Chapter 106 Discussing the Care of Old Liu

The person outside is called Qin Chi.

Erlang's voice came: "Brother, Grandpa asked everyone to go to the main hall to discuss matters."

"Is your sister-in-law going too?" Qin Chi asked, putting down the book.

"No need, all the people who go there are men."

Jiro said after a moment of hesitation.

Usually when there are important matters to discuss at home, the men in the family usually sit together to discuss and decide.

When Qin Chi passed by.

Old Man Qin and his four sons, plus Qin Chi.

Qin Chi's mouth twitched slightly and he sat down on the chair next to Boss Qin.

"The third brother's wife caught a cold. She has a lot of housework to do and she also has to take care of your mother..."

Old Man Qin began to state his purpose.

The reason is that Mrs. Lin is ill and cannot take care of Mrs. Liu for the time being, so they need to discuss who will take care of her.

Xiao Liu definitely can't do it alone.

Plus, New Year’s Eve is just a few days away.

There are also a lot of things to do at home.

"According to your mother's opinion, we can't favor one over the other. The four families will take turns, one day each." Old Man Qin said that he was here to discuss this with everyone, but in fact, it was just a notification. "If you have any opinions, you can raise them now and we can discuss it together."

The eldest brother Qin was the first to respond: "Dad, I have no objection. But my wife is weak, everyone knows it, so let me serve mother when it's the eldest wife's turn."

Qin Chi didn't expect his father to be so straightforward.

He really deserves to be his father, he is the one who can do it.

Old man Qin's face darkened.

This kind of work of serving the mother is usually done by women.

What's a big deal for a grown man? Boss Qin seemed not to notice the dark face of Old Qin, and insisted on taking care of Old Liu himself.

This care is not simple.

One room needs to be guarded for one day and one night.

Besides, Li is not someone who can tolerate being bullied, and Boss Qin never thought of letting her go to Old Lady Liu to be scolded.

"Boss, if it doesn't work, let Dalang's wife take care of him." Old Man Qin suggested.

Boss Qin refused, "No! My mother already has a son and a wife. When will it be the granddaughter-in-law's turn to fulfill her filial duty? If this gets out, outsiders will think that we, as sons, are unfilial."

Song Jin was pregnant with his eldest grandson, but Boss Qin didn't even consider it.

Qin Chi came just for the occasion.

Come back and tell Song Jin what happened.

"Each room takes turns coming. Mom's health hasn't been very good recently, and Dad won't let her go to take care of grandma." Qin Chi talked about the affairs of the eldest room.

Song Jin was not surprised to hear this. "What about me? No one asked me to take care of grandma?"

Qin Chi smiled and said, "Grandfather wanted to, but my father refused. You have a golden nugget, who dares to order you around?"

Now everyone is trying to avoid Old Liu.

Qin Chi smiled again and said, "After discussing this, my father and three uncles took turns to come."

Song Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Will my uncle agree? Will he... take care of people?"

"He can't refuse this."

Qin Mingsong couldn't refuse to take care of his mother.

As the saying goes, filial piety is the most important of all virtues. Qin Mingsong has read the books of sages for many years. If he is unwilling to take care of his injured mother, it will definitely give him a chance to be criticized if it gets out.

There are still six days until New Year's Eve.

The Qin family became very lively afterwards.

The three Qin brothers took turns to take care of old Liu.

As soon as Old Liu saw them, she started cursing at them, scolding them all day long for being useless and not being able to control their daughter-in-law.

The quarrel made Qin Lao Da and the other two very angry, but they could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Until it was Qin Mingsong's turn.

But the house was unusually quiet.

The expressions of the people who had listened to the scolding for three days were very interesting.

Sanlang quietly slipped away and peeked through the window, but when he came back his eyes were sparkling.

"You know what? I know the reason!"

Everyone looked at Saburo.

Today the weather is clear and the sun is warm.

Old man Qin called a butcher to kill the pig he raised.

Killing the pig, bleeding it, cutting open its belly, taking out its internal organs, etc., all took no more than a quarter of an hour, and the butcher took half a dollar and went to the next house.

The rest will be taken care of by Qin Lao Da and his two brothers.

So everyone was in the yard, including Song Jin, basking in the sun.

Now everyone looked at Saburo.

Sanlang puffed out his chest and patted it twice, "You will never guess what method my uncle used to make grandma quiet down."

"What method?" Qin Daya was curious.

Erlang came over and whispered, "Grandma is biased and can't bear to scold my uncle."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

“No.”

Sanlang smiled slyly, then pretended to hold a book and read with his head shaking.

The strange appearance made everyone in the courtyard laugh.

Song Jin didn't understand for a moment.

Instead, Xiao Liu whispered to Song Jin's ear, "I saw his uncle go to the main room with a book in his hand."

"He goes to the main room to study?"

Song Jin was slightly surprised when he heard this.

Little Liu winked and cleared her throat, "Let me tell you, when my uncle went to the main room, apart from serving tea and water to my mother-in-law, the rest of the time he just sat down and read."

"Then, grandma asked my uncle to go back to his room to study, but my uncle refused righteously, saying that it was his turn to be filial to grandma and he couldn't let others do it for him."

Song Jin said with a sneer in his heart.

Xiao Liu gave her a thumbs up and said, "You guessed it! That's exactly what my uncle said."

"What about this scholar..."

Play with people's hearts clearly.

After all, the youngest son, who was the apple of her eye, was different from the son who worked like a cowherd. Old Mrs. Liu would rather sacrifice herself than make things difficult for the youngest son.

Qin Mingsong went to the main house, with the book in his hand.

Then pretend to read a book when you have free time.

When Old Liu saw this, she naturally would not order him around like she did Boss Qin and the others.

Even if Mrs. Liu wanted to scold someone, she would have to worry about whether it would disturb her son's studies.

Wait until she asks Qin Mingsong to go back to his room to read.

Qin Mingsong naturally expressed his willingness to fulfill his filial piety.

I have to say this trick is really useful, at least it gives everyone peace of mind.

"Hey, Qin Shi, you just slaughtered the pig today. My family slaughtered it a few days ago."

An old man came outside the yard.

Old Man Qin said with a smile: "It's because the butcher was not available before, so it's my turn today."

The butcher is also very busy during festivals.

If a family wanted to ask him to slaughter a pig, they would have to find him several days in advance to arrange a time.

This year, the Qin family was busy with many things, so they went to find the butcher quite late, and they barely managed to arrange it until today. Otherwise, they would have slaughtered the pig around the 20th like in previous years.

Old Man Qin smiled and asked, "What's the matter with you, Fifth Brother?"

The old man raised a roll of red paper in his hand and said, "I'm here to ask your Mingsong to help write a couplet for the Spring Festival."

Old Qin hasn't spoken yet.

Qin Lao San, who was standing next to him, said first, "Uncle Wu, you came at an unfortunate time. My fourth brother is not free today, but you can ask Da Lang to write it."

"That's fine too."

The old man didn't care.

Qin Chi, who was nearby, heard this and responded with a smile, then took the red paper from the old man and went into the house.

During these days when the year is drawing to a close, villagers often come to Qin Mingsong and Qin Chi to ask them to write couplets.

Qin Chi is very familiar with this operation.

The reward was simple, two eggs or cabbages, and some people would put down one or two copper coins, etc.