Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 3
Regarding the daughter-in-law, Shen Wanjin couldn't say much, so he could only say: "The second child, Dachang's daughter-in-law is not sensible, so don't be as knowledgeable as her."

Xiang Lai Niang said with a smile: "It's okay, big brother, I'm free when I'm free, I won't be tired from doing some work..."

He pondered for a while while talking, and said: "Um... what's the result of this big brother going to Xuanya?"

Shen Wanjin lowered his head, pointed to the door of the east room, and said, "Let's go, let's talk in the room."

Xiang Lai was squatting in the vegetable garden weeding, looking at his uncle's expression, he knew that he must be running for nothing again, while doing so, he thought helplessly, it's okay for her mother to be naive, this uncle is also out of the question, thinking about it, he will The rich man in Kang's mansion has opened gold mines. If you go to a small county government to sue, is it possible to win the lawsuit?Not every world has Bao Qingtian...

Before she had finished pulling out the weeds, Second Aunt and Tianlai came back with the herd of cattle.

Xianglai went out of the vegetable garden to help Second Aunt drive the cows into the pen, touched Tianlai's little face that was bitten by mosquitoes and asked, "Is Tianlai tired?"

Tianlai held his head and scratched vigorously, saying: "I'm not tired."

I don't know if it's because of the absence of a father or people in this era are precocious, but Delai feels that Tianlai is much more sensible than the eight-year-old she knew in her previous life.

The second aunt walked outside all day, she didn't have a deep understanding of the troubles at home, she said with a relaxed expression: "This child, even said to help me collect firewood, but fell asleep on the firewood pile, you see, you were bitten by mosquitoes. "

Xianglai quickly signaled to the second aunt with her eyes that her auntie was already very upset when she took Tianlai to herd cattle every day. If she heard that Tianlai was sleeping instead of picking up firewood, she would not know what to say.

Sure enough, as soon as the second aunt finished speaking, Zhang's figure appeared at the window, and she glanced at the three of them unkindly, but she didn't say anything for the time being, probably because the uncle was at home, I believe that even if Zhang didn't say anything now , There must be calculations in my heart.

The second aunt didn't understand her eyes, and she didn't notice that Mrs. Zhang was unhappy, so she asked as if nothing happened: "Xianglai, what about your mother, I picked some flowers for her and brought her back."

The two get along well, the second aunt knows that Xianglai Niang likes flowers and plants, so she will pick some wild flowers for her when she sees wild flowers outside, and Xianglai Niang can arrange the flowers very beautifully with a porcelain bottle and water cup. It is because of these that Wu Zhaodi called it "taking love as a scene".

Just now the second aunt said that Tianlai was sleeping in the mountains and Chen Xianglai felt reckless. Now that she saw her bunch of flowers, she knew that Mrs. Zhang had completely caught the talk.

Sure enough, as soon as the second aunt finished speaking, Mrs. Zhang immediately screamed as if someone had stepped on her foot: "Oh, ouch... But I don't care much! The man just died a few days ago. I'm thinking about it, I want to dress up brightly to attract people's attention, or I'm in a good mood when I meet happy things!"

In the summer, every house has its windows and doors open, and some voices can be heard from far away. When Mrs. Zhang yelled so sharply, the neighbors on the left and right heard it for real, thinking that something new happened to the Shen family. They came out one after another to stand in the yard to watch the excitement.

Second Auntie has a solid eye and can't turn corners, and she can't think so much about things.The matter of picking flowers for Xianglai Niang is still what Dad Xianglai told her back then. After so many years, I have developed a habit. When I saw wild flowers blooming today, I remembered what Dad Xianglai said, and picked them back.I didn't expect to be ridiculed by Mrs. Zhang with cold words because of this matter.Seeing that it was regarded as a new thing by others, she was stunned immediately, she didn't know what to do if she was holding flowers in her hand or throwing them away.

Hearing the thorn in Zhang's words, Xiang Lai Niang, who was talking to Shen Wanjin about suing the officials, also came to the window to look out, and saw that Tian Lai Niang was indeed holding a bunch of yellow and white wild flowers in her hand.She was worried that gossip would spread, so she thought about it and turned to her aunt and said, "Sister-in-law, I asked my second sister to come back from picking flowers, and I made a special trip to tell her that the yellow ones and the white ones will be burned for a hundred days tomorrow." , this flower is for sacrificial sweeping."

Mrs. Zhang curled her lips and said, "Hey, this is an excuse, and it's for Wan Lu. I haven't heard of it. There are people who send flowers after burning for a hundred days."

Xianglai Niang said: "This is a custom in my hometown. If my sister-in-law thinks it's inappropriate, we don't take it."

Shen Wanjin couldn't stand listening there, and said: "Siblings and sisters, what's wrong with bringing something to Wanlu's grave, why don't you, bitch, care about everything!"

Unconvinced, Yang said: "The customs in their hometown are theirs, and we don't have that kind of saying here!"

Shen Wanjin said: "The second child married a daughter-in-law from that side, that is, half of the people from that side. According to the customs there, there is nothing unreasonable. Besides, it is just a bouquet of flowers, which is not what the criminal said. What are you doing so hotly!"

Xianglai Niang found the right excuse, but Mrs. Zhang couldn't find anything else, so she sighed and went out of the house to hold her grandson in Dachang's house.

Xiang Lai Niang saw that only she and her uncle were left in the front hall, although Gui Fang was still resting in the back room, but now she is a widow, a man in the melon field, so don't tell anyone what to say.So he hurriedly said: "Brother has been tired all day, let's take a rest, I'll go back to the house first."

Then he got up and walked out the door.

The neighbors on the left and right saw that the Shen family had a few quarrels and it was over, and they all went back to the house when they felt that there was nothing to see.

Xiang Lai Niang went out to take the flowers from Tian Lai Niang's hand, and said: "Go, go back to the house, it's too hot in this hot day, I'll warm the water for you, go back and wash."

The four of them went into the West Room and sat down. Tianlai Niang drank the water from Xianglai, put down the big tea bowl after drinking, and said, "Sister, what's the matter with sister-in-law? I just picked the bouquet of flowers. What did she say?" So ugly?"

Xiang Lai Niang thought for a while, and she had to know some things, so she sighed and said: "It's not a day or two, Xiang Er and I have been careful at home, and you should talk less in front of her in the future, so as not to be caught everywhere." She finds fault."

The second aunt's expression was a little dazed, she thought to herself that it's no wonder that Tianlai was clamoring to herd cattle with her, and would rather be bitten by mosquitoes than stay at home, it seems that Zhang Shi also said something.Then think about how warm Zhang was when her man was around, and she has become like this after only three months of death. It is really cold and warm.

Xianglai couldn't stand it any longer, and interjected: "Mother, Second Aunt, we work so hard every day, we can support ourselves by doing everything, why must we look at Auntie's face together?"

The second aunt also had the same thought as Xiang Lai Niang, and said sadly after hearing her words: "Xiang'er, do you think that your mother and I can't afford to live? If it's just for making a living, there are mountains and rivers. Do you still worry about starving to death? But if our family lives on our own, who will run away from your father's lawsuit?"

Xianglai said: "Second Aunt, Mother, it's not that Xiang'er doesn't want to sue Dad, but think about it, there are people who opened gold mines in our Songning County, can the county master not know about it? There are only two reasons why he doesn't care about it. One is that Xu Zongde's background is too big, he dare not care about it, and the other is that his mouth has long been sealed by Xu Zongde with money, and he will get rich together with Xu Zongde. If we go up there, we might offend Xu Zongde and the county magistrate, charge us with any crime, and drag the whole family to jail."

(End of this chapter)