Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 146 Family Reunion

When a group of people entered the room, the old lady quickly asked Wanting to sit on the kang, and Jinghan found a pillow for Wanting to lean on. "Little aunt, you can lean on this pillow, it will be more comfortable."

Wanting was really tired after running around all the way, so she leaned on the pillow and felt better. "Mother Li, let Brother Rui and Sister Shu come and see their grandparents."

The two women next to him hurriedly put down the child in their arms. The boy was called Xu Wenrui, and he was four years old this year.The girl's name is Xu Jingshu, she is two years old.The boy took his younger sister's hand and came to the old man and the old lady, "Wen Rui kowtows to his grandparents. Grandparents will have a long life and live a long and healthy life." After saying that, the two children really knelt down and kowtowed.

The old man and the old lady couldn't sit still at this moment, they quickly picked up the child and hugged each other in their arms. "Hey, grandma's sweetheart, look at this little man, he can speak really nicely. Come on, tell grandma, how old are you this year?" Mrs. Chen was holding a boy.

Of the Xu family, only Zhixin has more children, two sons and two daughters, Zhiyong has two sons, Zhiming has two daughters, and Zhide has a son and a daughter.Compared with those who can have six or seven children in a family, there are many people behind.Now Wanting has given birth to two, and there is one more in her stomach, which is considered too many in the Xu family.The old man and the old lady both like children. Looking at these two pink and white babies who look like dough, the old couple really like them very much.

"Grandma, Wen Rui is four years old this year. Mother said that Wen Rui will be five years old when he eats dumplings on New Year's Eve." The little boy spoke very clearly, with every word and sentence in order.

Mrs. Chen kissed the child on the face, "Wen Rui is so good, everyone knows how old he is. How about sleeping with grandma at night? Grandma wants to kiss our little Wen Rui well."

Wen Rui tilted his head and thought for a while, "Grandma, my mother said that it is impossible for the elderly to sleep at night. I like to sleep at night. If I am with grandma, grandma will not be able to sleep well, right? "

That cute look made Mrs. Chen like it so much that she didn't know what to do. She looked back at Wanting and said, "Let these two follow me at night. You are too tired all the way, so you should have a good rest." Mrs. Chen took a look The two women standing on the side also had tired faces, and they were determined to take care of their grandchildren.

Zhixiang and Wanting glanced at each other, and Zhixiang said, "Mom, if you don't find these two little guys annoying, we will be at ease. In this way, we will let Nanny Li live in the Westinghouse. Call the two of them if you have something to do, will that work?"

"Success, success, I'll help you with it for a few days first, and then let you take it after you have rested. Look, they are all quite young, and you have indeed been responsible for traveling all the way." Mrs. Chen Said to the two women.

Nanny Li hurriedly bowed to Mrs. Chen, "My servant thanked the old lady for her thoughtfulness, so this servant will take care of her and have a good rest for a few days."

"By the way, mother, I brought these people here specially for the family. My elder brother wrote to me, saying that the manpower at home was not enough. I brought a few people back from outside and used them at home first. "Speaking, Zhixiang called those people to him and said to them. "This will be your master's house from now on. If you have any arrangements, I will completely listen to my elder brother. Do your job well. If you do well, your benefits will be indispensable in the future."

Zhixiang brought back two families this time.One family is named Li, a couple with one son and two daughters, and the other family is named Zhou, a couple with three sons.They all seem to be honest.Zhixin took a look and decided to leave the Li family in the town and take care of them at home.Let Zhou's family go to the mountain after a while, so as not to be short of manpower on the mountain.The two families temporarily lived in the servant's room in the inverted seat. There were no servants in the house before, so it was always vacant.

Mrs. Xue went out to settle these people. With so many people in the house, the room seemed slightly insufficient.In the past, the courtyard where Zhixiang got married was poured out for Zhixiang and his wife and a group of servants to live in. Zhiming and his wife took Wenhan and his boys to live in the Xikua courtyard, and Jinghan and his girls lived in the backyard with Zhixin and his wife. That's the only way to go, anyway, it's just a temporary settlement, and Zhixiang will have to leave in a few years.

Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu took people to arrange a residence. Zhixiang and the others brought back a lot of things that needed to be resettled. Wen Han and Wencheng went out to help.The old man in the room chatted with Zhixiang about the situation outside.

"Father, we are all fine outside, thanks to Jinghan. Now almost every family raises tussahs over there. The climate there is better than our north, which is more suitable for the growth of tussahs. Jingya's father-in-law is also A man with great foresight established a silk reeling and textile workshop there early on. The silkworm farmers raise two crops of tussah silkworms a year, and then sell them directly to the workshop, earning a lot of money a year. Now the whole Anzhou Most of the counties under his jurisdiction raise tussah silkworms. Mr. Lu said, this is thanks to Jinghan. Mr. Lu is now the magistrate of Anzhou, and the emperor intends to let him experience it. I am afraid that in three or five years, Then I can go back to Beijing and work as a servant in the sixth department." Zhixiang slowly told his father about the situation there.

Although the old man doesn't know much about politics, he also understands that if the people under his jurisdiction become rich, what this official does is considered a success. "Okay, fifth, I don't understand what you do. I know that as long as you can make the common people earn money and let them live a good life, that's it. Master Lu promotes you all the way, let You have become the magistrate of this county, and you have to improve yourself. You must not exploit the people, in the fish and meat town, you know?"

"Yes, what daddy said, my son must keep it in mind." Zhixiang smiled, he could feel the worry in his father's plain words.

After Xue Shi and Zhu Shi settled down their servants, it was getting late, and everyone was busy cooking again. Now the family has a lot of people, maybe forty or fifty.So this meal can't be too little. Fortunately, Hong Lian and the others, together with the wives of the Li family and the Zhou family, also came to help, which is better.

Everyone hurriedly prepared the meals and arranged for everyone to eat.Mrs. Chen said that it was getting late, and everyone who should rest should go to rest. Wen Rui and Jing Shu were already familiar with Mrs. Chen, and those on the left and right were unwilling to leave grandma.

"Did you see it? It's the first time the child met you, and they kissed you. This is blood relationship. Fifth, you two should go to rest quickly. Your mother and I are here. It's okay." The old man also likes these two children, seeing his grandson and granddaughter playing so well with Mrs. Chen, he let Zhixiang and the others rest at ease.

Originally, Nanny Li and the others took care of this child, but now the child likes to follow his parents, Zhixiang of course had nothing to say, and went to rest while supporting Wanting.Nanny Li lived in the west room, while the old man and Mrs. Chen lived in the east room with their grandchildren.These two little guys were really worry-free, they didn't cry or make a fuss when their parents left, they just sat in Chen's arms and watched the big guys leave with a smile.

Jinghan and the others liked the two little dolls very much, so after the adults had left, they played with the two little ones here for a long time.At home, there are some toys that Jinghan made for Jinghui in the past. Among them is a set of wooden blocks with some words carved on them, painted with varnish, very smooth.Jinghan went out of her way to find out, and took Wen Rui to build building blocks together, learn to read characters, and coax the little guy to giggle.Jingshu was still young and couldn't read, so Jingxian coaxed her and played with a puppet.

Everyone was making noise here for another hour, and the two little guys couldn't stand it any longer.When Mrs. Chen saw it, she asked Jing Han and the others to go back to sleep, "Okay, come and play with them tomorrow, it's getting late, so hurry up and go back to sleep. Old man, help me spread the bedding. Shu is sleepy." Jing Shu was already asleep, and the old lady was holding her, unable to get up and spread the quilt.

Jing Han and Jing Wan helped lay down the quilt, and added another quilt next to the old lady.The old lady asked to add a small quilt on top of the quilt, so that even if the two little dolls peed on the kang at night, they would not wet the big quilt.After the quilt was put away, Mrs. Chen took off Jing Shu's clothes first, then put them on the quilt, and then took off Wen Rui's clothes.Wen Rui wasn't asleep yet, but he was still yawning again and again. The old lady patted her lightly, and after a while, Wen Rui also fell asleep.

Jinghan and the others went out lightly, and went back to their houses to sleep.

"These two little things are really worry-free, the fifth child has raised two good children." Chen sighed.

"Then it must be said that Lao Wu married a good wife, which was taught by Wanting. Do you remember Wen Xing back then? How could he be so worry-free?" The old man also lay down and closed his eyes said the eyes. "Okay, you should lie down quickly when the child is asleep, these two little guys may have to get up in the middle of the night."

The old lady blew out the candle, then lay down and fell asleep.

There are two little ones in the family, and this day can be lively.During the day, Wen Rui followed Wen Xuan and the others, running around and making noise.Jing Shu was with Jing Xian, who taught her to sing, play with puppets, and play games.

In a blink of an eye, it was already New Year's Eve, and after posting the pairs in the morning, the old man took the male family back to visit the ancestor's grave.The women are preparing food at home.

In the Xu family's cemetery, the old man took a group of men to arrange the sacrifices, and then burned paper in front of each grave.The old man knelt in front of his parents' grave, fiddled with the burnt paper, and said, "Father, mother, my son is here to see you. It's Chinese New Year, and my son brought some of the younger generation to give you some money. Father, Our family is living a better life now. We have bought hundreds of acres of land, and we can raise a lot of sticks in a year. The children are all promising, and they are good sons and grandchildren of our Xu family. The son is worthy of the rank of the Xu family. Ancestors."

(End of this chapter)