When Changwu and Yun'er came back, they saw Minglan sitting on the soft couch and counting her belongings. Danjue sat aside, peeling the orange meekly, and then stuffed it into her mouth one by one. Xiaotao and Weizhi were opposite.
Sitting, looking at the account book, reading aloud and writing, the sky outside the window is clear and the scenery is wonderful.
The young couple's jaws almost dropped when they saw it. Minglan calmly reported what happened: Packing things, the thief came, jumped into the water, the Cao gang arrived, the thief ran away, and they returned to the boat.
Simple and concise, clear summary; Minglan feels that she is becoming more and more like Brother Changbai.
The young couple felt so guilty that they turned their apology into motivation. They knew that the matter was serious and if not handled properly, it would definitely affect the family, so they took action quickly. Yoona was Aunt Kang's daughter after all.
Don't be lenient, arrange the servants and women properly, and never let out a word about those who should be sealed. By the time you get ashore, everything will be calm.
Changsong had long been convinced and led a group of servants to wait on the pier. The brothers were extremely affectionate when they met. Yoona said a few words while holding on to her sore back, and then was helped into a blue oilcloth by the attentive mother-in-law.
In the car decorated with indigo red nuns, Minglan wanted to follow her in, but was helped into the next car by her mother-in-law. As soon as she entered, she saw Pinlan smiling and holding an eight-treasure fruit box waiting for her.
After two years of not seeing each other, Pinlan's face is much more beautiful and her figure has expanded. In the past two years, Mrs. Li has tightened her grip on her, and the results are obvious. Her behavior is no longer impetuous and out-of-the-box, rather like a young girl.
Pinlan had missed Minglan for a long time. Knowing that Minglan was arriving today, she scratched her heart like a cat for a long time. After begging hard for a long time, her mother and sister-in-law nodded and asked her eldest brother to come with her to pick her up.
The two little sisters had always got along well with each other. When they met, they hugged each other and got into a ball. You twisted my face, and I squeezed your arm. They laughed and joked for a while, until the mother waiting outside coughed heavily in displeasure, and they finally
Calm down some more.
"Damn girl, my sister misses you so much!" Pinlan pressed against Minglan's arm with a smile on her face; Minglan's hair was messed up by the pulling, and she was trying hard to pull her hands out to comb her hair, and shook her hands hard and said: "You
Stop cursing me to death!"
Pinlan bared her teeth fiercely, rushed forward and rubbed her again. Minglan was inferior to others and surrendered with both hands.
"How is the eldest lady?" Minglan asked hurriedly after the two sisters calmed down. Pinlan's face turned gloomy: "I was feeling better last month, but who knew that when the weather got cold, I wouldn't feel better again. These days
He was so groggy that he couldn't even utter a single sentence. The doctor said that he was afraid it would only last a few days."
There was silence in the carriage. Minglan patted Pinlan's hand and comforted her for a while. Then she asked about her grandmother. Pinlan smiled and said, "Thanks to the second old lady, she often told interesting stories about her old days. My grandmother felt better."
"Sometimes the third old lady comes to ask for trouble, and the second old lady goes there and sits there, and the third old lady becomes honest."
"What's the honest method?" Minglan asked enthusiastically.
Pinlan cleared her throat, pretended to be a storyteller and took pictures of the table, then started to imitate it vividly——
The third old man: My eldest nephew, when the old man passed away, he kept fifty thousand taels of silver in the big house. It’s time to divide it up now.
Sheng Wei: I haven’t heard about this.
The third old man: You kid is trying to cheat me! If you dare to be rude to your uncle, I still have the old man’s notes here!
Old Mrs. Sheng: Oh, that's true. But that year, the third uncle wanted to redeem the life of the top sister of Cuixianlou. Didn't he pay it in advance? The old man of the Cui family who originally handled it should still have the records from that year.
I'll just go get the letter later...Why, you raise your eyebrows and raise your eyes, and you still want to be rude to your sister-in-law?!
Third old man:......
Old Mrs. Sheng: Come to think of it, when Third Uncle was short of money, he also paid our share of the second bedroom. I still have your IOU from Third Uncle here. Now that we are all old, what should we say?
It's time.
Third old man: The sun is nice today. Let’s go home early and take a rest. Don’t forget to collect your clothes when it gets dark. Let’s go first.
Pinlan and Minglan were swaying with laughter, lying on the table and trembling with joy.
Speaking of which, the third old man is really a wonderful man. Although he has always been ineffective, he knows how to give up when things are good and make use of the situation, so that he has never completely fallen out with the second house and the second house. From time to time, he gets some money and makes some money.
That's enough.
Sheng Wei is very smart. What he wants in business is to be harmonious and make money. Therefore, he never quarrels with his elders. How long can the third old man live? When he dies, Sheng Wei will be both the eldest son and the clan leader. Basically, the clan can say
Forget it, if the third brother-in-law still can't stand up for himself at that time and makes a lot of noise all day long, then the eldest brother-in-law won't be so easy to talk to.
The carriage drove for more than an hour and was about to enter the town. Changsong stopped the carriage and horses and took a short rest at the entrance of the village. The carriage driver drank the horse and inspected the wheels of the wheel. The maidservant and the mother-in-law helped the grandmothers and girls wash and relieve themselves. Minglan and
After Pinlan finished, he was rushed back to the carriage; as soon as he got on the carriage, Pinlan was extremely excited and opened the window of the carriage to take a look. Minglan asked curiously: "What are you looking at?"
"When I went down just now, I saw an old acquaintance... Ah, here it comes, here it comes, come and see!" Pinlan waved back repeatedly. Minglan was confused and leaned over to look. Following Pinlan's direction, she saw the entrance of the village.
Over there, there were a few people standing under a big locust tree, and Minglan let out a soft "ah".
——Indeed, they are old acquaintances.
Sun Zhigao was squatting on the ground, holding his head and shivering. The long gown on his body was stained everywhere. Next to him stood a tall woman holding a big stick. Sun's mother was pointing and yelling:
"Where did you come from? You are so overbearing. How dare you hit a man when he goes out to have a drink?! Look at how you beat my son!"
The woman shouted loudly: "He was the one who was beaten!" Her expression was as usual.
Grandmother was so angry that she rushed to beat the woman. The woman dodged and dodged. Grandmother fell heavily to the ground and fell on her back. The woman laughed loudly and she simply lay down on the ground.
, scolded: "You are a widow who wants to die. Since you broke into my house, you have been angry with your mother-in-law and beating the man every day for three days. How can you be such a wife in the world! When you see your mother-in-law fall, you just watch?"
The widow threw the stick and said with a nonchalant smile: "Mother-in-law, I used to be a widow, but now I'm married to your son. You've always been a widow, and you've always been a widow. Could it be that you're cursing your son?"
The villagers watching nearby laughed and pointed.
The widow had a broad face, protruding front teeth, and was quite strong. She said loudly in front of all the villagers: "Although I am a widow remarrying, I also brought enough dowry when I got married. Now I live here."
The house and the farmed fields are all made by me. Mother-in-law, it doesn't matter if you have nothing to do but take care of your son. As a scholar, he should either study hard to gain fame or open a private school to earn some money and run around all day long.
Running west, one moment drinking and having fun with others, the next moment he brought a group of friends to have a wild meal, ignoring everything, if I just left them alone! I had to sell my house and land again, maybe my mother-in-law was planning to ruin my dowry.
After you are done with it, are you going to look for a marriage?"
The surrounding villagers all knew what happened to the Sun family, and they all laughed when they heard it. Some of the good ones even made some sarcastic remarks. When Sun's mother saw no one to help her, she lay on the ground and cried loudly: "Listen, everyone, what's going on here?"
It’s what the daughter-in-law said. A daughter-in-law always has to serve her mother-in-law and please her mother-in-law. How can she be so rebellious?! And she asked me to work, and I was half exhausted from doing that. I can’t live anymore, I can’t live anymore.
Already..."
Some old men in the village couldn't stand it, so they couldn't help but interject and joked: "It's just a matter of divorce for such a fierce wife, how can you treat your mother-in-law like this?"
The widow's face darkened, she glared fiercely, and said sharply: "This is the second time I have married a man. If anyone makes my life difficult, I will go to his house and set fire to hang myself. No one will have a good time!"
"
The men immediately shut up. The widow looked at her grandma and sneered loudly: "Mother-in-law, you still think you are some kind of rich old lady. The whole family lives on more than ten acres of land. Which old lady in the village doesn't help?"
To do some work, I just asked you to look at the chickens and ducks in the backyard without moving or bending down. You are still tired! If you want to live a good life, don't divorce your former God of Wealth wife! You have the kind of divorce
If you fall in love with someone, you are still licking your face to try to get someone to come back to you, so don’t be embarrassed!"
Sun's mother choked up when she thought of the good life Shulan had when she was here.
The widow said to the people around her: "Uncles, aunts and uncles, you don't know, but my mother-in-law is the most confused. First of all, my husband married a very good daughter-in-law, and she was also married to someone from the fields of Yinzi Mansion. That daughter-in-law
Serving tea in the middle of the night and beating her legs in the middle of the night, she almost treated my mother-in-law as the Queen Mother. Unexpectedly, my mother-in-law still didn't like it. She bullied her all day long and finally drove her away! Such a good daughter-in-law, my mother-in-law
I don’t like it, but I prefer a kiln girl who comes from a dirty place. After calling that bitch a few words, she treated me like my own daughter! Later, the kiln girl gave my man a hat and gave birth to him.
What a bastard. In the end, he took money from his adulterer and ran away! I said to you, mother-in-law, why don’t you change your old habits? Since ancient times, good medicine has always been good medicine, but words of loyalty are offensive to your ears. I don’t like it, so maybe you want to find someone who talks sweetly.
Do you want your kiln sister to be your wife?"
Although the widow was tall and clumsy, her mouth was very sharp. After what she said, the surrounding villagers burst into laughter. Some women almost burst their bellies with laughter. They no longer helped Sun Mu. Sun Mu was so angry that she trembled all over and threw herself.
When he came to Sun Zhigao, he beat his son and cried: "You just watched me being bullied by my daughter-in-law and didn't come out to take care of it! I gave birth to you in vain!"
Sun Zhigao plucked up his courage, pointed at the widow and said: "Baishan Xiao is the leader, how can you be so angry with your mother-in-law? You still dare to talk back to your mother-in-law. Back then, I even dared to divorce someone from such a good family, saying, "I don't dare to divorce you."
I killed you!"
Sun's mother became more energetic and encouraged: "Yes! Divorce her, and let's find someone better!"
The widow laughed three times, turned cold, and cursed loudly: "Looking for a good deal? Stop daydreaming! Back then, you, mother and son, lost everything and had nowhere to live. If I hadn't married you, you would have been in trouble right away.
Hungry and cold! Your son is incapable of having babies! He recites two sour poems all day long, and also looks for flowers and willows. You really think you are Ganluo Pan'an. If I hadn't remarried, I would have followed you! You don't even have a son.
I can't give birth to her, and I have to adopt her into the clan. I don't know if I can trust you in the rest of my life! I can divorce you. I wrote the paperwork in the elder's place at the beginning, and I will take back the house and the land!"
Sun Zhigao's face turned red with anger, and he was overwhelmed with embarrassment and anger. Sun's mother felt sorry for her son. Seeing the surrounding villagers laughing and joking, she looked at her mother and son with strange eyes, and said with embarrassment and annoyance: "You are a woman, you are so shameless.
, is this kind of thing also just talked about outside?"
The widow raised her head and said: "None of your previous concubines could give birth to a son, but the slave girl finally gave birth to one, and he was still a bastard! Also, after your previous wife remarried, she is now giving birth to sons one after another! We
It's better to make it clear first and let everyone bear witness. Later, you will accuse me of "nothing" and try to divorce me, but I won't accept it!"
By the way, Shulan seems to want to avenge her shame. After remarrying, the small universe exploded. Dangdangdang, she gave birth to two sets of twins in two years, three sons and one daughter. Now she is confinement, and her husband's family is a small one in the clan.
With the rapid development of her family and the prosperity of her family, her parents-in-law changed their initial attitude of being dissatisfied with her remarriage. They beamed when they saw their daughter-in-law.
Sun's mother went crazy with anger, picked up the big stick on the ground, and hit the widow hard. The widow ducked sideways, grabbed Sun's mother, pushed her away, grabbed the stick, and swung it at Sun Zhigao.
, he cursed loudly: "You are a coward! If you dare to go out to drink and look for flowers, if you dare to spend your money randomly, and to make random friends, you won't let me stay at home!"
The beating made Sun Zhigao scream and jump all over the ground to avoid him. The widow was so brave that she twisted his ears and beat and scolded him. Sun's mother got up and tried to save her son, but she couldn't push her. The three of them immediately started to struggle into a ball.
The villagers laughed happily at the joke.
Minglan looked at Sun Zhigao's depressed and dazed look. There was no trace of the arrogant and talented person he had been before. The coarse cloth clothes worn by his mother reminded Minglan of the time when she was sitting in Sheng's house with her hair covered with gold hairpins, jade hairpins, and silk.
In the main hall, he came and laughed at Shulan in front of Mrs. Li; it was like the past was like smoke and it was hard to look back.
After a while, the carriage was about to start. Changsong knew that Sun's mother and son were making a fuss in front of them, and he was afraid that they would get entangled again, so he took a detour and took another road. Pinlan clung to the window and watched reluctantly until he could no longer see her.
He lowered the curtain, turned around and sat down, slowly picked up the teacup, took a sip, and exhaled a long breath.
Minglan looked at her gloating expression and complained with a smile: "Are you feeling happy now?"
Pinlan shook her head in amusement, with a refreshed look on her face: "It will relieve pain and diseases, and prolong life."
The author has something to say:
I just watched Firth's masterpiece "The King's Speech", and my God, the acting is really incredible!
A fifty-year-old man fascinated all the women of all ages in our office. His melancholy and forbearing eyes, his tall and tall figure, his British gentleman style, oh my god, I was immediately attracted by him.
I go back to the nymphomaniac days of the 1995 version of "Pride and Prejudice", Mr. Darcy is forever!
As a model of a powerful British actor, I hope he can come back with a statuette this time.