Yu Qinniang wore a cotton hat filled with chicken feathers and duck feathers, and tied a masked black cotton mask to the hat with a buckle, revealing only her two eyes.

He wears a big red jacket on the top and a black skirt underneath.

With a quilt on his legs, he sat in a carriage covered with indigo grass, and held a bamboo fire cage in his arms to keep warm.

The reason why this bamboo fire cage will not be burned is because Xu Youliang has studied and understood, why the pomegranate sent by Huo Yunqian will not be frozen, and it will not be scalded and pumped all the way, and there is a clay pot in it.

And they buried the red-hot coals in the ashes.

Normally, buried in the ashes, we think we will put out the fire. In fact, it is easy to extinguish the fire if it is not buried in the ashes of plants and trees. Listening to the shopkeeper Lu and the shopkeeper Guo, many high-ranking families are playing spices in the ashes called burying incense, and this method is used.

My mother said that the one with iron sheet may be hotter, but how much does it cost?

Xu Youliang was reluctant to use iron sheets, so he found a clay pot to imitate two small baking cages.

In this way, the female relatives of the family go out, carrying a small one on their wrists that can be used to bake their hands, and they will not be delayed when they go out for a walk, as if they are carrying a small bag.

For example, his grandmother went out yesterday morning to show off the gold earrings and carried one, afraid of the charcoal fire in vain, and put a sweet potato in it, and when she went home after the show, the sweet potato happened to be baked.

Yesterday morning, Tian Xin'er had just gotten up from the bed, and took a bite of the sweet potato and said it was delicious.

At this time, in order to return to her parents' house before dawn, Yu Qinniang and Xu Youliang had been on the road for two hours before they arrived at their parents' house.

But they couldn't stop the little couple from getting closer and closer, and there was a smile on their faces that couldn't be hidden.

Yu Qinniang didn't expect her mother-in-law to prepare a car back to her parents' house for the New Year's gift, and even she didn't know what it was.

Because before she could ask, her mother-in-law stuffed hot baking cages into her arms and said, "Don't talk nonsense, get in the car quickly, and catch the car slowly if you are pregnant." Dick, did you hear that? This ice and snow are slippery, and no matter how anxious I am, I can slow down. If not, you two will come back the day after tomorrow. ”

The New Year's gift has been bundled well, and Yu Qinniang can't look at it if she wants to rummage through it on the road.

Yu Qinniang was so happy in her heart that she couldn't do it, and there was only one way for her to thank her: "I'll tell you, we must not go back the day after tomorrow, we will go back tomorrow." Do you remember? Don't want my mother to keep you a little, you just um, pretend to be a good person. There are a lot of things at home, you can't let your mother do it all, and the ribs of the milk are not all good. ”

"Got it."

Xu Lao Er couldn't help laughing.

He knew what kind of New Year's gifts he had put on.

And it is also clear why my mother prepared so much.

Mother said:

Your mother-in-law's house is too far away from ours. Think about the long way, you have to drive the ox cart to the effort, and how to push a cart of white stone dust from home.

To pick out that kind of big stone, my finger burns like that. When I arrived at our house, I began to help collect vegetables, help build a house, and go out with you to pour goods. Every time I let him eat more and not eat, and don't pay more wages, he really forced his wages, and he didn't return home until he was twenty-nine. Think about it, who can think about our family as much as your brother-in-law?

And your mother-in-law also helped to collect indigo grass to make shoes at home, and at first she didn't pour out the empty capital, and she didn't mention it, guessing that she would give dozens or hundreds of pairs of soles, and she didn't know who she would go to to borrow money to buy needlework fabrics.

That's really not a word of many, but we can't count it in our hearts.

My mother said that she liked this kind of not much talking.

What Xu Youliang didn't know was that Mrs. Xu was really satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

A year ago, I wanted to buy a silver collar for Tian Xin'er, Xiaoqin said next to her, buy a big one, mother, buy a big one, let the child wear it beautifully.

At that time, Mrs. Xu was thinking: I don't know what the daughter-in-law who has a warehouse and a silver can be like in the future, if she is a troublemaker, she will be divided.

But if Xiaoqin can stay the same, when her granddaughter needs the role of a mother when she gets married in the future, it will really be an aunt like Xiaoqin who will play.

Including giving birth to a baby or something, she is old, and she has to be Xiaoqin to serve the confinement child. You can't leave your life to your mother-in-law's family.

Although I think a little farther, but in short, it's good for the two to be one. can give a carload of New Year's gifts to the capable generals, and they should not pick on the in-laws who see the truth in adversity. And her son has been married for three years, and he really hasn't bought anything for his mother-in-law's house.

Mrs. Xu hopes that her sons will go out and be all young men who stand up to the sky.

This time, make up for it.

"It's almost there, daughter-in-law. You see, we're late......"

Yu Qinniang couldn't help laughing, as long as you can see idle people at the firewood stack at the head of the village, going out to visit the door and rubbing on the road, eager to eat when and when to enter the house again, it means that there are many young sons-in-law in the village.

Xu Lao Er tugged on the reins to let the cow slow down, and when he was about to enter the village, he didn't bump into the little baby running around, and said: "And this is basically a new son-in-law, his eyes are blank, he has nothing to do, and he is nervous when he sees people smirling." Half-new and not old like me are too lazy to be nervous outside, and their skin has been thickened and they are waiting on the hot kang. ”

"Did you ever rub around outside? I don't remember how you kept chopping wood in my backyard. ”

"Why didn't you rub it. I was still thinking, there is too little wood in your backyard, what do you say to your mother too early when you enter the house? There is no old man who can chatter. You see, your cousins-in-law have nagged when they go to your eldest and second uncle's house. Especially your uncle, your uncle is the most interested in the one who raises ducks at home, which is your brother-in-law? ”

"The third brother-in-law of the uncle's family."

"Yes, just him, no one entered the door, I remember your uncle shouted: Is Tian's son-in-law here? Come and someone will pave the jade (mattress), the kang will be hot for many nights, and the kang will be burned (the meaning that the kang will burn the meat if it is too hot).

The first time I went, I was stunned, and your uncle's accent was too heavy, but later I understood, and it was because your uncle instructed me to lay a mattress for your third brother-in-law. ”

Xu Youliang had never said this before, his mother-in-law's family was poor, and Qin Niang's eldest uncle and second uncle's family were already shorter. His aunt and uncle are not from Gao Pan's family, they are the same poor, and the two rooms can't look down on his daughter-in-law.

When I used to talk about this, I was sad.

Now, seeing that Xu Lao Er is still in the vernacular, I know that he has let go of a lot of knots:

"That year, I also came back in the wind and snow, and it was not easy to get that little bit of stupid roe deer meat, do you remember?"

Yu Qinniang said: "Remember, Tian Xin can't cry. In fact, a few of you really borrowed the light of the child to hunt stupid roe deer. ”

The roe deer looked like a fawn, extremely young and stupid, and was stupidly beaten with a stone and came back to see, wondering if it was hit by Tian Xin.

Then he hunted people down, and Tian Xin'er cried and begged to be released. It wasn't that our family was ruthless or not, it was that everyone didn't have anything to eat, and not only our family was present, but there were also men from other families in the village who shared the meat together, so I couldn't say that I would let it go.

Xu Lao Er said:

"Our family got those roe deer leg meat back then, cut off half of it and brought it to my mother-in-law.

And my mother-in-law didn't leave any meat in order to save face for me.

Xiaoli also cried, and asked his mother-in-law why there was no meat foam left, and he hadn't tasted meat for a year.

That's really all from your uncle's second uncle's family and said that your new aunt will get it.

Your aunt said, what stinks, put it on the edge of the cutting board, and I have to use the cutting board to cut vegetables.

When your second uncle was eating, he praised his own aunt and son-in-law, and praised your uncle's son-in-law.

When he came to me, he said that I, don't go out to find a job, saying that I earn those two jujubes, which is not enough to find Liu Lizheng's money to open the way to lead people out. It's better to eat less on the kang at home, and save money with your stomach as earning.

I'm poor, it's not right for me to go out to find a job, it's not right to lie at home and stay at home. It's not right to do anything. ”

Xu Youliang looked at Yujiazhuang, who had been absent for a long time, and then thought about it as if something had happened for a long time.

In fact, it was two years ago that he continued:

"Daughter-in-law, your uncle drank some wine and heard this even more energetic. He looked at me and sighed and said, what can I do in the future, saying that we are like this, the child is born in our family, and we both suffer as children, and he also asked me, is he right? ”

He almost blurted out that he was right.

Xu Youliang remembered that he was also very honest at the beginning, and thought about coming to pay New Year's greetings and not clashing with his elders, which was inconsistent with what his brother taught him.

Second, maybe what people say is also the truth, but we don't want to hear it.

No matter what, just when he was about to bow his head and say right, his mother-in-law should have heard what was said in the house in the stove room, and suddenly pulled the door open and called out to him: "Uncle, go, go home with your mother, don't eat here." ”

There was a trilling in the mother-in-law's voice that could not be hidden.

Mother-in-law and his mother have different temperaments, and they are not the kind of people who dare to conflict with others, otherwise they would not be bullied like that by the other two families.

So on the way back that time, my mother-in-law trembled with anger and only said two words repeatedly.

One sentence is: "Why do you say my uncle?" ”

Another sentence is: "If your father is alive, uncle, you believe in your mother, your father-in-law will definitely say that your son-in-law is a distinguished guest in front of the door, quickly enter the house and sit in the kang, make tea and sit on the seat." ”

This made his mother-in-law cry, Xu Lao Er didn't dare to look at his mother-in-law at that time, he was very embarrassed.

And in the second year, before the New Year, my mother-in-law sent a letter and said that it was cold, so that they didn't have to toss back and forth, and it was good to know that it was filial.

Yu Qinniang felt uncomfortable when she heard that her man had been wronged, and she was already emotionally unstable during pregnancy. And she only has more grievances in her stomach than her man.

Let's put it this way, the cousins said that she was still wearing the ragged clothes she wore when she was a girl, and the disgusting voice was not a bad thing.

So she wiped away her tears when she was excited, and didn't forget to say while sobbing: "But I still don't want you to be too arrogant, let it pass in the past, I'm afraid that they will get involved in our family's borrowing money." It's better to look down on us to worry. ”

scared Xu Laoer: "Daughter-in-law, we are chattering, are you wiping your tears to give me eye medicine?" Seeing that I want to go to my mother's house, wipe it off quickly, or I will wipe it in the morning. ”

In the distance, someone suddenly shouted: "Dali Niang, come out and take a look, it seems that your aunt and daughter are back!" ”

Yu Qinniang's old lady, Lin, was killing chickens in the yard, and rushed out with a kitchen knife when she heard the words, thinking that it was wrong, she threw the kitchen knife into the courtyard again, and hurriedly wiped her hands with an apron.

The door of Yu's house opened early.

Lin waited for his daughter and son-in-law to return home in the morning, so he only cooked a bowl of gruel for his two sons in the morning, even if it was a meal, and said that they would eat dry together when your brother-in-law came back.

Xu Youliang also heard someone on the slope calling his mother-in-law, so he hurriedly drove with one hand, raised the whip in his hand with the other and shouted, "Mother, we're back!" ”

As soon as the jujube-red ox cart arrived, Xu Lao Er helped his daughter-in-law get out of the car first:

"Mother, I know that you are worried about Xiaoqin's belly, take a look at her. Vigorously, come, unload the car with me. Xiaoli, brother-in-law gave you a good thing, firecrackers. ”

Diagonally opposite Yu's house is Uncle Yu and Uncle Yu's house.

Yu Dali directly lit the firecracker that his brother-in-law had just given his brother, and he didn't help move the New Year's gift, so he let his sister and his mother were already happy and stupid, talking to the neighbors at the door.

Let his brother-in-law unload the car in the same way, and let the sound of firecrackers and the cheers of the children provoke the two uncles to come out and see.

Thirty catties of Houzhen meat, Xu Youliang moved down: "Mother, let's eat it in the New Year this time, don't be reluctant." ”

"Why do you buy so much?" Lin was surprised.

The neighbors near Yu's house even touched me with their elbows, and I touched you. Oh, my God.

Xu Youliang replied with a smile while moving towards the courtyard: "When I came, my mother said that I always heard others tell her daughter-in-law to be filial to her in-laws, and no one has ever told her son-in-law to be kind to her father-in-law and mother-in-law." Isn't this year the family is better, she said that our Xu family boys must be kind to their mother-in-law's family. Besides, Xiaoqin did that, my milk, my mother-in-law Ti is more satisfied with her, and the two of them said together, not much! ”

These words almost brought tears of excitement to Lin's eyes.

In fact, as long as there is this sentence, the whole village can hear that her daughter is very rare by her in-laws, and this is enough. Otherwise, even if she is pregnant, there are still people who say that it is not necessary to give birth to a girl boy, the Xu family is no longer the same, and she can still look down on her illiterate daughter.

Two cans of lanolin.

Sticky beans wrapped in two pots.

Half a jar of flowering big steamed buns, a bag of bean bags, Xu Youliang was asked by Lin why he still brought dry food: "This is all steamed by my milk, I don't believe you ask vigorously, my milk bean buns are steamed well, mother, the bean noodles are sweet and noodles, and I specially steamed them on the 29th day for me to bring to you to taste." ”

Two large baskets of fish.

Lin really didn't care about talking politely to her neighbor this time, and she couldn't wait to tie the fish back to the car again:

"Didn't you let Dali bring back four big fish a year ago? I haven't finished eating those few bars yet, so why did I bring two more baskets? "How do you want to move your in-laws' house? You have to sell it for money.

"Mother, that's big, this time it's not small, it's okay to do it for Xiaoli to eat, mother, let go quickly, hahaha, I'll carry it into the hospital."

Xiao Li didn't pay attention to the firecrackers anymore, he was looking at his brother-in-law with bright eyes, and turned around Xu Lao Er.

And looking at this scene vigorously, he suddenly remembered that Xu Youyin had sighed with him that there were no relatives to help him build the house that time, and the moment he saw him, his heart was hot.

At this time, he vigorously wanted to say that his brother-in-law's arrival today was no longer a hot thing in his heart, but a beam of light like his family.

Dad, don't look at your son, I haven't come out yet, but your son-in-law can already hold up the lintel for the Yu family.

Two jars of wine, two jars of canned frozen fruits and sugar, a stack of dim sum boxes, Xu Youliang has not finished moving: "These are given to my mother by my niece." ”

Xu Lao Er thought to himself: When he turned around and entered the house, he had to tell his mother-in-law that the jar and everything would be vacated for him, and he would have to take it home to continue trading and loading things.

Lin slapped his thigh and was very annoyed: "I wanted to ask at the beginning, why didn't I bring it to the child." For this reason, she also dismantled the quilt with heavy cotton and specially prepared a red envelope.

Although she came back vigorously and said that the little girl was very busy, but in case, her daughter boasted that she had a good relationship with her niece, and she would lead her mother's family to her grandmother's house when she turned back.

Unexpectedly, there was no case, Xiaoqinjing fooled her.

On the other side, the door of the eldest and second uncles of the Yu family has always been expected to be windy, and they will report to the third aunt's house in the house at any time. (End of chapter)