After the big fool gets married

"Ask your precious grandson!" Sun Guihua said.

Wu Wenxiang himself is useless and failed the county test. Instead of scolding him, Mrs. Wu implicated a bunch of innocent people. I really don't know how the old lady has such a brain.

"God doesn't have eyes! Don't have eyes!" Mrs. Wu shouted loudly.

Seeing that it was about to turn into a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war where they cried, made trouble, and hanged themselves, Wu Sancheng could only step forward to hold the old lady back. He also hoped to ask for money from the big house and the second house, so he couldn't make it too stiff.

Wu Sancheng signaled his daughter-in-law Xue to help the old lady, and said to Wu Dacheng: "Brother, it's not good for the family to make trouble like this. The old lady is old, and a son should follow her. Eight hundred Wen is right. Not much for you."

"Why is it not much? Eight hundred Wen is enough for me to spend a year!" Sun Guihua jumped out again, pointing at Wu Sancheng's nose and yelling, "A big man doesn't make money by himself, and every day he asks the old lady to search our house. , you still have to be shameless!"

Wu Sancheng clenched his fists. In order to get the money, he endured the anger, "I don't know as much as a woman like you!"

He dragged Wu Dacheng into the house, "Brother, let's discuss elsewhere."

Wu Dajian didn't move, and said, "Let's talk here."

Sun Guihua smiled triumphantly, looking at Wu Sancheng with contempt in her eyes.

Xiao Xue came over softly and persuaded: "Uncle, Aunt, my father-in-law and mother-in-law also came here to honor the old lady."

"And—" her tears flowed down, "I'm pregnant again, next year our Wu family will have another grandchild. If you are pregnant, you will not be able to work, and your food will be more expensive—"

Wu Sancheng said: "Nowadays in our Wu family, Wen Tao is not yet married, Wu Xuan, oh no, it should be Wen Xuan, and Wen Xuan has married a male daughter-in-law. The burden of extending the heirs falls on Sanfang. .Shouldn't you two be helping me?"

When he was speaking, his eyes focused on Wu Xuan and Doudou, which was quite meaningful.

Wu Xuan looked at him blankly, while Doudou stared back fiercely.

Wu Dacheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "If there is something wrong with the third house, we can help in a moderate way. But one tael or six dollars a month is too much."

Wu Sancheng knew that Wu Dacheng was softening his heart, as long as his heart softened, everything would be negotiable.He persisted and said: "Brother, we are all a family, and we should help each other—"

Sun Guihua interrupted him directly, "We have always helped Sanfang, when did your Sanfang help my house?"

Wu Dacheng pressed Sun Guihua's arm and said, "Stop talking."

Sun Guihua looked at Wu Dacheng in disbelief, and said angrily: "Wu Dacheng, what do you mean? The three-bedroom family is a bottomless pit, and you will never be able to fill it up for the rest of your life!"

Wu Dacheng patted Sun Guihua's arm lightly twice, signaling her to be calm and calm.Then he looked directly at Wu Dacheng with a serious face, and said: "My third son, one tael or six coins is too much, and we will give you eight hundred coins at most. If you agree, you can take it. If you don't agree, let's go to the Yamen for arbitration."

Wu Sancheng said: "Well, brother, you are Li Zheng, everyone in the yamen knows you." Go to arbitration, everyone in the yamen must be facing you.

Wu Dacheng said: "I won't show up, let your sister-in-law go."

"Okay!" Sun Guihua responded readily, and very much supported Wu Dacheng's decision. She had long wanted to file a lawsuit with the Sanfang family. "We will do whatever the yamen judges at that time!"

"Brother and sister-in-law, the family matters are settled at home, let's discuss it later." Seeing Wu Dacheng and his wife's tough attitude, Wu Sancheng was discouraged.

"My one-month salary is only two taels of silver. Wen Tao is still studying, so I spend a lot of money." Wu Dacheng sighed, "It's not easy for anyone!"

"Big Brother." In Wu Sancheng's eyes, Big Brother has always been an image of being indomitable and able to accomplish anything. He has never seen Wu Dacheng look so depressed.The only trace of conscience in Wu Sancheng's heart prickled.

Wu Dacheng said again: "I can give you [-] Wen, but you need to sign a contract. From now on, the eldest house will only be responsible for paying the money, and the third house will be responsible for supporting the old-age wife. The two sides are completely separated. You don't have to move around."

"Brother, you don't want to recognize my younger brother?" Wu Sancheng said.

"If you still follow the previous five hundred texts, then you are still my third brother. If you accept the eight hundred texts, then you will have less contact with each other in the future." Wu Dacheng closed his eyes and made up his mind: "You choose .”

-

Wu Sancheng and his family left with [-] Wen and a contract.After the arrangement is made, Wu Wenxiang will come to collect the money on the tenth day of every month.

Sun Guihua wanted to make a fuss, but seeing Wu Dacheng's tired face, she swallowed all the blame again.

Wu Dacheng said: "Boy Xuan, Doudou, you two should go home first, and come to Uncle's house for dinner in a few days. Osmanthus, you send them off."

Sun Guihua responded, and silently led Wu Xuan Doudou out.She didn't start complaining until she was sure that Wu Dacheng couldn't hear her when she was out of the gate: "Your uncle is a bad person, and he always suffers from himself. Every day, he thought about this younger brother and that younger brother, and helped one after another. As a result, It’s not even a little better!”

Wu Xuan took out five taels of silver from his purse and handed it to his aunt, "This is the money we paid for this year, you can take it first."

"This money—" Sun Guihua was still hesitant when he saw the silver, "Your uncle said that you are a junior and won't let you pay."

When signing the contract just now, Wu Dacheng specially emphasized it.Wu Xuan was the only junior left in the second room, so he didn't need to contribute any money, and he alone paid for the eight hundred wen alimony.Sun Guihua was extremely dissatisfied with this decision, so she stabbed Wu Xuan just now.

"I helped one after another, there must be someone with a conscience!" Wu Xuan teased.

Sun Guihua blushed in a rare way, feeling a little embarrassed, "Look at what you said, my aunt was also quick-mouthed for a while, and it wasn't aimed at you, my nephew."

Wu Xuan smiled, "Auntie, please go back and comfort uncle, we will go back first."

"Don't worry, your uncle is kind-hearted, arrange some work for him, and forget all these messy things in a while!" Sun Guihua held the money and waved to them.

-

When the two returned home, Wu Xuan dug out a box of rubies from the bedside table and flicked stones on the table.

Beeping, a ruby ​​fell to the ground.Wu Xuan sighed, "Is it worth it for my brother to make such a fuss for [-] Wen?"

Doudou picked up the stones on the ground and threw them towards Wu Xuan, "Brother Xuan, you are throwing around again!"

Wu Xuan stretched out his big hand, grabbed the stone in his hand, and argued: "I didn't do it on purpose, it was too round and rolled down by itself."

"I don't believe you." Doudou sat down on the chair angrily.

Wu Xuan tapped lightly on the table, "Doudou, tell me, will uncle be very sad?"

"It must be heartbreaking! My younger brother didn't even recognize my elder brother for [-] Wen!" Doudou said angrily, "Just like Brother Xuan, if one day you don't want me because of something, I will definitely be sad to death. "

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could I not want you!" Wu Xuan threw small stones at him.

Doudou caught the pebble and threw it back, "That's not sure, in case there is something more important than me." For example, Zi Si.

-

At the end of March, the yamen posted a notice that the government trial was scheduled for April [-]th.

In mid-April, examinees from various counties under the jurisdiction of Zhenxing Prefecture set off for the prefecture one after another.

Dingshan County is not far from Zhenxing Mansion, and it can be reached in one day on a fast horse.

Wu Xuan set off on April [-]th, first went to the county town to meet Wu Wentao, and then went to Fucheng together with the students of Zhiyuan Academy in a bullock cart.

The bullock cart walked slowly, and the warm afternoon sun shone on Wu Xuan.He was drowsy from the sun, thinking in a daze, and didn't know what Doudou was doing now.

Doudou is at Aunt Tian's house, making shoes with Aunt Tian, ​​mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Aunt Tian was so strong that she helped Doudou to make the soles of her shoes. Doudou was clever and drew a beautiful upper for her.

Liu Zhaodi also picked out a beautiful pattern and stretched it on the embroidery frame. She asked Doudou, "Why don't you go to Fucheng with Brother Datang?"

She and Wu Wenshou were newly married, and they liked to stick together the most, and they often ran oxcarts with Wu Wenshou to deliver goods.If Wu Wenshou went out suddenly for more than half a month, she couldn't stand it.

"Yes, why don't I go with Brother Xuan?" Doudou also asked herself.Brother Xuan has only been away for a day, and he has already lived like a year.

"Pfft!" Aunt Tian and Liu Zhaodi laughed together.

"Why don't you chase after him now?" Aunt Tian teased him.

Doudou shook her head, "I'll wait for him at home." Brother Xuan took him out and took care of him everywhere, in case he had an accident, it was too tiring.He'd better stay at home obediently and save Brother Xuan some snacks.

When Doudou wakes up every morning, she habitually writes two large-character articles first.After finishing writing, he subconsciously wanted to show it to Wu Xuan for inspection, but when he turned around, he was the only one in the empty study.

The government exam starts on April [-]th, and there are three exams in a row. The first two exams take one day each, and the third exam takes two days.Doudou counted on her fingers for a long time, no matter how many times she counted, it would take another month for Brother Xuan to come back.

He stared at the big characters on the table, stared blankly for a while, got up and circled around the bookshelf several times, finally took out a book and started to copy.

The big characters "Chunwang Zhengyue in the first year" appeared on the paper, which was one of the five classics he hated most before - "Spring and Autumn".

Aunt Tian and Liu Zhaodi make tofu twice a day, once in the morning and once at noon, and wait for Wu Wenshou to go out in the afternoon, so they can be free to do needlework.Doudou also visits Aunt Tian's house at this time every day.

In the morning, I read and practice calligraphy, and in the afternoon I make shoes and clothes.

The days passed day by day, and it was the tenth day of May in a blink of an eye.

This day was the day to go to the market in the north of Wujia Village, the day when Lizheng went to the county government office to report every month, and it was also the No. 20 five days when Wu Xuan left home.

Doudou accompanied Aunt Tian to the market to buy vegetables.Brother Xuan wasn't at home, and he wasn't interested in shopping. He just wandered around boredly, glancing at the road from time to time.

It was almost noon at this time, and the people who went to the county to do business and buy things hadn't rushed back, and there were no bullock carts coming to the village on the road.

Therefore, when an ox cart appears far away, it is very conspicuous.