After lunch, Yumei wanted to slip away again, but was caught by Li Aihua. At night, the stove should be sacrificed, and during the day, the house should be cleaned first. She was busy for a long time in the morning, all of them were busy working blindly, and she was so tired that her back hurt, and she couldn't say anything in the afternoon to make Yumei lazy.

Yumei didn't have anything to say, she was busy today, and in addition to running out in the past few days, she may not have the intention of hiding from her own mother. However, since A-Niang opened her mouth first and gave the steps, she couldn't help but know what to do.

Who made them mother and daughter?

The family was busy, sweeping the dust, removing the old dirt, washing and drying, spending most of the day, and from time to time to prevent Yuzhu from making trouble, and worrying that the little girl was tripped by sundries, making chickens and dogs jump, not to mention how lively.

After working for a long time, I finally finished cleaning. Li Aihua explained the two sisters and went out again.

Grandma frowned slightly, but she didn't say anything, Yumei Yulan was not surprised, anyway, except for eating and sleeping, there was no Daddy and Auntie at home, they were all used to it.

Taking advantage of the free time, the two Magnolia sisters moved their things back to the cubicle downstairs first. Yumei cleaned Yushu's room first and put on a clean bedding again.

As for the data drawings of Yulan's treasures, Yumei specially vacated a camphor wood box for Yulan to put her clothes, and the manuscript documents were locked in the box and placed in the Yushu room.

Yushu carried a travel bag into the house.

She was typing the draft, planning to tell her eldest brother about her plan, but seeing Yushu's tired look, she softened her heart again, forget it, don't worry, wait for him to rest.

Yushu went to see her grandmother first, saw that her father and mother were not at home, and then went to see the little pig girl who was tired of playing and fell asleep, and then ordered Yumei to eat dinner without calling him, and went back to the room and fell asleep.

Li Aihua also came back with a few white plastic bags.

Yulan looked at the bag in Ah Niang's hand with hot eyes: there were all kinds of stove candy there, which were used for the sacrificial stove tonight.

In later generations, these local specialties can be bought online, and Magnolia is bought every once in a while, but the family does not like to eat it, only Magnolia tastes those sugars very seriously, recalling the imprint of traditional festivals.

Li Aihua saw that her daughter looked greedy, and carefully took out a halva cube from the bag and stuffed it into Yulan's mouth, and pinched a corner of the halva for Yuzhu. After a pause, he handed the remaining halva to Yumei.

Yumei received it but didn't eat it, turned around and stuffed it into her grandmother's mouth, grandma was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and squinted when she came back to her senses.

The ritual begins in the evening.

Magnolia watched intently as Daddy and Auntie completed the ceremony piously and meticulously.

The statue of the stove king and the grandmother of the stove king on the east side of the stove has been replaced with a new one, and there is a couplet on the side of the stove king shrine, the upper couplet: the heavens say good things; the lower couplet: return to the palace to descend auspicious; the horizontal batch: the four seasons are safe.

The old god statue that was replaced cannot be lost, and must be burned with fire, indicating the meaning of sending the king of the stove to heaven.

The small incense burner in the niche burns three incense sticks, and there are three cups of tea and two high-legged fruit bowls in front of the shrine. One plate is filled with local specialty candies, including fried cakes, gummies, flour candy, halva cubes, salted nuts, white nuts, bean crispy sugar, etc., a total of seven kinds, and the other plate contains oranges, apples and other fruits.

Among them, the stove sugar is made of maltose, and the original intention is to invite the stove to eat, sticking to his teeth, so that he can't say bad things in front of the Jade Emperor.

After the ceremony, these candies will become snacks for the sisters, and the taste is very sweet.

Yulan's memory of being a child is very vague, and she vaguely remembers that there are very few snacks at home throughout the year, and every time it is the New Year, the sisters wait for the sacrificial stove and wait for the New Year, because it means that there is something delicious.

A-Niang is very frugal all year round, and only occasionally extravagant at the end of the year will she buy more snacks and fruits.

The less the less the more precious, in my memory, Yulan has always had a strange attachment to these foods. Later, when I had the ability, I couldn't find the taste of the past.

The incense in the censer has not yet been burned, and most of the candles are still half-burned.

Li Aihua drove the children back to the room to play, and the couple went out together.

I don't know when snow particles start to fall at night.

The soft light that shines through the windows of every house adds a touch of warmth to this bleak night.

Li Aihua and Chen Li went out of Chen Shuisheng's house, and the cold snow rice grains came to their faces, and the two couldn't help but shiver. thanked Chen Shuisheng who sent the two to the door, and the couple went to their home one foot deeper.

Chen Shuisheng watched the two figures gradually be swallowed up by the dark night, and then sighed and turned back to the house. His mother-in-law, He Hongxia, was holding the IOU written by Chen Lixin, the words on the IOU were crooked, and the ink had not yet dried.

"Let's keep it for now. Ali, this kid is also unlucky, the father of such a rotten gambler. His father didn't do a good thing when he was alive, and when he died, he had to burden the children to clean up the mess for him. Thanks to his mother's vision, she married him a good daughter-in-law. If you owe so much money, you can't make a lot of trouble on anyone. But Ali's daughter-in-law has not said a word of complaint in recent years, it is really not easy. ”

He Hongxia put the IOU in the small box, and said disappretently, "Aren't ......all people living their own lives? The eldest of their families is about to graduate, right? Otherwise, just relying on the little money earned by the couple doing odd jobs for a year, so many debts don't know how to pay off until the Year of the Monkey. According to me, Ali's daughter-in-law shouldn't let a few girls go to study, the girl can recognize a few words, just don't open her eyes and be blind, what books to read. I heard that the eldest girl didn't want to study anymore, otherwise the couple would have planned to let her go to high school. That's not a fool's errand, it's better to pay off a little more debt with that spare money, the principal is rising year by year with interest, and the hole is getting bigger and bigger, and I don't panic about losses. The IOU changes every year, and I don't know when it's a head. ”

"Don't say this in front of them, be careful that people will tell you. Besides, how people live their lives has nothing to do with us. Besides, both of them are kind people, and the interest has been given to us a lot over the years. There is an IOU, and they will pay off the money one day, so you don't have to worry about the money going down the drain. ”

Chen Shuisheng's old god is here.

He Hongxia muttered: "Who has the leisure time to talk nonsense? I just think it's not easy for them, just one more mouth." The couple went to rest without mentioning it.

The kind-hearted Li Aihua and his wife have returned home.

The house was quiet, and the old people and children were already asleep.

The candle in front of the stove had been burned dry, and Chen Li lightly put away the fruit and put it in the cupboard, planning to share it with the children tomorrow.

After doing all this, the two of them had time to wash and scrub, hide in the quilt, and count today's results.

"The other accounts are almost settled, and there are only the four families left in Li Jiaping. Those few are estimated to be unable to push through, but we don't have the money to do now, and we can only pay back the two. Or...... Looking for Lian Sheng to borrow some?" Chen Li said hesitantly.

"You said it would be good when we could be like Liansheng. Didn't you see that Liansheng's daughter-in-law threw the stacks of hundred-dollar bills on the table casually. I heard that I have earned tens of thousands of dollars this year alone. Li Aihua stretched out his palm and flipped it over, with indescribable envy in his tone.

After a pause, Li Aihua continued: "However, his family may not be willing to borrow. Our family owes a lot of money, and everyone knows it. Although I paid back some of it, I didn't believe it either, so let's not open this mouth. In a few days, I will send Erya to her grandmother's house for the New Year, and then ask grandma to help say yes, let them postpone it for a few more months, and return it after the spring. ”

Chen Li said "um" and said, "I'm going to trouble A-Niang again...... I estimated that Liansheng's money was ready for recruitment, and I heard that if someone's daughter was selected, she could advance part of her salary first. In the past few days, people from the surrounding villages have come to ask. When I came back yesterday, Lian Sheng asked me if I wanted to go, saying that the conditions of the eldest girl were good, and the salary commission must be high. It is said that he is washing and massaging people's hair in the hair salon in D city, which is light and economical, and the salary is high. Or...... Let the big girl try it?"

"It's not quite right, I don't want the big girl to go. Li Aihua was full of doubts.

"When people recruit workers in factories, don't they all like to recruit those who are diligent, honest and capable? The child of Lao He's younger brother is such a good girl, and she is a good director at a young age. Isn't it good that they don't stand out? But they don't want such people. The people they have set these days are all young and handsome. For example, ask Mei and the two sisters, they are both villagers in the township, who still doesn't know what is going on in their family? Those two are lazy and greedy, one is more lazy and slippery than the other, and they are not greedy enough to take advantage of them, except for their appearance, how can they have the slightest advantage? Even if the store recruits workers to fill the façade, one or two are enough, why should they all be beautiful? I suspect that they are bringing those improper places, otherwise how can they only care about whether the parents are good or not?

In the outhouse, Yulan has been sleeping with her eyes closed since her father and aunt came back. At this time, when I heard Ah Niang's words, I couldn't help but cheer in my heart.

She is a person who has experienced a lifetime, and naturally knows that these so-called hair salon girls have gradually developed into young ladies. D city is later known as the gold cave, and the yellow industry forms a complete industrial chain. Later, in the national large-scale anti-pornography campaign, the underground industry in D City was wiped out, and the news broke out to become known to everyone.

And A-Niang is just an ordinary peasant woman with no education, just from those who recruit workers to pick people by their posture, they can guess this, and their vigilance is still very strong.

The conversation continued.

Chen Li didn't believe it, "Can't you, right? The people who turned the corner in this village were all relatives, and they asked Sister Mei if they were their nieces who gave birth to two children in a row. If it's really a fire pit, are they really ruthless to push their relatives in?"

Li Aihua disagreed, and said: "Don't say it, this is not accurate, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows whether it is black or red." If he really is a traitor inside, he still cares about his relatives or not? Isn't it all sung like this in the play, some people can't do anything to lose their conscience for money. ”

Chen Li was silent for a long time. After thinking about it, he asked Li Aihua: "Then what do you think......?" Not going?"

Li Aihua replied simply: "Well, don't go." Our eldest girl is diligent and capable, where can she not earn a mouthful of food. I was going to ask Apei if their garment factory was hiring. Being able to enter the factory and having her uncle watching, we also have a little more worry. But a few years ago, the eldest girl made thousands of yuan after half a month, and she still had work to do after the year, and she probably wouldn't let her go to her uncle's factory again. ”

Ah Pei is Ah Niang's youngest brother, the big name Li Shaopei, the couple opened a garment processing factory in the provincial capital, and the business is good.

Chen Li replied sullenly: "Big girl is making fools, it's lucky to make money, so if you lose money, you won't have a place to cry." I didn't hear Lian Sheng say that they recruit workers, and they can easily earn a lot of money by working. Who wants to do the hard and tiring work? ”

Li Aihua sighed, "There is no harm in suffering more when you are young. really responded to the birth of two children in a row, in case it was really an unsightly place, and it would not harm the child for a lifetime. Their own children hurt themselves. You have to listen to me in this matter, and I'll get back to them tomorrow. ”

Chen Li also sighed, "Cheng, listen to you, I'll go back to them tomorrow." ”

In the dark, Magnolia's eyebrows and eyes stretched, and she laughed silently and happily.

In the past, there was no stubble of selling schoolbag head flower dolls. Sister Ah is bent on going to work with Chen Liansheng and his wife.

A-Niang tried her best to oppose it, and the two had a big quarrel about it. Ah Niang is so angry that she simply took the whole family to her grandmother's house for the New Year. She felt that after such a distance, it would not be possible for Chen Liansheng and his family to take Sister A away with their magical powers. After the New Year, they are gone, Sister Ah has no money and doesn't know the way, even if she has no thoughts, she has to rest.

I heard that Chen Liansheng had set a ticket for the seventh day of the new year, and the whole family deliberately stayed in Lijiaping until the ninth day of the new year before coming back.

Thinking that Chen Liansheng was gone, A-Niang relaxed her vigilance.

On the tenth day of junior high school, Sister Ah said that she would go to the town to pay New Year's greetings to the junior high school teacher, but Ah Niang didn't care too much and agreed, but Sister Ah never returned.

Later, I learned that Chen Liansheng and his wife had not left the town all along, saying that there were still a few girls in the town who had not arrived and were waiting for someone.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Sister Ah didn't go to the teacher to pay New Year's greetings at all, and left directly with Chen Liansheng and his wife, for fear that Ah Niang would stop her, so she didn't bring her luggage.

Ah Dad chased him to the city and didn't recover people, so he had to give up, Ah Niang was angry but ran to Chen Liansheng's house to make a big fuss, scolding them for abducting women, but was ridiculed by Liansheng's mean old lady for a while, and Ah Niang came back and made a big fuss.

Sister Ah stayed in City D for a year, and when she came back, she was sent to her uncle's factory by Ah Niang.

Everyone thought that the matter had passed, but they didn't know that the hidden danger had already been buried.