Yoshida Mii

Chapter 309 The Mysterious New Wife
Qiaoxian looks to be sixteen. In fact, she has just passed her 15th birthday, but she looks mature. She was very depressed all the way back from Anzhou, with a sullen face and no energy. If you want to marry in the country, you will not be happy if you marry a pauper.

But when she first stepped into Tagouji, she was a little pleasantly surprised. After all, the village is paved with cobblestone roads, and many houses are well built. If you want to come to the Song family, you can afford Song Bai to study so much. It was also good, and she finally settled down a little.

However, when she saw the Firewood Gate made of the branches of the Song family that was used as the gate, her heart sank. , I don't know how long it hasn't been cleaned.Especially when there is such a good Lin family next door as a comparison, the Song family looks dilapidated.

So far, she can only admit that she is unlucky.Seeing Mrs. Huang holding her hand, showing black and yellow teeth in a smile, and chattering endlessly, Qiaoxian was about to spit out the disgusting overnight meal, but she still had to pretend to be docile and shy smiley face.

In the end, it was Song Laofa who said, "They must be very tired after rushing all the way back. Tell them to go and have a rest, and the family will have a reunion dinner later!"

"Hey, good!" said Huang happily, pushing Qiaoxian and the bronze drum, "Go and rest, I'll boil hot water for you to wash!"

Qiaoxian and Tonggu went to Song Bai's room to rest, while Song Bai was stayed by Mrs. Huang and Mr. Song for questioning.

The most beloved youngest son came back, and brought back a beautiful daughter-in-law. Mrs. Huang was very happy, but she hadn't reached the state of forgetting herself. When the new daughter-in-law left with her younger brother, old man Song and Mrs. Huang asked about Song Bai.

"Where is her home? Are her parents there? Why haven't you heard about this! She... Are you married to her?" Huang asked.

Song Bai was a little impatient, he got up before dawn and rode home in a carriage. He was so tired that he waved his hand and said, "There is no one in her family. When she was young, the family suffered a disaster. Her father sold her and the bronze drum. The house where I worked was a maid, and the bronze drum was a servant, and it was my wife who saw that I did a good job and valued me, so she promised her to me, just two days ago." If I hadn't married a daughter-in-law, Song Bai is still unwilling to go back to the village of Tagouji.

Huang's complexion became a little ugly, and she muttered in disgust: "It's a maid..." She should be a young lady raised by some family!In her eyes, Song Bai is capable and knowledgeable, how can a maid be worthy of him!

"Mother, can this girl be the same as a girl!" Song Bai frowned and said, "Are you treating her as a girl the same as Dong Bao's girl who was sold as a rough envoy? Let me tell you, the mistress of a rich family Her personal servant girl is much better than ordinary ladies! She can read and write, but her daily work is to deliver tea to her wife and talk with her. , They all learned their skills from Madam! When Dong Bao was that maid, she worked hard... 呿!" Song Bai's face was full of disdain, as if Dong Bao used to be that rough maid, how embarrassing and embarrassing she was. .

Only then did Huang realize that a maid is not the same as a maid!Qiaoxian is this maid, she is at the level of "Miss Qianjin", countless grades higher than Dongbao's girl, what attracts her most is what Song Bai said, Qiaoxian's salary is one or two taels of silver a month. How much is it up to now!

"Then her...brother, that Tonggu, how long has he lived with us?" Huang asked.

Song Bai said: "Didn't I tell you that there is no one in her house, of course Tonggu will live with us, I promised her earlier."

Mrs. Huang was not happy about it. Tonggu was fourteen or fifteen years old, and it was the time when a half-sized man was eating Lao Tzu to death. He grew so big, so he could eat it!Raising a daughter-in-law is nothing more than raising a daughter-in-law, how can there be any reason to raise a brother-in-law!

"That won't work." Huang immediately objected, "You know what's going on with our family. It's only ten acres of land, and it's easy to support a family. If you add those two, how can you live!"

Song Bai narrowed his eyes, and shouted impatiently: "What are you talking about, I promised her, what do you want me to do? Dong Bao and her mother were there before, so they had enough to eat. Why can't you get enough to eat now?"

It was a matter of his own face in front of his new wife, of course Song Bai wouldn't budge an inch, and he didn't think it was a big problem. When Li Shi and Dong Bao were around before, wouldn't the family live as usual?

Huang was very angry, and he was reluctant to get angry at his youngest son. Song Bai didn't know how much food was worth when he was not in charge of the family. At that time, Song Yang was making money, how much could a little girl like Dongbao eat?Can it be compared with the size of Tonggu?Besides, Tonggu's surname is not Song, so why raise him?
Old man Song coughed. Seeing that Huang's anger was unbearable, he quickly changed the subject and asked, "San'er, what have you been doing in Anzhou?"

"It's just being an accountant." Song Bai said, although he didn't really want to say anything more to Mr. Song and Mrs. Huang, but out of vanity, he added a sentence, and said seriously: "Take care of the accounts of a big silk and satin shop. Busy every day without touching the ground, the shopkeeper can't leave me for a moment, and he can't do anything without me!"

Old man Song squinted his eyes happily and smiled, and asked again: "It's been three years, must I have saved a lot of money?" He didn't want Song Bai to hand over the money, but simply wanted to ask, as a Father cares about son.

Complacent, Song Bai opened the bag on his back, took out a few pieces of silver from inside, and patted it on the table.

Mrs. Huang quickly picked up the broken silver and weighed it in her hand, and frowned after guessing that it was five or six taels, which was much less than she expected! "That's all?" Huang didn't quite believe it, "Dad and mother are not asking you for money, but they just want to know how much you have earned after working so hard for so many years?"

"This..." Song Bai hesitated for a while, with an unnatural expression on his face, rubbing his hands together and said: "Father, mother, don't look at my work style, I earn a lot, but the cost is also high. Anzhou only rents a house for a month. I get five or six hundred dollars, and I have to pay for the food myself. I have several people under my management. How can I treat them to food and drink during the Chinese New Year, so that they can work for me again in the next year? There is nothing left!"

All in all, in a word, this is the money!
Old man Song was a little disappointed. He remembered that this summer, those people could earn ten taels of silver when he went to the capital with Quanzi. Didn't even intend to give it to him.

Mrs. Huang was also a little disappointed. She had heard that Song Bai was working as a cashier for a silk shop, and she thought that the salary was so generous, and it was better than that girl Dong Bao's small workshop. Who knew that looking at her son meant nothing? Save money.

After Song Bai went out, Mrs. Huang and Old Man Song went to light the fire alone, and fetched water by themselves to heat the hot water for the three people who had just returned. In the kitchen, Mrs. Huang sighed and said to Old Man Song: "Just take back five or six taels of silver... He brought a daughter-in-law back, so that's not enough, why do we have to hold a banquet?"

On the contrary, some people marry a daughter-in-law who doesn't serve wine, or the family is too poor to open the pot, then the daughter-in-law came from a wrong way and bought it from a human trafficker. The Song family wants to save face. This banquet has to be held, and it can't be done. , let the villagers look down on him.But it is a bit difficult to hold a decent banquet for five or six taels of silver.

"That pig...wasn't it sold for more than three taels of silver." Old man Song said in a low voice, "First add the money from the pig sale, and keep your mouth shut, so don't let the second child know."

At the beginning, Song Yu and his wife had discussed with them that it was time for Da Mao to get engaged, and the money from the pig sale was used to tell Da Mao a wife, and now they wanted to use the money from the pig sale. What is it like.

What Huang was waiting for was old man Song's words. She had made the idea of ​​the money just now, but she was afraid that old man Song would not want it. Now that old man Song also had the same idea, she felt relieved.

The two were lighting a fire, when Qiaoxian, who had been resting in Song Bai's room, came out, stood at the door of the kitchen and shouted crisply, "Father, mother, let me light the fire!"

"Oh, this is not a place for you to come, hurry up, get out!" Seeing Qiaoxian, Huang was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, and quickly pushed her out, "This oily smoke is heavy, you can go in and rest !"

Second Aunt Song watched coldly through the curtain at the door of the West Wing, her mouth curled so wide that an oil pot could hang on it, "Ah bah! Whose daughter-in-law is so delicate that she can't even enter the kitchen? She grew up in the wind and rain?" Then he said to Song Yu who was lying on the bed: "I'll tell you first, if she doesn't work in the kitchen, I won't either! Why order me?"

"Whether you like to do it or not, it's not my turn to do it anyway!" Song Yu said more lazily, seeing his parents' enthusiasm for Song Bai, it's no wonder he feels at ease.

"You said, isn't the third child working as a big accountant and shopkeeper outside? How much money have you earned in the past three years? We used to spend a lot of effort to provide for him to study. He can't give it to the two of us? "Second Aunt Song whispered, "Don't talk about anything else, he's going to pay for the matter of our Da Mao's engagement!"

Song Yu was very moved, but also hesitant, and finally made up his mind, "I'll go tell my parents, he should pay the money!"

Soon, Mrs. Huang and old man Song worked together to bring the hot water to the door of Song Bai. Because there was a new wife in the house, it was inconvenient for old man Song to go in, so he sent the water to the door and went back to the house.

Qiaoxian dragged Mrs. Huang into the house, stuffed Mrs. Huang with a burden, and smiled very affectionately, "Mother, it is said that the new daughter-in-law will make clothes and shoes for her parents-in-law. I didn't prepare beforehand, and I feel guilty." Very, you accept this thing, it is the daughter-in-law who honors you and father."

Mrs. Huang touched the burden, which looked like a lot of fabric, and suddenly her face turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile, but she said: "Hey, you are all a family, and I am your mother." , what are you doing so politely!"

(End of this chapter)