Chapter 118: Casting Lots (2)

"Then you wait, I'll go and get Miss Qiu and your little sister back, and let Miss Qiu write for you."

After speaking, Mrs. Su got up and hurriedly walked out of the yard.

They were playing not far from the yard. These two girls, one big and one young, were faster than them. After eating, they went out to play.

Yes, so the two of them don't know about this question. Old man Su and Mrs. Su didn't intend to let them know, and this matter has nothing to do with them.

Anyway, Miss Qiu was going to the market with them, it didn't matter whether she knew it or not.

"Ma'am, why did you ask us to come back?" Qiu asked the girl.

"Miss Qiu, Madam asked you to come back to write a note, do us a favor."

Lingqiu nodded half understanding.

She followed Mrs. Su into the back room, took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, wrote a few words on the paper, then tore it off and kneaded it into several balls.

She took out the purple dumpling, handed it to Mrs. Su and said, "Ma'am, take this in and put it on the table, and let them take one at random. Let me tell you, although there are words on these paper balls, But each character is different, as long as whoever draws that treasure character, he will keep it."

Mrs. Su understood, she went in and put some paper balls on the table, and said to the people sitting at the dining table: "Daughter-in-law, don't move, son, each of you take a paper ball .”

Several sons took a paper ball in order.

Seeing that they had all got them, Mrs. Su said, "Open the paper balls and see which one of your purple balls is the treasure character?"

After hearing their mother finish speaking, they realized that the words on each ball of paper were different.

Mrs. Su called her fifth daughter-in-law again.

"Come here and see who has caught the treasure word."

The fifth daughter-in-law came over and looked at it. He pointed to the big brother's paper dumpling and said, "Father and mother are the big brother. They caught Baozi. If you don't believe me, you can ask Miss Qiu to come in. She wrote this word herself. Should recognize."

The fifth daughter-in-law said this because she was afraid that her sister-in-law would go back on her word.

Although the eldest daughter-in-law was illiterate, but hearing what they said, she knew that her husband must have caught that word, and it was too late to regret it now.

If she repents, they will definitely say that she is narrow-minded and jealous. It seems that this is God's will, and they can only admit it.

"What else do you have to say? Now that the results have come out, you and your family will stay." Old man Su said looking at the results.

"Father, it's fine for me and the boss to stay, can Xiaochun go to the market with you?" asked the eldest daughter-in-law.

"Why did you take Xiaochun away?" Mrs. Su asked in puzzlement when she heard these words.

"I don't want my son to stay in this village for the rest of his life. Since you can all leave, then take him with you. If you live well in the market, you can find him a school there, which is comparable to the village. It’s much better to go to the old master, but the old master has never been out of this village in his life, and his knowledge is definitely not as much as that of the old master in the market.”

Liu Yin, the fifth daughter-in-law, laughed when she heard this. In order to live a good life, this sister-in-law really dares to say anything.

Although the masters in the village are poor, they are still masters, but she is just a woman who can't read a single word. How dare she say that about a master, she really has no education at all.

Mrs. Su also felt that what she said was wrong, so she hurriedly stopped it.

"Boss daughter-in-law, what you said is ugly. No matter what you say, she is still a teacher. You are a village woman with big characters. How dare you say that about her? Does your son still want to continue studying there?"

The second child, A Ping, also felt that what her mother-in-law said made sense, and quickly helped her: "Yes, sister-in-law, although I don't know a single word, at least I understand the principles of being a human being."

"You are saying that I am ignorant, and I am talking nonsense without knowing the rules."

From the tone of her voice, she could tell that the sister-in-law was a little out of breath at this moment.

"That's not what we mean. We just want to persuade you to have something to say. There is no need to say it so badly. Besides, the master didn't provoke you. Why do you belittle him?"

Old man Su also said: "That's right, if it weren't for the old master, your son would probably be illiterate by now, so he could only follow us to work in the crop fields. You should be grateful to the old master instead of talking about him behind his back. Just let us listen, if it was really heard by outsiders and passed on to the old master, your son would have been kicked out of school by him long ago, and there will be no more school to go to."

Faced with accusations from several members of the family, the eldest daughter-in-law lowered her head in shame, not daring to answer any more.

Maybe what they said is right. In this poor and remote countryside, being able to read a little is already a great fortune, and I dare not ask for anything more.

But what the eldest daughter-in-law said was too harsh. Fortunately, it was only their family members who listened.

"Say what you can say in the future, don't say what you can't say, lest we cause a lot of trouble before we leave, we have to deal with it, especially the boss and the fourth daughter-in-law, you'd better keep your mouth shut, If you really can't hold it back, then come back and say it."

The eldest daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law were dissatisfied with their father-in-law when they heard it, but what the father-in-law said made sense, and they couldn't refute it.

The rules of their family put filial piety first, and it is absolutely unacceptable to contradict the elders, but they have contradicted these two elders countless times in the past two years.

The father-in-law and mother-in-law may not care about them because of their ignorance, but they can't be ignorant.

Since the father-in-law said so, then they should be obedient and do what they say in the future.

"Anyway, the result is clear now, so let's act according to the result, second and second daughter-in-law, your family go to pack your luggage, and in two days, go to the market with us first, and open up the shop in the market first. After a while, I have already thought about it. Opening a restaurant, with Miss Qiu in charge, just a few of you can help, and then the shopkeeper will be the fifth and the fifth daughter-in-law. After all, they read the most books and are suitable for managing money and Collect money."

In fact, old man Su's arrangement is the most appropriate, but there are still people who are not satisfied, and that is the fourth daughter-in-law.

She retorted: "Father, you can't be partial, my husband is also a scholar, why don't you let him be the shopkeeper and let your younger brother and younger siblings be the shopkeeper."

When the fourth daughter-in-law said this, the other groups didn't follow her anymore, and they just refused to forgive her.

This thing will never end again.

(End of this chapter)

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