Flowers are expensive

Chapter 166 Returning to the Manor to Redeem One’s Body 1
Mrs. Xie gave Chang Ming a piece of chicken leg meat and said with a smile: "Chang Ming, eat more! There are few relatives from the Guan family who come over, and you are the first one! Don't be polite to my cousin, what kind of food do you like?" Whatever you do, don't treat yourself as an outsider!"

Chang Ming hurriedly passed the bowl to continue, and said repeatedly: "Thank you, cousin... Auntie..." The last two words seemed to be stuck in the throat, so soft that they could hardly be heard.When he came out of Guan's hut just now, Lihua noticed that there was something wrong with his expression, his eyes were red, as if he had cried before.But Lihua didn't go forward to ask what happened, for fear of causing him displeasure.

Aunt Xie picked another piece of good meat from the bowl and put it in Yuan Yin's bowl and said, "You have to eat more, Manting! You just ran out to find her without saying a word, you can't do this next time It's making everyone in the family worry!"

"En." Yuan Yin didn't say much as usual, took the meat with peace of mind, and just ate his own.Anyway, until now, Guan Shi has not said anything, so he will continue to be his Xie Manting.

When Chang Ming heard the word Man Ting, his right hand holding the chopsticks couldn't help shaking.The chicken he just picked up fell into the bowl, just like his mood at the moment, very depressed.

Sensing his strangeness, Mrs. Guan hurriedly picked up a chopstick and said to him: "Chang Ming, your cousin is right, eat more, it's rare for you to come to our house for a meal! This trip is not easy, Just stay a little longer."

"Thank you, aunt... grandma!" Chang Ming nodded hurriedly and said.

"That's good!" Man Xiang said with a smile, "Let Brother Chang Ming live in the same room with me, my bed is big anyway! Or you can stay here, and you can earn money by working for the fourth brother and fourth sister-in-law. !"

Guan glanced at Yuan Yin, and asked strangely: "What work?" Man Xiang said excitedly: "The fourth brother and the fourth sister-in-law plan to buy land and plant flowers, and do a big job in the village!"

"Really!" Mo Xiang was the first to exclaim happily, and then Zhuang Shizhen also became excited.Aunt Xie asked suspiciously: "Manting, where did you get the money to buy the land?" Lihua glanced at Yuan Yin, and quickly explained to Aunt Xie: "Mother, I made some makeup and powder and bought it in the city." , I made a lot of money, and later I spent a few hands, saved some money, and bought a few pieces of land. "

"Really? How come I don't know when you have made makeup?" Aunt Xie said with a look of surprise.

Mo Xiang and Man Xiang both giggled.Lihua pointed to the two of them and said, "Ask your son and granddaughter! They have helped me a lot!"

Before Mrs. Xie could speak, Mrs. Zhen asked first, "Did our Moxiang help you? When did it happen?"

"Ouch!" Mrs. Zhuang patted the table and said excitedly, "I remembered! Didn't they always run out for a while? They must have been busy with this! I said Lihua, you are a bit unkind. Sister-in-law treats you well, and you don’t tell her if you have such a good thing, and you treat her as an outsider!"

Lihua smiled and said: "It's my first time, I don't know if I can do it, how dare I shout around? If I lose money, wouldn't I be ashamed? I had to find two helpers who were younger than me, so as not to laugh at me!" "

"The sister-in-law asked cheekily, is there any salary for helping you?" Zhuang asked with a smile.

"Yes..." Before Lihua could finish her sentence, she suddenly got kicked twice.Looking up, Mo Xiang's big watery eyes and Man Xiang's nervous eyeballs are staring at him!While enduring the pain, she thought to herself, she will settle accounts with you two later!
"Yes? How many are there?" Zhen asked hurriedly.

"It's not much. The first time it was a small business, I didn't earn much, so I shared a little with each other. Moxiang seems to... share more than one or two, right? Manxiang is the same, right? ?” Lihua said, shaking her eyebrows at the two of them with a smile, as if asking, is it okay to talk about the head office?But in fact, like Yutao, they each got 12 taels of silver.

The two stopped kicking the pear blossoms, and bowed their heads to eat.Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile: "The first time it was a small business, this time it should be a big business, right? They are all from my own family. If there is anything you need to help, just say a word! If you want to buy land and plant flowers, you must ask for help. , Your second brother has no skills, but he does have a lot of strength."

Lihua understood Zhuang's meaning, and when she was thinking about how to respond, Yuan Yin suddenly said: "Okay."

Lihua froze for a moment, then turned to look at him, just in time to see Guan Shi also glanced at him.Guan's gaze was full of doubt and unhappiness.

Mrs. Zhuang immediately laughed and said: "The fourth brother is still happy, and he agreed without thinking about it. It really is a brother's affection!"

"Second daughter-in-law, aren't you afraid of starving the one in your belly because you are so busy talking?" Guan asked without changing his expression.

"Aren't I happy?" After Zhuang finished speaking, she raised eyebrows and smiled at Li Hua, "It's done, don't forget us again!" Li Hua had no choice but to nod and smiled and said, "Okay, I won't forget." of."

Everyone went on to talk about other things, but Man Sheng remained silent.Jin Ling'er's delay in returning made him feel depressed for the past few days.Just when everyone was about to finish eating, Matchmaker Wu suddenly rushed into the yard and shouted loudly: "Thank you, aunt! Thank you, aunt! Come out quickly!"

Aunt Xie put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, got up and greeted her, and asked with a smile, "It's Wu Matchmaker? You have worked so hard for an old man! Which family can't wait to get married and ask you to go out at night?" Wu Matchmaker supported The chicken coop took a few breaths, shook his fingers excitedly and said to Aunt Xie: "Don't bother joking with me right now, you'd better go to Jin's house and have a look!"

As soon as the Jin family was mentioned, Man Sheng threw away the bowls and chopsticks and came out and asked, "What's wrong with the Jin family, Wu matchmaker?"

Matchmaker Wu rubbed her heart and panted, "I ran a long way today to the Wuling Stone Field over there. The owner of that field asked me to tell him a wife, so I just ran to explain to him. But guess what? Who did you meet on the way?" "Who did you meet?" Aunt Xie asked nervously.

"Ouch!" Wu Matchmaker patted her thigh and said, "You can't even guess who I met! I met Mrs. Guo! It's the mother of your third daughter-in-law! The one from the Jin family!"

"What? Why did you meet her there?" Aunt Xie was quite surprised.Wuling Stone Field is not far from here, but it is not close either.Unless it is going to the quarry or going out of the mountain, otherwise it will not go that way.

"I saw her carrying a huge burden, as if she was moving house. When she saw me, she turned her head and hid, for fear that I would recognize her! I called her several times, and followed her for a while. But she just didn't stop, and ran away with her things on her back!"

Mansheng's mind suddenly went crazy, and he ran out.Aunt Xie was so frightened that she quickly turned around and called Yuan Yin, "Man Ting, Man Ting! Hurry up and follow your third brother to have a look! Oh, hey, what is this?"

Yuan Yin put down the bowl and chopsticks, and went out slowly.The people at the dinner table couldn't sit still, and they began to speculate about what was going on.Lihua and Moxiang held hands and followed Yuanyin to Jin's house.

When they ran to the gate of Jin's Courtyard, they saw Yuan Yin sitting on the stone table quite calmly with his hands folded, watching Man Sheng smashing things in the hall very leisurely.Lihua scanned the entire courtyard, but there was no one there at all.She asked in surprise: "Did you really run away?" Yuan Yin nodded slightly.Mo Xiang immediately said angrily: "It's too much! The Jin family ran away by themselves, and took away the third aunt too! Third uncle, don't be angry, third uncle, I will smash it for you..."

"Don't go there," Yuan Yin called to stop Mo Xiang and said, "Be careful not to hit you."

"Damn it!" Mansheng angrily threw the tables, chairs, shrines and everything that could be thrown in the hall!He roared furiously: "Jin Ling'er, you bastard! What did I, Xie Mansheng, do to you? You actually ran away behind my back!"

"Third Uncle..." Mo Xiang stood outside the hall and called pitifully, "Don't be angry! She ran away as soon as she ran away. She is the one who has no luck to be our Xie family's daughter-in-law! You will write a divorce letter later. Just let her go!"

Man Sheng was completely immersed in the anger of being deceived, and could not listen to any persuasion from Mo Xiang.He crazily smashed and searched everything in every room of the Jin family, but unfortunately, all the things left behind were worthless things!In the end, he went crazy and wanted to set fire to Jin's yard.Only then did Yuan Yin make a move, knocked out the fire folder in his hand, and threw him on the ground decisively.

"Why did you throw me, Xie Manting!" Man Sheng shouted in pain and anger.

"Not promising." Yuan Yin sent him three words.

"Promising nothing? When your wife ran away, didn't you hide in the attic and cry every day? Call me worthless, where are you going to get better?" Yuan Yin lifted him from the ground without saying a word, and fell down again go down!Both Lihua and Moxiang cried out in fright.Lihua was afraid that Yuan Yin would hurt him, so she hurriedly stopped Yuan Yin and said, "What are you doing? He is the victim now!"

"I want to teach him a lesson, don't let his daughter-in-law go out alone in the future."

Man Sheng was thrown twice, and his whole body's skeleton was about to fall apart, lying on the ground, pounding the ground in anger!
The news that the entire Jin family had run away quickly spread the next day.After some guesswork, the general plan for their escape emerged.First, Jin Ling'er and his eldest brother went to the county to see Jin Hui under the pretext, and then the eldest daughter-in-law took the child back to her natal home.Because the second daughter-in-law was so angry that she took the child back to her mother's house earlier, only Guo Shi and Jin Xiu were left in the Jin family.

In the end, Jin Xiu was picked up secretly on some unknown day.Xie's family came to make a fuss, and seeing that the delay could not go on any longer, Guo had no choice but to pack up his luggage and run away.

Aunt Xie was so angry that she almost couldn't get out of bed, so she was supported by Mo Xiang and Zhen Shi to the Jin's courtyard, where she sat and scolded for two full hours.Man Sheng went to all the relatives of the nearby Jin family that day, but unfortunately no one knew the whereabouts of Jin Ling'er's family.Everyone guessed that the two sisters, Jin Ling'er, might have been sold by the Guo family and went to live a good life in the city.

Because of what happened to Xie's family, Li Hua and Yuan Yin stayed at home for a long time, and returned to the farm in the afternoon.

After entering the door, Duan Qigu and Mrs. Gong were grinding tofu in the yard.Seeing Lihua and Yuanyin coming back, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing to greet them.Mrs. Gong accepted the gift from Lihua and said with a smile: "You are a real girl! I thought I would never see you again in this life! Yesterday I heard that you were back, so I wanted to come and see you too, but Zhuang I’m so busy with work that I can’t leave!” Lihua glanced at Shi Mo, and asked with a smile, “Push Douzi and prepare to make tofu?”

"Isn't it? The young lady thinks the lunch is too bad, and suddenly wants to eat tofu. We poor people have to push the beans here!"

Just as he was speaking, Mrs. Cao came out from the gate of the second courtyard.As soon as he looked up, he saw Lihua and Yuanyin, and he walked forward with a particularly displeased expression and said, "Hey, after going out for a while, you've become a dignified person? Why do you come back after running away if you have the ability?"

Yuan Yin's eyes turned cold, and he asked, "Where's Ma Liu?" "In the orchard, do you have anything to do with him? Let's talk about it when he comes back! By the way, you—" Mrs. Cao pointed to Lihua and Yuan Yin and said, " Now come with me to meet the young lady and the third lady. If you don't understand etiquette, don't talk nonsense, so as not to be beaten, do you hear me? Kneel down and salute, and leave after saying hello."

Lihua said: "We didn't come back to visit any lady, we are looking for Ma Liu to redeem ourselves."

(End of this chapter)