CH 56.2

Xu He thought to himself that it was better like before, his aunt didn't talk to him very much, and went to talk to Xu Shaochun after saying hello, but now it was really abnormal, she didn't talk with his second sister, but she kept praising him.

"Your butcher didn't come today?"

"He went to open his stall in the city."

"That's right, he's busy with business." Liu Xiangmei smiled: "Your butcher always treats people well. When I went to buy meat, he spotted me, and kept calling me aunt, and gave me benefits every time I went."

Xu He laughed out loud, but he didn't hear Zhang Fangyuan told him this, so he just responded: "It should be "

"The little ge’er is living a better life at his new home now, and both of them are still doing business. It's no wonder that aunt is happy and thinking about it. Every family in the village says that Zhang Fangyuan is capable." Liu Xiangmei dragged Xu He and talked endlessly, as if she couldn't finish talking, and Xu Shaochun was left out in the cold.

A few times when Xu Shaochun interrupted and wanted to say a few words, Liu Xiangmei turned the topic back to Xu He, and she spoke sourly in anger.

"Look at this, your second sister is not happy. The two children are married, and it’s not easy for the whole family to reunite neatly. Why are you so petty?"

Taking advantage of the gap, Xu He took a closer look at his second sister, and was a little surprised. He didn't know where the bright and beautiful appearance when she was still a girl at home. Now she was wearing a plain dress without any ornaments.

Back then, the young lady who was always dressed up at home was even more all out when she went out. She would scent her clothes with flower petals, and she always wore hairpins and few ornaments.

Right now, the eyes were dull, and the part under the eyelids was slightly bulging, as if she hadn't slept well for many days. The pair of slender and delicate hands were now full of calluses, and the white onion-like skin that she was proud of in the past was now became yellow.

Maybe it was because she got a little tan from working in the fields in summer, or maybe it was because she didn't sleep well at night.

In short, the whole person looked at withered ash without much energy.

Xu He occasionally heard that his second sister's life in the Fei's house was not very comfortable, but looking at it now, it really was not as good as when she was pampered at home. 

But it was normal. The one in her husband's family was a mother-in-law, not her mother. Naturally, she wouldn’t be used to coax her, if something was not done well, if you didn't understand it, you would be scolded and trained, and there was a poisonous mother-in-law in the village who was even more violent than her mother in law.

With Liu Xianglan around, the Fei family must not dare to do anything, and what was more, they were scholar’s family, and it was not good if they damaged their reputation. Although it was not likely to be hit, it was still difficult to live a comfortable life.

Xu He couldn't help but sigh, who knew it would turn out like this, but now it seemed that he lived a good life. There was only Zhang Fangyuan in his family, and there was no parents-in-law at their home, and Zhang Fangyuan still spoiled him very much.

"My aunt is looking after He ge’er, and she treats him warmly. Shaochun is down and out. Naturally, the villagers laughed and the family stepped on her. People outside joked and used me as a conversation material after dinner. I never thought that my aunt is actually like this. The family also took care He ge'er more, so what do you want me to do?"

After she finished speaking, Xu Shaochun wiped her eyes, stood up suddenly, ran back to the room and cried

"Oh, I said this child!" Liu Xiangmei got up and tried to chase after her, but she didn't really catch up.

Seeing the person running back to the room, she simply sat back and said to Xu He: "Your second sister is married, why is her temper even bigger than when she was at home, and it’s not suprising if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can’t get along well. The same goes for your mother, she even went to Fei's house to fight, and she won the fight, but the girl still lives in someone else's house, so the girl still has to wear small shoes."

[wear small shoes: giving someone a hard time."]

"At first I said that the marriage with the Fei family was not good, but your mother wouldn’t listen to me, she thought that scholars are good and have a future. But when this future really comes, does he still remember to share it with you?. It’s still good to do some business in a down-to-earth manner. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing. After you have enough food and clothing, you can think about those good things about studying. Otherwise, how can ordinary people bear it. "

“Look at your second sister, she used to be such a good girl, but now she looks like this."

Liu Xiangmei kept shaking her head.

Xu He didn't want to say much, so he only took a sip of tea silently and said: "I'll go to the kitchen to have a look."

"Your aunt is also very talkative, she knows that it's hard for all family members to come back, and she stil has to make someone cry before she can stop." Liu Xianglan listened to Xu Shaochun in the room who was crying and twitching. She put her spatula and went to the room.

Xu He didn't want to chat with his aunt in the middle hall, so he thought it would be better to just cook.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xianglan saw that he didn't want to enter the house again, and instead she said: "I called you back today, the first is to get together at home, and the second, there is something else I want to talk to you about.

Xu He glanced at Liu Xianglan, and he was right.