take a wife to support the family

Chapter 150

But Song Xiuxiu didn't spend a penny, and got two pieces of tofu and two catties of bean sprouts from the Lily shop, and returned to Liu's house like a victorious general.

As soon as she entered the door, the spirit of Shicai disappeared from her body. She carried two packs of lotus leaves and walked towards the kitchen with low brows. When Xiucai Niang saw it, she asked, "Where are you going wild?"

Song Xiuxiu whispered: "There is no food at home, I'll go out and buy some."

"Where did you get the money?" Xiucai Niang immediately raised her eyebrows.

It turned out that although Song Xiuxiu had some dowry at the bottom of the box, within two days after she returned home, she asked the little scholar to coax all the money into the hands of Xiucai's mother.

Liu Rulong said: "Everything is inferior, only reading is high. As long as I get fame, you still worry about not having a good life? Let mother take care of these things for us."

Song Xiuxiu asked in a daze: "What is a Duwu?"

Liu Rulong secretly thought that this woman was really vulgar, and explained to her impatiently: "It's money. We scholars pay attention to not being stinky, so it's better for mother to take care of money."

Song Xiuxiu nodded, and asked again: "Then what should I do when I need money?"

Three sentences are not separated from one word of money, Xiao Xiucai just felt that if he said a few more words with her, he would be made vulgar, so he frowned and said: "When you want to use it, just ask your mother for it. Besides, it's too troublesome to settle accounts, so don't worry about it yourself." , isn't it comfortable?"

Song Xiuxiu can be regarded as a shrewd person on weekdays, but she worships the little scholar very much, and makes the newlyweds get confused, so she takes out all the money in the bottom of the box and asks the scholar's mother to keep it.

That talented lady got the money and she managed it tightly, except for Liu Rulong, no one would try to extract a penny from her.Although Song Xiuxiu was asked to take care of the food and drink of the whole family, she was not given money, even if she was a fairy, she couldn't make food and drink.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, not to mention that Song Xiuxiu is not a very clever person. After the vegetables and rice in the kitchen are used up, she asks her mother-in-law for money to buy them. To put it bluntly, Song Xiuxiu, a daughter-in-law, spends a lot of money and doesn't know how to be frugal at all.

After a period of time, Song Xiuxiu had to worry about food and drink for the family, and also had to do a lot of work every day. Seeing that she lost weight, Xiucai's mother became fatter and fatter day by day. The neighbors said: "After marrying a daughter-in-law, this is the beginning of happiness."

Song Xiuxiu felt aggrieved, and complained to Xiao Xiucai at night, although Xiao Xiucai didn't like Song Xiuxiu's face, it didn't matter what her face looked like when the lights were blowing and she was doing things in the dark.

He fell asleep after finishing his work, and Song Xiuxiu wanted to talk. He was so annoyed that he said, "Why don't you be thinner? You're as fat as a pig!"

Song Xiuxiu turned around to inquire, and heard that scholars like gentle and handsome ladies, so she thought that if she was thinner, maybe Xiaoxiu would like her more, so she deliberately ate less when eating.

The food in the Liu family was not very nutritious. Song Xiuxiu ate less, and Xiucai's mother was so eager. No one ever persuaded her to eat more and do less work. In less than two months of marriage, Song Xiuxiu lost a lot of weight than before. It seems to be several years older.

She is stupid, but Niu Shi is not stupid. He saw that his daughter was losing weight too quickly, so he asked her when he had time: "Did your mother-in-law wrong you and not give you food?"

Song Xiuxiucai has become a scholar lady, and she has not yet shown her prestige, how can she let others know the grievances she has suffered?He just said: "No, it's my husband who said that I'm happy to be thinner."

When talking about being thin, she thought of someone. Isn't her second sister-in-law with a slender body?Although she has never read a book, she deliberately looks gentle on weekdays, as if she really thinks that she is a daughter of a scholar's family. Yes, my husband likes that?
Thinking about the little scholar and Baihe in the past, Song Xiuxiu gritted her teeth: it must be the second sister-in-law who was restless and seduced her husband-in-law. Fortunately, her husband-in-law is an honest gentleman, so she didn't ask the silver lady to hook up with her.

Niu couldn't ask anything, so he had to persuade his daughter to eat more on weekdays, and don't take advantage of her own mouth.Song Xiuxiu agreed, but turned her back and felt that her mother was short-sighted and didn't know what scholars like, so she still had to listen to her husband, not her mother.

The daily necessities given by Mrs. Xiucai were getting less and less, and the family had a lot to eat. Song Xiuxiu tried her best to search everywhere, and she really asked her to find an idea today.

She didn't come up with this idea on her own, but when she asked Xiucai's mother for money, Xiucai's mother said: "Your brother and sister-in-law open such a big shop, and if you don't make a lot of money a day? You, a girl, come to eat some of his food. Is it okay to call you out?"

Song Xiuxiu was a little afraid of Song Haonian, so she didn't dare to go, so she was a little embarrassed.Xiucai's mother was immediately upset: "My son married you to honor his parents and raise their children, but you are good. You can't even cook for the whole family. What else can you do?"

Song Xiuxiu wanted to climb the big tree of Liu Rulong no matter what, how could she make her mother-in-law hate herself?Hastily agreed to say go.

When I went out to inquire, I knew that Song Haonian had gone out to sell mountain goods and was not at home. Now Li Baihe is in charge, she murmured in her heart: Second brother is fierce and scary, but it is easy not to attack her. If you don't agree, you have to show your claws, even she doesn't dare to provoke them easily.

I want to turn around, but my mother-in-law is staring at me behind me. It's true that there are wolves in front and tigers in back, and I don't know what to do.

It was so easy to go out slowly, and people on the road greeted her when they saw her—when she was a girl, those people also greeted her, but today there is more respect and fear in these greetings: the lady of the little scholar, the future wife of the official , how can you not please?
Song Xiuxiu suddenly regained her confidence, and went to the tofu shop bravely.It was also her luck that Li Da Niu was not there, and only Li Lamei was watching the store. Song Xiuxiu never paid attention to Lamei, so she walked over to her and asked her to call her bean sprouts, and leave without paying.

The two had a dispute that attracted Li Baihe, but no one saw that Song Xiuxiu had not paid her money, so Li Baihe had no choice but to pinch her nose and let Song Xiuxiu go.

She got these things without spending a penny. No wonder Xiucai Niang suspected that she stole things from home to exchange for money. After checking around, there was nothing missing. Xiucai Niang put on a smiling face and asked her: "What are these things? Where did it come from?"

Song Xiuxiu saw her cold face every day, but now it was rare to smile, and she was a little grateful. After all, she dared not say that she would not buy things for Qian Qiang, but said: "Second sister-in-law gave it."

Xiucai's wife nodded, and a smile bloomed on her face: "This is our good daughter-in-law!"

Song Xiuxiu felt relieved for a while, she just felt that she had escaped a scolding, and felt at ease.She hadn't realized that she was no longer the self who refused to accept a single grievance. Now that Xiucai Niang gave her a smiling face, she was so satisfied, her whole person had changed.

After this day, Song Xiuxiu could be considered to have found a way to make money. When she had time, she would go to the Lily shop and ask for this or that. If they really wanted to make a quarrel, the loss would be even greater, and she was allowed to succeed several times.

It's not that the scholar's family didn't know that Song Xiuxiu was doing this, they just pretended not to have heard of it - they are scholars, they care about face, as long as they don't hear about it, the face is still on their own face, and the embarrassing thing is done by the daughter-in-law Yes, it has nothing to do with their family.

After a long time, no matter how good-tempered Lily is, she can't stand Song Xiuxiu like this, and she's not the kind of bun waiting to be manipulated by others. Song Xiuxiu came again this day, and when she saw Lily behind the counter with a sullen face, her heart beat a little: "Second sister-in-law... ..."

Lily felt a little strange, every time she saw Song Xiuxiu, she felt that she was more shy than usual.However, no matter how much Song Xiuxiu flinched, it didn't affect her force, so Baihe said, "Xiuxiu, are you here to buy tofu again?"

"Yes." Song Xiuxiu rolled her eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

Lily smiled and said, "You can take whatever you want, we are all in the same family, don't be a layman."

Song Xiuxiu was almost startled, and rubbed her eyes: Is this person still her second sister-in-law?She had already experienced her second sister-in-law's stinginess, so why would she ask her to take it casually?

Lily said slowly: "I have an account for everything you take, and I will ask my brother-in-law later."

Song Xiuxiu's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she called out loudly, "Li Da Niu!"

"What's the matter?" Lily just smiled, "I know that when you don't have enough money, no one else in our store is allowed to pay on credit, but whoever calls you my sister-in-law, you can pay on credit. My brother-in-law is a scholar who wants to save face. It will make me suffer."

Song Xiuxiu gritted her teeth, her face turned red and turned white, she really wanted to take advantage of Lily - if she didn't take advantage, what would the family eat?But she was also afraid that Lily would really ask the little scholar for money. Xianggong is a high-minded person who doesn't like to talk about money, so he will definitely be unhappy.

What's more... Song Xiuxiu stared at Lily's slender figure and fair and tender cheeks, hating her for hooking up with men everywhere, and was afraid that she would hook up with the little scholar by taking the opportunity of asking for money.

"Don't ask your husband for money, isn't it just a few pieces of tofu, can I not give the money?" Song Xiuxiu must stop Lily from contacting the little scholar.

Lily nodded: "That's good, as you know, I opened the shop with borrowed money, and I'm waiting to make some money every day to pay back to other people. Every day I owe, the debt will roll around. Where do I go?" Dare to lose the family?"

She complained all the time, staring at Song Xiuxiu who insisted on giving her the money immediately before she would give the tofu, Song Xiuxiu escaped from the tofu shop on the pretext that she still had something to do, thinking: I'm afraid I won't be able to do this in the future, so I'll go again Where can I collect some money?

After standing there thinking for a long time, Song Xiuxiu headed towards her mother's house.Her mother loves her like that, although it is not as good as her third brother, she is not worse than Jin Bao. Now that the third brother is sent out to build river channels, if mother doesn't love her, who will she love?
She planned well, and when Niu saw his daughter coming home, he was a little dumbfounded: "You have nothing to do, what are you doing at home?"

A married woman will be talked about when she returns home.

Song Xiuxiu said: "Mother, do you have any money? Give me some money, I need it urgently."

Asking Niu for money is no less than cutting flesh from her body, Niu almost jumped up, remembering that this girl is a talented woman, he suppressed his anger and asked her, "What do you want money for?"

(End of this chapter)