When Xie Xuan returned to the front yard, she saw Xie Wang pulling a little girl and a boy who were about the same as her into the hall, followed by a thin young woman, wearing a brown silk bun and a grass comb on the side, wearing a half-old cinnabar-colored bikin, a cyan skirt underneath, and a few patches in the hidden place.

followed by a young man in a soap-colored short coat and a scarf on his head and a young man who had just grown his head, it should be Xie Qiuniang's family.

The young man is Xie Qiuniang's husband Zhou An, a pair of children Zhou Qin and Zhou Hong, and the young man is the little uncle Zhou Quan. The family all had a dish-faced face, and although the clothes on their bodies were not patched, they were still worn and faded, obviously worn for many years, and in some places they were almost transparent. Although it is shabby, the pulp is clean and decent.

Zhou An and the young Zhou Quan brothers both had some restraint on their faces, but they gradually let go under the warm greetings of Xie Wang and Lin.

Because the two sisters-in-law went home, the Lin family was at home to entertain guests, and prepared to take Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng brothers back to their parents' house tomorrow with Xie Pingtian, which was Lin's thoughtful mother-in-law.

"Xuanxuan, come on, let my aunt see if she has grown taller?" Xie Qiuniang is a straightforward temper, when she saw Xie Xuan, she pulled her over and took a closer look, and said to Xie Wang's family with a smile: "Mother, Xuanxuan is becoming more and more like my sister!" ”

"That's not it, it's not bad from your sister when she was a child, look at the eyes and nose, it's exactly the same!" Xie Wang also smiled and said, "Xuanxuan, have you forgotten, this is your sister Zhou Qin, one year younger than you, and this is your brother Zhou Hong, three years younger than you." ”

Xie Xuan smiled on her face and shouted to the little girl beside Xie Wang's side, "Sister Qin! ”

The little girl looked at Xie Xuan's newly-cut peach-pink short jacket and blue lotus-colored skirt, her black and red face showed a slightly ashamed look, her face was faintly red, and she answered in a low voice.

Xie Xuan shouted to the boy in Xie Wang's arms again: "Brother Hong! The little boy snorted, snorted, and looked at Xie Xuan blankly without speaking.

Xie Xuan asked Xie Wang again: "Grandma, didn't you pick up all the dim sum mooncakes you bought yesterday and want to give them to your younger brothers and sisters?" I'll bring it out for you! ”

Xie Wang knocked his head and said with a smile, "Oh, look at me who is so confused, I just care about being happy and forget about it!" It's in the kitchen cupboard, you go and eat it with your sister Qin and Brother Hong! ”

"Huh!" Xie Xuan smiled and went.

In the hall, Xie Qiuniang looked at Xie Xuan's back suspiciously, and said, "Mother, why is Xuanxuan, a child who hasn't seen her for a few months, suddenly so sensible?" used to be quiet and cowardly like a chick, but now it seems that he is much more active......"

Xie Wang paused, then sighed and said, "Since I went back to Li's house to eat her brother's full moon wine and kowtowed my head, this knock has opened my mind, and my temperament has become lively. Don't say it, I just like lively little girls, they look pleasant! ”

"Alas, the Li family is really not a thing...... Xie Qiuniang remembered that the family that her sister married couldn't help but be worthless for Xie Huiniang, and just as she was about to curse a few words, she saw Xie Wang's hand waved and told her not to say anything.

"Don't mention the Li family's cowardice again, Xuanxuan's surname is Xie, and it has nothing to do with their Li family. Speaking of increasing idleness, his house is burning yams in the ash heap - all gray (bastards)! Xie Wang's anger when he mentioned the Li family, and when he saw Xie Xuan coming out of the kitchen with two plates, he whispered in Xie Qiuniang's ear: "You mentioned it like this, didn't it make Xuanxuan feel uncomfortable when she heard it, don't face the Li family in front of Xuanxuan in the future!" ”

When Xie Xuan entered the house, she saw that Zhou Qin and Zhou Hong's eyes were firmly fixed on her hands, and both of them had some squirming throats, Zhou Qin was more reserved, standing in place and not moving, Zhou Hong quickly ran to Xie Xuan and looked at Xie Xuan with blank eyes.

Xie Xuan lowered the plate and let him take it, Zhou Hong saw that Xie Xuan's face was kind, so he reached out and grabbed a handful of honey knives with his left hand, and took a mooncake with his right hand.

When Xie Qiuniang saw it, her face was a little embarrassed, and she scolded: "Look at your gluttonous appearance!" There's no shame! Zhou Qin heard her mother reprimanding her younger brother, and she stopped when she wanted to move forward.

"Auntie, my younger brothers and sisters have come to grandma's house, who is losing a snack? I ate this a few days ago and I was worse than him! Xie Xuan said with a smile.

"Xuanxuan is right, grandma's house is the same as her own family, you can only take what you want to eat, it's not enough!" Xie Wang's smile was extremely kind.

Xie Qiuniang was a little distressed when she saw the child's greedy appearance, how could she really blame her child, and only went to the kitchen to help after a few words.

Zhou An and Zhou Quan said that they would go to Houshan to help their father-in-law cut bamboo, but Xie Wang's stopped him, Xie Qiuniang said to let them go, and pulled Xie Wang's into the kitchen.

There were only Zhou Qin's sisters and brothers and Xie Xuan left in the hall.

Xie Xuan poured a glass of warm water for the two of them, took a river rice strip and gnawed it slowly, and watched the two children gobble up snacks with a smile. When the plate was slowly bottoming out, Xie Xuan couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.

"Eat slowly, or you won't be able to eat lunch for a while!" It's all high-sugar and high-oil things, and Xie Xuan is tired of panicking for them.

Zhou Qin slowed down a little embarrassed, but Zhou Hong grabbed the last few pieces of honey on the plate with his left hand and slashed them with his left hand, and grabbed two twist flowers with his right hand and desperately stuffed them into his mouth.

"For a while, there will be stewed rotten chicken, braised fish, and roast pork for lunch......," Xie Xuan added.

Zhou Hong gradually stopped, holding snacks in his left and right hands, his mouth was full, and he asked vaguely: "Really?" ”

"What am I lying to you about? Go to the kitchen and have a look! Xie Xuan was funny.

Zhou Hong grabbed the snack with his left and right hands, snorted and ran to the kitchen.

"Xuanxuan, your clothes are so beautiful......" Zhou Qin looked at the clothes on Xie Xuan's body enviously, "Did grandma make it for you?" ”

"Yes, I wore the same clothes yesterday, and the new clothes that my relatives wore today." Xie Xuan said, the envious gaze of the little girl opposite made Xie Xuan feel like she was on pins and needles, "It's just bright on the outside, and the old middle coat on the inside." ”

The skirt worn by Xie Xuan was cut by Xie Wang's according to the ready-to-wear clothes in the garment shop, short at the top and long at the bottom, with a peach-pink short jacket on the top that half-concealed the skirt waist, and a blue lotus-colored long skirt on the bottom with eight skirt pieces for stitching, which used more fabric than ordinary clothes.

The guy in the garment shop said that this kind of skirt also has a name, called eight Hunan skirts, and the appearance is also fashionable for girls in Kyoto, and poor families generally do not pay for tailoring clothes in order to save fabrics.

Xie Wang's family originally felt sorry for this granddaughter who had been lonely since she was a child, and because Xie Xuan brought wealth and hope to the Xie family, she loved her heart even more, and naturally she would not be reluctant to let go of those materials.

Zhou Qin was wearing a short thin jacket inside, covered with a ginger old cloth shirt, which seemed to have been changed by Xie Qiuniang's clothes, and she was wearing a half-old green cloth skirt underneath, with two patches in the inconspicuous place, which was a coarse cloth dress often worn by peasant households.

"Grandma treats you so well!" Zhou Qin said enviously, lowered her head and looked at the clothes on her body, her expression was a little gloomy.

In the 21st century, a little girl of this age is also a student who is about to enter the first year of primary school, and it is the age of love for beauty and beauty, no wonder she will envy Xie Xuan's new dress.

Xie Xuan regretted that she hadn't thought it through, thinking that her relatives would change into new dresses today, but she didn't expect that the relatives who came were not wealthy, which made people feel uncomfortable out of thin air.

Xie Xuan had to comfort her, saying that she would ask her grandmother to make her a new dress in the future.

was eating snacks in the hall and talking, when Xie Qingshan, father and son and Zhou Anzhou came back. Xie Qingshan put Zhou Anzhou into the hall, Xie Xuan went to reload two plates of dim sum very brightly, and poured a cup of hot water for each person with the white porcelain tea set that Xie Wang treasured.

The Xie family usually uses coarse-glazed pottery and a set of blue and white porcelain tea sets, which are not cheap items for poor farmers even in the Ming Dynasty.

Then Xie Xuan took Zhou Qin to the kitchen, leaving the adults to talk in the hall.

The kitchen was in full swing, Lin was burning the fire in front of the stove, Xie Wang and Xie Qiuniang were chopping vegetables and stir-frying, and the three of them were busy talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very lively. There are chicken nuggets stewed in the pot, which are freshly killed in the morning, and they are fragrant, and on the other side of the stove, Xie Wang's is roasting pork.

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng The brothers ran into the kitchen and surrounded Xie Xuan with a smile, "Xuanxuan, guess what we just found in the back mountain?" ”

Xie Xuan looked at the dead leaves on the heads of the two and the hands behind the two of them, and pretended to be surprised: "Just now two birds flew over and told me that two troublemakers went to dig out other people's nests and took away the eggs that they had just laid, aren't you two?" ”

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng looked at each other, looked at Xie Xuan in shock, and said with some stammering: "Really...... It's true? ”

"Of course it's fake! Hahaha-" Xie Xuan couldn't help laughing, "Look at the leaves on your heads, and the cuts on your clothes that have been scraped out by tree branches, you must have climbed a tree to dig out birds' eggs!" ”

When Lin heard this, he turned his head to look at the openings on the clothes of the two leather children, and without saying a word, he lowered his head and took a firewood stick and walked over, Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng saw that the situation was not right, and rushed to run away.

Xie Qiuniang laughed and persuaded the Lin family: "Sister-in-law, isn't it normal for boys to have skin, it's good when they grow up!" ”

"It's just a skin, I don't know how to cherish things, I only sewed the clothes for them last night, and they are torn today, so I haven't opened the roof for three days......" Seeing Xie Zhiyuan and the two brothers running away, Lin had no choice but to put down the firewood stick and go back to the stove to continue the fire.

Seeing that the aroma in the pot was getting stronger and stronger, Zhou Qin and Zhou Hong's sisters and brothers were staring at the meat in the pot, obviously gluttonous, Xie Qiuniang was embarrassed and distressed, and said angrily: "It's not promising, the hungry ghost is reincarnated!" ”

Xie Wang smiled and said, "The chicken stewed in the pot is not fully cooked and cannot be eaten." The fish is braised in a braised braised piece, but it doesn't look good when the whole piece is taken apart, I'll cook the pork later, and you kids will eat some first! ”

Xie Qiuniang hurriedly said, "What do you eat?" After eating so many snacks, let them eat them when it's time to eat for a while, I can't get used to their problem. ”

"It's not normal for children to be gluttonous! You were also a gluttonous cat when you were a child, and I also opened a small stove for a few of your sisters and brothers! Xie Wang quipped.

was exposed by her mother in front of her own children, Xie Qiuniang blushed and coquettishly beside Xie Wang's side.

When the pork was cooked, Xie Wang's first put out a bowl, Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng also came back, and several children ate around with a pair of chopsticks, and everyone ate with their mouths full of oil. Seeing that the four children were all gobbling up, and how much meat was not enough for the four children, Xie Xuan symbolically put down the chopsticks after holding a piece of meat.

Gradually, the sun was about to run to the center, and all the meals were ready, but Xie Huiniang's family still didn't come.

Xie Wang looked at the sky, his brows couldn't help frowning, and there was a worried look on his face.

Xie Qiuniang said: "It must be the old witch of the Li family who is a demon again, blocking my sister from coming, she comes like this every year, and she is not annoyed!" ”

Lin also said: "The Li family is really not like talking, knowing that today is the day to go back to their parents' house to visit relatives, they are not allowed to go out early." ”

Several people were worried, so they heard a bang at the courtyard door, and heard the sound of Xie Huiniang talking to the child.