farmer's little girl

Chapter 10 The Mei Family
Because of this sudden accident, the people in the car had a lot of free time to talk about, and the bullock cart was never quiet along the way.

When passing by Lihua Ridge, the ox cart stopped, and after Mei and her daughter got off, Lu Jiaoyue even felt a sense of relief.

"What's the matter, did it disturb your drowsiness? It's okay, when you get to your grandpa's house, you can sleep well." Mei said.

Lu Jiaoyue shook her head, "Mom, I'm not sleepy anymore."

"Is that frightened? Don't mention those people's nonsense, they are all rumors."

Lu Jiaoyue asked curiously, "Mom, do you know anything?"

Mrs. Mei pondered for a while, and said: "That person seems to know your little uncle, mother only knows that he doesn't seem to be a bad person. But it's just people from the gambling shop, it's better for us to avoid getting in touch with him."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded.

While speaking, the mother and daughter had already entered Lihua Ridge.

The so-called Lihualing is just because the whole village is located on a huge hillside, and the hillside is full of pear trees.When the pear blossoms are in full bloom, the scenery of Lihualing is very beautiful, and the villagers of Lihualing not only have beautiful scenery to see, but also pears all over the sky.

Just selling pears every year has brought a lot of benefits to the villagers of Lihualing. Lihualing is a well-known rich village in ten miles and eight townships.

The Mei family is located at the head of the village, and you can see the Mei family's yard from afar.

The yard of the Mei family was very beautifully built. The Yishui green brick and large tiled house, and the courtyard walls were also made of green bricks. One could tell from a glance that the family was well-off.

Mrs. Mei and her daughter walked into the yard of Mei's family, where Mrs. Mei's sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, was drying vegetables in the yard.Seeing the two people coming in, she was slightly taken aback, then hurriedly wiped her hands and greeted them with a smile.

"Mo Lan, your house is here. Yue'er, it's been a long time since I came, but it makes my aunt want to die."

While leading the two of them into the house, Mrs. Liu hugged Lu Jiaoyue affectionately in her arms.Lu Jiaoyue spent a lot of time in Mei's house when she was a child, and Liu always treated her like her own daughter.

"Mother, you always see who's coming." After a long distance, Liu yelled at the top of her voice.

Not long after, a thin old woman came out from the main room.

The old woman was about 50 years old, with a head of gray and white hair pulled back into a smooth braid, and a silver hairpin on her head.The skin is fair, the eyebrows are kind, and although there are fine and dense wrinkles on the face, looking at his face, he must have looked good when he was young.

She was wearing a blue double-breasted summer gown embroidered with bat patterns, and a blue horse-face skirt underneath. Judging from her dress and temperament, she really didn't look like an old woman in the country.

Mrs. Liu squinted her eyes slightly, and after watching for a while, she realized that it was her daughter and granddaughter who had arrived.

"It's Lan'er and Yue'er who are here."

When Liu was young, she was an embroiderer, and she did a lot of needlework, so when she got older, her eyesight gradually became difficult.It's okay if you're close, but not if you're far away.

"grandmother--"

With a soft call, Lu Jiaoyue threw herself into Liu Shi's arms like a baby swallow returning to its nest.

Mrs. Liu held her in her arms with a smile, and asked softly: "What's wrong with Grandma's Yue'er, but your mother bullied you? If your mother bullies you, tell grandma."

"Mother—" Mei said angrily, "Look at what you said, I'm not a stepmother."

Mrs. Liu glared at her daughter, and said: "You are not a stepmother, and you are almost like a stepmother. You are fierce all day long, and you don't look like a mother at all. Yue'er go, go in with grandma, and ignore your mother. "

After saying that, she led Lu Jiaoyue into the room with her arms in her arms.

As Lu Jiaoyue walked away, she helped her mother explain: "Grandma, mother didn't bully Yue'er, it's because Yue'er hasn't seen you for a long time, so she's a little excited."

"I miss grandma, so I often come to the house. It's all your mother's fault. I haven't brought you here recently."

Behind, Mrs. Mei smiled helplessly at her sister-in-law, and the two followed behind into the house.

Several people entered the main room and sat down.

"Father, eldest brother and second brother are not here? Where are the second sister-in-law and Hongyu's daughter-in-law?" Mei asked curiously.

Mei's house was surprisingly quiet today, and Mrs. Mei noticed it when she first arrived home.

"Your father and your eldest brother took your two nephews to collect pigs in the mountains. Hongbang's daughter-in-law is in the vegetable garden behind, and Hongyu Hongzhi's daughter-in-law has gone back to her mother's house. As for your second brother, there is a family in Hanjiazhuang who is having a wedding today. , your second brother took your second aunt and Hongbang to cook for others." Liu Shi said.

Mrs. Mei understood the situation at home, so she nodded.

The eldest brother Mei Dahu brought his two sons to be regarded as inheriting his father's business. He took over the old man Mei's work, that is, a butcher slaughtering pigs, and also set up a butcher stall in the town to sell pork.The second elder brother, Mei Xiaohu, is a dickhead. On weekdays, he earns a living by helping people hold banquets, and often takes his second sister-in-law and eldest son around to hold banquets for others.

Although the conditions of the Mei family are not bad, the men in the family are very busy, so there are only a few women at home most of the time on weekdays.

"What's the matter, do you have something to do with your father and brother?"

Mrs. Mei didn't hide it either, and said: "It's something, we'll talk about it when Dad and the others come back."

Liu Shi nodded, but didn't ask any more questions.

It was noon in the blink of an eye.

The men of the Mei family were not there, only Mrs. Liu, her eldest daughter-in-law Liu and granddaughter-in-law Qian were at home today.

The Mei family is well-off. Although the family has dozens of acres of land, they rent it out to others, and they only charge a rent every year.Therefore, the women of Mei's family don't have to work in the fields, they are usually only responsible for cooking and housework at home.

Lu Jiaoyue's cousin, Qian Shi, is a nimble young daughter-in-law. She has just married Mei Hongbang, the eldest son of the second room.Seeing that my sister-in-law and the man's cousin came home, they packed up and went to the kitchen when they came back from the vegetable garden.

When it was time for lunch, the lunch was brought out without bothering Mei and the others.

The lunch was very rich, and the Mei family was a butcher, so there was never a shortage of meat.The second elder brother of the Mei family helped people hold banquets every day. After finishing the work, the master would inevitably bring him two fish or two pieces of meat after paying the wages.The food in the family is abundant, and the Mei family will naturally not treat themselves harshly when they eat on weekdays, let alone the only daughter of the Mei family, the Mei family, who returned to her natal family today.

After eating, Liu's family has the habit of taking a nap, and Lu Jiaoyue was almost brought up by Liu's family when she was a child, and she also has the habit of taking a nap, so the grandfather and grandson went back to the house to take a nap together affectionately.

When Lu Jiaoyue woke up, she found that the grandmother beside her was no longer there.

She put on her clothes and got off the kang, she was about to go out, when she heard voices coming from the outer room, she couldn't help but relax her hands and feet, and stood still.

Although Mei's daughter is good in appearance and temperament, there is nothing like Liu's.But Liu's only has such a daughter, so naturally she loves her a lot, so the relationship between mother and daughter is very good.Mei Shi never hides anything from her.Since she intends to go back to her natal family to borrow money this time, Mrs. Mei will naturally tell her mother the whole story.

After listening to Mei's words, Liu fell into silence.

After a pause, she hesitated a little and said: "Well, don't worry, wait for your father to come back and help you figure out a solution."

As soon as she heard these words, Mei knew something was wrong. Given the situation of her natal family, it was impossible that the 20 taels of silver could not be brought out. Could it be that something happened at home?

She hastily asked.

Liu Shi didn't hide it from her.

"I'm not the third child. Recently, I was going to the county to do business. I took away all the money from the family, and even borrowed some from your elder brother and second brother." After speaking, Liu sighed.

In addition to the eldest son Mei Dahu and the second son Mei Xiaohu, Mei Laohan and the Liu family also have an old son Mei Zhuangyi.

This old man came by accident, Liu's health has always been poor, after the two brothers Mei Dahu and his daughter Mei Molan were born, the old man Mei no longer let her have children.

It has to be said that the old man Mei and the Liu family have a very good relationship. It is not the case of an ordinary peasant family that it is better to have as many children as possible. I have never seen anyone who feels sorry for his wife's weak bones and does not allow her to have children.It was also the old man Mei's parents who died early, and there was no mother-in-law in Liu's family to take care of them. The couple lived their lives on weekdays and had discussions.

I never thought that there would be Mei Zhuangyi in the end.Mei Zhuangyi is only twenty-two this year, a lot younger than the brothers and sisters above.Because he was born old and was much younger than his older brothers and sisters, Mei Zhuangyi was loved by his parents and older brothers and sisters since he was a child, and because of this, he was used to a bold and reckless character.

Mei Zhuangyi is a person with great ideas. When he grew up, his family often thought about his future livelihood issues. They could let him quit farming or butchering pigs. A spoon can also beg for a meal, but he doesn't do it.He always appears and disappears on weekdays, and runs to towns and counties when he has nothing to do, and he doesn't know what he is doing.

This is the age when we should get married long ago, and the family has talked about marriage for him, but he seems to have no intention of getting married at all, which makes the whole family extremely headache.Fortunately, Mei Zhuangyi is also considerate. Although he is a bit willful in his daily work, he has not caused any trouble outside. I have to say that the Mei family is really relieved.

Mei Zhuangyi was brought up by the Mei family when she was a child, and the relationship between the siblings was very good. When she heard from her mother that the younger brother used all the family money to do business, instead of feeling dissatisfied, she was full of worries.

"What kind of business does the third child do in the county? Could it be that he caused some trouble outside?"

Mrs. Liu shook her head helplessly, and sighed: "It's not a big deal to cause trouble. I know my son. I heard the third son said that he was selling goods in partnership with others, and he didn't elaborate."

Mei couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and asked again in a flash: "Then Hongyu Hongzhi's daughter-in-law didn't say anything?"

At that moment, Mrs. Mei heard that both Mei Hongyu's and Mei Hongzhi's daughters-in-law had returned to their natal homes, so she felt something strange, but her sister-in-law, Mrs. Liu, was sitting beside her, so she didn't have the nerve to ask.What is still unclear at this moment, it must be because the third child took the money from the family, and there was another conflict in the family.

(End of this chapter)