The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 72 Hosting a Banquet (1)
Both Grandpa Su and Mrs. Liang sat on the kang with their backs straightened, and a few straw mats were spread on the floor. First, there was a family of Su in the big house, who knelt down to kowtow to Grandpa Su and Liang, then Father Su's family, and Su Jian's family. , Su Shui's family, and finally Su Qin's family.

Grandpa Su was also full of joy, so he asked everyone to get up, and arranged for a few to go to which one to pay New Year's greetings.

"Dong'er can stand alone now, you can lead these houses around." In the end, Grandpa Su took special care of Su Dong.The eldest room has no sons, so Su Dong is Grandpa Su's oldest grandson, and he has been favored by Grandpa Su since he was a child. He is the only one of the juniors in the family to study. Grandpa Su has high hopes for Su Dong.

Su Mei also kowtowed to Grandpa Su and Liang Shi, and went to sit beside Liang Shi.

After Su Man paid his respects, he sat next to Feng Shi, but his eyes were on Su Mu's head, especially Su Ling and Su Ho's ears, and his mouth was so pouted that he could hang on to the soy sauce bottle.

"Second sister-in-law's outfits are really energetic today." Feng said with a smile, "This hairpin is newly bought, it's golden, so pretty. Ling'er and He'er's earrings are pure gold, right? It’s worth the money just by looking at it.”

Everyone has seen Mother Su's hairpin, Su Ling and Su He's red gold earrings, and after hearing Feng Shi's words, they all turned to see their mother and daughter.

Work hard to get rich, earn income from labor, not afraid of people watching.Su Ling thought.

"Fifth Aunt, that's all we wear on our heads. It's not like Fifth Aunt, who put it all under the bottom of the box, so she can take it out anytime, show us, and open your eyes." Su Ling laughed.

Su Ling already knew about the fact that Mrs. Feng was scammed for 20 taels because of Su Mei’s marriage. It is said that Mrs. Feng sold some dowry, and finally went back to her natal family to borrow some money to make up the 20 taels. It's just that Feng's wrong, no matter how much he is doing for himself, he can't push his relatives into the fire pit!Su Ling asked herself that she was not a good person, but she couldn't do such a thing. She even 'sold' her sister-in-law for money. Life is not as good as it used to be, and he was even instructed to do things.

"What's wrong with me?" Feng Shi felt that he was getting angry, and felt that everyone might know about her dowry, and thought that Su Ling was laughing at her. After saying this, she immediately fell silent.

But Su Zhen, who was young, ran to Liang's side, "Girl, hug, lucky money."

Feng Shi quickly walked up, hugged Su Zhen and stood aside, looked at Liang Shi's expression, and felt relieved when she realized that she was not angry. There has never been such a custom in the Su family's old house. It is impossible for the younger generation to accept New Year greetings for the elders To the red envelope, so when Su Zhen said this, Mrs. Feng was very worried that Mrs. Liang would be angry.

Of course, Mrs. Liang was angry, but it was only for the Chinese New Year, and she didn't want to show her grandson's face early in the morning. She would be ashamed to say that, and said that such an old person still cares about like a child.

At that time, Xie's brothers and sisters in Suling gave them a red envelope when they paid New Year's greetings to them. The money was not much, about ten copper coins.

Su Ling received red envelopes for several uncles and aunts during New Year's greetings. Except for Feng Shi, what is particularly worth mentioning is that Feng Shi snatched the red envelopes from Su's mother immediately after his two children received them, saying that they wanted to Help them keep it, but it is not known how the result of the preservation will be.

Everyone just smiled at Feng's behavior and didn't say much. Su's mother and Xie were talking about Su Hua's work in the dim sum shop. After the new year, Su Hua will be fourteen. Su's mother helped find a suitable good son, and said that she wanted to help Su Hua go on a blind date. In fact, after Su Hua worked in the dim sum shop this year, many people came to propose marriage, but they were all used by Mrs. Xie because she was too young. I wanted to stay for two more years to prevaricate, but now that Su Hua is fourteen, she is not young, so she should look for it.

Mother Su, Mrs. Xie and the other two aunts chatted together for more than half an hour.

After leaving the old house, Su Ling and Su Ho returned home.On the first day of the new year, people in the village pay New Year's greetings to each other.Su's father and Su's mother took Su Dong to visit the new year, but the two girls didn't have to go.Their seniority was low, and no one came to give them New Year's greetings. The two sisters called Su Huaji and Xiaocao. They went back to the house, took out sugar balls, peanuts, and melon seeds, and ate them while chattering.

Su's father and Su's mother led Su Dong to spend the whole day during New Year's greetings. Fortunately, Su Ling was able to help, and Su Ling prepared dinner, although it was also used in the homes of people who went to New Year's greetings. Dinner, but after all, it is not my own home, I feel not so comfortable, and finally the three of them went home and had dinner again before resting.

"Master, how many people should we invite for a banquet this time?" Mother Su asked.

Every year on the fifth or sixth day of the lunar new year, the Su family will hold a banquet, and the people invited are those who are familiar with the village and have frequent contacts. Of course, this is not just the Su family, it is a custom in the entire Huangfu Empire , if the two parties want to hold a banquet, they will be notified in advance, spaced out, and not held on the same day.

Su Ling's family should especially do it this year. Her family's yard was newly built and she opened a shop in the town, so her family not only needs to do it, but also has to do it big and well.

"The old house is a must, as well as the Li family, the Niu family, the Zhang family, and others, let's see if they come! Prepare more first, so that you won't be too busy then!" More thoughtful.

"Well, then let the daughters-in-law of their families come over to help first." Mother Su said.

Su Ling and Su Dong did not speak, expressing that they had no opinion. In fact, generally speaking, they rarely objected to the decisions made by Su's father and Su's mother.

"Okay, let's eat quickly! Rest early after eating." Mother Su urged, and she will go to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow. Wushi Town, where Wang's family is located, is still far away from Huaxi Village. Mother Su was afraid that they would not have enough rest, so she hurried Let them go to rest.

In the past few days, Su Dong also temporarily put down his books, taking a rare vacation for himself to have a good rest.

Even in the cold winter, Su Ling is still used to taking a bath every day. Her mother has told her this habit countless times, but she doesn't listen to it. Even Su Dong is also like Su Ling. If you don't take a bath, it's like having bugs crawling all over your body, and you can't rest.

After the two of them took a bath, Su Ling wore long, black and beautiful hair, lit the lamp, and took a magazine to read. Su Dong was really tired today, so he went to rest early. Su Ho's work and rest time It has always been relatively normal. After dinner, if there is nothing to do, she will fall asleep in a short time.

It's a new year, a new good mood, so Su Ling slept very well this time.

(End of this chapter)