The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 61 New Year's Eve (3)
In the 29th year of worshiping the ancestors.After eating in the morning, there were three brothers, Father Shen.Brother Qiu and the four followed Grandpa Shen to the grave to ask for their ancestors.Shen Xuan was at home with Mrs. Zhou, when she suddenly heard shouting and crying from Granny Song's yard next door. Mrs. Zhou was worried that her eldest son would come to make trouble again, so she asked Shen Xuan to go and have a look, and asked her if there was anything wrong with her. Go find Grandpa Shen as soon as possible.Only when Shen Xuan ran to Song's house did she know that Uncle Song had finally returned under the expectation of her family.Grandma Song saw that Uncle Song hadn’t come back yet, so she went to find her elder son because there was no man at home to worship the ancestors. Under the instigation of his wife, Boss Song wanted to take advantage of this opportunity from Grandma Song, but he was seen by Uncle Song who came back, and took the opportunity. It triggered another war between the Song family.In the afternoon, Uncle Song came over with something to thank Father Shen. He had heard about all the bad things in the family, and thanked Father Shen and Zhou for taking care of his family.Father Shen thought about not accepting it but was afraid of hurting the harmony of the two families, so he accepted it. Shen Xuan waited for Uncle Song to leave and found out that the thing sent was actually a lotus root. The happy Shen Xuan hugged the dirty lotus root and laughed happily.

New Year's Eve is New Year's Eve.The old and the young of the Shen family gathered in the old house to have fun, and it was rare for Bai Lei and the two of them not to let Brother Qiu get up early. Although everyone had fun before, they got up early to practice martial arts.Five copybooks a day are essential, and occasionally Shen Xuan would fight with a few people to urge them.Young and old gathered in the house to drink tea, and Grandma Shen and the others made dumplings first in the kitchen.

"Grandma, make more dumplings." Shen Xuan shouted to the kitchen, but she was kicked out by her mother when she wanted to help. In Grandma Shen's words, children should go and play.

"Understood, grandma packs a lot, so I decided to let my good granddaughter eat enough." Grandma Shen replied cheerfully, wondering how much a child could eat.

"No, grandma, I'm giving it away." Shen Xuan knew from Grandma Shen's tone that she didn't care and quickly explained.

"Give it away? Where are you sending it?" Mrs. Zhou asked quickly when she heard her daughter's words, why didn't she know that her daughter was going to give away the dumplings.

"Send it to the town. There are some orphans in the store. I want to send them some dumplings during the Chinese New Year." Of course, Shen Xuan would not tell them that I was going to deliver dumplings to the killer who lived in the town.

When everyone heard that it was for orphans, they didn't ask much.He agreed, and praised Shen Xuan for having a kind heart at a young age, and told Brother Chun to follow suit.The two of Bai Ming, who knew the inside story, saw Brother Qiu, who was obediently being taught, hiding away and laughing unscrupulously.

"How many people in the town, do you know if there is enough stuffing at home?" Grandma Shen was worried that there would be enough stuffing to eat when she heard the orphan's kindness.

"Five people." Tian Lele and his subordinates happened to be five people.

"Mother, why don't you let Brother Bai go to the town and bring him over for everyone to have fun." Aunt Shen suggested that every household should reunite this orphan with someone.

"Okay, then I'll trouble little brother Bai to make a trip." Grandpa Shen, the head of the family, spoke, and arranged for Bai Ming to go to the town to pick him up.

After hearing what Grandpa Shen said, Bai Ming asked Shen Xuan with his eyes. Shen Xuan was worried that Tian Lele and others might not come to Shen's house, so she hurriedly tried to persuade him: "Grandpa, it's only this morning, so you ask Uncle Bai to deliver the wrapped dumplings to you?" Go ask them, I'm afraid they will feel uncomfortable coming to our house and don't want to come."

"It's also the same reason, then little brother Bai will send these dumplings over." Grandpa Shen agreed after thinking about it.

"Well, send these dumplings over first, if there are not enough at home, I will make some meat stuffing." Grandma Shen said generously.

Bai Ming and Lei Kui took the car to the town, and they came back at lunch time.When the two entered the house, Shen Xuan knew the result when she saw that there was no one behind them. Bai Ming explained to everyone that the other party thanked the Shen family for the dumplings but didn't want to disturb the Shen family, so they didn't come.Everyone didn't care, but Grandpa Shen told Shen Xuan a few more words.Bai Ming privately told Shen Xuan what Tian Lele said. The other party said that they were killers. Although no one knew them in this remote place, he would not come to Shen's house just in case, so as not to hurt Shen's family.Only then did Shen Xuan think of this incident, fortunately they didn't come, if her negligence at this moment caused the Shen family's misfortune, she would really have to bear the blame.Shen Xuan decided to ask Lei Kui to supervise his brothers' martial arts practice at ordinary times, and if it was impossible, he would hand them over to a few others for training.A few years later, Brother Qiu and the others went to Beijing to rush for the exam, and by virtue of these few people, they gained vitality amidst the ups and downs of power.

After lunch, everyone was busy pasting couplets and window grilles.The Shen family posted the couplets written by the four brothers at the door, which aroused everyone's onlookers. Although the calligraphy was incomparable to the calligraphy that Shen Xuan had seen, it was enviable in the eyes of the villagers. When he came to the door of Shen's house, he pointed to the words on the door and taught his children to learn from Brother Qiu.Originally, Brother Chun and the others were quite happy, but seeing everyone's behavior, their faces were burning hot.This funny incident left a deep impression on them in their childhood, and when they grew up, they could still joke with each other when they recalled it.

In the afternoon, Grandma Shen cooked two tables of delicious meals. There is no shortage of chicken, duck and fish, and there is also good wine. After eating and drinking, everyone gathered together and chatted with melon seeds. Grandpa Shen went out to have a look. Are the people in the village ready.

In the evening, everyone leaned together to watch the New Year. There was no Spring Festival Gala and no drums and gongs.Shen Xuan was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. When Shen Xuan opened her eyes, she realized that it was dawn and it was already the first day of the new year. Shen Xuan moved the little fox under the quilt to one side before getting up.

After the meal, they went to the old house with Shen's father and Mrs. Zhou to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen, and got a few red envelopes.Afterwards, they went to various houses in the village to pay New Year's greetings. Shen Xuan accompanied Mrs. Zhou back home. After a while, Widow Liu brought her children to pay New Year's greetings and still got red envelopes, and other people in the village also came to sit and sit around. people go.

On the second day of the first lunar month, when I went back to my mother's house, only Grandpa Shen and Father Shen were left in the Shen family.At noon, Zhou's stomach suddenly started to move, and Shen Xuan hurriedly asked Brother Qiu to find Father Shen. When she was anxious and didn't know what to do, Grandma Shen arrived, and Grandma Shen asked Shen Xuan to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water. I will use it later.

In ancient times, childbirth was a walk through the gates of hell. If the family is good, find an experienced and stable mother-in-law. If the family is not good, just let the mother-in-law watch over it and resign to fate. No wonder so many mothers and babies died in childbirth in ancient times.Shen Xuan was worried about what would happen to the Zhou family, but she couldn't help at all when the time came.Father Shen came back in a hurry with a woman. It turned out that this woman was Wen Po from the village, but Shen Xuan had never seen her before.It took two hours for Zhou to give birth to a boy. She was so tired that she went to sleep directly. Everyone was relieved, but fortunately there was no accident.

The fifth day of the lunar new year is the day when the child washes the third day, and it is also the fifth day of the broken day. The main thing is that the business opens to welcome the God of Wealth. Shen Xuan has left these matters to the shopkeeper Qingyun.The Zhou family has no natal family, and the villagers do the sanitation just for fun. The nearby families in the village come to add a few copper coins to the basin and it's over.As for what Wen Po was saying while holding the child, Shen Xuan didn't listen to it, but saw her brother naked, worried that she would be frozen.After giving Mrs. Wen the money, everyone gave it away. Now that the family is busy during the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Zhou also said that she will treat everyone to a good meal when the child is full moon.

(End of this chapter)