Chapter 18: My Mother's Family
"Mom, you're finally back."
When Xu Miaomiao got home from the silk shop just now, she saw Erbao waiting at the door with his head hung, holding Xiaobao with his left hand.
"Erbao, Xiaobao, why are you here?"
Erbao rarely said anything and pointed in the direction of the house. Xu Miaomiao put down what he was holding and walked towards the house suspiciously.
When she opened the door curtain, Xu Miaomiao saw a man and a woman sitting on chairs in her home.
The elderly woman was eating melon seeds while crossing her legs, while the unshaven man was looking at Song Wushao on the bed curiously.
Xu Miaomiao searched again and again in her memory before she remembered that these were the original owner's mother and brother.
The original owner's family was relatively wealthy, but because the original owner was a daughter and had no value, her parents gave her some money and divided the family property. This allowed Xu Miaomiao to force herself to marry Song Wushao.
According to the original text, the original owner's parents never appeared, so it seems that I have changed the original plot again.
When the woman saw her coming back, she stood up and said with a smile: "Miao Miao is back."
"Why are you here?"
Xu Miaomiao asked, in the original owner's memory, these two were not good people.
Before the woman could speak, the man said, with his hands in his pockets, "We'll stay at your place for two days."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman looked at her with a laugh.
Xu Miaomiao frowned and said, "I don't have any extra rooms here, how about I pay you to stay in the inn?"
"No!" The woman refused and said quickly: "How can you live outside instead of at home?"
Thinking of the woman's kindness in raising the original owner, Xu Miaomiao said, "You see, I only have two rooms here. One is where Song Weiwei lives, and the other is here."
The man looked around and pouted, looking at Xu Miaomiao with disdain: "Everyone says you've made a fortune, but we're still so poor!"
The woman next to him quickly pulled the man back.
"Miao Miao, aren't you renovating a new house?" The woman said slowly as she sat down, "We can just live there."
Xu Miaomiao's eyes darkened. Only people passing by in the village knew that she was building a new house. They were in the next village, so how could they know it so clearly?
With a slight smile on his face, he said, "Yes, we built a room behind this house, but it has just been completed, so many things are not perfect. If you want to live there, you can move in."
The woman smiled happily, and she took the man behind her and carried the packed bag towards Wu Zi.
He really came well prepared, Xu Miaomiao thought to himself.
"Madam Song, are you there?"
The voice at the door was suppressed very low, but Xu Miaomiao still heard it clearly and hurried out to check. It turned out to be Matchmaker Li.
Xu Miaomiao, who thought she was here to propose marriage to him, quickly waved her hand and refused: "Madam Li, I really don't want to remarry."
"Oh, that's not the case." Matchmaker Li waved her hand and pulled her aside and said mysteriously, "Your mother and brother from your mother's family must have seen it."
"Madam Li knows about this?"
"They have been asking about you in our village for a few days ago, and today they came here with a lot of bags, how could they not know about you?"
"Oh?" Xu Miaomiao raised her eyebrows: "What are they asking about?"
"What else could it be? It's just to see how you're doing, and mainly whether you have money."
Matchmaker Li rubbed her hands and spoke mysteriously, "I felt something was wrong before, so I asked around, Madam Song, please don't think I'm being harsh."
"Madam Li, please feel free to speak." Xu Miaomiao responded.
"Your brother Xu Shan likes gambling and owes a lot of money. His creditors are looking for him everywhere, and no inn is willing to receive him." Matchmaker Li took a breath and continued, "I guess he didn't go out, so he came to you."
Xu Miaomiao knew what was going on, so she thanked Madam Li and went to the kitchen to cook.
As night fell, Xu Miaomiao brought a piece of chicken and a steamed bun, and fried a plate of vegetables and placed them on the table.
Song Weiwei didn't want to get involved with Xu Miaomiao's family, so she quickly finished her meal and went back to her room.
As soon as Xu Shan sat down at the table, he stared at the chicken on the plate and gobbled it up without any hesitation.
Erbao was quick to grab a piece of chicken for his brother and himself. Xu Miaomiao took a deep breath and looked at the three children comfortingly.
After finishing his meal, Xu Shan sighed in dissatisfaction and said to Xu Miaomiao: "Sister, the food here is just average. People say you are rich, but why don't you bring good food to treat your brother when he comes?"
The woman next to him smacked her lips as well: "Yes Miaomiao, I'll buy you some pork elbows when you go to the market later."
Xu Miaomiao nodded pretentiously, and after they left, she took the three children to the market.
"Mom, do we really still need to buy pork elbow for uncle?" Erbao pouted and looked at Xu Miaomiao.
Xu Miaomiao touched her little head and asked, "Are you not full?"
Dabao remained silent, Erbao blushed, and Xiaobao bared his teeth and nodded at Xu Miaomiao.
"Come on, mother will take you to eat something delicious."
After that, he took the three children to the market and found a private restaurant to feed them.
Originally, she received them out of gratitude to her parents, but it was obvious that these two people had bad intentions. Xu Miaomiao frowned, thinking that she had to be on guard.
"Where's my elbow?"
As soon as Xu Miaomiao entered the door, Xu Shan stopped her and looked at her mercilessly.
Xu Miaomiao touched his head and said with a stammer: "There is no one buying pork elbows on the street. Besides, you didn't give me money to buy pork elbows."
"Bah." The man looked at her with disdain: "What a thing! It's your blessing that I eat two bites of your meat."
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave but was stopped by the woman, who dragged him back into the house along with Xu Miaomiao.
The woman rubbed her hands and said, "Miao Miao, we are in a bit of a difficult situation right now. Your brother is not young anymore and it's time for him to get married. You have so much money now, why don't you use that money to build a house for your brother and get him a wife."
"Mom, what did you discuss with her?" Xu Shan frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "She is still alive today because of us. Now that she has money, shouldn't she give it to us?"
"Hehe." Xu Miaomiao chuckled: "If I remember correctly, it was you who thought I was useless and wanted to cut off ties with me after giving me some money. Now that you're rich, you think of me again?"
The two of them were silent. Xu Miaomiao lowered her eyes and continued, "If you really have no money, I will naturally help you. But my brother lost all our money because of gambling. How can he be infected with such a bad habit? I will never give you this money!"
"You're rebelling!"
Xu Shan raised his hand to hit Xu Miaomiao, but Xu Miaomiao stopped his hand and knocked it down, then took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the woman: "You can live in the house, but we will eat separately from now on. The children are still young, and I don't want them to know that they have such an uncle!"
When Xu Shan saw the silver, his eyes lit up. He picked up the money and rushed out. The woman behind him laughed and chased after him.
The room returned to its previous tranquility, and Xu Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief for the first time.
(End of this chapter)
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