On the first day of the new year, Chen Xuejiao's family was not easy.

Chen Xiucai's former students all came to pay New Year's greetings on this day, and they had a busy day from morning to night. Li and a few children just took a little free time to rest.

In the afternoon, there were more people, many from various villages, and it was lively until the evening, when the last group of students dispersed.

Among Chen Xiucai's students, there are only two Xiucai, three children, and the rest are children from rural families, who have studied in private schools and know a few words.

These people have a lot of respect for Chen Xiucai, and the gifts they bring are also very rich. Some people from poor families can't bring decent gifts, so they bring a piece of bacon, a grass carp, and a pork rib, and the Li family accepts them all, and of course, when they leave, they will give gifts back.

What is even more unexpected is that Chen Xiucai's former classmate, Xu Dingguo, who is now a governor, also sent a family member to give gifts.

For so many years, Baitu Town has not been raised, Xu Dingguo is not counted, although he is from Maoshan Village, but he is a Shaanxi citizen, he is an official of Shaanxi nationality, he has not come back since he left his hometown, if it were not for Chen Xiucai's occasional chance to meet, Maoshan Village people do not know that there is a court official in the village.

Chen Xiucai naturally arranged for someone to go to the town for a good treat, and Chen Xuejiao helped the Li family equip Governor Xu with a return gift, which was a native product of Xuzhou Mansion.

The day has passed.

In the evening, the family had a simple dinner.

There are vegetarian dumplings and clear porridge, and Li personally cooked a few vegetarian dishes. Gu Siyuan didn't come, so he stayed in the private school.

After everyone finished dinner, Li and Chen Xiucai asked everyone to go back to rest.

"Everyone is busy today. Thanks to Chen Xuejiao, she sent stones to book a car in advance, otherwise everyone would go to their parents' house tomorrow to visit relatives, just afraid that the car would be nervous. Li praised Chen Xuejiao a few words, the more she looked at the second daughter, the more she liked it, and there was a trace of the pride of my family's daughter. After the New Year, Chen Xuejiao was one year older. Even if it is engagement, she should be screened and screened well, and everything will be smooth in the future. The second daughter's in-law can't be compared to the eldest daughter's in-law's family, of course, the key depends on the character, it is best to be a scholar.

"For this little thing, my mother praised me for being capable." Chen Xuejiao grinned. Seeing Li's smile, he looked at himself nicely. As soon as his eyes rolled, he said, "Mother, I have flowers on my face, you always look at me." “

"No, I just think that my second daughter has grown up, not that I praise it, none of our Zhuangzi daughters are as good as Xuejiao." Li said with a smile.

Words. I was embarrassed to say that Chen Xuejiao.

Chen Xuejiao vaguely knew what Li was thinking, and suddenly felt a little depressed. I've been here for two years. has been completely integrated into this family, and from the bottom of her heart, Chen Xiucai, Li, Xueru, Qi An, and Qi Ping are relatives in the blood and bones, and it can be said that her living habits and way of thinking have gradually integrated into this era.

But the difference is that her soul is a modern person after all, and she can't live 100% according to the way of the ancients, at home, Chen Xiucai and Li are enlightened people, who can tolerate some of her whimsical ideas, and also let her participate in the family business. In addition, she is a girl, not only in her own family, but also in the entire Xuzhou Mansion, almost every household regards her daughter who has not been out of the cabinet as a coquettish guest, and she is wanton in her mother's house, even if she makes some innocuous little mistakes, her parents laugh it off, and there is nothing to worry about.

When you get married, there is another way of saying it, if you marry into an enlightened and warm family, it is better, if you marry into an old-fashioned family, it is too restrictive.

I really don't know what kind of family I will marry into and what kind of husband I will marry.

Since ancient times, raising eyebrows is a woman's good expectation for marriage, and Chen Xuejiao is no exception, she suffered betrayal in her last life, and I don't know if she will meet a wishful husband in this life.

The room was warm, and a plum blossom on the windowsill exuded a rich fragrance.

Chen Xuejiao lowered her head and thought about her thoughts, and the voices of Li and the others in her ears gradually became inaudible.

"Second sister, second sister" Chen Qiping bumped Chen Xuejiao's arm, and seeing that she didn't react, he gently pushed her hand, "Second sister, you say it's okay, you tell your mother." ”

Chen Xue retracted her thoughts violently, sighed invisibly, saw Chen Qiping looking at him with a pair of bright eyes, stroked his head and said, "What's okay?" ”

"Did the second sister just doze off just now? We didn't hear what we said. Chen Qiping pouted, glanced at Li, and pretended to be angry.

The little face of a bun was wrinkled, and the cute appearance made Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but laugh, and pinched Chen Qiping's little face: "I'm not sleepy, look at your face, give the bun the same, I'm just hungry, take a bite first and say, what do you ask me for?" ”

Li Shi looked at a pair of children and daughters, only to feel happy, pursed his lips and smiled. Talking around the fireplace at night, the house is warm, there is no shortage of food and clothing, and her husband and children are by her side, this has always been Li's simple dream, and now it has come true, she looks smiling every day.

"I stayed up so long yesterday, I didn't have much rest today, and I should have gone to sleep." Li said to Chen Xuejiao with a smile in his eyes.

Qi Ping was anxious when he heard this, and shook Chen Xuejiao's hand: "Second sister, tell your mother quickly, go to grandma's house tomorrow, I want my eldest cousin to take me to the mountains to hunt hares, but my mother doesn't agree."

As he spoke, he looked aggrieved.

It turned out to be for this, Chen Xuejiao only thought it was funny, Chen Qiping was a child after all, and he should be fun and active.

Lijiazhuang is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and in winter, the whole mountain is covered with snow. There are many wild animals on the mountain, especially wild rabbits and pheasants, which often come out to forage for food, and the people below the mountain will stay on the mountain, and when the wild animals come out, they will catch them home and make tooth sacrifices.

As early as in the wax moon, the Li family sent hares or pheasants to Chen Xuejiao's family from time to time, stewed vegetables or air-dried, the taste was particularly delicious, and it had the effect of nourishing the body.

Chen Xuejiao's family likes to eat very much.

For Chen Qiping, the greatest pleasure is not eating these wild meats. Instead, he went to the mountains to catch it himself. Although Maoshan Village is not very far away from Lijiazhuang, the environment is very different, and Lijiazhuang is backing the mountain. Maoshan Village is close to water. The winter fun of the children in Maoshan Village is water skating, and the winter fun of the children in Lijiazhuang is to go up the mountain to catch wild animals.

Chen Qiping usually doesn't have the opportunity to go to the mountains to play, but as soon as he heard that he would go to Lijiazhuang tomorrow, he came to the spirit and asked Li Danian to take him to the mountains to catch hares.

Judging from Chen Qiping's eager eyes, I am afraid that it was Li who refused his request.

"Even if your second sister intercedes, it's not okay, the mountain is windy and snowy. It's easy to catch the wind chill, not to play. Li refused Chen Qiping without waiting for Chen Xuejiao to speak.

Regarding Chen Qiping's going to the mountains to catch hares, Chen Xuejiao's opinion is the same as Li's. But she wasn't worried about the cold in the mountains. Instead, tomorrow they went to their grandmother's house to visit relatives, and it is said that in order to welcome their arrival, the three aunts all postponed their return to their parents' house for a day, even the daughter-in-law of the new year. Married in the first year. All stayed at home. If at this time, Chen Qiping went to the mountains to catch rabbits, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate. Although the Li family looks harmonious, it is inevitable that everyone will not have their own careful thoughts, especially for the eldest daughter-in-law, the man does not accompany him to visit relatives, but accompanies his cousin to catch hares in the mountains, but is afraid that she will taste it in her heart.

Of course, this is what it means. Chen Xuejiao didn't say it directly, and the Li family knew it in his heart. Back in the wax moon. Li discussed a few words with Chen Xuejiao, next year they will not choose to go to their parents' house on the second day of junior high school, anyway, it is not as good as before, they can go to Lijiazhuang at any time, there is no need to annoy their sister-in-law because of the matter of going to their parents' house in the second year of junior high school. Because the Li family also came over like this, in the past, Mrs. Chen didn't let her daughter-in-law go to her mother's house in the second year of junior high school, and wanted to stay all of them to entertain Wen Yan. By himself, the Li family did not want his sister-in-law to be dissatisfied with him.

On the second day of junior high school, Chen Xuejiao's family woke up early in the morning.

Because it was going to my grandmother's house to visit relatives, the family was dressed up very grandly.

Chen Xuejiao and Chen Xueru are both dressed in newly made garnet red jackets and skirts, with big sweaters of gray squirrel skin on the outside. Because the clothes are very eye-catching, Chen Xuejiao only combed a simple bun head, saved a simple and generous silver hair on her head, and wore a pair of golden cloves on her ears, and there were no extra ornaments in the rest.

Chen Xueru is different, because she is already engaged, she can't dress up too plainly, in addition to bright clothes, her face is covered with a layer of fine powder, and her lips are rubbed with a layer of rouge, and the whole person is just like a red plum, blooming in full swing.

Li also wore gold and silver, and the whole person was dressed up a little luxuriously, seeing that his own pair of daughters were dressed so brightly, there was a proud smile in his eyes.

"Xue Ru will still wear more bright clothes in the future, which is festive and beautiful." Li couldn't help but say.

A flush flew over Chen Xueru's face, lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled.

After a simple breakfast, the family got into the carriage.

Chen Xuejiao sat down in the carriage, lifted the corner of the curtain, and found a pair of gloomy eyes under the eaves of the upper house.

Needless to say, it was naturally Mrs. Chen.

Yesterday morning, Mrs. Chen did not speak, she was lukewarm to Chen Xuejiao's family, and even gave Chen Xuejiao a few New Year's bags at the strong request of Mr. Chen.

Yesterday, Chen Xuejiao's family did not go to the upper room for a reunion dinner, and the upper room looked as lively as the previous New Year, eating dumplings, setting off firecrackers, and sacrificing ancestors, but the loneliness behind the excitement is also an indisputable fact.

The second room family that the second old man has always valued in the upper room did not come back for the New Year, which gave them a big blow, yesterday day, the old man Chen was uncomfortable and did not go out, even the Zhuang Shangren came to the house to pay New Year's greetings, it was also Chen Xiucai and Chen Zifu two people were entertaining, from beginning to end the old man Chen did not come forward.

Now there is a lot of discussion outside about whether the second room family will come to the New Year, and there are all who say anything, some say that there is a concubine girl in the second room who flew up to the branch, and some say that Chen Zichang was hooked away by Sister Yao outside, these words reached the ears of Mrs. Chen, and she was so angry that she almost sat at the door of the room and scolded, and was scolded by Old Man Chen into the house.

This Spring Festival, the worst thing to have should be Mrs. Chen.

Listening to Xuewa, when Mrs. Chen ate Chinese New Year's Eve, she couldn't stop scolding Zhao, and in her heart, she decided that it was Zhao who instigated her son not to come back for the New Year.

The anger towards the Zhao family has not subsided, and the Duan family has sent news that Wen Yan will not return to his parents' house on the second day of the new year this year, and will accompany Mrs. Duan to visit relatives, and Mrs. Chen will pant angrily.

The big house and the third room happily went to visit relatives, which touched the heart of Mrs. Chen. When Xuewa got into the carriage, she accidentally stepped on a wild cat raised by Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen didn't dare to scold the big house now, and she couldn't get out of her breath, so she seized the opportunity to scold the third room and scolded her fiercely.

These naturally happened after Chen Xuejiao's family left.

When they arrived at Li's house, everyone was already waiting at the door.

They got out of the carriage, exchanged pleasantries, and entered the house. Seeing that the three sisters-in-law and the nephew and daughter-in-law Wang were all happy, and it didn't look like they were pretending, a stone fell to the ground in their hearts.

The men were talking outside, and the women were crowded inside, warm, and everyone sat in a place, and the head of the family, Li Jiaxiao, talked.

There was a big brazier in the middle of the room, Li Chanchan took the sweet potato and roasted it on it, peeled off the skin when it was cooked, dipped it in sugar, and handed it to Chen Xueru and Chen Xuejiao.

It was gloomy and it seemed to be snowing again, and when the meal was served, the ladies sat down to eat.

Li's next to Mrs. Li, the three sisters-in-law sat together, everyone talked while eating, the eldest daughter-in-law Qiao pointed to Li's newly made brocade jacket and said with a smile: "Your clothes are good-looking, it was brought by your brother-in-law to the south, now your family's life is getting better and better, and your sister-in-law is happy for you." ”

Li pursed his lips and smiled: "It doesn't matter if life is good or not, I just want the family to be safe." She thought for a while and said, "The child's father said that he was going to go to Saiwai in the spring, saying that the business there was easy to do." ”

Because it was the New Year, the wine was hot on the table, and the cups of several female dependents were full, and the third daughter-in-law, who had never spoken much, suddenly smiled and looked at Xue Jiao: "Xue Ru said that she is a good family, Xue Jiao also wants to say kiss, my mother's family has a distant nephew."

Chen Xuejiao's heart skipped a beat, how could the three concubines, who had always been honest, put forward such a thing now.

"Okay, where is Xuejiao's matter to worry about the concubine, and if you don't go, you're not afraid of jokes." Mrs. Li, who has always been kind, was angry at her third daughter-in-law.

The third daughter-in-law immediately silenced, swallowed the rest of the words into her stomach, and looked at Li with a pair of eyes in a panic.

The eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law glanced at each other, smiled, and played a round when it was fine: "The third brother and sister are concerned about their niece." (To be continued......)