Back to 13 years old

Chapter 8

－The past grievances of the Qiao family－
finally arrived at home!
Although the two farmyards of Qiao Mei's family occupy a huge area, the left and right yards together cover nearly eight or nine acres of land!But the actual house occupies a small area.

The layout of the houses on both sides is the same, and they are all five rooms.And the house looks like a big "concave" shape from the layout.The one facing the courtyard is generally called the main room, and the left and right sides are east and west wing rooms. The remaining two rooms, one is divided into a kitchen room and bathroom, and the other is made into a study room and a small compartment by the mother. Although there are only five houses, there used to be My house is not like the house in the future, it is completely a place to sleep.

The smallest room in this room is more than 30 square meters, like the main room, it is nearly [-] square meters, which is completely the size of a small suite.

Since she was five years old, only three bedrooms were not enough, so her mother took her elder brother to live in the small courtyard on the left, while she and her grandmother lived in the small courtyard on the right.

They were all in the layout of the five major rooms, but grandma assigned the main house and the west wing directly to Qiao Mei.The main room is Qiao Mei's boudoir, and the west wing is Qiao Mei's 'studio'. Simply put, it is an embroidery room, which is fully equipped with embroidery thread and silk cloth and thin sand.They are all private collections of her ancestors. There are many large and small embroidery frames, and most of the embroidery frames are old objects left by her grandparents.

Qiao Mei lived in the estate of her grandfather, Qiao Jun. Grandpa was killed in the frontline battle, and only this small courtyard was left to grandma. If grandma was not pregnant at the time, I am afraid that this small courtyard would not be able to belong to grandma. Got!
If grandma is an only daughter, grandpa is not.Although grandpa has no brothers, he has two older sisters, and both of them are married in this village!

The Qiao family who moved to this deep mountain had a total of ten houses, and there were all collateral direct descendants, but the direct descendants were always small in number, so although they all had the surname Qiao, their blood relationship was not very close. The following family rules: daughters of the Qiao family can only marry members of the same clan, but sons of the Qiao family can marry foreigners, and close relatives within five generations are prohibited, so that the Qiao family's blood is not too close to harm future generations.

Although there are only simple ten-room people, it was very huge at the time.Each room has its own guards and maidservants, which is the smallest room with a population of more than 30 people. This is after the left and right deletions before the escape, and the rest are the most loyal and close servants. Finally, they were given Joe The surname, when the turmoil of more than a hundred years passed and the new era came, their Qiao family, which was reclusive from the world, appeared in front of people again.

Don't look at the fact that the slaves are all named Joe, and the slaves are not distinguished.In fact, the genealogy of Qiaojia Village is very complete, and only the real Qiao family is allowed to be named with a single word.And this word must be approved by the entire clan elders before it can be included in the family tree!

After more than a hundred years of development, there are more than 400 people in the entire Qiaojia Village. Most of the villagers live in the front. Qiao Mei's family is the only one living in Luoyun Peak, and the nearest one is more than 500 meters away from their home.

Grandpa lost his father at the age of 11, and his mother also suffered from premature aging at the age of 15 because of too much work.Both of his older sisters got married impatiently after their father's filial piety.His eldest sister was seven years older than him, and his second sister was six years older than him. Originally, he had an older sister, but he couldn't support her, and her grandma hurt her body again, so she gave birth to her grandfather five years later.

Don't look at the two aunts who are six or seven years older than their grandpa, but they have hated grandpa since they were young.Because of the birth of their grandfather, they immediately became "losing goods" in others' mouths!
Although before grandpa was born, the two sisters did not receive much love from grandpa.But the old people in the village have heard too many jokes, and the two unidentified sisters feel that 'they' are disgusted, and they will eventually become a 'goods' because of this younger brother. How can they like and love this brother with twisted psychology? younger brother!
Although the two sisters treat their younger brother badly, they are sincerely kind to each other. Both of them know the rules of the clan, so they can only find a "good husband" in the village.Therefore, after knowing that the eldest sister lost her first marriage because of "keeping filial piety", the two became extremely concerned about their own marriage!
They don't want to be sold by their mother as goods, just to marry a 'wife' for their younger brother!I didn't notice at all, the family didn't lack their food, clothing, and food at all, so how could they be regarded as bride price gifts!

But after all, the two sisters were young and young, and if they didn't pay attention, the eldest sister was coaxed by Qiao Donglai, a big family in the village, without noticing that his name was Qiao Donglai!
The elder sister who lost her mind and body was not willing to listen to the advice of her relatives at all, and insisted on 'marrying' Qiao Donglai. She was completely fascinated by his handsome appearance and wealthy family background, and she was very angry. Seeing that she was "raw rice and cooked rice", after the womb was darkened, there was no way for her to let her marry.

The second sister has a good eye and is willing to listen to her mother's persuasion. In addition, after the eldest sister's family scandal happened, her mother strengthened her discipline. Finally, under the mother's arrangement, she married Qiao, the youngest grandson of the three clans. Saki, but also happy.

A year after the two got married, the grandmother passed away due to a sudden illness, leaving behind a younger brother who was only 15 years old.But when it comes to their own younger brother, the two always have mental distortions, depression, and awkwardness. They always feel that their father was too partial to his younger brother back then, so they seldom go back to visit and take care of this only younger brother.

Qiao Jun, who became a loner, survived only with the kind support of sister Qiao's parents.Of course, this is an exaggeration.Qiao Jun's ancestors belonged to the direct line of the Qiao family, so there must be some family background, and this family background was forced to be memorized by his father as early as when Qiao Jun was five years old, including the family tree of the direct line, which was used for his enlightenment 'Literacy textbook'.

Therefore, the two sisters may not know the details of their family, but Qiao Jun definitely does.The reason why he said it so seriously was because Qiao Jun had been reminded by his father since he was a child that he knew that 'a gentleman stays away from the kitchen'.After his father passed away, his mother also refused to let him enter the kitchen easily. When his mother became ill, he couldn't even cook a good meal. Fortunately, porridge could still be cooked.

Sister Qiao's parents, who couldn't see it, had no choice but to let Qiao Jun come over to eat at home. After all, Qiao Jun has been helping them with heavy work every year since he was eight or nine years old. What's more, they are relatives with the same surname and the same clan!

And seeing her daughter's attitude towards Qiao Jun, she also raised him as her son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)