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"Grandma, over there they moved a pot of vegetables covered with a ragged quilt into the yard. When I didn't see it, I heard someone ask me if it was a vegetable and what else was there (intestines)."

It's bean sprouts and noodle intestines, and the bean sprouts are enough for three to five days.

The reason why the sausages were sent was because the Xu family had sold all the meat sausages to the Zhenbei Army and Fucheng County, and no caravan wanted to buy them back.

Shopkeeper Lu also asked, won't it be there in another ten days and a half? The Xu family said no, and they would continue to supply the Zhenbei Army and restaurants from other places in a few days. There was no way, we had a contract and we couldn't break it, and we didn't get any food during the Chinese New Year.

However, the noodle sausages were sold to Dashan's daughter-in-law in the town. It didn't matter if she sold more or less. Mrs. Xu took out twenty of them and brought them to her in-laws as a New Year's gift, so that Xiaoli, who stayed at home, could eat some.

After all, this is a homemade specialty of the Xu family.

Helpless, these two things were nothing. What Yu heard was that she was scolding her little granddaughter: "I don’t know what the dish is, and what kind of dish it is. It’s too long or short. It’s such a waste. You can’t even learn to speak. Are you just looking at the firecrackers?" La? Not doing anything serious at all.

Third grandson, third grandson, you go out and watch the fun with your sister. If they give you something to eat, you can take it. Do you hear me? "

Sure enough, this third grandson is a smart child.

After a while, he ran back and told his mother:

"Grandma, I even brought the fifteen-year-old Lantern Festival with me. It made many grandmas and aunts envious. I also brought it to the yard to dry vegetables."

Just as Uncle Yu's eldest daughter was about to pout, her third nephew immediately told grandma and aunts:

“It’s not the kind of dried wild vegetables we keep at home.

I heard from people in the village that the kelp was given by the high official to Uncle Xu's family. Anyway, it is a dish that we have never seen before. There is also a jar of mature vinegar, which was also given by the high official. It was specially brought from the south. Uncle Xu's family brought it to him. Have a taste. "

"Gone?"

Finally gone.

Aunt Yu was just about to breathe a sigh of relief, but this year she was completely overshadowed by the third room. Even her son-in-law Tian, ​​who was coming soon, probably couldn't compare to this kind of New Year's gift.

Unexpectedly, it was not over yet. Her grandson said that he would investigate again and report again.

This is really true. I knew clearly that you were here to see your mother-in-law, but those who didn't know thought you were here to give a gift to the county magistrate. What kind of unattainable mother-in-law is she? Holding it like this.

Fortunately, this time her third grandson ran back in the blink of an eye and said:

"There are two more things, but Xu's uncle is no longer showing off. These are the only things he said after being asked by the villagers. I suspect it's sugar. I can't tell for sure. Grandma, if he doesn't tell me, how can I know? And , the bullock cart cannot enter the courtyard."

"Why can't you enter the courtyard?"

"Uncle Xu's bullock cart is too big, and it's just a stone's throw away from the main gate of my third grandma's house. We either have to unload the main gate or have to unload the goods at the gate."

The child was a little disappointed and said, "Hey, uncle Xu's family doesn't seem to recognize my sister and I. The third grandma in the courtyard was surrounded by everyone and couldn't see us. No one gave us food."

Xu Youliang really didn't know the children of the Yu family.

I have only been to Yujiazhuang twice in the three years since I got married. Every time I visited, I was preached to.

He had to lower his head to be scolded, so how could he have the time to observe his uncle's grandchildren?

However, I have to say, look at how detailed this junior grandson’s report was.

Not only that, this child showed great talent and also learned the words spoken by every family in the village:

"This year in our Zhuangzi, Uncle Xu is the first uncle, and no one can compare with him."

"The fat lady in the east courtyard said that with such a brother-in-law, it would be difficult for the two brothers-in-law in that courtyard to be poor."

Aunt Yu and the girls who had arrived at her parents' home felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

"My second wife patted her thigh and praised Uncle Xu, saying that a good daughter is not as good as a good son-in-law. She was talking about Uncle Xu..."

What the hell?

Aunt Yu was so anxious that her second cousin and sister-in-law had already gone to tease her.

She didn't care about cooking, and hurriedly opened the door and said to her man: "I'm nagging endlessly. This is why my uncle is so chatty. My third brother-in-law is back."

On the other hand, he ran to the gate angrily, not wanting to let his second brother and sister pretend to be nice alone. The second brother and sister always wear urinals with gold rims, leaving only their mouths.

One of the four golden flowers at Uncle Yu's house was still missing, so the remaining three looked at each other, feeling a little uncomfortable and followed them out.

A cousin who was once inferior to them in every way.

Over the years, they have four biological sisters, plus two cousins ​​from the second bedroom. Among the seven, only Xiaoqin, the third bedroom, has lived the worst.

A cousin who once picked up their old clothes and wore them even after they got married.

At that time, they would give Xiaoqin old clothes if they liked her. But if they didn't, they would not give them to her. The old clothes would also have to be patched to cover the soles of her shoes. If you give it kindly, treat it as a New Year's gift to the third aunt's family. There is no need to prepare other annual gifts separately. The third aunt still needs to say thank you.

When an orphan girl is married into the Xu family, she has to serve her eldest uncle's family. To put it bluntly, she is no different from being a stepmother.

Seeing with your own eyes is worse than hearing about it.

They want to see what has become of them now?

At this time, Xu Youliang was being introduced by Yu Dali, and accompanied by the joyful but slow sound of firecrackers, he was greeting the village elders one by one with a smile on his face.

There are several places that Xu Youliang brought so many pastry gift boxes to visit. It's not just for my mother-in-law's family.

For example, Yu Jiazhuang was about to visit, and the upright young son was present. When they patted each other on the shoulders, they took the opportunity to say that they would go to your house to sit in a while. Let Li Zheng's youngest son take the words back first.

In this way, Dali will go back to Erdaohe with him tomorrow or sometime, and it will be more convenient to go out and leave the village in the future, and he will not be embarrassed by others. You can't do anything trivial, just rely on your family's acquaintance with senior officials or Brother Dashan, who is suppressed by the power of the town pavilion. Give what you should give, it's just a matter of favor.

There are also some relatives, Xu Youliang knows it well.

When the family was separated, he had put in a good word for his mother-in-law, and only then was he allocated two acres of high-quality land and some farm tools. No matter when, he would receive this favor.

I didn't have the ability before, so I could only be respectful and polite to everyone everywhere.

This time, as the son-in-law of the Yu family, he wanted to visit with some gifts. In this case, if the relationship is better, then he will take away the strong labor force, and only the mother-in-law and Xiaoli will be left in the village. If there is any difficulty, it is not expected that other people can lend a hand, or give the second house to the second house. He sent a letter or something.

So when I came out of the Yu family's main room, I saw that Xu Youliang had changed a lot after two years.

Not only has he become a lively young man, but he also keeps actively greeting young and old men. The affairs of the mother-in-law's family are his business.

How could he still crawl to their house to spread the mattress, help chop firewood, and even sit at the end of the meal with his head bowed and not saying a word.

Several girls in the main room of the Yu family looked specifically at Yu Qiniang, who was being held by the neighbor's fat aunt.

Yu Qiniang was wearing a red coat without a patch.

Paired with the maroon oxcart next to it, it is a car.

It seemed like her mother was blaming her for not stopping her and buying so much.

Yu Qinniang told Mrs. Lin the truth: "Mom, your uncle bought the pork belly without consulting me. He never said like other men, just leave the money here and I can buy whatever I want during the New Year." Whatever you want to buy, just buy it for your mother’s family, I never say this.”

Yu Dali was still trying to unload the gate with the boys in the village. The door couldn't be unloaded, so he could only temporarily remove the boards on the ox cart to let the old cows rest after driving all the way.

Hearing this, his eyes widened, and for the first time he realized that his sister's mouth was quite capable of smearing her brother-in-law outside. If he hadn't stayed in the Xu family, he would have believed it.

Dali looked at his brother-in-law, who was the backbone of the family, and felt so unjust: "Sister, do you have any conscience when you say this?"

Yu Qiniang smiled:

"I do, I do. If he does this, to be honest, I really can't bear it.

Mom, he just went back and bought it without giving me a chance to stop him.

Not to mention my mother-in-law. When I asked her, she told me to eat more good food and worry less. Even my niece didn’t care what clothes I put on my face and what clothes I wore.

I really don’t want to be the head of my husband’s family, hahaha, I didn’t know anything before I came here! "

Xu Laoer turned to his mother-in-law and complained with a smile: "Yes, mother, let her be the head of the house, but she is too lazy to do it. My mother gave her money and asked her to take care of it." Everyone finally understood. This is a blessed person. No need to be busy.

What else do you think of a home like this?

If you are the head of the family, your natal family may not be able to take advantage of it.

Why are you so enviable and hateful? You don't give others a sense of happiness at all. You have to go back and find several miserable people to compare and contrast, otherwise you will feel panicked after hearing this.

Isn't that right? A village aunt said something sarcastic loudly: "I really don't like giving gifts like this. How can the meat be delicious if it's not finished and thawed repeatedly? It's true on the second day of the lunar new year. In fact, the main reason is that I didn't give birth to a baby. My daughter and two sons, I’m jealous.”

She was pushed by Mrs. Lin and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Qi, don't be scared by my uncle. People who don't know you would think you are really hot-eyed. If your eyes are hot, don't worry. I will send a bowl to your house even if I don't eat." Meat."

What a gift.

Because she had no money to buy needlework and thread to put on the soles of her shoes, she borrowed the money from the seventh sister-in-law who had not given birth to a daughter. There is also the fat sister-in-law of the neighbor in the east courtyard who has helped me a lot over the years. Better than the two sisters-in-law who live across the street.

Even the fattest old hen that my uncle had just killed for entertaining me this morning was bought from my fat sister-in-law and was specially kept by her.

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed out loud.

It happened that the bullock cart had finished unloading its carriages, and it was time to drag it into the yard, tie it up, feed it with fodder and drink some water.

Mrs. Lin started to prepare: "Then let's go inside first. I'll let my uncle talk to everyone later, and the children will drive all the way to the kang to warm themselves up."

Then he looked specifically at the second sister-in-law: "Second sister-in-law, we will go there in a while."

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, brother and sister, I came here because I'm really happy for your family. It's been a long time since I've seen Xiaoqin. Oh my god, this child really makes me miss you."

The second aunt of the Yu family was overjoyed when she got the right word.

This means that I will go to her house for a while.

She doesn't care what the relationship was like before, as long as she has the ability, she will always try to get along with him.

However, she turned around and slapped her man for his big mouth. Why did he owe so much to drink some wine? He was said to be poor back then. The third brother and sister were so angry that they wiped away tears and left.

You see, now we can only try hard to find ways to ease the relationship.

Fortunately, he was better than the eldest brother. The eldest brother directly said that the third-bedroom Xu family's uncle could not afford to raise children. If he could not prepare for it, he would hold a grudge for the rest of his life. Bah, that was even more heartless.

The female relatives of uncle Yu's family, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers and the flattery of the villagers, became more excited and excited as they watched. They turned around and went home as early as Yu Qinniang laughed.

When I entered the hospital, I muttered in a worried voice:

"It's really cool."

"You either can't afford it, or you have to make up for the New Year's gift to your mother-in-law at once, right?"

"Otherwise, why would I even bring dumplings and bean buns? How could it be such a coincidence? On the second day of the Lunar New Year, my father said that they couldn't afford to raise children, so it was me who brought the dumplings and my eldest sister brought the bean buns."

"Yes, that's just to show off to our family. Don't you have a lot of girls in your family? Let your father say that I am poor, and let your family take cakes and that family take bean buns. He simply gave us two bedrooms and six daughters and son-in-law. I will bring all the new year gifts to his mother-in-law. This is for revenge."

Uncle Yu suddenly asked loudly in the room: "What are you talking about outside again? Brother-in-law from the third room will come back when he comes back. He will also come to see me when he comes back. Why don't you go and find where Tian's son-in-law is? He will kneel down soon." present!"

This is true.

No matter how disgusted you are, you still have to come and have a look. After all, the Yu family and the Xu family are in different situations. They have never done anything to the point of breaking off the relationship.

In the eyes of people in Zhuangzi, it is a whole.

Mrs. Lin always said that if your grandparents and your father were alive, they would definitely not want to be able to move around. Regardless of whether the family's two acres of land and property are large or small, they are inherited from the ancestors. Then you must follow your father’s and your father’s ideas.

It can be seen that the personalities are different and the handling methods are different. As the son-in-law, Xu Youliang must respect the Yu family's choice and come to the house. This is not called giving face to those two families, but fighting for face between the mother-in-law and his own daughter-in-law.

But whether the Lin family was hurt after the separation, or whether she scolded her uncle for being vindictive, she still had some changes.

When she entered the house, she first made hot tea for her son-in-law, then took off her daughter's cotton-padded shoes and made her sit on the Kang. Then she said she would take two boxes of cakes to your uncle's house, one box for each family would be fine. No need to carry anything else. I will definitely not eat at those two restaurants this year.

Ms. Lin felt that it would be nice if her uncle could give him face. It was already difficult enough for the child, so she was reluctant to give her in-laws' care to others. If there is delicious food, let my uncle and daughter eat it. We only come here once a year, so let us children have some satisfying meals.

Dali and Xu Youliang looked at each other. They both thought that one box of cakes for the family was enough. They thought, this man is really strange. When we were poor, we wished we could give him everything our family could give us. He was so embarrassed that no one could look up to him.

When we are ready, we simply bring some New Year gifts to the door. Some talented people are so powerful that they don’t even bring anything. As long as the person enters the house, the other person will be very happy and feel radiant.

This is what they discovered when they went out to deliver goods.

"Indeed, they will be happy if my brother-in-law can go. Brother-in-law, let's not be in a hurry. We will kneel down in front of the ceremony at any time, and then go and sit down for a while."

And this is also the reason why it is necessary to visit the two uncles of the Yu family.

There is a local custom that when sons-in-law, grandsons, and grandsons-in-law return home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, they must go to the ancestral hall to kneel down before eating.

You can only eat after paying homage to your ancestors. This is to tell the ancestors that your uncle is half a child back.

Usually a family of sons and daughters-in-law gather together and walk towards the ancestral hall.

As a brother-in-law, Xu Youliang wants to find those cousins-in-law, for example, the son-in-law Tian from Pu Yuzi? After finding the son-in-law, you have to pay thirty-six copper coins to the patriarch of Yujiazhuang Ancestral Hall, and each of these sons-in-law will be given a long piece of red paper, which they can hang around their necks like a red scarf when they kneel down to worship.

So today, not only in the village, but also in Erdaohe, a village with mixed surnames, they have moved out the big pig heads for ancestor worship, and they also have to hold this ceremony for the aunts and grandsons who have returned to their parents' homes. Although it had never been done before, Liu Laozhu had to pay attention to the villagers before, so he would not bother to do it. This is the first time.

Bai Muyan was at his grandma's house, and his father was holding his mother's wooden sign and was about to kneel down and salute.

No other family has a daughter to kneel down and worship on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but Bai's mother has raised a son who has passed the imperial examination. Whether Bai's mother goes to her husband's family to worship her ancestors or goes back to her parents' family to worship her ancestors, she is qualified to attend when she is alive, but when she is not alive, she is generally listed with men. Ancestral hall.

Now, Xu Youliang saw that the time was almost up, so he went to Uncle Yu's house with the pastry box.

It was such a coincidence that before I entered the house, I heard that Tian's son-in-law had just arrived and was freezing. He was saying, "I can't get a ride, Dad, my second cousin drove my car away to his father-in-law's house."

"Hurry up and make jade, make jade."

When Xu Youliang entered the house, the uncle's mother smiled a little unnaturally. After all, it was the first time she greeted him so proactively and said, "Oh, it's my uncle Liangzi who is here, his father?"

Tian's son-in-law was about to climb onto the kang when he heard the noise and turned around to look over. He waved his hand and said to Xu Youliang, "Brother-in-law, come on, it's been a while since we last met. I'll make a mattress for you and sit on the kang."

"I'm thinking of coming to see my uncle... Hey? Is the gong ringing? I'm going to kneel down. Let's go and chat on the way, brothers-in-law."

Look how accurate the time is.

The ancestral hall in Yujiazhuang was opened.

The daughters who returned to their parents' homes had to stand aside and watch, while the sons-in-law had already paid their dues and stood in their seats.

Xu Youliang had a red cloth hanging around his neck.

Xu Youliang stood particularly eye-catching in the team because many sons-in-law and onlookers were looking at him. But he turned his head to look in the direction of Yu Qinniang and smiled. After laughing, he looked forward and thought seriously:

Father-in-law, your son-in-law has come back after a year, and he has brought with him the New Year gifts that other people’s uncles have bought for them in the past three years, but I have never bought them. Your son-in-law no longer has to worry about paying Uncle Thirty-Six Wen to pay homage to his ancestors. Are you happy?

Just wait, Xiaoqin already has a baby, and tomorrow there may be one more grandchild who will kneel down.

At the same time, in Erdaohe, Liu Laozhu was also shouting:

"Son-in-law, kneel down and bow down!"

"Grandson, kneel down and worship!"

"Grandson-in-law, bye!"

Liu Laozhu also added a program of his own, which is not available in other villages.

He made his sons-in-law kneel for a while longer and lectured:

In the new year, I hope you will be kind to the girls in our village.

After saying that, he called out to the aunts, and he bowed to the aunts on behalf of each father-in-law: "Please."

His eldest daughter nearby was moved to tears.