There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 193 Asking for Ideas (Part [-])
Xiang Erbao was also angry with himself, regretting that Niu'er should not be taken away by Niu Erniang.

Being scolded by his mother, he lowered his head and sighed.

At this time, Li Jiaoniang came over with a dustpan covered with a plate.

It contained some shrimp and loach.

The prawns are alive and jumping constantly.

She took a plate and covered it to prevent it from jumping out.

"What's the matter, you mother and son, why are you so cold-faced and staring at each other so early in the morning?" She looked at Xiang Erbao, then at the eldest lady.

"Is it Jiaoniang?" Mrs. Xiang forced a smile.

"Erbao, take it." Li Jiaoniang handed the dustpan to Erbao, "There are a lot of fish and shrimp in the ditch at home. Brother Luo Cheng and I can't finish it, so I'll bring you some."

"Hey, let's sell it in the market. We have vegetables at home." Mrs. Xiang smiled and waved her hands.

"It's only half a bucket, so it's not worth going to the market at all." Li Jiaoniang laughed.

He walked over to Erbao and took it in his hand, "Thank you, Sister Jiao Niang."

"Brother Luo Cheng and I usually take your food. What is this shrimp? You don't have to thank me." Li Jiaoniang smiled and waved her hands.

Xiang Erbao took the shrimp and loach into the kitchen and poured them into a small bucket filled with water. The shrimp and loach immediately became active.

There are six or seven loaches and a lot of shrimp, which can fit a large bowl.

In the main room, Li Jiaoniang was asking Mrs. Xiang, "What's the matter, Mrs.?"

"Hey, Erbao's dead child..." Mrs. Xiang gritted her teeth, bitterly talking about what happened just now, "That unreasonable Niu Erjia..."

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "It turned out to be a matter for the cow. Auntie, Erbao didn't do it on purpose."

Mrs. Xiang snorted angrily, "It's not that we are stingy, in fact, we also borrowed it. In order to borrow cattle, we went to Xiang's house every day, said a lot of good things, and begged Xiang's family to borrow us for these two days." Use it. Who knows this damn child..." She gritted her teeth angrily, "I hope that the field will be plowed well, so that I can plant some mung beans and soybeans. If we wait another half a month to plow the land, when the seeds germinate, all the seeds will be planted. It's autumn, and the growth will not be good."

The open space in Xiang's house was originally planted with sesame seeds. After the sesame seeds were harvested, he asked the eldest lady to plant autumn soybeans.It is perfect for planting green beans in early summer and harvesting green beans around Mid-Autumn Festival.

If we had to wait another half a month, Aomame would be planting beans in September, and the weather was already cold in September, so the yield would be low.

No wonder Mrs. Xiang stopped scolding Erbao.

Besides, cows are more expensive than horses in the countryside.

People who couldn't afford a cow borrowed it from someone who had a cow, and rented a cow for a day, not to mention the fact that the cow was full of fodder, and they had to pay a certain amount of money.

It costs fifty Wen to rent a cow for a day.

The Niu'er rented by Xiang's family was snatched away by Niu Erniang. It's no wonder that Mrs. Xiang is not angry.

"Use my horse." Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, "The horse is not as strong as the cow, but it's better than nothing."

He waved his hands repeatedly to the eldest lady, "I just heard from Luo Cheng that you bought a shop in the village market, and you have to rush to the market every day to clean up the shop. Horses are your feet, and you gave them to my family. How are you going to the market today?"

"There are still donkeys, and they don't pull goods. The donkeys are not slow when they run." Li Jiaoniang smiled, "Okay, I'll go home and bring the horses."

At this time Xiang Erbao walked into the main room and returned the empty dustpan to Li Jiaoniang.

Li Jiaoniang took it, waved her hand, and went home.

Mrs. Xiang reached out and poked her second son's forehead, "Fortunately, Luo Cheng's family has horses, otherwise, our beans will go to the ground, and they will be white if they are planted in the wrong season. You, you, go to the Niujia's field now, urging His family will soon return the cattle."

Xiang Erbao didn't dare to go, and sighed, "Mother, I... I don't dare to go."

Mrs. Xiang was so angry that she put her hands on her hips, "The second wife Niu is not a tiger, so she will eat you?"

"No, it's..." Xiang Erbao muttered, feeling irritable and speechless.

Mrs. Xiang was so angry that she wanted to beat her younger son. If her son is so afraid of Niu Er's wife, don't provoke the girl from Niu's family.

"What is it?" She was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood.

"She asked me, when...when will I come to propose marriage." Xiang Erbao lowered his head, and spoke for a long time.

"Oh, this shameless mother-in-law, is she relying on our family? I'm so mad." Xiang Da Niang scolded Niu Er Niang for being shameless, and scolded her son for being a waste.

Xiang Erbao was afraid of being scolded, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to the Niu's house to ask about Niu'er.

The eldest daughter-in-law in the west room heard the commotion here, and came with her son in her arms, "Mother, don't be angry, it's not worth it. I have an idea, mother, listen and see if it works."

Madam Xiang took a deep breath, "What's your idea? Tell me quickly."

"Mother, go ask Jiaoniang, she must have a solution."

"Ask Jiao Niang?" Blinking at the eldest lady, "What can she do?"

Xiang Dabao's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Didn't mother pay attention? Jiaoniang is a talkative person, and she has always had a lot of ideas. Moreover, she has a good relationship with the Niu family. It is the most appropriate to ask her to be a middleman." .”

Mrs. Xiang thought for a while, "It's fine." She snorted again, "I originally thought that if we don't tell the story of the Niu family, everyone will save some face and ask them to quit. But today the second wife of Niu is shameless. If you want to snatch our cow, then I don’t care about her face? They are women, and they don’t care about their own daughter’s face. They come to force marriage, why should I care about them?"

Mrs. Xiang told Li Jiaoniang about Niu'er just now, she only said that Niu's second daughter-in-law took the cow, but she didn't say the reason.

Now she plans to talk to Li Jiaoniang and ask Li Jiaoniang for her opinion.

"I'll come as soon as I go. When your father and Dabao come back, tell them to go to the field first, and I will arrive later. Niu'er was taken away by the Niu's family. Let's use Luo Cheng's horse first." He took off his apron to the eldest lady, waved to the eldest daughter-in-law, and went to Li Jiao's mother's house.

……

Li Jiaoniang went home and told Luo Cheng that she would borrow the horse for a day, then she went to untie the horse, and just after leading the horse, Mrs. Xiang came.

"Young lady."

Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, "Ma'am, I'm about to lead her over here."

Said to the eldest lady, "I'm not here to ask about horses, I have other things to ask you."

Seeing her solemn expression, Li Jiaoniang hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, ma'am?"

Sighed to the eldest lady, "Isn't it because of Erbao?" She ran Niu Erniang to the door and told Li Jiaoniang about the forced marriage, "Jiaoniang, I am not a big girl who dislikes Niu Er. I despise those couples. Fifty crowns of dowry is still a small matter. The important thing is that the second wife of the cow is annoying. Look, I robbed the cow today, and I might grab what tomorrow. Such an in-law, our family dare not Knot."

Li Jiaoniang sighed in her heart, how dare the Niu family do such a forced marriage?

They are women!

I'm not afraid of being scolded by the villagers. What bad things did my daughter do to get married?

Fortunately, it is the Xiang family who is responsible. If it were another family, the whole village would probably know about her reputation as a bad girl.

And the fifty strings of betrothal gift is indeed not a small number.

She heard from people in the village that for ordinary families in Jinshan Village, the bride price is usually ten guan.

Poorer families even only pay seven or eight dollars.

If you want to go to a family of fifty guan, the family itself is also rich. For example, Qin Xiucai in the village, he asked for a lot of gifts and a lot of dowry for the girl. Last year, he married a daughter, married a bullock cart, and added a lot of dowry.

The man's family is a big family in another village. They have two shops in the market, and they can afford a gift of fifty guan.

And Xiang's family is farming, and the family only has three to five acres of Susukida. The year before last, they sent away two old people who had been taking medicine for many years.
"What does Erbao mean? Madam?" Li Jiaoniang asked.Xiang Erbao came to tell Luo Cheng what was on her mind. She already knew what Xiang Erbao was thinking, but she still wanted to hear the opinion of Mrs. Xiang.

Xiang Da Niangzi said bitterly, "Erbao is just a bastard, an ignorant boy, he said he just pitied the girl of the Niu family, so he said a few more words to that girl, and it's not what Niu's second wife said he likes at all. "

Li Jiaoniang's eyes flickered, and she said, "Erbao doesn't like Niu Da Niu, and Da Niang is not satisfied with Niu's family either, just talk to Niu's family directly."

Sighing to the eldest lady, "Jiaoniang, I thought about it too. I rejected it directly at the time, but do you know what Niu Er's wife said? She insisted that because Erbao had talked to the eldest girl, the eldest girl's marriage was fine." People dare to come to the door and mention it again, saying that the big girl has been spotted by our Erbao, and it sounds like Erbao should take responsibility."

Li Jiaoniang was even more speechless, why is Niu Erniang so reckless?
Mrs. Xiang grabbed Li Jiaoniang's arm, "Jiaoniang, I know you have a lot of ideas, please help me find a way to get rid of the Niu family."

(End of this chapter)