Xiaoqiao Liushui Renjia

Chapter 224

Lixia waited until late at night before coming back from Xiaoqiao's house, and said to everyone, "It's still not finished, it will be done tomorrow."

As for Mrs. Zhao, she was 'invited' outside by Mrs. Wu. It was too noisy, and Ms. Wu was not happy to see her.

The guest room was arranged, and the Guo family and the old man were arranged. Even Ye Yong and Ye Tian stayed. Originally, if they were the old man, they would have to give up the main house anyway. Due to the estrangement and Guo's temperament, he arranged a guest room.

The next day, Li Xia went out early again. The old man and Mrs. Guo and others worked hard, but this time Mrs. Guo didn't dare to say anything. Last night, the old man said a lot to her, especially about Xiaoqiao's son-in-law. Up to now, she is not happy to see them as a couple. If she is still tossing about, maybe she won't help this favor.

After Lixia came back, Duo Guo and others said: "My brother-in-law and I found many people, and finally let go. The crime of stealing by the fourth uncle can be regarded as wiped out, but he still has to be left to do hard labor. Originally, he was sent to the government. For those who went to the government office, we paid some money and let the fourth uncle stay in the county, and the county government wants to repair the embankment of the Tun River, so the fourth uncle will go there to do hard labor!"

Mrs. Guo was dumbfounded when she heard that, "Your fourth uncle has such a strong body, how can he do that job? Lixia, please give me more money so that they can spare your fourth uncle from hard labor."

Li Xia said solemnly: "Grandma, I gave the money, but the county government said that they have nothing to do, if the person who caused trouble during this period is let go, then his official position will not be guaranteed, and he would rather give all the money I'm sorry, if I beg again, he won't look at anyone's face, and directly send fourth uncle to the government office, and when we arrive at the government office, we won't be able to talk to each other there!"

Although the old man also feels sorry for his son, but the matter has come to this point, it is considered a blessing among misfortunes. He was not charged with theft and was not sent to the government office. So the old man said to Li Xia: "Li Xia, I know that you have tried your best, and the result is already very good, can you arrange for us to meet your fourth uncle?"

Li Xia was a little bit embarrassed, but he still said to the two of them: "Fourth Uncle is going to arrange to repair the embankment, we can only meet when we send it out, but you can't get close, or you will cause trouble for Fourth Uncle gone."

"Ah, ah, we know, just look at it!" The old man had no choice.

Li Xia agreed to help, but Mrs. Guo was so cold in her heart, there was really no other way?The old man still doesn't let himself say anything, so the fourth child has to do hard work?
She felt that her fourth child was a man of thousands of dollars, and he couldn't do any tiring work, but in the eyes of others, Guo's son was nothing, or it couldn't be worse. the same people.

"Then, what about the rainwater?" At this time, Mrs. Guo thought of her grandson.

Li Xia said: "He is also going to work on the embankment, but the time is longer than Fourth Uncle's. After all, he has stolen. He has been convicted of the crime and may be fined."

In other words, Yushui will be charged with theft even after he has finished his hard labor, which is a very bad thing.

But Mrs. Zhao felt that there were too many lice and she was not afraid of itching anymore. The matter of the fine was a matter for the yamen and their family, and the Ye family had no need to take care of it.

Mrs. Guo and the old man met when Ye Gen went to work on the embankment. At that time, Mrs. Guo wanted to run over, but who could let her go, those were the people in the yamen. He just watched his son go to work.

After hearing this, Xiao Qiao thought it was a good idea. Since the fourth uncle is always idle and the old man is still used to it, then let the officials punish him. If he doesn't want to work, there may be a whip waiting for him. You, you think you are still in your own home. If this continues, it will be easy to peel off the skin. If you can make him correct this time, that's just right, and you won't cause trouble for your own family in the future. If it's still like that, then this time The second time was his punishment, which made him go through this kind of hard labor. The work in the field was nothing but a trivial matter. Anyway, it was a good thing for Xiaoqiao and his family.

To build a dam, one has to pick soil and move stones, but it is all heavy physical work. If he gets rid of his lazy body, no one else can help him, and he will make another moth!
"Brother, there is also a fishpond on my village. You don't have enough fishponds, but I can supply more." Xiaoqiao said to Lixia.

Li Xia smiled and said: "It's okay, I've already made an agreement with others, there is no problem, your Zhuangzi is your dowry, keep it well, we can rest assured that we have money on hand."

And Li Qiu also came to write to everyone. First, he talked about the situation in Feixian County. Everything has settled down, and Mrs. Wang also has good news. She is pregnant. I am very happy with Mrs. Wu. , is very correct. In this way, there is no news, so he hurriedly prepared things and medicinal materials, and let the messenger take them there, and Xiaoqiao also took many precious medicinal materials from the warehouse at home, and Brought along with other things.

This year is Xiaoqiao's grandma's 70th birthday, and several children of grandma's had discussed early on that they would celebrate grandma's birthday. Life is seventy years old. It is a symbol of good fortune that grandma can live to [-] years old. Grandpa Xiaoqiao only knows now that she is three years younger than grandma. It is unbelievable. Grandma fully embodies it.

Grandpa and grandma have two sons and two daughters in their whole life. The eldest daughter is Xiaoqiao's aunt, and both grandchildren are about to marry their wives. It is true that grandma is not for five generations. pass.And grandma's grandson is the magistrate of the county, and her grandson is also the magistrate of the county. She is really a blessed person. Who in Zhangjiawan doesn't envy her now, and thinks that grandma's life is worth living!

Didn't I hear that Grandma Xiaoqiao was going to celebrate her [-]th birthday? Many people had prepared birthday gifts in advance and were just waiting to deliver them to their door. The eldest aunt and younger aunt over there had also been busy half a month ago. After all, this time There are too many people coming here, even grandma's immediate family members are so many, let alone side branches?

Even Mrs. Wu also went to help in advance, and Xiaoqiao also came here from time to time to see if there was any need, but my grandmother liked Tianxu and Mingyu very much, and she always kept them. Being able to walk on their own is a joy, but Xiaoqiao still sends people to follow them.

And not long after, Cousin Xiaoshan's daughter-in-law Tong Shi also came back with her child.

Cousin Xiaoshan’s daughter-in-law, Xiaoqiao, has never met a few times. This time, she came back in a hurry to celebrate her grandma’s [-]th birthday. Cousin Xiaoshan couldn’t leave because she had official duties, so she let her The daughter-in-law came back with a pair of children, and the eldest aunt was naturally very happy. Cousin Xiaoshan's pair of children have never seen their grandpa and grandma since they were born. Can the grandparents be unhappy when they see their grandchildren?

Tong Shi is the daughter of Cousin Xiao Shan's mentor in the capital, she is of middle-class appearance, seeing that Xiao Qiao is here, she smiles and talks to Xiao Qiao.

It was only then that Xiaoqiao knew that her cousin Tong's father was at home now, but she did know that Xiaoqiao's uncle, Mr. Qi, had a mansion in the capital, and she heard that he used to play in the mansion when he was not married.

Tong Shi was still a little girl at that time, Xiao Qiao thought, Xiao Qiao gave Tong Shi a pair of sons and daughters a meeting gift, then Tong Shi also gave Tianxu and Mingyu a meeting gift.

Tong said with a smile: "Hearing your cousin talk about you, Xiaoqiao, I've always wanted to see you. Now that I see you, it's exactly as I imagined."

Xiaoqiao and Tong Shi met when they got married. Xiaoqiao probably knew what Tong Shi was like, but Tong Shi didn't know what Xiaoqiao was like. Know what I am."

Tong Shi laughed. She was a little unhappy when she came back this time. After all, the husband over there still needs to greet her by herself, but the husband said that it would be unfilial for him not to come back after his grandmother's birthday. It's too outrageous, and the two children have to meet their elders, otherwise they will grow up so big that they don't even know their grandpa, grandma, and grandparents. What's the point?

But Tong knew that what her husband said was reasonable. No matter how good the outside world is, this is their root. Since she has married into the Wu family, she will be buried in the Wu family's ancestral grave after a hundred years, so it is good to come back. of.

When I got here, I saw that everyone was very kind to her, and she didn't shrink back. Now that she saw this cousin, she could talk about getting together, and she felt that it was right to come back.

And she felt that this cousin was really blessed, she had both children at once, unlike herself, who had to give birth to two children, and when she gave birth to the second one, she hurt her body, and maybe there would be no more in the future.

Because of this, she still wanted to take a concubine for her husband, but the husband said that he was the only one in their family, and it was not very good. He was born in the countryside, and he didn't have so many tricks. Want one more person?He even joked that with one more person, how much would it cost to eat, drink and wear throughout the year? Even his parents would scold him if they knew about it.

To be honest, Tong Shi didn't like her father marrying herself to a man from the countryside like this before, but now she thinks that her father is really wise. People from the countryside don't have so many twists and turns. The taste is good, it is really a very comfortable life, now the father-in-law and mother-in-law are also sensible, and never said that they should let their only daughter-in-law leave her husband to serve them. Stay by the mother-in-law's side to serve, and then arrange a concubine for the husband. At that time, there will be a lot of concubines and concubines, and people will panic.

Speaking of which, at the beginning, my father's first thought was to tell his husband about his cousin, but his cousin looked down on the husband who came from the country, and felt that calling a countryman as a mother-in-law would be an insult to her , so I disagreed with life and death, and finally my father convinced me, and then I finally obeyed my father's words, so I have a good life now.

My cousin ended up marrying into an official family in the capital, but she was groomed by her mother-in-law. There are more and more husbands and concubines, and there are several concubines and concubines. According to my mother, The cousin looks ten years older now, she doesn't look like herself, her face is ruddy, she is in charge of the house outside, and she doesn't have a concubine to trouble her, Tong said in her heart, there is nothing wrong with listening to her parents.

They haven't seen their children yet, so when Tong came to Zhangjiawan, he didn't pay so much attention. He worked with everyone and never felt dirty, but it made people in Zhangjiawan feel that Xiaoqiao was the eldest aunt. She is very lucky. Although she is married to a daughter-in-law from the capital city, she is not coquettish at all. Seeing how neatly the job is done, the eldest aunt is naturally happy from the bottom of her heart.

(End of this chapter)