Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 64
When she said this, Second Aunt hurriedly said: "Hush! Xianglai, you can keep your voice down, if Dachang hears it, you will be even more ashamed!"

"Why?!" Xiang Lai asked in surprise.

Xiang Lai Niang shook helplessly but still did not speak, Second Aunt lowered her voice and said: "Da Chang has been crying for a long time, just now Gui Fang said, said..."

"What are you talking about?" Xiang Lai was so stuck by her, she asked.

The second aunt patted her thigh, and said: "Oh! Guifang said that Dachang saw Xiao Jiabao was always left alone, and he didn't go to herd cattle in the afternoon, so he took the child to Wu's house to pick up Wu Zhaodi, but the result, the result..."

"What's the result? Second Aunt, it's really hard for you to speak!"

The second aunt was pushed into a hurry by her, and said: "I ran into Wu Zhaodi and Li Wangcai at Wu De's family... so what!"

Xianglai was stunned for a moment, subconsciously said: "Wu Zhaodi stole someone?!"

No wonder she was surprised. In this day and age, it is absolutely unacceptable for a married woman to have an affair with others. Even if there is no such thing as dipping in a pig cage, she will be sent to the government to go to jail.Wu Zhaodi didn't look good anymore, and Xianglai didn't expect her to do such a thing.

She was in a daze here, but Tianlai behind her asked very suspiciously: "Mother, what is stealing? Do you steal someone into your home?"

The second aunt gave him a hard look, and said: "Go, stay there, don't ask me anything!"

Tianlai was not reconciled when he didn't get the answer, so he turned around and asked Shen Che, whom he trusted the most, and said, "Brother Shen, how do you steal people, can you?"

With a cold face, Shen Che couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, but he didn't answer him directly, and said: "If I like someone, I still need to steal!"

He didn't say hello to the four of Xianglai, he sat at the table and picked up the bowl and started eating.

The four of Xianglai have long been accustomed to his "unruly" demeanor, Xianglai taunted while moving the stool by his feet: "Yes, if you like a big girl, you will grab it directly, if A married woman must first kill the man and then steal it! There is no need to steal it anyway!"

Shen Che was not angry this time, but cooperated with a straight face: "Yes, how do you know!"

During the conversation, the four of Xianglai also sat down to eat, but Tianlai persistently asked Xianglainiang in a whisper, "Auntie, how did you steal people?"

Xianglai Niang held the bowl and didn't know how to answer, and the other three also stared at Tianlai in a daze.

Looking around, Xianglai saw that Tianlai was panicked, and pounded the rice in the bowl with chopsticks and said, "Well, forget it, let's eat, who didn't struggle with any problems when they were young!"

The five of them ate dinner amidst Dachang's vague cries. Xianglai couldn't bear to let her mother be tired, so she let her go into the house and stay there. She cleaned up the kitchen with her second aunt, and then went into the house, and saw that her mother was packing into the suitcase. The winter clothes to dry were neatly folded beside the box, but my mother was sitting by the box holding a bracelet of the same color as a bone in a daze.

She leaned forward and asked strangely: "Mother, where did this bracelet come from? Why have I never seen it before?"

Xianglai Niang quickly lowered her head, stroked the lines on the bracelet with her hands and said: "This is the dowry my mother left for you."

Xianglai noticed that Niang's eye sockets seemed a little moist.

Xianglai's mother's background is so that anyone who knows her can guess, and Xianglai tried to inquire about it twice, but her mother definitely refused to tell. Even so, it's not surprising that she can bring out rare things to Xianglai. Said: "Mother, keep it for yourself, I don't know when I will get married, and besides, your daughter is so capable, I still worry that I won't be able to save my dowry!"

Xiang Lai Niang smiled when she heard the words, she raised her head and said: "Well, I know, my family Xiang'er is the most capable, no woman Mother knows can compare to my daughter!"

Hearing the words, Xianglai came over and put her arms around her neck, and said: "That's right, since your daughter can earn everything, mother, you should keep this bracelet for yourself. Look, this thing seems to be old, maybe it's your mother's. Mother passed it down, let mother keep a thought for herself..."

As she spoke, she helped the mother put the bracelet under the box, and then put the piles of clothes in it.

Xianglai Niang looked at her daughter busy there lovingly and gratifiedly, and the corners of her eyes sparkled unconsciously.

The next morning, Shen Che and Tianlai ate breakfast quickly, and went to see the fields early after eating, Xianglai was not too anxious, and nailed the handle of the movable shovel in the yard again.

While she was nailing, Guifang came over with Jia Bao in her arms, with a sad face, as if she hadn't slept well all night.

When he came to the courtyard, he put his family treasure on the ground to play by himself, squatted beside Xianglai and watched her nail the shovel, and said in a low voice, "Xianglai, have you heard about Wu Zhaodi?"

Xianglai hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "Well, I heard what Second Aunt said."

Guifang said: "What do you think should be done?"

Xianglai didn't expect that Guifang would even ask her this, and hesitated: "This... how can I say it, it's about Brother Dachang and Wu Zhaodi."

Guifang said: "According to my mother and I, Wu Zhaodi should be sent to the government together with that Li Wangcai for doing such a shameless thing, but my brother is reluctant, saying that she is Jiabao's mother anyway..."

Although Xianglai felt that Dachang was weak from the bottom of his heart, he dared to understand his thoughts. Adulterous female criminals are shameless, and they may be spoiled in prison. They say they will come out after a few years in prison, but most of them They all died in it.

Although Jiabao is young and ignorant now, if he grows up and finds out that his mother was tortured to death by his father in prison, he will have knots in his heart no matter what.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help asking: "Then what Brother Dachang meant?"

Guifang said: "Brother wants to divorce Wu Zhaodi, but my mother and I think it's too cheap for her!"

Xianglai bent the exposed nail tip on the shovel handle with a hammer, and said: "After all, Xiao Jiabao is locked up. If the matter doesn't get out, she can save face if she divorces first. Anyway, it's up to Brother Dachang." chant."

After speaking, he stood up and tried the shovel, then teased Jiabao for a while, chatted with Guifang and went to the field.

When they came back in the evening, the mother and the second aunt told her that Dachang had really divorced Wu Zhaodi. On the whole letter of divorce, there was Guifang writing the word "Xiu" written by his hand and his crooked signature. The whole family had to throw the letter of divorce into the yard, without even entering the door.

Xianglai felt a bit uncomfortable when he heard it, and felt a bit like he had broken up the family, but thinking about it again, a woman like Wu Zhaodi has such a snobbish father, even if she is not directed at herself, she is not An Anshengsheng Dachang is living a life, it is Dachang's blessing to retire early, at worst, he will help Dachang find a beautiful and virtuous man in the future.

If she thinks about her, she doesn't feel bad, and she still cares about her rice fields meticulously.

(End of this chapter)