On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the old man sent the Zhang family over and said that even if the family was divided, the reunion dinner had to be eaten together, Lin Xue rested her mind about cooking, go and go, and they could not be eaten, the family changed into new clothes, and went to the Li family with laughter.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Shi came out, still holding a plate of melon seeds in his hand, "Brother and sister are here, come in, Dad is waiting for you in the upper room." ”

Lin Xue was not polite, and raised her feet into the upper room, the old man and Li Yue of the Wang family sat on the kang, and the others sat at the bottom, around a large table, Bai Fen added water to everyone on the side, and said something in Li Ping's ear from time to time, which made the two laugh.

The family of four stood in the middle and saluted the old man and the Wang family, "Dad, mother." Lin Xue took out the prepared gift and put it on the kang, and prepared a new dress for the Wang family, the old man was a box of fine tobacco, and bought a silver hairpin for Li Yue, as for the others, they didn't have that qualification yet.

After Wang checked them one by one, a smile also appeared on his face, Li Yue impatiently put the hairpin on her head, took out a small bronze mirror from her sleeve and took it beautifully, "Mother, do you think I'm beautiful?" ”

Wang has always smiled kindly at Li Yue, and helped her straighten the hairpin, "My girl is beautiful, and she looks good in anything." ”

"The third child, don't spend money on buying things in the future, it's all a family." The old man also smiled, opened the cigarette case, pinched a pinch of tobacco and smoked.

"Dad, this is a filial piety of the third brother, if you don't want it, he may use it to honor his father-in-law." Li Fu grinned, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and his right index finger kept picking at the gap between his teeth.

"Big brother, what nonsense are you talking about, Xiaoxue's father is also my father, and it's normal to send something for the New Year." Li Qi didn't want to say more, so after explaining, he found a place to pull Lin Xue to sit down, holding a child in his arms.

"I didn't say anything." Li Fu saw that no one cared about him, so he lowered his head and drank tea.

"It's time to eat, brother and sister take a hand." Zhao and Zhang walked in with food, Lin Xue put Yunyun in the place and stood up, took the plate and put it on the table.

A large pot of rice, eight dishes, and a soup, after arranging, the old man picked up the chopsticks, "Eat them all, and there is no need to taboo anything for the New Year." Then everyone picked up their chopsticks and began to eat.

Yunyun's short arms couldn't reach the dishes on the table at all, Lin Xue put a chopstick in her bowl, and she was eating peacefully, but the big girl sitting opposite made an accident and fell to the ground with the bowl on her sleeve.

It turned out that the eldest girl wanted to eat the braised pork on the table, but her arms were too short to reach, and Zhang's didn't like her daughter to eat by herself, so the eldest girl stood on the stool in a hurry, and just wanted to clamp the meat, she fell backwards with an unstable body under her feet, and even fell down with the bowl on the table.

"What are you doing, breaking things during the New Year, trying to make the family uneasy." Wang snapped his chopsticks, "If you don't want to eat, get out of here." ”

"Mother, don't be angry, I'll teach her a lesson, it's too unusual." Zhang didn't care if the big girl was injured at all, he scooped up the big hand and hit it on the back, making a snapping sound, the big girl didn't even dare to cry, the tears were stored in the eyes, and the big drops fell to the ground with the shaking of the body.

Lin Xue couldn't stand it and stood up, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing beating the child, she didn't mean it." ”

"Do you care, crawl out of my belly, I can do whatever I want." Zhang said.

"Okay, you're in charge." Lin Xue faced the Wang family, "Mother, as the saying goes, it is so broken and peaceful, the eldest girl is also crooked, but the sister-in-law is not well-intentioned, I heard the old people in the village say that if you beat the child on Chinese New Year's Eve, you will curse the in-laws to have no good luck in the coming year." ”

"Mother, I didn't, the third brother and sister are talking nonsense there, you must not believe it." Zhang's panicked defense that this crime could not fall on her.

"Okay, let's all sit down and eat, eldest daughter-in-law, go back to the house, I don't think you want to eat either." The old man raised his head and said.

Zhang stood up silently, walked to the door and glared at Lin Xue, as if to say that you wait for me, I want you to look good in the future, Lin Xue gave her a provocative look while people were not paying attention, and lowered her head to eat.

"Lin Xue, you, I'm not done with you." Zhang turned around and ran out.

Lin Xue asked Li Qi and the eldest girl to switch positions, Bai Fen on the right refilled a bowl of rice and handed it to the eldest girl, Lin Xue sandwiched the dishes on the table into her bowl, the eldest girl hesitated for a while, wiped away her tears and picked up the chopsticks.

In the next time, no one spoke, everyone silently finished eating, packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and left on their own.

Lin Xue walked out of the gate of Li's house and breathed a sigh of relief, but she was suffocated to death, and she was vigilant all night, but nothing happened, which made her worry in vain.

"In charge, why did you say that my mother was so abnormal today, she didn't look for our business."

Li Qi shook his head, holding Yunyun in his arms, and walked forward cautiously.

"Xiaoxue, it's okay to be fine."

"That's not it, it's just weird."

Lin Xue led Li Feng to follow Li Qi, and after a quarter of an hour, several people walked to the door, Li Qi took out the key to open the door, and the candle that was lit at the door was still lit, Lin Xue picked it up carefully, and walked to the house with one hand to protect the flames.

Li Feng ran back to the house like a wild horse, "Dad, mother, hurry up, it's so warm in the house." ”

Lin Xue walked in, dropped a few candle tears on the table, and stood the candle on it, Li Qi took off Yunyun's shoes and put her on the bed.

"Xiaoxue, don't be busy, go to bed early."

"It's okay, I'll have to wash my face in a basin of water."

After hearing this, Li Qi picked up the basin in the house and ran back, and after a while the door curtain was lifted, and Li Qi came back with half a basin of water, and there were wisps of hot air on it.

Lin Xue wiped the hands and faces of the two children with wet towels, and then she and Li Qicai washed them with warm water.

The next day, because it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Xuelai refused to get up in bed, and also pulled Li Qi to lie down with him, until the sun rose and hit the bed directly through the window, and Lin Xue couldn't open her eyes.

"Xiaoxue, get up, I'll take the child back to the old house for New Year's greetings in a while."

Lin Xue got up at this time, lifted the quilt and wore pajamas made by herself, got off the bed and found a pair of shoes to put on, walked over and opened the wardrobe, found out the new clothes she bought a few days ago, threw one to Li Qi, and returned to the kang to get dressed in the quilt.

Li Qi was not afraid of the cold, so he immediately changed his clothes and got out of bed, walked to the child's side, and deliberately raised his soft voice, "Feng'er, Yunyun, get up." ”

After screaming a few times, Li Feng opened his eyes and sat up, patted his sister beside him again, Yunyun turned over and continued to sleep without paying attention.

"Boss, you take Feng'er to wash your face, and Yunyun will leave it to me."