Happy peasant girl

Chapter 23

On the first day of the new year, they visit each other to visit each other to pay New Year's greetings, and on the second day of the new year, they go back to their natal home.

On this day, Lin Qingxi also wanted to follow Mu Shi back to her grandmother's house in Xiaomu Village, but after a two-hour journey to the entrance of Xiaomu Village, Mu Shi saw her younger brother was beaten to death with others .

"Wen Yi, stop!" Mrs. Mu jumped out of the rented bullock cart, ran to her younger brother Mu Wenyi, grabbed his ear, and pulled him in front of Lin Zhongguo and the others.

"Little uncle, I haven't seen you for two years, why are you still fighting with others?" Lin Qingfei looked at his little uncle Mu Wenyi who was wiping the blood on his face with his sleeve with some teasing.

Xiaomu Village and Linjia Village are relatively far away, and it is not easy for the Mu family to go back to their natal family. In addition, the past two years have been difficult, so they did not return to their natal family during the Chinese New Year, lest their natal family have to give them a big family. Zhang Luofan, after all, my mother's family has a large population, and one meal can make people poor.

When Lin Qingxi was at home, she had already learned about her grandfather's family from her elder brothers. Her grandfather was the head of Xiaomu Village and had a lot of prestige in Xiaomu Village. child.

The Mu family is the second eldest in the family, with an older brother on top and two younger brothers on the bottom.These three uncles in Linqingxi are all married and have children, and now they all live with Linqingxi's grandfather and grandmother.

The eldest uncle, Mu Wenbin, is an honest farmer. He married his wife, Su, and had two sons and a daughter, both of whom were married. Mrs. Zhang has three sons, only one of whom is married; third uncle Mu Wenyi and second uncle Mu Wenfu are twins, and they have already married Mrs. Zheng, and now they have only one ten-year-old son.

"Sister, I'm such an adult, why are you still pulling my ear like you were a child, let go, it hurts!" Mu Wenyi said to Mu Shi in a coquettish and intimate tone.

"You brat, you still know it hurts, and you know that you are an adult? Ah, you said that you are already a father, why don't you spend four or six days all day, and don't do business, you know that you are causing trouble, so you just Don't let your parents worry about you, let your younger siblings worry less about you, and let me, my elder sister, be quiet for two days!" After all, Mu family loves her younger brother, but after she let go of her hand, she still couldn't help saying that Mu Mu Wen Yi.

"Oh, my good sister, you have been quiet for more than two years, and both mother and father miss you so much that your hair turns gray! Be careful, father will serve you and brother-in-law with sticks later, hehe! Hey? Brother-in-law, what's wrong with your legs? Already?" Mu Wenyi discovered that Lin Zhongguo, who was sitting on the bullock cart, had a splint on his leg.

"It's nothing serious, let's go home and talk!" Lin Zhongguo said to Mu Shi and Mu Wenyi when he saw that the villagers in Xiaomu Village were all looking at them curiously.

"That's fine, let's go home first!" Mu Wenyi said with a silly laugh.

On the way from Linjia Village to Xiaomu Village, Linqingxi kept her eyes open. She found that Linjia Village was considered a poor village in her impression, but she didn't expect that other villages she saw on the road were even poorer than Linjia Village.

Lin Zhongguo told her that if it weren't for the success of the Holy Majesty's prayer for rain and the heavy snowfall in winter, the fields would probably not grow any food next spring, and many people would be displaced and their families destroyed.

Lin Qingfei also added that he heard from a merchant in the town that Yunzhou Prefecture was not the worst-affected place in Chu State. The most serious places were Bingzhou Prefecture, Yuanzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou Prefecture. The whole village is dead.

Xiaomu Village is much poorer than Linjia Village, even Linqingxi's grandfather, the village chief's house, lives in a house similar to that of the old Lin's, except that there are more rooms and yards than the old Lin's.

"Grandpa and grandma!" Calling grandpa and grandma in the countryside is usually grandpa and grandma, and Lin Qingfei shouted outside the door before he reached the yard.

Because today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lao Mutou and his wife Yang Shi didn't know that their daughter was coming, so when they first heard Lin Qingfei's voice, they were shocked in the yard.

When Lin Zhongguo's family entered the yard, Yang's tears immediately flowed down. She hadn't seen her daughter for two years. Because the two families were far away, it would take at least one day to walk to Linjia Village. The house did not move.

"Mother, it's my daughter who is not filial. You won't blame me for not coming to see you and father in the past two years, right?" said Mu Shi, wiping away tears.

"Silly girl, why would mother blame you? Don't blame mother. Dalang and Erlang got married and had children. Mother didn't go, so she asked your second brother to go. Your father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't blame you!" Shi took her daughter and sat down in the yard.

"Mother, my father and my mother know that our situation is not good, and they miss your elder's health very much!" The wheelchair was put on the ox cart and brought over. Lin Zhongguo got off the ox cart and sat in the wheelchair, moving. It is also very convenient to speak.

After seeing Old Mutou and Yang Shi, Lin Qingxi was pushed by her sixth brother Lin Qingmu to sit on the thick rope tied between two jujube trees in Old Mutou's yard. It felt like sitting on it. play on the swing.

After a while, Mrs. Zheng, whose natal family was in Xiaomu Village, hurried back with her son Mu Yingjie. Today, the family of Linqingxi's uncle and second uncle also went back to their natal family to visit relatives, so Mrs. Zheng knew that Mrs. Mu was back. Afterwards, he bid farewell to his parents and planned to come back and help Mrs. Yang cook.

It would take two hours to return to Linjia Village, so Mu didn't dare to delay, so he talked and cooked in the kitchen with Yang and Zheng, while Mu Wenyi, Lin Qingfei, and Lin Qinghao accompanied Lin Zhongguo. Chat with old Mutou.

Mu Wenyi's son, Mu Yingjie, was originally a mischievous and clever ghost, and soon got acquainted with Lin Qinghe, Lin Qingmu, and Lin Qingxi and played together.

It wasn't very cold outside, so the family set up a table in the yard to eat, but during the meal, Yang and Zheng couldn't help but have red eyes. There were not many dishes on the table, most of which were brought by Mu of.

Not only that, when cooking just now, Mrs. Mu also took out four purses containing silver, saying that Mrs. Ye gave them to her, and asked her to give one to Mrs. Yang, one to Mrs. Zheng, and the other two to Mrs. Su At the same time, Mu also told Yang and Zheng how to deal with pig offal and how to make soybean cakes.

After eating, without saying a few words, Mrs. Mu and Lin Zhongguo came back with their children. Although Mrs. Yang and Mr. Mu were reluctant to part with their daughter's family, they were also worried that it would be unsafe to go back too late. After Mr. Mu promised them, he would visit them often in the future.

Lin Qingxi had a good impression of her grandparents and uncle's family. Although she hadn't seen the family of the uncle and the family of the second uncle, Lin Qingxi also felt that the two families should It won't be bad either, and the two aunts should be pretty good too.

When they returned to Linjia Village, it was already dark, Linyuanshan and Ye's family had been waiting for them outside the door, Lin Qingyun's family and Lin Qinghai's family had also returned long ago.

(End of this chapter)