Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 77 Years (thanks to the leader Xiaotao 327)

On the day of arriving in Taixing County, Chen Qi dragged Chen Heng to stop in the county for a while.It's not easy to go out for a trip, and we still have to buy the New Year's goods as soon as possible, so as not to have a headache in a few days before going out to buy something.

Most of the New Year's goods are snacks, and they are mainly dried fruits and sugar. These things are not available in the village, and it is inconvenient to make.On the contrary, every household in the village will bring some of the hard-to-buy items such as pork and chicken.

Chen Heng has a huge sum of money, and he doesn't feel bad about spending it.Chen Qi asked him how the money came from several times. Chen Heng thought it was too troublesome to explain several times, so he asked him to wait patiently until he got home, and then the whole family sat together and explained.

Chen Qi couldn't hold back his son, so he simply let him go.When the New Year's goods were almost prepared, Chen Heng didn't even want to stay in the county for a moment, so he directly took his father to the gate of the city, and couldn't wait to get on the ox cart to go home.

The cold wind blows off the guests, and the homeland embraces the people.When the wheels gradually stopped at the entrance of Shanxi Village, Chen Heng jumped on the muddy ground with one step, and ran towards home excitedly with two hands in his hands.

Passing through the fences, the pheasants and yellow dogs on the side of the road were very dissatisfied with the rampant Chen Heng.Rhubarb just ran after his ass for two steps, and Chen Qi had already raised his hands and yelled loudly from behind, rushing up with a murderous look on his face.

The rhubarb immediately froze its tail, curled up by the side of the road and whined.Chen Qihu was behind his son, yelling at Rhubarb, "Get out, if you call me again, I will kill you tonight."

"Alright, alright, dad, let's go home quickly." Chen Heng smiled and pulled Chen Qi back. Dogs in the village are like this, and when they see people running away, they get very excited.But the dogs that are still alive now have no previous convictions for biting people, and their ancestors have been good dogs for three generations.

Rural people have a special point, as long as the livestock that have bitten people, no matter what it is, they can't keep it.

The father and son walked back home slowly. Chen Heng stepped into the open courtyard door, and saw the second uncle standing not far from the door holding Double Happiness.

"Double Happiness, look, Dad said your brother will come back today." Chen Huaijin proudly showed off to his son.

Shuangxi didn't know what he had heard before, and leaned in his father's arms, looking at Chen Huaijin with admiration: "Father, you really know magic. I want to learn this, I want to learn this."

"Then you have to study hard with your brother while he is at home. When you grow up, if you study hard. Dad will teach you this spell, and you will teach it to your son."

"Father, Shuangxi must study hard."

Chen Hengren, who was standing at the door, was dumbfounded, Second Uncle, what did you learn in Yangzhou.

Chen Qi also walked in with black lines all over his face. If Shuangxi hadn't sweetly called him uncle, Chen Qishen was afraid that he would put down his things and beat his younger brother.

No, I have to let his father handle this matter, so he can fight with ease.

Chen Heng really couldn't stand it anymore, put down his luggage, took out the wheat candy he bought in the county from his arms, and shook his brother, "Double Happiness, come to my brother."

The child could bear this kind of temptation, and immediately broke free from his father's arms, jumped in front of Chen Heng, took the candy, threw away the candy wrapper, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Second uncle, carry the things into the house." Chen Heng left the silly Chen Huaijin behind, and led Shuangxi to the main house.Only halfway there, Chen Yushan had already come out of the kitchen next door to wipe his hands.

"Heng'er."

Chen Yushan stood at the door and called softly, his wrinkled face was full of smiles, and his eyes were about to split into two lines.

"grandfather."

Looking at this old man who couldn't control his joy, Chen Heng unconsciously had a sore nose and ran towards him quickly.

"Slow down, slow down, you boy."

Even though it was only a few steps away, Chen Yushan still babbled and hugged the eldest grandson who flew up.

"Is grandpa feeling better?"

"It's much better. Look, Grandpa knows you're coming back today, so he's already cooking for you."

Chen Yushan raised his head proudly, the end of the year is approaching, and the hot dishes to be eaten at home have many ingredients that are very laborious to prepare.Shanxi Village doesn't have much particularity. The women in these households are not easy to handle, so naturally the men will do the cooking.

"Then I have to eat two bowls of rice today."

"It's better to eat more. Whose baby is not allowed to eat two bowls of rice."

The grandpa and grandson were chatting, and grandma Zhou also came out of the main house. Before she could cry out, two larks flew out behind her.

"younger brother."

Chen Qing and Chen Xian ran up to Chen Heng, the eldest sister Chen Qing smiled more reservedly, but the second sister Chen Xian laughed out loud.When Shuangxi saw her, she grinned triumphantly, "Sister, sister, brother just gave me candy."

"Okay, okay, Shuangxi eat more." Chen Xian rubbed Shuangxi's head. Ever since her younger brother grew up, he became her follower. Whenever Chen Xian went to do something, Shuangxi would follow him.The relationship between the two siblings is surprisingly good.

"Did brother have a hard time on the road?"

"It's not hard, sister, I bought you a gift." Chen Heng smiled at Chen Qing. After four months of absence, his sister's height has grown a bit, but thinking that after the new year, she will be 11 years old, Chen Heng also thinks it's normal.

Grandma Zhou stood beside Chen Yushan, watching the four grandchildren chatting together, and smiling tacitly at her wife.After Chen Qi and the two brothers put away the purchased necessities for the Spring Festival, the whole family sat neatly in the house, listening to Chen Heng talking about the trivial matters of the academy.

Mrs. Zhou couldn't listen enough, and asked her eldest grandson from time to time if he was getting enough to eat, and if he was being bullied.Grandpa was listening to the excitement, only occasionally nodding, and most of the time laughing.

After the family chatted for a while, Chen Heng couldn't wait to pull Mrs. Zhou to the room where Mrs. Gu was staying, ready to see his newborn brother.

What his father Chen Qi said was right, Chen Heng was surprised when he saw his younger brother, "It's really so dark."

Mrs. Gu, who was lying in the confinement room, became angry when she heard the sound, and shouted outside, "Heng'er, mother heard it. If you say your brother is ugly again, see if mother will hit you when she comes out."

Mrs. Zhou, who entered the room with her eldest grandson, smiled very happily. While hugging the baby, she teased Chen Heng, "You child, where do you think you were born for nothing? Children, it's useless to raise them."

Chen Heng laughed, stood outside the curtain, and said softly to Mrs. Gu, "Mother, the child is back."

"Mother knows, mother is happy when she hears your voice."

Hearing that Gu's tone was not right, Chen Heng hurriedly changed the topic.A woman in confinement can cry there.He said cheekily, "Mother, do you know how famous the child is in Yangzhou now?"

Sure enough, Mrs. Gu was a little suspicious, paused for a long time, and then said: "Heng'er, don't you want to learn from your second uncle."

Chen Heng couldn't bear it anymore and rolled his eyes.This is the downside of having an incomprehensible family, but whenever something good happens, everyone is like a frightened bird, first think about the lessons learned by the second uncle.

Before Chen Heng could answer, Chen Huaijin had already stood outside the door and yelled, "Sister-in-law, brother, I heard you. Save some noodles for me in front of Heng'er."

"You child, your second uncle is here, why don't you tell me."

It's easy to complain about Gu's words, and Chen Heng smiled wryly. It's hard to say that the second uncle came over by such a coincidence, "Mother, it's not like you don't know that I have a temperament like you."

"That's true." Gu replied sweetly, and said proudly, "Fortunately, you're not as stupid as your father."

"I'm here too." Chen Qi coughed, Chen Huaijin was here with him, Chen Yushan had already prepared the food, and he was waiting for them to go over to eat.

"Why did you ask me to say a few words?"

Hearing Gu's words, Chen Qi immediately stopped talking.

As the saying goes, don't be deaf or dumb, don't be a family member.Zhou Shi didn't bother to deal with the bickering between the two, she and Chen Yushan came here in the same way when they were young.Besides, the eldest daughter-in-law of her family is just a bit silly, but she has a very good heart.

"Okay, okay. We're all going to eat, a group of people are crowded here and shouting, don't wake up the child." Zhou was about to carry the child to the curtain, when another sentence came out.

"Ah, mother, you are still here. Daughter-in-law, I just... said the wrong thing."

Zhou's raised hand froze slightly, resisting the urge to roll his eyes, and said to his good daughter-in-law: "Nothing, mother will clean up a few of them for you in a while."

At this critical moment, Mrs. Gu finally remembered her cleverness in the past, and said with a silly smile: "Mother, my daughter-in-law knows that you treat me well."

"Yes Yes Yes."

What can Mrs. Zhou do? This Mrs. Gu was chosen by her herself, and it was her temperament that made her fall in love with her back then.She is a long-lived daughter-in-law who won't make a mess in the family. Such a woman is blessed to marry home.

In this situation, Chen Heng couldn't bear it anymore, he laughed on the spot, Chen Qi was worried that he would make Gu Shi angry again, so he grabbed him and walked out the door.

After the family had a happy meal, Chen Heng took his grandparents, Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin into their room, and asked them to sit in their seats.Seeing that the child was so serious, everyone thought that the other party had something to say.

As a result, seeing Chen Heng take out 30 taels of silver from the bag, he was shocked on the spot.

"Heng'er, where did you get the money from?" Mrs. Zhou stood up directly from her seat, but Chen Yushan's reaction was calm, and he just took the money and looked at it.

Chen Heng didn't dare to hide anything, so he hurriedly explained clearly about his script writing.Only then did Mrs. Zhou feel a little more at ease, and only said: "Don't learn from your second uncle, Heng'er."

Chen Huaijin's eyes widened from the side, it's okay for the sister-in-law to talk, but why did you even say the same.

"Grandma, grandson knows."

"Don't worry." Chen Yushan took the initiative to explain to Chen Heng, and said happily to Mrs. Zhou, "My grandson, I know. You see, at such a young age, he can calm down and study, and can he do those messy things?"

He asked Chen Heng again, "Write that thing, so it won't delay your study."

"Grandpa, don't worry, grandson knows the severity." Chen Heng nodded heavily, how could he not know that only by studying can he change the fate of his family.

Look, Chen Yushan winked at Mrs. Zhou.Pushing the money back to the eldest grandson, he said with a smile: "You keep this money for yourself in the academy."

However, Chen Heng pushed the money back, "Grandpa, you keep this money with grandma. The family will spend a lot in the future. The elder sister and the second elder sister are going to be old soon, so they have to buy clothes and jewelry, and the two younger brothers also need food and clothing on weekdays.

After my second uncle finishes his corvee service, I think it would be a good job to open a tea shop.At that time, let's save some money together and set up a tea shop for my second uncle in Yangzhou. It's better than him being cheated again. "

Chen Yushan didn't know what to say after listening to Chen Hengyi's call.However, Chen Qi came up from nowhere, put the money back into his son's hand with red eyes, and said anxiously, "You don't have to worry about these things. With Dad here, you just need to study in peace."

Chen Huaijin also cheered for his brother, "That's right, Heng'er, you don't have to worry about Second Uncle. Second Uncle is in Yangzhou, but he knows a lot of people."

It was fine if he didn't say that, but when he said that, Chen Yushan immediately frowned, and he said to Chen Heng, "Heng'er, this money is really like what you said, will there be more in the future?"

Chen Heng nodded his head heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Well, grandpa, don't worry about accepting it. The better our family is, the better I can be at ease when I study in Yangzhou, right?
Besides, the two younger brothers will definitely both study in the future.When you sent me to study before, didn't you say that a family would be connected into a rope.If the current money is not accepted, then the future money will not be accepted? "

Chen Heng talked about this point, but Chen Qi still wanted to talk about it.Knowing Chen Qi's strong temper, Chen Yushan only stretched out his hand to interrupt him, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "On the eve of the junior year, you and grandpa will go to worship the ancestors together, okay?"

"Ah?" Chen Heng was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what it meant, so he had to answer.

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Four days after the New Year's Eve, on this day, the women in the family will keep it to clean the surrounding area.Chen Yushan took Chen Heng to the ancestral hall early, lit three sticks of incense and gave it to his grandson, and put 30 taels in a red cloth and put it on the table.

"Heng'er, kowtow."

"Oh."

Chen Heng knelt on the ground obediently and kowtowed three times to his ancestors.

Chen Yushan stood beside him, and every time Chen Heng bent over, he opened his mouth to yell a word.After Chen Heng listened to the whole process, he knew the general idea: Bless the ancestors, his grandson can already earn money to support the family.

After the salutation, Chen Qishan ordered the two brothers Chen Qi to fiddle with the offerings on the plate a few times, as if the ancestors had eaten the offerings, and took them home intact.

On the way back, Chen Yushan held Chen Heng's hand, and suddenly said to him, "It's so fast, Heng'er, you were only so big when you were born. Grandpa was afraid that you would not be healthy, so you wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well all day and all night. As a result, you can already make money now."

Seeing his grandpa's face full of sentimentality, Chen Heng couldn't help comforting him: "Grandpa, there are still many good days to come, and my grandson will respect you and grandma well."

"Grandpa knows, grandpa knows." Chen Yushan held Chen Heng's hand tightly, eyes full of hope, and looked at the clouds flowing in the sky, "Grandpa and your grandma also want to watch Heng'er get married, get married and have children."

　I didn't expect, I didn't expect that I would have the day of being the leader, hahahahahahaha, I wrote four thousand words when I was happy.These two [-]-character sheets are to make up for yesterday's and the day before yesterday's updates.There are two more changes today, which are for the ending of the second volume and the beginning of the third volume, which will be released on Wednesday.

　　Brothers, see you on the shelves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)