Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 8

Mrs. Zhang put on a face full of energy, and she spoke better than she sang, as if that was the truth.If someone who doesn't know the inside story really thinks that Shen Laoer has been spoiled by his elder brother and sister-in-law all these years, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to support his wife and children.

Standing behind her mother, Xianglai gritted her teeth, and said in her heart: This Mrs. Zhang, who has no conscience, knew that she would try her best to embrace her. Sure enough, according to her intentions, except for the five acres of land, the family is entitled to a small part of it. Other than that, there is nothing else, and even the house has nothing to do with my own family, so I am really dependent on others!

Although she was angry, she still didn't make a sound for the time being, waiting to see what mother would say. If she could stand up once and fight for some benefits for her family, she would save herself, a "child", from speaking out.

But things backfired, her "mother" has never been a character who competes with others, not to mention that she came here today with the idea of ​​going home with Wu Zhaodi, even if Mrs. Zhang didn't give her a dime, she would not care Xiao, just said lightly: "Just follow what my sister-in-law said, and this family will be divided like this."

Wu Dequan was very happy when he heard Mrs. Zhang's words, and he really admired his mother-in-law. This kind of mouth is really good, not only has the interests been won, but also the words are so beautiful that people can't find any faults.

So he nodded and said: "Well, okay, since both of you have the same idea, I, as a middleman, can do it easily. If a few people from the five acres of land go to open a few shares, who should own it, let's, Strike while the iron is hot, just get a piece of paper and make a note, and you will sign and make a deposit and it will be over."

Then he called Zhao Di Niang and said, "Go to Lao Wang's house to borrow a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and write documents for his two families..."

Zhao Di Niang promised, turned around and was about to leave, but heard Chen Xianglai yelling: "Wait a minute, who said that this matter can be settled like this?"

Her voice was clear and loud, and it came so suddenly that everyone in the room was taken aback.

In the past, besides being good-looking, Chen Xianglai was also known in the village for being soft-tempered. No one thought that she would speak on this occasion, and she would say such a strong sentence with her mouth, so they all looked at her blankly.

Xiang Lai Niang didn't realize her daughter was standing behind her until now, she looked back at her in surprise, and said, "Xiang Lai, when did you come?"

Xianglai said: "Mother said that I was worried about coming here, so I followed."

Xiang Lai Niang complained: "Come on, just tell your mother, no matter what, you can't talk nonsense here, the elders are doing business, what do you say, a child!"

Xianglai said dissatisfiedly: "Mother, if I don't talk anymore, you will sell all four of us to others! Do you think this is called separation? You are just being coaxed out!"

After she finished speaking, Xiang Lai Niang didn't say anything, but Mrs. Zhang called out from the opposite side: "What are you talking about, you damn girl? What do you mean you were coaxed out? It was your mother's idea to separate the family. You and I Uncle didn't care about anything with her, the house was given to you to live in, and we didn't pursue the money your father spent, so why did you coax you out?"

Xianglai sneered and said: "Well, what Auntie said is really sweet, it seems that you are taking care of my family, but is that really the case?"

When she said this, Mrs. Zhang became even more annoyed, and shouted: "Damn girl, you are so old, what facts do you know? When your father and father came back, there was no room and no room. Take care of them, how did they get here?!"

Chen Xianglai didn't expect that Mrs. Zhang would be so thick-skinned that she didn't talk about what her parents did for them before, but showed off what they should have done.

Chen Xianglai glared at her angrily, and said to Shen Wanjin first: "Uncle, I know that you are sincerely good to our family, but my niece is going to go through old accounts today, and this is definitely not for you, let's share it Home, no matter whether we get it or not, we must break it down clearly whether it is more or less."

Shen Wanjin had been sitting on one side with his head bowed in shame since the separation of the family, now he heard Xianglai say this, sighed again and again, and said, "Oh, it's all my fault, it's all my fault..."

As he spoke, he went to pull Mrs. Zhang, and said: "Can you just say a few words less? Since I was a child, I have always been at the disadvantage of my second child!"

Enraged by Xianglai, Mrs. Zhang slammed Shen Wanjin's sleeves and said, "You owed him every mouthful. What did you owe him? Isn't it because the old man sold him when he was a child? What's the matter?" What a big deal! Isn’t it all for your mother’s medical treatment? He was sold and returned with some money, so you have not fulfilled your filial piety at home? Didn’t you support your father and your mother! He If you are sold out, those who are popular and spicy are not counted, and it saves you worry and effort, but you ask everyone to talk about it, who is losing money?!"

Mrs. Zhang's mouth is really extraordinary, she can tell what is black is white, and her ability to turn right and wrong is so perfect, it sounds like Xiang Lai Niang is not in her mind, let alone Chen Xiang Lai's big anger.

She pulled her mother aside, stared at Mrs. Zhang without showing any weakness, and said, "Auntie, since you said that, let's figure it out from back to front! Even if what you said is right, after my father was sold The grandparents are all taken care of by the uncle, and my father has not done much, but the premise must be that my father finds a good master. Even if he redeemed himself later, who knows how much he has endured and expended? Well, even if these are what his grandparents should pay, but he was betrayed once It has nothing to do with the Shen family, but he finally learned to come back to recognize his ancestors, because he did not forget his roots! When father and mother came back, there was no room and no land, but he came back with money, didn't he? Go to uncle and aunt with empty hands! Grandpa was ill when father came back, and the family had 20 taels of silver in debt except two thatched houses and three mu of waterlogged land! It was father and mother who paid for the debt and turned it over. In the old house, I hired a doctor to treat my grandfather, and my father and mother paid for the funeral after my grandfather died, all of which cost money, can it be assumed that my aunt's upper lip is gone when it touches her lower lip?"

The more she talked, the more excited she became, as if these were really the grievances she had suffered personally, and Zhang was speechless before she finished, and continued: "Let's talk about how to live in the future, let's use what my aunt said. The thing about opening up wasteland is that there were three people in my uncle's family at that time, and there was only one in my family, but I was only eight or nine years old at the time, so it probably couldn't do anything. Are you idle at home? She washes and cleans the family, cooks, and coaxes me and Sister Guifang. Isn’t that counted as a job? If there is no mother at home, the eldest aunt can go out Don't say that at that time, even in these years, my father and I have done little for the Shen family? Not to mention that my parents paid for all the big and small expenses in these years, let's say that Brother Dachang got married Well, the eldest aunt said confidently that the cow was a bride price, and no one else was entitled to share it, and the sheep and pigs were bought by Zhaodi’s sister-in-law, but where did the money for buying the cow and the money for throwing away in sister-in-law’s hands come from?”

(End of this chapter)