Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 168
Luojia Village is only so big, and nothing can be hidden. Fang and the others came back last night, and everyone was asleep, so they didn't know. Now that they know, they must come to visit and gossip.It's okay for peers in the village to come and gossip, but there are some elders who they want to visit in person, such as Li Zheng's family.

Because the Yao family sued Luo Baisu back then, but thanks to the old patriarch's efforts and taking out the grandfather's will, Luo Baisu was saved. Otherwise, no one can say what the Luo family is like now.To the old patriarch's family, Luo Tian was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

They went to the grocery store in the village first, and Mrs. Lizheng was looking at the store. Seeing them coming, she hurriedly asked them to sit at home, and then called the two boys in his family to call Uncle Luo and Aunt Luo.

The grocery store was only a few steps away from Lizheng's house, and Mrs. Lizheng closed the shop and went home.

Luo Tiandu laughed and said, "As soon as we come, we will delay my aunt's business."

Mrs. Lizheng also laughed: "Whatever you say, no one comes here on weekdays. Besides, if someone wants to buy something, it's the same if you come and call me. It doesn't take much trouble."

When they got to the house, Mrs. Lizheng made tea for Fang to drink.

Lady Lizheng was busy working inside and out for a while, before she sat down, looked at Luo Mingdu and praised: "The bigger the name is, the more beautiful it is. In our Qiushui Town, I'm afraid there won't be anyone who is more beautiful than her." Pretty."

Luo Tian is very proud, his child looks good, not to mention Qiushui Town, even in a place like Shangjing where there are many beauties, Luo Mingdu is no worse than anyone else.

Lady Lizheng praised Luo Mingdu for a while, and then looked at Luo Tiandu, probably because she wanted to praise her for being beautiful, but with a sister as beautiful as Luo Mingdu as a foil, Luo Tiandu could only be called cute.

After talking for a while, Fang took out the presents she had brought, they were just small gadgets, they were all here, but they were more delicate.Everyone else is the same, only Mrs. Lizheng and Mrs. Changhui are more valuable.

For Mrs. Lizheng, besides purses, Fang also specially made a silver hairpin as a thank you for the Zheng family's care for the Luo family over the years.

Compared with the surrounding towns and villages, Luojia Village is considered wealthy, but when marrying a daughter-in-law, most of them are silver-plated tin hairpins, and a copper hairpin is already very precious, so there are very few sterling silver jewelry, and the styles are different. It's very delicate, Mrs. Lizheng has never seen such a beautiful one, knowing that it must not be cheap, she declined: "I can't accept such an expensive thing, you can keep it as a dowry for Mingdu, in a few months she will Just get married and keep it for her."

Fang said: "Everyone knows what kind of foundation our family is in. Just do our best. If we want to fight for the dowry, I'd rather keep my daughter at home and raise her for the rest of my life."

Mrs. Lizheng nodded in agreement, and declined again. Seeing Fang's determination, Luo Tiandu and Luo Mingdu also persuaded her, and she really liked it, so she accepted it.

There are two boys in Lizheng's family, and now they are old, and she is worried that she has no money to buy a dowry gift. This silver hairpin is exquisitely made and can be added on it.

After a while, Second Aunt Luo came, followed by a bunch of younger daughters-in-law, younger daughters-in-law and older daughter-in-laws, who came in together happily. Fortunately, the yard of Lizheng's house is big enough, otherwise these ten people would not even have a place to squat. go.

Mrs. Fang then opened the presents and asked them to choose them by themselves. They were just some common small things like silk flower handkerchiefs and purses. Got rich."

"No, otherwise Fifth Sister-in-Law wouldn't be able to wear such good clothes. Look, the material, the pattern, and the embroiderer, in our Qiushui Town, might cost a dozen or twenty dollars."

"It's better to be an official. It's really different when you become an official. Think about what life the fifth sister-in-law lived in the past, and look at her current body, tsk! tsk! tsk!" A young daughter-in-law fell in love with Fang's dress I looked at and touched the clothes I was wearing, and looked very envious. I secretly regretted why I didn't choose a scholar to marry. Maybe I can be an official wife like Fang now. Wearing silk and satin.

"Where is it, it's just living a life." Fang's vanity was also satisfied a little, and she was very happy.

He came back in the middle of the house, thinking he wanted to get something, and saw that the house was full of women, but they didn't enter the door, and went to his brother's house next door.

"By the way, did you go back there?" Mrs. Lizheng asked again.

Knowing that she was referring to Yao's side, Fang said, "I had lunch over there, and then I came here after you."

Madam Lizheng sighed, and persuaded: "It was she who made a mistake back then, and now that your life is getting better, don't worry about it, just live a good life."

Mrs. Fang said: "She is an elder, no matter what she does, we will have to bear it. How can we say anything else? Besides, this time I came back, I gave everyone a drink, and I'm going back to Beijing again. His father is alone in Beijing, he doesn't even have a cook."

So the Detachment of Women turned the topic to Luo Mingdu's marriage again.

Luo Mingdu married the Qi family, and that is a well-known rich family in Qiushui Town, not just an ordinary small landlord. They are a country gentry with a real family background. No, how can they be like them, but they still have to guard a few acres of fields to live.

The daughters-in-law couldn't help muttering again.

You said, the same people, how can there be such a big difference?Look at Mrs. Fang, she used to be just like them, an illiterate country girl who didn't even have a son. Not only was she not divorced, but her husband became an official and her daughter married a good man. So lucky!
It is said that one woman is equivalent to five hundred ducks, and there are a dozen or so large, medium and small daughters-in-law in this yard, which add up to thousands of ducks. It wasn't particularly prosperous. Did the people there wear beautiful clothes and sit in sedan chairs without going to the ground? Someone asked Fang if he had seen the emperor in Shangjing.

Fang's mouth was stupid, she said some things, and Luo Tiandu answered the rest.

When Luo Tiandu said that Shangjing is the same as Qiushui Town, there are rich people and poor people, and of course there are more poor people, everyone sighed for a while.As for the emperor, of course they didn't see each other, let alone the emperor, they had never even been to the imperial city, but they did go to the Xiling government office, but it was not a pleasant experience.

Reciprocity, Luo Tian talked about what he had seen and heard in the capital, which satisfied their curiosity. These wives also told what happened in the village over the past year. It was nothing more than someone married a new wife. She's pretty, and the dowry is pretty big, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't get along with each other.

But Luo Tian found out that among the daughter-in-laws who came here, those who had children were all sent to Luo Baihan to learn Chinese characters, but they were not sent. Seeing Fang's coming back in such a wealthy way, he would probably try to persuade the family eagerly. Men let children learn to read and write.

Six or seven-year-old children can't do any serious work if they stay at home. Adults can do the job easily. It's better to let the children read some books and understand the truth. If they can be like Luo Dalang in the future, There is a future, and the whole family will enjoy the blessings.

Among them, Chang Hui Niang has the most say.Xiao Changhui has been sent to the school in the town to study for several years now, and he is still doing well. Next year, his husband will recommend him to take the entrance examination for children.Everyone in the village said that besides the old patriarch and brothers Luo Baisu, Luojia Village might produce another scholar.

Speaking of Changhui, Changhui's mother is still very proud, but she still has to be modest: "This is something that can't be helped. It's not like you don't know that Changhui's health is not very good. In the future, the bowl of rice in the field will be eaten by him." Fearing that he won’t be able to eat, his father and I have no choice, so we raised money to send him to school, we don’t expect him to be a scholar, but if he can read some words, no matter where he goes to work in the future, he can relax and earn a living.”

In the outside world, there is still a difference in treatment between those who are literate and those who are not literate.Changhui Niang has already made up her mind, if Changhui can study, it's fine, if not, she will ask someone to find an errand for Changhui, so that he will not be trapped in this village like herself.

Everyone praised Changhui Niang for her vision.

Changhui Niang said: "Where is our vision? Speaking of it, I have to thank Fifth Brother. In those years, Fifth Brother did not dislike him. He took Changhui to read. If Fifth Brother is not here, it is Xiaodu who has the ability to read and write." Yes, it's a pity that Xiaodu is not a boy, otherwise, it is not impossible for Xiaodu to study hard and become a Jinshi."

Everyone turned their eyes to Luo Tiandu again. After a closer look, although he was not as beautiful as Luo Ming, he was also white and tender and very cute. Someone would inevitably ask, Luo Tiandu is also old. .

Luo Tian frowned.She wanted to say, I am only 14 years old! 14 years old!Don't ask others so early.

It also gave Fang a headache to mention this. In the past, the child had a bad reputation in the village, but now in Shangjing, the reputation of being fierce is even more resounding. No one would want to get married.Of course she couldn't explain clearly that Luo Tiandu had a bad temper, and no one in Shangjing wanted to get married, so she just said: "I only have two children, and Mingdu is going to get married soon, so I want to keep Xiaodu for two more years. Otherwise, they will all go out, and her father and I are both boring.!"

Some people echoed: "That's right, marrying a daughter is not like taking a daughter-in-law. If you want to marry a daughter into someone else's family, you must be picky. You must see the person clearly. You must inquire about the eight generations of ancestors before you can marry. It looks good on the surface, but it is bitter in my heart!"

Luo Tian was surprised when he heard it: "What's the matter, sister-in-law?"

She remembered that Luo Baining married into Huaxi Mansion, that family was still a small landowner, Yao family and old man Luo were both very fond of it, it seemed that there was something inside.

The daughter-in-law asked strangely: "Did you not fall into your sister-in-law's house when you came back from Beijing?"

"We came back with a caravan. After entering Huaxi Mansion, we came back directly without going to Sister-in-law's house." Luo Tiandu asked again, "What's wrong with Sister-in-law?"

Seeing that Fang didn't know about this, those daughters-in-law talked about it in a hurry.

The family Luo Baining married into did have a lot of money, the man was good-looking, he was solid, he was steady and reliable, he was good in every way, but there was one thing, he was not allowed to drink alcohol, once he touched alcohol, he added a problem of beating others, It doesn't matter who you are, even his own mother and father, you can still hit me.

Luo Baining was fine for the first two years of her marriage. There was a maid at home, and her in-laws were reasonable. The man also restrained himself for the first two years and never drank alcohol. After getting married for a long time, he became a little slack and took care of his family's wealth. , I often exchanged favors with people, and after going out to drink a few times, it was like letting go of the gate, and I often wanted to drink, and beat people when I was drunk.Luo Baining couldn't bear it later, and ran back to her mother's house to complain to old man Luo and Yao Shi, but what's the use of crying?I'm married, and I can't just reconcile with my husband's family because of this, so I can only grit my teeth and endure it.

"What about my little sister?"

"Of course I went back."

"Go back?" Luo Tian didn't understand.

"Otherwise, what else can we do? If you are married, you are a member of your husband's family. You have to rely on yourself to live a good life. If you don't want to be beaten by a man, you have to control the man not to drink." No, but it's more of a joke that Luo Baining can't control the man's drinking anymore.Besides, apart from drinking badly, that man has no other problems. He can make money if he is capable, and his in-laws are kind. Such a family of in-laws is something no one else can ask for.

Luo Tian stopped talking.

That's right, there is no such thing as domestic violence in this era. If two husbands and wives quarrel, the one who is on the side of the law must be the man. If both parties are at fault, it is the woman who will be punished the most. , a woman will be in prison for a few days, who told you, as a wife, to sue your husband?
This is the reality of this age.

(End of this chapter)