Chapter 25: The Calculation of Relatives
The morning food on this day is still a big bowl of paste with wild vegetables, which is the result of the labor of Sister Ran and Brother Zi'er who went to work next door in the morning. Jing Tian knew that at her so-called grandmother's house next door, such a paste mixed with some bran was used to feed the pigs. The Wang family and the uncle's family next door occupied their house and land, and their lives were quite moist, they ate food every meal, and occasionally they could smell the smell of meat coming from the back kitchen.
Sister Ran and Brother Zi'er went over every day before dawn to mix chicken food, boil pig food, and sweep the yard...... I am busy working until dawn every day, even if I hire a part-time job, I have a salary of more than ten or twenty cents a day, not to mention my own grandchildren! The son sent out without knowing whether he was alive or dead, the daughter-in-law was sick and didn't give medical treatment, and the grandchildren of the in-laws were all able to drive out of the house, and they just built a thatched hut and sent them away, not to mention the invective accusations every once in a while...... Jing Tian thought of this, and clenched her back molars tightly, these people, she could only be regarded as bad people who bullied their sisters and brothers.
Jing Tian didn't want her younger brothers and sisters to go next door to be "squeezed" for a long time, she had to play the role of a good fool before, it's hard to say, now that she is sober, she naturally can't let her younger brothers and sisters do those rough jobs anymore, and suffer in vain. Yesterday, Jing Tian had just "woken up", and because a lot of things had happened after falling into the water, he fell asleep early, so he didn't have time to say anything. At this time, everyone returned to the house, and she said: "Xiao Ran, Xiao Zi, you don't have to go to work next door from tomorrow, and in the future, the four of us sisters and brothers will find a way together, and we will not starve to death." Oh, I'll go next door and talk about it later. ”
"Huh?" Sister Ran listened to the eldest sister's words and frowned, she naturally knew that the eldest aunt and the younger brother were using her and her younger brother as coolies, but if they didn't do the work, the four of them had no money and no land, where would they get to eat! You can't all rely on my aunt's family to help! The life of the aunt's family is also so tight...... Thinking of this, Sister Ran said, "Eldest sister, I know you feel sorry for the two of us, but ......"
Jing Tian looked at Sister Ran'er's expression, and then looked at her brother and looked embarrassed, she understood that her younger brothers and sisters' worries were not unreasonable, and it was best to speak with facts to make everyone feel at ease. "That's good, you will go and make Qiang peaches with your aunt and them in a while, Chen Liang and I will go to the mountains to find some food, if you can find food, I will go and tell the next door that you will not do the work."
Hearing Jing Tian say this, Sister Ran and Brother Zi'er nodded and responded. Chen Liang on the side was a little embarrassed, as the only male in the family at present, he seemed too useless. These days, his injuries are gradually improving, except for the most seriously injured left shoulder, the others have basically scabbed over and are no major problems. In fact, he also wants to contribute some strength to this family, but after thinking about it, he can only go to the mountains every day to help collect firewood, or help transport some Qiang peach fruits.
Ay! The great fame, civil and military skills of the past, now seem to be a passing thing. In this mountain village, he didn't have any survival skills that he could use, and he could only exert some strength, and because of his injuries, he couldn't help much.
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In the brick house across the wall, Wang and Qiu were also nagging the children in the thatched hut next door. The two of them sat on the edge of the kang and sat on either side of the kang table.
"If you want me to say! Hou Yu went directly to his seventh uncle and said yes, that kid was poor and white, and he couldn't get any dowry, and he didn't have to do anything. "Murazheng Jingshan and Jing Tian's grandfather Jing Siliu family has actually come out of Wufu a long time ago, and they are not relatives, but the Wang family always likes to talk about the seniority, which seems that their family is close to the Murazheng family, which makes her have a sense of superiority in front of those people with foreign surnames in the village.
Qiu understood her mother-in-law's thoughts, so she naturally wouldn't post money to Jing Tian and Chen Liang to handle the marriage. However, she heard that Jing Tian's mind was sober yesterday, so she had some other thoughts.
"Mother, I heard that Tian Ya has sobered up."
"What's wrong with coming to your senses, it's not that you've ruined your reputation, hurry up and send it out early to save your worries! You're right to listen to me about this. ”
"Mother, my daughter-in-law knows that you are a good person, but Chen Liang can't marry our daughter's daughter for nothing, right? Originally, Tian Ya's mind was not clear, so we didn't ask for anything, but we also wanted to marry the big girl and have someone to take care of her. But now that she has a clear mind, this ...... "Qiu is the niece and daughter of the Wang family, and she has a clear understanding of this aunt's temperament over the years.
Although she hated the children next door, she didn't allow her aunt to take them back to raise, so she had to build a thatched house next door, and raise them next to her grandmother in the name of beauty, which was also calculated.
Jing Duo is the most energetic among the Wang children, and Chen Huanru is such a fairy-like beauty, these children are not only more beautiful than the other, but also smart and sensible. After two years, Sister Ran has grown up, and she can marry a rich family to be a child, just with Sister Ran's appearance, she will definitely not do it if the bride price is less. There are also self-brothers and little children, who sell to rich families to be small servants or recruit people to be a door-to-door son-in-law, and they can definitely sit on the ground and start the price. It's just that the big girl is a stupid money-loser, but in order to reassure a few children, she can only piggyback on it.
The Wang family had to make a fuss about marrying Jing Tian out, because they didn't want to raise this stupid girl who couldn't generate future cash flow. Qiu also fully understood her mother-in-law's thoughts, saying that she would send a few children to rich families to live a good life in the future, and to put it bluntly, she just sold her children for money.
If Jing Tian had been stupid and ignorant, Qiu naturally wanted to send it out as soon as possible. But now Jing Tian is sober, a good girl gets married, so she has to have a dowry of a few taels of silver!
Listening to his daughter-in-law Qiu's words, Wang narrowed his eyes and nodded. "You're right, the daughter of our Jing family is expensive, you see that I raised Tian Ya to be chubby, and she looks like a good child. If it weren't for that stupid boy doing that kind of thing, where would it be his turn to marry. The more Wang said, the more reasonable he felt, patted his thigh and continued: "Our family has a good daughter, so we have to have a dowry of ten taels of silver." We don't want much, the main thing is that we can't let people look down on our daughters. And ten taels of silver is not much, let that stupid boy go to the mountains to hunt a few wild boars and roe deer or something, and there will be no more. ”
Qiu listened to his mother-in-law's words, and his eyes narrowed with a smile. "Mother is right! Our daughter can't be looked down upon. Mother is really the kindest grandmother in our ten miles and eight villages. ”
"Hey! I can't finish this too! The boss came back from the ground and told him to go and talk to the silly boy. ”