Chen Tingyao sighed, thinking that Er Niang was deliberately avoiding Liu Dong's family and not letting him get involved in his family. He thought for a while, but still didn't tell him about asking Liu Zhiyuan for help, so he picked up the ax again.

Split the firewood.

Although it was already autumn, the weather was still very hot, and chopping firewood was a very physically demanding job. Not long after he started working, Chen Tingyao’s clothes on his back were soaked with sweat. Chen Bing looked very distressed and went back to the house to drink.

He took a bowl of herbal tea, brought it to Chen Tingyao, and said, "Brother, please stop chopping. I see you are sweating profusely. Come and have a bowl of herbal tea and rest."

Chen Tingyao had been fishing for a day and was extremely tired. Now that he had chopped so much firewood, his arms were sore and sweaty. He said "hmm", threw the ax in his hand to the ground, and took the big stick brought by Chen Bing.

Bowl, swallowing the herbal tea in the bowl with big mouthfuls.

Chen Bing smiled slightly and said: "Slow down, slow down, no one is competing with my brother. There are still many in this room. I will pour some for my brother after I finish eating."

Chen Tingyao swallowed the tea soup, handed the empty bowl back to Chen Bing, stretched out three fingers and said boldly: "I can eat three more bowls!"

Chen Bing wondered: "Why are there three big bowls instead of two big bowls and five big bowls?"

Chen Tingyao said with a bitter face: "Two big bowls are not enough to eat and quench my thirst. Five big bowls are too much. My belly is only so big. I'm afraid that if I eat too much herbal tea, I won't be able to eat the steamed cakes you made.

Otherwise, I would suffer a big loss."

Chen Bing couldn't help laughing and laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll pour three more bowls for my brother, but you also need to eat a few more pieces of the steamed cakes I made. It's best to eat them all. Well, belly

You have to eat enough."

"You finally smiled." Chen Tingyao was relieved and said suddenly.

Chen Bing sighed: "Perhaps the words between you and my brother and sister just now made me forget the troubles in my heart and eliminate a lot of melancholy, so I can laugh like this. Alas, I'm afraid I won't do it again in the future."

But Chen Tingyao said anxiously: "No, no, second mother, please stop thinking so wildly."

Chen Bing smiled bitterly and said, "Am I thinking wildly? That's right. If I laugh in the future, I'm afraid it will just be the same bitter smile as now."

Chen Tingyao blurted out without thinking: "I'm going to invite..."

Before Chen Tingyao could say anything, he was interrupted by a strange and sinister voice: "Oh, I thought who was making the noise here, but it turned out to be your brother and sister. What, you haven't even married yet?

Are you starting to resort to divorce?" It was the third girl, Chen Yuniang, who spoke.

Chen Tingyao bowed slightly and saluted, saying "Hello, Miss Three", but Chen Bing stood beside Chen Tingyao without saying a word, looking at Chen Yuniang coldly.

Chen Yuniang raised the corner of her mouth, sneered slightly, waved her hand and said: "That's all, Da Lang has always been well-behaved and sensible, and the three girls have noticed it, but how come this second lady is so ignorant, after meeting the third girl

You can’t even salute? I really don’t know how my brother and my mother taught you.”

Chen Bing suddenly changed his cold expression, and said with a smile: "Three girls, I'm really sorry. When I went to catch birds this morning, I somehow provoked a wild dog that often comes to the village entrance. This

The wild dog was very fierce and kept barking at me. I was afraid, so I speeded up my steps. But who would have thought that the wild dog was still following me. If I go faster, it will go faster, if I go slower, it will also go slower.

, I was very anxious and wanted to get rid of the wild dog as soon as possible. Fortunately, I met Li Yunniang at the turning point. The wild dog had seen many people and slowly moved away with some resentment. Then I felt relieved and went with Yunniang.

We chatted for a while. Talking about the happy part, I inadvertently glanced to the side, and the wild dog turned back again, hiding at the turning point and eavesdropping on the whispers between Yun Niang and I. I was furious and picked it up.

I picked up a small stone and threw it at the wild dog, calling it "eavesdropping dog, shameless!" The wild dog was so fierce that it bit me on the calf. After biting me, the beast ran away in a hurry.

Oops, Miss Third, you don’t know, this pain is so painful that I can’t even walk. Fortunately, I still have Yun Niang beside me. She helped me back home, but the firewood at home was still there.

I didn’t chop it. I thought that I would use a lot to make fires these days, so I wanted to help my family share some of the burden. I was the one to chop the firewood. Oops, it made my back sore and I couldn’t even move. Third girl, you

See, I can't salute now, please forgive me."

Chen Tingyao listens

She was laughing secretly in her heart, but Chen Yuniang said with a cold expression, "Seriously?"

Chen Bing hurriedly said: "Of course it is true. Why did I lie to the third girl? My feet are still hurting now." After saying that, he lifted up the corner of his skirt and there was indeed a blood mark on the exposed ankle. Chen Tingyao was shocked and worried.

Said: "Er Niang, what are you..." Chen Bing coughed slightly and winked at Chen Tingyao. Although Chen Tingyao didn't understand what was going on, he didn't speak.

When Chen Yuniang saw that there was indeed a blood mark, her face softened and she said: "Okay, just think what you said is true. You should be more careful from now on. If you marry into the Wang family, you can do such dirty work as fishing and sparrow hunting."

There is no need to do it anymore, there will be people who will serve you delicious food and drinks, just wait and enjoy your good life. By the way, these days you can just follow the third girl and learn how to be a lady."

Chen Bing was amused in her heart and thought: "We haven't even married yet, but the third girl has already treated herself as a strict aunt. If we really get married, how can we live a good life?"

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chen Yuniang thought she was frightened by her own words, and said warmly: "But it doesn't matter if you can't learn. After all, you are just a country fisherman's girl. The third girl will treat you as her own daughter, so do you."

You can rest assured, we are all from the Chen family, can I still treat you badly?"

Chen Bing smiled and said: "What the third girl said is that I am indeed a woman from a rural fisherman's family. I don't have much knowledge. I am naturally happy to be appreciated by the third girl. This world is very harsh on women, and a woman's

All I want is to be able to eat three meals a day and have my husband treat me well in the future, that's all. If I can give birth to a boy and a half girl for my husband's family, that would be even better."...

Chen Yuniang said half-believingly: "Oh? Are you sincere in what you say? Then why do you always have a sad face these days, as if you hate to get married and are afraid of getting married? You are even more indifferent to the three girls like me. Humph,

I'm afraid what you just said just now is not true."

Chen Bing shook his head gently and said: "Three girls have misunderstood. I am not someone who hates or fears marriage. It is true that when a woman knows that she is about to marry far away, she will have a little bit of worry and fear in her heart about her future life.

After all, going from a place where you have lived for more than ten years to a completely unfamiliar place is like this in most people. These are human nature. I think the third girl has also experienced this, so she should understand."

Listening to Chen Bing's words, Chen Yuniang was filled with emotion. Although she didn't love her home in Huahu Village very much. On the contrary, Chen Dawei and Luo Sanniang were not kind to them, but after all, this was the place where she had been living since she was born.

She had quite fond memories. Thinking of this, she sighed slightly and said, "You are right, there is no woman in the world who does not love her family, and there is no woman who does not love her family, hey."

Chen Bing said: "I have been thinking about it these past few days. It is my blessing that the Wang family can choose me as their daughter-in-law. I will definitely be filial to my uncle, serve my husband, and be a good wife to repay the Wang family's kindness to me. Third Miss

You just said that you want to teach me the principles of being a woman, but I think it’s better to choose the right day than to hit the sun, so how about you tell me now?”

Chen Yuniang was very happy and said "good" three times with great satisfaction. She took two steps forward and said, "Everything is fine. I will tell you some things about the Wang family first."

But Chen Bing clapped her hands and said, "Okay, if I want to marry into the Wang family, I should know something about the Wang family. Third girl, please tell me quickly."

Chen Tingyao was shocked and confused. He didn't know why Chen Bing's attitude was so surprising. He asked in a low voice: "Er Niang, what are you..."

Chen Bing interrupted him and said with a smile: "Brother, if you have nothing to do, just accompany me and listen to the third girl's teachings."

Chen Tingyao didn't know what kind of medicine Chen Bing was selling in this gourd, but he knew that she was very smart and would not say these words today for no reason. He thought that Er Niang asked him to stay, maybe because he was worried that the third girl would create problems and embarrass her. , he can take good care of her when he is by her side. Thinking of this, Chen Tingyao agreed loudly: "Okay, brother will accompany you to listen to the teachings of the third girl."

Chen Yuniang was in a good mood and didn't care that there was an extra person beside her. She said: "This Wang family is actually not a local family in Shuikou Town. My husband originally lived on Fengxiang Road. Due to the drought there for many years, there was no harvest in the ground. In order to prevent it, he still has no harvest." The family members died of starvation in the local area, and the ancestor of my late husband fled with his son, his father.

Fengxiang, wandering all the way, living in the open air, wandered around for a long time before he came to Zhexi Road and settled down in Shuikou Town."

"Through the efforts of two generations, my ancestor and my father, the Wang family gradually took root in Shuikou Town and achieved some success. Because my father died early, the Wang family really shined in Shuikou Town. But it was my late husband. He was a very smart man, very good at getting things done, and good at doing business. After his father passed away, he sold off the idle property at home and took advantage of the extremely low food prices that year to make a lot of money. He hoarded them at home. At that time, many people laughed at him for making a loss-making business, but my husband turned a deaf ear to this. He often said to others: Things will inevitably turn upside down, otherwise things will be extremely peaceful. If food prices are so low, there will definitely be a rise. By then, those who have once Those who have laughed at me have no time to cry."

"Things did not go as my husband expected. Only half a year later, tensions broke out in the north, and famine broke out. The price of food continued to rise. My husband, who had previously stood still, took action at this time. When food prices were at their highest, He sold all the grain he had hoarded and made a huge profit. His husband used the money he earned to buy land and then earned the difference with the output of the land. Only five years later, the Wang family had a fortune of tens of thousands. With ten thousand acres of fertile land, he is considered to be the leading wealthy household in Shuikou Town."

After hearing this, Chen Bing nodded secretly in his heart and said: "It turns out that the Wang family made a fortune in this way. It's really a twist."

Chen Yuniang continued: "My late husband has three younger brothers and two younger sisters. The younger sisters are all married to families in the town, while the younger brothers live with my late husband in the Wang family's mansion. My late husband is experienced and hard-working, and he often helps others." People in need would also give porridge to people in the city, so the reputation of the Wang family was well-known in the town. However, the three younger brothers were completely different from them. They were indolent, lazy to eat, and even hung out in romantic places all day long. Nostalgic for sensuality. My husband often advised the three of them to change their minds, idle less, do more good deeds, and do less evil. The four brothers worked together to make the Wang family's property bigger. But the three of them would My words fell on deaf ears, and I still went my own way. My husband was extremely disappointed, and he tried to tell me, hoping that Ci'er would grow up quickly and be able to take over the burden of my husband's life."

Chen Bing sneered in his heart and slandered: "Wang Tiansheng's virtue is not necessarily any better than that of his three uncles. Tsk tsk, it seems that your late husband has also been entrusted to someone else."

Chen Guangzu didn't know when he left the east room. At this time, he was leading Chen Tingbi, leaning against the door, listening with interest to Chen Yuniang's story about the Wang family.


Chapter completed!