Li An and Carpenter Zhao stood in the vegetable field chatting, and after chatting a few words, there were a lot of men and women on the left and right sides of Carpenter Zhao's house, more than 20 people, all with enthusiastic expressions, and more people were coming behind.

However, when Carpenter Zhao saw these people, the expression on his face was not very good, and even his brows were slightly frowned, as if these people were here to ask for debts.

And what surprised Li An even more was that as soon as these people arrived, the old lady in the yard, as if she was suddenly dozens of years younger, actually walked out of the yard in a hurry with a cane, grabbed the little boy's hand, shouted obediently, and then changed to a little boy and continued to shout, it is obvious that these people who came over are all relatives of Carpenter Zhao.

This old lady is quite interesting, Ang Li personally came to deliver the New Year's goods, she was indifferent, and his children and grandchildren can see it every day, and he is still in a hurry to run out, which is really a little inappropriate.

"Mother loves a few little great-grandchildren, which makes Li Shilang smile."

Carpenter Zhao also felt very embarrassed, his mother refused to come out just now, and he also helped Yuan lie, saying that his mother was old and inconvenient to move around, but at this moment, his mother actually ran out in a hurry to see the little great-grandson, which was a slap in the face, and at the same time, it was not to give Li An face, fortunately he understood that Li An was not a person with a good face, if it was an ordinary official, it was estimated that he would have been angry a long time ago.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's common for the elderly to love their younger generations."

Li An smiled faintly and didn't take it to heart, but it could be seen that this old lady was a little young girl, and there were more than ten little babies who ran over, but the old lady only loved the male baby, but she turned a blind eye to the female baby.

This made Li An feel that the long-hatred song written by the great poet Bai Juyi was wrong, 'so that the hearts of parents in the world will not be reborn male and female.' It is said that after Yang Yuhuan was favored, the Yang family was in full swing, which caused parents all over the world not to pay attention to having a male baby, but to prefer that they would give birth to a female baby.

But Ang Lee thinks that this is just an emotional expression of Mr. Bai, not the real situation, or, when Mr. Bai is playing in the folk, he may hear this kind of voice, some people will be addicted, saying that what is the use of giving birth to a male baby, and the Yang family that gave birth to a female baby is in full swing, and although Mr. Bai will not take it seriously, but writing it is also an expression, or at that time, there were indeed some people who wanted to have a female baby, but what they wanted more was to have both children and daughters, not just to have a female baby, which would not be wrong. The idea of passing on the family line is very serious in this era, and no one can get rid of the influence of the idea of passing on the family lineage.

Even in the era of women's rights, the idea of preference for sons over women is still very serious, and many people still hope that the children they give birth to are male babies, and over time, it has led to a serious imbalance in the ratio of men and women in a country, and it will become more and more serious, causing very serious harm to social stability.

The patriarchy of this era in the Tang Dynasty is not the most serious, at least, now there is a Yang Yuhuan, which can more or less improve the status of women in the minds of the people, but in any case, the female baby is always not as good as the male baby, it can be seen from the performance of the old woman in front of her.

However, this old woman is not only patriarchal, but also a little eccentric, this large group of people just came, the old woman was very distressed, and distributed the New Year's goods sent by Li An to these children and grandchildren, without asking Carpenter Zhao, and although Carpenter Zhao's expression was a little heartbroken, he didn't dare to say a word, and he didn't even want to go over.

Carpenter Zhao's wife, at first glance, is a person who has no opinions, and when she saw her mother-in-law giving all the family's New Year's goods to each family, she refused to say a word except for her expression of reluctance.

"Grandmother is generous, this is all given away, so we can't get over this year?"

Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law glared at the old lady with great disgust, and was ten thousand unconvinced.

When the old lady heard this, she was immediately unhappy, and said angrily: "Why did you give it away, these are my children and grandchildren, they are all my heart and liver, and I am happy to give them to them." ”

"The second, third, and fourth rooms are all your children and grandchildren, aren't they my eldest man? You are always partial, and you give them all the good things, but these are all earned by your father! Now so many of us have to huddle into one courtyard, and we don't even have the money to build an extra room, and each of them is better off than us, which is not fair. ”

Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, so she directly collided.

"Look at whose uneducated thing this is, how can it contradict the elders?"

"Mother, you must not be like such an uneducated person."

"Mother, don't be angry."

"Da Lang, I don't think I'm optimistic about your daughter-in-law, but I look at your grandmother."

This one couldn't be hit, and before the old lady could get angry, several sons had already jumped up and fought for their eccentric mother.

And Zhao Carpenter's daughter-in-law has no one to help, although her mother-in-law and husband are of the same mind as herself, but she refuses to stand up because of weakness.

"They all eat our family, take our family, and they can't live this day."

Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law was also very sad and glared at her husband angrily.

"Listen, my wife is not dead? This is to curse me to death! ”

The old lady angrily pointed at her granddaughter-in-law.

Because in the eyes of the old lady, as long as she is alive, the four sons are a family, and all the property of the eldest son can be given to the rest of the sons, and even, she feels that even if she is dead, the eldest son should take care of his brothers, after all, she knows that the eldest son has a good income and can earn more money, and the rest of the sons are ordinary old farmers, and there is no comparison at all, and it is a natural thing for a promising son to take care of a brother who has no interest.

"Da Lang, don't take your daughter-in-law away yet, look at your grandmother's anger."

"Mother must not be angry, it is not worth it to be angry with a junior."

"Mother, don't worry, with our brother here, no one wants to show my mother's face."

Several sons are full of anger to support their old mother.

"It's better to be a son, it's better to be a son, a woman like this who has no elders should take a break."

The old lady seemed to be dissatisfied with her granddaughter-in-law, and said very angrily.

"Mother, Erlang hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet? Da Lang also married his daughter-in-law with great difficulty, how can he say that he will take a break? ”

Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law was unhappy, he also complained a lot about this old mother, and he was also very anxious about his second son's failure to marry a wife, so she couldn't agree to let her eldest son divorce his wife.

"What's the use of marrying this disrespectful woman, I gave birth to a little lady after so many years, you look at the second, third and fourth rooms, there are several grandchildren, and you don't have any grandchildren."

The old lady was very angry.

"Mother, are these days still long? There will always be rebirth, and if you can't have grandchildren in a few years, you will give Da Lang a concubine. ”

Carpenter Zhao's wife was also angry, and said very reasonably.

As soon as she heard that she was going to take a concubine for her husband, Zhao Carpenter's granddaughter-in-law was not happy, and hurriedly shouted: "Mother, it's not that the daughter-in-law can't give birth, it's really too cramped at home, now there are three people in a house, the child is always noisy, if it is reborn, it will be even more unbearable, and the daughter-in-law will not dare to hinder Da Lang from taking a concubine, but if a concubine comes back to live, where will I live!" You can't live in a courtesy room! ”

"Divorce you, a vicious woman, naturally there is a place to live, and the affairs of our Zhao family will not be mixed with you as an outsider."

"Filial piety comes first, and if you don't respect the daughter-in-law of your elders, it's better to take a break."

"Da Lang is too accustomed to his daughter-in-law, and women can't get used to it, and they don't go to the house for three days."

Carpenter Zhao's brothers said with a righteous face.

"Some people think that the home is not spacious, and when I die, the home will naturally be spacious, and it will be good when I die."

The old lady said angrily.

"Mother, you must not think about it! What else do sons count on you? ”

"Mother, you dissipate, discourage."

"Da Lang, what are you still doing in a daze, don't take your daughter-in-law away."

Carpenter Zhao's sons all had a look of filial piety, as if there was no one more filial than them in the world, and they even began to wipe their tears.

"Say less! Let's go back and say. ”

Carpenter Zhao's eldest son couldn't stand it anymore and grabbed his daughter-in-law with his hand.

"Go back and say, go back and say, it's like this every time, look at what kind of life we live, married for so many years, the days are not as good as day by day, other people's houses and yards are one after another, what about our family? There have always been such a few houses, and no matter how much my father earns, it is not enough for a few uncles. ”

Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law, I don't know what happened this time, and she didn't mean to give in at all.

"You woman, how do you speak, the eldest brother helps us poor brothers, it is the eldest brother who is benevolent and righteous, and we have always been grateful for the benevolence of the eldest brother, who does not say that the eldest brother is benevolent."

"But it's just to take some food once in a while, Erlang also had a meal at our house a few days ago? Did your girl eat my radish a few days ago? How did this not count. ”

"Second brother, third brother, what is the dispute with a woman, he can still turn the sky, the eldest brother is famous for his benevolence and righteousness, so the eldest brother will not be provoked by such a woman, regardless of us?"

Several of Carpenter Zhao's brothers complimented their eldest brother while scolding Carpenter Zhao's daughter-in-law.

Hearing his brothers compliment him like this, Carpenter Zhao could only smile bitterly, what else could he say?

Li An was blocked by a fence, which made Zhao's carpenter's brother unable to see him clearly, while Yan Ruyu had already hid in the car, which avoided some embarrassment.

In addition, except for Carpenter Zhao, the rest of the people didn't know Ang Lee's identity, or rather, they couldn't figure out how big an official the squire was.

"Craftsman Zhao! These brothers of yours, relying on your mother's care, are destined to eat you! ”

Ang Lee said softly.

"Let Li Shilang smile, the villain is the eldest son in the family, and he is really helpless! My father died early, my mother raised four of us brothers since childhood, and it was not easy to endure all the hardships, although the mother was slightly eccentric, but the son could not be unfilial, and the grace of birth and raising was greater than the sky, as long as the mother could be happy, the villain suffered a little bit is nothing. ”

Carpenter Zhao remembered all the difficulties of his mother's past, and he sighed in his heart.

When Li An heard this, he suddenly sighed in his heart, and it could be seen that the Zhao carpenter in front of him was really filial, and he was an out-and-out filial son, and he was also a very conscientious person, and there was a reason why he was filial to his mother, in addition to because he was his mother's son, it was also related to the early death of his father, and it was not easy for his mother to raise their brothers.

"Craftsman Zhao is really a filial son! But it doesn't matter if you suffer yourself, and you can't let your children and grandchildren suffer with you! Just now, the official came from Blacksmith Li's house, and their house has four courtyards, thirty-six houses, and a full house of children and grandchildren! Before leaving, several matchmakers ran to their house to tell their thirteen-year-old son about the mother, and several matchmakers were about to fight, and the scene was ......"

Li An deliberately made up a matchmaker story, in order to stimulate Carpenter Zhao and make him think about his son and grandchildren, after all, if Li An guessed correctly, the reason why Carpenter Zhao's second son did not marry a daughter-in-law has a lot to do with Carpenter Zhao's foolishness, and no one is willing to push his daughter into the fire pit.

Sure enough, when Carpenter Zhao heard that the thirteen-year-old son of the Li blacksmith family was targeted by the matchmaker in turn, his expression suddenly became very bad, his second son was nineteen years old, according to the habits of later generations, this is still a child? It is the flower of the motherland, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, nineteen years old is really not small, he is a big boy, and he can even be described as a leftover man.

"Let Li Shilang smile, it's all villains who can't govern the family, the family is too chaotic, they can't treat the squire well, the villain's sin ......"

Carpenter Zhao felt a burst of pantothenic acid in his heart, not only the sorrow of his son's failure to marry, but also the feeling that he was not well entertained, if it was like the conditions of Blacksmith Li's family, Li An would definitely not be unable to enter his residence.

"It's okay, it's okay, the official doesn't have a big deal, just observe the people's feelings, maybe the official can help a little and talk to the old man, but with so many people gathered here, the atmosphere can't calm down."

Ang Lee said with a smile.

Carpenter Zhao said gratefully: "Li Shilang's kindness, the officials are very grateful. ”

After speaking, he walked to a large group of people, put on the momentum of a big brother, and said loudly: "Have you made enough trouble, it's not shameful enough, go back, everyone go back, let's go." ”