The next day was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and he was going to Shen's mother's house to pay New Year's greetings, and when Zifu took the dressed Zilu and Ziqing into Shen's room, Shen also put on a new silver and red silk smock and a pine blue cotton skirt, Ziqing estimated that it was still Shen's dowry clothes that year.

"Mother, you look so good today." Ziqing rubbed next to Shen's side.

Shen was tying up a burden, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard Ziqing's words, "What nonsense, my mother is old." Come, my mother will comb your hair. After speaking, he took out two pink silk ribbons, tied Ziqing to the two bags on his head, and touched Ziqing's face, saying, "Look how beautiful my daughter is." ”

"That's, don't look at whose daughter it is?" Ziqing's stinky face made Zifu pinched her cheek and said, "Where did this princess come from, so good at boasting." ”

"That's, don't look at whose sister it is." Ziqing's words made Zifu stunned, and he reached out and scratched Ziqing's armpit. "Okay, I'm so bold that even my brother dares to make it up."

Zilu listened and hurriedly came over to tickle Ziqing, "Stinky Qingqing, I didn't offend you, you even arranged it for me." Several people made a fuss, until Zeng Ruixiang came in and called everyone to eat.

When she went to the front room to eat, Ziqing remembered her chick, and hurried to find Xiao Xiushui, but fortunately she didn't have to go out, Ziqing entrusted it to her. When I went to Tian's place, I found that Zeng Ruiqing and they were also dressed new, but I heard from Zhou's that her maiden home was in this village, so she was not in a hurry to leave. Zeng Ruiqing and Zeng Ruixiang discussed when to leave, it turned out that they were going to their uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings, that is, Tian's mother's house, in a nearby village, the family has two half-brothers, a stepmother, who is seventy years old.

After the meal, he went back to the back room to get his things, and Shen locked both doors. Zeng Ruixiang hugged Zixi and sent it all the way out of the long street to the entrance of the lower village, and told Shen that he would rush to Baitang Village for dinner, pick up the child and come back, and told Zifu a few words before turning back. Shen took five children to continue to walk forward, after a village, Zishou really couldn't walk, Zifu had to carry him, on both sides of the road in addition to the mountain is the field, the rape flowers in the field are budding to be released, Ziqing can't walk, Zifu let Zilu take a small pine branch, threatened to prick her with pine needles, Ziqing was so frightened that she hurriedly ran forward, I don't know whether I passed two or three villages, and finally heard Shen say that he would arrive after the mountain.

The Shen family's house is obviously better than the Zeng family's new and better, a color of green bricks, there is a shadow wall in front of the door, in front of the shadow wall is a small bamboo forest, there is a pair of half-cut carved wooden doors on the threshold, and then there is a big wooden door, grandmother He is looking outside the door, mother and daughter meet one by one, He grabbed Shen's hand, both of them shed tears, Zifu hurriedly stepped forward to call people, the old man hugged the children one by one, and said excitedly, "Good, good, all good children." ”

After entering the house, the second uncle Shen Jianshui and the second uncle Zhao were at home, the cousins went out to pay New Year's greetings, and the two cousins were married, saying that they would not arrive until the afternoon. Before staying for a while, Shen took them out of the back door, and arrived at the eldest uncle Shen Jianshan's house, and greeted each other again, just brewed tea, took out all kinds of small pastries, the eldest uncle Xu was busy calling the eldest cousin Yue's Zhang Luo Chinese rice, Shen Jianshan's family has four sons and a daughter, except for the youngest son, they have all been married, the eldest son Shen Dafu opened a small pastry shop in Anzhou Mansion, and took his wife Yue and four children to settle down there, the second son Shen Xiaofu did a servant in Anzhou Mansion, and his wife just gave birth to a son, The third son Shen Wanfu just got married, farming at home, it is really a big family, more than the Zeng family, thanks to this will go out to pay New Year's greetings, Shen Jianshan said that the third and fourth children are at home on weekdays, and they will be called back for reunion and reunion after the New Year.

During the meal, Xu called the three of them from He's side over. After the meal, the whole family talked around the fire, He and Shen took Zixi back to the room, and Zhao also went back to prepare dinner, and it was estimated that the two daughters and son-in-law should also come over.

Ziqing only knew what the ancient hours were divided by, and she wouldn't memorize them in the future, so she still couldn't tell the specific points corresponding to the current ones, and she didn't bother to divide them. It's just that I will take a look at the sky, when this is the case, it is estimated that it is less than three o'clock, and this New Year's string of relatives is still good, in addition to eating and drinking.

Dinner was eaten on Zhao's side, Zeng Ruixiang rushed over before dinner, Zhao's two daughters came back with their husbands and children, Shen Jianshan's family also came, the meal was set up on two tables, He's, Shen Jianshan and his wife, Shen Jianshui and his wife, Zeng Ruixiang and Shen's, Shen Jianshui's two sons-in-law a table, Shen Jianshan's two daughters-in-law and children a table, it was very lively, Zeng Ruixiang was too strong to drink, he was going to get off the table early, and he was in a stalemate with his two nieces and sons-in-law, Shen Jianren and everyone entered the door, He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and reorganized a table of banquets, There is no need to go into detail about the staggering of funds during the period, but fortunately, everyone understands Zeng Ruixiang's amount of alcohol, and knows that there is still a mountain road to rush home, so there is no hard persuasion.

When Ziqing's family was on the way home, the sun was about to set, originally Shen Jianren said that he would send it by donkey cart, Zeng Ruixiang thanked him, the donkey cart could not take the small road and mountain road, and could only detour to Anzhou Mansion, and it was not as fast as turning a big circle and going home on the small road. However, because of Zeng Ruixiang, the trip was much faster than when he came, Zishou basically didn't have to go, Ziqing was immersed in excitement, and didn't feel tired. Ziqing decided to go back and buy chicks for Zilu and Zishou, Zifu wants to go to school, so it's better to keep it for herself.

When I got home, it was already dark, Chunyu and everyone came over, and the youngest daughter of the Zeng family in the back room was also in the family of four, so many people Ziqing was really worried about how to squeeze, and I really hoped that my family could move out as soon as possible.

Ziqing watched Tian build a simple bed with two benches and a few wooden planks in Xia Yu and Qiu Yu's room, spread thick straw, and let Chunyu take her two daughters to live, and added a wooden board next to the bed where Ziping originally lived, and arranged for his aunt Yan Renda and his three sons, and heard Zifu say that they would live until the Lantern Festival, which is like this every year.

Ziqing wondered why Tian said that the silver was not enough to spend, and there were too many places that needed silver. So many people gathered together at night, bragging and bragging, fighting cards, watching cards, children playing hide and seek, chasing two houses, adults screaming, children crying, but the roof was not lifted. Old man Zeng said happily that there should be a lot of people during the New Year, and only when you are popular can you have a prosperous family.

Just two days after the days of chickens flying and dogs jumping like this, Ermao of the Chunyu family almost caused a big disaster.