Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Qin Huairu cleaned up the dishes and took the dirty clothes to the middle courtyard to wash. This made the young ladies and wives in the middle courtyard admire her again, and they all praised Qin Huairu, the new wife, for her quick hands and feet. In the front yard, there was a noise in Su Manzi's house, and the people at home in the middle courtyard and the back yard all ran to the front yard to watch the excitement.

Sun Juan looked at Su Manzi's family angrily and said, "You city people really have no sense of shame. I am a virgin girl who married into your family, but you don't want to pay a penny for the bride price. You really think we country girls are made of mud. Old woman, don't complain to me. Yesterday, Brother Su told me that he would give our family a 20 yuan bride price. What happened? Now that you put on your pants, you don't want to recognize me anymore?"

Sun Juan felt very angry. If the people in Qinjiazhuang knew that she didn't want a dowry, they would laugh at her behind her back. Especially her sisters-in-law, who would scold her for being shameless. Looking at the cowardly Su Manzi, Sun Juan was furious. She had thought that if Su Manzi had a higher monthly income, she could live a good life if she married into the city. She didn't expect this man to be so cowardly. He would just do whatever his mother said.

Su's mother pouted, looked Sun Juan up and down and said, "You little bitch, do you have any shame? Our barbarian was bewitched by you yesterday, and she married to our city secretly. Isn't it enough for you to be happy? Are you worth 20 yuan for the bride price? It's really hilarious. Think about it yourself, are you worth 20 yuan?"

Qin Huairu in the crowd was nervous. She was scolded so harshly for giving a 20 yuan gift. How could she, who gave a 50 yuan gift, be stabbed in the back? She shrank back as much as possible, lowering her body as much as possible, and secretly watched the show from behind.

Sun Juan glanced at Su Manzi and said, "I can agree to anything else, but the bride price is my bottom line. If you don't agree, then I will ask my brothers from my mother's side to come and take a look. Don't think I'm easy to bully. It's simply impossible for that mother and son to bully me, Sun Juan." The bride price is the girl's face in her mother's family. Sun Juan grew up in the countryside, so she naturally knew what this meant.

When a girl from the countryside marries in the city, the more gifts her husband's family gives, the more they value her. When she returns to her parents' home, she will not be laughed at by her brothers' wives. On the contrary, if the gift is too little, she will be laughed at by the neighbors. Do you really think that there is no comparison of gifts in this era? It's just that there are fewer gifts.

Su Manzi's whole body tensed up. He looked at his mother and said, "Mom, just give the betrothal gift to Sun Juan. We have to go back to Qinjiazhuang today." Su's mother slapped her son on the face and said, "You are such a good-for-nothing. Your father and I have been heroes all our lives, but how could we give birth to a spineless person like you? You two are already married now, so what's the point of not giving the betrothal gift?"

Su Manzi quickly grabbed his furious mother and said, "Oh my, mother! You can't say that. The Sun family has three sons, and my father-in-law is the village chief. What should we do if the Sun family is really angered and comes to our house to settle the score? You have to think about me too. If you get beaten up by those burly country guys, no one will serve you anymore."

Su's mother can be said to be the same person as Jia Zhang, both of them are self-centered. She and Jia Zhang are both supported by their own sons, and they are both lazy and greedy. Both of their sons are very filial, and they are also notorious shrews in the streets.

Su's mother was really afraid that her daughter-in-law's brothers would come to trouble her. Even if she reported this to the police station, they would refuse because it was difficult for a judge to judge family affairs. Su's mother knew how cruel the country people were. She sighed helplessly, threw out 20 yuan from her pocket, handed it to Sun Juan, and said, "Here, here, 20 yuan, enough for you, a little bitch, to laugh for a while."

Sun Juan snorted coldly and took the 20 yuan from the ground without any concern. She took her man and prepared to go to the market to buy some things first, and then go back to Qinjiazhuang to show off. Sister Hua pulled Aunt Liu aside and said, "Oh, it seems that this old aunt of the Su family has a fierce daughter-in-law."

Aunt Liu curled her lips and said, "What's the situation with the Su family? Don't you know yet? Today is the first time, and it will certainly not be the last. There will be trouble in our courtyard in the future. Just wait and see, when Jia Zhang, the troublemaker, is released, and together with this old man from the Su family, they will definitely turn our courtyard upside down."

The newly married daughter-in-law Ma Xiaoya asked in surprise, "That can't be possible, aunt, I don't think this Aunt Su is that powerful?" Sister Hua shook her head and said, "That's because Jia Zhang is not here. This Aunt Su is just a follower of Jia Zhang. Although this Aunt Su is not as good as Jia Zhang, she is not someone who can be easily dealt with!"

Aunt Liu sighed and said, "Alas, it was because Old Jia and Old Su got into trouble together, leaving two widows to raise their sons with great difficulty. You know that era, if you were not tough, you would definitely be wiped out. I don't believe you have never encountered the situation of a whole family being wiped out."

Ma Daya nodded. She was also married from the countryside. She knew how difficult it was to raise a child after being widowed. If you raised a boy, it would be ok. After all, the neighbors would have some tolerance after you have a son. But if you raised a daughter, it would be embarrassing. Daughters rarely inherit the family property in this era. They might even kick you and your daughter out.

Qin Huairu was listening to the conversation between Sister Hua and the others, and it sounded creepy. She didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns. Although there were widows in Qinjiazhuang, the matter of eating up the whole family had never happened. If such a thing really happened, the elders in the clan would definitely not allow it. Qin Huairu sighed. It seemed that she still had a lot to learn in this courtyard.

While thinking about things, she slipped back to the middle courtyard. She planned to wash the dirty clothes for him while the sun was hot at noon.