On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, all the families in the clan went to the ancestral hall to help, the patriarch instructed the men to clean, and the women scrubbed the sacrificial vessels under the guidance of the patriarch's wife.

After the opening of the ancestral hall on the same day, there were people who came one after another to repay their vows, mostly with a rooster, killed in the yard, dipped in chicken blood with yellow table paper and burned in front of the ancestors' tablets, and then put on three incense sticks, kowtowed, even if the whole chicken was given to the ancestors.

Of course, the real chicken is taken home, dehaired and cleaned, or cooked for the whole family to eat on the same day, or put hemp rope on the dry and put it on the New Year's Day to eat.

There are more people who make vows on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, and an old man like Song Laohan can spend a whole day by making a fire in the ancestral hall, cooking tea and smoking dry tobacco around the fire.

Song Laohan always felt that Song Haojie was very embarrassed to sit in prison once, so he just smoked dry cigarettes in silence and didn't talk much. Fortunately, he has never talked much, and others don't care.

Song Haonian led a fat sheep into the ancestral hall, and when the Song patriarch saw it, he shouted from afar: "Da Nian, what wish did you make, why did you make such a big sheep?"

Song Haonian said with a smile: "It's not a big wish, isn't it a good year, I happen to meet someone selling sheep, so I buy one and give it to the ancestors." ”

He is low-key, and everyone in the clan is not stupid, and they all praised: "You can be regarded as having a good life now, you know how to kill sheep for your ancestors, and you don't forget your roots." Song Dagui operated, Song Patriarch smiled and asked his son to help Song Haonian kill sheep, Song Laohan looked around, Song Haoshi was bowing his head and talking to others, Song Haojie was hiding at home and refused to come, Song Haonian was obviously his second son, but he seemed to be an outsider who had nothing to do with him, so he had to sigh, again

Change to a pot of dry tobacco to smoke.

There, Song Haonian killed the sheep with the help of everyone and kowtowed, and came over to Song Laohan and said, "Dad, I'll go home with my daughter-in-law next morning." ”

Song Laohan nodded: "I know." ”

The two were polite, there was no intimacy between father and son, and everyone looked at each other for a while, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Song family's father and son.

Song Haonian and Song Dagui carried the sheep home, boiled water to remove the hair, Song Dagui knew everything, he would kill the pig and the sheep, and he would wash and untie a sheep, Song Haonian gave him a leg of mutton and some internal organs, and said: "Brother Dagui, you take it back and cook it." ”

Song Dagui did not shirk, smiled and took the meat home, and waited for the noble sister-in-law to come home from the ancestral hall to cook the meat and eat.

Lily helped out in the ancestral hall for a while, and when she saw that she had almost cleaned up, she went home to prepare to go to Lao Song's house for the New Year. For the young couple, this time of year is the most difficult, and they are really celebrating the New Year like a pass.

Knowing that they must have been unhappy again in the past, the young couple still brought a leg of mutton, a few pieces of mutton fat, and prepared some other New Year's goods, which can be regarded as their filial piety to their father.

The two of them came to the door, ready to sit on the cold bench and be cold-eyed, but they didn't think that although everyone in the old Song family was still cold this year, it was not as usual, they sneered as soon as they came up, and they were unwilling to stab them without saying a few words. Song Haonian felt a little strange in his heart, but a cold face was better than a quarrel, and he didn't delve into it, and the family sat together without anything to say. Song Haojie didn't know what to say to the family, although the Niu family hated Song Haonian half to death, he didn't dare to stand up for his beloved little son, so he couldn't stop giving Song Haojie and Jin

Bao peeled the melon seeds, for fear that Song Haonian would eat two more grains and make them suffer.

Lily is helping in the kitchen, there is no Song Xiuxiu this year, Dong Shi alone does not dare to come out first to her, plus Lily now knows not to show herself, so the two of them made a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in harmony.

As soon as the food was served, the atmosphere finally warmed up. Jinbao was about to set off firecrackers, but Niu coaxed him and said, "Eat first, and after eating, grandma will find you firecrackers and let them go!"

Jinbao was still going to make trouble, Song Haonian glanced at him, he remembered that the third uncle had said that the second uncle would arrest him and sell him, the whole person trembled, lowered his head to eat, and didn't dare to cry anymore.

Niu also smiled and said: "Good grandson is really obedient, and grandma will give you New Year's money." ”

Lily looked funny, Song Hao was a little more fierce in his old age, and he had never seen anyone in the old Song family afraid of him before, but now everyone was afraid of him and respected him.

This family, you treat them well, they kick their noses in the face. You turn your face, they don't dare to put a fart, and obediently stick up to respect you, which is really speechless.

She breathed a sigh of relief here, and heard Dong say: "It's been a few years since my brother and sister came to our house, do you plan to give birth to a baby?"

If someone else asks, Lily is just chatting casually, and she can mix it up if she says anything, and her vigilance in the old Song family is extraordinarily high, and she doesn't dare to let go of every word, so she always has to break it down and crumple it.

Dong asked, and she replied, "Now I'm preparing to have a child." "The table is full of big men, if Dong is a sensible person, he shouldn't ask more. The Dong family really didn't feel good, and looked at Jinbao proudly and said, "This woman, it's better to have a son." When I was your age, Campbell was already learning to walk. If you don't give birth to a son, you don't know, but you are really born

I knew the benefits of having a son. ”

Lily looked at Jinbao, who was rummaging over the meat and vegetables on the table, and thought: If my son grows like this, it is better not to give birth.

Niu coughed lightly and said: "What the old man said is that the second family, you have to hurry, our old Song family already has Jinbao, and the second child has no son and half daughter under his knees, you can't call the second child the queen!"

In the countryside, there are women who cannot give birth to sons and ask their husbands to take a leave of absence. is that Song Haonian refuses to divorce his wife, Li Baihe has no son, and it will not be easy in the future.

As long as the Niu family and the Dong family think of the beauty of Lily now, after ten or twenty years, she will feel happy without a son. Lily knew that these two people were targeting her again, so she said unhurriedly: "My mother gave birth to these sons to the old Song family, and naturally it is hard work, and my sister-in-law and I have to learn a little." I'm young, and I haven't been married for two years, so it doesn't matter. Sister-in-law didn't think about adding another brother and sister to Jinbao?

”

Before the words fell, Jinbao suddenly kicked the table legs, kicked the whole table and shook the food, and said loudly: "I don't want my brothers and sisters to rob me of the family property!" As their parents, they guard against the division of family property between brothers and sisters, and Jinbao has a firm understanding in his heart: brothers and sisters,

Born to rob the family business.

Jinbao's words made everyone at the table change color, and Dong forcibly pulled out a smile and said, "This kid doesn't know where he heard the nonsense, Jinbao, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing that his mother was changing color, and when his father and mother really planned to give birth to a brother to share his family business, he shouted and made a fuss: "They don't even want to snatch a penny!" Song Haojie suddenly laughed out loud, breaking the deathly silence on the table, he laughed gloomily a few times, and said to Jinbao: "Jinbao, don't say these words, your father will just whisper, you continue to make trouble, see if he doesn't beat you." Hurry up and eat, and I'll take you to the whip when you're done

Cannon. ”

Speaking of setting off firecrackers, Jin Bao quieted down, leaving only Dong Shi looking at Niu and Song Laohan in embarrassment.

Old Man Song only thought that this had not happened, and he must have a smooth end to his family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but the Niu family pushed all the problems on Lily: "Eat your meal, full of nonsense, bring me Jinbao!"

Lily was scolded, and Dong's face, who was accused of scolding Huai, was also hot, and he whispered: "I'm not looking at my younger sibling's lack of news, I'm afraid she won't be able to give birth."

After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Jinbao quickly slipped out to play, and Song Haojie was gone. Song Haonian wanted to take Lily home, and the old Song family didn't stay, seeing them go out, I only felt that the whole family was breathing happily all of a sudden.

Dong thought to himself: I usually didn't know that the second child was so ruthless, but since the third child came back and looked at the miserable appearance of the third child, he knew that the second child was ruthless, and he really couldn't be provoked.

She thought back to what she had done in the past, and thought that she hadn't offended Song Haonian in any way, so she couldn't help patting her heart: "It's okay, it's okay, I haven't done anything too much to the second child, and there will be revenge and revenge in the future, and it won't be my turn." ”

Shou Sui whispered these words to Song Haoshi, Song Haoshi looked at the Dong family in surprise, and couldn't figure out why he married such a stupid woman and their old Song family, which didn't offend the second child to death?

Dong also whispered: "Let's be good to the second child, if he takes revenge on us in the future, it will be his white-eyed wolf!" "Song Haoshi didn't know what to say. If their husband and wife are good to Song Haonian, then no one in the old Song family has treated Song Haonian badly, what revenge will the second child have?