Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 9

After discussing about buying land, Xu Shouliang went to Liu's house.

Mrs. Li went out to visit, and Xu Huai also had something to do. Ningxiang covered her sleeping brother with a quilt. She opened the bundle, took out a fine silk handkerchief from inside, and handed it to Xu Qiuer, "Madam gave some scraps to Nanny Li. With me, I was too young to do much, so I embroidered a handkerchief, the twelfth of next month is my sister’s birthday, so let this be my sister’s birthday gift in advance.”

Silk and satin are rare items, Xu Qiu'er took them in surprise, looked at them over and over, touched the delicate plum blossom embroidery patterns on them and praised: "Sister's embroidery is really beautiful, even better than those sold in embroidery workshops!"

Ning Xiang smiled awkwardly, her face flushed slightly.When they first entered the Hou's Mansion, they had to learn the rules, learn how to read and learn female celebrities, and she was the most serious when learning female celebrities. She thought that she could embroider handkerchiefs and so on in the future and sell them in the embroidery workshop for money, so she could redeem herself early after saving the money.When she got a little more embroidered, she excitedly dragged Su Yue to the embroidery workshop, but was told by the shopkeeper that they had enough embroiderers, so they didn't need to find another one, and her female celebrities were not so outstanding that they would make an exception.

So she can only earn the maid's monthly money with peace of mind.

"What's that?" Xu Qiu'er was looking for handkerchiefs when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a small wooden head exposed in her sister's bundle, and asked curiously.

Ning Xiang lowered her head, only to realize that the wooden sculpture that Pei Jinghan gave her younger brother was exposed, and she was so focused on reuniting with her family that she forgot about it.

"The second son in the mansion left the leftovers from playing, and threw them at Shizi's side. Shizi knew that Amu was still young, so he rewarded me." Ning Xiang took out the wood carving and lied with downcast eyes.

"But it looks the same as the new one." Xu Qiuer took over the woodcarving of Wu Song fighting a tiger, and felt emotional, "The son of a rich family is different. He throws it away when he is so new, and replaces it with Amu. Even if the paint falls off, he will still be the same." Take it as a baby."

Ning Xiang listened, looked at the wood carvings, thought of the angry look of the second young master who tore off the suet jade pendant on his waist, and nodded in agreement.Children from rich and poor families live in heaven and earth.

The two sisters were talking, when two male voices came from the gate, one of them was Xu Shouliang, and the other...

"It's Uncle Liu!" Xu Qiu'er reminded Ningxiang in a low voice, and the two sisters hurriedly put on their shoes and got off the kang to meet her.

Living in the same village, Liu Quan saw Xu Qiu'er a lot, and seeing Ning Xiang was strange, so he stopped, stared at Ning Xiang for a while, and then said in surprise: "In the blink of an eye, Xiang'er has become a big girl. I almost didn't recognize it just now!"

He remembered that Ningxiang, who was 11 years old, was thin and small, and she looked good, but her clothes were shabby and her hair was not long. In thick winter clothes, that figure also seems to be slender than others.

It would be great if I saw this girl earlier, let my youngest son see it, lest he always marry Zhou's daughter as a fairy, and he has to spend a lot of money, and now he has to sell two acres of land to go smoothly Li married his daughter-in-law back.

After being amazed, Liu Quan followed the three of Xu's family into the house. Seeing Amu sleeping on the kang, he lowered his voice and said helplessly, "Xiang'er, my uncle's family is in a hurry to spend money right now, and you won't be back until the end of next month. Do you think this will work, let's go to the village chief's house to write the deed, and tomorrow uncle will go to Fucheng with you, and you take the money for me, and we can go to the yamen to get the official seal?"

This is what it should be, Ning Xiang immediately agreed.

Leaving Xu Qiu'er to look after the house, Ning Xiang followed the two elders to the village chief's house. The deed was drawn up quickly, and the village chief and Xu Shouliang both pressed their fingerprints. Liu Quan will keep it for the time being, and Ning Xiang will finish paying tomorrow. For silver, Liu Quan will give her the title deed.

After leaving the village chief's house, Xu Shouliang invited Liu Quan to sit at his house again.

Liu Quan shook his head, looked west and said, "Two days ago I met the one next to our land, and I asked him if he wanted to buy the land. If you don't buy it, I will sell it to them. Now that we have finalized it, I have to inform them One sound, lest people wait in vain."

Ning Xiang didn't think much, but Xu Shouliang suddenly became more worried, "Then, they have been robbed by us, will they..."

"No, the three brothers are all honest people. They will only help you in the future. They will never get upset over such a trivial matter. They are not those daughter-in-laws who have to blush and have thick necks because of an egg. You put One hundred hearts!" Liu Quan assured, patted his chest, made an appointment with Ning Xiang to enter the city tomorrow, and left.

He knew where the Lu family lived, strode forward, and arrived at the gate of the Lu family not long after.

Just as Lu Cheng came out of the hut with his son in his arms, the second and third brothers went to dig loaches in the frozen shoal of the Beihe River. His sister was still young and he was worried about letting her hold Anan, so as long as he was at home, it would be up to Anan if he wanted to boo or squeak. He does.

"Uncle Liu?" Seeing Liu Quan, Lu Cheng immediately turned around, hugged Anan and walked towards the door.

Anan was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, leaning obediently on his father's shoulder, wearing a gray rabbit fur hat that his father made for him on his head. The gray rabbit fur made the boy's face even whiter. He stared at the stranger at the door for a while, then turned his head suddenly, lying on his stomach with his forehead resting on his father's shoulder, his small mouth tightly pursed.

Liu Quan knew that the child was born, so he smiled, touched the rabbit fur hat on the boy's head, and praised Lu Cheng, "You are both a father and a mother, and you are so skillful." This is what Lu Cheng caught. A gray rabbit, the meat was eaten, but the skin was reluctant to sell, so he made a small hat, which was a bit big, but it was better if it was bigger, and the little guy could use it for another two years.

"Uncle Liu, come and sit inside." Anan was wearing open pants, and Lu Cheng covered the little guy's buttocks that he just wiped with his big hands, in case he would freeze.

Liu Quan hurriedly said: "No need, no need, I just came to tell you about the two acres of land. My villager bought it, so..."

The land he wanted to buy was gone, so it was impossible for Lu Cheng not to be disappointed, but he calmed down soon, and said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, we don't have to buy it, let's sell it if we sell it, I don't know which one? Is it easy to get along with? We will be planting in the spring, let me find out first, and it will be easier to deal with when the time comes."

There are often people in the village who have quarrels because their land is occupied by neighbors, so both Lu Cheng and Xu Shouliang will inquire.

Liu Quan nodded in understanding, and when Lu Cheng asked specific questions, he explained a few more words, "It's good, have you heard of a maid in our village who works as a maid in the Hou's Mansion? She bought it for her younger brother, and now the child Little, in the future it will be his uncle who will help plant them, they are all honest people."

Lu Cheng showed an expression of remembering the Xu family's affairs.

After talking about the business, Liu Quan was in a hurry to go home, so he left.

Lu Cheng stood at the door and watched him go away, and when he turned to walk into the house, he lifted Anan up high, raised his head and asked him, "It seems that God also thinks that I am suitable for her, and sent him to me. Anan, don't worry, Dad will take you to see your mother after a while."

When she spoke, her eyes were bright, and she smiled confidently, as if Ningxiang had agreed to marry him.

Anan didn't understand his father's good mood, his butt was chilly, he frowned uncomfortably, and twisted to return to his father's arms.

Lu Cheng laughed, put down his son and walked into the house quickly.

It got dark.

Ning Xiang put the stool in front of the edge of the kang, went to the stove outside, scooped hot water from the west pot into the washbasin, and then mixed some cold water from the water tank. After leaving the Westinghouse, he said to his younger brother who was sitting on the quilt fiddling with wood carvings, "Come here and wash your feet."

Amu held the wooden carving and moved to the edge of the kang, tentatively putting a pair of little feet in.

"Is it hot?" Ning Xiang asked softly.

Amu shook his head, looked at his sister and smiled.

Ning Xiang touched his head, bent down to wash her brother's feet, after washing and drying them, she added some hot water and soaked her own feet.

He poured water and closed the door, condensed the incense on the kang, snatched the wood carving from his younger brother and said: "Sleep, let's play tomorrow."

"Then you put it next to me." Amu followed the wood carving in his sister's hand, reluctantly said.

Ning Xiang put the things on the kang, and then helped her younger brother take off the thick cotton coat, and the siblings got into bed together.

There are two kangs in the east and west rooms. Originally, Xu Shouliang and his wife slept in the east room, while Xu Qiuer and Amu slept on the kang in the west room. At night, the curtain was drawn to separate them from Xu Huai on the other side.It must be unbelievable for such a big brother and sister to sleep in the same room, but this is the countryside. In summer, Xu Huai can sleep in the neighbor's house, but in winter, how can there be so much firewood to burn on the kang, the Xu family is not bad. Be more particular, some families squeeze together on a kang.

In order to let their siblings have a good talk, brother and sister Xu Huai temporarily moved to the east room tonight. In fact, there is nothing to avoid. In winter, they wear thick clothes and cover them tightly, so there is no need to worry about seeing things that should not be seen, which will cause embarrassment .

"My sister is so fragrant." Amu hugged her sister dependently, very happy.

"Amu is not allowed to go to Beihe in the future, do you know?" Ning Xiang kissed the top of the younger brother's head, and softly instructed, "If you want to play in the water, you can ask the elder brother to take you there. If the elder brother is not free, there is the second sister. You are not allowed to go with Da Zhuang. Go, what if you fall into the water and can't get up?"

Because it did happen, although she didn't cry, she still sounded very scared and sad.

Amu was already able to distinguish the emotions of adults. He couldn't see his sister in the dark. He stretched out his little hand to touch his sister's face, "Sister, don't cry, I will listen to my sister."

The siblings feel sorry for each other, and what is more important is the joy after reuniting after a long absence. They fell asleep while chatting.

At the Lu family in the neighboring village, Brother Lu Cheng also slept, and A Tao slept in the Westinghouse by herself.

In the east room, Lu Cheng and his son slept on the hottest kang, Lu Yan slept in the middle, and the youngest 13-year-old Lu Ding slept outside, which was relatively the coldest.But Lu Ding didn't complain at all, because...

In the dead of night, Anan suddenly cried twice, Lu Cheng and Lu Yan woke up instantly.

The brat is going to pee.

Just as Lu Cheng was about to get up, his crotch suddenly became hot.

He froze there immediately.

Lu Yan had already put on his coat and went to the ground.The little guy had to pee and feed in the middle of the night. There was pre-expressed goat milk in the pot outside, and the stove could be warmed up by filling it with two fires.The two brothers coaxed the younger brother to light the fire, and they have been cooperating for more than half a year. Unexpectedly, after Lu Yan lit the lamp, he saw the eldest brother sitting there motionless.

"Did you pee on the kang again?" Lu Yan asked clearly.

Lu Cheng looked at the crying boy who had done bad things under the covers, sighed, lowered his eyes and said, "Find me a pair of pants first."

Lu Yan pointed to the top of the kang and said, "Aren't they all under the mattress?" Putting it under the mattress, the trousers are warm, and once Anan urinates, he can replace them with new ones.

"I want to change it, he sprayed me all over." Lu Cheng touched the bottom of Anan's buttocks, it was all right, he got out of the bed and looked at himself, it was wet, as if he was the one who peed on the kang, and he didn't know Why is the little guy so upright tonight?

The only quiet bed suddenly had a muffled laugh.

Lu Cheng frowned and looked over, the third child, Lu Ding, had already retracted his head back into the bed.

Lu Yan looked at his elder brother, because the pants were wet, and the contents inside were obvious. He stared at him, unable to laugh.

There seems to be a big gap between myself and my elder brother...

No wonder he had the nerve to show it.

Lu Yan quickly took out a pair of trousers from the cabinet, threw them on the kang and went to light the fire.

The trousers were cold, and when Lu Cheng put them on, he was shivering from the cold. After getting into his second brother's bed to warm up for a while, he returned to his own bed, and hugged Anan, who opened his mouth and howled, into his arms.

So when Lu Yan finished feeding his nephew in his elder brother's arms bit by bit with a spoon and got into bed again, he felt that it wasn't too hot...

(End of this chapter)