Chapter 107, Mid-Autumn Festival
On the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Yihe and his wife took several children to the old house for the festival.
He and his two sons carried five catties of pork, eight mooncakes, twenty catties of rice, and cotton clothes made for the two old men.
This festival is not light, and it has received countless praises along the way.
Wang Zhi'er officially appeared with the Li family for the first time, a little apprehensive, a little frightened, like a frightened rabbit, cautiously following behind everyone.
Li Xiaoran noticed her uneasiness, stopped, took her hand and comforted: "Sister Zhi'er, don't be afraid, we have separated from our grandparents' family, you don't have to care about what others say." ”
After thinking about it, he said: "The rest of my grandfather's family is fine, but the eldest aunt's mouth is not very good, don't care what she says, each of us has been scolded by her, she just looks at our family unpleasantly, not specifically aimed at you, what she wants to say, you don't care." ”
Wang Zhi'er squeezed her palm gratefully, and whispered, "Don't worry, Ran'er, I won't take it to heart." "She is an orphan girl under the fence, how can she be angry, don't say a few ugly words, even if she beats her and doesn't give her food, she doesn't have to bear it.
Li Xiaoran didn't know what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "You are right to think about it, otherwise, when you meet my eldest aunt, you will be uncomfortable and panicked." ”
When he arrived at the old house, Zhang stood in the courtyard and saw Li Yihe's family, so he pouted.
Li Yihe only helped to harvest the wheat land, and in the other fields, Tian thought she was not cooking well at home, so he took her to the field to help work, and she was tired these days because of her backache.
A few days ago, she asked her eldest daughter to write a letter to Li Yiyuan in the county seat, Xianggong is now the master of the county, and she wants to follow her to the county seat to enjoy happiness. When the time comes, you won't have to look at the faces of these mud-legged people here every day. She fantasized about a good day in the city, wearing silk and satin, gold and silver jewelry, and a maid to serve her when she traveled, and that day was not too beautiful!
Therefore, when I saw Li Yihe's family, I rarely gave a good face. stepped forward to take the pork from Li Xuefeng's hand. False politeness: "Look, the second child is living a good life now, and this pork is a big piece as soon as you buy it." ”
Fu Shi smiled: "Sister-in-law said that she was laughing. If we can still deal with it, we have to buy filial piety to our parents, and when we wore rags in the past, we didn't miss our parents. Oh, especially for the big brother and sister-in-law's family. ”
Li Xiaoran glanced at her mother unexpectedly. Under Aunt Hua's tutelage, the mother's mouth can now deal with a few words. It is estimated that Aunt Hua taught her this sentence for a long time to learn!
Zhang's face was not good when he was choked by Fu, and he just wanted to go crazy. Li Xuefeng and Xuejian had already stepped forward and shouted "Big Aunt", and Qian and Li Yihai came out of the room, "The second brother and sister-in-law are back." Come into the house, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward to take the rice from Li Yihe's hand. "Second brother, what is this?"
"Rice, I bought it for my father and mother to make porridge to drink."
Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard the rice, and when he heard Li Yihe's words, he pouted, and muttered loudly in displeasure: "If you want to buy it, buy more, and let us also borrow it, and pick this bit of rice is not enough for a few meals!" ”
The wind is strong and they are not afraid of flashing their tongues, they used to be reluctant to buy twenty catties of white rice to eat a year, this is really someone to give it in vain.
Li Xiaoran glanced at her with disdain.
Fu pursed his lips and thought for a while: "If sister-in-law wants to be rich, just buy more, we buy these for my father and mother, if you say borrow light, the eldest brother has received rice for several years, and we haven't eaten a single grain." ”
Zhang was stunned, and as soon as she entered the courtyard, she said that Fu Shi had a sentence to deal with her, and it was different if she was rich. Her free hand pinched her waist unconsciously, and just wanted to swing the score of her sister-in-law and Xiucai lady to scold her, Li Xiaotian came over and secretly pinched her on her back, she hurriedly put down her hand, snorted, turned around and took the pork into the stove.
The daughter said that if she kept making noise at home, Li Laoshi would definitely not let her go to the county seat, for fear that she would offend people and delay the future of her husband. Her daughter's words make sense, she should endure these days! There will always be days when this* person bows down in front of her and is small.
This is the first festival they have spent together after they split up during the Spring Festival, and Tian is of course looking forward to it.
Li Yihe helped Fu Shi into the main room, Li Laoshi sat on the kang, Tian stretched out his hand and beckoned Fu Shi to sit down, "It's hot on this kang, you come and sit." ”
Fu Shi said with a smile: "Xuefeng and Jian'er came back from the town and brought a few catties of pork, I weighed them, there were five catties, and I brought them to my father and mother to make up for my body." I took twenty catties of white rice for my father and mother to eat. She casually told Tian about the New Year's gift, stood up with a smile and took the brand-new cotton jacket from Xuejian's hand, and put it on the kang to spread out, "This is the new winter coat I just made for my father, and the cotton is also a new one I bought in the county last year. ”
"No, no, no." Tian couldn't put it down and touched the two muslin cotton jackets, Li Laoshi's one was navy blue, and Tian's one was dark purple red, "It's still Yu'e's skill, look at how fine this needle and thread is!" ”
She raised her head and said with a smile on her face: "You are still pregnant, and you have to serve a large family, and what new padded jacket do you want to make for us, it will be done with this intention, and your father and I thank you!" ”
Fu smiled very gently, and compared the clothes to Tian's body, "Mother is polite, filial piety to father and mother should be." I'm heavy now, and when I pour out the time next year, I will embroider patterns on my father's and mother's padded jackets, and it will be even more beautiful. ”
She is a woman who does not hold grudges, although she will say a few ugly words when she is angry, but she remembers Tian's kindness to her.
At this time, several children also entered the main room, you and I called "grandpa" and "grandma" one by one, Fu Shi greeted the branch who followed behind in some fright, frowned slightly, looked at Li Yihe, saw that his face was not good, and knew that they were afraid of another dispute outside.
She put down her thoughts, took Wang Zhi'er's hand and said, "Zhi'er, this is Ran'er's grandparents, go and give the second elder a salute." Then he said honestly to Tian and Li, who was scrutinizing: "Father, mother, this is the daughter of my distant cousin, she is a pitiful, she is the only one in the family, I will stay and be a companion with Ran'er." ”
In fact, the people in the village knew about this matter within two days of Wang Zhi'er's arrival, and there were mixed opinions about it, some thought that the Li family was rich now, and it was not impossible to raise an extra child, or a girl, but in the future, there would be an extra dowry. Those who have this idea say that Li Yihe is benevolent and righteous.
Some people also think that Li Yihe has done this too much, and he doesn't know how to get it when he just has some money, and it is better to give it to his own children and nephews if he has this money.
Of course, the representative of the latter statement is Zhang's, she said everywhere that Li Yihe and his wife were stingy, and they were reluctant to spend a penny on their nephews and nieces, but they raised a relative who didn't know where to come from, and it was not good to say that it was a child daughter-in-law for her son.
Of course, there are few people in the village, these people know the severity, and those who love to chew their tongues will say a few words behind their backs, but no one dares to spread this to Li Yihe's house, but Tian is a little curious when he hears it.
The Zhuang family is not happy to kowtow, Wang Zhi'er gave the second elder a blessing is considered a courtesy, Tian took her hand and looked left and right, and smiled very kindly, "It's really a good child, I will live in your cousin's house in the future, if you have anything to say, tell your cousin, don't go." ”
Wang Zhi'er said weakly, "Got it." ”
They were all civilians, and they didn't give a meeting gift, Tian let go of her hand, and said with some surprise: "This kid is good, but he is a little timid." ”
Fu Shi said with a smile: "When her brother died, she was a little frightened, and it will be good to raise it slowly in the future." ”
Tian nodded.
Fu Shi stood up and said, "Mother, I'll go out to help my sister-in-law and my third brother and sister cook." ”
Tian said: "I don't need you, your body is not convenient, just let the two of them cook, Tian'er is so old, it is time to learn to do some housework, otherwise in a few years, the in-law's family, which family is willing to want a woman who doesn't know anything." ”
Li Xiaoran complained in her heart when she heard this, her sister-in-law is twelve, and she should get married in three or four years, why didn't grandma say that she should do housework, and sure enough, her granddaughter is not as good as her daughter no matter how favored she is. However, her relationship with Li Yulan is much better than that with Li Xiaotian, and she only thinks about it in her heart and will not say it.
As if he clearly knew her thoughts, Tian explained: "In a few years, when she learns, let her embroider the dowry at home, and save her work to make her hands thick." ”
This is an explanation in disguise, although Li Xiaotian is the daughter of the old family, she is still afraid that her second daughter-in-law will think that she is thicker and weaker.
Fu Shi smiled slightly and said respectfully: "It's still thoughtful." ”
Li Laoshi is not interested in the topics between women, but when he saw that the second son's family took a rich New Year's gift, his face was also amiable, and when he saw the two grandsons who were studying, he was even more smiling.
He likes his eldest son and eldest grandson because he thinks they can glorify his ancestors, and he likes his third son because he thinks that the revitalization of the family business must be a scholar.
He doesn't like the second child, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't like his grandson, especially the grandson who has gone to school.
He heard Yihai say that the two sons of Erlang's family are good at studying, and they have only been in the hall for more than half a year, but they are even harder and better than those who have studied in the school for a year or two, and they are a seed of reading.
It seems that the old Li family can't afford to be underdeveloped.
This is also one of the reasons why he looks at his second son's family pleasing to the eye.
Another point, this son is very detached from him, he took shit luck again, got silver to build a big house, and if he didn't get together, this son would be raised in vain. Fortunately, he is still obedient and filial, and for most of the year since he moved out, he and his wife have made two sets of clothes alone, one in summer and one in winter, which is 100 sets stronger than the old family.
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