Chapter 161

Naturally, the village head's daughter-in-law knew what she was up to. She glared at her eyes and said, "you need to save some vermicelli for the Spring Festival. Don't make up your mind."

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law turned her lips and looked back. Then she asked, "is that father at home?"

"In the house."

The voice of the village head's daughter-in-law is still declining, and the figure in front of her is flashing. Wei Cai's daughter-in-law has quickly walked towards the house, shouting in a loud voice, "Dad, I heard..."

Before he finished speaking, he opened the door and felt the village head's gloomy eyes. He was scared to death.

The village head's voice should be heavy and heavy. "What are you doing when you're not cooking at home?"

Wei Qian's daughter-in-law laughed twice, "Dad, I didn't hear that you got five..."

"That's the money in the workshop. No one can think of it."

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law licked her smiling face, "Dad, I didn't think about it. I just want to see it. It's so big. I haven't seen so much silver."

"I can't watch it. Go home and cook for the children!"

"Dad..."

What else does Wei Cai's daughter-in-law have to say? The village head stares, "I can tell you that cai'er is still working in the county. If you don't want him to lose his 20 Wen salary for this day, keep his mouth shut."

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law obediently closed her mouth and walked out angrily. She came to Wei Lian and said, "little sister-in-law, it's rare for you to come to our house for dinner. Second sister-in-law makes delicious food for you."

"Thank you, sister-in-law. No need. After dinner, we have to go back while the weather is good."

"That's OK. Second sister-in-law will go back first."

Wei Lian sent her to the door

Wei Cai's daughter-in-law didn't Snort and left directly.

Wei Lian went back to the kitchen and continued to make a fire.

Inside, Liu Gen poured a glass of water for the village head politely, "Dad, have another drink."

The village head took it, sipped it, and put it on the table, "why didn't the child follow me?"

"They wanted to come, but the weather was cold and the child was a little uncomfortable. I was afraid that he would be more seriously ill, so I didn't bring them. If Dad missed them, they would come back later. Lian'er and I would bring them back."

The village head waved his hand, "no, it's too cold. Don't worry about the children. There aren't many days left and right. It's time to celebrate the new year. Just bring it over."

"All right, listen to Dad."

In the kitchen, Wei Lian was speechless as she looked at the burning stove.

The village head's daughter-in-law, who had been busy, did not find anything unusual about her. She lifted the lid of the pot, picked it with chopsticks, looked at the vermicelli, and put the lid aside. "OK, let's eat."

Wei Lian stood up, the strong fragrance floated into her nose, and her lips were tightly pressed together. She didn't remember how long she hadn't eaten such a meal.

It's hard for my daughter to come back. Besides stew, there are steamed buns mixed with half white flour, which I don't have. The village head's daughter-in-law went to the neighbor's house to borrow, a total of eight.

The village head ate two, the village head's daughter-in-law ate one, Wei Lian ate two, and the remaining three went into Liu Gen's stomach.

That's not enough. He also included all the stews left in the pot. He didn't dare to burp, for fear that the food would come out with a burp.

Looking at Wei Lian picking up the dishes and chopsticks, she stood up and started, "lian'er, you talk with your parents, I'll clean up."

Wei Lian did not say anything, and sat back.

Where can the village head's daughter-in-law let him clean up? "I'll do it."

"Mother, don't move, don't move!"

Liu Gen stopped her. "It's rare for lian'er to come back to accompany you and dad. You can talk together. I'll come, I'll come."

The village head's daughter-in-law is not willing. If this is to be spread, it should not be laughed at.

Wei Lian began to pull her, "Niang, please sit down. I have something to say to you and dad."

Seeing that she looked serious, the village head's daughter-in-law noticed something strange. She took a look at the village head and sat back.

Liu Gen quickly picked up the dishes and chopsticks and took them to the kitchen.

"What's the matter?"

Asked the village head.

Wei Lian's hands were tightly intertwined, and it seemed hard to say, "we, we... Came back to borrow money."

"Borrow money? What's the matter? "

Asked the village head's daughter-in-law.

"My sister-in-law is going to get married. My mother-in-law says that Liu Gen and I must give her two liang silver as a dowry."

The village head's daughter-in-law was immediately worried, "what's the matter? Why should you pay for it? "

Wei Lian's voice went down, "my mother-in-law said that she gave me a lot of gift money at the beginning, but our family didn't get married. Now they can't marry their daughter like us, and let others look down on them."

Bang!

The village head slapped heavily on the table, "what a jerk!"

Wei Lian trembled with fright.

Liu Gen in the kitchen heard it and sneered.

At the beginning, he married Wei Lian, but he gave him enough betrothal gifts, and your family didn't marry him back. Why didn't he say he was a jerk? Your family married your second daughter-in-law with my dowry money. Have you forgotten?

Looking at the village head's dark face, the village head's daughter-in-law advised, "lotus, you know, you can't take out half a liang of silver, let alone two liang of silver."

Wei Lian lowers her head and holds her clothes tightly. Because of the dowry, her husband's family doesn't care about her. In the past few years, only she knows how much she has suffered.

The village head was so angry that he said angrily, "go back and tell them there is no one at home. If they want to marry their daughter, they will find a way to do it by themselves! "

"I see."

Wei Lian's low response.

Liu Gen was listening with his ears. When he heard the village head's words, his face was grim.

Mingming has five taels of silver in his arms, but he says no.

I couldn't help getting out of the kitchen and into the house. Looking at Wei Lian's low head, he didn't get angry. He didn't break out and forced out a smile. "Father, mother, this silver, I don't want to borrow it from lian'er! When we have enough money, we will give it back to you immediately. "

The village head's anger didn't disappear, and his face was not good-looking. "Liu gen, have you separated from your parents?"

"Yes."

"Since we've been separated, it's not your turn to pay for your sister's marriage?"

Liu Gen still accompanied the smiling face, "what my father said is that it's my parents' business, but we are at least the second brother and the second sister-in-law. If we don't give a dowry, we'll make people laugh."

"You're right. The elder brother and sister-in-law should give some dowry, but they should do what they can. It's the first time I've heard that you two will pay as much as you have in hand and go back to your mother's house to lend money to your sister-in-law as a dowry. "

"Dad, you know, just a few years after we got married, lian'er and I have two more children. We can't afford to be short of money. This meal has been changed to two meals a day. Where is the extra money?"

What else does the village head have to say? The village head's daughter-in-law took him by the arm, motioned him not to say any more, and said, "your father and I really don't have much silver in our hands. In this way, I'll give you all, and you can't be too little."

"No!"

"Thank you, mother."

Wei Lian and Liu Gen spoke at the same time.

The village head's daughter-in-law patted her daughter's hand, stood up, went to the Kang, opened the box, leaned over, took out a cloth bag from it, lifted it layer by layer, finally revealed a pile of copper plates inside, and pushed it to Liu gen, "these are what we saved this year. I thought if your elder brother was sick, give them to him. Since you need them, take them all away."

Liu Gen's smile was stiff on his face. There are not even 200 coppers. They are beggars.

Sitting on the stool just now, the tone was a little bad, "Dad, mom, where are these enough, or, will you help us borrow them?"

The village head's daughter-in-law sighed, "people in the village are poor. Where can I borrow them?"

"The second sister-in-law didn't say..."

Before Liu Gen finished speaking, the village head understood the meaning of his words and knocked on the table with his hand, "I tell you, the five Liang silver is the money in the workshop, and no one can make an idea about it."

Liu Gen accompanied with a smile, "Dad, we're not thinking about it. We're just borrowing it for a while."

"Borrow it?"

The village head asked him directly, "how long do you plan to return it?"

The smile on Liu Gen's face couldn't be stopped, "Dad, what do you mean?"

"It means: if you want money, we only have these coppers. You can use them. Don't say anything else. "

"Dad, you..."

Wei Lianla Liu Gen's arm, "you don't say it."

Liu Gen stares at her, and just about to scold her, his words come to his lips. He remembers that this is in her mother's home and swallows it back. An idea comes up in his mind and immediately pretends to be distressed. "But if I can't borrow money, what can I do for you after I go back?"

Having been married for so many years, Wei Lian never said that she was embarrassed by her parents in law when she came home.

As soon as Liu Gen said this, the village head was angry and said, "lian'er, when they go back, they will be hard for you. Take a message to Dad, and dad will go and argue with them."

Anyway, he is also the head of a village. His daughter has no reason to be made difficult by her husband's family.

Wei Lian quickly squeezed out a smile, "Dad, don't listen to him. My parents in law treat me very well. They have never been difficult to me."

With that, for fear that Liu Gen would say anything else, he stood up and said, "it's getting late. We should go back too. I don't worry about the two children at home."

The village head's daughter-in-law wrapped up the copper cloth and put it into her hand, "take these."

Wei Lian pushed out, "I don't want it."

"Take it! Your elder brother and sister-in-law are earning money now. We don't need our money. You can take it back as if your mother and I bought food for our children. "

Wei Lian grasped the cloth bag tightly, "thank you, Dad, thank you, mom."

The village head's daughter-in-law patted her hand heartily, "you wait, my mother goes to get you some vermicelli, you take it back, give your mother-in-law some, let them have a taste“

The village head's daughter-in-law went to the kitchen, gritted her teeth, took out all the vermicelli in the jar, opened the cloth bag that had just been tied up, put it all in it, wrapped it tightly, carried it back and handed it to Liu gen, "vermicelli is a rare thing, you take it."

"Ah

Liu Gen was very unhappy that he didn't borrow money, but he didn't want to give anything for nothing. What's more, he took the noodles that his family had never eaten and held them in his arms. "Dad, mom, we're gone."

"Let's go. We'll bring our children early for the new year."

"I see."

Liu Gen and Wei Lian went out of the courtyard and walked out of the village. On the way, he met people and said hello with a smile.

Just out of the village, went a mile away, the smile on his face fell down, suddenly kicked Wei Lian into the ditch by the side of the road.