Yoshida Mii

Chapter 190 The Inexplicable Adoption

Dong Bao blushed, bowed his head and said, "Bah, who wants to be engaged to you!"

Zhang Xiuyu's engagement ceremony was still very grand. Liang Zi brought three golds and three silvers. The three golds are gold rings, gold earrings, and gold necklaces. The three silvers are silver bracelets, silver locks and silver hairpins. The three golds and three silvers are Liang Zi. I went to Anzhou to buy the most fashionable styles. Besides these jewellery, Liang Zi also sent six bolts of scarlet printed satin, which were neatly folded and shone beautifully in the sun. Three gold and three silver, very stylish and beautiful.

All the people who came to congratulate her were envious of Zhang Xiuyu. Few people could buy three gold and three silver when they got engaged. Those from a better family only gave three silver, and those from a poorer family even saved three silver.

Dong Bao watched from the side, secretly thinking that Liang Zi had spent a lot of money for this engagement, and probably spent all the money he had saved in the past few years.

When the sun was in the west, the banquet was finished. The people who came to congratulate Xi said goodbye to Li Hongqin in twos and threes, and then went back, leaving Li Hongqin and Li's women to help clean up the table and dishes.

Most of the tables and stools are borrowed from the villagers, and they must be returned as soon as possible after use, while the dishes and chopsticks are brought by the hired cooks themselves, and helpers are responsible for cleaning, which saves a few people a lot of trouble.

In fact, there were not many leftovers on the table. The farmer’s life was poor, and it was rare to have a chance to have a big meal. Aunt Qiuxia cleaned up the leftovers on the table, poured them into a bucket, and prepared to take them home. feed the pigs.What's more, the cook cooked a lot, and the dishes that could not be put on the table were placed in two large wooden basins. Li Hongqin was not stingy, and every woman who came to help took a lot of dishes back.

Lord Yan found a carriage and sent the Li family back. When they returned to the town, it was almost dusk.

Dong Bao saw a tall and thin figure standing at the door of his shop from a long distance away, and when he got closer, he realized that it was old man Song who had been standing there.

"Father, why are you here?" Mrs. Li asked after getting off the carriage, and glanced at Old Man Song's leg, "How's the injury on your leg?"

Old man Song put away the cigarette stick in his hand, shook his head and said, "It's okay."

At this moment, Shang Dongbao and the others also got off the carriage. Master Yan and Liang Zi sat in front of the carriage, glanced at old man Song, and frowned in unison.

Liang Zi even jumped out of the car and asked Li Shi, "Auntie, why don't I stay for a while?"

Mrs. Li smiled, "No, you and Mr. Yan have been tired all day, go back and have a rest, just come over for dinner later."

Liang Zi glanced at old man Song with a sullen face, and smiled at Li Shi: "Then auntie, why don't you ask Miss Dongbao to call me at the town hall?"

"Don't worry, let's go." Li said with a smile.

Old man Song's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the hand holding the cigarette rod trembled. What does this yamen servant mean? Could it be that he could eat Li's mother and daughter?He is Li's father-in-law and Dong Bao's grandfather, logically, he is the family of Li's mother and daughter!
He remembered the two people driving the carriage, one was an officer and the other was a yamen servant. They were the ones who kidnapped him and Mrs. Huang and Song Bai from the academy that day. Naturally, he hated these two people in his heart. He was a hundred courageous, and he didn't dare to say anything in front of Liang Zi and Lord Yan. He only dared to bow his head and bow his back, and he didn't dare to breathe too much.

When Master Yan and Liang Zi left, Old Man Song still kept silent, smoking a cigarette in silence.

"How long have you been waiting? Why don't you go in and sit?" Li asked tentatively.

Old man Song looked up at Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu, then quickly lowered his head, and said, "No, it's the same here."

Mrs. Li sighed, and said to Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu: "Sister, you take Xiuyu into the house first, heat up the vegetables we brought back, paste some sorghum pancakes, and cook a pot of rice soup. We won't cook vegetables tonight." .”

"Okay." Li Hongqin looked at Li Shi uneasy, and led Zhang Xiuyu into the house. With Dongbao here, there is no need to worry about Li Shi being disadvantaged.

Dong Bao held Li Shi's hand and stood there. Old man Song looked at her several times, and signaled her and Li Shi several times with his eyes, telling her to leave too. Dong Bao and Li Shi just pretended not to see them.

Seeing that Dong Bao couldn't be driven away, old man Song dismissed the idea, thinking it would be the same if Dong Bao heard about it, Mrs. Li didn't hide anything from her.However, when the words came to his lips, old man Song didn't know how to speak. He thought that this kind of thing was best for Mrs. Huang, but Mrs. Huang's mouth was really unforgiving, and he was afraid that if there was another quarrel, the matter would be messed up up.

"You guys...cough cough, why did you come back so late?" Old man Song choked on the smoke before he could speak, and started talking about something else.

Dong Bao answered first: "Master, today is a good day for my sister Xiuyu to get married."

The old man Song's dark and thin face suddenly showed an embarrassed expression. It's not that he has never heard of Zhang Xiuyu's engagement these days, but he didn't take it to heart. He didn't even know the exact date of the engagement. The mother and daughter are the closest relatives, Li's niece is engaged, and the Song family, as in-laws, has to show some etiquette.

"Okay...ok...good engagement." Old man Song said vaguely, then glanced at Dongbao again, and coaxed: "Dongbao, you go into the house and help your auntie and the others cook. I have a few words for you." Mother said."

Dong Bao smiled and pulled Li Shi not to let go, and asked, "Master, what's the matter? Tell me, let me listen together. Is there anything I can't listen to?"

Mrs. Li also said: "Father, just tell me what you want. Dongbao has nothing to listen to. If I can do it, I will do it!" Ready to fight the autumn wind, although she is angry and unwilling, there is nothing she can do about it, whoever let her be in such a husband's family, but she can't let the Song family speak loudly.

Old man Song hesitated for a moment, then asked directly: "Boss, daughter-in-law, in the future... what are your plans?"

"What did you plan?" Li Shi put away the smile on her face, tucked a strand of hair blown by the wind behind her ear, and said, "Didn't it be agreed when we separated, I will live with my daughter." In the future, Mrs. Li has a very good plan. She has a shop to support herself, and she can save Dong Bao's dowry. Even if Dong Bao gets married, she doesn't need Dong Bao to support her. Be a solid backing for your daughter.

"It's not a problem!" Old man Song said, knocking the cigarette stick in his hand, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Girls are not a big deal after all. If you marry someone, you will be someone else's wife. After a hundred years, you and Yang Er , there is not even a person who kowtows to the grave, this is not a problem."

The old man Song kept muttering "It's not a problem", and Dong Bao was quite angry when he heard it, and couldn't help but said: "Master, how can you curse my mother and my father like that? I just married People, you can't help but kowtow to my father's grave!"

"What do you know, little girl! It's not a problem!" Old man Song didn't tell Dong Bao much, and looked down on her as a girl.

Mrs. Li didn't say a word, and her heart was cold. Old man Song was saying that she didn't give birth to a son for Song Yang. When Xiucai was alive, he used this to manipulate her. She worked as a cow and a horse in the Song family, and lived in darkness. Now Xiucai is dead. Yes, and use this reason to pinch her.

Seeing that Mrs. Li remained silent for a long while, and the sky was gradually getting dark, old man Song couldn't help it anymore, and said, "Boss daughter-in-law, don't think I'm talkative, your mother and I think about it for your own sake. Relying on a girl to live? Even if you recruit a son-in-law, you won’t get any good results, and you will lose the girl’s life for nothing!"

"This matter... Originally, I thought I would talk about it after the second daughter-in-law was born, but then the child was gone... so it was delayed until now. I made up my mind with your mother and decided to adopt Ermao to you and the scholar, you Get ready, let's hold a ceremony in front of the scholar's grave in two days to get this done." Old man Song continued.

Dong Bao almost didn't believe his ears, "Master, what are you talking about? Adopt Ermao to my mother?"

I have a go!Dong Bao was about to spit out a mouthful of blood, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Er Mao was not a normal child, compared to his peers, Er Mao was unresponsive, dull-witted, he was eight years old, and was just like a three- or four-year-old kid. Running around with snot.Of course, Ermao is much smarter than real fools, he can cry, make noise and talk.Besides, with a brother who is so uneducated like Da Mao, Er Mao is not much better.

Not to mention that Mrs. Li doesn't know how to adopt a son, even if she wants to adopt a son for someone who will go to the grave after a hundred years, but she doesn't know how to adopt Er Mao, isn't that just making herself guilty!Which family do you see adopting a child that doesn’t pick smart and beautiful ones, but picks those with low IQ and a bunch of rotten problems?
The Li family was also surprised. Tagouji was no better than Zhangjia Village. If Li Hongqin had no son and had a lot of family property, under the pressure of the clan, the patriarch would definitely decide to adopt a child to inherit the incense of Zhang's uncle.But Tagouji is different. It was originally a village of mixed surnames. Who cares whether you adopt or not. I have only heard of recruiting, but I have never heard of adopting other people's sons.It's not my own child, I always have a lump in my heart.

"What? You still look down on Er Mao?" Old man Song was also angry. In his opinion, Er Mao and Er Mao are his precious golden grandsons. Even if there are some minor problems, they are cute and can be corrected. How can I tolerate them? Someone picked on his grandson, even if that person was his granddaughter.

I really don't like it.Dong Bao said silently in his heart.

Mrs. Li pulled Dong Bao behind her, smiled with difficulty, and said to old man Song: "Father, our mother and daughter are living a good life. When I get old, Dong Bao will not ignore me, no need to adopt him." The children of the second family, the husband and wife must not be willing to part with them, they have raised them so big..."

Old man Song's face turned red, and he couldn't see clearly under the dark light. Adoptive children generally don't adopt children over three years old. Children over this age can remember things, remember who their biological parents are, and who their adoptive parents are. difficult to get close to.

Isn't there nothing he can do? If the second daughter-in-law gave birth to a son this time, wouldn't everyone be happy?

(End of this chapter)