Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 214 Guan Ming Visits
Li Xin was a little surprised.

Yesterday, she and Guan Wen choked with Guan Ming at the old house, and Guan Ming was so angry that he finally got rid of the words, and reluctantly agreed to let them clean up the river beach, saying "see what you can produce!" Make a living" It seems like you want to see their jokes.

Come now, is it a change of mind?
It's not like Guan Ming's style.

Although her father-in-law is a little unreliable, he is very partial to his youngest son, and everyone with small money and big money likes to calculate, and sometimes his words are really annoying, which makes Li Xin hate him very much for a long time, and he also hates his daughter. If you don't care about him, you can't really be called an honest father.

But as a son, let's say he is filial. The eldest son splits up and pushes his father to the eldest son. As the only son, he doesn't continue to support his father. How can this be filial piety?It can be said that he is not filial, he will still listen to what Lao Guan says, and when he is not happy, he will only anxiously call Lao Guan "Daddy", but he has never yelled at Lao Guan.

As a husband... Li Xin felt that he was also negligent.Her mother-in-law who died young gave birth to seven children in a row. As a husband, he should be sympathetic to the difficulties of his daughter-in-law, but for almost ten years, the Zhou family has been giving birth without stopping. What is sympathy?

In short, looking at her father-in-law, Li Xin didn't have much affection for her.If it wasn't for the fact that he was Guan Wen's father, Li Xin wouldn't even say a word to him.

A-mei said outside: "Sister-in-law, dad asked you to discuss things..."

Li Xin just paused with his hands, continued to wipe Yang'er's body, and said, "I'll go after Yang'er has cleaned up."

A-mei replied hesitantly, and Li Xin asked, "What's the matter with your father?"

"I don't know." A-mei also replied suspiciously: "Looking at Dad's appearance, I don't know if it's a happy event or a worrying event. His face is either smiling or not..."

Li Xin said "oh", and quickly helped Yang'er dry off the water on his body. A bamboo oven was placed on the brazier next to it, and Yang'er's inner clothes were placed on it.

After putting Yang'er on one by one, Li Xin put on socks and shoes for him, wrapped Yang'er's hair with a handkerchief and carried him out.

As soon as I went out, the wind made people chilly. My sister probably just went to the hut to relieve her hands, and now she is washing her hands with water from the small opening of the bamboo joint on one side of the water supply—this is also Li Xin. required.

A-mei wiped her hands on the back of her waist casually, then reached out to Yang'er and said, "Sister-in-law, let me hug Yang'er."

Li Xin didn't resist either, and asked Amei to hug Yang'er and said, "You can take her to your room to sleep for a while. Is the fireplace burning?"

"It's burning." A-mei nodded, and Yang'er called Li Xin "Mother".

Li Xin said with a smile: "Playing with my little aunt, mother has something to do, so hug her and let her sleep."

Yang'er pursed her lips and nodded, letting Amei carry him.

When I got to the main room, there were candles on the table and high cabinets, but it didn't look dim.Only Guan Ming, Guan Wen, and Guan Wu were in the main room, and when they got older, they tended to get sleepy at night, so they went to sleep in the room early at night.

Guan Ming sat on the north side, while Guan Wen and Guan Wu sat on the east side.There didn't seem to be much talking between the three of them.

Li Xin walked in, sat in the direction of the south, and asked, "Is there something wrong with father-in-law?"

If it was not urgent, she would not bother to deal with him if she came to look for someone late at night.

Guan Ming grinned, it looked like he was smiling at Li Xin, but this expression looked a little weird.

Li Xin frowned secretly, looking at Guan Wen and Guan Wu.

Guan Wen frowned, resting his head on his hands; Guan Wu sat dumbly, as if he was just here to be a spectator.

Li Xin called "Ah Wen", Guan Wen raised his head, looked at her and forced a smile.

Guan Ming rubbed his hands together and said, "Awen's daughter-in-law, I've already heard about the happy event, then..."

"What did father-in-law say?" Li Xin raised his eyebrows: "There is no happy event in our family."

Guan Ming's eyes bulged, but he still said in a soft voice: "Where is it? Ah Wen's fourth brother said it, so isn't the new village head of the Li family village your dear elder brother?"

Oh, so this is the thing...

Li Xin thought it was funny. Could it be that Guan Ming thinks that the village chief is a high-ranking official, and now that he has become the village chief's uncle-in-law, his face has improved a lot?
She always remembered that when the new house was completed, Guan Ming invited him to dinner, and Guan Ming put on airs and forced Guan Wen to invite him to come.Her eldest brother, second brother and third brother called him his uncle-in-law, but Guan Ming didn't reply even for a moment.

Now want to come to climb relatives?
Li Xin thought it was funny, and said on his mouth: "So that's what happened, I just found out—but it's not a happy event, after all, it's about my natal family, and my daughter who got married is still nervous. It’s better to be busy with the affairs of my husband’s family, after all, the family is divided, and our family is so poor, no, Ah Wen still thinks of a way to make a living so that he can earn money.”

Guan Ming choked up suddenly, he just felt that his eldest daughter-in-law blocked his words, how could he say what he said next?

But Li Xin said: "Did father-in-law say that this matter is a gift? No need, really, my parents didn't send me a letter, and they probably won't hold a banquet to celebrate, father-in-law doesn't need to pay for this gift. "

The corner of Guan Ming's mouth twitched, but Li Xin was still smiling: "Father doesn't need to spend money."

Guan Ming endured for a while, and then suppressed the sullenness in his heart and said, "I came to you today to talk about your sixth younger brother's marriage..."

Guan Wen had been holding his forehead all the time, but now he patted the table suddenly and said: "What kind of marriage is a 16-year-old talking about! He can't treat him as a boy in the city! Dad, take back everything you just said! "

Guan Ming suddenly became unhappy, and raised his voice and shouted: "What's wrong, you don't care about your sixth brother's marriage? He is a scholar, the future champion! What's wrong with the marriage at the age of 16? The children in the village don't care about it. Did they marry their daughters-in-law when they talked about marriage at the age of sixteen or seventeen?"

Li Xin was a little confused, and was analyzing the meaning of these words, but Guan Wu said: "If you want to talk about Guan Zhicheng's marriage, my elder brother and I have no other opinions, but you should let me have a look at it anyway. You’re still sitting there panting. There’s a son’s marriage before you can’t get it done, so you’re thinking about your younger son’s marriage. The money is all there, right? Then there’s nothing left for me. what?"

Guan Wen said: "Father, don't think that what happens is what happens. The sixth brother is young and doesn't know. Can marriage be treated as a joke? He says he will marry whoever he marries? He doesn't even ask what it's like." People, how old is that girl, what is her appearance, what is her temperament, all kinds of relationships in the family... don't ask anything, just listen to the sixth brother saying that he wants to marry your father, so you will ask our brother for money ?”

After all, is it still the word money?

Li Xin understood a little bit, Guan Zhicheng was acting like a moth again - but didn't he still look listless when he saw him yesterday?Why are you so energetic and saying that you are going to get married now?
Where is the little white flower girl?

Li Xin hesitated in his heart, but Guan Ming ignored Guan Wen and Guan Wu, and said to Li Xin, "Daughter-in-law Ah Wen, you are a sister-in-law, so you have to take this matter to heart. Our family is poor now, and there is nothing extra Hire a matchmaker with spare money, what I mean is, let you go to the family that Xiao Liu mentioned, to find out what's going on..."

Li Xin raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Father's words are wrong...Since you asked me to talk about it, it means that the marriage has not yet been decided. Since it has not been decided, what Ah Wen said just now Why are they asking for money?"

Guan Ming snorted and said, "Xiao Liu is not looking for a girl from an ordinary family, she is a lady from a wealthy family..."

"Then it's even more ridiculous." Li Xin said without shame: "My father-in-law asked me to go to someone's house so that I would be beaten up and made a fool of myself? Since they are all young ladies from a rich family, how could they talk to six people?" My younger brother has something to do with it? Let alone come to ask for marriage."

Guan Ming suddenly said unhappily: "What do you mean? What's so bad about your sixth brother? He's a scholar——"

"What's the matter with Mr. Xiucai? He's just a poor scholar. I haven't seen him make any achievements. His rankings in the exam are still in the bottom line, let alone the reputation of a scholar—I don't know what you are showing off, father-in-law." Li Xin said in the middle After a pause: "Then what's the word 'Zhuangyuan Gong', I advise father-in-law to restrain himself a little bit, and if it spreads to the ears of Xuezheng above, he will say that the sixth younger brother and his family are all frivolous people, adding a little bit for nothing. bad impression."

What's more, just rely on Guan Zhi to get some ink in your stomach... the number one scholar?It is his lucky star to be able to chase someone's tail.

Guan Ming was very unhappy, and glared at Li Xin with puffed cheeks.The strange thing is that today he really didn't slap Li Xin on the table. If he had to change his past, he would have stretched out his hand a long time ago.

Li Xin thought to himself, maybe because she is now the sister of the head of Lijia Village, so she has some scruples?
Guan Wen took over the words and said: "Father, go back and tell the sixth brother that you should study more and understand the principles in the book when you have time, and don't think about things all day long. He is only 16 years old, and he wants to talk about marriage. You have to drive slowly, how could the daughter of a wealthy family let him marry like this, and you have to ask the parents of the lady if they agree."

Guan Ming came here with the intention of flattering, and went back full of anger. Before leaving, he said: "You have separated your family, and you will not recognize anyone if you turn your face! Why don't you help Zhang Luo with your sixth brother's marriage?" Come on, this is called favoring one another and not having any brotherhood! You and your daughter-in-law are panicking about your second and fourth brother's marriage, but when it comes to your sixth brother, you can push it clean! Want to hide and relax? No!"

This was said to Guan Wen. In the past, he would always scold Li Xin a few words, but today he didn't scold him.Li Xin still had the same idea. Seeing her title as "new village chief's sister", her father-in-law's attitude towards her restrained.

Sure enough, I still need my mother's family to have confidence, so I can stand up in my in-law's family.

Li Xin sighed with emotion, but Guan Wen's expression was slightly complicated.

Li Xin bumped his arm and asked, "What are you thinking?"

"Nothing..." Guan Wen replied, but it didn't look like "nothing".

Guan Wen tossed and turned while sleeping at night, Li Xin went to Amei's room, saw that Amei was already fast asleep with Yang'er in his arms, and didn't bother to move Yanger, so he let him and Amei fall asleep.Putting on the clothes and going back to the house, Guan Wen caught her eyes when he turned from side to side.

Li Xin couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with you? Are you still sad about what your father said before he left?"

Li Xin sat on the bed and looked at him and said, "Your father always speaks angry words, so just don't take it seriously."

Guan Wen sighed, moved his lips and said, "That's not the case..."

"What's that like?" Li Xin got on the bed and lay next to Guan Wen and asked, "Could it be that you really want to follow your father's advice and come to propose marriage for your sixth brother?" Li Xin said amusedly: " I was thinking, that girl should be the girl who has some flirtation with your sixth brother, right?"

Guan Wen nodded, breathed out and said, "I heard that the rules of the big family are a bit strict, how could the girl get involved with the sixth brother?"

"A gifted man and a beautiful woman meet in the backyard...it's always sung like this in the playbooks." Li Xin replied with a smile: "Why are you still digging into this matter?"

Guan Wen was silent for a while before saying, "Sixth brother can't figure it out, and neither can father. I'm afraid they will do something out of the ordinary."

Li Xin's heart moved, thinking, if the little white flower girl really likes Guan Zhicheng, the little girl is impulsive and really elopes with Guan Zhicheng... and Guan Zhicheng and Guan Ming use this matter to flirt with the big family. In addition, they are forced to marry their daughters. If they meet someone who is good-looking and loves their daughters, maybe they will marry their daughters to Guan Zhicheng, and they will not help Miss Baihua's husband's family in the future?

It's just that, the Guan family's character is just...

When Guan Wen and Li Xin talked about this matter, Li Xin also thought about it, but she still felt that Guan Zhicheng should have some sense of propriety, so as not to cause such troubles. After all, it would not be of much benefit to him. The big family was so enraged that they immediately gave up their daughter, saying that she was immoral and ruined her reputation, and kicked her out of the house, but Guan Zhicheng couldn't get anything.

Seeing Guan Zhicheng's dejected look yesterday, Li Xin still thought that he must have had a rift with the little white flower girl, and today things have taken a turn for the worse?

Guan Wen still couldn't sleep, turned over and sat up and said, "No, I have to ask which family the girl is from."

Li Xin also sat up, sighed in his heart seeing him like that, and said, "It's useless to panic now, you have to wait until dawn to ask questions? Your father and sixth brother can't do anything in one night."

It was hard to say what he said to persuade Guan Wen. Guan Wen got up before dawn the next day, washed up briefly, and hurried down the slope towards the old house without even eating breakfast.Li Xin told him to ask Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng carefully, if he couldn't find out, forget it, don't force it.Guan Wen absent-mindedly agreed, and left in a hurry.

When it comes to family matters, Guan Wen's sense of responsibility is always highlighted.Li Xin watched his back going downhill and sighed secretly, turned around and went to Amei's room, hugged Yang'er who was still sleeping, moved him to his own room, and then went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

(End of this chapter)