peasant shrew

Chapter 158

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the family first ate some warm meat dumplings, and then Mrs. Zhou urged the two of them to visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhao Tieniu carried a lot of food in his hand, most of which were steamed buns from his own shop, and a few strips of pork were for Zhao Erbo and Li Zheng's family.As for Zhao's family, although they are leaving, the only gift they can offer is a stack of steamed buns.

Along the way, every household exchanged new peaches for old bamboos. Even the most impoverished families in the village posted red paper in front of their doors to celebrate.People you meet on the road, whether you are familiar with them or not, will smile and say a few festive words.Some who can be called by name will walk together and say some auspicious blessings.

Several relatives came to Zhao Erbo's house early in the morning, and when they saw Yueniang and Zhao Tieniu, they all greeted each other with a smile.

"Yueniang, come inside to warm up..." A sister-in-law took Yueniang's hand and walked to the back room, "Come in and let us all be happy."

Yueniang answered first, and Zhao Tieniu handed the New Year gift to the second aunt Yao Shi, and then smiled and talked to a few men resting in the room.

During the Chinese New Year, those who enter the house are not allowed to leave empty-handed, no, when the two of them are about to go out, they are both holding melon seeds and candies.That smiling appearance is not fake at all.

The two went to Lizheng's house again, and then went to the fourth aunt's Bai's house to show their face.Fortunately, no one blamed him, after all, how could he not feel uncomfortable with the Bai family?It's a way of saving face if you can go to a scene during the Chinese New Year.

Afterwards, Zhao Tieniu took his daughter-in-law to pay New Year's greetings to several cousins. Because Yueniang had a big belly, no one felt sorry for the two.Not to mention asking the two children to kowtow and say auspicious words.Especially the grandpa and grandma, the oldest in the Zhao family, looked at Yueniang first, and then began to praise Yueniang with a smile.

After the New Year's greetings, I visited a few good neighbors, and the sun began to turn westward.

After returning home, it happened that Mrs. Zhou had just sent away a few aunts who came to visit, and saw Yueniang's face turned pale with cold.She hurriedly pulled him into the house, and asked her son to pour hot water to wipe his hands.When Yueniang got on the kang, she added a lot of charcoal to the kang hole of the heated kang to smoke.

"You warm up for a while, and mother will bring you some hot soup and food." Not only did she feel sorry for her son, but she also felt sorry for her own daughter-in-law and grandson.In such a cold weather, even though he is an old man, he is still suffering, isn't he?
It happened to be more than half a day, Zhao Tieniu and Yueniang were both hungry, and when Mrs. Zhou brought the food, they hurriedly took it.Seeing Zhou's distressed expression, Yueniang rubbed against her, and muttered a few words, it's so cold outside, the rice cooked by her is delicious...

After a bowl of ginger syrup was poured in, Yueniang's face became much ruddy, and even Zhao Tieniu ate a big bowl of rice along with her.

"Tie Niu, Yue Niang, tomorrow will be the second year of junior high school, and it's time to go back to my mother's house." Sitting on the edge of the kang, Mrs. Zhou reached out to pick up a chopsticks of potatoes for Yue Niang, and said after discussing, "I'm thinking about giving my in-laws four Take a jin of meat strips, a pork leg, and half of the sugar and batteries we bought before. Do you think there is anything else to bring?"

Zhao Tieniu naturally had no objection to his mother's arrangement, these years of etiquette are not light.And Lin Yueniang was even more satisfied. It is not bad to have meat in the farm gift, let alone dim sum sugar.Generally speaking, these items are complete, and only when the dowry is given.

The three of them talked again, and Mrs. Zhou complained that the children of the fourth family were ignorant and didn't even know how to return the gift.But after Yueniang comforted her a few words, she decided to let go, so if she didn't come, she wouldn't come, and if she came, I would probably be very angry.

Just as soon as the words were spoken, the Bai family's daughters-in-law came, but there were only a few boiled potatoes in the bowl they were holding.This is more than cold mixing, even if it is steamed buns or steamed buns, it is much better than potatoes.

"Oh, it's time for the third uncle's dinner. It's really time for the nieces and daughters-in-law to come. Shall we go to the kitchen to help?" Bai's eldest daughter-in-law put down the bowl and was about to join the kang table.Looking at the pork belly and pig's trotters on the table, my eyes are about to go out.

The remaining daughters-in-law are not sincere either.On the contrary, the third daughter-in-law of the Bai family came later by herself, holding white flour pancakes in her hand, and said auspicious words with a smile on her face.

As soon as she entered the house and saw her other two sisters-in-law were there, she was stunned for a moment, but returned to normal in an instant.He greeted the two sister-in-laws, put down his belongings, and held Yueniang's hand and said a few flattering words.She didn't stay too long, took the melon seeds caught by Mrs. Zhou and left.Instead, Yueniang and the others took a look.

If there is no comparison with Bai's third daughter-in-law, the other two sisters-in-law who brought boiled potatoes, it's hard to say that they are ignorant.But now, aren't those two people begging for food and drink just like a joke?
Mrs. Zhou has a good temper and doesn't like to say anything. On the contrary, Yueniang straightened her body and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, if you really eat, I'm afraid you will have to go to the kitchen to cook. Our family didn't plan to leave the house before." , now it’s not easy for you to grab the food on the table with the little guy in my belly, right?”

(End of this chapter)