Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 9
The Su family's courtyard has three main rooms, one wing room on each side, and three side rooms on the left and right. On the right side of the entrance are the kitchen and woodshed. Unlike Qin Xian's family, the Su family's family also has a place to park the carriage.

Judging from the clothes drying in the yard, there must be quite a few people living here.

The second aunt led Qin Xian and her daughter into the main room. The curtain in the right room was lifted, and a rather pretty young woman came out with a baby in her arms.

When Mrs. Huang saw the woman, she frowned, but she still introduced her: "This is your second brother's second wife Tao Niang. She just added a girl to the family."

After that, they introduced Qin Xian and her daughter. Tao Niang was very knowledgeable and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and send the swaddling clothes forward. She only asked the baby, who was only over a month old, to call her "little aunt".

Mrs. Su knew that this was a meeting gift, but she really forgot about the little baby and didn't prepare a gift for the moment. She was about to take off the silver bracelet from her wrist, but her hand was stopped by Qin Xiang.

Qin Xiang leaned over to look at the baby's face and said in surprise: "She will be a beauty when she grows up. My second uncle must love her very much, right?"

Tao Niang had just become a mother, and she felt very happy when someone praised her child. She happily talked about how her father loved the child, and even gave the child a set of gold bracelets and a golden longevity lock.

Qin Xiang did not miss the resentment and jealousy on Huang's face. She praised the child and then praised Tao Niang for her beauty. Her figure did not look like that of a woman who had just given birth to a child.

Tao Niang held the baby in one hand and giggled with the other.

"Okay, why don't you go back to the house quickly? You'll be embarrassed here." Huang waved her hand vigorously, as if to shoo away flies. Looking at the strength, Qin Xiang had no doubt that she wanted to slap Taohong.

Tao Niang pursed her lips and snorted disdainfully. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she saw two people walking in from the yard.

One is his second uncle, Su Laoer, and the other, younger, is Qin Xiang's uncle's eldest son, Qin Xiang's eldest cousin, and the eldest grandson of the Su family.

Qin Xiang's brows raised slightly. Sure enough, she came at the right time today, otherwise, she would have forgotten about her eldest cousin.

Su Lao Er took advantage of it and opened a tea house. How can Su Lao Er not be greedy?What's more, this house belongs to the younger sister Su Daya, so Mr. Su naturally feels that it is natural for him to get involved.

Therefore, when Su Qiang was 14 years old, he sent someone to a teahouse to learn how to do accounting.

Su Lao Er was the youngest son in front of Grandma Su and was very favored, but in front of the eldest grandson, he had to stand in a row.

Su Qiang is twenty this year, only six years older than Qin Xiang. This is the first time the two of them have met.

Although Su is cowardly and grew up in the countryside, she is beautiful and has an indescribable temperament about her.However, Qin Xiang's appearance took after her mother's, but her temperament was very cold and aloof. In addition, she had been studying since she was a child, so she had an elegance that no one else could imitate.

Su Qiang's eyes widened when he saw his cousin for the first time. Tao Niang snorted and twisted into her house.

Su Lao Er was beaten by Aunt Sang that day, and there are still traces of it to this day. When he saw Su's mother and daughter coming to the door, with cakes on the table, I thought they were scared and came to please him.

Although I still felt uncomfortable, the facts proved that my little girl was still firmly in my hands.

Su Qiang came over and bowed respectfully to Mrs. Su, calling her aunt. Then he looked at Qin Xiang and imitated the young master in the town and shouted softly: "Cousin!"

Qin Xi stood up and returned the greeting, then sat back down.

Su Qiang had heard that this cousin was very aloof and unkind, so he didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Su Laoer was sitting in the master's seat, crossing his legs and squinting at Su's mother and daughter: "Why, you know you were wrong and you came here to apologize today?"

Knowing that Mrs. Su didn't dare to speak, Qin Xiang took the lead and said, "Second uncle is joking. You had a fight with my helper. What does that have to do with us?" Su Laoer slapped the table and shouted: "Elders talk no matter where they are. Is it your turn to talk, little girl?"

Qin Xiang smiled and didn't care about Su Laoer's roar. Instead, she said calmly: "I wonder if my second cousin is at home? Why don't you call her out and we can talk?"

Su Laoer was choked and couldn't help but ask: "I'm talking to you, why did you get involved with your second cousin?"

"It's like this. That day, my second cousin asked me to go to Xuanmiao Temple to pray. Now I have fulfilled my request, so I asked my second cousin to go to Xuanmiao Temple with me to fulfill my wish."

Mrs. Huang suddenly spoke and said coldly: "She is talking about getting married now. It's not easy for her to run around with you. You just want to go by yourself. Why do you have to take her with you?"

"Well, my cousin suddenly came to my house that day and insisted that I go with her to Xuanmiao Temple. I said the same thing at the time, but my cousin said that we are cousins ​​and we should move around more so that we can become intimate."

Qin Xiang's eyes glanced around. Everyone had different expressions, but only Huang's eyes flashed with a trace of panic, and she was convinced that Huang was aware of what happened that day.

"After my accident, my cousin sent me home and never showed up again. I was a little annoyed with my second cousin, but now I feel that I should thank my second cousin. I want to go to Xuanmiao Temple tomorrow to fulfill my wish, and I also invite my second cousin to come with me. Together."

Su Laoer thought that it would be easy to talk as long as he didn't mention the money, so he said, "Okay, just tomorrow. Su Qiang, you can accompany your sister and cousin to Xuanmiao Temple tomorrow."

Qin Xiang originally wanted to refuse, but suddenly she saw Tao Niang leaning against the door with her mouth tightened. Qin Xiang swallowed the refusal and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, cousin."

Afterwards, Su tugged on her mother's sleeves and barely spoke. At this time, she stood up and said she wanted to go back.

After Su Laoer and others left, he asked doubtfully: "They neither apologized nor asked for money, so what on earth are they here for?"

Mrs. Huang ran towards the wing on the left, where her daughter Su Xiaomiao was hiding in the room and did not dare to move.

Seeing her mother come in, Su Xiaomiao hurriedly asked: "Mom, are they gone?"

Huang closed the door tightly, walked over and sat next to Su Xiaomiao, and asked, "Does anyone else know about what happened that day?"

Su Xiaomiao shook her head, clasped her fingers and said, "Only Chen Youyou, I, and my mother know, but Chen Youyou doesn't know."

Then he grabbed his mother's hand and asked nervously: "Mom, what did Qin Xiang say?"

"She didn't say anything. When I looked at her, she meant that she asked for marriage that day, and now she is quite satisfied with the man she betrothed to, so she wants to fulfill her wish. She wants you to go with her tomorrow."

"No, I won't go." Su Xiaomiao shook her head repeatedly and shrank back, refusing completely.

"It's impossible not to go. Your father has already agreed, so you don't have to be afraid. Your elder brother will take you there tomorrow. The Xuanmiao Temple is very close. After you burn incense and fulfill your wish, you can just come back."

Hearing that Su Qiang was there, Su Xiaomiao felt more at ease, but she still felt that something was wrong. She took her mother's arm and asked, "Mom, why don't you come with me? You don't know what Qin Xiang is?" He is really an annoying person, he seems to be answering and ignoring others, and he really thinks that he is a young lady."

"I can't go. That Tao Niang's mother-in-law is coming to see the child tomorrow. If I'm not here, I'm afraid your father will have to subsidize all the good things at home. No, I have to stay at home and keep an eye on him."

Su Xiaomiao pouted, but there was nothing she could do. The Huang family only gave birth to two daughters, so she had no choice but to let Su Laoer get a second wife. It would be okay if the first one was a daughter. If there was another son, the family would be From now on it will all belong to others.

(End of this chapter)