Peasant woman

Chapter 59

During this period of time, Mrs. Chen has also become more honest. He knows Fugui's background, so naturally he will not offend Fugui.But now that Xu Cao has been married to Yang's family for two years, even if she can't give Chen Ru to Fugui, she still wants to give Fugui the girl from her natal family.A few days ago, her natal aunt came to look for her, that is, the younger sister of Chen's own mother. Chen's aunt has a granddaughter, who is now eighteen, and has always wanted to find a rich family, but was delayed. Shi's eldest son is promising, so he started to use his brains.

Seeing the table of people eating happily, Mrs. Chen wanted to pick a good time to say something. After all, it was the eldest daughter-in-law who made the mistake first. It’s okay if the eldest daughter-in-law didn’t get pregnant within a year after entering the house, but now it’s been more than two years. She is not pregnant yet, so there must be something wrong with her body. If you say it this way, everyone in the family must agree.

"By the way, that boss." Mrs. Chen coughed twice, looked at Fu Gui who was drinking happily, and said, "Mother has something to tell you." As she spoke, she glanced at Xu Cao.

Without waiting for Fugui to answer, Old Man Yang on the side gave Chen a glance, and snorted, "Don't think about it on such a happy day today, and make everyone panic, if it's not important As for the matter, we can talk to the boss after dinner.”

Mrs. Chen chuckled twice, and had no choice but to agree.

Finally, after dinner, Mrs. Chen hurriedly took Fu Gui out, "Boss, I have something I want to discuss with you. In fact, mother doesn't want to care about it, but your daughter-in-law has been living together for more than two years now." , I'm not pregnant yet, there are a lot of gossips in the village, I saw a girl from my natal family, and now, she looks like a flower, would you like to go and see her?"

Fugui's face was ugly.

Mrs. Chen continued: "Master, in fact, you have seen it too. How have I treated your daughter-in-law in the past six months? Every time I speak, I always speak nicely. Now it is really her fault. Being childless is a big mistake." Yes, I'll see you divorce her. Mother knows it's not good for her, but there's nothing you can do about it, don't you think? At worst, let's just give her a few taels of silver? Do you think it's okay?"

Mrs. Chen had a good idea. When Xu Cao married here, there were only a few pieces of furniture and no dowry. Now if Fu Gui divorced her, it would not be a bad idea to give her a few more taels of silver.The Chen family consciously regarded all the rewards from the emperor as the Yang family's.

"Mother, you should give up on this idea. Even if my wife can't give birth to children in this life, I will not abandon her. I already have Miao Miao, so it doesn't matter if I have children. If you are talking about this matter Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After Fugui finished speaking, he left with a sullen face.

Angrily, Mrs. Chen stomped her feet on the spot, "Why are you so stupid? You don't even have a son, who will you leave this big family business to in the future? Mother is doing it for your own sake, you white-eyed wolf!"

Fugui ignored her, so Chen had no choice but to go to Xu Cao, explain the purpose of coming, and told Xu Cao that if she was willing to leave, she would definitely give her enough money.

Xu Cao snorted coldly, "Mother, your abacus is too good. Don't forget that there are still two hundred acres of land in this reward, but it was given to me by the present sage? Do you know that if the present sage knows you The Yang family wants to get rid of this thing, do you think the majesty will treat your Yang family like this? Or do you think the rich and noble family is the family of the rich and powerful in the capital, but do you think it is the emperor or the rich family?"

What Xu Cao said was just to scare Mrs. Chen. How could the Holy Majesty care about her, a little peasant woman, and take care of these housework for her.

Chen's face turned pale with fright, she really didn't expect this.But apart from the rewards and the hundred acres of fertile land, there is nothing left for wealth, and the most important thing is the one hundred acres of fertile land.

What should I do?Chen's face paled anxiously.

Xu Cao looked at her and sneered in her heart, but also felt a little sad.It is harsh to a woman at any time, whether it is the world of the present or her previous life, the ultimate end of an infertile woman is basically abandoned by men, but if a man is infertile, few women will leave him.

Mrs. Chen wanted to say something more, but Xu Cao had already turned and left.

In the afternoon, everyone left, only Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Li stayed to help. Xu Cao made some blood sausage out of pig intestines and blood, and smeared all the meat with salt.They also gave Mrs. Li and Mrs. Shen each more than 20 catties of pork belly.

When going to bed at night, Fugui knew that Xu Cao would not let him touch him during the middle of each month, so Fugui counted the days tonight, and honestly went to bed with his wife in his arms.

On the other hand, Xu Cao thought about the day's affairs, and also thought about wealth, so she put her arms around him, and quietly moved her mouth towards him.

Fugui was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that this was his wife who was willing to let him touch him, so he immediately covered his body and kissed her...

For the remaining few days, Xu Cao didn't shy away from it.

It's finally approaching the end of the new year, and Xu Cao and Fugui welcome a guest they never thought of.

Fugui's grandmother came with three Fugui uncles, one uncle.

Looking at the exquisite carriage, the well-dressed maids, and the clever servants.Both Xu Cao and Fugui were still a little unresponsive, until Mo Yubai yelled out, and the two of them rushed up to greet them.

A woman wearing a snow-white fox fur cloak came down from the exquisite and luxurious carriage. The woman had fair skin, her hair was pulled into a beautiful temple, her hair was also black and shiny, and her eyes were the most beautiful. In his early years.But Xu Cao knew that this should be the wealthy grandmother, even if she was at least sixty years old, it showed how well maintained she was.

"Wan'er, Wan'er...this...is this Wan'er's child?" The woman saw Fugui, her eyes were flushed, and she came to Fugui's side tremblingly, as if she couldn't believe it.She looked at Fugui carefully, and after a while, tears came out of her eyes.

"Mother, don't be sad. Wan'er will be disturbed if she sees it in the spirit of the sky. Now that we have found Wan'er's child, we should feel at ease, right? Look at Wan'er's child, it is really similar to the fifth child, no wonder Everyone is like a nephew."

After the man finished speaking, he looked at Fu Gui and smiled, "I am your eldest uncle, Mo Yuping. This is your second uncle, Mo Yu'an, and your third uncle, Mo Yukang. Your fifth uncle must be I’ve known each other for a long time, so I don’t need to introduce you.”

Xu Cao also looked like these uncles. The three uncles looked a little like their wealthy grandmother, and they were all gentle and elegant. Presumably only the five sons of the Mo family followed the appearance of the old man of the Mo family.

After recognizing the people, Xu Cao invited a few of them into the house. As for the maids and servants, they were all standing outside waiting, watching the heavy snow, Xu Cao was a little worried that they would be frozen, and gave everyone outside After making hot tea, I cleaned up two other rooms, so that these maids and servants could go in and rest.

Entering the house, the grandma pulled Fugui again for a while, feeling sad, Fugui had never been pulled like this before, a blush appeared on her face.

"Grandmother...Grandma, you must be tired after coming so far, why don't you go to rest first." Fugui was very uncomfortable being pulled by this grandma.

In this way, the grandmother lived in a wealthy family. The house was not big. The grandmother drove several uncles, uncles and maids to the town, leaving only two maids to take care of them.

Grandmother also liked Xu Cao very much, and talked with Xu Cao all day long.

Xu Cao also has a good impression of this grandmother. This old man is kind and will not look down on farmers.It's just that for Fugui's own father, my grandmother never said that she would go to see him. She must still think that Father Yang is not worthy of her most beloved daughter.

Xu Cao was also very concerned about food, knowing that this old man living in the capital would not like to eat greasy food like their peasant family, so he tried every means to get something delicious for every meal.A few days ago, I made preserved eggs with the eggs at home, and now it was time to eat, Xu Cao went to beat two pieces of tofu, made a preserved egg mixed with tofu, and made a hot and sour potato shreds. None, only some cabbage and radishes stored in the cellar, and fried cabbage with smoked bacon, and made a big pot of radish stew for Fugui and Xiaoguang.

The old lady liked the hot and sour potato shreds very much, and praised Xu Cao's ability to grow such delicious and high-yield vegetables with a smile.

The old lady also likes to eat preserved eggs. She ate it for a few days and asked her sons to come back from the town to have a meal. They all said it was delicious.

Xu Cao said with a smile: "If grandma likes it, I made a lot of it, and grandma can take it back to the capital to eat. At that time, I will give the recipe to the uncles, and let the servants make it after eating."

The old lady smiled and narrowed her eyes, "The grandson-in-law is still capable, and the dishes are delicious. Hey, I can't bear you as an old woman. What should I do?"

"If grandma likes it, she can stay for a longer period of time, and when the spring begins to grow small wild vegetables in the field outside, she will make some delicious food for grandma when she comes back, and then get some wild vegetables to make dumplings, which will be refreshing and good for the stomach. At that time, Fugui can still go hunting in the mountains, and grandma can also taste the game that Fugui hunts."

The old lady was a little sad, "But I will leave in the end. You and Fugui are stubborn. I won't force you to go back to Beijing, old lady. I just hope you don't forget me. Go to the capital to see old lady and your grandfather when you have time. Your grandfather is busy these days, otherwise he would follow along."

Xu Cao nodded, "Grandmother said that Fugui and I are really not used to the life in the capital. If we are really allowed to go, we will not be happy. Why don't we take the time to visit you every year."

"Okay, they're all good kids."

The people in the village had known for a long time that someone from the capital was here, and they were rich relatives. They were very surprised at first, and they ran to Xu Cao's house every day, but they were stopped by Xiaoguang and Xiaoxia.From then on, the village also knew that the wealthy family of the mother-in-law was a powerful family in Beijing, rich and powerful.

When there is a topic, there will naturally be more gossip, saying that the rich will definitely go back to Beijing, and that Xu Cao can't have children, and some people who dislike the poor and love the rich want to give their daughters to the rich, after all If you go to the capital to be rich, you will be the young master of a rich family, and even if you are a young girl, you can enjoy the blessings.

However, fortunately, there are not many people who think this way, and at most they just think about it.

However, this idea still reached the old lady's ears, and the old lady was very angry, she found Fu Gui and scolded: "You child, what's the matter with all the gossip outside? A woman's family gave birth too early, which is harmful to her body. It's not good either. I saw that the girl Cao'er was in good health. She didn't look like she couldn't give birth. I'm afraid she didn't give birth because she knew that giving birth too early was bad for her health. Why do you let the gossip in the village say that? Cao'er? How does Cao'er feel when he hears this?"

The old lady is from the capital city, and there are many famous doctors and imperial doctors. Naturally, she knows that if a woman gives birth too early, it is not good for her health. The old lady herself is only willing to conceive after she is eighteen.

Fugui said: "Grandmother, my wife and I don't care about those gossips. Most people in the village are like this. There are a lot of gossips, so let's just ignore them."

The old lady snorted, "Even if you ignore it, that girl Cao'er must be feeling uncomfortable, that's all, you don't have to worry about this matter, I'll let your uncle handle it, these people just have nothing to do in their free time, catch them Go to town and lock them up for a day or two, and they'll be honest."

Then the old lady called Xu Cao to ask again, and Xu Cao blushed and said, "Grandmother, I read in a book before that it was said that giving birth too early is not good for your health, so I thought about it two or three years later. I was born, but I didn't expect that the villagers would start gossiping."

The old lady nodded in agreement, "No, you've been waiting for a year or two to be fine, forget it, you don't care about this matter."

Sure enough, within two days, the villagers knew that the family who cared about wealth was arrested by the town's officials, and then those who were the first to gossip were also arrested. No one expected this It was Chen's family that was first mentioned in the gossip.

The old lady didn't care whether the Chen family was kind to the rich or not, she was directly arrested.

(End of this chapter)