Zhang Village back for the New Year.

This year, Wei Zan is here, and Dabao has become a showman, and there are a lot of people who come to celebrate the New Year, and even the two uncles of the Wei family who moved away have asked people to send New Year's gifts.

When Erhua received the gift list, she wanted to throw things back to them, but was stopped by Wei Zhan.

"They know that your brother has a talent and fame, so they came to save the relationship. You can treat them as ordinary people, just reciprocate with courtesy. If you blindly refuse and be beaten up by them, it will not be good for your brother's future. ”

Even if they are separated, they are still blood relatives. Usually, it is good to say, but if the big treasure is promoted in the future, this point may become the entry point for political opponents to attack.

Erhua was so angry that her brain hurt, but she could only endure the nausea and give an equal gift in return.

Her two uncles still wanted to return to the village, and even wanted to send their son to Wei Zan to study with Dabao.

Wei Zan refused directly, he didn't need to look at people's face at all.

"If you want to study, it's good to go directly to the village to study, and the master there is also invited by me, so there is naturally no risk of learning. If you want to be my disciple, he is not qualified enough, so let's talk about it when I am admitted to Xiucai. ”

When Wei Zan replied to the two families, he didn't carry the patriarch of the branch behind his back, his expression was sad, and he knew at a glance that he was on Wei Jin's side.

The things that the two uncles of the Wei family did back then were known to everyone in the village. bullying young nephews and nieces, and still wanting to eat people, and now they are shy and asking for the same treatment as others, why? In terms of distant and close relatives, are they not more suitable than these two wolf-hearted things?

Early in the morning of the eighth day of the lunar month, Wei Jin got up and drained the beans that had been soaked the day before, waited for the water in the pot to boil, and first put the red beans into the stew. According to the softness and hardness of the ingredients, she put them in the pot in the same place, and waited until a pot of laba porridge was boiled, which took more than an hour.

In addition to Laba porridge, I also made glutinous rice cakes with filling. The glutinous rice cake is filled with red bean paste, and honey is mixed in it, which is sweet. Fried in oil over low heat, crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside, the sugar-free glutinous rice cake skin neutralizes the sweetness of the bean paste filling, and it is fragrant and delicious in the mouth.

Dabao doesn't like sweets very much, so he steamed two white steamed buns and served them with pickles he made. A large table was set to the brim.

At home, she is now with Sihua and Dabao, and the eldest sister and second sister are busy with the New Year in their own home, and they will not be able to return to the village until the end of the month.

This year, the second sister and the second brother-in-law probably won't come to them for the New Year. In the first year, the second brother-in-law also bought fertile land in his own village and built a few large tiled houses, which will be passed on to his children and grandchildren in the future.

"Sanhua'er, have you had breakfast?"

There was a knock at the door, it was the voice of the new daughter-in-law of the fifth brother-in-law's family.

The eldest sister's new concubine is not bad, diligent and sweet-mouthed, and will deal with relationships. It has only been a few months since I got married, and my reputation among the villagers has been established.

His family made a lot of money from indigo farming this year, and went to buy 30 acres of barren land in the west, and in addition to planting some grain, most of the remaining indigo grass was planted. Lao Wu has always remembered Wei Jin's words, and resolutely does not cut corners in terms of quality, and has also independently researched several dyes of different shades. He also bought a piece of land downstream by the river and built a dyeing workshop.

The life of his family is getting better and better, and it also makes the second and third families more and more popular. I heard that I went to make a fuss in October, saying that when the family was separated, my father and mother left him too many things and asked for a re-division. In and out of the words, they are forcing the fifth child to give them the work of beating indigo.

The old five are honest but not stupid, can he not know what the two brothers and sisters-in-law have in their hearts? Anyway, now his father and mother are supporting him, the eldest brother and six brothers in the family are on his side, and his wife is not a group to be manipulated, so he doesn't pay attention to the two brothers and sisters-in-law who are not stingy at all.

The second and third families didn't get a good deal, I heard that there was a lot of trouble, especially the two of the third family, I heard their neighbors say that the two of them have fought more than once, and the blood on the third child's face was dug out by the third daughter-in-law.

The fifth daughter-in-law came to the door today in addition to giving a New Year's gift, and also brought a big red envelope.

"In the first two years, my hands were tight, and I was embarrassed to say that this year's income was stable, and my man said that he must make up for it. It's nothing else, just prepare for Dabao's reading. In the future, Dabao is a creative person, and we don't ask for anything else, just thinking that when Dabao is developed, don't forget the friendship between our two families. ”

After speaking, she talked about the fourth sister who lived with her eldest brother and sister-in-law in the city.

"Didn't you say that you let the fourth sister go to that women's college in the first year, the fourth sister was not happy at first, but then she was taught a lesson by the eldest brother and sent over. Now the fourth sister is too changeable, and she talks and does things in such a style, if it weren't for her own family, I really think she is a young lady from which family. ”

The fifth daughter-in-law's eyes flashed, and she just said a few words and omitted to mention it.

"That's right, that's what I cut for Sihua'er. She said two days ago that she wanted to find a shoe sample, and it happened that my sister-in-law did this craft that was top-notch, I was cheeky to ask for a few, you let Sihuaer try to do it first, if it doesn't work with me, I'll help her get some. ”

In addition to reading and writing, reading and painting, Sihua also had to follow the schoolgirl to feed her in the red. She was originally skillful, but their mother left early, and many mother-daughter skills could not be passed down, so they could only ask for help from outsiders.

Although the fifth daughter-in-law has more thoughts, she is generally a good one, and what she wants is not outrageous, and she is all within the favor.

"You're in a hurry to go back, huh? Wait, isn't your brother going to school too? It just so happened that my big treasure was copied by my husband, and I picked up some readable ones and bound them, so you can take them back and let your brother play with them. ”

It is not easy for farmers to buy books, and it is only in their neighborhoods that they attach importance to children's learning because of the atmosphere, and even if other places want to cultivate children, they are not enough.

The fifth daughter-in-law's mother's family can only be said to be barely passable, and after she married the fifth daughter-in-law, she privately subsidized her mother's family a lot. Because she is diligent, filial to her in-laws, and does her best to take care of her husband, the old couple should not see it, but it is not too much.

Wei Jin thought that it was not good to send other things over, so she asked her to take them back to her parents' house in a grand manner. The books written down by Dabaomo, as well as the replaced pen, ink, paper and inkstone, were packed up and given to the children who were just learning to read.

It's full and packed with a basket, and it's quite heavy to carry. The fifth daughter-in-law bit her lip and smiled, and lifted the basket back to her house with gratitude.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw my mother-in-law feeding the chickens, so I quickly put down the basket and went to pick up the dustpan in my mother-in-law's hand.

"It's not heavy, I just did it. You go and pack your things first. By the way, the fifth brother just came back from the town and brought some meat and cloth, and I will divide them for you. Later, you follow Zhang San's car back to your mother's house and send the things back. It's the Chinese New Year, so it's time to make two new clothes for your mother. ”

The fifth daughter-in-law stood at the door with a slight red eye, mumbled, turned around and carried the basket into the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I was frightened by the three stacks of thick cotton cloth stacked on the table. In addition to the home-dyed indigo cloth, there is also half a horse with bright colors.