The splendid years of a talented lady

Chapter 23 Two kinds of family affection (2)
"Well, I won't go out tomorrow." Su Xiazhi smiled at her mother, and entered the kitchen first.

Yang Qiaolian was busy with the New Year's Eve dinner inside, and when she saw her coming in, she pointed to the dishes on the stove and said with a smile: "What's going on here?"

Those few kinds of stewed chicken and sauce meat were all cut up yesterday and placed on the plate to worship the ancestors. Now they are missing a lot, especially the places with a lot of meat are all gone, and there are not many decent pieces left.

"Who knows." Without looking at it, Su Xiazhi lifted the lid of the pot, scooped half a scoop of hot water from the pot and poured it into the wooden basin, and she took it to the door to wash her hands.

"Don't pretend to be stupid again!" Yang Qiaolian gave her a blank look, "My mother has been thinking about you since it got dark, and asked me several times which village the happy offspring is from, for fear that you might get lost."

"Did you tell me?" After washing his hands, he took out the water in the basin and splashed it along the wall, Su Xiazhi went back to the kitchen to see if there was any work that could help.

"No. Didn't you say that you don't want to talk to your mother about the fact that there is no horoscope?" Yang Qiaolian pouted: "There is nothing to do, so don't touch your hands. Bring these dishes over, and we will have a reunion dinner."

After she finished speaking, she yelled towards the east room: "Mother, let's go and have dinner, my sister is back."

Su Xiazhi went to the main room with a plate in one hand, and Aunt Su also went out of the room to follow, chasing after her daughter and chattering.

"I've known for a long time that women's colleges are not allowed to stay! Huh! I took the food at home to make a fool of myself..." Yang Qiaolian was making arrangements for her sister-in-law behind her back, while looking out slyly: "Fortunately, I was clever, and I already put the bacon on the table. Hidden, or it will be cheaper for Min Xiucai!"

After closing the door of the stove, the place where two pieces of good bacon hung behind the door was empty and clean.Yang Qiaolian was dumbfounded...

"Mom! Take care of my sister! She alone can support a hundred mice! Our house is almost emptied by her..."

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Su Xiazhi took the initiative to clean up the dishes, and then went back to the east room.

There was no one in the house, and the oil lamp was on.

The old custom is to keep the year old and not blow out the lamps at the age of thirty.Therefore, even if it is a frugal family, it is necessary to light the ever-burning lamp for one night on this day.

When it was quiet, Su Xiazhi felt a little tired, but she was not yet sleepy, so she spread her legs and lay on the kang like a "big" character, with her head resting on her arms and staring at the roof in a daze.

There were rustling footsteps outside the door, and Aunt Su and Yang Qiaolian opened the door one after the other and walked in.

Seeing the ugly girl lying on the kang, Aunt Su shook her head: "Who would like you like this? Every girl sleeps with her legs split, she doesn't mind shivering!"

Su Xiazhi lay down and turned her head to look at her mother, then took back both sore legs and put them together.

Aunt Su and Yang Qiaolian sat down on the edge of the kang equally, staring at her without speaking.

"Meet each other?" Su Xiazhi also turned her face to face them: "Let's take a good look, if you want to see it later, you have to go to see them."

"Huh? I heard there is something in your words?" Yang Qiaolian regained her spirits immediately, bent over to take off her shoes, sat cross-legged on the kang, and waited for her to continue.

"Yeah, I'm annoying, so I have to find a way out for myself." Su Xiazhi glanced at the roof again, and said in a flat voice.

"You..." Yang Qiaolian's face was ugly when she said a word, and then she shoved her sister-in-law: "Didn't we say that we don't want to talk about the past?"

"I didn't mention it." Su Xiazhi simply closed her eyes: "Who told me to beat a hundred mice in the kitchen just now?"

"Pfft!" Yang Qionglian covered her mouth and wanted to laugh, "I really said that wrongly, sister, you are a rat, you are worth a thousand rats!"

"If you say that, I won't marry. You can think about it, can you afford to raise a thousand mice?" Miss Su put one leg on the other, still feeling sore.

"Wait a minute!" Yang Qiaolian moved forward, and whispered next to her, "Min Xiucai, is he willing to marry you?"

"What kind of food?" Aunt Su heard only one word, and hurried over, "Silly girl, what kind of food did you steal from our house?"

"Mother." Su Xiazhi sat up, also crossed her legs, looked at Aunt Su seriously and said, "I found a marriage for myself. I'm going to get married."

"Min Xiucai really agreed?" Yang Qiaolian stared in surprise and opened her mouth in disbelief.

"Whose family's younger generation is blind?" Aunt Su was also surprised, originally thought that this girl of hers would not be able to marry if she became an old girl.So she didn't believe her daughter's words at all.

"..." Su Xiazhi clenched her fists and inhaled, telling herself to be calm, mother is mother after all...

"On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Min Lansheng will invite a matchmaker to propose a marriage." Su Xiazhi announced this very important matter in front of the two women at home.

"Min Lansheng? That's not right, silly girl, you don't want that young man named Happiness anymore?" Aunt Su was confused.

"Min Xiucai really promised you personally?" Yang Qiaolian still didn't believe it, or half believed it.She was convinced of her sister-in-law's strength, but it was Min Xiucai who proposed marriage!If this happened, everyone in Xinghua Village would be dumbfounded!
"..." Su Xiazhi took another breath, then took her mother's hand and explained sweetly: "My brother's nickname is Da Lengzi, and Min Lansheng's nickname is Happiness."

"Oh." Aunt Su nodded again and again: "I just said that it is impossible for my silly girl to fall in love with two young people at once."

It's a happy event that someone is willing to have her daughter, and she didn't lose her hands. As for who the other party is and how the family is, Aunt Su doesn't think too much about it.

As long as the girl is willing, she will be happy too.

"On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the charming guest will come to our door, mother must prepare!" Aunt Su said happily.

"No need to prepare." Miss Su still felt that her two legs were uncomfortable, so she lay down as if she had no bones: "When the matchmaker proposes marriage, you should hurry up and agree. By the way, we will set a date for marriage. Can't give him a return... No, a chance to repent!"

On the second day of the first lunar month, snow fell in the sky, with a thin layer, and the road was a bit difficult to walk.

Min Qinglan took a basket of things that had been prepared a long time ago, and returned home in the mule cart provided by Zhou Lizheng's family.

(End of this chapter)