San Lang opened the box sent by Ding Yunhe, which contained four gifts, four colors of brocade, one piece of each; Four boxes of tea, open and smell all the best teas; two sets of four treasures in the study; and two letters of silver, twenty taels each, for a total of forty taels. Book Lovers' Building

Xu Miao looked at these things, thought for a while, and said:

"Ya'er, return a gift like this, and send it when Xu Ying gives birth."

Xu Ya nodded and said, "Well, I know." ”

Xiao Wu stood aside, looked at the eldest sister, looked at the contents of the box again, pouted, and said:

"Sister, did you accept this thing at that time because Sister Ying was going to have a baby?"

"What do you say?!" Xu Miao stretched out her hand and gently scraped the bridge of Xiao Wu's nose, the little guy nodded with a smile, and San Lang on the side thought for a moment and said:

"Sister, didn't you say that you can have less contact with them? This ushers in the words of the ......"

"It doesn't matter." Xu Miao shook her head, took out the four treasures of the study, and after giving them to Xiao Wu, she said, "No matter how you decide, after all, you are relatives, and you don't have deep friendships in normal etiquette, just grasp this degree." ”

After Xu Miao finished speaking, she collected all the things, and every time the box sent by the Ding family was her favorite. The Ding family is mainly engaged in the timber business, which is said to be specially made for large families, so it is particularly particular.

She kept the box she sent to the bottom of the pot last year, and the carved patterns on it were very chic. Thinking of this, Xu Miao looked at the three small ones and asked:

"Let's build a house, let's order the furniture in the house ready-made, I see a shop of the Ding family in the town, just order it there."

Xu Ya nodded approvingly, but San Lang shook his head and said with some embarrassment:

"Sister, let's let Brother-in-law Ying not get off the stage today, and then go to her shop to buy things, this matter ......"

"What's this?" Xu Ya said as a matter of course, "Let's go shopping, not to take advantage of him, just give as much as you want." ”

Xu Miao nodded in agreement, looked at San Lang, and said:

"You remember, there is no eternal enemy in business, like Ding Yunhe, we can't make friends, but it's okay to buy and sell things."

When San Lang heard this, he pursed his lower lip and said tentatively: "This is what the eldest sister often says, one yard to one yard?" ”

"Hmm!" Xu Miao nodded, patted his younger brother's shoulder, and said, "Just like yesterday when you went to the old mansion to kowtow, they didn't do anything to them, let's go kowtow and do what we should do." ”

The three of them nodded understandingly, didn't say anything more, Xu Miao didn't speak again, the four sisters and brothers were busy with their own work, this year is almost over, this is the second year of junior high school, the sixth factory of junior high school started, and the eighth tofu factory also started, it is really the end of the New Year.

Xu Ya took out the purse he had made a long time ago, and Xu Miao began to put ten copper plates in each of them. The sixth day of the new year starts work, and the New Year's Day is a red envelope for people to work.

Xu Ya finished picking up her purse, looked at Xu Miao, opened her mouth a few times, and didn't say anything. Seeing this, Xu Miao chuckled lightly and said:

"What's wrong? Just say what you want. ”

Xu Ya counted the copper plates and said:

"Sister, just now my brother-in-law said that there is something good about the uncle, is it his official business?"

Xu Miao paused when she heard this, then nodded and said:

"It should be, for the uncle, the good thing is to be an official, I guess the old mansion is over there, and I don't know what to toss."

"Why?" Xu Ya was puzzled, "In the past, maybe the uncle still wanted to go by himself, but now that the second room is separated, he will also bring a third uncle, and grandma is what he must bring, why do you still toss?" ”

The little girl thought that Xu Zhengjiang was quite human, but Xu Miao shook her head in disagreement when she heard it, sighed, and said:

"Don't you know about the eldest uncle? She's the one who can swallow her anger? Our grandma followed, and it must be our grandmother who is in charge, and it is estimated that the eldest aunt wants to be in charge of her own house. ”

"Ouch, then they really have no conscience."

After Xu Ya finished speaking, she glanced at Xu Miao, and the sisters shrugged their shoulders. The word "conscience", it seems that the two people in the big house really don't have it, otherwise there would be no such thing as selling nieces.

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On the third day of the first lunar month, Xu Miao's sisters and brothers had breakfast early, put on a mule cart and went to the town to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Wu. The old house of the Xu family is about to be very lively, yesterday Ding Yunhe specially said, this Xu Zhengjiang wants to be an official, the Lu family dressed neatly early in the morning, went to Lizheng's house, and looked for his sister to show off.

This Xu Liang and his family heard that Xu Zhengjiang was going to be an official, and out of kinship, they had to prepare something to send over to congratulate them. The two came together, and when Zheng saw Shan, he said proudly:

"Ouch, brother and sister are here, come into the house and sit, our master is sitting in the house."

Shan Shi didn't get angry at all when he saw her like this, and specially said hello and called "sister-in-law", and then entered the upper room with Xu Liang. As soon as they entered the house, Xu Ling's family of four didn't leave yesterday, and they were all here, probably because the boss was going to be an official, and they wanted to see if there was any benefit.

Xu Liang was reluctant to mix with them, and after putting down the trough cake, he said: "Auntie, I heard that my eldest brother is going to be an official, and your wish for so many years can be regarded as fulfilled." ”

"Hey, not really." Old Man Xu couldn't stop nodding, and the joy in his heart was overflowing. Lu Shi was even more proud, pulled his daughter, and deliberately said in front of Shan's face:

"Bing'er, your eldest brother is an official this time, your marriage can be regarded as a fall, look at it, it won't be long before the threshold of our family will be flattened."

When Xu Bing heard this, she was very happy, it didn't matter if the Shan family heard it, she knew that the Lu family was deliberate, and their Xu Fu was also old, and there were a few people who said they were married, but she didn't want her daughter to marry too far, so she was too worried.

Besides, the girl is now working as her assistant in the factory, the salary is good, she is not tired, and she is married, and this job will fall to others, which is a pity to think about it, but the two strong people who can get married in the village have not yet reached the age of any child.

So this marriage is put on hold for the time being. When I got up early and went to the house, it was probably my mother-in-law who told her, so I responded to her at this time. Shan didn't care, looked at Xu Bing, who was shy and bowed his head, smiled, and said:

"Sister Bing is a blessed one, in the future, if this is not good, she will go to a big family to be a big grandmother, when the time comes, Auntie, your family will have two young grandmothers, not bad!"

"Isn't that that?!" Lu Shi stiffened his neck, and said modestly at all, "This person, even if this is the case, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, no one knows what will be like at this moment, and now it's too late to regret it, I don't have a chance." ”

Xu Liang on the side was a little unhappy when he heard this, but when he looked at the people of the Xu family, none of them stopped him, even the eldest aunt, he couldn't help frowning and wanted to leave.

Shan Shi dragged the master without a trace, looked at Lu Shi, and said:

"Auntie's words are true, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, the big families are rich and powerful, and people are three points smarter than our crop yards, these days Auntie has to worry about it, let's pull Sister Bing'er's rampant problem."

"Otherwise, if you poke such a big basket like last time, how can you end up then, it doesn't matter who it affects, but you must not affect the eldest brother, so many years of show talent will be in vain."

"You-" Xu Bing was about to open his mouth to refute, but was grabbed by Xu Ling, looked at Shan Shi and chuckled, and said:

"What my sister-in-law said is that my father and mother are very fond of Sister Bing on weekdays, this girl is my mother's heart, there is no way, my sister-in-law also has a daughter, and I don't want my daughter's future family to be unsatisfactory, do you say?"

Shan Shi listened, chuckled and didn't speak, some things are almost done, there is no need to be unforgiving, got up and looked at Old Man Xu, and said:

"Auntie, let's go first, and then you and the eldest brother will go to enjoy the blessings, and the good days are ahead."

"Hey, Liangzi's daughter-in-law, come to the house for dinner on the seventh day of the new year, and our family will set the table for your eldest brother's affairs." Old man Xu was bent on thinking about his son being an official, and they didn't think of him at all in their good life in the future.

Shan Shi listened, nodded with a chuckle, and said: "The factory will start on the seventh day of the first month, and the child's father will come over for dinner at that time, and I have something to do over there, so I can't come, auntie, let's go." ”

With that, he and Xu Liang went out of the house. Lu Shi looked at the backs of the two of them, spat on the ground, glanced at them one after another, and said:

"No, you still rely on us to eat, what are you doing like that, what can the girl earn? If you can't marry someone yet, who will you curse, I'm fine. ”

When Zheng heard this, he looked at his own master, and then at the old couple, and his heart was very anxious. He glanced at the master, but Xu Zhengjiang didn't see it, and Xu Ling on the side saw this, looked at his father, and asked:

"Dad, who are they taking with them, big brother?"

Xu Ling knew about the separation of the second room, and he didn't go to see the second brother today, to put it bluntly, he used to squeak when he met, but now it's not necessary, and he doesn't point to others, so he doesn't have that much thought.

Old Man Xu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then waved his hand and said:

"Go all, how can you bring anyone and don't take anyone, old. The two families have been separated, this can't be said, but I plan to leave this yard or something to them, and the land of the family is also given to them, so I can't lose them. ”

After saying this, Xu Zhengjiang suddenly became calm, raised his head suddenly, looked at Old Man Xu, frowned, and said:

"Dad, it's limited for me to be an official, this ...... Enough to choke ...... I can raise so many people. ”

When Zheng heard this, he hurriedly echoed and said: "Dad, I don't know where the uncle is going to be an official, in this far away place, your second elder is following the bumps, and the uncle is too unfilial." ”

"Then sister-in-law means to stay?"