The more Bai Sanshu talked, the more sad he became. His thoughts that had been shaken by Old Mrs. Bai turned towards his wife and children again.
The onlookers initially thought that Bai Ling, a junior, was a bit too much to treat Mrs. Bai like this in public, and that he was being unfilial.
But the honest-looking Bai Sanshu cried and confessed, which made people sympathize with Bai Ling.
With such a foolish and filial father, you don't need to think about how much hardship the Bai Ling sisters have endured since they were young, and how much injustice they have suffered.
In order for the family to survive, it is indeed not easy for a little girl to shoulder the burden of making money to support the family.
"I remembered, isn't this old lady the mother-in-law of the shopkeeper of Wenxiangju? I've seen that shopkeeper Bai has a little face when he meets people. His family lives in the town, and the house seems to be his own.
I bought it. The two boys in the family are studying in private schools, and they also hired an old woman to cook and clean." In the crowd, a woman suddenly said loudly.
"I do know that Shopkeeper Bai's daughter-in-law is fair and fair, and she wears makeup and powder every day. She seems to be the daughter of a scholar's family. Even Shopkeeper Bai's daughter is also pretty. I didn't expect her to be.
The peasant girl and the little girl in front of me are dressed up like this, it’s hard to tell they are the same family.” Someone echoed.
"When you said that, I remembered something. Shopkeeper Bai's daughter is getting engaged to a family that seems to be the Li family who owns a grocery store. I heard they are discussing a wedding date."
"Oh, I know about this. The date has been set. The Bai family also said that they will give their daughter fifty taels of silver to the bottom of the box. They have prepared two sets of everything..."
The onlookers became louder and louder as they talked, seeming to have forgotten why they were standing here in the first place.
The smile on Bai Ling's lips became colder and colder. Looking at Bai Sanshu who looked surprised, he lowered his voice and said: "Dad is devoted to being filial to my mother and taking care of brotherhood, but who would have thought that dad would not even think about our third wife?"
Not to mention anything else, even my cousin’s dowry is enough for our family to last a lifetime. We live in a thatched house, but my uncle has money to buy a house in the town..."
"Maybe..." That's not true.
Bai Sanshu wanted to say this, but when he saw Bai Ling's mocking smile, his tongue was tied.
At this moment, Bai Sanshu couldn't deceive himself or others even if he wanted to. He couldn't find any examples of people in his old house treating Sanfang well. He couldn't even deceive himself, so how could he persuade Bai Ling?
Old Mrs. Bai was also shocked. She had always thought that Bai Dashu's family lived in a rented house, and every time she went to see her children and grandchildren, she thought that the mother-in-law was a roommate and had never given instructions to the other party. Instead, she took care of herself inside and outside.
tidying up...
There is also Bai Xue's dowry. No matter how much Mrs. Bai loves her granddaughter, she will not be willing to give her such a large dowry. This is simply cutting out her flesh and blood.
"No, the boss won't lie to me. I'm going to ask clearly!" Old Mrs. Bai turned around suddenly, pushed away the people blocking the way, and stumbled towards Bai Dashu's home, not caring about Bai Ling.
The little money in the hands of father and daughter.
Without Mrs. Bai, there was naturally no excitement, and the crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, still discussing matters about the Bai family in groups of twos and threes.
Bai Ling helped Bai Sanshu stand up. Seeing that he had lost his soul, he couldn't bear to blame him.
"That's all, just think of it as a lesson. I'll be more careful in the future." Bai Ling muttered in a low voice and took Bai Sanshu to the medical center and bought a bottle of distilled wine. The father and daughter then walked home slowly.
go.
It's not that Bai Ling is reluctant to pay a few cents for making a bullock cart, but that Bai Sanshu can secretly come to town for Mrs. Bai to prevent him from suffering, fearing that he will be deceived by Mrs. Bai into giving up his life again in the blink of an eye.
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On the way home, Bai Ling was also thinking about how to get rid of these people in Laozhai.
There are not many opportunities to meet in the town, but the village is so big. Sanfang's previous show of weakness made everyone in the village look down on him. If something goes wrong, they can only watch the excitement, but no one is willing to help. This situation is very dangerous.
Not to mention that Bai Ling was silent along the way, thinking about how to solve the current situation.
When Mrs. Bai came to Bai Dashu's house and saw the woman cleaning the yard, she immediately became angry.
"Don't you, a slave, know how to kowtow and say hello to your boss's old lady when you see her?" Old lady Bai kicked away the dustpan that was blocking her, glared at her mother-in-law and cursed.
The mother-in-law did not dare to admit her identity after receiving the order from Bai Dashu and his wife. She hurried back to the side room where she lived and locked the door.
When Mrs. Bai saw this, she was even more furious. She could see that this woman was indeed a servant.
Inside the room, Bai Yuanshi, who was teaching her daughter to embroider, patted the back of Bai Xue's hand, who was pouting, and gave her a wink.
Bai Xue reluctantly took her embroidery basket and turned around to go to the back room to avoid confronting Mrs. Bai.
Bai Yuanshi didn't have the habit of getting up to greet people. She was doing her embroidery work seriously as if she didn't hear Mrs. Bai coming to her door.
After Mrs. Bai entered the house, she became even more angry when she saw Bai Yuanshi like this.
In the past, when she saw Bai Yuanshi doing embroidery work, Mrs. Bai thought she was a good wife. Although she didn't know how to do other jobs, she could earn a lot of money with her good embroidery work.
Old Mrs. Bai didn't dare to touch Bai Yuanshi, so naturally she didn't confiscate her embroidery money, but the money belonged to her son, and it would be good if it could at least be used for her grandson.
"Ms. Yuan, my mother-in-law is here, and you didn't even say a word. You didn't even pour a cup of tea. Do you think you don't take me as a mother-in-law seriously?" Old Mrs. Bai sat on the main seat angrily.
Bai Yuanshi raised her head, frowned and said: "My husband needs a lot of money to manage the relationship. I'm not just trying to do more embroidery work, I can help my husband as much as I can, but I didn't hear my mother coming."
Come on. The tea has just been brewed, please take it easy, mother."
Old Mrs. Bai benefited a lot from Bai Yuanshi's words, but thinking of the words she just heard, she suddenly lost her temper again.
"Mr. Yuan, let me ask you, did the boss buy this house? When did he buy it? How many years has it been since he bought it? And that woman outside, was it the one you hired to do the work? Why did you hide it from me? Xue
Where is the girl? How much dowry do you plan to give her?" Mrs. Bai asked everything she wanted to know in one breath.
Bai Yuanshi felt a little in his heart and quickly lowered his eyes to hide the true emotions in his eyes.
"Where did Mom hear the gossip? Half of the money earned by the head of the family is given to Mom, and the other half is used to support his two sons' education. How can one afford to buy a house? It's just for the sake of good looks, so he tells others that the house is a
Yes, fortunately the landlord moved out and no one went to check."
But with a blink of an eye, Bai Yuanshi explained gently, and there was no trace of guilt on her face.
"My mother also knows that the money from my dowry and embroidery work have also been used to supplement the family income. In order for me and my family to eat well, I asked the aunt in the yard to help cook two meals and one meal for me.
Three copper plates. This way I can spend more time doing embroidery work, right?"
Old Mrs. Bai looked at Bai Yuanshi suspiciously, not sure if she believed her words, and asked: "What about Girl Xue's dowry? I heard someone said that you are going to give a dowry of fifty taels, head and face and so on.
There is also a lot of preparation, which is enough to give our two eldest grandsons wives."
A look of impatience flashed through Bai Yuanshi's eyes, but her tone was still gentle, "Who are you listening to, Mom? Where did our family get so much money to give Xueer a dowry? If we really have money, we will give it to our husband for activities.
Relationship, that’s what’s most important!”
Old Mrs. Bai actually believed this, and since Bai Yuanshi was always arrogant, Old Mrs. Bai didn't think she would lie.
Seeing that Mrs. Bai was squinting and not speaking, Bai Yuanshi lowered her head and continued to work as a female celebrity, too lazy to take the initiative to talk to Mrs. Bai.
But in my heart, I hate those people who gossip. Isn’t this causing trouble for them! (To be continued)