Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 86
After Yuan Bao left the main room, she took several deep breaths in a row to dispel the irritability in her heart. She persuaded herself, no matter what happens to Liu Guirong, fortunately Liu Guirong is not a troublemaker, so that's all right!

Yuan Bao thought that Liu Guirong had shirked his responsibility, and knowing about Su Chunsheng's punishment measures for her, he would feel relieved and stop crying. Unexpectedly, Liu Guirong was still crying every day.

Yuan Bao had a headache, and asked Su Qiusheng in private, "Tell me, mother, what's wrong?"

Su Qiusheng said, "Let brother go and see mother, and then tell mother something nice, mother will be fine." Seeing that Yuan Bao didn't understand, he said, "To put it bluntly, mother must feel sorry for her. Father is gone. From now on, Mother can only rely on Brother, and Mother just wants Brother to love her so that Mother can feel at ease in her heart!"

Yuan Bao gritted his teeth with hatred, "Mother wants to feel sorry for her, so why can't she feel sorry for Mr. Xianggong? Mr. Xianggong's illness has not recovered yet, how can he tell Mr. Xianggong about these bad things?"

Su Qiusheng immediately agreed, "Yes, you can't tell mother that brother's body is the most important thing. If brother has something good or bad, what will we do as a big family?!"

Yuan Bao breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, Su Qiusheng thought the same as her, it wasn't that she was being unreasonable, Su Qiusheng announced helplessly, "Well, after these two days, I'll go see my mother and talk to her .”

This is indeed a good way.

However, I don't know if Su Qiusheng's skill is too weak, or Su Qiusheng is not as important as Su Chunsheng in Liu Guirong's mind. In short, Su Qiusheng's persuasion had little effect, and Su Qiusheng became annoyed, "Go with mother." He was very upset. Willing to tell Yuan Bao that Liu Guirong didn't believe that Su Chunsheng would be so seriously ill. It has been six or seven days and he still can't get up on the kang.

Su Chunsheng's illness was violent and he recovered very slowly, not to mention Liu Guirong, even in Su Qiusheng's memory, Su Chunsheng had never suffered from such a serious illness.

This made Su Qiusheng very anxious, and Yuan Bao kept cheering Su Qiusheng up, "It's okay, I wanted to let my husband take care of his ailments and release his physical deficit and psychological pressure over the years, and you too , You have worked hard for the past few days, so you can rest at home, and I will even give you a boost."

Su Qiusheng blushed, "I don't need it."

Yuan Bao glared, "Why don't you use it? I'm in charge of the house, and I have the final say!"

Yuan Bao proved her "authority" with practical actions. After Su Chunsheng finished taking the doctor's medicine in the town for the second time, Yuan Bao was still taken care of by Su Chunsheng, and every three days he invited the village doctor to come to his brother The two took a pulse, and the medicine was second to none. There were a lot of tonics and medicinal recipes for their physical condition. Yuan Bao asked Su Qiusheng to buy everything back, and asked You Genniang to make it for them to eat. .

"Yuan Bao, do you have enough money at home? How can I calculate that you should have no money?" It was already the tenth day after Su Youwang's funeral. Although Su Chunsheng was still a little weak, his complexion was obviously much better.

Yuan Bao put down the zipper in his hand, and gave Su Chunsheng an angry look, "It's just a little bit, you just ask Yin Zi, why do you two brothers have the same temper? I'm afraid I'm the head of the house and secretly saving money for my own house?"

Su Chunsheng sighed, "Where is our family's private money? It's a pity that it was spent. We are not afraid that you will save your private house, but that you will be wronged!" Su Chunsheng counted, Su Youwang and Liu Guirong The two things and my own illness, 30 taels of silver may not be enough to spend.

"I heard about our family. Shanxi came here yesterday and gave me 12 taels of silver, of which [-] taels were given by the young master, saying it was my monthly bill." Yuan Bao pouted dissatisfiedly, "I just found out, It turns out that my monthly bill is only [-] yuan a month, and the remaining [-] taels were given by Ni Zhong, and I didn’t say it was money for buying patterns. Huh,” Yuan Bao was even more dissatisfied, “Our family is like this, he He still has the heart to owe me my wages, he didn’t say it was just the pattern money, I just thought it was a free gift from him, when the time comes to settle accounts, what should I want for the pattern money or what should I want!”

Su Chunsheng raised his hand and tapped Yuan Bao's forehead, "You are really a little money fan," but it was such a little money fan that saved the entire Su family in times of crisis, so he couldn't bear to blame him anymore, and instead He turned around and said, "Everyone nowadays does not live by monthly bills, but by rewards. Just do the math, how much has the young master given to our family? How much is it if you don’t go to work every month? Not to mention the money for the pattern, it is naturally a reward. As for not giving the money for the pattern, besides fighting with the young master, I guess there are other plans. Don’t worry. You are absolutely indispensable."

Yuan Bao giggled, "Okay, then I don't blame them." Putting away the net, ready to take a break, Yuan Bao came to help Su Chunsheng, Su Chunsheng waved his hand, arranged the bedding by himself, and helped Yuan Bao undress.

After the two lay down, Su Chunsheng sighed again, "The day my mother gave birth, I was blindsided, not to mention the money, it was such a big deal, Yuan Bao, thank you for having you."

I can't tell it on weekdays, but when the critical moment comes, Yuan Bao with the soul of an adult shows unusual calmness, maturity and wisdom, from letting Su Chunsheng leave alone in order to protect his family, to preparing for the funeral in advance and paying a lot of money to send Su Chunsheng away. Su Youwang went out, and tricked the town's doctor and Mrs. You Gen to take care of the housework. These inconspicuous arrangements made the Su family stable and safe when the disaster struck. Su Chunsheng asked himself if he could do it. arrive.

"Well," Yuan Bao nodded honestly, "You have me, so enjoy yourself!"

Su Chunsheng smiled softly and fell asleep peacefully.

In fact, Su Chunsheng's calculations were correct. Yuan Bao only had more than 20 taels of cash in hand. When she asked someone to carry the coffin, Yuan Bao began to copy the money, because she felt that silver beans were too expensive to spend in the village. When the doctor and the midwife left, Yuan Bao had already started copying Yindouzi. There was no way, Liu Guirong's tonic was really expensive!
Fortunately, Ni Xiaopang and Ni Zhong sent the money in time, which made Yuan Bao's magic less obvious. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for Yuan Bao to explain where her money came from. Yuan Bao decided that she would not keep accounts in the future. As for the income, it can be blurred as long as it can, so as to cover up the existence of abilities.

The first thing Su Chun did after recovering from his illness was to take two contracts to visit Liu Guirong. Yuan Bao and Su Qiusheng were a little nervous, and when Su Chunsheng came out, he asked, "How is it, mother, is she still crying? "

Su Chunsheng smiled wryly, "I guess I cried even more."

"Why? Xianggong, what did you say to your mother?" Yuan Bao was a little strange. According to Su Chunsheng's kindness, not only would he not punish Liu Guirong at this time, but he would try his best to comfort him. So what is Liu Guirong not satisfied with? Woolen cloth?
Su Chunsheng raised the contract in Yang's hand, "I asked my mother to sign this, and I asked my mother why I treated her badly."

Yuan Bao took it over and took a look, and found that these two contracts contained two things. One was that after Su Youwang's death, all the property of the Su family was transferred to Su Chunsheng's name; Chunsheng went to Liu's house to ask for the 50 taels of silver owed. Of course, when the money is returned, it will also belong to Su Chunsheng.

Yuan Bao understood why Liu Guirong was dissatisfied. If in the past, Su Chunsheng was the head of the family in a family decision, and it was Liu Guirong's way of avoiding responsibility, then after the transfer, Su Chunsheng became the real head of the family in the legal sense.

But what can the so-called property of the Su family have now?It's just a yard, and it was kept with Yuan Bao's money. If Liu Guirong can open it, there is really nothing to dispute about who will be in charge of this family.

But the actual situation is that Liu Guirong can't think about it. She is a person who neither wants to pay nor wants others to treat her well for free. Especially after Yuan Bao arrived at the Su family, Liu Guirong made mistakes one after another. She has "offended" the Su brothers many times, and if you include the fact that she would rather sell Su Qiaoqiao this time than go to the county town for Su Youwang to ask for a doctor, she has offended Su Qiaoqiao too.

But who can blame this?Unless Su Chunsheng's brain is broken, people like Liu Guirong will continue to be in charge of the family. You must know that Su Chunsheng's younger siblings have changed from two to four. Even if Su Chunsheng doesn't think about himself, he still has to think about them Think about it? !
In addition to Su Chunsheng's questioning, it was blocking Liu Guirong's mouth. Yuan Bao didn't know what Liu Guirong did before, and there was no need to pursue it. He said that since she came to Su's house, Liu Guirong was the only one who was sorry for these children Yes, there are no children who are sorry for her, so wherever Liu Guirong can't make sense of emotion and reason, what else can she say besides crying? !

"Mother's matter, I will persuade you slowly in the future." Su Chunsheng said, "Now let's go to Lizheng's house first."

The 50 taels of silver that Liu's family gave can't just be forgotten, this is what the three children have always thought, and they still have a lot of things to do when they go to Lizheng's house.

Yuan Bao took a few strings made by himself as gifts, Su Chunsheng thought about it, and asked Yuan Bao to bring two taels of silver, wrapped it in a lotus, and carried it with him.

Yuan Bao has never been to the Ni family's Zhuangzi in Xiejiao Village, so the yard of Lizheng's house is the best yard Yuanbao has seen in Xiejiao Village so far: thick walls, imposing vermilion gates, and shiny brass knockers , the high threshold, the stone lions at the door, the horse posts...

Seeing Yuan Bao's eyes sparkle, this is her ideal living environment, well, one day she will have it.

Li Zheng is in his thirties, older than Liu Guirong, wearing a long robe, not tall, with an ordinary appearance, but very imposing, and ignores the three children who beg to come to his house.

Yuan Bao handed over the five strings wrapped in a plain handkerchief, and Su Chunsheng explained, "This is the most popular new pattern in the county, and it sells very well in Yunjinxiu Village, so I specially sent it here for the ladies to play with." son."

"But the Yunjinxiu Village of the Ni family in the county?" Li Zheng's expression brightened a little.

Su Chunsheng smiled and said, "Exactly, thanks to the respect of the fifth young master of the Ni family, Yuan Bao has already been hired by the Ni family to be a maid, and she will start work in the first month."

"Oh, oh, not bad, not bad..." Li Zheng sat down, his expression softened, "Then why are you here today..."

First, Su Chunsheng transferred the ownership. Because of Liu Guirong's handwriting, it went smoothly. The deed was directly changed to Su Chunsheng's name. Li Zheng said, "Your family will not be exempt from the poll tax this year."

Su Chunsheng said hastily, "I have handed over everything, so there is no reason to go back."

Yuan Bao added another piece of knowledge. It turns out that in addition to the agricultural tax for farming, there is also a head tax, which is only charged to males over the age of 13. In the past, only Su Youwang in the Su family had to pay.

The poll tax can also be covered by corvee, but corvee work is generally very tiring. For the same work, the salary is far more than the tax. If the family is not too poor to pay, no one will be willing to pay. corvee.

The next step is to redeem Yuanbao and set up a household. There is a small problem. Lizheng said, "There is no female household in our dynasty," pointing to Yuanbao, "She is too young to set up a household by herself."

Later, Lizheng gave the suggestion of "dividing property without dividing households". This situation is more common in childless widows and unmarried orphans. brother wait.

The advantage of this is that the property is independent, but the problem is that there is still no autonomy in major matters such as marriage.

Yuan Bao thought for a while, and agreed to Li Zheng's suggestion. She still has ten years to marry before she divorces, and she also trusts Su Chunsheng, who will give her the right to choose freely.

When Li was writing Yuanbao's household registration, he reminded Su Chunsheng, "From now on, Yuanbao's private property will not belong to the Su family. Even if you get married in the future, it will still be counted as Yuanbao's dowry. If it exceeds If a certain amount is paid, the dowry list must be filed in the government.”

Su Chunsheng said without hesitation, "I know."

But when Yuan Bao reported his birthday, the Su brothers were shocked. They suddenly discovered that Yuan Bao's real age was several months younger than Su Qiaoqiao.

Su Qiusheng pulled Yuan Bao and asked, "You...you remember correctly, right?"

Yuan Bao rolled his eyes at him, "Didn't you realize that I've always been a little shorter than Qiao Qiao?"

Su Chunsheng forced himself to calm down, and signaled to Su Qiusheng and Yuan Bao to go home if they had anything to do.

Li Zheng had no contact with Yuan Bao on weekdays, so he was naturally indifferent to Yuan Bao's age, so after completing the household registration, he handed it over to Yuan Bao.

Yuan Bao looked at it again and again, and then put it away carefully. Her freedom is finally in her hands, and she doesn't have to leave Su's house!

Finally, when it came to the money disputes between the Liu family and the Su family, Li Zheng frowned when Su Chunsheng finished speaking.

Su Chunsheng said, "Even if there is no cash, it is still possible to transfer the three acres of high-quality land to the name of the Su family. They can also slowly pay back the remaining five taels of silver." two silver.

Li Zheng weighed the purse in his hand, his face didn't look any better because of this, and after accepting the money, he said, "Since you have asked me, I will go for a walk this evening!"

Li Zheng's subsequent behavior made the three children very confused. Su Qiusheng asked, "Brother, do you think this can be done?"

Su Chunsheng's eyebrows were twisted into a big pimple, "Hanging!" He said angrily, "What do you think your mother did?!"

Yuan Bao was a little annoyed at Li Zheng, "Since he's not sure it will be done, how dare he accept our money?"

"Alas—" Su Qiusheng patted Yuan Bao's head, "They didn't agree with us, did they? Our money is enough for Qiu Lizheng to help us take a trip."

Su Chunsheng said, "Qiusheng is right." Then he persuaded Yuan Bao, "How did you persuade me at the beginning, if you don't return the money, we won't be angry or angry, and the family won't be able to live..."

Yuan Bao nodded, "That's true, but I think Li Zheng is too dark..." Thinking about the problems that the Su brothers could see through at a young age, as an adult, she really shouldn't be so entangled, so she suppressed the following words I didn't say anything, but I still feel sorry for the two taels of silver.

As for Lizheng's blackness, Yuan Bao hadn't fully realized it yet.

The three children of Lizheng and Su's family arrived at the Liu family during dinner time, not only himself, but also the village head of Xiejiao Village. This time was chosen very well, and the entire Liu family was there.

This is the first time for Yuan Bao to enter the Liu family's yard. Not counting the vegetable garden in the back, the Liu family's yard is also two and a half as big as the Su family's, and it is also a courtyard.

There are also pigpens and chicken coops in the yard of the Liu family. Although those houses are low and old and the quality of the houses is obviously not as good as that of the Su family, they are all well-kept and look solid. Very good, isn't this what Yougenniang said, living in other people's yards, or it should be very cost-effective to ask for the yard for money.

But it turns out that Yuan Bao is really naive.

Give up the seat and sit down in the main room - the three children don't have a seat, only Li Zheng, the village chief, and Old Man Liu have it, and Old Man Liu sits at the bottom.

The conversation between the three of them was very brief, Li was explaining the purpose of coming, and Liu Laopa was vague, in short, it was two sentences: there is no money, and the land is the capital of survival, so I can't give it.

And Mrs. Liu has been standing at the door of the main room crying without making a sound, she just shed tears "pat, clap", as if she could not be wronged anymore. To be honest, if there were no Liu Guirong's perennial tear offensive and Liu Guirong It is possible that Yuan Bao's heart softened because of the disgusting things his family members did in the past.

Su Chunsheng's two uncles followed Aunt Liu and sighed, looking ashamed that their family was restless, and they were also very sympathetic.

But Li Zheng's words broke the deadlock, "Is there any evidence for the money back then? Can it explain whether it was borrowed money or filial money given to you by your married daughter?"

Yuan Bao's heart sank, and he cried secretly, it's over!

Su Qiu's face flushed with anger, as if he had interrupted, but was stopped by Su Chunsheng's warning eyes.

Only Su Chunsheng's complexion was not good-looking, but he remained calm anyway.

Then, of course, the situation took a turn for the worse. Father Liu had the high-sounding reason Li Zheng gave, of course he insisted on it and used it to the end.

This small lawsuit of the Su family ended in the complete defeat of the Su family.

(End of this chapter)