Flowers are expensive

Chapter 36
"That's what my mother said out of a moment of confusion!"

"I'm afraid it's not right? Can she forget such a thing?" Ma Liu sneered, "I don't know who she is? I borrowed a grain of rice from someone and asked them to return the grain of an acre of land. I'm afraid she won't forget the fact that the coffin board was made?" Cao Shi rolled her eyes at Ma Liu, turned her face to the side, and said angrily, "It's just like this!"

"Yes!" Ma Liu tapped the table with his middle knuckles and said, "I owe you Cao's family a pair of coffin boards, and I am also grateful! Just for this gratitude, you went to your mother's house to replenish money and get things for nothing all these years. Instructing the master of the village to work for your natal family, I turned a blind eye and closed my eyes. I have to prepare gifts and send them over during the festivals. The money for a pair of coffin boards has long been paid back Is it over? But your old lady is a greedy person!"

"Ma Liu!" Mrs. Cao also patted the table and said, "You beat me and scolded my mother? She is your elder after all, keep your mouth clean!"

"Did I say something wrong?" Ma Liu frowned tightly, and said with a mocking expression, "Your old lady is not greedy at all? If you are not greedy, why come here today to play the prestige of the housekeeper? Can't I see it? She just wants everyone in the village to praise her as an old lady, wishing that even the Tathagata Buddha would hold her stinky feet and chew on her, then she will feel at ease!"

"Don't be so mean, can you?"

"Let me tell you, Cao Meizhi," Ma Liu said coldly, pointing at Cao's face, "I'm going to divorce you now, and you'll be a shit housekeeper! You and your old lady have put on enough ostentation. He is handsome and decent, but have you ever thought about how much anger I have to suffer when I am the steward? In front of Steward Wang, your man is just a fucking dog! You have to please him, or where will you get such a fat job? Baba just watched There are too many people on this errand! But you, since these three sisters came, you have never stopped, and you are always uncomfortable, and you always want to strangle Diuyan Tangli with one hand to be comfortable! Wang How many times have I told you what the steward said before he left? Do you really mean it? If you really feel that looking at the three of them is an eyesore, there is a good way to do it, and that is to get out of your mother's house!"

"I know my mother has gone too far in this matter today, but you ask the villagers, who can bear their daughter-in-law being a sister? It's common sense for my mother to be angry!"

"If you are angry, take it to the village? Qin Lihua reminded me of something today, go back and tell your old lady. Since you loved your son back then, don't sell it to the village! Keep it at home like a treasure. If you look for a clean wife to match with, now it’s useless to be distressed! Logically, Haitang is a member of the village, and the marriage should be decided by the master. When will it be her turn to marry Haitang? The master has always had no time to take care of other affairs, and each family is in charge of it, but now the master has already assigned one to Haitang, you say, the family will ask, whether to admit the master's match or yours The one where my old lady is messing around outside? Who is the big and who is the young, do you have a clear head? Go back and tell your old lady, stop doing evil, and make someone’s good girl into a small one, that is a big joke!"

Cao asked with a blank face: "Is this the way to say it? I only think that the family recognizes which one is which!"

"It's a fart!" Ma Liu spat on the ground and cursed, "Since Haitang was sold to this Zhuangzi, life and death are decided by the master, let alone marriage. Just because the master's ancestors were from this village, Zhuangzi and the village lived side by side. It's so close that I have the grace of going back to my in-law's house to recognize relatives and serve tea. Go out and ask, if every farm has this rule? Some sell their children to the farm, and they can't go back until they die! You still Take the grace of the grandfather and ancestors as your own house rules? Shameless? Let me ask you a word, if the master comes back this year and wants to call Haitang's daughter-in-law to come to him for questioning, who will you call? Tell your old mother to be at home The one from? Is it still called Hongling?"

These words made Cao Shi gain insight, and she was at a loss for words for a while.Ma Liu snorted again and said, "I understand, your old lady felt that I, Ma Liu, was not good enough for you, and she was always unwilling to pick up a son-in-law who wore gold and silver."

"My mother never said that!"

"If you haven't said it, you haven't done it? Who pushed you to toast when the master came back during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Isn't it your old lady? If you are asked to walk around the master twice, you can be an aunt or something I think your mother wants to be the emperor's mother-in-law and has rubella! If you really feel unwilling, you can just show off when the master comes back later! I don't have to worry about not being able to find a daughter-in-law, you and your My old lady likes to toss and toss! Hmph!" After Ma Liu finished speaking, he pulled the latch, opened the door and went out.

Cao's face turned pale with anger, and he rubbed his heart to relax.At this time, Mrs. Xiao knocked on the door and came in and asked, "Housekeeper, are you alright? I just met Steward Ma, and he looks so pale! Ouch——your face!"

"What are you shouting about?" Mrs. Cao hurriedly covered her face with her hands, already slightly swollen.

"Housekeeper, did Manager Ma beat you?" Sister-in-law Xiao asked in surprise.

"You've seen it all, and you still ask?" Mrs. Cao said angrily, "Go out, don't tell my mother about this, lest she feel unhappy again!"

"But you are too wronged!"

"Your man wants to slap you, but you still cry and go back to your mother's brother to chop him up? If he's hacked to death, don't you have to be a widow?" Ah! Tell me, let my cousin scold her a few times and beat her twice to vent my anger today, and this anger will not go to Guanshi Ma!"

"Okay, stop talking, get out!"

"Shall I boil a pot of hot water for you?" "Go!"

During lunch, Mrs. Cao naturally didn't dare to come out with her swollen face, so she found an excuse and asked Mrs. Xiao to deliver it to her room.Ma Liu didn't show up either, and only asked someone to bring a message back.The person who brought the message happened to be Man Sheng, the third elder brother of Man Ting.

When Man Sheng came, the food was already on the table.He greeted Duan Qigu and said, "Qigu, Ma Liu said that he won't come back for dinner, and is drinking at my old man's house, so you can eat by yourself."

"I said Man Sheng, what a good day today? Where is your old man serving wine?" Haitang sat under the grape trellis with his legs crossed, broke off a branch and threw it over and asked with a smile. "It's nothing serious, but my brother-in-law had a small birthday, and my family had a meal, and I didn't want to make a big fuss. My mother-in-law said that there were too many people, but she panicked. But I don't know, there are several tables without treats." !” When Man Sheng said this, his tone was full of complacency.

"Who told your father-in-law to be the village head?" Dongxiang squatted under the eaves and said, "Can you listen to the wind and don't rush to his house for gifts? Those who haven't heard have to complain about the lack of a gift !"

"Look at what you said, my father-in-law doesn't want to be so polite, by the way, what about our fourth child?"

"Did you ask Manting to go to the feast? You have already returned, and it seems to be in the backyard!" Dongxiang happened to see Lihua in the kitchen, so he yelled with a wicked smile, "Hey, sister Lihua, the third brother Manting is here, look for Manting It’s time for dinner, hurry up and call!”

Man Sheng's face changed when he heard this, and he complained to Dongxiang: "I'm just asking, and you're still yelling? I'll find it myself, so I don't need to bother outsiders!" After he finished speaking, he walked quickly to the backyard .

Man Ting was in the room, when he heard Man Sheng calling him, he opened the door and asked, "Third brother, what's the matter?" Man Sheng went into his room, closed the door and said, "Mother told you to go to the feast! Today my brother-in-law celebrates his birthday, and sat at several tables, mother has not forgotten you, let me secretly call you, hurry up!" "Just me?"

"It's you alone. Could it be that you took Qin Lihua with you? If you don't want to make your mother angry, you have to make my father-in-law miserable too, right? Don't say so much, just go out through the back door in a while, just don't let Qin Lihua see gone."

"Tell mother, I'm not going."

"Why don't you go? Afraid of being seen by Qin Lihua? Don't worry, it's safe to go through the back door!"

"I really don't want to go, you tell mother, if you don't plan to take Qin Lihua with you in the future, don't call me." Man Sheng was taken aback, looked at Man Ting and asked: "Are you still... ...really in love with that girl?"

"Don't ask, just tell mother as you say."

"I said Manting, and my mother is planning to find one for you, so that you can enjoy the blessing of being equal to everyone! If you want to say that, wouldn't it be a waste of all your hard work?"

"Then tell her that you don't need to make plans for me, I won't ask for it. You go, don't let your old man wait for you."

Man Sheng looked at Man Ting with a puzzled expression and asked: "Are you confused? That girl is a sister, it's not like you don't know..."

"Third brother!" Man Ting's expression suddenly became serious.

"Oh, why don't people tell you this? Like a treasure? All right, all right, I don't dare to delay any longer. Whether you go or not is your own business. I just tell mother what you said truthfully." After Man Sheng finished speaking, he opened the door and left in a hurry.

After Man Sheng left, the door of Huang Ying's room opened, and Lihua poked her head out to look around.Huang Ying behind her suddenly pushed her, and she jumped out, almost falling to the ground.She turned her head and complained, "Why are you pushing me, Huang Ying?"

Huang Ying walked out of the house and said while closing the door: "I still want to ask you! Just now I broke in without even knocking on the door. I was so scared. What are you hiding? It's like seeing a wolf."

"I..." Lihua glanced guiltily at her own room next door, and said with a smile, "I'm here to ask you to eat!" Huang Ying looked at Lihua with a strange look and said, "Call me to eat? The sun comes out from the west today." I've been here for so long, when did you come and ask me to eat? Really, it's weird!" She said and went to the front yard.

Lihua was about to run away, but was stopped by Manting.She turned around and smiled perfunctorily and asked, "Aren't you going to eat? What's the matter?"

"I was eavesdropping outside just now, right?" Man Ting closed the door and walked up to her and asked.

"Huh? Hehehe..." Lihua laughed awkwardly and said, "Don't say it so badly, okay? I just passed by and overheard..."

"Do you know why I didn't go to dinner?" Man Ting asked with a superficial smile.

"Well...you don't need to tell me, go eat first!" Li Hua turned around and wanted to dodge, but Man Ting grabbed her arm from behind, and she immediately froze there like an electric shock, unable to move.

"There are only nine days left for you, remember?" Man Ting said behind her.

"I remember, but... Xie Daxia, you old man will not change his mind again, right? That would be too unkind..."

"I just want to remind you, if you want to run away, run away quickly. There will be a spring festival in nine days, and I will take you back to my house." Man Ting finished this sentence in an extremely flat tone, and then let go of his hand. The front yard was destroyed, leaving the pear blossom standing there like a pillar.

Her pupils gradually dilated, and there was a roar in her head, as if a supersonic plane was flying overhead, which made her blood boil and goose bumps all over her body.She bit her finger, and said with a face that seemed to be crying, not crying, not smiling, "Xie Manting said he wanted to take me home? Heh! Why do I suddenly feel that my heart can't bear the load? What should I do?"

(End of this chapter)