The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 26

"The eldest girl is a sensible person, and she also knows that a coward like me is useless, and he must not be able to do this kind of thing. I just ask the eldest girl to show mercy..." Aunt Fang just lowered her head when she said this.Mrs. Xu, who had been hiding in the room for a long time, suddenly realized when she heard this. She only opened the curtain and came out, "You are not pregnant? Did you not give the master a cuckold?"

Aunt Fang's face turned red when she heard the words. How could she have thought that Mrs. Xu would have such thoughts, it really made her feel dumbfounded.

"Mrs. Mingjian, I... no matter how much I mess around, I can't do this kind of thing, I just..." Aunt Fang really felt that the words of the old aunt and grandma were hard to say, so her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally it was just like a mosquito humming .

In fact, Xie Yujiao had already guessed pretty well. Isn't that what TV dramas do?
"Mother, don't you understand now? Aunt Fang is not pregnant, and she has a belly in a hurry. I'm afraid some people think that as long as she has fast meat in her stomach, she will be comparable to the child born by Aunt Shen in the future." It’s gone.” Xie Yujiao lowered her head, glanced at Aunt Fang’s embarrassed face, and said with a sneer, “I don’t think you seem like someone with such guts and thoughtfulness, 500 taels is a lot for me. Here it is, tomorrow I will send someone to your house and call for someone to take you back."

Aunt Fang's heart sank a little when she heard the words, but she was a little proud that not only was she able to get out of Xie's family, but she also got such a large sum of money, she didn't count it as a loss this time.If, as the old aunt and grandma said, a child from another family is brought in, she will be a cheap mother in vain, and she has to worry about him. If she has a good life, she will be trapped in this back house.

"Thank you for your grace, miss, I... I... I'll go right away..." Aunt Fang originally wanted to speak to the old aunt, but before she could say that, Xie Yujiao said first: "Wait, You don’t need to go to the old aunt and grandma, just go back to your own yard and I will tell her in person.”

Aunt Fang looked at Xie Yujiao's eyes that seemed to be shining brightly, and she felt a little worried in her heart. She took the money and withdrew, but the old aunt had to stay at Xie's house!But right now she has no way to ventilate with her aunt, and can only look at Xie Yujiao's half-smile expression on the corner of her mouth, secretly worried.

He ordered the servant girl to send Aunt Fang away, Xie Yujiao only let the servant girl watch her at the gate of the courtyard, and did not allow her to report to the old aunt and grandma.Seeing that Xie Yujiao got up to go to the old aunt and grandma, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but asked, "Jiaojiao, you haven't questioned the maids in their yard yet, how did you know that Aunt Fang is pregnant?" What about fake ones?"

Seeing Xu's question, Xie Yujiao also smiled and said: "The first thing they think of when they want to set up this situation is to bribe the servants, so it doesn't matter whether the servants ask or not, anyway, they are using people's money to eliminate disasters for others. I just tried Aunt Fang with the anti-fetal drug, and I knew that her baby was fake."

Xu only asked curiously: "How do you know, but I didn't understand it."

Xie Yujiao only blinked, and said with a smile: "Just now I deliberately and coldly said that I would reward Aunt Fang with a bowl of anti-fetal medicine, and she was frightened when she heard it. It was clear that I wanted to harm her, but she was afraid If I don't drink it, I don't believe she has it, so she drank it, but once she drank it, she revealed her secrets, because what mother would watch others harm her child? It's because of her stomach There are no children here, so she is not afraid."

Following Xie Yujiao's train of thought, Xu thought about it slowly, and she suddenly realized, she just patted her chest and said, "So that's the truth, I didn't think of it, it seems that Aunt Fang is not smart enough."

Seeing Xu's relieved look, Xie Yujiao just smiled and said, "Mother, you can just rest here, and when I go to my aunt's yard first, I'll have lunch with you when I come back. "After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she saw that Zhang's mother had really withdrawn 500 taels of silver from the account room in the front yard. Seeing that Aunt Fang had already left, she asked in puzzlement, "Girl, the old slave really took the silver, but it's just that it's true." Do you want to give it to that person?" For such heartless and characterless people, Zhang's mother felt that giving them a penny was too much! 500 taels of silver, only a big girl can be so rich.

It was the first time Xie Yujiao saw such a large denomination of banknotes since she traveled through time. After thinking for a while, she said, "Mom will keep it for me first, and when the Fang family comes to collect people, I will give them to them later. I went to the outer courtyard and asked the accountant to write a "Letter for Letting the Concubine", since I want to let Aunt Fang go, I have to leave cleanly, so as not to leave any trouble."

After Xie Yujiao finished speaking, she only frowned and thought for a moment, and then told Mama Zhang: "Mom, I just took a bowl of anti-fetal medicine from Aunt Shen, and I have to make up for it."

Mother Zhang just smiled and said: "I have already ordered the kitchen to cook again."

Xie Yujiao nodded, then frowned and said, "Mother Zhang, you are someone who has been here. From now until Aunt Shen's birth, you have to take good care of them. You have to find someone reliable to take care of these entrances."

Zhang's mother heard the words, she just said, "don't worry, big girl, these wives have made arrangements. Now the people in the kitchen are all the wives' former companions. They came from the public house, and they don't know the old aunt and grandma very well. The meals for the wife's main room are all cooked in the small kitchen alone, which doesn't match the ones in the big kitchen outside."

Xie Yujiao saw that Xu was so cautious in this regard, so she knew that she valued the child in Aunt Shen's womb, so she nodded and said, "Then I can rest assured."

At the old aunt's side, seeing Aunt Fang gone for so long, she felt a little worried, so she sent a little maid to the main courtyard to inquire about the news. Before this person reached the door, she saw Xie Yujiao leading the magpie to live with the old aunt place to go.She happened to meet her face to face, but she was embarrassed to turn the corner and go back to report. She had to stop and watched Xie Yujiao walking forward.

Speaking of which, the life of my aunt and grandma is really comfortable. If it is in modern times, at the age of fifty or sixty, I can have such a small courtyard for myself to live in. There is a small Buddhist hall and a small courtyard in it, where all the flowers and plants are raised. With such a spirit, this is simply a good place to take care of your life.Xie Yujiao really doesn't understand, what exactly does this old aunt want to do?At her age, is it possible that she still wants to make some big waves?

Seeing Xie Yujiao entering the door, the servant girl knew that the visitor was not kind with a cold and serious expression on her pretty face, so she just came up to greet her with a smile and said, "The eldest lady is here, my aunt is chanting scriptures in the small Buddhist hall." Well, this servant will invite her now..."

The servant girl hadn't finished speaking, Xie Yujiao just said: "No need, it's just right for the old aunt to be in the small Buddhist hall. There are some things that just need her to talk to the Bodhisattva face to face and lead the way."

As Xie Yujiao said, she glanced at the girl's face, and the girl felt her hairs stand on end, so she lowered her head and led Xie Yujiao towards the small Buddhist hall.

The old aunt and grandma were kneeling in front of Master Guanyin's Dharma portrait, chanting something, and when they heard a voice coming, they thought it was the little maid who had just been sent out to inquire about the news, so she just said casually: "I'm back so soon, madam What did you say, did Aunt Fang come back with you?"

The maid was about to speak, but was stopped by Xie Yujiao, only looking anxiously at the back of the old aunt and grandma.

Xie Yujiao stepped into the threshold, walked over to the side chair and sat down, rolled up a silk handkerchief between her fingers, and said slowly: "Aunt Fang will not come back, she took my money, I will pay you tomorrow." So I sent someone to Fang's house to call for someone to take her back."

The old aunt was startled by the sudden voice, and when she turned her head, she saw Xie Yujiao sitting beside her. The bright sky outside shone on her face, which made the old aunt feel that her pretty face was a bit dazzling.

"What is the eldest girl talking about? Aunt Fang has a child of the master, so she should take good care of it in the mansion. How can she ask the Fang family to take it out? How can the eldest girl be worthy of the master's spirit in heaven?" He just stood up suddenly and said word by word.

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao didn't respond to her for a long while, and seeing that the old aunt was still staring at her with a look of reluctance, she smiled and said, "Old aunt, this is a Buddhist temple, you open your eyes like this Telling nonsense, isn't it afraid that the Bodhisattva will blame him if he hears it?"

The old aunt was very upright at first, and she was about to step forward to question Xie Yujiao, but she didn't expect that such a bland sentence would make her break out in a cold sweat.Usually, although she eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name just to pass some time, she is also very pious after all. She usually does some bad things, but it is not a big thing to seek wealth and kill her. She always feels that the Bodhisattva will not remember it. At such a mention, the old aunt was really shocked.

"You... What nonsense are you talking about, Bo... Bodhisattva, are you still so arrogant?" She was obviously guilty, but she was an elder after all, so she couldn't show timidity in front of Xie Yujiao.

"Where am I talking nonsense, the Bodhisattva has good ears and eyes, but he can see everything very clearly! Last night, it was a dream entrusted to me by the Bodhisattva, telling me that the child conceived by Aunt Fang is fake, otherwise how would I know that my aunt is free and fine?" , and made fun of us with this matter! My mother was happy in vain. Speaking of which, if it weren’t for the Bodhisattva’s dream, I would be happy! I thought I was lonely and had no brothers and sisters, but suddenly Come out two, why don't you have a good celebration?" Xie Yujiao stood up while talking, closed her eyes, folded her hands together and bowed to the Buddha statue of Guanyin.

The old aunt's heart became colder and colder. Yesterday, she was in this small Buddhist hall, discussing with Aunt Fang about making a fake child. Could it be true that the Bodhisattva listened to it and gave it to the little boy in a dream? Girl movies?

Xie Yujiao secretly opened her eyes and looked at the old aunt and grandma. Seeing her face turning red and white, she thought she didn't know what to do.I don't know whether she really believes in Buddhism or not, so let's scare her like this first.

The only line of defense in the old aunt's heart at the moment was also defeated by Xie Yujiao's words. The words and words of studying countermeasures in the small Buddhist hall yesterday were still in her heart. Why did she never think that this was in front of the Bodhisattva? Woolen cloth?She was flustered, and her fingers holding the prayer beads felt uncomfortable, and she could only flick the sandalwood prayer beads in her palm stiffly.All of a sudden, the rope with the Buddha on it was about a long time ago, and there was a crash, and one hundred and eight Buddhist beads were scattered all over the ground in an instant.

The old aunt was thinking wildly at this time, and was taken aback by the sound. Everyone who burned incense and worshiped Buddha knew that the beads scattered inexplicably, and something bad was about to happen. The old aunt was startled, and could only kneel When he came down to kowtow to the Bodhisattva, his eyes were blurred, and his feet were not accurate. He stepped on the scattered Buddhist beads with one foot, shook his body twice, and fell to the ground with his ass.

This moment happened too fast, before Xie Yujiao had time to reach out to help her, the man fell to the ground and howled.The maidservants were all waiting outside the door, and they didn't dare to come in. When they saw the old aunt lying on the ground, they had to stretch their necks to look, and no one dared to come in to help.

Xie Yujiao saw the pained expression on the old aunt's grandmother's face, and she thought it must have been a hard fall. At her age, it is inevitable that she has osteoporosis or something. If you do this all of a sudden, don't break your bones.Although Xie Yujiao still had a little bit of sympathy for the old aunt in her heart, but when she thought that all of this was her own fault, she withdrew her slightly relaxed expression, and said with a straight face: "Aunt, grandma, you are all half-legged people Now, don't you want to live this good life?"

As the saying goes, you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs. The old aunt wants to use this crooked brain, but she doesn't care who she is looking for. Aunt Fang usually looks like she has soft ears and no guts. Yes, to be honest, those who can do this kind of thing are powerful characters, and the IQs of the old aunt and Aunt Fang may not be able to do it.

The old aunt and grandma screamed in pain on the ground, a layer of cold sweat was already on their foreheads, and the maids outside stretched their necks as long as ducks, so no one dared to come in.

Xie Yujiao glanced at the old aunt and grandma, originally wanted to sit down and let her hurt for a while, but after thinking that this is a Buddhist hall after all, she herself has to accumulate virtue, so she took two steps towards the door, turned her head, and said to the old aunt and grandma: "You'd better think about it for yourself. Do you want to live this life well? If you don't want to, the Xie family has a lot of vacant houses. It's the same to find a place and send you to retire."

The old aunt and grandma felt ashamed at the moment, and felt that this was the bodhisattva appearing to punish herself, so she didn't dare to say a word, she could only hold a handful of old tears, where are you crying!

Xie Yujiao walked to the door, and saw that there were little maids at the second gate outside to watch the fun, she only raised her eyelids, and those little maids scattered and ran away in fright.The magpie poked its neck to take a look inside the Buddhist hall, and followed behind Xie Yujiao in a well-mannered manner.Xie Yujiao said to the servant girl who brought her here: "Help the old aunt up and see if she has fallen. Let's raise her well in this yard!"

Magpie followed Xie Yujiao out. Now that she admired Xie Yujiao more and more, she asked curiously, "Girl, girl, did the Bodhisattva really give you a dream?"

Xie Yujiao thought it was funny when she thought about it, this was just her nonsense, it was originally used to scare people, but she didn't expect this girl to actually ask.

Xie Yujiao just hurriedly waved her hand and said: "How can it be! The Bodhisattva receives incense from thousands of people all day long, so how could he care about such small things in our family? This is what I made up to scare my aunt and grandmother. Auntie is using her brains! But don’t tell your wife about this, or she will say that I am talking nonsense and offending a Bodhisattva.” Xie Yujiao knew that Mrs. Xu was also a Buddhist, so if such a thing was She knew that a scolding meal must be indispensable.

Magpie was in admiration for Xie Yujiao, and nodded vigorously, "Girl, why are you so smart! Just make up a few words, and you can scare the old aunt into such a state. I just saw it outside, and it's almost too late." I can't help laughing."

Xie Yujiao gave the old aunt some color, and felt very happy in her heart, but judging by her appearance, she must have fallen hard, so she ordered: "Speak to Mama Zhang later, and go to the town to find a doctor. The doctor with bruises comes and shows her."

Mrs. Xu was waiting for Xie Yujiao to come to eat lunch in the main courtyard. As soon as Mama Zhang had prepared the dishes, the little maid came running in and said, "Young lady is back."

Today, in April, according to the Gregorian calendar, it is already in the middle of May, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Xie Yujiao has already walked this distance, and some beads of sweat have already formed on her forehead. Xu Shi came up to her , wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked, "What did the old aunt say, did she admit it?"

Xie Yujiao held back for a long time, then burst out laughing: "I haven't asked yet, she was scared first, who knows that the Buddhist beads broke somehow, she stepped on the Buddhist beads and fell a big somersault, I Seeing that she is pitiful, I don't ask any more."

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she was a little worried: "Yo, it's not a joke at her age to fall down. Mama Zhang hastened to invite a doctor to show her."

Xie Yujiao knew that Mrs. Xu was kind-hearted. The old aunt and grandma had brought her so much unhappiness this early in the morning. When she heard that she had fallen, Mrs. Xu forgot about the back of her head.

"I saw that the fall was not light, and I guess I won't be able to come out to make trouble for a few days."

Mother Zhang responded, and said: "Madam is so kind-hearted, why don't you invite a doctor? In my opinion, let her lie down in her yard, and she can't move. It will save three days and two ends for Madam." You are blocking me!"

Xie Yujiao deliberately chimed in and said, "What mother said is true, and I thought so too. The old aunt is so worried, and now she can lie down with great difficulty. Naturally, she should be allowed to lie down for a few more days, right?"

Mrs. Xu knew that they were just hard-spoken and soft-hearted, so she also smiled and said: "It's so pitiful, at such an old age, forget it, let's hire a doctor."

Mother Zhang said reluctantly, "You are a wife, so we naturally follow you."

At the end of Shen Shi in the afternoon, Xu Yuxing came back from the outside, and brought back Dawei who had been playing in Jinling City for two or three days.

Xu Yuxing heard Xu's talk about the two things Xie Yujiao did today, and felt that Xie Yujiao could stand alone.Although Master Xie has gone, the Xie family may not necessarily be defeated. Maybe they can still flourish in Xie Yujiao's hands!

Xu Yuxing saw that everything was in order, so he opened his mouth and said: "The fight in the north is quite fierce. I plan to go to the capital in a few days to bring Huiru back. By the way, the goods brought back from the last time I went to the port are returned. It’s in my hand, just take it out.”

Xie Yujiao sat aside and listened silently. Xu Yuxing was going to the capital for a trip. I also understand the account book, and the accounting is also clear, and I know that his goods are going to be sold. The year of the war is not good. If there is any trouble, those things will not be sold at a good price.

"Uncle, just rest assured, I'm at home!"

"I just saw that Jiaojiao is more and more capable now, so I dared to say this." Although Xu Yuxing had a good relationship with Xie Yujiao before, he never knew that Xie Yujiao had such abilities. Usually, he just brought her gifts back, and would treat her well. It's just a little girl who is acting coquettishly to herself, but she didn't expect to be so sensible in the blink of an eye.

Xu Yuxing thought of his wife's early death, leaving only one daughter by his side, and didn't know what was going on with her now, so he sighed a little: "When Huiru comes back, let her go to school with you, what is it?" What a lady should look like."

"Hui Ru Xi Jing, how can she be like Jiao Jiao! Besides, Jiao Jiao has a hard life, her father left early, that's why she is like this, Hui Ru has you as a father, she doesn't have to suffer like Jiao Jiao, In my opinion, if you are thoughtful, you can find her a stepmother, and that will be all." Xu has a deep affection for Xu Yuxing's sister and brother, and every time he talks about these things, the topic will most likely become the subject of introduction.Although Xu Yuxing was no longer surprised, he still couldn't help frowning.

When Xie Yujiao saw her, she said, "Don't worry, mother. There is a saying that a marriage of thousands of miles is linked by a thread. Uncle has not yet met a good marriage. When we do, I'm afraid I don't want my mother to open the mouth. Just bring me a good marriage." The new aunt is back!"

Xu Yuxing felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he didn't let go and said that he wanted to find a continuation.

In the evening, the maid in the old aunt's room came back and said that the old aunt broke her tailbone all of a sudden, and the doctor said she had to stay in bed, and it would take about half a year to recover!

Xu rolled up the veil and thought for a while, before she couldn't help showing a smile, she said to Xie Yujiao: "Jiaojiao, my aunt and grandma will lie on the bed for half a year, and by then Aunt Shen's children will all fall to the ground. "

For the first time, Xie Yujiao felt that this bodhisattva was really useful!He just smiled and said, "Didn't mother say that I would go to the temple to raise gratitude to the gods on the first day of the next month? I'll go with you!"

After a few days, Xu Yuxing prepared his carriage, horses and luggage, took a few people with him and planned to set off for the north, but he didn't bring any of the accompanying goods with him, so he asked the escort in the city to escort him.Mrs. Xu personally sent Xu Yu to the entrance of the village, and the carriage was parked on the side of the country road. Mrs. Xu looked at her brother who was gentle and scholarly, and couldn't help but turn red and said: "Our family was originally a family of scholars, but now we want you to do it These."

Xu Yuxing bowed his head and remained silent. Seeing that Mrs. Xu was about to shed tears again, he only comforted him and said, "It's not easy to live these days. What's the point of talking about high and low? I'm leaving, and my sister doesn't have to send her away anymore."

Seeing off Xu Yuxing, Xie Yujiao was still not idle.Seeing that the delivery date of the [-] cotton-padded clothes is coming soon.This warehouse is also waiting for the newly harvested wheat to be put in, so it cannot be occupied any longer.Liu Fugen was as anxious as an ant on the hot pot for this matter, and went to the warehouse every night to count the number of finished products.Fortunately, Shen Shihu sent someone to guard there day and night, and nothing was lost, but it was only counted as interruptions. Before the end of the month, there might be three to five hundred pieces of clothes missing.

Xie Yujiao raised her head and glanced at Liu Fugen, who was standing below with a pious and respectful face, and said, "Ziyan, take your father to find a guest room to rest, and then study how to do it when you wake up. It’s almost done, and since you can’t put it down, just put it somewhere else, and you can’t leave the food without a place to put it.” Although Xie Yujiao’s homework was not the best in the past, she also knows that early summer is the rainy season. After more than a month of rain, if there is no clean place to store the grain, it will not be able to sell at a good price if it becomes moldy.

Seeing what Xie Yujiao said, Liu Fugen rubbed his bloodshot eyes, the triangular eyes became squinted, and said helplessly: "Miss, Housekeeper Tao is asking me which warehouses I want! I am in a hurry. I didn't dare to sleep for a few nights, what do you think I should do!"

Xie Yujiao bit the end of her pen and thought for a while, then said: "You go back to sleep first, and when you wake up, go to the yamen and say that the [-] cotton-padded jackets are almost ready and there is no place to put them. Let the magistrate send them Some people come, let’s take it away. Remember to count the quantity clearly, and ask them to sign for the things after they are taken away.”

"Can this work?" Liu Fugen was a little confused. In the past, Mr. Xie did things for the government with his own money and effort. Why did the eldest miss order the county magistrate to do things? If the county magistrate gets angry and unhappy Yes, what should I do then?

"Why not? I give things away for free. If he wants anything he wants, you can tell him that we harvest wheat at the end of the month, and the warehouse is not enough to store it. The granary of their county government is still empty for my son. Isn't this a waste of resources? "

Liu Fugen was stunned when he heard this, he didn't dare to say these words to the county magistrate, but it seemed that what the young lady said had some truth, this thing was originally given away for free, how could it be so thankless.Liu Fugen was persuaded to come back by Xie Yujiao at this moment, so he nodded and said, "I'm not going to sleep anymore, I'll go to the warehouse to see how many pieces are still missing, and there are not many people who come to make goods these days. Some people have started to harvest rapeseed, and there are not enough people.”

Xie Yujiao heard the words, just lowered her eyebrows and thought about it. Although the Xie family is sparsely populated, there are still twenty or thirty people crawling, and there are still ten days until the end of the month. pieces come.

"Ziyan, send a few wives to go to the warehouse with your father, and bring back the material for a hundred cotton-padded clothes. Our family will share a hundred pieces. When the work is finished, I will leave it at the end of the month before the end of the month. , there is another bonus."

Ziyan heard that Xie Yujiao was going to make cotton-padded clothes herself, her eyes were wide open, the girl hadn't touched needlework a few times when she was so old, when she was learning embroidery when she was a child, she always read more than she learned, envious of others' beautiful work , I got it in my hand, and I lost my patience after three or five strokes.If my wife sees pinholes on her fingertips, she will feel distressed for a long time. Even when Mr. Xie was around, she would often say, we Jiaojiao don’t need to learn these things, we are all young ladies who are served anyway, just enjoy yourself Qingfu will also be obtained.

Seeing Ziyan frowning, Xie Yujiao felt a little strange, so she just asked, "What's the matter? Don't you like asking you to do needlework? It's not just you, my wife and I have to do it too."

Ziyan complained silently in her heart, girl, please save yourself, you really know how to do needlework?

Xie Yujiao had just arranged things here, and the wife outside sent someone to spread the word that the eldest aunt had come.This aunt is the daughter of the old aunt. Xie Yujiao saw Mr. Xie from a distance on the day when Mr. Xie was buried, but she was too busy to talk to her. On the other hand, Mrs. Xu chatted with her just after passing by. of.

Ordinarily, during the filial piety period, it is common for relatives not to move around, but because the old aunt fell down, Xu still sent someone to take a message to the aunt, and she came over the next day.

Xie Yujiao hadn't entered the main room's gate when she heard two women chirping inside, which sounded very harmonious. Seeing Xie Yujiao coming, the servant girl said to Xu and the eldest aunt, "Young lady is here."

Xie Yujiao also raised her head and took a closer look at the aunt. She had oval cheeks and a bit of warmth in her eyebrows and eyes. Although she looked a bit like an old aunt, she seemed to be much more gentle than an old aunt. One grew up being used as a servant girl, and the other grew up as a young lady and was served by others. This is the difference.

"Jiaojiao is getting better and better now. I took a look over there the other day, and she is already acting like a big girl. Although you don't have a son, sister-in-law, Jiaojiao is better than ten sons!" The great aunt looked at Xie Yujiao from a distance, with a smile in her eyes, Xie Yujiao walked over and blessed her respectfully.

About this great aunt, on the way here, Xie Yujiao had already inquired about it from the maid. She was raised by Mrs. Xie since she was a child. Like a girl in the country, she is very concerned about this sister-in-law. She teaches her to dress up and read, and the relationship between the two is very good.After Mrs. Xie left, the great aunt went back to live with the old aunt and grandma. After another two or three years, she became a filial piety. After the ceremony, the great aunt will marry.

That family is a big landlord in Moling County. Although it is not as rich as the Xie family, it is also one of the best squires in the area. At that time, because the son of the son married the girl of the concubine, Mr. Xie felt that he could not lose face for the eldest aunt, so he prepared It was a huge dowry, and I gave the other party a few paddy fields and orchards on several hills in Moling County, so I happily married.

I heard that my aunt had given birth to two daughters in a row in the past few years, and now her status in the family is not as good as before. The man made a fuss about marrying the younger wife every day, because he owed the Xie family some money and refused to pay it back. To Mr. Xie There was a bit of awe, so I didn't do anything serious to accept the door, but in private, I definitely didn't make less trouble outside.

When Xie Yujiao was sorting out the accounts a few days ago, fortunately, she saw the IOU for such a sum of money, and she became more and more aware of it. I don’t know why in the old year. Their field harvest was not good, and they couldn’t get it when the court collected grain. When the food came out, it was Mr. Xie who helped him fill the hole.Xie Yujiao went through the accounts from years ago, and Mr. Xie also filled them out for him. He has already owed 5000 taels of silver over the years.

To the Xie family, the 5000 taels of silver was nothing, but Xie Yujiao pinched her fingers and calculated, so to the Jiang family, it should be nothing.Besides, the money is not owed every year. Even if the family is poor and pays back 1000 taels of silver a year, it should be finished by now. To put it bluntly, it means bullying Mr. Xie is a good man and has a lot of money, so he is relying on it.

Seeing Xie Yujiao salute to her, the aunt hurriedly stretched out her hand to help her up, looked at her carefully, and said, "Look at this appearance, it's really beautiful. I still remember when my sister-in-law first entered the door when I was young." My son, I was hiding in the crack of the door and peeping. At that time, my mother held my hand and said, this time I found a wife from the city for your brother, and now it has been so many years in the blink of an eye, and we are all old."

When my aunt said this, her eyes were already red. Xu Shi was a person who couldn't bear to be teased. Before the aunt finished speaking, she burst into tears and said: "I didn't expect your brother's life to be so hard." , went so early, leaving behind us orphans and widows, what are we going to do!"

Xie Yujiao looked at this scene, and her feelings were about to flood Jinshan again, so she hurried forward, pulled Xu's sleeve and said, "Mother, why are you crying again? Auntie came back after a long time, but you made her fall into trouble." I’m in tears.” Then she turned to her aunt and asked, “Why didn’t the two girls come with me? I’m really thinking about them.” Although I don’t even know what they look like, I still have to pretend to greet them.

"The family is guarding the hot filial piety. Your two cousins ​​are young, so it's not convenient to come here. If the old aunt and grandma are not feeling well, I'm afraid your aunt won't be able to spare time." Xu only explained.

Xie Yujiao nodded, and when she lowered her eyebrows to think about something, she suddenly saw a few blue and purple bruises on the forearm of the aunt who was hiding in the sleeve. The clothes of the master of this ancient wealthy family were all wide sleeves. It was hot and she didn't wear much clothes. Although she hid it, Xie Yujiao still saw it.

Xie Yujiao's forehead suddenly felt hot, what the hell... What kind of a bastard, owes money to his wife's natal family, and commits domestic violence?The great aunt didn't notice what Xie Yujiao had come up with, she saw that Mrs. Xu said it for herself, she smiled and said: "Actually, the two of them also wanted to come, but it's just that the season has changed recently, and the elder brother is sick, so it's inconvenient to come here." .”

Mrs. Xu said, "The weather is not good. It's cold and hot. It's said that spring covers autumn and it's freezing. It's better to wear more clothes." Xie Yujiao blinked. Wu Qiudong, no matter what, looking at the gown on the outside of the aunt, it is indeed quite thick.

The eldest aunt drooped her eyebrows, and just nodded dully. Seeing that she seemed to have something on her mind, Mrs. Xu said, "You came here early, but have you been to the yard of the old aunt? She didn't know why this time, she fell The doctor said that she is too old and can only be raised on the bed. I have added two more maids to her, so that she can get better sooner, otherwise when the weather is hot, if she still lies like this, her body will be very sick. Mattresses are not allowed."

When the aunt heard the words, she only nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "I was planning to go, but I have to meet my sister-in-law first when I come back."

(End of this chapter)