Zhou Xin followed the carriage in the village to the town, and then hired the carriage in the town to go to the county seat to buy things, no way, this time their village and the people next door who heard the news came to buy food and daily necessities. The herb shop has long sold out of the herbs they need. When he arrived in the county, Zhou Xin hired four carts, bought a cart of white flour and rice, a cart of meat, 60 chickens, 20 ducks and 20 geese, 200 eggs, and two well-killed pigs. I also bought soybean oil, mung beans, dates, chestnuts, peanuts, and many adzuki beans. Of course, there are a lot of salt and sugar, rock sugar and other seasonings, according to the mother's instructions, bought four soft muslin quilts, in the winter, the children's clothes are not much, but sick and feverish, will sweat, the average child is only two or three sets of underwear, but the weather is so cold, it will not dry after two days of washing, so I bought a breathable muslin, a total of four horses! I bought some cotton again, and some quilts and jackets could not be used.

The New Year is coming soon, this year is different, I'm afraid there is no joy, after that, Zhou Xin bought lime powder, charcoal, medicinal herbs, and a lot of spirits. With the list, Zhou Xin bought it for a long time. After that, I went back with four big carts of things.

Because the three grandchildren all had chickenpox, the separation of the family had to be postponed. But Pearl won't just let Zhou Rong go. Zhou Xin came back from the county and told the news of the case, saying that the county order had closed the case. Pearl directly called Zhou Rong and told him to send the silver ticket back as soon as possible and get the other party's contract back, otherwise. If there is a trouble, Pearl will go to the yamen to accuse him of disobedience and unfilial piety, and when the time comes, what can Zhou Rong do?

Zhou Rong knew that this matter could only be like this, no matter what, it was better to go to Feng Jia and Xie Gang first to see what their attitude was, and then talk about it when they came back.

Pearl gave medicine to several children, and also to two children in the village, so that their families could take good care of them and not move around. The house should also be cleaned. Wipe down the furniture with spirits, wash everything that should be washed in hot water, and smoke it with vinegar. The families with children in the village were in a hurry and came to look for pearls. Pearl looked at the crowd surrounding the doorway. It's really laughing and crying. Said

"You guys are really, I have given all the prescriptions to Dr. Wang. If the children in the family don't get it, they stay at home honestly, and the adults are the same, if they have symptoms, they go to Dr. Wang to buy medicine and come back. Eat and wipe everything. We all have three children who are sick, and you dare to come? Let's go back, right? Remember that your child's clothes are going to be boiled in water and changed often. Don't get it together with other people's clothes, this doctor Wang will explain, go ahead! ”

In this way, everyone was sent away, and the three children in the family were sick, and every day they were boiling medicine and cooking, and the meals for adults and children were still different. The three children were bathed twice a day. The family is now busy with the three children.

Zhou Rong went to the town and saw Feng Jia and Xie Gang, but the other party just took back the silver ticket, tore up the contract, and said that he would not communicate with each other again in the future. Zhou Rong was very puzzled, but thinking that it was probably related to his mother, he didn't say much. When I got home, I learned that my two sons had chickenpox, and now it's over, I don't have the mind to do anything, and the silver can be earned again.

In fact, it stands to reason that Feng Jia and Xie Gang didn't dare to snub Zhou Rong, and they wanted to use Zhou Rong's mouth to plead more for themselves, but this time they didn't dare to mess around, so they secretly asked Guo Changsheng, and Guo Changsheng didn't hide it, so he said that Zhou Liu was going to drive his son out, and he didn't want this son. This is not a betrayal of the Zhou Liu family, Feng Jia and the others are just things that everyone will know in the future.

As Pearl guessed, there were more and more children with chickenpox, and some adults with poor resistance also got it, but fortunately, it was found early, the news spread quickly, and everyone was prepared. Although the road closure has been closed for a while, food prices are still high, but the impact on them is limited.

Soon the New Year is coming, there is no shortage of money in the family this year, and I married the daughter-in-law of the third child, and the family has a good New Year. Now the county seat is not closed, just because people from other places say that there is smallpox here, and they don't come. So this year's New Year's goods are a little less. Fortunately, the pearl side is well prepared, on the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Zhou family is the chef of Pearl himself, making roast chicken, sweet and sour carp, braised elbow, bean sprouts, croquettes, vinegared cabbage, eggs fried garlic seedlings. These garlic sprouts were raised by pearls in the house. The bean sprouts were also sent by themselves, and the fish was organized by the village chief to go to the river to break the ice, cast a net and catch a few nets of fish, and everyone in the village got it.

There were a lot of bean sprouts, and the pearls were given to the village chief and a few old people, as well as neighbors and a few good people. In the winter, there is no food to eat, just one more dish. The family not only planted garlic seedlings, but also planted leeks, but unfortunately there were too few people, and there were many people in the family, so I didn't give them to anyone.

The meal was served, the dumplings were cooked, and Zhou Ze was wearing a new brown Hangzhou silk jacket, a vest of lamb's fur, and a satin with a dark green Fushou Tuanhua pattern. Sitting on the kang, there is wine and meat in front of him, there are wives and children around him, children and grandchildren are full, this meal, Pearl saw the smile on Zhou Ze's face and never broke.

Pearl is now at home, her brows are furrowed, and all her children and grandchildren have to stiffen nervously. The three grandchildren, who had no rules and were sloppy bastards, have loved and feared this grandma since they had pearls to treat their illnesses, and the food cooked by grandma was delicious, and the two of them could eat a lot even if they were sick, and they drank medicine obediently, and gave sugar to eat, and they were not noisy or noisy and gave new clothes to wear. Although he was recuperating from his illness, he also learned to memorize the three-character scripture with his grandmother, and he also knew more than 50 words. For this reason, grandma gave them a treasure bag straddled on their bodies, and a small box was placed in it, which contained candy, as well as a slingshot and spinning top given by grandma. If they don't obey, grandma ignores them and they are scared.

The relationship between the little girl and her grandmother is also better. This child is honest and very fond of pearls, and she looks at the four aunts embroidering when she has nothing to do, and she actually likes it very much, and she also takes a rag to practice, and also learns to draw. Write. The three-character scripture is also memorized well. Pearl thinks that when it comes to being smart, of course, they are the two boys of the old family, but smart children are not necessarily loved. Now that he has experienced more than a month of treatment, Zhou Rong has also begun to know to cherish his two sons. Not to mention the Zheng family, her mother-in-law comes to their house every day, and she has to clean up everything she says. There are also children's clothes, which are washed in medicated baths twice a day, and the clothes are boiled in boiling water and then dried over a fire. The child has an intermittent fever. You have to watch him when the pox happens, and you can't let him burst the bubble. It's easy to say during the day, but at night, it's definitely not a good rest.

Zhou Xin can take turns watching the children in the two of Meng's families. But Zhou Rong's family has two children. Pearls as grandma. As in duty bound. She can come to help watch the child, not to mention that Zhou Rong is surprised, even the Zheng family is surprised. Pearl figured it out. Although the son can't have it, the child is innocent, and he can't give up the grandson because his parents are not angry. Everything that can be done has been done, and if there is still no good development, then the pearl will be down-to-earth, and you will have a clear conscience.

After the Chinese New Year, the daughter-in-law has to go back to her parents' house, this time, the pearl took advantage of the drop in the price of cattle and horses in the county, so she bought two horses, a cow, she went by herself, halfway to the horse in the space, after coming back, let Zhang's maiden family directly to make a carriage with a carriage, this time, because the old family has two children, they took the carriage back, they can also take Zhang's and the third child on the way. Zhou Xin took his wife and children, pulled an old carriage from the family, and buckled a mat on the carriage before leaving, and the mat was draped with a broken quilt that had been discharged from the army, and the car was also covered with a broken quilt, and a good quilt was laid, so that Meng Shi would not be cold with Xiao Niuniu.

When the three daughters-in-law went back to their parents' house, the things they brought back were different. The eldest daughter-in-law worked secretly and cheating, and acted for the tiger, helping her husband to calculate and sell her sister-in-law, not long after the third daughter-in-law entered the door, although Pearl had warned her at the beginning, and the third child also paid attention to her, but when the road was closed, she still secretly asked people to send silver to her mother's house, and also stole food. was discovered by the Zheng family and made a noise, although Pearl didn't say anything at the time, but after that, he was much less interested in Zhang.

Prices are now very high, there are fewer pork sellers in the town, and the price of grain is 30% higher than in previous years. Last year, the conditions at home were not good, and what Pearl brought back to her parents' house for her two daughters-in-law was 30 eggs per person, a piece of wool green cloth, a bag of snacks and a jar of wine. This year, Pearl brought a five-pound piece of pork, two pieces of muslin, a jar of wine, and a bag of snacks to each of the eldest and third families. Meng Shi felt that the hand cream was particularly easy to use, and was a little embarrassed to ask Pearl for a box, Pearl said with a smile,

"I don't give it to others, but I love you the most for my three daughters-in-law, and you also win my heart the most, not to mention a box of hand cream, ten boxes are no problem!"

After Pearl finished speaking, she went to the box and took out four boxes, and gave four more soaps, and also gave four boxes of powder to wipe her face. said to Meng, "I know that you have two sisters-in-law in your family, a sister-in-law, you look at it yourself, there is no need to divide it equally among them, this powder is also a good foundation, a little bit can make the face white and tender, you can also give it to familiar friends in the village, or relatives, and do it yourself." There's also a gift here, which I gave to your mother. After speaking, he gave her a small purse, and Meng went home and opened it to see that it was two gold rings, and there were gems on the rings! One green one, one yellow one, can be brightened. Meng Shi saw it, and he was so excited in his heart! If her mother can bring it, what a beautiful scenery! If the two sisters-in-law meet, they must not be filial to their mother, so that their mother will be happy, and give them such a good thing!

When it comes to the second daughter-in-law, it is completely different, not only a pig's hind leg, but also home-made dried sausages and meat sausages, and two pieces of fine Hangzhou silk are rose-red and one is lake green. There are also two pieces of brocade with clumps of flowers, which are suitable for the elderly. A pack of snacks, a jar of wine, a bag of candy and a pack of shredded tobacco. This year's New Year's red envelope, two grandsons and a granddaughter, are all golden nudes with one person and one five-point gold. and to the sons ten taels of silver for each of them. The same is true for the four daughters, but in private, they were also given a gilded pearl hairpin ring, which was kept for them as a dowry.

Before the Chinese New Year, one person sent a piece of brocade and made his own clothes to wear, and the clothes of the four girls were designed with pearls, and they also helped embroider. It's the New Year, this is Zhou Ze's last year, Pearl spares no effort, everything is pushed back, Zhou Ze is happy, and after the New Year, I found the village chief and them, and then found three in-laws to divide the family! (To be continued.) )