After spending a clean and comfortable first day of the new year, the people in the village started the New Year's greeting mode, or took some peanuts and melon seeds, or brought some home-made smoked fish and bacon. At this time, the happiest people are the children of each family, one by one, who still have the appearance of the demon king of the past, they are all well-behaved, just waiting for the adults to be happy, and then reward three or five copper plates, turn around and save them, and when there are merchants in the village who pass by with a burden, they will take it and change it for candy cubes to eat.

When it comes to the meal, the host will serve good wine and food and greet warmly, and the two sides will have a good time talking about the wine, so that they will visit their relatives and friends again, and this year can be regarded as lively.

If it is said to be visiting relatives and friends, the wife's maiden family is naturally in the first place, and the Chu family is naturally no exception.

When the Chu family and his entourage came to the Shen family, it was still early, and the second aunt Shen, Zhou, and Zhao who were going back to their parents' house today had not gone out, and they were probably waiting for Shen Luzhu, the only daughter of the Shen family, to return home, and after seeing each other, they would go back to their respective parents' homes.

The relationship between Shen Luzhu and his two sisters-in-law has always been close, but because of the short entrance to the cousin-in-law, the two have not been together for a long time, but it does not affect the sisters-in-law to chat affectionately in one place.

Since the Liu family was beaten by Shen Zeqi and Shen Second Aunt last time, he now feels very good, at least he is kind to everyone in the Shen family on the face, and he has never mentioned any more words about the boss and not the boss.

The brothers, sisters, and sisters-in-law chatted for a while, and Shen Luzhu and Shen's mother urged a few people to hurry up and go out, so as not to miss the time, but to make their respective mothers' families wait anxiously, and they also seemed disrespectful as juniors.

Zhou and Zhao took the lead in getting up, said goodbye and set off with their men and children to reunite with their parents, Liu also got up, but his steps were a little hesitant, and when he saw that everyone else had left the house, he turned around and came back, and said to Shen Luzhu: "Sister-in-law, don't take the last incident to heart."

After speaking, he didn't wait for Shen Luzhu to give any reaction, he turned around and ran out of the door as if he was running away, making the little couple confused, and thinking for a long time before remembering, it seems that the last time they went back to the Shen family, the Liu family did come to them, and said some inexplicable words, but it was a little long, and the little couple was sure that their cousin was not in trouble, so they left this matter behind.

After sending the brothers and sisters-in-law and Shen's second uncle and Shen second aunt out, the Shen family only left Shen's grandfather, Shen's father, Shen's mother, and the Chu family's family.

"Auntie still remember the last time I came back, my cousin and sister-in-law seemed to have a bit of an awkward quarrel, what happened later? I look like I'm okay now."

Shen's mother was stunned for a moment, and then she also remembered what happened that time, although she didn't specifically ask Shen Eraunt what the reason was, but she thought of the things that her second daughter-in-law Zhao learned from her before, and there were some guesses in her heart.

However, later the second aunt Shen mentioned it to Shen's mother, although she didn't say what the reason was, but she told Shen Zeqi about wanting to reconcile and leave, and her attitude, and wanted to ask Shen's mother, who was both a sister-in-law and a cousin, to help her get an idea.

"It's been fine for a long time, your second aunt's temperament, you don't know it, can you still ask a junior of the Liu family to handle it? Not only did Haosheng beat the Liu family, but even her mother's family didn't have any good words, that time she went to the Wang family in the same village to attend the wedding banquet, but she was ridiculed by your second aunt, and since then the Liu family and her mother's family have been much more honest, and they have never seen anything happen to the child."

As soon as he heard this, Shen Luzhu couldn't help but become even more curious, and he didn't know what was going on, but he actually made Second Aunt Shen complain and even the Liu family: "What is the reason for that, my cousin-in-law also told me something about what I didn't have, what did I ask my cousin to go to my shop or something."

Shen's mother didn't want to talk to her daughter about the twists and turns in this, and the careful thinking of the Liu family that couldn't be put on the table,

He told him what he thought about it: "It's just a mess of small belly chicken intestines, what a big deal can be done by people who surround the stove doll all day long! Although the days when the Liu family married into our family are not short, but if it is compared with the days when she stayed in her mother's house, it is not long, the temperament cultivated in the past ten years, which can be said to change, for a while, I thought wrong, but I am not inconsiderate, I just hope that she can learn a lesson this time, and live a good life with Zeuru in the future, otherwise the family is afraid that she will not be allowed to continue like this."

The little couple stayed in Hexi Village until dinner, and then drove the ox cart back to the Chu family's old house, and took Chu Li and Zhengzheng to Cui's grandmother the next day, but this time Chu Sanshu said that he would not follow anymore, and took Chu Xiuxiu to the next yard, and chatted with his cousin and grandfather for tea.

In this way, the little couple was not completely idle until the fifth day of the new year, and they no longer went out at home, and the west chamber of the Chu family's old house also became Chu Ping Zhao Cheng again.

On the eighth day of the first month, Zhengzheng children ushered in their two birthdays, and he couldn't understand the meaning of his birthday, but he only knew that there were many uncles and uncles, uncles and aunts at home on this day, and everyone kissed and hugged him affectionately, and there were constantly novel gadgets handed to him, and A-Niang made a lot of delicious food for herself, not to mention how happy.

The old house of the Chu family was lively, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard gate, Chu Yi heard the sound and came to the courtyard to open the door, but saw the man outside the door and said, "Boss Chu, the New Year is auspicious! I haven't seen you for a long time, but do you still recognize the little one?"

Chu Yi smiled and arched his hand at the other party and said, "Little Brother Lin, the New Year is auspicious! Come here today, but Boss Lin has something to explain, come into the house and talk about it."

Seeing that the other party still remembered himself, Brother Lin's smile became bigger and bigger, and he saw the lively scene in the courtyard along the open door, smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, I'm here to talk to Boss Chu for my owner, if you have something to do at home, I won't go in and disturb."

Chu Yi was not too polite, so he asked Brother Lin to speak bluntly.

Brother Lin bowed and said, "The owner wants to invite Boss Chu to go to the town for a gathering, I wonder if Boss Chu will be available on the fourteenth day?" Originally, I was afraid that Boss Chu and your family had already returned to the county seat, if that was the case, I would have to go to Changqing Street in the county seat again in the afternoon, but now it seems that God favors me, lest I have to go again."

Chu Yi smiled and said: "In the first month, the paper money business is very cold, but I am not in a hurry to rush back, I have nothing to do on the fourteenth day, but I don't know where to find Boss Lin when the time comes?"

"The proprietor has already booked a private room in the immortal drunken restaurant in the town, prepared delicious food and wine, and is waiting for Boss Chu at that time."

"Don't dare, I bother Brother Lin to help me tell Boss Lin, I will definitely go on time that day."

Brother Lin nodded and said, "This is natural, then I won't bother Boss Chu."

In the evening, after seeing off a group of relatives and friends, Chu Yihe and his wife, who was leaning on his arms, said about it: "Boss Lin of Lin Ji sent someone over today, saying that he booked a restaurant in the town on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and wanted to get together with us.

Shen Luzhu remembered that it seemed that someone had indeed talked with Chu Yi outside the courtyard gate during the day, so he nodded: "Xu still wants to talk to us about business, Boss Lin wanted to take a stake in the family workshop before, but we rejected it, but now the business of our shop is better than the original, it is estimated that he wants to contact us more, so he has today's matter."

"Ah Zhu is right, I think the same way, on the fourteenth day, Ah Zhu wants to go around the town together? We may not have been to the town for a long time, but the market in the town was already out of stalls, and it must be very lively just in time for the Lantern Festival."

Shen Luzhu shook his head: "No, it's the Lantern Festival next, and the family also needs to prepare, it's not good to leave Zhengzheng and Ali at home, and it's not convenient to drag the family to go together, Boss Lin may have something serious to tell you, I'll take my son to wait for you at home with peace of mind."

Chu Yi thought thoughtfully,

didn't say good, didn't say bad, just said: "Let's talk about this tomorrow, anyway, it's a few days, the hour is not early, let's go to sleep quickly, so that Ming'er will wake up early and make you sleep badly."

Shen Luzhu thought of himself who had been woken up by his fat son every day recently, with a trick of "Mount Tai Pressing", so he didn't say much, found a comfortable position, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, the Chu family gathered in the West Chamber as usual to play cards and chat to relieve boredom, then heard the courtyard door was knocked, don't think about it, it must be the courtyard next door, Chu Yi got up and went out of the house to open the door, and after a while, Yuan Shuang and Qian walked in with two fat dolls carved in pink and jade.

Shen Luzhu hurriedly beckoned the two of them to go to the kang, looking at the door that had been closed because there was no one behind him, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, so he asked, "Why didn't you see Ah Ping?"

Qian put the child on the warm kang and replied while guiding Zhengzheng to play with the two little ones, "When I first entered the courtyard, I was stopped by Ayi, and the brothers were talking in the courtyard, so it was time to come in in a while."

Although Shen Luzhu felt a little strange, he didn't ask anything more, and sure enough, the door was pushed open again after a while, but Chu Yi was the only one who came in.

"Ah Ping, didn't you just stop talking by you, why did you come in by yourself?"

Chu Yi explained with a smile: "I just discussed with Ah Ping, this year's Lantern Festival is not as good as our two families to go to the town together, he said that he wants to go back next door to ask his cousin and grandma what they think, we will pass on the 14th, stay for two nights and spend the Lantern Festival, and then return home on the 16th, what does the cousin think of this proposal?"

Shen Luzhu smiled, no wonder Chu Yi said last night that he would talk about it today, he thought of such a way.

Yuan Shuang is a lively person, in the past two years of pregnancy and childbirth, she is really a little suffocated, and when she heard this proposal, she instantly became interested, shook Qian's sleeve and whispered: "Ah Niang......

Qian knows his daughter-in-law's temperament, and he also knows that she has been suffocated recently, and he is also a little interested in going to the town to celebrate the Lantern Festival, but when he thinks of this family, he is still a little hesitant: "Your grandfather and grandmother are old, especially not moving in this winter, Huan Huanxi is still young and needs to be taken care of, this big family goes to the town, isn't it too much of a toss, otherwise you and Chu Ping will go to play, the two little ones can eat some side things now, I will bring them to you at home, there will be no problems."