When everyone left, Baicao said softly: "Mom is a sharp-tongued person, but this gift is thicker than that of ordinary villagers. In the end, she still cares about dad."
"Eldest sister, learn more and hold the eldest brother-in-law firmly in your hands from now on. That's what's important." Bai Ling said with a wink.
"Just talk nonsense. I think you want to catch Shangguan in your hands." Baicao's face turned red, but he was teased by Bai Ling, so he still replied.
"Of course I have to hurry up. Is it possible that I still pretend to be generous and share a husband with other women?"
Bai Ling had a serious look on his face. He suddenly remembered the ancient custom of three wives and four concubines. He quickly grabbed Baicao's hand and said seriously:
"Sister, don't play with those three obediences and four virtues. Once this man has another woman, he will definitely have children. How can he give his heart to you then? If my concubine has evil thoughts, will you and your children still have to live together?
Really? Sister, you must listen to me on this matter. Virtue and virtue are imposed on women by men. You know whether you will live a good life or not!"
"He said that if he doesn't take concubines in the future, his family will have no rules about taking concubines." When he said this, Baicao lowered his head, feeling extremely shy.
"That's more or less the same." Bai Ling felt relieved, and after thinking for a moment, he added: "Sister, you are gentle in character and outstanding in needlework. Later I will teach you how to make some home-cooked dishes. This man's stomach will be tight. Let him
It’s good to always think about going home.”
"Yes." Baicao nodded heavily. After all, she was used to treating her husband as her first priority, and she was willing to learn these things.
While the two sisters were talking, the girl brought hot noodle soup, and Baicao also ate half of the bowl, and then they went back to rest.
The next day, Bai Liu followed Bai Ling to Bai Mei's house. Bai Mei had woken up and was very grateful to Bai Ling. Her man even kowtowed to Bai Ling twice to express his gratitude.
Mrs. Bai Qi felt aggrieved and pulled Mrs. Bai Liu to talk for a long time. She went home beforehand and only asked to come over to see Bai Mei when the sutures were removed.
In the past two years, Baimei and his wife have been very capable and have good relations with the people in the village. There are also many people who come to breastfeed.
Baimei didn't have milk yet, so there were women in the village who gave birth to babies, so they took turns feeding their babies. They weren't afraid of starving, after all, newborn babies didn't eat much.
During dinner, Mrs. Bai Liu sighed: "I didn't expect this to happen. The second child stole the old lady's private money. The old lady had no place to vent her anger, so she went to find trouble with Bai Mei every now and then. It was also the child's fault.
I can’t even hide.”
"I just said, give in and everything will be fine." Bai Sanshu said in a low voice.
Bai Ling frowned, Bai Sanshu defended Mrs. Bai again and again, there was definitely something wrong.
"Give? How do you think we should give in? Isn't the life of Bai Mei and his wife enough?" Bai Ling stirred the spoon and asked casually.
"Isn't this okay?" Bai Sanshu retorted subconsciously.
"Does it take two lives to be said to be an old lady's ruthlessness? In our family, people almost lost their lives several times. Could it be that dad has forgotten about it? Just because of the blood relationship, he should have his neck cleaned and sent to the door to be chopped.
Is it filial piety?”
Bai Ling's tone was still calm, without any hint of displeasure.
But the Bai Liu family could tell that something was wrong, and they all stared at Bai Sanshu.
"I... didn't mean that, it was just..." Bai Sanshu didn't know what to say, and regretted answering just now.
"I once told my father that she is his biological mother. He can go back whenever he wants. Children cannot stop his father from fulfilling his filial piety. But we, the descendants of the next generation, should do our best not to take revenge.
, Dad, don’t embarrass us. When Dad gets old, we will take him back to take care of him in his old age."
After Bai Ling finished speaking, he put down the spoon, wiped his mouth and stood up, looking at Bai Sanshu indifferently.
"Dad, do you still remember why our family broke away? I'm really scared. I'm afraid that the old lady will use her identity as grandma to suppress me again, so that I can't breathe, and she will want to sell me at every turn, but she still won't
The kind that leaves me a way to survive."
After saying that, Bai Ling turned around and left.
The Bai Liu family finally determined what they felt was wrong these past few days. Bai Sanshu clearly wanted to reconcile with the old house.
"Head of the family, the girls will get pregnant in the future, and Xiaoshan will get pregnant. I don't want to see anything happen to my daughter and daughter-in-law, and I don't want to experience a white-haired person giving a black-haired person to someone else."
Bai Liu sighed and looked at Bai Sanshu with complicated eyes.
"What Er Yatou means is also what I mean. It's up to you."
"Dad, after I get married, I still dare to go back to my parents' home, right?" Bai Cao's voice was trembling. She was the eldest daughter in the family, so she was not the one who was tortured the most by Mrs. Bai.
"Sister, wait for me. I want to study hard with my master and marry far away when I grow up." Bai Xing, who had not finished eating, ran out after Baicao.
Bai Sanshu opened his mouth several times, but no words came out.
He felt bad when he thought that Old Mrs. Bai had come to him secretly and cried and complained about how bad she was.
But the attitude of his family reminded Bai Sanshu of the past, and he wished he could slap himself in the face.
"What am I doing! I have only lived a peaceful life for a few days, and I have forgotten how I lived before!" Bai Sanshu said, slapped himself, but he had no appetite at all when facing the dining table.
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The third room is not used to having servants to serve meals. There is no one in the room. Even if there are servants, they can only treat it as invisible.
Because of Bai Sanshu's attitude, the atmosphere in the Bai family was obviously not as cheerful as before.
But business must still be carried out, and preparations for Baicao's marriage must continue.
In the golden autumn of October, every household is busy harvesting grain, picking wild fruits in Baijia Mountain, and harvesting the first batch of planted medicinal materials. For a while, they are too busy to pay attention to such trivial matters.
Shangguan Yu originally wanted to bring Princess Han directly to the Bai family to propose marriage, but the emperor issued an imperial edict and asked him to be responsible for negotiating with the countries and tribes in the north to draw up a peace treaty.
Also going to Zixiao City were the imperial envoys, who also had the intention of supervising.
When Yang Fan returned to Beijing, he told his grandmother that he wanted to get married. The old lady, who was originally happy, heard that Yang Fan was going to marry a second wife, and she fainted from anger and fell seriously ill.
Fortunately, with the health-preserving pills and spiritual spring water that Bai Ling gave him before, the old man's health did not completely collapse, but he still had to rest for a while.
"Are you determined to marry a second-married woman? Are you so angry that you won't change your mind even though I'm an old man?" The old lady asked with anger as she looked at her grandson who had been waiting for him in front of the hospital bed for several days.
"Grandma has never met her, so she shouldn't look down on her because of her background." Yang Fan said in a low voice.
"She is very good, but she has already been married. How can she be worthy of you? As long as she is from a good family, even if she is a poor peasant girl, the wet nurse will not dislike her. But she has been married before!
If you marry such a woman, how can you hold your head high in the future? Even if she becomes a concubine, that's just her reaching a high level."
Mrs. Yang spoke earnestly, fearing that her grandson would be confused.
But Yang Fan has experienced so much and no longer values fame.
Looking up at the gray-haired Mrs. Yang, Yang Fan asked: "Grandma, do you remember what kind of life our grandparents and grandchildren lived when something happened at home?"
Mrs. Yang was startled, how could she forget?
I just didn’t understand why Yang Fan would ask this, so I waited for Yang Fan to continue. (To be continued)