Chapter 43: Giving Gifts to the Ho Family
After sitting at Zhou's house for a while, Huang said that he was leaving, and he was going to his uncle's house to give gifts, Zhou listened, and also asked, "Go to the uncle's house to give gifts, I don't have any good things, but I also made a few purses, you say it's good, you also know, sister-in-law, I'm afraid that if I send these purses, my sister-in-law will be unhappy." ”
Huang also knew what Zhou meant, thought about it, and persuaded him, "Why don't you go with me, the matter of giving gifts is originally a heart, and you send your purse to express some thoughts, it is her business whether she is happy or not, but if you don't go, after all, it is your own brother, I'm afraid it will make people gossip." ”
Zhou's meaning is also this, thinking about it, he followed Huang to He's house, when he arrived at He's house, He's family was there, He was sitting on a stool in the yard and grabbing a handful of melon seeds in his hand, and Lin Dajiang was tinkering with some farm tools in the yard. Seeing that Huang Shi was carrying the basket, He Shi's eyes immediately lit up, and he stood up very neatly, and Da Jiang also stopped what he was holding and walked over.
Huang handed the basket to He and said, "Sister-in-law, this is a little care from our family, you accept it." ”
He Shi hurriedly took the basket, looked through the contents of the contents, looked at the gifts inside, and the smile on his face faded a little, but he still said politely, "Second brother and sister, what are you doing so politely, really, it costs so much money." ”
Zhou hurriedly handed over the purse on his body, and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't have anything to give at home, I made two purses myself, and I hope you don't dislike it." ”
He didn't say much, and took it over, but he was thinking in his heart, "It's really shabby to be embarrassed to give such a tattered purse as a gift." She still didn't show it on her face, after all, she still knew the phrase "don't hit the smiling person" with her hand.
Instead, Da Jiang said, "Third brother and sister, look at what you say, look at what else you are sending, just come and visit, don't be so polite." ”
Zhou smiled gratefully, didn't say much, and sat down on the side. Qingshan and Yu'er came over to greet the two aunts. Qingshan has been honest since he came back from the town, but in fact, Qingshan's nature is not bad, but he has been spoiled by his father since he was a child, so he is used to it, and he has the style of a gentleman.
He suddenly said, "Have you heard, our father and mother asked for their own land and said that they wanted to buy several acres?" ”
Huang seems to have heard what Erniu said, and his father and mother originally planned to buy some fields for themselves as soon as they came back, but because something happened at home, they never bought it, and now they have not yet started spring, saying that they want to buy a few acres of fields, and they will become fertile land for two years.
Lin He didn't know what He meant by this. Since the two old men have come back to live, they must plan to farm their own fields, and they will definitely not do nothing in the countryside, and they will always earn their own rations, and if they want to rent the land and plant, it is better to buy the land themselves.
Besides, my grandparents are not very old, they are only fifty or sixty years old, and their bodies are still healthy.
After a while, He continued, "I don't know what my father and mother think, what are you tossing at such an old age, some time ago we said that we wanted to rent the land to plant, and I didn't hear that they wanted to buy the field, and now we have rented the land of the Xia landlord's family, and they said that they want to buy the land themselves, for fear that we will rob their field." ”
When Huang heard this, he felt that this was not easy to answer, saying that it was not good to say, and if he didn't say it well, he would offend people, so he still smiled and didn't speak.
Da Jiang spoke, "What do you say, it is their business for my father and mother to buy land, what do you want you to take care of, what does it matter to them if you rent land, don't you rent land and plant?" ”
He glared at Da Jiang fiercely and said loudly, "Really? When we had an accident in Qingshan some time ago, my father didn't reach out to take a hand, but my father and mother made up all the money in the family, and your father didn't even mention it, it turned out that she was going to save money to buy land, can't I still say it? ”
Lin He was really a little speechless about this He family, He family deliberately said this in front of Huang and Zhou, in fact, he also wanted to arouse the anger of these two people against the old couple, and it was best to have someone who had the same idea as her, and when she wanted to speak, there were also people on her side.
Lin He also knew that in fact, although his grandmother did not subsidize the silver money in the repayment of the account when Qingshan had an accident, she still took some money to the uncle's family in private, otherwise where could the uncle's family be able to eat and drink enough every day and hold on for so long, this He family actually opened his eyes in front of them and said nonsense, and even the old grandmother took out the pension money to buy the field, which was really too much.
He saw that Huang and Zhou didn't answer, and felt that it was not interesting to continue, so after chatting, Huang, Zhou, and Lin He went home.
When Huang and Zhou went back, He stuffed a few eggs each, and said that they were a gift in return.
He looked at the things brought by the Huang family at home, and said, "Your second brother's family is really good, the pork strips given by Laba as a gift are so small, and there are so many lean meats, it must be cheap meat to buy." The dim sum is also such a small pack, and I live in such a big house at home, and the gift is so shabby, it's really stingy. ”
Seeing the purse on the side, he picked it up and threw it on the table in disgust, "The third daughter-in-law is really, such a shabby purse is embarrassed to be sent outside, it's really embarrassing for her." ”
Then he said, "Dajiang, you said that your father and mother bought the land, did the Erniu family already know, why didn't Erniu's daughter-in-law say anything today." ”
Da Jiang didn't want to say more to her, but just said, "You pack up your things, let's send some things to my father, this Laba Festival silver money is not available this year, but I have to say that it just so happened that these two cows sent some things, you see that some eggs were added from home, and we sent them over." ”
He Shi listened to Dajiang's words, and his tone suddenly rose, "What, so many things have to be sent over, then how will we live in Laba tomorrow, and my mother's side, what should I do, I don't have to send things over?" You only know your father, my father and mother don't care, I don't follow. ”
Dajiang is also a little embarrassed to think about it, this thing is just like this, his father and mother are here, they must send something, but his daughter-in-law said this, and his parents-in-law must also want to express it, thought about it, and said, "This way, you go and buy a pork strip, and then add some eggs, divide these things into two parts, and send one on the other." ”
He didn't say anything when she heard it, in fact, she didn't want to send it to her in-laws, thinking that the second family must have sent something over, how much can the two of them eat, and her in-laws hid their purchase of land, and she was still angry in her heart.
After thinking about it, I simply didn't buy meat strips, and sent the meat strips to my mother's side, so I called Qingshan to send them, and here I added some eggs by myself, plus a pack of snacks, and got some cornmeal from home and sent it to my mother-in-law, and I didn't let Dajiang know that he planned to send it by himself later.