On the thirtieth day, the township Enbo Mansion was full of lights and beaming. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe masters of the Qian family were dressed in new clothes, and they all came to the main courtyard early in the morning, and first set up a case to incense and kowtow to the ancestors. Old man Qian excitedly reported to his ancestors that he had followed the Sanfang family to enjoy happiness in the capital, and a good life was unimaginable in the countryside. He is working hard to bring those few more houses to the capital to enjoy happiness.

The New Year's dinner is still eaten in the side house. Qian Sangui, Old Man Qian, and Mrs. Qian ate on the kang table, and the rest of the masters ate on the underground table. According to the custom of the countryside, another table was also opened, and Sean and Qian Hua, Wang Shou, Cai Laotou, and Huang Tie were allowed to eat here. Qian Hua and the others have become accustomed to it, but Wang Shou is a little flattered and can't let go.

At the banquet, Qian Manjiang and Pan Yue also toasted Wang Shou with a glass of wine, thanking the nurse for her kindness to Pan Yue.

The New Year's dinner was eaten from noon to dark, and the sound of firecrackers outside came and went, either this or that sound, and it was almost never broken.

Mrs. Qian sighed, "The people of the capital are rich, and the firecrackers are like pebbles that don't want money, constantly throwing them into the water." ”

Qian Manjiang said with a smile, "Milk, the residents around our house are all officials and wealthy businessmen, and the people are not so wasteful." ”

Old man Qian said, "Even the ordinary people in Beijing have a better life than the landlords in Xishan County." Why don't Duo Niang go back to her hometown, and would rather live in the village on the outskirts of Beijing? That's because Beijing is good, even the countryside on the outskirts of Beijing. ”

This old man is now on the tip of the horns, no matter what he says, he can connect with the good days of the capital.

Qian Sangui turned his head sideways and asked Huang Tiedao, "Brought the letter to Duo Niang?" ”

Huang Tie got up and said, "Master, bring it." My aunt and grandmother said that they set off before dawn on the second day of the new year, and they could get to the house before noon. ”

A few days ago, Qian Sangui asked people to bring a letter to Qian Manduo and asked their family to come to the house for a few days.

In the evening, everyone ate dumplings and went back to the courtyard to rest. After Qian Manjiang sent Pan Yueniang to Xiyuexuan, he went to the front yard again, and he wanted to fight horses and hang the New Year with Huang Tie and a few young people who had good faces.

This year is the first time that Qian Yixiu has left the little mother alone, and she is still a little unaccustomed to it, so she pulled a few girls with blue beads, purple beads, and white beads to play a horse hanging for a while before going to bed to rest.

Kayuki-in also quieted down. Only the sound of firecrackers in the distance and the red lanterns in the yard indicate that today is Chinese New Year's Eve. The house of animals has gone to King Ning's Mansion, if the monkey brother and the monkey sister are here, maybe it will be more lively.

The next day, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the officials and wives of the third grade or more will go to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor and the queen mother. Pan Yue is the county lord, and Mrs. Qian is Mrs. Bo, so they should also go according to the system. But the Queen Mother took pity on them and refused to let them go.

Early in the morning, the children first went to the main courtyard to pay New Year's greetings and took red envelopes. After breakfast, Qian Sangui, who was wearing official clothes, and Wu, who was wearing big makeup, went to the palace accompanied by Wang Shou. Qian Yixiu and Qian Manjiang greeted Pan Yang and Fu Shi early and asked them to help take care of them.

Qian Manjiang was on duty in the palace today, and left before dawn. He has to be on duty these days, because he has to go to the brother's house of Grandma Wu in Jiaodong a few days later, and he has changed shifts with his colleagues.

The Qian Mansion had to be attended by Old Man Qian to receive the people who came to pay New Year's greetings. asked Qian Hua to accompany him and raise some points in case of trouble.

In the morning, many people came to the Qian Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, and the old man Qian didn't know him, so he said a few kind words under Qian Hua's suggestion, and the post of the visit was left with Qian Sangui and Qian Manjiang coming back to see.

At the end of noon, Qian Sangui and Wu came back. They ate in a hurry, and the tired Qian Sangui rested.

After that, Zhu Sujin came to pay New Year's greetings, and also came to the inner courtyard to salute Mrs. Qian, Wu, and Pan Yue.

I heard that Uncle Liang was also here, and he only talked to Old Man Qian in the outer courtyard for a while.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Fu family wanted to go back to their parents' house, so Pan Yuma asked the Pan Yue sisters to go back on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Pan Yue and Qian Yixiu were happy with this arrangement, and they hadn't seen Qian Manxia for a long time.

At the beginning of the year, Qian Manxia and Wan Dazhong came with Wan Fang and Wan Fu. Qian Manxia has lost a lot of weight than before, even if she is smiling, she can't hide the sadness in her eyes.

Since coming to Beijing, Qian Manxia rarely goes back to her parents' home, rarely comes back once, and doesn't stay long before leaving. Every time I asked her, she said that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law treated her well. The Qian family is also relieved, Wan Erniu and Wan Dazhong must be good to her, if the mother-in-law is good and the sister-in-law is good, then her life will not be sad.

Seeing her like this, Qian Yixiu was so angry that she couldn't do it. The little aunt is optimistic and cheerful, no matter how big the difficulties are, she will face them calmly. But today, she must have been greatly wronged.

Wu also saw it, and when a few children saluted each other and gave red envelopes to the elders, she called Qian Manxia to the west side house, and Qian Yixiu also followed in cheekily.

Because he was used to it in the countryside, Wan Dazhong didn't need to follow Qian Sangui and Old Man Qian to the front yard, they were all chatting in the east side house. It's just that when he saw Qian Manxia being called out by the Wu family, his face turned red involuntarily.

Wu asked Qian Manxia and said, "Xia Niang, tell me the truth to your mother, did your son-in-law bully you?" ”

Qian Manxia's eyes turned a little red, and she snorted, "No, the husband treats me very well." ”

Qian Yixiu said hurriedly, "That is, your mother-in-law treats you badly?" ”

Qian Manxia still shook her head and said, "No, my mother-in-law treats me very well." ”

Wu was so anxious that he raised his voice and said, "Oh, you want to die in a hurry." You crawled out of your mother's belly, and your mother can't see if there's something in your heart? Tell me, what's the matter? ”

Qian Yixiu also said, "If there is anything, aunt just say it, there are many of us, and we can discuss something too." You are stuffy in your heart alone, you really suffer, we don't know, we can't help if you want to. ”

Qian Manxia's tears flowed out, and then she whispered, "That's it, that's it, my mother-in-law said that I was from the countryside and didn't understand the rules of Beijing, and I would be laughed at when I went out to socialize." Say yes, say yes, I want to give Xianggong a good concubine who can read and write, and let her help me. ”

"Fart!" Wu was so angry that he burst into a foul mouth, gritted his teeth and said, "The son-in-law also agreed?" ”

Qian Manxia shook her head and said, "Xianggong has always disagreed, and my father-in-law reprimanded my mother-in-law for this." The mother-in-law cried angrily, saying that her father-in-law and father-in-law had been gone for more than ten years, and it was not easy for their mother and daughter to live. said that none of them enjoyed the blessings of their father-in-law and father-in-law, but only I did. The sister-in-law also helped, saying that I was from the countryside, and I couldn't even compare with a girl, and I was lucky to marry her brother, but I was so jealous that my brother was not allowed to take a concubine, and she also provoked the relationship between her father and mother. Xianggong was angry, and went to scold his sister-in-law again. My sister-in-law cried and made trouble, saying that I was provoking the relationship between their brother and sister. It was the aunt who went home and persuaded her mother-in-law and scolded the sister-in-law, and they only got better for two days. Two days later, it will continue to make noise. Mother, Xiu'er, I'm afraid, if my mother-in-law takes advantage of the absence of her father-in-law and father-in-law, and really gets a concubine back, what should I do. ”

After saying that, he covered his face with a handkerchief and began to cry.

Qian Yixiu has already heard that Wan Erniu's wife Yang is the daughter of a junior officer in the army. When Wan Erniu and Wan Dazhong's father and son escorted Zhu Sujin to the countryside incognito, the eldest daughter Wan Yunniang was only ten years old, and the youngest daughter Wan Xueniang was just two years old. Even the Yang family didn't know that Xianggong and his son were still alive, so he led his two daughters to live alone.

Speaking of which, the life of their mother and daughter was also very hard in those years. The husband and son who worked for King Ning "died", and King Ning was driven out of the capital again. The Yang family's mother's family is afraid of sticking to right and wrong and does not associate with them, and they can only live on their savings. The savings were gone, and the original Sanjin yard was sold, and it was only after so many years that I bought a small yard.

The eldest daughter Wan Yunniang is very capable, Wan's father and son are not at home, her mother is useless, and her sister is young, all of them are her housekeepers. delayed until he was eighteen years old, and then got married in a hurry. Her man, who was a year younger than her, had studied for two years and worked as a bookkeeper in a shop. After the father and son of the Wan family came back, they gave them a few hundred taels of silver, and they opened a shop, and life was better.

Listening to Qian Manxia's rhetoric, a large part of the reason why the Yang family was embarrassed by Qian Manxia was that she thought that in the past ten years, the Wan father and son had made them suffer a lot regardless of their mother and daughter. Especially her two daughters, who should be the daughters of the official family, but they showed up to beg for a living. And Qian Manxia, a countryman, has enjoyed the blessings of several of them. Maybe Wan Erniu felt that he owed them his mother and daughter, so he indulged them a little.

Wu said angrily, "The father and son of the Wan family don't care that their mother and daughter are for the son of King Ning, not for Xia Niang, how can they settle the account on Xia Niang's head?" It's so unreasonable. Besides, what blessing does Xia Niang enjoy? When she married into the Wanjia family, our Qian family's life was already better, not counting the shops and fields, there were hundreds of taels of silver at the bottom of the box alone. ”

Qian Manxia said, "I said, my father-in-law and Xianggong both explained, but they didn't believe it, and they also said that Xianggong only helped his daughter-in-law and not his mother." ”

Wu also shed tears, and said hatefully, "What should I do, no matter how bad she is, she is also your mother-in-law, and you can't let your little two separate, right?" If you really get a concubine back, Xia Niang's life will be terrible. ”

Qian Yixiu said, "Although our family is not as good as the powerful family, but it is much harder than the waist of the Wan family, how can she get the concubine back, and the brother-in-law will not agree." He asked Qian Manxia again, "How do they treat Fang'er and Fu'er?" Do you want your dowry? ”

Qian Manxia wiped her tears and said, "Mother-in-law is good to Fang'er and Fu'er, especially Fu'er, which is so rare. Didn't ask for my dowry. However, I vaguely heard that when the second uncle of the Yang family came to visit the door, she told my mother-in-law and sister-in-law that our old Qian family is old wealth, and some are silver. He also said that I didn't know anything, so I asked my mother-in-law to take my dowry over and help take care of it, and I could also help my sister-in-law get some dowry. But my mother-in-law didn't agree, saying that she would save her own money to buy a dowry for her sister-in-law, and that she couldn't do such a thing of greedy for her daughter-in-law's dowry. ”

Qian Yixiu nodded and said, "There is still merit, let's not turn our faces first, and my aunt will get along with her in the future." It would be best if you could solve the problem in a friendly manner. It's really not good, let's talk about turning the other cheek again. After a while, the grandmother will go out and knock on the brother-in-law, let him pay attention, don't really let his mother get a concubine back, then our family will not be able to care about face. When my aunt went home at night, she took a few pieces of jewelry and materials home and gave them to your mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and said that they were rewarded by the Queen Mother. In the future, you should have more contact with your sister-in-law and tell her that if they need anything in business, Fairview can help......"

After a few people discussed, Wu wiped away his tears and went out to beat Wan Dazhong. Wan Dazhong blushed and repeatedly promised that he would be good to Xia Niang and would not let his mother make any concubines.

Old man Qian reprimanded Wu disapprovingly, "You are not virtuous, and you still teach Xia Niang not to be virtuous." The big officials of the firewood are all in their fifties, and the former son accepted the ninth concubine. He said that his wife was very virtuous, and that he could not serve him well, so he carried his concubine into the door to serve him. Those of us who drank tea and listened to books together said that his wife was virtuous and wise, and she was a model of a woman. The grandson-in-law is only in his twenties, and he brought the concubine back to help Xia Niang share the burden, so what's wrong with the two of them? ”

Wan Dazhong's face turned white with fright, and he said bluntly, "Mother-in-law has taught me the right lesson, I won't raise a concubine." ”

Wu was so angry that he almost crushed his teeth, so he couldn't bear to contradict him.

Qian Yixiu rolled his eyelids and glanced at the old man, he was wearing a satin robe, with a jasper hairpin, his hair and beard were combed smoothly, and he looked not much older than the third noble grandfather. This old man belongs to the kind of person who is particularly "trendy". Now I not only love shopping, drinking tea, and listening to books, but I also bought a birdcage and two parrots two days ago, ready to walk the birds. If he is a few years younger, maybe he will really catch the fashion to get a concubine back.

Pan Yue pouted and said, "If Brother Jiang dares to get a concubine back, Yue'er will return to the garden with her three children, father-in-law, and mother-in-law, and never see him again." ”

In her subconscious, returning to the garden is her mother's home, and Qian Sangui, Wu's and three children are not only her mother-in-law's family, but also her mother's family.

Old man Qian rushed out, and the two words behind "you ......" were suffocated, his face was red, and he took two puffs of cigarettes.

Qian Sangui said with a smile, "My daughter-in-law is right, if Manjiang really gets a woman back, we will all go back to the countryside." ”

As he was talking, Qian Manduo's family of four came.

I haven't seen my relatives for a long time, and everyone is happy and emotional.

Now Li Acai is even more able to speak, and he has a set of auspicious words for the New Year, and he especially thanked Qian Yixiu for taking care of him. Now I have a job close to home and earn a lot of money.

Li Acao is better looking than when she was a child, and she is bolder than before, but she still blushes when she speaks, and her voice is small.

Li Acai and Li Acao gave New Year's greetings to the seven elders, and each of them received seven big red envelopes.

Qian Yixiu also led Ming'er and Jing'er to pay New Year's greetings to Li Shuzi and Qian Manduo, and the two of them gave each of the three brothers and sisters a red envelope with two silver bills. Qian Yixiu pinched the red envelope and said secretly, the two who wanted to take advantage at any time finally stood up, and they were willing to give silver bills.

It's just that the idea of being patriarchal is still very serious. Li Acai wore silk and satin, and a hosta was inserted on his head. But Li Acao was wearing a cloth coat, and only two red ropes were tied to the head of the bag.

When he spoke, he spoke softly to Li Acai, and his eyes were full of affection. But to Li Acao, his voice was blunt, and there was not much temperature in his eyes.

This can't be helped, many parents in modern times still prefer sons over daughters, let alone ancient times.

Although Qian Manduo didn't wait to see Li Acao, fortunately, Li Shuzi and Li Acai's father and son treated her quite well, and from time to time they talked about how Acao was capable at home. I also take care of her when I eat, and when I see that she is timid and only dares to pick up the dishes in front of her, I will give her some dishes that are far away from her in the bowl.

Qian Manduo's family lived in a small courtyard in Qian Mansion, and the two of them went to the main courtyard to chat with Mrs. Qian and Qian Sangui and his wife. Thinking that young people like to watch the excitement, Qian Sangui asked his subordinates to take Li Acai to the street.

Li Acao was invited by Qian Yixiu to play in Xiangxue Courtyard, and gave her a few gold and silver jewelry suitable for little girls. originally wanted to give her a piece of material to make clothes, but she was afraid that the money would be diverted for other purposes, so she asked people to tailor two winter and summer clothes compared to Ah Cao's body, and let her take it back and sew it slowly.

Qian Manduo saw that Old Man Qian left as soon as he finished breakfast, and he didn't even come back to eat at noon. I couldn't help asking, "You don't have to go down to the field to tend to the crops here, why did my father go out so early?" ”

Mrs. Qian crooked her mouth and said, "He, drink tea, listen to books, walk birds, and enjoy happiness." He couldn't help but scold, "The old immortal, last night he was still talking to me about whether to be a concubine or not." felt that Dazhong did not accept a concubine, and he helped to lose. San'er, if the old immortal really has those shameless thoughts, he will be sent back to the countryside. ”

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