Flowers are expensive

Chapter 54 How to lie 1
"Old and immortal!" Mei Xiang is a young girl after all, unable to withstand the instigation of a hardcore gossip expert like Mrs. Xie, she excitedly wants to push Gao away and rush out to have a duel with Mrs. Xie.Mrs. Gao panicked, and she could scold her, but her unmarried daughter must not come out to mix, otherwise she would be said to be uneducated.

"Cao Meixiang, who are you calling immortal?" Mrs. Xie said again, "Is your future mother-in-law also scolding you in the same way? Ouch, poor! How will your future mother-in-law get along with you in the future? If you provoke you, you will be beaten and killed, and those who will die will live, and you will always say that you will never die. How are these days going? Tell me, who is willing to marry such a daughter-in-law?"

There was another snicker next to him.Gao pushed Mei Xiang into the yard with all his strength, and cursed: "Damn girl, get out of here! It's not your turn to talk here! Do you hear me? Be careful, I'll beat you!"

"Mother, they are too bullying! When did our family suffer from such anger?" Mei Xiang jumped anxiously and angrily.

"Be obedient! You are not married yet, why are you running out to scold someone!"

"mother……"

"Mei Xiang!" Just as she was speaking, Mrs. Cao rushed over in a hurry.Seeing this situation, she yelled inwardly, and dragged Mei Xiang into the yard with Gao Shi.I don't know who started it, and boos suddenly sounded outside.

Man Xiang poured a bowl of water for Mrs. Xie, and said, "Mother, come and moisten your throat, and then scold after a while." Mrs. Xie took a sip and said, "Have you told your father and brothers? Tell them not to come Now, they won’t bother with such a trivial matter.” Man Xiang nodded and smiled as if he was serving the Lafayette: “I told my father and my brothers that they won’t come if you don’t do anything anyway. If you want to do something, who can beat me four times What about Brother? I also told Fourth Brother to rest, and I guarantee that the Cao family will not touch half of Fourth Sister-in-law's hair."

At this time, Haitang also rushed back.A woman came out and asked Aunt Xie: "They are all from the village, old sisters who have been together for decades, why are you so embarrassed?" Aunt Xie cleared her throat and said, "Mrs. What? This disaster didn’t happen to your family, so naturally you don’t have to spend so much spit on me. Look, does my daughter-in-law look like a sister? Is it coquettish? Is it profligate?”

Lihua immediately smiled at Granny Du gently and greeted her sweetly.At this moment, she finally understands the feeling of being a vase, and her current main task is to pretend to be a gentle and pleasant vase, to remove the suspicion, and to be innocent to the end!
Granny Du took a look at Lihua, shook her head slightly, and said, "It doesn't look like it! In this way, the Cao family is going too far. It's just that if you make such a fuss, you will be divided later on."

"Just for the sake of Lihua's reputation, that's all. My daughter-in-law doesn't care about it at all. But they colluded with Wu Matchmaker and messed up my granddaughter's marriage. Do you think you are immoral or not? You are an old man in this village." Boy, how long does it take to get to Ningwan Village from here, and it takes a long time to walk. My daughter-in-law didn't get home until half a day ago. Just after noon, Wu Matchmaker said that the man knew that our Xie family recognized Lihua, and he was going to push back the previous one. Dear, do you think it’s funny or not? So fast? Riding a bird? Which bird dares to let Wu Matchmaker’s lard board ride? Isn’t that a dead end?”

All the people around laughed, and Lihua couldn't help but want to laugh a long time ago.But in order to maintain her ladylike demeanor, she could only cover her mouth and snigger.

As soon as Mrs. Xie finished speaking, Cao Shi and Haitang walked out of the yard and came to her.She asked a little proudly: "Meizhi, Haitang, what's the matter? Are you here to chase away my elder?"

Looking at Cao's face, it was obvious that she was angry, and she was as red as a monkey's butt.She suppressed the excitement in her throat, and said as calmly as possible: "Mrs. Xie, you don't have to do such a terrible thing, do you?"

"Meizhi, it was you who did it first! At the beginning, you told your mother that Lihua, Huangying, and Hongling were the sisters who had lost their hair and went to the village. They were dirty, and told us not to. It was you who started this problem, now that I have done a great job, who is going too far?" Aunt Xie said resolutely.

At this moment, Cao's intestines are green with regret!When I said this at the beginning, one was to show that I was a housekeeper and knew a lot, and the other was to let my younger brother marry a clean wife. I didn't expect to cause so much trouble for myself!Ma Liu not only complained about her, even Xie's family forced her into her mother's family. She is really dumb and eats coptis -- it's hard to say!

Haitang answered the question and asked: "Mrs. Xie, what do you want to do before you give up? Man Ting and I are good brothers, and the two families don't have any serious enmity, so there's no need to argue with each other in front of the door, right? no?"

"Haitang, I like what you said, Auntie." Aunt Xie patted her heart and said, "I always thought that the Cao family was the only one who was reasonable. Tell me yourself, is the Hongling you married a sister?" Haitang He glanced at Cao Shi in a bit of embarrassment. Cao Shi's face seemed to be smeared with five colors, green for a while, yellow for a while, and red for a while.

At this time, Lihua smiled and said: "Mother of the housekeeper, anyway, this is the trouble. Today, in front of everyone, I will ask on behalf of Hongling and Huangying, did you hear that we are the three of us from the steward Ma? Is this a sister? I’ll just ask you this, and if you answer it, I won’t ask it again in the future!”

These words pierced Cao's body like a needle, and he cursed secretly in his heart, Qin Lihua, you really know how to ask!If the answer is yes, Ma Liuzhun has made a living out of her; if the answer is no, where will she put Cao Meizhi's face?Weigh it twice, and it doesn't matter which one you answer!
"What's the matter? Is the housekeeper afraid of going back and beating Steward Ma? In order to hide the fact that we are sisters, you have been beaten by Steward Ma a lot, right? Thinking about it, I have really wronged you." Lihua said another harsh word.

Only then did Mrs. Cao realize how wonderful it would be to have a hole in the ground under her feet!It's fine if you don't come out to meet people!This girl Qin Lihua is really a needle in the needle, if you don't pierce it, it will be fine, once pricked it will make you feel pain all over your body!If you want to shake off the fact that Ma Liu beats you, what face will you have to walk around the village in the future?So, she said decisively: "No! Ma Liu never beat me for this matter. Actually..."

"What is it actually?" The corner of Lihua's mouth slightly raised, waiting for her next sentence.

"Actually, it was a misunderstanding. When I heard Ma Liu talk that night, he drank too much wine. I didn't understand it. When he saw the wind, it was rain. He talked nonsense to my mother. When I thought about it later, I wanted to call My mother don't talk about it. But my mother thought that Aunt Xie and Aunt Ding are good sisters. If the sons of the family marry a sister as a daughter-in-law, that would be bad! She spread the word out in a moment of enthusiasm Going out, I have no other evil intentions, in fact, it is for the good of the sons of the family."

This remark made Mrs. Xie count down one sentence.When she was about to speak to Mrs. Cao, Lihua took the lead and said: "The housekeeper just said nonsense and pushed the matter away. I don't know, but because of your words, the three of us have suffered from other people's eyes and tears." Ridiculous, the one who should recognize relatives did not recognize relatives, the husband and wife should live in two houses, you don't feel any guilt at all?"

Although Mrs. Cao was angry in her heart, her expression was calm: "My housekeeper only manages those people in the village, how can I control the mouths of a whole village? I also distinguished for you, but if people don't believe me, what can I do?" Sister Lihua, I really feel sorry for you about this matter. Seeing that everyone is here, I’ll apologize, okay? Don’t disturb the two families and the village!”

"Okay!" Lihua said with a weird smile, "Since you are sincere, I won't argue with you too much. If you don't make it up, you won't have to. I just ask you to swear on your son Ma Xianger, the three of us are not sisters!"

"What?" Cao's calm face just now twisted again, staring at Lihua angrily and said, "You want me to swear on my son? You have a good idea..." "The housekeeper doesn't even have this bit of sincerity, How can we talk about apologizing? When the five of us came to the village, we met with Guanshi Ma every day. You should feel unhappy. Suddenly there are five girls with good looks in front of my man. She is a woman. Not comfortable."

"you……"

"Forget it, I didn't come here for my reputation today, but for Mo Xiang's marriage. Since you still hate the five of us in your heart, then there is no need to talk about it. You have to ask Matchmaker Wu to confront you, and this matter will be over." !" Lihua stared straight into Cao's eyes, making her whole body go numb.

"How do I hate you..."

"Housekeeper, they are all women, why bother?" Lihua smiled, saying everything without saying anything.Presumably after today, there will be another rumor in this village. Mrs. Cao is jealous of the five maids from Bianjing, making up random rumors and harboring bad intentions.

Cao was too angry to say anything, turned around and hurried to the yard.As soon as she entered the door, she saw Matchmaker Wu hiding behind the door, and she couldn't help but said angrily: "It's useless to hide! The Xie family told you to go out! You have to have something to say!"

Matchmaker Wu said with a sad face: "Meizhi, are you blaming me? Who told me to do this? Isn't it your old lady? Let me go to Xie's house to expose Moxiang's marriage and scare Aunt Xie." , told her not to dare to keep Qin Lihua at home, I did as I was told, what else do you want?"

"What can we do?" Mrs. Cao pointed to the outside angrily, "Look outside and you will know what's going on! Now, why don't you tell the truth and drag my mother to be spit on by others, or you can do it now Make up a lie! Aren’t you a matchmaker? You don’t even have the ability? Who will ask you to marry me in the future? You don’t think about my mother’s face, you have to think about your own job, right?”

Matchmaker Wu stomped her feet anxiously, circling around the room blaming Xie's family for being unkind.Mei Xiang said angrily: "Nannian is useless! Go out and talk about it! How can you please yourself! Anyway, you are not good enough, our Cao family is not easy to mess with!"

"Little aunt!" Wu Matchmaker patted her thigh and cried out, "You two are really sisters, you even use the same curse words! Can you give me some advice on how to get rid of this lie? Will it work if you just yell fart and fart? Cao Shi pondered for a while and said: "The Xie family is making such a big fuss today, it's just because of Mo Xiang's marriage, it's just to save face. If it's just because of Qin Lihua, the Xie family won't be able to make a fuss Such a big fight. Just give Xie’s family a face and find a step for them to go down. Praise Moxiang, suppress the man’s side, and say that Ningwan Village is quite far from here, who told you? Where are you going? Even if I tell you, you just don’t go to Ningwan Village in the future.”

Matchmaker Wu had no other ideas at this time, so she could only take one step at a time.She is a good-spoken matchmaker, and she relies on her reputation to be a matchmaker here. She would never dare to meet the Xie family. Otherwise, who will ask her to be a matchmaker in the village or outside the village in the future?Isn't that cutting off your own livelihood in vain?
After thinking it over and over again, Matchmaker Wu was pacing anxiously in the room while thinking of excuses in her mind.Raising her eyes inadvertently, she caught a glimpse of Cao An sitting in the hall.Everyone in the room was anxious to get angry, but the host of the Cao family seemed to be sitting firmly on Mount Tai, sipping his wine with gusto, throwing beans in salt sauce into his mouth, his mouth babbled, I'm having a good time eating.She was a little annoyed, and couldn't help but sarcastically said: "It's still the elder brother of the Cao family who can keep calm, like a normal person, he is worthy of being a man in charge of the family!"

"Never mind your business!" Mei Xiang blurted out.

Mrs. Cao hastily tugged at Mei Xiang, motioning her to stop talking, and then said to Matchmaker Wu: "According to the current situation, my father can only shake his fists when he goes out. The Xie family has five sons, so Xie Manting is another one." He is very skilled, does my father deserve to be sent to the door to be beaten up? You should ignore my father and think about how to make this happen!"

(End of this chapter)