Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Chapter 101
Yesterday's rotten roast chicken was over, and Yunzhu felt harder than a stone when he held it in his hand, so he placed it on the chopping board next to the stove and made a 'bang' sound.

I ate those snacks in a daze in the early morning. Although there is no chaos outside today, there are not many vegetable sellers in the street market, and the price of vegetables has simply increased seven or eight times.

Liu Ping went out for a walk.

When he came back, he was bitter and bitter, so he took an ax and split open the logs hanging by the wall, commanding Zhao San: "There are still some vegetable sprouts that were dried a few years ago, and there are some sweet potatoes in the cellar, add some rice noodles and mix it with roast chicken Cook it and eat it."

Zhao San nodded, bent down and picked up the chopped wood slag, stacked them neatly under the stove, looked around for smoke rising, and then began to wash the pot with confidence.

Yunzhu sat on the threshold, poking hard with the insole in her hand, the world changed so fast that she couldn't keep up.He poked the insole in a panic for a while, his palms were wet with sweat, it seemed that he had to go back home as soon as possible to see what was going on.

As soon as dozens of stitches were poked, Mustache ran into the house and snuggled into Mrs. Hu's arms: "Mother, the third uncle of Brother Liu's family is coming to us."

Zhushikou is not far from the Liu family. The house that Zhao San and his wife lived in originally belonged to the Liu family, and the rent was [-]% lower than the market price.But now that they have moved to a new house, they can't stop coming and going from Liu's house for an hour.

This third uncle doesn't look like he's here to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhao San threw away the wood residue and got up: "Ping! You are not allowed to leave the house today."

Zhao San had complained before that this third uncle was greedy, and even wanted to rely on the old to sell the old to live in a new house, and asked Liu Ping and his wife to provide for him in the old age. Unexpectedly, it would not stop just after the new year.

The third uncle walked to the door of Liu's house familiarly, and before he entered the house, he smelled a smell of meat, his goatee was raised and raised, and he was about to call for the door.

Seeing Zhao San pull the door latch with a sullen face, the third uncle paused, then smiled disdainfully, rolled his eyes and said in a bad tone: "What does the woman look like standing in the middle of the gate! Where is Liu Ping? Ask Liu Ping to pick me up." !"

"Oh, the current new house is really not built well. The four or five steps are really hard for us old people. I will ask Liu Ping to backfill the steps later to make a slope more convenient. You will know when you have children in the future. There are advantages to having an elder in the family.”

Zhao San used to respect the elders of the Liu family. Liu Ping lost his father when he was young. If the elders really let go of them completely, he would not live long. This is a blessing.Liu Ping got married, made a few small sums of money, and promised that if the younger members of the Liu family needed help, he would provide money and help. Zhao Sanda had no objection in his heart.

But she wanted to take over Liu Ping's entire wealth, but she didn't agree!

Liu Ping stood far away under the eaves, leaning against the door panel, his face was full of disappointment. When the third uncle saw him, he put away his crutches, walked past Zhao San as if walking on flat ground, and walked into the yard.

"Little Liu Ping, you are at home!" The third uncle looked angry. Seeing the neighbors poking their heads indistinctly, Zhao San smiled, turned around and bolted the door and followed into the yard.

"If you ask me, your daughter-in-law is too insignificant. Seeing that the elders don't care about it, you can even put on a tiger's face. Why, I stand on the territory of my Liu family, and I still need your permission? "As he said, he raised his walking stick and pointed at Zhao San.

Hearing this, Zhao Liu almost laughed.

When I was young, I gave a few bowls of rice to my nephew and nephew, and I wished that this child would be a labor force in the family for the rest of my life. How did they make this majestic lion's mouth open!

Even if money is expensive, this courtyard in Beijing is worth 300 taels, which is enough for an ordinary family to live for several lifetimes. How could he have the face to ask his nephew to sacrifice all his wealth?

Zhao San squeezed his younger sister's hand, smiled wryly and said, "Since they want to settle accounts, let's settle it today."

Mrs. Hu stood at the door of the main room, said goodbye with a smile, and took You Er away by the way, before going out, she seemed unintentional and said: "His third uncle, Liu Ping is not an outsider after all, what you said really hurt people's heart. "

The third uncle of the Liu family said with a stern face: "You are an outsider, so you don't know our family's hard work. For ordinary people like us, it takes a lot of effort to raise a child!"

"Okay! Even if your Liu family provides for Liu Ping to grow up, food and clothing will cost five taels of silver a year."

Zhao San sent Mrs. Hu out the door, turned around and sneered and parted his red lips, "I won't talk about Chen Zhima's rotten millet, let's just say that since I entered Liu's house, Liu Ping's annual income is more than 20 taels of silver. Third Uncle has used to borrow [-] taels of silver every year for the family to study for three consecutive years, when are you going to return this money to me?"

Upon hearing this, the third uncle immediately frowned: "This is the regular money your family handed over to the clan. When did you say you would pay it back!"

Zhao San smiled, and asked again: "Then what's the point of the second uncle collecting five taels of silver every year?"

"how could I know!"

"Since we don't know, why don't we go to the court to make it clear, so that Liu Ping can settle the matter. As an orphan, does he have to scrape his bones and flesh to repay the favor of your Liu family?"

Liu Shanbao is one of the few scholars in the Liu family. He is an old boy in his twenties, and he is still a thousand miles away from a scholar.The Liu family firmly believed that this late student would be a senior official in high school, honoring his ancestors, and he also learned from those big families to use the power of the whole family to subsidize the supply.

The original intention is good.

If you want Yunzhu to say, there are too many people involved in this matter, and everyone wants to take advantage of it, so that everyone puts all their efforts into sending their children to study, and every year they get eight taels of silver for just reading!Even those like Liu Ping who did not have the support of their elders turned into blood bags early on.

"Liu Ping, your daughter-in-law is crazy!" The third uncle couldn't believe it, and said with a smug face: "To the court, thank you for saying such embarrassing things, our Liu family doesn't recognize you as a crooked daughter-in-law. !"

Zhao San sneered, "It doesn't matter if you recognize it or not? If the third uncle is a respectable elder, he will return my 24 taels of silver!"

"You shameless bastard! How dare you come to our Liu's house to ask for money, I'll give you face!" The third uncle came in from the outside, banging on the door latch.A kitchen knife in his hand was chopping on the door latch, intending to break in, and he kept yelling and cursing: "Look if I don't beat you to death, you old hen that can't lay eggs! Shameless bastards are manipulating the men of my Liu family. , the wings are so stiff that they actually push our Liu family..."

One mouthful of our Liu family, this is the first time I have seen such a fresh and refined way of scolding in recent years.Yunzhu showed no sign of weakness, stomped into the house, took the kitchen knife and held it in his hand, stood in front of Zhao San angrily, and said coldly: "Since the old lady can't explain clearly and insists on tearing her skin apart, let's see you in court." Come on! Third sister, sue the officer!"

She was talking loudly, but her eyes lingered on Liu Ping. The couple lived with one heart, and if Liu Ping planned to calm things down, no matter how brave and resourceful Zhao San was, this day would not last long.

Liu Ping's attitude is the core of this matter.For a moment, thousands of Zhao San's future retreats flashed through Yunzhu's mind. She made a gesture to open the door for the old lady. Said: "Look again, I'll poke your eyeballs!"

As he spoke, he raised the kitchen knife in his hand. When the old lady broke through the door latch, Yunzhu aimed at the direction, held the door latch and fell to the ground. Following a gesture of relaxing with both feet and empty hands, the door latch went straight towards the old lady. The wife flew over the head.

After a few bangs, a kitchen knife fell to the ground, a door latch fell to the ground, and the crisp sound and muffled sound of the body falling to the ground sounded one after another.

The third uncle came out in a hurry, Liu Shanbao was about to prepare for the township examination at the beginning of the new year, so we couldn't give him a chance to keep his filial piety at this time.He gritted his teeth and said, "Little bitch, you can't go crazy!"

Yunzhu glanced at it, turned her head to look at Zhao San, her mouth shrunk, and a steady stream of teardrops came out of her eyes. Seeing Zhao San coming up, she threw herself into Zhao San's arms with a wow, and kept shouting: "Wow, The third sister is so scary, she just said, said..."

When Zhao San heard about the joint, he held his head and asked Yunzhu without crying: "Did she say she wanted to kill you?"

"You little slut! Our Liu family can't afford you, so get out!" The old lady pointed at Yunzhu and cursed, "And you, where did you come from, when you bought this daughter-in-law? Said that she is still dragging the oil bottle! Just wait, the elders of our Liu family will come in a while, and if we don’t clarify this matter today, none of you want to go out!"

Yunzhu didn't care at all, and retorted: "Then don't come here, just go to the court directly, and save some walking!"

Since ancient times, good people have not seen officials, and the old couple listened to the sisters reporting to the court one after another. They could hardly lift their breath and almost passed out.

Liu Ping tiptoedly set up a table of tea in the main room, thinking about what Zhao San said in his mind, he set up the table and then jumped onto the wall behind the house.

In the past, he was ignorant and devoted himself to contributing money and efforts to the Liu family, thinking that that was the warmth of the family.But now he has figured it out. Others say that it doesn't matter if he turns his elbows out, or he marries a wife and forgets his mother. He wants to live his life well. In the future, his wife and children will be hot on the kang, and that is the life he wants.

What's more, he lost his mother when he was five or six years old, and he grew up to be 17 years old after being hungry and full. He was lucky to get a good girl like Zhao San, and it is normal to want to live a good life. mother.

Liu Ping rolled up his sleeves and rolled his eyes. Seeing Hu Junrong hurrying over, he hurriedly asked, "How many people are here?"

Hu Junrong pondered for a moment, gestured with both hands, "No fewer than 15 people."

Liu Pingzi slipped down from the wall, "Do you really want to report to the police?"

"What do you say, Ms. Zhao?" Yun Zhu was young and small, but the calmness in her body made people trust her. Hu Junrong patted her thigh, obviously also skeptical of her drinking buddy's ability.

When the words Xiao Liu'er told him just now sounded, Liu Ping shook his heart, and the idea of ​​living a better life prevailed, and he said angrily: "Report to the official!"

"I'll go! You go back and stare at the yard. The person who came here really wants to be violent. The Zhao sisters are prostitutes after all. I asked my mustache to wait on the wall of the yard. If something goes wrong, he will call the neighbors over."

Hu Junrong's arrangements were clear. Liu Ping and his wife had just moved here, and they were unfamiliar with the place. They were far less attractive than the aboriginal Hu family. Keeping a mustache as an internal response was more reassuring than adding an arm.

Liu Ping climbed the wall and jumped back into the yard. Immediately, the sound of Liu Shanbao and his son crying loudly came from the yard: "Grandma! Come back with us quickly!"

"Ashan, why are you here?" The third uncle got up from the ground. Her head was not dizzy and her feet were not weak in front of her grandchildren. Especially when she saw Liu Shanbao in the crowd, she even waved a kitchen knife. The tiger is full of wind.

Yunzhu was still pretending to cry, but there was a bit of worry in her eyes, and she wondered if Jia Baoyu could be reliable.

Liu Shanbao's expression was gloomy, he was wearing a stone-blue long gown, and he seemed to be a bit of a gentleman and a scholar, but his fluttering eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of calculation and bad water, and he murmured a few words of persuasion, "Aniang, Come here first, don't let the blade hurt you."

"We came from the yamen. The yamen hasn't opened yet today, so it can save a lot of quarrels. What about Liu Ping?" The older clan elder was impatient to see someone pretending to be a loving mother and filial son, so he simply turned his body and wanted to enter the house. Liu Ping, who was called out from the backyard, was shocked for a while.

The last time I saw this kid, he was far less energetic than he is now. This unsmiling and oppressive appearance made people feel timid.

Seeing the elder brother come in, the third uncle hurriedly said: "Uncle, I just said that this yard is nice, and I don't know how much it cost. It's not that Zhushikou can't live there. You said you insisted on moving here. Come on, let's see how many children can be educated by this arrangement? In the future, when the children are successful, it will be time for them to enjoy their blessings. Liu Ping, listen to my uncle's advice, ah."

The uncle nodded and sang along, belittling Liu Ping as well.Zhao San opened his mouth to defend, but Yun Zhu pressed it down, "Don't worry, wait a little longer."

Such a family, no amount of talk is enough to play with them, hating and laughing at others.

Standing in the crowd, Liu Shanbao frowned when he saw Yun Zhu's smiling face, feeling a little complicated in his heart.

Facing my nephew, niece, and daughter-in-law of the same age, I used to be friendly to the family. From time to time, I would send some food and money to the house, and my parents and uncles would praise her.Now this nephew has his own life, and he doesn't want to pay attention to the family anymore, but the family has started to oppress others like this.

It was a kind of indescribable discomfort. Could it be that because people refused to continue to support the family, they had to go into the dog's stomach together with the good they used to be?

The crowd collected firewood, intending to hand over Liu Ping's property, Yunzhu stopped in front of the gate that was about to be locked, grinning, and only relaxed when he saw the horse on the corner of the street.

The third uncle only thought that Yunzhu was waiting for someone from the yamen to come. After saying something about the mourning family, she watched helplessly as a neatly dressed young man led a horse, with a Jin Guanhua sitting on top. son of clothes.

Such a tall horse, beautiful clothes, and a noble man with a crown like jade, his demeanor is so beautiful that it can blind people's eyes. The third uncle was stunned, and Yunzhu said happily: "Baoyu!"

Jia Baoyu ignored the clutter in the yard, dismounted and stood up, looked at Yunzhu up and down for a long time, then frowned and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you can see that it has been reduced. Now that it's better, why don't you go back home quickly?"

The fox fakes the tiger's prestige, when will there be no need to wait for this matter?
Yunzhu knew that Jia Baoyu was protective of his shortcomings and was gentle and affectionate. Apart from not daring to confront the masters in the Duke's mansion, he was still very dignified when he was outside.Guessing that he would not let his servant girl ignore him, he immediately added fuel and jealousy, and told Jia Baoyu what the Liu family had done.

"Look, I usually say that she is also clever, and you all don't believe me." Jia Baoyu nodded after listening to her words, and teased with Mingyan.

(End of this chapter)