Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

In fact, over the years, Liang's father cared and cared for Zhuang Qingze's brother-in-law like his own brother, and often offered to ask Zhuang to subsidize his brother-in-law.

Probably because taking care of him became a habit, Zhuang Qingze took it for granted, and suddenly found a trace of disapproval in his brother-in-law's eyes, he was shocked, and after a few more words with Mrs. Zhuang and Mrs. Liang, he quickly proposed to leave.

Zhuang Qingze managed to maintain a smile when facing Zhuang's family and Liang's father. As soon as he left Liang's house, his face immediately collapsed. He was sure that someone would come to his door, but he was wrong.

Walking back slowly, the more Zhuang Qingze thought about it, the more something went wrong. After thinking about it, he turned around and walked back, but this time he didn't go to Liang's house, but went in another direction.

At the same time, Qu Siniu was also walking towards Qujia Village, and he planned to talk to his second elder brother, Qu Erniu.

Qu Siniu had wanted to go to Qu Erniu for a long time, but he was always busy with other things, and now he was finally free, so he immediately took the time to go there.

It’s already past the busy season of farming, and the work in the field is watering, weeding, catching insects, etc., which can be done by one person. Qu Siniu knows that he can’t go to the field to find his second brother now, so he goes around outside after entering the village. Walked in a small circle to the end of the village.

Sure enough, Qu Erniu was behind a dirt slope. He was lying with his eyes half-closed and his legs crossed basking in the sun. He was very comfortable.

Qu Siniu frowned when he saw it: "Second brother, have you gone to the mountains again?"

Qu Erniu turned his head nervously when he heard the movement, and saw that it was the fourth brother who lay down relaxed again, and replied slowly: "No."

Pointing at the fresh mud on the sole of the opponent's shoe, Qu Siniu asked again: "Did you really go?"

Qu Erniu waved his hands indifferently, but seeing Qu Siniu's serious look, he replied helplessly: "I really didn't go today, I went there two days ago, and the mud was made in the field today."

Qu Siniu put aside what he wanted to ask, and persuaded Qu Erniu: "Second brother, you are too courageous. You dare to enter the mountain alone. What if something happens to you? Make some small ornaments when you are free, and you can sell them in the town or county..."

Interrupting Qu Siniu's words, Qu Erniu patted his buttocks and stood up: "Fourth brother, why are you talking like an old woman? I know it well. If you don't go to dangerous places, you just walk around the periphery to earn money or not." Money doesn’t matter, I just like playing around with that.”

In order to prevent Qu Siniu from continuing, Qu Erniu pulled him to the small bamboo forest next to him: "Siniu, did you let your parents know when you came back?"

"No, I came back quietly." Qu Siniu shook his head.

Qu Erniu looked around: "If we have something to say, go to the back and talk about it, so as not to be seen and tell mother, it will make you feel better."

When they got behind the small bamboo forest, Qu Erniu then asked, "Si Niu, what's the matter with you coming back?"

"Do you know that Brother Yi's trouble before made my mother so angry that she insisted on lying on the bed for half a month, but she couldn't find you to vent her anger, and she made my sister-in-law so hard."

"I haven't seen you and your fourth sibling come back for so long, what's going on with you over there? My mother let it go, saying that if you come back, you will definitely make you look good."

"You say you are true. It's fine if you don't come back. At least find someone to bring a message back. I can help you talk about what happened to your mother."

Qu Erniu's words made it difficult for Qu Siniu to bring up the topic just now. He smiled apologetically, "Thank you, Second Brother."

Most of the time he was not at home, and the second brother and second brother Fulang helped him and Hui Niang a lot in family matters. Qu Siniu sincerely thanked Qu Erniu for this brother: "I have long wanted to come back and talk to you, but I have always If there is something wrong, you also know that my master and the others often say that if there is something wrong, there will be something wrong."

"Okay, I don't know you yet, so what do you want to say to me when you come back this time?" Qu Erniu squinted at his fourth brother, the more stupid this guy smiled, the more problematic he was.

After hesitating again and again, Qu Siniu asked hesitantly, "Second brother, tell me, is it possible for our family to separate?"

"Separation?" Qu Erniu frowned and said with a sneer, "If you have the ability to separate your father and mother, I will never go to the mountains again, and I will listen to you to set up a stall to sell small wooden ornaments."

It's a joke, can he bear not mentioning the separation?

Don't look at what kind of father and mother are partial to the fifth house. The five houses are like the young masters and young ladies of the landlord's family. They don't have to do anything, but the food and clothing are the best in the family. Just think about it. .

Also, the couple has never had children, and now they are often pointed and scolded by their mother. It doesn't matter if they are thick-skinned, but he doesn't want her husband to be wronged.

Although other mothers-in-law also scold their daughter-in-law and husband-in-law, it is always easy for old lady Qu to make people feel more uncomfortable when she swears.

"Ah..." Qu Siniu frowned, the metaphor of the second brother made him instantly understand how difficult this matter is.

After Mrs. Meng rejected their idea of ​​separating the family, Qu Siniu didn't give up completely. He thought that maybe his mother-in-law didn't know enough about the Qu family. Now even the second brother disagreed, and the last little flame in his heart was completely extinguished.

It's hard to say whether it's more uncomfortable or more disappointing, but it's not particularly uncomfortable, because he has long been prepared for it.

"Don't think about it, if you can separate your family, don't talk about your second brother and me, your second brother's husband has already mentioned it." Qu Erniu rubbed his chin, "Speaking of it, I guess the eldest brother is the last person who wants to separate. "

"Why?" Qu Si Niu stared. The elder brother's family did the most work and had the worst food. Even if they hadn't mentioned separation, they wouldn't say they didn't want to separate.

Qu Erniu curled his lips: "You said who did the parents follow after the separation?"

If the family is separated, the elders usually follow the long house. If they don’t choose the long house, they usually choose the child they like the most, so the Qu family is either the eldest or the fifth house.

After choosing the big house, the old couple will try their best to subsidize the fifth house. Without the help of the second house and the fourth house, it is estimated that the life of the big house will only be more difficult than it is now.

If Wufang is selected, the old couple will definitely give Wufang a lot of land on the grounds that Wufang has a large number of scholars, and then ask the eldest to help with the work. Will the eldest refuse or agree?

Another point is that Qu Erniu and Qu Siniu don't care much about the family property. He and his husband have a private house, but the big brother Qu Daniu's side probably won't work. No money, no food.

In the end, Dafang didn't have a son to inherit the incense. Qu Erniu felt that the elder brother might still want to let the children of the fourth or fifth brother throw the brazier for him in the future.

On this point, Qu Erniu and Qu Daniu have different views. He is the second child of the Qu family, and he has not been valued as much as his elder brother since he was a child.

I guess that's the case. He doesn't value children very much. He doesn't think it is necessary to have a son. He is afraid that no one will take care of him when he gets old, so he should take care of himself when he is young and save more money. That's how his master came here. It takes a few days to live comfortably.

Understand why the eldest brother is unwilling to separate the family, Qu Siniu's face is wrinkled into a ball, it is really too difficult.

Qu Erniu didn't want to say these meaningless words: "Si Niu, you just wanted to ask me about the separation when you came back?"

"The main thing is to ask this." Qu Siniu scratched his head, "Second brother, how is your family doing recently? Is there anything wrong? By the way, my brother Yi is married, what do the villagers say?"

"The family is the same. Anyway, there is no good word from your family. As for the village, there are all kinds of opinions. That day, Brother Yi came back to take away the bride price from the Liang family. Some people made irresponsible remarks. Don't worry about them. , I originally wanted to use that money to repair the house a little bit, but my mother disagreed..."

Qu Erniu picked and picked things up, and then asked, "By the way, the Meng family has no objection to this matter, brother Yi? How is brother Yi at the Liang family?"

Qu Siniu talked about their affairs again. Compared with the Qu family, the atmosphere of the Meng family and the Liang family was much better, which made both Qu Siniu and Qu Erniu feel a little emotional.

After the two brothers finished talking, it was almost time for lunch. Qu Erniu asked Qu Siniu if he wanted to go back to Qu's house. Although the fourth brother might not come back, he still asked.

Taking out a purse from his arms, Qu Siniu smiled naively: "I won't go back, I will definitely be scolded if I go back, I won't go back in a short time, this is the money I gave to my family in the past two months, please, second brother Send it back for me?"

In the past, Qu Siniu could hand in nearly one tael of silver every month, and it would be almost two taels in two months. Qu Erniu shook his purse, feeling that the amount was wrong, far exceeding the weight of two taels of silver.

Opening the purse, Qu Erniu's eyes widened: "That's all for this month? Si Niu, aren't you afraid that mother will kill you and cause trouble in Mengjia Village?"

The purse was heavy not because there was more money in it, but because the silver had turned into copper plates. Qu Erniu reckoned that there were only more than 100 coins, which was too big a gap.

Qu Siniu explained embarrassingly: "Huiniang, Xiaojiang and I have to spend money to eat and drink at Yue's house. These are leftovers in the purse after deducting the meals. Please second brother explain to my mother for me."

"Good boy, I will really make trouble for your brother." Qu Erniu stared at him, thought for a while without refusing, "Don't expect me to persuade mother, you go back and tell your mother-in-law, wait for our mother to find it. "

When he can help his elder brother and younger brother, Qu Erniu doesn't mind helping, but if he wants him to help with beatings and scolding, then forget it, he is not the kind of bad guy.

Qu Siniu knew what kind of temperament his second brother was, and it was enough for him to agree to help bring the money back, and he could hide behind when his mother had a mother-in-law.

Sure enough, when Qu Erniu went back and told Mrs. Qu that the copper coins in her purse were the wages that Qu Siniu had brought home for the past two months, Mrs. Qu was so angry that she cursed.

During this time, the Sifang family didn't come back to live in. Granny Qu didn't care about it, because she had been worrying about her eldest grandson's county examination, and spent all day trying to make delicious food for him. This was her top priority.

Now that Qu Zhicai had accompanied her eldest grandson to the county to take the county examination, she would be free, and just had time to take care of the fourth child's family.