Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 108
In the early morning of the second day, everyone was busy, preparing for this and that, and the new house was very lively.

Guan Wen told Li Xin that the food made from pig offal is delicious, and pig offal is extremely cheap, so you always have to prepare a few meat dishes at the banquet to save face.Li Xin understood what he meant, so she specifically went to Dong Sangong, who killed the pigs, and made an agreement with him to go to another house to kill the pigs and collect the pigs into the water and sell them to her.

Dong Sangong is a good butcher of pigs, and it happened that he was going to go to five households to kill pigs that day, four of them went to the market tomorrow to carry pigs to sell.Dong Sangong naturally knew that offal pigs were generally very cheap, and few people would eat them if they tasted so good, and the price for selling pigs was also low.

Most of the meat ingredients are ready, vegetables, melons and fruits are also available in the village, and it doesn't take much effort. The rest is sugar cakes, melon seeds and peanuts.

Going out with Xing'er Yinhuan to buy these things saved Li Xin a lot of effort, and the price was not high.In addition, Yinhuan also entrusted Yinhuan to buy more than a hundred eggs.

Guan Wu and Guan Quan also borrowed things back, and put three large pots on the temporary stove.

Guan Wu wiped off his sweat and said, "It looks good today, and it will be sunny again tomorrow, so don't worry about it raining."

Myolie hugged Xiaokang and said to Li Xin, "Sister Xiner, I will come to help tomorrow morning."

"I'm coming too!" Yinhuan stuffed a piece of orange, chewed and swallowed it twice, "I'll help you guys! I'll always do the dishes and crack an egg!"

Myolie and Li Xin both laughed.

Yinhuan is the daughter-in-law of the village chief. There are two maids in the house to take care of her, and she is not usually used for cooking.Her family background was good since she was a child, and her parents loved her and didn't teach her to cook.In addition, her temperament is careless, even careless, and her mother-in-law is not happy to see her wandering around the kitchen.This time she begged for her own life, and she also knew that she was a disservice, so she said that she only washed vegetables and cracked eggs.

Someone helped Li Xin, so naturally he didn't push it away. Seeing that the ingredients were piled together and sorted, and the dishes and chopsticks were all washed and drained, he nodded and said, "Then I will trouble Sister Xing'er and Sister Yinhuan."

"You're welcome, you're welcome! The three of us are with whom!" Yinhuan said cheerfully, and when her man told her to go back, she hurriedly greeted him and left.

Li Xin then said to Guan Quan: "Fourth brother, everything is almost ready, you can go to Hu's house and tell me in person later, please invite Father Hu and Yueying to have dinner tomorrow."

Guan Quan paused, frowned and said, "It's not right..."

"What's wrong, Guan Lao Si, are you still shy?" Xing'er joked, "I'm going to be your wife soon, so you should be more courteous and walk around with your future father-in-law."

Li Xin also said: "I haven't heard that you have visited Hu's house a few times. It is a rare opportunity and it also shows that you value it."

Only then did Guan Quan reluctantly agree.

After everyone had left, Li Xin was going to cook soup for Guan Wen in the kitchen. Seeing Xing'er and Guan Wu standing together, and Xiao Kang being hugged by Xing'er, the three of them were like a family. Guan Wudao: "Second Brother, Sister Xing'er hasn't seen the new house yet, take her around."

Xing'er blushed "shua", Guan Wu also stammered, "Okay, okay..."

Li Xin suppressed a smile and went to the kitchen alone.

When Guan Wen and Brother Yue came back, the soup was ready, my aunt's family came, and even Zhao Guangming was carried out of the car by Brother Yue.After eating here, Guan Wencai said to Li Xin: "I went to ask Dr. Wen, and he said no trouble to pick him up. He has been here before, and he is going to make a visit tomorrow. It is in the direction of Hehua Village. It’s okay to come and have lunch.”

Li Xin responded, and went to the place where the Zhao family had prepared to live.

Guan said a little forcefully: "Awen's daughter-in-law, you don't have to work hard, we'll just live in the old house at night."

Li Xin paused, and Ah Wen said first: "Gu, a new house must be popular when it is built, and you guys are here to increase the popularity. Besides, grandpa is here too."

Guan's stature paused, and after being pulled by her husband, she let go and nodded.

In the evening, Li Xin, Axiu, and Amei shared a room, Guan Wen went to squeeze with Lao Guanguan, Zhao Guangming and his wife slept in Amei's room, and the two cousins ​​slept in the spare room. up.

Li Xin got up when it was still dark the next day, boiled water and set the table, started a fire at the stove in the yard, rinsed the pot and added water to the two stacks of tall cages.The other pot is intended to be used for cooking, and the two big pots in the stove are used to stew soup.

She was the first to get up, Axiu was a little sleepy after rushing yesterday, but she got more sleep.However, Guan has developed a habit of waking up when he hears noises, and after cleaning up, he goes to the kitchen and sees Li Xin busy by himself.

Seeing Guan's Li Xin hurriedly fetching water and putting on her handkerchief, she put it aside and said, "Gu, wash up."

Mrs. Guan didn't say a word, and after washing up, she saw that Li Xin was restless and seemed to be worthy of a family, so she asked her, "Why did Ah Wen want to separate?"

Li Xin paused, and said after a while: "It was suggested by grandpa."

Guan was stunned, "Father brought it up?"

"Yes, grandpa said that father-in-law dragged Ah Wen down, so he asked Ah Wen to share it."

Guan Shi still couldn't believe it, "Then grandpa also said that he would separate with you?"

"That's not true." Li Xin said truthfully, "It's the father-in-law who said that Ah Wen is the eldest son, and he couldn't be filial to the father-in-law after being separated, so he asked Ah Wen to pick up the grandfather.

"What's the point!"

Guan's voice suddenly increased, "Why is your father-in-law so confused!"

Li Xin remained silent, adding firewood to the stove, and said to Guan, "Auntie, sit by the stove door, it's cold."

Guan was furious, so he caught Li Xin and asked her to sit aside, "What's going on? Tell me clearly."

It stands to reason that a married daughter like Guan's shouldn't care about these things, but Li Xin knew that she was trying to figure out the situation at home rather than inquiring about something, so she explained the matter frankly.

The more Guan frowned the more she heard, and her back gradually hunched up. She rubbed the center of her brows and said, "Brother really...the older you get, the more confused you become!"

I'm afraid I never woke up.

Li Xin pursed her lips in secret, and added a thick piece of wood to the stove, "Guy, sit here and warm up the fire and help me watch the fire. It’s just so hot that you can have a meal.”

Guan Shi nodded, staring at the blazing fire in the stove in a daze.

As soon as Xing'er and Yinhuan were cleaned, Xiaokang arrived in Xing'er's arms with sleepy eyes. Li Xin looked at the child and thought it was cute, so he took it and hugged him and said, "Put him on the bed and let him sleep again." for a while."

Xing'er nodded, Li Xin took Xiao Kang to her room, and saw that A-mei was already awake and putting on clothes, and A-Xiu was still sleeping, snoring slightly.Seeing Li Xin coming in with a baby in her arms, A-mei yawned and called, "Sister-in-law..."

"Well, get up when you wake up." Li Xin carefully put Xiaokang on the position where Amei got up, which happened to be on the inside, so he wasn't worried about him falling off.After taking off his clothes and covering him with a quilt, seeing the cute red faces of Axiu and Xiaokang, he couldn't help but smile.

After eating, everyone began to work in division of labor and cooperation.When it was dawn, people came one after another, Li Xin invited them to sit in the yard, and those who wanted to visit the house were welcome to visit. There were ten tables in the main room, and two tables of chairs were placed in the main room, and the other eight tables were scattered outside. On the table are melon seeds and peanuts, candied snacks, and a plate of washed melons and fruits, which are very popular with women and children.

Dong Sangong brought the pig offal to the water yesterday. The pig heart and liver can be fried with offal, but the pig intestines need to be cleaned up.

Near noon, people from the Li family also came, and when they heard people greet her outside, saying that the head of the house, the mother's family, was here, everyone laughed in good faith.

Li Xin hurriedly wiped her hands and went out.

Her parents were here, so was the eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother, and naturally the sister-in-law brought her two nephews, and even the second sibling who was pregnant and unable to walk around also came.

Jiang Shi has long been pregnant, her belly is slightly protruding, and she is dressed thickly. Li Erlang hugged her in his arms. Seeing Li Xin looking at her, she smiled and said, "Sister, I will also bring your nephew and niece to eat. .”

Li Xin hurriedly stepped forward and complained: "Don't run around when you are pregnant with a child, you will have to eat in the future."

Jiang smiled, "The meaning is different, sister don't have to worry about me, mother-in-law and sister-in-law are watching me."

"That's right, what are you worrying about?" Mrs. Liu cheerfully came over to look at the exterior of the house, nodded and said, "I didn't believe your eldest brother and second brother said that the house was big, but this time I believe it."

Li Xin's eyes turned red.

The whole family of the Li family came, this was to save face for her, to show that there were people in her natal family, and to restore the harmony between her parents and brothers.Now that she and Guan Wen are separated and live alone, there is already a lot of gossip in the village, and her natal family is afraid that she will be wronged and come to support her.

Someone knew that there was a Confucian scholar in the Li family. He was a young man of twelve or thirteen years old. When he saw Li Ming, who had a dignified appearance and a good temperament, he naturally guessed that it was him, and hurriedly asked Li Xin to introduce the future number one scholar.

Li Xin said modestly: "He has been studying for a few years and has been praised by his master. The results of the students have not yet been released, so everyone should stop praising him, lest he be complacent and not know how to work hard in the future."

Li Ming only smiled shyly beside Li Xin, shook Li Xin's hand quietly, and smiled at her.

Li Xin suddenly felt warm in his heart, and the people around were still joking, saying that the little Zhuangyuan was calm and calm, and he must have a big future in the future, and suddenly the surrounding voices became quieter.

Seeing that his father and sixth younger brother hadn't come at noon, Guan Wen could only invite someone in person, and it was Guan Wen who had invited someone back at this moment.

It's just that I didn't expect to meet someone from my father-in-law's family by chance.

Guan Wen kept in mind the kindness of his wife and mother's family for his survival, so he hurried forward to greet him: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, are you here?"

Li Houzhong rubbed his palms, and said cheerfully: "Come here, come here, your house is not bad, not bad!"

Mrs. Liu, on the other hand, looked a little colder. She glanced at Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng behind Guan Wen, her voice wasn't enthusiastic but it didn't make people feel flattered.

Guan Mingqi didn't hit a single place.

From a distance, I could hear the bustle of Xinwu, but when I got closer, I realized that someone was praising Li Jiasanlang.Glancing at the young son beside him with a bad face, he felt even more unhappy.

It's just that it's not easy to get angry in front of the folks, so I just dealt with it leisurely, Li Dalang came up to say hello, he didn't say much, just nodded and went to the main room, Guan Zhicheng also had a serious face Follow like water.

Someone whispered: "What's the matter with Guan Ming? He doesn't even bother his in-laws when they greet him."

"That's all for him. Hey, have you seen that the two boys in the Guan family who are not educated are polite? Everyone knows how to say hello to his father, but he is nice and doesn't say a word. It's him after all. Sister-in-law, father and mother, I should say hello to his uncle-in-law, so I just left..."

"I'm afraid I'm jealous of the Li family. He's also a Confucian scholar. He took the exam three times before he passed the exam. Li Sanlang didn't take the exam at all when he went back to take the exam. It's Mr. and the official who studied it. Directly recommended as a Confucian scholar."

"Really?"

"What are you doing to lie to you? My cousin's sister-in-law and her second boy are on duty at the county government office. In this regard, they are very clear!"

……

Naturally, Guan Ming and Guan Zhicheng could not hear the voices of other people's discussions, but Guan Wen and others could vaguely hear them.

That embarrassing feeling is probably very uncomfortable.

Guan Wen invited Li's family to sit in the main room, frowning, followed his father, and Guan was also there.

Guan Ming sat there silently, Guan Wen endured it and said to him calmly: "Father, today is a big day, you..."

"What's wrong with me? How old is it? It's just a separate family. You're too embarrassed to hold a banquet, but I'm too embarrassed to attend it!"

Guan Wen didn't want to quarrel with Guan Ming, and seeing that he couldn't make sense with his father, he didn't want to vent his anger on a good day.After raising my breath and calming down, I went out to receive people.

Naturally, Mrs. Zhang wanted to come to help in the kitchen, Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Liu sat and chatted together, Mrs. Liu hugged Xiaodou and coaxed them.Shanzi had no one to play with him, so Li Xin led him to play with Xiaokang.They are all four or five-year-old dolls, and they can also play together.

Blind Hu and Hu Yueying also came, Guan Quan was in front supporting Hu, and Hu Yueying followed behind with her face downcast.

The girl's back was a little hunched, presumably because she was tired from working all year round, and she probably felt inferior because of her bad looks, so she liked to hang her head down.Over time it looks a little hunched over.

Guan Quan was indifferent, and led Hu's father into the main room. Hu Yueying helped his father to sit down, and then timidly raised his head and looked at Guan Quan.

Li Xin is the master, and Hu Yueying is her future sister-in-law, so it is natural to come up to socialize.Taking Hu Yueying's hand kindly, Li Xin smiled and said, "It's Yueying, right? I've heard your name before, and this is the first time I've seen you." Then he said nonsense to the blind man: "Father Hu, you are welcome to come to our place Be a guest."

The blind man's beard looked a bit reserved, and he was a bit too old for his age, but even though he was blind, his whole body was quite clean.His eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, which looked like cataracts.

Hu Yueying seemed even more timid. Calculated that she and Axiu were the same age, Hu Yueying should have passed her full age, only a little older than Axiu.Axiu looked at her and she was going to be eighteen in the twelfth lunar month.

Hu Yueying didn't twitch when Li Xin held her hand, and called out "Sister Guan" shyly, with a soft voice, which seemed to be a good-natured and good-looking voice.

It's just that the appearance of the Hu family girl is really not very good.

The single eyelid is fine, the eyes are still small, there are blackheads or something around the bridge of the nose, it looks a little dirty, and the lips are slightly thick.

The skin on the whole face is slightly yellow, and there are a few pimples on the forehead.

But the ears are very well born, and the shape of the ears is very beautiful.

Li Xin raised her eyebrows slightly, she still remembered buying a pair of silver earrings for her when she helped Guan Quan buy the bride price for the Hu family.

Is this a crooked hit?

(End of this chapter)