Chapter 184: The Daily Life of a Newlywed
At the feast, everyone has a reason to be happy.
Some people are happy for the rich life of Chenjia Village today, some people are happy that their children will have a place to study for free in the future, and of course, there are also Chen Jiqin and Liu who are happy to have grandchildren.
At the banquet, the two of them took turns to hug their grandson with Chen Qianshan and toast table by table. When everyone saw it, they all praised the boy for his good looks. When a few people heard this, their hearts were filled with sweetness and pride.
Ye Ermei ate well during her pregnancy, and Chen Qianshan never shortened her anything. In this way, the child never suffered in the womb and therefore grew up exceptionally. Like other pregnant women, where is there such a precious person as Ye Ermei.
Also happy is the representative of Li Sanjin's mother's family. Looking at the long banquet that made them stunned, eating exquisite meals, and holding the thick seal given by Chen Jitang, Li Sanjin was also happy in his heart, and at the same time, he also began to envy.
When will their Lijia Village be able to live such a life!
Because he was sent into the cave room early, Li Sanjin was not able to see the kilometer-long flowing water mat. However, her aunt Chen Luo was very experienced in preparing a lot of food in advance, so Li Sanjin was not hungry.
Since he was going to leave the next day, Chen Luo took the red envelope and took the clay pot he brought to tie together all the leftover meat from last night, regardless of type, and filled a jar full.
Now that it's cold, I'm not afraid of the smell at all, just take it home.
As for the flavor of the skewers, you don't need to think about it at all, it's just meat. It tastes so good, who cares about this.
Looking at her husband who was still sleeping next to her, Li Sanjin was still a little shy, as if she was in a dream. Yesterday she was a girl from the Li family, and from today onwards, she will be the lady of the Chen family. After thinking about it, I decided to get up and cook.
She is always like this at home, and she panics when she is idle.
Unexpectedly, Chen Jitang also woke up, pulled her and said, "You don't have to get up so early." Lady, sleep a little longer, you were tired last night......"
Chen Jitang's words, Li Sanjin then remembered that he was already in Chen's house, and he didn't have to get up to cook breakfast and feed the pigs. However, the habits she has developed over the years have made her unable to sleep at all, and the two simply hugged and chatted.
After a while, Li Sanjin said: "Xianggong, I have to get up, my aunt is still there, I want to leave after a while, I need to get up and make some food." ”
"Then I'll go with you. I'll light the fire in a moment, and you can make some noodles, cook a few poached eggs, and just eat yesterday's leftovers. Thinking that there were indeed guests at home, Chen Jitang would not be able to continue to sleep.
Hearing this, Li Sanjin was naturally willing. To say that when she cooked at home all these years, there was no one to help, and she had to do everything alone.
In this way, the freshly baked husband and wife, one shy and one stupid, entered the kitchen one after the other, causing a few relatives to look at it too much. Li Sanjin went in and found that everything in the kitchen was new, so he couldn't laugh or cry.
What is Bachelor? That's it.
At that moment, I rolled up my sleeves, washed the pot three times and divided it by two, scooped up some white noodles and some coarse noodles, and began to make noodles.
Because it was a freshly made dough sheet, plus a poached egg, as well as the leftover vegetable soup and various dishes from yesterday's flowing water table, several people ate very deliciously. Especially Li Sanjin's cousin, who seems to have eaten enough, rubbing his stomach while eating and burping.
When I got off the table, I spread out on the chair for a long time, and I didn't get up for a long time.
These leftovers were sent by Da Niu's mother, and there were two large pots, and there were no types, all of them were together. This is also what she thinks thoughtfully, and she feels that these two people have no life experience, and it is a hand to be able to help.
Everyone knows that Chen Jitang spent little money in order to marry.
With a somewhat sour legs, Li Sanjin sent away his aunt and brother Tang a little unnaturally. Seeing that Li Sanjin was walking a little unnaturally, Chen Luo covered his mouth and smiled, successfully blushing Li Sanjin.
Chen Jitang, who has been hungry for decades, also has some skills.
As for Li Sanjin's lobby brother Li Sanwa, seeing Chen Jitang greeting other guests, he hurriedly whispered to Li Sanjin: "Sanjin, you are rich now, you can't forget us." That kind of sub......"
Hearing this, Li Sanjin said as if he didn't understand, "Brother Lobby, what seeds are you talking about?" I don't know. Besides, everyone knows that in order to marry me, my father-in-law has spent all his money. In the future, maybe I'll have to go back to my parents' house to get some things, so don't refuse when the time comes. ”
One sentence successfully made Li Sanwa angry and bluntly said: "Strange Taoists often say that the married daughter spills the water!" Okay, you, you've just entered the door, and you've forgotten about your mother's family, hum. ”
He is not afraid, although Li Sanjin is married, his mother's family is still there.
As long as he goes back and instigates Li Cripple, with his greedy nature, these seeds will definitely be able to get his hands on them. If you leave your daughter until she is twenty years old to marry, and you need twenty taels of dowry, you can't find a second one within a radius of dozens of miles.
However, Li Sanjin is not afraid. He also knows that the daughter who married out is now the water that was spilled, and no one can control it. And even if there is a seed, it is for her mother's family, and it has nothing to do with her cousin.
I don't want to think about how I did to her family in the first place!
After sending off relatives, Chen Jitang and his family went back to the house to get a broom, ready to clean up the garbage on the road. This time, the flowing water mat lasted until late at night, and the road was full of garbage.
The village chief said that this road needs to be taken care of by everyone, and you can't just throw garbage. If he is caught, he will be punished for a month's worth of money.
But everyone thought it was a good idea and unanimously supported it.
As soon as Li Sanjin walked out of the door with a broom, he saw a group of little daughters-in-law looking at her with a smile, and he felt a little embarrassed at the moment. However, she has been a housekeeper, and she is a pungent person, so after a while, everyone became one.
It turned out that it was like to leave home and become a daughter-in-law, and Li Sanjin felt that this kind of life was still very easy for the first time.
Since every household sent someone out to clean up, but in half an hour, the stone road was clean again, and Li Sanjin sighed in his heart. If you want to say that this stone road is good, not to mention that you don't have to worry about rain, just the autumn harvest has many benefits, not only flat, but also can be used as a drying field.
In the layout of Chenjia Village, many people's houses are built on the side of the road, and it is very convenient to move in and out. Besides, almost every household has a large yard, and there is no need to move out unless necessary.
Naturally, I eat leftovers at noon, but I need to make some noodles or rice. Li Sanjin couldn't figure out Chen Jitang's taste, after all, the couple still needed to run in, so he asked, "Xianggong, what do you want to eat at noon?" ”
Hearing this, Chen Jitang took her hand and said, "It's still early, and there are so many leftovers, you can do anything." Just make what you like, I'm not a picky eater. ”
After speaking, he handed Li Sanjin a purse.
The purse is sewn from the simplest coarse cloth, but the inside is bulging. As soon as Li Sanjin opened it, he saw that it was full of broken silver.
Chen Jitang said: "There are still ten taels of silver in it, you can take them all." Anyway, it's just the two of us, and we can arrange our lives at will in the future. It's all I have. Originally, the village divided forty taels of silver, but it cost twenty-five taels to build the house, and with these furniture, it cost a total of thirty taels. When I was making a flowing water mat, although everyone understood that I didn't let me pay the silver, I thought that it would be just once in my life, so I insisted on giving out five taels of silver. ”
Seeing that Li Sanjin was listening carefully, Chen Jixing said again: "Yesterday, the red seal went some more, and the last thing left was two or three taels of silver." As for these, all my savings over the years will be handed over to you. It's just that you have to work hard to live a hard life with me. ”
Hearing this, Li Sanjin was moved in his heart.
Not to mention ten taels of silver, enough for her to live with Chen Jitang for a year. She was very touched by this sincerity alone. When she was in her mother's house, there were times when the family didn't have a penny of silver.
Hard days? No matter how hard the days are, can you still live those days?
Immediately, his eyes were red.
Chen Jitang saw that Li Sanjin didn't speak, and saw that her eyes were red, so he thought that she felt that there was little silver and was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get by, so he hurriedly took Li Sanjin's hand and spoke.
"Lady, I really only have so much silver at the moment. However, as long as we make a good sum up and survive until the end of next year, I will have twenty taels of wages, and when the village sells the longevity fruit, I will also share the silver miles. Although the price of longevity fruit next year will definitely not be as expensive as this year, the income will not be less, and next year, when the silver is divided, it will be the two of us, which will be more than half. If so, if we have a son and a half daughter, then the three of us will share the silver. The village chief said that even a child who has just been born for a day can share the silver. ”
Seeing that Chen Jitang had misunderstood, Li Sanjin hurriedly said: "Xianggong, you misunderstood me, ten taels of silver is enough for us to live." If such a day is still bitter, then I don't know how to describe it before. No matter what kind of life I have, as long as you are there, I have confidence. ”
It was really a newlywed, and the two hugged again.
After lunch, Chen Jitang needed to go to hunt pigweed. Li Sanjin was going to follow.
Chen Jitang originally wanted her to rest at home, but Li Sanjin said that he was afraid of being alone at home, so he followed Chen Jitang.
Along the way, I met many people, and Chen Jitang and Li Sanjin greeted them one by one, which made everyone begin to sigh that this family business is really a pair. The current Chen Jitang seems to have changed as a person, with wind under his feet and full of energy.
The two of them beat a basket of pigweed, and then walked to the pig farm.
Chen Jitang was working, and Li Sanjin was observing from the sidelines, feeling that this work was not complicated at all, and she was fully competent.
It's just that after the pig food was cooked, Li Sanjin saw Chen Jitang grab a handful of powdery things in a cloth bag and throw it in, stir it, and suddenly a strange taste came out.
It smells like a fishy smell.
Li Sanjin said: "Xianggong, what did you just catch!" ”
Chen Jitang smiled and said: "This is the small fish, shrimp, crab and the like that the owner caught in the lake before, dried and finely grounded, and that's it." These things are said to promote the growth of pigs and make their coats shiny. ”
After saying that, he carried the bucket to the pigsty.
Li Sanjin followed, and after a closer look, these pigs were indeed as Chen Jitang said, oily and slippery, and looked very cute. After thinking about it, Li Sanjin said: "Xianggong, can I tell my father and mother this method." I also have a few pigs at home, but the coat color is not good-looking, and it is sparse. If it grows well, it can be sold for a good price. ”
It's just that she is afraid that this is the secret of the owner, and leaking it will cause unnecessary trouble to Chen Jitang.
Chen Jitang said with a smile: "Yes, this is not a secret, almost everyone in our village knows it." ”
"Great, I'll tell my dad this method when we go back the day after tomorrow. I hope those pigs can grow better, and at the end of the year, they will exchange more silver. ”
After feeding the pigs and cleaning the pigsty, Chen Jitang was taken aback when he saw that it was still early. In the past, when he was alone, it was not until mid-afternoon after feeding the pigs, but today it was obviously still early.
After thinking about it, today Li Sanjin followed him to beat pigweed, cut pigweed together to make pig food, and fed pigs together and cleaned up, which is equivalent to shortening the time by half.
Chen Jitang said, "Why don't I take you to see my family's land?" ”
"Well, I don't know the way yet." Li Sanjin said happily. She's also an idle person, and she's not used to letting her sit and play.
The two almost held hands and walked to the ground one after the other.
Chen Jitang's land is only two acres, which are connected together, or left by Chen Jitang's father. This land is behind the hillside that Chen Jixing's family bought, and the location of the land is not particularly good.
The second Chen family grew old early, and they didn't have any property at all. Chen Jitang buried his parents one after another, and the family's savings were not much left, and one person would not arrange it, and one person lived on the crops produced on two acres of land.
Before feeding the pigs to Chen Jixing's house, he was often full and hungry, so Chen Jitang would be a bachelor until now.
The two walked for a while before they reached their destination.
At this time, the two plots of land were empty, and nothing was planted. This can't blame Chen Jitang for being lazy, he is really lacking in skills, and later took the time to become a parent.
In the past few months, the village has either been building an ancestral hall or a school, or it is busy paving roads, and neither of them can be separated from people. Before the change, he could have asked someone to help, but this year is special, everyone is busy.
And he is a good and strong person, he refuses to fall behind in everything, he participates in everything, and he either feeds the pigs or works every day, and he is so tired that he can't straighten his waist. Later, the matchmaker told him about this family business, and he was even busier, supervising the construction of new houses every day, and buying furniture afterwards, in short, he was not idle this winter.
"Xianggong, this land is indeed ours, not rented, right?" Li Sanjin asked. Although the land was a little off, she knew it was not bad at a glance. Her family's more than 20 acres of land are all rented, except for sixty percent of the rent, which can barely feed the family.
Chen Jitang said: "Of course it's ours, the title deed is at home." I gave you that little wooden box last night, and at the bottom is the title deed. ”
Li Sanjin was very happy, she finally had land. Although there are only two acres, she has thought about it, and all the remuneration for raising pigs next year will be used to buy land, and the silver in the village is enough for her and Chen Jitang to live.
"It's a pity, I'm panicking like this, but it's too late to plant anything now." Li Sanjin was idle. She used every corner of the land her family had rented. Even the small area in her yard was planted with shallots and the like.
The two were immersed in the reverie of what else they could plant now, when they were interrupted by an abrupt voice: "Don't run, stand!" Quick, you go over there, be careful, there's on the ground. ”
Li Sanjin was frightened by this cold voice, but Chen Jitang lowered his head and looked down with experience, then opened his throat and said, "It's Sister-in-law Ye, what, are you catching chickens?" ”
Chen Jitang naturally knew that Chen Jixing's house had a road leading directly to this forest, which was bought by her family, and it is said that most of it was planted with flowers and trees, and the other half was used to raise chickens and ducks.
The people in the village once came to the conclusion that the Chen family raised hundreds of chickens alone, because in addition to eating them themselves, her family sold baskets of eggs and duck eggs to the city every month.
As soon as Ye heard that it was Chen Jitang, he said with a smile: "Yes, I raised some black-bone chickens before, and Ye Feng said that this kind of chicken is good to eat and nourish the body." Now my second sister has just come out of confinement, and I want to catch a few for her to make up. It's a pity, this chicken is so good at running that it can't catch up at all. ”
Ye Shi said the truth, this group of black-bone chickens is too powerful, I don't know if I feel that there is a difficulty today, running and jumping very fast, a few of them chased for a long time before they drove down from the tree, but now they actually ran all the way to the end of the forest. If it weren't for Chen Jixing, he would have made a high bamboo fence to separate it, but I am afraid that he would have run out by now.
"Sister-in-law, you said it earlier, I'll help you catch it." Chen Jitang said with a smile.
Since he helped the Ye family raise pigs, the Ye family has taken care of him a lot, either delivering food or vegetables. After that, he paid his salary in advance for his marriage. So he would occasionally help them drive the chickens into the pen.
Ye also knew Chen Jitang's ability, and he didn't see it, and said with a smile: "That's okay, I'll trouble you." You come in from here, these fences are not deep, you pull them up, you can come in and insert them again. ”
When Chen Jitang and Li Sanjin came in, Ye Shi said a little embarrassedly: "Ah, big sister, you are also here, how embarrassing is this, you can be careful, there is a lot of here, be careful of slipping." ”
Li Sanjin hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't clean when you're at home." With that, he went to catch chickens with Chen Jitang.
Ye likes this Li Sanjin's temperament very much, not pretentious, and moves quickly. Just when she was dazzled, she cooperated with Chen Jitang and had already caught a black-bone chicken that was clucking and struggling.
Ye hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up and continued to wait for Chen Jitang to exert his might.
After a while, Chen Jitang caught four more, and Li Sanjin also caught one. Ye Shi said: "Okay, I'm really troublesome for you today, let's go, let's go down." ”
A few people talked while walking, and they were safe and sound, until they reached the end, and the slope became steep. Chen Jitang grabbed the chicken in his hand, and he didn't care about greeting Chen Jixing, so he didn't care about his feet, but as a result, he stepped on a pile of chicken shit, slipped under his feet, and slipped on his buttocks.
For a while, the cries of the crowd and the crows of chickens came and went, and those who did not know the situation thought that something had happened.
Ye Feng was one of them, he was in the house to pay attention to the planting theory for Chen Wumei and Qianyu, and when he heard this call, he was also startled, and hurriedly ran over to take a look.
Fortunately, it is not far from the flat ground, but only a few meters away. Chen Jixing hurriedly went up to help and helped Chen Jitang up. This Jitang is also very powerful, just grabbed the chicken and slid a few meters away, and the two black-boned chickens didn't break free.
Ye Shi tightly tugged at the mouth of the bag and walked down slowly, only then he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "These chickens are too powerful, I hope the second sister can be so lively after eating." ”
A remark successfully made everyone laugh.
Taking the chicken in Chen Jitang's hand, Chen Jixing said, "Hey, how did you meet this?" ”
Hearing this, Chen Jitang hurriedly said: "We looked at the ground above, and felt that it was a pity that this land was empty, but we didn't know what to plant, so we were worried." No, when I met my sister-in-law catching chickens, I came in to help. ”
Chen Jixing said: "If you don't say it, you forgot, your land is indeed empty, it's a pity." However, I have a way, it's up to you to decide if you want to. As you know, since the road was built in our village, there have been more people in the village who have set up relatives, and in the past few days, there have been a lot more people who have come to us to book a kitchen. When cooking, we need a lot of ginger, onion and garlic. Especially the green onions, after buying them back and leaving them for a long time, they wilt, and they don't taste as fresh as they are. If you don't dislike making less, plant some, and we'll take them all. ”
When Chen Jitang heard this, it was indeed a good idea, and after selling these, he could continue to plant crops such as corn and sweet potatoes. At the moment, he discussed the quantity with Chen Jixing, and then agreed.
This made Li Sanjin, who had been chatting with Ye's family, breathe a sigh of relief.
As soon as Chen Jixing made this suggestion, she was moved, although she didn't make much, it was better than empty. And she once went to the street with her mother Chen to buy a kimchi jar, and by the way, she asked the price of ginger, onion and garlic, and knew what the price was.
Anyway, it's a good deal.
After saying a few more words, Ye said: "Big sister, although you and I are meeting for the first time, I like your temperament very much, so come to me to sit here more in the future." I take care of my children at home all day, and I am also bored and panicked, and I am lacking someone to talk to. By the way, you take this chicken back. Speaking of which, the two of you just got married, so it's better to make up for it. ”
Li Sanjin originally thought that the Ye family was so rich and the owner that they would definitely look up to the top and look down on poor people like them. But Ye's temperament is good, and she is a big girl, and she has already shouted her heart.
Now he said that he wanted her to take a chicken home to make up for it, and immediately blushed and said, "Sister-in-law, no need, this is for your sister-in-law to make up for her body." Besides, I'm so strong that I don't need it. ”
Ye Shi was determined to send it, first, there was really no shortage of this chicken, and second, he really liked Li Sanjin, so he said: "But it's too little?" I'm not happy if you excuse me. ”
Li Sanjin glanced at Chen Jitang in embarrassment, and when he saw that he also nodded, he happily accepted it.
When the two returned home, they found that there was a smell of on their bodies.
Putting down the chicken, Li Sanjin hurriedly went to the stove to boil water. Both of them took a bath, and Chen Jitang went to the next room to start cooking pig food. Li Sanjin stayed at home, cooking while thinking about what to bring back the day after tomorrow.
There is so much silver in the family, and with this family background, it is definitely not possible to take more. However, if you go back empty-handed, it is really not like words. Needless to say, she knows that after her lobby brother goes back, she will naturally publicize it, saying how rich Chenjiacun is and how good her luck is.
That alone makes it even more impossible to go back empty-handed.