Chapter 162: Liu Guisheng
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was just a little troublesome.
However, other than managing the five acres of land from time to time, she had nothing else to do.
So what if it’s troublesome?
Xue Yan wasn’t surprised that she knew how to do it herself, he just nodded to show that he understood.
“Sister! Sister!” Suddenly, a middle-aged man’s voice came from outside.
Jiang Yue was unfamiliar with the voice and had no idea who it was.
Xue Yan knew it was Liu Guisheng when he heard the voice. He whispered to Jiang Yue, “It’s my uncle.”
“Good?” Jiang Yue asked.
Xue Yan shook his head, “Not really.”
Jiang Yue knew what was going on.
When Li Hehua and the others heard this voice, they immediately stopped talking about whether they had enough money to go to the town to see a doctor.
At this time, Liu Guisheng had already strode to the entrance of the courtyard. Seeing that Liu Guixia was in the courtyard, he immediately smiled and said, “Dear sister, what’s wrong with you? I was calling for you, why didn’t you answer me?”
Jiang Yue looked at the man. He looked very ordinary and had a mischievous smile on his face. However, she already did not have a good impression of him, probably because of what Xue Yan had said.
“What are you doing here?” Liu Guixia said unhappily.
Without waiting for Liu Guisheng to speak, Liu Guixia said, “Didn’t you and Mother complain that my family is poor and there are too many people? And you’re afraid that I’ll go back to Mother’s house and eat more of your family’s food, right?”
“You’re my uncle, right? ” Yu Hongyan chimed in and smiled.” I’m sorry, I only just recognized you. I’m Erfu’s wife, Hongyan. I married late, so I don’t know a lot of things, but I heard from the villagers that my mother hasn’t returned to her family for a long time. I heard that it was the second year after my sister-in-law married into the village. When the whole family came to your family to pay a New Year’s visit, we were chased away. You said that our family was too poor and we couldn’t afford to sit with your family and that we should leave.”
If Xue Erfu and Xue Wufu hadn’t gone out to work with Xue Dafu, the two of them would have been like Yu Hongyan, cunning speakers.
They clearly remembered that it happened to be the first year of Xue Yan’s education. Their family was poor at the beginning, but they still gave their relatives a lot of gifts. However, their mother’s family still despised them and wanted them to give more. It was as if their money was not hard-earned but fished out of the water.
Although their mother was in charge of the family’s money, she had never spent money recklessly. Almost every coin was spent on the younger generation in the family. Moreover, she had to support Xue Yan’s studies at that time, so she was naturally not willing to give more.
Moreover, the year their mother got married, their grandfather pa.s.sed away. Their grandfather didn’t even see their mother get married. After their mother and father got engaged, they suddenly fell seriously ill and died. However, their grandfather prepared a dowry for their mother. It was considered quite a lot in the surrounding villages and many people knew about it. However, on the day of the marriage, their grandmother refused to give their mother a single dowry. She said that it was a waste to give it to a married daughter. This dowry should be left for Liu Guisheng.
Although they didn’t see the scene with their own eyes, they often heard some of the older people in the village say that their mother had nothing at that time. She cried for many days when she heard about it.
After their mother married their father, no matter what, they were still family.