In the afternoon, Zhengxing brought her daughter-in-law and Huzi to Shumin's New Year's greetings, Huzi is now familiar with the environment, and is no longer as restrained as at the beginning, as soon as he comes, he will play with Yang Er Hui'er, Huzi shows a strong interest in Hui'er's flowing horse, and he sits on it all afternoon and refuses to come down, and he is very reluctant to leave when he leaves.

"After a while, my mother will make one for you." Seeing Huzi's lost appearance, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law can't wait to find the blacksmith and carpenter immediately, but today is only the first day of the Lunar New Year, so why wait until after the Lantern Festival for the blacksmith and carpenter to take over the work.

"Hmm." When Huzi heard this, he immediately jumped for joy, and even jumped to take the road away.

Seeing Zhengxing's daughter-in-law and Huzi getting closer and closer, Shumin was happy for their family in his heart.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, go to relatives.

Early in the morning, the children couldn't wait to get dressed and eat a good meal, and waited at the door.

Although Shumin promised to go to the Qin family in Liuxi Village on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Qin family was still a little uneasy, and sent her third uncle's cousin Shucheng to pick it up early in the morning.

Shu Cheng drove the only ox cart in the clan, waited outside the Min Courtyard, and when he saw Shu Min, he touched the back of his head with a red face.

He is only eighteen years old this year, and his appearance looks very much like her third uncle, with good facial features, but he looks a little shy.

"Cousin, the clan sent me to pick you up."

"What are you doing outside the door? It's so cold, I don't know how to enter the house. Shumin saw his red face, looked at his slightly thin clothes, shook his head, turned back into the house and found him a gray cloak. The cloak is Shumin's own, but the color is neutral, and it can be used by both men and women.

"You put on this cloak, and it will be windy to drive the ox cart later."

"Thank you, big sister." The book took over the cloak, and I was a little excited in my heart. My sister still cares about him as much as ever!

Since Shumin got married, Zhang Li did not allow her to go back to her parents' house, and he only saw her a few times later, every time in a hurry, unable to say a few words, and over time, the relationship faded.

But he never forgot that when he was a child, this cousin always hid all kinds of delicious food and secretly left it for him.

In the Qin family, the days of the third room are the poorest, and even now, there is no great improvement. At that time, Shu Min's secret help, he was grateful.

"My own family, thank you. And you, hurry up and call someone. Shumin beckoned to the children who were crowded at the door to watch the excitement, and the children immediately rushed over.

"Sixth uncle."

"Uncle Six"

The children called politely, and Shu Cheng was very happy to hear it, and after a while in his arms, he took out a few red envelopes and gave them one for each of them.

He had long known that Shumin had adopted two orphans, so they were not left behind.

The children's eyes kept staring at the red envelope in Shucheng's hand, and they were very happy when they received the red envelope. Uncle and uncle's screaming non-stop.

"Okay, you save it, wait back to your grandfather's house, you kowtow!" Shu Min saw the children's shouting, and couldn't see what they were thinking, so he said angrily.

It was only half a day's journey from Baili Village to Liuxi Village, and when Shumin and the others arrived, the Qin family came to the entrance of the village to pick them up.

Although her relationship with the Qin family is not close, she has also prepared a lot of gifts, each of which has them, and looking at the cart full of gifts, she has also earned enough eyeballs.

"Shumin, it's good that you're here, what kind of gifts do you bring!" Qin Yonghuan said kindly, but his eyes were shining on the ox cart. A gift from an ox cart, even if everyone shares, his family can get a lot! Besides, when it comes to the distance between relatives, their family can get the lion's share!

"Shumin, you're here." The third uncle's family also had loving smiles on their faces, but they just stood aside and did not greet her like her uncle.

"Let's stop at the entrance of the village, it's cold, hurry home." Your aunt is waiting for you to cook a good meal! ”

Shu Min returned to Qin's house surrounded by a group of people.

"Uncle, this is yours." As soon as he returned to Qin's house, Shumin began to distribute gifts. What she prepared for her uncle's family was a blue fine cotton cloth, a box of pastries, a set of four treasures of the study, and a silver hairpin that was neither thick nor thin.

"Oh, why are you so anxious, kid?" Saying this, Qin Yonghuan was happy in his heart, looking at the azure cloth, the four treasures of the study, and the silver hairpin, he was very satisfied. The head of the family can naturally see the value of what Shumin sent.

"Third uncle, this is your family, don't dislike it." Shumin picked out the gift from the third uncle's family again.

"Why is it so expensive!" The third uncle, Qin Yongming, touched the delicate and silky cotton cloth, and his wrinkled face showed a deep sense of relief. The brothers of the Qin family, he is the most honest, and his life is the poorest, and he has not worn a shirt made of muslin until now!

Shumin's gift to the third uncle's family is roughly the same as that of the uncle's family, but no one in the third uncle's family reads, so there is a set of four treasures in the study, but the silver bracelet she gave to the third aunt is heavier than the hairpin she gave to the uncle.

"Fourth uncle, I know that you live in Fucheng now, and you must not look down on the material I sent, but you can't dislike your niece's heart." Shumin's favorite is this uncle, so she doesn't talk to him as well as other elders.

"What my niece sent, how dare I dislike it!" Qin Yongliang laughed when he heard this. He has a shop in Fucheng, and the life he lives is naturally not something that countrymen can imagine, but how can he dislike his niece's heart.

Besides, in this kind of day, even if the niece has a heart, she can't treat it differently, otherwise it will make the other people in the clan unbearable.

Shu Min didn't take out the gifts of the other elders in the clan one by one, and asked her uncle to transfer them on her behalf.

According to the distance between relatives, each family has prepared gifts, and the children who came to visit Shumin for the New Year also received a red envelope, and as for Hui'er's children, they naturally received red envelopes softly.

"Little niece Hui'er, good, this is what your little uncle gave you." Qin Shuhuai was only twelve years old after the New Year, but he had a serious face and amused many people.

Hui'er, Feng An is younger than him, it doesn't look like anything, Liu Er is the same age as him, and even taller than him, when he raised his head and said "good" to Liu Er, he laughed.

Liu Er's delicate appearance and tall figure, coupled with her Tang dress made of red brocade, make her look both festive and transcendent.

Although it has not fully bloomed, it is not difficult to foresee that it will be a rare beauty in the future. attracted everyone's attention to her frequently, and even people with sons of the same age had already begun to probe Shumin's tone, which made Shumin cry and laugh.

Uncle Niang's eyes have always fallen on Liu Er's body, and unlike others, she has always looked at Liu Er's red brocade with envy.

"Tsk, how much does this dress cost?"

Brocade is not cheap, the young man who exchanged clothes with Shumin at the beginning took the clothes that were torn by Zhao, and exchanged them for ten taels of silver.

"Shumin is too bad at living, although he has a little money now, but he spends it on this irrelevant body, how much does it cost?" She had to find a chance to remind her.

She self-righteously pulled Shumin, took her aside, and said in a serious voice

"Shumin, I know you can't give birth, so you adopted this pair of children, and everyone didn't say anything, but how could you waste money so much!"

"Uncle, what do you mean?" Shu Min was displeased when he heard this, and his face immediately changed.

But the aunt continued as if she didn't notice it

"Although this adoption of a child is not bad, but in the end it is someone else's child, that Liu Er is so old, her heart will not be towards you, listen to the uncle's words, set a marriage for her early, and marry out. That Yang Er is still young, and it's okay to keep it by his side, but after all, he is not the bloodline of our Qin family, just raise it casually, and there will be more laborers in the family in the future."

Uncle Niang was alone, and she didn't notice that Shu Min's face was dark.

"Uncle, those two children are hard-working babies, since I have adopted them, I will treat them the same as my own children, don't say what you say in the future, if the children hear it, it will break their hearts." Shumin really doesn't like this uncle, and the words of the countryside are just unclear.

"Alas, you child, why are you so solid-eyed! I'm also for your own good, you're alone now, it's not easy to make some money, you have to stay by your side, Hui'er is your own child, it's right for you to spoil her, but you have to be careful with outsiders! ”

"Uncle, Liu Er and Yang Er were adopted by me, although they call me aunt, I treat them as if they were my own children, they are no longer outsiders from the moment they step into my house, you don't always call them outsiders!" Shu Min repeatedly emphasized that Liu Er was not an outsider, but Uncle Niang always said that they were outsiders as if she had never heard of them, and Shu Min was really annoyed to hear them.

"Shumin, I'm also doing it for your good." When the aunt heard that Shu Min didn't appreciate it, and said that she had a black face, she suddenly felt wronged.

"Uncle, I know you are good for me, but Liu Er and Yang Er are well-behaved and sensible, so don't mention their affairs again, especially don't call them outsiders."

Shumin knew that he couldn't make sense with her, so he dropped the sentence and returned to his seat.

"Shumin, what's wrong with you? Why don't you look good? Seeing Shu Min coming back with a black face, the third aunt didn't know why, she just saw her sister-in-law call Shu Min aside to speak, did she say something that offended her?

"It's fine. Thank you, Aunt San. Shumin shook his head, indicating that it was nothing.

"Shumin, your aunt can't speak, if she says something you don't like to hear, don't forget to go to your heart." The third aunt's chubby palms were calloused, patting Shumin's shoulder, which was very thick.

This third aunt has always been honest, and Shumin smiled at her, indicating that she was no longer angry.

In addition to the third aunt, Uncle Qin Yonghuan also noticed Shumin's expression, he glanced at the direction of the child's mother, and was dissatisfied: This stupid woman who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures! (To be continued.) )