The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 304 Breaking News
Hongji knows that his wife doesn't gossip and is usually busy, unlike those long-mouthed women who are free to gossip about others all day long. Daughter-in-law, if she doesn't know about her mother, there may be things about her mother's side.

Didn't the mother always hide the matter from his wife that she wanted to take a concubine for him?
"Husband, the uncle's family you are talking about, is it true that all three of their father and son work in our manor?"

Hongji actually had a little impression when he thought about it, nodded and said: "Yes, it's this family. It's closer to my mother's family. It's a cousin, but it's not my brother. It seems to be my mother's grandfather's generation. They are brothers, but they separated later."

"Husband, in this way, that cousin is a blood relative for five generations, but she is going to marry a man with her cousin. Isn't it embarrassing for mother-in-law to meet her in the future?" Li Shi commented thoughtfully at this moment:

Hongji wiped his face with his hand, in fact he wanted to cover his eyes. :
"Miss, not only my mother will be embarrassed, but I as a cousin will also be embarrassed."

Mrs. Li doesn't know what the husband means by embarrassment, but as a woman, she is still very sensitive. In the past few years and the past two years, she and her husband went to visit relatives with their mother-in-law. I feel that the cousin looked at her husband very enthusiastically.

But I feel that a farmer's family like theirs doesn't know how to take concubines. It's been different in the past two years. It's not just when the eldest girl sees her husband when leaving relatives.

Sometimes when the husband is walking in the village, older girls with the same or different surnames will also look at him.

Don't think she doesn't know that her parents-in-law wanted her husband to take a concubine long ago, it's just that she pretended not to know, some things are better to pretend not to know than to know.

If the husband really takes a concubine, she can't object, even though she doesn't want to, she can only accept it.

The family is getting richer day by day, and Li Shi already has a sense of crisis that this husband is taking concubines.

As a woman, she is so helpless that she cannot marry multiple husbands, but a man can have three wives and four concubines if conditions permit.

This is the female virtue taught by their mothers when those who have not read the book get married.

"Husband, father-in-law takes a concubine, after all, the house we live in together, although there is a spare room, but we face each other like this every day, do I want to call her little mother or something?"

Acer was also thinking about this problem just now, but the hiring time in the sixth grade was so tight that there was no way to rebuild the yard.

Tomorrow is the third day of junior high school, how can the house be built in two or three days!
"Daddy said that the time is too tight. If it is not so tight, we can renovate the old house, tear it down and rebuild it, and we can have an extra yard."

Mrs. Li thought that the old house was now used to raise chickens, ducks, and cattle, and the house was built, and these poultry and livestock could not be raised there.

Although the house is quite big, it is better not to raise cows here, let alone chickens and ducks, but dogs are allowed.

They usually need to use ox carts, and the cattle are not kept in the old house. It is really troublesome if they go back and forth in the manor.

Although the manor is very close, it is inconvenient to get in and out.

"Husband, isn't there a field next door to our house? It can be used to build a house there!"

Hongji shook his head and said: "My lady, the land next door is not good. It is the homestead of the uncle. He has not built a house now. Our family is so close to here. Only the father and son have been working part-time and cannot eat so much food, so they put it here. The land for growing vegetables was given to us."

"I know that. When we built the house, you said it was someone else's homestead, and you didn't buy it from the other party to build a bigger house!"

"Well, at that time, although the money was a little loose, but when I thought about building such a big house, I didn't have a plan. Who knew that now there are so many people in the family, and such a big house is not enough to live in."

"Husband, if it's really possible, ask that uncle, let's use manpower and material resources to quickly build a small house in the past few days, specially for the father-in-law to live in, so that we don't have to face each other every day!"

"The lady's idea is really good. Let their house be independent, and even if they have meals, they will be delivered there, so they don't have to eat with her. Good idea!"

Acer did not have the sad look just now, but smiled a little:
"I'll ask that uncle tomorrow if he can sell the homestead to me. Then I will give you a little more money, or help him buy a homestead elsewhere."

Li's expression was a little relaxed, but she couldn't laugh. She didn't feel so relieved to build an extra house that she didn't belong to.

Every copper coin and every silver coin earned now is the result of the hard work of her husband and children.

Mrs. Li didn't mention her in-laws, that's because they only collected money by themselves in the past two years or before, and withheld it in many ways.

"Husband, my father-in-law takes a concubine. It stands to reason that I shouldn't ask too much, but my family's money is managed by me and the children. How much is the cost of the father-in-law's concubine and the dowry?"

This is the key point of Li's question. It is not necessary to build a house to live in, and the other party should not be so stupid not to ask for a dowry gift.

"Father said that the other party wants 100 taels of silver and three gold, and there are ten tables on the other side, but my father said that only the matchmaker should carry the other party back. Here is also a simple invitation for a few tables."

Hongji's open and closed mouth is my father, and he has no assertiveness at all. This is no longer developed in a day or two.

"What? 100 taels of silver, three gold?"

Mrs. Li wanted to know that there were fabrics and other items in the betrothal gift, such as the money and items that the other party needed for the ten tables of banquets.

Thinking that when she married back then, it was only a dowry gift of two or three taels, so her family bought her a dowry with these few taels of silver.

Silver bracelets, quilts, clothes, etc., were later snatched by the mother-in-law and sister-in-law when they entered the house.

The jewelry she has now was bought by her husband on her birthday when the family became richer in the past two years, and made by her daughter, and given to her by Young Master Tang.

Hearing his wife's displeasure in her tone, Hongji actually felt distressed. The money he earned was not brought by strong winds, but by his family's hard work.

As mentioned earlier, building a small house next door costs only a dozen or so taels of silver, plus labor is only more than 20 taels of silver.

100 taels of silver can build his current big house. In the past two years, their family only hired workers and used some building materials from the mountains and rivers, such as river sand, wood, and stones.

Bricks and tiles are the cheapest to buy. Although they are blue bricks, it is cheaper to let the workers at home help the people over there with the work and send the firewood from the mountain to the brick kiln.

"Miss, our family has just invested some money in the manor, and we are taking concubines for our father and building a house. We don't have enough money, right?"

Acer also had some ideas in mind when he asked this question. The investment in the other manor did not fail, the other manor made money, and this time, the wood factory paid dividends during the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "Our family's cash is only 50 taels of silver. We are building a house next door, and we have to buy the foundation for the other party. This dowry is not enough for our family!"

Hongji sat up from the bed anxiously.

"Hey, I was blinded when I heard about this before, and I didn't react for a while, what should I do!"

Mrs. Li glanced at the impatient husband, why does it seem like he is taking a concubine, should be the father-in-law who is anxious?

"Husband, let's not worry, talk to Eunuch privately tomorrow and let Eunuch give you an idea!"

"Yes, I was thinking about it. It should be a headache for Daddy. Go to sleep, go to sleep, I will talk to Daddy tomorrow!"

The couple's room was quiet.

……

Ye Shiqi and Fourth Sister listened to the corner for the first time. Children should not eavesdrop when adults talk about things.

But curiosity killed the cat. When she saw her father and father going to do something, grandma hurriedly followed, and she had the bad expression of grandma again, guessing what happened.

Ye Shiqi once heard her grandmother and grandfather tell her father to let him take a concubine.

I also mentioned it in the past few years. If my father disagrees, it does not mean that he does not agree now.

The three of them were talking there, and the mother waited in the room stupidly.

As a daughter, of course she has to protect her mother, and she also thinks more about their siblings!
Ye Shiqi quietly came to the window of grandma. She was a small person who was as tall as the window. She moved the sticker on the window with her fingers, and a small hole appeared. She looked inside.

"Fifth sister, what are you doing?"

Ye Shiqi's seemingly quiet movements are actually seen in the eyes of her sisters, and even the little maids who accompany her.

Ye Fengqi has been sleeping in the same room with her, and let the other sisters stay there, too many people will disturb the people inside.

"Shh, don't make a sound, let's not disturb the people inside."

"Uh-huh."

So the two little people listened to the corner, and when their father came out later, they saw them running away in a hurry.

It was they who were stunned when they heard the big event.

Ye Shiqi guessed it, but she didn't guess that it wasn't the father who took the concubine, but the grandfather who took the concubine. This hour was so exciting!
The two sisters ran back to the room, and the other sisters were waiting in their room.

"Fourth sister, fifth sister, what did you hear?"

The third sister, Ye Xinqi, anxiously asked the two younger sisters to talk.

"Eldest sister, second sister, third sister, we heard the news that something big happened at home."

Ye Fengqi had something important in mind, and she was eager to share it with her sisters.

"Shh, be quiet."

Ye Shiqi was more cautious, let the little girl beside them go out, watched the little girl close the door, then pulled her sisters to sit on the bed, and chatted with them in a low voice.

"what……"

The elder sisters who heard this incident all had stunned expressions on their faces. Thinking that grandpa is still taking concubines at this age, I think it is too bothersome!
No wonder grandma has a dark face.

Facing the surprised expressions of her sisters, Ye Shiqi couldn't believe her ears when she heard it.

"You heard me right, it's not just grandpa who wants to take a concubine, that woman is also what grandma wants to give to father, I don't know why grandpa proposed to take a concubine for himself today!"

"What? That woman?" Ye Fengqi was annoyed, feeling that every time she accompanied grandma to his natal house, she would meet this cousin and stare at her.

"So it's this vixen who has taken a fancy to Daddy! What's Daddy's expression?"

The second sister Ye Meiqi said that the best products will be squeezed together.

"Grandpa and grandma, will they first come to a secret crossing, and then come to cross the sea?"

Ye Shiqi said this because she was afraid that there was a mystery here, that it was her grandfather who took a concubine, and then came to cheat and become her father's.

At that time, it will be hard for my own mother, and they, who are children, will also suffer.

The words Ye Shiqi said, the sisters didn't quite understand. Although they also followed the study, the language spoken by the sister seemed to be not taught by the master.

The sisters just ask if they don’t understand, this little girl knows too much, they are constantly learning, and they can’t keep up with this little girl, sometimes the language that the little girl speaks is too profound for them to understand!

Ye Shiqi heard her sisters ask, and knew that this so-called "Sun Tzu's Art of War" might not appear in this book.

Even if it appears in this book, her sisters, peasant girls, don’t understand. Looking at the eyes of the sisters who are curious about the baby, they can only explain it patiently. The sisters will be her good helpers. As long as they understand, If she doesn't need to take action later, someone will do it.

Monitoring this kind of work is more useful for multiple people than one person.

Ye Shiqi explained the meaning of these few sentences to her sisters, edited them with a few stories, and then explained the meaning of the words inside.

The sisters listened to so many stories she told, and then listened to the explanations. They half understood, and finally came to a conclusion. The younger sister's words are too profound. If they can explain clearly in one sentence, they can understand them completely.

The sisters began to discuss, they took turns to monitor grandparents, to eavesdrop on their words, and also sent people to find out what happened to grandparents in Baitu Village today.

The next day, the sisters sent someone to call my uncle and secretly told him about it.

Li Zhihao didn't expect that this kind of thing would happen to the Ye family in just one day. It might be that his sister was at a disadvantage. As a younger brother, how could he be a bystander? He promised to investigate this matter immediately.

It happened that not only the family who worked in the manor was from Baitu Village, but also other workers from Baitu Village. The worker happened to have a day off on the second day of the Lunar New Year yesterday, so he called this worker to investigate the matter.

Of course, he didn't say anything about the master's family wanting to take a concubine, as long as the worker went to investigate, what happened to the master's master and the old lady when they went to their mother's house in their village.

The worker obeyed the order and went home to investigate.

Li Zhihao was not idle either, he only saw his elder sister when he came to Ye's house just now, her elder sister's face was very plain, and she just smiled reluctantly when she saw him.

But he didn't think much about meeting his nieces. He didn't see his brother-in-law, let alone his father-in-law. He only saw his mother-in-law's bad face, babbling these words.

Li Zhihao felt that his mother-in-law had always looked crazy, and he didn't pay attention to what she said.

A big incident happened at the elder sister's house, how could he be idle as the younger brother, and ask the elder sister, but he might not be able to ask anything, so he went to see the eldest brother, two stinky skins, might be better than Zhuge Liang.

Li Zhijun also returned to the manor today, although the two brothers had two days off.

But they still go back to the manor at night, and they are busy at home and meeting relatives during the day. There is nothing wrong with the manor now, but the manor on the younger brother’s side produces vegetables every day, so they are more busy.

For the work of the manor, neither of the brothers accompanied their daughter-in-law to her natal home today, but came back to guard the manor.

(End of this chapter)