Looking at the tearful appearance of the little girls of second branches, Yue De Fu could not help but looked away, and said to Yue Da Fu with a smile: "Da Fu, aren't you being extreme with the few children? We're all elders, just have a few words with the children. What to do if you broke the child from hitting? " It implied that Yue Da Fu should leave it at that. It was just one or two eggs, and they have more than 30 acres of farmland, what are they still lacking.
But old Mrs. Chen didn't think so and exploded like a firecracker before Yue Da Fu could open his mouth: "What does that count as? Now she dared to steal the eggs at home, tomorrow wouldn't she have the capability to steal the silver! It won't be too much if I beat her to death today! "
Looking at the old Mrs. Chen who bared her teeth and claws calmly, Yue De Fu became displeased in his heart. This was the so-called married wife and married virtue. The Yue Family married this Mrs. Chen, really caused ruin to three generations.
"I haven't stolen eggs. Uncle Lizheng please bear witness for me." Yue You Jin, who returned to her sisters' side, said very firmly and with strength, "Grandmother has searched our room and my body. Now just my sisters. Please ask Uncle Lizheng to find some aunts to help search. We haven't stolen eggs. We're not thieves. "
"We didn't steal the eggs from grandmother ..." You Yin and the other sisters whispered behind You Jin.
Mrs. Su wiped off the tears at the corners of her eyes: "Father, Mother, how about leaving it at that! You watched You Jin and the others grow up. The never stolen the most triflest stuff in the house, so how can they dare to steal the eggs at home! "
Seeing all the second branch's children were crying with tears, Yue De Fu couldn't bear it and had to sigh: "Uncle Da Fu, it's just a few eggs. Maybe it was moved away. I watched the children all grow up and they don't look like they dare to steal eggs. Give me some face, leave it like that? "
Seeing him speak for the money-wasting things, old Mrs. Chen's face became ugly. Yue De Fu was the Lizheng and one of the few Tongsheng in the village, so she could only keep her mouth closed and not speak. But in her mind, she had no plans to spare these money-wasting things with such ease.
Taking in everyone's expressions, Yue You Jin sneered a few times in her heart. Old Mrs. Chen was a famous shrew in Cuifeng Village. Although most of the villagers were on their own side, she couldn't let this matter passed so ambiguously. And she said timidly, "Uncle Lizheng, Grandmother hasn't counted the eggs in the house yet. I just came back from gathering pig feed from the mountain and they caught me and said I stole the eggs. Why not ask Grandmother to take the eggs out and count them? "
Hearing You Jin saying this, Yue De Fu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's right! Old Shenzi, go count and check, and maybe you remembered wrongly?"
The villagers who watched from the outside heard that You Jin said that old Mrs. Chen hadn't even counted the eggs at home and accused the children had stolen the eggs, sniggered, and then whispered. Lin Family's younger generation laughed outright: "It seems that old Shenzi really has thousands of eyes and is clairaudient! The eggs haven't been counted and already know the eggs have been stolen. It's so amazing!"
Being ridiculed by him so blatantly, old Mrs. Chen's face was green and white for a while. She was convinced by her precious grandson's words: "Wen Wei saw her stealing eggs and eating it! How could there be anything mistake? "
Yue Wen Wei, who was standing next to Mrs. Chen while watching the event, was unprepared for his name being called and found that everyone's eyes had shifted to himself. It made him a little nervous, but still pretended to be arrogant: "This cheap girl must have stolen an egg, I could smell the egg on her! "
"Haa" In an instant, the onlooking villagers all laughed. Ma Family's Shenzi had her arms crossed over her hips as she cackled: "Kid, could it be that you have grown a dog's nose? You can smell egg scent? Since you have said so, hurry up tell your grandmother to take out the eggs and count to see if there are any missing? "After a pause, she pointed," If the eggs are gone, who knows who might have stolen them! "
As soon as she said this, Mrs. Chen's face was a little ugly. Normally, she has taken the eggs openly and secretly in private to supplement her four children, and her mother-in-law also turned a blind eye to it. Thinking of this, she felt a bit more confident, straightened her chest and raised her chin, and then turned her eyes to Ma Family's woman to verbally attack.
Old Mrs. Chen has been put on a tight spot, she could only grit her teeth and react: "Fine, I'll take! If there is one less of my eggs, I will kill these lowly girls!" She turned back to the storehouse and brought the eggs out. All the food in the house was locked in the storehouse next to the main room. Only old Mrs. Chen had the key.
A moment later, old Mrs. Chen returned with a basket full of eggs. She had worked hard to save these to nourish the two grandsons who were studying in the county.
When carrying the egg to the front, old Chen's expression was already a bit ugly. She just glanced it on the way, the egg seems to be not lacking. However, now wasn't the case of whatever she says goes.
Yue De Fu saw that her face was terrible, so he asked with a smile: "Did old Shenzi count the eggs? Is the amount of the eggs short?" Looking at old Mrs. Chen's guilty look, he also had a rough judgment in his heart. It seems like several girls have been falsely accused.
Since Yue De Fu could tell that there was something odd with old Mrs. Chen, naturally others can as well. Yue Da Fu directly yelled a few words: "Hurry up and put the eggs back. The older you are, the more you don't know how to act as the head of the house! You don't know how many eggs we have at home?" The words allowed old Mrs. Chen to escape from everyone's sight. Afterward, he grinned at Yue De Fu and said: "What happened today is just a little misunderstanding. The children are still young, and this joke had troubled nephew to run this trip, making you watch a joke."
Yue Da Fu has been out there for many years, so naturally, he got sights to shift the sail with the wind. Since he already changed the topic, Yue De Fu couldn't really interfere with other people's family business. Then responded,"They're all your own grandchildren, Nephew believe Uncle Da Fu's treatment is equal. It's good that misunderstanding is cleared." After saying that, he joined his hands and left the Yue Family's courtyard.
Seeing that Lizheng no longer intervened, Yue Da Fu made a look at Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen received her father-in-law's signal, hurriedly shut the courtyard door and then she waved her hand to hurried away to drama-watching villagers, who lied on the wall: "Go, go, go. what is there to see? It's not it's a monkey play! "
When the villagers saw the excitement was over and they also saw Mrs. Chen's talking like this, they knew there was not interesting to discuss, and all disappeared in twos and threes as they rubbed their noses. In less than a moment, only the Yue family refused to budge in the courtyard.
Yue Da Fu shot an indifferent glance at the second branch's grandchildren who sat on the ground and looked like rolling in mud monkey. He was very displeased in his heart and said unconcernedly: "Do what you should be doing, don't muck around here." Then he turned back to return to the main room.
Seeing that both her father-in-law and her mother-in-law were gone, Mrs. Chen returned to the east wing with a slightly fed up Yue Wen Wei. While the first branch and the third branch lived in the spacious and comfortable east wing room, with only two rooms. Only the second branch with seven daughters lived in a small, dark room, which was cold in winter and hot in summer.
Seeing that everyone was gone, You Jin also let out a deep sigh of relief. With strength, she lifted Mrs. Su who was sitting on the ground: "Mother, the ground is cold. You take some sisters back to the room to sit, I'll tidy the pig feed and come back." Then she lifted up her sisters and wiped Little Sixth's tearstained little face:" Little Sixth be obedient, go back to the room with Mother."
Little Sixth was scared just now and still sobbed as held Mrs. Su's hand back to the west wing. You Zhu followed behind Mrs. Su with You Bao and You Ling and returned to the room. You Yin stayed behind to help You Jin quickly clean up the pig feeds that were scattered in the courtyard and the sisters went back together.
Mrs. Chen sent Yue Wen Wei to stay in the east wing room, while she went to the main room instead of east wing's door: "Mother ah, look at how the money-wasting things from second branch act today. All purposefully trying to anger you, especially the cheap girl, Yue You Jin. If it weren't for her, why would Lin Family's third son go and invite Lizheng to come over? How could Mother be so angry that you can't get off the stage? I must say Yue You Jin that money-wasting thing is getting more rebellious as she gets bigger. She dares to ask someone to invite Li Zheng to come today, someday she might even go to the Yamen and request officer? "
Initially, Old Mrs. Chen was so angry that she needed to lie on the kang, but after hearing Mrs. Chen's words, she clapped his hands and sat up from the kang. Somewhat sunken eye sockets started glaring: "That money-wasting thing dare? "
Mrs. Chen recalled Yue Yin Jin's insidious smile from just now, and her heart quivered: "Mother ah, you didn't see it just now, the way she looked at us as if wished to eat us all! How could did she not dare to do it? You just said that she stole an egg and she made such a big ruckus. You Ting is already 14 this year, and You He is 13 too. They are all about to reach marriageable age, Mother! If it got that our Yue Family's daughters are unfilial and disrespectful, then how do we arrange marriage in future? " You Ting was Mrs. Chen's daughter and You He was third branch's.
Old Mrs. Chen was partial to the first branch and the third branch. Even though she also thought that You Ting and You He were also money-wasting things, she treated them better. Due to her preference toward the eldest son and third son and the two granddaughters were better fed than the second branch, so their looks were also more pretty. Although the two haven't had their coming-of-age yet, they blossomed much better than the average village girl. Old Mrs. Chen had expectations of these two granddaughters to marry into a good family.
Therefore, when Mrs. Chen mentioned that it would affect the two granddaughter's marriage, it was like old Mrs. Chen's fury button was pressed: "She's really a reincarnation of disaster! Bring misfortune to Old Two is enough, now even the eldest's and the third's family?! "So furious, she sat on the kang and thumping the quilt hard, as if the second branch's money-wasting thing were here now, she could not wait to kill them to vent her anger.
Seeing how mad old Mrs.Chen was, and thinking of the chilling eyes that Yue You Jin gave hert before she left, Mrs. Chen gave her an idea: "Mother, how about waiting for Old Two to come back tonight ..."
After listening to Mrs. Chen's words, old Mrs. Chen's face turned into a smug smile: "Yes, Old Two is the most filial. If I get angry, he will not ignore it, let's follow with what you said!" The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law whispered to discuss how to punish the second room's money-wasting things. The more they said, the happier they were. Half lying in the kang, Yue Da Fu remained silent with half-drooped eyes as if he was sleeping and didn't hear the two's conversation. Only an involuntary lift of the lip corner revealed everything. The naughty few from the second branch should be disciplined.