It was sunny for three days in a row, and although the wax moon was warm, it was not warm, but it was a heart-warming thing to watch the sun shine in the yard and reflect the entire roof ridge.

As soon as you enter the wax moon, the family is busy.

Early in the morning, Chen Xuejiao followed Li to the salted duck egg shop to count the duck eggs, and ordered the stones to climb to the roof to clean up the unmelted residual snow. You must know that the most important thing to marinate salted duck eggs is drying and ventilation.

In order to ventilate, the door of the salted duck egg workshop is open all day, and on this cold day, it is better during the day, but I am afraid that the temperature will drop suddenly at night, and the jar of pickled duck eggs will freeze and crack. Therefore, Chen Xuejiao came up with a way to use sun-dried wheat straw to surround the jar, so that it is moisture-proof and insulated. After the residual snow on the roof was cleaned up, Chen Xuejiao brought in the wheat straw that had been turned over and dried two days ago, and wrapped every jar.

This kind of work could have been done in a while, but Chen Xiucai went to the town early in the morning to talk to Zheng Huozi, and Xue Ru and Jing Hao were called into the house by the Li family, saying that it was too cold outside, and the two of them had better not go out to avoid catching a cold.

Chen Xue is not feeling well when she gets up early, so she and Jing Hao stay in the house to cook tea and peel fruits.

"My sister is not feeling well, is it a cold?" It's cold outside, the charcoal fire in the house is enough, it's easy to pass the carbon, Xuejiao is afraid of heat at night, and she sleeps with half of the window open, she slept with Xueru yesterday, and she was not honest at night. Once it was warm, she kicked the quilt, and she thought that Xueru was because she had a cold, so she grabbed Xueru's arm and shook it. coquettishly said, "Good sister, it's all because I caused you to catch a cold." ”

Xue Ru has always loved Xue Jiao, and in the past, when she met Xue Jiao, she would say softly that it didn't matter, but she didn't expect Xue Jiao's voice to fall, Xue Ru's face turned red and lowered her head.

Chen Xuejiao only felt strange. looked at Jing Hao, who knew that Jing Hao also blushed.

It was Li who came over to relieve the siege, holding a bowl of smoking hot brown sugar water in his hand. Hand it to Xueru: "Drink this bowl while it's hot." ”

Chen Xueru blushed and sipped off the sugar water one by one.

Li swept Xue Ru's picturesque face, and said with a smile: "Xue Ru has grown up!" ”

Xueru's head hung even lower.

Chen Xuejiao looked at Li, then at Xueru, and suddenly realized.

Last night. I slept in a daze. In a trance, I heard Xue Ru turn over and get up. Not long after, I heard Li's footsteps hurrying over, and Chen Xuejiao was really sleepy, so she didn't get up.

In the haze, I heard Li talking to Xueru in a low voice, Xueru was drinking tea one by one, she only thought that Xueru was thirsty and wanted to drink water, which alarmed Li. He didn't think about anything else, but he didn't expect that it was Xue Rulai.

For a person who has lived in the present society. Chen Xuejiao looked at this matter very lightly, and laughed at Xueru in her heart for how she treated this matter so twisted. Thinking about it again, Xue Ru is a native of ancient times, and the first time she encounters this kind of thing, shyness is a must. Not only Xueru, but any girl in this era is the same, even if she is not shy in her heart, she must pretend to be shy on her face. Otherwise, if someone else finds out, they will say that you are not a good girl.

However, Xueru is really shy.

Chen Xuejiao pretended not to understand, and looked at the Li family with a smile: "Didn't my sister grow up a long time ago?" Why do you say that you have grown up today? ”

Li glanced at Chen Xuejiao and said angrily: "You don't understand, your sister is not feeling well today, her stomach hurts, don't mess with your sister." ”

Chen Xuejiao nodded and said with a smile: "I know, I know, these days, give my sister all the delicious food in our family, and I don't let my sister work." ”

Li was only a child of Chen Xuejiao, and he didn't understand anything, so he stretched out his finger and nodded her head: "What do you know, but you can let your sister show that you two have a deep relationship." ”

Li Shi said that he went out again, and took a lot of soft snow-white cotton cloth in his hand, which was all cotton produced in his own field, leaving the best batch of flowers, and after the scorching sun, the cotton seeds were removed, and Li personally spun them into soft cloth and dismantled them into one by one.

Xue Ru and Jing saw these cloths, and their faces turned red.

Li smiled and handed the cloth to Xueru.

She was still worried before, Xue Ru has passed fifteen, why hasn't Hua Xin come yet. Chatting with the women in the village every day, the Li family inquired about it, and the daughters of the people basically came at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and Jinghao came half a year younger than Xueru, and Xueru alone did not see any movement.

Li was worried and confused, one was worried that it was because Xue Ru did not eat well when she was a child and had no nutrients on her body, and the other was worried that Xue Ru was a stone girl. In case she is really a stone girl, how can you tell the Han family in the future that she has already been engaged to change the wedding sticker.

Especially after Xue Ru's fifteenth birthday, this incident has become a thorn in Li's heart. Last time, Zhou asked her very vaguely if Xue Rulai had gone through, but Li pretended not to understand, and passed with a smile and a sloppy eye.

Afterwards, Li became more and more worried, and she didn't return it to others, saying that she always thought about it these days, but her face and plate had lost weight, and her family thought that Li was busy with salted duck egg shops and embroidery rooms, and she was tired. Her mother, Mrs. Li, I don't know who said that Li has lost weight recently, and she also sent two fat hens to her.

At night, when I was sleeping in a daze, I heard Xue Ru calling her mother outside, opened the door and saw that Xue Ru's face was pale, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and she followed her to the inner room, and saw that there was fast blood on the bed, and Xue Ru's red pajama pants were put aside.

Xue Ru was not panicked, she usually saw the Li family change cloth and clothes. There is also Mrs. Chen who scolded Zhang's for turning over old accounts, Zhang's marriage came to menstrual on the day, there was no cloth strip, and a handful of straw was stuffed in the crotch.

Li smiled when he saw the blood on Xueru's pants, and a stone in his heart fell to the ground, and that morning, before going to sweep the snow on the salted duck egg shop, he killed one of the two fat hens and stewed it for Xueru to make up for her body.

At this time, the fragrance of chicken wafted all over the yard, and the Li family was in the mountains. The chickens are raised in the mountains and grow up eating insects, so the chickens are tender and fragrant. Chen Xuejiao swept the roof. He took a deep breath, and his nose was filled with the rich taste of chicken soup.

Chen Xiucai was not there, Xue Rujing was ready for breakfast, and Qi An followed Xiucai to the town. Only Li, Shishi, Xuejiao, and Qi Ping are working, Xue Jiao is a girl, Qi Ping is young, and two people can only do the work of one adult.

Chen Zifu went home after selling tofu. and Cai's and Xuewa's busy with Chen Xuejiao's family racing straw. Chen Zifu was careful, climbed onto the roof again, and swept the water on it again.

Chen Xuejiao saw Zhang tiptoeing and taking the two eggs and three eggs to the pot house.

"Snow Ru. Why is the rice so fragrant, can you give your cousin something to eat? Zhang stuck his head into the pot house.

Xue Ru was stirring the chicken soup, and the flavor emitted was even stronger, and Zhang's saliva was about to come down.

"This is the hen my grandmother gave to my mother." Chen Xueru has a thin skin. I don't know how to reject people. Because I had to say it euphemistically.

"Your family gave your grandmother's family a lot of things this year, and last time I saw your uncle's car, there was mutton, satin and pastries, and your grandmother's family didn't lose a chicken for you..."

Xue Ru's face flushed.

Chen Xuejiao was unhappy when she heard this, she lived in a courtyard, and when this word spread, she really thought that the Li family had looted a lot of things in the big house.

"Fourth aunt, didn't you wipe your teeth early in the morning? How to say it is so black and white. Which eye did I see what we had given my grandmother's house. Why didn't you see it when my grandma gave us things, and we didn't split up. Who gave us fruits, walnuts, and pork every year, and they didn't go into your stomach? Chen Xuejiao said it very unhappily, because when the Zhang family went to the big pot house, Chen Xuejiao saw Mrs. Chen standing behind the curtain in the upper room.

As soon as Chen Xuejiao's words came out, Mrs. Chen quietly entered the upper room.

Zhang's face was sneering: "I didn't say anything...... Didn't say anything? I mean your grandmother's family has a good relationship with your family. ”

"Whether we have a good relationship with my grandmother's family or not, it doesn't matter to you, you better take care of yourself." As soon as Chen Xuejiao closed the door of the pot house, she turned Zhang out.

Today's breakfast was very hearty, in addition to the chicken soup, there was also a stack of leek egg vermicelli pancakes, a plate of salted duck eggs, and a plate of sauce radish.

After a busy morning and sweating, Chen Xuejiao went into the house to change her clothes and came out again. Jing Hao had already taken out the dishes and chopsticks from the cabinet, and everyone was full of soup in front of them, one of the two chicken legs was given to Xue Ru, and the other was given to Qi Ping.

Chen Xuejiao drank a mouthful of chicken soup, ate a mouthful of pancakes, and a bowl of belly, and her whole body was warm, not to mention ironing.

After breakfast, Li gave Xuejiao, Xueru, and Jing several discussions about going to Xuzhou Mansion. In fact, it was mainly for Chen Xuejiao to discuss, and Xueru and Jinghao listened beside her.

The image of the medicine king embroidered for the grandmother of Dingfu was completed yesterday, and everyone planned to go to Xuzhou Mansion today, but Xueru suddenly came to Huaxin, and Li was worried that it would be cold on the road, and Xueru couldn't help it.

“…… Otherwise, I won't go, I'll stay and look after the house. Chen Xueru smiled apologetically at Li.

Chen Xuejiao knew that Xueru wanted to go by herself.

In such a prosperous place as Xuzhou Mansion, they went to pray for Chen Xiucai once in September, but they only took a trip to see the flowers.

Chen Xueru proposed that she did not go to Xuzhou Mansion for another reason, that is, she was already engaged, and the betrothed girl was different from a girl of Chen Xuejiao's age, she couldn't go out at will, she couldn't go shopping at will, and the shops in the town and the salted duck egg workshop at home would not be supported by the Li family, let alone going to Xuzhou Mansion.

Now Xueru spends most of her time in the house, tidying up the house, doing needlework, embroidering wedding dresses, and taking care of the family's food.

However, the opportunity to go to Xuzhou Mansion is indeed rare. Besides, how many years can Xueru spend at home? The Han family has been urging her to pass the door, and it would be a pity if she didn't go with everyone this time.

"Sister Xueru is not going, and I will not go either, I will accompany Sister Xueru at home." Jing Hao said to Li with a smile.

"That's not good, then Sister Ai still wants to see you." Li said.

Sister Ai sent someone to inquire about the progress of the embroidery, and the person who sent it was still the most powerful Mama Wu beside Sister Ai. Mama Wu was amazed when she saw Jinghao's craftsmanship, and when she went back to talk to Sister Ai, Sister Ai wanted to see Jinghao.

Jing Hao has never shown her face, she is a girl, Li and Chen Xiucai are not allowed, the cute sister is extremely sincere, and she has been invited again and again, and two days ago, she also sent someone to send a post in the heavy snow, and invited Chen Xuejiao and Chen Xueru as well. They sincerely invited, and Li and Chen Xiucai discussed it and agreed.

If Jinghao and Xueru don't go, then there will be only one Xuejiao, and for a young lady like Sister Ai, who comes out of a big family, I'm afraid that it will save people's face.

"Mother, I think it's better to let my sister go." Chen Xuejiao said with a smile, "The weather has been good these days, at least there is no wind." Let's hire a big car, put a felt blanket and quilt in the middle, put on a few thick clothes, and prepare more boiling water, my sister is the warmest to sit in. It's that when we arrive at Xuzhou Mansion, it is inconvenient for my sister to go shopping, so we can let my sister take a carriage and see which store has something to buy, and pull it over directly. ”

Li thought for a while, Xue Ru This is the first time, what he is afraid of is being cold, if he doesn't let her dip in cold water and pour cold wind. Thinking like this, she sighed, after all, it was the mother's sister who thought about her thoughtfully, if you go out and go to your mother-in-law's house, your mother-in-law is liking you, then you can't take Qiao during menstruation, even if you don't dare to show the slightest discomfort on your face.

"That's okay, just follow what Xuejiao said, hire two cars, one for our mother, and one for your father and your brother." Li's gaze at Xue Ru softened more and more, and finally sighed, "Only my own family loves my own daughter." ”

After making sure that everyone was going, Li hurriedly ordered Shi Shi to hire a car in the town. Seeing that the New Year is getting closer and closer, many families in the town go to Xuzhou Mansion to do New Year's goods, and the carriage is very nervous at this time every year, so it is good to settle down early.

"Mother, do you think it's appropriate for us to go to Dingfu without any gifts or something?" Chen Xuejiao reminded Li.

Li slapped his thigh, but he forgot about this stubble. Although it is an embroidered statue for others, people have made a formal post, and if they don't bring some gifts, I'm afraid they will be talked about.

But there is a lady in Dingfu, I haven't seen anything, I really don't know what to give.

Lee frowned.

"Mother, I see that my sister is not short of food and drink, why don't we send a few embroideries, and send a basket of salted duck eggs, I think she can't come out of Dingfu, and I see some gadgets in Xuzhou Mansion, buy a few and give them to her." Chen Xuejiao snapped her fingers and said.

"I'll see it." Li Shi glanced at Xue Jiao with appreciation.

After discussing for a while, everyone decided to go to Xuzhou Mansion early tomorrow morning. (To be continued......)