Chapter 51: The Du Family's Internal Worries
It was neither too early nor too late, and Du Erniang and his wife came back one after another, and Du Li and Li were naturally surprised.
Du Erniang was a smart man, and did not embarrass her husband in front of outsiders, and said, "I just heard the bell and wondered if there was something wrong with my father, so my husband would come over and take a look."
Mei Xiucai also said: "Yes, father-in-law, why is it going to hold a village meeting at this time?"
"What else can I do? The Gui family has been tossing again. The trees in his mountain are lost, and he wants to catch thieves in the village." said village chief Du.
Du Erniang was as ill as Li, and couldn't listen to the Gui family, muttering: "There are endless, all kinds of troubles all day long, just watching their family jump around."
This is a pervert. If you don’t encounter a thief, you won’t blame the thief for the thief, but you will blame the person who lost it.
Du Li said righteously: "Isn't this Gui Wu? I have more confidence."
When the men talked, Du Erniang followed Li into the inner room. The two almost became sisters-in-law back then, but later they became "mother and daughter" by chance. They were only a few years apart, and they were also embarrassed in their early years. However, one was a married aunt and the other was a new mistress. The two had no interest in their relationship and were polite when they got along.
"It is said that Mei family wants to tell her niece to the boy from the Gui Si family. After waiting for a new house, they will make an appointment. The sixth sister is older than Mei Duo, so the marriage is full of clues?" Du Erniang said a few words about the Gui family, and cared about the lifelong life of the young girl.
Li called the maid to pour egg tea for Du Erniang and said, "Others don't know about Liu Jie'er's marriage, but Erniang doesn't know about it?"
Du Erniang curled her lips and said, "What's the good thing about that dead boy?"
"Sixth Sister is the youngest daughter. The master has always been a bit in pain. There were no good candidates in the town before, but it would be difficult for Liujie to force her if she didn't nod." Li frowned.
When Du Erniang heard this, she stood up "Teng" and said, "What else does that dead boy have except for a coffin face? His fate is defeated by his destiny, and his seniority is not enough. How can he be a kiss? I'll look for her."
"Farewell, how can I tell this directly with her daughter's family? I'll be ashamed of her carefully." Li stood up and stopped her.
"I can't tell you what the ugly thing is done, but fortunately it didn't spread, otherwise it would be a pity!" Du Erniang said, and rushed out in a hurry.
The matter of seniority is one thing, the most important thing is that Du Erniang doesn’t like Mei Sheng.
Now when talking about the grandchildren of the Mei family outside, only those who know about Mei Sheng, who won the "little three-yuan", and Du Erniang's biological son Mei Zhi is rarely heard of. Even in Mei Tongsheng's eyes, there is only the eldest grandson who has made fame and fortune. Every time he takes the exam for the grandson's homework, he sighs.
Mei Zhi was twelve years old, and she was at the age of shame. She knew that her academic qualifications could not keep up with her cousin, which disappointed her grandfather and became more diligent in studying. Even so, she was still left far behind by her cousin.
Du Erniang felt sorry for her son and had the heart to eat Mei Sheng raw.
Mei Xiucai was a scholar in his thirties and was afraid of his nephew who was a student in his teenage years. The couple both suppressed Mei Sheng and destroyed several proper marriages.
The Du family is the backer of Du Erniang and his wife. They also think that in the future, how could they be willing to "get married" between the two families? If they really were son-in-law, one was young and the other was a scholar, and the other was lucky to take the exam. It would be obvious which one Du Li would value.
Since Du Erniang knew about this, she had to make a move.
Li followed him to the door and saw Du Erniang go to the west wing, but he retreated again and picked the corner of his mouth.
After more than ten years of couple, Li knew Du Lizheng's temper best. He looked at his kindness, but he was arbitrary and could not stand others' disobedience. Du Erniang dared to destroy this marriage, but Du Lizheng would not spare her. It was Du Liujie'er's place, and he was encouraged by others to make trouble for Li.
Li would not care about a child, but Du Liujie shouldn't be rude and shouldn't be talking about Qilang's appearance. Although it has been more than ten years, Li always feels frightened whenever he thinks about it.
Mei Sheng's talent and future are all there, Du Li can see it, and naturally Li can see it, so that it will not be cheaper for Du Liujie.
In the west wing, Sister Du's face was already blushing.
"That's Zhi'er's cousin. I'm calling you "Auntie" according to my seniority. I haven't seen a man in my eight lives, so you have to have a good face." Du Erniang looked at the girl's blue purse with a bamboo pattern embroidered with "upward step by step" and felt angry, and directly scolded.
Du Liujie'er's face turned red, but she was also arrogant. She rolled her eyes and said, "This relative has been following her father since ancient times, but she has never calculated it from her sister. It's not a rare thing for her sister to marry her uncle and nephew, and marry her brother-in-law. Why did the second sister talk to me when she comes back?"
Seeing that the girl was obsessed with it, Du Erniang said, "Those are all poor mud legs without rules. Serious people don't get married like this. Anyway, I don't agree, so you give up!"
Du Liujie was anxious now, with red eyes and raised her eyebrows and said, "Dad didn't say anything. Can you, a sister who went out, take care of me? You said I'm shameless, but you want to be shameless? Back then, I fell in love with Mei Sheng's father and wanted to enter the Mei family, but they married the teacher's niece, so they didn't want you at all. Daddy gave you the Gui family, and you went to stick to Mei Da and made a scandal of a daughter and Xu. When Mei Da's incident happened, you immediately married Mei Er and became a wife, and you would be shameless? When you get underground and cut it into three pieces, you really want to be shameless!"
This cursed Du Erniang in a head-on manner.
After a while, Du Erniang reacted, her face turned bloodless: "Where are these bullshits you heard? Why are you rude?"
Sister Du Liu said proudly: "What sentence is not true? Second sister, let's defend it! One girl is about three, I didn't even dislike the second sister's embarrassment, but my sister just disliked me..."
Before he finished speaking, Du Erniang slapped her heavily in the face.
Du Liujie's body tilted, and she felt that she was staring, but she was not willing to suffer a loss. She rushed to Du Erjie with a "scream" and grabbed Du Erjie's hair: "You hit me? Why are you shameless to hit me?"
The two sisters immediately ripped together.
In the hot weather, the windows and doors are opened. Such a big noise in the west wing naturally alarmed the room.
Du Lizheng and Mei Xiucai’s father-in-law and son-in-law talked about labor after the autumn harvest. Now we have to teach the Gui family a lesson and wait until then.
Hearing the movement in the wing room, Du Li stopped talking and was unhappy.
Mrs. Li picked up a curtain from the inner room and said, "The two sisters have always been so sweet, I'll go over and take a look."
When Li entered the west wing, Du Liujie grabbed Du Erniang's hair and Du Erniang pulled open Du Liujie's clothes, and the two sisters were in a mess.
When both of the sisters saw Li come in, they both were embarrassed.
"The master heard it." Li said nothing to persuade him and said in a low voice.
The two sisters shivered and then they really let go.
Li pushed Du Erniang to the dressing table and tied her hair personally. Du Erniang showed a little gratitude on her face, and Du Liujie snorted coldly.
Du Erniang stood up and said with a cold face: "If I have been in the Mei family for one day, don't want to enter the house. You are willing to be your nephew's sister-in-law. I don't have the shame to ask the girl to be your niece-in-law!"
Sister Du Liu was about to have an attack, and Du Erniang had already pulled Li out.
Du Erniang glanced at the room, didn't enter the room, and hesitated, "What the hell do my father think?"
Li sighed, "The palms and backs of hands are all flesh. Sister Liu is a wise man who is rude. What can the master be kind and fatherly, so what can he do?"
Du Erniang said aggrievedly: "Why don't my father think about me? If I really want my sister to marry that dead boy, I'm afraid my father won't remember the couple."
How can that work? Mei Qingsong died, but because Mei Sheng was there, the Mei family finally had two houses. Du Erniang had a plan to distribute the dilapidated old house to Mei Sheng and swept him out; her own family continued to stay in the current yard. As for the thirty acres of land in the family, they were all middle fields and upper fields, so they naturally couldn't bear to distribute it to Mei Sheng. However, there were still the thirty acres of land in Shun's family, and they took out a few acres of land to go to the fields, plus forest land, and it was almost the same.
If Mei Sheng has no Yue family to rely on and lets Du Erniang and his wife decide everything. If Mei Sheng marrys Du Liujie, according to Du Lizheng's emphasis on him, it will be hard to say who will split the family.
Li comforted, "Don't worry, you have no time to mention these things now, so it's still early."
This is to remind Du Erniang that he must hurry up and find a way, otherwise it would be useless to wait until Du Li remembers to mention this matter.
At the beginning of You (5:00 pm), villagers came to the ancestral hall one after another.
There are more than 70 families in Mujia Village, and at least one male person comes from the family, and there are seventy or eighty people. Gui Wu, Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang uncle and nephew from "Xi Gui" came. This is an attitude. Gui Wu replaced Gui Er's grandfather and became the head of the Gui family. Gui Chun and Gui Chongyang are the heads of the two families in the future, following their uncles.
The previous incident of Grandpa Gui Er's house treating guests and the incident of Mei Tong paying money, which also broke the deadlock between the villagers and "Xi Gui", and some people greeted Gui Wu's uncle and nephew one after another.
There were only a few people in the corner, and the leader was an old man with white hair and beard. Looking at Gui Wu's uncle and nephew, he looked complicated. They were not others, but the relatives of the Gui family, and the middle-aged man of the "Donggui". Other villagers may be tempted by the "Xigui" without any grudges, but "Donggui" is not easy to move forward.
As early as the 13th year ago, when Guili was selling land, it was "Donggui" who joined forces to force a seller who had negotiated before, which made Guili finally have to sell land at a low price. Because of the low price, it was impossible to raise 200 taels of silver that the later tragedy occurred.
If "Xigui" owes debts to Yang, Mei and Li families, then the one who owes "Xigui" is "Donggui".
Some people feel ashamed and uneasy when they owe debts, such as Gui Yuan, Gui Chongyang and his father and son, and Du Lizheng who vomited blood and died; some people will make excuses for themselves and bully people more and more unscrupulously.
The situation of "Xigui" in Mujia Village for more than ten years was caused by Du Lizheng's acquiescence and by "Donggui" as well as by "Donggui".
Chapter completed!