The family went into the kitchen again, and this time they were really busy with the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The braised chicken was stewed for a while, and the roasted duck was already dripping with oil, so Zhixing cut it into pieces and put it on a large plate. Qi You continued to pour shredded radish, and poured sweet and sour sauce on it for cold dressing. Zhimin and Zhiping poured the dumplings into the chicken broth and boiled them.

Chungui burned another fish, and another pot of boiled sweet potato and red bean rice.

There is also a plate of fried soybeans, and Zhiping's new teeth are also eager to try.

By the time the dumplings in the chicken soup had floated, it was already late, and the table was already full of meals, almost all of which were meat dishes. For the first time of the new and old years, Zhiping Zhimin was already drooling.

The bowl in front of everyone was filled with chicken soup dumplings, and the children only moved their chopsticks after Chun Gui said it. There are firecrackers outside, and it is lively inside, and chicken, duck and fish are very happy.

On this day of family reunion, I hope that it will be the beginning of a better life for another year.

After eating and cleaning up, the family ate fried soybeans and chatted with each other, and Chun Gui saw that Zhiping Zhimin was drowsy, so he quickly took out the red envelopes prepared in the morning and distributed them one by one.

As soon as they saw the red envelope, several children were excited, and even Zhixing was just as excited as he was on the fifteenth day of the New Year. After Qi You took the red envelope and bowed to her with a smile, the first three followed suit.

There are only ten cents in the red envelope, but they seem to have a great treasure. Chungui looked at it and smiled, such a day is really good.

The family is full of children, only Qi You has passed the sixteenth year of the year, and he is considered an adult here, but he will not let them keep the New Year when he returns in spring. When you grow your body, staying up late is too harmful. After taking the red envelope, the excitement passed, and when the spring returned, all the people rushed back to the room one by two.

After all the cleaning up, Chungui stood in front of the window for a while, Qi You's house was still lit, and she just wanted to open her mouth to call him to sleep, but she still didn't speak. Sixteen-year-olds should have their own space.

She was about to go to bed after closing the window, making the bed, lifting the pillow to change places, but a little red suddenly appeared in the corner of the bed.

Chun Gui was puzzled, touched it inside, and pulled out a bulging red envelope.

When I opened it, I saw that there was a string of copper coins inside, and it looked like there were about three or four hundred words.

This is...... New Year's money for her?

Chungui only figured it out in a moment, only the family can come in this room, Zhixing Qiyou will not come in if he avoids suspicion, then only Zhiping and Zhimin, the two children should be assigned tasks.

The money that Zhixing and Qi You were able to save was probably the income from copying books, and I am afraid that they have all been put into this red envelope today.

Chun Gui's heart warmed, and the red seal was pressed back under the pillow, which was not only the New Year's money, but also the pillow until dawn.

Early the next morning, Chungui made a pot full of brown sugar eggs, which was simmering in the pot, and the whole family was up.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, they should kowtow to the elderly, but there are no old people in their family, and their parents' positions are empty. Zhixing clapped his hands: "Let's kneel sister-in-law!" As he spoke, he knelt down, and Chun Gui was so frightened that he hurriedly dragged people up.

"Bastard! Kneel what I do! Hurry up! ”

This child calls her sister-in-law is just a habit of shouting from childhood to adulthood, but she has never been surnamed Liu Er, and this is really not decent if she receives a kneeling salute.

Zhixing was dragged up and thought about it for a while, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. The sister-in-law fed them enough to provide them with school, but the sister-in-law was not really a sister-in-law.

On weekdays, he doesn't realize this, but when it comes to important days, the rules passed down by his ancestors are swinged, and Chun Hui is a real outsider.

Zhixing's chest suddenly felt a little stuffy.

Spring return also has no time to scruples, the brown sugar eggs in the pot have already rolled, after eating a bowl for one person, she packed up a gift, Cai's mother sent a lot of things, according to reason, she should return a copy.

The dim sum box given by Miss Guo was not thrown away, just enough to hold a freshly fried sweet potato ball. This one alone was a little sloppy, and she cut half of the ham that Miss Guo had given.

Now every family is busy visiting relatives and friends, and these children seem to be free, but fortunately, since he knew that Zhiping was going to go to private school after the year, Zhixing no longer let him run away at will, and he was much stricter than before. After a few words, Chun Gui took the gift to Cai's door.

The road is deserted, but the house next to it is very lively, and the courtyard door is open, and there are tables full of relatives when you look in.

Spring return walked a few steps quickly, and it didn't take long to arrive.

I thought it was also a lively scene, but I didn't expect the room to be deserted, and the younger brothers and sisters of the Cai family in the hall were sitting and talking quietly, their brows furrowed.

Chungui opened his mouth, and after shouting, the two hurriedly got up, and Cai's younger brothers and sisters were also enthusiastic, and hurriedly put away the sorrow on their faces, and changed their smiling faces to welcome people in.

"Come to my sister, my mother is talking to my sister in the house."

Chungui suppressed his doubts, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and handed over the things in his hand: "I don't know what my aunt likes to eat, so I made some snacks myself." ”

"Look at you, my sister is really right, a wonderful person with a kind heart and good manners!"

Chungui shook his head with a smile, and then entered the inner room.

A mother and daughter inside sat and whispered to each other, looking not relaxed, and Chun Gui deliberately made some noise and entered generously.

"Auntie, Sister Cai, I came to ask for a cup of tea for the New Year, but I didn't think you would hide inside!"

When the mother and daughter heard the movement, they both smiled when they saw that it was spring return.

Old Mrs. Cai hurriedly brought people over: "Girl, when you come, I said yesterday, if you hadn't prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner earlier, I would have wanted to call all these children in your family over to have a lively time!" ”

"Don't, auntie, except for Qi You's child, who is less talkative and sensible on weekdays, the rest are like leather monkeys. It's going to be boring to stay here for a while! Chun Hui waved his hand again and again.

Mrs. Cai smiled and nodded her forehead: "I've heard from others, Zhixing Zhiping is obedient, I don't believe your words if I don't see those children." ”

"Okay, you came just in time, talk to your sister, I'm old, and I can't talk together." The old lady looked at Cai's and sighed as if she was nothing, then smiled at Chungui and went out.

With this look, I want to know that there is some dislike between mother and daughter.

She hurriedly sat down next to Cai's side: "Sister Cai, what's wrong?" ”

Unexpectedly, Cai's eyes immediately filled with tears, but his eyes were swollen for the New Year, and he was no longer happy the night before

Chun Gui's face was anxious, and he hurriedly held her hand: "What's wrong?" ”

Cai closed his eyes, clenched her hand tightly, and finally spoke: "Chungui, do you think I should remarry?" ”

Chungui was stunned immediately, remarry?

She turned her head to look out the window, and then looked at the now sluggish Cai, could it be that this old lady came to the door for this matter?

“...... Is this what the eldest lady means? ”

Cai nodded: "There is a fellow villager of the same age as me next door to my house, my daughter-in-law was sick and died during the drought in August, and the two of them have no children, and now he is doing carpentry, and my mother has a thought." I had no husband, and he had no daughter-in-law, so he asked me to take Xiaobao over. ”

Cai's husband also has a big brother, his father and mother are long gone, and the two families are estranged after his death.

Mrs. Cai also felt sorry for her daughter, remarried under her nose, and took care of her for a few years while she was still alive, and when she was gone, Cai's family could give birth to a child to rely on.

And Xiaobao's situation, she can't take it into account completely.

Chungui listened and said seriously: "Sister Cai, what do you think?" ”

Cai Shi did not speak for a long time.

Chungui thought about it and continued: "Are you afraid that you will suffer if you marry Xiaobao? ”

Cai raised her eyes and looked at Chungui's honest gaze, her eyes flashed slightly: "I'm afraid that Xiaobao will suffer, and I'm afraid that I'm ........"

She gritted her teeth and finally said: "I'm afraid that if I remarry, it will be a little worse than my current situation." ”

This can't be said to the mother-in-law, marrying and having children is a common thing in the eyes of the elderly, but when she was hit by life, so that Cai's concept that marrying a person seems to mean that a person is running around with a child, her fear of remarriage arises spontaneously.

Chungui sighed secretly in his heart.

Cai's eyes were full of tears: "Although I was useless as a woman during the great drought, Xiaobao suffered a lot with me." ”

"But you know it." Her eyes were serious: "Although I am still living alone with Xiaobao, I can talk to you with you, I can help you watch the stall to make money, and Xiaobao can continue to study in the spring." Cai's tone became more and more eager: "If I set up a stall for half a year, I will be able to save enough for two taels of silver in the coming year!" ”

Chungui patted her hand soothingly, waiting for her to calm down.

Cai's other hand wiped his eyes: "But if I get married, Xiaobao wants to live with someone I don't know, and the food and clothing are under the noses of others." If their family is good, if it is not good, Xiaobao will have to look at people's faces if they eat more food. ”

Cai paused slightly: "Again......."

"Spring returns." She only stared at the woman in front of her, as if she had mustered up her courage: "I don't dare to give my life to another person hastily." ”

Chun Gui's heart was shocked, and Cai's words were frank and straightforward. It's like the grass that has been bent once straightens its body upwards again. There was yearning, hope and sincerity in these words, and the persistence in her tone made her feel sad inexplicably.

Somehow, she suddenly remembered Li Zhicun's innocent appearance at the door of Li's house that day, and she also mustered up the courage to say that the woman gave him a steamed bun stuffed with sauerkraut and meat.

If the person Li Zhicun likes in his mouth is Cai, I don't know if Cai's will accept such a love.

Chungui already knew in her heart after hearing this, and she said, "Sister Cai doesn't want to say it directly." ”

"The days to come are yours, and no matter how thoughtful your mother is, she can't replace you." A thought flashed through her mind and quickly suppressed it: "You made it clear earlier, and the eldest lady will not make a decision for you." ”

"But if you don't say it for a long time, how will the eldest lady know what you think in your heart."

Cai Shi was suspicious for a while, and his expression was a little uncomfortable: "...... It's because of you that I said it, but I, a person who has been married once, wouldn't it be too ...... to say that I don't want to entrust myself hastily."