When I arrived at Han's house, I just got off the carriage and saw a woman in her thirties who was wearing an autumn-colored gown, combing a low snail bun, with a long face and fair skin, and looked about the same age as the Li family.

Xue Jiao guessed that this was Han Xingjian's mother Zhou.

Sure enough, Zhou stepped forward and grabbed Qi Ping with one hand, and Xue Jiao with the other, and said with a smile: "But I look forward to you, you don't usually come to play at home, these days I took Bi Tao to my grandmother's house, and I didn't have the time to go to Maoshan Village to see you", and took Xue Ru's hand to look at Xi Zizi carefully, "Xue Ru, this child is getting more and more handsome, I heard that your embroidery is getting better and better."

It seems that Zhou is a generous person with extremely sharp language. ”

Xue Ru blushed when she heard Zhou praise herself.

Seeing Jing Hao standing behind Xue Ru, knowing that she had no mother, he took Jing Hao's hand and looked at it carefully for a while, and said in a loving tone: "Jing Hao is also here, and when I arrive at our house, it will be the same as at your uncle's house, looking at you like this, my heart hurts as much as your aunt." ”

Xue Jiao, Qi An, Qi Ping, Xue Ru, and Jing Hao respectively gave Zhou's salutes.

Seeing Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang standing with Han Xingjian, Zhou was stunned, he heard Han shopkeeper say that there were two guests from the capital living in Qingfeng Village, and they must be the two sons in front of him.

Han Xingjian took Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang to give Zhou's gift, saying that it was a friend who lived in Qingfengzhuang, and Zhou's greeting was refreshing.

Qi An brought down a bunch of things from the carriage, a bag of cornmeal, a basket of peanuts, a basket of soybeans, and two bundles of greens. These things are all from their own land, and they are gifts that the Li family secretly brought to the Han family without the help of Mrs. Chen, and a few children will not be empty-handed when they go to the Han family.

"This is something from the ground, and it's not a good thing, this year's harvest is not bad, my mother specially brought a taste to my mother." Xue Jiao pointed to something on the ground and said with a smile.

The Zhou family knew the situation of the Chen family, and it must have taken a lot of trouble for the Li family to bring these things to their house, so he smiled and said: "What to bring, just a few of your children can come, your mother is good lately, and she has time to come to the house to see and talk to me." ”

Xue Jiaojiao said coquettishly: "Knowing that my mother is not rare These things are my mother's heart." Thank you for your concern."

Zhou saw that Xue Jiao was becoming more sensible, and couldn't help but take her hand again.

"Oh, you look at me, I patronized and talked, and I forgot to invite you into the door", Zhou Shi held his forehead and glanced back at Han Xingjian, "Xingjian, this kid doesn't know how to remind me", and smiled at Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang, "I'm so happy to see you children, and I hope Gu Gongzi and Huang Gongzi will forgive me." “

Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang followed Xuejiao Qi'an's same name, calling Zhou's Aunt Han.

A group of people crowded into Han's house. Han's house is in the northeast corner of the town, it is a three-entry courtyard house facing south, with blue bricks and red tiles, two cute stone lions lying at the door, and the wormwood of the Dragon Boat Festival is also inserted on the big red door. Walking into the courtyard, the courtyard is square and very spacious, and there is a large water tank in the middle of the yard. The yard was paved with cobblestones, surrounded by cabbage and robes, and the summer loofah shelves and carob sedan chairs had not been pulled out, and the northeast corner of the yard was covered with a chicken pen fence and a few old hens sleeping on the wall.

"Grandma Han is still as idle as before, and she has grown so many vegetables." Xue Ru said with a smile.

"Who's to say no, they still have chickens. Your grandmother doesn't want to enjoy Qingfu, so she likes to grow vegetables and raise chickens, and your uncle doesn't let her do this thing and wants to go back to the village to live, and we have to let her. Zhou mentioned that the mother-in-law spoke in a cheerful tone, and it seems that this is a pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who have a good relationship.

"Milk is diligent." Xue Jiao praised a few words.

"Oh, you're here. If you don't come again, the sun will set in the west. With a delicate voice, a crimson figure came out from under the rose shelf, and a gust of wind blew in front of Xue Jiao.

Presumably this is Bi Tao, I saw that she was eleven or twelve years old, wearing a scarlet shirt, combing a double Luo bun, obliquely inserting a white hosta of camellias, two dimples on her round face, smiling sweetly at everyone, and her big eyes were very cute.

Xue Jiao had a good impression in her heart.

"Oh, Xue Jiao hasn't seen you for a long time, why didn't you come to see me last time you went to Qingfeng Village." Bi Tao held Xue Jiao's arm and shook it.

Xue Jiao looked at her and just smiled, presumably, the deity was very familiar with her.

"And Sister Xueru, I went to Maoshan to see you, but you didn't come to see me once. By the way, I liked the handkerchief you gave me last time. Bi Tao let go of Xue Jiao and pulled Xue Ru's arm, "I see that the embroidery of the veil is complicated, and I like that peach blossom, and I should be my name." I guess it was your aunt's cousin who you mentioned last time who taught you. “

Xue Ru smiled and looked at Bi Tao, Xue Jiao pushed Jing Hao out to meet Bi Tao, Bi Tao called again and again: "Beautiful like a fairy, even more beautiful than Sister Xue Ru", and said to Han Xingjian: "Brother, do you say yes." ”

made Han Xingjian, Xue Ru, and Jing Hao blush.

"This crazy girl, no one is right." Zhou pointed at Bi Tao's nose in disgust.

Han Xingjian introduced Huang Sanlang and Gu Siyuan to Bi Tao, and Bi Tao bowed generously.

Entering the main house, Han Xingjian's grandmother was chopping cabbage and mixing chicken food, and when she saw Xue Jiao and other hula people, she hurriedly stopped, as if she was happy.

Zhou asked the little girl who was waiting next to Grandma Xingjian to bring the chicken food outside.

Xue Jiao and Grandma Han greeted each other, and Zhou instructed another girl to set up a fruit plate. The little girl brought a plate of oranges, a plate of fragrant pears, a plate of rose cake, a plate of peanuts, and served tea to the guests one by one.

Mrs. Han was full of energy, wearing a homely gown with cyan embroidery, and her gray hair was tied in a bun, which was neat and neat.

Mrs. Han also had a loud voice, and took Xue Jiao's hand and said: "Poor thing, your ruthless grandmother is going to sell you, I heard that some time ago it hit the wall and hurt me", and said, "Your mother is a good person, if you follow my temper, I'm afraid that I will touch a knife and fuck the old woman, your grandma is so spicy but gave birth to a girl who is so sexually good as your mother." ”

Mrs. Han didn't care about what she wanted, and what she wanted to say, and the anxious Zhou Shi made eyes with her. Xue Jiao likes Mrs. Han's personality very much, pungent and refreshing, and reasonable.

"I'm sorry for you." Xue Jiao said with a smile.

"Jing Hao, it's the first time I've seen you, it's Wenying's child, Wenying is a good boy, who doesn't boast about it in ten miles and eight towns, it's pitiful to go so early." When he mentioned Wen Ying, he shed tears. provoked Jing Hao's eyes to turn red, Mrs. Han slapped her face, pulled off the gold bracelet on her wrist and put it on Jing Hao's wrist and said: "Jing Hao looks neat, she looks good when she wears this bracelet, but I can't wear it from an old woman's family." Good boy, it's all bad milk, which makes you cry. ”

Jing looked at the bracelet and was startled, and hurriedly wanted to take it off, Mrs. Han held Jing Hao's hand and said, "Take it, don't take it off." ”

Seeing Xue Ru sitting next to him, he took Xue Ru's hand and looked at it carefully from top to bottom, smiling toothlessly: "Xue Ru is getting more and more handsome, I don't know whose kid will marry you in the future." The chrysanthemum pillow you made for me last time, I was comfortable on the pillow, and my eyes were getting better soon, and I thought how good it would be for you to be my granddaughter-in-law. As he spoke, he looked at Han Xingjian and smiled.

Han Xingjian's face had already turned the color of pork liver, and Xue Ru's face was also red. Xue Jiao thought, Mrs. Han was really bold enough to speak, and this was in front of a group of young men.

Zhou coughed lightly and said, "The little girl's face is tender, so let's say something else." As he spoke, he comforted Xue Ru with his eyes, stood up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see what I've cooked today." ”

After Zhou left, he left a group of juniors to talk with Mrs. Han, who likes to be lively when she is old, and Mrs. Han pulls this one and that one and talks non-stop.

Xue Ru gave a new autumn fragrant forehead to Mrs. Han, and the old lady happily pulled off the jasper hairpin on her head and inserted it on Xue Ru's head and said: "Look at how intimate this girl is, I thought about making a forehead wipe, Bi Tao, this girl can't do needlework, but Xue Ru thought of it and brought it to me today." Look at this embroiderer, how handsome. ”

Xue Ru practiced her excuses, lest she say something shy. But Bi Taojiao smiled and helped Xue Ru to form a circle, hugging Mrs. Han and coquettish: "Milk, I like to say that other people's granddaughters are intimate, but I am not intimate, it seems that I accompany my grandmother day and night is not as good as wiping my forehead." ”

Mrs. Han hugged Bi Tao and said with a smile: "You girl, do you say that Sister Xue Ru is good, it is better to let her come to the house to be your companion in the future." ”

Xuejiao was dizzy for a while, Mrs. Han took a fancy to Xueru and wanted Xueru to be her granddaughter-in-law. Seeing that Xue Ru's face was crimson, Han Xingjian secretly glanced at Xue Ru's face and the blush on her face did not fade.

Mrs. Han looked at Gu Siyuan, Huang Sanlang, and Qi An, beckoned the two and three to eat the fruit, and asked Gu Siyuan and Huang Sanlang's family carefully. The two sons of Gu Huang and the two sons see dignified and subtle noblewomen or daughters every day, and the old lady in the countryside who they saw for the first time was Mrs. Chen, who was so vulgar that they felt incredible, but Mrs. Han felt cute like this. When Mrs. Han saw Qi Ping's tiger-headed appearance, she hugged her arms and asked for warmth.

Mrs. Han saw that Jinghao and Xue Ru both gave bracelets and hairpins, leaving Xue Jiao alone, and after thinking about it, she gave Xue Jiao the Hetian jade ring on her hand, Xue Jiao saw that Mrs. Han was sincere and smiled and thanked her.

Xue Jiao and Mrs. Han chatted, and when it came to selling tea eggs and embroidery on the street today, Mrs. Han listened with relish.

“…… I often make your tea eggs and eggs, and I often cook the ham recipe you told Lao Miao about last time, I eat it well, and it's hard for you to come up with such a delicate dish. ”

Hearing that Xue Ru was selling embroidery, he made up his mind to recognize this granddaughter-in-law. Mrs. Han dragged the growth of the shopkeeper Han, and now the shopkeeper Han has earned a small family business, and she uses a little maid without worrying about food and clothing. Back then, the shopkeeper Han also made his fortune by selling flatbread fritters at a stall, and now Xueru has also sold embroidery, thinking that he is a hard-working person. Old Lady Han thought like this, staring at Xue Ru with a smile and not seeing her eyes.

“…… Next time I made tea eggs, I will definitely send them to you. Xue Jiao said.

"Okay, okay, I'll wait." Mrs. Han began to sigh, "Chen Xiucai's children are good, Chen Xiucai is also a hard-working baby, and there is a stepmother above him who suppresses him everywhere." He took Qi An's hand and said, "When Qi An is admitted to Xiucai, it will be good to be an official and a slaughterer in the future." ”

Qi An was embarrassed to say it.

While we were chatting, a little girl said it was time for lunch. So the group surrounded Mrs. Han to the flower hall outside to eat, Zhou took the cook to set the meal, Xue Jiaoxue Rujing wanted to come forward to help, and was pressed by Zhou to sit on the chair.

The meal was prepared very richly, and there was a "Twenty-four Bridge Bright Moon Night". Xue Jiao has not eaten this dish since she "invented" it, because ham is expensive and troublesome to make, so she has never made it at home.

At one moment, the guests and hosts sat down, Bi Tao was lively, talking and laughing at the dinner table, Mrs. Han and Zhou's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law tried their best to pick up vegetables for Xuejiao's children, but they were afraid that the hospitality would not be good. Yan Yan laughed at the whole meal, Xuejiao likes such a family atmosphere. There is an old lady who looks like a living treasure, a cool housewife, simple and lovely peach, on the other hand, in the Chen family, every time she eats, she has to observe Mrs. Chen's face, tired and depressed.