Master Dong is also worried, and a few friends who often walk around in the city have not given New Year's gifts. When Niu was arrested and put in prison before, people helped again, and the New Year's gift was three points thicker than in previous years. However, the money was a real problem.

"That's it, tomorrow I'll pick up the buds at home, and I'll find someone to pull them into the city to sell."

Niu's flesh hurts a little, and it is rumored that the price of grain will rise again after the beginning of spring, and it is not a loss to sell it now. Dong Yi, who had been sitting in the chair silently, said in a loud voice, "Okay, hurry up and sell it for silver, our family will also kill pigs, I want to eat meat!" ”

Niu slapped his son in annoyance and scolded, "You know how to eat, why don't you know how to study hard?" Look at Dong Ping's little cub..."

Dong Yi shook his head impatiently and retorted, "Dong Ping can study because of her mother, of course I am not as smart as him!" ”

Niu was so angry that when he was about to scold a few more words, Dong Ping's sister and brother came back, and they were still carrying gifts in their hands. The family was stunned, and then immediately became as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and rushed forward to take the box.

"Quick, quick, open it and see what's in it?" Niu's impatient command of his children to help open the box, Dong Yi opened a dim sum that saw the delicacy inside, and immediately shouted happily, "Oh, it's Babaozhai's dim sum!" I haven't eaten in months, these are mine! ”

Dong Ting pulled the piece of material and stomped her feet in annoyance, turned around and complained to Dong Rong, "Sister, why don't you send a piece of brightly colored material?" I'm going to make a new dress for the New Year. You remember to go home and have someone send another piece! ”

Dong Rong looked at the busy lady coldly, as if she hadn't heard this. In the end, Master Dong was still a little ashamed, although he saw that his youngest son smeared the dim sum scum on the two sets of four treasures of the study, he still endured the distress and greeted his son and daughter, "You must have been cold all the way, hurry up and sit down and rest." ”

Dong Rong Dong Ping stepped forward to salute him, and then sat down. Niu Shi also finished checking the New Year's gift at this time, and slapped the two children away, so he asked half-jokingly and half-tentatively, "Sister Rong, these things are sent to your father to go into the city as a gift, and when will the New Year's gift for the family be sent again?" Don't buy those impractical items, just pull a few more carts of rice noodles..."

How many carts of rice noodles? This year is a year of great disaster, and a few truckloads of rice and noodles will cost more than 100 taels to say the least. I haven't seen him for a few months, but I didn't expect Niu to be as greedy as ever.

Dong Rong ignored her and turned to Master Dong to ask how his body was. Master Dong felt that his children were still worried about him in their hearts, and he was greatly relieved, and responded one by one, and finally asked Dong Ping about his schoolwork. The father, daughter, father and son talked lively for a while, and completely regarded Niu's as a transparent person.

Niu's heart was full of hatred, and he had the heart to scold and feel that he was not confident enough, so he finally had to suppress his anger and find a gap and asked, "Sister Rong, I heard that your orchard employs hundreds of handymen, and you have really made a fortune!" Recently, life at home has been tight, if you really feel sorry for your father, send some money back. Seeing that it's the New Year, your father is worried that he doesn't have the money to buy a New Year's gift. ”

Master Dong was a little embarrassed, and just as he was about to say something, Niu's eye knife shook over, so he quickly lowered his head and picked up the tea bowl, and praised, "It's really good that Sister Rong sent this tea!" ”

Dong Rong really wanted to roll her eyes, the tea she brought had not been unpacked, when would it run into her father's tea bowl. However, she didn't plan to remove the old man's fig leaf, and the silver naturally wouldn't be taken out for nothing.

"Dad, there is a great drought in the south this year, and some displaced people have gathered outside the city. It just so happened that I had to do some work in my orchard, so I recruited all the people back, and I didn't have to pay for it, but only a few sweet potatoes a day. Therefore, it may be spread out of the world, but the actual orchard does not cost a penny. Dad also knows that the orchard didn't sell a pound of fruit this year, and I really don't have any money in my hand... These gifts have already spent the few taels of silver left in the family. ”

Dong Rong sighed, and said again with a guilty face, "Therefore, my daughter is not filial, but she wants to help the family but she is powerless." ”

Where was Niu willing to believe this, and asked in a sharp voice, "Impossible, I heard that you bought three pigs in the past, how can you not have silver?" ”

Dong Rong frowned, and said lightly, "Erniang, where did you hear the gossip, my sister-in-law has been sick for many years, and now she has recovered, and my in-laws want to return the vow." I bought three pigs, how did it come to be that I bought them? ”

"I don't believe it, where did the Cao family get so much silver?"

"I don't know this, how dare I be someone's daughter-in-law?"

Niu had to say it again, Master Dong did blush a little, stretched out his hand and pulled her and said, "Sister Rong finally came back, you hurry up and pick up a table of food, and our family can get together!" ”

Niu's didn't ask for silver, his heart was hot, where was he willing to eat again. She flicked her sleeves and scolded, "What kind of gathering, the family will not be able to open the pot!" Didn't the Cao family kill the pig, let her go back to the Cao family to eat! ”

Master Dong was swept up in face, and he was so annoyed that he was about to scold back, but Dong Rong's sister and brother took the opportunity to stand up and responded, "Dad, don't let Erniang be busy." We have to rush to Aunt Cao's house to visit, so we won't stay long. ”

With that, the two got up and said goodbye and walked out. Niu Shi was still shouting in the back, "Brother Ping'er is on winter vacation, there is so much work at home, you move back quickly..."

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Master Dong in a loud voice, "He is studying hard, what is he doing when he moves back?" If you are lazy on weekdays, you can't finish any work! ”

"Ah, you actually scolded me for being lazy, you rarely go out to drink a few times, and the family doesn't even have money for the New Year..."

The couple quarreled, and Dong Rong's sister and brother could faintly see Niu's sharp voice until they walked out of the door. The two looked at each other, both helpless and funny. In the end, he quickened his pace and hurried to the Wang's house.

Although they are only separated by two streets, the Wang family and the Dong family are simply two worlds. Although the yard is still a little dilapidated, it has been cleaned up inside and out, and even if the snow is so diligent this year, there is no snow in the corner of the yard. Shi was waiting outside the gate with his two little nephews and nieces, and when he saw Dong Rong's sister and brother turning the street from a distance, they cheered and greeted him. This one is called cousin-in-law, and the other is called cousin-in-law and cousin, which is extremely lively.

Dong Rong patted the stone on the shoulder, touched the heads of the two children, and then pulled them into the courtyard.

Aunt Cao heard the movement in the house and hurriedly opened the door, and said with a smile, "Your sister-in-law prepared all the chickens and fish a month in advance, and finally looked forward to you." ”

Dong Rong and Dong Ping were about to salute, but Aunt Cao pulled them in and sat down, poured hot tea, and then said angrily, "What are your own family polite, you can come to have a meal, my old lady doesn't know how happy she is." ”

The uncle of the Wang family also smiled and answered, "Yes, why did you let the pillar send so much food?" Although the food tax has been raised this year, the family is still hungry. ”

Dong Rong glanced at the stupid pillar sitting in the kang and saw that he was playing a game called "Suffocating Cow" with the two children, and he was smiling very happily. She was relieved, and then she talked a few words to Aunt Cao, and finally rushed to the stove to help.

In the cold winter, the business of selling ice was completely suspended, so as soon as he entered the wax moon, Wang Lu took the cuckoo back to the village. The cuckoo is now pregnant for eight months, but she is in a good mood and has no shortage of food and drink, except for a bigger belly, there is no change in the rest.

She hadn't seen Dong Rong for many days, and finally got together. The laughter almost topped the roof of the stove room, and the children who had moved to the yard to play ran to the door from time to time to take a look.

Finally, good food and wine were put on the table. The two families did not have any male and female guests, and they all sat down around the round table and had a lively meal. The men inevitably wanted to drink a bowl of bud wine, so they pressed the table. Dong Rong helped pick up the women's and children's dishes and chopsticks, and then pulled the cuckoo and went to their couple's room.

Du Juan thought that Dong Rong had something important to discuss, but she didn't want her to take out a small stack of silver tickets from her arms, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, this is the third component of the ice business this year, a total of three hundred and ninety-eight taels." I didn't think it was troublesome, so I made up a whole thing, and these were small silver tickets in exchange, four hundred taels. You have collected it, and when you want to use it, go to the money bank and get it back. ”

"So much?" Du Juan's fingers trembled with excitement, although occasionally in the middle of the night the couple had guessed how much silver they would share back, but two hundred taels was on the line, and they never thought it would double.

"Girl, this can't be a miscalculation, right? Your cousin and I are just trying to do our best, how can we ask for so much? The cuckoo pushed out vigorously, and people who didn't know thought that Dong Rong was holding a deed of sale.

Dong Rong was amused, and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, you just take it, business dealings have account books, how can it be wrong?" You're about to give birth, hurry up and put away the silver tickets, my little nephew will need silver when he grows up to build a new house and marry a daughter-in-law. ”

When the cuckoo heard this, he hesitated to take the silver ticket, but the next moment he began to wonder where to hide. If such a large sum of money is lost, she will not live.

Dong Rong saw that she had a big belly and tucked the silver ticket on the beam of the house for a while, and then changed her mind to lift the floor tiles, so she was so shocked that she hurriedly stopped her, "Stop quickly, how much silver is not as important as my little nephew." Put it in the cupboard first, and let my cousin dispose of it at night. ”

"Yes, yes, listen to the girl." The cuckoo opened the box and put the silver ticket, although he didn't toss anymore, but a pair of eyeballs stuck to the box and couldn't pull it off.

Dong Rong was really a little crying and laughing, so she had to let her rest in the house in the end. The left and right meals have also been eaten, and there is no work to be done.

Aunt Cao was smiling and watching the men drink, and when she saw that her daughter-in-law did not accompany Dong Rong in, she asked, "What about your sister-in-law, but you are tired?" ”

Dong Rong sat beside her with a smile and responded, "The little nephew in my sister-in-law's belly is also tired, so I let her rest on the kang." ”

Aunt Cao laughed even more happily when she heard her mention her unborn little grandson, and in the end, she naturally whispered to Dong Rong to give birth to a child soon, which made Dong Rong's face red.

(Thank you for the tips from friends such as Dancing and Xiaowei and megi625 Ersha Island, today and tomorrow will be on the train and car, so single more, don't worry, I will work hard as soon as I settle down, hug, come on, thank you for your support!) )