Chapter 136: Aunt and Nephew
In order to avoid Wen Yan's hand grabbing the inside of the food box, Chen Xuejiao moved towards the door of the carriage, and the wind outside blew, forcing half of her body to freeze cassium.
Wen Yan and Sister Chun were eating by themselves, Qi Ping was young, he was originally a foodie, and he swallowed saliva when he saw the rose pastry in his hands.
Chen Xuejiao opened the food box, picked up a piece of cake and handed it to Qi Ping, who took it and ate it slowly.
"You made a few silver selling those duck eggs, I see that the pastries you bought are the most expensive in Hu Fulou, where do people eat those ones every day, did you buy these big boxes and think of giving them to your grandma?" Wen Yan squinted his eyes and stared at the snack box that slipped next to Xue Jiao's feet.
Dafang is not such a stingy person, although Mrs. Chen does not have a good face for them, but there are many people who should be honored on the big face. There are two boxes of Fu orange cakes in this food box for the two elders in the upper room, this cake is sweet and sour, soft and glutinous, easy to digest, and suitable for the elderly.
"The orange cake is for my grandmother." Xue Jiao pointed to the box beside her.
Two large boxes, tied with red ropes, were unusually eye-catching in a slippery food box.
Wen Yan rubbed his hands, stood his eyes, and was about to grab the box, and said to Sister Chun with a smile in his mouth: "Sister Chun loves to eat this the most, anyway, it is for the second elder, it is better to open a box for Sister Chun to eat first, I think your grandma and grandpa will not be blamed." ”
Xue Jiao gently avoided Wen Yan's hand stretched out to the food box, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen the gift given yet, and the box is scattered first." That's right, auntie. Whatever good things you bought for your milk, show them to us too. ”
Wen Yan secretly gritted his teeth and leaned back on the cushion of the carriage without saying a word.
When she came to her parents' house, of course, her relatives would not be empty-handed. I brought a gift, but it was too cold. Sister Chun had two packets of brown sugar and a bag of fruit in front of her heels, all of which were tied up with hemp rope, and I think I bought them at the stall.
Wen Yan's family has a bit of family background, and every time he comes to his mother's house, he is like this, Rao is like this. Mrs. Chen took the fruits bought by her daughter to show off in Maoshan Village, and waited for her daughter to go back. Bags of return gifts filled the car.
Chen Xuejiao pursed her lips and didn't speak, and glanced at Wen Yan and Sister Chun.
Wen Yan wore a bright pink jacket with an autumn-colored belt tied around his waist, and an emerald green skirt underneath. It is embroidered with colorful colors. This material is light and warm, it is worth a lot of money at first glance, it is not worn by ordinary people in the township, Chen Xuejiao knows that this is the old lady Chen who robbed the Zhao family to supplement her daughter. It's just that Wen Yan's face is coarse and dark, and her bright pink clothes make her look even worse.
Sister Chun was wearing a new red waist-pinching pants, a small person, her hair was as oily and smooth as Wen Yan's, with a broken hosta inserted, and red dots on her forehead with rouge.
found Chen Xuejiao's sweeping gaze. Sister Chun glared at her, staring at her new jacket. She remembered that in the Chen family in previous years, several children of her uncle's family were dressed in tatters. Especially Xue Jiao, she always looked at her with envy and sour eyes.
Seeing Chen Xuejiao's dress today, I couldn't help but feel surprised.
"You came to Sister Xueyao's house, did you bring any good things?" After a while, Chen Wenchang raised his eyes and asked Xuejiao.
Xue Jiao said lightly: "I have to ask my aunt's house to ask the second aunt." ”
Wen Yan's smile froze at the corners of his mouth, and he secretly scolded Chen Xuejiao in his heart for being a cunning little hoof. I was going to take out of her mouth what good things Xue Yao's family brought. She asked Mrs. Chen for it, but she didn't think about it. Xue Jiao's mouth is like a gourd that refuses her mouth, and she can't hit a fart with three poles.
Chen Qi'an and Chen Qiping's two nephews were even more than Xuejiao, and they ignored her words all the way, as if she didn't exist.
The road was very smooth, and when he arrived at the gate of Chen's house, Wen Yan didn't greet anyone, carried the three buns of candy and fruits bought for the second elder in the upper room, took Sister Chun's hand and got out of the car, and walked straight in, until he sat on the kang of Mrs. Chen and saw the old lady, with anger on her face.
The car money was naturally paid by Chen Xuejiao!
The three children in the big house didn't care and moved their things into the north wing.
Li was cooking in the pot house, and when he saw his three children coming back, he wiped his hands and entered the house with joy.
Chen Xuejiao told Li and Chen Xiucai how popular the salted duck eggs were in Qingfeng Lou and how they heard people's discussions. He took out the silver from his pocket, and the money was only shown to his parents and siblings, and then locked in the box.
The key is still in her custody.
Xue Ru and Jing Hao Xiang help take care of the things they bought from the town.
"Mother, there are still ten days to celebrate the New Year, and our family should also buy New Year's goods, this year we have earned silver to celebrate the New Year." Chen Xuejiao cut the orange and stuffed it into her mouth one by one, the orange juice was sweet and full of lushness, and she still wanted to eat it.
"Cheng, make you new clothes, eat and buy whatever you want." Lee was happy.
This year I bought land, earned money, and divided the family. The Li family lived a comfortable life, and the people were also cheerful, calculating the lily gifts for the mother's family, Jia's sister-in-law, Huang Xiucai, the Han family, Wen Ying, and Zhao Yiming.
In the past, it was others who gave gifts to the big house, and they had to secretly go to the house, but this year it was the turn of the big house to give them gifts.
Chen Xuejiao told Li that she had met her sister-in-law in the town and came by carriage together.
In the past, when Wen Yan came to the house, the Li family wanted to go to the room to have a look, and he didn't like her in his heart, but he also had to endure the greetings.
Unexpectedly, this time Li was faint, and he didn't glance at the upper room.
Chen Xuejiao wondered in her heart, and Xueru quietly pulled Xuejiao to tell the truth. Li is angry with Wen Yan, Chen Xiucai is injured, Wen Yan doesn't want to come to see, Sister Chun's father bought a gift to come and see, and she ripped the gift around Zhuangzi and scolded Sister Chun's father.
This was revealed to the Li family by the eldest concubine Qiao. Qiao's brother-in-law's mother's family and Wenyan have a village, and relatives are relatives, and as soon as it is spread, it spreads.
Wen Yan has always been a cold-hearted person, not to mention Chen Xiucai, even her mother, Mrs. Chen, twisted her waist, and she only came to see it after several days.
Chen Xuejiao took out the Fu orange cake she bought for the second elder in the upper room and personally carried it to the upper room.
A room full of people. Zhao's, Zhang's, and Cai's are all there, and Xueyao, Xuemiao, Xuewa, Dadan, Erdan, and Sandan are also there.
Wen Yan sat on the kang and reprimanded Zhang. It stands to reason that Zhang is a sister-in-law. Even if Mrs. Chen slipped and fell, it was not the turn of a married in-law sister to reprimand.
"Fourth sister-in-law, logically speaking, this matter is not for me to take care of as a married girl, but it is too unreasonable for you to make this matter, my mother is so old, let alone scold you a few words, it is to beat you. You have no reason to resist. ”
Zhang lowered his head and said nothing, despising in his heart. She was embarrassed to spit it out. When she first got married, the porridge was burned, and the old lady of the Duan family said a few words, and she ran home to cry. said that her mother-in-law bullied her, and forced a few brothers to go to Duan's house with shovels and sickles to vent their anger.
"You quarrel with your mother, why are you pulling me on me. Fourth sister-in-law, when you and my fourth brother got married, you didn't have a decent middle coat, or take my clothes, did I fart? Wen Yan learned from Mrs. Chen's mouth that the Zhang family used himself to make a raft that day, and his heart was full of fire.
Zhang was even more disdainful. What is it called, an old middle coat with menstrual blood that has not been washed. Let her go over and over for so many years.
Chen Xuejiao stood at the door, and as soon as she raised her eyes, she could see Zhang's facial expression. The hairpin on her head had been pulled out, leaving her bare bun behind. Presumably, the hairpin was coaxed away by the Zhao family again.
Zhang's heart was full of feelings, just because his mother-in-law twisted her waist and took on the burden, so it was difficult to refute it out loud. Zhang's is not stupid in this, Mrs. Chen looks at Wen Yan like a ball, if she refutes her sister-in-law, her mother-in-law will eat her first.
Wen Yan reprimanded him and was tired. Shut your mouth.
Chen Xuejiao stepped forward and put the Fu Tangerine Cake on the table on the kang head, and said to Mrs. Chen, "This is the Fu Tangerine Cake I bought for Grandma." ”
Mr. Chen was not at home. Mrs. Chen glanced at the Fu orange cake and said nothing.
Zhao saw that Wen Yan's mouth was dry, and he served tea, melon seeds, and cakes.
Wen Yan opened the Fu orange cake and handed it to Sister Chun, picked up a piece and held it in her hand, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, touched the upper and lower mouths, spit out the melon seeds on the ground and asked Xue Jiao: "Why didn't your mother come to serve?" ”
Chen Xuejiao couldn't get used to Wen Yan's appearance, and the married girl came to her parents' house to act as the eldest lady.
"My grandmother has always liked to serve my second aunt, and I think my mother is clumsy." Chen Xuejiao responded.
Mrs. Chen was lying on the kang with her eyes dripping, and in her heart, among the four daughters-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law was the most comfortable to serve. In the past, when she was not separated, she served herself, the mouthwash in the morning, the hot tea in the evening, everything did not fall, it was just right, and she could still be angry at her.
And now, soup is not soup, and water is not water. The second daughter-in-law she has always loved is just honey on her mouth, and if she really serves herself, she doesn't care at all.
Wen Yan doesn't like big houses, in her heart, the brothers and sisters of the Liu family in front of Old Man Chen are all a litter of wild children, and they can't be counted as the number of the Chen family. Now, Chen Xuejiao dares to argue with herself, she looks at it and starts a fire.
"Your family buys land and sells duck eggs, not to mention making a lot of money, why are you so picky on the money, how much is the Fu orange cake worth? Why don't you buy that big deal for your grandmother? Wen Yan took a bite of the Fu orange cake, his mouth was full of fragrance, but the words he said were stinky.
Zhang's saw Wen Yan take the big house as a felling son and let himself go, he couldn't help but flatter in his heart, and stepped on the big house with her in his mouth: "That's it, Xuejiao, this Fu orange cake is worth a few dollars, Baba bought two packs, and asked me to say, if you make money, you should invite your grandmother to Qingfeng Village in the town to eat hard, and buy some gold and silver jewelry in the middle of picking up." ”
Chen Xuejiao glanced at Zhang's with disdain, and said with a smile: "Where is the hairpin on the fourth aunt's head?" Could it be that it is exchanged for gold and silver to make jewelry for milk. ”
Zhang choked and couldn't speak.
Wen Yan wanted to speak, Chen Xuejiao glanced at the two bags of sugar and one bag of fruit placed on the table, she didn't look at it carefully in the carriage, but now she looks at it carefully, it is so familiar, it turns out that this is the last time Wen Yan's house, Mrs. Chen gave a return gift. The wrapped white paper was still drawn from the paper on which Qi An was writing, and the red rope on the top was still glued by Li.
"Auntie, I really love grandma, you are reluctant to eat the sugar and fruits that your grandmother gave you last time, so you brought them back to your grandmother." Chen Xuejiao said this loudly, and the eyes of the people in the room swept to the table in unison.
These words were like a loud slap in the face of Wen Yan, her face turned red, and she scolded Xue Jiao to death in her heart.
Mrs. Chen was lying on the kang, her back injury had healed for the most part, and when she saw Xue Jiao's words forcing Wen Yan, she couldn't help but sit up and point at Xue Jiao and scolded: "Dead girl, in my house, don't think that if you buy land and earn money, you will learn to climb the crab, dreaming about you." ”
Chen Xuejiao didn't answer the stubble, and said without being salty or light: "Milk still have a good rest, be careful to sprain your left waist." ”
Mrs. Chen fell back angrily.
Chen Xuejiao didn't want to entangle with them, so she turned around and walked out of the upper room. (To be continued)