The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 100

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a blink of an eye, most people have to go to their mother's house.Ji Wang and Jin Ling went out early in the morning, and Shenjia Village was far away, so they had to go to the town to buy festival gifts first.

Yinyue's natal family is gone, she has no place to go, but her elder sister has recently been angered by the eldest son of the Ge family, and she came to Yinyue's house with her several-month-old daughter in her arms, planning to stay for a few days before going back .

Zhaodi and Zhongping went to Liu's family's wooden shed to help make dumplings, planning to have a reunion dinner.

Yingniang was packing up some clothes she didn't wear, and was going to bring them to her mother.Although she and Li Xinghua are not close, they are still mother and daughter in name, not to mention that she doesn't wear these clothes very much now, and they take up space.

Yinyue has always dressed well, and doesn't like to pick on others' leaks.Zhaodi is too small, Yingniang's clothes don't fit her well, and Jinling is too tall to wear them at all.

After thinking about it, Yingniang felt that only her mother, Li Xinghua, was about the same figure as herself, but a little wider than her own. Anyway, her mother never paid attention to her clothes, and she could make do with looser or tighter clothes.

"Boming, I didn't expect that I bought so many clothes in less than three years after I married you. The first two years were better, and I didn't do much. Especially this year, every time you go out, you have to buy them when you see good ones. Ask a tailor to tailor it for me. You see, these are just washed and worn, and they are not torn in the slightest. I can’t even wear them, so it’s better to make fewer clothes in the future.”

Boming also packed up some of his old clothes, planning to take them to his father-in-law and Genzi.Bo Ming knew that Zhu Zi would rather wear tattered clothes than other people's old ones, which would be embarrassing, so he didn't think about him at all.

He packed up and was tying the burden, "Didn't you say that you should enjoy your life when you live a good life? You said that every time you put on new clothes, you feel happy. Not only do you have a lot to do, but I also have a lot. I also I personally feel that every time I wear new clothes to go out, I am really happy. In the future, I have to do what I have to do. Last time, I was very happy to wear a piece of clothes. In short, there is no waste.”

"You're right. When my mother came home, I saw that she was still wearing patched clothes. This time I brought these clothes to her, and she must be happy. By the way, I really like this embroidered and trimmed dress, Chuan Er saw it half a year ago and seemed to want it very much. I was not willing to give it to her. Last month I cut a new one that looks better than this one. How about I bring this old one to her when I go this time? I don’t know if she can still look up to her now.”

"It's only been half a year, so it should be considered fashionable. She won't become disliked so quickly. She only earns [-] yuan after working in our house for more than a month. I don't know if she has any grudges against us." Birming is a bad person People who love to offend others, especially Yingniang's natal family.

"She has nothing to grudge. It's not that I gave her less money. It's obviously that she is perfunctory in her work. It's getting late, let's go quickly." Yingniang carried two burdens on her back, and Boming thought Son, the family of three set off.

When they passed by the town, they also bought six packs of pastries, six catties of sugar and six catties of meat, which were regarded as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.Compared with the gifts given by other people's daughters when they return to their natal homes, these things are still very generous, because no family is willing to give six catties of meat.

When they came to Lin's house, Li Xinghua and Genzi came to greet her at the door. Ever since Yingniang became promising, the family has been very polite to her, and they never dared to poke her heart.

Although Father Lin didn't go forward to greet him, he was still sitting in the room happily smoking a pipe.

Yingniang instructed: "Remember to put the meat in a jar and sink it to the bottom of the well, don't marinate it, fresh meat is better than salted."

Genzi answered, "Sister, I love your smoked bacon."

Li Xinghua quickly interrupted him, "Don't keep thinking about eating from your sister's house. In the twelfth lunar month, I will make smoked meat for you to eat. Your sister has already taught me how to do it."

When Li Xinghua was talking, she also took a knife to cut off about a catty of meat, planning to use it to entertain her son-in-law at noon, and let the roots of the rest sink to the bottom of the well.

Yingniang suddenly remembered that when she returned home after getting married, she and Bo Ming sent two catties of meat, and her mother was reluctant to cut off a piece to entertain the new son-in-law.Thinking that life will get better in the future, her mother will become more generous, and she also knows that she can't keep thinking about things from her daughter's house.

When Li Xinghua thought that Yingniang is now a well-known capable person, she felt that she had contributed a lot. Without her, how could there be such a girl?Thinking of Yingniang's suffering in her natal family for more than ten years before she got married, and being scolded so much by her, she regretted it.

Yingniang knew that her natal family's change of her was not because of her, but because of her current reputation and the benefits she gave to her natal family.

She didn't bother to care about it, many families here treated their daughters like this, and her natal family was not the worst one.What's more, now that we are much closer, there is no need for her to hold grudges about the past, anyway, she doesn't come often, except for the New Year holidays, she doesn't come at all.

In this place, if you don't leave your mother's house during the Chinese New Year, you will be criticized or scolded by others, so she feels that she has to live with this routine.As long as they are not as red-faced as before, this natal family may have to go on for the rest of their lives.

At this moment, Li Xinghua, Father Lin, and Genzi are all trying on the clothes brought by Yingniang and Bo Ming, and they feel that these clothes are still very new, and the material is also good, much better than those on them.

At this time, Li Xinghua was trying on a deep crimson gown, "Yingniang, I can wear this color, but the cuffs and neckline are rolled with brocade, do I look like a landlady?"

Yingniang smiled lightly, "Isn't it a good landlady, anyway, you look much more energetic when you wear it, and you look a few years younger."

Li Xinghua grinned from ear to ear, "Okay, I'll just wear it like this, and I don't care if people say I'm 'old and handsome', just pretend to be a rich person."

Li Xinghua took out another one from her bag, and said in surprise: "Oh, I can't wear this, the color is too tender, the fabric and embroidery are very fine, it must not be cheap, you can keep it for yourself .”

"I brought this to Chuan'er, what about her, why didn't I see her?" Yingniang looked around.

As soon as Li Xinghua asked about Chuan'er, she immediately became unhappy. She pouted to the south and said, "She has gone to Xiu'er's house in Nantou. Xiu'er is going to get married tomorrow. She twisted her face and trimmed her eyebrows for Xiu'er." I've gone, and tomorrow I have to paint Xiu'er's face."

Yingniang was very surprised when she heard the sound, "She will do this?"

"She usually likes to trim her face the most. She loves to dress up and wear fashionable clothes and shoes. She is really good at doing this. She also told people that she would help people paint eyebrows like her elder sister's, Comb hair like that. You are famous now, and many girls want to dress up like you. When she said this, people from several nearby villages came to ask her to be their bride. She is a woman in her 40s and 16s. She is only [-] years old when she becomes Xi's mother-in-law, so people have to call her Xi'niang."

Yingniang knew that Chuan'er had a lot of tricks, but she didn't expect that she would pull herself out.

Li Xinghua went on to say: "Originally, the bridal wife had to teach those married girls the etiquette and rules to follow in their in-laws' house. How could she know this? When a girl from a family got married, she would go over and follow other bridal wives secretly." As a result, the Xipos in several nearby villages could not earn any money, because everyone invited her to go. Besides, the Xipos only received three or four catties of grain or a dozen Wen, but she was lucky enough to receive thirty. But it can make those happy wives very angry."

Yingniang felt it was funny when she heard this, "Isn't this a good thing, she can finally earn money. She is willing to hire her when she charges thirty. Doesn't this just show that she is capable?"

"What's the matter? The money she earns doesn't make up for the family. It's all used to buy hair flowers, earrings, and bracelets. She also learns from you to buy cloth and ask a tailor to make clothes. Although there are several girls in every family, how many people are around?" There are even more in the villages, and four or five girls get married every month. But after all the calculations, she can't earn two hundred wen a month."

Ying Niang replied: "For a daughter-in-law of an ordinary family, earning more than 100 Wen a month is not bad, so don't think she earns less."

Li Xinghua was anxious, "I don't think she earns less, but she spends all the money she earns every month, leaving nothing! She used to help with cooking and laundry, but now she doesn't do it at all. You know, only four or five girls get married in a month, and she has a lot of free time in the rest of the day, but she just refuses to work. Whenever I talk about her, she talks back, saying that she is a You can earn so much money by only doing the work for dozens of hours a month, and you are more promising than the female day laborers in your workshop! Promising people don’t need to do the work that those rough women should do. Good guy, She treats me like a rough woman!"

Ying Niang frowned, "I still cook every day, Bo Ming in the morning, I cook lunch and dinner, and I wash the clothes. If she earns the same money as me, wouldn't she be in the sky?" gone?"

Li Xinghua sighed: "Isn't that right, you came this time just to persuade her to agree to split the family quickly. She thinks that after the separation, she will have to do the housework by herself, and she and Zhu Zi can't save money, so she wants to use my money Flowers."

Yingniang didn't really want to interfere in these matters, anyway, Zhuzi refused to listen to her, so she asked: "Where is Zhuzi, seeing that it's almost noon, is he still working in the field?"

"Fart! He didn't go to work, but went to someone else's house to buy eggs for Chuan'er. I doted on him for nothing. He usually only helps his wife, so I don't even care about my mother. This The family gets points regardless of division, otherwise the family will not be able to save money to marry Genzi."

Yingniang was puzzled when she heard this, "Isn't there a chicken at home, why do you have to go to someone else's house to buy eggs?"

(End of this chapter)