Li is a gentle person, and she makes a good soup, as soon as she enters the pot house, she unconsciously stops most of the work, and Zhao's whole person is a lot easier.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Chen's inattention, Zhao quietly walked out. Just lit the fire, choked on a mouthful of smoke, and his hands and face were black, so he quickly hid next to the pillar of the salted duck egg workshop when he was free, and ordered the maid Cui'er to fetch water to scrub her.

After shouting for a long time and not seeing Cui'er's shadow, Xue Miao came over and said, "Cui'er and Lu'er's pair of little hooves were taken to the door by the milk. ”

Mrs. Chen doesn't like to go out, and she still takes a maid with her when she goes out this time, but she is afraid that she will go out to show off. When Zhao heard that his mother-in-law had gone out, he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped his face, and pinched his arm against the pillar.

Xue Miao watched her mother take off her hairpin ring beautiful clothes, wearing the old blue cloth shirt from before, wrapping an old headscarf on her head, and her face was dusty, and her whole person was dusty, no different from an ordinary peasant woman.

"My mother went into the stove and dressed like this, but my aunt was wearing a Shu brocade." Xue Miao saw that the Zhao family was dressed like this, and she couldn't bear it.

"Wang Ba Lamb got up, if she wasn't in the limelight, where would your grandmother think of letting me cāo hold the big dishes for the festival, I think she is hearted. Hmph, don't think that you have two stinky money in your hands and you are satisfied, this time the man came back alive, and the next time he may die outside. Zhao took a sip on the ground, she had already heard that the big house was developed, she didn't care, but she didn't expect that when she came back, the big house was not only new clothes and new pants, but the jewelry on Li's head was also an uncommon new style, and even the little guy was called, and she couldn't help but be jealous. Hearing Xue Miaocai mention Li's dress, she scolded secretly.

Originally, Zhao's life fell on Li's head, but Li didn't care. I always have to eat, it's just like this twice a year, and it's the biggest task to make do with the festival and make Old Man Chen happy.

The Li family is kind-hearted, thinking that a large family lives in a house, although everyone thinks a lot, there are also bumps. It's noisy, but it's not a big contradiction. Except for that time, the second room calculated Xuejiao. But after that, he didn't do anything out of the ordinary, Li is a person who doesn't care much about everything, the matter is over, you don't mess with me. I can't afford to mess with you.

But she didn't know. Zhao already hated himself.

Today's August Festival, the private school is closed, and Qi An and Qi Ping naturally don't have to go to school. Usually Li and Chen Xiucai are stricter with Qi An, even Mu Xiu still has to read and endorse, while Qi Ping is much more relaxed, first, he is young, and secondly, he is not expected to be an official, so he never restrains him.

Qi Ping is playing with the big egg. In his hand is a multicolored yo-yo, which was hit by a stone from the south. The characters in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are depicted above, and Qi usually takes them out from time to time to fight with the big egg.

Qi An stood in the shade of a tree on the north side of the vegetable garden and read, and the sound of reading loudly spread throughout the courtyard.

"If you live in a temple, you are worried about the people; Far away from the rivers and lakes, you are worried about it. It is a worry about advancing and a worry about retreating. But when will it be? It must be said that "the worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy"

Chen Qi'an was reciting Fan Zhongyan's "The Story of Yueyang Tower", and the cool and mellow voice reached Zhao's ears very harshly, and he looked at Chen Qi'an coldly, and saw that Chen Qi'an was wearing a light cyan shirt, his eyebrows were resolute, and he was very focused on reciting with his hands behind his back, and his heart was as uncomfortable as a hornet sting.

"At most, he is a showman all his life, and like his father, he can't climb up the high branches anymore." Zhao sneered in the direction of Qi An.

"Just by him, it's not worth lifting shoes for my brother, my brother is the head of the case this year, Chen Qi'an only got more than 30 people, how can he compare with his brother." Xue Miao disdainfully echoed the Zhao family.

When it comes to his son, Zhao's heart is like drinking a big bowl of ice mung bean soup on a hot day, and his limbs are full of comfort. When her son earns fame, she is still afraid of Mrs. Chen's old pious woman.

Mrs. Chen took Cui'er and Lu'er around outside, and blossomed in the envy of everyone. Although there is usually a daughter-in-law waiting, but in the end the daughter-in-law is not a subordinate, I didn't expect to live at such a young age, and I can still be called by two subordinates in vain, and the two maids call the old lady one by one in the crowd, not to mention how wonderful the taste is.

"Milk is here, mother, you hurry up and go to the pot house to make a show." Xue Miao heard Old Lady Chen's cough and reminded Zhao in a low voice.

As soon as I heard that my mother-in-law was back, my already upset heart became even more frizzy at this time, but I was afraid that my mother-in-law would find out that I was lazy, so I had to tiptoe through the flower shelf and walk towards the pot house.

"Second daughter-in-law, don't you cook well and wander around the yard?" Mrs. Chen's eyes were sharp, and as soon as she entered the door, she caught Zhao's hurried vegetable garden and walked through.

"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law, it's a little solution" Zhao's face turned red and he held back a sentence.

"You Xiaoxiao? You're not the hairy kid who pulls after eating, and that little bit of urine will suffocate you. You go and relieve yourself, the thatched house is in the south, what are you doing in the north, look at your arrogant appearance, don't think I'm blind and can't see, I will know when I smell the water in your heart. Mrs. Chen scolded regardless of it.

This daughter-in-law is getting more and more slippery, so she has to have a good time.

"Milk, my mother just helped me wash the pen and ink, she was afraid that you would say that I was so old that I wouldn't even wash the pen and ink myself, so I panicked" Qi Lin appeared under the eaves of the upper house to relieve the Zhao family.

Washing pen and ink is not washed in the well on the east side of the yard, but deviates to the north? It's really when Mrs. Chen is blind.

However, this time Mrs. Chen did not pursue it, in front of everyone, she also wanted to give her eldest grandson a little face, and immediately scolded Zhao: "After washing the pen and ink, hurry up and cook." ”

When Zhao arrived at the pot house, she saw that Li was busy with Cai's, Xuejiao, Xueru, Jinghao, and Xuewa, she stood for a while and didn't know where to intervene, and was afraid that Mrs. Chen would suddenly enter the pot house, so she looked at a handful of leeks in Xuejiao's hand and said: "You children don't pick vegetables carefully, be careful not to mix the dead leaves into it, Xuejiao, you get up, I'll pick leeks." ”

Mouths spoke. She already grabbed a handful of leeks in her hand, and Xue Jiao didn't speak, smiling at her. pushed a basket of leeks over: "Then there is a second aunt Lao." ”

Zhang's was boiling the pot, and when he saw that Zhao was lazy outside, he was not satisfied for a long time, and saw that Zhao's single pick up light work, while he was burning the fire with a disgraced face, his heart suddenly became angry, and he sneered: "The second sister-in-law will pick up that Qiao Zong'er." I remember that my mother asked you to cook a big dish in the morning, why did you only pick vegetables and not cook. ”

The Zhao family didn't look down on the Zhang family in the first place, and when she heard her say this, she immediately retorted: "I'm not as good as you." Even porridge can be burned in the morning. ”

Zhang Shi exploded when he heard this: "The second sister-in-law must have eaten everything and seen everything in Xuzhou Mansion, where is a bowl of porridge rare, I think the second sister-in-law will definitely be able to make new dishes, sister-in-law, don't help her cook." Let her do it herself. ”

Mid-Autumn Festival of Reunion. The other concubines and men are all at home, but Chen Zigui is not there, Zhang's body is dry at night, and he seems to stay up until dawn, and he is more and more annoyed with Zhao, it must be this flamboyant girl, instigating Chen Zichang not to let Chen Zigui go home.

"Alright, don't make any noise. It's a big holiday, and it's weird and boring. "If you count on the Zhao family and the Zhang family. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat the reunion dinner of the Chen family tomorrow, and the Li family was troubled by the two of them, so she came out with the momentum of the eldest sister-in-law.

Zhao and Zhang glared at each other a few times, and then buried themselves in their work.

After Li's arrangement, a sumptuous reunion dinner was laid out, with eight hot dishes, six stir-fried dishes, six cold dishes, and bowls and plates spread all over the table.

The Li family made an extra dish of stuffed duck with bamboo sun, accompanied by two boxes of lotus paste mooncakes from the south, and sent it to Aunt Jia. Today's August Festival, the Huang family and the Jia couple spent together, and the Li family was afraid of being rude, so after thinking about it, he added four more fresh fruits and let the stone be served.

In the evening, a bright moon hung high in the sky, and the silver light sprinkled the entire courtyard.

Mr. Chen was in a good mood and shouted that he wanted to have a reunion dinner by admiring the moon outside, so everyone removed the table in the room again, carried it outside to two tables and put together a table, and went to the neighbor's house to borrow a few chairs.

"Bring out the wine I brought." Chen Xiucai said to Qi An.

Qi An responded, and moved out a jar of pear blossom brew from the north wing, Chen Xiucai opened it and personally poured a cup for Old Man Chen, and seeing that there was no cup in front of Old Lady Chen, he raised his voice and said to Li: "Put a cup for my mother." ”

Mrs. Chen glanced at Chen Xiucai, showed a rare smile, buckled the table and said, "I'll have a drink for the festival today." ”

Chen Xiucai took a piece of fruit wine from Li's hand again and poured it for Mrs. Chen, this wine is the same as honey, which is most suitable for female dependents. Mrs. Chen thought that the big house gave few rituals, so she turned around during the day to inquire about what things she gave to Li's mother's family, but she didn't ask about the ugly people, so she was angry, but she couldn't bear it.

Old man Chen instructed his wife early in the morning: "...... It's rare for the whole family to get together, and if it's a big holiday, you don't have nothing to do. The boss easily escaped death and returned home, and gave you silver, and gave you jewelry, and gave you a thick etiquette, we can't find a second home in the whole village, eat at night, don't hang your face, you should smile, you should talk, kiss and have a family. ”

Even though Mrs. Chen was unhappy in her heart, she agreed with a cold face because she had something in her heart, but she chewed the root of Zhao's tongue behind her back: "I am the stepmother, I am not a person inside and out, and the old man looks down on people, if I am narrow-minded, I can still tolerate them until now." ”

Mrs. Chen scolded and scolded, still smiling at the dinner table.

This evening, Chen Zichang and Mrs. Chen whispered, complaining that Xue Yao controlled him strictly, and he didn't worry about handing over the shop to him, and now he sent a housekeeper to manage the accounts, guarding him and Chen Zigui everywhere, and spending money is not as convenient as before. One line complained and one line said that Mrs. Chen did not complain about Xue Yao's wrong, but called Zhao to scold her. Mrs. Chen's mind is simple, she thinks that Xue Yao will definitely not treat her father so harshly, and it must be the second daughter-in-law who has a demon moth in the middle. Since beating Chen Zichang and Qingbi, I am afraid that the Zhao family is angry in his heart, and he can seize the opportunity to toss Chen Zichang vigorously.

Mrs. Chen never thought that her son was at fault, and if there was a mistake, it must have been instigated by her daughter-in-law. Zhao was scolded for no reason, because of yesterday's incident, he didn't dare to open his mouth, his heart hurt angrily, and he secretly hid in the room and cried.

It was Chen Zichang who stopped the old lady's scolding: "Mother scolded Qi Linniang for what she did, my business was originally Xueyao's, and now people and money are in the hands of that dead girl, and I have no capital if I want to do a big business." I heard that the boss is developed, yesterday I took the opportunity to have dinner with him, I wanted to ask him to borrow a few capital, I also went out to follow him to run the goods, I estimated that he was still talking about the past, and he was only sloppy to me, and he didn't tell the truth. ”

"What, you're asking for the boss?" Old Lady Chen's eyes widened.

"Mother, listen to me......" Chen Zichang whispered carefully in Mrs. Chen's ear, and Mrs. Chen couldn't help nodding her head when she heard it.

……

Mrs. Chen thought about what Chen Zichang said during the day, so she had to give up an old face and come out, and personally sandwiched a chicken nugget for Chen Xiucai, feeling bitter in her heart, with a smile on her face: "Boss, you are running a boat outside, full of hunger, my heart as a mother is really not good...... Now that you've come back safely, my heart is so happy."

Chen Xiucai smiled silently.

Hearing this, Chen Xuejiao stopped picking up the dishes, and couldn't help but look up at Mrs. Chen, Chen Xiucai has been at home for so long, and she only said these words now. If he really cared about Chen Xiucai, when the news of Chen Xiucai's shipwreck came, she would not have tried her best to instigate the Li family to remarry.

There must be a demon in the abnormal, and if you look down, you will know what kind of medicine Mrs. Chen is selling in the gourd.

Old Man Chen glanced at Mrs. Chen appreciatively, and it seemed that his wife had listened to his words.

As soon as Mrs. Chen started talking, Chen Zichang followed the words and said: "Big brother, you don't know, at that time, when the news of your death came out, I went to the yamen every day in Xuzhou Mansion to inquire about the news, and the shoes were worn out two pairs, so I said that the eldest brother has a big life, and sure enough, not only is it okay, but also brings so much family wealth." ”

Chen Zichang slapped Chen Xiucai's ass sentence by sentence.

Without waiting for others to speak, Mrs. Chen took over the conversation: "You can't write a single word Chen, although you are separated, boss, you are a member of the Chen family." Boss, as the saying goes, you need fathers and sons to fight a war, why don't you take your brother to the outside to see, the two of you brothers take care of each other, it's better than a lonely road in the south and north of the world, no matter how bad it is, you can still help you run errands and collect the bills. ”

It's shameless, Chen Xuejiao and Li glanced at each other.

Originally, Chen Xiucai might have agreed, but this time, he took the wine cup and took half a glass of wine one by one, and then said with a smile: "Where did the second brother hear that I made a fortune, and you are also a person who runs a shop outside, if the money is so easy to make, you don't have to follow me to run the goods." If it is true to say that making money is true, three dollars and five dollars are also considered to be earning, my life is big, and the money I earn is only enough to eat and drink, as for thousands of dollars, it is no longer possible. I originally planned to let the second brother run the goods together, but I heard that the second brother and the third brother were set up together. ”

Seeing that Chen Xiucai revealed his man's shortcomings in and out of his words, the Zhao family couldn't care about it anymore, and stood on the united front with Mrs. Chen, picked up the wine glass and said: "Big brother, don't listen to that villain's nonsense, they are jealous of our family's life getting better and better, Hu Zou." ”

Chen Xiucai didn't answer this conversation, and took a dish of peanuts in front of him, and put them in his mouth one by one.

Old Mrs. Chen and Chen Zichang's faces turned white, and they secretly scolded Chen Xiucai in their hearts for not entering.

Seeing that the atmosphere was cold, Li wanted to play a round, put down his chopsticks and said to everyone: "I'll go and see if the melons and fruits have been washed, and the banquet will be withdrawn, everyone will eat melons and fruits and enjoy the moon." (To be continued......)