During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, there were two brothers somewhere in Henan, the older brother was named Li Dahu, and the younger brother was named Li Erhu, who had lost their father since childhood, the family was poor and white, and there was an old mother who was bedridden for many years.
Li Dahu is two years older than Li Erhu, although the two are brothers, but their personalities are completely different, the elder brother is loyal and honest, decent, and a good old man; the younger brother looks like a thief, can speak the Tao, and is a good and lazy person.
The old mother's personality is very strong, although both sons have grown up, but the family's major affairs are still decided by her.
Generally, in families with two sons, parents will have some preference for the second eldest, and his family is no exception, and the mother is always better than the second tiger than the big tiger.
Later, the mother entrusted the matchmaker to tell Erhu about the family affair, the woman is a peasant woman named Jujube, but Jujube did not look at Erhu, but fell in love with The Big Tiger at first sight, and finally the two came together.
After the big tiger became a relative, he was already a family with four walls and high foreign debts, and the family was no longer able to marry a daughter-in-law for the second tiger, so the second tiger often complained to his mother and felt unfair about his fate.
The mother often sighed secretly, explaining that after the big tiger is better for the second tiger, the family's debts will not involve the second tiger, and in the future, she will have the ability to help the second tiger marry his daughter-in-law.
Since then, the money earned by the big tiger doing hard work will always be divided into half of the second tiger, and the second tiger has never been polite, thinking that he deserves it.
Jujube is gentle and virtuous, has a docile personality, and is a good girl, but marrying into this family is like jumping into a fire pit, because she meets a brutal and unreasonable mother-in-law, and a jaw-dropping thing happens later, which is counterintuitive and unacceptable to ordinary people...
Ever since jujube flowers married into the door, the mother-in-law always picked her nose and eyes, no matter what she did, she didn't look good, and pointed fingers and feet all day, using her as a servant to summon.
Jujube has a good temper, swallows his anger all day long, is always a person who is wronged, always steals tears, in order not to let her husband worry, never complained to him.
The big tiger is indeed very difficult, in order to pay off the debt, soon after marriage he began to look around for work, every day early out and late home, a day is reluctant to rest, every day dragging the tired body to go home, upside down on the head and whirring and sleeping, jujube flowers are looking in the eyes hurt in the heart.
The husband was busy working all day and was not at home, and Jujube gradually discovered the ghostly thoughts of the little uncle, and as soon as he drank the wine, he would stare at her with ill will, and later even began to use his hands and feet, becoming more and more arrogant.
Jujube could not stand his harassment, and gently told her mother-in-law about this matter, wanting her mother-in-law to take care of him.
Unexpectedly, the mother-in-law scolded her with her head and covered her face, saying that she provoked dissension, was uneasy and kind, and later expected him and the big tiger to take care of the second brother, like her framed the second tiger, obviously did not want to care about him in the future.
Jujube sighed and walked out silently, her mother-in-law protecting her calves, and she could only try to hide from the second tiger in the future.
There is another reason why Jujube has been swallowing her anger all day long, that is, she and Dahu have not been pregnant for three years since they became relatives.
This is a big handle, the mother-in-law has nothing to do with this, often lamenting that she spent a lot of money but married back a "hen that can't lay eggs"...
Just like this after another year, jujube flowers still have no signs of pregnancy, the big tiger is going to Shandong to do three months of work, the eve of the trip, jujube flowers are very unwilling, husband and wife two warm one night, hope that miracles can appear, early pregnancy of the child ...
After the big tiger left, the whole family relied on jujube flowers to maintain, washing and cooking, serving the mother-in-law, and also beingware of the harassment of the second tiger, so that the life was like a year.
Three months later, the big tiger finally came back excitedly, relying on his own hard work, he made a lot of money in Shandong this time.
However, after seeing the jujube flower, he did not imagine the joy of the long farewell to the new marriage, only to see the jujube flower silent, the eyes dodging, and the face was very bad.
And the mother has also changed, the treatment of jujube flowers is no longer as harsh as before, the heavy work is no longer let her do, the big tiger looks at the joy in the eyes, and the family and harmony are stronger than anything.
It's just that erhu is not enthusiastic when he sees the big tiger, and does not seem to welcome him back.
That night, the big tiger took the muffin to honor his mother.
The mother looked very happy, and her expression was a little mysterious, and she told the big tiger a happy news: "Jujube is pregnant, almost three months!" ”
The big tiger couldn't believe his ears when he heard it, and immediately jumped up excitedly, hurried back to find the jujube flower, and thought: God really opened his eyes!
However, Jujube's reaction was not big, just a faint "Oh", and then she lay on the bed without saying a word, as if there was something on her mind.
Dahu thought she was unwell in the early stages of pregnancy and did not pay attention to it.
The next day, the big tiger was still immersed in excitement, and he bought good wine and good dishes to come back to celebrate.
That night, the two brothers of the Big Tiger and the Two Tigers drank until late at night, and the Two Tigers seemed to have something on their minds, and they had been drinking with their heads down, and finally they drank a tincture and a drunken drink.
When the big tiger helped him back to rest, he suddenly heard him shouting the name of the jujube flower.
The big tiger felt something was wrong and asked him what was wrong?
Erhu was confused, lost his mind, and said, "The child in the belly of the jujube flower is mine!" ”
This sentence was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day that knocked the big tiger into obscurity, he put down the second tiger, staggered back to the bedroom, and dragged the jujube flower out of bed like crazy, and shouted hysterically: "Slut! What happened to the child in the belly? ”
Jujube "Wow" cried out, and the long-suppressed emotions were suddenly released, saying "I don't live!" "Get up and hit the wall."
The big tiger grabbed her and roared angrily, "It's not too late to make things clear and then die!" ”
Jujube was silent for a long time, but finally told the truth of the matter.
It turned out that on the second day that dahu went to Shandong, her mother-in-law's attitude towards her suddenly improved.
That night, the mother-in-law let Erhu buy a table of rich wine and dishes, and pretended to apologize to Jujube, saying that she had been married for so many years and had been hard for her before, and that she had apologized to him this time, and that she was expected to help in the future affairs of the family.
The jujube flower was flattered and touched, and accompanied the two of them to drink two glasses of wine.
Unexpectedly, her wine had been drugged by Erhu in advance, which was also instructed by her mother-in-law.
After Jujube was unconscious, she was carried into the room by Erhu...
When he woke up the next day, Jujube was going to die and live, but her mother-in-law knelt down in front of her and said, "When the big tiger was a child, he was injured below, and whether you can't get pregnant must be his problem, I beg you to leave an incense for the old Li family..."
Unexpectedly, this time, jujube was really pregnant...
After listening to Jujube's story, the big tiger was silent for a long time, and his heart was completely cold.
He slapped himself twice, knelt down in front of the jujube and said, "Our family is sorry for you!" ”
After saying these words, he picked up a wooden stick, and Tie Qing walked over to the unconscious Erhu with his face, and without saying a word, he scrapped his legs.
When the mother heard the movement, she hurriedly called for the big tiger, and the big tiger ignored her mother's call and left that night with the jujube flowers, and no one knew where they went.
The following year, his mother died, and the big tiger did not return to send him to the end.
After the death of his mother, Erhu, who lost his legs, became a beggar, and it did not take long for him to die of depression...