Lucky husband

Mrs. Li finished the two important things that she was going to talk about today, and then told Bai Xiuhe lightly: The two sisters-in-law and daughter-in-law are pregnant, and the family will cook an egg for each of them every day to make up for their health.

This arrangement was impartial. Qian Xinghua opened her mouth and said nothing in the end. As long as she didn't make a fuss, the family wouldn't be arguing about what Old Madam Li said.

After Mrs. Li had finished what she wanted to say, the old man Li opened his mouth: spring plowing has ended, and there is not much work in the field now, and he can almost do the work of watering and weeding alone. Li Chengzhi and Li Chengli Go to the county town as often as you can to see if you can find any work to do.

Old man Li didn't talk much, and he finished his instructions in a few sentences. This family meeting ended with the satisfaction of most people.

Qian Xinghua went back to the house and lay down to rest, waiting for lunch, and when she was about to fall asleep, a flash of thought in her mind made her sit up: "If you hand over half of your income, what will Sanfang do?" ?”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. Qian Xinghua always felt that her mother-in-law was partial to the third bedroom. According to what she said in the morning, in the future, as long as the males in the family are interested in studying, they can be sent to the school. A little brother, I don’t know if the baby in the stomach of the third sibling is a son. If not, there will be no children in the third room to send to study, not to mention that there are fewer people in the third room, and the dowry is also less. Nowhere has it been taken advantage of.

In contrast, the third brother can take home three taels of silver every month, even if he was given another three hundred taels of silver to spend in the county, he can still have two taels of silver and seven hundred taels of silver left over.

After all, Sanfang gave a lot of money to the family, but few got it in the end. How can mother-in-law see Sanfang suffer so much?

Qian Xinghua wandered around the room, she felt that her mother-in-law probably meant that the third brother only had to hand over half of the monthly money to the grandfather!

That's one tael and a half of silver!That's a lot in one month!

It would take her family Li Chengli to go out to do part-time jobs for a full sixty days, and she would only get one or two half of the money in the end, but there are so many part-time jobs reserved for others, it is considered good to find part-time jobs for ten days a month .

"Ouch, ouch..." Qian Xinghua's heart ached when she thought that the new rules set by her mother-in-law would make the third sibling have so much money.

When Li Mingchun went into the house to get something, she heard voices from her parents' room, she walked over and knocked on the door: "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"You damn girl, your mother is about to die, you're going to die, you still ask! If you kill you, you lose money, you don't work for food, and in the future, my mother will subsidize you with a dowry to marry you off... ..." Qian Xinghua was so angry that her heart ached, her daughter came up to relieve her, opened the door and pinched Li Mingchun hard, cursing in a low voice.

"Mother, mother..." Qian Xinghua was pregnant, and Li Mingchun didn't dare to make any big moves. She didn't even dare to run when she was pulled.

Outside, Li Mingxia heard the commotion inside, and she hurried to the main room: "Grandma, my mother said she is not feeling well, you should go and have a look!"

Li Mingxia was so anxious that she was about to cry, she should have stopped the second sister from going to her mother just now.

"I'll go right away." Mrs. Li hated Qian Xinghua very much, but the grandson of old Li's family was still in her belly, so she couldn't ignore it.

As soon as he walked over, the sound of beating, scolding and crying came out, and the old lady Li's face turned black instantly, and she slammed open the door to the right compartment: "What are you doing, Mrs. Qian, you are so majestic, dare to fight My granddaughter of the Li family!"

Qian Xinghua was angry with Mrs. Li in her heart, and she was not afraid at all with her flat belly: "Mother, this ignorant child bumped into my stomach just now, I'm teaching her so that she won't get married later. I don't understand."

What kind of temperament is Li Mingchun? The old lady Li has a clear mind. She said that Li Mingcai almost hit someone when she went on a rampage. She believed that it was impossible for that girl Li Mingchun.

But seeing Li Mingchun huddling aside, wiping tears and not talking, she is not very good at being a grandma, and she can't get past her parents to discipline her children, so she just said: "Chun girl, if you are wronged, just say it. There are still people who want to listen to what my old woman says."

"Mother, I am Miss Chun's mother. I can't bear any grievances I can give her. Mother, it's fine if you don't like me, and you will accuse me of crimes. If such words are spread, how will others think of me!" Qian Xinghua He yelled out aggrievedly, and when he heard this without knowing it, he really thought how old lady Li had bullied her.

Mrs. Li folded her arms around her chest, looked Qian Xinghua up and down, and said calmly, "You know it in your heart, don't just rely on your pregnancy to make things happen, or we'll wait until you give birth." Take your time to settle the score, anyway, old lady, my bones are still strong."

"Mother..." Qian Xinghua's expression became stiff.

Ignoring Qian Xinghua, Granny Li called the two children away, so that Qian Xinghua would not get angry with them again: "Chun girl, you go to the kitchen to help cook, Xia girl, come with me."

In fact, Mrs. Li really can't figure it out. Their Li family is not short of food and clothing now, and it's no problem to raise two girls who don't eat much and work well. She, as a grandmother, doesn't dislike the girl. Why the hell is she rushing to scold her own flesh and blood.

The second room is a messy account, and it is impossible to clear it up with Qian Xinghua, a shit-stirring stick. Mrs. Li took Liming Xia away because she had something to say to her: "Xia girl, tell grandma, did you listen to me just now?" Did you come to look for milk when your mother hits the spring?"

Li Mingxia lowered her head, picked two fingers at each other, and rubbed her toes uneasily: "Grandma..."

Mrs. Li patted Li Mingxia on the back lightly: "Straighten your back. The Li family members should hold their chests up and look up when they go out. Let me ask you, did you come to me just now because your mother was beating your sister?" ?”

Mrs. Li went to find Limingxia alone because she felt that the child was quite smart and hadn't been raised by Qian Xinghua to be weird, unlike Limingchun who was 11 years old and always bowed his head when he went out, ashamed to see others look like.

Li Mingxia was forced to raise her head, she saw a hint of encouragement in the always stern expression of Old Madam Li, she took a deep breath: "Grandma, I just heard mother shouting that she was uncomfortable in the room, but, but I dare not go over .”

"Later, Second Sister went in. I heard Mother scolding Second Sister, and Second Sister started crying, so I ran to you. I don't know if Mother beat Second Sister. I was afraid."

Granny Li looked at the little granddaughter whom she hadn't paid much attention to standing in front of her with a look of crying or not, and her heart softened suddenly: "Girl Xia, what are you afraid of? You are the granddaughter of the old Li family. If she, Qian Xinghua, dares to beat you or your second sister again, you will come to find a baby."

"Grandma." Hearing such words from Nai's mouth for the first time, Li Mingxia couldn't hold back and threw herself into her arms.

From childhood to adulthood, Li Mingxia envied two people the most. One was Brother Jin who was held in the palms of the third aunt and third uncle. The third aunt was good-looking and gentle, and she always spoke softly to her. But why I am not the third aunt's child, and the other is the seventh sister of the uncle's family, because the uncle never beats and scolds the seventh sister, and the seventh sister is protected by two older brothers, so she will not be bullied.

Later, she gradually stopped thinking about those things. Although her mother didn't love her, she had a father and a second sister. When her father went out to work as a short-term laborer, he would think about her and bring her back beautiful small stones or small straw animals. The second mother arranged the work and the second sister rushed to help her in front, so as not to make her tired.

Granny Li looked at her little granddaughter who was sobbing in her arms, and sighed, gently stroking her thin-haired head with rough palms.

At this time, Li Mingjin was poking around at the door of the main room, and was caught by Mrs. Li.

"Grandma, what's wrong with Fourth Sister?" Li Mingjin stood up from behind the door generously. He stretched his neck to look in, wondering if Fourth Sister was injured when she was crying in Granny Li's arms.

"Brother Jin, come here." Granny Li beckoned to him. Among the grandchildren, apart from the children of Dafang, it was Li Mingjin who Granny Li had contact with the most on weekdays. She remembered Brother Jin She has a good relationship with Xia Yatou.

Li Mingjin entered the room only after getting Granny Li's consent, Li Mingxia wiped her face with her sleeve, and got up from Granny Li's arms.

"Brother Jin, I'm fine, it's just that dust got into my eyes when I was sweeping the floor just now." Li Mingxia's eyes were red, and she spoke with a strong nasal voice.

Li Mingjin believed it was true: "Fourth sister, you sweep the floor and sprinkle some water on the floor in the future, it will not be easy to sweep up the dust."

In the past, Li Mingjin saw that his mother would sprinkle a little water on the ground before sweeping the floor. He didn't understand why, so he asked a few words. Later, he also sprinkled a little water in advance when sweeping the floor.

"I remember." Li Mingxia nodded, Qian Xinghua didn't know how to teach her, and she and her second sister had to figure out the job.

Seeing her granddaughter and grandson seriously discussing how to sweep the floor, Mrs. Li pushed them both out: "Okay, you two go out and play, the housework doesn't need you guys who are not as tall as your legs to do."

Li Mingjin happily dragged Liming Xia away. He came here because he found a good place with a lot of small bugs. He could catch them and feed them to the chickens raised by his aunt, so that the hens could lay more eggs for his mother to eat.

In the room on the right side, Qian Xinghua, who always felt that Mrs. Li had different plans, thought and thought, got up and walked out with an empty basket. She went in the direction of the busiest pagoda tree in the center of the village.The two little guys who were going to catch bugs happened to see her back when they went out.

Li Mingjin asked strangely: "Fourth sister, I heard that the second aunt also has a little brother in her stomach, why did she go out? Grandpa Xing said that she just had a little brother and needs to rest more. My mother doesn't go out every day now. .”

"I don't know." Li Mingxia shook her head, now that the second sister is helping the uncle's mother in the kitchen, how would she know why her mother left?

Li Mingjin didn't like his second aunt who was always looking at him critically, so he pouted and pulled Li Mingxia to go in another direction. It was almost lunch time, and they had to go back quickly.