"That's my mother...my mother gave me a birthday present." The Seventh Fairy touched the red bean gold hairpin on the back of her head, and said in frustration, "My mother is far away, and I may...not see her for a long, long time.her."

Counting the days, she hasn't seen her mother for a year and a half, and she doesn't know if her mother is still angry with her?Does the queen mother still remember her?Have you ever come to see her?The queen mother once said that if she was with mortals, she would sever ties with her and never have her as a daughter again. Could it be serious?

And she disobeyed her mother and insisted on living a happy and interesting mortal life, it seemed... not as carefree as she imagined.

For the first time, she began to seriously doubt whether the choice she made was wrong?Is it worth it for all she has done?

To the ears of the Dong family, Seven Fairies meant "my mother has passed away".They had already expected this, otherwise, why would they have never heard her mention her family, and even if she occasionally asked, it would be perfunctory.

Dong Yong patted Seven Fairy's hand lightly, and comforted him: "Don't worry, with me by your side, you are no longer alone. You married me, and you have a new home. Your mother is far away., and you can feel at ease."

The Seventh Fairy bit her lip, and said with some emotion, "Yes." No matter what, Dong Lang treated her very well.As long as she is with Dong Lang, it's all worth it, and she doesn't regret it.

But what Dong's father and Dong's mother said and did next made Seven Fairies doubt life again.

Mother Dong stretched out her hand to Seventh Fairy with a smile on her face: "Zi Er, show me the golden hairpin." Seventh Fairy did not doubt that he was there, pulled out the golden hairpin, and handed it to Mother Dong.

Dong's mother took the golden hairpin, looked at it over and over, and was full of praise, while Dong's father on the side kept nodding.Obviously, they are very satisfied with this golden hairpin.How satisfied are you?Mother Dong took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and wrapped it tightly.

Seeing this, the Seventh Fairy hurriedly asked, "Mom, what are you doing? I still want to wear this hairpin."

Dong's mother smiled and said: "As the saying goes, 'wealth is not revealed', Zi Er, your hairpin looks very expensive, and since our family opened a cloth shop, there are not many people coming and going. If there is someoneShen, what should I do if the hairpin fell off and was picked up again? You also said that this is a birthday present from your mother. It is of great significance and very precious. Why don't I keep it for you?.”

This time, the Seventh Fairy, who always followed her mother-in-law, disagreed no matter what.She thought of the money that her mother-in-law "kept" carefully. At the beginning, she also said "just keep it for you, and never use it easily", but what happened later?Isn't it just keeping it, it is no longer hers?

If this golden hairpin is handed over to the mother-in-law for safekeeping, also know what will happen in the end.

So the Seventh Fairy took the golden hairpin back into her hand very quickly, and held it tightly: "Thank you, mother, but there is no need."

Dong Yong frowned: "Lady, what are you doing? Mother also has good intentions."

The Seventh Fairy lowered her head and said in a low voice: "This is something my mother left me. I wear it, as if my mother is still by my side. I can't live without it."

Dong Yong sighed, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I reminded you of something sad. Since this golden hairpin is so important to you, you should keep it for yourself."

The Seventh Fairy gave a soft "hmm".She was right, Dong Lang was still on her side.

Dong's mother also hurriedly said: "Zi Er, don't get me wrong, I just want to help you keep this precious thing, there is really no other meaning."

The Seventh Fairy reluctantly replied: "It's okay, I didn't misunderstand." In short, no matter whether the mother-in-law came out of good intentions or for other purposes, she would never let this golden hairpin leave her.On the golden hairpin, Xiu'er lived, and that was the system of "the sober heroine in the world" specially sent by the queen mother to remind her.

However, why would Dong's father and Dong's mother just let it go?

After a lapse of more than twenty years, Dong's father stepped into the same pit again.

He refused to give up the opportunity to make a lot of money in front of him, so he borrowed a full one hundred taels of usury to buy raw silk from the neighboring prefecture, thinking that as long as he seized the time to weave brocade with the brocade weaving technique passed down by their Dong family, he would definitely make a fortune..

However, there were problems in the transportation and storage of raw silk, and the quality dropped a lot; the Dong family’s brocade weaving technique has long been outdated, and customers did not buy it; in the end, a large amount of brocade was piled up into mountains and could not be sold at all.bid.

On this day, the Seventh Fairy got up, and as soon as she entered the dining room, she saw Dong's mother kneeling down towards her in tears: "Zi Er, my good daughter-in-law, please save our big family! Only you can do it now."Save us!"

The Seventh Fairy was startled, she quickly dodged, and reached out to help Mother Dong: "Mom, get up quickly, sit down and talk about something. Are you doing this to break me? How can I be worthy?"

Dong's mother wiped her tears and cried: "Zi Er, if you don't agree, I won't get up. Please help us!"

Where has Seven Fairies seen such a big battle before? She was so flustered that she was about to say yes when she heard the cold words of An Xiu, the golden hairpin and red bean on her head: "Don't agree. Just talk if you have something to say. What's the reason for such a threat? YouIf I follow her this time, there will be many such things in the future."

In this era of filial piety, if a mother kneels down to her daughter-in-law, is it not a threat?

The Seventh Fairy calmed down in an instant: "Mother, if you want to talk to me, then sit down and talk about it. Otherwise, if you are in such a state now, I am afraid that you will not be calm and you will not believe what you say. I can't listen to you.I won't take it seriously." Saying that, he was about to leave.

Mother Dong's howling stopped suddenly, she stood up, grabbed Seven Fairies' sleeves, and looked at Father Dong outside the door.Seeing this, Dong's father also walked in with a sigh: "Zi Er, I'm really sorry, I have to trouble you again."

Hearing the voice, Dong Yong also came over from the bedroom. Seeing the situation in front of him, he quickly comforted his parents: "Father, mother, don't worry. We are a family. If there is any difficulty, of course we will go through it together. Don't worry, as long as it is meIf Zi Er can help, we will do our best. Isn't it, lady?"

The Seventh Fairy said calmly: "Dong Lang, let's listen to what is going on with our parents first."

So Dong's father and Dong's mother embellished the process of losing money and told Seven Fairies and Dong Yong.At the end, they said with tears in their eyes: "In another month, the usury loan will expire. If we don't pay a total of 150 taels of silver including principal and interest, we will be in big trouble!"

Dong Yong was taken aback: "One hundred and fifty taels? Didn't you only borrow one hundred taels of silver? How come it took only fifty taels of interest after just three months?"

Dong's mother wiped her tears: "Isn't there no way? There is no bank at home, no capital to buy goods, so we can only borrow. Who knows that the sky is not good, villains are rampant, we have been cheated!"

Father Dong sighed and said, "Actually, as I thought, if all goes well, it would be easy to get two or three times the profit if the raw silk is woven into brocade and sold. It's just that now, the brocade is backlogged in the warehouse.If we can’t sell it, not only will we not be able to make money, but we won’t even be able to get back the capital.”

Dong Yong was very anxious: "Then... then what should we do? My lady, what can you do?"

Seventh Fairy shook her head numbly.

Dong's mother stared into the Seven Fairy's eyes: "No, Zi Er, you have it, and you have a way! You just need to pawn the golden hairpin on your head, at least you can pawn it for a hundred taels of silver. Pay it back.One hundred taels of silver, let's ask the bank to let them have some grace. During this period of time, if you weave more cloth and sell more money, as long as you work hard, you will be able to pay it back soon!"

Dong's father also said: "Yes, as long as the principal is paid off first, it will not be a problem to extend the interest for two months. You have to work hard, Zi Er."

Dong Yong also looked at the Seventh Fairy: "Lady, there is no other way. I have to wrong you temporarily..."

Seventh Fairy finally broke out: "I don't agree! Why should I be wronged like this!"

"As I said earlier, this golden hairpin was left to me by my mother. It is of great significance. With it, it is like my mother is still by my side. I will never pawn it! Why do youDo you have to stare at it and play tricks on it? Huh, that sounds nice, just keep it for me! I’m afraid you guys thought of it before!”

And what's even more frightening is that she still needs to weave and sell cloth to repay the fifty taels of interest!

Dong Yong said: "It's just pawned, not sold. We can still redeem it when we have a chance in the future."

The Seventh Fairy sneered: "Redeem it? Dong Lang, do you still remember the silver hairpin I pawned a year ago? I exchanged it for forty-five taels of silver, .52GGd. All spent on your family,It hasn’t been redeemed until now! My silver hairpin is still in the pawn shop, and you want me to be a gold hairpin? It doesn’t make sense to say that!”

Dong's father coughed heavily: "What's your family'? Zi Er, since you are married to our Yong'er, you are also a member of our Dong family. Why are you so fussy? It's too alien! We are a family,A family should work together to make our lives better, instead of calculating everything so clearly."

"Home is a place for love, not profit. Do you understand?"

The Seventh Fairy shook her head vigorously: "I don't understand, and I don't want to understand! All I know is that if anyone wants to take away the golden hairpin my mother left me, it will kill me, and I have to fight him hard!"

Dong's mother said: "Why do you care so much about dead things? Zi Er, you have a picture."

Father Dong sighed, and said, "If I had pawned the golden hairpin when I entered raw silk, I wouldn't be owed a full fifty taels of interest as I am now, which makes people frown."

The Seventh Fairy looked at Father Dong in disbelief: "Could it be my fault? Sure enough, you have long thought of taking my golden hairpin as a gift. Anything like 'keep it safe for me, in case I accidentally lose it' is a lie."of!"

Dong's father frowned: "You are Yong'er's wife, so what's yours is Yong'er's? What's the matter if we temporarily exchange your things for money? As a woman, you should follow the teaching of 'Three Obediences and Four Virtues' and regard your husband as the sky.It's unreasonable to have someone like you! Back then, when I used your mother's dowry, she didn't even object to it!"

"Zi Er, if you don't make up your mind, don't stay in our Dong family any longer. I'll let Yong Er divorce you with a divorce letter!"

Dong Yong turned pale with shock: "Father!"