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Yu Qiniang wore a cotton hat stuffed with chicken and duck feathers. She tied a black cotton mask on the hat with a buckle, leaving only her two eyes exposed.

Wearing a red coat on top and a black skirt underneath.

His legs were covered with a quilt, and he was sitting in a carriage covered with sage grass. He also held a bamboo fire cage in his arms for warmth, which contained charcoal fire.

The reason why this bamboo fire cage will not be burned is because Xu Youliang's research has revealed why the pomegranate sent by Huo Yunqian will not be frozen, nor will it be scalded and peeled along the way. It has a clay pot inside.

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

Normally, we all think that if it is buried in ashes, it will extinguish the fire. In fact, it is easier to put out a fire if it is not buried in plant ashes. I heard from shopkeepers Lu and Guo that many high-ranking families play with spices in ashes and call them burying incense. This is the method they use.

My mother said that it might be warmer using an iron one, but how much would it cost?

Xu Youliang was reluctant to use iron sheets, so he found clay pots and made two small drying cages.

In this way, when the female family members go out, they can carry a small one on their wrists to warm their hands, and they can go out for a walk without delay, just like carrying a small bag.

For example, yesterday morning his grandma went out to show off her gold earrings, so she carried one on her shoulder to avoid wasting the charcoal fire. She also put a sweet potato in it. After showing off, she came home and the sweet potato was roasted.

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

At this time, Yu Qinniang and Xu Youliang had been on the road for two hours and had not yet arrived at their parents' home in order to return to their parents' home before dawn.

But it couldn't stop the young couple from getting closer and closer, with uncontrollable smiles on their faces.

Yu Qinniang didn't expect that her mother-in-law would prepare a car for her to go back to her parents' home as a new year's gift, and she didn't even know what it was.

Because before she could ask, her mother-in-law stuffed each warm basket into her arms and said, "Stop talking nonsense and get in the car quickly. If you are pregnant, drive slowly. Brother, do you hear me? It's freezing and snowy." I'm so nervous, no matter how anxious I am, I should slow down. If it doesn't work, you two will come back the day after tomorrow."

The New Year's gift had been bundled up well, and Yu Qinniang couldn't even look through it on the way.

Yu Qinniang was so happy that she had only one way to express her gratitude: "I tell you, we will definitely not come back the day after tomorrow, but will come back tomorrow. Do you remember? If my mother doesn't let you stay for a little while, you just... Pretend to be a good person. There are a lot of things at home, I can’t let my mother do them all, and my ribs are not all healed either.”

"Got it."

Xu Laoer couldn't help laughing.

He did know what kind of New Year gifts he was pretending to be.

And I also know why my mother prepared so much.

Mother said:

Your mother-in-law's house is too far away from our home. Think about how hard it is for you to drive an ox cart for such a long journey, and how Dali pushed a cart of white stone powder from home.

My fingers were burned to pick out that big stone. When we arrived at our house, we started to help collect vegetables, help build a house, and go on long trips with you to carry goods. Every time he was asked to eat more, he didn't want to eat more, and he was given more wages, which was really forced on him. He didn't go home until he was twenty-nine. Think about it, who can be as practical and considerate of our family as your brother-in-law?

Moreover, your mother-in-law was helping to collect jingang grass to make shoes at home. At first, she didn’t give the money to the capital, and she didn’t mention it. She guessed that if she gave tens or hundreds of pairs of shoe soles, she might go to someone’s house to borrow money to buy them. Needlework fabric.

That's really not a lot of words to say, but our family can't be ignorant.

My mother said that she likes people who don't talk much.

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

Years ago, I wanted to buy a silver necklace for Tian Xin'er. Xiaoqin said closely to me, "Buy a big one, Mom, buy a big one so that the child can wear it more beautifully."

At that time, Mrs. Xu was thinking: I wonder what kind of wife Youcang and Youyin will find in the future. If she is a troublemaker, she will be divided.

But if Xiaoqin can remain the same, when her granddaughter needs a mother's role in getting married in the future, an aunt like Xiaoqin will really have to play the role.

Including giving birth to a baby and so on, she is getting older, and she needs Xiaoqin to take care of her confinement period. You can't leave your life to your husband's family.

Although I think it's a bit far-sighted, in short, it's good to combine the two into one. If you can give carloads of New Year's gifts to capable generals, you should also not be stingy with your in-laws, who are friends in times of need. Moreover, her son really hasn’t bought anything for his mother-in-law’s house in the three years since he started his family.

Mrs. Xu hopes that her sons will all be upright young men when they go out.

This time, make up for it.

"We're almost here, wife. Look, we're late..."

Yu Qinniang couldn't help laughing. As long as you can see people hanging around at the firewood pile at the end of the village, hanging out on the road when going out to visit, eager to come back when dinner is served, it means that there are many sons-in-law in the village.

Xu Laoer tugged on the reins to tell the oxen to slow down and not hit the running children when they were about to enter the village. He said: "And this is basically a new son-in-law. His eyes are dull, he has nothing to do, and he smiles stupidly when he sees others. He is nervous. A shabby guy like me is too lazy to be nervous outside. I have grown thick-skinned and stay on the hot bed."

"Did you hang out outside back then? Why don't I remember it? I remember you were always chopping wood in my backyard."

"Why didn't you bother? I was thinking at the beginning, there is too little wood in your backyard. What should you say to your mother when you enter the house too early? You don't have an old man to chat with. Look, your cousins-in-law are going to your uncle. There are always nagging people in the second uncle’s family. Especially your uncle. Who is your uncle’s most promising brother-in-law? The one who raises ducks at home. Who is your brother-in-law? "

"My uncle's third brother-in-law."

"Yes, it's him. Before anyone came in, I remember your uncle shouted: Is Tian's son-in-law here? Come quickly and make a jade (mattress). It's been a long night (the kang is hot), and the kang will burn if it's too hot. to the meaning of meat).

The first time I went there, I was confused because your uncle's accent was too strong. But later I understood that it was because your uncle ordered me to make the mattress for your third brother-in-law. "

Xu Youliang had never said this before. Her mother-in-law's family was poor, and Yu Qinniang's eldest and second uncles were already a head shorter. His uncle is not from a high-ranking family, he is just as poor, and the two families cannot look down on his wife's family.

When I talked about this in the past, I felt sad.

Now, seeing that Xu Laoer is still speaking in plain language, we know that he has let go of a lot of worries:

"That year we also came back in the wind and snow. It was not easy to get those silly roe deer meat. Do you still remember?"

Yu Qinniang said: "Remember, Tian Xin couldn't help but cry. In fact, you guys really took advantage of the child to hunt the stupid roe deer."

The roe deer looks like a deer, it is very young and stupid. After being hit with stones, it stupidly came back to see if it was Tian Xin who hit it.

Then they hunted him down, and Tian Xin'er cried and begged to be released soon. That time it wasn’t a matter of our family being cruel or not, it was because everyone had nothing to eat, and not only our family members were present, but also men from other families in the village were sharing the meat, so we couldn’t say let it go.

Xu Laoer said:

“My family was given some roe deer leg meat back then, and we cut off half of it and brought it to my mother-in-law.

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

Xiaoli even cried and asked his mother-in-law why there was no meat foam left at all. He had not tasted meat for a year.

They were all taken to your eldest uncle's and second uncle's house and your new uncle gave them to you.

Your auntie said, "What the hell is that smelly? Put it next to the cutting board. I have to use the cutting board to cut vegetables."

When your second uncle was having dinner, after praising his own aunt, he also praised your eldest uncle's son-in-law.

When he came to my place, he told me that I should not go out to look for work at all. He said that the three melons and two dates I earned were not enough to find Liu Lizheng to open the way to attract favors. It's better to lie down on the kang at home and eat less, and just think of it as earning money. I am poor. It is not right for me to go out and look for work. It is not right for me to stay at home and be lazy. No matter what you do, it's wrong. "

Xu Youliang looked at Yujiazhuang, which had been away for a long time, and when he thought about it again, it seemed like it had happened a long time ago.

In fact, two years ago, he continued:

"Daughter-in-law, your uncle got even more excited when he heard this after drinking some wine. He looked at me and sighed and said, what will happen in the future? He said that we are like this. If the child is entrusted to our family, he will suffer as a son and daughter to us. , and asked me, is what he said right?"

He almost blurted it out right.

Xu Youliang remembered that he was quite honest and honest back then, and wanted to avoid contradicting his elders when he came to pay New Year greetings. This was inconsistent with what his brother taught him.

Second, maybe what others are telling is the truth, but we just don’t want to listen.

No matter what, just when he was about to lower his head and say yes, his mother-in-law must have heard what was said in the kitchen, and suddenly opened the door and called to him: "Uncle, let's go home with mother, don't eat here. ”

There was an uncontrollable vibrato in the mother-in-law's voice.

My mother-in-law and his mother have different temperaments. 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 after the three-bedroom separation.

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

One sentence is: "Why do you talk about my uncle?"

Another sentence is: "If your father were alive, uncle, and you believe my mother, your father-in-law would definitely say that your son-in-law is a distinguished guest at the door. Come and sit on the kang of the house, make tea and sit down."

This made his mother-in-law cry. Xu Laoer didn't dare to look at her mother-in-law at that time. He was very embarrassed.

The next year, before the Chinese New Year, my mother-in-law sent a message saying that it was cold, so they didn't have to go back and forth, and they just knew they were being filial.

Yu Qiniang felt uncomfortable when she heard that her man had been wronged so much. She was already emotionally unstable during pregnancy. And she only feels more wronged than her man.

Let's put it this way, her cousins ​​said that she was still wearing the shabby clothes she wore as a girl, and her disgusted voice was not an unpleasant thing to say.

So she wiped her tears when she was excited, and said while sobbing: "But I still don't want you to be too proud. Let the past go. I'm afraid that they will get involved in our borrowing money. What should I do? It's better to look down on us. Come with peace of mind.”

Xu Laoer was frightened: "Daughter-in-law, we are chatting. When you wipe your tears, you are giving me eye drops, right? I'm about to go to my mother's house. Wipe it clean quickly, otherwise the whole morning will be wasted. .”

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

Yu Qiniang's wife, Mrs. Lin, was killing chickens in the yard. After hearing this, she rushed out with a kitchen knife. Thinking that something was wrong, she threw the kitchen knife into the yard and hurriedly wiped her hands with her apron.

The door to Yu's house opened early.

Mrs. Lin had been waiting for her daughter and son-in-law to come home all morning. For this reason, she only cooked a bowl of porridge for her two sons as a meal in the morning, saying that we would eat together when your brother-in-law came back.

Xu Youliang also heard someone calling his mother-in-law on the slope. He quickly drove the car with one hand and raised the whip in the other hand and shouted: "Mom, we are back!"

As soon as the maroon oxcart arrived, Xu Laoer helped his wife out of the car first:

"Mom, I know you are worried about Xiaoqin's belly, please take a look at her. Dali, come and unload the car with me. Xiaoli, my brother-in-law gives you a good thing, firecrackers."

Diagonally across from Yu's house is uncle Yu's and second uncle's house.

Yu Dali directly lit the firecrackers that his brother-in-law had just given to his younger brother, and he didn't even help carry the New Year's gifts. He just let his sister and his mother, who were already so happy, talk to the neighbors at the door.

He let his brother-in-law unload the truck and let the sound of firecrackers and the cheers of the children make the two uncles come out to take a look.

Xu Youliang brought down thirty kilograms of pork belly and said, "Mom, let's make it and eat it during the first month of the year. Don't be reluctant."

"Why buy so much?" Lin was surprised.

Neighbors near Yu's house even used their elbows to touch each other. Oh my god.

Xu Youliang replied with a smile as he moved towards the courtyard: "When I came here, my mother said that she always heard others tell the daughter-in-law to be filial to the parents-in-law, but no one ever told the son-in-law to be nice to the father-in-law and mother-in-law. Isn't it this year that things are better at home? Well, she said that we men of the Xu family must be nicer to our mother-in-law’s family. Besides, Xiaoqin has done that, my mother, let alone my mother, is satisfied with her. The two of them said together, not much!"

These words almost brought tears to Lin's eyes.

In fact, as long as she has this sentence, the whole village can hear that her daughter is very popular with her husband's family, which is enough. Otherwise, even if she is pregnant, there are still people saying that it is not necessarily a girl to have a boy. The Xu family is no longer the same, and they can still look up to her illiterate daughter.

Two jars of suet.

Two pots of sticky bean buns.

With half a vat of big steamed buns and a bag of bean buns, Xu Youliang was asked by Mrs. Lin why he brought dry food with him: "These are all steamed with my milk. If you don't believe me, ask Dali, how good is my steamed milk bean buns? Mom, the bean noodles are also It's sweet and noodles. I steamed it specially on the 29th and asked me to bring it to you to try."

Two big baskets of fish.

Mrs. Lin really couldn't care less about talking politely to her neighbors this time. She couldn't wait to tie the fish back to the car:

"Didn't Dali ask Dali to bring back four big fish years ago? Those few haven't been eaten yet, so why did he bring two more baskets?" Why did he have to move all his husband's family? You have to sell money to do business.

"Mom, that's the big one. This time, it's the middle one and it's smaller. I made it for Xiaoli to eat if nothing happened. Mom, please let go, hahaha, so I can carry him into the hospital."

Xiao Li no longer looked at the firecrackers. He was looking at his brother-in-law with bright eyes, circling around Xu Laoer.

While Dali looked at this scene, he suddenly remembered that Xu Youyin once told him with emotion that no relatives came to help him build a house that time. The moment he appeared, he felt warm in his heart.

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

Dad, although your son has not yet shown his potential, your son-in-law can already support the Yu family.

Two jars of wine, two jars of canned jelly and sugar, and a pile of snack boxes, Xu Youliang hadn't finished moving them yet: "These were given to my mother by my niece."

Xu Laoer thought to himself: When he went back into the house, he wanted to tell his mother-in-law that the jars and other things should be freed for him, and he also wanted to take her home to continue doing business and packing things.

Mrs. Lin slapped her thigh and was very annoyed: "I wanted to ask from the beginning why I didn't get it for my child." For this reason, she also removed the heavy cotton from the quilt and specially prepared a red seal.

Although Dali said when he came back that the little girl was very busy, but just in case, her daughter boasted that she had a good relationship with her niece and would take her parents to visit her grandma's house later.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qinjing deceived her.

Across the way, Uncle Yu's uncle and his second uncle's house were always facing the wind, and they were rushing to the house at any time to report what they were moving to the third aunt's house. (End of chapter)