After a while, the greetings gradually stopped, and the neighbors brought their own braised 'meat' home to 'get' lunch, and He Dani finally stood in front of the braised 'meat' stall, picking left and right, picking a piece of lean 'meat' more than 'fat' and 'meat' money 'legs', and asked the boss to chop it finely and wrap it up to cook porridge at home.

The boss generously wanted to send another braised pork sausage, Xiangru thanked the boss on the grounds that it was too greasy, took the wrapped 'meat', paid the money, and took He Dawei's arm to say goodbye and leave.

The owner of the braised 'meat' shop and his daughter-in-law looked at the backs of He Dani's father and daughter, and they all sighed with envy that they were still 'daughter' and 'daughter' intimacy, and there was no estrangement between them and their father after coming back from home for so many years.

Bought braised 'meat', He Dawei took He Dani to buy rice, so Xiangru was watched again in the rice shop, after satisfying the curiosity of the neighbors, Xiangru 'flowered' forty wen to buy a bucket of white rice produced in Zhuangzi nearby, which is the most commonly eaten rice by residents in this county, the price is cheap and the taste is good, the most important thing is to eat more, the owner of the rice shop buys ten and gets one free, and gives one more liter and then a rice bag.

Eleven liters of white rice is probably less than fourteen catties according to the weights and measures of the previous life, and the weight is so heavy, the owner of the rice shop kindly wanted to ask his son to send it to He's house on his behalf, He Dawei held the rice bag and didn't let go, and even said that he didn't need to hold it, so the boss gave up, and asked He Dawei to invite the neighbors to eat and drink while sending them out.

Out of the rice shop, He Dani said that she wanted to buy some vegetables, but the morning market had already dispersed at this time, but He Dawei still took He Dani to walk on the street to see if he could meet the vegetable vendor who had not yet confiscated the stall.

They were lucky, they really ran into a few, and there was only the last dish left on the stall, so they waited for all of them to be sold out and the stall went home, and He Dani accepted them all at a lower price.

Now that both of them had a lot of things in their hands, and they couldn't buy anything else, Great Wei took He Dani home by the path, where they lived was at the back of the street, and they had to cross an alley.

Coming out of the alley, turning right and walking not far, she saw a pastry shop, He Dani remembered that there was a younger brother who was less than ten years old at home, so she walked into the store and looked at it, saying that she wanted to buy jelly beans for ten cents, and let the boss catch some of all kinds of flavors.

The boss saw He Dawei come in later, and greeted He Dawei happily while weighing sugar for He Dani, and He Dawei also introduced his 'daughter' by the way, so He Dani was watched three times.

The children who watched the excitement on the side quickly ran to He's house to report the news after listening to the cause and effect, shouting while running, and the whole street heard their voices, hula poured out from the various 'doors' and households, and more people ran to watch He Dani together, He Dawei held the rice bag and promised to go out more banquets while accepting the congratulations of the neighbors.

The matter of greeting and entertainment was 'handed over' to his cheap father He Dawei, and He Dani only had to buy candy. The boss is a considerate person, first weighed the candy for ten cents, and told He Dani that the sugar was too much, and it was easy to get dirty if she couldn't eat it for a while, so she helped He Dani divide it into five small packets, tie them together with a rope, and teach her to eat one pack and take one pack, clean and easy to preserve.

He Dani thanked the boss, paid the money to put the sugar in her hand, and heard the children outside the circle shouting "Aunt He is here", the circle of people opened an opening, a face with vegetables 'color' wearing a gray and blue cloth cotton skirt 'woman' and a half-grown boy dragging two snot were surrounded in, both of them have a few small patches on their clothes, He Dani's coarse cloth clothes are considered high-end goods compared to this, no matter how bad the coarse cloth clothes worn by large families are good, at least the fabric style and workmanship are good.

He Dani walked down the steps of the pastry shop and stood on the ground, in front of the neighbors, put down the things in her hand, and came to her stepmother He Liang It was a standard palace ceremony, and her voice was gentle and kind, "The 'daughter' son please mother An, mother Wanfu." ”

He Liang's family has been tortured by the difficult life in the past few years, and he has long lost the arrogance and sharpness of the year, his eyes are dull and full of exhaustion, the corners of his eyes are full of fine lines, his face is yellow and tired, his hair is yellow mixed with some gray, his hands are rough, and there is no difference between standing with these neighbors and aunts.

The little boy next to her was not as good as He Dani's 'chest', and the child who was less than ten years old was a little short, with a big head and a small body and a thin body, really like a radish head.

He Liang looked at He Dani, didn't know what to say, and didn't hear her voice, He Dani kept a half-bent knee posture of saluting, not moving or speaking, but the onlookers couldn't stand it, and pushed He Liangshi to tell her to say something.

"Aunt He, hurry up and call the 'girl' to get up first, if you don't speak, she won't dare to get up, see how much the 'girl' respects you."

Because of the behavior of the He family's son in the past, the fact that He Dani was not He Liang's biological child can be said to be known to everyone in the county, and the past of He Liang's abuse of Yuan's 'daughter' was naturally spread by people with a heart, and the neighbors talked behind their backs.

He Liangshi uncomfortably 'touched' and 'touched' his face, shook his hands again, and said very stiffly: "Get up, I have something to say when I go home." ”

"Thank you, Mother." He Dani finished the full set of etiquette before getting up steadily, and then bowed slightly to the onlookers, "Neighbors, please wait for Dani to settle down first, and then invite everyone to have a drink on another day." ”

The crowd immediately cheered, among which several elders came out to urge He Dawei to hurry up and take his wife and children home to rest, it was cold, the eldest girl came back from afar, it was serious to go home and drink hot water, and nothing else was in a hurry at this time.

He Dawei thanked everyone and called his youngest son to pick up the things on the ground and take his mother and eldest sister home.

The youngest brother was born after He Dani entered the palace, and the siblings were very strange to each other, and the little boy timidly came over to bend down to pick up the vegetables at He Dani's feet. He Dani snorted lightly, and the little boy was immediately frightened and didn't dare to move, He Dani picked up the things herself, and gave him the braised 'meat' and jelly beans that didn't have much weight, and took the baggage and those heavier vegetables by herself.

The uncles and aunts next to her saw that Dani was a good sister and would take care of her younger brother. Then he told the younger brother to listen to his sister in the future and not to make his sister angry.

The little boy nodded sensibly.

"Dad, Mother, Little Brother, let's go home. Neighbors are welcome to come to their homes for tea at any time. He Dani greeted her relatives with a smile and greeted the neighbors, so that He Dawei took the lead in stepping out of the circle.

He Jiasi walked forward verbally, followed after watching the lively mass troops, and talked about everything, but the most talked about was to praise He Dani's 'exchange', and they all said that this 'girl' was sensible and reasonable, especially the one who was well-behaved and not all the way to everyone.

Someone opened such a topic, and someone immediately took over, and the Lu family, who was withdrawn, immediately became the object of everyone's conversation, and they all said that fortunately they had withdrawn from their relatives, and the appearance of the 'daughter' of the He family was really unworthy except for the people in the capital and county. Don't look at the coarse cloth clothes when you come back, you just came home, and when you look for a good family at the 'door', you can change into good clothes, and you will be a little 'milk' and 'milk' appearance, and the He family wants to turn over and count on this boudoir 'girl'.

As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately echoed by the majority of people.

The four members of the He family, who were walking in front, listened to the discussions of the neighbors, really, they didn't know how to gossip.

He Dani's expression was calm, He Xiaodi Mu was expressionless, He Liang's face was stiff, and He Dawei hid his face behind his clothes

Walking along the street, the four of them stopped in front of a fenced courtyard, He Dawei took an old 'door' to thank the neighbors for their love, He Liang pushed open the courtyard 'door' and led the family in.

The neighbors outside the courtyard were still there, watching the He family enter the kitchen through the half-person-high fence wall, and then came out and entered the main house.

He Dani and they first put down the rice and vegetables in their hands in the kitchen, the kitchen was 'dark', there was only one window for lighting, and the four walls had not been painted, it was directly the 'color' of the earthen wall, and the wall of the stove was covered with grease, black, and I don't know how many years of grease had accumulated, and the thought of cooking in such a dirty environment made people uncomfortable.

When He Xiaodi heard his father say that there was braised 'meat' to eat at noon, his eyes lit up, and he watched his mother hide the bag of braised 'meat' in the rice jar, while his father found another container to hold the rice he had just bought.

"Dad, mother, when are you cooking?" The little boy looked at the rice jar and was reluctant to leave.

"Wait a minute, settle your big sister first." He Dawei and Yan Yue said to their youngest son.

"Oh." The little boy nodded, stepped aside, and waited for his father and mother to finish their work, and then the four of them left the kitchen together.

The big 'door' of the main hall is two leaky 'door' panels, the largest gap can reach into a child's arm, and the cold wind whistles through these cracks into the house, and it is as cold as the inside and outside, without a trace of heat. There is no furniture in the hall, it is a square table in the middle of the room, a few benches, there are traces of whitewashing left on the wall, there are no decorations, and there are sundries in the corner.

"Your two younger sisters used to live in the Westroom outside, the room on the left is where your two brothers sleep, the one on the right is where your mother and I sleep, and the kitchen is under our window. That's what our house looks like. "Mrs. He Dawei took He Dani out to see her room, this room was built at some time, and it was opposite the kitchen door.

"We know that you are out of the palace on the winter solstice, but we don't know when you will arrive in the county, but we have cleaned your house in the past few days, and you can sleep directly with a quilt. Come on, this is it. He Dawei chattered a little excitedly, and personally opened the 'door' of the room to beckon the 'girl' to enter the house.

He Dani walked into the room and looked around, there was only a kang, there was no other furniture, not even a pillow, futon and other things, an empty "dang" and "dang" light kang, window paper and "door" panels were also broken, not to mention even a little bit of thermal insulation 'sex'.

He Dani raised her eyebrows and looked at her father silently, isn't this to play by herself? Sleeping in a room like this for one night, will she still want to get up tomorrow morning?

He Dawei embarrassedly 'rubbed' and 'rubbed' his nose, "Since your two younger sisters were sold, the money was taken away by the creditor, and your eldest brother emptied the last bit of family money and left home, and he has only come back a few times in the past two years. ”

"It's okay without furniture, but you can't do without pillows and quilts, right? It's so cold in this room, my hands and feet will be numb after staying for a while, and this window paper, why don't you paste it again? The wind is whistling in, is there charcoal in such a cold room? Let's burn the kang. He Dani didn't care about the situation of this eldest brother, and said lightly.

"This ......," He Dawei swallowed.

"Not even charcoal? How do you sleep at night? "He Dani guessed what was going on with a roll of her eyes, it seems that the income of the 'medicine' shop is really pitiful.

"The family is now small in population, and the three of us sleep in the east room at night, just burn the kang warm, and carry it hard when we wake up in the middle of the night. Charcoal is too expensive, and there is really no money. ”

"What about the pillow bedding? How can there be new ones sold in the county? I don't need an old quilt that's so hard that it's so hard. ”

"You don't have to buy a new one, do you? We borrowed a 'bed' from Aunt Zhang's house next door, which was enough. "He Dawei can't listen to the words of 'spending' money.

"God knows if there is any disease in the cotton 'flower' that people have covered, Daddy, you are also a doctor, have you even forgotten this basic common sense?"

"No, no, it's not that I forgot, it's really ......"

"Okay, don't say more, is there a shop in the county that sells new cotton 'flower' quilts? Take advantage of today's sunny weather, hurry up and buy it to dry it quickly, it is easy to use at night. ”

"Can't you buy it?"

"Daddy, do you want me to get sick as soon as I get home?"

"No, no, no, Daddy definitely doesn't hope for it, you can buy it. That, Xiaojie, will you take your big sister there? Do you know which shop it is? ”

"Well, you know, it's the dog's shop, right?"

"That's right, it's the shop opened by the dog's leftovers, you take the big sister there, and your father and mother are cooking at home and waiting for the two of you to come back to eat."

"Good!" The little boy thought of the package of braised 'meat' in the rice bowl, and happily turned his head to He Dani and said, "Big sister, let's go." ”

He Dani changed her indifference just now, bent down to look at the little boy with a smile, looked amiable, and asked, "Your name is Xiaojie, right?" ”

"Yes, my name is Xiaojie."

He Dani kept her smile unchanged, "Can you tell my sister what your full name is?" ”

"My full name is He Xiaojie, my brother's name is He Xiaoqiang, and my two sisters are Erni and Sanni." The boy gave all the names of his siblings.

"Then Xiaojie knows where there are shops selling charcoal and pasted window paper on the street?"

"Yes, all the shops on this street know it." He Xiaojie patted his chest proudly.

"Okay, when I buy the quilt, I'll take my sister to buy charcoal, can I get a warm night's sleep tonight?"

"Warm? Isn't it the kind that doesn't wake up in the middle of the night? ”

"It's the kind that will wake you up in the middle of the night when you sleep until midnight."

"Really? Okay, okay, let's go quickly, big sister. He Xiaojie couldn't wait to run to the 'door' and wait for He Dani.

He Dani straightened up, put the jelly beans and baggage on the kang casually, and 'handed over' to the cheap father, "Dad, mother, you go to boil the porridge first, and when the porridge is ready, divide the marinated 'meat' into two parts, eat one at noon and one at night, wash a few leafy vegetables, chop them and put them in the porridge and cook them for a while." ”

"Hey, okay, I've made a note of it, you guys go and get back quickly."

"By the way, you can put more water to boil out the soup when boiling porridge, you and your little brother have been suffering from gastrointestinal disorders for many years, and then get up early every day to boil porridge and steam out the rice soup first, drink a bowl of rice soup and then eat breakfast, first regulate the stomach and intestines, and invite the neighbors to eat wine in a few days, my father and mother have to eat a few cups, and there is still more than a month before the New Year, you can't always have a table full of big fish and big 'meat', you can only watch me eat it."

"Okay, well, it's all written down, we will eat how you say you want, it's all up to you." He Dawei choked up so hard that he couldn't help himself.

"Then Xiaojie and I will go shopping first, and you and your mother will be careful of fireworks in the kitchen. We'll be back soon. He Dani saluted respectfully, and then beckoned He Xiaojie to go out of the 'door' together

Entering the 'Door'