"The eldest grandson who is studying at the White Horse Academy in Xuzhou Mansion is coming back, and the eldest son of Tori Zheng two days ago said that he would come back early this morning. I figured it was going to be there in a while, so I didn't get up early in the morning. Look, my clothes are made by my eldest granddaughter's clothes shop in Xuzhou Mansion, and I am usually reluctant to wear them. Early in the morning, Chen Xuejiao was woken up by Mrs. Chen's voice. Through the window lattice, I saw that Mrs. Chen was tidy up, holding her hair, wearing an autumn-colored cardigan, embroidered with pine, cypress and bamboo on the cuffs of the clothes, and chatting with her hands to Xianglian's mother and grandmother in the courtyard next door.

"Auntie, you look old and pretty when you wear this dress, I think it's even more pretty than the seventeen or eighteen-year-old daughter-in-law." Xianglian Niang's laughter creaked.

"Xianglian mother, don't say it. My eldest granddaughter said that the elderly in Xuzhou Mansion are dressed in colorful and beautiful competitions, and they usually have hairpins on their heads, but some girls wear plain clothes. Being praised by others, Mrs. Chen became even more energetic.

"What's pretty, in my opinion, it's a complete old goblin. I said sister-in-law, you have a big grandson and a big granddaughter, I don't know, I think I mean Qi An and Xue Ru, your heart is biased to the ground. Grandma Xianglian pursed her lips and said energetically.

Grandma Xianglian and Mrs. Chen are concubines, and they have never been right. Grandpa Xianglian is the younger brother of Old Man Chen, and Xianglian's father died when he was young, and thanks to the help of Xuejiao's grandmother Liu, Grandma Xianglian survived that difficult time. Grandma Xianglian misses her former sister-in-law all day long, and looks down on Mrs. Chen's treatment of the eldest Chen Zimin's family, and stabs a few words from time to time.

Hearing Grandma Xianglian say that she was eccentric, Mrs. Chen immediately darkened her face, and said in a raised voice: "Good food and drink are provided to them, where is the eccentricity." It's hard to be a stepmother, and I know that some black-hearted seeds often chew the root of the tongue behind their backs. Am I eccentric? I'm partial that he can be Chen Daxiucai? Am I eccentric? Qi An can still have books to read. ”

Seeing that a scolding fight was about to begin, Xianglian Niang hurriedly played a round and said, "Auntie, don't be angry. Qi Lin and Xue Yao are coming back, what a happy day, wouldn't it be sad to see you angry when the two of them entered the door," and then pulled down Grandma Xianglian's arm and coaxed: "Mother, the porridge at home is boiled, didn't you say that you wanted to stir-fry the vegetables yourself this morning?" Xiangtu likes to eat your fried dishes the most, you see that Xianglian has brushed the pot and is waiting for you to enter the pot house. ”

Xianglian Niang took Grandma Xianglian away like a gust of wind. Xianglian Niang is quite spicy, and she usually looks down on Mrs. Chen with her mother-in-law, but she also knows that she can't accuse Mrs. Chen of mistreating Chen Xiucai's family in person, otherwise the Li family's life will be sad. Xianglian Niang and the Li family are from the same village, they are friends of handkerchiefs, and the relationship is extremely close, she doesn't want to anger Mrs. Chen, lest this old woman be angry with the Li family.

As soon as Grandma Xianglian left, Mrs. Chen was left alone to scold and scold, until Xue Miao came to her side and didn't know how to coax her. Chen Xuejiao said that Mrs. Chen seemed to change her voice, as long as she mentioned her eldest grandson and granddaughter, her voice was soft, and she looked like a standard loving grandmother, but she would change her emphasis on the extremely bitter and mean things for Xuejiao's family.

After Xuejiao finished washing, she snuggled up to the door of the pot house to watch Li's make breakfast, and Xueru squatted at the door of the stove to cook the pot. Now the burden on Li's shoulders is heavier, Zhao is dizzy as soon as he works, Cai is pregnant, Zhang is lazy, and all the work is done by Li's hard work. Just cooking a big family's meal is enough for the Li family to be busy, I saw her quickly brush the pot, put the rice into the pot to cook porridge, and choose vegetables to wash vegetables and cut vegetables in her free time.

Eating in the countryside is simple, nothing more than a few vegetables grown in their own fields, and the Li family can make delicious and delicious food with their own hands. When I made the stewed eggplant this morning, I saw Li cut the eggplant in half and continued to cut it into thumb-sized cubes. Heat the oil in the big pot, put the green onions, ginger and garlic into the oil pan and stir-fry the fragrance, pour the eggplant into it and stir-fry quickly, the eggplant is fried and changed color, sprinkle with red pepper shreds, pour in half a scoop of water and simmer. After a while, the water in the pot dried up, and the eggplant was ripe and served on the table in a basin, and the smell of fragrance filled the yard.

Originally, the kind-hearted Li wanted to bring the leftover roast chicken that he ate yesterday to the table, but was stopped by Xue Jiao, only saying that Qi Ping was growing his body and needed to make up for it with roast chicken.

Breakfast was peaceful, and Mrs. Chen was in a good mood because her eldest grandson and granddaughter were coming, so she couldn't pick on the Li family. If it was in normal times, she either disliked the old vegetables and fried them, or she disliked putting too much salt, in short, there was no time to stop. And today she only said that the boy in Cai's belly usually paid a little attention, and did not say the rest of the words.

After breakfast, Mrs. Chen happily arranged for everyone to clean the yard, tidy up the room, and prepare food to welcome Chen Qilin and Chen Xueyao. Old Man Chen sat in the courtyard with a smile on his face, beating the freshly harvested soybean seedlings with a wooden stick, and the golden beans jumped out of the pods with one blow after another. The most excited is the Zhao family, her own pair of children are coming back, she hasn't seen her for two months, she doesn't want it to be fake, she usually gets dizzy when she works, and she rarely takes Xue Miao to clean up the house in person. Xue Miao followed Zhao from the East House to the West House, and from the West House to the courtyard, busy with her hair scattered, occasionally squinting at Xue Jiao, the whole look of pride and contempt.

Chen Xiucai took Chen Qi'an to a private school.

Xue Ru and Xue Jiao helped Li's wash dishes and brush the pot table in the pot house. Xuewa came in and helped brush the pot, and said while brushing: "The eldest aunt prepares meals for us every day, my mother can't work because she has a body, I will help the eldest aunt wash the dishes in the future." ”

Xue Jiao and Xue Ru smiled at Xue Wa. Since Xuejiao woke up, except for her brothers and sisters, she has not had much contact with other cousins in the yard, she has the impression that Xuewa is not as favored by Mrs. Chen as Xuemiao, but it is not like her own children who are teased by Mrs. Chen, and will tease Qi Ping at the dinner table and occasionally give Qi Ping vegetables. Although Cai's pushed all the work to the Li family on the grounds that she was pregnant, Chen Xuejiao did not complain about Cai's in addition to feeling unfair for her mother, although Cai's extremely shrewd family has always been wise to protect her life, but she has never embarrassed her mother, and she will also speak out when Mrs. Chen counts down the Li family. Today, Xuewa took the initiative to come over to help her mother wash the dishes, and Xuejiao had a good impression of this cousin.

"The food cooked by my aunt is so delicious." Xuewa raised her head and looked at the busy Li and said, "I don't know why grandma always says that the dishes made by my aunt are not delicious, I eat very well, every time my aunt cooks, I can eat three steamed buns, and grandma also said that I eat a lot." ”

When Li heard this, he looked outside, if he was heard by Mrs. Chen, there would be another commotion.

"Good boy, you like to eat the food cooked by your aunt, and your aunt is happy in her heart, but you can't let others hear this." Li touched Xuewa's head and said lovingly.

Xuewa stuck out her tongue at the Li family, glanced outside and said, "Don't worry, you won't let grandma hear it." ”

Li shook his head and sighed in his heart.

"Daddy Xuewa, you go to the town to cut a few catties of pork, a few catties of mutton, cut a catty of tofu, make a pot of wine, and go to Xiangfulou to buy a few catties of fruit and pastries. Miaoer loves pastries filled with bean paste, buy a few catties more. Mrs. Chen happily instructed Chen Zifu.

"I'm busy here, let Zigui go." Chen Zifu was building a pigsty on the west side of the yard, and because of a few rains in early autumn, the pigsty cracked a gap.

"Zigui doesn't know where Ye went. The pigsty is not at this time, you are building at night. Mrs. Chen said dissatisfiedly.

Hearing that his own man was asked to build a pigsty at night, Cai's felt uncomfortable. Regarding Mrs. Chen's preference for Chen Zichang's family, Cai's heart has always been resentful. She wants to suffer a loss because she doesn't have a son, but now she has a son in her belly, otherwise her family's status in her in-laws' hearts will be like the eldest family in the future.

"Mother feels sorry for her grandson, Xuewa and his father, you hurry up, it's not too late to do the work tomorrow. I have it in my stomach, and I always want to eat sour recently, so you are weighing me two catties of hawthorn cake. Cai Shi held his stomach and said loudly.

Mrs. Chen didn't like it when she heard that Cai's wanted to eat hawthorn cake, and when she thought of the sour and spicy girl, she thought that Cai's might not have a grandson in her belly, so she would eat it, anyway, it was for her grandson to eat in her stomach.

Chen Zifu agreed, went into the house to change his clothes, and took the silver from Mrs. Chen and went to the town.

"Qi Anniang, if you kill a chicken, you will kill that red-haired rooster." Mrs. Chen called Li. The chickens in the chicken pen have always been Mrs. Chen's treasure, and every day when the chickens lay eggs, she sat in the yard to guard them, lest someone steal them.

"Xuewa, you go to Da Cai Zhuang and your grandmother's house to ask for half a catty of sesame oil, hurry up and drop it. Your Brother Qi Lin likes to eat sesame oil and shallots mixed with tofu, and the sesame oil is gone at home. Old Lady Chen instructed Xuewa.

Sheva and her reluctance. Cai's also lowered his face and cursed in his heart, he was really eccentric to Erlidi, treating his eldest grandson as a big golden egg, and everyone else was grass in the field, offering delicious food and drink, which was related to his mother's family and rushed to ask for sesame oil. The more Cai thought about it, the more angry he became, so he simply lifted the curtain and entered the house.

"I'm going to put on a face, relying on the kind of I don't know what my surname is in my stomach. When you give birth to a son, you will come to give me a theory, and don't give me a face before you give birth to a son. Mrs. Chen shouted into Cai's house, in the end, her own daughter-in-law said a few words, and she wouldn't say anything, if it was Li's like this, she might not be able to make a big fuss. When Cai heard his words in the house, he secretly hated in his heart, and he could only hold back.

Xuewa came out of the pot house slowly, and Li comforted her with a good voice, telling her not to tell her grandfather that Mrs. Chen had counted Cai's words.

Li took Qi Ping to the chicken pen to catch chickens, and Xue Ru boiled hot water in the pot house to remove chicken feathers.

Mrs. Chen doesn't arrange Xue Jiao to work very much now, because Xue Jiao always talks back to her, and after talking back, Xue Jiao runs down and puts Mrs. Chen on her back angrily.

Xue Jiao didn't care that Qi Lin and Xue Yao were coming back, she went into the house to clean up, fed Hai Dongqing, filled a cloth bag with sun-dried wild chrysanthemums, and said hello to the Li family and went out.