This winter in the Loess Plateau is unimaginably cold! Chen Qinghuan, as an authentic southern girl, felt like she was about to freeze into a dog here for the first time!

Even if you are wrapped in a thick old sheepskin jacket, when you get out of the cave, you will almost freeze to death! And that cold is not the humid cold of the south, but the kind of cracked, biting cold!

On days like this, except for the earthen kang! Chen Qinghuan doesn't want to go anywhere!

When she was idle, Chen Qinghuan collected two pieces of wool in her dream town, spun them into threads at home, and then made them into sweaters.

The wool is collected in the sheep farm, and it takes four hours to harvest one piece. But this one has a weight of five or six catties! Full of a handful! After two copies, Chen Qinghuan felt that when he made them into wool threads and then woven them into clothes, winter would almost pass...

Of the family's livestock, Chen Qinghuan left ten chickens, a sheep, and a pig, and sold the rest. Whether it's saving money or spending it for yourself, it's enough. The ones that were left waiting to be slaughtered by the time were slaughtered for themselves, and given to a few daughters' families, and it was enough for one family to divide the points, and the rest of the New Year was already wrong.

There are also a few salt fish hanging on the roof beams, which is a rare thing, and it is said that they were caught from a river far away. Chen Qinghuan really hadn't eaten fish for a long time, and when he happened to come across it, he bought a few.

The New Year's goods at home are almost done, and the grain should be grinded and cleaned up.

With Wang Lai'an at home, there is nothing to worry about Chen Qinghuan, it is too comfortable!

The only drawback is that you have to be careful with your food, especially when it comes to feeding the livestock, which is like fighting guerrilla warfare every day.

Don't talk about the busy things at the end of the year, there are really a lot of washing and washing, and I was busy all the way to survive, and waited until one day on the edge of the year.

"Didn't the next door start making steamed buns yesterday?" Chen Qinghuan was curious, isn't there still two days left for the New Year? The ping-pong chopping next door didn't stop.

"Grandma, have you forgotten how many people in his family? The family has to do it tomorrow, and when my sister and brother-in-law come back, I don't have to prepare first. Wang Lai'an reminded. Otherwise, on Chinese New Year's Eve, there will be no days of rest! ”

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, families stay up all night, commonly known as "Nian Sui".

From the time of the rooster's crow, they began to burn incense, light lamps, place offerings, set off fireworks, receive gods, worship ancestors, and then join the family to greet each other.

Then the children kowtow to their elders, who give them New Year's money to get good luck.

And according to tradition, breakfast is eaten before the sun comes out. After breakfast, go out to greet the New Year, and relatives come to the church. As a grandmother, Chen Qinghuan has no rest.

To sum up, the doll is a year, and the adult is a sin!

After Wang Lai'an's reminder, Chen Qinghuan didn't take it seriously at first, but early in the morning of the first day of the new year, Mom, a big wave of Wuyangyang came.

The eldest daughter's family of four,

The second daughter's family of three people,

The third daughter's family of three,

Plus on his side and Wang Lai'an, that's a good guy! I can't even sit on the kang!

Over there, a few sons-in-law were playing cards with cards, and a few daughters here were busy cooking and chatting. It's so busy and busy.

"It's still early to sit down and rest! I've almost prepared everything with my fourth sister, and I'll fry a few side dishes for a while, and it's enough. I had dinner at home at night and wrapped mutton dumplings! Chen Qinghuan said.

"Show me the third sister's doll first! I still looked at it when I was born, but now it's a lot longer! "The second daughter Wang Laile is a lively character, and she is currently married the farthest away from home, but she didn't come to see it once in her life.

"Oh, it looks so good! White and beautiful! Have you come up with a name? ”

"Not yet, my mother-in-law said that I will wait until I am older to name it so that I can support it." Wang Laiping smiled and spoke.

"That's right, my mother-in-law also said the same, it's best to name the child when he's older! This kid looks like a real person, just like my big baby! I like it when I look at it. Wang Laixi said.

"It's lively, look at the way this calf squats!" Wang Lai'an said. "The third sister and the second sister haven't seen each other for a while, they have all changed! It looks a lot better! ”

Wang Laiping's side, she has gained a lot of weight since she gave birth to a child, and Chen Qinghuan asked Wang Lai'an to give food every now and then, and she has never broken any white sugar and brown sugar! It can be said that it is much better than before! She is also angry, her first child is a male doll, Chen Qinghuan feels that she can take a breath in the future.

Her mother-in-law Wang Cuiping is a shrewd person, she eats people with a short mouth, and she has a big fat grandson, but she is not happy!

"Grandma, did you really re-practice the fourth sister?" The second daughter Wang Laile heard about this, she was busy going out to see the goods in the second half of the year, and the lover who had signs before didn't pay attention to it, and she said that no matter how good a man is, he can't be as good as rich!

With the private money given by Chen Qinghuan, now the money is enough, and her husband Li Houzhang is very grateful when he learns that his mother-in-law has given so much help, and feels that this is Chen Qinghuan's coffin. Even his mother-in-law is so supportive, and now that he has money, he is willing to gamble and accompany Wang Laile to raise ideas. The husband and wife are now close to taking action.

Now it can be said that husband and wife are united... For the money too.

Wang Laile's words, in fact, the other daughters are actually curious. The fourth sister is this age, why are they still sent to study? However, the second daughter only got 250 yuan from Chen Qinghuan's support to open a store, and the third daughter also had to be taken care of by Chen Qinghuan before she gave birth to a child.

Everyone was embarrassed to speak, for fear that Chen Aqiao, who was a mother, would think that she had a small belly and felt that she was partial to the fourth sister.

But Wang Laile couldn't hold back and wanted to ask her mother what she thought. If she wants her to say, she really doesn't think that Chen Qinghuan is biased towards her sister by letting Wang Lai'an practice books, how tiring it is to read!

Since the time she went back and found the money in the basket, she now feels that Chen Qinghuan must have given her all the coffins, and she estimated in her heart that her mother's favorite daughter is actually herself.

It's funny to say it, she looked at the money that day and cried! She made up her mind at that time that when she made money in the future, she would give her mother a big red envelope first! Let her want to be blessed in the future!

Actually, Wang Laile's daughter, Chen Aqiao used to be good to her, but now Chen Qinghuan is doing better than Chen Aqiao, but it doesn't make her feel like this even more!

Don't talk nonsense, Wang Laile is curious now, her four sisters are all this age, what can she learn to learn? It's better to make money and do business!

"Well, it's only been two months since I sent it, if your fourth sister wants to look good, she has a little bit of foundation, and she just needs to study in elementary school! I don't believe it! I can't learn anything! If she doesn't argue, will she let Wang Huawei's eight calves bully her family like this? Chen Qinghuan said. When I think of that king and eight calves, I feel angry in my heart! I figured it out, I'm still young! I can still make money, so I'll use this money for your four sisters to learn to get ahead! I'm going to be angry with that little bastard in the future! ”

The daughters are also filial, and they are embarrassed to interrupt Chen Qinghuan's self-confidence. According to their thoughts, in fact, they are all the same. A girl who is about to marry at the age of seventeen, how much more can she learn? But I can't say this, don't you see the old lady angry?

Chen Qinghuan's thoughts are different, as long as he wants to learn! As long as you are willing to learn! It's never too late! In fact, sending Wang Lai'an to study is not to let her have a lot of knowledge, the most important thing is to give her a chance to get rid of this fate and a chance to get out of this Loess Plateau! When I go out in the future, I will be more literate, but it will not be much better than now!

Speaking of studying, Chen Qinghuan remembered the two dolls of the old family Wang Laixi.

"Lybord is old enough after the New Year, why haven't you sent it to school yet?" Chen Qinghuan asked Wang Laixi.

“。。。 My in-laws are willing. It is... The school is only available in the county seat, and I have a lot of work with his father, so I don't have much effort to send it to school, and I plan to delay it. Wang Laixi glanced at the sisters around him and stammered. I don't think he's going to be a good learner... ”

"What do you mean it's not learning material? The family is so smart, can you say that? And the elementary school is only sent once a week, and there is a place to stay in the school! Send it back and forth twice a week and you're not available? What do you think?! Chen Qinghuan's tone began to rise as he spoke, "What age is it now, if you don't study now, you will be illiterate in the future!! There are you who regret it! ”

On the edge of the Chinese New Year, several daughters and sons-in-law in the house were there, and Chen Qinghuan didn't speak when he said this, so as not to make the atmosphere bad. She is not angry, but what age is it, and the conditions of the eldest daughter's family are not bad, why is this still the idea!

Seeing Wang Laixi like this, it is probably a half-truth, and Chen Qinghuan can't blindly assert what she thinks without asking clearly.

"Don't say it, don't say it, on the edge of the New Year, Grandma, what are you still angry about. Sister, didn't she say it would be late, and she didn't say she wouldn't study! Tell me to study! Good for sure! I didn't see that the people who were big officials were all studying! In the future, Bao must also be the life of an official! Wang Laile and Xi Ni said, she gave her sister a look, indicating what day it was.

"Mom, everyone is here! It's almost time, when will the meal begin? Wang Lai'an followed. Seeing that this was also because of her business, I felt uncomfortable.

Several people were not talking about this topic, chatting about something else, and the lively atmosphere was heated again...

Chen Qinghuan's preparations this year are really enough! What lamb, pork, chicken, fish... Waiting for a meal to be put on the table, more than 20 dishes filled the table, as well as candy and snacks prepared, so that a few children were so happy that they couldn't find the north! I didn't even go home when I was done.

But it's really lively, and it's really tiring!

Prepared those delicious foods, after a year, Chen Qinghuan also lost more than three pounds...