With Wei Nian's guidance, Chen Xuan used fifty acres of land to bring Second Aunt Chen under control.
Aunt Chen returned to the west wing and immediately started cursing in a low voice, saying things like "ungrateful" and "little bastard". Uncle Chen, who was sitting on the kang wearing his old sheepskin coat and smoking a pipe, filled the room with smoke. He said to Aunt Chen, "What's the point of saying these things now? You too, she is now married to the Wei family. I think the old lady, the grandfather, and the second grandfather of the Wei family all take her very seriously. You are still acting like you were in the past. This time, you have done well. You didn't get the money, and you have a falling out with Xuan'er. It's not easy to have such a good marriage. If our child has a promising future and can go out to do business, it's better to have the support of my sister's family in this big city of Beijing than to be in the dark. But you, for such a fifty yuan, have completely offended them."
"Okay, you can say it, why don't you go and tell me, I'm the bad guy!" Aunt Chen couldn't hold back her anger and roared again, "You don't know how hateful that little girl is. She wants to take over our fifty acres of land."
"What? What happened?" Uncle Chen changed his simple and honest face and looked at Aunt Chen with a frown. Aunt Chen wanted to add fuel to the fire, but Chen Xuan was in the kitchen. Even if she confronted her, she would not be able to find out what happened. Aunt Chen did not dare to stir up trouble and told the truth. Aunt Chen could not help but regret it. "At that time, I was just talking too much. Alas, I was a little anxious. I don't think she has to ask for the land from us."
"Shut up! I only have this one niece. After my elder brother and his wife passed away, I am her real uncle. We are a good uncle and niece, but you, a prodigal woman, ruined our relationship!" Uncle Chen scolded him in a low voice, his eyes were fierce. Aunt Chen shuddered at the moment. No matter how eloquent she was, she dared not say a word. She sneered in her heart. She knew that her man was used to being a good person. Now he just wanted to use her as a raft to make peace with Chen Xuan.
Uncle Chen didn't immediately go to talk to Chen Xuan. First, the timing was not right, and second, he had to think about how to renew their friendship. Although Uncle Chen didn't have the business skills of his father and brother, his mind worked quickly. Chen Xuan's current value was incomparable to 50 yuan, not to mention 500 yuan. When he thought of this, Uncle Chen regretted that he should have asked his daughter to replace Chen Xuan. Although the second master of the Wei family was a city dweller, he was still a young man who had never seen the world. He was able to win over such a clumsy person like Chen Xuan. If it was his own daughter, how could there be such a quarrel today
Uncle Chen thought about it, and told Old Master Wei at breakfast that he had been in the city for several days and had seen his niece, thinking about going home tomorrow. Old Master Wei smiled and kept the guests, "It's not easy for you to come to the city, stay a few more days. This morning, your eldest sister-in-law asked the second daughter-in-law to buy some New Year's goods, and you can take them back together, which is also the second daughter-in-law's intention." Old Master Wei only mentioned Chen Xuan, not his own family, which shows that he wanted Chen Xuan to be the good person. From this trivial matter, we can also know that Master Wei is kind.
When Aunt Chen Er heard this, she was immediately delighted. She had never expected that the Wei family would still give them something. She said that she and her husband had also carried half a bag of peanuts from hundreds of miles away. How could a respectable family like the Wei family really let them go back empty-handed? With this thought, Aunt Chen Er regretted offending Chen Xuan even more. The main reason was that she had seen Chen Xuan still be dumb these days, and thought that Chen Xuan's temper was still the same as when she was in her hometown. Unexpectedly, this girl had become so sharp-tongued in less than three and a half days in the city. She should have been so ungrateful and heartless that she could not have been allowed to get married. Not to mention the marriage, she should have been strangled to death when she was a child to save her anger!
Uncle Chen is worthy of being the husband of Aunt Chen. He is willing to stay for a few more days, but he still asks, "Is this okay? Will it disturb my in-laws too much?"
"What's wrong with this? Just do it." Old Master Wei was a little surprised. Why did Chen Laoer suddenly say he wanted to leave? He thought that since they didn't get the money, the couple would always stall for a few more days. Alas, Old Master Wei was mainly considering the face of the deceased Chen father and son.
After breakfast, Old Master Wei took his two sons to the shop.
Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen did not come to Old Lady Wei's room, but said they wanted to pack up and prepare to go back to their hometown. Old Lady Wei asked Li to clean up the table, called Chen Xuan to the room, and gave Chen Xuan the ten dollars she had counted out from her pocket, asking her to buy some New Year's goods for Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen. Wei Jin also reminded Chen Xuan meaningfully, "You are a smart person, I saw it yesterday."
Wei Yin looked at her elder sister in surprise. When did her elder sister become so close to her second sister-in-law
Chen Xuan didn't want the money at first, but after thinking about it, she accepted it for the time being and said, "Madam, I'll go to the kitchen then."
"Go ahead." Old Mrs. Wei sighed, "Buy whatever you want." Oh, really, both sons are like this, Xiulai is a miserable daughter-in-law without a mother, and can't rely on anyone from Yue's family. The eldest daughter-in-law's family is okay, but she can't rely on her, and she doesn't come to the Wei family to eat and drink for free. This second daughter-in-law, she is a sensible person, but she treats her uncle and aunt like this. Old Mrs. Wei felt sorry for the money, but she couldn't say anything wrong about Chen Xuan, so she had to wave her hand and told Chen Xuan to go to work, out of sight, out of mind.
Chen Xuan first took the money back into the house and locked it up before going to the kitchen to work.
Li gently advised her, "Think positively about everything and be more considerate of yourself."
"Yeah." Seeing that Li was already washing the dishes, Chen Xuan brought a clay basin, added warm water, and sat on a stool to wash the dishes for the second time. She was mentally prepared and was not too affected by her uncle and aunt. However, Chen Xuan still knew Li's feelings, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I understand." Yes, she should be more concerned about herself. It was not easy for her to gain a foothold in the Wei family. In her previous life, she asked for it, and the Wei family did not lend her fifty dollars, but gave her twenty dollars. The uncle and aunt left happily, but what kind of life did she live in the Wei family? Thinking about myself at that time now, I despise myself. Did the Wei family's money come from the wind? Do they deserve to give you a lottery just because they have money? You said you would lend it, but will you pay it back? Even if we take a thousand steps back, if it was her own daughter, which family would be so shameless to come to the in-laws' house to ask for money? The uncle and aunt did this just because they never felt sorry for her.
My sister-in-law is right. If no one cares about women, they should care about themselves more.
After cleaning up the kitchen, Chen Xuan asked Li, "Sister-in-law, what is the price of flour now?"
"The kind we eat at home is fine flour, and it costs 8.4 yuan for 100 kilograms."
Chen Xuan knew what to do, so she found three large clay pots for kneading dough, scooped out flour from the flour bag, added a large piece of old dough to each pot, and started kneading the dough. Li wanted to roll up her sleeves to help, but Chen Xuan said, "I can do it alone. Sister-in-law, don't you have to knit woolen socks for Jie and Ming? Go ahead and knit them. I'm not in a hurry."
Li smiled, "They still have socks to wear. Let's knead the dough this morning. It's cold today, so we can light the fire in the kitchen during the day. It's fine to put the basin in the kitchen. At night, put it in the old lady's room. It's warm there, and it will be ready overnight."
"Yeah, I think so too."
Chen Xuan had her own ideas. She accepted the money given by Old Lady Wei, but she didn't plan to spend it on anything. If she and Wei Nian were husband and wife, it would be fine for her to spend some of the money, but she and Wei Nian were just pretending to be husband and wife. She had no shortage of food and clothing during these days in the Wei family. She owed Wei Nian money and many favors. If she used the money to buy New Year's goods for her uncle and aunt, what kind of person would she be? Chen Xuan had lived in the countryside since she could remember. She knew the situation in the countryside. In the countryside, eating white flour buns was a good life. Even though her uncle and aunt had more than a hundred acres of land, white flour was enough. However, only her second uncle and eldest brother ate white flour in the family. The women only had corn flour. When it came to Chen Xuan, there was little corn flour. Most of it was sorghum flour and mixed flour.
So, when Chen Xuan first came to the Wei family, she thought it was great that she could have white flour buns for every meal.
Chen Xuan thought that if she didn't give them anything, it would show that she had no affection. She didn't give them anything else, but steamed a bag of steamed buns for them to take back, which would be decent.
Wei Jin knew that Chen Xuan was busy steaming buns. He almost burst out laughing in front of her mother. Old Mrs. Wei also found it funny and whispered, "You must be my second brother's sister. Simple people have simple ways."
"Mom, she is not stupid. You gave her ten dollars. After she passed it on, the noodles were sold to the public, and she got ten dollars in cash." Wei Jin raised the corners of his lips, raised his thin eyebrows, and his eyes rolled around. He calculated the account for Chen Xuan shrewdly.
Old Mrs. Wei said, "You are stupid. Let her get the money. She is one of our family members. The money is in our family's pocket after all. It is no better than letting someone else get it."
"That's all I'm saying. I won't be biased towards outsiders."
Chen Xuan steamed a bag of big white steamed buns with great effort. She used the cloth bag that Chen's uncle and aunt used to store peanuts. Chen Xuan had washed it clean long ago and now used it to store the buns. The bag was full. Chen Xuan was honest. She put the buns in the bag after freezing them outside. It was cold today, so she left the frozen buns there. However, Aunt Chen gritted her teeth and scolded Chen Xuan again in private, saying that she was cunning.
Aunt Chen Er was just a blind man, and she had the nerve to say that Chen Xuan was cunning. When the couple came, they were too calculating. The cloth bags of ordinary country people did not have such small bags of 20 jin, but mostly large bags of 50 jin. But in order to put less peanuts in, Aunt Chen Er specially sewed a small bag of 20 jin. In this way, they put half a bag of peanuts, and the total was no more than 10 jin. This time, Chen Xuan used this bag to fill them up, and it was only 20 jin.
After all, Uncle Chen is a man with a long-term vision. Seeing that Chen Xuan is now using all these tricks, she is definitely not the same Ah Meng as before. Uncle Chen treats Chen Xuan more politely. Uncle Chen also showed his elder style and scolded Aunt Chen in front of Chen Xuan, accusing her of talking nonsense and ruining the uncle-nephew relationship between him and Chen Xuan. Uncle Chen sighed, "Since you got married, I have been worried. You know, after all, the second master of the Wei family was not very happy before. I have always been worried about you in my heart, but I didn't expect this woman to come up with such a big idea behind my back. Who is our family? Not to mention that we have enough money and food at home, even if we are short of money, there is no reason to come to our in-laws to borrow money. Let alone other things, being a daughter-in-law is not like being a girl at home. Our family is poorer and cannot subsidize you. Uncle Chen feels very uncomfortable. How can he ask for help from your in-laws? How can you live in your in-laws' family in the future? Won't your in-laws look down on you?"
"Your second aunt is so stupid and foolish! She only cares about her little calculations. When I found out, I was almost mad to death. This is at your husband's house. If you quarrel with such a woman and make things known, our whole Chen family will be ashamed to face others. Xuan'er, don't bother with this woman. We are uncle and nephew. As you said, regarding the matter of the fifty acres of land, your second uncle will find a way for you when he goes back and issue a land deed just for you. What do you think?" He spoke beautifully, but his eyes were fixed on Chen Xuan's face.
If Chen Xuan was the Chen Xuan of her previous life, she might have been fooled by Uncle Chen's mouth. Uncle Chen didn't know that Chen Xuan had learned all the idioms of the Thirty-Six Stratagems in the year she was at the Wei family. Besides, Chen Xuan had lived with her uncle and aunt for these years, and even though she was a little dull, she knew that Uncle Chen was just that kind of person, relying on his mouth to coax people. Chen Xuan's perspective was different from before, and she didn't care about it. She just said, "I was just angry the other day. As long as Aunt doesn't bully me too much, I won't take that land."
Aunt Chen gritted her teeth, who was bullying whom at that time
But she didn't dare to disobey her man, otherwise, she would be beaten up when she got home.
So, I had to hold my anger.
Uncle Chen felt relieved and smiled lovingly, "Don't worry, if this woman treats you badly again in the future, just tell me and I will take care of it for you."
Uncle Chen was such a smart man. He praised Chen Xuan for being smart and capable. He also asked Chen Xuan about things in a subtle way, "I heard that Xuan'er, you have met many learned gentlemen now."
Chen Xuan said, "They are friends of Anian. They are professors from several universities and the editor-in-chief of a newspaper. They are all very capable people. If the eldest brother can get admitted to a university in Beijing one day, I, as the elder sister, will be able to take care of him."
Uncle Chen didn't expect Chen Xuan to agree so readily. He was immediately delighted and said repeatedly, "Okay, okay. Xuan'er is right. You are siblings. Who in this world can be closer than us, right?"
Chen Xuan glanced at Second Aunt and said nothing.
Uncle Chen was even more disgusted with Aunt Chen's inability to handle things, which greatly offended Chen Xuan, so he could not help but scold Aunt Chen to vent her anger. Chen Xuan saw that Aunt Chen was usually so shrewd and unreasonable, and she dared not say a word under Uncle Chen's scolding. She felt relieved at first, but gradually, she felt bored again.
Uncle Chen didn't even mention asking Chen Xuan to lend him money. He was polite even when Chen Xuan steamed the buns. He said again and again, "We can't eat such delicious white buns at home during the Chinese New Year. Bring them home and ask the boys and girls at home to try them and broaden their horizons."
Wei Nian was a man of appearances. As long as the couple behaved themselves, the Wei family would not make things awkward for the sake of face. Wei Nian went to Bian Yi Fang to buy two roast ducks and prepared two boxes of dim sum from Dao Xiang Village, and brought them with him to the Chen couple.
Wei Nian was scolded by Chen Xuan for this. Chen Xuan also threatened that it was all Wei Nian's own decision and wasted money. Anyway, whether it was the money for roast duck or snacks, she would not recognize it, and she would never let her record it in her little account book!
The author has something to say: ps: The first update is here, good morning everyone, the second update will be at 4 pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~