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At first glance, hearing Zhang Facai's undisguised and straightforward longing, Zhang Qingting was full of joy for his family's thoughts, and even the hint of discord implied in it was temporarily erased, and he was busy offering gifts and describing farewells. {173}

Zhang Facai saw that the two of them were in the dust, and the carriage was full of things, so he swallowed the words blocked in his throat for the time being.

was beckoning to carry the luggage, but Zhao Chengcai waved his hand, "Father-in-law, I'll come, in addition to our own things, more than half of them are for Master Meng, I will wash my face and send him this car first, so as not to toss again." ”

When Zhang Luoshi heard this, he hurriedly called his son-in-law hot water first.

"Where's Xiaoyu?" Zhang Qingting felt strange.

Zhang Facai rushed ahead and responded, "I asked her to go to Yulan to help take care of the children."

Zhang Qingting didn't think much about it, and beckoned to carry his luggage down first. Zhang Facai also briefly introduced the situation at home by the way, originally from Fang Dehai in the capital, Zhang Xiaodie moved next door to be with Fang Mingzhu, Xiaoyu and Xiaoqing The two girls slept outside. Every night, Zhang Facai meticulously checked their house, closed the door and locked it, and then rested with peace of mind.

As for the daytime, because the school is on holiday, and it is approaching the end of the year, many of the guys hired in the racecourse also plan to take leave to go home, so the Fang family's pastry shop is temporarily closed, and Xiaoxiao Jixiang and Qing'er follow them to work in the racecourse every day.

Yinbao ingots looked at playing outside when they came back, but they really helped the family do a lot of work, especially after the holiday, followed by their parents to help buy vegetables for the New Year, cook and fetch water, and only occasionally let them go out to play for a while.

"Look at the hands of both of them, they both have several chilblains, all of them are from working in the winter, these two children are really sensible" Zhang Facai said with relief, and Zhang Qingting was quite moved when he heard it.

"Did you buy the ointment? They still have to read and write, what can they do if they freeze their hands? ”

"Why didn't you buy it? But if you have to work all day long, you have to get cold water, not to mention the two of them, who in our family doesn't have a few chilblains on their hands? Isn't it the same for Fluttershy? I can't take care of so much, and it will be fine when spring begins."

Zhang Qingting was really uncomfortable when he heard this, this is all a shortage of manpower, everyone has to come up.

"Wait two more years, wait for our family to be better, invite more people back, and life will be better in the future, right, how is this year?"

"Originally, I was going to do it simply this year, but then your aunt sent me twenty taels of silver to let me do it decently, after all, this is the first year that our family has lived in a new house, and there are those people in the racecourse, so it's not easy to make it too shabby, so I will do everything that should be done. There are a lot of people here, and we go in and out all day long, and the things we get back are all left in the courtyard of the Fang family, you can go and see what is still missing, let's make up for it. But these are not the most important, what matters is the wages of the guys in the racecourse for the next year, you do your best first, and then do the New Year's things. ”

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Zhang Facai whispered, "This time you went to Beijing, and all your family funds were emptied, right?" I still have some money saved there, so I can't take that one first. ”

Zhang Qingting smiled, "Dad, don't worry, I met a noble person in Beijing this time, I made a small deal, and I saved a few dollars in my hands. It's better to go back and return the aunt's ** silver, and it's not good for us to always touch her light. ”

"This is very true." Zhang Facai said with a smile, "Since you left, your aunt also helped our horse farm collect some cheap goods when she collected grain, and she was the master of Mingzhu." She said that although Uncle He's introduction was good in the past, after all, it was a good horse raiser, and it was not necessary for all the horses in our family to eat so well, so she took a large part from her, and it was enough to eat it. At these times, it's really hard to worry about that little girl, and I'm so busy that I hit the back of my head all day long. Since the beginning of winter, the leader has hoarded grain and dried grass, and a layer of skin can be rubbed off."

Zhang Qingting nodded, it seems that not only the little girl, but even his own brothers and sisters should have suffered a lot.

I opened the luggage and opened it one by one to show my father and mother, which things were kept for the New Year, and which clay instruments were distributed to the neighbors, and they were counted one by one. I went next door to see all kinds of New Year's goods prepared, and then came back to calculate the gold and silver to be distributed to the guys in the racecourse, and I roughly had a score in my heart.

was busy working, Zhao Chengcai went to the yamen to send things back, followed by a few officials, carried two jars of good wine and a number of New Year's things, all of which were paid tribute to the county lord by the local gentry, and Mencius borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and gave them to them.

Zhang Facai looked at this, and suddenly remembered something, "On the day of Laba, the patriarch of the Zhao family also sent their son to send a big fat pig and a big basket of herring. It's not something that is divided by the clan, I said I wouldn't accept it, but they left it and left. If you return the gift, don't forget their family, and you have to seal a thank you gift. ”

Yo ho, this patriarch has really changed sex? Although Zhang Qingting prepared his thank-you gifts, they were only prepared according to the medicinal materials he gave last time, and now that they have given gifts, they have to add some more gifts.

But those tuyi are a little bit not enough, Zhang Qingting thought about it, and took out the small purse given by Mrs. Lou, and there were two small silver bills in it, "You can take this with you when you arrive, it's decent and practical." ”

Zhao Chengcai waved his hand and drank a cup of hot tea, "You put it first, there will definitely be no time to go over today, and I will talk about it when I go." Father-in-law, you and I will give these gifts to the neighbors first, come back for lunch, lady, you go home with me."

At that moment, Zhang Facai also changed into clean clothes, and together with Zhao Chengcai, he took Baozhu out to give gifts, and Zhang Qingting packed up the gifts for Zhao Wang's side at home, as well as for Zhao Yulan and the children.

When the son-in-law left, Zhang Luoshi told his daughter the truth, "You, don't take these things over there, and you won't be able to reach Yulan's hand if you bring them."

How? Zhang Qingting chuckled in his heart, "What happened at home?" ”

Zhang Luoshi shook his head and refused to say, "I won't tell you first, I'm afraid that you will be angry as soon as you come back, and Old Man Fang didn't tell you when he went to Beijing, you can go over there and take a look at it later, there are still some messy things, it's enough for you to be bad."

Zhang Qingting couldn't stand such a stuffy gourd, "Then mother, give me a little bit of a thorough understanding first."

Zhang Luoche smiled, "What are you doing in such a hurry?" You should know, there will always be a time when you know, if you know, don't be too angry, this year, we still have to live a prosperous life."

Zhang Qingting was speechless, this is a typical Zhang Luo's style of doing things, she doesn't worry when the sky falls, how to live her life like this, if you can't worry about it, you will resolutely not worry about it.

Forget it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. Zhang Qingting studied modestly and didn't ask, "Then I'll go wash my face first, I still want to wash my hair, it's inconvenient outside, I haven't washed my hair for many days." ”

"You sit still, I'll get hot water for you, will you wash it on the first floor or go back to your house to wash?" Since you left, I have cleaned the house every day, and no one has been allowed to go in and move around. ”

"I'll go back to the house and wash it"

"Then I'll boil hot water and let your two younger brothers bring it to you later"

Zhang Luo still felt sorry for his daughter, so he went to boil hot water for her, and brought her egg head oil and other things, and when Zhao Chengcai came back after giving gifts, Zhang Qingting was already sitting by the stove and roasting his hair.

At noon, there were only a few of them at home, and they simply had a meal, Zhang Facai said, "Now everyone comes back at night, so I don't get much at noon, let's make do with some food, and add a few good dishes in the evening." ”

"Who are we? It's not a guest, what's polite in your own home? It's the simplest and most delicious thing in this house."

After eating for a while and resting for a while, Baozhu took the gift and followed the young couple back to Zhao's house.

Zhang Facai asked Zhang Luo, "Have you told your daughter about the family?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just gave her a wake-up call"

"Count you smart"

He hadn't come back for a long time, but Zhao Chengcai was still in a very happy mood when he returned home, and he knocked on the door, full of joy to surprise his father.

"Who?" Zhao Chengcai was stunned for a moment, and when the door opened, he saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing behind the door, her eyebrows and eyes were smooth, there were a few freckles on her cheeks, her face was full of impatience, and her tone was quite unkind, "What about you?" Who to look for? ”

Zhao Chengcai was still strange, "May I ask the girl, who are you?" ”

"Is there something wrong with you? Who am I, what does it matter to you? It's okay to have fun when you're full, isn't it? This girl doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you," the girl crackled, and slammed the door shut.

Zhao Chengcai opened his mouth wide and was stunned, is this still his family? Look left and right, that's right, the new house is all made by him with one hand and one foot. Is this girl a girl newly bought by her mother? But this is too substandard, I can't help but be a little annoyed, and knock on the knocker heavily, "Open the door quickly"

"Are you endless?" The girl shouted through the door, "This is not your house, get out of here"

"What nonsense are you talking about? This is my house, you open the door."

"When I was a three-year-old child, why are you so thick-skinned? Dead beggars confess relatives, are you ashamed? ”

"...... you" Zhao Chengcai was so angry that he was almost speechless, and shouted, "Where are you a girl?" Why don't you understand any etiquette, I'm the eldest son of this family, Zhao Chengcai open the door quickly"

"I've never seen you so cheap, rushing to someone's house to be a son, I'm sorry"