foot of this most remote village to build a new house.

But in the next few years, Liu Ningqing's mother died of illness, both children had to go to school, the old man was not in good health, and the family needed a lot of money.

But the money that this young master promised to give was delayed again and again, and the promised 50,000 yuan was actually given 20,000 yuan.

In the end, I could only hastily build a few dilapidated bungalows, because there was no money and many places did not use good materials, and it would leak when it rained heavily.

That is, the dilapidated small courtyard that Xu Zhimu saw when he first came.

Moreover, these relatives knew that Liu Ningqing's family was in difficulty, not only did they not think about the family feelings, but they avoided them one after another.

At that time, I remember that the family was really poor and had no money to eat, so I begged them, but they all pretended that there was no one in the house, and they didn't open the door, and in the end, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore, so they gave half a bag of flour, which was considered to be the past time.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Liu Ningqing's family does not like her.

If it were replaced by Xu Zhimu, it is estimated that he would have to use a stick to drive people out now.

Liu Ningqing said, her eyes were also slightly red, she looked up at Xu Zhimu: "Zhimu, do you think... I'm very ignorant..."

Liu Ningqing was worried that Xu Zhimu would think that she was an ignorant person who even held grudges against relatives.

"Silly girl, how can I blame you, it's not you who did the wrong thing."

Xu Zhimu took her in his arms distressedly, and he looked down the kitchen into the living room.

No one came to visit relatives for so many years before, but this year, he suddenly brought Eli Lilly to the door, and he came over specifically when he came, obviously there was a high probability that he came to borrow money.

Xu Zhimu had already guessed the thoughts of this kind of person.

"Okay, let's go back first, don't worry I'm here."

Xu Zhimu gently patted her back.

"You don't..."Liu Ningqing looked at Xu Zhimu's eyes, still worried that there would be any contradictions or something.

"Don't worry, your husband is not an impulsive person, but now you are the daughter-in-law of my old Xu family, if they want to bully our family, they must pass my level."

Xu Zhimu kissed her on the forehead, then took out a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and walked out of the kitchen pretending to be nothing.

"Auntie, let's try the dishes together."

Xu Zhimu sat down with a smile and handed over the dishes and chopsticks.

This woman didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, she took two mouthfuls of food, and her voice was very loud: "It's really good, now our family is also living a good life, and these dishes were all eaten during the Chinese New Year before." ”

"Eat more if it's delicious, I've been here for two or three years, and I come every time I celebrate the New Year's holidays, but it's the first time I've seen our relatives here, which is very rare."

Xu Zhimu smiled and spoke, but the meaning of his words made people wonder a little.

A woman looks at it and usually chews a lot of tongues, so she can naturally hear what it means.

I haven't come to visit the door once for a few years, but people have come here again after their lives have improved, and this feeling is a bit like a small slap in the face.

I can't say that it's not, or I'm a thief.

When the woman looked at Xu Zhimu, she also muttered a few words in her heart, but when she thought about what she was going to do, she had to endure it even if she was uncomfortable.

On the side, the grandparents glanced at each other, looking at Xu Zhimu talking and laughing at the moment, as if he was already his own family.

Liu Ningqing's eyes were also shining, looking at the woman's somewhat deflated expression, she had always been gentle, and she even felt a little angry and happy in her heart.

"Yes, I have long heard from the village that our family Qingqing has found a good boyfriend, and every time I go home, I will be sent by car.

The woman finds a topic for herself on her own.

"Actually, it's nothing, the matter of 10,000 dollars is done, just worry about it a little."

Xu Zhimu chuckled in response, but this sentence made the woman's face collapse again.

After all, the money they promised to give them to build a house has not yet been paid, but so many years have passed since this incident.

She looked at Xu Zhimu, thinking that this young man might just happen to say this problem, she coughed dryly, and then changed the topic and said: "Qingqing, this girl has not been easy since she was a child, she has finally been admitted to university, and she has also found a good family, since you are engaged, you should get married soon." ”

At the mention of this topic, Liu Ningqing's face was slightly red, she glanced at Xu Zhimu and Xu's mother, and lowered her head slightly, completely looking like a little daughter-in-law.

"As long as the children want to, when they finish their studies, they can do it at any time."

Mother Xu looked at Liu Ningqing, and she also liked it very much.

"Yes, that's good."

The woman also laughed twice, but then suddenly sighed: "Alas, it's that kid in my family, how many years have he graduated now, Qingqing, who is a sister, has already been settled, and he hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet." ”

The woman suddenly changed her tone and began to sigh, but Xu Zhimu raised her eyebrows.

Sure enough, it's still coming.

The grandparents are honest, and listening to the marriage events of the descendants of their own family, they still couldn't help but ask: "You mean Xiao Ke, I remember that this child is twenty-six or seventeen years old this year." ”

"It's not, I'm twenty-eight years old, and I'm about to be thirty years old, I said I found a girlfriend some time ago, but people want a bride price of 180,000 yuan, hardware and jewelry, two car gifts, and there must be a suite in the county, otherwise it won't be done, and I'm also sullen at home these days......"

The woman showed a sad look, and even wiped the corners of her eyes and really squeezed out a tear: "But the family has borrowed so much money inside and out, and it's still a little bit worse, and the woman's family doesn't agree at all, and she's sad to death." ”

When this sentence came out, the grandparents also sighed, here in the mountain village, there is still a deep obsession with the inheritance of the ancestry, and basically the education is not high, basically they are all married at the age of twenty-three or four.

More than twenty-six or seventeen, here it is said that it is half a singleton material.

It's going to be poked in the back by the whole village.

This will, in fact, everyone can hear that this is to borrow money.

Although the grandparents have honest personalities, they are not stupid, and the events of the year have cut off the relationship between the two families, and it would be good to let her come over for dinner now.

And they are also old, and they can't help the family, so naturally they won't take the initiative to say anything.

When the elderly reach their old age, it is also a very valuable character to learn to talk less and take care of things.

When the woman saw that the two old men didn't speak, she also chuckled in her heart, but since she came today, it was naturally impossible to return empty-handed, but continued to wipe her tears and said: "Auntie, uncle, Xiao Ke, this child didn't let you both watch it when he was a child, you see that he hasn't married a daughter-in-law at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, my father can't eat every day, and now he is poked in the backbone when he goes out, and we really can't help it." ”

The woman played the emotional card, and the grandfather's expression was a little moved, anyway, this is his brother's eldest grandson who has been playing a bachelor for so long, if this last kick has not been completed, he still has a little bad feeling in his heart.

But he looked at his wife, Xu Zhimu and his granddaughter, and finally sighed and didn't speak.

The atmosphere at the table was a little awkward, and the woman really didn't seem to be able to bring up the topic, and her face was a little unbearable.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "This... The bride price money at home is almost enough, that is, to buy a suite in the county, and the family is still short of seventy or eighty thousand, which is really unable to fill it, and the family plans to do it if there is really no way...... Then sell the old house. ”

She said this bitterly and helplessly, but her eyes kept looking at Liu Ningqing's grandfather's expression.

The old mansion is more important than life in the mind of such an old man.

It is passed down from generation to generation, compared to not being able to marry a daughter-in-law and being poked in the back, if the poor person sells the ancestral house, then in the village will never want to raise his head, and he will not even be able to enter the ancestral grave.

"It's... How? ”

Grandpa still couldn't hold back, although he gave up the ancestral house, but after all, he was also a member of his own family, and he finally didn't embarrass his ancestors, but if he sold the ancestral house, he wouldn't be at ease even if he left.

Xu Zhimu's eyebrows furrowed, he could understand the obsession of the older generation with land and homesteads, this woman obviously said this on purpose, forcing the old man to express his position.

"Alas, no one wants this, but you see that the children are this age, if this family business is yellow, maybe it will really be welded in the future, I can't watch the child fight alone for a lifetime."

The woman looked at the old man's expression and continued to pretend to be embarrassed.

"This..."

Grandpa's wrinkled old face looked a little older.

On the one hand, his descendants want to fight singles, and on the other hand, he is the ancestral house of his own family.

But the situation at home, although Liu Jun can earn some money now, it is used to pay off debts and supplement the family, and he can't take out seventy or eighty thousand yuan in cash for a while.

He looked at Xu Zhimu, and finally sighed again.

There are already a lot of troubles in my own family, even if the two families are engaged, but we can't continue to let people's families break the bank because of these things, this is also for the sake of a better life in the future.

Liu Ningqing also wrinkled her little face, she bit her little white teeth, her hand clutched the corner of her clothes, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

A wide, warm hand suddenly took her slightly trembling hand under the table.

"Auntie, how much are you going to sell the house?"

Xu Zhimu suddenly asked, and he looked at the woman in front of him with a faint smile.

But I already have an idea in my heart.

Come on.,The plot here is prepared for the male protagonist's confession.,It won't be long to explain it in the next chapter.。

Happy Children's Day, everyone.

Try to catch the second chapter tonight.

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