Chapter 77
Ning Wan bid farewell to Mrs. Hu and went back quickly. There were indeed a lot of things at home: my mother was in confinement, and she had to take care of it carefully; in autumn, there were many people delivering mountain goods. The price of fried mountain products sent to Hutai County is much higher than that of unroasted ones. Ning Wan knew it would be more cost-effective; the grain harvested in autumn has to be threshed, and the autumn vegetables have to be dried and stored in the cellar...

Since the aunt took Ning Wan's six hundred dollars, she kept talking too much, so she came to help take care of the confinement child, and Ning Wan also started wages with Chun Ling and Luo Shuang'er. When it comes to work, the aunt is better than Chun Ling's sister-in-law and Luo Shuang'er. Er can still do it, and she knows how to take care of Yuezi, but because she is an elder, Ning Wan couldn't ask her to help.And the aunt not only waited on the confinement after receiving her wages, but also took time to help them fry wild products. She had enough experience in frying wild products to see how well they were cooked.

After her mother was born, Luo Shuang stopped bringing Ning Xue with her. It turned out that there was a saying in Sanjia Village that pregnant women could not enter the confinement room and would interfere with each other. Therefore, Chunling's sister-in-law could not come on the day of her mother's birth.Ordinarily, when Ning Xue came, it would be fine if she didn't enter the delivery room like sister-in-law Chun Ling, but Luo Shuang'er was concerned about Ning Xue's foolishness, and it would be bad for her to go wrong for a while.

Ning Wan and Chun Ling asked her, "You don't take Ning Xue with you, why did your grandma agree?"

Luo Shuang said: "Now I pay my family [-] yuan a day." Originally, Luo Shuang'er was working in Ning's family and had to give half of the money to Mrs. Guo every day, but now she paid an extra [-] yuan.

Ning Wan was very upset for her, "Ning Xue is just your sister-in-law, so you shouldn't take care of her. Now that you have been busy for a day, you only lose ten dollars, which is too fair."

Luo Shuang'er thought about it, "No matter what, I can still save ten money. If my grandma won't let me come out, I won't have any money back." The fact is also like this. Come out, she can only stay at home.Then she smiled, "It will be fine when the new house is built and the family is divided."

After Luo Shuang'er knew that she could ask a doctor to see a doctor who would not give birth to a child, she regained the joy of the past. She thought that she would not have to pay the Guo family after the family split. There is hope again.

Ning Liang has a son of his own, and he is in good spirits every happy event. He smiles every day when he is working, even if Ning Wan carefully told him that his mother can no longer die, his smile did not fade, "Your mother is four years old. It's ten, and I thought it might not be possible to be born again, but now that you have three sisters, plus this little one, what else is there to be satisfied with?"

So he also smiled and didn't mention it to Yu Shi at all. He got up early every morning and teased his younger son for a while before going to work. The money for the wedding ceremony, the money for the banquet...you have to start saving now."

Now he has built a hearth in a corner of the yard, and bought a new pot, which is specially used for frying mountain products, so that frying mountain products and making confinement meals are divided into two places, so as not to delay each other.Another shed was built on the hearth, so that rainy days would not affect the work.I took the time to put the autumn vegetables in the cellar.

Every household in Sanjia Village has a cellar for storing vegetables. A square hole is dug downward from the ground. When it reaches a depth of five or six feet, it is dug a few feet to the side to form a deep hole that is as high as a person and a half. The autumn vegetables are sun-dried. After removing the excess water, it can be placed in the cellar, which is the next cellar.

The cellar is not just to pile up the vegetables indiscriminately. The placement of the vegetables in the cellar is very important. It must be able to ventilate and be able to load more. When a certain time comes, the cellar must be dumped, that is, all the vegetables must be re-arranged. Last time.All of this is for the purpose of keeping autumn vegetables for the whole winter. The entire winter in Liaodong is really snow-covered, and there is no vitality in the fields. The family's winter vegetables are all stored in the cellar.

In short, the whole autumn of the Ning family was just one word, "busy"!Even during the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone was doing things during the day, but at night, Ning Wan gave out rewards, and each gave two mooncakes bought from Hutai County, and then she and her father looked at Yuanyuan's mooncakes in the yard. The moon has all entered the house, and the mother and little brother can't go out yet, so they have a reunion dinner together in the confinement room.

It has been more than ten days since the little brother was born, he is no longer red and wrinkled and thin at the beginning, but he has gradually become white and fat. Needless to say, father can't get enough of him, even Ning Wan likes to look at him.Whether he is sleeping, looking around with his eyes wide open, or crying loudly, he is so cute in everyone's eyes.

But Ning Wan likes him, but she can't help being bitter, "My parents only like him when they have a little brother, and they don't like me anymore." coquettish.

Parents hurriedly said, "Where is it? Even with your little brother, we all like it the same!" Mother added, "When your father bought rattles for your little brother, didn't he forget to buy a box for you too?" Powder?"

Ning Wan's lies couldn't be sent anymore, so she said: "Father and mother should give the little brother a nickname first, it's so inconvenient for the little brother to call me!" When you come down, you start with a nickname, and you call it casually at home. When you get older, you may ask the elders or famous people to help you choose a nickname, not like a girl who just gave her a name.

In fact, Ning Liang and Yu Shi have discussed it for a long time, but they still can't come to an agreement. The eldest grandson of the second bedroom is called Gousheng, and the third bedroom is called Shuan'er. What should I call my own?Everyone in Sanjia Village believes that only poor names can support children, so they naturally think of "maosheng", "little dog" and the like, and one is "four girls", who deliberately call girls by their names. Son, in order to trick Lord Yan's family into giving birth to a girl, so that the kid can't take her away.

Ning Wan was not satisfied with such a name. Although she had read books, she could help her younger brother choose an elegant and generous character, but it did not conform to the rules of Sanjia Village. She knew that her parents would definitely not agree. So after thinking about it for a long time, I finally came up with an idea, "Why don't we call it a stone. How can there be anything harder and longer than a stone?"

The father and mother looked at each other and smiled when they heard it, "It's really good, and it's a cheap name, and it doesn't sound bad." Then they called the little brother, "Shitou, your third sister gave you a name!"

Shitou could not understand, fell asleep with small bubbles in his mouth, and everyone laughed, "The way Shitou spits out small bubbles is the most beautiful!"

Two days later, my aunt came home with my father. It turned out that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Ning Xian couldn’t go back to her mother’s house because the child was young. My aunt went to Zhao’s village to help. Son, so I didn't come to Sanjia Village. Now that the Zhao family has returned to the county, the eldest aunt came to see the mother, and also brought the eldest sister's gift.

The eldest aunt is a straightforward person, and she said with a smile, "Erlang gave me red eggs that day. I knew you had a son, and I was so happy that I didn't sleep well at night. Now you two have a future to rely on." In her heart , although I also think that Ning Wan is capable, but after all, it is inferior to her son who can lead a family and inherit the blood.

Mrs. Yu just laughed, and said quietly to her aunt: "I'd better trouble my sister to help Wan'er meet and see the marriage. If there is a stone in the house, she will marry off like the two older sisters. Naturally, my father and I also need more money." Prepare her dowry."

The aunt just laughed, "I'll take care of this!" But she also said: "I think Wan'er is getting more and more handsome and capable, but I don't want to mention her in our village, it's better to be like her." Her second sister also married into the town, but I don't know many people in Shuangtai Town over there."

Mrs. Yu also thinks very much, "I heard from her father that even people in Hutai County said that she is not like a girl in the mountain village when they saw Wan'er, and the shopkeeper of Wangyuan Building has been saying that there are no children and grandchildren of the same age at home. Otherwise, our family must get married, so I thought it would be fine if Wan can marry in the town. Fortunately, she is still young, so there is no rush, just ask slowly." Seeing Ning Wan coming in with tea , no more words.

Ning Wan actually heard it, how old is the family?Her ears are good, and she could hear even what her mother whispered before, but it's hard to refute directly. Of course, she is going to marry, but she definitely can't marry too early. There are only parents and younger brothers left in the family. It is difficult to support the family business, she always has to help for a few more years.

The eldest aunt then talked about the family routine with Yu Shi and Ning Wan, "Do you think I didn't go back to my mother's house for the Mid-Autumn Festival? I went to help in the Zhuangzi of the Zhao family nearby. Mrs. Zhao invited very important guests, and she took care of things all at once. I ordered more than 20 people to help, and the kitchen keeps making all kinds of food every day: in addition to three meals a day, there are also snacks, cheese, and fruit plates...they are delivered like a stream, and they are often served as they are. When I came back, I rewarded everyone, I actually ate a lot of things I hadn’t seen before.”

"I heard from the person in charge of sweeping that no fallen leaves are allowed on the paths in the garden. If you see them, you must pick them up quickly. How clean do you think the yard is? It's just that everyone can't get in and can't see it. .”

Ning Wan then asked: "Who is Mrs. Zhao's guest?"

"How do we know, we just vaguely heard that it is Anpingwei, whose surname is Lu," the aunt suddenly slapped her forehead again, "I also saw the young master of the Lu family, wearing beautiful clothes, riding a big horse, very mighty!"

Ning Wan then knew that it turned out that Mrs. Zhao's son and daughter's in-laws were the guests at Zhao's house, and Mrs. Zhao's daughter married into the Weilu family in Anping.And this Lu family belongs to the hereditary commander of Anpingwei. This Young Master Lu is the eldest son and will inherit the family's military position in the future.When Ning Wan married, Mrs. Zhao's daughter had already given birth to the eldest grandson of the Lu family, so the fourth-rank official position would naturally belong to Mrs. Zhao's grandson in the future.It was a very good marriage, no wonder Mrs. Zhao was very attentive.

Sure enough, the aunt said: "I went to help for half a month, and I even got nearly two rounds of rewards and processed money. There are also rewards from the Lu family. Tell me, how rich they are!"

After hearing this, the mother was very happy that the eldest aunt had earned such a sum of money, "The rich are generous in their actions, and it is good luck for the eldest sister to get two pennies of money!"

The aunt just laughed, "I bought something for each of you!" She said and showed everyone the clothes and food.Relatives naturally help each other. In the past, the eldest aunt often supported her natal brother, but she was just a peasant woman with a husband and children at home. Naturally, the support was limited and could not fundamentally change the life of the Ning family.Now that the Ning family's life is better, they will naturally stick to the aunt's house, and the aunt wants to return the gift even more.

In this way, relatives will get along better.

(End of this chapter)

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