Chapter 143 Where is Yinhua?
Jinhua was not depressed for long. She cheered up and arranged accommodation for Dai Ping'er, Dai Chuan'er, Dai Sanlang and others.
After making this arrangement, I found that the house was small and the space was limited, so it was really difficult to make any arrangements.
The house was already a bit crowded with the addition of Lihua and Daohua, but they were Jinhua's cousins after all, so they could squeeze in with Jinhua and live in her boudoir.
But with the addition of the Dai sisters and Dai Sanlang, there was no place to accommodate them.
Originally, Mrs. Liu, who worked in the kitchen, had a small bed in the kitchen utility room where one person could sleep, but such a filthy place could not be used to entertain guests.
There was no choice but to disrupt the original personnel arrangements.
According to the customs in Beiguan Town, when a daughter and son-in-law return to her parents' home, they cannot live in the same room.
As a result, due to limited housing, Xia Youtian and Liu had to live separately.
Xia Youtian and his son-in-law Dai Sanlang lived in the couple's bedroom, while Liu and his wife Zhu, granddaughter A Liu, and niece Daohua lived in the young couple's bedroom.
The Dai sisters lived in a separate guest room.
Jinhua and Lihua still live in Jinhua's boudoir.
This arrangement seems reasonable at first glance, and it takes full care of everyone.
Lihua and Xia Daohua looked at each other and neither objected.
The dinner that day was quite sumptuous, but it seemed a little too sumptuous for a son-in-law who was reluctant to come and apologize.
Liu went to a delicatessen outside and bought half a roast goose, a pork belly with pine nuts, a pound of braised donkey meat, a set of assorted box dishes, a jar of rice wine, and two pounds of liquor.
Zhu steamed white rice, made scallion pancakes, fried eggs, and prepared kelp and tofu soup at home.
Xia Daohua was very satisfied and smiled happily while eating.
Since traveling through time, I have basically relied on the space supermarket for food and clothing, and there are really not many delicious foods I can eat outside.
Regardless of whether it was because of the annoying Dai family or not, Xia Daohua never acted pretentiously when it came to delicious food.
During the meal, Liu also suggested that since it was a happy day, everyone should have a drink.
As he was talking, he personally poured rice wine for the women in the room, and poured liquor for the two men, Xia Youcai and Dai Sanlang.
Everyone got a share, except for the little baby A Liu who was still in her arms.
There was even a small bowl in front of the summer rice flowers.
Although this rice wine is called rice wine, its color is reddish.
At first glance, Xia Daohua looked like wine diluted with water.
She curiously tasted a little with the tip of her tongue to test the taste, but she didn't dare to really swallow it. Instead, she picked up the bowl, pretended to drink, raised her arm to cover it, and quietly smuggled the wine in the bowl into the space.
She didn't dare put it anywhere else and poured the wine directly into the trash can in the storage area of the Space Supermarket.
Anyway, she had no intention of drinking it. No matter whether the wine was real wine or contained some secret, it was destined to have only one destination, which was the trash can in the storage area of the Space Supermarket.
Xia Daohua didn't drink it, but everyone except Xia Daohua and A Liu drank it.
Liu and Jinhua found excuses to force Lihua to drink two or three bowls of liquor in a row. She drank too quickly and was soon overwhelmed by the alcohol. Her eyes became more drunken and her cheeks became red, making her look even more beautiful.
Dai Sanlang's eyes widened when he saw Lihua's appearance.
When Jinhua saw this, she was so angry that she kicked Dai Sanlang under the table. Unexpectedly, she missed Dai Sanlang and kicked the table leg instead. Her big toe was almost broken and the pain made her cry.
Taking this opportunity, Jinhua burst into tears, and Liu and Xia Youcai were so heartbroken that they didn't know what to say.
The meal, which was originally full of excitement, suddenly ended in unpleasantness.
Zhu entrusted A Liu to Xia Daohua to help take care of him, and hurried to the clinic on the street to ask for a doctor who could set bones.
The doctor examined Jinhua and said with a smile that there was no need to worry too much, as Jinhua only had a bruise on her big toe and no fracture.
But you have to drink some medicine at the same time, and you have to avoid eating raw, cold, greasy food. You have to eat something light and easy to digest, and you have to use some external ointment on the injured area.
In addition, you should not put any effort on this toe these days. You should rest peacefully and take good care of it for a few days.
Liu paid for the consultation and medicine out of her own pocket.
Zhu was smart and quickly took the medicine bag that the medicine boy had packed and went to the kitchen to make it immediately.
Xia Youcai personally escorted the doctor out the door.
There was a circle of people left in the room, surrounding Jinhua and asking her about her well-being. The scene was quite chaotic.
Xia Daohua suddenly remembered, where did Yinhua go?
She hadn't seen the first wife for some time and she almost forgot that she had a second daughter, Yinhua.
Xia Daohua was secretly puzzled. She was transported here through time and space, and she seldom met the eldest wife often, so it was understandable that she could not remember the girl Yinhua.
Why is it that no one in the first house has thought of Yinhua these days?
Whether talking or doing things, he never mentioned Yinhua, as if this person didn't exist at all.
The same goes for Jinhua. She wanted to ask Lihua for help when she was doing embroidery, but why didn't she ask Yinhua? Was it because Yinhua's skills were not good enough and she hadn't finished her apprenticeship yet, or was it because Jinhua didn't want to let her sister suffer?
Xia Daohua was full of questions as she watched Liu and the others busying around Jinhua. In the end, she calmed down, sent Jinhua back to her room, and settled the Dai family members. Then the others went their separate ways.
Zhu took the medicine bowl that Jinhua had taken and went to the kitchen to wash it. Xia Daohua grabbed Zhu's sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law, why haven't you seen Yinhua these days?"
Zhu was obviously stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yinhua was taken in by her aunt."
She could see that Xia Daohua still had some questions, so she glanced around and whispered in Xia Daohua's ear, "Speaking of this great aunt Yinhua, she is your eldest aunt's aunt, and has only started to get around again in recent years. She chose Yinhua for her third grandson, so she often takes Yinhua to live with her, hoping that the two little ones can get to know each other in advance."
Xia Daohua felt that this practice was a bit strange.
Although in the Great Chu Dynasty, marriages were based on "parents' orders and matchmaker's words", grandparents were not left out and not mentioned at all.
Did Xia Youcai and Liu really not take the old couple seriously?
The old couple knew about Dalang's wife, but at that time, the family had not yet been divided, so the old couple tended to favor the eldest wife and gave her a lot of money.
Now that the family has split up, the first thing they did was to plan Jinhua’s marriage. The wedding date had already been set before they “announced the good news” to the old couple.
As for Yinhua, she hasn't decided anything yet, but she has the intention to send her child to live with someone else. Even though they are relatives, it seems a little inappropriate, right?
What's more, the eldest wife didn't seem to have mentioned this to the old couple at all...
(End of this chapter)
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