Mrs. Xiao glared at him, "That's not the reason why Sanya would have taken the money."
"Okay, okay, when he comes back, you can take care of him." The old man was not stubborn with his wife.
"Hmph." Old Mrs. Xiao carried the money back to the house, put it in a jar and put it in its original place. When she came out, Xiao Zhengrong also led Wang and Erya over, "You guys came just in time, boss and boss. The mattresses have all been taken down. I don’t need to do anything. You go take the mattresses out and wash them by the river. I’ll go to the old man’s house to see what else needs to be picked up. You guys give me a good wash and let me I know you are lazy, let’s see how I deal with you.”
Mrs. Xiao Wang nodded hurriedly and took Erya, who was dull and despairing, to go to the big house's room.
Stepping into the house, Mrs. Xiao Wang took a look at the things in the house, and an unknown fire started to rise up; she looked at what kind of life they lived, the quilt and mattress were new, and the cabinets looked 90% new.
Everything is better than their second house. Looking at the conditions, the two elders must be partial. They kept money privately. Otherwise, how can the big house live so well with only one scholar and three scholars?
As soon as he saw it, there was a basket on the cabinet. Wang stepped forward and took a look at it. There was a piece of brightly colored muslin inside, which they didn't even have in the second room. The people in the big house didn't take it seriously and put it outside without putting it away.
Lifting the fabric and unfolding it, it was a long strip of red muslin, about a foot long.
"It's such a good thing, it's enough to make a pair of trousers to wear underneath." He muttered, folded it, and stuffed it into his chest. "You don't accept this, so I'll help you collect it."
"What are you doing? Take the mattress out." Mrs. Xiao stepped into the room.
Wang trembled, forced herself to calm down, and turned around while holding her chest, "Mom, you scared me, I'm going to go right now, don't yell, don't yell; let the child's father hear it, he will be angry again."
"As long as you know not to make people angry, hurry up and don't wander around here." Old Mrs. Xiao walked to her side speechlessly and looked at the bedside and cabinet to see if there were anything missing; she realized that those things that came in before were now Still, he let her go and said, "Wash it clean."
"I understand, I understand, mom, don't worry."
Mrs. Xiao Wang hurriedly picked up the mattress and quilt cover, shouted to Erya and ran away. She put the mattress and quilt cover into the washing tub. Just as she and Erya were carrying the basin and leaving, a voice came from behind; Mrs. Xiao's heart was lifted again. , for fear of being discovered with a piece of fabric.
"etc,"
Mrs. Xiao Wang turned around and asked anxiously: "Mom, is there anything else?"
"Take the spices, wash them and dry them." Old Mrs. Xiao went to the house and brought a half-used piece of spices to her, "Don't use too much, just apply a little and it will be very fragrant."
"Okay, okay, mom, then I'm going to wash up."
He hurriedly led Erya out of the yard to a deserted place. Xiao Wang warned in a low voice: "Don't tell your grandma, grandpa, or dad about the things I took. You dare to tell me?" I’ll beat you to death.”
Xiao Erya looked at her silently, really unimaginable; the family had never been separated in her previous life, her parents were quite honest under the care of her grandparents, and her mother would not always speak harshly to them, especially after she and her sister grew up. , what she does most is pretend to be pitiful.
It allowed the two sisters to take some things from their parents' house from time to time. She didn't know whether her grandparents knew about it; she didn't know whether they would all benefit from it. She didn't want to think about it anymore.
After the separation in this life, her parents have also changed a lot. Her father no longer likes to hit others, and her mother often threatens her with words. She is okay with her sister, who is often away from home and only comes back once every seven days. Privately, she heard her father tell her mother that in the future, she would rely on her eldest sister to recruit a son-in-law, and a son-in-law would be half a son. She asked her mother to be kind to her eldest sister, as they would rely on her sister and future brother-in-law to support them in their old age.
As for her.
She's just a burden.
When you get angry, take it out on her.
"Did you hear that?" Lifting the basin, Mrs. Wang also freed up a hand to pat her shoulder, "Your grandparents are really outrageous. Look at the things in the first bedroom. We don't have the same things in the second bedroom. If your grandparents Without hiding money, how can people in big houses live so easy lives? As for three scholars, not one; just those three scholars have to drag them down. In the past two years, their lives are getting better and better."
Xiao Erya still remained silent.
"I'm sorry you don't dare to say that." Mrs. Wang proudly pulled the wooden basin and took Xiao Erya to the river. The basin was placed on the edge of the stone. "You damn girl, come here and wash the quilt cover and mattress. Hurry up and go home after washing; The sun is so strong outside that it makes me dizzy."
Xiao Erya glanced at her, resigned to his fate, squatted down on the stone, pulled out the quilt cover, filled the basin with water and put the mattress cover in to soak.
One was doing the washing seriously, and the other was supervising on the side. The villagers shook their heads as they watched the comings and goings; they all discussed that after the Xiao family was separated, the second Xiao's family became more and more out of tune. The mother watched her daughter wash the large items of clothing, and even if she didn't help, she would urge her.
Whoever falls in love with such a mother-in-law will be in trouble.
Xiao Erya ignored it, and lived one day at a time. She no longer dared to think about fairness or unfairness, and she didn't want to think about it. She now understood why her grandparents didn't want to see the three of them. , my mother's style, their unsatisfactory attitude, it's strange to like them.
Sanya Yuxue is cute, has a sweet mouth, and her heart feels sweet when she makes people happy; where are she and the eldest sister? Day by day, they look down on their eyebrows, are cautious, and are humble to the extreme; they are either working or working, but the key is that they do not take the initiative to get close to their grandparents.
At least one figured out the reason.
Between people, don't treat family affection as an item that can be consumed at will; when it is consumed and patience is gone, it is lost.
Xiao Wang consumed this feeling with her own hands.
He kept instilling in the ears of the two children how grandpa and grandma were partial, and that Dafang's good life depended on them, etc. This kind of thinking was not right at all, not to mention that Xiao Zhengning relied on his parents during those years of studying, and passed the exam. After that, the scholar continued to take money from his family. Xiao Wang had no merit at all and insisted on treating himself as a meritorious official.
If there is real merit, Xiao Laoer will have a share; but after being admitted as a scholar, he did not have to pay heavy taxes on his family's land. How much rice and grain did he save for his family?
After all these years, you have paid off what you have to pay back, right?
However, Ms. Xiao Wang only remembered her husband's efforts and never thought about the benefits she received over the past ten years.
Minghua and Xiao Leshi didn't care what the village was like. They followed Xiao Zhengning back to the county school. They first went to see Dean Fan, and then led by Dean Fan out of the academy to a small courtyard. It is Dean Fan’s property. When I am not living in the academy, I will stay here.
There was a carriage parked outside the courtyard, and Dean Fan's bookboy was waiting beside it.
"Sir, you are here. The carriage has been fed and things have been prepared for you." After the book boy said respectfully, he bowed his hands to Xiao Zhengning and the others, "Master Xiao, Mrs. Xiao, Miss Xiao."
