C14 Visitors

She didn't hit the smiling person with her hand. Mrs Zhou's face was thick as she kept smiling and fawning on him. No matter how furious the Yang family was, they had all disappeared by now.

When Madame Zhou saw that Mistress Yang was no longer angry at her, she immediately poured a bowl of hot water and carried it to Mistress Yang, "Mother, have a cup of hot water to dissolve the fatigue."

"Put it down." The Yang family replied coldly.

After hearing Lady Yang's instructions, Madame Zhou put the bowl on the table, walked to the wooden chest in the middle of the room, and said with a smile, "Big Cousin Sister-in-Law is really generous. Give me these precious gifts. Mother, I'll show them to you."

Mistress Yang rolled her eyes at Madam Zhou, and only let out a grunt after a long while.

Lady Zhou smiled as she reached into the wooden box and took it out one by one, bringing it to Yang Shi. After examining each gift, she put it back in the wooden box.

When Mistress Yang finished reading, she looked pleasantly surprised and said to Madam Zhou, "Just now, I saw an apricot-colored cloth, take it and make a new set of clothes for Guo'er."

After accompanying Mistress Yang for a long time, she swallowed her anger and only took out a piece of cloth. It was obvious that Madame Zhou was unwilling to accept this. She walked up to Mistress Yang and said, "Your mother has been tired for quite a while today. I will give you a hammer to carry."

He walked behind Lady Yang with a smile, raised a pair of chubby hands, and moved gently and slowly, but his eyes were glued to the wooden box in the middle of the room.

After the time it takes to make a cup of tea, Madame Zhou stopped her hands, walked to Mistress Yang, squatted down, and gave Mistress Yang a pinch on her legs. She smiled, "I have a marriage set, but now there's no marriage set.

The Yang family member who was resting with his eyes closed opened his eyes and asked, "What are you planning?"

Madame Zhou hastily smiled. "Aunt's eldest granddaughter is very well-behaved, and she has requested to be married into the family. Isn't that more intimate? With Mother here, Aunt doesn't have to worry about her granddaughter being wronged."

The Yang family thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's a good marriage, it's hard for your brain to figure it out!"

Lady Zhou saw that Mistress Yang was moved, she smiled and looked at the wooden box in the middle of the room and said, "Mother, that pair of silver bracelets from earlier were not bad, I will save them for you to use for the school gift. What do you think?"

Mistress Yang glanced at the wooden box and said, "I'm afraid it's not appropriate for your father to know about this."

"If I don't say it, if mom doesn't say it, who would know?" Madame Zhou smiled as she spoke. When she looked up, she saw Lin Xin'er standing in a corner of the room. She coldly said, "You damned girl. If you say anything, I'll kill you."

"Second Uncle, mom, I'm someone who eats soft things rather than hard things. Don't worry, even if Grandpa beats me to death, I won't tell anyone." Lin Xin'er guaranteed.

Madame Zhou did not ignore Lin Xin'er's first words. She changed her smiling expression and said gently, "Good child, you have an honest personality. No wonder your grandmother likes you so much."

The Yang family glanced at the Zhou family.

Madame Zhou did not see it, but only smiled and said, "Mother, no one will tell Father that we will have to regularly deliver it to aunt's home in the future when the time comes to make it up to her."

The aunt that she repeatedly said was indeed the younger sister of the Yang family. These words caught the Yang family's attention. They only saw the Yang family whispering: "You can take it."

Madam Zhou happily ran to the side of the box and hid a pair of silver bracelets between her sleeves. She hurriedly walked out of the house and met the Qin halfway, not even daring to greet them.

When née Qin reached the door, she turned to look at the west wing with suspicion.

"It took you so long to come back?" Yang family asked.

"I went to thank Second Young Madam again, and coincidentally met Big Brother Xiao when he returned home. I wanted to meet him, but there were too many people who requested an audience with Big Brother Xiao, so I didn't want to join in on the fun."

You said that Xing'er and the Zhu Residence were related to each other, so you talked too much. If you had something to ask your Fourth Brother's wife in private, why did you bring it up in public and provoke all the other wives to hear about it? The Yang family asked coldly.

At that time, née Qin was very anxious, and because of Lady Wang's personality, she knew that she definitely wouldn't speak up for her and definitely wouldn't bring up the matter of Xing'er. Furthermore, she couldn't meet her elder cousin in private, so she finally found an opportunity to ask about the matter of her elder cousin's Zhu family.

It was a pity that her plan failed.

The reason why Mistress Yang held her accountable was because her face wasn't good, and she never thought for Xing'er. That year, when Silver Flower married into the Yang Mansion, his eldest cousin also sent his maidservants to speak, which was why everything went smoothly. Now that Silver Flower had given birth to two girls, the Yang Mansion did not dare to show her face at all.

"Mom is right. I will be more careful next time and not speak carelessly again." née Qin smiled ingratiatingly.

She pointed to the wooden chest opened in the middle of the room and said, "Wife Zhixiao sent two wives to deliver a box of gifts. In the end, they are from the Shangguan Family, so they do things generously, I made the decision just now to give a piece of cloth to the second and third families, you can also choose a piece of cloth to take away."

The wooden chest was half a meter tall and a meter wide. It held eight boxes of snacks, six pieces of cloth, six pieces of cotton, six pairs of embroidered shoes, two small jars of white wine, a pair of silver bracelets, a silver hairpin, a cigarette holder, and a box of tea.

To the farmers, this gift was very heavy.

Madam Qin picked up a piece of pink cloth and smiled: "Make Xing'er a new set of clothes. When you marry someone, you will also have clothes with the bottom of the box. Mother, I was thinking if Xing'er can marry into the Zhu family and take you to live in the Zhu family for a while, Fourth Brother and little sister Yin Hua are both in the county city, so it would be convenient for me to visit you. After Xing'er gets married, she has no children, so I have time to talk to you."

"She's just married, so my old woman doesn't arouse displeasure." Mistress Yang took a sip of hot water from the bowl on the table and put it down. She then looked at the cloth in née Qin's hand and said, "Give another piece of cloth to Tao Er to make clothes for her. I saw that the pieces of fabric brought in were brightly colored and were meant for little girls. "

"Xing`er has always wanted to be filial to Grandma, and I was in the town too, so I couldn't service you at home. I was always sad, because when Xing`er got married, my mother went to live in the town for a few days. Although it was a rented house and it wasn't as spacious as my home, but I packed it clean and didn't want to let my mother down."

I'm used to living at home and I don't want to go out. Your father is at home by himself, who can take care of him? There are two people at home who don't have eyes for him, and after I leave, they'll take advantage of my absence to be lazy. The Yang family refused.

A donkey's call sounded out.

Mrs. Yang suddenly stood up from her chair, smiled and said, "Quickly go out and take a look, did your father invite them? My heart has been thumping hard all morning, but I have to invite someone over. "

The Qin family quickly left the room.

Mistress Yang looked at the door for a moment and only heard the men's voices, but no one entered the courtyard. She returned to her chair and looked at Lin Xin'er, saying with a cold expression, "What have you been doing here?"

"Grandmother, I saw a maidservant waiting by Second Grandmother's side. I also want to be Grandmother's maidservant, waiting by Grandmother's side." Lin Xin'er said with a smile.

When the Yang family who had wanted to curse at Lin Xin'er heard her, their faces revealed a smile, "It's hard on you. To think that you would think of this, you should go outside and play."

Lin Xin'er received her orders and left the house.

No matter how much she scolded, as long as she smiled and apologized, she would definitely appease her anger.

On this point, the Qin and Zhou family did very well.

Walking out of the room, she saw Mrs Zhao evading her, she sighed. No wonder Mrs Zhao was always scolded by the Yang family, because she was timid and didn't dare to speak. When they scolded her, they only cried and only angered the Yang family.

When Mrs Zhao saw her second daughter finally walk out of the room, she hurriedly waved her hands.

When Lin Xin'er arrived outside the woodshed, she was pulled into the woodshed by Mrs Zhao. She hurriedly asked: "What are you doing in the upper house? How many times have I told you to hide away when you see your grandmother? Don't get close to your grandmother, if you anger your grandmother, you'll know your regret when you get scolded and beaten. "

After saying that, he looked at the brand-new piece of cloth in Lin Xin'er's hand and asked: "Who is your granny sending over to? Hurry up and send them off. "

"Grandma gave it to me." Lin Xin'er smiled.

Mrs Zhao's eyes were wide open, as if she couldn't believe it, and asked: "Did your grandma personally say it? Did you ask your grandmother for it? "

"Grandma said it herself, not me. Second Aunt also took an apricot piece. Eldest Aunt took a pink piece and an emerald green piece." Lin Xin'er replied.

"It's strange today, why did your grandma think of giving it to us? Just now, I saw your grandma bringing two new pieces of fabric into the east wing."

"Grandmother is being merciful today." Lin Xin'er smiled and said as she handed the cloth in her hand to the Zhao family.

Mrs Zhao wiped her hands on her clothes and took the cloth. When she saw that Lin Xin'er was still holding the golden hairpin, she hurriedly asked, "Why didn't you give it to your grandma?"

Lin Xin'er knew that she was asking about the golden hairpin in her hand. She recounted her conversation with Lady Yang, and in the end, Lady Yang told her to keep the golden hairpin safe.

You should hand over the golden hairpin to your grandmother, so you don't have to be afraid of losing it. If you lose it in the future, you might have to beat it up to clear it out. Even if you lose it, it doesn't have anything to do with you.

Lin Xin'er wanted to refute Mrs Zhao's words. Seeing the resolution in Mrs Zhao's eyes, she knew that some of her thoughts were deeply rooted and wouldn't make sense for a while. Thus, she could only shut her mouth, lower her head, and no longer speak. In her opinion, only what she held in her hands belonged to her.

Mrs Zhao saw that her youngest daughter seemed to know her wrongs, so she didn't continue to talk about her. She pointed to the bottom of the pot and said, "Help me heat the pot, I'll take this cloth to the house. The golden hairpin in your hand, if you're not worried, then you can give it to me."

"Mom, no one would have thought that I would have Jin Chai Zi in my hands. They all guessed that I was going to hand her over to my mother or to my grandmother, so they naturally wouldn't come up with any ideas. It would be safest for me to use her." Lin Xin'er whispered.

When Mrs Zhao saw this, she did not say anything else and took the cloth back to her own room.

Lin Xin'er secretly extended her hand and saw that old man Lin and a short and fat old man in their fifties were walking in front, with the Lin Family and Lin Family members following behind them, and the last person Lin Shucheng was carrying a bundle.

"Brother Jin is right. Although our Xi Lin Zi Village is not rich, we are not poor either. Every family has their own fertile land, and it is much better than those places that sell girls in exchange for food." "If I wasn't in a hurry, I wouldn't have gone to borrow money from you." Old Man Lin laughed.

The chubby old man, who was called Brother Jin, smiled and said, "Brother, as long as you use money, tell Brother Jin that he will immediately come. Where would you need Brother to personally invite him?"

"It's worth it. If I go, we'll only know each other by talking about marriage. If I don't go, then let the two of them go, how would I know about the matters of our seniors?"

Blondie cursed silently in his heart. Although he was a relative who couldn't get his hands on his bros, he still said with a smile, "Big bro is right. It's my honor to be able to see you today. Why, we need a drink. "In a hurry, I'll ask my kid to come and take you to a restaurant in town for a cup."

Old man Lin, who had just entered the room, smiled and said, "What are you rushing me for? I'll make wine at my house today." He said to Lady Yang, who had come over, "Quickly get some wine and kill an old hen. Prepare some dishes and wine for Brother Jin."

"I'll go prepare a gift from my filial wife. Let the family and nobles carry it to the inner room." Yang Shi said.

He smiled and said, "Brother Jin, you might not know this, but my second brother's eldest nephew is a county official, and I heard that he will be promoted this year. A few days ago, he came back from the provincial capital to visit his mother, and my nephew's wife is an official in the provincial capital. If I lend him some money, he will definitely send it to me, but I don't want to do it."

"Big brother is a true person." Blonde purposely flattered him.

Old Man Lin smiled and said, "Unfortunately, he came today and even sent me two jars of good wine to taste it together with Brother Jin." He ordered the Lin Clan to bring out two jugs of wine and had them carry the chests inside.

Blonde smiled and said, "Since we have to eat the wine sent by our eldest nephew, we should call him over to have a drink."

If we kindly invite filial piety to eat wine, I'm afraid we've missed out on his business. The old official is busy with daily tasks, so how can he have the time to drink with us? However, filial piety is of the highest importance. Old Man Lin laughed.

Blonde smiled and sat on the chair. He turned the gold ring on his hand and said: "I have the honor of meeting the old master today. Let's take advantage of the gap between us and settle the important affairs. If old brother wants to borrow two hundred silver taels, how about a month? A year? "The days borrowed are different, so the interest will be different. It will be entirely up to old brother to decide."

In the woodshed.

Lady Yang walked over and asked Lin Xin'er, "Where's your mother?"

"My mother said that the fabric given by Grandma is excellent. She needs to carefully put it away. She just went there and will be back very soon." Lin Xin'er said with a smile.

"Tell your mother that there is a guest staying at home today, and ask her to go to the backyard to catch an old hen, find that skinny chicken that doesn't lay eggs, and then go to Old He's house to buy two pieces of tofu." Madame Yang took out five pieces of silver from her clothes and passed it to Lin Xin'er, giving her instructions before leaving.

Mrs Zhao returned to the woodshed from the house. Upon hearing Lin Xin'er's request, she immediately took the five pieces of silver and went to buy tofu from Old He's house at the east end of the village. Before leaving, he asked Lin Xin'er to cook the porridge and go to the backyard to pick vegetables.

I wonder how the discussion is going in the house.

Lin Xin'er smelled the fragrance of the millet porridge and opened the lid of the pot. She poured the starch that Mrs Zhao had prepared into the pot, stirred it three times with a spoon, and squatted down. She folded a piece of firewood into a dozen pieces the size of her palm and added them to the bottom of the pot.

The millet porridge had already been boiled.

Lin Xin'er walked out of the woodshed and saw Madame Zhou outside the window of the upper room, listening in. She quietly walked up to Madame Zhou and put her head in front of her.

It gave Mrs. Zhou a fright.

She quickly pulled Lin Xin'er inside the house. The moment they entered the western room, Madame Zhou immediately closed the door and raised her hand to slap Lin Xin'er in the face.

Lin Xin'er raised her head to welcome the Zhou family's slaps.

She raised her hand to gently pat Lin Xin'er's head and said: "Were you trying to scare me just now?" Lin Xian`er's heart skipped a beat when she saw the cold look in her eyes.

"I saw Second Aunt standing there. I was curious and followed her to take a look." Lin Xin'er recovered her smile and said. She saw Madame Zhou snort and asked: "I borrowed two hundred taels of silver today. Did grandfather borrow it?" Or had Uncle borrowed it? Who was going to pay it back? The money was all spent on Big Brother Shucheng's marriage. What if everyone paid it back together? Second Aunt, what would we do if we don't go? Are we going to pay off the debt? "

"I don't know what you're asking. I was just anxious to hear it, but you came running over." Madame Zhou said anxiously.

Lin Xin'er blamed herself, "It's my fault for being too reckless, but Second Uncle, borrowing the silver is a big matter. Can't Uncle and Father listen in on the side?"

"That's right, regarding the matter of the Lin Clan, both your second uncle and your father must be present to listen." Madame Zhou immediately smiled and shouted to the western room, "Guo'er, stop embroidering and come over quickly. Mother has something to ask of you."

Lin Guo'er slowly walked out from the westernmost house.