The banquet was arranged for lunch, and it was lined up on the large square at the entrance of the ancestral hall. When the time came, after the third uncle, fifth uncle, and Miao Chuhe were seated, everyone took their seats one by one.
In order to sell Miao Chuhe's favor, and also to warn Xia family because of disgust, the third uncle deliberately arranged the seats of Miao Cuilan's family in the most distinguished guest seats, Xia's eyes were burning with resentment.
Xia Shi sat at the table with a dark face, facing the steaming and fragrant dishes that were put on the table like flowing water, she felt that her heart was blocked. Seeing everyone laughing and chatting, chopsticks flying and eating lively, I felt even more indescribably wronged.
She is Miao Chuhe's "mother" and the only elder in Miao Chuhe's family. Miao Chuhe already sat at the table with the third uncle and the others, so why can't she have the same table with the third uncle and others? Hmph, these people are full of rules and morality, how come it doesn't work when it comes to her? Are all these people dead? No one opened his mouth to say something fair for her!
The more Xia thought about it, the more angry she became, her liver ached from the anger, and she stood up suddenly. Don't give her face? Then everyone will tear their faces apart, and no one will want this face anymore!
It's worth not to eat this banquet that doesn't take her seriously! She didn't believe it, Miao Chuhe and the third uncle would have a lot of face when she left in such a big way!
Sure enough, everyone was sitting and eating and drinking boisterously. Mrs. Xia who stood up all of a sudden caught everyone's attention, and the laughter and lively voices became much quieter all of a sudden.
Xia Shi suddenly felt a rush of revenge, and felt slightly annoyed: Why wait until today, I should have done this long ago! Hmph, no matter what, I am Miao Chuhe's mother. As a son is promising, of course the mother is also rising with the tide. Third uncle? Hey, what can I do with her! How dare you do anything to her!
She should have thought of this a long time ago!
"You guys eat, I can't eat, I'm going back first!" Xia Shi cleared his throat and said forcefully.
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking about everything, but they all thought of one thing: this woman is too stupid!
The faces of third uncle, fifth uncle, etc. immediately became very ugly, and they couldn't help cursing inwardly: This bitch is indeed a shameless woman! On such a happy day, how dare you make such a face-off! If the banquet ends safely and without incident, that's all. If it makes everyone unhappy, and people in other villages know it and make it a laughing stock, then this bitch will not be spared!
Miao Tianbao was secretly proud, and was about to follow Xia Shi to stand up, but was pulled back by two people, one on the left and one on the right. Sitting next to him happened to be the third uncle's second and youngest sons. The third uncle knew Miao Tianbao's virtues, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble, so he deliberately asked the two sons to keep an eye on him, so as not to let him make trouble.
It's a pity that the third uncle, no matter how foresighted he is, can't predict things like a god. Before Miao Tianbao made a fuss, the Xia family did it first!
As soon as the Xia family stood up, the third uncle and the two sons knew that things might be going badly, they had been staring at Miao Tianbao closely for a long time, seeing that there was something strange about him, how could they let him go
"Be clear to me! What kind of occasion is this? Let you mess around?" The second child shouted coldly.
Miao Tianbao froze and didn't dare to move. No matter how bold he is, he is also afraid of the family rules. If he really gets into trouble, he will be punished and he deserves it!
Mrs. Zhao's face had already turned "shua" white into a sheet of paper, and her heart felt chills, and she secretly scolded her mother-in-law for being stupid! There's no use fighting for this moment of idleness! Doesn't this make it clear that the elders in the clan don't want to see it? It can be seen that she is really in a daze, trying her best to trick her!
At this time, a clear and tender girl's voice resounded: "The old woman can't eat so many delicious things? Is the old woman not feeling well? Ah! Mother, the old woman's complexion is so ugly, it must be Physical discomfort!"
Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a cute little girl with an oval face, watery eyes, two small buns, and a water-red jacket, sitting snuggled up beside Miao Cuilan, blinking. With beautiful big eyes, she looked at Xia Shi curiously and seriously.
This little girl is naturally Lu Xiaoshu.
As soon as she said this, Third Uncle, Fifth Uncle, and everyone present all secretly heaved a sigh of relief, secretly praising this little girl for being so clever! If it wasn't for what she said, if the news got out, the villagers in other villages who envied and hated the Miaojia Village wouldn't try their best to make up bad words to make fun of them
Miao Cuilan even hugged Lu Xiaoshu and repeatedly echoed her, almost calling her "darling baby" and giving her a good kiss. A good girl is a good girl, and this is the solution to a big problem!
"Since you're not feeling well, go back and have a good rest! We're fine here, so you can go at ease!" The third uncle coughed, and stared at Mrs. Xia with gloomy, cold eyes, like a cold pool, Like a poisonous snake, it was cold and contained infinite warning and anger, which immediately poured out all the anger in Xia's bosom. She couldn't help shivering slightly, and finally realized that she had made a bad move.
That little girl is really nothing! Xia couldn't help but cursed again.
Mrs. Zhao was afraid that she would make something wrong again, that she would be ignored by the third uncle and the others, and they would not even be able to please herself, so she hurriedly got up and rushed to Mrs. Xia's side to help her and smiled to the third uncle and the others: "Grandma today. My son complained of dizziness when he got up in the morning. He must have caught a cold last night. I will help my mother-in-law back to rest! Let’s go now!"
The third uncle gave a majestic "Yes", and said hypocritically: "If you feel very uncomfortable, then go and ask a doctor to take a look! Go!"
"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Zhao nodded and bowed to accompany her smile, and half-pushed and half-pushed Mrs. Xia away.
Although Xia Shi was unwilling, she didn't dare to think about it any more, and was dragged away by her daughter-in-law involuntarily, and the anger in her heart increased.
"Come on, come on, let's go on, go on!" The boss of the third uncle's family, who is the patriarch, raised his glass with a smile and shouted loudly. , Drink what you should drink, laugh what you should joke, as if nothing happened.
"Is that little girl Cuilan's daughter? She's really smart!" The third uncle took a sip of his wine, feeling happy, and couldn't help asking Miao Chuhe with a smile. The grandson took a look.
Miao Chuhe glanced lightly out of the corner of his eyes and followed the eyes of the third uncle, and saw the grandson of the third uncle who was about the same age as Lu Xiaoshu, and couldn't help but "thump" in his heart.
Third Uncle, is this intentional marriage? This is not allowed! Xiaoshu's child is a smart, eccentric, naughty little guy. The third uncle's house is the eldest house, and all the previous patriarchs paid for it from his patriarchal house. The most important thing in their family is the word rules. If Xiaoshu marries into such a family , the days to come will definitely be very unhappy. What she should live is a free life like a bird, not a stable cage.
"That's right," Miao Chuhe nodded and said with a smile, "Xiao Shu was adopted by my sister and brother-in-law. It was only two months when I first arrived at their home. It's grown so big!"
As for the fact that she picked it up, Miao Cuilan and Lu Zhong never mentioned it in front of Lu Xiaoshu. They were shocked when they overheard Lu Xiaoshu say that, and they hurriedly asked her Where did you hear this? In fact, no one told her about it, but she casually planted it on Mrs. Li. Who made Mrs. Li famous for her big mouth
Miao Cuilan was still very upset about this, and she didn't talk to Mrs. Li for a while, which made Mrs. Li baffled.
However, fortunately, this daughter is heartless, maybe she is too young to understand what is meant by "picked up" and the difference between picked up and her own. She doesn't care about recognizing her own identity, being low-key, forbearing, and inferior. She plays with her brothers and sisters the same as before, and is as intimate with her husband and wife. Only then did Miao Cuilan feel relieved.
But there is no need to hide this matter. Somehow, everyone knew about it. And Tong Yu'er, Miao Chuhe and others did not alienate her because of this, they still loved her as before. She has a sweet mouth, lively and intelligent, Tong Yu'er and Miao Chuhe pitied her for her poor background, but treated her better.
"Picked it up?" The third uncle was slightly disappointed, and said, "Then her biological parents—"
Miao Chuhe shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know who it is, according to my sister, they picked it up when they heard her crying in the grass by the roadside when they were returning home from a market."
"Oh! What a pity for this child!" The third uncle sighed regretfully, then changed the subject and resumed talking about eating and drinking. This little girl is so smart at her age, and has a pleasing appearance, he is really thinking about getting married. But I didn't expect it to be a picked-up child with unknown parents. Naturally, this marriage should not be married, what a pity!
Miao Chuhe on the side also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
Poor Lu Xiaoshu, who was eating happily by his mother's side, listening to all kinds of compliments from his aunts, aunts, and daughters-in-law, he didn't know that his life's major issues were almost resolved!
After lunch, the place was cleaned up, and while everyone was there, Miao Chuhe announced another news, which shocked and delighted all the people present!
Except Miao Tianbao.
Because Miao Chuhe said that he would save a small part of the gifts he received in the past few days as expenses for daily life and human relations, and donate all the rest to the clan to repair the ancestral hall, buy clan land, and build a school. From now on, all the expenses for festival sacrifices in the clan, schooling for the children in the clan, support for the widowed and elderly, relief for fellow clansmen in times of famine, and relief for serious illnesses, etc., will all be provided by the output of the clan farm.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned, and no one spoke out for a long time, except third and fifth uncles.