Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 60
Guan Wen suppressed the overwhelming emotions in his heart, let Li Xin pour water for him to hold, took off his shoes and socks, let him lean on the side of the bed, went out and mixed warm water with a foot basin to wash his feet, and left. After walking all morning, the soles of my feet were indeed sore.

Guan Wen remained silent, looked down and saw his daughter-in-law's dark head and shiny black hair.He reached out and touched her head, and said softly, "Thank you for your hard work."

Li Xin massaged the soles of his feet, and casually replied: "It's hard work, don't talk about it."

What's wrong with Shinji?If she hadn't met that filthy woman who abducted and sold her to that kind of place, would such a good woman marry such a disfigured and half-crippled self?Since Xiner got married, she didn't feel sorry for the Guan family, so why would her father be dissatisfied with Xiner!The fourth brother's dowry was purchased by Xiner with her own money. Although it was a windfall, it belonged to Xiner after all, and it did not belong to their Guan family.

What father wants to say is just a matter of fact, why bother to blame Xiner for everything, he must say that he is controlled by Xiner, and he doesn't even listen to the words of his elders.

Father just wanted to let the money go through his hands again, because he didn't do what he wanted, so he took the blame on Xiner.

Fortunately, Xiner was not there at the time, otherwise how would this situation be handled?Although he believed that Xin'er would not yell at his father, no one would feel comfortable being told that by the elders, right?What happened to the sixth brother last time had embarrassed Xiner for a while, and Xiner must have known about it, but she didn't tell the truth, she must also want to maintain peace in the family, but Dad is like this...

Guan Wen closed his eyes, covered his face with his hands and said, "Xin'er, dad has a bad temper recently, so don't talk to him too much."

Li Xin responded lightly, without raising his head, seeing that the water was a little cold, he wiped his feet dry, put on the shoes he usually wears at home, and went out with the basin by himself.

Guan Wen drank the remaining water in the glass, took off his shoes and went to bed, hugged the small locked box on the horizontal board, touched up from the foot of the bed, touched the embedded bed crevice, fiddled twice, and then He took out a key, unlocked, unlocked, and opened the box in one go.

There were only a few pieces of silver lying here and there in the box, and the sum was nothing more than three or four taels.

When he was hired at the beginning, he also hesitated whether to take out the money that was regarded as the "bottom of the box". After thinking about it, he should forget it. There are so many people in the family who need to eat, so there is no way to keep some money.He felt extremely guilty for wronging Li Xin.

Now that I think about it, he has always been the only one doing things for the family, and in the end he didn't get even the slightest bit of gratitude from his father. It's chilling.

He is not a god, why doesn't dad understand, he will be tired too?

Guan Wen hugged the box in a daze, and didn't even pay attention to Li Xin's return.

Li Xin walked up to him, put his hand on his, and asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think about anything." Guan Wen replied heavily, and after thinking about it, he sighed and said, "I'm a little tired..."

Li Xin understands the pun.Smiled gently at him, "Come out for dinner, I'll go to the kitchen to see what I'm having for lunch today. After lunch, take a good rest, and you won't be so tired when you wake up."

Guan Wen shook her hand instead and rubbed it for a while, but remained silent for a long time.

Today was supposed to be a happy day, Guan Wen and Li Xin returned home after more than a month, Guan Quan's marriage was settled, but the atmosphere at the dinner table made people feel a little dull.

Amei listened to Li Xin's words and called Axiu back, and the two sisters silently helped Li Xin arrange the dishes.Li Xin moved quickly, and in a short time, he prepared a few dishes for Axiu to serve.

She is not yet ready to go face to face with Guan Wen's father.

Axiu was also not very happy, so she ordered Amei to say: "Go, take it to the main room."

A-mei shook her head and hid in the pile of firewood, huddled in front of the stove and pouted: "I won't go, I won't go."

Axiu stomped her feet in frustration, and went to the main room with the dishes, put down the dishes and left.

Two old, four young and six men from the Guan family sat in the main room to eat, and Li Xin took Axiu and Amei to eat in the kitchen.Axiu asked Li Xin softly with the vegetables in her hand: "Sister-in-law, second brother came back and said that you helped arrange the dowry for the Hu family this time, and it cost a lot of money, right?"

Li Xin paused with his chopsticks, "What did the second brother say?"

"Second brother said that the dowry was given by Mrs. Cui's family, and he didn't say anything else." Axiu poked the bottom of the bowl and said in a low voice, "The sixth brother said in a strange way that the reward must be a lot of money, otherwise Sister-in-law, you can't be so generous."

It's Guan Zhicheng again!
Axiu continued: "At that time, my father lost his temper when he heard it, and scolded my second brother for not bringing back the dowry to let him see it first. I couldn't hear it and said a few words, but my father scolded me in turn. Stay at home and hold your breath. In the past few days, I have been going to Sister Xing'er's house to play, and I am so happy that I don't see Dad's face."

Li Xin didn't know what to say.She originally thought that she should talk about Axiu. It would be wrong to tell her sister-in-law whether she is a brother or not, and it would cause family disputes.But if Axiu doesn't tell her any more in the future, where will all this information come from...

This time, Guan Zhicheng took the lead again, and Li Xin really couldn't understand how it would benefit him...

To put it bluntly, even if the Cui family rewarded 20 taels of silver instead of [-] taels, it was her and Li Xin who got it with her own craftsmanship. Did you take it?

Well, if someone stabbed his father out and looked at this matter from the perspective of an elder, as a junior, she, Li Xin, should hand over the money she earned to the elders?The money fell into the hands of the father-in-law, and nine out of ten it was inherited by Guan Zhi.

Although there are some problems with Guan Zhicheng's character, he is indeed a little clever.

However, there is an idiom called short-sightedness. Guan Zhicheng only sees immediate benefits and does not consider the long-term. Generally speaking, it is a miscalculation.

What's more, the reward she received from Li Xin was really only two taels of silver.

Seeing that Li Xin was silent, Axiu's gaze flashed past the door, her eyes widened slightly, she bit her lip and pulled Li Xin, saying: "Sister-in-law, if the Cui family really gave you a lot of money, don't give it to daddy." And the sixth brother, it’s best to keep it by yourself! Why should you give them the hard-earned money? The sixth brother has read in the stomach of a dog, and my father is also confused..."

Li Xin was quite surprised that Axiu would say this, frowned and said, "If I really have so much reward money, your elder brother will know about it, and your elder brother should keep the money."

Axiu curled her lips, "Elder Brother also hurts Sixth Brother, Brother Fang is not safe either."

Li Xin laughed, "But the problem is, Madam Cui's reward is only the two taels of silver, and all the dowry gifts have been spent!"

"That's a good thing, without the money and the burden, let's see what the sixth brother is still doing!"

Axiu laughed contemptuously, lowered her brows and eyes and sighed again, "Sister-in-law, I really think that the sixth brother has a bad character. What can he do if he continues like this? A scholar, a scholar, has no understanding of the world, and pretends to be It’s not about family and country, but these trivial matters. There is no shortage of food or drink at home, and most of the money is for him to study... He takes it for granted, but he doesn’t know that it’s his elder brother who has been contributing money and effort. It’s okay to repay the favor without knowing it, and make all these disgusting things. If it weren’t for him to study, the family would not have been so difficult.”

Li Xin remained silent, Axiu put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said with a little resentment: "The second boy of my aunt's family is one year younger than the sixth brother. He is now an apprentice in the winery, not only can he learn a craft , I still send wages to my family every month, and I don’t hide any secrets. My aunt’s family looks miserable, but I think it’s much better than ours. At least the whole family is on the same page. His cousin is not as good as him, and he even claims to be a scholar, and he has completely disgraced the face of a scholar."

"Axiu..." Hearing her speak louder and louder, Li Xin couldn't help but speak to stop her.Axiu seemed to be venting, and continued: "Anyway, he should read his books obediently. He should know that he still has deficiencies after failing to pass the children's exam twice, and he should study hard. But what about him? It is said that the chief examiner has no eyesight, it is not his Bole, he did not find that he is a thousand-mile horse, the cowhide is higher than the clouds, the father thought what he said was right, he did not stick to his studies at all, let him go for a day Complaining everywhere at night. Who are you kidding? Everyone knows that the sixth brother is not strong enough and blames others. His words are only enough to deceive some people who don't know his situation. Who is this lost? Dad is still happy If you go along with him, it will make you angry!"

Li Xin also put away the bowls and chopsticks, and frowned slightly, "Axiu, that's your brother after all, don't put it so harshly, family and everything are prosperous, you are like this..."

"Sister-in-law is actually dissatisfied with him, but it's hard to say because of the big brother's face." Axiu puffed up her chest and didn't care. Watch him, give him money, give him food and drink, sooner or later he will create a disaster! Today he dares to tell his father that you have hidden money, sister-in-law, and tomorrow he will go directly to search your house !"

"Axiu!"

"Sister-in-law, you don't know yet. The set of calligraphy and painting you hung in the house, the one with the eagle, and the one with the writing on it, was taken away by him secretly. I don't know where it was thrown or what. He I thought no one would know, so I saw it! I kept it hidden and didn’t say anything, but today I have to reveal it, and if I let him go on like this, he’ll be sneaky, and he won’t be allowed to kill or set fire in two days!”

Li Xin was horrified. The calligraphy and painting that Axiu mentioned should be the one that Wei Xingzhi gave her as a token of gratitude. At that time, she and Guan Wen were busy packing and packing, so they casually hung it on the wall.No wonder when I came back, I looked in the room and felt something was wrong. It turned out that the painting and calligraphy were missing.

But why did Axiu raise her voice all of a sudden?
Before she understood why Axiu spoke louder and louder, Li Xin was startled by a loud noise at the door.

Guan Wen stood at the door, and next to him was the trembling Old Guan.One with fire-breathing eyes, the other with tears.

Guan Wen yelled at the hall: "Guan Zhicheng, get out!"

(End of this chapter)