Jinyi Music

Chapter 14 A slap in the face to seal the mouth
This day, because Xiang Shi didn't show up, the two families lived in peace and harmony, and the two sisters even had time to gossip with Sun's mother and daughter. Yuan appeared, and the mother and daughter of the Sun family immediately turned their faces away, not even daring to cast their eyes in this direction.

Mrs. Xiang came closer, saw that there were more customers at Sun's stall than at her own, and immediately spat bitterly.
"Bah... vixen!"

Then he turned his head to look at the small bamboo basket that was filled with copper plates at home, and saw that there was about a small half of the basket, and he was satisfied, but cursed in his mouth,
"Why so little?"

Sanlian didn't answer, but Silian did.
"Mother, today's business is already very good. I didn't bring back so much yesterday!"

Xiang Shi is most annoyed by the fourth daughter who always talks back to her. Hearing this, she stared and said,
"You talk too much!"

After speaking, he went to the stove to stir the jar with a spoon, searched for it after a while and asked Sanlian,

"Why is there a bone missing?"

Sanlian is honest and honest, but she didn't expect Xiang Shi to be so good at it, so she replied in a panic,

"No...no, that's all..."

Seeing this, Xiang became more and more suspicious, and stared at the third daughter with a pair of toad eyes.
"Did you steal it?"

"Uh……"

San Lian's eyes were erratic and she didn't dare to look directly at her mother, Si Lian responded beside seeing this,
"Mom, don't ask Third Sister, I stole it..."

Xiang Shi was furious when he heard the words,
"I'm a loser who loses money. I didn't earn a lot of money, but I learned to steal it..."

After finishing speaking, she looked around, picked up the rolling pin on the table and was about to hit it, Si Lian hurriedly shouted,
"Mother, there are still guests here!"

If you hit someone with a rolling pin, will the guests still eat it?

Xiang Shi glanced at the two tables of guests at the booth, but put down the rolling pin helplessly, but bent down and took off the shoes on her feet. Seeing this, Si Lian turned around and ran towards the street, Xiang Shi rushed to the street angrily. The fourth daughter chased after her, and the mother and daughter disappeared into the crowd one after the other. San Lian watched from behind, anxious but did not dare to leave the stall, so she could only hope that the younger sister would run faster and not be caught by her mother. !
Si Liansheng was thin and brisk, but Xiangshi was fat and lost a shoe, so she couldn't catch up with her daughter after running two extra steps, so she stopped and had to yell and curse from a distance,

"...Little bitch, don't come back if you have the ability, my mother will beat you to death!"

Si Lian didn't turn her head back, the wind was blowing under her feet, she ran across two streets in one breath, and when she looked up, she saw that she had already reached Suanzao Alley, but she saw many children with book bags walking into the alley in twos and threes, Si Lian knew They are going to the Qin family's private school, and they can't help but follow behind with envy.
"It would be great if I could read too!"

Although she only lived to be ten years old in her previous life, she was a lady of the official family and could read a few books. Now she is the daughter of the Jia family. See, I bought two knives of fat meat from Xiang Shi earlier, and also sent Jia Youchuan to Mr. Qin's private school to study for two days. Jia Youchuan thought it was strange at the beginning, and he practiced big characters for two days with a good appearance. Jia Silian Seeing itching, he sneaked into Jia Youchuan's room and wrote a few words with his pen and paper, but unexpectedly, he was discovered by Jia Youchuan who came back.

Jia Laoqi immediately yelled, attracting Mrs. Xiang, Jia Silian was beaten, and then Jia Laoqi was kicked out by Mr. Qin because he did not obey the rules in the school, bullied his classmates and disrespected the teacher. When Jia Laoqi returned home, he refused to say that it was his fault, but only said that Jia Silian was scribbling on his book, and when he saw it, he became furious and kicked him out!
After hearing this, Xiang Shi naturally wouldn't pursue what his son said was right or wrong, but caught his fourth daughter and beat him up again, and after blaming his son's inability to study on her daughter, plus the fact that his son was beaten to death, he would never again He went to school, so he was allowed to idle around and cause trouble outside all day long!
The pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Jia You passed on were all sent back to her natal family the next day by Xiang Shi, and given to her nephew. Jia Silian was penniless and had no way to buy it by herself, so she had to sneak over behind her back to have a look. Look, even if you can't read, it's good to take a look to satisfy your craving!

She was peeking outside the private school when she suddenly saw a somewhat familiar bullock cart slowly approaching, and a person jumped out of the bullock cart, looking even more familiar,

"Hey...it's him..."

It was Mou Biao who jumped out of the bullock cart. Mou Biao jumped out of the cart with his book bag on his back and was about to step into the private school when he suddenly turned around and saw Jia Silian hiding behind a tree. He frowned and immediately remembered Who is Jia Silian? She nodded slightly at her, but without stopping, she stepped into the private school.

Jia Silian watched him go in and thought to herself,

"It seems that he didn't lie, he really is studying in a private school here..."

Seeing that everyone was about to go in, she followed suit. Mr. Qin's private school was not closed for the first half of the day, and the students were free to come in and out. Jia Silian had visited secretly a few times before, and she went in to sweep the yard. The old servant did not stop her, but smiled at her.

Jia Silian shyly nodded at him, went into the main hall, looked up at the statue of the sages hanging above him with a look of reverence, put her hands together piously, bowed reverently for a few times, and then tiptoed in.

The sound of Lang Lang's reading resounded throughout the backyard. Jia Silian walked along the base of the wall, went to the window and looked in. She glanced across the hall and saw the familiar person in the last row. Seeing him holding the book, she shook her head with the others reading a book.

The students in this school are of different ages, and they learn different things. Everyone reads their own books, and they must read aloud at the request of the teacher, so the room is very noisy. Mou Biao turned his head. Hidden behind the book, I noticed someone peeking out the window, turned my head and saw Jia Silian looking back curiously, the toothless classmate next to him noticed it, and turned his head after him, and after a while, the few students in the front row The boys all turned their heads and looked curiously at Jia Silian outside the window.

"uh-huh!"

Mr. Qin at the top noticed that they were distracted, and immediately let out a clear cough. They all turned their heads in fright.

This room left Qin's house and exited Suanzao Hutong, wondering if Xiang would be caught when he went back at this time, but a fat hand caught his arm unexpectedly,

"Bitch, where do you think I'm going to escape this time?"

Jia Silian turned her head and saw that it was her own mother, she couldn't help crying in her heart,
"Oops, why did she come after me!"

Xiang's fat face was full of complacency, he held his fourth daughter tightly, and slapped her as soon as he raised his hand,

"Little hoof, let's see if you still dare to steal it... Do you still dare to steal it?"

Si Lian felt a burning pain immediately after being slapped on the face. Seeing that Xiang Shi's second slap was about to come down again, she hurriedly raised her hand to cover her face and shouted,

"Mother, if you beat me again, I'll tell dad that you coaxed Seventh Brother for a tael of silver!"

Hearing this, Xiang stared angrily, the slap of one hand did not fall, but the other hand used such force that the long nails pierced into Si Lian's flesh,

"You bastard, how dare you talk nonsense!"

Silian replied,

"Am I talking nonsense, mother knows..."

She paused and said,
"Mother, it's already the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year is less than half a month away. Uncle and aunt are coming to visit. Have you...have you prepared your money?"

As I said earlier, since Mrs. Xiang got married, she has to help her natal family from time to time. In the past, the old lady of the Xiang family came forward to extend her hand to the four daughters. Now that she is too old to move around, the three uncles of the Xiang family took turns. The son went to the homes of the four sisters to play the autumn wind, and Xiang Shi was the eldest sister who took care of her natal family the most. If Jia Jincheng hadn't held tight, this family would have been evacuated by Xiang Shi!
On weekdays, the Xiang family's uncles would visit the door every ten days and a half months. They came once on the second day of the twelfth lunar month. Now that it was almost the end of the new year, how could they come again? During this New Year's festival It must be necessary to prepare more things. In previous years, Mrs. Xiang had to fight with Jia Jincheng to get a few more coppers from her husband. This year, I have a tael of silver from my son, so I finally have a lot more money in my hands. , can't let the fourth daughter ruin things with a word!

Thinking of this place, Xiang stared fiercely at her fourth daughter, her toad eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
"If you dare to talk nonsense with your father, carefully I will peel off your skin!"

Jia Silian looked down at her arm,
"Mom, if you want to pinch me again, I can't keep what I will say!"

Xiang was angry and angry at being threatened by her daughter, but she had no choice but to let go of her hand, the toad's eyes widened, and the muscles on his face twitched endlessly.

"You dare to utter a single word, I will tear your mouth apart!"

After finishing speaking, she ignored Jia Silian and turned her fat body to go first. Jia Silian looked at her back and shook her head silently.

The three uncles of the Xiang family, one works as a coachman in a carriage and horse dealership, the other works as a clerk in a shop, and the third works as a handyman in the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion. Although they are all from Lower Liba, the money they earn every month is enough to feed A family is enough, how can they help?
Besides, among the relatives, the Jia family had seven children. If it is difficult, they are more difficult. If they want to help, it is their own family who reach out to others. But for so many years, she has only seen Xiang Shi go out, and she has not seen a few uncles giving things. Every time they came to the door, taking advantage of Jia Jincheng's absence, they dragged their family and brought them here. They didn't even say thank you at the end, and they didn't know what their mother-in-law was planning?
Jia Silian didn't dare to walk too fast, for fear that Xiangshi would do something wrong again when she saw her, so she followed behind from a distance, seeing Xiangshi enter Yanghua Alley, so she went to the stall to look for Sanlian, Sanlian Looking her up and down worriedly,

"Mother hit you?"

Silian caressed her painful face,
"It's all right, she's hit her before, and she's let go of her anger, so she won't hit her again!"

How similar are these words to what San Lian said earlier?

(End of this chapter)