"Dad, I told you a long time ago that we have to get a room upstairs!"
Yang Hanliu got angry when she heard that not only did she not get to take a shower, but she also had to live in a leaky stable with her whole family.
She originally looked like her aunt Yang, petite and pretty. When she was so anxious, her eyes turned red, and her body and head were wet, which made her look really pitiful.
It attracted the attention of the young masters from the Chen and Cao families.
Even the police officers rarely looked over.
It was the first time that Yang Zhangqiu was blamed by a woman in front of outsiders. His face turned blue and red.
Although he knew in his heart that the whole family had to live in a stable and that most of the mistakes were his own, as the head of the Yang family, he could admit his mistakes no matter what he said.
"Why do we live on the same floor as the other?"
Yang Zhangqiu glared, puffed up his beard, and scolded his daughter.
"It's because the Zhan family set a good example! Relying on their money to buy foot binding, they got a room upstairs and a bunk bed for a few people, without caring whether there is a room behind us!"
"It turns out that the Zhan family is collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, causing us to suffer to this point, and they are still so selfish!"
After saying that, he flicked his sleeves angrily and blamed all the mistakes on the Zhan family.
The Yang family was anxious because they had to live in the stable at night. When they heard Yang Zhangqiu scolding the Zhan family, they thought that if it was the Zhan family, they would never end up in such a situation.
I also followed suit and cursed.
"Bah, the Zhan family is so shameless!"
"The old man was blind at first, so he married my cousin to the eldest son of the Zhan family. Now he is fine, and he has become a burden to us."
"I think the Zhan family must have seen that this inn is small, so they were the first to jump in and grab a room. To put it bluntly, they are selfish!"
"Aunt, it's really possible. You remember the third daughter-in-law of the Zhan family, she's very smart. No one else thought of picking banana leaves, but she did. It's very likely that she was the first to find out that the room was empty, so she took the initiative and deliberately forced us to live in the stable!"
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In the front hall of the post station, the Yang family members were cursing each other.
The Zhan family had just gone up the stairs and were walking to the second floor when they heard shouting and cursing from the outside.
At first I spoke quietly, and it sounded noisy, so I couldn't hear the details clearly.
But as the Yang family members continued to curse, they became more and more indignant, and naturally they heard it clearly.
"Bah, a bunch of ungrateful wolves." Huang Juan had been with the old lady for a long time, so she ignored Yang at first and started to scold her angrily.
The old lady sneered. Although she was angry, she was well-mannered and did not curse back.
Shen Zhaozhao and her two sisters-in-law pretended not to hear.
They are the younger generation and don't have much to say.
Yang felt a pain in her heart when she heard that her family regretted marrying her to the Zhan family. Her tears stopped, and she held Zhan Xiaoyao's hand, desperately covering her chest.
"My family still loves me..."
Zhan Xiaoyao pursed her lips.
How come she has never heard that the Yang family loves their mother a little bit?
There were three large bunk beds on the second floor of the post station. The Zhan family's room was located inside the corridor, facing north. As soon as the waiter opened the door, a mixture of various foul odors hit his nose.
Musty, sweaty, rotten...
Even the knowledgeable old lady couldn't help it and raised her hand to cover her nose.
"This... How can we live here?" Guo walked in first, covering her nose with one hand and looking through the bedding on the loess bunk bed with the other.
It was called a bedding, but it was actually a thin layer of dead grass at the bottom, which had become moldy due to the damp and cold weather.
Scattered on the withered grass were a few pitch-black, thin quilts that were so dirty that their original colors and patterns could no longer be seen.
Guo pinched a corner of the quilt and shook it slightly. Dust fell out and some insects of some kind jumped out in all directions.
Guo was so frightened that she jumped away and refused to touch the mattresses again.
"How can you live here? If you are willing to live here, the other family living in the stable will be happy to exchange with you," the waiter smiled and left.
The Zhan family looked at each other outside the door.
At the other end of the corridor, the Chen family members were also discussing that the condition of the dormitory was too bad and it was completely uninhabitable.
The waiter looked back at the Zhan family and said, "Hurry up, whoever goes upstairs should follow me."
The Zhan family didn't dare to delay any longer, so they asked two servants to carry Zhan Nanxing to the upper room. Shen Zhaozhao said:
"Madam, why don't we all go upstairs and take a look? I think the room is bigger so our family can squeeze in."
The old lady and the others looked at the bunk bed and nodded in unison.
The waiter smiled but didn't say anything.
Anyway, the room fee has been paid, so how they live is their own business.
The Zhan family followed the waiter to the upper room, and as soon as they entered the room, they were disappointed.
Although it was called an upper room, the conditions of the room were not much different from those of the lower rooms in the capital inn. It just had a simple bunk bed with a screen in front of it, and outside was a bathtub and a charcoal basin.
Apart from this, there is nothing.
The waiter took the person there and left, and brought up charcoal fire and hot water a short while later.
Shen Zhaozhao turned over the mattress on the bed. It was better than the dormitory bed, but not much better. It smelled moldy.
"Grandma, please use the hot water."
Zhan Nanxing was still lying on the stretcher, looking at the bathtub that was just big enough for one person to sit in, and said.
The old lady naturally agreed.
Zhan Nanxing advised again: "I am covered in mud. If I wash, the water will be wasted."
The old lady wanted to refuse again, but before she could say anything, she heard Yang crying:
"If my husband knew about this and saw how slovenly I look now, he would definitely despise me and would be waiting for me on the road to the underworld..."
"Mom, stop crying." Zhan Xiaoyao covered her mother's mouth in hatred.
My brother and grandmother both refused to use water, but at this moment, even when my mother said something so sensible, she became anxious.
Yang's anger intensified. "You can't even use hot water. If I were still like this, I would just run into a wall and chase my husband!"
The old lady turned around, glanced at Yang coldly, and pointed at the wall.
"Here, the wall is right there, go touch it."
"Who dares to stop you? I, an old woman, will be the first one to agree today!"
Yang opened her mouth, whimpered twice, closed her mouth, and looked at the rough wall.
It is possible that a collision will actually happen.
She doesn't have the courage.
"Hit?" The old lady did not let Yang go, and tried to teach her a lesson, "Dare you? If you dare, don't fight back! Is there anyone here who is more miserable than you?"
The old lady pointed at Shen Zhaozhao and said, "Other people, Zhaozhao was covered in mud and was whipped, but he didn't do what you did, rushing to use hot water and making a fuss and banging his head against the wall!"
Suddenly becoming a role model for her mother-in-law, Shen Zhaozhao was as quiet as a chicken.
Before the general's death, Yang was afraid of her father-in-law. After her father-in-law left, Yang was afraid of her mother-in-law.
After being taught a lesson several times, he lowered his head and dared not say a word, acting like a quail.
The old lady was leading people out of the door and asked Zhan Nanxing to use hot water so that the wound on his leg could be soaked in mud. Just as they stepped into the room, the eldest sister-in-law Lin couldn't control herself and sneezed several times in succession.
When she raised her head, her eyes were full of tears and her voice was nasal.
She was from the Lin family and had been pampered since childhood. This time, she might have caught a cold.
Guo was also a little wet, but she was in good health. "It is true that washing with hot water and drying clothes in a charcoal basin will make people feel more comfortable."
Zhan Xiaoyao looked at Shen Zhaozhao, who looked like a clay figure: "Third sister-in-law is also covered in mud and has whip wounds."
Everyone understands the truth.
There was only one bucket of hot water, and it was enough to wash so many people.
There was only one pot of charcoal, but so many clothes were roasted.
A dejected atmosphere spread among the Zhan family. Shen Zhaozhao smiled lightly and pushed the women and servants of the Zhan family out of the door.
"I'll figure it out."
"Everyone take turns to come in and take a shower. I promise that everyone will be thoroughly washed tonight!"
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