Chapter Seventy-Eight: The New Year
Dong Xiaoman trembled angrily, grabbed Mrs. Wang and sneered at her mother-in-law and said, "I'm still a mother-in-law, I'm really here to help us, it turns out that I came with two sisters-in-law to teach me." ”
said and pointed to the panel on the kang and said, "I gave birth to a child for your Zhang family, and my man and your son are sent to die for you." We girls stayed at home for the New Year, and even dumplings and steamed buns couldn't be eaten, and my father and mother took pity on me, and I knew that I was going to give birth soon. The eldest lady of the Wang family saw that my mother was busy working alone, and specially brought half a bag of thin noodles and a corner of pork over. The two of us can be regarded as contributing to the Zhang family, and we can be regarded as the heroes of the Zhang family. Mother-in-law, what are you doing here? I didn't see what you took either, saying that you were here to help steam steamed buns, and whether we could eat that expensive thing or not is a matter of two words. ”
Mrs. Zhang trembled angrily, pointed at Dong Xiaoman and shouted at Dong's mother: "Look at it, look at it." Whose daughter-in-law dares to speak to her mother-in-law like this, I will say one sentence and she will wait for me here. ”
He said as if he was about to turn over things: "I want to see if this old beggar really brought you something, and fooled me like a fool?" ”
Dong Xiaoman was in a hurry, she didn't want her mother-in-law to see the ingredients prepared in the kitchen, now is the difficult time. If these vampires know that they have something in their hands, wouldn't it still be a door-to-door autumn breeze?
Thinking of this, Dong Xiaoman covered his stomach and began to cry out for pain, and the room was chaotic, and it suddenly quieted down. Dong's mother didn't know that her daughter was pretending, so she was so panicked that her head was sweating, and Dong's father sat on the kang in a hurry and began to scold her mother.
Mrs. Zhang panicked. This is her grandson, she's not here to stir things up. Li was also stunned, thinking in his heart whether Dalang would blame himself for giving himself a good beating when he went home for a while. Liu rolled his eyes, happy in his heart. I thought that I had just given birth to a son and was pulled over by Mrs. Zhang to work for Dong Xiaoman only ten days ago, so I didn't have to do it now. Mrs. Wang was so panicked that her feet were about to float, and she turned around and summoned Xiaowei to go to the back mountain to call someone. Let Xiaohu Xiaogang call the midwife.
Mrs. Zhang was stunned by Dong's father's scolding, and she didn't know what was going on, and she was kicked out of the house by Dong's father with a cane. waited until he left his son's door before he thought about it.
I was angry and felt that I was quite reasonable, so I stood at the door of Erlang's house and refused to leave. began to shout and curse at the confined gate, and Liu was embarrassed to come forward and persuade Mrs. Zhang to push her: "Get out of the way, you can't get on the table." Don't think that you are a good product when you give birth to a son, that is, my son is blind to see you. Bah. ”
Li Shi looked at this scene and was very happy in his heart. hurriedly pretended to be a good person and accompanied Mrs. Zhang to scold a few words.
The Liu family despised their Zhang family the most, and they were embarrassed to say that their family was a rich family in this village. As soon as she heard Mrs. Zhang scolding herself, she patted the gray head on her body and left without looking back.
When Mrs. Zhang saw that Liu had gone home regardless of herself, she was immediately furious and even more reluctant to leave, and some neighbors were very curious when they saw Mrs. Zhang scolding at the door of her son's house.
Wait until Old Man Zhang's Dalang Saburo arrives. There was already a circle of people at the door of Erlang's house, and I saw Mrs. Wang and Xiaogang scolding Mrs. Zhang at the door, and Father Dong was blowing his beard and glaring at the door with crutches blocking his temper.
San Lang is a good person, caught an acquaintance and asked a few words, and the news was: Both ends have their own reasons, Mrs. Zhang said that Dong Xiaoman does not abide by women's morals, has money to support his mother's family, and outsiders do not accept his mother-in-law's family. She was Erlang's mother-in-law, but she was kicked out of the house by her in-laws, and said that Dong Xiaoman was not a thing, and even her mother-in-law dared to scold her.
Some people said that they heard another thing from Mrs. Wang's mouth: Erlang left and took away the family's money, leaving Dong Xiaoman alone with a big belly and a child. The mother's family was distressed and received help in the name of coming to take care of the pregnant woman, but Mrs. Wang, an outsider, came to help clean the house and do the work before the Chinese New Year. I don't want Mrs. Zhang to feel sorry for her daughter-in-law. Don't let irrelevant people help you yet. took the two daughters-in-law and came to the door empty-handed to say that they were here to help with the work, but they scolded Dong Xiaoman with a good face. Now Dong Xiaoman has a fetal gas in it, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.
After listening, San Lang felt like a mirror in his heart, and his mother couldn't tell the priorities. got into trouble and lost people, and was once again restrained by my sister-in-law.
Da Lang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. This time it was a little ugly, but it was not his daughter-in-law who caused the trouble. But as soon as he raised his eyes and saw Li helping his mother, his legs were weak, and he felt that Liu was a worry-free person. At the critical moment, Zhilu went home to report the news, and understood right and wrong, and was no longer embarrassed. The Li family is too bad in this aspect, and Da Lang feels that he can't dislike the Li family any more, and he really wants to feed the Li family as a beast in the house where the Li family is.
Father Dong stood on the stone steps and saw his in-laws, and pointed at Old Man Zhang and said, "You came just in time, your own mother-in-law, look at what the trouble looks like!" ”
Seeing that his in-laws were not angry at him, Mr. Zhang felt very ashamed. stepped forward and dragged Mrs. Zhang into the yard, this time Dong's father didn't stop him, and everything was easy when the Zhang family man came.
Closing the door, San Lang blushed and persuaded the onlookers to disperse.
"What are you making trouble about the New Year?" It is not good for Mr. Zhang to rectify Mrs. Zhang in front of outsiders, and it is even more difficult to beat her in front of her children.
"What's wrong with me, you're used to talking about me. People are bullying you, why don't you tell me to call the shots? "Mrs. Zhang has followed Mr. Zhang all her life, and she knows best his temperament to save face.
"Hmph, three boys, you better take your mother home. You are a scholar, and you will be an official in the future. Your mother is a fool, if you get into any trouble in the future and lose face, hmph, God knows if you can still wear a black gauze hat. "Father Dong didn't look at Old Man Zhang, he just said this to San Lang.
Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment, and her heart jumped, what can she do to affect her son's official fortune?
Old man Zhang knew that this was to save face, so that he could quickly bring his mother-in-law home. After speaking, he couldn't help but say that he didn't care about Mrs. Zhang's struggle, grabbed her neck and rushed home.
I don't know what Mr. Zhang said after Lu Dao went home, Mrs. Zhang didn't come to Erlang's house for a long time, and she didn't say a word about Mrs. Wang's relationship with the Dong family.
After such a farce, Dong Xiaoman is really tired. She really doesn't know what Mrs. Zhang is doing every day, is it just to make trouble for herself?
Dong's father can see it, but he can't understand it when he sees his daughter, so he has to point out with a wry smile: "Your mother-in-law doesn't want you to have too much contact with us, and she doesn't want her in-laws to live in her son's house all day long." ”
Dong Xiaoman said angrily: "How can there be such a person, I don't have her silver, she is her heart?" ”
Father Dong saw that Dong Xiaoman had a knot, and he didn't explain much, but only said: "The daughter who married out of Lu and splashed the water, we really managed too much." ”
Dong Xiaoman is like a mirror in his heart, where can he not understand, he just doesn't want to follow Mrs. Zhang's wishes.
On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family of five happily had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Dong Xiaoman was supported by Dong's mother with a stomach and took Dong Xiaogang back to the old house to pay New Year's greetings.
Mrs. Zhang was silent with a cold face, but Mr. Zhang and his two sons were kind.
Dong's mother asked Xiaogang to hand over the New Year's gift, and Li looked at the piles of game, and his face suddenly became happy. Liu Ruyi looked at Li's appearance that he had never seen the world, and couldn't help but roll his eyes: stingy and short-sighted, those things are also in San Lang's mouth at the most, and at most let your son eat some, do you really think it's for your own family?
Mrs. Zhang didn't give a good face when she saw something, she still hummed and chirped with a long face that was neither yin nor yang. It wasn't until Dong's mother said that she would go home after Dong Xiaoman gave birth that she slowly eased up.
When they were about to leave, Mrs. Zhang inquired vigorously about the specific day when Dong Xiaoman gave birth.
On the sixteenth day of the first month, Dong Xiaoman successfully gave birth to a fat boy of seven pounds and four taels, which made the Zhang family boil up and down.
With the arrival of her grandson, Mrs. Zhang's attitude towards Dong Xiaoman was much better. And the series of treatment that this child got was incomparable to Huanhuan, on the day of birth, Mrs. Zhang immediately entered the delivery room and hugged her grandson as soon as she heard that it was a grandson.
The day of washing was also very lively, and Mrs. Zhang called a blind date who was familiar with each other to watch the ceremony together. This made Dong Xiaoman very dissatisfied with his daughter, you must know that Lu Dao said don't talk about washing three, even Mrs. Zhang didn't come to the full moon wine, and the 100-day banquet broke up unhappily.
On the day of the full moon wine, the old house of the Zhang family paid for two tables of wine in Erlang's house. Because of last year's bad harvest, every family has cut back on food and clothing this year.
Dong Xiaoman got the funding of the old house, but he did a good job of the full moon wine, and Mrs. Zhang looked at the two tables, which can be regarded as a first-class table, and smiled.
There are not many people who come, but they are all familiar with each other on weekdays, and the amount of dishes is not ambiguous at all.
Braised pork, hand-grilled meat, stewed chicken, steamed fish, eight-treasure duck, dry pot rabbit meat, stewed wild goose, and roe deer meat The eight meat dishes that were full of weight suddenly made everyone's eyes red. Although Mrs. Zhang was a little painful, she was fluttering when she heard the compliments of others, and she thought in her heart that several of them were beaten by her in-laws from the deep mountains, so she was much more comfortable.
Stir-fried meat with gourd strips, spicy cabbage, stewed meat with dried eggplant, spicy fried shredded beans, fried eggs with green onions, fried minced meat with mushrooms, shredded radish salad, and boiled cabbage slices Eight vegetarian dishes also gave the Zhang family's old house enough face.
"Obediently, it's a big business. This child's full moon wine is more abundant than the family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and any sixteen dishes are enough. Looking at the dishes on this big table, those with that small door couldn't help but chirp and began to admire.
"This is not much inferior to last year's big girl's 100-day banquet, to say that last year was really beautiful. Oh, don't look at Erlang leaving, the daughter-in-law is very pleasing to her in-laws. ”
Listening to the discussion of the masses for unknown reasons, looking at the dishes on this table showing abundance, Li's heart was sour. But what can it be, she also gave this money, she didn't dare to do this when she gave birth to Bao'er.
Bao'er is still the eldest son and eldest grandson, and the son of the second family has crossed his own son, but the eldest is reluctant in his heart.
muttered in a muffled voice: "I can't eat, who else can I show these fictitious things!" (To be continued.)