In the twenty-year month of Dading, "twenty-three, sugar melon sticky", starting from sending the god vesta on the day of the New Year, until Chinese New Year's Eve to receive the gods to welcome Jinafu, the common people can be regarded as officially starting to celebrate the New Year.

In her previous life, Situ Yan followed her grandmother to make Kanto candy and sugar melons, so after breakfast, she took the four brothers of the Li family into the stove room and began to work for the night sacrifice stove.

To make Kanto sugar, you use maltose and millet (sticky yellow rice), first grind the millet into flour, boil it with maltose, and then draw it into a long candy stick. Situ Yan also made two melon-shaped sugar melons and froze them together under the edge of the house outside.

The frozen sugar melon is extremely hard, it can't be broken, it can't be broken, and it has to be cut with a knife when eating, and the taste is a little sour. The Kanto sugar is slightly better, it tastes crispy, sweet and crispy, and when it was just done, Situ Yan stuffed a piece in the mouth of Li Dalang and the others. A few people laughed and shouted that it was better than what was sold in the city.

After making the stove sugar, a few people entered the hall and began to tie paper horses, Li Dalang asked for some Shu millet knots (sorghum knots) from Aunt Niu's house, and tied paper horses with Erlang, several people did it for the first time, and they couldn't tie it well after trying a few times, or Situ Yan taught them the method of tying lanterns, and finally barely tied one, San Lang and Shiro looked happy, and made a fuss all over the house with paper horses.

A few people were happy, they heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, Erlang got up to open the door, Situ Yan thought it was an aunt, and didn't care, sitting on the kang and watching San Lang and Shiro laughing happily. I heard Li Sanzhu's voice coming in from outside.

"Da Lang, come out quickly, your maternal uncle is here!" Li Dalang listened to it, but the person still greeted him out.

Situ Yan was shocked, no matter who came here and what kind of heart he had, it was better to guard against coming to the door at this time. After getting off the kang, he locked the doors of the east and west secondary rooms, and then followed Saburo and Shiro to greet them.

Li Sanzhu is still wearing the same clothes, there is a couple standing next to Li Dalang, the man's height is about 175 cm, his eyes are somewhat similar to Dalang, but he looks in his 30s with crow's feet, his shoulder-length hair is messily knotted together, his clothes are stacked with patches, black and linen, and he can't even see the background color, and he is wearing a pair of straw sandals on his feet. The woman's skin is dark, her eyes are small, and her lips are thick, but she is somewhat similar to Cao's long.

The two of them held Li Dalang's hand, crying with a handful of snot and tears, and wiped their sleeves from time to time, and Situ Yan, who watched it, wanted to vomit. How dare he stand forward, take three steps back, and stand far away.

Li Dalang couldn't help it, he didn't know these two people, but as soon as he left the house, he was caught by these two people, and at this time, his third uncle was helping him again, and he couldn't speak at all.

"My eldest nephew, why didn't you send me a letter when your mother left, my poor girl! Why did she leave so early! ”

Situ Yan watched the two crying and screaming, and with Li Sanzhu helping on the side, she finally figured out the identities of these two people.

The man's name is Yang Qi, the woman's surname is Wang, and he is the younger brother of Li Dalang's mother, Yang Zhaodi. Since there is no problem with his identity, he can't stand in the courtyard and talk, Situ Yan motioned to San Lang and led the person into the house first. After a few people entered the house, she went to lock the firewood room and utility room. Before entering the stove room, he also put the sugar melons hanging under the edge of the house into the ring, put away all the food in the kitchen, and then found three broken bowls that were no longer used, washed them, poured water for the three of them, and brought them in.

Situ Yan opened the door and entered the house, only to see that these three were really unkind, took off their shoes and sat directly in the kang. But just like that, he didn't let go of Li Dalang's hand. Thinking of the socks that didn't look good, she frowned when she stepped on the kang mat. As soon as he put the water on the kang table, he retreated to the door without a sound.

The attentive San Lang looked at the little sister like this, and quietly walked over and said in a low voice, "When they leave, the mat will be thrown away, and I will make a new one for Xiao Wu." ”

Situ Yan smiled at him and thanked him for his thoughtfulness. Li Sanzhu sat there talking to these two people, muttering in his heart, these two people found their house in the morning, and at first the family didn't recognize who these two people were, but then the Cao family remembered that when the Yang family married in, there was indeed such a person to send their relatives. At that time, she saw these two people carrying baskets, although they were worn out, but if they came to the door with a gift, she was still willing to let them in.

Who knew that after chatting, these two people couldn't live at home, and they asked the Yang family to borrow money and food, so they turned their faces and told them that the Yang family had died early, and Li Dalang and several people had also broken off relations with this family. drove people out of the door, where the two were willing to go, they stood in front of Li Daniu's house and cried, but Li Sanzhu couldn't stand it anymore and led people to Situ Yan's house.

Before these two people came, they thought in their hearts that the few babies who were driven out of Li Daniu's house could live, maybe they were poorer than them, but when they entered the yard and saw Li Dalang's clothes, the two of them were like seeing their own father, and they also had to live such a life, so they would not leave here.

"Nephew, you see that your uncle has been hungry for several meals in order to hurry, why don't you go get some food for your uncle first, and I and your uncle will cushion our stomachs first, so we have the strength to talk, right?"

Li Dalang looked helpless, for Li Daniu, he still has a little blood affection, for these two people who have never met, he has no feelings at all, he still remembers that when his mother left, his father also went to send a letter to his grandmother's house, but no one from his grandmother's house came, and suddenly a maternal uncle popped up at this time, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

I really couldn't make up my mind, so I looked at Xiaomei, hoping that Xiaomei would give him an idea, so that he could send people away as soon as possible.

"It's not easy for the two of you to walk so far, you are a guest when you pass the door, you sit down first, and the fourth brother will help me cook." Situ Yan felt that for the sake of the brothers, she could still take out the meal. But he was also afraid that Li Dalang would suffer, so he left Erlang and Sanlang behind, one is Erlang's impulsiveness (it's better to deal with such impulses.) The second is that Saburo is careful (able to read people and reason. Before going out, he showed Saburo to pay more attention with his eyes, and then he and Shiro picked up the water bowl and went to the stove room.

Yang Qi has also listened to Li Sanzhu's introduction along the way, and knows that what this family is really talking about is the little girl who spoke just now, and it is not a good feeling in his heart, his sister's four sons raised such a wild girl, and finally had to listen to this girl, he felt uncomfortable, and he could still talk to Li Dalang about family affairs at first, and gradually led the words to Situ Yan, and the more he talked about it, the more unpleasant it became, "Da Lang, it's not my uncle who said you, you said that you four children, what are you doing raising such a wild girl, it doesn't sound good to say." If you have a good life, but you have broken off your grandparents and uncles, you are unfilial. ”

"No, you're letting that little vixen fool you. Listen to your aunt's words, drive her out, and in the future, your uncle and aunt will take care of you on your father's behalf, and our family will live a good life together. Wang felt that what he said was beautiful, thinking that he could occupy such a large yard and a new house to live in, the more he thought about it, the more proud he became, with a smug smile on his face. didn't expect Li Dalang to stand up all of a sudden, and shook the hand held by the two to the side.

"I don't know if you are my uncle, but I remember that when my mother left, my father sent a letter to my grandmother's house, but you didn't even see my mother for the last time. Let you enter this door today, that's because Xiao Wu agreed, and I also told you that this family belongs to Xiao Wu, and if you want to go, it's also the four of us brothers who go, not let Xiao Wu go. Li Dalang's face turned blue with anger, and he was even more ashamed, how could his relatives be such people, always thinking about taking advantage of his little sister, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he didn't even sit on the side of the kang, and he looked like he wanted to get up to send off guests.

Yang Qi saw this, and thought that these male babies were reluctant to marry this little girl, thinking that this big man would be able to marry next year, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the reason, "What are you talking nonsense about this child, don't be reluctant to give this girl, my uncle will build you a house next year, and there will be more girls in these ten miles and eight villages who want to marry you, and she is not worse than this one." And I heard that this house was built by your four brothers, you are the head of the family, you are young and ignorant, and there is no adult in the family, I tell you,......,"

Before Yang Qi could finish speaking, Li Erlang roared first, "Go, you all go, I don't recognize you as an uncle." ”

When Situ Yan took Shiro into the house with food, she happened to see this scene, a few people were not doing well, why didn't they see each other for a while, they blushed and looked like they were going to fight.

"What's going on?" put the food on the kang table first, and then pulled Li Erlang to the side, turned back and asked San Lang.

"A dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth." San Lang didn't say anything, but Situ Yan understood this sentence, I am afraid that these two people did not have any good intentions and provoked Erlang.

"Let's talk after you have something to say!" Situ Yan didn't have to worry about it at this time, if the two of them kept playing the sad card, she would have to find a way to deal with it, but the fox's tail of the two of them was exposed too quickly, and she didn't need to take action. Li Sanzhu saw that there was nothing wrong with him, and Situ Yan didn't serve him food, so he went home first. He originally wanted to ask these two people to help persuade Da Lang to change his mind, but seeing that Erlang didn't want to see Yang Qi, he didn't take the two of them to heart.

Yang Qi didn't care about Li Erlang at this time, he had already been attracted by the black flour cakes and vegetable soup on the table, he hadn't eaten such a delicious thing for a long time, he took the cake and stuffed it into his mouth, how could there be a little bit of eating, the cake dregs fell off a kang, and even the soup was sprinkled all over the table, and he choked after eating too quickly, and drank several mouthfuls of vegetable soup before the things in his mouth went in.

In this way, I didn't forget to lose the last two sentences, "Da Lang, you are not authentic, my uncle came all the way here, you can give these people who have no oil and water to eat, and if there is any meat, you can also get some for your uncle." Wang also followed, "If there are eggs, you can scramble two for me and put more oil." The crumbs in his mouth spewed out far away, so disgusting that Situ Yan almost opened the door and retreated.

"No, I don't like to eat." Before Li Dalang could speak, Erlang rushed to the side of the kang and was about to take the food away, if he didn't do something, he would make the two of them angry.