Jinyi Music

Chapter 36

Hearing the words, Father Xiang turned his head and gave his two sons a hard look.
"The two bastards actually brought back the fabric, why didn't they bring it to Lao Tzu?"

With his toes, he knew that the fabric was probably hidden by his two sons, and they only brought some dried fruit and candied fruit back to fool Lao Tzu!

Before Father Xiang could speak, he saw Jia Jincheng looking at the plate on the table, only to find a small plate of dried longevity fruit, with a thick skin and small flesh, at first glance he thought it was his father-in-law getting married When the leftovers were eaten, he said again,
"That's all there is on the table...how come the dried fruit and candied fruit I took earlier are missing?"

Father Xiang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but he snorted and said,

"My three sons are not as good as the eldest son-in-law. You can earn money, and you don't know how to be filial to your elders during this New Year's festival. It would be nice to have some longevity fruits!"

Jia Jincheng knew that his father-in-law was using words to burn him, but his expression remained unchanged, he nodded and said,
"The three brothers are not good enough, but at least they are my own sons. Father-in-law, don't dislike them. Let them work harder next year, and they will naturally earn more money!"

Xiang's father heard humming in his nose, but he couldn't get angry. Outside, Xiang Shi was not as stubborn as Jia Jincheng. When he got home, he was dragged into the kitchen, and was disgusted by Xiang's mother. Poke, the oil on the fat face will come out,

"Why did I give birth to such a worthless thing like you? All the money in the family is controlled by men, and you are also controlled by men. Look at your two girls, none of them are as useless as you!"

The two sisters of the Xiang family looked contemptuous when they heard the words,
"Eldest sister, you are too useless, it seems like we... hold the money in our hands, let his man go east, he dare not go west..."

The two sisters of Xiang's family were married to farmers in the suburbs of Beijing, and the family didn't have much money. The men were honest and honest, and they were allowed to rub them round and flat. They married poorly, and their family didn't have much money to squeeze. The mother just stared at Jia Jincheng, so she repeatedly put pressure on the eldest daughter, but Xiang Shi couldn't tell because of the pain in her heart.

"Fucking around and making trouble, it seems that I am the most useless!"

Xiang Shi is so domineering at home, but in front of his old mother, he is like a mouse seeing a cat. He was poked so hard that he didn't even dare to back away.

"Mom... I... I can't do anything!"

Jia Jincheng is no more honest than the two brothers-in-law, he is a man in the yamen, if he provokes him to divorce his wife in a hurry, or take the money and gamble outside, then I will not get anything?

"No way!"

Mother Xiang widened her daughter's toad eyes,
"You gave Jia Jincheng the only seedling of the Jia family. It's not a matter of raising your hand to handle him. Tell me about you...why can't you do anything?"

Xiang Shi replied,

"Mother, Jincheng is no better than his brother-in-law and the others. He knows how many copper coins he can get every year by planing food in the fields. He is a member of the yamen in Jincheng. He doesn't have much money on the surface, but the big money is private. If you don’t tell me, where can I find out?”

Jia Jincheng is an office worker, she is a woman, how dare she go in and out of the yamen, even if she dares to enter the yamen, she dare not go to that dead place!

Mother Xiang hated that iron cannot be made into steel, and pointed at the Jia sisters who were sitting in a group talking outside in the yard,

"...What is the brain used for? You can't control the outside affairs of a man, but you can always decide the affairs at home, right?"

Xiang Shi nodded,

"This...he doesn't care!"

With akimbo to the mother,
"You have given birth to so many girls, and they are raised at home to eat rice. Why don't you find someone to marry early? If there is no mouth to eat at home, the money in your hand will be saved. Jia Jincheng is a clerk in the yamen. Every month There is only a lot of salary and silver, and you only have seven to support each other, even if you pick some from your family, it is enough to feed your three brothers' family for half a month!"

Xiang Shi replied,

"Sanlian... Hasn't Sanlian already made a decision..."

"Isn't there still Silian? If you give Silian, Wulian, and Liulian three girls to settle in early, the child bride will also be successful. If you send them away, won't the house be quiet?"

Xiang Shi was somewhat unwilling,

"The girls are all married, so they can't be seen at the noodle stall, and there is no one to do the work at home!"

Xiang's mother was furious when she heard the words, and raised her hand to give her a mark.
"Look... What did I say, you are lazy, you treat yourself as the wife of an official family, and you still need maids to serve you..."

In the early years, when Xiang's children were young, it was really tiring, but now that her daughters are grown up, they don't have to work at home, and they don't have to go out early and return late at the noodle stall. They just count the copper coins every day, except for Jia Jincheng. Account, the small life is very comfortable.

Married a few older girls, set up a stall early and late, and served the father and son, wouldn't it be on my own head?

When Xiang's mother saw her faltering and faltering, she became angry, raised her hand, and slapped Xiang's face again in front of the three daughters-in-law and two daughters.

"You worthless thing, you won't promise someone first, say you are still young and wait for two years to remarry, and you will receive the bride price first..."

After a pause,

"The seventh child in your family is still young, and it's not yet time to marry a wife. The eldest brother of your brother's family should have married a long time ago. Shouldn't you be an aunt to help?"

After hearing this, Xiang remembered Jia Jincheng's gloomy face, and muttered,
"Of course I want to help, but... But where the head of the family..."

angry with his mother,

"You idiot, this man only values ​​his son, as long as you take good care of him, you can say anything!"

Mother Xiang's eyes are vicious, and she can see the eldest son-in-law's thoughts very clearly. Even though he feels sorry for his daughters, he is not as important as his son. Jia Laoqi is the only seedling in the family.

"Don't provoke him for a while, take good care of your family's business, take care of Lao Qi, and I will pay attention to you about the girls' movies!"

Although the second elder of the Xiang family is very dissatisfied with the eldest son-in-law, firstly, Jia Jincheng is from the yamen, and he is the only one in the family who can talk to the master, and secondly, Jia Jincheng has money!

Mrs. Xiang said something to her natal family and never concealed it. In the first place, Jia Jincheng got ten taels of silver from Mr. Yin, and later at the end of the year, there was a reward of silver from the Yamen, which was a total of five taels of silver. If the fifteen taels of silver were given to It can be used by the whole family for two years, and the two elders of the Xiang family are looking at the money, no matter how dissatisfied with the eldest son-in-law's stinginess, they will forcefully hold back their laughter.

Jia Jincheng just understood this point. Today, when he came to talk, he was eccentric, stabbing the old man from time to time. Seeing the change of his face, Jia Jincheng was secretly refreshed. Today, because the three sons-in-laws all came to the door, Xiang Jia No matter how stingy the second elder is, he can't pick and choose anymore. He gritted his teeth and cooked the bacon and chicken brought by Jia Jincheng. , mouth full of greasy food, Xiang Jiaer always secretly hated Jia Jincheng,
"As far as his family has a strong foundation, I don't know how to help this family. Life is so difficult. We don't see a few pieces of meat all year round. We just look at the tooth-making festival during the New Year, and let these debt collectors take advantage of it!"

Especially the seventh child of the Jia family, this kid has a deer-headed mouse eye and a sharp-mouthed monkey cheek. He looks like a wolf with green eyes grabbing meat. The chopsticks make him fly. Anyone who dares to snatch him, he will To stare at people fiercely, the second elder Xiang's chopsticks hadn't moved much when he saw that the big bowl of fat meat on the table had bottomed out, and everyone turned to pick up the dried chicken again.

The chicken is a wild pheasant, and the wild pheasant is not a domestic chicken. It is good at running and leaping in the forest, so it has less meat and more bones, and it tastes very fishy. It is not as delicious as fat meat. Chicken, the chicken bone is reluctant to spit it out after entering the mouth, and the teeth are gritted, chewing the little bit of meat in the crack of the bone,

"Crack...Cack...Crack...Crack...Crack...Cack..."

All of a sudden, it was like a gathering of rats on the table. If no one was listening, it was filled with the sound of broken bones...

The sisters of the Jia family were not welcome in the Jia family, and even more unpopular in the Xiang family. They did not dare to compete with the boys for meat, so they had to bow their heads to eat vegetables. At this time, the capital had already entered the deep winter, and fresh vegetables It's not something that people like them can afford, so the only dishes on the table are the pickles that Xiang's mother had put in the vat earlier, and the sisters ate in silence.

Pickles are also pickled with coarse salt. The coarse salt used by the people at this time was sold in shops with official salt mixed with miscellaneous things. In fact, the quality of official salt is uneven, and it is sold by adding things in shops. When the common people buy it home, they need to cook it again if they pay attention to it. Naturally, people like Xiangjia don’t bother with that. Therefore, the taste of the pickled vegetables pickled in this way can be imagined.

Fortunately, the Jia family had a very prosperous year. Except for Jia Laoqi, who seemed to never have enough to eat, and grabbed whatever he saw, the rest of the sisters had some oil in their stomachs, and they didn't fight for a bite. They took a few bites Then he put down the bowls and chopsticks, and when he saw his mother, the gloom on his face finally eased a bit.

During the New Year's Eve, the lunch at her natal home on the second day of junior high school ended with a fight between Jia Youchuan and Xiang Da's two sons, Xiang Fu and Xiang Gui. People are the treasures in the palms of the two elders of the Xiang family, and Xiang's family and Jia You are passed on in Jia's family, eating and dominating, domineering, when these three meet one place, it is like enemies meeting, they are extremely jealous, every time If you don't want to go back and fight a battle, you will be sorry for the meat you just ate!
This time this time, it was for the last piece of chicken. Jiayou Chuansheng was thin, flexible in his hands and feet, and had enough brains. He ate from the bowl and looked at the bowl on the table. There was still the last piece of chicken, but it was his eyes. Turning the chopsticks around, he suddenly stretched out his chopsticks into the bowl of fat meat, pretended to flip it over, and exclaimed in surprise,

"There's still a piece of meat!"

As soon as the two heard it, they turned their gazes fixed on the chicken. Xiang Fu was older and reacted faster. He listened in his ears and moved his hands away. Jiayou said,
"Don't steal my meat!"

(End of this chapter)