Chapter 217, Ziqing's Banquet (2)
"Auntie, my family's Huihui also wants to put it in my father's school to recognize a few words, is it done? Eat and live with Ziquan, and my mother is in charge of [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 217]. Ziping asked cautiously.
"What's not to do then, who to teach is not to teach." Shen replied.
"Speaking of which, Xia Yu, Xiaowen should also go to school, don't always keep the child at home, what can you do in the future? They all have company, so you can rest assured. I'm over sixty, how many years can I help you? Tian said. It is estimated that with Ziqing's New Year's gift of a few taels of silver, Tian's heart is alive again.
Ziqing smiled at each other when she heard this. Over there, Hu Baisong raised the wine glass and toasted, first saluted Zeng Ruiqing, and called "Uncle Yue" several times, Zeng Ruiqing didn't react, he didn't even raise his eyelids, Yan Renda drank some wine, stood up and said: "Big brother, this is your mistake, your grandson is six or seven years old, you haven't lost your anger yet, Aunt Hu is a guest today, yes, it was invited by Aunt Lin, you can't, you can't roll up Aunt Lin's face, you have to drink this wine." ”
"It's none of your business, I'll talk about it when you have a treat." Zeng Ruiqing's words are still straightforward.
Lin Kangping saw that he was busy and said, "Daddy, I'll drink with you, I haven't toasted you yet." ”
Lin Kangping picked up the wine glass, Zeng Ruiqing didn't speak, Yan Renda hurriedly said: "Aunt Lin, don't stop me, if you really think about your aunt, you can pull your aunt and father, your aunt knows that you can endure and have seen the world, if you really don't want to lend me silver, it is better for you to take my son and learn something from you, enjoy the bowl of rice, you see that you have bought so many people, and it is not bad for that one." If you don't want to bring three cents, you can do four cents and five cents. You can take whoever you like. ”
"Auntie, where am I stopping you? I'm just toasting Daddy with a glass of wine. I'm idle all day long, I don't go out often, what do I want people to do? I'll stay at home with Qing'er, collect rent, and live a good life. Drink. Drink. Lin Kangping said.
"Aunt Lin, you are too unreal, today in front of the old man, you have such a big family business, this garden is said to have cost a thousand taels of silver. I bought that large piece of wasteland, and it cost five or six hundred taels to say the least, not counting anything else. I just asked you to borrow a hundred taels of silver, and it wasn't my family who borrowed it, and your father's aunt, Aunt Hu, even if you don't worry about us. Aren't you worried about your daddy? Yan Renda said vaguely.
"Let me make a statement first, I don't have an uncle, don't look at my face, I don't have any face to look at." Zeng Ruiqing hurriedly distinguished.
Lin Kangping glanced at Zhou Yunjiang, Zifu hurriedly stood up with a wine glass, and said, "Borrow my brother-in-law's wine today and respect the elders, Zifu is not at home all year round." I'm sure to have a good time with you today. ”
Here Zhou saw it and said: "In the end, it is a family, who is close and who is far away." ”
"Yes, people treat my brother-in-law as their own. Where is it like some people, treating their brother-in-law as shit, and they don't step on it. Chunyu said.
"That's what you said, don't drag others if you rush to be shit, the second brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law are all sitting there, and they're good with the two eldest brothers [Qing'er's Pastoral Life Chapter 217, Ziqing Banquet (2) Chapter]." Zhou replied.
Ziqing couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, Zhou's words were so funny, Chunyu's face was flushed, Ziqing laughed very unkindly, she couldn't help it.
"Ziqing. On the fifteenth day of the first month, do you still do the full moon wine for children? Qiu Yu saw Tian and Chunyu staring at Ziqing with dark faces, and hurriedly asked.
"Sister-in-law, didn't my grandfather say it, even if I made a full moon wine for my son in advance, take a six-six Shun. In the Great Lantern Festival, who doesn't want to reunite with their family? We're not going to treat you anymore. Ziqing said with a smile.
"Yikes. I thought you'd invite the whole village? Also, it's not good to come out on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Kangping is so rich, and he is the first child, it's a pity not to please, if you want me to say, whose family's food of fifteen is not as good as yours, maybe they are all looking forward to coming to the rich family to see and understand. Chunyu said. I was probably still worried about eating for nothing, and I don't know what the old man said, Ziqing was a little unhappy.
"Qing'er is a rich family, our children, none of them invited the whole village, not to mention that Kangping is not a local, it is always bad to be too public, it is easy to be worried by people with a heart, not to mention that our family does not have that thick family background, why bother to cause trouble." Shen said.
"Ziqing, every time my aunt sees you, there are always different new clothes, and they are all silk and satin, which are really indescribably good-looking, and my aunt doesn't know them. Your sister wants to say goodbye this year, why don't you pick out a few old clothes to send her, I think it's similar to the new one, we also save money, your sister also has face, you have made room again, what a suitable thing? Chunyu said.
"Auntie, where do I have those old clothes, I often wear cotton clothes at home, and some of them are still the old clothes I wore when I was a girl, and even Ziyu wore my old clothes." Ziqing distinguished.
"Didn't you give it back to Xiushui, you are willing to be outsiders, but you are pushing back your cousin, there is no old one, you give a new material, a big red one, just like you on it, just keep it as a wedding dress." Tian said.
"Mother, do you really dare to ask for it, Ziqing's body is Shu brocade, hibiscus carp picture, that piece of cloth, only twenty feet, I'm afraid it will cost more than ten taels of silver, where do you want to wear osmanthus, wear it out in the countryside to work? I don't even dare to ask for it. Qiu Yu said.
A few people opened their mouths wide when they heard this, and after a while, Tian's face sank, and said: "You can spend dozens of taels of silver on a wedding dress, and you still wear such expensive homely clothes, how much silver can you save by wearing a few fewer clothes, and don't you have the silver for Sister Ping and your aunt to open a shop?" If you are willing to spend as much as you want, and wear one less piece of clothing, your aunt's family will be able to live for a year, what a sin, but pity your cousin and they still can't eat. ”
"Grandma, who doesn't wear a new dress for the New Year? My cousin can't eat enough to go to his father and mother, what does it matter to us? Haven't you heard that the money I earn can't buy a dress for my wife? Do you want to raise a cousin who can't beat the eight poles first? Why don't I find an outsider to comment on this tomorrow? What does the child's father and mother eat? Lin Kangping heard Tian scolding Ziqing, and hurriedly picked up the conversation.
"That's it, mother, look at what you said, the eldest sister's family is not like this, several children are older, be diligent, it is a good labor, clean up the field well, and do some short-term work in your spare time, which family doesn't come over like this? Ziping's family doesn't have any land in the city, don't they live the same way? If you want me to say, it's better for people to be diligent, as the old saying goes, the early bird has bugs to eat. Don't always look at the masters, look at a mountain and look at a mountain high, and eat as much as you have the ability. Over the years, have we helped less? To put it mildly, how much money can you and your father spend on the money we give our mother in a year? Rice, flour, vegetable and oil are all our own, we have made clothes all year round, we have raised so many chickens at home, and we have also helped out of big and small things, don't you listen to you cry poor? Mother, don't like to listen to it, my family Qing'er can wear whatever she wants, the silver she earns, she can spend it how she loves, no matter how bad it is, there is an aunt to carry it. Shen said.
Tian wanted to slap the chopsticks when he heard this, Qiu Yu's eyes were sharp, Tian took a breath and said, "Is there still a mother like me in your eyes, where is the filial piety?" I just said a word to her, and you broke it up for me at length. ”
"Grandma, where did you go? My mother has never been disrespectful to you? As I just said, what kind of food and clothes are used for flowers, which ones are not neatly dotted? Over the years, my mother hasn't spent the money my father has earned, and she has honored you, and my mother hasn't said anything? Ask the eldest mother, ask the second aunt and sister-in-law, how is my mother doing? Ziqing said.
"Yes, my younger brother and sister really haven't said anything to my father and mother for so many years, and they are really considerate of us, and even Ziping takes care of it." Zhou was busy making a statement.
"That's it, mother, if there is no second brother and second sister-in-law's family, where do we have today's day, not to mention the small one, just live in that big new house, who in the village doesn't envy me for having a good brother." Xia Yu said.
"I didn't say anything bad about the second family, what are you doing one by one? I just watched that your life was better one by one, and the Chunyu family was in difficulty, and I felt uncomfortable. Forget it, even so, I won't say it. Eldest granddaughter-in-law, I don't think it's as good as this, my eldest grandson will send officials sooner or later, and there will always be one or two reliable people around him, so it's better to take four cents and five cents with him. Tian immediately changed his target.
"Grandma, I don't count it, Xianggong is there. Besides, it will take two years to send officials, where will we be able to raise people under our current conditions? Didn't delay people. Liu said busily.
Tian opened his mouth and said nothing.
"According to me, a few nephews have also been studying for two years, and you can still find an apprenticeship in the city. There are not so many people farming at home, so Da Mao didn't make a home in the city. When you are young, you don't suffer a little, fight hard, and when you are old, you are not pure and wait to suffer. Qiu Yu said.
"Da Mao is enough for them to eat, or rent a house, and raise a child, all year round, and that bit of silver has to be broken for flowers. Yongfeng, that restaurant you opened in the city can make a lot of money a year. Chunyu asked Chen.
"It's not easy to do, my brother said that he was very tired all day, and he lost money at the beginning, but now it's better, and he can't earn much, and I haven't taken care of it this year." Chan said.
"You won't be tired if you hire a few more people, or let my son go over to run a hall, just learn some experience, go back and open a smaller early shop by himself, and don't grab business with you." Chunyu said.
"Auntie, my family is enough, where do I need to hire someone? I'm sorry I can't make any more money by hiring people. Chan said.
Tian and Chunyu turned around, but they didn't stuff people out, and turned back to look at Ziqing. (To be continued)