The atmosphere was cold, and everyone was silently doing the work at hand. The old woman stopped scolding when she heard the sound of oil in the pot. He sat down by the window, his face facing out of the window, and his eyes looked at the door, as if he could see the wooden door and the eldest son who could appear at any time at the wooden door.

……

The second day of the Lunar New Year. The sky is beautiful, and the sky is cloudless.

Chen Suyun took a few feet of cloth and a basket of eggs back to her parents' house. I wanted to go back with a few daughters, but the old woman and Ge Wenzhi wanted someone to take care of them, so Ge Dongdong stayed. Xia He thought that Chen's house was too far away, and his feet hurt when he walked, so he didn't want to go, so he stayed.

The two girls of autumn leaves and autumn flowers are very happy. They just remembered their grandmother's snacks.

The Chen family is far inferior to the Ge family today, the family has no land, rents the landlord's land to live, and the food they receive from the family every year is not enough to eat for half a year.

Every year, I collect fine grains and go to the grain store to sell them, and then buy some coarse grains, and the girls who marry out will be able to help them a little, and the life will be able to go on after all.

"Su Yun, I'm back to my parents' house."

"Yo, this is your eldest daughter, it's really Peugeot."

"The little girl is so clever."

……

Along the way, I met a former acquaintance and chatted a few words, and the road of less than an hour took a quarter of an hour.

The door of the house was wide open, and Chen Suyun's eldest sister had arrived.

The eldest sister, Chen Guixiang, married to a servant in the county government. There are many dowries made by him, and his family is also rich, otherwise a girl from a good family would be willing to marry him.

"Sister, brother-in-law." Chen Suyun turned his head and instructed the three daughters, "Call someone quickly." ”

"Auntie, uncle."

Chen Guixiang hugged the autumn leaves and autumn flowers into his arms: "It's really good." ”

Chang Qizuo nodded slightly, and walked aside with a cold expression.

"Regardless of him, he has been with the dead for a long time, and he is also a dead man's face!"

Chen Suyun heard the annoyance in Chen Guixiang's tone: "What's the matter, there was a quarrel?" ”

"How can the living and the dead quarrel? You don't care so much. Let's go, let's go in, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Chen Guixiang didn't want to say more, so she pulled Chen Suyun into the back room.

The old lady sat down in the room, and the two daughters-in-law waited beside her. Old man Chen worked hard all his life, and died on the ridge last year and was buried in a thin coffin.

The old lady complained, Old Man Chen went to the underworld to enjoy happiness when she was only fifty, and kept her to suffer in this world.

"Suyun, are you back?" The old lady said.

"Mother, I'm back." Chen Suyun put down the things he was holding, "Bring some cloth and eggs." ”

"Just you?" The old lady didn't even look at the things Chen Suyun brought, but the two daughters-in-law couldn't stop looking at the eggs.

"Nope. Spring flowers are still autumn leaves, and autumn flowers are coming. ”

"Okay, bring them all to me." The old lady commanded.

The old lady of the Chen family is different from the old woman of the Ge family, the old lady Ge is good at messing around, but the family lets her but is not afraid of her. Old Mrs. Chen is the most majestic, and she is used to being the master of the house, even when Old Man Chen is there, she doesn't dare to say anything.

The eldest daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "I'll shout, my sister-in-law has just come back, and my mother will talk to her more." ”

The little daughter-in-law hated herself for being slow to speak, and she threw the eldest daughter-in-law several times. What's the use of slapping more sycophants, huh.

"Is your mother-in-law okay with you?" The old lady knew what virtues Old Lady Ge had, and it was because of Ge Yunzhi's good people that Su Yun entered the door of the Ge family. Which Cheng wanted to encounter a disaster, alas, his eldest son went with him, and the person came back alive, but he was lame.

"Okay, don't worry." Chen Suyun said with a smile.

"Mother, why don't you ask me how I'm doing?" Chen Guixiang hugged the old lady's arm and dangled it.

"Can you suffer with your artillery temperament? If it weren't for Su Yun being bullied by you from childhood to adulthood, I wouldn't have worried about her. ”

Chen Guixiang rolled her eyes: "Yes, it's all my fault." ”

The mother chatted very happily, and the little daughter-in-law also chatted a few words.

"Grandma." Autumn leaves and autumn flowers ran in one after another and shouted.

"Eh, eh." The old lady told the little daughter-in-law to take out the snacks and give them to the two little girls.

The little daughter-in-law answered in her mouth, but she was not very happy in her heart. This snack is precious, and you can buy a few pieces during the Chinese New Year. Buy it, she can't eat it, this is specially for those two sisters-in-law.

"Thank you, Grandma." The little girls laughed sweetly.

Chunhua was also smiling on the side. I can't come to my grandmother's house a few times a year, and Chunhua doesn't treat the people in my grandmother's house as close, so she is a lot more restrained.

"Spring flowers are fifteen." The little daughter-in-law suddenly asked, "Did you say that you were a person?" ”

Before Chen Suyun could reply, the old lady said coldly: "How much do you care!" ”

"I just care." The little daughter-in-law said curtly, and felt that she had lost face in front of the two sisters-in-law, so she wanted to hide, "I'll go and see if the second girl has cooked well, let's talk." ”

The little daughter-in-law left. The old lady scolded: "Slacker! Let Erya cook a big family's meal, and be lazy by yourself, can you be like a mother? ”

The old lady scolded and scolded, but the little daughter-in-law went. People like them are poor jingling, and the second girl is not beautiful, if you are not diligent, you won't be able to get married.

"Eh, mother, why didn't I see the eldest brother and the second brother when I came back?" Chen Guixiang asked.

"Bet on it." The old lady said.

"What?" Chen Guixiang shouted, "This landlord can gamble and go bankrupt, can our family still gamble?" ”

The old lady smiled: "If only they had money to gamble, that is, with a group of idlers in the village, if they win the bet, let the loser come to help themselves and have fun." ”

"Well, I don't blame them. The Zhou family doesn't want tenants anymore, and they don't know what to do this year, so they have to be idle. The old lady sighed.

The topic suddenly became heavy, and the little daughter-in-law came to call everyone to eat, which solved the embarrassment.

Chen Guixiang helped the old lady to walk at the end, and secretly stuffed the old lady with a purse, which contained some broken silver and three hanging coins.

If it wasn't much, the old lady would have accepted it, after all, the family was really poor. But there are so many, I'm afraid there will be a five-tael! You can buy two acres of land.

"What are you doing with so much for me?!" The old lady said.

"Give it to you, and you can take it." Chen Guixiang whispered, "There's something I want to ask you for." ”

"You know, my family... things. Changle and I have always wanted to have a baby...... Xiaomei's family has so many daughters, I want one to come, you help me say Xiang Xiang. ”

"My little sister can't take care of them alone, and sending me here can also reduce her burden. I will often let the children go back......" Chen Guixiang said a lot.

The old lady glanced at her: "Why don't you tell your little sister directly." ”

"Xiaomei looks at her daughter more than fate, am I not afraid that if I say it, I will directly cut off the relationship with Xiaomei?"