On the morning of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the little couple had breakfast, and when they saw that the neighborhood was open on weekdays, they went out with the pastries and dried fruits prepared yesterday and the New Year's goods specially prepared for Aunt Sun and the old couple.

As soon as Aunt Sun and her wife opened their own shop, they saw the little couple coming to the door with things: "Why did you come here at this hour, but what do you want to help with?" ”

Chu Yi helped bring the things into the backyard of the shop, Shen Luzhu handed the dried pastries and fruits in his hand to Aunt Sun, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, Auntie, it's just that my family plans to go back to the village today, this is not to send some New Year's goods to the neighbors, these pastries were bought at the market on East Street yesterday, you can taste how it tastes when you are not busy for a while." ”

Aunt Sun took the package with a smile: "Tell me what you two are doing when you buy these things, the old man was still muttering last afternoon, why didn't I see your house open, and your third uncle didn't come to play chess with him, it turned out that he was going back for the New Year, it's better to go back early, and the family is estimated to have something to clean up." By the way, when do you plan to come back as a family, there will be a Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the county every year, and young people love to join in the fun, if you come back early, you may be able to catch up. ”

"The grandfather's family next door has always taken good care of us, and every time he knew that we were going back, he cleaned up the house in advance, and this time it was just a day earlier than planned, so I thought about going back earlier to save them trouble. The day of coming back has not been set, I haven't gone back for a long time, I may have to stay a few more days, but the lantern festival of the Lantern Festival is really good, we heard about it when we were in the village, and one year we specially drove the ox cart to come to see. By the way, why did you open the door with your uncle today, the guy in the shop, but the delivery went? ”

Aunt Sun explained: "No, his family is not here, he will give him a holiday from today, and he can buy things and go back for the New Year. ”

The situation of the old couple's family, the younger couple also knew a seven, seven, eighty, eight from the mouth of Uncle Chu, the old couple only gave birth to a son and a daughter in this life, the daughter is older, married to a family in the county in the early years, the younger son reads well, after several imperial examinations, stumbled all the way into the palace examination in the capital, although only took a fellow Jinshi background, but it is also rare and excellent.

Aunt Sun thought that her son could finally return to his hometown in fine clothes, but who would have thought that he would get a small official position in a county under the jurisdiction of the capital, and completely entered the officialdom, and the Sun family also wanted to take his father and mother to his side, but his official position was too small and not high, and he was barely able to get by, and he really couldn't settle his father and mother in the capital, even if it was just a small county under the jurisdiction of the capital, so he could only continue to work hard and strive to take his father and mother to his side as soon as possible.

It is precisely because of these that the young couple specially bought a lot of New Year's goods and sent them to Sunjia Cloth Village, which also saved the old couple from buying them themselves, and it was inconvenient to carry them.

Coming out of the cloth village, the little couple was just about to enter Boss Zhou's bun shop, when they saw two young men dressed as beggars standing not far away, looking at the fragrant cage in front of the shop and swallowing saliva.

Chu Yi looked at the brothers and remembered himself and Chu Li when they were young, but at least he and Chu Li were lucky. Chu Yi stepped forward and bought ten meat buns, and then handed them to the seemingly older one, along with all the copper plates left on his body.

The two boys hurriedly bowed desperately to thank him, Chu Yi opened his mouth, and finally only said, "Take care of your brother." ”

Sent New Year's gifts to the neighbors, Chu Yi went to the car dealer to rent two carriages and came back, his own ox cart is now left in the village to pull goods, Jiang Quan did not know that they were going back today, naturally there was no time to pick them up, and in the cold winter, the family sat in an unsheltered ox cart really suffered a little, although the carriage is more expensive, but it can shelter the wind and snow, spread a thick bedding and light the stove, I don't know how many times more comfortable than the ox cart.

The speed of the carriage is indeed much faster than that of the ox cart, and perhaps it is the reason why some coachmen are in a hurry to return to the county seat to continue their work, and in less than half the morning, two carriages stopped in front of the old mansion of the Chu family.

The paper money shop in front of the old house is now open, and there are many villagers in the shop who are buying paper money, and when they hear the neighing of horses outside the house, some people can't help but push open the door and come out to take a look.

You must know that the Chu family bought an ox cart, which caused a lot of sensation in the village, not to mention that in the past six months, although the Chu family is not there, but the movement is not small, and a few cars and cars from the workshop in the backyard send paper money to the county at every turn, and the people in the village privately say that the Chu family is completely developed this time, and the shops in the town are afraid that they do not sell paper money like this.

Now I see that the Chu family, who came back in an ox cart in the Mid-Autumn Festival last time, actually came back in two carriages this time, which seems to confirm everyone's conjecture, how can anyone not be surprised and excited.

"Chu Ping, come out, come out! The one next door to your house is back, and Chu Yi and his family are back! ”

Chu Ping was busy in the shop, and suddenly heard someone shouting about himself, and when he was stunned, he heard that his cousin's family was back, so he couldn't care about selling goods, so he and Yuanshuang ran out of the shop.

"Uncle cousin, cousin and sister-in-law, why are you coming back today, didn't Jiang Quan say that he would pick you up in the county?"

Third Uncle Chu smiled very happily: "Ah Yi, they are a little couple, they sold all the paper money in the shop yesterday, and we have nothing to do when we stay there, so we will come back in a hurry." ”

As soon as Chu Ping heard Third Uncle Chu's words, his eyes widened and he looked at Chu Yi for verification: "Sold out?" So many were shipped a few years ago, and they were all sold out yesterday? ”

Chu Yi looked at his cousin's stupid look and smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Help me unload the car first, and then I'll talk about it later." ”

As they spoke, Shen Luzhu and Yuan Shuang had already taken Zhengzheng, who was drowsy in the carriage, to the grandfather's house next door, and entrusted the twins of Chu Ping's family to the care of Mrs. Yu and Qian.

When Uncle Cousin and Grandfather learned that the courtyard next door had returned early, they hurriedly put on their coats and came to the gate. The juniors moved the things in the car into the yard, and Uncle Chu, his cousin, and his grandfather stayed outside the courtyard and chatted with the lively villagers.

"Chu family, you bought this carriage in the county seat?"

Third Uncle Chu shook his head: "No, it was rented by Ayi at the car dealership in the county seat, and he said that he was afraid that we would suffer a crime by making an ox cart in winter, so he rented two carriages." ”

The lady who asked said "oh", and then pouted at the person next to her and said, "I'll just say, you heard it, this carriage is not their Chu family at all, it is rented, what is so strange." ”

Third Uncle Chu naturally saw the other party's meaningful expression, and suddenly felt not very good, although he was a character who was unwilling to compete with others on weekdays, he was not without temper: "Sister-in-law of the Fang family, what do you mean by this, your family has bought a carriage?" ”

The Fang family was stunned by Third Uncle Chu's question, and subconsciously replied, "Where can my family buy that expensive thing?" ”

Uncle Chu said: "Oh, I thought you were used to seeing your own carriage, so you didn't look down on our rented one." ”

Uncle Cousin also chimed in: "What to buy, her family doesn't even have money to buy an ox cart, and she can't look down on a carriage." I said Fang family, if you don't know how to chatter, just shut up, and if you are yin and yang, you can talk to my old lady. ”

Although the aunt of the Fang family didn't believe that the Chu family really called the old lady out because of this matter, she was still afraid of the old lady's prestige in her heart, and muttered in a low voice: "Originally, the car parked on the avenue was not just for show, and it was not bought by home, so it was not called to be said." ”

Originally, I was very happy today, Third Uncle Chu didn't want to say anything, but the other party was endless, they pretended that Ayi and Luzhu were promising, not to mention that they didn't show off at all today, just show off what's wrong.

Then he replied: "If you want to show off, you have to have a plan!" ”

After that, he no longer paid attention to the sister-in-law of the Fang family, who was pale, and turned his head and continued to chat with others: "I really owe it to Ayi and their little couple, the two of them are really filial and capable, who would have thought that I would have the opportunity to move to the county seat in my life, you don't know that when I first said that I was going to the county to sell our paper money, I still had some drums in my heart, thinking that it seems okay for us to sell this thing in the village, and I don't know if I can sell it when I go to the county seat, but you see, I hired a team to pull so many paper ingots a few years ago, and there was nothing left yesterday morning. ”

Uncle Tang also said: "No, when Gangluzhu and Xiaoshuang were entering the house with their arms, I still wondered, didn't they come back just because they had done so well with this deal, and they were sold out in advance." ”

Grandpa Tang nodded: "They are all good children, Ayi They are our old Chu family, the two most outstanding in this generation!" ”

Others also praised it: "No, your Chu family's two sons and daughters are good, Chu Ping has now taken over this paper money shop, and he doesn't take care of it well, I think that Chu Li will not be wrong in the future." ”

When the people in the village heard this, they just wanted to remind them, did the big guy forget something, the Chu family still has a talent, the only talented man in the village over the years, isn't it also their Chu family.

But the words are all in my mouth, I still swallowed it back after thinking about it, forget it, don't mention the bad family, the heart is black like that, don't say that it is a show talent now, that is, in the future, I will really be promoted and become an official, I am afraid that he will also be a corrupt official who smeared his ancestors.

I haven't been back to the village for several months, and Uncle Chu and the villagers chatted for a long time outside the courtyard gate, except for a few who had a bad face because of jealousy, but it could be regarded as harmonious and happy, and the guests and hosts were happy.

After unloading the car and paying for the carriage, Chu Yi took Chu Ping and Yuanshuang back to continue to take care of the book, and when the little couple was about to take their younger brothers and sisters to clean up the house, they found that there were a lot of things piled up in their stove, pickled bacon and sauerkraut, a few big fish raised in the water tank, processed pork legs and boiled lard, and new rice and new noodles were also poured into the grain tank on the side of the stove.

The house also looked like it had been carefully cleaned, and the little couple went to the shop to ask Chu Ping, and sure enough, they were all New Year's goods sent by each family a few days ago, and the house was cleaned up by the Qian family and the Zhao brothers who had stopped the workshop and were idle.

There is no need to clean up the house, so the little couple rushed to work before lunch, sorted out all the New Year's goods they bought, and took advantage of the noon to eat lunch next door, and carried a large bag into Chu Ping's house.

In addition to buying a lot of fresh food to bring back, the young couple also bought a set of ready-to-wear clothes for all the parents, Qian and Mrs. Yu complained: "Eh, I have clothes to wear, what to do with these things, I have to take care of it from afar." ”

"Originally, I wanted to buy some good fabrics and make them myself, but a while ago the shop was really busy, so I bought ready-to-wear clothes. There are also these fabrics, which are very soft to the touch, and they are selected for the Huan Huanxi brothers and sisters, but Xiaoshuang has to go back and make it herself. ”