Yoshida Mii

Chapter 345 The guest of the Song family.
The woman looked about fifty years old, and the short man next to her who kept coughing was even older, wearing a ragged jacket, with a dark and thin face, and was even older than old man Song.

A boy behind him looks about seventeen or eight, he is quite tall, but he is very thin. He is pushing a shelf cart. The cart is covered with black oilcloth, and it seems that there are a lot of things. One or two, apart from being a little dark and with big eyes, she looks cute and good-looking.

"Who are you from the Song family?" Before Dong Bao could speak, Lin Shi asked first.

The three of Dong Bao were all dressed very well, brand new silk and satin robes, and Dong Bao also wore a pure white fox fur jacket, anyone could tell that the three of them were either rich or noble.

The woman took a step back, buried her head lower, and said, "We are relatives of the Song family."

As far as Dong Bao knows, the only relatives of the Song family are Aunt Song from Liujiazhuang and Song Shuhai from Xiaowangzhuang, but she doesn't want to meddle in the Song family's business, and the family is still waiting for them to come back to make dumplings after setting off the cannon, so she points to the Song family and says: " The Song family you are going to, is it the Song family whose old man is called Song Mao? This is it."

The woman and the short man bowed to thank each other, and then led their son and daughter into the yard.

Dong Bao and the others didn't stay long, and went to Lin's house to set off the firecrackers.

The sound of crackling firecrackers was deafening, and the exploding firecrackers were flying everywhere. Quanzi held up the bamboo pole carrying the firecrackers, shrunk his neck and hid, while Lin Shi smiled and covered Dongbao's ears, looking at the yard. The lightning flashed and the blue smoke filled the air.

After finally waiting for the [-] firecrackers to be set off, Dong Bao still felt a crackling sound echoing in his ears, and said with a smile, "This whip is really loud."

Quanzi then said: "Can you not ring it? The old man went to the town to pick it out. He looked for the old Liu's cannon, and he took a fancy to his family's cannon. He didn't want anyone else's."

Although bright red firecrackers are flying everywhere, the rules of the Chinese New Year are not to sweep the floor, otherwise the good luck of the new year will be swept away. Dong Bao finally looked at the gate with red couplets, and The yard was covered with red confetti, and the door of the Lin family was closed.

When passing by the door of Song's house, Dong Bao stopped. She saw the four people kneeling in front of Mrs. Huang and old man Song, and the leading woman knelt on the snow and wept bitterly.Song Bai and Yang Xiaohong stood behind Huang with their sleeves folded, unable to see their expressions clearly.The entrance of the West Wing was crowded with the second-bedroom family who looked like they were watching the excitement.

"This is..." Dong Bao pointed to the yard, hesitated for a moment, and heard the woman in the yard crying intermittently, "...there were six children, and only the two of them survived... there is really no way... It’s okay for the boy to say that he can do whatever he wants... Chun Nier is already twelve, so she can’t run around with us and suffer... She looks good, but someone outside has bad ideas..."

Seeing that Dong Bao had stopped, Lin Shi asked in a low voice, "Why don't you go in and have a look?"

"Forget it." Dong Bao shook his head, and had already made up his mind to stop meddling with the Song family's affairs, "Let's go, the family is still waiting for us to go home and make dumplings."

The Lin family has already wrapped several drawers of white fat dumplings, stuffed with pork and cabbage vermicelli, and added a lot of cooked peanut oil. Now the house still has a strong smell of oil, and the big iron pot in the kitchen is tumbling. With boiling water, wait for the three of them to come back.

"Oh, I'm back!" Aunt Qiuxia smiled and clapped her hands, she took a handkerchief and wiped the snow off Dong Bao's shoulders, "Hurry up and go into the house to warm up, look at how cold your hands are." The kitchen shouted: "Sister-in-law Xu, let's make dumplings!"

Mrs. Xu hurriedly responded in the kitchen, and pushed the dumplings on the lid drawer into the boiling water row by row.

Roasted sweet potatoes and chestnuts were buried in the brazier in the house. Seeing that the three of them had returned, old man Lin smiled and pulled out the roasted chestnuts with tongs, put them on a plate, and handed them to Dong Bao, "While they are hot eat!"

Dong Bao hugged Wan Wan and said with a smile, "Seeing Grandpa like this, I thought of an idiom."

Lin Shi also laughed, peeled off the burnt chestnut skin, broke the fragrant chestnut into several pieces, fed it to Wan Wan's mouth, and said, "I thought of that too!"

Quanzi was a little puzzled by Monk Zhang Er. He was so-so at first, and he was in a state of being satisfied after knowing the words, so he asked: "What idioms?"

Lin Shi glared at him, and scolded, "Who told you not to study hard before? Tonight, you teach uncle."

After Wanwan swallowed all the chestnuts in her mouth, she looked at Quanzi seriously and said, "Uncle, you are picking chestnuts out of the fire!" Her small eyes were full of contempt.

Dong Bao looked at the stunned Quanzi, and smiled triumphantly, "Look, you might as well be Wan Wan!"

Quan Zi was beaten to pieces, his face was struck by lightning, he couldn't believe it, "This is impossible! Wanwan is only a little older..."

What a shock, the two-year-old baby actually knows more than him!

In the end, old man Lin couldn't help but burst out laughing. He couldn't bear to see his little grandson so distraught during New Year's Eve, so he laughed and said, "You didn't come back a year ago. When we roasted chestnuts, Da Shi taught Wan Wan, Wan Wan You are smart at night, remember it as soon as you learn it!"

"I'll just say it!" Quanzi snorted twice, and looked at the couple who teased him like an accusation, "Brother and sister-in-law are bullying!"

Dong Bao rolled his eyes at him, and said with a smile: "You were the one who bullied our family Wan Wan first." She actually coaxed Wan Wan to lick the ice. Is there such a bad little uncle as him? She was just venting her daughter's anger with Lin Shi That's all.

Before the dumplings were served, Dong Bao asked Old Man Lin, "Grandpa, when we went home to set off the cannons, a few people came to the door of the Song family and said they were relatives of the Song family. Why didn't I remember that they had this kind of relative?" ?” Dong Bao told Old Man Lin about their appearances.

Old man Lin held Wanwan in his arms and thought about it for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, the old Song family has a lot of relatives, I have never heard of them having such relatives, maybe they are distant relatives who are far away from me. Bar."

Everyone came here on New Year's Eve, so it must not be for New Year's greetings.

After the whole family finished setting off the cannons and the hot dishes and dumplings were on the table, old man Lin slapped his head after drinking two glasses of wine and said, "I remember who that person is!"

"Who is it?" Lin Shi asked with a smile, it's really hard for the old man to keep thinking about this.

Old man Lin looked very serious, "Xu is Dong Bao's aunt named Da Nier, she is back!"

After what old man Lin said, Dong Bao suddenly remembered that she really had a biological aunt, but before Li's marriage came in, Aunt Song had already married away. It seemed that the marriage was far away, and no one in the Song family mentioned it. However, it seems that there is no such person, Li Shi is timid and cautious, let alone ask.

"But it doesn't have to be your aunt. She has been married for more than 20 years..." Old man Lin sipped his warm wine and sighed, "Who knows whether it's life or death? It's a crime!"

Lin Fu hurriedly interrupted, and with a smile picked up a chopsticks of sauced beef for old man Lin, and said, "Father, try this meat. It has been marinated for several days, and Qiuxia has been stewed. It is very tasty!" It's unlucky to talk about death and life during Chinese New Year!
In the evening, everyone gathered around the charcoal brazier, listening to the continuous sound of firecrackers outside, peeling peanuts and melon seeds and chatting, because this year there is a new daughter-in-law to keep the New Year's Eve. His face was red, and finally Quanzi jumped out and yelled: "If you don't take you as big brother and sister-in-law, you will bully me and my wife!"

The whole family laughed loudly. When it was late at night, Wan Wan began to doze off. Sitting in Dong Bao's arms, her little head was bit by bit. Lin Shi and Dong Bao put Wan Wan together. Sent back to sleep.

The first day of the Lunar New Year was the day when folks visited each other to pay New Year's greetings, and even more people came from the Lin family. The huge yard was packed, and people were everywhere.Dong Bao got goosebumps from being complimented by others, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he found an excuse and brought Wan Wan out with Lin Shi.

The weather in early spring is still cold, and there are thin ice floes on the river, and the snow on the ground has not melted yet, and there is a creaking sound when stepping on the ground.Soon there were children from the village taking Wan Wan to play together. Dong Bao didn't want to restrain her, so he told the older children not to go near the river, and ran wildly with them.

The two walked slowly behind the child, and within a few steps, they met Hehua and Dawei who came out of the house.

"You guys just came out here?" He Hua said with a smile.

Dong Bao smiled and nodded, not wanting to explain too much.

"Then do you know that a guest from the Song family came yesterday?" He Hua whispered to Dong Bao.

In the area of ​​Anzhou, the son-in-law is regarded as a guest, and he sounds the same as Qie.

Dong Bao immediately asked: "You mean, my aunt and uncle are here?"

"Do you still remember your eldest aunt?" He Hua smiled in surprise, "When I go out today, several families are talking about it. They say that the eldest daughter of the Song family has been married for more than [-] years, and I don't know Where did she get married to, I didn't expect to come back and see her again."

Dong Bao remembered that everyone in the aunt's family was dressed in poverty. It would be fine if they just came to visit relatives for a few days during the Chinese New Year. He would not be willing to take in Aunt Song's family.

Both she and Mrs. Li wanted to sell them for money, not to mention Aunt Song, whom she hadn't seen in more than 20 years.

It was almost noon when we returned home, and the folks who came to pay New Year's greetings had almost left. When Dong Bao and Lin Shi told Old Man Lin, Old Man Lin let out a long sigh.

"At that time, your eldest aunt was 12 years old, and your father was thirteen. Your grandma really had no money to support your father's education, so she hired Da Nier to a businessman passing by. Nier followed him." Old Man Lin said. "They make it sound like they're a businessman, but they're actually a peddler. They trade junk for candied haws and jelly beans. Oh, what a crime!"

(End of this chapter)