"Xiaoman, did we offend your two sisters-in-law this time?" Dong's mother asked her daughter worriedly.

"Mother, this person sometimes just gives a shame. They are typical of eating soft and afraid of hard, as soon as Erlang leaves, I don't know when I will come back, if I am softer, will I still have my head? Dong Xiaoman carried Dong's mother and walked home slowly.

"Gee, this family can't be too stiff. There's your mother-in-law up there, no matter how she treats you, it's your mother-in-law. "Dong's mother never thought that her daughter was such a character, sometimes she has a good temper, and sometimes she has a bad temper.

"I know what to do, but it's not a big deal right now. This is a great thing is the harvest in the field, you see that the vegetables in the vegetable garden are wilting, and most of the seedlings in my field are dead. Dong Xiaoman diverted the topic and talked about other things.

"I know it's not going to be a good harvest this year, but it's okay. We have food in stock at home, and when you finish eating here, I'll ask Xiaogang to send two more bags over. Dong's mother thought that her daughter was this snack, so she hurriedly said something reassuring.

"I'm not here for that, I just don't think it's going to be easy this year or next year."

"Ahem, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, don't worry." This is Dong's mother's words to comfort Dong Xiaoman, but when it comes to the autumn harvest, it is difficult.

Last year was a bumper year, but this year's grain growth was really not good. Dalang's family has a bit of a high-quality field, but Erlang's family is a medium-sized field here, and the harvest is pitiful.

Dong Xiaoman asked Xiaogang to hire someone to help the family finish the harvest, and the grain was not even one-tenth of last year's harvest. Dong Xiaoman meant not to sell the grain, anyway, he couldn't sell it for a few dollars, so he would receive the grain at home.

And Dong's mother didn't know what to do, Dong Xiaogang helped her sister and brother-in-law hoard food. Naturally, I didn't know that there was so much food stored in the back mountain at Lu Dao's house, although I was anxious, but I was a little relieved to think that my daughter had the two hundred taels of money hidden in her own hand.

The old mansion of the Zhang family is not as big as theirs, they can point to the sky to eat, and the grain harvest is so small. In the coming year, I will drink the northwest wind.

Mr. Zhang meant that the grain should not be sold for a penny, stay at home to eat, and watch the weather next year to be good or bad before making plans.

Da Lang's family now has to plan like this. The food can only be kept, and besides, there is a restaurant open at home now, even if the weather is good next year, the harvest is good, and the food at home will be used.

In addition to the families in Zhangjia Village, it is the same, but the Zhang family is originally from a good family, and those with poor family conditions will be much more continuous.

After the autumn harvest, it is going to be winter, and it is inconvenient for Dong Xiaoman to do anything with his stomach. Fortunately, there is a younger brother as a coolie, plus Xiaohu, a free laborer, can be on call.

When the wheat straw is dried in the field, it is used as firewood, and it is left in the yard to form a firewood stack for cooking and heating. They have a ground dragon for heating in their home. They also need dry leaves that are not needed by others on the mountain. Therefore, Dong Xiaogang and Xiaohu had the same duty of collecting leaves, and when Xiaogang returned home, he also took away four sacks of trees and a cart of wheat stalks.

Dong Xiaoman has always paid attention to the level of food, and there is more meat at home than others, but vegetables are also indispensable.

With the experience of storing dried vegetables last winter, this year's Dong Xiaoman boiled all the dried eggplants, shredded beans, gourd strips, etc. before drying them.

Such dried vegetables will be less hard. And when it freezes in winter, it will not smell like frozen vegetables.

Because last year, she encouraged Jiro to grow a lot of cabbage, and the sales were good. This year, many families have followed the trend and planted cabbage, but they can't sell it at any price if they plant so many cabbages.

Dong Xiaoman simply planted less, one to use as a winter vegetable or pickled into sauerkraut, and the other to make some spicy cabbage.

Erlang is not at home, and this year's harvest is not good, Dong Xiaoman still doesn't know what the situation in Ludao City is. Whether it can do some trading like last year is still a question, Xiaogang Xiaohu is willing, and it is in vain if the market does not allow it.

The fact is really just as Dong Xiaoman thought, the poor harvest of the peasants also affected the prices in the city. The price of grain and vegetables is twice as expensive as last year, and Xiaogang Xiaohu persuaded Dong Xiaoman to make a fortune with the grain stored in the mountains. Dong Xiaoman wanted to wait.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it began to officially enter the new year.

Twenty-three sent to the king of the stove, twenty-four swept the house, twenty-five steamed steamed buns, and twenty-six cut off the meat.

Since childhood, even if it has entered the New Year's preparation stage, this is the second year after Dong Xiaoman's newlywed and the first year after Erlang left.

Although Dong's father was very reluctant and embarrassed to come to his daughter's house. But her daughter was separated from the family and had a big belly, and her son-in-law was a soldier and fought again, so she had to come to her daughter's house for the New Year.

Dong Xiaoman has the heart to have a good New Year, to rush the bad luck of the year, to welcome a good start, it is best that Erlang can stand at the door of the house when the door opens on the first day of the new year.

To send the king of the stove is to make an offering to the king of the stove, and then make a stove candy. Dong Xiaoman didn't do this thing last year, and he didn't know that there was this custom in ancient times. I remember that when Erlang asked about it last year, Dong Xiaoman was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he shyly whispered in Erlang's ear and said that he wouldn't do it.

Erlang was quite surprised at the time, Dong Xiaoman was the best he had ever seen in terms of cooking skills, and he didn't know how to make stove candy, but he didn't say anything and took some from Mrs. Zhang.

This year, Dong Xiaoman carefully looked at Mrs. Dong's practice, which was to boil maltose into syrup, add some sesame seeds, press them into strips, and cut them into pieces. reminded Dong Xiaoman of the past life and modern times, it seems that after the beginning of the year, the kind of white square candy called Dan 'big candy' began to be sold on the street. It turns out that there are really such customs among the people, but more and more young people have forgotten or don't know many customs in China.

After making the king of stove candy, Dong Xiaoman's itching skills were also the most gluttonous, so he made a sweet potato with his hands. Huanhuan saw that she was already a child who knew how to eat at this time, Xiao Gang took a piece of candy and put it in her mouth to lick it in order to tease her, and looked at her to prevent her from swallowing it in her mouth.

After doing this, Dong's mother led the family to start cleaning the house. Dong Xiaoman is already a person who is going to give birth, and the simple task is to coax his daughter to play on the kang obediently.

After cleaning the house, Dong's mother began to cut the window grilles. This is also a skill that Dong Xiaoman will not get at all, and he has to give up after learning for a long time.

On the twenty-fifth day, the family welcomed a guest, Mrs. Wang.

"I'm here to help make steamed buns and dumplings. Thinking about your family, you can't be busy alone. As soon as she entered the door, Mrs. Wang said to Dong's mother with a smile.

"That relationship is so good, Xiao Manxu is going to give birth in a few days, and I don't dare to make her tired." Dong Xiaoman's due date is the first month. Huanhuan just didn't pay attention to premature birth at that time, so she didn't dare to be careless this year.

With Xiaowei, a good child, Dong Xiaoman simply left her daughter alone, followed by her mother and Mrs. Zhang, she was busy with her life, how much she could do, at least as long as she was not idle, she didn't think about Erlang in her heart.

"This year's grain is so expensive, I heard that it is because of the bad harvest. I heard Xiaohu say that there is too little harvest in this field. Do you have enough to eat? Mrs. Wang looked at the large basin full of white noodles and asked with some concern.

"I say the same, but my daughter only likes to eat fine grains. These coarse grains can only be mixed with less, and some steamed buns with two and three noodles and noodles can be made. Dumplings are even more impossible. A few days ago, I had to beat the buckwheat thinly and make noodles to eat. Dong's mother was smiling and chatting about homely things while chasing the dumpling skin.

As he was talking, he seemed to hear shouting outside. Because everyone is staying in Dong Xiaoman's bedroom, Dong's father is sitting on the kang and teasing his granddaughter, Xiaohu Xiaogang went to the mountain to hunt rabbits, and Yun'er obediently sat on the kang and watched Dong's father tease Huanhuan in a daze.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and Dong's mother reached out and picked up a rag next to her to wipe her hands and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”

After a while, I heard someone say outside: "Oh, it's my in-laws." We're busy in the house, and no one is in front of us, but I haven't heard you knock on the door. ”

Mrs. Wang and Dong Xiaoman looked at each other, and they both saw that there was no such color in each other's eyes.

Mrs. Zhang still has two daughters-in-law. With a gloomy face, he entered the master bedroom where Dong Xiaoman and they were. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a group of people in the house, as well as outsiders she didn't like very much.

At the moment, he didn't sit there and snorted coldly: "I still wanted to bring the old family to help, but I didn't expect there to be a distinguished guest at home." ”

Mrs. Wang knew in her heart that this old lady Zhang was a dog who looked down on people, and always felt that she was here to collect debts and beg, she was not a clay figure who was used to others.

I didn't feel comfortable and didn't get up, I still sat there wrapping dumplings as if I didn't see them.

Seeing this, Dong's mother stepped forward and smiled: "Mother-in-law." Come on in, go to the kang to warm up. As he spoke, he said to Dong's father: "Get up quickly and show the child to your mother-in-law." ”

Seeing that the old beggar didn't give herself face, Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she pressed Dong Xiaoman and said, "How can there be outsiders in your family?" Not long after my son left, you recruited me to come back? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and Dong Xiaoman was furious. I know that you don't have anything to do to find trouble, and those who don't know what to do think I pulled a wild man home.

The most embarrassing thing is Mrs. Wang, isn't this a clear insult?

She ran away alone, her daughter-in-law lost her son, and the old lady who pulled her grandchildren without relatives and for no reason was that ordinary character? Immediately dropped the rolling pin and got up, and asked Mrs. Zhang sharply, "Who are you talking about?" Who doesn't mess around? ”

Mrs. Zhang sneered: "It's you, what's the matter?" For the Chinese New Year, come to my son again to eat and drink? Hmph, last time I was serving my daughter-in-law, and I was a slave who couldn't get on the stage and had no identity. What's going on this time? The autumn wind hit my son's house? I said that you are also a dead-eyed person, always going to a house to fight the autumn wind? What is the land of my son who still wants to eat poverty? ”

After speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Wang to speak, she yelled at Dong Xiaoman: "You are just a child, who hasn't given birth to a child?" I gave birth to seven and lived four, and I am not as expensive as you, and I still want to hire a subordinate? You're not satisfied with moving all of your mother's house, and you still want to hire someone? You hired it, you hired it, but you used a strong one? Your sister-in-law kindly wanted to help you, but she was beaten up, and you still have the heart to use a person who drags your family with you? You want to ruin my son's family~" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )RQ