Chapter 51: New Year's Greetings
(Thank you for the tips of several children's shoes today, there will be three more today, and there will be one more in the early morning)
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the custom here is to eat boiled eggs in sugar water early in the morning, and everyone in the Huang family boiled two eggs, and then ate dumplings.
After breakfast, Erniu and Huang took a few children to visit Daddy Lin and Zhao, Huang packed up a lot of things at home, took some sausages at home, and took a better linen, and also brought a few other snacks, the family went to Zhao's house, and when they walked to Zhao's courtyard, Dajiang's family was already there, and Zhou also arrived early with the children, and accompanied Zhao's to talk and laugh.
Da Jiang saw that Erniu's family was coming, and hurriedly stood up, saying that the second brother's family was coming, and Father Lin and Zhao also walked to the gate of the courtyard to welcome the family in.
Look at Zhou's family again, Zhou's body is a washed and white half-used clothes, but there are no patches, and the clothes on Xiaoshan and Xiaoyun are also relatively few that they usually wear, but they are also half-used clothes.
The adults all went to the house to chat, the children were in the courtyard, Xiaoshan and Xiaoyun saw the people from Lin He's family coming, and immediately came over to surround them, Xiaoyun was not very good at talking, but he also knew that he was around Lin He and stammered, "Sister He, it looks good." ”
Lin He pinched her face and said with a smile, "Little guy, where is it beautiful?"
Yu'er was also looking at Lin He and Lin Chen's clothes on the side, her eyes were very envious, and she rarely came over to talk to Lin He, "Sister He, where did you buy the clothes on your body, it's so ugly." ”
Although there was some disdain in his mouth, there was envy in his eyes, Lin He saw Yu'er, a ten-year-old girl knew duplicity, so she deliberately said, "It's so ugly, Sister Yu'er still asked where to buy it and what to do, Sister Yu'er's clothes are really beautiful." ”
Yu'er's mouth curled, and she said with some indespisibility, "My clothes are made by myself, and the style is the most popular style in the town this year." ”
To be honest, Lin He didn't see what was popular, just an ordinary gown, with some big flowers embroidered on his chest, and the fabric was also ordinary cotton, but he still pretended to be very envious and said, "Sister Yu'er's embroidery is really good, and the clothes she makes are so beautiful." ”
Lin Chen listened on the side, after all, he was still a child, and he didn't like others to say that his sister's clothes were not good-looking, so he was busy saying, "Sister Yu'er's clothes are not as good as my sister's, my sister's clothes are not bought, they are made by themselves, and the clothes on my body are also made by my sister." ’
Yu'er exclaimed in surprise, "He'er, you made this dress yourself, did you come up with it yourself?" ”
Lin He nodded, thinking that the children of this era are really precocious, in his previous life, when he was ten years old, he didn't know what to wear, how could he know what was popular, how could he love beauty so much.
Lin He was thinking about it, the Huang family came over there to call them, saying that they were going to kowtow to their grandparents, and then a few children kowtowed to Zhao and Lin Daddy in turn, and the old man also gave a red envelope, which also had a few copper plates, and then gave New Year's greetings to He and Dajiang, and He also gave a red envelope to one person, Lin He touched it, there were only two copper plates in it, and the purse was light and fluttering.
When it was Qingshan and Yu'er's turn to pay New Year's greetings to Erniu, Erniu gave ten copper plates to each person, and even to Zhou's New Year's greetings, Zhou's also gave five copper plates. Lin He thought that if this eldest lady didn't get in the way of everyone, I was afraid that she wouldn't even want to give two copper plates.
After kowtowing, Huang took out the things in the basket that was put aside and handed them to Zhao, He looked at the things in the basket, his face changed, and said, "Second brother and sister, this New Year's gift is so valuable, and there are so many, it's really filial." This makes us who come empty-handed and don't know where to stand. ”
Lin He knew that the He family was obviously praising the Huang family, but in fact, he felt that the Huang family was too ostentatious, and it was great to have a little money. It seems that He has been honest at home for a while, and he is going to go out again.
Huang didn't speak, and Zhou also took some things out of the basket, including a piece of meat and dozens of eggs.
Zhao glanced at He and said, "I have also done some for this New Year, and you have sent so many more." We can't finish eating the old two, so let's wait for the next one to take some back. ”
After listening to Zhao's words, He suddenly fell silent, with a smile on his face, he didn't expect that he didn't bring anything over, and he could get some back, plus the New Year's money that the children get, he made a lot of money today.
Lin He was really a little sneering when he saw the smile on He's face, how could there be such a person, every time he went to someone else's house, he would not feel embarrassed, it was really speechless.
At noon, the whole family had lunch at Zhao's house, and Zhao made the preserved chicken and duck and sausages brought by the Huang family, although the preserved chicken and preserved duck usually do not eat much, but it is not a rare thing, but this sausage is a rare thing.
Everyone praised the deliciousness, and asked where Erniu came from, Erniu said that it was made of pork at home, and He heard that it was made of pure pork, and he put it into his bowl one by one, and filled his bowl with it, and kept putting vegetables in the Qingshan bowl.
Yu'er is also the same as her mother, swallowing the food in a big gulp, although Yu'er usually looks quiet, but after all, she is a child, seeing such a sumptuous meal, and her mother and eldest brother are like this, they are also eating in large gulps, and they don't usually pretend to be a lady at all.
When Da Jiang saw his family like this, his face suddenly couldn't hold back, and he glared at He Shi fiercely, but He Shi was busy eating and didn't see it, so he kept putting vegetables into his bowl, and Da Jiang saw that everyone was on the table, and he couldn't make a sound.
The others were silent, eating silently, Zhao felt that why his eldest daughter-in-law was so unable to get on the stage, he hadn't found out before, their family usually didn't lack food, why now it seems that he has been hungry for a few days and has not eaten.
Seeing that Zhou's family was sitting on the side honestly, even Zhou's two children were very well-behaved, and what kind of mother taught what kind of children to come out.
Look at the Huang family again, they are also eating politely, compared to Yu'er, a few girls really don't look like children in the family, Lin He and Lin Chen sit and eat in small bites, this girl should be like this.
Lin He watched a few people in Yu'er's family eat like this, it was also a little funny, Yu'er usually looks like a lady, but when she became poor, she suddenly saw such a good food, and she had forgotten what everyone should look like, revealing her true face.
In fact, at such a young age, Yu'er is not a big problem in itself, and children themselves are greedy. But usually Yu'er likes to pretend, thinking that her home is still in the town, thinking that she is really a lady, if a person's birth determines part of your fate, fate may be changed through your own efforts.
So a person's living environment from childhood to adulthood determines your own temperament, a family like theirs is an ordinary ordinary family, but it is stunned to learn from a rich lady, and now that her nature is exposed, it is a little nondescript.