Chapter 117: Decided
It was dark early in the wax moon, and soon after Qingyu and Wang Baozhu returned to Wangshanwo, the sun set.
Dinner was still eaten in the upper room, and it was Old Man Chen who called them over. Eating the leftovers of noon, Li's ingenuity put the leftovers of the chicken at noon with cabbage and tofu, and stewed them together again, and a large pot of delicious cauldron dishes was hot. It was still the old man Chen who took the man to a table, and the old lady Chen took the woman to a table, and there was a big pot of hot dishes and a basket of white flour cakes on each table. Old Man Chen asked Li to use a bowl alone, personally picked up chicken nuggets, tofu, and cabbage, and asked Qi An to bring them to Chen Xiucai. The family sat down to eat together again, and Old Man Chen happily took out the leftover wine that Wang Baozhu drank at noon, and let Chen Zichang, Chen Zifu, and Chen Zigui accompany him to drink a few cups.
"When it's cold, it's time to sit down and eat together as a family, it's lively and fragrant." Old Man Chen took a sip of wine and was infinitely satisfied.
This is not the first time that Old Man Chen has expressed his hope that the two rooms will fire together.
Li didn't know, picked up the spoon and added a bowl of porridge to Mrs. Chen.
When the two rooms were eating together, the Li family still served Mrs. Chen with all her heart and soul as before, adding food and vegetables to her, but the old lady Chen still drooped her eyelids as usual and did not look at the Li family. However, this is already very rare for the Li family, and in the past, Mrs. Chen not only did not look at her, but would dislike the more or less food, which was always unsatisfactory to her heart.
Old Man Chen took a sip of wine, and looked at his son, daughter-in-law and several grandchildren with satisfaction, because of his age, Old Man Chen liked more and more to sit together as a family and eat lively.
"You take a sip of horse urine and squirt." Old Mrs. Chen glanced at Old Man Chen disdainfully across the table.
Chen Xuejiao buried her head in eating, because she no longer had enough to eat like she did before she was separated, so she sometimes wanted to eat something light for dinner. Now I drink porridge with a bowl in my hand, and from time to time I have some cabbage. "Sister, you love to eat chicken necks. This one is up to you. Chen Qiping took a piece of chicken neck from the big pot and put it in Xuejiao's bowl.
Old Mrs. Chen raised her eyelids and didn't say anything. Since Chen Xuejiao robbed Qingbi yesterday and earned back face for Mrs. Chen and others, her attitude towards Chen Xuejiao has undergone a subtle change, although she still has a straight face, but there is no resentment and disdain in her eyes.
Chen Xuejiao smiled at Qi Ping. Grabbed the chicken neck and gnawed it.
In her previous life, Chen Xuejiao liked to eat chicken necks, but chickens at that time grew up eating oxytocin, and there were many toxins in chicken necks, although she liked to eat them, she didn't eat them often.
Now, she still likes to eat chicken necks, and chickens in this era are naturally grown, with good air and good environment. There is no toxin in the chicken neck, the stew is unusually delicious and tender, Chen Xuejiao loves to eat it very much, every time Li stews chicken, he will leave the chicken neck to him.
Li sandwiched a piece of chicken and put it in Mrs. Chen's bowl: "Mother, you eat chicken!" ”
"I can't eat it myself." Mrs. Chen is still not angry.
In normal times, Chen Xuemiao and the Zhao family would definitely help Mrs. Chen choke a few words from the Li family.
Today, it was very quiet, especially when Zhao ate very little. Yesterday, Qingbi stopped the Chen family's daughter, obviously targeting her, making her so embarrassed. I couldn't help crying on the way back that day.
Today's eyes are blue, and I guess I didn't sleep well yesterday.
Chen Xuejiao was quite sympathetic to her.
However, her complexion was significantly better at night, and it seemed that it was all due to Qingyu.
"This meat is delicious, thanks to Baozhu's family coming to visit relatives at home, we can eat meat." Zhang's mouth was stuffed with chicken. The corners of the mouth are oily.
"Shut your mouth, can you eat without your mouth, how many times have you said it, it's still like this." Mrs. Chen knocked on her chopsticks and scolded Zhang unhappily.
Zhang rolled his eyes. Continue to nibble on a chicken paw.
"However, don't say it, Qingyu is quite good, it's like that Qingbi, enchanting and charming, and at first glance, it's a cheap embryo." Zhang's mouth was full of oil.
Chen Xuejiao ate and drank a mouthful of porridge.
This Zhang family has been normal for two days, and her brain began to cramp again, and saying Qingbi in front of the Zhao family is tantamount to inserting a knife in her heart.
Sure enough, Zhao's face turned pale, and after a few mouthfuls of porridge, he said that he was full, and staggered to the inner room with his chest covered.
Chen Zichang looked unnatural and lowered his head to drink porridge, and Old Man Chen glanced at him fiercely. Presumably, the Chen family up and down, including Old Man Chen, Chen Zichang, Chen Qi'an, Cai's, Chen Xiucai and others who were not present yesterday, all knew what happened yesterday.
"Then Qingbi can compare with Qingyu? Qingyu looked like a girl from a good family, and was sold to that pickled place. Mrs. Chen interrupted Zhang.
Qingyu's wrist is really powerful, and even the old lady Chen, who has always been bitter and mean, praised her one after another.
After the meal, Li helped Zhang clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then took the children back to the north wing.
Before going to bed, Li discussed with a few children about going to Lijiazhuang tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the day when Da Zhuang and the girls of Wang Shanwo make a decision, and the custom here is that the aunt is present, and the man's mother will put on a hairpin and a salute for the girl who looks at each other, and the Li family, as an aunt, will definitely be present.
Li Shi checked the gifts he had made, and gave Da Zhuang's two pairs of shoes and the Wang family girl a piece of Jiangling cloth, which was given by Gu Siyuan.
Li is very excited, since the marriage, except for the Spring Festival to go to her mother's house to visit relatives, the rest of the time to think about it, she rarely can lend a hand when her mother's family has something, she is not guilty, fortunately, the three sisters-in-law are more reasonable. If you meet that unreasonable sister-in-law, I don't know how to arrange it behind the scenes.
Now that the family is separated, the Li family can go to her parents' house at any time without worrying about Mrs. Chen. That being said, but since the breakup, I have had a lot of things to do at home, and I have never been to my mother's house. On the contrary, it was the mother's family who came to the Chen family twice to support, help, contribute money, and contribute to themselves, and they were ashamed to panic when they thought about it.
In addition to the gifts for Da Zhuang and the girls of the Wang family, he made two pairs of cotton shoes for his father and mother.
"It's a pity that there is nothing extra for your uncles and concubines." Li frowned.
"Mother, the main reason why we went this time is to make a small decision for Brother Zhuang, my uncle and concubine are real people, and we won't be unhappy because we don't have something for them. In the future, we will have good things, and we will give them twice. Chen Xuejiao smiled and explained the Li family.
"We didn't have anything for our uncle and concubine before, they didn't say a word about us, and every time they went, they pulled a cart of things for us." Xue Ru said with a smile.
Li thought for a moment and nodded.
The next day was a rare sunny day.
Li took Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qiping to set off, Chen Qi'an couldn't go because he was studying, Chen Xueru and Jinghao stayed at home to take care of Chen Xiucai.
Lijiazhuang is fifteen miles away from Maoshan Village, the distance is not far, and the mother and wife walked over with a smile.
Passing through the fields and country roads, you will soon see Lijiazhuang.
As soon as I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw Li Danian driving the carriage.
"Oh, aunt, I came so early, and grandma asked me to pick you up at home." Li Danian stopped the carriage.
"It's not far anyway, it's just a few steps away." Lee smiled.
The mother climbed into the carriage and was pulled by Li Danian to the door of Li's house.
Mrs. Li, Old Man Li, Xuejiao's uncles, and several concubines were all at the door to greet them.
got out of the carriage and went into the courtyard after greeting for a while.
The courtyard of the Li family is very large, three in and three out, because there is no separation, the three sons live together, but it does not seem crowded, with the warmth of a small farmer.
There are various fruit trees planted in the yard, and crops such as peppers, corn, garlic, etc., are hung on the walls.
It seems that my grandmother's family is a rich farmer.
There were many guests in the courtyard, including relatives of the Li family and Qiao's mother's family.
Qiao's was dressed very energetically, wearing new clothes in autumn fragrance, and greeted the guests warmly and cheerfully. Da Zhuang smiled innocently, and blushed when others teased him.
"It's not time to get married yet, it's just a small decision, and when you get married, you will be prettier." Someone joked about Joe's.
"Oh, I only wish my daughter-in-law to honor me as our concubines honor my mother." Joe smiled.
"Don't be ashamed to say this to your mother-in-law." Another crisp woman looked at Qiao and smiled.
After a brief rest, the Li family prepared a small ceremony and was about to leave for Miss Wangshanwo's house.
Qiao Shi took out a transparent jasper hairpin and showed it to Li: "This hairpin was bought in Xuzhou Mansion." ”
The mother-in-law will personally go to the girl's house to put on the hairpin for the girl.
After a while, Qiao's took Li's and Da Zhuang's two aunts and two aunts to Wangshanwo, and the rest of the people ate and drank at Li's house.
When he came back from Wang Shanwo, Qiao's smile bloomed, and he must have been very satisfied with the girl. There was a matchmaker who gave the girl's birthday to the Li family, and the Li family watched the day, and the Li family found a festive person and set the day on the tenth day of the first month.
"That girl is born white, and the most important thing is that her body is strong." Li whispered to Chen Xuejiao.
Strong bones represent the ability to give birth, and in this era, giving birth is an important criterion for measuring a daughter-in-law.
Someone described the appearance of the girl of the Wang family to Da Zhuang, and Da Zhuang's face was red when he heard it, and he just cared about laughing. (To be continued......)