Cao Peiyu not only cooked, but also cleaned up the house inside and out, and the cleaning was very meticulous and careful, and she couldn't wait to even dig out the cracks in the kang.

While cleaning her up, Chunyang leaned over and listened to it once, and what she muttered was "It's almost the New Year, the house has to be cleaned up, and the New Year is a big deal."

She seems to have found a way to vent her emotions, and began to find all kinds of things to do for herself, and she didn't accept when others mentioned Zhili in front of her, as if there was a filter in her ear that automatically filtered out the name "Zhili".

The Spring Festival is coming as scheduled, and the excitement is all from other families, and it has nothing to do with the Guo family.

On the afternoon of the thirtieth day, Cao Peiyu began to chop the stuffing and prepare to make dumplings.

She prepared two kinds of fillings, sauerkraut meat and cabbage meat, the meat was sent by the village chief, and his family cut one for the Guo family when he killed the pig, which was just used to make dumplings.

In addition, Li Dongmei has only five people in total, and there is only Zhien, a young man with a large amount of food, so there is no need to pack a lot of dumplings, but Cao Peiyu has completely transferred out two large pots of dumpling filling, and she has to wrap all these fillings.

At night, lighting candles to make dumplings is eye-catching, Chunyang proposed to wrap a little less first, and the rest of the stuffing is frozen, and then wrap it if you want to eat it later.

Cao Peiyu replied while kneading the dough: "Zhili is hungry for dumplings, and he has wrapped them all at once, and it is too late for him to eat the ready-to-eat buns." ”

A muttering that seemed to be talking to himself, directly to everyone in the crying house.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Peiyu asked Zhien and Chunyang to go back to the village to pay New Year's greetings to the people who came to help earlier.

When she went to Dabao's house to pay New Year's greetings, Shen Zhilan deliberately pulled her aside to talk alone.

"You have your own ideas, and some things are pretty much the same whether I say them or not, but I'd better tell you about them. Don't take it to heart whatever the people in the village say, just treat them as if they were letting them go", Shen Zhilan said with a sigh.

Chunyang was confused, and Nahan asked, "What are you talking about? What nonsense are they starting to make up again?"

That nonsense is a flower.

Zhili left, and at first the people in the village said that it was a pity, and raising such a big boy said that it would be gone, and the Guo family was so uncomfortable. Later, he said that it was good to leave, and it was not interesting to live a crooked life in a confused and sick way, so it was better to die early and be born early. Later, she began to say that Chunyang had a problem, how long had she been at Guo's house, and she had lost the old lady and Guo Zhili successively, and she was designated to be too hard to defeat the Guo family.

There are a lot of people in the village who believe this, and there are countless people who respond at the beginning of one person, and in a few days, almost half of the people in the village are convinced that Chunyang is a hard-nosed person.

Dongmei also suffered from the disaster of no reason, when she said that when Chunyang, someone mentioned Dongmei in passing, saying that she also had a bad life, and killed her own girl, maybe it was to cut off the life of her children and grandchildren, and men had to stay away.

Chunyang wasn't angry, but he was very worried.

Cao Peiyu also believes in these, will she believe it?

There is also the eldest sister, her life is just a little better, and she is said like this by others, can she bear it?

When she returned home after the New Year's greetings, Chunyang first told Dongmei about the rumors in the village, which also made her feel a bottom in her heart.

Dongmei didn't make tofu in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, and she didn't go back to the village to change tofu, so naturally she didn't know what the people in the village said. Don't worry about me, I'm fine, if the Guo family dislikes you, you can move in with me, we have a home now, and we are not afraid of anything. ”

Dongmei's so-called home is actually her current small broken grass house, for some people, home is made up of people, but for people like Dongmei, home is a sheltered place.

Chunyang relieved her mind when she looked like she didn't care, and said with a smile: "I don't have to worry, I have an eldest sister." ”

No matter what those people in the village say, life will go on, and as for whether Cao Peiyu will dislike her, it can only be said later.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Uncle Zhang of the forest guard Zhang family brought his two sons to pay New Year's greetings and gifts.

In previous years, four people came, but this year, Old Man Zhang didn't come, and the three of the Zhang family, father and son, still wore filial piety, so they didn't need to ask much to know what was going on.

When we chat, we deliberately avoid the people who are leaving, first talk about how each other have had a good year, and then talk about a few children.

Zhang Wenjun is seventeen this year, and the Zhang family plans to send him to be a soldier. If you have relatives in the army, whether you can help is another matter, it would be good to be able to get exercise.

After saying Zhang Wenjun, Uncle Zhang said casually: "Zhi'en is also seventeen, what are your plans? If you want to be a soldier, go with Wenjun, and you two will also take care of it." ”

Zhien subconsciously looked at Cao Peiyu, and just this small action revealed his true thoughts in his heart.

He, want to go!

However, he didn't say it, he had to agree with Cao Peiyu, and he had to be allowed to recruit troops.

Cao Peiyu also glanced at him, chuckled and said helplessly: "You also know why your eldest brother came to the village, there is such a thing, Zhi'en is afraid that he will not be able to be a soldier." ”

"Didn't everything be figured out earlier, and the eldest brother was also asked to return to the city, but the eldest brother himself was unwilling to stay. In my opinion, it will not affect Zhi'en to be a soldier, sister-in-law, if you have this idea, I will do the rest, anyway, I have to give Wenjun Zhang Luo, this one is a toss, and two are also tosses, and by the way", Uncle Zhang said very righteously.

Cao Peiyu didn't make a decision for Zhien, and let Zhien do it himself.

Zhien didn't give permission either, only said that he had to think about it again.

Uncle Zhang said: "Such a big matter has to be discussed carefully, anyway, there is no hurry, just think about it and tell me before planting in the spring, it is too late to recruit soldiers in winter." ”

After the father and son left, Cao Peiyu asked Zhi'en while sorting out the things they sent: "Child, what do you think in your heart? ”

Zhi'en has a lot of thoughts, and there is only one in the final analysis - don't worry.

He wanted to be a soldier, and he wanted to go out for a walk and have a look, but he didn't worry about his family, Cao Peiyu, or Cao Yun and Chunyang.

Zhili left, he was the only man in the family, and he wanted to protect them. If something happens after leaving, he will not be able to rush home now after receiving the news!

After Zhien finished saying what he thought in his heart, Cao Peiyu smiled and said to him: "As far as you think about it, I don't have to worry about my good health." Your eldest sister is married very well, Chunyang is also promising, and you have no interest in putting three children together, do you still want to do this for the rest of your life?"

Turning around, Cao Yun also said to Zhien: "I know what you think in your heart, but you have to take a long-term view." With your current ability, what can you do if I am really bullied in the Li family? You have to have the ability to protect our family, and if you don't have the ability, everything is in vain. ”

When the soldier comes back, he may not be able to make a difference, and he may not have the ability, but he has been at home for a day and has not been able to get ahead.

One evening in mid-February, Zhien pulled Chunyang to hide in the firewood stack to talk. He asked Chunyang: "My mother and eldest sister are willing to let me be a soldier, but you didn't tell me anything, what do you think in your heart?"