In a small town before Jinshan Village, the guards who accompanied him all the way disappeared.

Li Mingjie knew that these people were arranged by Mengfan's brother-in-law, so he didn't care about their sudden disappearance! just said casually that he didn't invite them to a meal and left after he got home, and then, Li Mingquan and Xiao Mantang drove a carriage and drove back to the house.

In the carriage, there were only father and daughter, Mengfan, in order to suffer less inexplicable cold eyes, simply closed his eyes and closed his eyes to recuperate, until he got home, the father and daughter, in addition to the necessity, were relatively speechless.

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm back!"

As soon as he saw his grandparents, Mengfan's little face couldn't help but be full of smiles, like a butterfly, running happily.

Old Man Li hurriedly put down the small bamboo basket he was weaving in his hand, and he also smiled like a flower, threw away the contempt in his hand, stood up and patted the bamboo crumbs on the long apron vigorously, and stretched out his arms before his granddaughter threw himself into his arms: "Hehehe, grandpa's good granddaughter, come and see grandpa, have you grown taller?" Ouch, it's high; Oops, it's just thin, it's thin......"

"Grandpa, Grandpa......"

Mengfan's eyes were tearful, crying and laughing, which was very pitiful.

"Ouch, my good grandson, Fanfan, I saw that your grandfather forgot your grandmother." Granny Li hurriedly ran out of the kitchen, her chubby face was also full of smiles, and she blamed her granddaughter for favoritism.

Snuggled in his grandfather's arms, Meng Fan smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, hugged his grandfather's sturdy waist with both hands, and shouted with a tearful smile: "Grandpa, look at grandma, she is such a big person, and she is still jealous and ashamed!" ”

"Hehehe......"

"Oh, Fanfan, you girl, you're finally back, come, give the fourth aunt a good look, why did you lose so much weight, why, you haven't eaten enough outside? Look at your skinny ......" The fourth aunt walked out and looked at her husband's niece and nephew who was lying in her grandfather's arms from a distance, just laughing and complaining.

"Sister, sister......, sister...... Sister......"

Before the person arrived, the sound came first, everyone looked up, only to see Hua Ge'er's small figure from a corner of the courtyard from a distance, like a small cannonball rushed towards her, Old Man Li smiled happily, and took advantage of the situation to hug the eldest grandson who rushed over in his arms, just one on one side.

"Good grandson, you run slowly, your sister is here, and she can't run, what are you doing ......in a hurry, hahaha......"

"Oh, sister, you're finally back, let's go, let's go to Ding Erwazi to fight, he still grabbed mountain chestnuts with me yesterday." Hua Ge'er has also grown a little bit in this year, but it doesn't look very obvious, but this face is definitely of the highest quality in the farmer's house, and it is still so cute, if you can get fatter, it is definitely the same as the doll on the New Year's painting, but it is also good-looking.

"Brother." Meng Fan patted Brother Hua'er, who was leaning on the other side of his grandfather's arms, on the shoulder comfortingly: "We don't know as much as Ding Erwazi, if we beat him, our own hands will hurt." ”

Brother Hua, who was nestled in his grandfather's arms, twisted to make himself sitting on his grandfather's lap more comfortable, and then pouted: "But sister, I found the mountain chestnuts, and I originally wanted to leave them for you to eat." Knowing that his sister was coming back, his little heart was full of it.

"My brother is so good!" Mengfan stretched out his hand, took his younger brother over, hugged him fiercely, and with the other hand, he didn't forget to hold his grandfather.

The dialogue between a pair of grandchildren and their childish words made Old Man Li smile and laugh all the time, and his mouth opened countless times.

"Fanfan—"

A gentle call made Mengfan's heart warm, and when he looked up, he saw his mother walking towards his grandfather's yard with a smile, she unfolded her purest smile and shouted sweetly: "Mother......"

"You girl, you're finally back, do you remember how you walked home?" The tone of the monster is very soft, with the shallow responsibility that belongs to the mother, hiding endless worries, and in the eyes that belong to the mother, there are also tears flickering, but there is no intimacy that eagerly pours into the arms of the daughter as soon as she sees it.

"......" Mengfan just smiled with tears, not like the greasy energy that rushed forward as soon as she saw her grandfather, and her father and mother, she didn't dare to use the intimate behavior of her grandparents, if she really did this, it would be strange if her father didn't scold her at the beginning.

The old man kept smiling and holding the children of a pair of big houses in his arms, until the son of his fourth son, Brother Yuan, rubbed his hazy eyes and shouted softly from standing on the high threshold: "Grandpa, I want to hug ...... too" The old man Li smiled and let his granddaughter leave his arms and ran towards the little grandson who was less than two years old.

He has sons and daughters, and his grandchildren will gradually grow up, and the pair of grandchildren in this big house, like the grandchildren in the fourth room, are absolutely not hidden from him.

The three sons of his family, one is a showman who is famous, and the other is a shrewd person who will go out to earn money and come back to supplement the family, except for the third son Mu Ne, who is more loyal, and the son who was naughty and mischievous made him scold him several times, and there are no regrets.

three daughters-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law is dignified and virtuous; The third daughter-in-law is meticulous, the fourth daughter-in-law is young and spicy, each with its own merits, on the bright side, all of them are filial, in the same generation or the older generation of similar age in several nearby villages, he is an old man of the Li family, that is an enviable!

I heard that the family had gathered in the old house, and the third uncle and aunt who lived farther away in the village also came with Brother Sheng, and on this day, there was a lot of laughter in the old house of the Li family.

Granny Li took her three daughters-in-law and went directly into the kitchen, killing chickens and fish, picking vegetables and peeling beans, and preparing meals.

Old Man Li waited for Brother Hua to retreat from his arms, and then hugged Brother Yuan'er one by one, and sat around with his three sons in the courtyard.

It was taken down from the carriage parked outside the courtyard in the same way—

There are more than a dozen pieces of fine cotton cloth, with all kinds of colors, and everyone in the family has them; The fourth uncle bought it for the fourth aunt and the original brother, her father bought it for her mother and younger brother, and her father and the fourth uncle pooled money together to buy the ...... for the grandparents, the third uncle and the third aunt and the original brother, which are all rare for ordinary people to make clothes and put them on.

There is no one for her Li Mengfan, of course, her father himself does not have it, he can be regarded as leading by example!

But did her father never think that Li Mengfan was just a little daughter's home, and she had been away from home for almost a year, and the rarest thing she wanted the most was the clothes, shoes and socks made by her mother!

Forget it, she is not short of clothes now, she wants to wear new clothes, Xia and the blind mother-in-law are in her space, if she doesn't have a chance to go out again for the time being, just find a chance to let the two of them come out, just say that they came all the way later, and when the time comes, let Xia help her make the style she came up with, it will definitely look good!

The cloth came, and the Li mother-in-law and daughters-in-law in the kitchen came out with a smile again, claimed them one by one, and changed people into the kitchen from time to time to take a look, so that the little maid in the stove paid attention to the fire, turned around, and asked the Li brothers to look at the gifts they brought back.

200 catties of refined white rice, 20 catties of a bag, Li Mingjie gave the old man two bags, gave the third brother's family a bag, and the rest moved back to his house with Mantang.

In the town, the freshly cut pork is divided into a knife of meat, which looks like it is about the same weight, fat and thin.

The old man got three packs of high-quality tobacco leaves, which were honored by his two sons and granddaughters, and Li Sanye also got three packs of tobacco leaves, which were given by the eldest brother, brother, and niece respectively.

Tea, the old man got a bag, saying that it could be used to entertain guests, which was quite expensive, Li Sanye didn't, because he didn't usually drink tea, so his eldest brother and fourth brother didn't buy it for him, however, Mengfan smiled and ordered Mantang to take the burden she packed, and took out two packets of better tea from it: "Grandpa, your; Third uncle, yours! She smiled and leaned over to the third uncle's side.

"My eldest daughter is sensible, and she still thinks about your third uncle when she goes out, not like your father, what does your third uncle not know how to drink tea, obviously our family is poorer than others, what a precious thing this tea is, ordinary people can't afford it, where do we usually get the money to buy this thing to drink...... Fan Fan is really good......"

The third aunt spoke, and her words were prickly, which provoked the eldest uncle Li Mingjie to stare at her secretly angrily, which made Mengfan helpless, the third aunt is stupid, I don't know if it is her poor good nephew who suffers in the end?

"As long as you talk a lot, go aside." The third uncle scolded the third aunt with a straight face in the middle of the music, turned his face, and gave Mengfan a sincere and warm smile.

"This is mine!"

"I want it!"

On the side, Brother Hua and Brother Sheng had an argument, and the two dragged the gadgets taken out of a bag, pulling each other, and refused to let go.

"Brother Hua, you are the elder brother, you should be polite to the second brother, behave!" Meng Fan hurriedly ran to Hua Ge'er's side and whispered a few words into his ear, Hua Ge'er broke into a smile, let go of his little hands, turned around and ran, and went to Mantang to take down the three delicate small rattan boxes and three small square baskets that his sister said on the carriage.

The child, who couldn't hide the joy of excavation, couldn't wait to open one of the boxes in front of the strong and naughty Brother Sheng.

Spread out on the ground, pouting his ass to open a few more small rattan boxes.

"(⊙o⊙) Wow, so much fun, babble, and delicious!"

A dazzling array of gadgets filled with three small rattan boxes, and all kinds of delicate snacks were also filled with three small square baskets.

There are too many, there are many gadgets, and there are many delicious foods, now, there is finally no need to rob them, the little brothers each buried their heads in it to find what they liked, plus a former brother who struggled to go down from his grandfather's arms, Li Laosi simply asked Mantang to put down the big sunbath that was leaning on the eaves, and spread it directly in the yard for their three brothers to toss by themselves.

Li Laosi has nothing to say about his sons, nephews and nieces, he is different from his eldest brother, and he treats almost every child in the family equally, at most, he should take more care of his son and spoil his intimate niece and nephew.

The family, happily had a reunion dinner, Mr. Li kept smiling and sipping wine to chat with his three sons about some homely things, asking some things like whether they could be happy when they went out. Li Mingjie sat opposite the old man, sitting diagonally, not directly facing his own old man; Li Mingquan and Li Mingde each sat on one side, and on this Eight Immortals table, which is usually used to entertain guests, except for Old Man Li and his three sons, only one child, Brother Hua, is still in the top position, and the family has no doubts about this!

Granny Li, her three daughters-in-law, her granddaughter Mengfan, and her little grandson, Brother Yuan, were all on the wooden table in the kitchen, eating and talking with laughter!

Relatives who have been reunited after a long absence, on this day, all have a smile on their faces, Li Mingjie is also strange, he did not shout to Mengfan coldly, but went back to sleep after being full of wine and food at the next dinner.

The next day, catch the market.

Li Mingjie and Li Mingquan went around the town, and after they came back, they bought some wine and food and came back, and one day, some of the brothers and nephews of Granny Li's mother-in-law's family, who were closer to the Li family, came to the door.

And Mengfan, the day after returning home, followed his mother and younger brother to his grandmother's house and gave him a gift for his grandparents; By the way, I went to my fourth uncle's house in the afternoon and delivered a letter of halva and a knife of meat.

Grandma has a lot of brothers and nephews, except for the fourth uncle's house, she will go every time she goes to her grandmother's house, and her father can go to other uncles' houses. Speaking of which, it is full of fate, grandma's maiden home and her mother's maiden family are in the same village.

On the third day after returning home, many relatives came to the family, including grandparents, uncles and aunts.

Mengfan greeted the adults one by one, calling her uncles, aunts, cousins,

"Fanfan, lose weight!" Grandma smiled softly, and a pair of lean hands kept caressing her back.

Grandpa sat with his back straight, in the crowd of relatives in the same village, with a decent smile on his face.

Uncle was bookish, and her aunt went to the kitchen to help, and she was yelled at by her father to help the third uncle not long after, and the tables and stools at home were not enough, so the third uncle went to borrow tables and stools from every household in the big yard.

The embarrassment of life, can't crush family affection, after the lively gathering of relatives and friends, the days gradually tend to be calm, except for some gifts brought back from outside and an inseparable maid at home, and there is a personal messenger from the uncle, this day, quiet, let her feel, almost suffocated!

She is back to the time when she just had the memories of this life!

Under the eaves, the rain is getting smaller and smaller, and the rice in the village is ripe, and after the weather is clear, the real farming season has come!