Hearing this, Aunt Zhao's heart became more and more ironed, and she even looked at Si Si as if she was looking at her own daughter.

"Come in, come in! What does it look like to stand in the yard on a cold day? Aunt Zhao hurriedly beckoned Sisi and them in.

As soon as she entered the house, Aunt Zhao immediately took out peanuts and melon seeds and fried goods made by herself, and took out a few pieces of candy from the cupboard.

"Auspicious, for you!"

Aunt Zhao said to Jixiang with a smile.

"Auntie, your sugar is very valuable! Let's keep it for yourself! Si Si glanced at the packaging of the sugar, and then remembered, this sugar is too expensive, even if he just looks at it, he will never buy it.

"It's not expensive, this is what the old man got back from going to Squire Wu's house to pay New Year's greetings, and we don't like sweetness, so it's better to give auspiciousness."

The village chief also nodded and agreed: "No matter how you say auspiciousness, it is our little grandson, just a little sugar, it's nothing." ”

Aunt Zhao teased Jixiang and coaxed: "Jixiang, say a few auspicious words, grandma will give you a big red envelope." ”

"I wish my grandparents good health and all the best, a happy New Year, blessings like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and longevity than the old pine of Nanshan!" As soon as Jixiang's eyes lit up, a large string of auspicious words came out of his mouth, and the village chief and his wife were full of joy.

Aunt Zhao took out a red envelope from her arms and handed it to Jixiang.

"Well, you little clever ghost, I've been ready for you a long time ago."

"Thank you, grandparents!"

Jixiang was happy, but he still secretly looked at Si Si's face, and after seeing his mother nodding, he happily accepted it.

……

Today, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xian also followed his mother to Meng Zhuangshi's house.

Chen Xian's mother, Chen Meng, is Meng Lili's aunt, and she didn't need to bring Chen Xian with her when she went back to her parents' house, but Chen Xian had to come with her in order to see Meng Lili, and she got used to it every year, and over time, she got used to it.

The conditions of Chen Meng's husband's family are good, and they are a big family in Anshui Village, so as soon as she came back, the people of the Meng family came out.

Chen Xian first paid New Year's greetings to his grandmother, and then walked to Meng Lili's side.

"Cousin, Happy New Year," Chen Xian walked to Meng Lili's side with a smile, and took out a red envelope from his pocket to her, saying, "This is a big red envelope for you." ”

When Meng Lili saw Chen Xian, she remembered the last bidding, and when she thought of it, she felt that Chen Xian hated it and looked at him unpleasantly.

She took the red envelope, and then said angrily: "What's good, it's just a New Year, and it's not that it hasn't happened." ”

After the New Year, she will be sixteen years old, and the matter of marrying will become more and more urgent.

"Cousin, don't be cold to me every time, I didn't mess with you." 520

"You haven't messed with me yet, have you?" Meng Lili said angrily: "You can't help anything, it's useless." Meng Lili turned around and left.

Chen Xian opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Meng Lili had already walked away, Chen Xian closed his mouth, very disappointed, so he had to move his feet and return to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Chen Mengshi was chatting with Meng Zhuangshi and Meng Li about family life.

Looking at Meng Zhuangshi's grandson, Chen Mengshi couldn't help but sigh and said: "Alas, you are not a few years older than me, you have already hugged your grandson, I don't know when I can hold it, I have married a daughter-in-law who can't lay eggs, it's been several years, and my stomach hasn't moved." ”

Meng Zhuangshi asked, "Then you don't give Chen Xian a concubine?" ”

"I have this plan, but let's wait until the Spring Festival, if I don't hug my grandson, my hair will be gray, alas!"

"Eldest sister, don't worry, wait for the concubine, maybe you will hold the two of you in three years!"

"I hope so, by the way, has your family Lili's family affair been decided? She'll be sixteen after the New Year, right? If you don't settle down, I'm afraid that the young men with good conditions will be picked up by others, so the first strike is stronger, and the last one can only pick up the leftovers! Chen Mengshi persuaded.

When it comes to the problem of her daughter, Meng Zhuangshi is also worried, and said: "Our family Lili is stubborn, and she can't look down on the young man with average conditions, but this year she has to decide what she says, whether she wants to or not, the one who stays here and then will become an old girl." ”

"This girl's vision is too high, the conditions are almost the same, just get by, seriously, the eldest sister advises you! If your family is ordinary, and you want to climb a big family, even if you get married, the husband's family will look down on you, you find an ordinary family, the two families are not much different, no one dislikes anyone, and there is some confidence. Chen Mengshi talked about his own experience.

"What the eldest sister said is that Lili has been spoiled by us all these years, and she has a small temperament, and she is married to that powerful person, I am not at ease, I am afraid that she will cause trouble for me!"

“……”

……

At night, Meng Zhuangshi's house quieted down.

Meng Li is counting the New Year's goods that need to be used to visit Squire's house tomorrow: noodles, bacon sausages, rice cakes, dim sum, etc.

Meng Zhuangshi will bring his wife and children to Squire Wu for the New Year every year, and this year is no exception.

"Dad, bring Lili with you tomorrow," Meng Li said as he sorted out the gifts.

Meng Zhuangshi thought about it, and was a little reluctant: "Lili is sixteen, isn't it okay to take such a big girl?" In the past, when I was young, I said that I would bring it over to play, but now I still bring it over, and others can't tell what to say behind their backs? ”

"Idiot, why are you so unenlightened? Didn't Squire Wu have a younger son named Wu Dilin? Last time Squire Wu brought him here, I saw that Lili seemed to be looking at him in the right eye, you take Lili to go, let the two of them see each other more, if the two of them can have fun, you can talk to the squire! ”

"Wu Dilin?" Meng Zhuangshi pondered for a while, and said with some hesitation: "This Wu Dilin doesn't seem to be good, right?" He has been spoiled by Squire Wu since he was a child, he is a gentleman, he has no shape, and he will not hurt people, I am afraid that he will not have any responsibility in the future. ”

Meng Li felt that it didn't matter: "Squire Wu's family has a big business, as the saying goes, there are three thousand nails in a rotten ship, it doesn't matter if Wu Dilin doesn't take responsibility!" Their family has a family property, and a lot of family members, if Lili can marry in the past, it is the life of the young grandmother, in the future, she will work hard to have a son and a half daughter, and she will not have to worry about eating and drinking in this life, which is better than marrying a young man in the village! ”

Meng Zhuangshi thought about it, and then said: "Okay, then I'll take her to see it tomorrow, but whether it succeeds or not depends on Lili's own fate." ”

"Don't worry, our Lili is so good-looking and well-behaved and sensible, Wu Dilin will definitely like it, I'll dress her up tomorrow and make her look better."