On the second day of the first lunar month, when they returned to their parents' house, Yao Jianguo and his wife woke up their two children early in the morning, washed up and went to Xinglin Village, where Li Mei's mother's house was located.

After climbing over two mountains, I finally arrived at Lao Li's house halfway up the mountainside, and it was only about nine o'clock in the morning that the kitchen chimney had begun to emit pale black smoke.

"Oh, grandma's eldest granddaughter, eldest grandson, I don't see you for more than a year, you want to kill me!" Grandmother Li Lotus put her arms around a child with one hand, with a loving smile on her face,

"Mom, what are you talking about this New Year?" Li Mei said angrily.

"Oooh...... It's the grandmother who is wrong, our virgin is unscrupulous! Li Lotus smiled and took the hands of the two sisters and walked home.

"Where's my dad?" Li Mei asked, scanning the room with her eyes.

"I know that when you come back today, your dad fried dumplings in the kitchen, and when you go back, remember to bring some back to your old woman and them to taste." Li Lotus took out a bowl and sprinkled sugar on each bowl, then poured boiling water.

"Grandma, can I go over and have a look?" Yao Yi had never made steamed dumplings herself, and when she heard this, she asked with some emotion.

"Okay, let's go over to the kitchen!" Li Lotus nodded in agreement.

"Mom, I'll see if there's anything I need help with." Yao Jianguo knew that Li Mei must have something in his heart that he wanted to talk to Li Hehua, so he made an excuse.

"Sister, I'm going to see it too!" Yao Feng saw that Yao Jianguo and Yao Yi were leaving, so he hurriedly climbed off the stool and followed.

"Go ahead, Xiaofeng remember not to get your clothes dirty." Li Mei also happened to have some close words to Li Lotus and wanted to talk to Li Hehua, so she agreed after explaining.

"Mom, I bought it for you and my dad!" Waiting for them to leave, Li Mei took the bag beside her and said.

"It's good that you're back, what else do you want to buy, and we don't have to worry about eating and drinking here!" Li Hehua complained when she saw the white sugar, canned oranges and other things in the bag.

"This bag is a cotton dress bought for you and your father, don't be reluctant to wear it, I'll buy it for you next year!" Li Mei took out the clothes in another bag, gestured on Li Hehua's body, and put them next to her after making sure she could wear them.

"Meizi, you are buying this and buying that, he won't have any ideas about Jianguo, right?" Li Hehua asked worriedly.

"Mom, you're thinking too much, that's what the kid's father asked him to buy." Li Mei explained.

"Jianguo is a good one, you are not like your brother, the husband and wife went out to work for half a year and didn't get a penny back, and they still played mahjong every day during the New Year, and they didn't know how to think about the family!" Li Hehua saw that her daughter didn't have to worry about it now, but when she thought of the unconscious son at home, she felt sad again.

"Why is Li Jun like this now? The child is left with you and will not be given to you for a minute? Li Mei frowned and asked in an unhappy tone.

"Don't be angry, the child doesn't need much money with us, your father and I are still nimble, you can go to the mountains to pick some herbs and anything!" Li Hehua hurriedly explained in a whisper.

"Mom, you are used to him, people in their thirties don't have a sense of responsibility, and they know how to eat, drink and have fun every day!" Li Mei disagreed.

"He's been better than he used to be in the last few years, and the sugar water he made for you just now is the sugar he bought." Li Hehua realized that she had missed her mouth, and hurriedly made up for it.

"You...... Forget it, this is what I usually buy for you two old couples, and you are not allowed to subsidize the two of them! Li Mei knew that it was useless for her to say more, so she took out a red envelope from her pocket and stuffed it into Li Hehua's arms.

"I can't ask for this, you two children are still young and have a lot of money, I ...... it" Li Hehua hurriedly stuffed the red envelope back.

"Okay, you'll take it if you give it to you, remember not to let Li Jun and his family know!" Li Mei rarely came back, and she didn't want to make a fuss, so she got up and walked to the kitchen after giving an explanation.

"Mom, you're here too, grandpa is about to fry it now!" Yao Yi saw Li Mei coming over and immediately shouted.

"Let's have a good day today, your grandfather's fried dumplings are famous for their deliciousness!" Li Mei rubbed the top of her son's head lightly and said with a smile.

"You just boast in front of your children, you used to think it was delicious when you didn't have anything to eat at home, but now that you have more food, you can't say that this dumpling is rare!" Grandfather Li Hong looked at his daughter's family with a smile, and the chopsticks in his hand carefully turned the dough in the oil pot.

"Dad, don't say that, I'm in Nancheng, but I often think about the dumplings you make!" Yao Jianguo said with a smile in affirmation.

"That's a good feeling, I'll do more to send you over before you go back!" When Li Hong heard this, the smile on his face brightened a little.

"I'll just eat some here, the journey to Nancheng is far away, and the dumplings are sparse!" Yao Jianguo explained.

"Well, that's the reason to try it!" Li Hong took a look at the steamed dumplings in the pot, estimated that it was almost enough, and then put it on the hollow hat, and said to a few people on the side.

Li Mei stretched out her hand to test the temperature and made sure that it had cooled down, so she carefully pulled some and handed it to Yao Jianguo and his two children.

"Eat less, or you won't be able to eat much after lunch!" Li Mei explained.

"What do parents eat, so fragrant?" Li Jun's voice came from far and near outside the door.

"Oh, my sister and brother-in-law's family are here!" Li Jun approached and saw Li Mei, and immediately shouted in surprise.

"How did you get back? Didn't you say to accompany Lulu back to her parents' house? "There has always been such a tradition in Yi County, the girl went back to her parents' house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and Li Jun also said last night that she would accompany her daughter-in-law back, so Li Lotus was so surprised when she saw it.

"What's that...... Didn't I know my sister was back? I haven't seen my sister and brother-in-law for more than a year, so I rushed back! Li Jun grabbed a handful of steamed dumplings and put them in his mouth and crunched them, and said nonchalantly.

"I know that you have a good relationship with your sister, but you can't ignore the rules, hurry up and go back to your father-in-law's house!" Li Lotus scolded her son's absurdity.

"Oh, don't worry about me, I have something to say to my brother-in-law!" Li Jun waved his hand and pulled Yao Jianguo, who was standing aside, to leave.

"Alas...... Where are you going? Li Lotus followed behind and asked.

"You cook at home, we'll be back when it's time to eat!" Li Jun pulled Yao Jianguo to walk a little faster, and said to the person behind him.

"Forget Mom, let's cook!" Li Mei knew that Yao Jianguo was a measured person, and she didn't want to make trouble during the Chinese New Year, so she opened her mouth to persuade.

Li Hehua also knew that there was nothing to say now, so she had to turn around and go back to the house to prepare lunch.

Li Jun was also honest at half past eleven, and came back with Yao Jianguo on time, looking at the table full of food, he praised with a smile: "I just said that my mother's craftsmanship is good, you look at the braised pork and it is stewed and delicious." ”

"Eat with chopsticks!" Li Mei glared at him angrily.

"Order!" Li Jun didn't care about Li Mei's attitude, he still smiled happily.

"Yi Xiaofeng came to try grandma's specialty dish, little rooster stewed vermicelli!" Li Lotus picked up each of them with chopsticks, and put the two chicken legs into the bowl of Yao Yi's sister and brother.

"It's delicious, it's delicious!" Yao Feng couldn't wait to take a bite and praised vaguely.

"Delicious!" Different from the fed chickens that were fed in Nancheng and later generations, Li Lotus used her own family free-range in the mountains, so Yao Yi was impressed by the original fresh fragrance of the chickens after taking a bite, and she praised it sincerely.

"Haha...... If you like it, eat more, and come back before you go back, and grandma will make it for you! Li Lotus saw that her skills were recognized, not to mention how happy she was, and the smile on her face deepened a little.

"Here's a try, this rabbit was caught when it snowed a few years ago." Li Hong picked up the rabbit leg and put it in the bowl of the two children.

"Try this again, this is our ......" Li Hong and his wife seem to be in a competition, you have chopsticks and I have chopsticks, and after a while, the bowls of the two Yao Yi sisters and brothers were piled up.

"Hey, I said how did I go back, it turned out that the eldest sister came back to eat well behind our mother and son's back!" Li Jun's daughter-in-law Liu Lu came back with her son Li Chao, heard the sound of laughter in the house, and said with a yin and yang strange face.

"Lulu is back, have you eaten?" Li Hehua was worried about whether there was a conflict in Liu Lu's mother's house when her son came back, and now when she saw Liu Lu's appearance, she knew that she had guessed correctly, in order to prevent Liu Lu from making trouble, she immediately stepped forward with a smile and cared.

"Our mother and son deserve to eat your cooking, your precious son is in my mother's house today, and he has played a lot of prestige, which knows that his son-in-law came to the door, and he doesn't know that he thinks someone came to our house to collect debts?" Liu Lu didn't mean to stop, she continued to say in a weird way.

"Liu Lu, I will eat this meal at home this year, can't you give face?" Li Mei glanced at her silent father and the children with ignorant expressions, she suppressed her temper and asked calmly.

"Auntie, it's not like I don't give you face, you have to ask what your good brother did in my house!" Liu Lu didn't give in an inch.

"Liu Lu, don't go too far, today I just came to the door and your mother is a meal, either disgusted with the less New Year's gifts I sent, or disgusted that I don't have the ability of your brother-in-law, she doesn't forget that when the family is busy farming, who harvested this rice and wheat, and now she dislikes me, so why didn't you look for the capable and capable son-in-law at the beginning?" Li Jun also became angry, he stood up suddenly, and slapped his chopsticks on the table.

"It's because you don't have the ability, if you can also wrap a red envelope for 100 yuan for my mother, will she say you?" Liu Lu couldn't help but shrink her neck when she saw that Li Jun was really angry, but when she saw Li Chao, who was holding her hand tightly, her voice was unconsciously a little louder.

"Don't make any noise, don't let people have a good New Year!" Li Hong stood up and shouted with a gloomy face.

"Xiaochao, why are you and your mother's lives so bitter, other people's fathers know how to make money for their wives and children, only your father knows how to eat and drink every day, just eat and drink by yourself, and don't care about our mother and son...... Xiao Chao ...... I ...... hard" Liu Lu didn't care when she saw this scene, whether the newly bought clothes for the New Year would get dirty, she sat directly on the ground, hugged her son and cried.

"Liu Lu has to be a conscience, the one you wear is not what I spent money to buy, I will give you forty of the salary of sixty per month, how much have you saved? Now that you don't have the money to honor your parents during the Chinese New Year, what does it mean to just sprinkle and roll here? Anyway, it's all come to this, and Li Jun is not afraid of the jokes of his family, he asked bluntly.

"I ...... My child doesn't need money, don't I need money to buy vegetables and cook? Liu Lu didn't expect him to go through old accounts in front of so many people, so she hurriedly pulled out the child to speak.

"For children, look at what Xiaochao is wearing, and what are you wearing? I have never seen a person as selfish as you, the benefits ......" Li Jun blushed angrily and counted down Liu Lu's no.

"That's enough, either go to the table to eat, or just get out of the house and make a noise, so that everyone in the village can see what you can do." Li Hong kicked his son and said in a cold voice.

Li Jun saw that his father was really angry, and hurriedly walked over to carry the child to Li Hehua, but he dragged Liu Lu out of the door.