farmer's little girl

Chapter 42 Filial Piety
Widow Du triumphantly returned to the village with the food given by Lu's family.

It was Lu Mingchuan who helped her bring it back in a bullock cart.

She was very happy at first, but when she returned home, she was faced with the news that her son had been injured in the town, so Widow Du panicked on the spot.Before he had time to ask his daughter-in-law what was going on, he asked Lu Mingchuan to take her to the town in a bullock cart.Although Lu Mingchuan didn't want to see this sister-in-law more and more, he didn't say anything about the fact that something happened to his brother-in-law.

As soon as she arrived at the medical center, she saw her son sitting there with a bruised nose and a swollen face, with white cloth wrapped around his hands, and Widow Du burst into tears on the spot. "What's the matter? Who bullied you, my son, mother went to find him desperately." Widow Du thought her son was bullied in the academy.

Du Lian held his mother with his good hand and said, "Mother, no one bullies me."

"What's going on?" Widow Du asked in surprise.

Only then did Du Lian explain the ins and outs of the matter.

After listening, Widow Du was in shock, and even Lu Mingchuan was full of caution.

This obviously offended someone, but Du Lian, who is a scholar, could offend anyone, so that he was beaten so badly that his hands were broken?
For the time being, this matter is unclear, especially since the people in the medical center are still waiting for someone to pay for the medicine. Widow Du can only pay for the medicine first, and then take the person back to talk about it.But when it was time to pay the money, she hesitated for a moment, looked at Lu Mingchuan in embarrassment, and said, "Brother-in-law, do you have any money? I came out in a hurry, and I didn't have enough money with me."

In fact, it wasn't enough. When Widow Du went out, she knew that her son was injured in the hospital, so she brought all the family's money with her.It's a pity that that little money is not enough to pay for the medicine, so I can only find a way on Lu Mingchuan.

Lu Mingchuan hesitated for a moment, but finally took out the money bag from his pocket and asked how much was left.

Du Lian's injury was serious, especially his muscles and bones were broken, and it would cost nearly a tael of silver to treat his hand alone.Widow Du only had half a tael on her body, and Lu Mingchuan added the rest, and there were only a dozen or so taels left on her body.

Widow Du didn't have any regulations at all at the moment, and seeing her brother-in-law was busy, she was a little bit sorry for paying for her medicine, and said: "Thank you, brother-in-law, when I go back, I will give you the money."

Without further ado, the two helped Du Lian into the bullock cart, and drove the cart out of Yuntian Town.

When they arrived at Du Lian's house, Lu Guili had already cried tears all over her face. Seeing that Du Lian was injured like this, she almost passed out.It was another group of people who turned their backs on their backs before they were resettled.Lu Mingchuan was so busy that he was sweating, and seeing the Du family like this, naturally he didn't stay for dinner.It wasn't until he got out of Du's Village that he realized that his aunt had said that he would pay him back, but unfortunately she seemed to have forgotten.

He didn't think much about it. After returning home, the Lu family saw that he came back so late, so naturally they wanted to ask him what happened.Lu Mingchuan gave a general account of what had happened, and the Lu family all looked surprised and uncertain.

At this moment, Mrs. Cui didn't care about complaining about her in-laws. She was only worried about whether her daughter would be a widow, so she followed up with her son and questioned her carefully. After knowing that Du Lian was fine, she was relieved.

At the same time, the Lu family also knew about Du Lian's hand injury, so they couldn't help but feel a little sorry.You must know that Du Lian is going to end this year, once his hand is injured, how will he end?

In Dagan Country, the college examination is held once every three years, sometimes twice every three years, which is uncertain.Du Lian was at the wrong time last year. Widow Du fell seriously ill before going to take the hospital exam, so she had no choice but to miss that one.I thought it would be delayed for three years, but I didn't know that the province changed a new school policy, and this year added one, which made all the students overjoyed.Du Lian was smug and ready to go, hoping to glorify the lintel, but unexpectedly encountered such a disaster.

The old man Lu stomped his feet again and again, regretting: "Your girl, this is offending someone!"

We all know that this is offending someone, but who is the King of Hades who offended?

The other party didn't show up, and Du Lian didn't know the person who led him out. Although the other party said he was from Du's Village, he knew that since the other party was able to do such a thing, it was naturally a lie.But who can a scholar offend to encounter such a disaster?

Everyone can't figure it out.

"What does the Du family say?" Old man Lu asked.

Lu Mingchuan shook his head, "They have nothing to suspect. Du Lian said that he didn't offend anyone in school."

"Then that's how the dumb suffers?" Cui Shi was a little unwilling.

"So what if you don't eat? That's Yuntian Town, not our village, nor Du's Village. Since the other party has a plan and a premeditated plan to lure people out to beat them, they must be someone who is not waiting for you. Let me say, let My brother-in-law swallowed this breath, maybe the other party beat him up and the anger subsided? He won't trouble him again in the future." Lu Mingshan, who was standing aside, interjected.

Although Lu Mingshan is a bit lazy, he still has some experience in selling goods in the streets and alleys of the ten miles and eight villages.

"Lian'er is going to end soon, and here as the boss, his hand is injured. If the other party has ulterior motives, no one will believe it. Could it be that the other party is jealous of Lian'er's talent, so he deliberately did so." Hu said.

This is also very possible. You must know that there is a quota for the number of people admitted in each hospital examination. Maybe the other party feels that Du Lian is in his way.

The more the Lu family thought about it, the more they felt that this was the most likely possibility. The old man Lu said to Lu Mingchuan: "Boss, go to Du's house again tomorrow and tell them about this, so that Du Lian can be aware of it, so he can be on guard."

No matter how troublesome it is, the in-laws are the in-laws, and the son-in-law is the son-in-law.Old man Lu actually pointed out that his son-in-law could be a scholar, and a scholar would be exempt from taxation. The Du family didn't have many acres of land, so by recording the family land in Du Lian's name, it would save a lot of taxes.

This was Old Man Lu's plan, and the Lu family knew about it. Compared with being tax-free, having a difficult in-laws seems to be no big deal. This is why Old Man Lu tolerated Widow Du.

Don't mention it here, on the Du's side, the family is also wondering who they offended.

Widow Du felt sorry for her son's suffering, so she couldn't help feeling more resentment in her heart. She tried her best to find the person who harmed her son, so she asked Du Lian to think hard, to think hard, and try to come up with a ugly Yinmao.

Du Lian was naturally not reconciled, he was more annoyed and resentful than anyone else, the doctor in the hospital said that his hand would take at least a few months to heal, and his right hand was injured, so naturally he could not participate in this year's hospital examination.

If he didn't go this year, he would have to wait at least two years. How could he be reconciled.But no matter how he thought, he couldn't think of who he had offended.In school, he was always kind to others, and he never turned against others. In the village, he seldom went out, and always studied hard behind closed doors.

If he couldn't think of it, he couldn't help thinking about Widow Du.You must know that it is not uncommon for the old lady to offend someone and take revenge on her son.As for Du Juan'er, Du Juan'er is still young, Du Lian doesn't think she will cause any trouble.

Widow Du had a guilty look on her face. There were countless people she had offended.But Widow Du didn't think she was being unreasonable, so she didn't want to admit it.It's a pity that she couldn't stand the daughter next to her who was cheating on her. Du Juan'er showed Du Lian the number with her fingers. In the past year or so, who did her mother quarrel with, and who did she blush with?

Du Lian's face became darker the more he heard it, and he couldn't help scolding: "Mother, even if you don't want to do anything else, you have to worry about your son's reputation."

Widow Du's old face was slightly embarrassed, and she retorted: "My mother knows better than you, I always take the right side in everything I do, and I never let people find out what's wrong!"

That's how people feel aggrieved, it's obviously your fault, but you made it look like our family dug your ancestral grave.Even though my family suffered a loss and was criticized by others, it was not because I was trying to get angry at your son.But Widow Du is a rural peasant woman after all, what big things she can do is just your nose and my eyes. I picked the vegetables in your vegetable field, and your chickens came to my house to lay eggs. I don’t recognize this kind of thing. It's just a small matter.It's really not worth it, and the other party doesn't have that kind of influence, they will be in the town, and they will find so many people to get Du Lian together to vent their anger.

So it wasn't Widow Du's fault?

Widow Du felt more confident and confident, and shouted: "The other party's black hands like this are obviously intended to prevent you from going to the end this time. Son, mother thinks that someone in your academy must be jealous of you, so they will harm you."

Du Lian also felt that this possibility was more likely, but he really didn't know who it was.

The next day, Lu Mingchuan came to the door and told the Du family about his family's speculation.

The Du family also thought so, but they still had no idea about the mastermind behind the scenes.Seeing that the Du family was full of sorrow, and the younger sister Lu Guili was crying so annoyingly all the time, Lu Mingchuan couldn't help but repeat what Lu Mingshan said yesterday, just to comfort him.

Du Lian looked thoughtful, but Widow Du didn't accept the other party's love, she completely forgot how he helped her yesterday and how grateful she was at that time.Putting down his face, he just scolded Lu Mingchuan.

Lu Guili didn't care about crying anymore, and hurriedly smoothed things over, saying that her mother-in-law was anxious and didn't mean it.Du Lian also immediately stopped his mother's inappropriate behavior, so Lu Mingchuan didn't turn his back on the spot.Even so, he couldn't stay any longer, so he found an excuse and left in a hurry.

It was only now that Du Lian realized that there was such a big problem with his mother's behavior, so he told Widow Du with reason and emotion, and taught her a lot.

On the surface, Widow Du obediently agreed, but as for whether she listened or not, only God knows.

With Qiao's presence, the Second Household naturally knew what happened to Du Lian.

The whole family felt very happy. For such a family, such a person, only being taught this way can make people relieve their hatred.Especially Mrs. Mei, because of the recent gossip outside, she already felt that Du Lian was beaten lightly that time, and she wished to beat him up again to relieve her hatred, so she clapped her hands and applauded.

Although Lu Jiaoyue was a little surprised, she felt very refreshed after all.After all, after experiencing everything in the previous life, it is impossible not to complain.It's just because of her heart, she came back to life and chose to stay away. Maybe hearing the news of the other party's misfortune also made her feel very relieved.

Although the whole family behaved differently, they were all emotional, but Lu Guangzhi, who was supposed to be the most violent, was rare to be calm at the moment.Lu Jiaoyue, who had always understood her younger brother's personality, could not help but pay attention to him.

After two days of observation, Lu Jiaoyue asked Lu Guangzhi privately to inquire.She remembered the last time when the younger brother said that he would teach his aunt a lesson. Could it be that he didn't take his anger out on his aunt, but on Du Lian.

Lu Guangzhi didn't hide it from her either.

Since childhood, the elder brother was the one who cared the most about him in the family, but the one who loved him the most was his sister who was only two years older than him.The couple in the second room naturally love Lu Guangzhi too, but it's a pity that the eldest son Lu Guangyi and the premature and weak daughter Lu Jiaoyue took away most of their attention. When Lu Jiaoyue recovered, the youngest son Wulang returned After he was born, he inevitably neglected his second son.

Lu Jiaoyue was too weak to go out when she was a child, and Lu Guangzhi, who was only two years younger than her, became her playmate.So the two of them got close when they had a small relationship, and they almost talked about everything.

"I have to thank Uncle Jinzi for this. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be able to do this."

Lu Guangzhi explained the ins and outs in the future, but he didn't say anything about Han Jin's intention to make people discount Du Lian's right hand.In his heart, the eldest sister is pure and kind, so he should not let her know such bad things.

Lu Jiaoyue was stunned on the spot, she never expected that Han Jin did this.

She was in a complicated mood at the moment, and her mind was in a mess, no wonder that time he asked her if Du Lian was pestering her, so there was still this matter waiting here.Did he plan to teach Du Lian a lesson for himself at that time, to vent his anger on her?

Thinking of this, Lu Jiaoyue's mood became even more complicated. She felt that he was too lenient, and wondered why he was like this, but it was more of a kind of joy, a kind of joy that even she couldn't distinguish.

"Eldest sister, what's wrong with you?" Lu Guangzhi looked suspiciously at the blushing elder sister who didn't know what she was thinking.

Lu Jiaoyue quickly came back to her senses and said, "No, nothing, just a little surprised."

Lu Guangzhi knew that the eldest sister was not very timid, and was afraid that she would be afraid of Han Jin, so he explained for him: "Eldest sister, don't misunderstand Uncle Jin, he is not a bad person, and he is also kind, thinking that my uncle is not at home, I can't let you Bullied for nothing."

Seeing that his sister didn't speak, he said again: "Don't think that Uncle Zi is working in the gambling shop. In fact, he is quite nice. I only heard about it after I went to the gambling shop." Lu Guangzhi slowly said After he went to the gambling house, he heard some things, "The gambling shop was very chaotic earlier, forcing people to buy and sell their daughters, and they did a lot of things. Ever since Jin Zishu took Sanshu Hu and the others to gamble This kind of thing is rare. Of course, this kind of thing is definitely unavoidable. After all, the gambling shop is open for business, and you can’t stop people from coming in to gamble. Uncle Zi always leaves a front line for others in everything he does, and only when he encounters that kind of bad gambler who refuses to change after repeated admonition, will he ignore it."

After finishing speaking, Lu Guangzhi looked at his elder sister with some hesitation, and asked, "Eldest sister, can you understand?"

Lu Jiaoyue blinked.

"After all, Uncle Jin is not the owner of the gambling house, and he also relies on the gambling house for his livelihood. Now you understand?" Lu Guangzhi didn't want the eldest sister to feel bad for Han Jin. After all, he has always admired Uncle Jin and hoped to become He is such a capable and responsible person who can handle things without fear of trouble.

Lu Jiaoyue said a little: "Okay, I understand what you mean, you just want to say that Jin Zishu is a good person, although he doesn't look like a good person on the surface, but in fact he is pretty good."

Lu Guangzhi nodded again and again: "Yes, that's it."

Lu Jiaoyue gave her younger brother a complicated look. She could understand what Lu Guangzhi meant, but she didn't want her to misunderstand Han Jin.Little did they know that she was no longer the same woman she was back then, maybe she, who had no hard work, would be jealous of Han Jin's identity and his style of doing things, keep her at a respectful distance, and even feel disgusted in her heart.But now she won't.

Good, good, bad, whatever, it has nothing to do with her, she just needs to know that he is good to her.

Treat her well?
This thought suddenly popped into her mind, and Lu Jiaoyue's heart couldn't help but become chaotic again.

On this day, Mrs. Mei took Lu Jiaoyue to the town to buy things for the next appointment.

Country people don't pay much attention to these rules, but a decent dowry must at least include tea, rice, flour, sugar, and cloth for the woman's clothes.If the family is richer, it would be best to add two kinds of jewelry.

Both rice and noodles have to be top-quality white rice and flour, ten catties of each, two catties of tea and two catties of sugar, and two brightly colored muslin cloths to buy for the woman to make clothes.As for jewelry, Mrs. Mei didn't plan to buy them at first. The family's money is limited, and ordinary people in the village are employed, so they rarely add jewelry.It was still at Lu Jiaoyue's suggestion that she decided to go to the silver building to have a look, and if she found a suitable one, she would buy it.

When I went to the silver building, there were different kinds of jewelry on the cabinets, all of which were very exquisite.Especially those jewelry made of pure gold, which looks so bright and golden that it can dazzle people's eyes.

Given the conditions of the second bedroom, it was naturally impossible to buy gold jewelry, so the two of them didn't look at it much, but went to the counter where the silver jewelry was placed.

Seeing how the mother and daughter were dressed, the man didn't look down on them, and introduced them enthusiastically.

"Mother, what do you think of that hairpin?" Lu Jiaoyue fell in love with the plum blossom hairpin almost immediately. It has a simple design, only the head of the hairpin is in the shape of a plum blossom, with thin tassels underneath and a silver-white color. The base color looks elegant and chic.

Mrs. Mei asked the clerk to take it out for her to see, and she was quite satisfied after seeing it. When she asked about the price, she asked for five taels of silver, so she immediately shook her head and said it was too expensive.

The guy persuaded: "Sister, the price is not expensive anymore. Ours is pure silver, not those wrapped in silver. Otherwise, I will weigh it for you to see if it is real?"

Mei still shook her head and pulled her daughter aside.

"It's too expensive. Our family doesn't have that much money. The bride price is ten taels. The things I bought just now cost three taels, and I bought a hairpin, which adds up to seventeen or eight taels. This is just for the appointment, If you don’t add the money for the banquet, there are a few things you need to add to your brother’s house, and you have to spend money, which family will spend so much money on marrying a daughter-in-law.”

Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help persuading: "Brother, this is only once in his life, and the Pei family has delayed for another year. The betrothal gift should be done more decently, and sister-in-law will also have face." Said: "Let me buy this hairpin, and treat it as a gift from my younger sister to my eldest brother and sister-in-law for their marriage. My eldest brother has loved me since he was a child, so I have to show my heart." Lu Jiaoyue didn't intend to let her mother Buy it, and prepare to sell it yourself and give it to your elder brother and sister-in-law.

Mei gave her daughter a sharp look, and said, "How else can I show my heart? The house has been given up. I know you love your elder brother, but this hairpin is too expensive, we can't buy it, let alone let you buy it."

Seeing that she couldn't convince her mother, Lu Jiaoyue was discouraged and said: "Then let's look at other things?"

"I can't even tell. You insist on taking a look. Let's talk about it first. Mother only plans to pay two taels of silver, and there will be nothing more. Don't be fooled. There is absolutely no elder brother getting married, and the younger sister paying silver for the dowry." reason."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded.

The two went to the counter again.

Although Mrs. Mei was already avoiding people, the guy listened intently, so he listened a lot, so he didn't introduce expensive ones to the two of them, and only pointed to those cheap ones, and even gave very considerate suggestions. Mrs. Mei bought two items covered with silver, so that even if she went to the next job, it would look very decent.

Mrs. Mei was a little disturbed, how could a countryman be willing to wear real gold and silver on his head, the hairpins usually worn were either made of wood or covered with silver.It also looks silver, but it doesn't contain much silver.

"If not, why don't we choose two?" Originally, Mei's idea was to buy two items wrapped in silver, but she never thought that her daughter would be so generous and wanted to buy pure silver.

Lu Jiaoyue hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Looking at her daughter's regretful eyes, Mei sighed secretly.

In fact, the daughter likes it herself. The family has no money, so she hardly adds any jewelry to her daughter.The only few pieces of jewelry my daughter had were bought by her mother and younger brother, which made Mei, the mother, feel discouraged.But who said that the family's money was handed over to the public in the past. Although the family can afford some, but they have raised a few children over the years, and they can't afford anything.

After thinking for a while, she leaned into Lu Jiaoyue's ear and whispered: "When you get married, Mother will buy it for you. If you don't buy the one with silver, you can buy the one with pure silver."

Lu Jiaoyue glanced at her mother and couldn't help feeling sad and moved.

What moved me was that my mother loved her, and what made me feel sad was that the family had too much IOU, but it was just a silver hairpin, but it was so embarrassing.Looking at the long worn black wooden hairpin inserted into her mother's head, Lu Jiaoyue's eyes became even hotter.She remembered that her mother had some silver jewelry when she was a child, but she never saw it again.

She took a deep breath, smiled and snuggled up to Mrs. Mei, and said, "Then don't let me buy it for sister-in-law, mother, shall I buy it for you?"

Mrs. Mei was stunned, and said angrily: "Mother is quite old, and she still wears silver hairpins. It's long past the time to dress up. It's your little girl's family, and she needs to dress up." She thought about her daughter. It wasn't that she was still thinking about the plum blossom hairpin, but because she didn't dare to buy it, she wanted to buy it for her daughter, but when she thought about the money in her hand, she hesitated.

"If not, you can choose the same one, buy a cheap one first, and when the family has money, mother will buy that hairpin for you, before you get married."

"I don't want it. It's a waste of money. My daughter won't let my mother buy it. When my daughter is married, let my husband buy it. Then let him buy it for my mother. It's a respect for your old man."

Mei scolded: "Don't be ashamed, a big girl from every family actually said such things."

Only then did Lu Jiaoyue realize what she said, so she leaned over coquettishly, and said coquettishly, "Mother, my daughter didn't do it on purpose."

Mei Shi glared at her again, but she was not really annoyed.

The clerk took out a box of silver-covered hairpins for Mei to choose, while Lu Jiaoyue went to the counter to look at the jewelry.She looked and looked again and again before she picked out a silver hairpin with the prefix "shou" on it. It happened that another clerk in the store had just sent away a customer, so she asked him to show it to her.

The more she held it in her hand, the more she liked it. She glanced at Mrs. Mei and saw that she was still concentrating on choosing the hairpin, so she quietly asked the clerk for the price, and paid the bill with silver from her purse.

Since then, all the money she earned from selling embroidery has been spent. Lu Jiaoyue squeezed her shriveled purse, and couldn't help but sigh that the money is so easy to spend.But thinking that all the money was spent for the eldest brother and his family, a sense of satisfaction arises spontaneously.

She walked up to Mei Shi, who was still picking out hairpins.Seeing her daughter coming, Mrs. Mei asked her to choose the same. Suddenly, she felt a weight on her head. She reached out to touch it and found that it was a silver hairpin.

Lu Jiaoyue spread her hands playfully, and said, "Mother, the money has already been paid, and I won't refund it."

"If you have money, just waste it!" Saying so, Mei's eyes became hot, and she wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes by bringing the hairpin to her head.

"Don't do this again!" she scolded.

Lu Jiaoyue nodded her head, looking extraordinarily docile and obedient.

At the door, Han Jin had been standing there for a while, and he had witnessed the whole process.

To be honest, sometimes he doesn't understand the thoughts of those big girls and women, but he can understand the meaning of the actions of the mother and daughter.

The mother is kind and the daughter is filial.

Surprisingly warm.

He seemed to think of something, smiled, and stepped in.

(End of this chapter)