Xiaoqiao Liushui Renjia

Chapter 119

It took two days for the Qiao family's fish pond to be completed, and it was inevitable to treat and see off guests when they came and went. When the big family managers in the county came over, they would also send some things produced in their own homes.

After this work is over, there are basically no major affairs at home. Li Xia also takes stock of the accounts of the shops in the county, and everyone is preparing for the New Year.

Because there have been more and more human exchanges recently, so many things are prepared more than before. No wonder people say that the more money you spend, the more you spend. This is really the truth.Everyone knows that your family is more promising than before. If you still give things to others as before when you had no money, it will be impossible.

Jin is pregnant, so Xiaofeng and Xiaoqiao will help Wu prepare these things.In addition to relatives, there are also business contacts, all of which must be given away, but everyone has contacts, so it won't be a disadvantage.

It is the love that walks, so as not to be unfamiliar.Or how can I say that it is a courtesy?

"The two New Year pigs are not enough this year." Wu said.

Knowing that pig manure can not only fertilize the fields, but also put it into fish ponds, they now feed ten pigs in their family, and some people specialize in this, which is equivalent to a small pig farm, and it relies on If they are raised in fish ponds, the pig manure can be directly discharged into the fish ponds.

Xiaoqiao said: "Our family doesn't eat much pork. We kill two and give some to others. Then we buy two sheep and kill them. We eat mutton during the Chinese New Year. Don't dad and brothers like to eat this?"

Mrs. Wu nodded after hearing this, and said, "Well, that's true. If it weren't for the fact that beef is not easy to buy, we would buy beef." Beef is a favorite of the family, especially stewed beef, which is stewed with large ingredients. The taste is very delicious, whether it is cut into cold salad or boiled, I like to eat it.

But this beef is not sold much, and this buffalo meat is not as delicious as yellow beef, but basically all buffaloes are raised here, because buffaloes are bigger and stronger. Also small.

After talking about it here, Mrs. Wu arranged to buy sheep, and the pig butcher came to help kill the two fat pigs left by Xiaoqiao's family. Xiaoqiao and the others were busy giving meat to others, except Each of the long-term workers was given two catties of meat, and Xiaoqiao's uncle and uncle were given according to the rules even when they went to the house.

Although their relationship with Shangfang is weak now, as long as the old man is still there, as long as Xiaoqiao's family is not the kind of heinous people, they will give Shangfang things, but there is no such mentality before, and everything is just as usual. rule.

That is, as the saying goes, love on the face.

Because of the killing of the New Year pigs, they invited the neighbors to eat this meal. Ye Yong and Ye Tian came over to help kill the New Year pigs. They didn’t expect Ye Gen to come over to the house, after all, this year is always the end of the year They are all in the county town. The old man is an elder, so it is inappropriate to ask him to help. It is just right that Guo and Xu don't come.

Besides, Mrs. Wu has already spoken, and Mrs. Guo is not allowed to come to the door. I remember that after I said this, some people in the village came to talk about this matter. The general meaning is that, after all, they are elders. Wu Shi didn't respond yet, her own child was said that way, and she invited this person to come to her door. She is not a fool, if others say she is fine, she has nothing to be afraid of.

It's just that they say that their reputation is not good, and then it will affect their children's marriage.
It's impossible for Mrs. Guo to come over and make her say bad things and make her children feel wronged.

However, Mrs. Wu also said something tactfully, making it difficult for those people to continue talking.Some people in the village don't say which one they prefer, they just like to meddle in other people's business. How nice is it that a big family is harmonious and beautiful?Why do you want to make it look like a black corn?
Just like married women like to matchmaking, there is no benefit in this, it is just that interest, to put it harshly, is nosy.

"Second sister-in-law, I'm busy." Mrs. Wu raised her head, saw Mrs. Xu came in, and hurriedly put away the account book, Xiaoqiao and Xiaofeng also stood up.

Speaking of Fourth Aunt Xu, they don't know what to say about their feelings for her. You say she is from the upper room, and she doesn't get along with Guo Shi and Ye Huier. You say she is from their side, but there is Sometimes I feel uncomfortable watching her say something or do something.

Looking at the current situation, ordinary people are settling accounts, so they can't come in casually, at least they have to knock on the door before entering, but he came in directly.

Didn't she work as a maid in a rich family's house before?Don't you understand this truth?

Do you think this is not a big family anymore, so you can come in casually?Or do you want to see what they are doing and come in by surprise?This feeling is really bad.

"Fourth aunt, what's the matter with you?" Xiaofeng asked.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not like I can't see you outside, come in and have a look, now the second sister-in-law is enjoying the blessings, and there are people working in the kitchen, and the maids are hired. How is it like me? I came here to live a good life. I didn’t expect to miss it. They are just like them, and they go back to their mother’s house every now and then. I still have to live there for the rest of my life, alas, not to mention there are two old ones to support, and there is a married sister-in-law who is as domineering as she is in my own family, and I take care of her every day." Xu complained.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wu said: "I don't like to hear these words anymore. Don't these two old people have four acres of paddy fields? It was well written at the beginning, and the four acres of paddy fields were used for the two old people's pensions. There are also the five main rooms, which are also for the elderly. Why did they get into the mouths of the younger siblings? I feel that you are the only one who supports the elderly? We can just listen to this story here, but if it spreads, people will say that we It's not filial."

Hao Shi, who heard the movement, also came in and said: "This is what we are talking about, the other three of us, not to mention anything else, which family does not give things during the New Year's festival? Let's say it kills pigs, which one does not kill pigs?" Just send the meat over?

I haven't seen the fourth brother and sister at all, what kind of meat did you send us here?Speaking of filial piety, when did the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law not give anything during Chinese New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, and the old man’s birthday?When did the old man's new clothes break?
It's us, we have good things at home, no matter whether it's watermelon or vegetable melon, they are all sent by Baba, fourth siblings, you have to speak conscientiously, how come we don't support the elderly?
It's just that the old man and the others didn't want to move. In addition, the fourth child wanted to help him. In the past few years, how much work have the two old men done for you?We didn't get any shine at all. "

Mrs. Xu was very embarrassed by the words, and said: "Second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law, look at you, I'm just talking casually, you are serious, I won't tell you anymore, I will go out to see and help."

After Mrs. Xu left, both Xiaoqiao and Xiaofeng looked at the third aunt and smiled. The third aunt was really getting better and better.

Most of the time, Mrs. Wu doesn't avoid these things like Xiaofeng and Xiaoqiao, because they also want to get married, and they also have to face the problem of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. It will be good for them to watch more and think about it in the future.

Even Xiaofeng, from now on there will be only her mother-in-law and no sister-in-law, so how should she get along with her mother-in-law?

Seeing them laughing, Hao also said with a smile: "I can't see her like that. It seems like she has suffered a lot. She always tells others that it's a good thing that the three of us moved out early. She Life is hard, and I still live with the old couple and serve them. I don’t know how much the old couple subsidized them in private. Not to mention anything else, the old man works in the field every day, which they can’t do, right? , the fourth child is as old as he is, and he can't do any work. He hangs around in the city every day. Their four acres of paddy fields will definitely be given to them by then, and the five main houses will definitely be the same. There are so many of them?
There is also the private money of the old couple. Our three families have split it out. What do we want?Definitely not ours.At the beginning, the three of us got three acres of dry land, three acres of dry land. At that time, I couldn't figure out how we came here. The more I thought about it, the angrier I became.Now, why does Mrs. Xu have any complaints? We gave a meeting gift back then. When the three of us entered the door, which one gave a meeting gift?She still feels aggrieved, what's wrong with her?It's completely nothing to do. "

When we arrived, what Third Aunt Hao said made sense and was very sharp.But Xiaoqiao and the others listened for a while, and then went outside to share the pork with others. The long-term workers at home were divided, and Dunzi and his mother shared another five catties. Son, even the water doesn't need to be put, let Dunzi take his mother to his home for the New Year, and if the New Year is big, they have to go back to the grave and so on.

As for the long-term workers, most of them went back after receiving the New Year gift, leaving one or two to drive the carriage or help during the New Year.

At noon, there were two tables full of food, most of which were meat, and Xiaoqiao's family was willing to eat, so everyone was very satisfied with what they ate.

Some people kill pigs, but they are reluctant to give more meat. They always feel that if people eat too much, there will not be much left in their family. Moreover, it is not easy to raise a pig all year round. How can they be willing?What's more, people who have no money just raise pigs and sell them for money. How can they kill pigs for meat?

However, there are exceptions. They haven’t slaughtered pigs in the past few years. They still raise two pigs, and they will sell them at the end of the year. Naturally, their family will send the pork for Chinese New Year. The Zhang family will also send them some New Year's goods, so they don't have to worry about it at all.

So Xiaoqiao and the others never ate the pig-killing rice in the upper room.

At this time Liqiu had already returned from Baoping County, but the old couple of the Wu family who cooked for him did not come back. They took their grandson to guard the house and celebrate the New Year there, and the Wu family also asked people to send them New Year's things , I don’t worry about not being able to buy things during the Chinese New Year.

Liqiu was able to participate in the autumn curtain this autumn, but he felt that he was not solid in his studies, so he did not go this time, but prepared to study for one more year, and try again next autumn. His family respected him He decided that after returning home from the county town, he would also spend the day reading in his own study room. Their family has a study room specially prepared for Li Qiu, and no one else would easily enter it.

(End of this chapter)