The weather is also suitable, the sun is vigorously sprinkled all over the courtyard, and a row of plane trees are planted along the roots of the courtyard wall, and the freshly yellowed leaves sparkle in the sun. On the ridge of the vegetable garden in the north, a piece of impatiens blooms extraordinarily demonic burning, red, Wei purple, peach, like clouds, set off by dense and green leaves.

The impatiens were planted by Xuejiao in the spring and bloomed from early summer to late autumn. This flower has no fragrance, but it is good to dye your nails. Xue Jiao, Xue Ru, and Jing Hao were three, and they picked up the fiery red bush and pinched off the stamens, put on the alum and smashed it finely, covered the petals that formed the flower mud on the nails, wrapped them tightly with carob leaves, and slept all night, and the nails were red.

Since Xue Jiao dyed every once in a while throughout the summer, her ten nails were very bright.

When she got up early in the morning, after freshening up, she sat by the window and read a book, and when she saw a happy place, ten shallots like nails knocked lightly on the window. Since today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, she is dressed more solemnly than usual, wearing a pink gauze short undershirt with a smoky violet skirt underneath, no decoration on her head, black hair shining in the sun, and a small jasmine stamen pinned to her ear.

This dress was brought by Chen Xiucai from the south, soft yarn, smooth satin, Xuejiao fell in love with it when she saw it, and pestered Li to make such a dress for her.

These days, Xuejiao has been wearing new clothes every day, not only by herself, but also by letting Li, Xueru, and Jinghao dress up neatly every day. It's not that she's vain, but that she thinks in her heart that since she can wear it at home, why hide it, and talk about it. Like Xue Ru and Jinghao, the fall is becoming more and more bright, and it should be with new clothes and new accessories.

After reading a book for a long time, my eyes are a little sour. Xue Jiao put down her hand and rubbed her eyes.

The countryside has its own beautiful scenery, unlike the previous life, where you can only see a narrow sky in the high-rise buildings.

Looking into the distance, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, and the blue sky is like washing.

It seems that the moonlight must be superb tonight.

It was also autumn when she first came into this world. The scenery is also so good, but she has no intention of appreciating it at all, except for dealing with Mrs. Chen and the Zhao family every day. It is also necessary to resist the fear of the heart and overcome the discomfort of the world.

At this time last year, the family was destitute, Mrs. Chen's harshness, and Li's cowardice. Zhao's ado about nothing. The whole family can't even take care of a full meal, let alone wear new clothes and shoes.

After all these days, she is now fully adapted to life here. The life of the family is also getting better day by day, although the family foundation has not yet reached the expected richness, but it is already very good in the whole Baitu Town.

In just one year, the situation at home has changed, and Chen Xuejiao is indescribably happy.

Directly opposite Xuejiao is a row of sheds, which is her own salted duck egg workshop. It's in full swing on weekdays. It was quiet today, and Li listened to Xue Jiao's idea. Female workers were given a holiday.

Suddenly, Xue Jiao smelled a fragrant aroma.

Turning his head, he saw Xue Ru holding a bouquet of osmanthus flowers in her hand, Xue was now wearing a goose yellow eight-piece Hunan skirt, embroidered with a white plum blossom, the snow was as white as skin, and she was more and more beautiful in this dress.

"Sister, where did the osmanthus come from? It smells so good! Xue Jiao took the osmanthus from Xue Ru's hand, and in the green leaves, during the scattering of the dotted osmanthus flowers, Xue Jiao approached and took a deep breath.

"The osmanthus flowers in the private school are blooming, and the dragonfly specially cut a few and sent them to the bottle, and the osmanthus candy made by Aunt Jia was sent to me just now." Xue Ru said as she found a clay bottle, filled it with water, and inserted the osmanthus into it.

There are very few delicate bottles in the countryside, and they don't like the kind of flower arrangement, and the Chen family is no exception. Xueru searched for a long time, but only found a clay bottle with a clumsy and clumsy crack, but fortunately, it was barely usable without leakage. Chen Xuejiao has always liked all kinds of flowers, plum blossoms in winter, peach blossoms in spring, lotus flowers in summer, osmanthus in autumn, no matter what flowers, she will pick some bottles and place them in the house, and the whole person is in a good mood.

Xue Jiao felt that the chubby bottle with dots of osmanthus had an indescribable charm.

"You try this osmanthus cake, it's better than last year's, and Aunt Jia's craftsmanship is getting better and better." Jing Hao came in from outside, holding a plate of osmanthus cake in his hand, which was placed on the table next to Xue Jiao, "In the morning, my uncle also said that you are the female champion of our family, and sure enough, I read a book all day long." ”

Xue Jiao took a bite of osmanthus cake and looked at Jing Hao and smiled. She knows that Jing Hao is very good at the true inheritance of literary embroidery, not only the embroidery of the piercing hand, but also the good handwriting of the hand, and she occasionally reads the "miscellaneous books" that Zhao Yiming gave to Xue Jiao.

"Hey, the dragonfly sent osmanthus, why did you go back so quickly." Xue Jiao stuck the second piece of osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth, and sure enough, as Xue Ru said, Aunt Jia's skills in making osmanthus cake have grown more and more, and after one bite, it was extremely sweet, and her lips and teeth were fragrant, and she couldn't help but want to eat the second bite.

"She said that she picked some more osmanthus flowers today and sent some to the upper room." Jing Hao twisted the needle and thread, and embroidered the remaining half of the lotus flower on the handkerchief.

Chen Xuejiao was suspicious in her heart, it stands to reason that the Huang family and the upper room have no friendship, and the dragonflies never went to the upper room in the past, so how did they pick a few flowers and send them today. But there's nothing you can't do, maybe the osmanthus flowers in the private school are too blooming and too dense, and it's a pity to fall on the ground, so it's better to pick them and give them away, and the dragonflies will be sent to Xuejiao and them, and some will be sent to the upper room.

The three sisters were talking, when suddenly they saw a dragonfly come out of the upper room.

Today's dragonfly is dressed up particularly brightly, wearing a bright red Hunan skirt, the waist is very thin, combing the colorful clouds chasing the moon, and inserting a peony between the sideburns.

It's just that Chen Xuejiao found that her face was a little flustered, and her footsteps stopped and stopped, and she passed by the window of the north wing room and turned a blind eye.

Xue Jiao, Jing Hao, Xue Ru was surprised.

"Dragonfly, you're all in the yard, and you don't come to sit at home, where are you going?" Xue Jiaoxiang pretended to ask angrily.

Dragonfly paused, and an unnatural smile appeared on her face: "I'm in a hurry to go back." I'm afraid my dad won't find me, so it's time to worry. ”

Although in an instant, the dragonfly returned to nature, Xue Jiao still saw the panic in her eyes. Xue Jiao looked towards the upper room. According to Mrs. Chen's temperament, I am afraid that I will see a dragonfly who has always been good friends with the upper room, and I don't know if I stabbed her a few words.

Xue Ru and Jing Hao naturally thought of this layer and beckoned to the dragonfly. Dragonfly glanced at the upper room a few times, stroked her hair, walked to the window of the north wing with small steps, and smiled at the Xuejiao sisters.

“…… I that guy. has always been like that, just talking about it, but not thinking like that in my heart. Don't take it personally. Xue Jiao poked her head out of the window and quietly comforted Jinghao.

Although Mrs. Chen's temperament is known to Zhuangzi, Xue Jiao still whitewashed it in the face of dragonflies, and she didn't want to make dragonflies depressed because of the flower delivery.

"It's fine. I know it all. The dragonfly twisted her head slightly and glanced up into the room. Suddenly, he lowered his head and bit his lip, then raised his head and smiled again, "Grandma didn't say anything about me, and let me eat pastries." ”

Relying on what Mrs. Chen did in the past, Chen Xuejiao naturally didn't believe this, she only thought that she was sensible, and refused to say it if she was wronged.

Xue Jiao looked towards the dragonfly's gaze, and the window of the upper room was ajar. There was a figure standing in the shadow inside, and I took a closer look. But it was Chen Qilin standing in front of the window.

Xue Jiao didn't think much about it, but she was afraid that Mrs. Chen had sarcastically mocked the dragonfly in front of Chen Qilin. A young girl with a tender face, she was trained in front of Qi Lin, so she naturally couldn't get off the stage.

"Dragonfly, my milk"

Before Xue Ru's words were finished, she heard a "bang" in the upper room and splashed a basin of water out, followed by a large bouquet of osmanthus flowers thrown to the ground along the water, the stumps and leaves lay in the muddy water, and the messy petals were sprinkled on the ground.

"Hmph, this kind of indiscriminate thing, you dare to please us." Xue Miao's shrill voice pierced the entire courtyard.

Before Xue Jiao could react, she saw that the dragonfly's face was so red that it seemed to be dripping blood, and she rushed out of the Chen family's compound with a handkerchief.

No wonder Fang Cai said that Mrs. Chen didn't get angry at her, but she was afraid that it was Xue Miao who was angry at her. It's too much, others send you flowers, you don't say thank you, and throw them on the ground in front of you, this character is too arrogant.

Xueru and Jinghao were worried that she couldn't think about it, so they said hello to the Li family, and went to the private school to comfort the dragonfly.

……

The August Festival is the second largest festival of the year after the Spring Festival, and it is especially important for farmers. Entering the autumn, it is a busy autumn harvest, the autumn harvest is just after the end of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the busy labor of the farm with the joy of the harvest ushered in the festival, so every household is solemn to treat this festival.

As early as a few days ago, Li took a few children and stones to clean the house inside and out. This year's situation is good, the fields are abundant, the grain is full, and Chen Xiucai brings a lot of money, there is no reason why it is just a fat festival.

According to the practice of Mr. Chen, every big festival such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, they are all spent together, and they gather together in the upper room for a reunion dinner in the evening.

In the past, every time the festival was celebrated, it was Li who picked up the beams alone, cleaned the yard, wiped the table and wiped the chairs, made big dishes, and after being busy, he could only eat some leftovers.

This year, I was going to spend the festival by myself, and the items were prepared early. But Old Man Chen spoke, as long as he lives in a courtyard, whether it is a large room or a third room, he must celebrate the festival with the upper room, unless he dies, otherwise he is alive and each room is cut off and cannot celebrate the festival alone.

No matter what, Old Man Chen is an elder and the head of the Chen family's compound, and when he spoke, no one dared not disobey.

"There are only two big festivals a year, and it's okay for me to be tired, as long as everyone eats a meal in peace." Li sighed, and was afraid that Xue Jiao would worry about her being tired, and said with a smile, "Your father loves to be lively, let's make him happy today, I don't do anything in my heart, he thinks, your father is safe, and the family is going by, and I will be satisfied." ”

In the past, the Chen family's compound was not quiet at all, Mrs. Chen scolded a few words from time to time, but now she doesn't scold the big room much, and it is the third and fourth rooms that suffer, especially the Zhang family, everything she does is not in the eyes of Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen catches her and scolds her endlessly whenever she is free. Zhang was scolded in a hurry, but he had the face to go to the north wing room to talk to Li twice, completely ignoring the fact that Li was scolded in the past and followed her down.

Maybe for the sake of today's holiday, I can't hear Mrs. Chen's scolding. The whole yard was lively, and it was Qi'an and Da Dan who got together to play yo-yo.

Early in the morning, several concubines of the Chen family were called into the upper room by Mrs. Chen.

“…… Mother, I decided to cook a few big dishes yesterday, including sweet and sour fish, eight-treasure duck, steamed pork, ......" Li Shi did not wait for her mother-in-law's instructions, and spoke first, this is not because she wants to be in the limelight, but every year this job falls on her head.

"With my sister-in-law supporting the overall situation, our festival will be able to have a good time." Zhang changed his smile and complimented.

Mrs. Chen was silent, drinking tea slowly, and Zhao's maid Cui'er and Xue Miao's maid Lu'er were waiting on the left and right.

"I've already thought about this" Old Lady Chen's eyes were like torches, swept over the faces of the four daughters-in-law one by one, and suddenly settled on Zhao's body, and took a sip of tea to speak, "The matter between the stove will be handed over to the second daughter-in-law, she has been blessed for so long since she went to Xuzhou Mansion, I am afraid that she will forget our work in the countryside and make people laugh when she says it." ”

Zhao's face turned pale and white, he bit his lip, and said with a forced smile: "Mother, you know that my craftsmanship is not as good as my sister-in-law, and I still have to leave it to me for such a heavy holiday."

"You know your craft is not good? Well, I don't know if I don't learn well, is it difficult for me to cook, tsk, second daughter-in-law, you don't divide the grains you enjoy in Xuzhou Mansion, and you forget about filial piety. Okay, if you don't do it, if you don't do it, I'll do it, I'll go to Lao Zhao's house tomorrow and ask the daughter of Lao Zhao's family if there is a tradition of not cooking at her mother-in-law's house. ”

Mrs. Chen slapped the table as she spoke, and as soon as she finished speaking, she got out of bed and put on her shoes, and was held down by the three daughters-in-law of Li, Cai, and Zhang.

"Mother, where will you work in your old man's house." Lee and Chua laughed.

Zhao was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, and said in a loud voice: "Mother, it's the daughter-in-law who is wrong." ”

"You're wrong, don't you hurry up, pull off the clothes on your body and the plug on your head, I haven't seen a demonic person who goes to the stove and dresses up, you are cooking, you seduce a man." As soon as Mrs. Chen became excited, she didn't choose what to say, she could even shout the words of seducing a man, and she didn't look at how many granddaughters she still had before she came out of the cabinet.

Zhao's face was red and dripping blood, afraid that his mother-in-law would say something unbearable, so he quickly took off the hairpin ring and changed into a plain clothes, and hurried to the stove.

Mrs. Chen, this is a point of learning from the Zhao family. Zhao's maid and wife are waiting in Xuzhou Mansion, not to mention cooking, even if you drink a cup of tea, someone will personally bring it to your mouth, her cooking skills are not good, plus these days of pampering, even can't make a fire.

Zhao and Cai couldn't stand it, so they had to disobey their mother-in-law's order and go into the stove to help each other. If you count on the Zhao family alone, let alone at night, I'm afraid that tomorrow, the reunion dinner will not be able to eat.

Xue Jiao, together with Xue Wa in the third room, and several sisters also came in to help make a fire and choose vegetables and water.

Living in a courtyard, if there is really a deep hatred, no matter how much, the family lives a bumpy life, but it is just a matter of eating and wearing, looking at the three, which is good, which is bad, and kowtowing to each other to fight a few words. (To be continued......)