349. Chapter 349: New Year's Gathering
On Chinese New Year's Eve, heavy snow fell, firecrackers in every household came and went, and the faces of the people were full of joyful smiles, the so-called Ruixue Mega Year, Chinese New Year's Eve snow is so big, it also indicates that next year will be a good harvest year.
The Cao family, everywhere is full of lights, and the people who come and go have changed into new clothes, smiling all over their faces, and they are more happy than usual. Cao Fu has added a new master mother this year, and there will be a little master born in the future, this master is happy, and the reward is more generous than in the past, so he is naturally happy.
Cao Mingzhu has already married, Su Liu and Su Xiao naturally stayed in the mansion for the New Year to fulfill their filial piety, although Chen Ye was missing, but the family gathered around to eat the New Year's dinner, talking and laughing, but also cheerful.
When night fell, Cao's Mansion hung countless palace lamps, illuminating the huge Cao's Mansion, and after the New Year's dinner, Su Liu and Su Xiao accompanied Chen's Cao Kui to talk funny, all kinds of jokes and small jokes, making everyone laugh and talk Yan Yan.
"It would be nice if Brother Ye was here." Chen sighed.
Su Xiao's smiling face shrank slightly, snorted, and turned her head away, the light fell on her beautiful face, reflecting a little loss.
Su Liu saw it and said with a smile: "Mother, Brother Ye will be here tomorrow, and it is estimated that the third and fourth days of the junior high school will arrive." ”
Chen Ye couldn't come back for the New Year because he wanted to add his name to the family tree on Chinese New Year's Eve, and he couldn't come back until the first day of the new year, so he wrote a letter early.
Chen smiled and said: "Look at me, I forgot again, this year has passed, and I am a year old again." ”
"Nonsense." Cao Kui disagreed: "Then I won't be an old man?" ”
Su Liu and Su Xiao both laughed when they heard this, and said, "Mother and father are very young, and they can add two more younger brothers and sisters to us in the future." ”
Chen's face was slightly red, and he sighed, "How does this mouth speak?" I'm not ashamed. ”
"These are good words, so I will accept Liu'er's noble words." Cao Kui laughed, stroked his beard and said, "But even if you don't have it, you don't have to worry, your mother is old, and it is dangerous to have children." ”
Chen Shi looked at him gently, her husband loved herself and thought about her body, how could she not be moved?
Su Liu and Su Xiao both saw the interaction between the two, pursed their lips and smiled, and they both diverted the topic.
When the child was young, the Cao Mansion set off firecrackers to welcome the new year, and the big guys said good New Year to each other, so they stopped talking.
Early the next morning, the subordinates of Cao's Mansion greeted their masters, said a lot of auspicious words, and gave red envelopes to reward money, and Cao Kui began to go to various houses for banquets, and even the Chen family also took their two daughters to several familiar families.
Heavy snow fell for several days in a row, and thick snow accumulated on the roofs of Changping County, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Cao family's banquet, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
"Madam, the carriage and horse of the in-laws and the eldest aunt and grandmother have arrived at the second gate." The next person came to report to Chen.
"It's my sister back." Su Liu was the first to stand up, and said to Chen: "Mother, it just snowed outside and the ground is slippery, don't go out, I'll go and meet you." ”
"Hey." Chen knew his body, and his mouth responded, but he was also waited by the girls at the courtyard gate.
After a while, I saw Cao Mingzhu and Mrs. Song walking slowly surrounded by the girls, and seeing that Chen was waiting, Mrs. Song stepped forward quickly and said angrily: "Why did you come out, be careful about this slippery ground." As she spoke, she glanced at the courtyard again, and saw that the snow had been cleaned and the bricks were paved, so she was relieved, but she still took Chen's hand and walked into the house.
When they entered the house, everyone greeted each other according to their seniority and gave red envelopes, and there were refreshments for the girls, and then they sat down to talk.
The guests of Caofu banquet were divided into two days on the fourth and fifth days of the new year, and because Cao Mingzhu returned to his parents' house on the fourth day of the new year, he only invited people from his own family, as well as Mrs. Song's side, which was considered a family banquet.
From talking about the birth of children, to the children's scriptures, and to the children's family affairs, the topic is constant.
"Look at the heavy snow this year, it's a good sign, I think, the general should come back this year, Mei Niang, the child's dowry or something has to be prepared." Mrs. Song looked at Su Liu and smiled at Chen.
"You're all set." Chen was also very happy when he heard this: "It depends on how many dowry gifts will come over there, and then add or subtract." ”
Listening to the mention of his own family affairs, no matter how generous Su Liu was, he couldn't help but blush slightly, and said coquettishly: "Mother, why did you talk about this again." ”
"It's a good thing, and it's right." Mrs. Song smiled and said, "I have also prepared a dowry here." ”
Su Liu's face turned even redder, and said, "You just like to make fun of me, I ignore you, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look." ”
Seeing her shyness, everyone couldn't help laughing, and Cao Mingzhu said, "Let you laugh at me in the past." ”
At this time, the subordinate quickly ran in and reported: "Madam, Young Master Ye, Young Master Ye is back." ”
Chen was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and said, "Quick, please come in." ”
Everyone was very happy, Su Xiao stood up, and felt that he was too obvious, so he sat down and said with a hum: "He knows that he is back, I thought I would not miss it in that family." That being said, his eyes were on the door.
"This kid is big." Chen snorted, sat up straight and looked towards the door.
Soon, the girl opened the curtain and sang, "The young master is back." ”
Chen Ye strode in, only to see that he was wearing a brand-new green robe brocade robe, a rat hair cloak on the outside, a purple belt around his waist, a jade pendant hanging, his hair was tied into a horn bun, and he was held with a green jade hairpin.
As soon as Chen saw him, his eyes turned red, and he choked up and shouted, "Ye'er." ”
Chen Ye took off his cloak and handed it to the girl standing on the side, walked to Chen in three or two steps, lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt on the futon prepared by his subordinates, and knocked his head three times.
"Mother, the child is back, the child is not filial, so I give my mother a New Year's greeting, I wish my mother a happy New Year and good health." Chen Ye's dark eyes looked at Chen Shi shiningly.
"Hurry up, get up." Chen wanted to reach out to help, but Chen Ye had already taken a step ahead of her to hold her hand and stood up.
"Good boy, how long has it been, how have you lost weight like this? But what is the bad life in that house? If it's not good, come back. Chen took his hand and looked it up and down, and said with a distressed expression.
Chen Ye pursed his lips when he heard this, his eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his eyes, in such a home, there will always be only deceit, insult and ignore, frame and calculate, where will life be good? Even if it is to eat, he doesn't dare to eat the food at home, and Cui Fu always buys food from outside.
But he still showed a smile and said, "It's good, my family treats me well, but I miss my mother too much, and I miss you sister." His gaze looked around, and finally fell on Su Xiao's body.
Su Xiao snorted and looked away.
"You don't want me, and you don't give me New Year's greetings." Cao Mingzhu pretended to be sour.
"Quick, give New Year's greetings to your mother-in-law, and also to your eldest sister." Chen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and smiled.
Chen Ye nodded, knelt on the futon and gave Mrs. Song a New Year's greeting and got a red envelope.
Chen pulled him to ask this and that, and in the end, Su Liu said: "Mother, you have to let Brother Ye take a breath, you shouldn't have gone to see your father yet." ”
Chen was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, knowing that Chen Ye would come here to salute first when he came back, so he said: "Then go to your father-in-law to pay New Year's greetings first, your brother-in-law and they are also in the study." ”
Chen Ye also knew that there were all female dependents here, he was also thirteen years old, men and women were seven years old, and it was not good to stay here all the time, so he saluted everyone, and then went to the study, and said to Su Xiaodao before leaving: "Xiaoxiao, I brought a lot of Yunzhou powder back this time, and I will send it to the courtyard for you when I turn back." ”
Su was slightly sweet in his heart, but he looked at him on his face and said, "Who is rare about your things, hum!" When the words came out, he felt that his tone was too cold, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he was his brother again, so he couldn't help but look at him with anxiety.
Chen Ye was not annoyed, a hint of pampering flashed in his eyes, and said, "I'll go over in a while, and I'll also show you how to write your handwriting." ”
Su Xiao had been practicing calligraphy under Chen Ye's guidance before, but his writing was very bad, and when he heard this, his face turned red and he glared at him angrily: "Who wants you to care." ”
Seeing her angry appearance, Chen Ye saw the smile in his eyes, and he forcibly reached out to rub her head, said to the Chen family, and went without mentioning it.
Mrs. Song saw it in her eyes, looked thoughtfully at Su Xiao, who was angry, and Chen Ye, who had left, just now, and raised her eyebrows.
"Brother Ye hasn't seen him for a long time, but now he looks like he's smoking, and he's thirteen."
"No, I'm looking at the skinny tight." Chen was a little distressed, and said to Su Liu: "Liu'er, you go to the kitchen and say something, let's stew a ginseng soup for Brother Ye." ”
"Hey."
"Mother is eccentric." When Su Xiao heard this, he pouted and said, "I didn't stew it, he said to leave, and my mother still misses him." ”
"You also eat this vinegar, let Brother Ye hear it, but it will chill people's hearts, once upon a time, didn't he protect you and you? Don't even want to order soup for others? Chen sneered.
Su Xiao pursed his lips, remembering what Chen Ye said about Yunzhou powder, so he pulled Song Ying to his house.
Cao Mingzhu's body was also heavy and sleepy, so she was waited by the girl to go back to the former boudoir to rest, and only Chen and Mrs. Song were left talking in the main room.
"What do you think of the little marriage?" Mrs. Song asked, "I have some eyebrows, but I see, that child may not have this heart." And Brother Ye'er, you still have to watch more, don't make it unclear, you will make jokes in the future. ”
Chen was stunned: "Brother Ye? ”
Mrs. Song shook her head and said, "You are still a mother, so you didn't see Brother Ye'er's heart for Xiaoxiao?" ”
"What?" Chen was so frightened that he almost knocked over the teacup in his hand, and said in shock: "You mean that Brother Ye has that heart for Xiaoxiao?" ”
No, this is still a child, the two are fighting, it's clearly a sister-brother relationship, what's the matter?
Chen suddenly felt worried, on one side is the righteous son, on the other side is the daughter, if this is the case, what should I do?
It's tiring to climb the mountain, good night everyone, and I'll be more tomorrow~