Chapter 1: Qinglan washes three
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The old man of the Shu family is very particular about this, at the beginning of Mao, the Shu family, the deepest part of the Youfang Hutong in the north of the old Wei County, opened the courtyard door.
This is an old house with one entry, there are three rooms in the main courtyard, there are no east and west compartments, most of the left half of the courtyard is planted with vegetables, and there are some common medicinal herbs on the right side. On both sides of the gate are pomegranates, dates and fragrant bud trees. There is a cross courtyard in the east and west of the main courtyard, and they are both two main rooms with an ear room. To the left of the west courtyard is a small rectangular pond, which is full of rainwater from the previous day, and there are a few lotus leaves floating on it. On the right is a row of vines, under which is a well, and on the edge of the grape trellis is a bamboo ladder, and on the right side of the ladder is the moon gate connected to the main courtyard. Facing the Moon Gate are two Xiazi, which contain stored grain and sundries, which are the west cross courtyard where Shu Qinglan and her family of three live.
The Shu family has three sons, and the Shu family, who has not yet married, lives in the west house of the main courtyard. The pattern of the east courtyard is similar to that of the west, except that there is no pond, and the same location is a pigsty connected to the thatched house, and there are no pigs in the pigsty, and there are a few chickens to be killed at today's banquet. The building next to the door was changed into a room.
The head of the Shu family, Mr. Shu, had already finished washing on the well platform, raised his eyes to see that there was no movement in the second son's house, picked up the broom, and said to Mrs. Shu Nunu, who was preparing to make breakfast.
At this time, Shu Qinglan was still shocked that she had become a baby, except for her fingers, the other parts were tightly wrapped in swaddling clothes with a red face and a black background. Her mind went blank, but she instinctively felt that her body wasn't supposed to be what it was. She blinked, and fragments of memories flooded over her like the water.
Could it be- she crossed over!? You can't be so shameless... Mother... What kind of old woman are you looking for!?
The door creaked, Shu Qinglan was startled, and a hot current rushed between the two - she peed! I can't control my body at all! Thinking that she has lived for more than 20 years in studies and exams, has never enjoyed life well, and the company that has been founded for five years after 100 setbacks is about to IPO, and she thinks of her parents in another world who will never see each other again, and the doctorate she can get in a few days, she cried out with a wow, and couldn't be more miserable!
Mrs. Shu, who had just pushed open the door, was stunned for a moment, and the cry was like a call to get up, and the whole house became lively.
Shu Xiaonian, the second son of the Shu family, opened his eyes instantly when he heard his daughter's crying, looked up and saw his mother standing at the door, realized that he was here to wake him up, nodded at his mother, turned over and shook his wife Pan.
Pan Erniang moved to her daughter's side in a daze, lifted the placket of her clothes and put it into her daughter's mouth, and suddenly, the crying stopped, Qinglan was speechless for a while, and subconsciously began to sigh. Shu Lao Er looked at his daughter with a smile on the side, Pan glanced at him, and said strangely: "Why don't you find out the clothes you want to wear today." Shu Lao Er smiled silently and went down to the ground to find clothes.
Today is Shu Qinglan's washing, neighbors, relatives and friends will come to congratulate, and the Shu family will also do it as a big day, because the first girl of the third generation of the Shu family was born. Shu Lao Er was originally ranked fifth, with two sisters and two elder brothers, and a younger brother below, but the second elder brother did not stand, and he became the second grown son of the Shu family.
Shu's eldest sister Shu Zizhen, now the county wife, has two sons; second sister Shu Zifang, her husband is a sports car, she is away from home all the year round, and she has only one son; The eldest brother, Shu Xiaoyong, is a doctor in the Mingtang Medical Center, and has three sons, the second and third sons are twins. The second Shu Xiaonian is Shu Qinglan's father, who only got married at the age of twenty-two, and married Pan Dexian, the second mother of the Pan family, the second daughter of Pan Ji grocery store; Shu Laosan Shu Xiaotai, 20 years old this year, has not yet married. Qinglan has more than a dozen boys from her own family and other families, so this only girl is delicate.
After breakfast, the guests came one after another, and the first to arrive was Qinglan's grandfather. Old man Shu waited at the mouth of the alley to greet people, and Old Man Pan got out of the car and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello and invite home. Qinglan later felt that the reason why she held a big banquet for the third full moon and the 100th birthday was also because of her grandmother's family, and she wanted to prove the importance that the Shu family attached to Pan Erniang from the side.
Of course, before Pan Erniang married into the Shu family, the Shu family was very poor, and the three children were born with some boiled red eggs. At that time, Shu Lao Er only had one pair of pants, which was still cropped pants, and the winter snow and summer rain saved the trouser legs. If it weren't for the old man Pan, who was standing on the steps of the main house at this time, who was greeting him, he fell in love with Shu Lao Er who was checking books in the bookstore, and it is estimated that Shu Lao Er would not be able to marry a daughter-in-law today.
The foundation of the Shu family is shallow, and the family of Mr. Shu was too poor when he was a child - of course, he is still very poor. At that time, he secretly ran out to work in the county town, and was regarded as an apprentice by a shoemaker, and for more than 40 years, he has now become the second shopkeeper of the shoe store. The second shopkeeper sounds good, but it is actually equivalent to a technical consultant in a shoe store, and it is obviously not comparable to Mr. Pan, who runs a grocery store.
Pan Ji grocery store has a history of more than 50 years, and it is said that the ancestor of the Pan family ran to SD to settle in Weixian on the SX army. He bought 200 acres of fertile land and bought a five-entry mansion, with the front ten doors open to the largest grocery store in the county, and there are also two shops in the town below.
But unfortunately, the Pan family raised the eldest brother of the old man Pan, the wonderful old man Pan, who was originally a five-good young man who was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but after being admitted to Xiucai, he became a lazy and lazy rotten gambler who was spurned by everyone.
Old Man Pan's father was not in good health, and he was killed by the eldest son's such a bad behavior, and Old Man Pan, who was only sixteen years old at the time, became the pillar of the family. He sold 180 acres of fertile land and three houses, reluctantly repaid his debts, raised his eldest brother's family and eldest brother's outer room and children, two unmarried sisters and his wife, plus his six children and his daughter-in-law, Mr. Pan supported nearly 30 people in one go, studied and married; I just survived. Now that it has been busy for more than 30 years, the Pan family has gradually become rich, but Pan Ji grocery store has lost its former leading position and has become the peak of the two grocery stores of Heyu and Qian.
Today's Old Man Pan is about fifty years old, burly and red-faced, compared with the white, thin and slightly bookish Old Man Shu, he looks particularly strong. Mrs. Pan's Li family is gentle and loving, she is a side branch of the country's family, although she is a concubine, she grew up next to the old lady, and her temperament is not inferior to Miss Yan.
Qinglan suddenly fell in love with this kind "cheap" grandmother, nestled in her arms, and cried when she hugged her. You know, what courage it takes to accept a pair of parents who are younger than yourself! Obviously, his mother should be at the age of Grandma Pan!
Pan Yuanniang, the eldest sister of the Pan family, grabbed Qinglan's little hand and said, "What a little elf!" Could it be that you still know that this Jin Liushi was called by your grandmother? He turned his head to Erniang and said, "You can actually give birth to such a girl!" I couldn't have thought of it before! This appearance is simply a living little Shu Er! When she grows up, she will definitely look better than the eldest girl of the Ding family! Turning around, he teased Qinglan and said: "Your aunts are not as good-looking as you, this thick eyebrows and big eyes~" Pan Li knows that the eldest daughter is spicy and strong, and has always wanted a girl, this is envy of the second daughter! didn't stop her, and asked Pan Siniang to take the small items she bought for the child and put them out to coax Qinglan.
Qinglan really wanted to know how handsome Shu Lao Er was and what Pan Erniang looked like, but now her eyes seemed to have a problem, and the angle of reflection was not right at all!
While they were talking, Qinglan's aunts returned.
Shu Ergu's voice was a little rough, harsh to hear, and her voice was high, and before she entered the door, she had already heard her showing off in the aisle, saying how much she liked and valued her niece, and it was chicken, fish, and vegetables, and what kind of courtesy she took. Mrs. Shu came out and glared at her, she also pretended not to see, turned her head and praised her man and child in the room.
Aunt Zhuang, who came to help from the neighbors, was disdainful in her heart, her face was not obvious, but her voice was more than twice as high, saying what to cook, directing the girls to do some work, and the stove was busy.
Naturally, the words of Second Aunt Shu were heard in the main house of the West Cross Courtyard, and Pan Erniang smiled: "Her Second Aunt is like this every time she comes back." ”
Qinglan pursed her lips, and happened to be seen by Pan Wuniang, and she was strange: "It's really good!" Can she still understand? The room burst into laughter.
Shu Laoer, who was entertaining relatives and friends in the next hall, also smiled when he heard it, and the joy seemed to overflow from his whole body. Uncle Pan saw that he knew that his sister-in-law loved his eldest daughter very much, and he did not despise his sister because he was a girl, and he was secretly relieved.
The boss of the Shu family didn't go to the clinic today, and personally took charge of the niece, the boys drilled around, clamoring to see their sister, and Pan Wuniang came out to get candy for them to eat. There were more and more people giving gifts, talking louder and louder, and the three courtyards were even noisier. Shu Lao Er was afraid of scaring his daughter, so he opened the gauze tent, but found that Qinglan had fallen asleep in the hustle and bustle.
When she woke up again, she opened her eyes, but she was an old lady with big yellow teeth and thin lips, Qinglan could only barely see her big yellow teeth and the furrows and ravines on her blurred face, and her mouth was a set of auspicious words, but saliva also sprayed on her face, Qinglan was not happy, and after a little struggle, she found that she was naked in front of everyone! Then he cried angrily again, and there was laughter around him. Fortunately, she was carried back to the house by her grandmother soon after she cried, and everyone outside began to eat and drink.
Because he hadn't sent a letter to Mr. Shu's relatives in his hometown, there were only a dozen tables in the courtyard, and they sat briskly. The banquet was dispersed, and there were leftovers for the first time, and Aunt Shu began to pack and prepare to take it to her house, but for some reason, she quarreled with Boss Shu in the room.
Qinglan's little heart was pounding by Aunt Shu's rough voice, probably meaning that she wanted to cut down the jujube tree at the door to make a desk for her son, but Boss Shu was not happy. Shu Ergu's son Ji Dong is ten years old this year, and he loves cockfighting and dog fighting the most, and he is not reading material at all. And Shu Dalang's eldest son Shu Dalang should also study for the New Year, and his eldest son doesn't have a desk yet!
Shu Lao Er hugged Qinglan and coaxed her to sleep, and heard Shu Ergu chattering away, and when she left, she carried a lot more things than when she came.
In the evening, Shu Lao Er and Pan Erniang sat on the kang to sort out the gifts for Qinglan. The Shu family was not separated, the gift money and food were taken to the upper room, and the return of gifts between relatives was also from the public school.
Pan Erniang saw the extra-small pen, ink, paper and inkstone that the shopkeeper of the bookstore gave to Qinglan, and asked who would return the gift in the bookstore.
Shu Lao was twenty years old and passed the Xiucai examination, and his eldest brother-in-law found him a relationship and entered the bookstore to work as an accountant. Shu Lao Er said with a dark expression: "Let's pay it back." After a pause, he said: "In the future, in addition to the salary for your mother, you will still collect the reward yourself, and you will also receive the extra money I have brought back, and add something to our little girl." ”
Pan Erniang understood it, and she was secretly happy in her heart. Shu Lao Er has two taels of silver per month, but the bookstore will be busy at the end of the month and there will be subsidies, Pan Erniang is the largest restaurant in the county as a white case master, with a monthly salary of five taels, and the reward is often more than the salary.
"You told my mother?"
"Well, I'll talk to my dad tomorrow. The eldest brother is the same, and he has a lot of reward for going to the clinic, and he also said that in the future, the accounts of outsiders will be returned to their own families. Pan Erniang put her mind at ease and asked again, "Da Lang wants to study next year?" ”
Shu Lao'er's expression was even darker, and he nodded, "Well, I have already entrusted my eldest brother-in-law and sent him to the county school for enlightenment." He looked at his sleeping daughter in the shadow of the lamp, and secretly swore that his children should also study, and he must not be like his father.
Shu Lao Er was admitted to Xiucai, but it was not provided by his father. The Shu family is very poor, the old man Shu secretly came to the city to work at the age of ten, and his brothers and sisters are still in the countryside and rely on him to make up for it. Old man Shu has a dream of reading, and he can also write two strokes, so he hopes that his eldest son can realize it for him.
In order to provide for Boss Shu's education, the family lived more bitterly than the poor peasants. Even the old man Shu didn't get admitted to the school, so he had to go to study medicine in the thirteenth and fourteenth years. Old man Shu loves his eldest son, Mrs. Shu loves her younger son, and no one hurts Shu in the middle, and the second child was abandoned in the countryside since he was a child, and grew up in his grandmother's house. His grandfather only had one child, and he was still old, and he transferred all his love for his mother to him. There were several village joint venture schools in the village, and his grandfather saved money for him to study, and he was admitted to the Tongsheng examination at the age of twelve.
Old man Shu felt that his second son was taller and stronger than other children, and his studies were wasted, so he insisted on going back to the city to work and earn money. His grandfather sold all the land before he managed to let Shu Lao Er continue to study. But Mr. Shu didn't let him stay at home every day to study peacefully, and the work inside and outside the family was pushed to him to do, and he often had to work part-time to subsidize the family. His grandfather sold the house before he died, except for a thin-skinned coffin, the rest was given to Shu Lao Er to tell him to insist on studying. Shu Lao Er only stumbled through the exam while working.
But the Shu family is as poor as ever, the old man Shu subsidized most of the family's money to his parents in the countryside, and after the death of his parents, he subsidized his brother and the widowed sister's family, and a small part of the money was given to Shu Boss to buy the Qin family, oh no, the external saying is to marry. Qin, who had no dowry, entered the door in a dusty garment with patches. And Shu Lao Er didn't say anything about his daughter-in-law in his twenties, and the Shu family never mentioned this stubble, until Old Man Pan fell in love with the elegant Shu Lao Er at a glance, filled the originally empty West Cross Courtyard with furniture, prepared everything for life, and gave fifty taels of silver for a dowry and wedding banquet, so that the older leftover man Shu Lao Er got married.
After getting married, Pan Erniang also began to pay her salary. Pan Erniang was famous for her ability before she left the cabinet, just because his father was not easy, raising such a large group of people, including scum and waste firewood. Her mother has always had a heart disease, often takes medicine, and her younger sisters are young, and the only man who can work in the family is her brother, so she and her eldest sister go out to work, learn trades, and subsidize the family. She is a boy's character when she is young, she is very aggressive, Mr. Pan also raises her as a boy, Pan Erniang is also angry, she is a good hand inside and out, and she is not worse than her son. Until the eighteenth passed, Pan Erniang had no plans to get married, Mr. Pan and Pan Li were in a hurry, and said that they wore two pairs of new shoes just for the blind date, but Pan Erniang just didn't look at the right eye.
Until Mr. Pan, who loves to read and buy books, went to the bookstore more times, and he liked Shu Lao Er, who had excellent appearance and temperament, but when he inquired, the situation of the Shu family, Mr. Pan was a little hesitant. But Pan Erniang turned nineteen years old, and she didn't want her parents to be anxious, so she nodded when she heard that her father liked Shu Er.
But Shu Er's son is too handsome! Walking down the street with him is just looking at him! The little sisters who worked with her laughed at her, and she also held her breath, she had to live a good life with Shu Lao Er, live a good life, and be jealous of you! Shu Lao Er is indeed good to her, gentle and considerate. After getting married, Shu Lao Er only handed over the wages of the two, and kept the reward money to buy her some snacks from time to time (Qinglan: Mother, you are also a foodie), Rao is like this, and the life of the Shu family has improved all of a sudden.