old grace

Due to the power of the Yue family, Xu Nong has a high tolerance for his wife returning to her mother's house for a short stay. Except for coming to the Yue's house to deliver some pastries and meat dishes every three days, and visiting her brother-in-law who is sick, Xu Nong never urges Jiang Erniang to go home. .

Xu Nong was very patient, and Xie Qinghe was even better at quieting down.Anyway, now I can sneak out to eat chicken in the middle of the night, and it doesn't matter if I stay in bed for a few more days.

It was Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang's couple who were the first to lose their temper.

The 15-year-old son was suddenly bedridden, and the prescription was changed every three days. The doctor came four times, but there was still no improvement. Both Jiang Zhanwen and Zhang were terrified. up!

Mrs. Zhang, who had always been superstitious about Dr. Qiu, was the first to turn his face, thinking that Dr. Qiu was a quack doctor who could not see a doctor at all, and begged her husband to go to the county to invite a better doctor to see him.Jiang Zhanwen was also very anxious, so he went to An's family with a shy face to ask questions. The second master of the An's family had a good time with Jiang Zhanwen, and he generously sent a carriage from home to the county to pick up a doctor Shan from Jiu'an Hall to see him.

This matter naturally offended Dr. Qiu.

Dr. Qiu knew that the youngest son of the Jiang family was pretending to be sick, and because Xie Qinghe didn't intend to fool him, there was a tacit understanding between them.

Now that Xie Qinghe is "remaining ill for a long time", the Jiang family still invites a doctor from the county to see him. Isn't that just a blow to his brand?Everyone in the town knew that the youngest son of the Jiang family had a strange disease, and Dr. Qiu from Qianjintang didn't like it either, as Dr. Qiu was not good at medicine.

However, the Jiang family no longer invited Dr. Qiu for a follow-up visit, and went directly to the county to pick up Dr. Shan. Doctor Qiu couldn't rush to the Jiang's house for consultation again. My petty person, when an ignorant patient asked about this, Dr. Qiu could only show an inscrutable smile.

——He prescribed four prescriptions for Jiang Yingzhou in a row, and made nearly 20 taels of silver from Jiang's family back and forth. At this time, he said that Jiang Yingzhou was pretending to be sick, and he was fine at all. Didn't he expose himself and make a fool of himself? The truth about Fang defrauding money?

At that time, he was greedy for cheap and didn't expose Jiang Yingzhou's little trick immediately, so now he can only suffer from this dumb loss.

With Dr. Qiu playing a sloppy eye in front, Xie Qinghe has been in this world for half a month, and he has fully adapted to his new skin. When Dr. Shan comes to see him, there are many tricks he can do for his skin. It is very simple to control the pulse in a short time to fool the doctor.

Dr. Shan was bluffed by his tricks, and said cautiously: "Prescribe a prescription and eat first."

Jiang Zhanwen didn't dare to ask any more urgent questions, so he asked cautiously: "Is this disease not a life-threatening disease? It doesn't matter even if it is a weak disease. I didn't expect him to be very promising. It's just that the disease came on so quickly, it seemed like a day would be worse." One day..."

Dr. Shan shook his head and said: "Now it seems that it will not endanger your life. My brother is also a scholar, so he should know some medical principles. Freezing three feet is not a one-day cold. This disease may be caused by sitting down three or five years ago. Ying Wei The disharmony broke out suddenly, and it may take some time to recuperate... The old man read the prescription prescribed by the previous gentleman, and it is also orderly, subtle and orderly. From an old man's point of view, he has been taking it for half a month, so he continues to eat It is also possible to go down, but there is no need to change the prescription."

Xie Qinghe sat sideways on the bed and smiled slightly.

He didn't expect that Jiang Zhanwen would make a fuss about changing doctors, and accidentally injured Doctor Qiu for no reason.

Therefore, when Dr. Shan came to see the doctor, he adjusted his false pulse exactly according to the direction of Dr. Qiu's prescription.

Dr. Shan is a doctor with real medical skills and a benevolent heart. He found that the patient's symptoms were comparable to those prescribed by Dr. Qiu. First, he didn't want to pick up this uncertain patient. Thinking that he is also a disciple of the Medicine Sage, at least he spoke good words for Dr. Qiu and rectified his name.

——He could not have said these words at all, it was the Jiang family who ruined Dr. Qiu's reputation, and in the future, people with difficult and miscellaneous diseases in the town might go to the county to look for him.However, Dr. Shan still spoke the truth.

Whenever he sees a gentleman, Xie Qinghe must be in a good mood, and now he feels that this doctor Shan is very pleasing to the eye.

Dr. Shan was very restrained and conservative in his speech, and Jiang Zhanwen and Mrs. Zhang were both eager to love their children, so they insisted that Dr. Shan write the prescription and go get the medicine right away.

Dr. Shan sat in the carriage for a whole day and was so exhausted that Xie Qinghe ate his newly prescribed decoction. Jiang Zhanwen also drank two cups of wine with him. He stayed at Jiang's house for one night and could return to the county tomorrow.

After Dr. Shan fell asleep, Jiang Youniang nestled under the wall to collect pickles, and heard her parents discussing.

Mrs. Zhang said: "This doctor seems to be a well-known man, but he is in the county and he said that he will be raised. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to take medicine."

The prescription of the decoction should be changed at any time according to the patient's physical condition. It is obviously not enough to take one prescription for a long time. In this way, it is the most basic thing to go to the doctor for three to five days to get the doctor's pulse and let the doctor know the latest situation of the patient. Sincerity in healing.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Jiang Zhanwen said, "Eat first. If the doctor can afford it, the most important thing is to take the money to rent a house in the county and lead Yinger to cure her illness."

Mrs. Zhang said again: "How can I just leave? There are chickens and ducks at home, and there are unfinished pickles in the tank, and they will be dried again in a few days..."

"I don't ask you to lead it. You are a woman, and you are lucky not to lose yourself when you go to the county. I hope you will succeed?" Jiang Zhanwen was full of disdain and disdain for Zhang, "When the time comes, I will lead you and Yinger. In the past, I asked Youniang to guard the house. After it’s settled there, you and I will come back and ask Youniang to take care of her younger brother, that is, two meals and three medicines, so I won’t be unable to take care of her.”

Mrs. Zhang immediately protested: "She is an unmarried little girl from Yunying, and she lives in the county with our son, two siblings?"

"What else?" Jiang Zhanwen was very irritable, "The family is spending a lot of money, and Yinger needs to take medicine, so I have to go back to town to make a living."

Mrs. Zhang obviously wanted to go to the county with her son, but Jiang Zhanwen needed Mrs. Zhang to serve her comfortably, so how could she let Mrs. Zhang run away with her son?Jiang Zhanwen refused to speak, and Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to propose, so she kept following Jiang Zhanwen's side-talking.

It made Jiang Zhanwen extremely impatient: "You can't do this, and you don't want to do that, just ask Yinger to take Doctor Qiu's medicine?!"

Mrs. Zhang froze immediately and stopped talking.

Waiting for the lights to be turned off in the parents' room to go to bed, the young mother sneaked into her younger brother's room to discuss the matter with Jiang Erniang and Xie Qinghe.

Jiang Youniang said: "Mother can't go away at home, and my father also thinks it's inappropriate for me to be unmarried. I just need to pretend that I have taken Dr. Shan's decoction and the effect is good, and the family will discuss the matter of renting a house in the county. My brother will talk about it." It may not be impossible for my sister to go to the county to take care of her. From the perspective of parents, is the younger brother's health more important, or the second sister's marriage?"

Jiang Erniang was also very moved, and secretly looked at Xie Qinghe's face: "If father decides to reconcile and leave, I won't make trouble with your brother-in-law."

Xie Qinghe shook his head and said, "It's not a good bet. If Dad doesn't support reconciliation, we'll lose the opportunity. Besides, it's not good if I can't take Doctor Qiu's medicine, but I can take Doctor Shan's medicine."

Jiang Erniang and Jiang Youniang looked at him puzzled.

"Doctor Qiu is good at medicine. There are only a few families in the town, and his reputation has been ruined. How can he make a living?" Xie Qinghe said.

Jiang Youniang looked at him in amazement: "You used to be the most selfish and ruthless, but now you have become a kind person of Amitabha Buddha."

Jiang Erniang is more concerned about his next plan: "Then you still have to stay sick? I support you to go to the county. These days you sneaked out in the middle of the night to steal chickens, and An's family made a fuss, saying that it was the next day in the chicken coop. Just one chicken was lost, and the fattest one was lost. Hua Siniang, who was guarding the chicken coop, went around yelling to catch a thief. Thanks to her bad behavior, everyone in the town watched her jokes with their hands on their hips... ..."

Jiang Youniang hurriedly asked: "You just forced the adoptive daughter to be a concubine for the sixth great master of the An family, but the daughter refused, and she jumped into the river to death because of her scolding, that Hua Siniang?"

"It's her. After this incident, she was sent to the next place to manage the chicken coop and duck house. It is said that she often steals eggs and duck eggs, but An Jiaren is sympathetic and doesn't care about her. Now the chicken is lost, many Everyone thinks she ate it secretly." Jiang Erniang said.

Xie Qinghe only wanted to go to the big family to steal chickens, and it would not hurt the big family's heart, but he did not expect that the guard servants would be blamed.

"Has the An family ever sent her away?" Xie Qinghe asked.

Jiang Erniang shook her head and said, "That's not the case. Just tell her to keep an eye on the chicken coop. If another chicken is lost, she will be asked to pay for it with silver."

Xie Qinghe praised: "It's also benevolent."

Jiang Youniang said angrily: "I'm afraid it's because of a guilty conscience. The old man who is about to be eighty wants someone's beautiful daughter to be a concubine, and he is forced to jump into the river. He can save a human life, but how many chickens are worth it?"

Jiang Erniang brought the topic back again: "I always stay under the eyes of my parents, and I don't feel free to eat an extra bite of oil residue. After all, the family is not short of money, but if they don't throw away banquets like they used to, every meal has a piece of cake." Two meats are also affordable..."

Jiang Youniang's face has been pouty and ruddy in the past half a month. Jiang Erniang couldn't help feeling pity for her when she saw her. Xie Qinghe felt that she couldn't cut off her meat and vegetable offerings, and raised a young girl who was alive and malnourished.What Jiang Erniang meant was that if he moved to the county town, Xie Qinghe would not have to save the rations to the young mother, and would secretly go out in the middle of the night to make tooth sacrifices.

Xie Qinghe still disagreed with this plan: "This matter needs to be resolved quickly, and it has been dragging on for a long time. The second sister has been at home for almost half a month, and my brother-in-law may not have much patience."

Even though Jiang Erniang had already made up her mind to reconcile, she was still a little scared and hesitant when things came to an end, and she sighed softly.

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Xie Qinghe took Dr. Qiu's reputation into consideration, and after taking two bowls of soup and medicine from Dr. Shan, he still limp on the bed and complained of dizziness.

Doctor Shan ate breakfast at Jiang's house, took the consultation fee from Jiang Zhanwen, and returned to the county immediately in the carriage sent by An's family.Jiang Zhanwen was still not reconciled, and agreed that in another five days, he would either go to the doctor who received the order, or take his son to the county for consultation.Dr. Shan repeatedly advised that it is okay to take Dr. Qiu's medicine in the town, but Jiang Zhanwen just didn't believe it.

After seeing off Dr. Shan, Jiang Zhanwen had to go to An's house to pay his respects. This kind of human relationship must be done properly.

After lunch, before Jiang Zhanwen came back from An's house, Xu Nong came to the door.

Jiang Erniang entertained her husband and son-in-law together with Mrs. Zhang. Jiang Youniang was not convenient to accompany her as a sister-in-law, so she complained in Xie Qinghe's room: "Ever since my mother said to make him braised pork, I only gave him a chopstick. He always eats it for lunch. He only came later. It seemed that the oil on his mouth was not wiped clean, and that look was that my family was full of food, and I don’t care about your chopsticks..."

Ever since she found out that Xu Nong was beating her second sister in the boudoir, Jiang Youniang saw Xu Nong in all kinds of dislikes, even if Xu Nong stood still, she thought he occupied the space.

Xie Qinghe said with a smile: "Then if he comes before lunch, would you like to cook for him?"

Jiang Youniang snorted: "A pack of rat medicine, the medicine will kill him!"

Not long after, Xie Qinghe heard movement outside the courtyard door, so Jiang Youniang went out to check.

Jiang Youniang ran out and came back in a hurry, leaned close to Xie Qinghe's hospital bed, and whispered eagerly: "He wants to pick up the second sister back. He said that it is the first day of the new year tomorrow, and the family will worship. This matter is due to the second sister's mother-in-law and second sister. My sister is doing it together, her mother-in-law is getting old, and she can't do it alone, so the second sister has to go back to serve..."

This is a very valid reason.

In Jiangnan Town, each household enshrines different gods, and the sacrifices are also different.After the bride enters the door, she will follow her mother-in-law to learn how to sacrifice, how to make rituals, and how to cook sacrifices.Usually, the men only need to sit back and enjoy the rewards, and then worship when they see the incense, while the women must be responsible for the arrangements in advance, preparing flowers for sacrifices, and folding yellow paper ingots... This is a very tiring and hard work.

Xu Nong said that his mother was getting old and wanted his wife to go back to help preside over the incense offering on the first day of junior high school, and Zhang could not force her daughter to stay.

Xie Qinghe thought about it.

According to Jiang Yingzhou's memory, Jiang Erniang once said that Xu Nong only beat her in the boudoir, and she was so excited after beating her that she couldn't have intercourse without doing anything at ordinary times. "Preaching prostitution in the daytime" is also a crime of immorality these days, Jiang Erniang You shouldn't be beaten right away when you get home.

It's not good for him to stop Jiang Erniang from going home at this time.

——After all, what he showed was not that he couldn't leave Jiang Erniang for a moment, and that acting had to be in line with the norm.

"When it's getting dark later, I said I have a headache, so go and quarrel with your mother and call the second sister back." Xie Qinghe said.

It should be safe not to let Jiang Erniang stay overnight at her husband's house.

I called her back today, and tomorrow I will go back to set up a sacrifice during the day, and call Erniang back during lunch, so that the sacrifice can be bypassed.

What's more, taking Jiang Erniang away from her husband's house one after another can also stimulate Xu Nong's self-esteem as a husband to the greatest extent, and prompt him to come to ask for someone with confidence.After all, from a legal point of view, Jiang Erniang is no longer the Jiang family, but the Xu family.Xu Nong has all the power over her, even if he sells Jiang Erniang to a brothel, the Jiang family can only spend money to redeem her, it cannot be said that Xu Nong cannot sell her.

After Jiang Youniang got the letter, she slowly settled down and waited for the dark by the window: "Why isn't it dark..."

After finally surviving until the sunset gradually set, Jiang Youniang ran out directly: "Mother! My brother said that he has a severe headache, did you take out the evening medicine first and give him a drink?"

Mrs. Zhang came in in a hurry to see, Xie Qinghe pretended to be pitiful, her face was pale, her lips were black and blue, she covered her head and called out to Second Sister.

"You, hurry up and bring medicine to my younger brother, and I'll call your second sister back!" Mrs. Zhang ran faster than Jiang Youniang.

What Xie Qinghe never expected was that things unfolded in a way that he hadn't expected at all, and rushed towards the direction he designed.

Xu Nong was born with the weakness of not being able to get hard if he didn't beat women and listen to women's screams. When he was not married before, he didn't understand the beauty of this matter. Since he married Jiang Erniang who knows how to endure, he has Lived a good life of singing and singing every night.Unexpectedly, his brother-in-law was sick, and his wife went back to her mother's house for half a month, so he went vegetarian for half a month-this was the most difficult half month after getting married.

After bringing Jiang Erniang home, his old mother was folding yellow paper in the main room, and he carried Jiang Erniang back to the house, his palms and fists falling like raindrops on the place covered by his clothes.Jiang Erniang was beaten and controlled by him for several years, and she had no desire to resist in front of him, and could only accept it.

But Xie Qinghe pretended to be too pitiful, Zhang's son-in-law was eager for his son, and rushed to his son-in-law's house anxiously, pushed the door straight in, and hurriedly asked his daughter to follow him back.Xu's mother came out to receive her, and she said that the family was in a hurry, but Xu's mother was really a kind person. She heard that her in-law's son was not well, so she supported her daughter-in-law to go home. The problem was that her son and daughter-in-law were busy.

Mrs. Zhang was born as a peasant woman, so she didn't pay much attention to avoiding taboos, so she went to knock on the door of her daughter and son-in-law: "Nong'er, call your wife out quickly! Her brother has a terrible headache and needs her to save his life!" Knock wildly.

Xu's mother felt that this was not a good thing, but her mother-in-law was in such a hurry, and it was difficult to stop the life-saving matter, so she had to accompany her embarrassingly.

Xu Nong in the room was also extremely aggrieved.

He was originally weak in this matter, and finally got a little feeling, and he was excited, but was actually approached by his mother-in-law!

Knocking on the door like crazy!

Jiang Erniang was even more panicked, trying to get up and put on clothes, and refused to obey her husband's instructions.

Xu Nong was disturbed by the knock on the door, and Jiang Erniang's non-cooperation made him even more angry. When he was in a frenzy, Mrs. Zhang outside the door actually went too far, shouting: "You two dress well. Don’t you have any clothes? Er Niang! Come out quickly! Do you know how to be ashamed when you are in the blue sky? It’s only been a few days since you’ve seen a man like this? Your brother is about to die of pain at home, but you’re at ease! Little bastard, open the door!”

It was Jiang Erniang who Mrs. Zhang scolded, but Xu Nong seemed to be scolding him every sentence.He was aggrieved for half a month and refused to accept it. After spending so much money to marry a wife, isn't it a matter of course for couples to sleep?Has it anything to do with shame?Can't sleep yet? !

If he went to Jiang's house, or if it was Jiang Zhanwen who came, Xu Nong would feel weak.

However, this is the Xu family, and it was the Zhang family who came again. Xu Nong was so angry that he held down Jiang Erniang, who was struggling to get up and put on clothes, and raised his hand to slap her on the face. Jiang Erniang He was beaten into a daze in an instant, and collapsed limply on the bed.

Xu Nong rode on her, gritted his teeth, and spat at Zhang Shi through the door: "Mother, go back earlier. The second mother is already asleep. Brother Yingzhou is not in good health, and Doctor Qiu, who has a tael of silver, is also invited. I also bought and ate ginseng. I don’t have to wait for the doctor. I call my elder sister who is out of the court to take care of me every day. My brother-in-law, who has no one to serve me, dare not say anything. , ask Niang to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man, won't Er Niang cry out her eyes too?"

This is to curse Jiang Yingzhou to die.

Mrs. Zhang has always regarded her son as her heart and soul. These days, she has been worrying about her son's illness. How could she hear such curses?Immediately, he was so angry that one Buddha was born and the other ascended to heaven. They kicked the door with their feet, wanting to open the door to fight Xu Nong.

Xu Nong was a carpenter, and his craftsmanship was passed down from family, that is to say, Xu Nong's father, grandfather... were also carpenters.Every part of the Xu family can't be said to be rich and expensive, but there is one thing, and that is that all the door furniture is extremely solid.Mrs. Zhang is very energetic in working as a small farmer. With these few kicks, she must have kicked open the doors of other houses. When it was Xu Nong's turn, the door panels were too solid, so she didn't kick them open.

Xu's mother saw that the situation was not good, so she hurriedly pulled her to persuade her, and apologized to her for her son.

——Mother Xu couldn't figure it out, her son was always honest and gentle, why is he so bad-tempered today?

The two old women fought at the door, Xu's mother only babbled, and felt that her son was in the wrong, so she didn't dare to fight Zhang. Opening a door, Xu Nong knew that his mother-in-law was tough, and his mother-in-law was at a disadvantage.

He was in a fit of anger, and he was eager to protect his mother, so he pulled up his pants and was about to fight.

People are irrational when they are angry, no matter how tough Zhang is, in Xu Nong's eyes, she is just an old and weak woman, and her usual patience is just to respect her father-in-law's status as a talented man, and she has long wanted to beat this old godly woman That's it - so, he judged the location of Mrs. Zhang by hearing the sound, deliberately pushed open the door hard, and bumped into Mrs. Zhang.

Xu Nong just wanted to throw Mrs. Zhang to the ground and let out a bad breath. If the father-in-law asked him to blame, he could say it was an accidental injury.

——I didn't know that the mother-in-law was outside the door.In a hurry to fight, he accidentally injured his mother-in-law by pushing the door.

However, everything in the chaos is unpredictable.

Mrs. Zhang was pushed out by the door, staggered under her feet, her ankle was broken, and she fell even more inches when she fell to the ground——

Seeing the blood bubbling from Mrs. Zhang's head, Mrs. Xu stomped her three-inch golden lotus angrily: "Which wild boy threw bricks at my house again?!" Mrs. Zhang knocked her down so hard she couldn't die!

Jiang Erniang staggered out of the door with her skirt covered, looked at the frightened mother-in-law and husband, and said, "Hurry up and ask the doctor at the Qianjin Hall... No, it's too late, quickly take my mother to the Qianjin Hall..."

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When Xie Qinghe got the news, Mrs. Zhang had already been carried home, and Jiang Zhanwen followed.

There was a cut in Zhang's head, and it looked like he was bleeding a lot, but the injury was not serious, but the fractured ankle was more troublesome. Dr. Qiu admitted frankly that it might not heal well, and it would leave a disability in the future.

Jiang Erniang has been taking care of Mrs. Zhang. Seeing Mrs. Zhang being put on the bed, Jiang Zhanwen actually said to Erniang Jiang: "Go and take care of your younger brother. Your mother has me here..." He also knew that he was not reliable, "And your third sister .”

While talking, the cars and horses outside the door were rustling, and the lights were burning all the way. The eldest sister Jiang Yuanniang and the eldest brother-in-law Li Changshu came together.

Xie Qinghe pretended to be sick and couldn't go out. Jiang Youniang acted as a god for him. Hearing that Zhang's life was not in danger, Xie Qinghe didn't intend to take the risk to rescue him——Doctor Qiu's medical skills are really good, enough to deal with common illnesses.

After Jiang Erniang came in, Jiang Youniang went out to take care of Mrs. Zhang, and Xie Qinghe saw Jiang Erniang's swollen face clearly.

Xu Nong used to be beaten in places covered by clothes, but today he was so stimulated by Zhang's croaking and Jiang Erniang's resistance that he lost his mind, leaving marks on Jiang Erniang's face, which is shocking to see ——Jiang Erniang was originally the most beautiful among the three sisters of the Jiang family, and she usually had infinite charm when she pursed her lips and smiled, but now she was beaten so swollen like a pig's head!

Xie Qinghe stepped forward to help her sit down, poured her a cup of tea, and said in a low voice after a while: "I didn't take care of it."

Jiang Erniang couldn't help shaking her head, and sat silently for a while before she asked, "Is it true?"

The husband beats his mother like this, but if the mother's family is not so weak that it is in the dust, this marriage cannot be done.Either the Jiang family no longer recognizes Jiang Erniang as a daughter, or Jiang Erniang and Xu Nongyi never return home, and choose a husband in the future-of course, it is very difficult for Jiang Erniang to remarry after such a scandal.In many cases, in order to preserve the daughter's marriage, the daughter and son-in-law threw it away together.

Xie Qinghe shook his head and said: "It's never easy to do righteousness, it involves too much, and it seems that my family is mean and intolerable. To be on the safe side, I just want to reconcile quickly, and it is his family's fault to talk about it in the future. My father only has a reputation as a scholar, and it is all due to his friendship. Only when you are broad, you have some power, you must be upright and confident in doing things, and you must not be aggressive, if you ruin the family's reputation and let father leave that circle, I am afraid that you will not be able to get a job in the future."

Jiang Erniang said quietly again: "I look at Dad, it seems that he hasn't thought about such a long-term."

Jiang Zhanwen's anger turned to anger. Seeing that Zhang's head was covered with blood and his legs were a little weak, he never thought about asking his daughter and son-in-law to reconcile from the beginning to the end. Instead, he scolded Jiang Erniang bloody, blaming her for not taking care Good mother, let my mother suffer such a big loss at her husband's house.

Xie Qinghe thought for a while and said, "Stay a little longer."

When his filial son recovers from the second sister's massage, he will immediately jump out and tear up the second brother-in-law who murdered his mother!

To Xie Qinghe's surprise, the elder brother-in-law Li Changshu brought up the matter before he appeared on the stage.

Both Jiang Yuanniang and Jiang Youniang took care of Mrs. Zhang in the house, while Jiang Zhanwen talked with the eldest son-in-law in the main room.

Li Changshu is about the same age as Jiang Zhanwen, and he often sees his son-in-law. There are only a few wealthy people in the town.Jiang Zhanwen has fame (relatively rare in the town), Li Changshu is rich (there are three or five families in the town), and the two can be regarded as mutual praise.

Therefore, Li Changshu was not so cautious when talking to Jiang Zhanwen, and the etiquette between Weng and his son-in-law was guarded, and they became more like old friends when they spoke deeply.

"Brother-in-law is not telling the truth. Mother-in-law and brother-in-law's mother are torn together, why is it so just right, when he pushed the door, he pushed mother-in-law down the steps and broke her head, while his own mother was perfectly fine? Is there such a coincidence in the world?" Li Changshu first confirmed Xu Nong's motive, "He did it on purpose! Knowing that the mother-in-law is away, it was the mother-in-law who fell."

Jiang Zhanwen was admitted as a scholar, and his brains are not bad. Of course, he knew that Xu Nong deliberately threw his wife.

"Did he just hit his mother-in-law? No. Everyone knows that a woman's life is tied to her husband. If she marries a high-ranking official, she is a wife. Who doesn’t know that she is a noble and talented woman? When you go out on weekdays, who doesn’t give you three points? The one who shows courtesy is you, father-in-law.”

"Since brother-in-law dared to throw mother-in-law, he must have been dissatisfied with you, father-in-law. Otherwise, how dare you be so rude?" Li Changshu said.

"It's a savage in the country, and he didn't marry someone else's girl. Instead, he wanted to beat his father-in-law and mother-in-law. It is said that his father-in-law and mother-in-law are his parents-in-law, and if he is a 'father-in-law', he is also his parents. This incident is so big today. Well, half the town knows about mother-in-law being injured at brother-in-law's house, father-in-law," Li Changshu said seriously, "brother-in-law is a relative, I'm afraid it's impossible."

When Li Changshu reminded him, Jiang Zhanwen suddenly remembered that his son went to the county to recuperate.

The youngest daughter is unreliable at a young age, but the second daughter is reliable.The second daughter was not included in the plan at the beginning because the second daughter left the cabinet.

Now that such a bad thing has happened, it may not be all disasters.Misfortunes are attached to blessings!If you ask the second daughter and Li to go home, wouldn't it just be able to take care of the sick son?Anyway, the son couldn't do without her, and insisted on pressing her head from time to time.

Jiang Zhanwen nodded with a serious face: "This kiss is impossible."

Li Changshu obviously inquired about the whole family. Seeing that Jiang Zhanwen had made up his mind to let Xu Nong let his wife go, he pointed out his intentions: "The second aunt and the days after leaving, father-in-law don't have to worry too much The second aunt is an honest and handsome girl. Although she is remarried, there must be gentlemen competing for employment. From the perspective of my son-in-law, there is no need to be so anxious. Brother Yingzhou is going to see a doctor in the county? My family is in There is a courtyard with two entrances in the county, Brother Yingzhou lives in the front yard, Second Aunt lives in the back yard, housekeepers and servants are all complete..."

Jiang Zhanwen was also on the scene, so he couldn't understand the meaning of Li Changshu's words.

It’s fine to lend a house to my brother-in-law, but if you have to say that the brother-in-law lives in the front yard and the wife and sister live in the back yard, isn’t the implication obvious?The housekeeper and servants refused to withdraw, and they wanted to serve the residents in the backyard, which meant that they wanted the residents in the backyard to be "hostesses".

"If you're going to see a doctor in the county, let's talk about it." Jiang Zhanwen didn't say anything dead.

Both daughters are married to rice merchants who are about the same age as him, and it is not a good reputation to spread. However, in Jiang Erniang's situation, it is very difficult to find a husband who is better than Li Changshu in the town. It's difficult——as a concubine for my own sister, can my sister treat her badly?

Li Changshu knew that there was something to be done about this matter, and he didn't press too eagerly.Isn't this the second aunt who hasn't reconciled yet, is she still his wife?

Both Jiang Zhanwen and Li Changshu are well-known figures in the town, far from being comparable to a carpenter like Xu Nong.Jiang Zhanwen wanted his daughter to go home to take care of his son, while Li Changshu wanted to take his pretty wife and sister as his concubine. The two teamed up to put pressure on Xu Nong. An old fried dough stick threatened Xu Nong.

Jiang Zhanwen just patted the table and scolded his mother, Li Changshu slowly gave Xu Nong "advice": "Mother-in-law had an accident at your house, even though wife and mother are not biological mothers, you just pushed your mother-in-law so hard that she broke her head. Your father-in-law is going to the yamen to sue you for being disobedient and unfilial..."

Li Changshu is naturally talking nonsense.The crime of disobedience and unfilial piety only applies to the elders of the same clan, and is not binding on the son-in-law.

However, with Li Changshu and Jiang Zhanwen's contacts in the county, if Xu Nong had to be accused of murdering his mother-in-law, he could also be forcibly convicted of "disharmony" among the ten evils.It's just that Mrs. Zhang lost her head, and she never died. Most likely, Xu Nong will not be executed—it's not so easy to ignore human life these days.

Xu Nong didn't know much about the law, but he only knew that disobedience and unfilial piety were serious crimes that would kill his head if he was told the truth, so he was immediately bluffed.

Li Changshu actually brought his aides to come, and wrote a letter to release his wife on the spot, asked Xu Nong to press his fingerprints, and called a middle-aged man to be a witness.When he found out that Xu Nong and Jiang Erniang's marriage certificate had not been signed at the Yamen, Li Changshu announced that the two of them were in love, and immediately sent someone to Xu's house to move Jiang Erniang's dowry. , ready to move things for Jiang Erniang.

Jiang Youniang was anxious about the situation outside, Zhang's condition was stable and she was drowsy, so she left Zhang to Jiang Yuanniang's care, slipped into Xie Qinghe's house by herself, and wrote back letters one by one, telling Xie Qinghe and Jiang Erniang what happened in the hall.

Xie Qinghe heard the sound of the carriage escorting Xu Nong home through the window, and said: "Big brother-in-law is too concerned, right?"

Jiang Youniang was still a little girl, and when she relayed the conversation between Li Changshu and Jiang Zhanwen, she only spoke according to what she understood.She said that Li Changshu wanted to lend the yard to his wife, sister and brother-in-law, so she omitted the words about the front yard and the back yard, so Xie Qinghe didn't know Li Changshu's purpose for the time being.

Jiang Youniang said happily: "Never mind him. The second sister just reconciled!"

Jiang Erniang hesitated to speak.

She went to Li's house several times in the past half month, mainly to visit Jiang Yuanniang, and wanted to restore the relationship between the sisters.Except for the first visit, the eldest brother-in-law would meet each time in the next few times. No matter how she avoided taboos or how Jiang Yuanniang hinted, the eldest brother-in-law would not leave.

Later, Jiang Yuanniang told her not to go to Li's house if she had nothing to do.Jiang Erniang understood what the eldest sister was worried about.

She and Jiang Yuanniang had a tacit understanding about this, but it was not easy to tell her younger siblings.

"We won't live in the county anyway?" Jiang Erniang said suddenly.

Xie Qinghe saw some clues from her attitude, and comforted: "Not now. Even if we go to the county in the future, we will live in our own house. How can there be any reason to cling to brother-in-law's house?"

Jiang Erniang immediately relaxed: "Yes!"

The girl whose face was still swollen finally let go of her heart, and started to worry about other things: "I don't know how my mother is hurt."

Jiang Youniang said: "Mother fell asleep after drinking the medicine."

Jiang Erniang said again anxiously: "I didn't have any dowry at first. The eldest brother-in-law brought so many carriages to my house...to Xu's house to move the dowry. What can I bring out? It's just a joke. I'm afraid my mother-in-law will be scared. She She is a kind person, and I don't want to make her sad..."

She kept wandering around the room, talking nonsense.

At first, Jiang Youniang gave her advice and comforted her, but later she found that she was just chattering, so she stopped talking.

Jiang Erniang read for a long time before realizing that no one was paying attention to her. She turned her head to look at her siblings, and said awkwardly and anxiously: "Do I look like a crazy woman? I really shouldn't be like this..."

Xie Qinghe took out three teacups and poured three cups of tea: "Respect for freedom."

Jiang Youniang took the lead in cheering: "Congratulations to the second sister for escaping!"

"Even if I want to reconcile, I don't want my mother to break her head and be disabled." Jiang Erniang said with tears streaming down her face, "She was knocking on the door desperately, urging me to come back quickly, saying that my brother was very ill— —”

Jiang Erniang took Xie Qinghe's hand: "Yingzhou, brother, there are a thousand things wrong with mother, she is worthy of you."

Xie Qinghe knew what happened to Jiang Yingzhou.

So, no matter what Zhang did, he didn't waver at all: "Her fault is that she is too worthy of 'me'."

Drowning is like killing a child.

In the matter of drowning Jiang Yingzhou, the Zhang family contributed the most.