The New Year is actually quite busy, the Chinese New Year's Eve is a family gathering, the first day of the New Year is the family exchange, the second day of the New Year Ning Nianzhi can not return to his mother's house, but because he is a new daughter-in-law, he has to follow Yuan Dongliang to his grandfather's house once. The third day of the Lunar New Year is to entertain people who come to the door, from relatives to friends, and it is not until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year that it is over.

Then, Yuan Dongliang really fulfilled his promise. After the New Year, he took Ning Nianzhi and began to wander around. In Yuncheng, outside Yuncheng, there are many ethnic minorities here, each with their own customs, it can be said that until the end of March, it can be regarded as a festival every day.

The people of these nationalities are also very hospitable, Yuan Dongliang and Ning Nianzhi can participate in it by changing their clothes, either eating a big meal, or singing and dancing, which is rare and free. Ning Nianzhi is also really happy, she married Yuan Dongliang, although she was also willing, she liked Yuan Dongliang in her heart, but in the end, she left her hometown, the people who spoiled her in the past were not around, and the food, drink, and housing were very different from the past, and there were no familiar friends, and there was no handkerchief for talking and shopping, and she showed disdain for these on her face, but in her heart, more or less, she still covered up some uneasiness that she didn't even find out about.

But who is Yuan Dongliang, he has been paying attention to Ning Nianzhi since he was a child, it can be said that Ning Nianzhi is just frowning, and Yuan Dongliang can guess what Ning Nianzhi is thinking. He himself was worried, he had long thought about taking Ning Nianzhi out for a walk, and the two of them would get along more, but he didn't have time, so he dragged it out until this time.

Ning Nianzhi was happy, and Yuan Dongliang was also happy, and stretched out his hand to make an invitation with a smile: "I'm going to wash the horse, do you want to go with me?" ”

"Yes." Ning Nianzhi was sitting on the bamboo tower shaking his legs, and when he heard Yuan Dongliang's question, he immediately jumped down with his body propped up, and pinched Yuan Dongliang's arm with a smile: "I remembered to wash the horse now, are you leaving?" ”

Yuan Dongliang nodded, carrying the bucket and walking outside: "Yes, we have been living here for three days, and it is time to go back, are you reluctant?" It doesn't matter, next time we are free, we can come and stay for a few more days, or, if you like, didn't my grandfather say that we are going to split up? Turn around and vacate a courtyard, change it into this kind of bamboo building, and you can go in and live for a few days at any time. ”

Ning Nianzhi shook his head: "I still don't want it, I always feel that out of this place, the bamboo building will not have this charm, besides, the good courtyard has suddenly changed, maybe it will ruin the layout of the entire mansion, there is no need to do this." ”

As they spoke, the two of them arrived at the stable, and the two of them were considered guests, so the horses were stored separately, and there was forage thrown in the manger, which seemed to be well cared for. Ning Nianzhi stretched out his hand and took out his sleeve for a long time, took out an apple, handed it to his horse, and rubbed the horse's neck with his other hand with a smile: "Good baby, do you miss me?" I haven't seen you for two days, don't you know me anymore? ”

The horse sneezed, stuffed his big head into Ning Nianzhi's arms and arched, looked at Ning Nianzhi with bright eyes, and called in a low voice, Ning Nianzhi hurriedly soothed: "Okay, okay, I know you miss me, I just said the wrong thing, no matter when, my good baby will definitely remember me, you are the most well-behaved, you are the smartest, you are the most capable, and you are the fastest runner." ”

The horse was happy, and the probe bit the apple in Ning Nianzhi's hand, chewed it with a click, and stretched his neck to bite Ning Nianzhi's cuff, Ning Nianzhi couldn't cry or laugh: "I only brought one, it's really gone, don't believe it." ”

As he spoke, he shook his sleeve with his shoulder, there was really no apple to bring it out again, the horse was still a little disappointed, looking at Ning Nianzhi's eyes could fall tears, Ning Nianzhi raised his hand and rubbed its neck: "Okay, although there is no apple, but I will personally bathe you today, are you happy?" ”

The horse neighed, and Yuan Dongliang really couldn't go down: "Daughter-in-law, you haven't been so kind to me." ”

Ning Nianzhi blinked, not quite understanding, Yuan Dongliang sighed: "I personally fed it, said good things softly, and bathed it myself, I didn't have such a good treatment." Daughter-in-law, this is not fair, you see, do you have to serve me with your own hands when you go back? ”

Ning Nianzhi snorted: "Do you want me to wait for a meal or a bath?" ”

Yuan Dongliang smirked: "I want both, can I have both?" ”

"Daydreaming." Ning Nianzhi rolled his eyes and took a brush to brush his horse, Yuan Dongliang shook his head, and also turned his head to busy himself, while working, he also chatted with Ning Nianzhi: "I heard you say before, let the third sister and the fourth sister draw the drawings of the garden?" Is it done now? ”

"It's a little bit closer, I don't know much about the customs and soil here, so I have to find someone who knows how to get the drawings first." Ning Nianzhi said with a smile, turning his head to look at Yuan Dongliang: "By the way, there are also construction matters, do you have to find someone you know to do this?" ”

"That's not necessary, I found someone to buy the materials, and let people go outside to post a recruitment list, and let the housekeeper go outside to select a batch." Yuan Dongliang shook his head and said, paused, and asked again: "Do you want to pull the third sister and the fourth sister?" ”

"Well, it doesn't get in the way anyway." Ning Nianzhi said casually, I originally thought that the third girl, Yuan Xiu, was a little cold, but later I found out that if she recognized you, she would be kind to you. Anyway, it's a matter of two pairs, and besides, it's not her who pays for it, and she has to come back 100,000 taels of silver before the public middle school.

Because this silver was not taken from Ning Nianzhi's pocket in the first place, for her, it was just a few lines of numbers in the account book. Moreover, her original family before she married was not her original family, so when she received the 100,000 taels of silver tickets later, she only felt that the silver was picked up for nothing, and she didn't care about it.

At this time, even if she took it all out, she didn't feel distressed.

If she earned this money back by penny, it would definitely be distressing.

Therefore, if the third and fourth rooms are really unwilling to give a dowry, then even if she pays her own money to buy the dowry, she thinks it is nothing. Besides, the third and fourth rooms will not be so shameless, everyone will have to go out to meet people in the future, things are too bad, and it is not someone else's future that is bad.

"The third sister's ceremony, are you going to do it yourself or leave it to the third aunt?" Yuan Dongliang asked again, Ning Nianzhi paused and shook his head; "I can't show up." It's not that there is no daughter in the third room, there is a concubine here, even if Ning Nianzhi sympathizes with the third girl, he also knows that the concubine is different, if you want to blame the third girl, she is not reincarnated in the belly of the wife of the main house, and she can only be wronged at this time.

"By the way, what do you say about Yuan Tingting's marriage?" Speaking of the girls of the original family, Ning Nianzhi suddenly thought of an important matter, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't it set for June?" It was hot at that time, why did you choose such a day? ”

Ning Nianzhi's wedding date is a specially selected lukewarm time, starting from the capital in September, it happens to be high and cool in autumn, and when he arrives in Yuncheng in October, it also happens to be warm as spring, in addition to the hard work, basically he is not wronged.

But the June day in Cloud City is hotter than June in the capital, and the bride has to wear a heavy wedding dress, and she sweats all over her body when she moves, can she stand it?

"The first few months were not good." Yuan Dongliang touched his head, and he didn't know much about it: "In the next few months, it seems to be too late, so it's set for June, the weather is hot but you don't need Yuan Tingting to walk over by herself, I don't see many people along the way, and when I enter the door, can't I wash up?" There's no need to worry too much. ”

Ning Nianzhi was speechless for a while, but after thinking about it, he didn't have to worry too much, the groom had to sit on the horse for a long time, and he had to come out to entertain the guests when he turned around, so it was called a crime, compared to it, the bride also worked hard for a while when she sat in a sedan chair.

As he spoke, the two of them finished their respective tasks, Yuan Dongliang patted his horse's neck, and said with a smile: "This has just been washed, and it looks a little brighter than before, but unfortunately as soon as it gets on the road, it will turn into ashes." ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but smile and said, "Isn't raising horses just to get on the road?" Even if you don't want them to drive, these horses can't be idle by themselves, so why bother? Furthermore, how many times can you wash the horse? I got it once today, but I don't know when it will be next time. ”

Yuan Dongliang thought about it, and it seemed that there were indeed not many opportunities for him to contribute, so he no longer dwelled on this topic.

When I went back in the afternoon, I told the people in the village about going home, and the people in the village were also very enthusiastic and stayed for a while, but they couldn't keep it. simply sent a lot of gifts to them, if it weren't for Yuan Dongliang saying that the horse couldn't be lifted, maybe more things would be sent over.

When I returned home, I went to say hello to the old lady first. The old lady felt quite sorry for her grandchildren and daughters-in-law, so she hurriedly asked them to go back to wash up first, and then asked the kitchen to prepare a hot meal, and only after eating did she gossip with them.

"You little couple, this time it's a lot of fun." First made a few jokes, and then asked a few words about the customs of other places, some places, the old lady also went a few years ago, and said with a smile: "Their people, the way of welcoming outsiders is very unique, they must eat a kind of spider made by their own home, if they eat, they like it very much, and are willing to be friends with you, if they don't eat, although they will entertain you, but they are lukewarm, and they are not willing to take care of you." ”

"It's still good-natured, it's almost temperamental, if you don't want to eat, they won't let you in, and they will drive people away immediately. There is also a clan, the rules are quite strange, you have to sing well, you have to have a good voice, you can be treated as a guest, if you have a bad voice, just wait to be kicked out. ”

"In the end, grandmother is well-informed." Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said: "Two days ago, didn't grandfather say that he was going to take his grandmother out for a walk? Grandmother went back to these places to see? ”

The old lady waved her hand with some disgust: "Don't mention it, your grandfather, now that he is old, he is so bored, he said that he accompanied me to go out for a walk, but when I arrived at the gate of the city, I felt that other places were too far away, so it was better to convert in the city, I have been turning around in this city for decades, where the streets have changed, no one knows better than me, where is the need to turn, so, rescued." ”

Saying that, he was still a little angry, Ning Nianzhi hurriedly comforted: "Grandfather must also be sympathetic to grandmother, for fear that grandmother is in a hurry, it is me and Dongliang, who dared to go for a few days, this body is also like falling apart, grandfather must be thinking about grandmother in his heart." ”

This is a good thing to say, the old lady is also happy in her heart, and her face is even more bright, she took Ning Nianzhi's hand and asked if she had suffered outside, and said that Yuan Dongliang was not thoughtful, but she actually made Ning Nianzhi lose weight or something, and Ning Nianzhi couldn't help laughing: "Grandmother, I'm really not thin, I don't believe you pinch, my arms are still very strong, I just look a little thin, in fact, it's still pretty good." ”

After talking for a while, the second lady and the third lady and the fourth lady came over with their respective daughters-in-law, they hadn't seen each other for a few months, and when they saw it again, Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but look at everyone, and when they saw the third young lady, they were even more surprised - it was just that they hadn't seen each other for two months, and the third young lady had lost a lot of weight, and her face was a little not very good-looking, and her expression was even more numb.

But at this moment, Ning Nianzhi would not ask in front of these many people, and after distributing the gifts brought to everyone with a smile, he excused himself by not coming back for a few months, and there were a lot of things accumulated in the house waiting to be disposed of, so he said goodbye to the old lady and went back to his yard.

Ning Nianzhi left, and that side was scattered. It didn't take long for Yuan Xiu and Yuan Min to come over, and the two of them were quite embarrassed: "What my sister-in-law said before, we all remember it in our hearts, this is a pattern that has been changed again, sister-in-law take a look, what do you think?" ”

Ning Nianzhi took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and nodded with a smile: "Are you planning to plant some fruit trees here?" I see that the gap left is quite large, can I plant three or five trees? ”

Yuan Min replied with a smile: "The eldest brother is really good to the eldest sister-in-law, knowing that the third sister and I are drawing this pattern, I specially found us, saying that the eldest sister-in-law likes to plant some fruit trees, and the third sister and I have left an empty space, here, you can plant two rows, two trees for each of them, apples, pears, peach trees or something, just look at what the eldest sister-in-law likes." ”

Ning Nianzhi's face was slightly red, but he didn't let the two little girls see it, pretended to look at the drawings for a long time, nodded and said: "Very good, I like it a lot, then go back and let the two of you be in charge of this, can you do it?" ”

Yuan Min was a little puzzled, but Yuan Xiu had already heard it, and her eyes immediately lit up: "Sister-in-law means ......"

Ning Nianzhi nodded: "That's what you think, you two are not young, you should also learn some things in this area, not only the two of you, but also your second sister, you should also learn, you called your second sister over, let's talk about it in detail, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Xiu was busy looking at Yuan Min, this matter was just an opportunity for Yuan Min, but for Yuan Xiu, it was a pie in the sky, a great opportunity, without Ning Nianzhi, she probably would never get such an opportunity in her life.

"Really? Sister-in-law, you're so good! Yuan Min cheered, and pulled Ning Nianzhi's sleeve to be coquettish: "Sister-in-law, I really like you so much, you are like my own mother, you are too good and good to me, I will definitely be filial to my sister-in-law in the future." ”

Ning Nianzhi couldn't cry or laugh: "Am I that old?" ”

Yuan Min made a grimace: "Anyway, my sister-in-law is good to me, and I will definitely be good to my sister-in-law in the future, even if the eldest brother bullies the sister-in-law in the future, I will stand up for the sister-in-law and help the sister-in-law beat the eldest brother, but when the time comes, the sister-in-law should not hate me for being heavy." “

Yuan Xiu hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that the eldest brother won't give you this opportunity, the eldest brother can't wait to treat the sister-in-law as an eyeball, where will he bully the sister-in-law?" After thinking about it, I actually felt that I had no use, now my sister-in-law has the support of my eldest brother, and my grandmother loves me, and I will have a little nephew and little niece in the future, and I will be filial, and if I am far away, there will be grandchildren and daughters-in-law or something, I am superfluous. ”

Yuan Min laughed: "You also think too much, no matter how filial we are to our sister-in-law, can we compare to the children and grandchildren of the sister-in-law?" They are theirs, we are ours, we can make more purse snacks for my sister-in-law, although it is not expensive, but it is good for my sister-in-law to reward people. ”

Yuan Xiumao suddenly opened up, and hurriedly said that he was willing to do more things for Ning Nianzhi now, and Ning Nianzhi couldn't cry or laugh, so he quickly changed the topic: "I looked at the faces of the third brother and sister that something was not quite right, but I was sick during this time?" ”

Speaking of this, the two sisters immediately fell silent, glanced at each other, and then said a little hesitantly: "Sister-in-law is not at home during this time, and I don't know about it, but the third sister-in-law has already made trouble two or three times." ”

Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows, just the quail-like temperament of the third young lady, and even made trouble two or three times? What did the second lady and the second young lady do to annoy the third young lady?

Yuan Min is now eager to treat Ning Nianzhi as his own sister, seeing that Ning Nianzhi really doesn't know, he explained to Ning Nianzhi in 1510: "Some time ago, the third sister-in-law's mother's family came, saying that there was an accident in the family and she was in urgent need of silver, so she really had no choice but to come to the third sister-in-law." ”

Ning Nianzhi nodded, if he hadn't been cornered, his mother's family would not have come to find the married aunt and grandmother to borrow money. Except, of course, for those who originally planned to seek money and power through their daughters. It's just that she has been in the door for so long, and she hasn't seen the third young lady's maiden family come to ask for trouble, so the third young lady's maiden family will definitely not be like that.

The third sister-in-law said that the second sister-in-law had borrowed 20,000 taels of silver from her before, and asked the second sister-in-law to repay the money...... "The rest of Ning Nianzhi doesn't need to listen to it, the second young lady really deserves to be the maiden niece of the second lady, and the greedy nature is simply the same as the second lady, where can the swallowed silver be spit out so easily."

The reason why the second lady was able to give it out before was because there was an old lady pressing on it, and the second old man urging her, but now the second young lady has nothing to fear-you said you lent me money, is there an IOU? Who else can prove this except the maid next to you? Why don't you want to take money from me?

Then, the third young lady will not come out. The third young lady was stupid, she took out 50,000 taels of silver at once, and she still wanted to move the money to save her mother's family, so she could only sell the dowry, because it was impossible for the original family to give her this money, and the original family did not open a good hall.

I have to worry about the 50,000 taels of silver, and I have to worry about the affairs of my mother's family, it's strange that I can live a comfortable life, but now my face is not very good, this matter can't be solved, maybe what will happen in the future.

If the third young lady is bloody, about this second room will not stop. If the third young lady is a bitter self-swallowing, it is estimated that she will be angry with herself, and it is not uncommon for her to be angry with herself throughout the ages.

"Then now, the matter of the third brother and sister's mother's family can be solved?" Ning Nianzhi raised his eyebrows and asked, Yuan Min sighed: "Where is it so easy, it's the merchant who lost money, and the guys who followed him are all dead, if these guys can be appeased, the matter can be properly resolved, if it can't be appeased, this matter will not be over." ”

Ning Nianzhi touched his chin, things are a little difficult to do, now, let's see what the third young lady does.

However, in the end, it is a matter of human life, and the second lady and the second young lady should not be so ruthless, right? As soon as this thought flashed in his heart, Ning Nianzhi couldn't help but shake his head, he actually hoped that such a person could have mercy, and he was almost as naïve as the third young lady.

"It's getting late, we should go back too." Looking at the hourglass, Yuan Min hurriedly got up: "The eldest brother and sister-in-law have just come back, or they should rest early, and when the sister-in-law is free, we will come to talk to the sister-in-law again, and when the time comes, the sister-in-law should not dislike us for talking too much." ”

"It's okay, I'm too late to be happy when you come to talk to me." Ning Nianzhi hurriedly said, got up and sent the two people out: "I'll ask people to make some snacks from other places to eat when I go back, don't wait for me to ask people to invite you, come over when you're free." ”

After sending these two away, Mama Tang came over to reply, Yuan Dongliang and Ning Nianzhi didn't take their subordinates with them when they went out before, only the two of them left by themselves, so Mama Tang was a little resentful at this time: "The young lady still thinks she is a man, but she doesn't even bring a person to serve, look, it's only been a long time since she went out, and her skin is a little rough, but she suffers, right?" Will we bring it next time or not? ”

Ning Nianzhi has been raised by Mama Tang since she was a child, and she has deep feelings, and she plans to provide for Mama Tang in the future, so she naturally doesn't feel that Mama Tang is overstepping the rules, but feels that Mama Tang cares about her, and is busy begging for mercy: "Mama can spare me, just this time, next time I go out, I will definitely take someone with me, I swear, Mama, don't you see that I came back safely?" I also brought you a gift, do you want to see what kind of gift it is? ”