The arrival of Leaf Green made the already joyful atmosphere of the New Year even more enthusiastic. Because he has seen many famous mountains and rivers in the north and south, the customs and anecdotes of various places have been brought by him, and he has talked better than Mr. Storyteller, which makes people listen to it with relish.

This year, although Master Ye and Mrs. Ye did not celebrate the New Year in the Huxi mansion, they only nested in a small courtyard in the capital. Because he has a lost and recovered Cui'er by his side, a son-in-law who has become a general, two lively and lovely grandsons, and his beloved little son, he doesn't feel lonely at all.

These alone are not complete, on the morning of the twenty-seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Cui'er got up and heard the chirping of magpies in the yard. When it was time to have lunch, I received a report from the person at the door, saying that the eldest young master and the second young master's family had arrived at the door.

"What, Qing'er and Bi'er's whole family are here?" Mrs. Ye was inexplicably surprised when she heard this, but she couldn't help but nag, "These two children are really not worry-free, didn't they say they couldn't come, why did they arrive again?" ”

"Oh, they haven't cleaned up their place for the New Year...... And quilts or something, these children are really not worry-free! Mrs. Ye ordered the competent housekeeper under her hands to quickly clean up the room for the eldest young master and the second young master, and she couldn't help but nag a few words in her mouth.

Although Mrs. Ye was nagging, the smile on her face was expanding irrepressibly, and she took Cui'er's hand and walked out. Looking at this posture, I can't wait to see my two sons and my precious grandchildren immediately.

Because of the Chinese New Year, Cui'er thought that when she was in the backing mountain last year, she was full of New Year's flavor when she wrote couplets and pasted window flowers. This year, taking advantage of the year before, let the ingenious maids and daughters also cut the window flowers. Thinking about sticking to the doors and windows, the red is full of joy.

"Mother, you slow down, big brother, they are here, they must come in to see you." Cui'er accompanied Mrs. Ye to the front yard, and the houses and doors she passed by were pasted with bright red window flowers, as well as red lanterns hanging under the eaves. It all makes this courtyard look full of New Year's flavor.

Out of the courtyard of the three. Before I could enter the second courtyard, I had already heard movement outside. Mrs. Ye craned her neck and looked out, as if she couldn't immediately see her children and grandchildren who had come so far from Huxi.

"Am I not in a hurry?" Madame Ye took Cui'er's arm. Watching a group of people walking towards the backyard lively, the smile on his face became bigger and bigger.

The crowd that came over was led by Master Ye, needless to say, Master Ye was left and right. Each walked a heroic young man. The two look very similar, but one is slightly more handsome. Although the expression on his face was joyful, he was still more serious, and the other was smiling like a flower, so that the girls next to him couldn't help but blush.

"Daddy. Big brother and second brother! Cui'er looked at the faces of her relatives and couldn't help but shout, watching her father and brothers look over and smile at her. Cui'er only felt that her heart was full of joy.

"Cui'er, long time no see!" Ye Qing has nothing to say about this sister. The iceberg face, which has not changed for thousands of years, actually has a smile. Ye Qing wanted to reach out and touch Cui'er's forehead, but found that her sister's stomach was bulging like a ball of air, obviously pregnant with a child again, and her heart was excited and sour.

"Big brother has worked hard all the way!" Cui'er looked at her iceberg-faced eldest brother and smiled, and smiled happily. Turning his head and looking at his second brother who had been smiling, "The second brother helped me take care of the business in the mountains, and it was also hard!" ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, it's my sister's business!" Second Brother Ye reversed his previous appearance and smiled gently at Cui'er.

"You two children, don't say a word when you come!" Mrs. Ye looked at her eldest son carefully, and then pulled her second son. The children who have been hurting since they were young have left for more than half a year at first glance, and Mrs. Ye said in her heart that it is impossible not to want to.

"Mother, the sons want to surprise you!" Second Brother Ye pretended to be stupid in front of Mrs. Ye, Rao is already in his twenties, but he has no psychological burden at all.

"It's a surprise, it's just a little bit of a surprise, you kids!" Although Mrs. Ye said it, the happy look on her face couldn't deceive people. The two brothers Ye Qing and Ye Bi looked at it from top to bottom, and said distressedly that the two sons had lost weight, and after reading their sons, their eyes involuntarily looked back.

"Mother, daughters-in-law please my mother!" Walking behind Ye Qing and Ye Bi was the daughter-in-law of the two, and at this time, seeing that her mother-in-law had finished talking to her father-in-law, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Ye Qing's daughter-in-law is Mrs. Ye's cousin's niece, and like Mrs. Ye, she is surnamed Xia, known as Xiao Xia, and her round face is gentle and kind when she smiles. Now he has two sons, the eldest is five years old and the younger is three years old, and it is time to be lively and fun.

Ye Bi's daughter-in-law is the daughter of a silk merchant in Huxi, surnamed Zhao, known as Xiao Zhao, and is a beautiful woman with a melon seed face and a fair complexion. She and Ye Bi had become relatives before Cui'er disappeared, and they had no children for so long, and Ye Bi was always not at home.

"Okay, well, this way, but it's hard for you!" Mrs. Ye smiled and helped her two daughters-in-law up, and said gently, looking left and right with a very satisfied heart.

Mrs. Ye's attitude towards her son and daughter-in-law is different, her son can be nagging and loving, no matter what she says, but the relationship with her daughter-in-law needs to be cultivated.

After all, she married into her own family from outside, and her relatives were not around, so Mrs. Ye treated her daughter-in-law as if she was her own daughter, although she was not as unprincipled as Hurt Cui'er, but she also let her daughter-in-law make rules or something like other families from time to time.

"Grandmother ......" talked to her daughter-in-law, and a coquettish voice came from behind, and after Mrs. Ye heard this voice, she only felt that her heart was going to soften.

"Hey! Poems and books are coming to my grandmother! When Mrs. Ye heard the call of her grandson, her face was about to be a chrysanthemum. Seeing the two little children rushing out from behind, their faces full of love, they squatted down and hugged the two children tightly in their arms.

"But I miss my grandmother, don't you two work the road?" Mrs. Ye hugged the two children tightly, and one of them kissed her face fiercely, screaming heartily.

"Grandmother, Shi'er misses you too, we came in a big carriage, it's fun!" Five-year-old Shi'er gestured vigorously to the big carriage, her face was full of excitement, and she didn't feel tired at all.

"I miss my grandmother too...... "The book is still young, and she only said softly that she misses her grandmother, but she stays by her side and doesn't talk much.

"Let's go, let's hurry back to the house, you're tired along the way, you have to rest!" Mrs. Ye happily closed her mouth, held the book in her arms, and pulled the poem with her other hand, and was about to go back.

"Mother, don't be tired, you still have to go to the backyard." Cui'er looked at the book's round little body, as well as her mother's struggling appearance, and couldn't help but persuade her.

"Grandmother, go down to the ground." Shu'er is also a well-behaved person, knowing that he is heavy, he said busily.

"Okay, let's get off the ground." Shu'er was put on the ground by Mrs. Ye, and was about to take her grandmother's hand to go, when she suddenly saw Cui'er. At this time, Cui'er had already finished meeting her brother and sister-in-law, and was standing in one place chattering.

"Pretty aunt!" Shu'er's eyes lit up, and she couldn't take care of Mrs. Ye's grandmother, so she ran straight in the direction of Cui'er like a small meat ball.

"Books!" Xiao Xia hurriedly grabbed the collar of the book and brought him back, "This is your little aunt, do you remember what your mother said?" ”

"Pretty aunt is aunt?" Shu'er pouted her pink little lips and said the word aunt, how cute and cute it looked.

"Yes, I'm your aunt!" Cui'er gently touched Shu'er's head, she has a big belly now, but it's not good to squat down, just look down at Shu'er and say.

"Shu'er likes her aunt and her little brother!" Shu'er suddenly grinned, the smile was very bright, and the pink and tender little face was round, so that people couldn't help but kiss it when they looked at it.

"Little brother?" Listening to the milky words of the book, the adults were stunned, and when they looked at Cui'er's belly, they all came back to their senses, which means that the child in Cui'er's belly is a little brother!

"Cui'er, this kid has clean eyes, and what he says is the most accurate, soft, small bag and book are all said to be little brothers, then they are guaranteed to be a little brother!" Mrs. Ye was very happy when she heard this, and she couldn't stop smiling.

Xiao Xia and Xiao Zhao next to him congratulated Cui'er, indeed, being able to have a few more sons-in-law is a good thing to congratulate in a big family.

A group of people walked forward bustlingly, and when others couldn't see it, Xiao Zhao's eyes crossed a trace of gloom, and he looked at Cui'er's stomach with full envy. Xiao Zhao's hand under the big sword gently touched his little belly, and his heart couldn't help but be slightly sour.

Xiao Zhao's family was many earlier than Cui'er got married, and now Cui'er is already the mother of two children, and she still has one in her belly, but she still hasn't moved at all. Although her mother-in-law is very good to her, and her husband also loves her, but without the pain of children, Xiao Zhao can only swallow it alone.

Later that day, when Ye Qing and Ye Bi were settling down, Cui'er found out that many people had come to them this time, not only their own relatives, but also Chai Jin's family and the children from the backing mountain. In addition to them, there is also a letter from the backer, saying that they will also take the time to come to Beijing after the New Year, to see if they can help in the selection of imperial merchants.

On the twenty-seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the three sons and one daughter of the Ye family gathered in the capital, and the whole family of fourteen people lived in the small three-entry courtyard of the Ye Mansion, although it was a little crowded, but with a strong warm feeling.

The red lanterns and red couplets in the courtyard are warmly heralding that the New Year is approaching.

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