On the first day of the Lunar New Year, visit relatives and pay New Year's greetings.

The Du family is a foreigner, and there are no relatives here.

The popularity of the Du family in the village is still good, in addition to Li Zheng and a few elderly patriarchs who need to go to visit, a few people who have a good relationship also have to go to see.

As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is still necessary to deal well with neighbors.

New Year's greetings are all juniors, friends of the same generation, to Li's age, seniority, basically will not go out to pay New Year's greetings.

Most of the people who go to pay New Year's greetings are men or young children from their families. A girl over the age of ten, even if she is a big girl, even if she is in the countryside, will not show her head easily.

Who knows how many foreign men you will meet during the New Year?

Therefore, the Du family has always been visited by Du Heqing and Du Hepu brothers, who went to Lizheng and the patriarch's house to pay New Year's greetings. When I come back from these houses, I will take Du Ankang and Xiaohuzi to visit a few neighbors who have dealings.

As for Du Anxing, he never went to pay New Year's greetings. People are readers, so they want to read books!

Not long after Du Heqing and his brothers left, the door of the house was pushed open.

During the festival, every family does not tie the door for the convenience of New Year's greetings.

Liu Shi heard the movement and went out, but when he saw the comer, he was slightly stunned.

The people who came were Wang and Chi Yingjie.

Although Chi's father has been dead for many years, the two families of Du and Chi have been in contact for many years. Especially after Chi Yingjie won Xiucai, the Wang family moved the idea of letting the two families get married, so the opposite correspondence was more frequent than in the previous two years.

Originally, Liu also felt that this family business was good.

Yingjie's child grew up by himself, although he looks average, but he writes well and learns well. The most important thing is that he has been admitted to Xiucai, and with his fame, he may be able to carp and jump into the dragon gate in the future.

In case this child becomes an official, then his daughter is the wife of the official family, where to find such a good thing.

The daughter she gave birth to, even if she didn't grow up by her side, she still knows the child's thoughts.

Yu Niang is too good-looking, how can she be willing to be a rural village woman? If you can marry Yingjie, of course, it is the best.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Yingjie can't be an official in the future, he only guards the name of a showman, goes to a private school to teach, keeps accounts for shops, and becomes a bookkeeper, which is also a good livelihood.

Wang's person, Liu still understands, he is a strong person, but he is not an unreasonable person. She watched Yu Niang grow up, and naturally knew that Yu Niang was delicate, and the two children would become relatives in the future, and it would not be too difficult for the children in terms of work.

Liu thought very well, but he didn't want his daughter to say anything and didn't agree to this family business, and he also moved out of the old man who had been dead for many years, saying that Chi Yingjie was short-lived!

Probably not, right?

But didn't Chi's father die early?

These thoughts flashed through Qi's mind.

She was only slightly stunned, then reacted immediately, with a smile on her face, and greeted her very warmly.

"Xiuzhi, you're really a rarity!" Wang's girlfriend name is Wang Xiuzhi, although Du and Chi have always had contacts, but she is a widow after all, and it is not easy to come to the door usually, and when it comes to the New Year's Festival, she can't go to other people's homes to add bad luck.

Therefore, it is really rare for the Wang family to come to the Du family on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Liu is a very shrewd person, and when he thought about it, Chi Yingjie was not young, but he was afraid that Wang was coming to explore the wind.

Alas!

It's a mess.

"Auntie, happy New Year." Chi Yingjie deliberately wore a newly made stone blue straight jacket today, and his hair was meticulously combed, tied with a square scarf, which looked very neat. It seems that he is a little more energetic than usual. He carried a bamboo basket in his hand, and covered it with a very festive flower cloth.

In the end, it is a child she has watched grow up since childhood, how can she have no feelings!

Liu was also happy.

She enthusiastically put the mother and son into the house: "Hurry up, come into the house and say, it's cold outside." ”

The three of them then walked up to the room.

Du Yuniang had already heard it.

She pulled Li and said, "Grandmother, you must remember your grandfather's advice, you can't agree to this marriage!" Anyway, I definitely won't marry Chi Yingjie, and I won't marry if I die. ”

After saying this, Du Yuniang turned around and went back to the room.

Li sat on the kang and grinned, this child, who is older than the New Year, said that he would not die and was unlucky.

However, this also proves Yu Niang's determination. It seems that she said that she would not marry Chi Yingjie anymore!

It's a pity.

The Li family also thinks that the Chi family is a good family, and they know the roots!

That's it! Anyway, the old man's words, nothing went wrong.

Yu Niang has a gambling contract with the boss! Wait a minute!

Anyway, Yu Niang is still young, so she is not in a hurry.

At this time, Liu took Wang and Chi Yingjie into the East House.

"Auntie, Happy New Year!" When Wang saw Li, he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

Liu was taken aback, she knew her mother-in-law's personality, and knew that her mother-in-law was unwilling to suffer these mistakes, so she hurriedly helped Wang.

Li was also startled, and when she came to her senses, the eldest daughter-in-law had already helped Wang. She breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Wang's gaze with two points of exquisiteness.

"What are you doing, scaring the old woman." Li Shi only said: "You didn't know the old woman on the first day, I am not a landlord's wife, our family is not prosperous." ”

Wang got up a little embarrassed, "I haven't been here for many years, forget, don't blame me." ”

Li Shi only said: "Where is it, sit down." ”

As if remembering something, Wang said, "Yingjie, hurry up and give your grandmother a New Year's greeting." ”

Liu frowned, what's going on with this Wang family?

That's the call for grandmother?

I haven't skimmed the eight characters yet!

I don't know if it's a preconceived reason, at this time, the Li and Liu mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law have changed their views on the Wang family.

Chi Yingjie put aside the basket he brought, and politely gave it to the Li family, almost to the end.

The Li family accepted it with a smile, really speaking, Chi Yingjie, a talented talent, half of the credit is on their Du family!

In the two years when Chi's father just died, the life of orphans and widows was difficult, and they were also suppressed by relatives, and their lives were really difficult.

At that time, it was difficult for the mother and son to have a full meal, where was the spare money for Chi Yingjie to study!

It is still the Li family who is in charge, so that the eldest son can help from time to time, and even in the first few years, Chi Yingjie's reading bundles were all paid by their Du family.

As far as the friendship between Chongchi's father and Du Heqing is concerned, their Du family can do this part, which can be said to be benevolent and righteous.

The reason why the Du family was able to gain a foothold in Xinghuagou was all because of this righteousness and conscience!

That's why Chi Xiucai deserves this gift, and the Li family deserves it!

"Good boy, get up!" Li Shi looked at Chi Yingjie twice, and said seriously: "Thin, is it too hard to study?" ”

Chi Yingjie felt flattered, and even the eyes of Wang, who was standing on the side, lit up.