Concubine

Chapter 24
"How much money does our family have? Mother." Yang Qiuchi asked carefully.

"How much? The money for you to marry a daughter-in-law is all made up together. Later, you harmed the girl, and the He family wanted to twist you and send you to the official for punishment. In order to protect you from being sent to the official, we Even the land was sold, and the whole family went bankrupt to collect 80 taels of silver to compensate the He family. Otherwise, how could life be so hard for our family now, how can we have any money now!"

"Then what do we live on now? Is there still land?"

"Land? After this incident, the fields were all sold out, and your father was furious. The three of us mothers were forced to leave Yangjia Village and come to the county town. We rented a few acres of vegetable land to grow and sell vegetables. On weekdays, we You and your daughter-in-law earn a few pennies for sewing and washing for others, and when you really can’t make ends meet, your husband will also give you some firewood, rice, oil, salt and the like, so you can live with it.”

"My father-in-law? Where is it?" Yang Qiuchi glanced at Feng Xiaoxue who was busy in front of the stove, and asked.

Mother Yang hesitated to speak, but after thinking about it, she finally said: "Your father-in-law is from Feng's village, and he also lives by farming... Their life is also difficult." It seems that when the old father-in-law helped his son-in-law, he probably didn't speak well. Listen, Mother Yang looks like this.

Yang Qiuchi comforted: "Mother, don't worry, I will work hard to earn money to support my family in the future, and I won't let my father-in-law laugh at me again!"

Mother Yang forced a smile: "That's good!" But what she said in her heart was: "Don't cause trouble in the future, just Amitabha."

Feng Xiaoxue said: "The meal is ready, let's eat!" After that, set the table and chopsticks, Yang Qiuchi wanted to help, Feng Xiaoxue pushed him to sit down with a smile.

After the food was set, Mother Yang picked up the chopsticks, looked at Yang Qiuchi who was sitting still, and said, "Son, eat quickly, the food is getting cold."

Yang Qiuchi looked around the table: "Why is there no wine?"

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue looked at each other, the smiles on their faces froze.Feng Xiaoxue's face turned even paler.Yang Qiuchi clearly felt Feng Xiaoxue trembling slightly.

Yang's mother said: "Yes, yes, my son came back safely today, we should have some wine to celebrate!" Turning to Feng Xiaoxue, she said, "Xiaoxue, go buy a pot of wine and come back!" The money, counted ten copper coins, and handed it to Feng Xiaoxue.

Feng Xiaoxue agreed faintly, stood up, and took a wine gourd from behind the door.

Yang Qiuchi said: "Let me go with you, it's not safe for you to be alone."

Feng Xiaoxue forced a smile: "It's okay, I know the way, you can talk to your mother at home."

When they were talking just now, the little black dog had been lying quietly beside Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi patted the little black dog's head and said, "Then, let Xiao Hei go with you, and I have a companion." The little black dog pointed at Feng Xiaoxue's buttocks. The little black dog seemed to understand what Yang Qiuchi meant. He got up and walked to Feng Xiaoxue's side. He looked up at Feng Xiaoxue, his little tail wagging.

Feng Xiaoxue was a little scared: "She won't bite me, will she?"

Judging from the performance of the little black dog today, Yang Qiuchi is sure that the little black dog is very psychic and can distinguish who is his own and who is an enemy, so he smiled and said: "No, you are also its owner, how can she Will bite you? I promise!"

Feng Xiaoxue nodded, pushed the door and went out, and the little black dog followed her out.

Yang Qiuchi closed the door and said: "Mother, I knew there was no wine at home. We should buy some wine on the way just now, so that Xiaoxue won't run away." Remembering Feng Xiaoxue's trembling just now, he asked, "Mother, Xiaoxue Afraid of me drinking?"

Yang's mother looked at Yang Qiuchi and sighed: "Oh! My son, you can't remember. You used to go crazy when you were drunk and beat Xiaoxue to death. That's why Xiaoxue was scared when she heard that you wanted to drink. It's like that." After a pause, he took Yang Qiuchi's hand, "Don't hit her after drinking tonight, it's not easy for her in our house."

Oh my god, it's not human to beat your wife when you're drunk.Yang Qiuchi was angry and ashamed, how could he replace such a person's body, God really has no eyes!

After a while, the door was pushed open, and a black shadow rushed in. Yang Qiuchi was about to check, but the black shadow had already arrived beside him, it turned out to be a little black dog.Xiao Hei circled around Yang Qiuchi, wagging his little tail and blowing his nose.Yang Qiuchi patted the little black dog's head affectionately.

Feng Xiaoxue also came in with a gourd of wine: "I took two catties of burning knives, and the shopkeeper said that the wine is powerful, so you have to drink it slowly." He took a small wine glass and poured wine for Yang Qiuchi.

Yang Qiuchi picked up the wine glass and smelled it. The smell of the wine was strong, and it was really powerful. He said, "Mother, Xiaoxue, you should drink some too. Today there is stewed tiger meat! Have you never eaten it?"

Xiaoxue forced a smile: "Husband, I don't know how to drink."

"It's okay, drink a little, I'm here, it's okay! Husband asked you to drink, don't you want to drink?" Feng Xiaoxue didn't dare to disobey, he didn't know that the current husband is no longer the former husband, and he was still worried about the husband drinking After getting drunk, his suffering is about to begin.Silently took two small wine glasses and poured them for Mother Yang and herself.

Yang Qiuchi watched Feng Xiaoxue pour the wine, saw her worried look, and knew that she was scared of being beaten by her former husband, so he leaned into her ear and said softly: "Xiaoxue, don't worry, I won't beat you again, no matter what Whether I drink or not, I will not do what that bastard does. I swear!" After that, he raised his palm in a serious manner.

Feng Xiaoxue's hand holding the jug shook slightly, and she raised her eyes to look at Yang Qiuchi, as if she wanted to see how sincere she was from his eyes.Yang Qiuchi looked at her tenderly, and nodded slightly, as if to express his determination.If Feng Xiaoxue didn't have that dark spot on her face, she would really be a perfect wife.Yang Qiuchi has already begun to like this submissive little wife in his heart.

Feng Xiaoxue felt her husband's sincerity, her eyes flashed with joy, and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.She nodded lightly, glanced at her husband gratefully, and then lowered her head to fill up the wine glass.

Yang Qiuchi picked up his glass: "Mother, Xiaoxue, I have done a lot of bad things in the past, I will change my past and be a good person, please trust me." He raised his glass and drank it down.

Mother Yang and Feng Xiaoxue looked at each other, they were both very happy, and they both drank their cups.

Feng Xiaoxue didn't know how to drink, and when she drank a sip of wine, her throat was hot, and she choked and coughed.Yang Qiuchi hurriedly picked up a piece of tiger meat that was stewed and brought it to Feng Xiaoxue's mouth, motioning to feed her.Feng Xiaoxue was flattered, hesitated for a moment, blushed and opened her mouth slightly to bite the tiger meat.

Yang Qiuchi didn't let go of the chopsticks, opened his mouth, and let out an ah, which meant to make Feng Xiaoxue's mouth open a little wider.Feng Xiaoxue had no choice but to open her cherry-like mouth.Yang Qiuchi sent the chopsticks in, and stuffed the piece of tiger meat into Feng Xiaoxue's small mouth.Feng Xiaoxue chewed slowly, and turned her head to see Yang's mother looking at her kindly, her face turned even redder.

Yang Qiuchi picked up two pieces of tiger meat for Mother Yang, and then picked up a bone with meat, and was about to throw it to the little black dog.Feng Xiaoxue was chewing the piece of tiger meat, pointing at the meaty bones on Yang Qiuchi's chopsticks, waved her hands, and said something vaguely.Yang Qiuchi didn't know what he said, and asked, "Xiaoxue, what's the matter?"

(End of this chapter)