Chapter 5: Back to the door
On the third day after the wedding, according to the custom, Mulan was going back to her parents' house today, and she was called back to the door according to the previous saying. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Early in the morning, Chen got up early to prepare a return gift, and after Mulan and Changsheng had eaten, asked Changsheng to accompany Mulan back to Mulan's mother's house, and told him not to be too anxious to come back and to accompany his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The clothes that Mulan is wearing today are custom-made for her by the Chen family, which is better than the red clothes she wore when she got married, and it is conceivable that the Chen family is still good to this new daughter-in-law.
The two of them set off early when they were ready, afraid that it would be too late and the sun would come out and walk for too long, and people would be hot. Now the day is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and in two days it will be May, and the beginning of summer is approaching.
At the beginning of summer, everything flourishes. There is an ancient saying: "On the day of Mengxia, heaven and earth begin to meet, and all things are showing." At this time, the crops enter the late stage of growth, and the agricultural proverb has the saying of "the beginning of summer to see the summer". The management of rice planting and other spring-sown crops is also in the busy season.
Although Xiejiazhuang is separated from Chenjia Village by a village, it is actually not very far, and Changsheng and Mulan did not take an ox cart but walked. Mulan and Changsheng met many people working in the fields on the road, including the dry paddy fields in Chenjia Village. The crops are more complicated. But it all belongs to the brigade commune, and each family has a little land for growing vegetables, or planting some other crops, which can be kept for their own food, or they can be sold, and the brigade will not take care of it. Yesterday, Changsheng took Mulan to see his own land, so that Mulan knew where to pick vegetables in the future.
After these two days of getting along, Mulan is not as restrained as when she first came, although she can't speak, Changsheng doesn't look down on her, but respects her very much, and will ask her opinion on everything, and will not make decisions on her own.
The two walked side by side, walking quickly and not looking closely, they couldn't see that Changsheng's feet were sloping. Mulan also deliberately slowed down, afraid that she would hurt Changsheng's self-esteem if she walked fast, and it is said that men have high self-esteem and cannot be hurt easily.
After walking for an hour, the two of them arrived at Mulan's mother's house, Mulan's house is an adobe house, not very big, only three rooms and a kitchen. There are many brothers and sisters in the Mulan family, and at this moment, except for the sister who got married, she has not returned, and everyone else is messing around in the courtyard.
The third sister was holding a thin wicker with one hand on her waist and scolding a few younger brothers and sisters, it must have been that they did something bad to provoke the anxious girl, who was as urgent as her mother, and she was very fast.
Seeing that the two of them had arrived, the third sister Qiulan was immediately embarrassed to put down the hand inserted in her waist, threw away the slender strip in her hand, and blushed a little uncomfortably: "Brother-in-law, sister, you are here!" Then he quickly turned his head and shouted into the house: "Grandma, my sister and brother-in-law are back"
Mulan's family is very small and not big, only a few adobe houses, Mulan has eight brothers and sisters, the eldest sister is married, the eldest brother also got married a few days ago, and there are three younger sisters Qiulan Qiuju Qiuyan, two younger brothers Mu Lin and Mu Sen.
Mulan Niangwang Jihong came out after hearing the sound, and she was not very happy to see Mulan come back. When this dead Nizi was pregnant with her, she thought it was a son, who doesn't like to have a few more sons and a few more laborers in this era, but if she is born a worthless girl, it won't hurt anyone, and this dead Nizi had a high fever when she was a child and burned her throat and became mute, so she didn't treat her very well.
Wang Jihong's face was a little better after catching a glimpse of the things in Changsheng's hand, which were two catties of pork belly, one catty of candy, a pot of wine, some fruits and salted dried fish prepared by the Chen family.
In this era, it is very good to give these things, which is already a big gift, thinking that the eldest daughter brought a pound of meat when she returned to the door, can Wang Xiuhua's face not be good.
I took a few candies and shared them with a few small ones, put the others away and hid them, and beckoned Changsheng to go in and drink with Mulan Laozi.
"Mulan, how is the Chen family, are you embarrassed?" Although she didn't want to see this daughter, she was also the meat that fell from her body, and she was dumb for fear that she would suffer in the Chen family.
Mulan understood what her mother meant, but she smiled and shook her head, she was still very grateful to her mother, her mother still cared about her very much, afraid that she would be wronged.
Wang Jihong saw that Mulan's cheeks were flushed, which was better than at home, and seeing the new clothes she was wearing today, she knew that Mulan had not suffered much in the Chen family. Also, the Chen family has a simple population, so they have a son and a widow, and the sister-in-law is also married early. There is nothing complicated at home, but the Chen family is not good, and they will suffer in terms of treatment. After all, now food stamps, cloth stamps, and other stamps are rare. It's impossible to support them if their own families are having a hard time, so it's good if you don't drag them down.
After that, Mulan and her mother helped cook, the eldest brother and sister-in-law went to work in the fields, the third sister was fourteen years old and could not compete for centimeters, and the team stipulated that only half of the labor force was considered when she was fifteen years old. Usually at home to watch his younger siblings and do housework, today must have known that they would come, otherwise her mother and his father would also have to go out to work, after all, so many people in the family have to eat.
In addition to the eldest sister Muhe's eldest brother Muyang, there are many younger brothers and sisters. The fourth sister Qiu Ju is eight years old and the second brother Mu Lin is eleven years old, these two big ones are better but Mu Lin is too naughty, usually in addition to eating during the day, you can't find anyone, the fifth sister is six years old Qiu Yan, and there are a pair of two-year-old twins Qiu Xiang and Mu Yang, Mulan has a lot of parents, and the name of the marriage is very worried, the farmer family doesn't recognize a few words, these children's names are all looking for things to be given, it is better than calling a pig and a dog. Other families also praise the two of them for being educated and very good at naming their children.
Changsheng looked at the radish heads outside, his head was a little messy, and his father-in-law was a little confused as soon as he finished introducing him, and he didn't know him at all. It seems that in the future, it would be better for him and Mulan to have a few fewer children, the more children they have, the poorer they are, the more troublesome they will be, and the Mulan family is now a living example.
After Mulan and Wang Jihong finished cooking, they set up a meal in the hall, and Mulan's brother and sister-in-law also came back from work at this time, Changsheng drank and ate at the same table with Mulan Dad and Mu Yang. Wang Xiuhua and Mulan, and sister-in-law Li Yueniang led a few small tables. The twin Mulan and her mother hugged one and fed each other.
Changsheng is still very quiet when they eat there, and they are in a mess here, it is rare to have boiled meat today, and a few children grab each other to eat. Wang Jihong didn't scold them today, except for eating meat during the New Year, how can she eat it on weekdays, the children are very greedy, so she is reluctant to scold them like that today.
Her family is the most aware of the situation in her family, Mulan is 300 yuan, and it took more than 200 yuan for Mu Yang's daughter-in-law, and there is not much money in the family at the moment, so she wants to raise such a person.
When the matchmaker talked about Mulan's family affairs, she also hesitated, although the bride price from Mulan's mother-in-law's family was the highest, but she heard that the new aunt was a lame person and made her worry all the time, and then secretly inquired and knew that it was just a slight and agreed to come down to the family matter. Now it seems that the two of them are getting along well, Changsheng looks better than his own poplars, quiet, polite and cultured, especially much better than the few hairy heads who are grabbing food at the dinner table at the moment, how can these bear children become more civilized and cultivated like others, and they will pop out of her belly one by one, otherwise they will not recognize them at this moment.