Wen Yan didn't need to be greeted, he walked into the hall by himself, stomped his feet, glanced at the brazier by the table of the Eight Immortals, and rolled up his sleeves: "It's still warm in the sister-in-law's house, and the eldest brother hasn't come yet?" ”

Chen Xuejiao rolled her eyes at her in her heart, and just said that she met Chen Xiucai in the town, but she forgot about this stubble in a blink of an eye.

"Didn't my aunt just say that she met my father in the town and went to the second aunt's house?" Chen Xuejiao smiled faintly, snapped the account book in her hand shut, and handed over the Li family.

Wen Yan was stunned for a moment, and was so embarrassed that he followed Fang Cai's topic: "I thought the eldest brother was back." Sister-in-law, what kind of carbon are you burning, how can there be a fragrance, the charcoal in my mother's house is all smoke, I can't stand it after I go in for a while. ”

Chen Xuejiao and the others had a brazier in each room, and the silver silk carbon burning vigorously in the brazier was covered with a perforated iron cover, and the orange peel was placed inside, which was stirred by the heat, and the rich fragrance overshadowed the smell of charcoal. For fun, Chen Xuejiao often puts a few pieces of sweet potatoes and a handful of peanuts on the charcoal fire, which are roasted, peeled, and eaten hot, not to mention how satisfying they are.

"What kind of charcoal can you burn, it's just the same as going to the upper room." Li said lightly.

Although the big house now has a few money, it is not like the rich people who broke out at the first time, they are extremely particular about food and clothing, and even the charcoal in winter is eager to add this incense and that incense and burn it into a flower. Even this silver filigree carbon house is not burned every day, but ordinary charcoal and silver filigree carbon are burned together.

Chen Xiucai purchased twenty catties of silver silk carbon from Xuzhou Mansion and gave five catties to Shangfang, but he didn't talk about Mrs. Chen. Old man Chen is Chen Xiucai's father, taking into account one level, no matter what good things the big house has. All of them will be given a portion to the upper room.

As for where the silver filigree carbon distributed to the upper room goes, it is not the concern of the big house.

"Xuejiao, come and see, how to mix this salt and wine." Xianglian Niang shouted through the window.

"Hey, here we are." Chen Xuejiao dropped the braid on her shoulder and walked out.

In order to ensure the consistent quality and taste of salted duck eggs, the ratio of wine and salt should be strictly in accordance with a certain ratio. This step is usually checked by Chen Xuejiao herself.

Li smiled faintly: "Her sister-in-law, you sit, I'll go to the workshop to have a look." ”

I put the account book under my armpit and went to the duck egg workshop with Chen Xuejiao. Lee was illiterate. But she can settle accounts, because her mother's family sells horses and dry goods, and she learned to touch the abacus in the boudoir. Although Chen Xuejiao is in charge of the salted duck egg shop, the accounts have to be reported to the Li family every day. Li was impatient and entangled with Wen Yan. She's stupid. Coupled with Wen Yan's fact that she wanted to succeed Qi Ping, she tore Wen Yan's heart in her heart, and she was even more reluctant to face Wen Yan alone, so she found an excuse to go to the workshop with Xue Jiao.

When Chen Xuejiao and Li came out of the salted duck egg workshop, as soon as they entered the hall, they saw Sister Chun climbing onto the chair, two shoes stained with mud and snow stepping on the embroidered cotton pad, and stretching out one hand to catch the plum blossoms on the table.

Two cups of tea were poured on the table of the Eight Immortals, and two plates of fruits and melon seeds were placed. Chen Wenyan pinched a big crisp pear with his right hand, grabbed a handful of melon seeds with his left hand, and took a bite of the pear and knocked the melon seeds. I saw Li and Chen Xuejiao coming in. Wen Yan hugged Sister Chun down, and smiled when she saw two footprints on the embroidered cotton pad: "This plum blossom is really handsome, Sister Chun is the first time to see this plum blossom, she thought it was inserted on her head, so she went up and touched it." ”

If you say that you have never seen plum blossoms, it is impossible, in the countryside, in the mountain streams, near the water, wild plum blossoms are clustered one by one, but not like the plum blossoms of private schools. The dragonfly picks a few plum blossoms every once in a while and inserts them into a bottle for Chen Xuejiao, and the red plum is as bright as the rouge, exuding a faint fragrance. A single grass in the big house is also good for Wen Yan, not to mention these rouge-like red plums. Wen Yan saw that she wanted to come to the hairpin, so she pointed it out and asked her daughter to pick it, a few red plums were entangled, Sister Chun dragged her feet hard, and several plum blossoms fell on the table with bones.

Sister Chun was still holding a handful of red flowers in her hand, and was stopped by Wen Yan and hugged her, her temper came up, she kicked her legs hard, and the snow foam on her shoes flew in all directions.

Chen Xuejiao's face sank, it stands to reason that she can't deal with a child, but this is not a child's business, if there is no adult's approval, she can step on the footprints of a cotton mat like this, and it takes a lot of effort to dismantle and wash it in winter.

Li Shi took a deep breath and smiled: "Since Sister Chun likes it, let's play with him." ”

As soon as Chen Wenyan heard this, he stretched out his hand and ripped off the plum blossom one by one, Chen Xuejiao lowered her head and was unhappy, although the plum blossom is not worth anything, but if you indulge it like this, next time it will not be a plum blossom, but something else.

"Come, my mother will put it on for you, although this is not as beautiful as the bead flower on your sister Xuejiao's head, but the taste is fragrant." Chen Wenchang said as he glanced at the Li family.

Sure enough, I thought about it again, and I really don't know where such a big face came from. Chen Xuejiao glanced at Wen Yan unhappily.

Sister Chun listened to Wen Yan's words, a pair of eyes under the eyelashes turned around, swept the beads on Chen Xuejiao's head, looked at the red plum blossoms in her hands, tore off the red flowers on her head, pointed to the beads on Xuejiao's head and said, "Mother, I want that." ”

Chen Wenchang pretended to be annoyed, patted Wenchang on the back, and laughed at Li without smiling: "You want the big concubine to give it to you, what are you doing with that flower." ”

Li was angry at her in his heart, and he was furious, so he held back his anger, pretended not to understand her, sat down at the table, picked up the teacup and blew the tea.

Over the years, has Wen Yan had less things to pit her? She thought that she was a sister-in-law, only she let her sister-in-law, no sister-in-law let her, plus her face was tender, and Mrs. Chen blew the wind, so she gave her body to Wen Yan.

What if she gave it to her, didn't she get a good reputation, and she was scolded by pointing at her backbone behind her back. Wen Yan is an aunt, and she has never given a hairpin of cloth to her children, and she also hit her mother and niece with the idea, so she can't help but be angry.

Chen Wenchang saw Li pretending to be naïve, and a trace of unhappiness appeared on his face. grabbed Sister Chun and said: "Look at you, you can be worthy of that pearl flower." ”

Chen Xuejiao looked at it coldly for a while, and then took a clean handkerchief. wiped the footprints on the cotton mat and wiped it, and then helped the bead flower on his head and said: "Auntie, look at the bead flower on my head, it was bought by my second aunt on my birthday, I didn't want it, she said, what is it worth when my aunt buys a bead flower for her niece." Unfortunately, Sister Chun fell in love with it, if it was my own. I pulled it out and gave it to her, but it was bought by my second aunt, and I couldn't give it to her. ”

Wen Yan listened to this. The face is thick, and she can't help but blush, and her heart is furious, this niece has never found her mouth so powerful before. If she is not sincere. But she accused her of being an aunt for not doing her best, if she was sincere, but she smiled between her eyebrows and looked innocent.

"On the contrary, the snow is like my birthday a few days ago, and I originally came here, but the snow was too thick, so I didn't come." This is too high-sounding, since I know it, but I don't come. will also ask someone to bring some courtesy, but Wen Yan didn't give anything. She also knew that it was not round. Qiang smiled, "My mother gave Xueru a hairpin, but it was my idea, I said that my niece is fifteen years old, and it is time to get married, so I can give a decent gift." ”

Li sneered in his heart, and didn't want to save any face for Wen Yan: "It's hard for you, my mother didn't say it, I've been in the dark." ”

Wen Yan also knew that this was not a good thing, his face was red and white, but he kept grabbing the melon seeds on the table in his hand.

Chen Xuejiao raised her eyelids, but she was afraid that in the upper room just now, Mrs. Chen had already told Wen Yan about the hairpin, her face was so big, she didn't even fight when she lied.

"Your family is now rich, I heard that I bought a house in the town, and I went there today, and I brought a pavilion, how much silver does it cost to have such a big yard?" Wen Yan suddenly changed the subject.

"Mother, the accounts in your embroidery workshop haven't been settled yet." Chen Xuejiao interrupted Wen Yan's idle talk and turned her head to look at Li.

Li Shi suddenly seemed to remember, and put the teacup on the table: "Thank you for reminding me." ”

turned around and went to the inner room, she was already impatient with Wen Yan nagging here, so she found an excuse and got out.

Wen Yan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, frowned, and ate the spiced melon seeds and peanuts on the table one by one. She ate and drank a bowl of gruel from the door in the morning, walked such a long way, her stomach was so hungry that her chest was close to her back, and she had just eaten a full stomach of Fu orange cakes, sugar triangles, and croissant honey, all of which were sweet, and then ate these salty ones at this time, and the tongue was very fresh, and she couldn't stop gnawing one bite after another.

Chen Xuejiao's eyelids rolled, stepped forward and picked up the melon seeds and fruits into the plate, and then picked up the plate: "Sister-in-law still eats it?" If you don't eat it, I'll bring it in. ”

Without waiting for Wen Yan to react, he entered the inner room.

Wen Yan's hateful teeth itched, there was a pile of melon seeds and peanut shells in front of her, and she was holding an apple in her hand to gnaw, Sister Chun saw Chen Xuejiao bring the fruit saucer into the house, and stomped her feet angrily: "Mother, I still want it." ”

Sister Chun grabbed a handful of fruit dishes early, and stuffed them all into her pockets, but it was not enough, she stuffed two lucky orange cakes in her mouth, and the melon seeds filled the pockets on her body, and she held a large handful of peanuts in both hands and handed them to Wen Yan, with a vague mouth: "Mother, keep it for me!" ”

She just didn't have enough to eat, and she couldn't wait to take the whole fruit plate away.

Wen Yan nodded Sister Chun's head: "What's so good about these things, they put them up after they ate the leftovers, you are coming when you eat, can you see if your eldest concubine can give you good things to eat?" ”

said this in his mouth, and secretly scolded Chen Xuejiao in his heart, and scolded Li and Chen Xiucai: "It's so cold in the town, and I only gave a few pennies to take the car." They have just made a little bit of wealth, and if they really make a fortune, won't they have us in their noses? ”

One line wanted to scold, she also wanted to go to the inner room to see if the Li family was a real or fake account, how could Chen Xuejiao close the door like an iron pass, she knocked on the door outside, and it shouldn't be inside, so she had to take Sister Chun to the upper room in a stupid manner.

When I came, I thought that I would scrape some if I could, but I didn't expect that Li would never dump her this time.

Wen Yan took Sister Chun to the upper room, the charcoal in the upper room was not less than that in the upper room, the room was warm and comfortable, and he took the hot towel handed over by Zhang and burned his hands, wiped his face again, and turned his head to Mrs. Chen: "The big room has always been hairy, and the eyes are looking at the sky, so they don't pay attention to me." According to me, my mother shouldn't give Xueru that hairpin, my sister Chun wants a bead flower, and everyone is unwilling to give it. ”

She only looks at what others don't give her, but doesn't look at what she gets.

"What do you do in that house, and you want me to say, I don't know what my surname is, and if you fall with your foot, the silver will be gone." Mrs. Chen leaned on the quilt, put her legs on the table, took a few pennies out of her pocket, and looked at Zhang with slanted eyes, "You go to cook, go to Sanfang to ask for a few pieces of tofu, and let Da Dan go to the town to cut a pound of pork belly." ”

Zhang took the money, answered, and turned around and went outside.

"On such a cold day, when you came to your mother's house, didn't you quarrel with Erhu again?" Old Lady Chen leaned over and walked carefully around Wen Yan's face.

Wen Yan smiled dryly and grabbed a handful of fruits: "But I didn't quarrel with Erhu, but with that old immortal." ”

"Yesterday, Sister Chun and the second boy of the old family had a fight, Sister Chun accidentally pushed the second boy all of a sudden, what happened to the child, the old immortal protected her grandson, and trained Sister Chun hard, I couldn't look at it, so I quarreled with her." Wen Yan raised her eyebrows, she only said half of what she said, Sister Chun did fight with the second boy of the old family, the second boy took an apple, Sister Chun took it because she was her sister, and the second boy came to grab it, Sister Chun pushed the second boy into the water tank in the yard and fell into the ice cave at once.

"Not only is the old immortal towards the second boy, but even the second tiger is also towards his sister-in-law, the three of them have joined forces to quarrel with me, mother, I can't live this day, unless I have a son." Wen Yan said and shed tears of grievance.

Seeing that her daughter was wronged, Mrs. Chen couldn't stand it in her heart, so she took back the legs on the table, patted her chest and scolded Mrs. Duan: "If she can't give birth to a son, she doesn't blame you, why doesn't she blame her son." ”

Wen Yan was silent, gritting his teeth and sighing.

"Don't worry, you're still young, wait until I go to He Xiangu to calculate it for you, I'm looking for a few medicines, it's a matter of time before my son is called." Old Mrs. Chen sighed.

Wen Yan's face turned white and white, he gritted his teeth and didn't say anything, after thinking about it, he raised his eyebrows, and lowered his head: "Mother, this method doesn't work, he Duan Erhu won't give it to me...... Don't give me room. ”

After speaking, tears rained down.

Mrs. Chen understood, her face turned pale with anger, and she slapped her face and scolded Duan Erhu: "Wang Ba Lamb, he has a wild woman outside." ”

Wen Yan shook his head with tears, and after a long time, he choked up and said, "Mother, I have so many nephews, I want to pick a nephew to keep by my side." ”

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she almost missed the teacup lid and fell to the ground, she knew what her daughter meant, but this time she scolded: "Mourning things, you are a married girl, you want to pinch your head quickly, how can I explain to my ancestors after a hundred years." (To be continued......)