Farmhouse with a little field

Chapter 18

After saying this, Jiang Duyue directly dragged Han Qingmei and Xiaonian to the kitchen: "Mother, Xiaonian, let's go eat quickly, or the food will be really cold."

Han Qingmei glanced at Li Cuihua, and finally entered the kitchen without saying anything.

Because of the episode just now, the appetite and mood of the three of them were more or less affected. Jiang Duyue looked left and right before realizing a question: "Mother, where did Dad go?"

Because Jiang Duyue really didn't like this cheap father, so he ignored him before.

"Oh, because I'm going to the town to do something tomorrow, so your father will go to Da Zhuang's place to talk to your brother Da Zhuang first, and he should be back later." Han Qingmei replied.

Jiang Duyue nodded, wondering who this legendary "Big Brother" is.

"Brother Da Zhuang is very kind, because our village is not close to the town, and there are not many people with ox carts in the village, so every time we want to go to the city, we have to make an agreement with the people with ox carts in advance. Our family basically They all ride in the bullock cart of Da Zhuang's family." Han Qingmei also knew that her daughter didn't remember much of the past after the accident, so she hurriedly explained a few words.

Jiang Duyue nodded again, it seems that cheap father is going to the city tomorrow, so should she go and see?
"Mom, can I go to town with daddy tomorrow?" Xiaonian was indeed a good boy, and asked Jiang Duyue directly.

Han Qingmei cast a reproachful glance at Xiaonian, but her eyes were gentle: "Your father is going to do business, what are you going to do with him? When you are older, let your father take you there."

"Mom, what is Dad going to town for tomorrow?" Seeing that Han Qingmei's eyes were gentle, but her tone was firm, Jiang Duyue changed the topic directly.

Han Qingmei pursed her lips, thought about it, and decided not to hide it from the two children: "Mother made some embroidery, and I want your father to take it to the town to see if it can be sold."

If she could change some money, at least she could buy some food back. Thinking of her family's current life, Han Qingmei panicked.

"It turns out that mother can also do embroidery, it's really amazing!" Jiang Duyue's eyes lit up, she had never seen this kind of traditional embroidery that was embroidered stitch by stitch.

Han Qingmei only thought that Jiang Duyue was interested in female workers because she was old, and she couldn't help but feel relieved: "After dinner, I'll show you those embroidery pieces, and then you can also practice your hands. In fact, my mother's embroidery is not good, so I can't teach you much."

Jiang Duyue was embarrassed, she had hardly touched needlework in her previous life, and now she has no interest in embroidery at all, but seeing the relief on the cheap mother's face that "my family has a young girl", Jiang Duyue was stunned He choked back what he wanted to say.

Han Qingmei was about to continue nagging about this matter, when she heard Li Cuihua's loud voice from the yard, and what she said was not pleasant: "It's just a few scumbags who were kicked out of the house. How dare you show your prestige in front of my old lady, do you really treat yourself like a green onion? Hmph, it's really despicable to even eat the weeds on the mountain..."

Her words made Han Qingmei lose interest in talking, and even lost interest in eating.

Jiang Duyue saw that Han Qingmei's face was very ugly, and she yelled directly outside the door: "Ms. Jiang!"

Three words, successfully shut up someone who was picking vegetables in the yard.

Jiang Duyue took the initiative to help Han Qingmei pick up food again, and deliberately joked, Xiaonian followed suit, but in the end Han Qingmei still ate very little.

After dinner, Jiang Duyue quickly washed the dishes, and took Han Qingmei to watch the embroidery.

Han Qingmei took out a few neatly arranged embroidery pieces from a cloth bag at the end of the kang, and handed them to Jiang Duyue: "Mother's embroidery skills are also average, as long as you practice hard, you will be able to do better than your mother." .”

Jiang Duyue looked at the embroidery in his hand, there were four pieces in total, three of them were embroidered with large peonies, and the remaining one was a pair of mandarin ducks. If these four pieces of embroidery were far away, they would look better. Not bad, but if you look closely, you can see that the stitches are thick and the lines are uneven, making the whole embroidery look rough.

"Mother, is this kind of embroidery easy to sell?" Jiang Duyue asked curiously.

Hearing this, Han Qingmei couldn't help showing a little sad face: "I don't know if I can sell it, but I have to try."

"Does the mother know how much this kind of embroidery usually sells for?" Jiang Duyue rolled her eyes. She still doesn't understand the market here, but some thoughts have popped up in her mind.

"Mother hasn't sold it before, so it would be great if I could change it for a few pennies." Han Qingmei sighed sadly.

Jiang Duyue couldn't help clicking her tongue, a few pennies sounded pitifully little, and she didn't know what to do.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Duyue took advantage of the situation and asked: "Mother, Dad said before that grandma wants us to pay the elder sister a tael of silver for the dowry. Isn't a tael of silver a lot?"

"Silly boy, a tael of silver is enough to feed and clothe our family for more than a year! Hey, it's nothing to add makeup to Xiaowan, but your grandma needs a tael of silver, which is really..." Thinking of this Han Qingmei began to worry about the matter, how could their family afford so much money!
Jiang Duyue originally wanted to know more about the prices here, but unexpectedly, one sentence aroused Han Qingmei's sad emotions, so she had to stop quickly, but she had already made up her mind that she must go to the town with cheap father tomorrow Take a look, and find ways to make money by the way.

"Mother, you should have seen a lot of embroidery before, right? Have you ever seen words embroidered on embroidery, or a poem embroidered?" In order to change the subject, Jiang Duyue said what he had just thought.

You must know that many things need to be packaged, and even win with exquisite packaging, especially things that are used as gifts, and this era must be no exception.

Just like the embroidery just now, if you just look at it like this, it is really not very good, but if you add a poem full of artistic conception, it may be very different.

Han Qingmei thought for a while, then shook her head in a daze: "Embroidery on embroidery? Why do you want to embroider on it?"

Jiang Duyue stroked her forehead, how could she explain this?

"Father, you're back! Have you made an agreement with Brother Da Zhuang?" Just when Jiang Duyue was struggling with this problem, Xiaonian's voice sounded like heaven, and rescued her.

Jiang Shouren responded dully.

Not long after, I saw Jiang Shouren walking in with his head down, followed by Xiaonian.

After Jiang Shouren came in, he sat down on the kang, still bowing his head, not saying a word.

Jiang Duyue was almost used to Jiang Shouren's state, but Han Qingmei said with concern, "Father, the vegetables and steamed buns (wowotou) are all hot in the pot, go and eat some."

"En." Jiang Shouren replied dully again, but he didn't intend to get up.

Seeing this, Jiang Duyue couldn't help frowning, what happened to this cheap father?Why do you always look half dead?

"Father, why did you come back so late, brother Da Zhuang's house is not far from ours." Xiaonian stared at his father.

Jiang Shouren raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Duyue. After a while, he said sullenly, "I'm going to the old house."

In a word, the expressions of the three of them changed, but no one asked anything, because everyone didn't like the Jiang family's old house, and seeing Jiang Shouren like this, he could guess that the process of going to the old house must not be wonderful.

For a moment, the room became extremely dull, and even Jiang Duyue felt very uncomfortable. Just when she was about to speak out to break the dullness, Jiang Shouren spoke in a voice that couldn't be lowered: " Xiaoyue, did dad... really do something wrong?"

"What did you say?" Jiang Duyue thought she had heard it wrong, did this cheap dad get enlightened so quickly?

Jiang Shouren sighed heavily, and finally raised his head. At this moment, several people noticed that there was a bright red and slightly swollen five finger prints on his right cheek.

"Oh my god, what's going on?" Han Qingmei was a little uneasy. Even if she was a little angry with Jiang Shouren before, how could she not care about Jiang Shouren after all, they have been married for many years?
Jiang Shouren raised his eyelids and said nothing.

Han Qingmei had already guessed the result, and said in a trembling voice, "Did my mother beat me?"

Although it is an interrogative sentence, it uses an affirmative tone.

"I went to the old house because I wanted to talk about Xiaowan. A tael of silver is really too much for us, but..." Thinking back to Zhao's violent and rowdy before, Jiang Shouren felt that his face was hot It's not like he hasn't been beaten and scolded by Mrs. Zhao before, but for some reason, this time it seems particularly unbearable, "Mother didn't agree, and even said that we should send the money over within five days. "

"Five days? Even if it's five years, we can't make so much money!" Han Qingmei's face was pale, and tears were about to come out.

Jiang Duyue said coldly: "Father, it's 'you', not 'us', you and your father agreed to this matter alone, and it has nothing to do with mother, me, and Xiaonian."

Jiang Shouren looked at his daughter in surprise, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, because he really had nothing to say.

After seeing the Five Fingers Mountain on Jiang Shouren's face, Han Qingmei was no longer angry. She also watched how much Jiang Shouren had suffered over the years, so after hearing Jiang Duyue's words, Han Qingmei couldn't help but disagree: "Xiaoyue, we are a family after all, how can you say that?"

"Family? If Dad really regarded us as a family, would he agree to Grandma's unreasonable request without discussing anything with us?" Jiang Duyue sneered, and looked at Jiang Shouren with almost no warmth , "Yes, a family should share the blessings and difficulties together. But mother, think about it, have you enjoyed a day of blessings after you have been with your father for so many years? Could it be that you married your father just to suffer? ?”

"Xiaoyue, stop talking!" Han Qingmei shouted anxiously, but tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

"Why don't you say it? You don't even have a caring person after suffering. Don't you think it's worthless? You always said that it was not easy for you, but is it true? If you are really one-hearted Yes, will he just watch you being bullied by grandma, but remain indifferent?" Jiang Duyue poked her neck and raised her voice on purpose, "A big man lives so uselessly under the banner of filial piety, Is it really right to let my wife and children suffer along with me? Since my father only has milk in his eyes, why did he marry and have children in the first place? Why not just be a milk for the rest of his life? Forget it, good son!"

Jiang Duyue also knew that what she said was really too much. If it was in other people's family, it is estimated that the father should learn the lesson directly, but for some people, you have to be ruthless, especially like Jiang Shou People like Ren would keep their heads down and pretend to be dead.

When Jiang Duyue said this, Han Qingmei's tears fell even more, and her mouth couldn't help but choked up. She has indeed suffered too much these years, and it's time to vent it.

"Mother, don't cry, Xiaonian will definitely protect you from now on, and won't let you be bullied again!" Xiaonian ran up to Han Qingmei, holding Han Qingmei's big rough hand with her small hand with red eyes.

Hearing these words, and Han Qingmei's uncontrollable sobs, Jiang Shouren felt overwhelmed and felt extremely uncomfortable.

That's right, since Qingmei married into Jiang's family, it can be said that she has worked hard, honoring her parents first, and taking care of her sons, daughters, nephews, and nieces, but what did she get?Except for mother's making things difficult, and sister-in-law's harsh treatment, even a few juniors dare to order her face to face...

And what was he doing when these things happened?
He just watched from the sidelines, although he was anxious and distressed, but more of a kind of helplessness.

He always felt that because his mother did those things, he couldn't object, so he always watched Qingmei being made things difficult and bullied, but he couldn't do anything...

At that time, could I really not be able to do anything?Or did he never think about what to do?
Now that she had opened her mouth, Jiang Duyue simply finished speaking at once. She looked straight at Jiang Shouren, not giving him any chance to escape: "Father, you just asked me if you really did something wrong. Then I will tell me clearly that you were not only wrong before, but also very wrong!"

Hearing this, Jiang Shouren's whole body shook, but his head was lowered even lower.

"Father, does being filial to the elderly really mean obeying him in everything, regardless of right or wrong? Then according to this explanation, isn't it the way to love the younger generation? Listen to him? If Dad, you can really do this, I don't mind if you continue to live your life in the old way!" Speaking of this, Jiang Duyue couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she never thought of it before Such a good persuasion reason?You know, this is a paradox at all!

However, this kind of statement is a negative argument, and Jiang Duyue still wants to preach from the front: "Father, love and reason are not separated. True filial piety is to support parents when they do something right; This is true filial piety! Just think about it, if you still indulge her when you know what Nai is doing wrong, wouldn’t it be that Nai is on the road of making mistakes over and over again? Push? If things go on like this, if Nai really made some big mistake and caused immeasurable losses, wouldn’t it be all your fault? Is it really filial piety to push on the road of desperation?"

Jiang Duyue spoke so eloquently that she almost moved herself, but she didn't know whether the effect was great or not.

(End of this chapter)