Yoshida Mii

Chapter 183 Road Fund
"Our two families have been neighbors for many years, and we have a good relationship." Second Aunt Song smiled eagerly, "You watched Zhaodi grow up again. This child is kind, obedient and able to work. She told me No, she likes sister-in-law like you. I won't say those polite words anymore. I've thought about it a long time ago. Our two families know each other well. Zhaodi and your family's Dashi are just in age. After autumn, they will be 13 years old. , why don't you take advantage of this time to be free, let's settle the marriage of the two children."

"This..." Aunt Qiuxia was annoyed for a while. She knew that what Aunt Song told her was not good. Even if there was no Dongbao, she would not be able to appoint Song Zhaodi for her son. If you get married, just wait for the house to be restless!
Second Aunt Song quickly said: "Sister-in-law, I asked Zhaodi, Zhaodi is willing, she will definitely serve you as her own mother, if she dares not to be filial to you, I will slap her!"

"That's not the case." Aunt Qiuxia smiled awkwardly, "Right now Dashi is still studying, neither the child's father nor I plan to get engaged to him right now, we'll wait two years. My Dashi can afford to wait, Zhaodi is a girl, so I can't wait. Besides, the child's father and I are thinking about who the child cares about. If I fight this old face with his father, I have to go to someone's daughter's house to propose marriage. The child's life will be fine in the future. Comfortable, isn't it?"

The implication is that my family really doesn't like your Zhaodi, there is no way to do this!

After Aunt Qiuxia came back from Song's house, she was so angry that she couldn't help complaining to Lin Fu, "It's fine if someone who doesn't know about our two families comes to propose marriage to Dashi, can she not know? This year How many times have I blocked her with my words, and she still came to mention it to me! It’s no wonder that others don’t give her face! Da Shi and Dong Bao are a perfect match. Who in the village doesn’t know that Dong Bao is the eldest of our family? A real little daughter-in-law? With Dongbao here, who would like her girl?! Seeing Zhaodi squinting at people like her grandma, I was terrified and annoyed! Even if Dongbao didn’t marry into our family , I won’t let her be my daughter-in-law either! More girls are willing to marry my son!”

Lin Fu couldn't say what Aunt Song was like as a woman, so he had to persuade Aunt Qiuxia to think about it, "It's fine if we don't agree, and it's our own body if we get angry. Besides, we didn't plan to treat her well, they Let's stay away as a family in the future."

The matter that Second Aunt Song mentioned, Qiuxia put it behind her when she got angry, and she didn't want to mention it to Li Shi at all, but Song Zhaodi seemed to know something, and she would always shout enthusiastically every time she saw Qiuxia. "Auntie", when she saw Qiuxia, she turned her head away and walked over with a haughty face, looking like she was defiant.

Qiuxia just pretended not to notice that she was in her early thirties, so she wouldn't bother with an ignorant little girl.

Time passed quickly, and the summer was over in a blink of an eye, and it was August, and it was the day when Song Bai went to the county to take the exam.

"San'er, are you ready for the money for the exam?" Old Man Song asked Huang.

Huang's brows were raised, and she shouted in a sharp voice: "Why do you still need me to prepare? Didn't she say that she is going out? You go and ask her to go! Anyway, I don't want to see her, mourning star, chicken that doesn't lay eggs!"

Old man Song hesitated for a moment, "At the beginning, the eldest daughter-in-law only said one tael of silver, didn't the third son say it was not enough? She also said that she was going to participate in some literary conference, and asked people who had passed the exam to ask for their experience."

"She only gave one tael if she said one tael?" Huang said viciously, "Go and ask her for five taels of silver. If she doesn't give it, you stay at the door and don't leave, to see if she can afford to lose it." this person!"

Mrs. Huang's words were harsh, but old man Song had no face to do what Mrs. Huang said. He packed up a broken straw hat and was about to go to the town. Mrs. Huang stopped him again, kneading the dough quickly and preparing to spread the fried pancakes .

When the smell of fried pancakes came out, Second Aunt Song could smell it in the house, but she was in confinement and couldn't go out to see the wind. Song Zhaodi went out to hunt pigweed, and Song Yu and the others were not at home, so she just Can sit on the bed and ask loudly: "Mom, what are you doing? Why is it so fragrant!"

Mrs. Huang didn't say a word, and quickly fried a few pancakes as if rushing for time, and kept one piece, and put the rest in a cloth bag for old man Song to bring to Song Bai, while she took the leftover pancakes. Zhang Panzi went to the West Wing and gave it to Second Aunt Song.

"Take it and eat." Mrs. Huang had a rare good face, and gave the pancakes to Aunt Song in an almost pleasant manner, "replenish yourself."

The Huang family was so "low-key and small", Second Aunt Song couldn't say anything more, she took the pancake with her mouth curled up, and ate it with big mouthfuls.

After old man Song arrived in town, he went to Wenfeng Academy first, and begged the concierge to call Song Bai out.These days, Song Bai has lost a lot of weight. The old man Song is very distressed. He watched Song Bai gobble up the fried pancakes and asked, "Why are you so skinny? Did you not eat well?"

Song Bai nodded angrily, and said in a very aggrieved tone, "I haven't left the gate of the academy for such a long time!"

"How about, you can go to your sister-in-law's for lunch later on." Old man Song said after hesitating for a long time.

Song Bai was immediately annoyed, and gritted his teeth and said, "No! I'm not going to that little... In short, I'm not going! A gentleman doesn't eat what he gets! Don't they look down on me? When I pass the exam, I have to... Hmph !"

"If you don't go, then don't go." Old man Song shook his head helplessly and sighed. Besides, he didn't know what to say to Song Bai. Before coming, Mrs. Huang told Song Bai not to tell Song Bai about the bad things at home. Listen, I'm afraid that Song Bai will be distracted and affect the exam.

"Father, you came here just to bring me pancakes?" Song Bai asked.

Old man Song shook his head, and said honestly: "Didn't your sister-in-law agree to pay you for your travel expenses at that time? I'll ask her for the money."

"Oh." When it came to travel expenses, Song Bai's momentum obviously weakened, and his expression was a little bored, he didn't want to discuss this issue, "Then you go, I'm going back to review my studies."

Old man Song turned away after watching his son disappear in the academy, he was secretly relieved, feeling that his third son had finally grown up, and he had never seen him worry so hard before.

When old man Song arrived at Baoji shop, he happened to meet Mrs. Li leading a few people to move the stall at the door back to the house. He didn't want Qiuxia and others from the village to see him, so he hid aside. Only Mrs. Li would be there later. When a person came out, old man Song came out and shouted, "Boss daughter-in-law!"

Mrs. Li looked back and saw old man Song, he was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "Father, you are here, please sit in the room."

They moved. The old man Song and his wife didn't even show their faces. It was too much. Even a good-tempered person like Li Shi had a pimple in his heart. He also picked up Qiao and didn't treat them as the Song family.

"No." Old man Song was also very embarrassed. Seeing Li's smile kindly, his ruddy face, and his words and actions full of confidence, he felt a little guilty. This daughter-in-law is different from before, and he and Huang can't control it anymore. He is inevitably guilty. "Isn't this the third child who is about to go to the county for an exam... that... the eldest daughter-in-law..."

Mrs. Li listened to him babbling for a long time, her old face was flushed and she couldn't utter a complete sentence, so she understood what he wanted to do, and didn't make things difficult for him, she just stood at the door and called Dong Bao, who was in the shop to settle accounts, "Go and get a tael of silver for your grandfather, your third uncle is about to pass the exam."

Dong Bao nodded, seeing Old Man Song standing two steps away from the shop entrance, he smiled and said, "Master, why don't you come into our shop and have a look?"

Seeing this granddaughter, old man Song really couldn't like it, he shook his head and said, "No, your grandma is urging me to go home quickly, and I have to work in the fields."

Dong Bao curled up his mouth and smiled, went back and took out a sling of money, put it heavily into a cloth pocket, and handed it to old man Song.And Mrs. Li took advantage of this time to cut up a few catties of tofu and bean sprouts, put them in a basket, and let old man Song take them home to eat.

Old man Song took the basket and looked at the cloth bag Dong Bao gave him. There should only be a thousand coins in it.

Seeing old man Song hesitate to leave, Dong Bao asked with a smile: "Master, what's the matter? The money is not counted? How about you count it again?"

Old man Song blushed with shame, and stammered, "No, no, let's go first."

When old man Song walked away, Li slapped Dong Bao's forehead heavily, "What are you talking about? That's your master! It doesn't matter whether it's big or small!"

Dong Bao wrinkled his nose, and said, "If I don't say anything, my grandfather will definitely say that the money is not enough, and he will ask us more. Shall we give it or not?"

Don't give it, it doesn't look good standing in front of the store, give it, I feel uncomfortable.

For old man Song, Dong Bao had already been extremely disappointed, and was unwilling to talk to him.Originally, Dongbao still had a grandparent's friendship with him, and felt that he was much better than the Huang family. Now that he has gone through so many things, the friendship at the beginning has long since disappeared, and if the old man Song didn't agree, how could the Huang family The decision is not to let the little baby girl born by Second Aunt Song.

As for Song Bai who was going to take the exam in the county town, Dong Bao didn't have any hopes for him, and it didn't matter much to them if he failed the exam. Song Bai really had the ability to be admitted as a scholar. He wouldn't be like that anymore.If he was really a good student, even if he made a mistake, the teachers would rush to intercede for him.

Dong Bao is not afraid that Song Bai will come to revenge after being admitted as a scholar. A scholar is just the last honor. Looking at her own father, Song Xiucai, one knows that a scholar can live a very miserable life.If Song Bai wants to make a fortune through studying and scientific examinations, he must first pray that he will never offend Dong Bao, otherwise the "confession" he wrote in his own hand will be known to everyone.

In a blink of an eye, the Mid-Autumn Festival is almost here. This is the first Mid-Autumn Festival they have celebrated since they separated. Mrs. Li made mooncakes weighing nearly [-] catties at the dim sum shop in the town. The ingredients were prepared by herself, and the dim sum shop only accepted One processing fee, all of which are made of high-quality peanut oil and flour. Dongbao also specially boiled [-] salted duck eggs, peeled off the yolks and sent them over to make Cantonese-style salted egg yolk mooncakes.

(End of this chapter)