Qian raised her eyebrows and said, "You are only twenty-six. You are still young. Do you want to stay at home for the rest of your life without getting married?"
There were only three of them, mother and daughter, in the room. Qian didn't have anything bad to say, and whispered: "Now that your father and I are still here, it's okay for you to stay at home. When we are gone, your brothers will divide the family.
Who are you going with?"
Man Bao said anxiously: "Follow me, follow me."
"Shut up," Mrs. Qian nodded her forehead and said, "You are also going to get married. Do you want to bring a sister to get married with you? I have never heard of such a thing."
Manbao pouted.
Zhou Xi didn't just come up with it temporarily. She had already thought about it. When she was kicked out by the Liu family in the early morning, she walked to her parents' house and thought about it all the way.
What if her parents think she is embarrassed and don’t want her?
Once you enter the house, what will you do next?
Zhou Xi said with tears: "Mom, I didn't think it was my fault that I couldn't have children before. Maybe it was Liu Dalang's problem, but now that he has an affair with Widow Wu, it means that there is nothing wrong with him. If I get married again, I can only find someone else."
A widower with a child, mother, what do I want from this?"
"Being a cow or a horse all my life is raising children for others, and I have to be poked in the back. When I get old, the children I raise may not be filial. If he were my biological child, I would be the one to blame whether I beat or scold him. But
He is not. Even if there is trouble in the clan, no one will make the decision for me." Zhou Xifa said harshly: "Since we have to work as cows and horses, we might as well serve our parents at home. If you... brothers are not willing
I live at home, so I can just build a shed at the foot of the mountain and survive."
When Qian heard this, she couldn't help crying.
Man Bao was stunned and couldn't understand.
But seeing my mother crying so hard that her face turned pale and she was clutching her chest and gasping for breath, she quickly patted her chest and said, "Mother, mother..."
She didn't know what to say, because the topics her mother and eldest sister talked about were beyond her cognition, and her little brain couldn't keep up with their thoughts, but she had many, many questions, but when her mother and eldest sister hugged each other and cried,
, she couldn't ask questions, so she could only wrinkle her little face and comfort this and that.
Seeing the little girl's wrinkled face, Qian barely suppressed her sadness. She leaned on the pillow to catch her breath. Her body was much better than before. Otherwise, if she had been so angry and sad before, she would have fainted.
It's past.
But at this time, her face was really not good-looking. She knew that her little daughter should not listen to this kind of topic too much. After all, it is the time when children develop right and wrong. If she is so angry at this time, I am afraid that she will become a leftist in the future.
sex.
After thinking about it like this, she finally came back to her senses and said to Man Bao: "I don't need you to do things at home. You can go to the school to see if your husband is at home and ask if he will leave tomorrow or later. The family will pay for it."
He brought two pieces of bacon with him."
Mr. Zhuang goes back to spend the Chinese New Year with his son every year, but because he leaves for a long time, he has to tidy up the study before leaving, especially the books in it. Take advantage of the sun to bask in it, and take away what should be taken away.
Go and leave what needs to be left behind.
Manbao didn't doubt that he was there, so he turned around and walked away. As soon as he left the house, he ran towards the school, planning to leave early and return early.
Keke was afraid that she would fall and said, "Stop running away. If you go back, will your mother still have to find an excuse to take you out?"
Manbao still couldn't learn to talk to Keke while running, so he slowed down and asked him as he walked, "Why?"
"Obviously, when did your mother let you go to school alone? She had to ask your nieces and nephews to follow you. Obviously, she didn't want you to listen to her talking to your eldest sister at home, so she sent you away."
Man Bao lowered his head and went to Mr. Zhuang in frustration.
Mr. Zhuang did not go out today. He was leaning on a chair in the yard, reading and drying his books.
Yes, when he was showing off his books, there were books all around him. When he looked up, he saw the little disciple coming in with his little head hanging down. His downcast look made him couldn't help but feel happy.
Mr. Zhuang waved her over and asked with a smile, "What's going on? Are you quarreling with Bai Shan again?"
Man Bao pouted and muttered: "Whoever quarreled with him, I am an adult..."
Man Bao had a lot of questions in his mind that he didn't understand, so he told her about the eldest sister's return this morning. She was very articulate, and even though her logic was a bit confusing, she still explained it clearly. Especially since she had a good memory, she could not forget what she had just heard.
, so she repeated what the adults said, including what her mother and eldest sister said just now.
Then she asked Mr. Zhuang in confusion, "Sir, why does the eldest sister have to live with someone else? Can't she live by herself? Why did she say she wanted to build a shed at the foot of the mountain? Can't the house at home be lived in?"
Mr. Zhuang looked at his young disciple, pondered for a while, and said thoughtfully: "It is not easy for a woman to survive in this world. She has no land and no skills, so it is naturally difficult for her to support herself."
Mr. Zhuang couldn't talk to her about secular things or gossip, which would be too heavy for a child, so he could only talk about survival. He said: "You have to have something to rely on for food, clothing, housing and transportation. She is married.
My husband's family has fields and people to work with, so although life is difficult, we can still survive, so your mother suggested that she remarry."
Man Bao suddenly realized, "So that's it."
She became excited and said, "This is not difficult. My eldest sister has no land. All she needs to do is ask my father to give her some land. I can also ask my eldest brother and the others to open up wasteland for her, open up more land, and plant as much as she wants."
Mr. Zhuang choked, looked at the excited young disciple, and said after a while: "The property is generally inherited by the son, of course, it also belongs to the woman, and it must be the dowry..."
As he said this, Mr. Zhuang also felt that he was inconsistent. He couldn't tell his apprentice openly. Her father might be partial and not willing to share the inheritance with your eldest sister, right?
Mr. Zhuang coughed slightly and then said, "If your eldest sister wants to have land in her name, she must set up a female household."
Having said this, he calmly answered another question from his young apprentice, "Since she is a female household, of course it is impossible to allocate the house to her. Moreover, your family's current house is very small, and I am afraid that it is not even enough for your brothers."
Let’s divide it?”
Manbao missed the point. She asked curiously, "Why can't female households divide houses, but male households can? Sir, is this stipulated by law?"
This is really not the case. Mr. Zhuang looked at the young disciple silently, and the young disciple also looked at him silently.
After a while, Mr. Zhuang couldn't help but sigh, "It would be better if you were older."
When he is older, it won't be so difficult for him to speak out. Although it will still shock the younger disciple, she will definitely know more by then, understand the world, and be more accepting of it.
Even if he says that her parents are partial, he can say it with confidence, because there are no parents in this world who are not partial?
Especially when faced with a son on one side and a girl on the other.