Chi Xi didn't answer Zhao Juan's question directly, but asked with a smile: "Auntie, do you think I look like I'm pregnant?" ”

Zhao Juan stared at Chixi's round little face for a long time, and nodded seriously: "It's like, it's too similar." Usually pregnant women are fatter than usual, and you look a lot more rounded now than you did a little bit earlier. Sister-in-law Cuihe is either giving you stewed chicken or duck stewed for you during this time, isn't it just for you to replenish your body? ”

Chi Xi laughed, and said with crooked eyebrows: "Auntie said so, that's it!" ”

"Are you really pregnant?"

Zhao Juan's eyes widened in surprise, and she said happily: "You have been married for more than three years, and you are finally pregnant, this time the mouths of the people in the village who lack virtue should be closed." This pregnancy is not an easy task, some people are physically strong and can overwhelm it, and some people are weak and will work harder than usual. You can't do any more hard work with us in the future, so go back to the house and rest. ”

When everyone heard that Chi Xi was pregnant, they first came to congratulate and said some auspicious words, so they refused Chi Xi to enter the chicken, duck and goose pen, and asked her to hurry away and not let these ignorant poultry hurt.

Chixi was driven out of the mass center crying and laughing, Tian Cuihe was stewing soup in the kitchen, and when he saw Chixi walking in, he smiled and said: "I have long asked you not to go to join in the fun, our family is not short of you as a laborer, hurry up and rest, and stew the chicken soup for my mother to eat immediately." ”

Chixi helplessly supported his forehead: "Mother, can we stop drinking chicken soup?" I'm not so delicate. ”

Anyone who has drunk chicken soup and duck soup for more than 20 days in a row will not be able to stand it.

She now wants to vomit when she smells chicken soup and duck soup.

Tian Cuihe straightened up, stared at Chixi seriously for a long time, and said with a solemn face: "The child in your belly is more than two months old, and if you react more, you will have morning sickness, if you can't smell the smell of chicken soup, your mother will change it for you, and the egg custard with meat foam is always delicious." If you have anything you want to eat, tell your mother, and your mother will make it for you. ”

Chi Xi really didn't feel that there was anything uncomfortable in his body, but Tian Cuihe treated her as a fragile porcelain doll, and he couldn't wait to stare at her all the time.

This made her heart warm, but also a little helpless.

In the blink of an eye, almost all the chickens, ducks and geese in the family were sold out, the pond and the stream had earned more than 3,000 taels of silver, and the road to the town had been dug through, as long as it was paved with another layer of stone and sand.

There are only three days left until Chinese New Year's Eve.

This is the first time in more than three years that Xi Dazhuang has not celebrated the New Year with their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Chixi gets up early in the morning and soaks glutinous rice to make rice cakes on Chinese New Year's Eve.

As for the tofu she ate during the New Year, she didn't want to bother anymore and was going to go to the street tomorrow to buy a few pieces.

The two pigs they raised were fat and strong, one of them weighed at least 500 catties, and Chixi did not sell the pigs, but let Wang Dahu and others slaughter the pigs.

A whole head is used to smoke bacon, half of it is used to make sausages, and the remaining half of the pork is invited to the sister-in-law and aunt who help his family cook on weekdays to make a banquet, and everyone who helps their family this year is invited to come and have a good meal, and they can bring their families.

The people in the village are not polite, as long as they have worked in the Xi family, the whole family will bring it.

Everyone worked all day, and at dinner time there were twenty tables, each table had at least ten dishes, meat and vegetarian, and rice was full.

This meal is the best meal that almost everyone has ever eaten in their lives, and they are reluctant to put down the dishes and chopsticks after eating one by one.

Chixi is not stingy, and people have made a lot of dishes and rice, and they are willing to let people pack and take them home to eat if they can't finish eating.

The favorability of Chixi in everyone's hearts has risen to a height that has never been seen before.

After eating, Chi Xi smiled and picked up a cup of chicken soup and said with a smile: "Recently, I have been unwell and can't drink alcohol or tea, so I will borrow this cup of chicken soup to give you a cup!" Thank you for taking care of our Xi family this year, and I hope we can work together in the coming year! I also wish you all good health and good luck in the new year, earn a lot of money, everyone can eat meat, and every family can build a green tile house! ”

"Good, good!"

"Thank you Mrs. Xi, we must work hard, in the new year, we will still work in the Xi family!"

Everyone was so hot by Chixi's words that they seemed to see their own families eating white rice and meat and living in stone and green tile houses.

Chi Xi raised his voice and said: "As long as you are down-to-earth and capable, it is only a matter of time before you live in a blue-tiled house and eat white rice." After the year, we still have a lot of things that we need your help with, and the wages we pay are very fair, which is obvious to all. Here, I promise that as long as people who have worked hard in our Xi family for one year buy green tiles in my house, one piece can be less than a penny, and two pennies less for two years! If you have worked for three years or more, you can pay less for three pennies per piece! ”

Everyone couldn't wait to get up and start working immediately, and the discount given by Chixi was so tempting that they were excited.

They all made up their minds to work hard, work hard to save money, and strive to live in a blue-tiled house within three years!

A meal that can be enjoyed by both the host and the guest.

It was getting darker, and when most of the people had dispersed, there were still a few people left to help clean the yard and wash the dishes.

Tian Cuihe looked at Chixi, whose expression was soft but couldn't hide his loss, and whispered: "Xiaoxi, it's not early, why don't you go and rest first?" ”

She knew in her heart that Chi Xi didn't want her to worry, so she didn't say much, just silently stayed by Chi Xi's side to make her feel better.

Chi Xi turned his head to look at Tian Cuihe, raised his eyebrows and smiled, his eyes were soft and warm, and he said, "Mother, I'm fine, I'm very happy today." In the new year, we will definitely have a better life. Brother Da Zhuang should also have arrived in Dongzhou, he said that when he arrived, he would send me a message, and I estimated that it would be only these two days. ”

On the night before Xi Dazhuang left, Tian Cuihe and her son talked a lot, and after her son listened to her silently, he seriously assured that he would be fine, and he would think twice before acting, and everything was based on safety.

After the mother and son were relatively silent for a long time, her son opened his mouth seriously, telling her to take care of her body, take care of herself with Xiaoxi, live a good life, and never worry about him.

The mother of the child is worried.

As a mother, how can she not worry?

It's just that as an elder, she has to be rational and strong, not only to take care of herself, but also to take care of Chixi, who is pregnant.

The day before Chinese New Year's Eve, Chixi finally received the long-awaited letter.

The moment she opened the letter, she saw the familiar handwriting, tears poured out uncontrollably, and her originally strong heart instantly became soft and sour.

Tian Cuihe could understand Chi Xi's mood too well, she raised her hand and gently patted Chi Xi's little head, and comforted in a low voice: "Xiao Xi, don't cry, it's a good thing that Da Zhuang sent a letter to report safety." Tomorrow is the New Year, let's be happier. ”

"Hmm."

Chixi Urn nodded angrily, then raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and pulled Tian Cuihe to sit next to her, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stared at the words on the letter paper word by word and looked very carefully.

"Da Zhuang has settled down, and there is no danger now."

Tian Cuihe chuckled, her heart that had been hanging was finally put down, she turned her head sideways and said to Chixi: "The chief soldier of Dongzhou and Da Zhuang's father are old acquaintances, and they have received the favor of his father, and Da Zhuang will be fine for the time being. ”

With Tian Cuihe's words, Chixi was also a lot more relieved.

Xi Dazhuang's letter not only said that he was now settled down and had no worries, but also cared about the living conditions of their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and said that it was almost the New Year, and he sent them some Dongzhou specialties, which would probably arrive a few days later.

He babbled and wrote a lot, and finally said that he missed them very much.

When Tian Cuihe saw the last sentence, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh: "Da Zhuang used to write a letter to me when he went out to write to me, and he has always been able to write less, at most only a hundred words, let alone say anything about what he misses or doesn't want to miss." Now that I have a daughter-in-law, I see that this book is sprinkled with thousands of words, and the chatter is endless, and this longing is just afraid that it will overflow from the paper. ”

Chi Xi's little face was flushed, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, her eyes were warm and warm, and she whispered: "Brother Da Zhuang was not a person who liked to express before, he was worried that we would not worry about him, so he wrote more to let us know that he was very good." ”

Chi Xi also took up the pen and wrote a letter, showing him all the things that happened during this time, and especially emphasized that their family had made a lot of money during this time, and she was going to make another big wave after the year.

The warmth of the past was vivid, so that Chixi couldn't hold it for a while, and it took five sheets of paper to finish writing a letter!

Chinese New Year's Eve arrived as scheduled.

Tian Cuihe and Chixi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got up very early, and after the fire was burned, they began to put the steamer to steam glutinous rice.

It is a custom to steam glutinous rice and make glutinous rice to worship the ancestral gods.

After steaming the glutinous rice, Chixi and Tian Cuihe hung lanterns in couplets, and the atmosphere of the New Year was immediately there.

It's just two people, and it's a little lonely in the end.