On the first day of the first lunar month, wake up early in the morning and say "auspicious" to each other, eat dumplings, worship ancestors in the clan, and everyone must bring incense, candles, and paper money to the ancestral hall.

The largest ancestral hall in Qingliu Town is naturally the ancestral hall of the Liu family, since the old man has been raised, the ancestral hall is outside the tree archway, the plaque is hung on the door beam, and the weather is extraordinarily different.

The ancestral hall of the Song family is the appearance of the ordinary ancestral hall, the ancestral paintings are hung in rows, and the sacrificial vessels on display are all silverware. These silverware were scrubbed clean by the women of each family, filled with clean pork and mutton, and offered to the ancestors.

The patriarch's wife assigned the work, and Lily followed several aunts and sisters-in-law in the clan to scrub the sacrificial vessels, and the others were either preparing meat and vegetables, or burning pork, and they were in full swing.

After all the meat, steamed buns and other things are offered on the table, the women have to rest and gather in one place to gossip.

Lily is dressed brightly today, the water-red cotton jacket with lotus flowers, the waist is tucked in an inch, and the thin waistline is pinched, although it is a winter coat, it does not look bulky, and the green cloth cotton pants are very clean, and a pair of green cloth cotton shoes embroidered with lotus flowers are under his feet.

The hair on his head is smooth and clean, and there is a butterfly hairpin, and the butterfly wings flutter with the movements and flutters of the lily, as if they are alive.

Among the Song clan, there are those who have had a good life, such as the patriarch's family, and there are also those who have an average life, such as the Song Laohan family, and then there is a family like Song Haonian who does not have much surplus food.

Song was penniless in the old years, and a daughter-in-law almost died of illness at home, and she didn't want to run this year, and now the lily can wear a hairpin.

There were many young daughters-in-law who looked around the lily: "Ouch, isn't this golden?"

Lily shook her head again and again: "Where is the gold? It is bronze." ”

When I heard that it was copper, many people calmed down, and they didn't feel dazzling when they looked at the lily, and they didn't think it was dazzling, and they didn't have one or two pieces of copper jewelry.

Lily said again that this sister-in-law's earrings were exquisite, and the aunt was wearing a pair of good bracelets, and everyone was talking lively, and suddenly someone snorted coldly: "Loser mother-in-law!" Everyone was silent for a while.

It was none other than Lily's sister-in-law Song Xiuxiu who said such disappointing words.

Lily smiled slightly, but as if she couldn't hear it, she continued to talk to others. Those few people can't get used to Song Xiuxiu's appearance, everyone is happy and happy during the New Year, what is it that provokes her?

Song Xiuxiu's appearance is as if others are inferior to her and owe her.

Ignored, Song Xiuxiu's chest rose and fell in anger, feeling that these people had been bought by Li Daniu, and she didn't know whether people's hearts were good or bad, so she sneered a few times and turned her head to find her mother and her sister-in-law.

Since the Niu family and the Dong family are here, it is not good for Lily to ignore it completely, and after talking for a while, he still has to go and take a look.

The Niu family and the patriarch's wife are of the same generation, and there is a seat in the house, and the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law can only stand, and the lily went over to salute the Niu family and said hello to the Dong family.

Niu reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said: "You and the second child will go home for dinner next morning, and our family will reunite more." ”

Lily was unhappy in her heart, and had no choice but to respond in front of so many people.

Dong's face didn't have a good face, his face was so black that he could drip ink, and several uncles and aunts frowned, and when he turned around, he whispered to his daughter-in-law: "The one in Hershey's family is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is not close to my own concubine, can I kiss you?"

Niu Shi perfunctory Lily, then turned his head to talk to the patriarch's wife, the patriarch's wife had a good impression of Lily, and said: "I just praised you with your mother-in-law, I don't want you to have long legs, so I came over." ”

Lily replied with a smile: "Wherever you can afford to be praised by your aunt, it is my mother-in-law who teaches me well." ”

No matter how much they resented each other inside, Niu and Lily could make a harmonious appearance on the bright side, Dong didn't have this skill, Song Xiuxiu was even more dumbfounded, feeling that her mother had betrayed her, and she actually talked and laughed with Li Daniu, so angry that she stomped her feet and twisted herself to go home.

There are many people in the clan, and Song Xiuxiu's behavior is unknown in the eyes of people, so Niu had to make up for his daughter: "I'm still young, I'm worried about Jin Bao'er at home, and I want to go back to play with my nephew." ”

Playfulness is a trivial matter, and caring for her nephew is also boastful, as long as she doesn't let others say that her daughter is a fool.

In the next day, the Song clan people returned home, and Song Haonian and Lily packed up a New Year's goods, including two jars of wine, a green cloth, two bags of osmanthus cake, and a pack of four kinds of candied fruit.

Song Haonian specially told Lily: "Pack up another copy and go back to her parents' house tomorrow." ”

Lily smiled: "Okay." "Every time Song Haonian sent something to the old Song family, he didn't forget to bring a copy to Lily's mother's family.

At the beginning of the year, there was no custom of going to other people's houses to play, and the young couple stayed at home, lest she wronged herself, and repeatedly advised: "If you are hungry, cook and eat by yourself, and if you want to eat melon seeds and candied fruit, you can find it yourself." ”

Lamei said: "You guys go quickly, I don't know if you can have a hot meal, if you can't eat well, I will cook dumplings for you when you come back." ”

Lily hurriedly said to the girl: "Lamei!"

It's true that the in-laws' family treats them as young couples badly, but they can't be close to each other, how can any sister-in-law complain about the brother-in-law's family?

Song Haonian smiled good-naturedly: "Don't worry, I will protect your sister." ”

When the two of them went to Lao Song's house, they gave gifts first, and Niu Shi glanced at it, nodded his head, and locked it in his cage. Although it was the New Year's Festival, there was no candied melon seeds at home, but Dong was making dumplings in the kitchen and calling Lily to help.

The matter of cooking couldn't be delayed, Lily went to the kitchen to wash her hands, and saw that Dong was rolling the skin, Song Xiuxiu was gritting her teeth and pinching the dumplings, and hurriedly went to a bench to sit down and wrap it up.

The stuffing is leek and egg filling, which is about not "killed" before mixing leeks, and the stuffing is full of soup, and it is unfavorable to tick and tick.

Lily only wrapped two, and Dong screamed in surprise: "How can you afford to pack so much!"

Baiyi was stunned, and when he looked at it again, the filling he wrapped in was almost twice that of Song Xiuxiu, full and round, and all the dumplings wrapped by Song Xiuxiu were lying flat on the bamboo plaque.

Not counting his own family, he doesn't make his own decisions, and Lily doesn't insist, reducing the filling according to Song Xiuxiu's example, Dong still refuses to shut up, saying something like thrift and thrift.

Lily heart said: I don't even want to eat well, what do you want to do when you save so much money?

Song Xiuxiu rarely talked much, while making dumplings, a pair of eyes kept glancing at Lily's head, and her eyes were so straightforward that the Dong family could see it, and asked Lily: "Where did you get this hairpin?"

Lily smiled: "I look good when I go out in the New Year, so I bought it and asked me to wear it." ”

Dong's face was so angry that his face was distorted, Song Haoshi had never sent her such a good thing, they were all brothers, why was the gap between people so big?

Song Xiuxiu even pursed her lips and sneered, "The second brother doesn't know how to honor his father, but he knows how to please his mother-in-law." ”

Lily did not soft or hard to say: "Your second brother's filial piety to his father and mother is all in his mother's box, and you are not a mother, how do you know that he is not filial?"

It's also rare for a girl to treat herself as a mother.

Song Xiuxiu had endured it for a long time, but at this time she couldn't help it anymore, she dropped the chopsticks in her hand and walked out, Dong didn't dare to care about her, and Lily wouldn't stop her from apologizing, just speed up the speed of making dumplings.

After cooking dumplings for dinner, the two daughters-in-law did not have seats as usual, Song Haonian's eyes widened, and he pulled Lily to let her sit. Song Laohan and Niu's remembered the incident that made trouble last time because the second daughter-in-law had no seat, so they had to pinch their noses and admit it.

Song Haoshi wanted to play a majestic role at this time, and scolded Dong: "You don't have long eyes, why don't you come and sit down, call a table of people waiting for you, what kind of thing is you!"

Dong was angry and ashamed, and didn't dare to say anything to Song Haoshi, so he just took his eyes and gouged out the lilies.

Lily just can't see it, eat silently, the dumpling skin is a little sticky, the filling taste is not enough, she doesn't want to eat a few of them, Song Haonian sees that she doesn't use chopsticks, if it's leftovers, I'm afraid that I'm going to cause another anger, so I took the initiative to take a few dumplings from her bowl, and only left two for her.

Lily glanced at her husband gratefully, but Song Xiuxiu shouted: "Second brother, why are you robbing the second sister-in-law of food?"

The young couple looked at Song Xiuxiu in surprise, and they didn't expect that Song Xiuxiu would also speak for Lily one day.

Song Xiuxiu smiled at Lily, so frightened that Lily's hairs stood on end, and she said straight in her heart: Could this sister-in-law be a bumper?

Not only did they feel wrong, but everyone at the table, except for the Niu family, looked at Song Xiuxiu like a ghost, everyone knew what kind of person she was, and even more knew her relationship with Lily.

Song Xiuxiu ate dumplings and said, "What do you see, don't you want me to be good with my second sister-in-law?"

Lily was excited, and hurriedly lowered her head to pick up the dumplings in her bowl. Song Xiuxiu wanted to lead her to speak, but Lily checked her proportions, and replied one sentence in three sentences, so that others could see that her sister-in-law was harmonious.

Song Haojie snickered on the side, leaned into Song Xiuxiu's ear and said something, Song Xiuxiu stomped on Song Haojie's feet, the latter made a "whoop" sound, and Niu Shi hurriedly said to his daughter: "What are you doing? Don't bully your third brother!"

Song Xiuxiu retracted and didn't speak, and didn't forget to send a smile to Lily, seeing that Lily was inexplicable, she didn't know where she voted for her sister-in-law's fate, so she suddenly looked at herself pleasing to the eye.

Song Haojie just stepped on his sister-in-law's feet with pain, and said loudly with revenge: "Xiuxiu wants the hairpin of the second sister-in-law!"

There was silence for a while, and everyone's eyes looked at the shiny hairpin on Lily's head, and the atmosphere was infinitely awkward.

Seeing that her little plan was exposed by Song Haojie, Song Xiuxiu simply stopped pretending and said with a grin: "Second sister-in-law, I think your hairpin is very good, just give it to me." ”

Before Lily could speak, Dong was busy helping: "That's it, it's rare that Xiuxiu likes it, and you of the second family are generous." ”

Now Lily understands why Song Xiuxiu is pretending to be good to her, it turns out that she is waiting for her here to plot her hairpin.

Not to mention that this hairpin was bought for her by Song Haonian all the way away, that is, the peach wood hairpin she used to wear, according to Song Xiuxiu's method of being a sister-in-law, she would not give it to her. Cheng Ri's family doesn't want to order a good one, just thinking about how to plot his sister-in-law's things, how can there be such a sister-in-law!