Chapter 205: Back to my parents' house
The next day, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the sky was cloudy and there was a little drizzle, the day Ziqing returned to her parents' house, Lin Kangping took a big cloak and wrapped Ziqing, holding Ziqing, Xiaolan played an umbrella, Xiaoqing held Shurui, Xiaohong held a package, which was children's supplies, and entered Zeng's house from the small door, at that time, Zifu and they were preparing to go out, watching Lin Kangping hug Ziqing into the door, Zixi said with a smile: "I thought where did my brother-in-law pick up a big bear [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 215, Back to My Mother's Home Chapter]." β
"Little four, it's itchy, it's the New Year, be careful that your father opens you." Ziqing said.
"What kind of eyes, this is obviously a fox's hair, how can my sister be like a bear? If it's like a fox, you can't tell the difference between a fox and a bear, and you've been reading books for so many years. Zishou touched Ziqing's cloak, rolled his eyes at Zixi, and said slowly.
"You two stinky boys don't want to press the New Year's money, you arrange me like this one by one, knowing that I can't clean you up now, so you do it on purpose." Ziqing said.
"Oh, sister, how can you be? My family can be given to your son, don't you say I forgot, brother-in-law, congratulations, Zixi officially gave you a New Year's greeting, and brought the red envelope. Zixi shook his hands, causing Liu, who had just run into the courtyard door, to laugh.
Lin Kangping hugged Ziqing into the first room in the east, next door to Shen's bedroom, Ziqing's former boudoir, everyone laughed for a while, Lin Kangping told Ziqing a few words, and followed Zifu and them to the Shen family in Baitang Village to pay New Year's greetings.
This year, the three aunts and grandmothers should be entertained here, and Liu and Chen will take care of the food that is entertained today's guests in the stove room. Ziqing sent Xiaoqing Xiaolan Xiaohong over to help, and she was crooked on the bed and gossiped with her mother.
Shen looked at the sleeping child and asked, "The little grandson has gained a little weight, the longer he grows, the better he looks, and he looks more and more like you, the milk is okay, is it enough to eat?" How many times do you have to get up at night? β
Ziqing replied one by one, "Mother, according to me." You might as well buy two more, the eldest sister-in-law will leave after the New Year, the little peach will follow, and the second sister-in-law will have a child. Xiaoju can't help you much, you should buy someone to do the stove house, if you are inconvenient, I will buy someone to send it over, work here during the day, and go back to live with me at night. β
"No, I've survived all the hard days. Can I still be tired of this little thing now? Usually, your father and me, your second sister-in-law, and Ziyu are at home, and the work in the field is all done by hired people, and I just help cook some food and grow some vegetables, and the home-cooked clothes are washed by your sister and Xiaoju. Don't worry, I'm going to be too busy in the future, so I'll borrow someone from you. lest your grandmother and they recite the scriptures to me, saying that I do not care about you and them. It seems that your aunt's osmanthus has reached the age of pro-family, and it is fifteen this year. Sanmao hasn't said kiss yet, your aunt is in a hurry. Your sister-in-law's family will not be able to build a new house this year, and she may cry poor again by then. β
"How can I be? My sister-in-law has earned almost thirty taels of silver in the past few years, and it is not enough to build a house. My aunt also has a lot of private rooms, and the purse she has made in the past few years has more than ten taels of silver, not counting her before. They don't live very well, and my dad and they all ate with Grandma and them before they came back. β
"No, in those two years, because her family was there, your aunt's family got less benefits, and she didn't study anymore, and she still had opinions on your sister-in-law's family [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 205, Chapter Back to My Mother's Home]. Your sister-in-law complained to me a lot. I don't want to that idleness, now your grandfather and grandmother are under the control of your father. In the past two years, I have saved a lot of heart. β
"It's all about money, who told my dad that it was twelve taels when he came out? Grandpa and grandma didn't leave anything behind, you see that there is no good thing when you are on your birthday. Now, my aunt gives three taels of silver a year, knowing that my grandmother doesn't have any oil and water, won't she settle down? My aunt didn't come less. My sister-in-law didn't go home by herself, so why bother, her father and mother also calculated. β
"Who said no, but now with the New Year's gifts of a few of you, they also have six taels of silver a year, and they are not rich this year? I'm afraid that your aunt and your aunt will start to worry about it again. Your aunt has been talking a lot, she has to study, and she has to save more money. β
"For as long as I can remember, I've heard her cry all the time about being poor, and she didn't spend anything in her father's school, how much did she save on this item? Talk in front of her one day, don't let her pretend to be foolish. Ziqing thought that she had not been separated for all these years, and she had dozens of taels of silver deducted from her family, and she did not provide for the elderly after the separation.
"Speaking of studying in the school, maybe your second aunt's child will have to be sent this year, and your second aunt is reluctant to leave the child, so she has to live here. I see, your grandma's headache days are still to come. and the children of your Sister Ping's family, they should have been enlightened a long time ago, and there are really a lot of headaches this year. β
"My aunt came to my house last time, Kang Ping kicked them out, can't my aunt and aunt's father come over today, besides, Gui Ying is married, can't she take her man back to her parents' house?"
"It stands to reason that this is the case, I'm afraid that your aunt and aunt are not willing to eat our family's food, the old year was at your father's place, your father didn't prepare many good things, he didn't eat at our house this year, he was hungry for a long time, and we couldn't imagine their family's behavior."
As the two of them were talking, Xiao Shurui woke up and pulled a stinky buttocks, Ziqing skillfully fetched water to clean and change clean diapers, "I didn't expect you to be quite skilled, your sister-in-law is not as good as you." In the end, I practiced it when I was a child, at that time, Zixi and Ziyu were brought up by you, especially Zixi, I was busy at home and outside the house, and I couldn't take care of him, but fortunately, you are very sensible and didn't let me worry about it. Shen is proud and sad, the children are sensible, but they have suffered enough to get to where they are today.
As he was talking, Zeng Ruixiang came back, "What are you two talking about when you two are hiding here?" Zeng Ruixiang entered the house and saw Shen and Ziqing talking crookedly opposite each other, with a baby in the middle.
Ziqing hurriedly stood up and said hello, Zeng Ruixiang asked: "I just heard that you bought two more girls, there are only three people in your family, and you use ten people to wait?" How much does it cost for a year? Is Lin Kangping enough money to spend in a year? β
"You're too worried, isn't Ziqing calculating? The child's conditions are good, I want to live more comfortably, what's not to do, besides, her garden is so big and there are fewer people, how can she take care of it? Should they all be like us, suffering and suffering? Shen hurriedly said.
"That's it, Dad, you underestimate us too much, the first year's income in Qingyuan is quite enough. I have a number in my heart, this silver is the first pot of gold at the beginning of the hard to earn, to a certain extent, it is getting easier and easier, don't believe it, you ask your mother, our family is not doing anything now, is it enough to live by guarding the paddy fields and shops. Dad, don't worry, I'm a little rich woman now. β
"Isn't my sister a little rich woman? Any piece of clothes filled with duck feathers costs ten taels of silver, and I don't think it costs a tael of silver. She dared to ask for the price, but the angry thing was that she still sold it. The sweater is also five or six taels of silver, and it's hard for her to come up with it, and in her sister's garden, what's not? You don't have to spend money to buy food, even the roses in the yard, my sister can use it to make rouge cream, and if you can't use it, you can make dried flowers to take a bath. I see, in my sister's eyes, every plant and tree can be sold for silver. According to me, my sister should treat everyone to a good meal, who called our family the richest. Liu said, holding Yongrong and Xiao Tao leading Yonglian, and Chen came in with Yongfeng in his arms.
"It's not trivial to eat, I can't ask for it, and I am bored in that room every day, and there is no one to talk to. This confinement is too uncomfortable, and a woman's life is so miserable. Ziqing sighed.
"You're still bored, you're still suffering, which woman doesn't come like this, don't be in the blessing and don't know the blessing, I can tell you, stay honestly, there are a lot, this month is the easiest to sit down." Shen said.
"Didn't you talk about treats? My mother reprimanded me indiscriminately, by the way, when will the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law come back from their parents' house, and when will I have a treat. Ziqing said.
"Who's going to have a treat? Ziqing, don't forget about us. "The old man came in. The New Year's gifts given by Lin Kangping and Zifu a few years ago were very satisfactory to the old man and Tian's, coupled with the publicity of the neighbors, the old man also felt that his face had a little brilliance, and his vanity swelled, and he no longer cared about Lin Kangping's chasing, and he knew that it was not aimed at him, as for Tian's heart, I was afraid that it would not be easy to turn this corner.
Ziqing really didn't expect that the aunt's family really came, Guiying's cousin also brought her husband, Da Mao's family of three, and his wife Zhang was seven or eight months pregnant, and she actually came. Ziqing was really speechless.
Zeng Ruiqing's family didn't come over, saying that Ziping took the child back to her parents' house, and wanted to entertain her daughter and grandson at home.
Shen Shi listened and said to Zeng Ruixiang: "It's not bad for a few Ziping Niang, it's better for you to go in person, it's the turn of the two years, it's still a good family reunion, and there are more people in our family to eat at the eldest brother's house in the old year." β
Zeng Ruixiang also heard this meaning, and specially invited him again, and Zeng Ruiqing's family came over.
Ziqing didn't serve the table, Shen picked up a few things for her to eat, and after the meal, Xia Yu came in to talk to Ziqing, and saw that no one else was busy giving the baby a small silver lock, "Second aunt, you don't have a lot of money in your hands, why are you doing this?" β
"Accept it quickly, the second aunt understands in her heart, if it weren't for you, where would the second aunt be where she is today? In what year, even with food and clothing, your mother and you have not less subsidized me. Things are things, silver is silver, I know it in my heart. Thinking that you should be born, I didn't have time to come to see you, so I just waited for the New Year's Eve to come. β
Before Xia Yu finished speaking, Tian's Zhou followed in, looked at Ziqing's son, praised a few clichΓ©s, and Zhou's sharp eyes saw the small silver lock in Shurui's package. (To be continued)