Chapter 17 He Is Not Bad

Su Qingying pushed Su's mother forward and said, "Mom, haven't you heard the saying 'You can really tell a person's character at the dinner table'?"

Is there such a saying?

Su's mother tilted her head and thought. But you can indeed tell a person's character from the dinner table.

Seeing Su's mother tilting her head and thinking, Su Qingying said again, "Don't you and Dad always want to know what kind of person he is? Sometimes you can only listen to two or three points of hearsay, and sometimes there is not even one point of truth. You still have to go and taste it yourself."

Su's mother listened to Su Qingying's words and thought about how Lu Bocheng ate in the morning...

He was polite, and when the noodles came up, he gave them to her first, then Qingying, and then he.

He waited for Su's mother to pick up the chopsticks before he ate. When Su's mother stopped, he stopped too.

He was polite when eating, and he didn't pull them randomly, nor did he smack his lips. He didn't make any noise when drinking soup. He was not picky about his appetite, and it was obvious that he was well-educated.

"What if he is pretending?"

"After eating for more than ten years, the habit has long been formed. It is not easy to pretend in a short time."

Su's mother had already added a bit of satisfaction in her heart.

At this time, she was very happy to hear Su Qingying say this, and the corners of her mouth also rose. She looked at Su Qingying's arms again.

She said: "Waiting at the city gate early in the morning, just to get you silver?"

Su Qingying nodded: "I'm afraid he has been waiting for two days. He said he was afraid that his stepmother would say something if I married naked."

Su's mother sighed when she heard it, and said: "It's hard for him to think so much about you. It seems that he wants to live a good life."

She also reminded Su Qingying: "The silver inside can't be moved anymore. When he leaves, let him take it all away. Whether you are poor or rich, bring more money. It may save your life at a critical moment."

Su Qingying nodded.

She followed Su's mother to the jewelry store and bought a thin silver bracelet, a pair of silver earrings, and a silver-plated hairpin before leaving. After walking around the street again and buying some other things, Su's mother only had one tael of silver left. Su Qingying didn't let her buy any more.

She didn't want the two taels of silver she got. Su Qingying thought that she would marry in the town anyway, and it would be convenient to go back in the future, so she didn't force it.

Su's mother felt sorry for the silver, but she was also thankful that with the three taels of silver given by Su's carpenter family and the money for the cloth paid with Lu Bocheng's silver, Qingying's dowry was more decent.

The mother and daughter carried large and small bags to the cloth shop to get the cloth, but Lu Bocheng came out from nowhere and took the things from Su's mother before they could react.

"Aunt, you bought a lot of things, I'll hire a car for you."

Su's mother waved her hands again and again: "No, no, there is a bullock cart in the village, right at the entrance of the town, it's very convenient. There's no need to spend money."

After that, she followed behind with empty hands, staring at Lu Bocheng's back and grinning.

Su Qingying didn't know what her mother was laughing at. She even forgot about her own daughter. She just followed Lu Bocheng with her hands spread out, not even saying to help her carry one or two pieces.

The three of them entered the cloth shop. Lu Bocheng was teased by the shopkeeper again. With a red face, he picked up the cloth and walked towards the town gate.

Su's mother thanked the shopkeeper and pulled Su Qingying to follow him with a smile.

After finding the village's ox cart and putting down the things, Lu Bocheng was surrounded and teased by several villagers who arrived early.

This guy was also thin-skinned. After being teased for a few words, he turned around and ran away.

"Qingsong's mother, this is your second son-in-law. He looks really energetic."

"Yes, he is handsome. You have found a treasure. You married Qingying to the town. I heard that he gave her fifty taels of betrothal money. Fifty taels!"

"I heard that the family has fields, land and shops..."

Su's mother is the mother-in-law today. She is more and more satisfied with her son-in-law. She sat on the board with a smile and chatted with people.

Until everyone arrived and the ox cart was about to start, Lu Bocheng ran over again, carrying a big bag of cakes and stuffed them into Su's mother's arms, asking her to take them back for the twins.

After that, without waiting for the uncles and aunts to joke a few words, he ran away with a red face.

Su Qingying found him very funny when she saw that he looked like he was chased by a dog.

The eldest son of the village chief drove the ox cart and said to Su's mother: "Your son-in-law is not bad."

Su's mother was modest, but her mouth was wide open, unable to hide her smile: "Well, he is not bad."

Su Qingying was teased all the way back. Sometimes she would agree with him, and if she didn't want to answer, she would keep silent. Anyway, she pretended to be a thin-skinned young lady waiting to get married.

When they entered the village, the mother and daughter got off the ox cart with large and small bags. As soon as they entered the yard, they were in an uproar again.

"Auntie, you bought so many things!" Zheng ran over exaggeratedly.

She was a noisy person. She would go wherever there was a commotion. When she saw the mother and daughter carrying a lot of things in their arms and legs, she immediately surrounded them and started to search.

Su Qingying held the important things, turned sideways to avoid her search, strode into the house and put down the things, turned around to take the things from Su's mother, snatched two pieces of cloth from Zheng, turned around and carried the things back to her room.

Zheng's hands were empty, and she stared blankly at Su Qingying's back.

Coming to her senses, she said to Wang: "Mother, how much silver did you and father give to my eldest sister-in-law for her dowry? My younger uncle hasn't married yet, and he'll have to buy things in a few days. The children in the family are also growing up, and the house is not big enough to live in..."

Zheng was worried that the fifty taels would be spent by Wang and would not fall into the hands of their third wife.

Su Qingying had just put her things out when she heard it. She looked at her calmly and said, "My master only gave me one tael of silver. Didn't you all see it?"

After that, she pulled the twins who were close to her and prepared to take them to wash their hands and eat. She was so hungry after wandering all the way.

Zheng didn't believe it: "One tael of silver can buy so many things! The cloth alone is worth several taels of silver! Mother, did you give money to the eldest sister-in-law in private?"

Su Qingying ignored her. Wang would not spend a penny on the first room openly, so why would she give it secretly? She was too lazy to even do the superficial work for the family left by the first wife.

Sure enough, Wang raised her voice and said, "Why are you yelling!"

Then Su's mother replied weakly, "Dad and mom only gave me one tael of silver."

"Then how do you have the money to buy so many things?" Zheng's voice was sharp and sharp.

Su Qingying pretended not to hear it, and just pulled the twins over to wash their hands carefully. The two little ones were very close to her. They had not been seen for the whole morning, and as soon as they came back, they ran to her side.

It was lunch time, and everyone was in the yard. Obviously, they were all very sensitive about money, especially the people from the second house.

Marry first and marry later. Su Qingying got married two days later, and Su Youwen was also going to get married. Yesterday, the Liu family came to make a scene, and the betrothal gift cost an extra five taels. In the end, how much money could be used to hold the wedding? Wang Shi had not yet spoken.

If the first house gave more, there was no reason for the second house, as the legitimate grandson, to give less. The people from the second house stood still in the yard.

Su Qingying washed her hands with the twins, turned around and scanned the people in the yard, and then focused on the people from the second house.

Su Erhe was the eldest son of the Wang family. Although Su Youwen ranked below Su Qingsong, he was the eldest grandson of the Wang family. There was no reason not to favor him a little.

Usually, when the Wang family bullied the first house, the second house would occasionally help and say a few words, unlike Zheng Shi from the third house who liked to follow Wang Shi's footsteps. Although Feng was a quiet person, Su Qingying thought that her second aunt was a real shrewd one.

She usually let Zheng do whatever she wanted, but the second house got all the benefits it deserved.

She raised her two sons and two daughters well, and had a good reputation in the village. Su Chunlan married better than her sister Qingliu.

Xia He also looked nimble, and her two sons looked good. Su Youwen, as the eldest son, was pushed out to the battlefield this time, but she didn't jump up.

She obviously knew that she couldn't win against Wang, and Wang would never let Su Siquan go before he got married.

So even if she didn't fight, she still fought. This time, Su Youwen's marriage was almost decided by Feng, and Wang and Old Su agreed to all the requests.

Fifty taels of silver, I'm afraid that in addition to the betrothal gift to the Liu family, Su Youwen would have to take some away.

Su Qingying had observed her family for so many days and saw that Su Youwen was a sensible man. In addition, he was about to leave home and his future life was uncertain, so even if he took all the fifty taels to keep himself safe, Su Qingying would not say much.

The Su family raised the original body, so she would not care too much.

But Zheng, why did you jump up?

He looked at her and said, "I will give one tael of silver to the eldest wife. It did cost a lot of silver to buy things today, but I won't tell you where the silver came from, and you don't ask. I will leave all the fifty taels of silver to the family, you can use it as you like, and I won't ask."

"Our family hasn't split up yet, how can your eldest wife hide private money!"

Su Qingying was about to turn around and go to the kitchen to serve the dishes. When she heard Zheng's words, she turned around and looked at her coldly: "Do you think my parents, who are honest people, can hide so much silver under the noses of my grandparents?"

"Then where did your money come from?" Zheng insisted.

"Guess."

Zheng was so angry that she fell backwards.

Just as she was about to catch up, Old Su said, "Let's set the table."

Zheng wanted to make more noise, but when Wang glared at her, she stopped immediately. She was so curious that she felt like a bug was scratching her.