Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 221 The Liu Family Arrives
The next morning, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang got up and got busy. Although Mrs. Jiang was pregnant, she didn't sleep in. She yawned and sat in the stove to light the fire.

There are quite a few daughters-in-law of peasant families who have to go to the fields to do work while pregnant. Mrs. Jiang’s treatment is considered good. Mrs. Liu doesn’t keep an eye on her work. She is busy today and there are not enough manpower. Just light the fire in front of the hearth.

Li Xin also got up, and Mrs. Liu had already started to work when she was washing. Two large pots were on fire. Heat up and mix with water and put in a cage.

Li Xin sneezed, woke up and said, "Mom, when are you going to get today's ingredients from the pig old man and the ruffian?"

While she was busy, Mrs. Liu took time to return to her and said, "Your second brother knows, don't worry about it, go to the yard to see if the pot is hot, and wash it with water."

Li Xin responded and did as Liu said.

The big rooster of the Li family started to crow, and everything was on the right track.Li Xin watched the fire on the stove in front of the yard for a while, Li Erlang pushed the cart to go to the ruffian's house to collect fresh vegetables, and when he came back, he greeted Li Xin, "Sister, help me!"

Li Xin hurriedly turned the cart in the direction for him, Li Erlang pushed the cart in, wiped the sweat off his brow and said, "Shouldn't the tables be set up now?"

Tables, stools, dishes, etc. were borrowed before yesterday. Hearing what he said, Li Xin said: "It's almost done, wait until the sky is bright before setting them up."

Li Erlang responded, and Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zhang hurried over to the kitchen when they heard the noise, and carried the vegetable baskets to the kitchen. Li Erlang put the cart on the side of the cowshed, and said with a sigh: "I don't know Uncle and the others." when will you arrive."

Mr. Li and everyone are in the same village, don't worry about it. Mr. Li came back yesterday when he heard that he was resting at Mr. Li's family. Today, he probably came directly with Mr. Li.

Li Xin was still thinking about what her mother asked her father about going to her uncle's house yesterday, and now she started muttering again—as if she heard her third aunt and Li Chun?
Yesterday she put this matter aside because Guan Ming came later.I'll find time later to ask her mother what happened to her third uncle's house.

The sun is gradually coming up. Although it is the Chinese New Year, the weather is still a bit chilly during the New Year, and a little bit of wind is unbearable.

Tables and stools were set up in the courtyard of the Li family, and the whole family got up, including Guan Ming.He slept in Li Ming's room last night, while Li Ming and his elder brother slept in his elder brother's bed, and Zhang's and Jiang's slept in Li Erlang's west room, with his two little children.

Guan Ming naturally slept refreshed, and stretched his waist. Seeing that the Li family was busy, he was embarrassed to be idle, and took over the work of cleaning the tables and benches and sat leisurely.

Li Xin took the time to wipe the table he had wiped, curled his lips, but didn't say anything.It's just that Guan Wen saw her expression, and when Guan Ming finished his work, he took the veil and wiped it again.

Li Xin looked at her coldly for a while, then turned her head and continued to work on her affairs.

At three poles in the sun, Mr. Li's people came.Followed by Li Laosan's family.

This was the first time Li Xin saw his uncle and aunt after Li Jin's death, as well as the old grandmother who had never been close to their family.The three old people seemed to be ten years older. They hadn't seen each other for more than a month, and the silver threads on Li Houbo and Zhu's heads seemed to have increased a lot.

Li Xin smiled faintly, went up to call for people, and hurriedly asked them to come in and sit down.Seeing Dajiang waiting for his son, he smiled and said, "There are three brothers in the family, go play with them." Then he called Yang'er into his room, and Yang'er and Shanzi ran out "Dong Dong Dong".

Dajiang is Li Jin's orphan. After his father's affairs, he feels that he has grown up a lot, and he looks more stable.

Li Xin sighed, put his arms around his small body and said, "Da Jiang, good boy, play with your younger siblings."

After the children's affairs were settled, the adults also went to sit in the main room, and Mrs. Liu came out from the kitchen to say hello.

Today, Mrs. Liu was wearing that plain dress, and Li Xin even took the time to recomb her hair, leaving behind a beaded flower. She looked a hundred times more energetic and refreshed than before.Mrs. Liu was so happy that she lost two points when she walked.

"Sister-in-law, you can just sit here, the place is small, it's just that big." Liu said with a smile: "There are some melon seeds and peanuts on the table, and some small snacks, which are made by Xiner himself. Shanzi always likes them. Every kid will try it."

Mrs. Zhu smiled politely, while Mrs. Li Yue who was sitting beside her muttered.

Liu turned her back and went to the stove to make her a bowl of warm sugar water, then turned back and put it in front of her, saying, "Mother-in-law, drink something to quench her thirst."

I don't know what Li Yueshi is mumbling about, since Li Jin's death, she has become a little distracted.In the past, I pretended to be ignorant and didn't speak for a long time, making people feel that she didn't exist. Whenever I spoke, Liu's teeth would itch with hatred——Li Yue's must have asked their second wife to contribute money and effort when she spoke. It doesn't matter if you work hard, only the second room will pay more, and the big room and the third room don't need to spend more.

Now Li Yueshi keeps talking all day long, whispering all the time, unless he is sleeping or eating, his mouth is never completely closed.

She muttered and didn't know what she was muttering, anyway, she opened and closed her mouth up and down, making people feel that she was chanting scriptures.

But if it’s really just chanting scriptures, she doesn’t have Buddhist beads hanging on her hands, and secondly, she doesn’t hold scriptures, and she recites blindly by herself, how can it be chanting scriptures?
If you listen closely to her, you can still hear a few sentences. It's just some kind of "God and Buddha", "ghost" or something like that, people seem to be unconscious.

It's not entirely clear if she is not awake, she still has moments when she is awake.For example, what Liu said, when something happened to the third room of the Li family, Li Yue still knew to call his eldest son and second son to help them come up with ideas to solve the problem.

Li Yueshi and Liu Shi didn't make any big noises at this moment, and after talking to themselves for a while, they still brought sugar water to drink.When Liu was putting away the bowl, she heard Li Yue muttering again, and she asked impatiently, "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about? Louder!"

Li Yueshi muttered a few more words, and Zhu Shi heard it clearly when he got closer, and said to Liu Shi: "Mother-in-law said that the sugar water is a bit cold."

Mrs. Liu groaned, "I'll only talk after I've had a drink. Sit by yourself! I'll bring you a charcoal oven for you to warm up."

Mrs. Liu went back to the kitchen, and Li Xin also came back to take a sip of water. Mrs. Liu said, "This old lady bullied me in the past, no matter how you look at her, she thinks it is disgusting. Now she looks skinny, her face is full of wrinkles, and her hair is white. hair, and feel that this old lady is really pitiful."

Mrs. Liu said helplessly: "Just now when I drank sugar water, I was picky and picky. I said earlier that it would be fine to add some hot water to her when it was cold. I guess she felt that adding hot water would make the taste of sugar less, and it would be fine." Don't tell people to add it, but tell me that the sugar water has cooled a bit to add to my trouble after drinking it."

Li Xin persuaded: "Mom, don't worry too much about grandma, she is also so old."

"If it weren't for her age and how pitiful she is now, maybe I would really disrespect her today, and tell her whether she likes to drink or not, and no one can do anything to me."

Mrs. Liu shook her waist, stretched her arms and said, "Okay, hurry up and get busy. I'll feed the pig first, so as not to howl too much later."

When it was time to serve the cold dishes ahead, Liu's family finally arrived.

It looks like they made an appointment to come together.

Li Xin's uncle Liu Jinshu led the way, Liu Jinlin helped Li Xin's grandmother Tang Shi to walk behind, and his aunt and others were even behind, unloading things from the carriage and holding the baby.

Upon hearing the news, Mrs. Liu burst into joy, straightened her hair and came out to welcome her. She called her elder brother, fourth brother and fifth sister, and affectionately took Tang's hand to the main room.Uncle Li Houbo, Uncle Li Hou and the others naturally wanted to give way to the Tang family.

Here are two old ladies.

Tang is already seventy years old, and his health is not good, but his spirit is not bad, and he can recognize people clearly. When he sees Li Yue, he calls out "mother-in-law" affectionately, but Li Yue is still in love with her. Li just muttered to himself.

Li Houbo was a little embarrassed, and said to Tang: "Don't be offended by my mother-in-law, my mother...she's a bit out of her mind."

Tang shi laughed and didn't mind at all.

Li Xin's grandfather died relatively early, probably when she was two years old, and she basically has no impression of this grandfather.But fortunately, her uncle had already had a child at that time, so he had a grandson for her grandfather's funeral.

Liu Jinshu said with a smile: "It's okay, brother, my mother is not stingy." Then he leaned in front of Li Yueshi and shouted: "Mother-in-law, I am Liu Jinshu, do you remember me?"

Li Yueshi ignored him.

Liu Jinshu also laughed, and asked people to find a place to sit or something. After a while, the main room seemed narrow, and asked the women to go outside to find stools to sit on.

Mrs. Liu also said, "Hurry up and sit down, the food will be served in a while."

Liu Jinshu's daughter-in-law's family name is also Zhang, but it is a bit different from Li Xin's sister-in-law's "Zhang". The two cannot be said to be related, and they don't usually know each other. up.

Da Zhang glared at Liu Jinshu and said, "Boss Liu, you just like to eat."

Liu Jinshu smiled, he has always been a strict wife, he usually only listens to what his daughter-in-law says—no way, the two sons and one daughter in the family only listen to his wife, he can’t help it if he gets angry, year after year. That's it.

Liu Jinduo has a good temper, so he pulled Mrs. Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, sit outside, the main room is still a little dark, and it happens that I can watch a few children outside so that they won't go crazy."

After all the women had gone out, Guan Ming stood up from the corner and said with a smile, "Everyone is a family, eat whatever you want, eat whatever you want."

Tang glanced at Guan Ming and asked Liu Jinshu, "Which family is this?"

Liu Jinshu didn't know him either, so he looked at his brother-in-law.

Li Houzhong said awkwardly: "This is girl Xin and her father-in-law." Then he introduced to Guan Ming: "This is girl Xin and her grandmother, this is her uncle, her fourth uncle, and her fifth uncle."

Liu Jinshu greeted Guan Ming familiarly: "Brother Guan! Come and sit, you rare visitor! I haven't seen him before, and I didn't go when girl Xin got married..."

Guan Ming naturally wanted someone to strike up a conversation with him, so he quickly climbed up to talk to Liu Jinshu.

Li Xin poured tea for someone, Liu Jinshu stared at her and said, "Girl Xin doesn't go to uncle's place to play or anything, do you still hate your cousin?"

"How can it be..." Li Xin said with a smile: "I don't remember what he did. I don't have to keep in mind what happened when I was a child."

What Liu Jinshu was talking about was that she went to play with her uncle when she was a child, and her second cousin scared her to tears, and she never played with her second cousin again.

Speaking of the three children of Uncle Li Xin's family, the names are really wonderful.

Liu Jinshu lived in the town. When he was working in the early years, he would often pass by a private school and listen to the lectures given by the master in the private school.He is also smart, just listening to the lectures really taught him a lot of words.After listening to so many classes, Liu Jinshu heard the words "Xin, Da, and Ya" into his mind. After getting married, he told Da Zhang that he would have two sons and a daughter in the future. The sons are Xin and Da. My daughter's name is Ya, and I was stunned to say that these three words sound very nice.

Later, Dazhang really gave birth to two sons and a daughter, and Liu Jinshu stunned to put these three names on his sons and daughters. He took the word "Jie" in the middle and "Jie" in the middle of his daughter, with the same sound. It doesn't matter if the words are different, you know you are a family when you read it.So Li Xin has two cousins ​​and one cousin, whose names are "Liu Jiexin", "Liu Jieda" and "Liu Jieya".

Mrs. Da Zhang once said that her daughter's name had too many strokes, making it inconvenient to recognize. Liu Jinshu stubbornly thought that this would make his daughter look noble, so he didn't change it.

——This is the only thing Liu Jinshu has fought with his wife to the end in his life.

Li Xin's second cousin didn't come today, it is said that he couldn't leave because of work.The eldest cousin came, bringing the eldest cousin and their three children.

The second cousin didn't come, and neither did his wife. It is said that he was taking care of the child and raising the baby at home.

Fourth Uncle Li Xin laughed and said, "Girl Xin is already a big girl, and she is married, how could she hate her cousin for bullying her when she was young?"

Li Xin said quickly: "Fourth Uncle is right, Uncle always thinks bad of me."

Liu Jinshu just laughed, took a look at Liu Jinlin and said, "Your fourth uncle has been very happy recently, and everything looks good."

Li Xin let out an "ah"—you must know that my fourth uncle has been a widower for many years and has never looked for him again. Maybe his uncle meant...

Liu Jinshu just pursed his lips and smiled, and now he was playing tricks.

Li Zai was about to ask, Mrs. Zhang called her to help, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen with a vague sound.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw Da Zhang and Liu Jinduo were there, and the other three daughters-in-law of Li Houbo were also helping in the kitchen.Li Xin hurriedly called for someone, saw that there was still room next to the vegetable sink, so she walked over, and there happened to be Mrs. Zhang next to it.

Mrs. Zhang nodded when she saw her, looked in the direction of the main room, and asked casually but as if asking: "Girl Xin, why is your father-in-law here?"

The fourth person asked her this question!
Annoyed, Li Xin wanted to send Guan Ming back, so as not to be asked this question again and again, took a breath and said, "My father-in-law heard it when Mother asked someone to send me a letter, and said he would come to join in the fun."

She didn't mention anything else.

Mrs. Da Zhang glanced at her, but did not pause for a moment.

(End of this chapter)