Upon hearing this, Xiang's father turned around and glared at his two sons fiercely.

"The two bastards came back with some fabrics. Why didn't they hand it over to me?"

He knew with his toes that the cloth was probably kept secretly by his two sons, and they only brought back some dried fruit preserves to fool me!

Before Xiang Fu could say anything, he saw Jia Jincheng looking at the dishes on the table. He only had a small plate of dried longevity fruits. He looked so disheveled, with thick skin and small flesh. At first glance, he thought it was his father-in-law getting married.

When he ate the leftovers, he said again,

"These are the only things on the table...how come the dried fruits and candied fruits I brought in front are missing?"

Father Xiang's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, but he snorted and said,

"My three sons are not as good as my eldest son-in-law. You can earn money. They don't know how to be filial and respectful to their elders during this Chinese New Year. It would be nice to have some longevity fruit!"

Jia Jincheng knew that his father-in-law was trying to burn him with words, but his expression remained unchanged as he nodded and said,

"The three brothers are a bit different, but they are our sons after all. Father-in-law, please don't dislike them. Let them work more hard next year, and they will naturally earn more money!"

Xiang's father heard a lot of snoring in his nose, but he couldn't get angry. Outside, Xiang was not as tough as Jia Jincheng. When he got home, he was pulled into the kitchen, and Xiang's mother was very disgusted and poked him with his fingers.

Poke, the oil on the fat face will come out,

"Why did I give birth to such a worthless thing like you? All the money in the family is controlled by men, and you are also controlled by men. Look at your two girls, none of them are as useless as you!"

The two girls from the Xiang family looked disdainful when they heard this.

"Sister, you are too cowardly. It's like us... We hold the money in our hands and let the man go east, but he dare not go west..."

The two girls from Xiang's family were married to farmers in the suburbs of Beijing, and their families didn't have much money. The men were also honest and honest, letting them be rounded and flattened. They married into poor families, and there wasn't much money to be squeezed out of the family. They couldn't compare to the Jia family.

The mother only focused on Jia Jincheng, so she kept putting pressure on her eldest daughter. Xiang was deeply troubled and couldn't express it.

"It makes me look the most useless after all the trouble!"

Xiang is so domineering at home, but in front of his wife, he is like a mouse meeting a cat, even daring to retreat even after being poked.

"Mom...I...I can't help it!"

Jia Jincheng is no more honest than his two brothers-in-law. He is from the government office. If he is provoked to anger, he will divorce his wife, or he will use his money to gamble with women outside. Then I won’t get anything out of it.

"No way!"

Xiang’s mother opened her toad eyes like her daughter’s,

"You gave birth to the Jia family's only seedling for Jia Jincheng. It's not a matter of raising your hand to control him. Tell me...why you can't do anything about it?"

Xiang responded,

"Mom, Jincheng is no better than my brother-in-law and the others. He knows how many copper coins he can earn every year by digging food in the fields. Jincheng is from the yamen. He doesn't have much money on the surface. Most of it is in private. He

If you don't tell me, where will I know?"

Jia Jincheng was on errands. As a woman, how could she dare to go in and out of the yamen? Even if she dared to enter the yamen, she would not dare to go to that place where people died!

Xiang's mother had a look of hatred on her face and pointed at the Jia sisters who were sitting in a group talking in the yard outside.

"...What is the brain used for? You can't control a man's external affairs, but you can always make the decision in his family affairs, right?"

Xiang Shi nodded,

"This...he doesn't care!"

He akimbo said to his mother,

"You gave birth to so many girls and raised them at home for free. Why didn't you find someone to marry earlier? If the family has less to eat, the money in your hands will be saved. Jia Jincheng is a widower in the yamen. Every month The salary is quite a lot, so you can support the seven of you. Even if you dig some money from your household income, it will be enough for your three brothers to eat meat for half a month!"

Xiang responded,

"Sanlian... Sanlian has already made a decision..."

"Don't you still have Si Lian? If you give Si Lian, Wu Lian, and Liu Lian three girls, they will be married as soon as possible, and they will become child brides. If you send them away, won't the family be quiet?"

Xiang was a little reluctant,

"The girls have all gotten married, so there is no one left at the noodle stall, and no one is doing the work at home!"

When Xiang's mother heard this, she was furious and raised her hand to give her a slap.

"Look...what I said is that you are lazy. You think you are an official's wife and you still have girls to serve you..."

In the early years, Xiang's children were really tired when they were young, but now that her daughters are older, they don't have to do any work at home, and they don't have to leave early and come back late at the noodle stall. They just count copper coins every day, except for Jia Jincheng, who doesn't give her any care. After all, I lived a very comfortable life in my childhood.

After marrying off several older girls, setting up a stall early in the morning and coming home late, and serving the father and son, wouldn't it fall on him?

When Xiang's mother saw her hesitating and showing no promise, she raised her hand and slapped Xiang again in front of her three daughters-in-law and two daughters.

"You worthless thing, you won't marry someone first, saying that you are still young, wait for two years before marrying, and keep the bride price first..."

After a pause he said,

"The seventh child in your family is still young and hasn't gotten married yet. The eldest brother in your eldest brother's family should have gotten married long ago. As an aunt, shouldn't you help me?"

After hearing this, Xiang remembered Jia Jincheng's gloomy face and muttered,

"Of course I want to help, but...but where the master is..."

Angry at his mother for not fighting,

"You idiot, this man only cares about his son. As long as you take good care of your son, you can say anything!"

Xiang Mu looked at people with a venomous look, and she could see the eldest son-in-law's thoughts very clearly. Even though he felt a little sorry for his daughters, he was not as important as his son after all. Jia Laoqi was the only child in the family. Xiang Mu also gave her daughter some advice,

"Don't provoke him right now. Take good care of your family's business and keep an eye on Lao Qi. I'll take care of the films of these girls!"

Although the two elders of the Xiang family are very dissatisfied with their eldest son-in-law, first of all, Jia Jincheng is from the Yamen and is the only person in the family who can talk to the master. Secondly, Jia Jincheng has money!

Mrs. Xiang had a secret she told her mother-in-law's family and never concealed it. First, Jia Jincheng received fifteen taels of silver from Master Yin, and later at the end of the year, there was a silver reward from the Yamen, which was a full five taels of silver. If these fifteen taels of silver were given to It can be used by a whole family and can last for two years. For the sake of money, the two elders of the Xiang family have to suppress their laughter even if they are dissatisfied with their eldest son-in-law's stinginess.

Jia Jincheng understood this. When he came to talk today, he was in a strange mood. He stabbed his father-in-law from time to time. Seeing the change in his face, Jia Jincheng felt secretly happy. Today, because all three sons-in-law came to the door, Xiangjia No matter how stingy the second elder was, he couldn't afford to fiddle with things any more. He gritted his teeth and cooked the bacon and chicken that Jia Jincheng had brought. After putting the dishes on the table, he looked at the three daughters who were surrounded by a bunch of little things who had died of hunger and reincarnated into ghosts. , his mouth was full of oil after eating, and the second Xiang family always secretly hated Jia Jincheng.

"His family has a strong foundation, but he doesn't know how to help this family. Life is so difficult. We don't get a few pieces of meat all year round, but we only see a tooth festival at the end of the year. This gang of debt collectors takes advantage!"

Especially the seventh child of the Jia family. This boy has a deer head with rat eyes, a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He looks like a green-eyed wolf when he snatches meat. His chopsticks make people fly. Anyone who dares to snatch it from him will be killed.

Wanting to glare at people fiercely, the elder Xiang's chopsticks hadn't even moved much when they saw that the big bowl of fat meat on the table had reached the bottom, and everyone turned to pick up the dried chicken.

The chicken is a pheasant, which is not a domestic chicken. It is good at running and leaping in the forest, so it has less meat and more bones. It tastes very fishy and is not as delicious as the fat meat. People grab the fat meat first and then the mountain.

Chicken, the chicken bones entered my mouth and I couldn't bear to spit them out. I gritted my teeth and chewed the little bit of meaty flavor in the bones.

"Crack...cuck...click...click...click...click..."

For a moment, the tabletop was like a gathering of mice. No one was talking, and there was only the sound of bones breaking...

The Jia sisters were not welcomed in the Jia family, and they were even less popular in the Xiang family. They did not dare to compete with the boys for meat, so they had to lower their heads to eat vegetables. It was already the middle of winter in the capital at this time, and fresh vegetables were not available.

It was not something that people like them could afford, so the only food on the table was the pickles that Xiang's mother had put in a vat earlier. The sisters ate in silence. The brown rice was hard to swallow and there was fine sand in it.

Pickles are also pickled with coarse salt. The coarse salt used by the people at this time was the official salt mixed with impurities and sold in shops. In fact, the quality of official salt was uneven, and other things were added from the shops and sold.

When people buy them home, they need to re-cook them for use. People like Xiangjia naturally don't bother with that, so the taste of the pickles made in this way can be imagined.

Fortunately, the Jia family had a very prosperous New Year. Except for Jia Laoqi who seemed to never have enough to eat and grabbed everything she saw, the other sisters had some fat in their stomachs and did not fight for a bite. A few of them took a few bites.

He put down his bowls and chopsticks, and when he saw his mother, the gloom on his face finally dissipated a bit.

The lunch back to her parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year ended with a fight between Jia Youchuan and Xiang Da's two sons, Xiang Fu and Xiang Guida.

People are the treasures in the hands of the two elders of the Xiang family. In the Xiang family and Jia You, they are monopolistic and domineering. When these three people meet, they are like enemies meeting each other, and they are extremely jealous. Every time they meet, they are extremely jealous.

Even if I don't go back to fight, I won't be able to bear the bellyful of meat I just ate!

This time, it was about fighting for the last piece of chicken. Jia You was thin, with nimble hands and feet, and a capable brain. He ate the food in the bowl and looked at the bowl on the table. There was still the last piece of chicken, but his eyes were

As soon as he turned around, he suddenly put his chopsticks into the bowl of fat meat on the side, pretended to turn it over, and shouted in surprise,

"And a piece of meat!"

When the two heard this, they immediately turned their attention to the chicken. Xiang Fu was older and reacted faster. He listened with his ears and moved his hands away. Jia Youchuan shouted,
Chapter completed!