The Cao family and Li Sanzhu played tricks at home, and they had nothing to do with Situ Yan. Out of Li Daniu's house, several people went home first, unlocked and entered the main house, Li Dalang pulled Situ Yan to sit on the kang, and asked Erlang to burn the kang stove, the little sister is afraid of the cold, even in broad daylight, their kang will be hot.

"Little Wu, I won't go back." Li Dalang was still worried that his third uncle's words would cause a misunderstanding of his younger sister, and he was worried and anxious, and he began to express his position as soon as he sat down. "I'm not leaving." Although San Lang and Shiro are young, they can still understand what happened just now.

"I know, brothers, don't worry about me being blind. I only care about what you think, and I don't care about what other people say. This is her Situ Yan's character, she only cares about her relatives and the people she cares about, as for outsiders, she doesn't care about anything she says or does.

Li Dalang felt more relieved when he heard the words of the little sister, so Situ Yan persuaded them to read and write, and they would go to the patriarch's house after lunch. When the four of them returned to the west room, she also entered the east room and continued to sew clothes.

In the afternoon, the five people went to the patriarch's house with the funeral, compared to the morning, there were many fewer villagers who came to the patriarch's house to mourn, Situ Yan asked Da Lang to hand over the things to the patriarch with his own hands, "Thirteen masters, this is a little bit of our heart, send Brother Bao all the way." I want to go and put incense on Brother Bao first. ”

"You guys have a heart, take them over!" The patriarch asked his son to take Li Dalang and a few people to the west wing to worship and incense. As soon as Situ Yan and Li Dalang left the main house with their front feet, the second daughter-in-law of the patriarch turned over the funeral they sent.

"Dad, a snack, eggs, and a small bag of black noodles. It's better than what the Muramasa family sent! "A few children without fathers and mothers, I don't know if they can live their lives, for the arrival of these people, the patriarch didn't go to his heart, but after listening to his daughter-in-law's words, he looked at the basket.

"This can't be?" Although he didn't believe it, he looked at the same things in his hands, and sighed deeply, "Hey! I'm looking away, I'm old, I'm old! As he spoke, he wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. The old patriarch also understands why these babies gave such a generous gift, and he also knows that he offended these babies for Li Zhaocai, and now people can still come to the door with such a heavy gift, which is to give him face, and also to pave the way for Li Dalang's family tree on a few crown ceremonies.

"Take the things, and the return gift is the same as the Muramasa's. I'm a little tired, you go and help your sister-in-law with help. As soon as he put the pillow down, he lay down.

Situ Yan and Li Dalang offered incense to the patriarch's grandson, and the patriarch's eldest son wanted to keep them for dinner, but several people politely refused and returned home with empty baskets. As for the return gift, Situ Yan didn't ask for it.

When she saw the patriarch, she would think of her grandmother in her previous life, and she felt uncomfortable, sitting on her own kang with her head down, and she didn't speak. Da Lang was surrounded by a few people, I don't know why the little sister suddenly stopped talking, and she looked a little sad.

"Little sister, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" Saburo took the little sister's hand with concern.

"People can't be resurrected after death, and I think of my parents, and I feel sad." The brothers knew that the little sister was missing her father, Li Dalang took off his shoes and put on the kang and hugged the little sister into his arms, "Little Wu, don't be sad, it will be sad to help your uncle and aunt watch it in the sky." Didn't you tell me that as long as we live a good life, my father and mother will smile at ease in heaven. ”

Situ Yan misses her grandmother, but she can't tell anyone about these things, she can only keep them in her heart, so her sadness can't be comforted by Li Dalang. "Well, the eldest brother is right, I'll go back to the house and sleep for a while, I'm a little sleepy."

got up and got off the kang, she had tears in her heart, her mood was not high, and she just wanted to hide alone to heal. When Situ Yan returned to the house, San Lang and Shiro also went to the kang, "Big brother, I look at Xiao Wu and seem to be very sad." ”

"I think so, too! It seems that Xiao Wu has a lot of things on her mind, but she doesn't want to tell us. Saburo's heart is thinner than Shiro's, and he can see that his little sister is sad and doesn't want to speak.

"Xiao Wu doesn't talk much on weekdays, only a few words can be said to us, and even Aunt Fu and her only have something to talk about, and rarely chat. Let's not quarrel with her these days, let's do more work at home, let Xiao Wu have a good rest, wait and see, maybe Xiao Wu's mood will be better tomorrow. Li Dalang felt a little sad in his heart, Xiao Wu had something on his mind, but he didn't want to tell him, the eldest brother, maybe because he was afraid that he would worry, but he was willing to worry about his little sister, even if he couldn't help, but he was willing to listen.

From this day on, the brothers talked a lot less for a few days, and they did things lightly, Situ Yan almost never opened her mouth, she took a long time to heal her injuries this time, and she didn't get better until the day of the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

The night before, the villagers who helped cut the window flowers and blessing characters all sent the cut things over on time, and when Situ Yan paid them for their wages, she looked at everyone's joyful appearance, which made her mood better.

After breakfast in the morning, when he went out with a basket on his back, Situ Yan took San Lang and Shiro's hands and chatted with a few people, "Thank you brothers for your understanding these days!" I'm fine. ”

"Little Wu, are you really not sad?" Shiro is very happy, the little sister is not happy these days, he and his brothers are living carefully, but it can be regarded as a sunny day after the rain, and the little sister is the same as before.

"Well, I'm really fine, I've already thought about it." Da Lang and Erlang glanced at each other, and they were both relieved, the little sister could be happy, and there was hope for this day.

When I arrived at the county seat, someone came to buy the things as soon as they came out, and they were all sold out in more than an hour, and when Situ Yan came out of the bookstore, she saw the four brothers standing at the door of the bookstore and waiting for her with a smile.

"Big brother, it's sold out so quickly?"

"Yes, business is very good today, and it sells much faster than on the fifth day of the new year."

"Yes, yes, Xiao Wu, it's still more than an hour before I go back to the village, why don't we go shopping too, I've been in the city several times, and I haven't taken a good look yet?" Shiro was very happy today, the little sister let go of her thoughts, and the things were selling well, so he wanted to take a good turn on the street.

"Okay, let's also buy some New Year's goods, so that we can use them for the New Year."

"Okay!" Shiro jumped up happily, only to find out that he still had a money bag tied to his waist, so he hurriedly untied it and handed it to his little sister, San Lang also handed over the money bag, Situ Yan didn't count it and found out forty Wen first, and sent ten Wen to everyone, so that they could buy it themselves if they wanted to buy it for a while, and then put the rest in the basket. A few people happily went shopping.

"Xiao Wu, what do you say you should buy this year's goods?" The four brothers of the Li family have never bought New Year's goods, and in previous years, as long as they could eat enough, it was already very good.

"Window flower Spring Festival couplets, we can do it ourselves. I bought some japonica rice, white noodles, pork, chicken, and there were not many glutinous rice and seasonings at home, so I had to buy more, and I also had to buy some sesame seeds, sugar, and red beans. I thought I'd buy some gunners, wine, and oil. I have to buy some more rice paper,...

...," Situ Yan said while thinking, she was also a little confused, and the eyes of the four brothers widened when she heard it, they didn't expect to prepare so many things for the New Year, thinking about the money they had just earned, and they didn't know if it was enough to spend.

Situ Yan didn't hear anyone responding, and when she looked up, she found that the four of them were all staring at her, and she realized that something was wrong, and after thinking about it, she realized that they were frightened by their own thoughts. Forget it, she still didn't explain her plan to them, and when it was made later, they would understand.

I smoothed what I thought in my head again, went to the sugar shop first, and bought a pound of white sugar for 25 Wen and a pound of red sugar for 18 Wen; went to the sauce shop and bought some soy sauce and vinegar for 20 wen; In the wine shop, 1 small jar of inferior sorghum wine was played 20 Wen; The meat market bought a pork knuckle, asked for two big bones and a pair of pigs in the water, and it was 30 Wen; Bought a rooster for 35 Wen; ……； In the end, I went to the grain shop and spent 300 Wen, and I bought it all the way, the most expensive is rice paper, which costs 200 Wen for a knife, Situ Yan bought 2 Wen, and Li Dalang was distressed when I saw it.

Taking advantage of the fact that the guys in the bookstore were planting paper, Li Dalang pulled Situ Yan aside, "Little sister, we can't use such good paper to practice calligraphy, but we can use it at home." ”

"Big brother, these papers are not used for writing, I want to make some lanterns, and I will come into the city to sell them during the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

The four brothers of the Li family took a deep breath at this time, they just frightened them, if they were allowed to practice writing on such expensive paper, how could they dare to put pen to paper!

When he left the city, Li Dalang's backpacks were filled again. Although I bought a lot of things, I could use them at home, and some of them could still be sold for money, so a few people were still very happy. Although the four of them didn't spend money to fill in some things for themselves this time, if they were to follow the habits of several people on weekdays, they would definitely return the unspent money to Xiaomei, but this time they had a tacit understanding and no one mentioned it, and Situ Yan didn't take it seriously.

When I got home and put my things in order, I took out the ledger. Fuwa 25 to 2 taels 500 money; 200 sets of window couplets 4 taels; Dim sum 1000 yuan 3 taels (it's going to be a holiday, and the dim sum sells very well, so Situ Yan deliberately made more after entering the wax moon.) ）。 made a total of 9 taels and 500 money. Excluding the cost, the net remaining is 6 taels. Subtract the one or two silver coins spent today, and you can save 5 taels of silver coins in this rush. Plus the last time there were nearly 10 taels, although it was hard to earn, but the family relied on their hands to make money to make a living, and their lives were very steady.

These days, the people who served are resting at home, and the dead have been buried in the ground, and the village has finally returned to its former peace, because of the new year's atmosphere added to the lunar month.

Carrying the wages for the three aunts into her arms, Situ Yan specially chose the time to cook dinner and sent it to several aunts. I also want to take a look at how the lives of several families are doing, and if there is anyone who needs help. The three families have gone all the way, these three Aunt Fu's families have the best life, and the fourth aunt's family is the worst, but they can also eat black flour cakes, but there is less oil and less salt in the dishes, and it is not as good as the stewed meat in the pot of Aunt Fu'er's house. After looking around, she also knew this in her heart, and then went home to prepare dinner.

The days of not rushing to the market are almost the same every day, and there is not much snow these days, except for some dry and cold, people are a little tired, and nothing else has happened. After a few days of busyness, I finally made the clothes of Wu Jin and Li Dalang, and calculated that tomorrow would be the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and it would be the New Year.