346 Three-four-five-six

"Mother, why do we have so much meat! Could it be that it's killing pigs, won't our pigs still be in the pigsty, where did this meat come from? Liu Rui came back from frolicking outside, and saw half a fan of pork piled up in the hall, two leg of mutton, a piece of beef, and some odd things, his face was full of joy, "Mother, our family has meat to eat this time!" Hey, where did this pastry come from? It's delicious. ”

Xiuyun opened Liu Rui's hand holding the pastry, "Why don't you go and wash your hands quickly, go to your third uncle's house and call your father back, it's really such a big thing at home, why is your father still outside?" Hurry up and come back and eat again! Xiuyun sent Liu Rui to Liu Laosan and asked Liu Qing to go, and then took care of the meat, pastries, and some of the things that were piled up on the table in the hall house, all of which were for the New Year. A few pieces of cloth were put in the back room, and I wondered what was going to be done. Qingqing is not here, her aunt is very uncomfortable giving these New Year's gifts, although it is said that even the second grandfather's family and Uncle Guang's family have it, but her family is nothing, how can there be elders to give New Year's gifts to younger generations. This and the Four Treasures of Rarity's study also made her own good life put away, although she felt that her son was a little naughty on weekdays, but still felt smart. I was thinking that she would send her father to her father for enlightenment after the New Year, but she didn't dare to think that she could send her son to school in the first two years. In the past two years, life has been better, there is no old man in the family, and the man can save a lot of money by working on weekdays, and she runs the house, not to say that %no% wrong%M. This pig and sheep or something, just say that this winter is the pheasant's livelihood and has saved a lot of money. Although there is not much silver saved in the few acres of land outside, there is no need to worry about the family's chewing. So I still want to send my son to the school, but I can't take the test to be a showman, and it's always different to be able to know words. Look at Aunt Hui next door now, her son is now a man, and those squires don't all come to give gifts, but now they walk with the wind. If Zu Xi comes back from the Jinshi exam, it will not only be a matter of honoring the ancestors, but also a major event of the whole village and Taoyuan Town.

Xiuyun came back to her senses, looked at the stacked meat in the room, and thought about Qingqing's family, not to mention that Qingqing's family had left, it had been a few months, and in a blink of an eye, it was going to be the New Year. These New Year's gifts have to cost a lot of money, and their family can't eat all the meat, so they can save some money when they go back to their parents' house and buy it again, but they can also save a lot of money, that is, they can add two new clothes to their parents. By the way, the color of the cloth just now is also strangely bright, the purple one looks very good, the younger brother and sister may be dressed well, and the blue one makes a new padded jacket for his man.

Thinking about it at this time, listening to the sound outside the door, Xu is Liu Qing is back, and he didn't look up and shouted outside the door: "Qingzi, you're back, hurry in and have a look!" ”

"Mother, I'm back too! It's time for me to eat pastry. Liu Rui squeezed in from behind his father and approached Xiuyun, his eyes looking directly at the exquisite pastry box wrapped on the big table.

Xiuyun thought about it, so she picked out the most inconspicuous-looking one from the big table, and carefully opened it and took a small piece for Liu Rui, "Don't eat so much at once, take it and eat it first, be good." He touched Liu Rui's head and pointed to the side: "Take it and play with it, my mother will make you braised pork to eat today." ”

Liu Rui, who was still dissatisfied with such a small piece of pastry, was coaxed out with beauty, Xiuyun pulled Liu Qing's finger and showed him, "Qingqing, her aunt sent someone to send it, saying that the second grandfather and Uncle Guang's family also have it." ”

"It's true!" Liu Qing looked at the fat pork, rubbed his hands excitedly, and explained: "I heard his daughter-in-law say that someone came to give gifts, a big car, I thought it was a joke, how did I think that someone in our family also came to give gifts!" Why send so much meat, even if we can't finish it during the New Year! Yun, why don't you send some to our parents, anyway, we can't finish eating these things. ”

Xiuyun only felt that her man was really good, so she just said: "I don't want to tell you about this, I think there is a lot of pork here, you and Rarity love braised pork, let's stay a little more and wait for me to make cured meat and let it take more time, I learned it from Qingqing." As for the mutton, the smell is a little big, but my father likes to eat it, and besides, Qingqing also handed it over to me to give the mutton to taste, then give my father and mother one, and the beef...."Xiuyun pulled those things and began to say how to divide them, Liu Qing didn't intervene on the side, and the daughter-in-law nodded when she paused, and when Xiuyun finished speaking, she answered: "If you don't put two pheasants anymore, my father and younger brother will have one for their families." ”

Xiuyun paused for a moment and nodded, "Just pick two roosters, the hens still have to let them lay eggs." ”

"Okay, then we'll send it to my father and mother tomorrow." Liu Qing listened to her daughter-in-law's words and proposed so.

Xiuyun snorted and sighed, "Qingqing and their family are about to celebrate the New Year, and I don't know when they will come back?" How far is this in Beijing, I don't know what Qingqing and her brother do, and it doesn't look like an official. By the way, the last time Qingqing sent a letter back, it was very good, and I don't know if I am used to it in that unfamiliar place? "Tang Anqing did send a letter, this village can come from the outside to write a letter is like a big deal, but there are very few people in the village who can read, only Uncle Guang can read, and the people in the village will gather around Uncle Guang's house to listen to Uncle Guang read the letter.

Liu Qing smiled, "What the hell, isn't there still Bai Yu here." The letter said that it was good, so don't worry about it. It's not that I said that I will come back after the New Year, but it's not going to be soon. ”

Xiuyun nodded, "That's what I said, you see that Qingqing is not here, and her aunt is still sending things to our house, should we return the gift?" I remember that Qingqing's aunt's house is on the hill by the moat in Taoyuan Town, why do you say that the family lives on that hill, there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back. I heard that the land on the side of the mountain is on the Zhuangzi, which is bigger than our village! "Xiuyun has been to Zhuangzi a few times, and compared with other people's Zhuangzi, his own house is like a dog kennel. But there is a good saying: the golden nest and the silver nest are not worse than their own kennels, that is, the house is worse, but it can shelter from the wind and rain, and there is a room of tables, stools, and cabinets that are handled by themselves, so they all feel good. It's just that when it comes to returning gifts, people who are so rich will not lack food and clothing, and they don't have anything to show for themselves. If only Qingqing were here... Thinking about it, Xiuyun said: "I think it's better to send some dry goods from our house, it's always a snack." ”

"Listen to your daughter-in-law, or go along tomorrow, I still remember the road." Liu Qinghan smiled and nodded, since his daughter-in-law had spoken, how could he disagree.

This Liujiagou is not big, there are only dozens of households, and the whole village will know about the sesame point in the village, not to mention that it is still this carriage to give gifts. This big car gift is gone in a blink of an eye, and everyone who sees it is not all red-eyed. You said that it was given to the old man and said that it was in the past, after all, people are relatives, and Uncle Guang's family can also say a little bit in the past, but it is Xiuyun's family, and it is said that it is good for the two families, so it is nothing to give some gifts. This is almost the New Year, and there are a lot of things at home, so this matter should be regarded as gossip, what is this gift, and how much money is worth. In the afternoon, the New Year's gift from the second aunt's son-in-law's family came, and it was such a big car. only said that Yanni married a good family, but the second aunt had enough face in front of everyone, and it was rare to take a few boxes of pastries at a time for a group of sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law to taste.

"Second aunt, Yanni gave birth to a big fat boy, and she must have a special face in her mother-in-law's house!" In the first year of marriage, I had a body and gave birth to a handle, and my mother-in-law was also happy, and my mother-in-law also had a face. I don't know how many times the second aunt has said it in the village, but the whole village knows about it. Now I don't know who interjected and said such a sentence, the second aunt smiled and handed a pastry to everyone, "It's not a mile, our Yanni is a blessed one, that is, the fortune-telling immortal said that my Yanni is a wangfu wangzi." My mother-in-law said that since Yanni got married, my son-in-law has been well, and now that he has given birth to a son, how can he not be happy, don't you say? ”

Naturally, everyone said yes again and again, and they all said that Yanni was blessed and blessed in her life. Who knows who the second aunt said about this fortune teller? They hadn't heard of it before, and they only boasted a few words. I don't know who said that Yang's sister-in-law's son-in-law also came to give a New Year's gift, except for a few who usually befriended the second aunt and didn't go to see the excitement, the other sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law all went to the front street to see the excitement.

Why did she arrive at this time, the second aunt thought to herself, sent the person who gave the New Year's gift, and thought about it, so she invited a few aunts who stayed behind to come to the house to see a large car of New Year's gifts sent by her son-in-law.

"The second aunt can really show off, but Xiaojuan, have you seen it, I saw that there is a whole big fat pig on the car, and the second aunt's family will not worry about running out of meat to eat during the New Year." Feng Zhi took Xiaojuan's hand and walked from the back street to the front street, there were only dozens of households in Liujiagou in total, and there was just a big puddle and a road between the two streets. It is said that the big puddle was dug when the water was stored in the past, and if it caught up with the rain enough, this big puddle would not have been watered, and most of the ducks and geese raised in the village were in it on weekdays. "When Qingqing's family is not there, he can show off. Isn't our village the richest in Qingqing's family, I heard Xiuyun say that Qingqing's aunt's family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, and it is said that the whole place where she lives is about the same size as our village! I wonder if it's true?"

Xiaojuan shook her head and said that she didn't know either, "It's true, but didn't you go back to Qingqing's aunt and still have two maids waiting for her?" It's just that the carload of things is flowing to Qingqing's house, it must be a solid one. ”

"Also, why don't you see Fangrong coming out to do family work these days? When I went to her house, she didn't come out. "Feng Zhi doesn't like Fangrong very much, but everyone is a villager who looks up and doesn't look down, and can usually talk. Suddenly, she came out so little, everyone must have thought it strange. Feng Zhi went to her house to ask a few times, but she didn't ask three, four, five or six.