Mrs. Liu looked outside the door, thinking that if her husband came back later, her mother-in-law would not be able to stand on her side. After all, he was her biological son. Because they were bullying Shen Zeqi Cai, he told everything about his thoughts and the matter of finding Shen Luzhu today.
It's just that the Liu family secretly found out about Shen Zeqi and Shen Songjie, but Mrs. Liu planned to hide it for now. If her mother-in-law knew that her family was involved in this matter, she would definitely not let herself go easily.
But before Mrs. Liu could finish telling the whole story, Shen Zeqi went back to the house first. He really didn't want to hear his wife's ridiculous theory again, so he grabbed the topic and shook it off. A clean one.
Mrs. Liu was afraid that Mrs. Zheng would be preconceived and be deceived by her husband into obscuring the root cause of the matter, so she quickly added: "Auntie, this matter is clearly caused by the second cousin bullying our Zeqi. Although my mother's family did something wrong, it is not the same." For the sake of both of us, my daughter-in-law went to find her cousins, thinking that they would take care of her husband-in-law, so that they could contribute more to the family's business in the future, but my husband-in-law was indiscriminate and wanted to divorce me for such a trivial matter. Auntie, you have to make the decision for me!"
Mrs. Zheng had just listened to her son's words and was already very angry. Although she knew that Shen Zeqi was not a person who would lie and slander his wife, she still wanted to give Ms. Liu a chance to explain, but she didn't miss her. It's not worth saying anything after all.
Ms. Zheng really doubted her own eyes. Was this the good wife she and her wife had chosen for their son?
"My son, you are exaggerating. I think you are not fooling around. You are simply blinded by lard. Why did I choose a troublemaker like you to enter the house in the first place!"
"Aniang!" Ms. Liu stared at Ms. Zheng in disbelief.
"What are you yelling about? Where did I tell you wrong? The work at home is done well and no one thinks there is any problem. Why don't you just look at this and that? My daughter-in-law of Sichuan Bai has never complained. , the family’s men can’t get involved in making money and buying and selling. Songjie’s wife never said that all the outside burdens are on her man, so why are you the only one who has so much to do? You even dislike the work in the fields. You are so capable, you Go out and earn some money and come back and see.
And your natal family, my Shen family is in need of you, or is it in need of you to wear it? Did Zeqi go out to fool around, or did I feel sorry for you in some way? Your mother-in-law's family is actually on the way, so you dare to stop someone and ask for help. Forget about talking about Zeqi. Who made us blind in the first place and chose your Liu family as our in-laws? Songjie belongs to your family, or we owe it to your family. , you still have to be punished by your mother. It's a good thing that the two brothers just kept their relationship as a child, otherwise they wouldn't have been instigated by you evildoers to leave them. "
After saying this, he was afraid that it was not enough to scare Mrs. Liu, so he added: "I think Zeqi is right. If you don't want to have a good life, just say so. Don't delay anyone, let's make peace as soon as possible." !”
Mrs. Liu was immediately frightened by Aunt Shen. Shen Zeqi's words about He Li were just a moment of anger, but when these two words came out of Ms. Zheng's mouth, they were no joke. Having just had the energy to argue with Shen Zeqi, he begged for mercy with snot and tears: "My mother, I was wrong. Sanqi is still so young and I can't live without my mother. I was wrong. I don't dare to be blind anymore." Everything has been done, Sir, please speak, Sanqi, do you think about whether our Sanqi will be successful?"
"Aunt..."
Just as Shen Zeqi was about to speak, he was interrupted by Mrs. Zheng: "Ms. Liu, think about it yourself. Zeqi, come with me."
He led his son all the way to the kitchen, looked behind him and saw that Mrs. Liu had not followed, and then asked: "What do you think about this? Do you really want to make peace with her?"
"Auntie, I..."
Seeing the hesitation on Shen Zeqi's face, Zheng persuaded her sincerely: "I was the one who scared her. I don't want you to divorce this marriage. Although Liu made a big mistake this time, she has done a lot to her family in recent years." After all, you have tried your best and gave birth to such a painful baby like Sanqi. The crime will not lead to death. You should teach her a lesson this time and remind her from time to time in the future to let her know that our family is different from others. , I just don’t like those disgusting things.”
"I know, Auntie."
Seeing Shen Zeqi nodding in agreement, Mrs. Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As for Songjie, you go back and take Mr. Liu with you to make amends for him on behalf of the Liu family. If the Liu family finds an opportunity, my mother-in-law will also be beaten hard." For a moment, just tell them to take care of their own homes and stop stretching their hands so far."
"It's causing trouble for my mother-in-law."
"What are you talking about? Next time this happens again, just tell me and your dad earlier. Come on, I have to go back to the house quickly. Your dad must not have rested and is waiting for me in the house. .”
When everyone gathered in the main room again in the afternoon, everyone seemed to have reached some consensus in advance. No one mentioned the episode at noon again, as if it had never happened, except for Liu, who never showed up again.
When leaving Shen's house in the evening, Chu Yi specially found an opportunity to ask Shen Songjie alone and repeatedly confirmed that there was no problem. Only then did he feel relieved to return home with his wife, children and younger brother.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the young couple and their family spent time together with the cousin's family next door. It was too hot to eat hot pot in the summer, so they had a barbecue this time, which was both easy and popular. It was served with sweet-scented osmanthus brew, which gave it a unique flavor.
On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the young couple took Zhengzheng and Chu Li to Grandma Cui's house, and the five members of the Jiang family gathered together for a lively day.
During this period, the young couple also got some news, and Chu Ping was indeed right. Recently, the number of matchmakers who went to Jiang's house to propose marriage to Jiang Quan has increased visibly. Although they have not reached the point of stepping down the threshold, they are also recruiting in the village. A lot of people talked about it, saying that the Jiang family boys are becoming more and more promising now, and if someone's daughter marries him, she will go directly to enjoy the blessings.
In fact, Jiang Quan's situation was different from Chu Ping's. He was originally hard-working and willing to work very hard. Ever since he reached his age, many people had kissed him. However, Jiang Juan's incident happened to happen in those few years, and Jiang Quan every time They all told the matchmaker that he would always support his sister and nephew, and the girl who married Jiang Quan must treat his sister well.
Forget it with the matchmaker. When Jiang Quan met the girl, he mentioned this matter immediately. The matchmaker who proposed to him was very angry. If you don't say this, the girl will marry into your Jiang family. Finally, I can't even kick my eldest sister out alive. I have to mention it as the first thing I say when we meet. People who don't care about it will feel guilty in their hearts.
Even if there are people who don't care that much, there is nothing wrong with their parents asking Jiang Juan if she will marry again. Jiang Quan said: "My sister will marry if she wants to. If she doesn't want to marry, I will raise her and Xiaobao for the rest of her life." No one can force her."
This made everyone look like a proper sister-in-law. They had sex with each other several times, and the matchmakers all said to the Jiang family's parents: "This kid in your family doesn't look like he wants to have a good relationship." Look, it’s better to hire someone else, but don’t damage our sign!”
The Jiang family’s parents, and even Jiang Juan herself, couldn’t quite understand why Jiang Quan insisted on talking about this matter with her right away. What did Jiang Quan say? , let’s explain this matter clearly to others first. It’s better than having her make my sister angry at home after we get married, or make her cry, make trouble, and hang herself. How can those girls who have never met each other be like this? Sister and Xiaobao are very important, don’t worry, there are plenty of good girls, I will definitely meet one."
Everyone couldn't laugh or cry after hearing Aunt Cui's words. Jiang Juan also said: "Ah Quan, if you continue like this, your sister and I will have to find someone to marry as soon as possible."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Quan muttered: "That can't be done, Brother Ding will kill me, or are you planning to find Brother Ding casually?"
Jiang Quan said this in a low voice, but Jiang Juan and Shen Luzhu still heard it, and it ended with Jiang Quan being slapped by his sister.
Fortunately, Jiang Quan is not too old yet, and the Jiang family's parents really care about Jiang Juan, and they support their son's idea in their hearts. However, it would be more perfect if Jiang Quan could do it more tactfully.
The next day, the Chu family set up a few banquets in the yard of their old house and invited the villagers who helped move that day to have a banquet. The villagers got the message and admired the family's character, and expressed their hope that they would stay in the county. Don't worry, they will help look after the houses in the village, so there will be no problems.
The young couple stayed in the village for five or six days, met all relatives and friends, fulfilled their promise and invited the villagers who helped out to have a drink, and then followed the delivery team back to the east courtyard on Changqing Street. .
On the way back, the convoy met a funeral procession and stopped on the roadside to make way. Shen Luzhu stared at the funeral procession for a long time, until the two groups completely missed it. The convoy set off again. Chu Yi saw that his wife was still twisting. Looking back, he asked aloud: "What's wrong with A-Zhu? What's the problem?"
However, Shen Luzhu suddenly came back to his senses and smiled at Chu Yi: "Chu Yi, I have an idea!"
When Shen Luzhu was staring at the funeral procession, she suddenly discovered a problem. She had never seen or heard of Zhizhao in the Qian Dynasty, which had never been mentioned in history textbooks in her previous life.
In the funeral procession just now, she only saw something like a round-bottomed spire made of paper, but it was a little far away and she couldn't see it clearly.
Paper bindings were a hot commodity in funeral shops in my previous life, but for some unknown reason, there was no such thing in Daqian.
"Chu Yi, when we bury the deceased, apart from placing food, wine and water as sacrificial offerings, is there anything else?"
"In addition to meat, food, wine and other things, there are only incense candles, paper money, and the grain basin. I have never seen the others. Does Third Uncle know anything else?"
Uncle Chu Chu added: "When I was young, I saw several funerals held by officials and wealthy businessmen. The sacrifices were richer than those of ordinary people like us. In addition to melons, fruits and cakes, most of the meat dishes were like whole pigs, and grains The pots are also made of real grains, and there are also many gold, silver, jade, silk and satin and other funerary objects."
"Grain basin?" Shen Luzhu was a little confused. He didn't see anything like a basin in the team just now?
Uncle Chu explained: "Wealthy people mostly use porcelain pots filled with grains. Ordinary people are reluctant to waste food, so they use wooden sticks and white paper to paste the shape of pots and grain piles, and carry them with the funeral procession from the host's house. Until the cemetery, after burial, burn the paper money, incense and candles in front of the tombstone, just to have a good meaning and pay attention to the meaning that the deceased person will have no worries about food and clothing below."
Shen Luzhu nodded thoughtfully. This "grain basin" should be the object she didn't see clearly just now. It sounded similar to the paper bindings in her previous life. She thought that she could try to make something based on this. It would be easier to accept it if it were sold in paper bundles.
