Chapter 190 The trouble-making sister-in-law
There is a crooked tree in front of my uncle's house. Because it is easy to climb, the trunk has been stepped on and become shiny by the children nearby.
When I passed by, the courtyard door was open and there was laughter and joy inside, it was very lively.
"Grandpa and grandma, you are all at uncle and aunt's house, so we don't have to go to the next door."
As Xu Wencheng spoke, he led Song Yuntang into the house, holding the bowl in his hand. When he saw Xu Cui and her three daughters sitting in the corner, he looked a little surprised.
"My aunt and three cousins are here too."
Xu Cui just nodded lightly and did not show any excessive intimacy when seeing her nephew.
Song Yuntang was a little surprised. If Jiang knew that her aunt was coming today, she would definitely tell her before they came to her uncle's house, but she didn't say anything, which meant she didn't know anything at all.
Moreover, when the wedding took place yesterday, this young sister-in-law did not seem to show up among the close relatives who were watching the ceremony. Could it be that there is some conflict between her and Xu Qingye's family?
"Wencheng, Tang'er, come and sit down."
Zhang and eldest daughter-in-law He hurriedly stood up and gave the chairs to the two of them.
When Xu Wencheng saw Zhang offering him a seat, he quickly declined.
"Auntie, sit by yourself. My sister-in-law just made a pot of sour plum soup. My mother asked me to bring her to meet my grandparents and my eldest uncle's house. I didn't expect my aunt to be here too."
Seeing this, He hurried to the kitchen to get a bowl.
Hearing this, Mrs. Hu on the side couldn't help but look worried.
"Is Aono okay?"
Otherwise, why didn’t Qingye accompany the girl to greet the family?
Xu Wencheng smiled and said, "Grandma, my brother is fine. He accompanied his sister-in-law to the town this morning and is reading a book in the house after he came back."
Hu heaved a sigh of relief.
"Read well. You will be going to the county town next month. Our Xu family is counting on your eldest brother. But you have to remind him more often and don't let him ruin his health."
Xu Cui rolled her eyes.
"You need someone to accompany you to town. Do you really think you are a daughter of a wealthy family? The daughters and wives of farmers in the mountains are not so pretentious."
Mrs. Hu, who was always kind, was stern for once.
"Cui'er, if you're coming back to your parents' home just to cause trouble, take your three children back now!"
Xu Cui frowned.
"Mom! Why do you always help my second brother's family bully me?"
Mrs. Hu was so angry at her words that she pounded the table and shouted, "Who bullied who first? How come our Xu family has a troublemaker like you!"
After saying that, he covered his chest with his hands, looking very uncomfortable, and almost fell down.
"Mom, be careful!" Her uncle, Xu Yongfu, who was closest to her, stepped forward and supported her. He then turned and angrily scolded Xu Cui who was standing beside her, "Xu Cui! Mom's health was not good to begin with. She has finally gotten better after taking medicine these days. You're getting angry as soon as you come here. Are you jealous of her getting better?"
"I……"
Xu Cui knew she was in the wrong, so she stamped her feet, snorted, and said nothing more.
After entering the room, Song Yuntang, who had been standing not far away and greeted everyone, stepped forward and took Hu's pulse.
After a moment, she let go.
"Grandma's body is not suitable for getting angry. She needs to rest. Otherwise, she will easily get angry."
Leading to shortened lifespan.
She didn't dare to say the last two words, and so far she has only said them to Xu Qingye.
She took out a bag of silver needles from her sleeve, inserted one into the Baihui acupoint to refresh the mind, and one into the Laogong acupoint to protect the heart and clear the heart fire.
Soon, Hu returned to normal.
She looked at Song Yuntang and nodded, "Good boy."
After calming down, he turned around and said, "Your aunt has been spoiled by her grandparents and her two older brothers since she was a child. Don't take her words to heart."
Song Yuntang shook his head lightly.
"Of course not."
They didn't even know each other and they wouldn't get along in the future, so she wouldn't make a big deal out of such a small matter.
Xu Cui originally wanted to say that she didn't need Hu to plead for her.
But thinking about how he had just made her angry, he held back and didn't dare say such words.
Speaking of the conflict between her and Xu Yongwang's family, it started when Xu Qingye passed the imperial examination and became a scholar.
At that time, Xu Cui had been married for many years. Because she had given birth to three daughters in succession, she was looked down upon by her husband's family. They almost poked her in the spine and scolded her.
Even though she gave birth to a son in the end, who is now nine years old, she cannot compare to the status of her other two sisters-in-law in her husband's family, because they gave birth to sons at the beginning and had more sons than her.
But she was 29 years old when she gave birth to her last son, and she never got pregnant again after that.
Now at the age of 38, she has accepted her fate.
At least she already had a son.
After Xu Qingye passed the exam and became a scholar, she was very excited when she heard the news, and felt that she could finally make a name for herself in her husband's family.
At that time, her husband's family's attitude towards her was indeed much better. They even took the initiative to prepare gifts for her and asked her to go to her nephew who had passed the imperial examination to ask for all their land to be registered in his name so as to avoid the government's tax system.
At that time, the Xu family had not yet split up, so all the land was registered under Xu Qingye's name. After the split, they did not go to the government to register, so Xu Yongfu's family still did not have to pay taxes on their land.
At that time, Xu Cui brought gifts and used kind words to beg her second brother and nephew.
Xu Yongwang didn't understand all this, so he said that he couldn't make up his mind and needed Xu Qingye's approval. However, Xu Qingye said that this behavior was equivalent to tax evasion, which was illegal. If someone with ulterior motives reported it in the future, it would be easy to find out since their two families were so far away from each other. In addition to confiscating their property, they would also be beaten with fifty boards.
If he were to be beaten with fifty boards, he might even die.
Even he will be implicated.
At that time, Xu Qingye was fully focused on studying and taking the imperial examinations. He had always been very cautious. Of course, he did not want to be tarnished by these trivial matters, so he did not agree.
He disagreed, and Xu Yongwang and his wife, who always respected their children's decisions, naturally respected his opinion as well.
Xu Yuande was the head of Lushan Village and an upright man. After learning the reason, he and Mrs. Hu, for the sake of their grandson's future, began to persuade Xu Cui to give up this idea.
Xu Cui was very unhappy because of this incident.
She felt that her husband's family had prepared generous gifts for her to bring to her parents' home. They also knew that her life was not easy in her husband's family, but they didn't even help with such a small matter. They were too heartless.
So after she returned to her husband's home, she was ridiculed by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, who said that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled, and that her family didn't take her seriously at all.
She was so angry that she went to Lushan Village again when she had time, and brought her eldest daughter Cheng Xiaoqian with her.
At that time, Cheng Xiaoqian was eleven years old, six years younger than Xu Qingye.
She wanted to place her eldest daughter in her second brother's house as a child bride to strengthen the relationship, but she still wanted Xu Qingye to agree to register her husband's family's land under his name. Before Xu Qingye even showed up, he was rejected by his second brother and his wife.
Xu Yuande and Hu, who learned the news, scolded her and said she was possessed by evil spirits. She was so angry that she returned to Yanliu Village crying with her daughter.
Since then, she has gradually reduced her interactions with her mother's family.
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