I bring my game account back to ancient times to do business

Chapter 23 Farce in the Qiao Family

Here, Qiao Yun is busy making money.

Qiao Hua and Zheng rushed back to their hometown of Baihe Village before the heavy snow froze the road.

Mrs. Lu was naturally very happy for her third child to return home. She had been married to the Qiao family for decades and had given birth to two boys and one girl. The ones she loved most were her third son Qiao Hua and her youngest daughter Qiao Zaohua.

Qiao Hua was her last son, and he had been smart since he was a child. Lu had always dreamed of being Mrs. Gaoming, so he drained the family's wealth to support Qiao San's education.

When talking about the Qiao family, the village chief would sigh. A good family has become like this!

Baihe Village is backed by mountains and forests. Qiao Da was also famous in the village for his strong health. The money he earned from hunting was enough to feed and clothe his family.

However, all the money that was handed over to Mrs. Lu was divided into two, half of which was used to fill the bottomless pit of Qiao San, and the rest was used to supplement the dowry of Qiao Zaohua, who was about to get married and took advantage of the money.

Because of this, even when Mr. Qiao was alive, the Qiao family could build the strongest adobe house in the village, with a tile roof instead of a thatched one; even when Mr. Qiao was alive, the family could occasionally eat

A meal of pork, and even occasionally buying some snacks for the children to beat their teeth; don't look at it...it doesn't matter what it was like when Mr. Qiao was here, isn't the whole family tightening their belts and living now?

But Qiao Hua is indeed good at studying. He is just twenty this year and was awarded the title of Scholar the year before last.

You know, another scholar in the village only passed the exam at the age of fifty-four!

When Qiao San and his wife came back, Qiao Lin, the second eldest son of the Qiao family, was playing at the screen outside.

Seeing Qiao Hua coming back, Qiao Lin stopped what he was doing and showed an honest smile on his face: "The third brother is back!"

Then he shouted loudly into the room: "Mom, third brother is back!"

Qiao Zaohua was the first to run out to greet her: "Third brother, you're back. What good things did you bring me this time? Oh, is such a big basket heavy? I'll help you carry it.

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When she saw the basket covered with blue linen in Qiao San's hand, she smiled so hard that her eyes were squeezed by the fat on her face, and she rushed to lift the basket into her hand.

She knew that third brother would bring her delicious food every time he came back!

Mrs. Zheng secretly rolled her eyes.

She really looked down on her sister-in-law's behavior! It was okay for her to bring some New Year gifts back to honor her husband's family, but why did her sister-in-law act like every time she was filial to her alone?

Lu also came out.

"Oh, my son, come back right away and carry such a big basket." Mrs. Lu felt sorry for Qiao San. She glanced at Mrs. Zheng. She was just about to ask Mrs. Zheng why she let her son carry such a big basket. She raised her eyes.

When she saw Mrs. Zheng holding her grandson in her arms, she was speechless.

The basket had already been taken over by Qiao Zaohua, so she just stepped forward and held her son's hand: "Quickly, come in. My mother-in-law has boiled eggs in sugar water for you."

Mrs. Zheng was too lazy to pay attention to this family, all she could see was her precious son in her arms.

When they arrived at the house, Mrs. Lu and Qiao Hua all sat down on the Kang. Mrs. Zheng held her son in her arms, walked to Mrs. Lu's head, and saluted: "My wife, I have met Auntie, and I want to say hello to Auntie.

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This made Mrs. Lu very happy. Aren't all the wives in dramas like this? When she sat down like this, her daughter-in-law and grandchildren all had to pay her respects like this!

Mrs. Zheng let her taste the sweetness of being the wife of Gaoming in advance, and then she remembered that Mrs. Zheng was not a village woman, but the wife of a scholar in the county!

Ms. Lu hurriedly grinned and said, "Ouch? What are you doing? Why don't you get up quickly and knock the child carefully!" As he said this, he reached out and helped the person sit back on the kang.

Qiao Bao'er, the son of Qiao Lin from the second house, was at an age when he was running around the yard. He also rushed in after Qiao Zaohua. However, he couldn't lift the basket, so he ripped off the cloth covering the basket.

All that could be seen in the basket were two pieces of bacon, two pieces of frozen fish, about twenty eggs, and two neatly stacked ruler heads, one white and one orange.

The head of the ruler is bright and shiny, made of silk and satin! Although it is a solid-color plain silk with no patterns and is not worth a few bucks, it is an extremely bright orange-red color that is eye-catching in the cold winter months.

Qiao Zaohua's eyes suddenly turned red. She had never touched silk in her entire life!

Mr. Lu's satisfaction with Mr. Zheng increased a few points.

What a good daughter-in-law she is. She brings rice, flour, rapeseed to her home every year and festival! She also has such a good ruler, which she puts in her dowry for Zaohua, and when she goes back to her husband's house, it will make her look good.

Ordinary people would burst into tears if they were given such fine silk, but Qiao Zaohua was different from others.

What is this? The third brother and the third sister-in-law live in a big brick house in the county, and my mother always gives the third brother so much money. They must not even like chicken, duck, and fish anymore! I will bring it when I come back for the Chinese New Year this year.

With such a small amount of food, last year I even brought along a calabash chicken from a big restaurant in the county!

She took a look at Mrs. Zheng and felt a little more comfortable when she saw that Mrs. Zheng was still wearing simple coarse clothes.

Since ancient times, the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law have not dealt with each other, especially since the sister-in-law is still such a greedy and bitter person, it is even more impossible for the two of them to get along now. Mrs. Zheng knows this well.

Fortunately, my mother-in-law is a contented person. She brought these things back just to win over her and make her stay at her husband's house more comfortable during the Chinese New Year.

Qiao Baoer was not satisfied after seeing this, so he reached out to rummage in the basket again, and accidentally knocked over the basket.

The big basket rolled from the kang to the ground. The meat and silk inside all fell to the ground and were stained with dust. The eggs rolled all over the floor.

A few packages of snacks also fell out of the basket.

Qiao Baoer quickly grabbed a packet and opened it, then howled: "Grandma! I want some snacks!"

Qiao Zaohua's eyes went straight when she saw the paper bag. Is that white snack a goat's milk cake? It's made with goat's milk mixed with caramel, and the flour boiled out and allowed to cool. It's rich and sweet, and it melts in your mouth!

Qiao Hua and Mrs. Lu hurriedly went to hold the basket, and saw that everything in the basket was still in good condition, except that one or two were cracked. Mrs. Lu felt very distressed and hurriedly picked up the two eggs.

This is two pennies!

"A prodigal thing! You're a obsessed and careless foodie! You know how to eat all day long! It's just a pack of snacks without any good quality, and you're reincarnated as a starving ghost?" Lu rushed forward and slapped her.

The slap on Qiao Baoer's face made a clear sound, and Qiao Baoer burst into tears.

Cracked eggs cannot be kept for a long time and can only be cooked for lunch.

Mrs. Lu held on to the basket with all her anxiety, and Qiao Baoer's pig-killing howls in her ears only added fuel to the fire. She stood up and slapped him on the buttocks, and cursed at the top of her voice: "You're so evil-minded."

Yes! Howl in mourning for your mother before the new year! You three-bedroom, why don’t you drag out the dead bastard you raised!”

Mrs. Li heard the sound and came over: "You damn bastard, I'm going to cause trouble to your grandma! You don't even look at it. Your uncle and your aunt are still here, so you reach out and grab other people's things. It's embarrassing! I'm not going to lose anything if I beat you, but you still

Cry your ass!"

First, he scolded his son indifferently, and then said something nice with a smile on his face: "Mother taught him well, what does he know as a child? You should teach him like this! But it's pitiful to say that your grandson

He hasn’t had any snacks for a year, so break some off for him to taste."

At this moment, Mrs. Lu also regretted the two blows she had just given to Qiao Baoer. Qiao Baoer was her eldest grandson, and she usually felt pain, but just now she felt really sorry for the two eggs, so she didn't hit him seriously.

Mrs. Zheng knew what Mrs. Lu was thinking, so even though her face was as black as the bottom of a pot and she was extremely disgusted with the uncultured Qiao Baoer, in order to please her mother-in-law, she had to wait for Mrs. Lu to say anything and open another oil paper bag.

, broke out half a piece of sugar cake from it, put it into Qiao Bao'er's hand, and said with a smile: "Children are greedy at this age, just give them a little snack."

Go out of your way to look virtuous and generous.

Mrs. Lu was very satisfied with Mrs. Zheng's sensibleness, so she pretended to scold Mrs. Li: "You have raised such a greedy pig with no eyesight. He is greedy and eats all day long. He doesn't have much work to do. He is greedy and eats all the time!

Now go out and play, and don’t hang around in front of me, you’re a disgusting thing.”

Qiao Baoer struggled a bit when he was dragged out by Mrs. Li. He didn't want to eat these ridiculous sugar cookies. The pack of cookies he opened just now was actually white, fragrant and soft goat's milk cake!

But when he saw Zheng's eyes that were almost murderous, he flinched and went out with the candy cake.

Mrs. Zheng handed the half piece of sugar cake to Qiao Zaohua: "Sister-in-law, this half piece of sugar cake doesn't look good on the plate. Just eat it first. I have something else for you."

Qiao Zaohua felt disgusted in her heart. She just broke off half of this cake for Qiao Baoer. Isn't it the leftovers from Qiao Baoer's food? She, Qiao Zaohua, never eats leftovers from her juniors! But for the sake of that orange-red satin, she

Decided not to argue with Zheng.

So he accepted the candy cake obediently and ate it to see what else she had.

Mrs. Zheng took out a hairpin from the basket. The hairpin was made of silver. A flower was carved on the head of the hairpin, and five petals of pearls were buckled on the five petals.

Why do we say petals? Because these pearls were not preserved and broken into pieces, but it was a pity to throw them away, so the craftsmen ground the still intact parts into petals. In the middle of the petals, there is also a small tree carved into five petals.

Agate - This agate is still not very good and is leftover from grinding.

The craftsmen of the silver building are very skillful, and after carving it like this, the flaws are not visible anymore.

It's not that Mrs. Zheng was fooling Qiao Zaohua, it's just that this hairpin is cheap. After buying the New Year's gift, the budgeted money is only enough to buy this hairpin.

"I was thinking that my sister-in-law has reached her age and it's time to wear some jewelry. I specially picked this for my sister-in-law from the silver shop."

How can Qiao Zaohua, a lazy person who wants to stay at home and eat and sleep every day, have any knowledge? Sure enough, when she saw this hairpin, she smiled so much that the flesh on her face was squeezed out.

"Oh, these hairpins are so beautiful! A few days ago, my mother-in-law took me to the county to buy two silver hairpins, but after all, they were plain silver and not as good-looking as the one inlaid with pearls and agate from my third sister-in-law!" There was no culture at all.

Qiao Zaohua felt that the name "Zhuchai" sounded more noble than "hairpin", so she insisted on calling the hairpin "Zhuchai".

Mrs. Zheng despised Qiao Zaohua again in her heart. It was not that she had not corrected her before. The hairpin stick with two strands was called a hairpin, and the one with one hairpin could only be called a hairpin. But Qiao Zaohua just didn't listen.

Mrs. Zheng was too lazy to correct her, and it would not be her shame to be embarrassed in the future. She then smiled and chatted with Qiao Zaohua: "What does that look like? I prefer plain silver hairpins, can you show me to my sister-in-law?

If it looks good, I'll go to Yinlou to get one later."

Qiao Zaohua took out a small box from the pillow on the kang and opened it. Inside were two jasmine hairpins and a pair of hollow silver bracelets carved with jasmine flowers. They were not the ones Qiao Yun sold to the pawnshop!

Mrs. Zheng held the jasmine hairpin and looked at it from left to right. She liked it very much: "The craftsmanship of this hairpin is really good. The jasmine flowers are so beautiful! It's just that this sterling silver hairpin looks a little more mature. My sister-in-law can't wear it now. Wait."

From now on, if you open your face and wear it again, it will suppress it."

After saying that, she put the hairpin back, but thought in her heart: I wonder how much better the workmanship of this silver jasmine hairpin is than the defective one she bought, but my sister-in-law still dislikes it! You are a bumpkin with no eyesight!

Qiao Zaohua nodded: "I think so too! I don't know what kind of family I can marry in the future. It would be great if it were a young man outside the county government! My mother-in-law has saved my dowry money for many years.

With this money, it should be enough to be like an eldest son who is not a pool member in the county!"

Outside of Chi Yuan, he is a well-known wealthy family in Quwo County. The eldest son of his family is also of good-looking appearance. Although he is not very handsome, he is good-looking.

Mrs. Zheng knew this man because Mr. Chi and her husband were studying at the county school together and were considered classmates.

When Qiao Zaohua said this, there was no shyness on her face.

Mrs. Zheng disliked her again. The young lady, who had not yet had hair extensions, was not ashamed at all when talking about her marriage! She even boasted that she wanted to compare favorably with other young men outside the court, and did not even look in the mirror to see what she looked like.

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