On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I get up early to pay my respects to my family. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, my nephew goes to my uncle's house. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, my daughter and her husband go to my aunt's house. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, my nephew goes to my aunt's house. I can't move on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, so I spend the fifth day at home.

The ancestors of the Gou family were not local villagers in their hometown. They were escaped from famine by their grandparents. He was the only one left in the wealthy generation. Therefore, the wealthy did not need to pay homage to the family during the Chinese New Year. They just waited for Ermiao and his parents to return to their parents' home on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the family finished dinner early, dressed beautifully and went straight to the mother-in-law's house.

Da Miao's impression of the second sister was still in May last year. At that time, Er Miao's weight was still at its peak, and she was chubby and chubby.

Hearing the sound of the three people entering the courtyard, Damiao and his wife went straight out to greet them, "Second sister, Fugui, you are here." As soon as Damiao finished speaking, Er Miao opened his eyes in surprise when he saw the completely changed appearance, "Ah!

Second sister, why are you so thin? Is everything okay?"

"Auntie, happy New Year." Zaohua jumped up and down and circled around Da Miao. Auntie, her uncle was the best to her, and Zaohua was also close to them.

"Hey, Zaohua, come here and let Auntie give her a hug." Damiao and his wife don't have children, so they like children very much when they see them, let alone Zaohua, who is related to them by blood.

Hearing that her aunt was about to hug her, Zaohua stopped running and stood obediently in front of her, stretching her arms and waiting.

Damiao leaned down, held Zaohua's armpits hard, and said with emotion: "Come on, you are a big girl, I can hardly hold her anymore."

However, after the New Year, Zaohua will be nine years old. Elderly people like to say that she is too old. When talking about Zaohua, she is a ten-year-old daughter. How can a seedling of over 1.5 meters tall be easily picked up?

"Sister, brother-in-law, why did you arrive earlier?" Ermiao smiled and greeted her sister and her husband, then patted Zaohua's butt, "Come down quickly, look at your body, don't tire yourself out, auntie."

"It's okay, it's okay." Damiao said it was okay, but it was really hard on her hands. She put the jujube flowers on the ground and touched her niece's little head, "Auntie brought you new clothes. They are in the house. Let's take a look.

See if you like it?"

"Alas!" Auntie brought new clothes again. All the clothes she brought were fashionable and beautiful. When you walk around the village wearing them, you will get a lot of envious looks. You will be so happy that you will become crispy immediately.

He agreed and ran into the house.

When Zaohua jumped into the main room's door, Da Miao looked back. Da Miao held Er Miao's hand and looked up and down, with worry in her eyes, "Second sister, what's the matter?"

Why are you so thin after we haven't seen you for half a year?"

"It's okay, sister." Ermiao didn't dare to tell the truth to her sister. If something happened, she could only say it was okay. "I am a rural person and have to work all day long. How can I not lose weight?"

"Really?" Damiao didn't believe it. The second sister's family had been farming for only a year or two, so why didn't she lose weight before?

"Really!" Ermiao didn't want to talk to Damiao on this issue, so she pulled her sister and walked into the house, "I haven't kowtowed to our parents in the New Year yet, so hurry up."

Today, when my daughter came home, Lao Niu and his wife were sitting on the chairs in the main room early, waiting to hold the children's heads.

Zaohua ran fast, and when she entered the door, she saw her grandpa and grandma sitting upright on chairs. Without thinking about anything, she knelt down with a plop and shouted loudly: "Grandpa, grandma, happy New Year." Then she kowtowed.

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"Okay." The old couple opened their mouths happily and hurriedly took out the red envelopes they had prepared and handed them over, "Take the New Year's money given by grandpa."

The old couple's clothes are really festive today, and of course they must have been made by the Damiao couple. There is no need to spend wasteful money elsewhere when you have a child who can make clothes.

Father Niu is wearing a maroon double-breasted cotton-padded jacket with a Tuanfu pattern. The buttons are from the collar, cuffs and hem of the Pankou clothes specially made by Damiao. Damiao also specially embroidered the swastika lace with gold thread.

Miao Niang is wearing a bright red flower coat with the word "Fu" printed on it, but the word "Fu" is much smaller than that of Niu Lao Niu. Hers is not a tuanfu, but a peony flower with the word "Fu". Miao spent some time on the buckle.

It took the form of two small flowers.

As soon as the clothes were taken out, the couple couldn't put them down, but they thought they were too fancy and were afraid of making people laugh if they wore them out.

Da Miao tried to persuade her that people in the city were wearing it now, so the old couple hesitated to wear it. Not to mention, the effect was really good. The old couple looked rosy and looked several years younger.

After entering the house, the men first paid New Year greetings. Fugui and Tian Shizhong stood side by side and said first: "Dad, Mom, I wish you two happy New Year." Then they started to kowtow and bow three times.

You cannot pray for the New Year of the Mute here. Before kowtowing, you must first say who you are kowtowing to. Also, the person holding the head cannot lie down, which is unlucky. Even if the person is bedridden, he must be supported by his family to sit up before holding the head.

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After the New Year greeting ceremony, the family started working separately. The women were busy cooking, while the men chatted with the two old people.

The table was filled with melon seeds, peanuts, and candies. Father Niu grabbed a handful in front of everyone and filled his granddaughter's pockets.

Fugui peeled a peanut and put it in his mouth, "Brother-in-law, when did you come back?"

"I arrived home on the 29th of the year." Tian Shizhong made a pot of tea and poured a cup each.

The roasted peanuts were so crispy and fragrant that I felt tired after eating too much, so it was just right to drink with tea. Fugui took a sip of tea and asked, "Why are you back so late?"

"Business is busy at the end of the year, and I'm making new clothes to wear during the New Year. I can't take them off. Originally, your sister and I discussed not going back this year, but your sister didn't agree and said she hadn't returned to her hometown for several years. She was panicking.

I didn’t close the door and rush back on the 28th, but I arrived on the 29th.”

Fugui's eyes shone with envy, and he kept complimenting her, "It's good to be busy. You can make money when you are busy, unlike Ermiao and I, who live on the harvest in the field."

Money is a good thing. The Damiao couple were the same as them at first. They were both rural people and dressed the same. Look at the couple now. They still have a bit of rusticity from farmers. At first glance, they look like they came from a big city.

A person who exudes a sense of superiority.

Miao Niang watched her sons-in-law chatting and couldn't get a word in. There was no point in just sitting there, so she carried the small stool to the kitchen to look for her daughters.

The girls in the Lao Niu family are all blessed. The men all know how to love their wives. Usually men do most of the cooking at home. During the Chinese New Year, the women also want to give the men a break. The dishes are commonplace, but there are more meat dishes.

The preparations are almost done in the first year of the year. After the New Year, steaming or stewing will be enough. The dumplings must be made fresh, and the fillings have been chopped and left outside to freeze. Bring them into the house to wait for a while.

Just thaw it and add some vegetables into it.

Miao Niang had already prepared these things in the morning. The noodles were already alive when D Miao arrived in the morning, so she opened the package directly when Er Miao and the others arrived.

There is a large chopping board on the table in the middle of the kitchen. Ermiao rolls out the dumplings, and Damiao is responsible for making dumplings. Damiao is small and suitable, and the dumplings she makes are also delicate and cute. Each one has a bulging belly, like a golden dumpling.

Ingots.

Da Miao wrapped things too fast. Er Miao held the rolling pin in her hands and couldn't keep up, "Mom, why are you here? Why don't you talk to them in the house?"

"I have nothing to say to them, so why don't we ladies talk?" Miao Niang sat down on the bench and reached out to touch her face.

Rural people are not very particular about hygiene and would touch their faces without washing their hands. Damiao couldn't stand it and hurriedly stopped her: "My dear, my second sister and I can handle it without your help."

My daughter gave birth and raised it herself. She still couldn’t understand what it meant. The eldest Miao Niang said angrily: “You are so clean.”

Damiao smiled sweetly, "Mom, don't blame me. It's always good to pay attention to hygiene. Besides, your new clothes have just been put on, so don't get them dirty."

Speaking of new clothes, Miao Niang lowered her head and looked at them, she really couldn't bear to get them dirty.

Women, the topic is always about their children. Without saying a few words, Miao Niang turned the conversation to the children, "Say, Dani, you haven't been pregnant even once in these years?"

It's okay if it's not this. The atmosphere became solemn when she mentioned this. That child, that incident was a wooden peg stuck in Ermiao's heart. She didn't dare to touch it because it would kill her if she touched it. She tried hard to forget it, but it really happened.

It was so easy to forget what had happened. The smile on her face suddenly froze, and she hurriedly lowered her head, pretending to be concentrating on rolling the dough.

Damiao sighed and said helplessly: "Mom, I don't know how, the child has never been exposed."

"I've made you so worried that you haven't gone to the hospital?" Miao Niang didn't want to think about it because of her eldest daughter. She couldn't even sleep when she thought about it.

Da Miao was also anxious. Seeing that she was getting older and older, it was urgent to have a child. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to have a child in two years. "Why haven't you seen me? I have seen both Chinese and Western medicine. Both of us are fine. You think it's better."

If there is something wrong, we can treat it wherever it is. This is great. You don’t even know where to start.”

"What do you say to your man? Is he anxious?"

"Can you not be anxious? What's the use of being anxious?"

"Alas!" Da Miao sighed.

"Alas!" Miao Niang also sighed.

The three of them were silent, and the atmosphere became more solemn. For a moment, Miao Niang opened fire on Er Miao as if she remembered something, "And you, Er Ni, how did you treat it? You just gave birth to a daughter and you were infected?"

Why is this talking about me? Ermiao looked up at her mother and eldest sister, "Who said that just giving birth to a daughter is enough? I also want a child. It's not like I can't give birth. If I can give birth to the first son, I can give birth to the second son."

,What can I do if I don’t conceive?”

Miao Niang pointed at the two girls in anger, "Tell me, between you two, one of them can make me worry less? Although I didn't give birth to a child for your father, I still have two girls. It's better for you two. You two are talented."

I have a daughter."

You said that you were happily going back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year, but you said this to your husband's family, and you also said this to your parents' house, which made people feel upset. Da Miao didn't dare to say anything at her husband's house, but she didn't care about anything at her parents' house.
Chapter completed!