Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 202
The day before the new year's welcome, Lan Xiuting was still looking at her dowry box and worried. How could she be ashamed to marry into her husband's house like this?

"Sister-in-law, will you marry from this room?"

Hearing the voice of her eldest niece coming in, Lan Xiuting quickly woke up from her own meditation. No matter how difficult it was, she had to do this. She was going to get married tomorrow. I heard that the boy from the Hao family had already suppressed The chief was taken away and sent to the county government. This is a happy event anyway. I no longer have to worry about being threatened by him. When I get the treatment of my in-law's family, I can only take one step at a time. Be diligent and try to change your mother-in-law.

"The room is a bit small, it can't fit anything."

Lan Lingxue had already stepped into the door, and she couldn't help frowning when she saw my sister-in-law's room, but it was true when I thought about it, when my family was here, the four of us were just squeezed into such a small room, and my sister-in-law could live alone A room is already a very high-end treatment.

"This is the condition of our family, and it can't be changed."

Although a little helpless, Lan Xiuting is already very content. In this family, she can see her mother's attitude towards her four brothers and sister-in-law. In contrast, she is living at home. It's a relief, if there is no such thing as getting married, mother and father should really say that they are the best in the whole family.

"No, I was impatient just now, I didn't want to understand, I'm not because you live in a small place, auntie, I'm because..."

Lan Lingxue looked at the door and saw that no one was passing by, so she turned her head and looked at the three boxes in the corner of the room.
"It's because you can't fit in this room. My father and mother prepared ten dowry for you, my sister. Although it's not expensive, clothes, fabrics, dishes, rouge, etc. are all well prepared. , My mother said, probably grandma can’t prepare anything for you here, you shouldn’t be too shabby when you marry into Steward Li’s house, don’t let your in-laws look down on our Lan family, and don’t let your mother-in-law look down on you.”

These words made Lan Xiuting's tears flow down instantly.

"Sister-in-law, look at you. It's a good thing. You started to cry. I don't know. You thought I was here to bully you."

Lan Xiuting stretched out her hand and patted Lan Lingxue to stop her tears, but she didn't smile.
"My sister-in-law still loves me, little basket, as you know, Steward Li's family brought ten boxes of betrothal gifts, but your grandma left seven boxes, and these three boxes are worthless. I'm so anxious here that I don't know what to do, I have to save face, how can I have the face to enter Li's house after carrying things over like this."

Lan Xiuting wiped away the tears on her face, her voice choked up,

"Thanks to your family for thinking about me, little basket, I won't say thank you. This thing is for emergency now. I won't be polite to your family, but I borrowed this thing. I will find a way to return it in the future."

Seeing that Lan Lingxue was about to speak, Lan Xiuting hurriedly finished what she hadn't finished speaking,
"I know my sister-in-law is sincerely treating me well by preparing things for me, but my parents can ignore my dowry, so I don't have the face to let my sister-in-law help me. Back then, your family was kicked out by your parents I didn't help much when I was there."

Thinking of the embarrassment of her brother and sister-in-law when they left home, Lan Xiuting lamented the cruelty of her parents, but she was still young at that time, and could only watch her parents treat the second brother's family cruelly.

Lan Lingxue handed Lan Xiuting a piece of handkerchief and told her to wipe her face well before she spoke.
"Sister-in-law, when my family was purged and left the house, you could bring a bowl of porridge to my brother when my mother and brother were hungry. Our whole family is very grateful. The icing on the cake is far less than the snow. Sending charcoal, your love has warmed the hearts of our family, no matter how much we do, it is just icing on the cake."

Lan Xiuting's tears fell again, she didn't know that a small act of hers back then would bring her such true love,
"It's just a little effort for me. Sister-in-law, this is not the icing on the cake. I'm going to jump into the well with worry. It's definitely a timely gift. It relieves my urgent need."

Lan Xiuting really can't be polite now, if she just took these three boxes to Li's house, then her life can be imagined in the future, no matter how hard her husband's family doesn't care, her mother's family will not do things like this.

"Since it's an urgent need, don't be too polite. We didn't dare to send the things here first, because we were afraid that grandma would take them again, but sister-in-law, you are getting married tomorrow, and you will be sending the dowry tomorrow morning. This thing If you don’t bring it over, I’m afraid it will be delayed tomorrow morning, but your room is too small, if you put it outside, you’re afraid there will be fewer things, tell me, how do you arrange these things?”

Lan Lingxue was helpless, the word filial piety was too big, even if grandma took everything, no one in the whole family dared to say no,

"It's better not to carry it here. You bring things here, but I may not be able to take them away. It's useless to make my sister-in-law spend so much money."

Thinking of her own mother, Lan Xiuting felt a little depressed. Just now, she just thought that something would be added, which was great, but now that she thought about it, even if her mother wanted to keep it, she would not be able to take it with her. , It's a waste of my sister-in-law's intentions. Even if I pay it back in the future, I don't know how long it will take to pay it back.

"Little basket, go home and tell my sister-in-law, I have thanked my sister-in-law for her kindness, don't add any dowry or anything to me, it's just for nothing, I'd better just get married like this, and calm down, but my sister-in-law's affection, I don't care. I won't forget it."

I hope Brother Zhuzi can understand the environment he is in. A father and mother who can exchange their daughter for money, even if there is no dowry, it is understandable. However, this will definitely embarrass the in-laws, so I went by myself After the in-law's family, work more, talk less, be more diligent, and share more for the family. I hope that the in-law's family can see this, and it will not be difficult for themselves.

"Sister-in-law, you are too pessimistic. A few days ago, you would have thought that you would marry Brother Zhuzi. You are married now. Things are not static. If there is a problem, we will find a way to solve it. The problem was so difficult at the beginning. We It's all solved, these are small problems now, that's all right, don't worry about it, I'll find a solution."

Seeing the helplessness, grievance and sadness on my sister-in-law's face, Lan Lingxue didn't want her to think about these things anymore. After all, she was going to get married tomorrow, so she was thinking too much. It made people laugh.

Lan Lingxue went home and told her parents about the matter. Lan Erzhuang and Lin Qiutang could only sigh. They really had nothing to say when they met such parents. After hearing this, Mrs. An could only sigh It's rare to see it in the world, and it's not uncommon to see unkind parents, but there are really few who can openly embezzle their daughter's dowry. It turns out that Mrs. An has been holding on to let Lan Erzhuang's family forgive their parents and communicate more with them , understand, and hope to reconcile with their parents as before, there is nothing left at this time. The children in her imagination are not in harmony with their parents. It must be that the children are at fault, while the parents only account for a small part. Because the parents Many of my mistakes can be forgiven. Now it seems that my thinking is too naive. The parents in the city, no matter how unkind, have a face, and they are afraid that others will see their unkindness and be laughed at. There is a lot of pretense on the face of affection, and in this rural area, parents don't even bother to show affection, we are like this, what do you like, anyway, we are parents, you have to bear it.

"That's what I think. The team carrying the dowry tomorrow morning must go along the road at the east end of the village. If we can't go to the town by other roads, then we will send people to carry the dowry and wait for them to come. Just join the team, besides, for my sister-in-law's dowry, I will definitely find someone to go with me. I think it should be my fourth aunt. I will ask later. If it is my fourth aunt, it will be more It's easy to handle, we asked Fourth Uncle to make an agreement with her in advance, let her count the team again when she arrives at the entrance of the village, and add the dowry list we wrote to the original list, and that's it, um..."

Lan Lingxue thought for a while, and added,
"There's too much dowry here, and tomorrow will be very busy. I think I'll send Xiaomei there too, let her work hard for a day, help my sister-in-law guard the dowry box for a day, and let her come back when my sister-in-law finishes counting the dowry in the evening."

This can only be regarded as a solution of the last resort. If they can leave home in an upright manner, who would like to add a dowry on the way? I have to sigh, the old couple of the Lan family have forced their children to resort to tricks.

"Your sister-in-law will be blessed when she gets married, and they will have a rest after Guanshi Li drinks with her. There is no time to count the dowry. It is not convenient for Xiaomei to spend the night at someone's house."

As the female elder in the family, Lin Qiutang naturally thought more,
"Don't worry about this mother. I will tell Brother Zhuzi in advance and ask him to arrange someone in advance. Xiaomei is just before the ceremony, when the dowry booth is in the yard for people to watch, take care not to let the dowry It's fine if something is missing, wait until my sister-in-law enters the door, and the wedding procedures are all over, let Brother Zhuzi move all the things to the prepared warehouse before going to the banquet, and let Xiaomei look at the lock in person. Just go through the door of the storehouse and hand over the key and the dowry list to my sister-in-law, so there shouldn’t be any mistakes, since my sister-in-law holds the key in her own hand, and it will be convenient to count it the next day.”

Lin Qiutang still frowned, no matter what he thought it was inappropriate.

"On the first day of entering the mansion, if I get a warehouse by myself and hold the key, my mother-in-law will not be happy."

Isn't this a challenge to my mother-in-law? I will take care of myself in the future, and I will not accept your old management.
"What is there to be unhappy about? This shows that the daughter-in-law has financial resources. Even if the daughter-in-law of other people's family wants to get a warehouse, they don't have anything to store. Besides, Brother Zhuzi's family is not a wealthy family. After a good year, the family has improved a bit, and the whole family is relying on brother Zhuzi, as long as he speaks, everything will be done."

Hearing what my daughter said, Lin Qiutang also felt that it made sense. After all, not everyone's mother-in-law is like her own mother-in-law, as long as she can reason, then things will be easy.

(End of this chapter)