Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 89 Ask

It turned out that Mrs. Sun had made calculations for a long time, and she was the most inappropriate when the family was divided. The eldest took ten taels of silver and took up an extra room. Now the eldest is living the best life. , but the second child also took up an extra room, but she was the only one who took an extra tael of silver from the second child, but it didn't matter at all.

So Mrs. Sun wanted to persuade Mrs. Zhao to make trouble and find fault, because she was going to have a baby early next year, and the family's expenses would definitely be high after having a baby, and the matter of Mai Miao's schooling should also be on the agenda, so that, The building of the house must be postponed. How can her family of four squeeze into one room?
"What if I disagree?" Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Sun and asked.

"Then subsidize us with two taels of silver. Mother, I know that you went to Wanjia this time, and Wanjia gave you a lot of silver. Also, the bracelet that Wanjia gave to my sister is still worth dozens of taels of silver." Well, my little girl's future dowry, I guess mother has already saved it, it's not a small amount, mother, Sanfu and others are also your sons."

Mrs. Sun also has an account in her heart. Mrs. Liu has not done any housework these years, let alone farm work. She brings Jiufeng to embroider handkerchiefs at home all day long. She has saved more than ten shillings in these years , and the Ye family's annual expenses, Sun also has a rough idea in mind, the money is basically earned by Ye Dafu hunting and his sons helping out in winter.

"What are you talking about? Such a big family doesn't need to spend money on food and clothing? It's not like you don't know how much your family harvests in a year, and that's enough food for a few months? Don't you have to use money to buy food every year? What do you think you are eating?" Mrs. Liu was a little annoyed when she heard what Mrs. Sun said.

"Mother, don't worry about it with me. I'm not stupid. The family buys food every year. Their elder brothers earn it. Didn't mother save the money for embroidering handkerchiefs every year? I'm afraid there are dozens of them. Right?" Mrs. Sun simply reported the account.

Mai Xiang will look at Sun, and the more she looks at her, the more she feels strange. She remembers that when she first came, Sun was very scheming, but she was not a particularly flamboyant or fussy person. , Mai Xiang really couldn't understand.

How did Mai Xiang know that these sisters-in-law used to have the best conditions in the Sun family. If the conditions are good, the sense of superiority will naturally be strong. If the sense of superiority is strong, it will be too lazy to care about some trivial matters. Besides, Sun at that time Shi wanted to separate the family wholeheartedly, but did not dare to offend Ye Tiezhu and Liu Shi, so she wanted to make a good impression on the two elders.

The situation is different now, the family has been divided as they wished, but now Mai Xiang’s family’s conditions seem to be much better than hers, and Mai Xiang’s family still takes advantage of the public account. The house is a house, and the money is money. Naturally, it's unbalanced, but this matter can't be troubled again. Who told her to want to separate so eagerly?
Not only Ye Dafu, but also the conditions for going to the house are much better. Who would have thought that after the separation of the family, the Wan family started to move around with the house again, sending things to the house every three days, and what they ate was food and clothing. Whether it's silver or silver, these have nothing to do with Mrs. Sun, and Mrs. Sun can only watch helplessly.

Mrs. Sun's personality is not one to suffer losses. After waiting for such a long time, she finally got this opportunity. The five blessings actually cost ten taels of silver to get married!
Why?

"I don't know. You know more about this family than I do. When will it be your turn to be in charge of this family?" Mrs. Liu would not quarrel loudly, but she would be so angry that her heart ached. , this home is still not quiet.

Ye Dafu saw that Mrs. Liu was clutching his chest, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Mrs. Liu, but his feet couldn't stand without the crutches. Seeing that Mrs. Liu was about to fall, she was anxious and supported him He slammed, unexpectedly, with this inch of force, his waist twisted.

The place where Mrs. Liu was knocked down last time was not very good. After the wheat harvest was over, each family started to live with each other. Mrs. Liu continued to do some simple housework. She was not feeling well all the time. I didn’t expect it to be better this time. He actually twisted his waist.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu's expression was not right, Mai Xiang hurriedly called Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Sun to help her into the house.

"Mai Xiang, you and your second aunt helped your mother to lie down on your kang, Mai Huang, go to the field and call your grandfather and uncle back." Ye Dafu saw that Liu's waist was twisted, he should Go back into the house, but none of the people here can use their strength.

Seeing the old lady like this, Mrs. Qian also became anxious, and hurriedly put Mai Jin on the kang, and helped the old lady to lie down with Mai Xiang, while Mrs. Sun was a little scared at the side.

Mai Xiang went to the next door to find Cao Xueqin, but Cao Xueqin was not at home, and when she came back, she saw Ye Dafu giving Liu Shi a massage.

After Ye Tiezhu and Wu Fu came back, they hurriedly went to find the doctor who had beaten him last time. When the doctor came, because Liu Shi was a woman and her waist was injured, he couldn't do it himself. After drinking a bottle of medicinal wine and a few plasters, he explained some precautions and left.

Because Mrs. Liu couldn't move for the time being, she could only live on Mai Xiang's kang, and after Ye Tiezhu knew the ins and outs of the incident, he called his sons and daughters-in-law into Mai Xiang's room after dinner that day.

"Sanfu, I want to know if what your wife means is also what you mean?" Ye Tiezhu asked with a dark face, staring at Sanfu.

"No, father, I really don't know. You know, I have already beaten up this prodigal bitch. Father, my wife is also in a hurry. The wheat seedling is growing up day by day, and I want to send him to school. There is another one, and there is a lot of expenses for having an extra child in this family, so I spend all day picking up this little money, father, mother, I have already scolded her well, from now on, she dare not argue with mother again It's gone." After Wu Fu finished speaking, he pushed Mrs. Sun with his hand.

Mrs. Sun had no choice but to step forward and said: "Father, mother, I was wrong, I shouldn't be stubborn. I was also anxious. When the family was separated, we were indeed the ones who suffered. I heard that it would take ten dollars for the fifth brother to marry a wife." Two silver coins, I was even more anxious, thinking that with this silver, it would be better to subsidize us, and let our young seedlings enter the school earlier, I did not quarrel with my mother, and my mother twisted her waist to help the eldest brother."

When Ye Tiezhu heard Sun's words, he still complained that she had suffered a disadvantage, and pushed the responsibility for the old lady's twisted waist to Ye Dafu, which showed that she was still not fair.

"Then what should you say now?" Ye Tiezhu asked.

"I still say that, build us a side room, or give us two taels of silver, and we will build it ourselves."

"Second, what do you think?" Ye Tiezhu looked at Er Fu again.

"Father, we bought this kitchen for a tael of silver." Er Fu only said this.

"These conditions were not agreed upon by you when the family was separated. It was the two of you who cried and clamored to separate. Why do you regret it now?" Wu Fu became angry, thinking that the second and third brothers were too selfish. .

"Fifth brother, dare you not be angry, and if my parents also spend ten taels of silver as a dowry gift for me, I won't be angry either." Qian rolled her eyes.

"It's not something that doesn't exist, isn't it just a hairpin and a pair of small bracelets, the total is only two taels of silver, plus two clothes, how can there be ten taels of silver?" Wu Fu became angry, and followed Qian's yelling,

"What are you arguing about? Shut up, Dafu. If it were you, what would you do?" Ye Tiezhu looked at Ye Dafu.

Mai Xiang looked at this old man, he was really dark enough, she actually wanted her eldest son to come forward to offend others.

"Father, the families are separated, and each family lives its own life. By the way, just now the second and third siblings mentioned that I occupied more houses and gained more money. I would like to tell everyone here today that this house, we I will live here for another three or four months, and when we move, the house will be returned to my parents. As for the extra money, my Mai Xiang also said that it was specially sent to treat my leg because of my injury. , I can’t say it’s too much.”

After Ye Dafu finished speaking, he lowered his head. At this moment, he was very glad that he had such a good girl as Mai Xiang. Otherwise, even if his people starved to death, these two younger brothers would probably not reach out to hold him together. Bundle.

"Where do we move to?" Zhao asked.

"Brother, where are you going to move?" Two Fu San Fu Wu Fu also asked at the same time.

"I bought a piece of wasteland and plan to build a house." After Ye Dafu finished speaking, he glanced at Mai Xiang with guilt in his eyes.

"Build a house? Do we have money to buy land and build a house? Am I dreaming? Darling, pinch me." Mrs. Zhao was no less surprised than others.

"Brother, how do you have money to buy land and build a house?" Sanfu asked.

"The last time I went to Gege's house, the old lady rewarded me with 20 taels, and Gege also rewarded me with [-] taels, and there are some other things I usually earn." Mai Xiang said.

"Big ya, you're really hiding such a big thing like an iron bucket, even your mother doesn't know?" Qian said with a smile, glanced at Zhao.

"Damn girl, yes, I don't even talk about such a big thing." After hearing Qian's words, Mrs. Zhao patted Mai Xiang both happily and angrily.

"Okay, what kind of child are you beating? Big girl, why did the Gege family reward you so much money? Isn't it out of tricks for you?" Mrs. Liu was quite normal and asked what a grandmother should ask.

"Nurse, what can I do? I made the old lady happy. The old lady likes me, and she will reward me when she is happy."

"Dafu, if you have money, you should buy a few acres of good land first. Why worry about this house?" Ye Tiezhu asked.

"Father, these children are growing up day by day, and we can't always squeeze four people into one kang, and we can't plant land, so we bought a piece of land first and planned to build a house. Don't worry, Mai Xiang has been accounted for, and there will be more in the future." After paying the money, I will rent out a few acres of good land.”

Of course Ye Dafu understood what his father meant. There were only girls in the family, and there was only one boy in Maidi. After a few years, the daughter should be hired outside. Why do you need a house?While Mai Xiang is here, it is only serious to set aside a few acres of land so that he can live on land rent in the future.

In fact, after all, it’s not all about being afraid of dragging others down.

(End of this chapter)