The new daughter-in-law, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw her husband and brother-in-law coming back from the kitchen, and came out with hot water to wash their hands.

"Husband, you and your brother wash our hands."

The two brothers, who were standing in the door with tears in their eyes, listened to the conversation in the living room, and they secretly wiped their tears with their sleeves.

Jian Muyou lowered his head and took his daughter-in-law's water, and silently went to the well with his younger brother to wash his hands.

The new daughter-in-law stood stunned, she didn't know why her husband seemed to be very sad.

Standing here, she also heard the words spoken in the living room, she couldn't hear clearly in the kitchen just now, and she heard only a few words at the moment, she could guess that the eldest sister-in-law had had a hard time in the past few years.

When I got married before, I saw the new house, and I was a little envious of my sister-in-law, and I saw my sister-in-law come back in such good clothes.

She is also envious, the clothes she wears as a bride are not as good as those worn by her sister-in-law, but at this moment she is very glad that her parents did not sell her to others as maids.

An old couple in the kitchen, they have already prepared the meal: "Little girl, come out and help serve the meal." ”

The little girl who sat in the living room and listened to the story and wept, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and ran out of the kitchen.

"Little girl, what are you crying about?"

The old grandmother saw the tears of the little girl, the little girl is ten years old, not the age of crying, this age is already sensible, and she will not cry casually.

"Grandma, I'm fine, it's my sister who hasn't had a good time all these years."

"Well, grandma knows, how can you live well as a maid?"

"Alas, first bitter and then sweet, our big girl is a person of creation, the sweet days are ahead, let's eat first."

The old man sighed, feeling that everyone has their own destiny, some people are bitter and then sweet, and some people are sweet and then sweet, and he said words to comfort his wife and himself.

"Grandparents, we're here to help"

After washing their hands, the two brothers came in the kitchen to help.

The old grandmother went to incense, and when she killed the chicken just now, in order to cook the chicken a little better, she didn't make an offer in front of the ancestors.

The family sat around a table with no wine, only more hearty than usual.

There are bacon fried white radish, bacon fried potatoes, fried vegetables, bacon fried peas, and that chicken stir-fried.

Rural people use larger pots, only a few bowls of vegetables, and each bowl is filled with the largest bowl.

Grandpa Jane and Grandma Jane sat on the throne and saw Grandpa saying blessings to everyone.

"Today is the New Year's Eve, just so we can reunite, let's replace wine with water, I wish us a better year by year."

The elders have not yet moved chopsticks, and people in the countryside are more disciplined, and they can only eat with chopsticks when the elders finish speaking and use chopsticks to eat.

There is no woman in their Jane family who does not go to the table, so it is said that every day the family eats together.

What's more, today is the day of the reunion on New Year's Eve, and their family has been looking forward to such a reunion for a long time.

Meihua listened to the elders and looked at her parents and grandparents with a smile on her face.

Grandpa Jane and Father Jane just said a few words and let everyone eat.

Jian Muyou and his younger brother kept looking at the eldest sister, and when the elders said that they could eat, both of them went to pick up chicken for their sister to eat at the same time.

Jian Mu had chicken for his sister to eat, which made his new daughter-in-law jealous.

Plum blossom accepted with a smile and also sandwiched chicken for grandparents and parents to eat.

"Sister, what about me, what about me?" The little girl began to compete for favor.

Plum blossom smiled and also served vegetables to the little girl.

The family was very happy at this meal, and Meihua had to help clean up the table after the meal.

The family doesn't have to do it, there is a new daughter-in-law, her mother and grandmother and little girl, so many women are here, there is no need for her to wash the dishes.

The new daughter-in-law saw that the family spoiled the plum blossoms so much, she silently cleaned up the bowls, and felt a little envious of the people who had not yet married.

Now the most precious thing in the family is the eldest sister-in-law, and the men in the family are all on the side.

This family doesn't seem to have that kind of male superiority and inferiority, she is also a woman, and she thinks there is nothing wrong with this.

Jane's mother and new daughter-in-law went to wash the dishes.

Grandma Jane took Plum Blossom's hand and started another trip to ask long and short questions.

I wanted to tell my parents about what she had done over the years, but when it was time to tell my grandparents, she said it very well, and she didn't want to make the two old people sad.

The two old men listened to the words of the plum blossoms, and they didn't believe that the family temple on the mountain would live well.

After listening to what his sister said at the door before, Jian Muyou and his younger brother sat silently.

Jane's mother and her new daughter-in-law washed the dishes after a while, and then came to the living room and sat down.

Plum Blossom remembered the gift she brought back, and she couldn't attend her brother's wedding, but she could send them a congratulatory gift.

"When I came back this time, the Miss Award was given to me and I was asked to bring gifts to my family."

"Eldest sister, do I have it too?" The little girl has long envied the hairpin on her sister's head.

The new daughter-in-law's eyes lit up, the silver hairpin of the dowry when she got married was not as beautiful as the eldest sister-in-law's head, and every time she looked at the eldest sister-in-law, she looked at the hairpin on his head.

Plum returned to her room and brought the baggage and gifts she had brought back to the living room.

The little girl has been following her sister and has become her sister's attendant.

Plum blossoms first opened those gifts, all of which were some bacon, cured duck, roast chicken and roast duck, and meat that could be placed.

"Wow, so much meat, we've had a fat year."

Grandpa Jane laughed.

Others are also smiling, just after the happy event, the hand is a little tight, these meat can just be used for the New Year without buying meat, relatives and friends can also cook a good meal.

When the new daughter-in-law gets married in the first year, she has to visit her mother's home, and her mother's family and relatives will also come to their house to congratulate her.

"This is given by Steward Xie, I haven't opened it yet."

When she was about to come back this morning, Steward Li gave her more than a dozen catties of gifts, saying that Steward Xie had prepared them for her.

"Butler Xie? Is the young master's housekeeper there? ”

Grandpa Jane reacted a little faster than the rest of the family.

"Yes, young masters, they are very good, they have built the yard of the master mother and the young lady very well, we have a small kitchen in the yard, and there are cooks to cook.

The breakfast cooked by the cook in the small kitchen this morning was delicious, and the young lady only ate a little, and we all wrapped up the rest. ”

The happy smile of the plum blossom infected the people in the family, and the people in the family also laughed.

"Big girl, listen to you say this, there are many other people who serve your young lady? You're not the only big girl? ”

"Well, Miss has three other big maids, all of whom are named by Miss, two second-class maids, four little girls, and a housekeeper and some mothers-in-law, all of whom are new people invited by Butler Xie to Miss."

"Girl! You have to work hard around your young lady, you have to keep an eye on it, the newcomer is not necessarily good, and it is not excluded that it is good, so be careful. ”

Jane's father had heard about his daughter's suffering in the mountains before, and now that he came back to Fuzhong, the interpersonal relationship became complicated again, and he was a little worried about his daughter.

"Well, my daughter will, I must not let Miss be wronged." Plum blossoms are also worried about this problem.

(End of chapter)