He Miaomiao spoke rapidly and incessantly.
Qiao Manman had no combat experience and was scolded without being able to retaliate, feeling extremely wronged.
Qiao Jingjing rubbed her temples.
"Stop arguing!" Qiao Jingjing slapped her younger brother Qiao Er across the face cleanly and decisively.
A bright red five-finger mark immediately appeared on Qiao Er's still handsome face.
"Three thousand catties of dried mulberries, at the market price of seventy copper coins per catty, amount to two hundred and ten taels of silver. Duck eggs are one copper coin each, and chicken eggs are ten copper coins for fifteen eggs, so one hundred thousand eggs would be worth eighty or ninety taels. And that doesn't even include the mulberry wine! Two thousand dan of millet and one hundred dan of rice, which you used to donate for an official position a few days ago, I haven't settled accounts with you yet. The Red Peak Sword and the six-flowered horse you bought today, you'll have to give them to me to pay off the debt. You and your husband still owe me two hundred and twenty taels. Oh, and the slap you just received from me can be used to pay off one tael of silver."
Qiao Jingjing paced around the courtyard and finished speaking in one breath, and the entire Qiao family courtyard fell silent in an instant.
He Miaomiao blinked, looking at her husband Qiao Er's face with heartache.
Qiao Manman finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, the only one in this world who could control her second sister-in-law was her eldest sister, Da Qiao.
Qiao Er is like a boil.
Qiao Manman's smug expression provoked He Miaomiao.
During the brief respite, He Miaomiao quickly gathered a bunch of excuses.
“Elder sister, you’re mistaken. We’re a family, all blood relatives, and everything we need is under Grandfather’s name. Even if you’ve done a good job managing the mulberry orchard, you’ll only receive some compensation. This two hundred taels of silver shouldn’t be credited to you. And you’re bringing up the millet and rice incident from the other day! Are you humiliating my husband and me like this because Grandfather dotes on you? Heavens, open your eyes and see what kind of world this is! Fathers don’t love their sons and favor their daughters. Do you think daughters can provide for us in our old age? If daughters could provide for us in our old age, why would people have sons? They might as well all live with their daughters for the rest of their lives.”
That's true!
The more they say, the more outrageous it gets; it's now a personal attack.
Qiao Jingjing looked at Old Man Qiao.
The old man's brows were furrowed, and his face was ashen with anger.
“Sister-in-law, Qiao Er was wrong today. He was foolish enough to be deceived by his shady friends, causing the whole family to pay the price. He deserves to be punished. As the head of the family, Father punished him for his own good, to teach him a lesson. You can't drag in any other nonsense about Father being biased. Father is getting old. He has already done a great job of supporting and protecting this large family during the turmoil. If you continue to make trouble like this, you might as well go back to your parents' home. That way, everyone can have some peace.”
Qiao Jingjing said this, and Qiao Manman and Qiao San nodded at the same time.
He Miaomiao was so angry that she jumped up and down.
“Grandpa! Listen to what Da Qiao is saying! What is she saying! Telling me to go back to my parents’ home? That’s outrageous! Now that I’m married into this family, I’m a member of the Qiao family in life and in death. But you, eldest sister, are so old and still haven’t found a husband. You’re just throwing your weight around at your parents’ home every day. Look around the whole city of Lujiang, which girl of marriageable age doesn’t ask for a husband? Who else is like you, eldest sister, spending all your time in the mulberry orchard? People who know you will say you’re hardworking, but those who don’t will say your brothers can’t stand you…”
Qiao Jingjing, however, was very friendly and kind.
She's not that old at all; she just turned sixteen this summer.
With a smile, she suggested to Qiao Er's wife that she could immediately kneel down and be punished along with Qiao Er.
If they have a good attitude, their debts may be reduced or waived.
"You, you, you..." He Miaomiao was so forced that her face turned red and blue, and she couldn't catch her breath.
"Please shut up! Miaomiao, come here and apologize to Grandpa. I admit I was wrong today. I was too easily swayed and was fooled by those bad people."
Even Qiao Er admitted his mistake.
Qiao Er's wife fought hard on her own, but her husband was so pathetic and pathetic in front of Da Qiao that she was furious.
But in the end, they gave Da Qiao face because of the money.
In the snow, Qiao Er and his wife, along with Qiao San, knelt upright.
Old Man Qiao drank the herbal medicine again, his tired face unable to hide his worry.
He was not good at dealing with complicated family matters, but unfortunately, there was no one in the family who could manage them except for his eldest daughter, who was mature and helped with all the trivial matters inside and outside the house.
But his eldest daughter's clear-headedness, which surpassed that of most people in the world, often left him feeling lost and bewildered.
She often talked to him about the changing world situation and about agriculture and farming.
What's most terrifying is her audacious and presumptuous prophecy.
She said that Sun Ce had stationed his troops outside Lujiang City, and it seemed that he would break through Lujiang City this winter. Given Sun Ce's own style of doing things, more than half of the more than one hundred male members of Prefect Lu's family would be slaughtered.
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