Crossing the old lady of the farm gate

Chapter 158

The second day of the first lunar month is the day when the daughter-in-law returns to her natal home.

Bai Lan stood at the door of the house and looked at the three daughters-in-law, "Remember to dress them a little thicker, it's still a bit cold today. Have you brought all your things?"

Li Xiaohe: "Mother, don't worry, we all have a thick mat in the shed, and we have already checked everything and brought everything. It is still a bit cold today, so you should go in early. I don't know who those are today. Whether my aunt will come to pay New Year's greetings, the family will trouble you to entertain her."

"Don't worry, we are still here at home. There is nothing to do these two days, if you want to stay at your mother's house for one night, just stay for one night."

"Understood." The three daughters-in-law replied in unison.

Bai Lan returned to the hall. Now there are only three daughters in the family and Chen Yunhong who is not married is still at home.

"Old lady, someone is looking for it outside, and they say it is the fourth aunt of this family."

"Fourth aunt."

Bai Lan thought for a while, isn't Chen Dongmei the fourth aunt who can be called the Chen family?She thought that they would come to pay New Year's greetings together on the eighth day of the first lunar month, which happened to be the day when Chen Yunhong got married, so it would save the bumps.

"Please bring her in."

Bai Lan looked at Chen Dongmei, who was more emaciated than last time, and she didn't understand. Didn't she give her five taels of silver last time?Is this life so difficult?Why is it more haggard than before?
Chen Dongmei's two daughters, Shen Lian and Shen Dan, saw Bai Lan and shouted together, "Auntie, Happy New Year!" They stood behind Chen Dongmei and stopped talking.

Bai Lan looked at the thin clothes of the three of them, looked at Chen Dongmei with some reproach, and said, "You really did, you brought these two children out in this cold weather, and brought them out as soon as they were brought out, at least You should also wear thicker clothes for them. It doesn’t matter if you wear thinner clothes, you see, those two children are still wearing autumn clothes.”

"Yaqiu, you are the same age as your sister Shen Lian, but your sister Shen Lian looks much thinner than you, can you find some clothes that you can wear for Shen Lian to change into?"

"Yajiao, although your sister Shen Dan is two years older than you, it looks like you two are about the same height, you take your sister Shen Dan to your room to find her some clothes to change into."

"Yazhi, your figure looks similar to your fourth aunt's. Take your fourth aunt to your room to change your clothes."

After finishing the distribution, Bai Lan looked at a woman standing next to the hall, "The weather is still a bit cold, go and cook three bowls of ginger soup for them to drink, so that they don't get cold."

"It's the old lady."

Bai Lan said: "Dongmei, Shen Lian, Shen Dan, take a bath and change your clothes first, this will also warm your body, wearing such thin clothes, it should be very cold walking all the way, don't feel the cold when the cold enters your body .No matter what happens, wait until you warm up first, no matter how urgent you are, it won’t be too long.”

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Thank you, aunt."

Bai Lan looked at Chen Yu and said, "What do you think their family is doing here? Even though they don't have money to buy new padded jackets this winter, they can dig out the old ones and put them on. Why are there no old ones?"

"You can ask me this question, who should I ask? Only after they finish their work and ask them will it be clear. Why bother?"

"Then tell me, will your remaining three younger sisters come to pay you New Year's greetings today?"

"You ask me some things that I can't predict. I don't know. Maybe it will come, maybe it won't. Yunhong got married on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and now it's only a few days away from the eighth day of the first lunar month. Although several villages are far away It’s close, but the weather is so cold, and it’s tiring to go back and forth.”

"It's almost as if you didn't say anything. Forget it, just pretend that I didn't say anything."

(End of this chapter)