Mrs. Fang felt happy when she saw that her man was a little hesitant in speaking. As long as there was a gap in her heart, it would be easy to talk about it.
"Why not? Don't be stupid. Don't you see that all my mother is thinking about is big brother? Your second son has completely fallen out of favor in her eyes."
"No, mother treats us equally now. Don't think too much. It's better to finish the work quickly so that you can pack up and go home."
When Mrs. Fang saw that her man was not moved by her words, she could only vent her anger on the spoon in her hand.
Because of the experience of selling goods last time, the sugar-roasted chestnuts were sold out this time without much publicity. The sales of chestnut cakes were a little slower, but they were all sold out.
The two Wende brothers were full of joy. They looked at their mother who was counting money and asked anxiously: "Mom, how much did you earn today?"
Ma Chunhua stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of the three people, looking particularly proud.
"Two liang?" Fang was even more surprised after hearing this.
The two sons are also happy. If the family has income, their living standards will improve. In this way, they can earn 20 taels a month. If there are eight people working in the family, on average, they can catch up with what a strong man can earn by working outside.
Money.
Mrs. Fang calculated in her mind that the income from a large collection was only two taels, and suddenly she felt a little uncomfortable. She was doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, but the money was paid to everyone. It was a bit unevenly distributed.
He didn't show it on his face, but he felt uncomfortable in his heart. He felt that he had mastered the technology. If the family was divided, the money earned from the sales would flow into his pocket.
"Isn't this Aunt Zhang's wife? Are you doing business with such a big stall?"
The person speaking was Miao Hua, a widow from the same village. She married her husband Ma Guang a few years ago, but because of his addiction to eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, he was eventually drained and died of illness.
Miao Hua was a kidnapped girl from the south of the Yangtze River. She was kind-hearted and very pretty. Her husband did not leave her even after his death. She lived a hard life with her daughter and her parents-in-law.
In the past two years, the two elders also passed away because they missed their only son, leaving behind a three-year-old daughter, Ma Xiaoling, who is well-behaved and sensible. At such a young age, she has never thought of remarrying. I heard that she is afraid that if she marries a man, he will treat her daughter badly.
Ma Chunhua saw her enthusiastic look and replied: "It turns out to be Xiaoling's mother. Is she also coming to the market today? What a coincidence!"
Miaohua was a transparent woman, so she changed the subject and did not continue to ask: "Yes, Auntie, I took Xiaoling to the town to get some floral cloth to make cotton-padded clothes for the children. I'm afraid that I will have to make winter clothes in a few days, and the floral cloth will not be used again."
Price increase.”
When Ma Chunhua heard her answer, she knew that this child was a good woman living a good life, but she felt sorry for Xiaoling, who lost her father at such a young age.
"It's better to prepare early. My family has prepared it for a long time. It will get cold in the next few days and the prices in the cloth stores will definitely increase."
"You have packed your things and are ready to go home. Xiaoling and I won't disturb you. We have to go to the grocery store to buy some things."
"Go ahead, go ahead. By the way, my boss is hosting a full moon party in a few days. If you have time, you can bring Xiaoling over to have a fun time."
Miao Hua's eyes widened instantly. She was obviously unprepared. She didn't expect that Aunt Zhang, who used to be an arrogant and arrogant woman, would invite her to have a full-moon wine with such enthusiasm from someone she didn't want to mess with.
Recently, people in the village say that Aunt Zhang has changed, she has become reasonable, and she has become easy to talk to. She bumped into her today and just wanted to say hello. After all, she lives in the same village.
Miaohua couldn't believe that she, a widow, could be invited to attend her child's full moon party?
Wende saw Miaohua's surprise and said awkwardly: "My Jinbao is so smart and well-behaved. Please bring the child over when you have time!"
Miaohua was a little excited. People in the village always thought that she was an unknown woman who killed her husband and made her parents-in-law angry.
"Can I go?"
Miaohua was not sure what she heard.
Wenhong knew that his eldest brother was clumsy, so he took over the conversation and said: "I live in a village, so why not come? My eldest brother and mother sincerely invite you to come and drink the full moon wine, so don't be polite to us!"
Miaohua nodded gratefully to her second brother, grateful that he explained so clearly and in detail.
"Aunt, eldest brother, second brother and second sister-in-law, that's great, then I'll go there early that day to help!"
Ma Chunhua looked at the shy Miao Hua in front of her with a feeling of distress that she couldn't describe, "Then we agreed, come here early. You also know that there are many boys in my family and few women, so I'm afraid that I will be too busy by then."
After Miao Hua agreed, she was polite to Ma Chunhua and left with Xiao Ling.
"Bah! What a shameless woman! A widow doesn't know how to avoid suspicion. She always takes advantage of everything. She is such a shameless woman."
Ma Chunhua immediately glared at her and yelled: "Why, what's wrong with the person I invited, so that you can insult her behind her back like this?"
When Mrs. Fang saw her walking away, she suddenly said some bad words towards her. She actually didn't know her character at all, but there was a happy event at home, so it was obviously unlucky for such a half-hearted person to come to the house.
"Mom, our family is having a happy event, so it would be wrong to have half of her dead husband's people come to celebrate. I'm also afraid that it won't be good for our Jinbao!"
"We, the old Zhang family, do things openly and aboveboard. If you don't believe these heresies, why don't you rush Miaohua to the house and don't show off to me? Don't say I didn't remind you?"
Wen Hong went up to grab Fang Lingxiu and said softly: "What half-hearted people? Our family doesn't hold weddings and marry a wife. We don't have to pay much attention to the full moon. Don't worry about it?"
Mrs. Fang recalled the flattering look Miao Hua had given her man just now, and became angry.
When her mother-in-law couldn't hear her, she scolded her angrily in a low voice: "I think you are not particular about her, right? As soon as people say that the second brother is the eldest brother and the younger brother is the younger brother, he doesn't know what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, what's going on, right?"
Wenhong's face darkened, how could this woman be so ignorant that she would slap her nose in her face when he gave her a step? Why can't she learn from her sister-in-law to be as considerate as her?
"what do you mean?"
"I said she is a vixen. She will stick up to a man when she sees him, and she doesn't feel ashamed."
"Keep your voice down, don't let mom hear it, someone is messing with you, are you going to ruin their reputation like this?"
"Brother, second brother, why should I come here earlier? Why don't I come here earlier to seduce other people's men? Widows without men are all of the same virtue, but not good at all!"
Fang became more and more arrogant as she spoke, imitating Miao Hua's tone while speaking humiliating words in her head. When she heard a loud noise, she was frightened and froze.
"Snapped!"
Before Fang's voice fell, she heard Ma Chunhua drop the iron spoon in her hand on the table.
At the same time, the two brothers were so frightened that they instantly trembled. Even the businessman closing the stall nearby was frightened by the old lady.
But she didn't understand what was going on, and she didn't dare to step forward and speak to persuade her. She could only hope that her children would calm the old lady down as soon as possible.
After Mrs. Fang said this, she regretted not listening to her second son to lower her voice. In fact, she had some objections to her mother-in-law, but she really didn't mean to say that Miao Hua was a widow and was not a good person, and she had harmed her mother-in-law.
When she got angry, she forgot that her mother-in-law was also a widow. This was not a disguised way of scolding her mother-in-law for not being a good person.
Wen De bravely stepped forward: "Mom, my sister-in-law didn't mean it. She probably believed the rumors about the loudspeaker. Please calm down and don't be like her."
With her eldest brother's help in explaining, Ms. Fang quickly stepped forward and apologized: "Mom, my daughter-in-law was just saying it unintentionally because she was afraid that it would be unlucky for her to come. Since our old Zhang family didn't tell her, we just let her come." This chapter has been completed!