Miao Chuhe went back to the academy, and within two days, another unexpected visitor came to his home.
The visitor was about thirties, wearing a purplish red and dark broken-patterned beige, some yellow and half-worn satin skirts, with flat temples and silver hairpins. He had a long face, thin lips, triangular eyes, and sharp eyebrows. Not one to be trifled with.
When she pushed open the courtyard door and came in, Lu Qi was leading Lu Xiaoshu and his sisters to laugh and play on the mats in the courtyard, when the loud voice said "Oh, this is really lively!" She and her sister looked over together .
Miao Cuilan also looked over, seeing the person coming, her expression changed slightly, and she asked unnaturally, "Why are you here?"
The visitor let out a snort, raised his eyebrows and said lightly, "What? Don't you welcome me?"
Miao Cuilan smiled lightly and said, "What can you tell me?"
"Is this how your Lu family treats guests? I drove a long way, and you didn't invite me in to rest?" The visitor said with a smile, "I thought our two families were very close, otherwise, why would you come out?" Money is spent to send my son Chuhe to school!"
Lu Xiaoshu immediately understood that this annoying woman was the uncle's stepmother Xia Shi.
Miao Cuilan's expression changed slightly when she heard the words "my son" from Mrs. Xia's mouth, but she also knew that Mrs. Xia was reminding her: Don't go too far, Miao Chuhe is still her son !
"Come in!" Miao Cuilan finally squeezed out these three words as peacefully as possible from between her teeth.
Xia Shi glanced at her with a smile, turned around and entered the room, not paying attention to Miao Cuilan's expression at all.
Miao Cuilan washed her hands, turned around and went into the house, and said to Lu Qi, "Be obedient and stay with your sisters in the yard, don't run around, and don't let other people's chickens come in to snatch food, you know?"
Lu Qi nodded in agreement.
Miao Cuilan entered the room and said calmly, "Tell me, what's the matter!"
Mrs. Xia smiled "hehe" and said, "I said Cuilan, Chuhe is your younger brother, and Tianbao is your younger brother, too. You can't treat one more favorably than the other! Your father has gone, and it's not easy for me, a widow, to pull the two of them together— "
"I wonder if you made a mistake! I'm no longer from the Miao family, and I don't have any father. What's the use of telling me these things?" Miao Cuilan's voice was full of sarcasm.
Xia said with a smile: "You can't say that, the blood is the blood, it's inborn, and it can't be cut off, don't you think so? Otherwise, why did you come to pay homage when your father left?"
It's good that she didn't mention it, but when it was brought up, Miao Cuilan smiled sarcastically and said, "But didn't you let me in? You won't forget what you said in front of everyone, right?"
Xia Shi didn't feel embarrassed at all, but said confidently: "There were so many people present at the time, what can I say? If I didn't say that, wouldn't I intend to oppose your father? You should take it seriously at that time!"
Miao Cuilan was so angry at her shameless words that she couldn't speak, and then she sneered for a while and said: "You come to me today, you are not afraid that my father will not live in peace, come to you to settle accounts?"
Xia Shi snorted, "What's the matter? He's already been buried in a grand manner, and I can be considered worthy of him! I'll have to live in the future, right? I'm a widow, I don't rely on you, who else?"
Miao Cuilan was so angry that her breathing became short of breath, her face was sullen and she didn't speak, her mind was so angry that her thoughts and reason were confused, and she couldn't say a word.
"Shameless, really shameless!" Miao Cuilan resented.
Xia said with a smile: "Actually, I didn't ask too much. I said, Tianbao is also your father's flesh and blood, and also your younger brother. As an older sister, you just need a bowl of water that is level! Chuhe goes to school, It's time for Tianbao to go to school, is the fee—"
"Our family has three children now, you have seen it too!" Miao Cuilan said coldly, "I don't have that much ability to pay for it, you'd better figure it out yourself!"
In these years, Miao Chuhe went to school, and all the expenses including board and lodging, clothes for the four seasons were all paid by himself. The father and the stepmother in front of him didn't pay for half of it! How heartbreaking it is to say that! Unexpectedly, the Xia family would be ashamed to say this, and let her bear the expenses of her bastard son, dreaming!
Xia sneered and said, "What? You're so cruel? Hmph, that girl is just a lost money you picked up. You are capable of raising it, but now you leave your own brother alone and don't care about it. I say Cuilan , if you do this, your father will not be safe under the nine springs!"
Miao Cuilan has already treated Lu Xiaoshu as her own daughter, and she trembled with anger when she heard Xia's words, and said with a sneer, "This is our Lu family's business, it's not up to you, an outsider, to talk too much! Your words Needless to say, put away your wishful thinking as well!"
"Okay!" Mrs. Xia couldn't help being angry, she stood up abruptly and sneered, "Then I'll tell you clearly! I'm a widow now, but I can't support such a family. As for the academy, I think There is no need to go to Chuhe, it’s more important to go home and grow crops with me! I can’t get enough to eat, so why study! Hmph, besides, the Miao family’s ancestral grave hasn’t smoked yet, just like him , You have stepped on dog shit luck to be a scholar, and you still want to be a master? It's a dream!"
"You!" Miao Cuilan stared at her coldly.
Can't survive at home? No food? Who are you lying to? There are tens of acres of land, mountain farms and forest farms, and a piece of furniture accumulated by the family before his father died. Chuhe can't even touch the edge. How dare she say such a thing? How dare you put your mind on her head!
It's a pity that she couldn't do anything to her ten years ago, and she won't do what she wants now!
"Hmph, I'm a mother, I can't favor one over the other, don't you think so? Either study both, or don't study either!" Shi Xia sneered, thinking she had taken advantage of Miao Cuilan's weaknesses and was complacent.
The anger in Miao Cuilan's body was almost mobilized by her, and the violent factor in her body was clamoring, and it was only by beating her severely that the anger in her heart could be dispelled. Seeing this, Mrs. Xia smiled even more proudly!
She knew that Miao Chuhe was her culprit, as long as Miao Chuhe was involved, she was not afraid that she would not give in!
Hmph, Miao Cuilan, ah Miao Cuilan, you underestimate me too much. If I didn't have full confidence and planned well in advance, would I set foot on your door
"Okay!" Miao Cuilan suddenly laughed.
Xia's complacent, "So you agreed? That's good, I can rest assured! Tianbao is also your younger brother, he will repay you if he is successful!"
"Aren't you so poor that you have nothing to eat? Don't you want to ask Chuhe to go back to help you work?" Miao Cuilan sneered and said, "Go and call him! Just go!"
"You!" Xia Shi was stunned, looking at Miao Cuilan in astonishment.
Miao Cuilan said coldly: "I'd like to see if you have the courage! Chuhe is now the only scholar in Miaojia Village. The third uncle and the patriarch think highly of him, and they are still waiting for one of him to go back to honor his ancestors, To win glory for the whole family and the whole village! Xia Shi, if you think that your stepmother can surpass the third uncle and the others, you might as well try it!"
"You, this is my family's chore, so what can third uncle do!" Xia Shi was surprised and angry.
Miao Cuilan did not refute her words, but just sneered.
The third uncle and the others can't control it, she knows better than anyone else in Xia's heart!
"I don't welcome you here, you get out! I have to work, get out!" After Miao Cuilan figured this out, she stood up abruptly, and pushed Xia family away without any politeness.
"You wait for me, Miao Cuilan!" Xia yelled angrily, and was pushed out in a panic. She yelled at the door for a long time before leaving angrily.
In the yard, Miao Cuilan also sighed softly. Today's matter, she knew it was over for the time being. But she didn't know what kind of moths would come out of the Xia family in the future.
After all, she is Chuhe's "mother", and now she is a "poor" widow. In terms of morality, everyone will always favor her more.
I'm afraid there will be no peace in the days to come...