Chapter 148 149. Reasoning
No one understood what was going on, so Li Cuicui pointed at He Tuliang who was hiding in the back and said, "Early this morning, our good son-in-law came to our house and said that he was planning to live in our house permanently because he gave his house to his eldest brother.
I would like to ask, besides your parents and brothers, don’t you have so many clansmen here, He Tuping? Why did you come to my house with several mouths to feed?
Now, everyone has come here to escape famine. Do you think I can afford it?
Who in your family can afford to support him? Isn't this going to cost us two lives? "
Everyone present was silent. They had known that the He brothers' lives were a mess, but they had never expected that they were so terrible in their behavior.
Ever since He Tuliang was beaten out by the prefect last time, everyone has tried to reduce communication with this family.
But if the reputation of the entire tribe is ruined because of them, no one would be willing to do that.
"This is all misunderstanding. We didn't make things clear before," He Tuping suddenly didn't know how to start talking, feeling that whatever he said would be wrong.
If they said they didn't want to live with the old couple, but wanted to live in the house of their brother-in-law,
I guess everyone has other ideas.
At this time, someone saw He Tuliang and his mother standing outside the door and said, "Liangda is here. This is their own family matter. Let them discuss it themselves."
Li Cuicui looked at the person who was speaking with a smile. If she wanted to make the matter a family affair, it would depend on whether the old lady would acknowledge it.
"This can be considered a family matter, but I am an old woman who is curious about the clan rules of your He clan. Knowing more about it will help prevent our clan members from making mistakes in the future."
"you……"
The man wanted to speak, but was stopped by Chief He. "This matter was not handled properly by He Tuliang and his men, but Aunt Gu also misunderstood. This has nothing to do with the rules of our clan. I hope Aunt Gu will be careful with her words."
"Be careful with your words. Ask them if I have ever said anything false since I came in. " Li Cuicui was able to find the head of the He family today, and she was well prepared.
"Now that He Zhou and his family are here, let's talk it out if there's any misunderstanding," Patriarch He pointed at He Tuliang, "You're the head of the family, so now tell us what's going on with your brother's family? Why are you kicking them out in the middle of winter?"
He Tuliang had a bitter face, "One of our houses collapsed, and my wife doesn't have a family here, so I have to let my sister-in-law suffer. I'll ask her to take the second child and the kids over there to tide over the difficulties. I don't know why things have become like this. Isn't this just normal interaction between relatives?"
As soon as He Tuliang finished speaking, everyone looked at him with contempt in their hearts. This kid was really getting more and more mean and mean. Now he was trying to shirk responsibility, saying that he knew nothing and was the most innocent.
Li Cuicui clapped her hands and said, "My dear brother-in-law, what you said makes sense. Relatives should help each other. I am short-sighted."
Everyone was wondering what she was up to and was puzzled as to why her attitude suddenly changed.
Li Cuicui pointed at her sons standing there and said, "You idiots, this winter is so cold, you have to huddle together for warmth. Why don't you go back and bring your wives and children with you? Let's go to your sister's house as guests. It would be best if we can get through this winter so that we can go back to do spring ploughing."
"That won't do," seeing that the Gu brothers really took action, He Zhou no longer dared to hide behind and stretched out her hand to stop them.
"That won't work. Just now your eldest brother said that relatives should help each other through difficult times. Now we feel that our home is not warm enough, firewood is not enough, and food is not enough. Your family is so generous, you should be able to accommodate us! After all, this is normal interaction between relatives."
"Puchi," I don't know who started it, but many people started laughing with their hands covering their mouths.
He Zhou was choked and stammered, not knowing how to respond.
"You He family members, please stand up and say something fair. Is there a big difference between what I just said to my eldest brother-in-law?"
"Well, you are not the biological parents of the second son's wife. It is normal for them to come to you for help when they encounter difficulties. Besides, everyone in your village has built a big tiled house. What's wrong with helping a married girl?" He Zhoushi had just finished saying this when she realized that many clansmen were glaring at her.
Li Cuicui clapped her hands and said, "So you have such a rule here. If the daughter and son-in-law can't get along, they can go back to their parents-in-law even though both their parents are alive. This family tradition is pretty good."
I wonder if there are any unmarried girls here? I, an old lady, have to take this great opportunity. I think there are many people who can't make a living here. I am willing to be your son-in-law."
"He Zhoushi, please stop causing trouble for everyone." The clan leader's wife walked over and lowered her voice and said, "You are not willing to ruin the reputation of our entire clan, right?
Don’t forget, if you really piss everyone off, the consequences won’t be what you want to see.”
He Zhou's pupils shrank, and she finally felt a sense of fear in her heart. You know, ever since the eldest brother caused trouble last time, the clan has been very dissatisfied with him. The main thing is that they are being charged with another crime, and the consequences are really unbearable to think about.
He Tuliang walked over to look at He Tuping and asked seriously, "I just took my sister-in-law back to my mother's house, why did it turn out like this?
Your sister-in-law is immature, and neither are you. At least when you visit someone, you should bring something with you, or else they will look down on you."
"I find it a pity that my elder brother-in-law, with his clever mouth, doesn't go and tell stories. He can turn white into black and black into white," Gu Yuanshui smiled with his arms folded, "Then the topic suddenly changes to a normal visit to relatives?
Look at the bags at their feet. Who would bring all their clothes when visiting relatives?
I used to think that some people had low character, but now it seems that I really overestimated them. They scheme against people to the core.
This is treating everyone except yourself as a fool.”
He Tuliang looked at the package thrown in the yard with a stiff expression, "This is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.
If you have anything to say, let’s go to our house and talk. We will definitely give you an explanation.”
Gu Yuanjin, "It is because I am afraid of misunderstanding that I have to speak out in front of so many people. At least in the future, our family will not be blamed by others.
Logically speaking, since my sister married into your family, our two families should be relatives. However, so many things happened during the escape from famine, and I believe many people witnessed them. It would be a bit ridiculous to talk about kinship any more.
We all know what is right and what is wrong. We don’t expect the married daughter and son-in-law to be filial to my parents, but we don’t want them to make the old people unhappy either.”
(End of this chapter)
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