Some of the neighbors on the street have finished pasting Spring Festival couplets, while others are posting them.

When they saw Xia Meng and his brother and sister, they all greeted each other and chatted with concern.

At this time, most people were simple and had a deep neighborhood relationship.

Their wooden carved houses with mud on the exterior wall were built by Qingshan Forestry Bureau, with five houses in one trip.

The layout is all three rooms with a unique courtyard. As soon as you enter the house, there is a kitchen. Two large pots are built with walls on the left and right, and two bedrooms in the east and west. The east room is larger.

Xia Meng and his family are the ones in the mountains, and now the smoke gutters are emitting curling smoke.

Xia Meng knew that her mother had returned home from the hospital early in the morning and probably had done a lot of work now.

Xia Xiao pushed the bicycle into the yard and shouted, "Mom, we are back."

Xia Meng only felt happy to see everything, and also smiled and echoed: "Mom, I'm back!"

Xue Mingyue heard the movement and pushed open the door of the house with the cotton felt nailed out, bringing out a flying white breath.

"When I come back, hurry into the house. Why are you shouting in the yard? It's not cold."

Xia Xiao laughed, put a ladder on the car and started unloading things down.

Xia Meng wants to help.

Xue Mingyue, who was wearing an apron, grabbed her and said, "Let your second brother do it."

She asked with concern: "Daughter, is it frozen?"

"A little bit, it's really too cold today, it's minus forty degrees." Xia Meng was especially sitting in the back seat of the car, unlike her second brother riding a bike, so it's even colder.

When Xue Mingyue heard this, she pulled Xia Meng's arm into the house: "Then you hurry up and go to the kang on the east room to warm up. Don't worry about anything, just wait. Mom will cook all the water for you in a big pot. I'll drive your second brother out later and wash it well."

The staff bathtub is crowded and the environment is still humid. Xia Meng has injuries on her head and cannot touch the water. Xue Mingyue plans to burn the house hot and warm and let her daughter take a shower at home.

Xia Meng naturally obeyed the arrangements.

After entering the east room, taking off his cotton shoes and coats, and lying on the burning hot kang, Xia Meng sighed with satisfaction.

A golden nest is not as good as a doghouse for your own, and a good place is not as good as your own.

She looked around casually.

The room in the east room of her house is not too big and the decoration is very simple.

There is a fire kang near the south window, and a kang cabinet is placed at the end of the kang.

There is a wooden box with a wooden color on the edge of the kang underground, and a small yellow lock is locked on the nose.

The lid has a pile of medicine bottles and small mirror wooden comb silk cream, and an old-fashioned radio.

Next to it is a large wardrobe that I made myself, and there are kang tables and several wooden benches beside the wall.

Now that my elder brother is married, he and his sister-in-law Dai Hongye moved to the forest farm family area in the ditch.

So, usually in summer, the mother and the mother live in the east room and the second brother live in the west room.

It is very cold in winter, often minus 389 or 40 degrees Celsius. It has to burn hard, otherwise it will be cooler if the fire stops. Xia Meng and the other three live in the east room.

Xia Xiao helped his sister prepare water, and after completing the task, he grabbed a handful of melon seeds and went to visit his neighbor's house.

Xue Mingyue inserted the door and pulled the curtains.

Xia Meng did not wash her hair, she only washed her body, and simply washed her.

After washing, I was wrapped in a quilt, and the pores all over my body were expressing comfort.

Today is New Year's Eve. Apart from my elder brother and his family came back from the ditch, they would definitely get someone. Therefore, Xia Meng put all the mattresses and quilts into the kang cabinet after covering her for a while, leaving only a small pillow and a small quilt outside.

Seeing this, Xue Mingyue went to open the door.

As a result, Xia Xiao had not come back yet, but Xia Meng's aunt Xia Hongying came with a bulging cloth bag.

It is said that nephews are like uncles and nieces are like aunts, which is not reflected in Xia Meng.

Xia Hongying also has thick eyebrows and big eyes, but with a square face and thick lips, it is not as delicate as Xia Meng's oval face, watery peach blossom eyes, and slightly raised moon-like mouth.

"Your child is finally safe. If you really do something, how can your mother live? You have to be more careful next time, do you know?" Her elder brother was gone so early, and no one could stand the incident with her only daughter.

"I understand, aunt, don't worry, similar things will never happen again in the future, which will make my mother and my brother and others worried." Xia Meng accepted humbly. Because of her accident, the family members were anxious and worried. She felt very guilty and dissatisfied.

"It's good if you know."

Xia Hongying came to the forest area after his elder brother Xia Hongwen took his family to the forest area, so he was better at Xia Meng and his children than Xia Hongwu, who was in his hometown in the countryside.

"Speaking of this, you are not young anymore. You are nineteen years old this year. You are about to have to go on a blind date and find a partner. You are always so unstable.

When you get married in the future, will your mother-in-law be accustomed to it? If you meet someone who is awesome, you won’t be able to scold you all day long!”

Xia Meng doesn’t like to listen to this: “Mother-in-law is not my mother, why should I scold me?”

Xia Hongying curled her lips: "The mother-in-law is not your mother, but your husband's mother. When you get married, you are a man from others. You can't discipline you as an elder? Some mother-in-laws are beaten and scolded! Do you have to bear it if you get married?"

Xia Meng remembered her mother's mother-in-law, that is, her grandmother. Her face suddenly became cold and she snorted: "That's someone else, it's not good for me! I don't care who she is, and I don't have to be abusive if I get angry! If I dare to scold me, I will scold her. If I dare to hit me, I will beat her too! What elders are not elders? I am married, and I am not sold. I can't even finish some human rights! Besides, there are no men in the world? Why should I bear it? Aunt, it's not me that your old thoughts have to be changed."

Xia Hongying was shocked by her niece's words.

Standing up from the edge of the kang and pointing at Xia Meng: "Why haven't you seen me for a few days? You are so sarcastic, and you dare to say anything. Besides, no matter how wrong the old man is, you can't beat and scold him. Isn't that hurt the sky?"

Xue Mingyue came in with a teapot and glass cup that had brewed tea. Seeing that the two met, she hurriedly greeted: "Yingzi, don't just talk, drink some hot water to warm up."

Xia Hongying knew her sister-in-law and was unwilling to let others talk about her children. Besides, during the Chinese New Year, she could not argue with her niece. She could only suppress her whole body in a cowardly manner, picked up the teacup and blew it, and took a sip.

Xia Meng was not enthusiastic about her aunt, but just expressed her thoughts in a hurry. Then she had the eyesight to push the plastic plate containing melon seeds and pine nuts and candy cubes forward: "Aunt, eat it, my mother fried pine nuts so delicious."

Xia Hongying suddenly lost her temper.

After Xia Hongying left, Xue Mingyue sent someone back and clicked Xia Meng's forehead and scolded: "Look at what you said, your aunt's face has changed color."

Xia Meng couldn't help laughing: "I actually didn't want to resist her." She mainly remembered how her grandmother treated her a few years ago, especially when her father had an accident, and she almost almost... Now she still hates her, but it is impossible to say these words, which makes her mother uncomfortable.

Xue Mingyue touched Xia Meng's ear and said with emotion: "Oh, why did my daughter come back to the hospital? She is as choking as little pepper?"

"You're reborn." Xia Meng stared at her mother with a burning look and asked, "Mom, can't I be more awesome?" She had to let her mother and the others adapt to her current personality. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to stand it if she had to pretend to be like before.

Xue Mingyue nodded vigorously, her eyes surging: "Okay, that's great. Mom was worried before that the whole family spoiled you and raised you so that she couldn't even quarrel or fight. When she got married, she would be bullied at her in-laws' house. Now there is no more..."

"Mom, little sister, my elder brother and the others are back!"

Xia Xiao shouted loudly.

Xue Mingyue immediately pressed Xia Meng on the kang, then wiped the corner of her eyes and went out of the house to greet her.

Xia Meng had no choice but to stand at the window, and looked into the yard through the window with a layer of water vapor nailed with plastic cloth.
Chapter completed!