"Grandpa, are you literate?" Chen Ping pushed back indifferently.

Chen Ping's character is actually not ugly, but the simplified Chinese characters used are a little different from what Chen Xiaoyi sees on weekdays, which is why he got such an evaluation.

"That's not to keep the money for you, so that you can go to school, my family was poor when I was young, so I didn't have that opportunity." Chen Xiaoyi's face was slightly red, he threw the paper in his hand to Chen Ping, got up and walked to the hall, "I'll send it later when I've eaten." ”

This is natural, Liu's meals are all served, and Chen Ya is helping to scrub the table, set up chairs, and serve dishes.

The three families, as usual, Chen Ping's family will always call two families to get some delicious food. Nine people, all on the table.

Xiao Niang's chair is more special, taller, made of solid wood, surrounded by people, and a wooden board is placed in front of it, on which a wooden bowl is placed.

This was all built by Chen Ping and Chen Hecai. Chen Hecai is not only good at iron fighting, but also can do this carpenter work.

A table full of dishes, chicken, duck and fish are not lacking, and there are some green vegetables such as hollyhock and reeds, Chen Xiaoyi and Chen Hecai each have a small pot of rice wine in front of them.

"I'm going to say two things." Waiting for the last one of the Liu family to come to the table, Chen Ping gently slapped his palm and stood up.

"What do you have to say?" After seeing Chen Ping's speech before dinner in Shangwan Village, Chen Xiaoyi was not angry because of Chen Ping's move.

Those who celebrate the holidays should not be easily angry.

"Is Brother going to send money?" Chen An was on Chen Ping's side, tilting his head and looking forward to it.

Ignoring this guy, Chen Ping said: "I had a cold illness last year, and I almost didn't survive. Thanks to the care of my grandmother, I was able to turn around. Here, I want to wish my grandfather good health and all the best. ”

After speaking, Chen Ping took a step back and kowtowed to Liu and Chen Xiaoyi.

This home is indeed very warm. Those who were, let it remain in the depths of memory.

"Get up, get up quickly, how can you be like this." Liu hurriedly got up and helped Chen Ping, tears flowed out of his eyes, "You are your mother's son, if your mother doesn't save you, can you still look at ......you?"

"Don't say those words this day." Chen Xiaoyi interrupted Liu, his eyes were also a little red, he picked up a small wine glass on the side, and poured a glass of rice wine, "It's rare to be happy today, you are almost twelve, come, have a drink." ”

Took the rice wine handed by Chen Xiaoyi with both hands and put it away, Chen Ping was not in a hurry to drink it, and looked at Wang and Chen Hecai.

"Fang Cai is right for my grandmother, I also want to thank Aunt Wang and Uncle Chen, I was also thanks to your help when I was sick." Chen Ping raised his wine glass and turned his arm towards the table, "Thank you for this glass." Grandma, Aunt Wang and Uncle Chen. ”

The cup was not big, and Chen Ping leaned up, a little sour, but the degree was not high, and there was no discomfort.

"Drink that quick and dry, sit down quickly, and eat some hot food." Liu picked up a piece of duck meat and placed it in Chen Ping's bowl.

"Did you kid steal a drink outside? I drank even more freely than your Uncle Chen. Chen Hecai took a sip of wine and said to Chen Ping with a smile, "As long as you don't blame Uncle Chen for mixing your quyuan plow." ”

"It's my honor to do something for the villagers." Chen Ping replied.

The matter of Qu Yuanli has been reported, and there has been no response from the county until now, and the efficiency of this work is too low.

"Well, it's good that you can think like that. The villagers and neighbors are your foundation, and if you want to wander outside, the villagers can rely on them. Chen Hecai said, turning his head and looking at his own Chen Erniu again.

Chen Erniu was staring at a pot of fried duck on the table, revealing a duck leg.

"If my Erniu can have you sensible, I don't have to worry about it." Chen Hecai shook his head.

This is not true, worried about Erniu? In Chen Hecai's eyes, I'm afraid that the iron can be ranked first, and Chen Erniu can only lean back.

Otherwise, Chen Erniu would not have gone to Chen Ping's house every few days to mix some food.

"Okay, let's eat it all, the food is cold." Chen Xiaoyi said.

With the words, Chen Erniu and Chen An immediately moved, and both of them were not polite, and grabbed the duck leg when they aimed at it.

"What to rob, don't you know how to let go?" Chen Ping took out his brother's momentum, stopped the two, took the duck leg, and put it in Chen Ya's bowl, "You two are men, you have to let Xiaoya." ”

Chen Ya fiddled with the duck legs in the bowl, shy and sweet. Liu and Wang quietly glanced at each other.

After eating a New Year's dinner for an hour, the table full of dishes was not finished, and the back was actually talking.

The parents are short, and they take Chen Ping with them. From the words, it can be seen that Wang and Chen Hecai are quite satisfied with Chen Ping, which makes Liu full of joy.

It will be too early, Chen Ping led the little lady to burn firecrackers in the yard. It wasn't until the noise was too loud that a few ducks jumped out of the backyard, and Chen Xiaoyi scolded a few words in the hall before a few people went outside the courtyard.

When it was approaching the evening, Chen Xiaoyi carried a bamboo basket with some incense paper and the like, and went to the ancestral tomb under Liuhe Mountain with Chen Ping and Chen An, burned paper and incense to worship the ancestors, and kowtowed a few times.

This ancestor worship should have been done by Chen Xiaoyi's three brothers, but Chen Xiaozhong had a lot of help from Weng's wife, and he would not come back until a few days later. As for Chen Xiaojie, no one knows where he is, whether he is alive or dead.

After worshipping the ancestors, Chen Xiaoyi's father and son sent the divided ones that were ready to help the poor households in the village.

The amount is not much, it is only enough to eat for a day or two, but just like Chen Ping's family, life is better, and the situation of wanting to help the villagers is the only one. This has attracted praise from Lian Sheng, praising Chen Xiaoyi as a great benevolent person, and several lonely old people cried in front of Chen Ping's father and son.

This situation made Chen Ping's mood a little low. Damp, dim, foul smell, this is Chen Ping's impression. Compared with their own homes, there are a few households that are really not as good as their own backyards where their livestock live.

"This is still the same situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and if it is in a remote place, such as the west of the river and the land of Hebei, I am afraid it will be even more unbearable." Lying on the fire, Chen Ping was still thinking back to what he saw at night.

Although Sui is rich, it is also relatively speaking, after all, during the opening of the emperor, Yang Jian, an emperor, also took the people inside the pass to eat outside the pass.

"Today, it's time for Yang Guang to change the yuan." The news should have just left Daxing City now, and it will take some time to go down to the state and county, Chen Ping said in a low voice, "In the year of the Great Cause, it has finally arrived." ”

The next day, Chen Ping's father and son entered Liuhe County again and arrived at the house of Chen Ping's uncle Chen Xiaozhong.

Tusu wine, Wuxin plate, and glue tooth dumplings are more exquisite than in the village, but the meaning is similar, and the etiquette is similar.

Coincidentally, Chen Yuanliang's maternal grandfather also came on this day.

"My grandfather has something to say to you, come to my room." After drinking Tusu wine, Chen Yuanliang went to Chen Ping's side and said.

When I entered the west room where Chen Yuanliang lived, I saw an old man sitting on the kang with gray hair and a robe.

"This kang is very warm, I am old and cold, and after a few days, I will take the time to help the family make one." Chen Yuanliang's maternal grandfather, Chen Shitong, touched the futon on the kang and said to Chen Ping, "I'm afraid that something has changed in the matter of Quyuan Plow, and Xue Xiong has the idea of Quyuan Plow." ”