Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 67 Needlework
It's a good day to go to the sky, the wind is light and the clouds are calm, and the autumn is refreshing.Li Xin got up early in the morning to make breakfast, it was still dark.After a while, Axiu and Amei also ran to help.

The two girls have been very excited since they knew that they could go to the market together today, and they started doing needlework faster.In the middle of the night, he couldn't fall asleep like turning over pancakes. He got up when he heard movement outside the house, and walked around Li Xin attentively.

The three sisters-in-law were chatting while they were busy, Li Xin said with a smile: "I just found out yesterday that your elder brother is a cow, his temper..."

Before she finished speaking, Axiu said "ah" in surprise, and asked doubtfully, "Isn't eldest brother a cow?"

"Ah?" Li Xin paused for a moment, "No, I count your elder brother as a ox, so he nodded when I asked him." Slowly nodding his head, he didn't say yes or no.

Li Xin was confused. He frowned and said, "Miscalculated? No, rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, snakes, horses and sheep..."

"Hey sister-in-law, you missed the dragon!" Axiu interrupted, "It's a rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. My eldest brother is a tiger, not a cow."

Li Xin stood awkwardly for a while, "Your elder brother didn't correct me, I thought he was really a ox, and said he has a ox temper, gentle or something... If this is a tiger, think about it Not a tiger..."

Axiu smiled and said, "Actually, it's not bad to say that elder brother is a ox. He was born when he was ugly, so he is a ox."

The time fit makes sense.

Li Xin sighed, but wondered in his heart, would Guan Wen have any opinion on him because he didn't even know his zodiac sign?Thinking about it, I don’t think so. Is Guan Wen so boring?Cattle and sheep are mild-tempered. Although they are good together, they cannot withstand other impulses.As for the tiger and the sheep... they get along quite well now, so don't be superstitious about the compatibility of zodiac signs.

After shaking off this layer, Li Xin felt relieved.I took the leftover chicken soup from yesterday as the base material, made a handful of noodles, kneaded some dough lumps and boiled them, then poured them into the chicken soup and it was breakfast.Axiu and Amei went to the main room, Guan Wen and Guan Wu also climbed up, the four brothers and sisters and Li Xin ate a meal, Guan Wen said: "Today we are just going to catch up, Xiner, you take Grandpa and the others are also making breakfast, so they are probably getting up too."

Li Xin promised to clean it up, Axiu glanced at Guan Zhicheng's small room, and went to help Li Xin with a soft snort.

A-mei carefully tidied up the needlework she and A-Xiu had done these days. There were three plain handkerchiefs embroidered, knotted, and braided. Four or five small toys made of rags, the kind of dolls that children hold and play with.Carefully spread out a larger piece of cloth and put all these in, Amei couldn't help but smile on her face.

She took out the cloth and was about to find her sister-in-law and fifth sister when A-Mei suddenly stopped and timidly called "Father" to the person in front of her.

Guan Ming replied with his hands behind his back, he glanced at the bundle on Amei's hand, and asked her, "What's in it?"

A-mei replied honestly: "The needlework that Fifth Sister and I did, I took it to the market today to see if I can sell some money..."

When the word "money" was mentioned, Guan Ming's eyes lit up slightly, and he coughed in a low voice and said, "That's pretty good, it's just right to get the money back. I heard from your sixth brother that it will be another child's exam soon, so I have to ask Mr. Come home for a meal, write a letter of recommendation or something, this time your sixth brother said that it will be absolutely fine..."

A-mei took two steps back, her face flushed, she held back for a long time before she said softly, "Fifth Sister and I did it..."

"Father knows that you and your sister did it, so what are you doing with the money you earned? Don't you like it?" Guan Ming snorted heavily, "No wonder people say that girls are extroverted, and it's not good to give birth to a loser. Facing her mother's family, she is stingy with her own brothers!"

Guan Ming has never cared about Amei. One reason may be that Amei is a girl after all, and she is not a strong labor force. The birth of Amei led to the death of his wife, Zhou Shi, and Guan Ming had suspicions about this daughter.

A-mei's tears immediately rolled out, she lowered her head and hugged her bundle, and began to cry in a low voice, her voice was soft like a cat's, which made Guan Ming irritated, "Why are you crying so early in the morning, it's not too bad luck! Crying for your sister-in-law or something?"

A-mei never dared to speak loudly, and could only shrink aside and lower her head to wipe her tears when her father scolded her.It happened that Guan Quan also got up, and frowned a little when he saw this situation, especially when he heard the last sentence about his sister-in-law again, he was even more disgusted with Guan Ming, and said to Guan Ming angrily, "Father, don't you Knowing that sister is timid, you scare her early in the morning."

Guan Ming glared at Guan Quan, and didn't want to start a fight with his son, so he turned to his sister and said, "Remember what Dad said." He turned and went to the main room for dinner.

Guan Quan came over and patted A-Mei on the shoulder, comforting her and saying, "It's all right."

"Fourth, fourth brother..." A-mei timidly grabbed the corner of Guan Quan's clothes, sobbing and said: "Father wants me to give the money from the sewing I do to Sixth Brother to treat Mr. to dinner..."

Guan Quan gritted his teeth, "I keep the money I earn by myself, the girl's family is not happy with how much money she has for herself!" He said and dragged Amei to the kitchen, and saw Li Xin and Axiu busy mixing Guan Quan, who washes dishes in pigweed shabu-shabu, calmed down his emotions before calling out, "Sister-in-law."

Speaking of which, Guan Quan and Li Xin are about the same age, both in their twenties.Compared with Guan Wu, Guan Quan is more tactful and sophisticated. Sometimes when there are disputes or quarrels in the family, he will always stand in the middle and never fall. , sees problems deeply, and treats everyone with gentleness.In private, Li Xin feels that people like Guan Quan know the current affairs and understand the general situation, but sometimes he feels awkwardly that this person stays out of everything and is too protective of himself, which makes him seem a little selfish.

But fortunately, in this Guan family, as long as Guan Quan is not like Guan Zhicheng who has nothing to do to make trouble for her, she will be thankful.

Li Xin put down the stick that was stirring the weeds, turned around and asked, "What's the matter, fourth brother?"

Glancing at her sister, who was crying like pear blossoms and rain, Li Xin straightened up and frowned, "What's wrong with you, sister?"

Axiu immediately dropped her work and ran to Amei, suppressing the inexplicable anger and asked her softly, "Amei, tell Fifth Sister and Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

A-mei shook her head, grabbing at the corner of Guan Quan's clothes and just sobbing.

"Fourth brother?" Asked the person concerned but couldn't get an answer, Axiu decisively turned to Guan Quan.

Guan Quan briefly explained the matter, and finally stopped and said: "Sister-in-law, this package was made by Axiu and Amei, and the money from the sale..."

Before Li Xin could answer, A Xiu raised her voice and said, "What a joke! Of course the money from the sale belongs to me and A-mei!"

Guan Quan smiled, pushed Amei into Axiu's arms, looked up at the sky and said, "Sister-in-law, I haven't had breakfast yet, what are we going to eat this morning..." He went to the latrine as if he was fine He escaped from the main room and went back to his own room, not bumping into Guan Ming.

Human spirit!
Li Xin scolded Guan Quan secretly, and pushed this hot potato to her!

He said at the beginning that he was not looking for trouble, people are not looking for trouble, and trouble came to him!

Arguably, the needlework that Axiu and Amei did was done by themselves, so naturally they had nothing to do with Guan Ming, and the money they got would of course belong to Axiu and Amei.But Guan Ming saw it, and proposed that the money obtained from the sale should be used by the family, and he found a very legitimate reason-Guan Zhicheng was about to take the third childbirth exam, can the whole family contribute without spending money?Isn't it hard to support a scholar so that he can one day be named Guangzong Yaozu on the gold list?

But no matter what you think, you shouldn't move your daughter!It's totally incomprehensible to use what my daughter wants to earn to curry favor with my son's private school teacher!
Li Xin's heart was furious, on the one hand, he felt that this father-in-law was simply hateful, on the other hand, he was also annoyed at Guan Quan.It would be fine if he came forward to quarrel with father-in-law to let father-in-law rest his mind, but he lured people to her, and went to the market later. Inevitably, you will be excluded.But if Axiu and Amei let her ignore this matter, it would be impossible to justify it—she watched Amei cry and listened to Guan Quan explain the whole process.

Guan Quan can prevaricate by saying "men don't care about things between women", but can she be a sister-in-law?

A sister-in-law is like a mother!
While Li Xin was silent, Axiu raised her voice again, as if she was saying it deliberately to the people sitting in the main room, "Don't think about me and my sister's self, it's hard for my sister-in-law to teach me how to do it." A little needlework, I just think about it when I have time day and night, I just want to exchange it for some money, and it’s not a big amount, so it’s worth thinking about like this!"

There was a moment of silence in the main room, probably because they heard something from the kitchen.

Sure enough, after a while Guan Ming came over and said to Axiu angrily, "What did you just say!"

Axiu raised her eyebrows, "I didn't say anything."

"I've heard it all, and you're still quibbling!"

"What did Dad hear? Did I tell you?"

"You..." Guan Ming was so angry, "You still dare to contradict me!"

Axiu was also angry, "Father, what did I say? Did I say you? Why are you so angry? My sister and I are still angry!"

Amei just cried on one side, turned around and hid behind Li Xin.Li Xin wanted the father and daughter to stop arguing, but they couldn't talk for a while.

Seeing that the father and daughter were about to quarrel, Guan Wen and Guan Wu heard the sound and frowned upon seeing this scene.Guan Wen asked, "What's the matter? Axiu, why don't you pack up your clothes? We have to rush to the market."

Seeing Amei crying behind Li Xin, Guan Wen naturally asked Li Xin who seemed to be in a normal mood, "Xin'er, what's going on?"

"What's going on!" Guan Ming snorted heavily, and shouted as if extremely dissatisfied: "What a good wife! This is the good wife you married!"

(End of this chapter)