Everyone in the Li family had their own thoughts, and they almost didn't sleep all night. When the sky was slightly bright, Situ Yan squinted slightly for a while, and before he woke up, he heard a knock on the courtyard door.

The children in the village who greeted the New Year came to the door early in the morning. Different from in Lijia Village, the custom of Fuxiang Village is to worship the New Year before opening the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors.

Fortunately, the four brothers of the Li family are used to getting up early to practice boxing, although they slept late last night and had insomnia, but the four of them still insisted on getting up before dawn. On the contrary, Duanmu Xuan and Situ Jin, who were sleeping in the western room, were still asleep at this time. As for Situ Li, he is the most down-to-earth person in this courtyard.

Situ Yan stood up with her tired body and washed her face with cold water, only then did she feel rejuvenated. I walked to the door of the western room and listened, and when I saw that there was no movement inside, I thought that all the children from the village were coming here, so I didn't wake up my brother.

I went into the stove room and started to prepare breakfast. The New Year's greetings came in waves, but they never stopped. Seeing that it was almost the beginning of the year and breakfast had been prepared, he was ready to ask Situ Jin, Duanmu Xuan and Situ Li to get up.

Before they reached the door of the West Room, they heard Li Aniu's family, Li Si's family, and Liangzi's family coming to pay New Year's greetings, so they had to welcome people into the main house first.

"Uncles and aunts, please sit in the room first, I just told my eldest brother that I want to go to my uncles and aunts for a while, but I am so tired that you will come first! It's all my fault for lying in bed and delaying the hour! Situ Yan politely invited people into the house and poured tea for everyone.

"You girl is always like this! What's this, you are a great benefactor of our family, not to mention that we came to visit the New Year. It's not too much to let the mountain baby and a few of them kowtow to you for the New Year! Aunt Niu likes Situ Yan, holding her hand and talking non-stop.

"Aunt Niu, don't talk about these old yellow calendars. That son, we are helping each other, where is there any kindness! Besides, I've been gone for more than a year, and if it weren't for my uncle and aunt taking care of my brothers, I don't know what the four brothers would be like! I've heard that my brothers are also seriously ill, if it weren't for my uncle going to the city to invite Langzhong. The aunts took care of me day and night, and I was in a hurry to leave at that time, but I got into a big disaster! ”

"You! Although Da Lang and the boys are all adults now. But in our eyes, it's a baby, the same as our own children, this has something to do, how can we care! And when I fled, if it wasn't for the protection of Da Lang. Let's talk about whether we can get here! That's what we should do! I don't need you to thank you! The fourth aunt was also on the side to help. A room full of people seemed to be very lively.

"Little Wu, I see that your body is thinner than when I saw you a few days ago? Isn't it too tired? If there is anything you need to do from your uncle, you just have to tell me, my uncle doesn't have anything else, but there is no shortage of strength! Li Aniu's words caused several aunts to look at Situ Yan carefully again, and they also persuaded them together.

"Nope! I'm in good shape! Uncle and Aunt Law bothered! It's just that the bony beauty in the capital is now Xing, and I'm just going with the big one! Big brother will sit with the uncles and aunts first, and I'll go add some water! Situ Yan was watched by so many people. I was really not used to it, so I found an excuse to quit the main house. By the way, fetch water for Situ Jin to clean their faces.

"Little Five. You rested late last night, if you're tired now, go up to my house and rest! I'm going to add water! San Lang followed Situ Yan and exited the main room.

"Third brother, I'm not tired, uncles and aunts come to the door, how can I go to rest, you and the fourth brother go to the stove room to eat something first, look at this, I'm afraid that the uncles and aunts will go directly to the ancestral hall from our house for a while, I'm afraid that there will be no time to eat again!" Situ Yan noticed that Li Aniu and they all came to the door after changing into new clothes.

"I'm not hungry, Xiao Wu, you eat first!" I ate dumplings last night, and I don't feel hungry yet.

"Hmmm! Call the fourth brother, and let's eat together! Saburo also felt that he could eat with his little sister, so he happily called Shiro who was feeding the chickens and livestock in the backyard. Situ Yan took advantage of this moment to bring the washing water into the west room, and happened to see Situ Jin and Duanmu Xuan who had just gotten up.

"Yan'er, a guest at home?" Situ Jin heard the movement of the hall before getting up. Duanmu Xuan had already heard the voice, but these people had nothing to do with him, so he stayed on the kang until Situ Yan brought water in, and then he got up.

"Well, it's Uncle Niu! Brother and Brother Ziheng washed first, breakfast has been prepared, the hall is inconvenient at this time, so let's use it in the west room! ”

"It's late for my brother, so it's better to say hello to the neighbors first!" Situ Jin was a little embarrassed, he didn't sleep late last night, but for some reason he slept very deeply, so he delayed the hour.

"It's okay, uncles and aunts are not outsiders, my brother still accompanies Brother Ziheng to have breakfast before meeting guests! Otherwise, when the ancestral hall is opened, I'm afraid I won't have time to have breakfast! Situ Yan insisted that Situ Jin and them have breakfast before going out, and Duanmu Xuan of course raised his hands in approval.

"Brother have a cup of tea first, I'll call Cousin Li over!" Situ Yan admonished, and then went out to prepare.

Li Aniu and the others saw Situ Li who entered the door, and then they knew that Situ Yan's eldest brother was also there, and they were all a little embarrassed to come to the door so early.

"Little Wu, do you think this is going on? I'm so loud, I'm afraid it's noisy for the guests to rest, right? "Li Aniu is the patriarch, and he can only come forward in this situation at the moment.

"Look at what my uncle said, my brother has already gotten up! I'll come out to meet the guests when I'll pick it up later! Uncles and aunts just sit, where did this family get so many rules, let outsiders look at it, but it's not a foreign way! ”

"Okay, then Uncle Ke licked this old face, sat and waited!"

"Uncle Niu, you are the patriarch of our surname Li, you just have to sit steadily!" Situ Yan's playfulness alleviated an embarrassment. Da Lang looked at such a little sister and felt the same as a year ago. Saburo feels that the family is lively with a little sister. Together with Shiro, he quietly pulled Situ Yan to the stove room for dinner. After that, he entered the house to change Li Dalang and Li Erlang. The family finally took a simple sip. Anyway, I was full yesterday, so I'm not too hungry if I eat less at this time.

Situ Jin, Duanmu Xuan, and Situ Li had breakfast, and then they came out to greet everyone. Naturally, I said a lot of New Year's greetings and exchanged pleasantries.

It's just that Situ Jin and the four brothers of the Li family deliberately concealed Duanmu Xuan's identity, and only said that he was Situ Jin's friend when he was in the northwest.

"Situ nephew. Let's just talk about the identity of Xiao Wu, don't you care about it? Li Aniu felt that since Situ Jin was Situ Yan's eldest brother, he was also their benefactor. So I want to get closer to each other in terms of address.

"Uncle Niu, you don't have to be so polite, I want my little sister to leave home when she was young, thanks to the care of your neighbors, I want to say thank you, and I also bow and salute!" Situ Jin had already heard Li Dalang mention these people yesterday, although he knew that it was Xiaomei who had been helping these people all along. But there should be politeness.

"Don't you dare to be it, I want to know that Xiao Wu, this girl didn't tell you anything! We didn't help much, but it was Xiao Wu's girl who saved the lives of these people! To say care. Since the son of the fifth child to Lijia Village, it was we who were stained with her light, and one of them here counts as one, which one is not? Li Aniu hurriedly pressed Situ Jin, who was about to get up and salute. They still owe Situ Yan a favor. How can you accept the courtesy of Situ Jin.

Li Si also helped Li Aniu speak, "It's this Li'er, Situ's nephew, everyone in this house relied on Xiao Wu to survive." We can't accept this thank-you gift! ”

"Yes! His eldest nephew, I am a country woman, and I can't say anything, but I know it in my heart. If it weren't for Xiao Wu, let alone live such a good life. I don't know if I can survive or not! At this time, even Liangzi Niang also spoke.

Seeing that thanking everyone like this was not a thing, Situ Yan hurriedly got up and pulled everyone away, "Uncles and aunts, don't be like this, you don't have to fold the blessings of Xiao Wu, let this past matter pass!" Let's look ahead, this good day is still ahead! Besides, if you are in the same village, you can't look up and see you when you look down, is it possible to be so polite every day, do you want to live that day? ”

Situ Yan's words were reasonable, so they were no longer polite and sat in their respective seats. Duanmu Xuan didn't hear the conversation between Li Dalang and Situ Jin, and was very curious about everything that happened when Situ Yan was in Lijia Village, so he pulled Li Erlang on the side and kept asking.

Although this Li Erlang doesn't like Duanmu Xuan, this person is a friend of Xiaomei and her eldest brother, so he has no choice but to tell Duanmu Xuan everything that happened to Xiaomei when she was in Lijia Village.

Duanmu Xuan became more and more surprised when he heard it, if Situ Yan's change was due to living in Lijia Village for three years, he could still understand it, but listening to the meaning of Li Erlang's words, Situ Yan was already different from her before when she arrived in Lijia Village.

In fact, not only Duanmu Xuan, but even Situ Jin couldn't understand what happened to the little sister on the way from the capital to Youzhou. It's just that he didn't have time to ask in detail about the Chinese New Year yesterday, and the timing is not right today. And Duanmu Xuan thought more than Situ Jin, what made Situ Yan have such a big change, I am afraid that it is her way from leaving Wu Mansion to Youzhou, but this journey is not long, and a person's transformation cannot be so big, what secrets are hidden in this?

Whether it's Situ Jin or Duanmu Xuan, no matter how smart and witty the two of them are, they won't think that Situ Yan has changed his soul and has already become another person.

Seeing that the hour was almost up, Situ Yan reminded Li Dalang that it was time to go to the ancestral hall.

Everyone walked towards the ancestral hall together, Duanmu Xuan took advantage of the crowd and no one noticed him, and pulled Situ Yan aside, "Yan'er, I know you have a lot of secrets, and I know that you don't plan to tell anyone." I won't ask, but if you want to say it one day, can you be the first to tell me? ”

As early as yesterday, Li Dalang and Situ Jin chatted about their days in Lijia Village, Situ Yan thought that she couldn't hide her affairs, but she didn't expect that the conversation of these people today also attracted Duanmu Xuan's attention, and after thinking for a while, he replied, "If we are friends who can trust each other with our lives, I will be the first to tell you!" ”

Her secret is not something that anyone can tell, Situ Yan thought about it, if she and Duanmu Xuan were in a lifelong relationship, maybe she would tell him when she wanted to.

"Of course!" In fact, Duanmu Xuan wanted to say, "We won't be friends, but husband and wife!" But at this time, he only dared to say it in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it in front of Situ Yan, otherwise he was afraid that he would be sent away directly by Situ Yan.

"Ziheng, today is the first day of the new year, if you don't go home, why can't you say it?"

"Well, I'm about to say goodbye to you! Yan'er, on the fifteenth day, I will invite you and Zhongxian to enjoy the lanterns together, can you refuse? ”

"Got it! We'll go back to Situ Mansion on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and we'll decide then, right? After sending Duanmu Xuan away, Situ Yan ran into the Li family ancestral hall.

"Yan'er, Ziheng went back?" Situ Jin saw that only Situ Yan came over alone, and asked in a low voice. He is not from the Li family, so he did not enter the ancestral hall at this time.

"Hmm!" Situ Yan just nodded, Duanmu Xuan didn't tell Situ Jin about inviting them to enjoy the lanterns, and he was afraid that this brother would be too careful.

"Cousin, this ancestral hall surnamed Li is really well built, and this clan rule is almost the same as the clan rule of our Situ Mansion! And I also heard that there is also a clan school in this ancestral hall, but I didn't expect that the people surnamed Li would let girls go to private schools? Situ Li had a hard time going out, and everyone was very polite to him, which also made him happier than in Situ's mansion.

"Cousin Li, I don't know, this family rule was set by me at the beginning, so it's almost the same as Situfu's! And this ethnic learning is actually just to teach children to read and write, and when they grow up, they won't become white and be deceived without knowing it, but they can't talk about any erudition! ”

"That's a rarity! Yan'er, I think that's your idea, right? Situ Jin likes to deal with learned people, although Li Aniu and these people are all rough people, but he can see that this Li surnamed clan is more polite than ordinary people, which is also the reason why Xiaomei let these people study.

"Well, but it's Brother Erlang who teaches, and I'm just a name for nothing!"

"Yan'er, I think there seem to be a lot of livestock behind this ancestral hall? Why is that? Situ Jin was also a little curious about this Li family ancestral hall at this time.

"The repair of the ancestral hall, which family in the clan has a red and white happy event, or which family needs help, these all have to use silver, and the clan always has to have some livelihood to deal with, so those livestock just pay for these!" Situ Yan introduced Situ Jin and Situ Li while paying attention to the movement in the ancestral hall, she is not surnamed Li, when the ancestral hall was first built, because of her different status, Li Aniu pulled her, and she followed in, but now that her identity has been decided, she is naturally standing outside with Situ Jin at this time.

Li Dalang knows the temperament of the little sister best, so he doesn't persuade each other. Li Aniu also understood it, so naturally they didn't persuade anymore, but Situ Yan was also happy to be quiet.

The sacrifice was very smooth, because no one wanted to perform the crown ceremony, so the ancestors went home separately, waiting for the villagers to greet each other.

Because Li Dalang is a village official, the family is full of guests, and he is busy until after noon before sending the last guest out of the door.

"Little Wu, are you tired? Lunch is cooking, why don't you go back to the house to rest first? Li Dalang looked at the little sister who was half leaning on the side of the kang, and felt a little heartache.

"I'm not tired! The people in the village are quite respectful to the eldest brother, which shows that the eldest brother has done a lot of work in the past year! ”

"Catch the duck on the shelf, I am learning and doing it, I dare not say whether it is good or not, but I remember my little sister's words, I just want to be worthy of my heart!"

"Yes, let's do things without regrets and without shame!" Situ Yan was chatting with Li Dalang when she saw Situ Jin and Situ Li entering the door.

"Brother, how are you and your cousin?" Looking at Situ Jin, whose face was slightly red from the cold wind, Situ Yan hurriedly pulled the person to the kang to keep warm.

"Although there are not many high-quality fields in this Fuxiang Village, the people are simple! Outstanding people, but it is a good place for Zhong Lingyu to show off! Situ Li also agreed with Situ Jin's words, and sat on the edge of the kang and nodded.

"Hmmm! I also liked the simple population here, so I chose this place! Situ Yan poured tea for the two, just in time to see San Lang enter the door with food.

Called back Erlang and Shiro, the family had a simple lunch, because they slept late last night, Situ Yan had lunch and went back to the house to rest.

On the first day of the second year of the Showa era, it passed quietly. And Duanmu Xuanshao, who returned to the Guogong Mansion, had to be taught a lesson by the Duchess of Guo. However, because there were many things in the house, he didn't pester him anymore. (To be continued......)