Hearing this, Ming Rui pushed the car door, leaned over and nodded to Meng Xingping and said "Got it", and then said goodbye to Meng Xingping and the rest of the Meng family, sat upright in the driver's seat, and pulled the door back on.

Wang Guilan was standing at the door of the hall, and when she saw Luo Yanqing starting the car, she couldn't hold back any longer, and walked quickly to the gate of the courtyard, her eyes moist and full of reluctance, and she watched Luo Yanqing and Mingrui drive away.

It wasn't until she couldn't see the shadow of the car that Wang Guilan, her son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren turned around and walked into the courtyard gate.

There is nothing to do during the Chinese New Year, knowing that the old lady will be mostly depressed, the Meng Xingping brothers did not go back to their respective rooms, and followed behind Wang Guilan as if they were discussing, planning to talk to the old lady and comfort the old lady.

At this moment, the mother sat down on the kang, and Meng Xingping said: "Mother, Brother Luo can come to our house to see you during the Chinese New Year this year, and I want to come every year as long as he has time." ”

"What the third brother said is, mother, Brother Luo should have forgiven you, you don't have to blame yourself for the past."

This is the voice of the boss Meng Xingwang.

"I talked to Mingrui's nephew, he was indeed the top student in the college entrance examination two years ago, and I also know from him that Minghan Mingwei is going to take the college entrance examination in July this year."

Meng Xingmin said, he looked at Meng Xingwang: "Big brother, Nannan will also take the college entrance examination this year, you have to pay more attention to her studies, and then we won't say how good Nannan will be in the exam, at least I can take the junior college exam like my uncle, so that I can set a good example for the younger brothers and sisters below." ”

After a moment's pause, Meng Xingmin said again: "Mingrui explained that Han and Mingwei are studying very well, and their brother and sister have done well in the exam, I think that Brother Luo and sister-in-law will definitely hold a celebration banquet for these children, let's pay more attention, and wait for the college entrance examination results to come out, call Brother Luo's house to ask, so as not to miss the door to say goodbye." ”

"Brother Luo left us the phone number at home?"

The fourth Meng Xingguo asked the sixth Meng Xingmin.

"I asked Mingrui for it."

Meng Xingmin responded.

"This time, you big brother Luo didn't spend less money."

Wang Guilan said suddenly.

Meng Xinglai, the fifth child, spoke: "Mother, we all see it in our eyes, not to mention that the gifts brought by Brother Luo are worth at least one or two hundred yuan, and the red envelopes sent by my sister-in-law to their younger generation are also about two hundred yuan when added together." ”

"The red envelopes that my sister-in-law gave to the babies were stuffed with two big solidarity." Meng Xingwang said, scratching his head embarrassedly: "My mother gave Brother Luo's children two yuan each, mother, we have embarrassed you." ”

Wang Guilan waved her hand: "It's good if you have a heart, your big brother Luo shouldn't care about this." ”

The second Meng Xingsheng urn said angrily: "Miao Miao's mother also gave two yuan for a child. ”

Meng Xingping: "Our house is five yuan for each child. ”

Meng Xingguo: "I'm the same as the third brother. ”

Meng Xing came to look at the old lady, and then looked at the brothers one by one, and said: "Ye Sang didn't discuss with me, she made six red envelopes, and each red envelope was stuffed with ten yuan." ”

When the eldest Meng Xingwang and the second Meng Xingsheng heard this, they didn't feel anything, after all, one of them worked in the factory in the town, and the other worked as a farmer at home, and their economic income was incomparable with that of the fifth Meng Xinglai, a college student.

The third brother Meng Xingping, the fourth Meng Xingguo, and the sixth Meng Xingmin stared at Meng Xinglai together: "The fifth brother and sister (fifth sister-in-law) are very good at coming to things!" ”

Meng Xinglai: "......" I don't know if the brothers are sarcastic about his daughter-in-law, or simply complimenting, for a while, Meng Xinglai didn't know how to answer.

"Fifth brother, we are praising the fifth sister-in-law, the fifth sister-in-law is magnificent, giving our parents face!"

Meng Xingmin smiled and stretched out his thumb to Meng Xinglai.

"Your fifth sister-in-law said that although our family is not separated, the gifts that Brother Luo's family came to pick up are very heavy, and Jiang Li's sister-in-law gave twenty red envelopes to each of the children in our family, and we can't take out much in this room, and we can still do it by giving ten yuan to each of the children of Brother Luo's family."

Meng Xinglai and his wife have a pair of children, they are dragon and phoenix fetuses, although they are young, Jiang Li did not ignore them when he gave the red envelope, and he did not favor one over the other.

"The red envelopes in my daughter-in-law's bags are all five denominations." Meng Xingmin touched his nose and said, "I feel very shameless after I know, but in the coming year, Brother Luo will bring the children over again, and I will stuff more red envelopes into it." ”

"If you want me to say, the most shameful among the brothers is me and the fourth!"

Meng Xingping's mouth was full of bitterness: "If it weren't for Brother Luo's help, there would be no fourth brother of my family today, but now the one in my family and the fourth family are ......."

"Okay, just what Mingrui and their brothers and sisters are wearing, you can see that your big brother Luo's family is not short of money, as long as you treat each other sincerely, the two of them won't care how much you have in your red envelope."

As she spoke, Wang Guilan took out a red envelope from her trouser pocket: "This is from your sister-in-law Jiang Li." She opened the red envelope and pulled out the money inside, and the next moment, the Meng Xingping brothers opened their eyes wide.

"Five hundred!"

Meng Xingmin exclaimed.

Meng Xinglai: "The monthly salary of ordinary workers in state-owned factories is sixty or seventy yuan, mother, this red envelope given to you by Jiang Li's sister-in-law is equivalent to the salary of ordinary workers for six or seven months without eating or drinking!" ”

"I don't want it, it was your sister-in-law Jiang Li who forced it into me and asked me to keep it as pocket money."

Wang Guilan's heart was extremely complicated, she gave Ming Rui a few New Year's money of ten yuan per person, and felt that it was very easy to say, but unexpectedly, Jiang Li, her eldest daughter-in-law in the true sense, gave her grandchildren in the Meng family a red envelope of twenty yuan each, and also gave her an elder five hundred yuan...... At this moment, Wang Guilan's eyes were involuntarily sour.

She knew that Jiang Li could give her five hundred big red envelopes, and her son Yan Qing must know.

It can be seen from this that the child has her mother in her heart, but because she knows, she feels more and more that what she did back then is not personnel, and the more she feels that she owes Luo Yanqing!

……

The night was silent, Meng Xingping put one hand behind his head and asked his wife: "You gave red envelopes to Brother Luo's children, don't you know that Jiang Li's sister-in-law stuffed twenty yuan in the red envelopes for our children?" ”

"Yes."

Hearing his wife say this, Meng Xingping turned over, and he was lying on his side facing the other party: "Then what do you think?" ”

"What can I think? Do you think I'm missing it? ”

Meng Xingping's wife's surname is Liu, her name is Xuan, she said: "There are a lot of red dollars, besides, our family has three children, and your eldest brother Luo has brought six children over." Besides, in addition to the red envelopes I gave them, my sister-in-law and younger siblings also gave them, if you count it, our family gives a lot. ”

"How can the account be calculated?" Meng Xingping frowned: "Take a step back, just according to what you say, think about how many children we have in our family." ”

"Fourteen, what's wrong?"

There are four big rooms, two rooms in the second room, they are three children in the third room, two in the fourth room, two in the fifth room, and one in the sixth room.

"How much money is a child of twenty or fourteen? Two hundred and eight, counting the gifts brought by Brother Luo and Jiang Li's sister-in-law, this adds up to at least five hundred yuan, in addition, Jiang Li's sister-in-law also stuffed a big red envelope of several hundred yuan to her mother, in comparison, our six brothers, how much can we add up to give our children's New Year's money? ”

Meng Xingping said in a low tone: "The eldest brother works in the town, and his monthly salary is only a few dozen yuan, the second brother works at home, and I and the fourth, fifth, and sixth are outside, so we should take the lead and be generous, but what is the result?" You gave Brother Luo's children five yuan for each person, to be honest, I don't feel very comfortable. Especially when I heard Lao Wu say that his daughter-in-law stuffed Mingrui's red envelopes with ten yuan, I felt embarrassed at that moment. ”

"How much did the fourth brother and the sixth brother give?"

Liu Xuan asked.

Meng Xingping: "It's the same as what you gave." ”

Liu Xuan: "That's not it, it's over, this has more to give, no less to give, as long as the mind arrives, I don't think it's anything." ”

Meng Xingping: "Brother Luo's family is not an ordinary person, and the children in the family are all very smart, two years ago, the boss Mingrui was the champion of the national college entrance examination, was admitted to Beijing Foreign University, and he is a diplomat in the future, and the second and third children will take the college entrance examination this year, in short, I will tell you, unless you don't deal with Brother Luo's family in the future, and you can't ask for people's doors, then you can do whatever you want, otherwise, you will change the way you buckle the cord." ”

"You say I'm slamming the door? But am I slamming the door? You should say that your eldest brother Luo and his family are living a good life, and their hands are wide. Liu Xuan was a little unconvinced: "I know you think the other party has helped you, but he and you have a little blood relationship anyway, isn't it normal to help your brother?" What's more, five dollars is a lot, and if you take it out and spend it, you can buy a lot of things! ”

Although she said so, in fact, Liu Xuan also felt that she was indeed stingy with Meng Xingsheng's daughter-in-law Ye Sangbi, which made Meng Xingping lose face among his brothers.

Living next door to Meng Xingping's family is still his half-brother Meng Qingdong's family.

Today, Luo Yanqing and Jiang Li took their children to Mawang Village to visit Wang Guilan, and Meng Qingdong's family naturally knew about this, after all, the two lived next door, and there were two cars parked at the gate of Wang Guilan's courtyard, and the movement in Wang Guilan's courtyard was not small, even if they didn't deliberately listen to it, Meng Qingdong's family also knew that there was a distinguished guest next door, and the distinguished guest was the son born before Wang Guilan entered Meng's house.

"Our family is also a little related to the son born before your stepmother entered the Meng family, he came to pay New Year's greetings to your stepmother today, why don't you know to come to our door to have a look? And your stepmother, this is really a clear line with us, and she doesn't come to call us for lunch. ”

Meng Qingdong's mother-in-law was lying on the kang and muttering, especially when she thought of the gifts that Luo Yanqing and Jiang Li took out from the trunk of the car, she felt like a cat's claw, and she couldn't wait to go next door to carry all those things to her house.

"Didn't you draw a line between me and the next door in my early years? This tree has a living bark, a human face, I have said that I have cut off relations with others, and there are village cadres as witnesses, you are now interested in the eyes next door? What's more, the brothers next door have re-filmed, from the eldest to the sixth, and I am not included in it. ”

Meng Qingdong's voice was a little resentful.

"Are you complaining about me? But do you have a grudge against me? When I married you, you didn't have a good relationship with your stepmother, and you didn't even say a word to the son born to your stepmother, I'm not wrong, right? ”

Meng Qingdong's mother-in-law was very dissatisfied: "If you really complain, you will complain about your father, it is because he calculated too clearly before his death, and he is afraid that your stepmother will treat you and your sister-in-law badly, and she will plan for you, offend your stepmother ruthlessly, and make people not want to see you and your sister-in-law." But your father closed his eyes and kicked his legs, and he walked neatly! ”

"My father ......" Meng Qingdong didn't know how to continue.

His father remarried in his early years, so that there could be a woman in the family to take care of him and his sister Honghong, and he also knew that his father was afraid that their brothers and sisters would be wronged at the hands of his stepmother, so he was bent on planning for them before he died, and he didn't care much about the children born to his stepmother.

Otherwise, he would not have left his stepmother and a few young half-brothers to close his eyes after marrying his daughter-in-law and marrying his sister Honghong.

Meng Qingdong knew very well that his father died early due to overwork, but he also knew that his father had done some things inappropriately, such as preventing his stepmother from visiting the child born in front of him before his death, beware of his stepmother in everything, and not being close to the child born by his stepmother, causing his stepmother and her son to not be close to him and his sister, which led to some later things.

For example, the stepmother's room was pulled out by the son she gave birth to earlier, and the family's life improved more than ten years ago, and now, the six sons born to the stepmother, except for Meng Xingwang and Meng Xingsheng, the others are all out.

However, people didn't even look at his half-brother.

Today, their half-brother came to the door, and when he saw the excitement, the whole village was blushing!

"What's wrong with your father? Isn't it because of your father, but because you and your stepmother's family are not even as good as neighbors? ”

Meng Qingdong's mother-in-law was full of resentment, and she didn't say a good word: "I went to report to the king of Hades and left the mess to you, and now it's even more harmful to our family to not even touch the light of your stepmother's side, that old thing is really harmful!" Otherwise, one or two of our sons can be supported by the third and fourth children next door, and our family's life will definitely be able to live in front of others! ”

"You're saying it's useful now?" Meng Qingdong sighed: "Sleep, in the end, my father really didn't say anything to me before his death, don't complain anymore, let my father can't even close his eyes underground." ”

"I'll take care of him!"

Meng Qingdong's mother-in-law turned over, and she turned her back to Meng Qingdong: "The old thing hurt our family, if he didn't die early, see what I do to him!" ”

North Side.

At the same time, Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing just lay on the bed, Jiang Li said: "Rui Rui left our family over there, you don't have any opinion, right?" ”

"They asked Luo Mingrui for it, right?"

Although it was a question, Luo Yanqing already had an answer in his heart.

"Hmm." Jiang Li said: "After all, they are relatives, and it is more convenient to call to inform them if there is something." ”

Luo Yanqing: "I have no opinion. ”

"Rui Rui, his grandmother has aged a lot."

"It's that people get old."

"Mr. Luo, can you speak tactfully and with a little human touch?"

"Don't people get old?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

"If you want to say which one is the smartest in our family, it has to be you."

"Don't think that if you please me, you will make me and you careless."

"What's the matter?"

Luo Yan's inky phoenix eyes were full of innocence, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, but Jiang Li didn't see it.

"Just play dumb!" Disgusted at the man, Jiang Li said: "In three or four days, you will finish this vacation, where can you think about walking around next?" ”

Hearing this, Luo Yanqing took Jiang Li into his arms, and he rubbed her forehead lightly with his chin: "I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to stay with you all the time." ”

"Okay, let's stay at home, I'll cook you whatever you want to eat, talk together every day, read books, and walk around the yard." After a pause, Jiang Li said again: "After Daddy and Mother leave tomorrow at noon, let's go back to the compound to live." ”

It's lively when there are many people living in the mansion, but Captain Jiang and Cai Xiufen proposed to live back in their courtyard when Jiang Li's family came back from Mawang Village this afternoon, saying that this side is too big, even if they live together, it is still not very convenient to move around with each other.

There are many courtyards, when Jiang Li arranged accommodation for Captain Jiang and others the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, he directly arranged several courtyards, and each courtyard is somewhat distant from each other, everyone is comfortable to live in, but not very accustomed, and Cai Xiufen proposed to live back, Captain Jiang and Brother Jiang have no opinion.

Therefore, there is no one else in the mansion except for Jiang Li's family, who used to take care of Jiang Liniang's family in the courtyard of Shuimu University, as well as the housekeeper and the gardener who hired and served the flowers and plants.

As for Jiang Hongfa and Jiang Boya, they returned to the Jiang family's old house on the afternoon of the first day of the new year.

"Okay."

Luo Yanqing responded, and then said: "It's better for the children to live here in the mansion during the summer vacation. ”

Jiang Li said "um".

……

After lunch on the third day of junior high school, Jiang Li and Luo Yanqing took the children of the family back to their home on this side of the compound.

"Happy New Year, Aunt Xue!"

At the gate of the courtyard, Ming Han had just come out of the courtyard, and was about to play ball with his friends in the courtyard, when he saw the hostess of the Xue family next door coming over, and couldn't help but pay a New Year's greeting to the other party.

"Happy New Year to you, too." Fang Ju smiled and asked, "I don't know if your mother is at home?" ”

"Yes."

Minghan responded.

Fang Ju: "Is your mother busy or idle?" ”

"Idle, Auntie go in, I'm going to play with a friend." Ming Han was about to leave as he spoke, and when he heard this, Fang Ju waved his hand: "You go play, Auntie will go in." ”

After Minghan left, Fang Ju pushed open the courtyard door and entered the courtyard.

"Mom, Aunt Xue is here!"

Mingwei and Guoguo were sitting in the living room watching TV, and when they saw Fang Ju walking in from outside the door, the two said hello to Fang Ju, and then Guoguo shouted a few words in the direction of the study.

After a while, Jiang Li walked out of Luo Yanqing's study.

"Happy New Year, sister-in-law!"

Sitting on the sofa opposite Fang Ju, Jiang Liming's eyes were full of smiles.

"Okay, good, everyone, happy New Year, everything goes well, all the best." Fang Ju said with a smile, seeing that Mingwei took Guoguo back to the room, and there was no one in the living room except her and Jiang Li, so he talked about what had happened in the Wen family in the past few years.

After listening to what Fang Ju said, Jiang Li was slightly surprised: "What does sister-in-law mean that Comrade Wen is very likely to get back together with the one in front of him?" ”

"I see that eight or nine is not far from ten, otherwise how could Wen Yue's mother follow Teacher Wen back to our compound from outside on Chinese New Year's Eve? And I heard that Wen Yue's mother married the one who died five years ago, and in addition, Wen Yue's mother was transferred back to Beicheng from the south in the first half of last year to work, and now she works in the Chinese library. ”

Fang Ju said this, and sighed lightly: "Actually, I couldn't understand why Teacher Wen wanted to divorce Wen Yue's mother, it is said that Wen Yue's mother is a good woman, gentle and gentle, she talks less on weekdays, but she takes good care of her family and Teacher Wen, but Teacher Wen doesn't know what to think, she filed for divorce not long after Wen Yue's mother gave birth to Wen Yu, and then it dragged on for a while, but in the end, the two still left."

Now that the two can come together again, I think they still have a husband and wife relationship in the end, right? “

Jiang Li nodded: "There is indeed fate." ”

Unexpectedly, Fang Ju said again at this time: "But after Mr. Wen married Su Man, I guess that Mr. Wen chose to divorce Wen Yue and her mother, most likely because she wanted a son. ”

"It is up to the man to have a boy or a girl, not us women." Jiang Li's tone was light: "Besides, now is a new society, the country advocates equality between men and women, there is no son in this family, as long as the daughter is trained well, it is no worse than the boy, not to mention that in ancient times, there was a saying that 'women do not let the eyebrows', if Comrade Wen really chose to divorce the other party because Wen Yue's mother failed to give birth to a boy, I can only say that his vision is narrower." ”

"Although what you said is reasonable, but the old concept is deep-rooted, this family has a daughter-in-law, who doesn't want to have a boy?" Fang Ju smiled: "I don't mean to say that it's bad to have a girl, but everyone thinks it's better to have a boy, and they think that this way can they hold up the door." ”

"Yes, the traditional concept is indeed what my sister-in-law said."

Jiang Li's expression was indifferent: "By the way, has Comrade Wen released the news that he wants to reunite with Wen Yue's mother?" ”

"I haven't heard of it."

Fang Ju shook his head.

Who knew that at this moment, Ming Han came back from outside, and as soon as he entered the living room, he said, "Mom, Aunt Xue, Uncle Wen and Sister Wen Yue's mother just got a marriage certificate and came back. ”

When Fang Ju and Jiang Li heard this, the two glanced at each other, and Jiang Li asked, "How do you know?" ”

"Uncle Wen and Sister Wen Yue's mother, Aunt Song, are giving everyone joy candy outside the courtyard gate!" Minghan said, showing the joy candy in his hand: "This is what Aunt Song gave me, Aunt Xue, you and my mother are also happy!" ”

"Okay, Mom and your Aunt Xue are both touched by the joy of your Uncle Wen's family."

Jiang Li took the candy from Ming Han's hand and gave Fang Ju two pieces.

Minghan: "I'm back in the room." ”

"Didn't you say you were going to play with your friends before you went out, why did you come back so soon?"

Jiang Li asked with a soft smile.

"Not at home."

Minghan's heart was a little unhappy: "They are not three-year-old children, and they even like to follow adults to visit relatives." ”

Jiang Li laughed: "What does it have to do with age when you go to relatives?" You forgot that you also followed me and your dad to visit relatives last year, and we are going to see your grandfather and grandfather tomorrow, don't you plan to go? ”

"That's different."

Minghan muttered.

"How is it different?" Jiang Li smiled and shook his head: "You can't be a double standard, understand?" ”

"Understood." Minghan puffed out his cheeks and said, "Mom, can I go back to the room now?" ”

Jiang Li nodded: "Yes." ”

Fang Ju smiled: "Your family Minghan is still a child!" ”

"He's a little childlike."

Jiang Li said, the doting in his eyes was undisguised.

Then catch the insects...

(End of chapter)