Chapter 35 Bondage
Chungui only smiled lightly and glanced at it a few times, but didn't get involved.
Father Li has her family's land tenants after the New Year, and the two grandsons of the family can work and hunt, and life is not going to be difficult. As for that cousin, isn't it the second scoundrel who is good friends with Liu Quan. Chungui lowered his head and sneered, and when he bought a little chicken last time, his daughter-in-law also reminded her to keep a low profile to avoid the jealousy of her relatives.
She already knew that the two families of Liu Cheng had a virtue, but it was none of her business whether the head of the Liu family was in charge or not, and now that their family was doing well, they would not be able to rely on anyone in the future.
Therefore, she didn't care about these words, Zhixing and Qi You were the same, and continued to sweep the snow with a stiff face and pretending not to hear.
The women could talk about anything, and after a while they changed the content.
After returning to spring and sweeping out a road that could walk the two of them, she asked the execution and Qi You to stop, so as not to sweep out a sweat and catch a cold, which is not cost-effective.
Before he was about to enter the house, another carriage came from the other side of the mountain road, which was the one from the Guo family.
Every family was clearing the snow at the door, and they all saw the two carriages swaying gently at the entrance of the village, and the two people who came down and wrapped themselves tightly were the housekeeper Guo and the little guy who moved the wooden planks to carry Qi You that day, and walked towards the Liu family with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched Steward Guo take out two pieces of paper from his arms.
On that day, Guo Ruyi said that the fan noodles began to be collected after the new year, and Chungui estimated that he should have taken the note in the two days before the year, and today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he must have considered such a day.
Sure enough, the housekeeper Guo bent down towards her, and said in a respectful tone: "Miss Yue, my young lady has prepared some light gifts for the New Year, and all the families are busy in the thirtieth night, so they took advantage of today's New Year to call me over in advance." ”
After saying that, the little guy had taken down a few gift boxes from the carriage.
She is not a generous person, and now she looks at Steward Guo and still feels angry in her heart, so she only takes down those two notes.
"Steward Guo, wait a moment, I will enter the house and read the note, and then press the handprint and hand it to you."
"As for the gift box, there is no need, the things that Miss Guo sent that day were already very heavy, and I would be uneasy to accept it again, and I was also bothered that Steward Guo would bring a good message to Miss Guo for me."
Zhixing and Qi You followed into the house, leaving Steward Guo and Xiaowu blowing the cold wind in front of the house.
After entering the house, Qi You Chao Chungui explained that the little guy was the one that day, and Chungui wanted to laugh when he heard it.
"Then Miss Guo is really real, not to mention that she gave up her status as a young lady to come to this township, and now this trip is to save the intention of making amends for your sins."
She looked at the two people who were half-hunched outside the door, shook her head and said, "These two people have been beaten at home with such a low posture." ”
Qi You took out the ink in the room and placed it in front of Chungui, picked up the note and looked back and forth twice, a complete set of fans is not limited to a few pairs, whether it is a set of two or a set of four are according to two taels of silver, if it sells well, there will be additional rewards, and there is no text trap, Qi You put it down after reading.
"Sister Chun doesn't have to care, if you want to cooperate in the future, it's better to pass this matter as soon as possible."
Chun Gui pressed his handprints on the two notes, one of which he hid, picked up one and glanced at him: "I know what you mean, but Cheng Tianbao will not suffer a crime, and the anger in my heart still has nowhere to spill, so I will inevitably scold that Steward Guo." ”
Zhixing laughed out loud: "Sister-in-law, then one day I will ask Brother Chen and Second Brother Chen if they borrow two traps and put them at the door of Cheng Tianbao and Chen Daye's house to give you a vent?" ”
Chungui glanced at him angrily, picked up the note and walked out of the door. Steward Guo took a look at it and then raised his hand to say goodbye, and the little guy also followed behind and walked away, the two quickly got into the carriage, waved the whip and left, and there were two large gift boxes on the ground.
Before Chun Hui could ask them to take their things away, the carriage had already run away.
Chungui muttered helplessly: "I haven't seen a forced salute yet." After speaking, he had to take the big gift box back.
Several families close to each other are watching in the yard, this little Chinese New Year's Eve also came to give gifts, Chungui and Miss Guo's business must be doing very well.
Chun Gui smiled at everyone and hurriedly ran into the house.
After entering the house, a few children came around, Zhiping Zhimin looked at the gift box without blinking, the children were curious, and the spring return directly opened the two boxes.
Miss Guo is generous, and there are five or six boxes of dim sum, chestnut cakes, and red bean cakes, all of which are eaten at a cost of money in the town. To Chungui's surprise, there was also a large piece of ham hidden in another brocade box. She hurriedly took out the ham and looked at it carefully, the meat was crystal clear, and the aroma of the ham came to her nose, and she was reluctant to buy it now with a small savings.
She hurriedly took out a few boxes of snacks and distributed some to Zhiping and Zhimin, and the piece of ham took a rope and strung it up and hung it on the beam.
When they came out again, the two children were eating a piece of chestnut cake in one hand.
"Sister-in-law, this pastry is so beautifully wrapped, but it's not as delicious as your fried sweet potato balls." Zhiping's tooth in front of him, he eats sweets every day, and now he only has one mouth, and he can only bite it in small bites.
Even so, my mouth didn't stop. Chungui looked at him quietly, thinking in his heart, the little guy is over six years old, he is a little taller than when she first came, he has recognized a lot of words recently, and he is bolder than before. Next year, there will be Xiaobao and Zhiyuan as companions, and it is time to send them to Qi Lao Xiucai for enlightenment.
She looked at the road outside the house and saw that there were already people helping to clear the snow one after another, and she turned her head and took out two slaughtered and washed fat chickens and a basket of eggs from the kitchen, and turned out three taels of silver and a thick little felt hat from the inside.
Seeing that Zhiping was still eating happily, she shook her head and half-squatted down to put the small felt hat on the head of the little thing, and carefully wrapped it from the collar to the trouser hem, Zhiping was tickled and giggled.
After Chun Gui checked whether he was wearing thick inside, he turned his head and said to Qi You; "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the snow outside is almost sweeped, and you two just happened to go to Qi Xiucai to hand over next year's bundles."
"The two chickens were killed last night, and I picked up a box of snacks on the table and brought them with me."
If you are not happy to be stuck in the day, find a good day in advance to prepare a good gift. They are countrymen, and it is also a generous gift to give two chickens.
Zhixing looked at the sky outside and shivered from the cold: "Sister-in-law, then I have to add a piece of clothing." As he spoke, he went into the house and added a jacket and came out, and picked up two chickens and a box of snacks.
Chun Gui put three taels of silver into three red envelopes, and handed it over to Qi You. Knowing that the pedestrian jumped away, he jumped around and got lost after a while.
The three red envelopes were handed out, and Qi You was surprised.
Only then did Chun Gui put Zhiping's hand into his hand and hooked the corner of his mouth: "Zhiping will also go together." ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhiping didn't understand the meaning, and was stupidly licking the snacks in his hands, but Zhixing and Qi You were stunned together.
"Sister-in-law....... Are you serious? Zhixing glanced down at his smirking brother, and then looked up at his sister-in-law with a smile on her face.
"It's not true, it's fake, silly boy." Chungui glared at her with a smile, turned his head and instructed Qi You: "If this little thing runs around, he will be dragged to death, although Tianshui Village is not far away, but now there is snow outside, this snow is not cold, and after greeting Qi Laoxiu, he will come back quickly." ”
She checked Zhiping again from beginning to end, and finally relieved herself and pinched the little thing's face: "Wait until I see Qi Xiucai to be more behaved, if Qi Xiucai takes the school entrance examination for you, I will recite the three-character scriptures and thousand-character texts taught by my brothers these days to the master, don't be naughty." ”
Zhiping realized that he was going to school, and immediately cheered to go to the spring return. The way he jumps up and down doesn't look like he's going to school at all.
Chungui helplessly supported his forehead: "Qi You, look at him more then, but don't let Qi Xiucai think that there is a little splash monkey in our family." ”
Qi You pulled Zhiping over with a smile: "Sister Chun, don't worry, Zhixing was the same as him at the beginning, but at that time, I didn't know how much to please Qi Xiu." ”
Chun Gui looked at Zhixing, who was still stunned, and couldn't help patting his head, this kid had pumped a lot higher, and now he was more than half a head taller than her: "Hurry up, go early and return early." ”
Zhixing reacted at this time, grinned, looked at this stupid brother and didn't know what to say, he was enlightened early, he entered Qi Lao Xiucai at the age of eight or nine, but he didn't expect Zhiping, a stupid child, to be earlier. If it weren't for my sister-in-law, their family would have starved to death half a year ago.
He suppressed his sour excitement, and his hands holding the two chickens seemed to have endless energy: "Okay! ”
The three of them went out one after another, and Chungui saw that the three of them were able to change the road to Tianshui Village at the entrance of the village, and they met a lot of snow-clearing people on the way.
Seeing the three children carrying things to the next village, they all understood.
A man who cleared the snow lived next door to Chen Shi, and he also had a good impression of the family: "Zhixing, you are sending Qi Xiucai a bundle!" ”
"Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, my sister-in-law asked us to send it back earlier! Uncle, this snow is so clean! After speaking, he couldn't help but want to show off, and hurriedly raised Zhiping's hand: "Uncle, our Zhiping will be enlightened next year!" ”
The man hurriedly laughed and said, "Yo, that's great! Hurry up, before you come, Uncle promised to clear a bright road for you! ”
When the people walked away, the talent next to the man sighed: "It's really a blessing for the Liu family to have a spring return!" ”
The man waved a shovel of snow: "Isn't it, now Xiao Zhiping can also read and read together, Brother Liu and Sister-in-law Liu will be at ease if they see it." ”
When the man heard this, he secretly said: "That spring return has not passed the door, you said that if you marry someone else, who should this family belong to at that time?" ”
The man spat at when he heard this, glared and said, "Phew! How are you arranged, like a long-tongued woman, you are still an innocent girl, what can you marry or not? ”
Seeing that he was angry, the man said, "I'll just say it casually, say it casually." But I muttered in my heart, although this is an innocent girl, if the Liu family comes out to talk about the child daughter-in-law, who would dare to marry? It's not a man of the right age who is cheaper than the Liu family.