When Qiao Mingjin carried her daughter to Yunjia Village, everyone in the Qiao family was shocked.
It's such a shame, and I didn't hear her bring a letter saying she was coming back. Could something have happened?
"Mother Jin, why are you back? You don't want anyone to believe you. Did you come over here? You kid, Zhong Yao, didn't come?" Qiao Mingjin's mother, Yunshi, looked outside and found no one.
Qiao Mingjin looked at her mother's family with a smile, holding on to the threshold without saying anything, just catching her breath.
Although Yunjia Village is in the same town as Xiahe Village, it is quite far to walk on two legs. The mother and daughter took a bullock cart for a part of the way, otherwise both of her legs would have been broken.
Although Wan'er doesn't weigh much, carrying her all the way is really a big burden.
"Let the child come in and have a rest. She is tired. Mother Yu, go get your sister a glass of water." Qiao Mingjin's grandmother Lan said.
"Hey." Qiao Mingjin's third sister Qiao Mingyu responded and quickly got into the kitchen.
"Second uncle..." Xiao Wan'er called cheerfully towards Qiao Mingjue who came to hug her.
"Hey, come, second uncle, give me a hug." Qiao Mingjue rushed up and held Wan'er in her arms.
"Sister, you're back!" The twins' fourth sister Qiao Mingqi and fifth brother Qiao Mingheng also rushed to Qiao Mingjin's side, holding her hands on the left and right and said cheerfully.
"Well, sister is back." Qiao Mingjin smiled happily as she looked at these two younger siblings who had been clinging to her since childhood.
"Let your sister come in quickly, is she standing at the door looking after the house?" Qiao's father glanced at the twins. The two of them pulled Qiao Mingjin into the house with a smile.
"Let's sit in the courtyard. It's still cooler. After walking for so long, even though it's spring, my whole body is soaked with sweat. It's cooler in the courtyard." Qiao Mingjin said as she sat on a bench in the courtyard that was ground by the roots of a big tree.
"Then let's sit in the courtyard." Lan said to everyone.
"Mother Jin, go and change your clothes first. This is no joke if you get cold!" Mother Qiao pulled Qiao Mingjin and tried to push her into the house.
Qiao Mingjin shook her hand and said, "It's okay, Mom, I'm just tired from walking, I just need to take a rest. I'm in good health."
Mother Qiao glared at her and had no choice but to let her go.
"Sister, drink water." Qiao Mingyu handed a clay cup to Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin smiled at her, took it, and drank it down.
Her grandmother and father were both very particular. Although the family was poor, the bowls were bowls and the cups were cups. When drinking tea, they also brewed tea leaves. If there were no tea leaves, they would drink plain water and they would not use bowls.
"Mom, uncle also fed Wan'er a drink." Xiao Wan'er drank a cup from Mingjue's hand and said happily to Qiao Mingjin.
"Okay, be good." After ordering her, she saw her fourth sister and fifth brother pulling her aside to play.
"Why didn't Zhong Yao come?" Mother Qiao was still concerned about this old man. Why did she go back to her parents' house alone? Could it be that the couple had a quarrel?
Before this, when Yue Zhongyao had just returned from the battlefield, he came back with Qiao Mingjin to see them once with gifts. It had been almost two months since then.
"He's not free." Qiao Mingjin replied calmly.
Lan glanced at her and said to Qiao Mingjue: "Jue'er, go and close the door."
Qiao Mingjue glanced at his grandmother, responded, and ran over to close the courtyard door. Grandma was the absolute authority in the family.
"Come, come to grandma." Lan extended her hand to Qiao Mingjin.
When Qiao Mingjin heard her grandmother speak, she felt sour in her heart and her eyes were red. She stood up and sat next to her grandmother, hugged her grandmother's arm, leaned on her grandmother, and choked with sobs: "Grandma..."
Lan Shi patted her gently and said, "You have always been a strong person and rarely shed tears in front of others. This is really heartbreaking."
Father Qiao gritted his teeth and said, "But Yue Zhongyao bullied you?"
Qiao Mingjue and others also gathered around and said, "Sister, don't be afraid, we are here!"
Qiao Mingjin raised her head and looked at everyone at home, feeling warm in her heart. She was not afraid of being overheard by her younger brothers and sisters, so she said, "Grandma, parents, I want to make peace with Yue Zhongyao."
"What!" Father Qiao and Mother Qiao were both a little surprised.
"Why are you so surprised? Listen to the child." Lan scolded the two of them.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at her parents and told her about the visitor at home today. Naturally, it was due to the fact that Yue Zhongyao wanted to marry an equal wife.
Father Qiao fell silent after hearing this.
He was saved by Yue Zhongyao. If it hadn't been for Yue Zhongyao that day, he might not have been able to save his legs, and the family would have been even more difficult. When Yue Zhongyao came to ask for Jin Niang's hand in marriage, he remembered that Yue Zhongyao saved him once, and his character was also
Not bad, so I agreed.
Now it was someone else's turn to save Yue Zhongyao and ask him to marry the benefactor's daughter. As a benefactor, he might not be able to refuse. Just like him at the beginning, if Yue Zhongyao was a bad person, he would not know how to refuse.
Mother Qiao has always been a virtuous person. She respects her mother-in-law at home and listens to her husband-in-law. She helps him raise children and take care of the housework. Now she is not confused about why Yue Zhongyao married again, but why she is an equal wife?
If she were a concubine, wouldn’t it be easier for Jinniang?
Only Lan's hand that was caressing Qiao Mingjin stopped. His eyes were staring blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.
The younger brothers and sisters looked at their grandmother and parents without speaking, so they didn't dare to speak. These children were raised extremely well by Qiao Jingkun and Lan Shi.
Qiao Mingjin saw that everyone in the room fell silent after hearing this. She didn't know what the regulations were. Seeing her grandmother just staring blankly at the red mud ground without saying a word, she gently pushed her and called out: "Grandma...
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Mrs. Lan came back to her senses and looked at her beloved granddaughter, her heart ached with pain.
Staring at the son in front of him, he reprimanded: "I have told you that the mother-in-law of that family is not a good one, she is a snobbery, but you just say that the son-in-law is good! Now that the whole family lives together and they are not separated, he
My parents may live longer than them, so what use is a son-in-law! The child I held dear to my heart since childhood was ruined by you before he was born!"
Lan's stomach hurt with anger as he stared at his son.
This is the eldest daughter of their Qiao family. Although her family is poor, she has raised this child according to the standards of a clan wife since she was a child.
Just because Yue Zhongyao had helped his son, he came to ask for his hand in marriage and accepted. It was also her fault. At first, she thought Yue Zhongyao was good and not soft-hearted, so he should be good to Jinniang.
I never thought that such a move would happen!
Mrs. Lan was filled with hatred and anger, panting heavily and unable to speak. Father Qiao was punished so that he lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
Qiao Mingjin was afraid that Lan would be angry, so she stroked her chest and back and said, "Grandma, don't be angry, it's not worth being angry with those people. I know that my grandmother and father are well-informed, and I came back just to ask questions."
Look, if I get along with Li, can I take Wan'er away?"
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