Mrs. Li stood under the window eaves of the east chamber, pricking up her ears and listening to the conversation inside. The more she listened inside, her eyes shone like gold.
The family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, calls for slaves and maids, and is still a scholar. In the future, he may be a scholar. Even if he fails in the exam, he will not have to worry about food and drink.
Such a good thing can't be taken up by the big house. Her Minqing's appearance is not bad at all. Thinking of this, Mrs. Li jumped back to the house like a chicken.
Tian Minqing was taking a nap on the kang. She had just dreamed of sparkling gold and silver jewelry when someone shook her awake.
"Who...Mom, what are you doing?" Tian Minqing was having a good dream. When she was woken up, she wanted to curse. When she saw that it was her own mother, she yawned and asked anxiously.
"You're a dead girl who knows how to sleep. Are you a drag on the world? All the good things have been taken away by others." Mrs. Li clapped her hand vigorously and cursed: "Get up quickly and clean yourself up carefully.
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"Yeah, it hurts." Tian Minqing bared her teeth after being beaten. She rubbed the place where she was beaten and looked sideways at Li who was rummaging through the cabinets and boxes and asked, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Mrs. Li took out a bright red sarong and threw it on her, and said angrily: "It's not because of you, a damn girl." After saying that, she explained exactly what she had just heard.
Said it out.
Tian Minqing rolled his eyes after hearing this, and said disapprovingly: "What do you think you are? Isn't it just a scholar? Mom, you still don't believe me when I say you have short-sighted eyes. My uncle will become an official soon. I am his niece. Why don't you still believe me?"
Are you afraid that you won’t be able to find a good son-in-law?”
"To put it bluntly, no matter what, I am still the niece of the county magistrate. Besides, we have not separated. No matter how fake it is, I am still an official lady, right? With my appearance as your daughter, I am afraid that I will not be able to recruit you.
Your young master? Do you want to marry that farmer in the country?" Tian Minqing raised her hands and snorted disdainfully.
Li was startled, then slapped her over again and said: "Isn't she a scholar? In the future, if you take the imperial examination, become a Jinshi, and become a serious wife, it will be worse than you taking advantage of the official's niece.
Mingqiang? You are said to be stupid, but you still don’t admit it."
"Besides, the eldest daughter has two daughters. What kind of good family is there? If your eldest aunt doesn't cling to Sister Zhuang, how can she cling to you? This woman is going out of style by dragging her."
When Tian Minqing heard this, she wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, her mother, who had not made much achievements, seemed to be right. Even though she was a niece, her uncle and aunt were not her biological parents, so how could they care about her? What if?
If that scholar is really promising, he might be able to earn a living as a prostitute, instead of having to lick his face to flatter Tian Minzhuang and look at the face of that damn girl Tian Minting.
Thinking of this, Tian Minqing became active as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and asked urgently: "Then, does the eldest aunt agree?"
"No way." Mrs. Li snorted and said, "I think she is a high-minded person, and I'm afraid I won't like her. So I asked you to pack up quickly and go to the east chamber to let people see her.
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"Mom, please help me loosen up my hair and comb it again." Tian Minqing jumped up, looked at the bright red skirt that her mother had taken out, rolled her eyes, went back to the cabinet, and gave a goose-yellow skirt to her.
Take it out and put it on, Tian Minzhuang doesn't want this anymore.
After the two mother and daughter packed up, they rushed to the east compartment and approached the door. Someone told a joke, and a burst of laughter came from inside.
Mrs. Li coughed, raised the curtain and walked in. She smiled and said loudly: "Hey, look at this excitement, what are you talking about?"
Her eyes fell on Chen Fangshi, and she sighed in her heart. The landlord was different. Look at her dress and the red gold walking stick on her head. It was so dazzling that it was probably a bit heavy, right?
When everyone saw that the visitor was Li, the second daughter-in-law of the Tian family, the originally warm atmosphere suddenly calmed down, and they only nodded lightly as a greeting.
It’s no wonder that everyone doesn’t want to see Ms. Li, because Ms. Li is famous in Yangmei Village for being a glutton and a sloppy mouth, not to mention the incident she made in front of Widow Su’s door, which really made people worry. I talked about it happily for several days.
But Mrs. Li didn't think there was anything wrong, she just smiled and stepped forward, pushed aside a young daughter-in-law who was sitting next to Chen Fangshi, and sat down.
"Mrs. Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time. Now I see you look better again. You look like you are ten years younger." Ms. Li complimented with a smile.
As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face, and who doesn't like compliments? Although Chen Fang didn't understand Li's sudden flattery, after hearing the compliment, she unconsciously reached out and touched her face.
"What a good thing. I just got a lot of bird's nests to drink. If my friend at home hadn't coaxed me to eat them, I would have been sick all the time when I smelled the fishy smell." Chen Fangshi laughed, with a proud look on his face.
"Your mouth is really nice to you." Everyone praised, but they didn't know whether they were sincere or fake.
After hearing this, Mrs. Chen Fang smiled even brighter, and just as she was about to speak, Ms. Li interrupted: "Oh, Mrs. Chen is so lucky. Let's not talk about eating bird's nests. I haven't seen it yet. I have to go to Mrs. Chen with a shy face." Let’s rub it home.”
Chen Fangshi was stunned, and the corner of her mouth twitched. When she saw everyone snickering, she said with a stiff face: "It's not as noble as you said, it's just an ordinary thing." Seeing that Mrs. Li was about to speak again, she hurriedly said to Chen Shi said: "Speaking of which, this was given to me by my sister-in-law from my mother's side that I just mentioned. Her young master stayed up late every night to read."
When Mrs. Chen was about to speak, Mrs. Li said again: "Minqing, where are you standing there making a pillar? I haven't even given you a bowl of tea for Mrs. Chen."
"Hey." Tian Minqing pretended to be shy, twisted the teapot on the kang table nearby, and walked towards Mrs. Chen coyly.
As I got closer, I caught sight of her shining golden steps and the gemstone ring on her finger from the corner of my eye, and my eyelids kept twitching.
Rich lady, this is how she behaves.
Chen Fang looked coldly at Tian Minqing who had put on rough rouge. Before she could think of anything, Mrs. Li next to her spoke again: "Speaking of which, my daughter is really a skillful embroiderer from all over the country. The flowers look just like real ones, and few wives would not praise them."
"Mother..." Tian Minqing said coquettishly, walked behind her, and secretly glanced at Chen Fangshi.
"Look, I'm so embarrassed even after saying a few words." Mrs. Li laughed, revealing two big yellow teeth, and then approached Chen Fangshi and said: "The older generation said that we young girls have thin waists and thin butts. Da, the look on his face shows that he is a man of wealth and honor who has given birth to a son. Whoever gets it can only have a son, and this is a portrait of me."
Everyone looked strange when they heard this. How could anyone praise his daughter so much in front of his unmarried daughter? When Mrs. Chen heard this, her face became even darker and she looked embarrassed.
Chen Fang was nauseated by Mrs. Li's garlic-filled breath. After hearing this, she just held the handkerchief to her nose and laughed quietly.
Seeing that she was silent, Mrs. Li had no choice but to say, "I heard that Mrs. Chen has a nephew from her mother's side, who happens to be about the same age as our young girl!"
Everyone suddenly realized, it turns out that this is the case, the son-in-law who is not rare in the first house is fighting for the second house!
