farmer's little girl

Chapter 44 Let's not do this marriage!

The date had been set long ago, and Lu Guangyi had been sent to say hello in advance, so the Pei family had already made preparations.Seeing the three members of the second bedroom of Lu's family approaching from a distance, Father Pei and Mrs. Mao came out of the house immediately to greet them, while Pei Gui'e swayed in the room and then hid in the back room.

Pei Gui'e has two older brothers, one younger brother, the elder brother is called Pei Dazhu, the second brother is called Pei Erzhu, and the younger is called Pei Xiaozhu.Both Pei Dazhu and Pei Erzhu are married, and Pei Dazhu even has children.Knowing that the in-laws came to the door today, the whole family was cleaned up in a decent manner, and the two children who used to run wild outside were also cleaned up, standing obediently behind their respective mothers.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three members of the second bedroom entered the main room, followed by Mrs. Pei, Mrs. Mao, and Pei Gui'e's two elder brothers.

The family background of the Pei family is not good. They live in an adobe house, with a total of six rooms housing a dozen people.However, most of the people in the country live in this way, so there is nothing to be picky about.

Put the dowry gift on the side table, the couple of the second room sat down and talked with the old couple of the Pei family, while Lu Guangyi sat in the place next to his parents, without squinting his eyes. Less obvious excitement and shyness.

The old couple in the Pei family are older than the couple in the second bedroom, and they are not well maintained, so they will only be a few years older next year, but they look much older than the two, not like people of the same generation.But the people in the second room were not surprised, firstly, they had seen each other before, and secondly, most of the country people were old-fashioned, all of them were exposed to the sun because of working in the fields for many years.

Although they came here to hire, no one mentioned it.

Although the country people don't have much rules, they are generally gentle and respectful at this time, so naturally they don't want to check the dowry price in person.They also know the character of the other party, and the dowry money has been discussed long ago. As for the others, the rules are there, and they will not be careless about the rules.

So the two families chatted like they usually chat, and they also planned to warm up the scene before entering the topic.

Pei Erzhu's daughter-in-law, Liu Shi, just married into the family last year, so she doesn't know much about her sister-in-law's original engagement.It was only a while ago that she heard from a man that the Lu family's betrothal gift to her sister-in-law was nine taels.Ever since she found out about this, she had been thinking about it in her heart, for fear that the money would fall into the hands of the Dafang couple.

At this moment, she couldn't enter the main room, so she just stood in the yard and looked inside.After looking at it for a long time, I didn't see why, so I turned around and pulled the man.

"Hey, do you think the Lu family brought the dowry money here? Didn't it mean that his family didn't have enough money, so it took a year to delay it, and this year will be enough? Also, is there really so much?"

Pei Erzhu looked at his unworthy daughter-in-law with some resentment, glared at her, turned and went back to the house.

Mrs. Liu followed in, and when she got to her own house, she let go of her voice.

"What are you talking about, is there really as much as ten taels?" When Liu married into the Pei family, the Pei family only gave two taels of silver as a dowry gift, so ten taels of silver was very much in her eyes.

It is indeed a lot. Generally, only wealthy households would give so much dowry money to the woman. If it were the second bedroom's current family situation, they would not be able to give so much money.But at that time, the second bedroom hadn't separated from the family, and the Lu family was a well-known rich family in Daxi Village. Coupled with the situation of the Pei family at that time, the second bedroom and the couple deliberately set the dowry money so much, and it was also for Pei Gui'e's face. mean.

At that time, Mei's heart ached so much, but for the sake of the eldest son, he could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Pei Erzhu glared at Liu Shi angrily, "Can you be a little bit more promising, and don't have such shallow eyelids?"

Mrs. Liu glanced at him, and curled her thin lips slightly, "You are promising, and your eyelids are not shallow. Didn't you tell me about this a few days ago? It wasn't you who said it, I know it ?!"

Pei Erzhu kicked his shoes on the kang and lay face down on the kang, ignoring her.

Mrs. Liu didn't think it was disobedient, turned around and leaned against the window, and looked out from the room.When she saw the big boy, Goudan, leading his younger sister into the main room, she straightened up suddenly, and ran to the kang to drag the man.

"Your sister-in-law sent the bitch into the main room again. Go and have a look. I told you just now that you should stay in the house and don't come out. Your sister-in-law called you, and you came out. She has something to do, why? If she doesn't call her a man, she will call you, and she has ulterior motives when she sees it."

Pei Erzhu kept silent with a gloomy face, his sister-in-law called him by name, if he could not come out, let the Lu family see that it was time to see a joke.

"Hurry up, don't let the big house take advantage of it." Liu pushed him straight.

Pei Erzhu sat up, pulled on his shoes, and said, "You are the only one with a narrow mind."

Mrs. Liu followed closely, "I'll go in with you too?"

Pei Erzhu gave her a sideways look: "If you go to help your sister-in-law cook, you will know how to steal and play tricks. Be careful when your mother talks about you!"

He put on his shoes, pulled the skirt of his clothes again, and then walked towards the main room.

When they entered, the people in the room were still talking, and at the square table on the other side, the two children Goudan and younger sister Xiaocao of the big house were lying on the table touching the betrothal gift brought by Lu's family.

The dowry gifts brought by the Lu family were neatly stacked on the table, covered with a layer of red cloth, making it difficult to see what was inside.It may be because the fabric is brightly colored and looks festive, and children like it, so they can't help but stretch out their little hands to touch it.

Mrs. Mei had seen it a long time ago, but she couldn't say anything. After all, she was a child, so she just took it as a child's naughty, and didn't take it seriously, and continued to talk to the old couple of Pei's family.Pei Erzhu also saw it, but he acted as if he didn't see it, and smiled and went to sit down next to his elder brother.As soon as the person sat down, he heard a 'bang', and the things on the table were accidentally ripped off by two children on the ground.

"Oh, children are ignorant, don't blame the in-laws!"

With an apology, a tall woman with a square face walked in quickly from the door, she was Pei Dazhu's daughter-in-law Ma Shi.

"You're really disobedient, why don't you hurry up and go out to play!" Mrs. Ma glared at the two children, then went to clean up the things on the ground, and the two children ran away like a jerk.

"Sister-in-law, I'll help you." Mrs. Liu, who had been watching the movement, also squeezed in, leaning over to help Mrs. Ma pick up the things that fell on the ground.

How could Mrs. Mao not know the dispositions of the two daughters-in-laws, and secretly glared at them, then smiled at the couple in the second room, and said, "Don't blame the in-laws."

The couple in the second room didn't think much about it, they just took it as an accident.Although the dowry was swept to the ground, it was somewhat unlucky.But since the in-laws didn't think there was anything, they naturally wouldn't say anything, after all, the things they brought over were for others.

Ma Shi, who was squatting to pick up things, stared at Liu Shi with hatred.Liu did not dare to show weakness, and stared back.The two picked up the things on the ground, picked them up and snatched them up, Mei Shi looked over in surprise again.

Seeing his in-laws and mother's eyes, Mao felt that his old face was about to be lost, so he stood up and scolded: "I can't clean up anything, why don't I hurry up and pack it out!"

Pei Gui'e in the back room was angry and annoyed, she hated the two sister-in-laws to death, but she dared not go out.Today is a good day for her, and out of a little thought, the two of them actually made such a joke in front of Brother Yi's parents.

Mei is a sensible person, although she is a little surprised at the performance of the two daughter-in-laws of the Pei family, she is not good at saying what the daughter-in-law is from someone else's family.Then, he turned his face nonchalantly, as if he didn't notice anything.

Seeing her performance, Mrs. Mao breathed a sigh of relief.

After some gossip, the two families finally got to the point.

Lu Minghai first expressed his apology for the delay in the marriage, and then praised how virtuous Pei Gui'e was (in fact, he had never seen it before, it was just a scene), and then Mei's handed over the red envelope with the dowry silver After handing it over, Mrs. Mao said a few words with a smile, accepted the red envelope, and the two families began to discuss the date of engagement.

In fact, Papa Pei admired Lu Minghai and his wife very much. He felt that they were reasonable and sincere, so he couldn't help but sigh that he had arranged a good marriage for his daughter.Although it was delayed for a year last year, after all, he was in trouble, and now he has come as promised, so there is nothing to choose.

But when Lu Minghai asked him about the date of marriage, he hesitated because his wife kept winking at him.Father Pei naturally understood what the mother-in-law was thinking, but he really couldn't tell.Mrs. Mei is not a person without winks, so she can see it naturally, and after thinking about it, she is not an outsider, so she asked what's wrong.

Mao's face smiled when she received the words, she glanced at Mei's with some hesitation, and stopped talking: "In-laws, it stands to reason that we shouldn't mention this—"

Mei's heart tightened, and she couldn't help wondering if there was something wrong with his family, and hurriedly recalled the dowry gift he brought and his words and deeds after coming to Pei's house.

Lu Guangyi, who had always lowered his eyes and sat obediently listening to his parents and future parents-in-law, suddenly raised his head and stared at Mao with his pupils narrowed.

Mrs. Mei thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with her family, so she showed a puzzled look and looked at Mrs. Mao.

In fact, Mao's old face is also embarrassing, but for the sake of her daughter, she can't care so much.She didn't face back to Mei's question directly, but said that there are many children in the family, and a bowl of water needs to be leveled, and then said: "You see, our family only has two sons. They are afraid that the bowl of water will be uneven, and the children will complain in their hearts."

The room was very quiet, only Mao's voice was ringing.

Old man Pei lowered his eyelids, Pei Dazhu looked left and right, but he didn't look at Lu's family, while Pei Gui'e in the room was so nervous that he forgot to breathe.

Mei Shi is not stupid either, so she naturally understood what the other party meant, and she didn't intend to go around in circles, so she asked, "Mother-in-law, what do you mean by that?"

Mrs. Mao smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just a sigh in my heart. Think about it, this child, E'er, has been born from a small age, to babbling, to walking, and to becoming a big girl. Now that I'm about to get married, how can a mother be willing to do so?"

Mei also has a daughter, so she can naturally understand Mao's feelings.Not to mention Mao, every time she thought that her daughter would marry and leave her one day, she would feel very bad.Thinking of this, she smiled understandingly.Just when she was relieved and thought she was overthinking, she suddenly heard Mao say: "The in-laws are sensible people at first glance, and the in-laws and mother are also kind, so there must be a bowl of water between the children." yes, right?"

If Mei Shi still couldn't hear the other party's voice at this time, it would be in vain to blind her for so many years.She was taken aback immediately, and wanted to say something.

At this time, Lu Guangyi stood up abruptly, his face flushed red.

"Father and mother, let's go back, we won't do this marriage."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone in the room was stunned.

"Boss, what are you talking about!" Mrs. Mei scolded, and hurried to appease the old couple of the Pei family: "Dear family, don't blame me, this kid is talking nonsense."

Lu Guangyi lowered his head and didn't look at other people, he just said: "Mom, I'm not talking nonsense, we won't do this marriage!"

Papa Pei was immediately annoyed, and stood up: "What the hell are you talking about!"

Lu Minghai hurriedly stood up to appease his in-laws, and asked Lu Guangyi to apologize.

Lu Guangyi has always been honest and honest, but he is also like a cow when he is stubborn. No matter what his parents say, he just keeps his head buried and does not make a sound.

Pei Dazhu and Pei Erzhu also stood up, squinting at him: "You kid want to ruin the relationship?" As he said that, Pei Erzhu's hand pushed over.

Lu Guangyi was pushed back and staggered back, then raised his eyes, and said: "You should think that I want to ruin the marriage, I am sorry for Gui'e, and our family will not take back this betrothal gift, just treat it as a favor for Gui'e." The compensation, the compensation has delayed her for more than a year."

Pei Gui'e in the back room cried out and ran out crying.

She looked at Lu Guangyi with tears in her eyes, and cried, "Brother Yi, what's going on?"

Lu Guangyi glanced at her and said, "What's the matter? You should know it in your heart."

What he said made everyone present stunned. Taking advantage of the gap, Lu Guangyi stepped forward to pull his parents, turned his head and left.

The faces of the old couple of the Pei family and Pei Gui'e changed drastically, but it was Mrs. Liu who was standing beside him, and some monks Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, and kept looking at their man.

The couple in the second room have always looked at the eldest son, not only because Lu Guangyi is really responsible, but also because he is a sensible and sensible boy.

But what happened today surprised the couple.It's just that it's not easy to ask questions on the road, so I can only endure it and wait until I go back.

Along the way, the three of them did not speak.

When they got home, Lu Jiaoyue looked at the ugly faces of her parents and elder brother with some doubts.Why was she so happy when she went out, but she became like this when she came back? Could it be that something went wrong at the sister-in-law's house?
It's just that it's not the time to ask questions, so he welcomed the three of them in and stood aside.

"Boss, tell me what's going on?"

Mei Shi was not angry, she knew that her son was not an innocent person, if not for what happened, her son would not behave like this today.

"Mother, big brother, what's the matter?" Lu Jiaoyue asked anxiously, looking back and forth at the expressions of several people.

Mei didn't answer her daughter, but still looked at her eldest son.

Lu Guangyi's face was flushed red. After leaving Pei's house, he remained in this state until he returned home.

He is really ashamed to see his parents and sisters!

"Mother, don't ask, just treat it as a rare time for your son to be self-willed. Let's not do this marriage. As for the dowry, let's treat it as compensation to the Pei family." He said with some difficulty.

Seeing this, Mrs. Mei got angry. She patted the kang table and reprimanded: "You say you won't do it? What do you ask Gui'e to do? And your sister, in order to get money for your marriage , secretly embroidering at home non-stop, you think that little money is good, palm-sized cloth, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of stitches need to be stabbed back and forth, and no stitch can be wrong. And your father, who is greedy from dawn to dusk , why on earth?"

Lu Guangyi raised his head and glanced at his father and sister, with a flash of guilt in his eyes.It's just that he still didn't say anything, and lowered his head again, saying: "Mother, just be your son and be self-willed."

Seeing that her mother was so angry that she wanted to find a feather duster, Lu Jiaoyue hurried forward to stop her.You must know that the feather duster has always been exclusive to the second brother, and the younger brother has suffered it before, but the elder brother and her have never had one. Now the mother is so angry that she wants to hit the elder brother with the feather duster, which shows that she has been ruthless.

She was so anxious that tears rolled in her eyes, she looked at her mother anxiously, and then at her eldest brother.

"Brother, what happened, you tell me."

Lu Minghai at the side sighed, and said, "Boss, tell me, father and mother believe that you are not that kind of irresponsible person."

Lu Guangyi hesitated for a while before explaining the reason of the matter with difficulty.

"You mean Gui'e has already mentioned to you about changing houses?" Mrs. Mei asked in surprise.

Lu Guangyi nodded, and said: "She mentioned it to me once, but I didn't agree to her. But when I came back, my sister said that she wanted to change houses with me. I thought that since the house had been changed, it would be fine. A few days later, I went to tell her about the date of the next appointment, but she didn't mention it, who would have thought that his family would mention this matter today, and would even take advantage of you."

That day when Pei Gui'e mentioned the matter of changing houses in front of Lu Guangyi, Lu Guangyi felt a little uncomfortable, but he could understand her situation, so he didn't blame her.After he came back, his younger sister offered to change the house. According to his usual personality, Lu Guangyi would definitely not agree, but thinking of Pei Gui'e who told him about it while crying, and his younger sister's determination, he agreed.

In order to get married, his sister even gave up her own house, which made Lu Guangyi feel guilty towards her sister all the time.He couldn't say nice words, so he could only decide in his heart that he and Gui'e must treat his sister well in the future.

But today, it was obviously the day when my family went to hire, and the other party didn't mention this matter early, and didn't mention it later, but they brought it up at this time, obviously out of desirability.

This is what makes Lu Guangyi the most angry. It doesn't make sense to marry a wife for him. First he wronged his sister, and then he wronged his mother.Just now at Pei's house, seeing her mother was so anxious, and the other party had the faint intention of sitting on the Diaoyutai, the fire that had been simmering in Lu Guangyi's heart suddenly exploded.

He can't make his parents inferior, no!His family doesn't owe anyone anything, so there's no need to be so humble!So he can only feel sorry for Pei Gui'e, anyway, his family also dislikes his family's poor family situation, so why bother to embarrass each other.

After listening to her son's words, Mrs. Mei fell silent. She threw down the feather duster and sat down on the kang.

And Lu Jiaoyue was even more surprised, why did such a thing happen.

She is not stupid, she understands her brother's thoughts, and can't help but hesitate a little whether it was wrong for her to propose to change the house, otherwise, his elder brother would not feel guilty for her, so that he would become rebellious.

"Boss—" Mrs. Mei hesitated.

Lu Guangyi glanced at his mother, "Mother, stop talking, my son has already made up his mind, let's not do this marriage."

Mrs. Mei couldn't express the complicated feelings in her heart, but she still persuaded: "There is nothing wrong with the Pei family thinking this way. It was because the parents thought about it at the beginning. I'm sorry. As for..."

Lu Guangyi interrupted his mother, "Mother, this matter has nothing to do with the house. If it had something to do with the house, my son would not say such a thing. The son just feels—" He paused, lowered his eyes, and said with difficulty : "It's just a little disgusting. Since I rejected this matter in advance, his family can definitely bring it up at that time, whether it can be achieved or not. But it just happened to be brought up when our family went to hire someone. Showing such a gesture, trying to control our family. Mom, I didn’t understand it before, but now I understand that you can’t marry a daughter-in-law who has a lot of thoughts, just like the eldest aunt, because of her little thoughtfulness, she harmed the whole family. Now ..."

He didn't say any more about the rest, but everyone understood what he meant.

Lu Guangyi was frightened by the Hu family.

"Maybe it's not Gui'e's idea, but her parents' own idea." Mei's words were very pale.

Lu Guangyi's face darkened, and he said with a wry smile: "Even if it wasn't her idea, she must know. Last time I went to her, she didn't even mention it when I went to her. She must have acquiesced in what his family did today. gone."

Having said that, Mei didn't know what to say.

"What about the Pei family?"

Lu Minghai suddenly said: "Okay, let's do whatever we want. Boss, don't say it. Let the dowry be left to his family, and we should treat it as a sorry for Pei's family. Let's not talk about it. Now that the boss has decided, let the child Make up your own mind."

"But--"

"But what?" Lu Minghai glanced at Mrs. Mei, "You want to marry a thoughtful daughter-in-law back? Even if the daughter-in-law is a good one, but the way his family is like, if the daughter-in-law's ears are softer, what will happen in the future? No! The boss is the one who will set up a family in the future. We can’t marry a troublemaker. If we get someone like a sister-in-law, our family will be over! Don’t forget the old saying, marrying a wife is a good one, and marrying a wife who is not a good one will bring disaster to three generations !"

Usually it is Mei's decision on family affairs, but since Lu Minghai made the decision, Mei will not say anything.

After that, Lu Guangyi went back to his room, and Lu Jiaoyue also went back to his room.

Her mood is very complicated. Could it be that the sister-in-law will never marry into her family in this life?

For several days, the atmosphere in the second house was not very good.

Lu Guangzhi also knew what happened that day, he was not as entangled as Lu Jiaoyue, instead he said it was good, and he would not marry such a sister-in-law back and bully his sister.In his heart, he still felt that the eldest sister was wronged by vacating the house.He couldn't blame his elder brother, so he naturally vented his anger to the Pei family. Coupled with the fact that the Mao family took advantage of the Mei family, he felt disgusted with the Pei family.

Naturally, Lu Jiaoyue said a few more words, but whether he listened to it or not, only God knows.

But the Pei family was quite strange, there was no movement at all.It stands to reason that it is normal for one's own girl to be ruined, or to call, or to resolve conflicts.It was too quiet, revealing a trace of abnormality instead.

Lu Jiaoyue sat on the kang, embroidering on the embroidery frame in her hand, thinking about these things.

At this moment, her mother's voice calling her came from the yard.

"Yue'er, Gui Ya has come to look for you."

Osmanthus?

Lu Jiaoyue hastily put down the embroidered cloth in her hand, got off the kang, put on her shoes, and walked outside the house, just in time to run into Gui Ya who was walking towards the house.

Gui Ya has an oval face and big eyes. If you don't look at her patched clothes, thin body, and yellow hair, she can be considered a beautiful girl.At this time, her face was a little pale, and there was a hint of anxiety in her eyes, which made Lu Jiaoyue, who was full of smiles, startled for a moment.

She went forward and pulled Gui Ya into her room.

"Gui Ya, what's the matter with you?" She asked when the two sat down on the edge of the Kang.

"Jiaoyue..."

Seeing Lu Jiaoyue's concerned eyes, Guiya burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)