A moment before noon, the cart stopped at the entrance of Cailian Lane. Li Xiaonan jumped out of the car, waved her hand to signal Wan Qing not to get out of the car, and ran straight home.
The yard is quiet and quiet.
Li Xiaonan drooped her shoulders in disappointment, walked to the kitchen door, poked her head in, "Sister Mei, I'm back."
"The meal is almost ready. I just made tea. You go have a drink and take a breath. We will eat now." Sister Mei was busy cooking.
"I'll help you light the fire."
"No, no, no!" Sister Mei waved her hand, "Go and have a rest."
Li Xiaonan turned around and went to the main room.
Sister Mei once said that when she lit the fire, she was either helping or causing trouble. When Sister Mei was at her husband's house, she always cooked by herself.
After eating, Li Xiaonan held a book and looked at it absently all afternoon. When it was getting dark, Li Yinzhu's voice came from outside the courtyard door, "Steps, steps! Be careful not to fall!"
Li Xiaonan threw down the book, jumped up and rushed out.
Outside the courtyard gate, there are large and small packages of silver beads, as well as the same large and small packages as the old lady beside, like two slowly moving piles of packages.
"Sister Mei, sister Mei!" Li Xiaonan quickly called sister Mei.
Sister Mei hurried out from the backyard and ran back and forth with Li Xiaonan to unload their packages.
"You go back first and tell the second young master that I will go back later. If he goes back early, let him wash up and go to bed first." Li Yinzhu patted the skirt of his clothes and ordered the mother-in-law in an imposing manner.
The mother-in-law agreed, brushed her clothes and walked out.
"Sister San, you have brought so many things back." Li Xiaonan looked at the pile of various packages piled up in the main room with her hands on her hips.
Li Yinzhu carefully took off the Shiqing jacket, and Sister Mei hurriedly took it, "Third sister, are these clothes for visiting guests? When you go back to your home, you don't need to wear such expensive clothes. What if the threads get hooked and get dirty?
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"It's not what I want to wear, it's Erlang who insists on me wearing this outfit." Li Yinzhu said as she took off her red pomegranate skirt.
"This pomegranate red is very delicate, and this silk is so slippery. The third sister here is also wearing silk!" Sister Mei carefully held the skirt and turned it around, but she still couldn't find a place to put this precious pomegranate skirt.
, when he saw Li Yinzhu’s pink silk petticoat inside, he screamed in surprise.
Li Xiaonan sat on a small bamboo chair, holding her chin up and looking at the two people: one grabbed her clothes and introduced her, the other screamed.
Li Yinzhu put on the coarse cloth skirt of the second sister Li Yuzhu, and then put on the coarse cloth gown of the eldest sister to protect the silk underneath. She even took off her shoes, dragged a pair of old shoes of Sister Mei, and finally sat down. p>
Sister Mei ran back to the kitchen to add food to cook, while Li Xiaonan and Li Yinzhu sat and talked.
Li Xiaonan pointed to the pile of large and small parcels and said, "Sister Third, you brought too many things. I think the eldest sister will be unhappy."
"How could the eldest sister be unhappy? The eldest sister must be extremely happy!
"Ana, let me tell you, the Hong family is very rich. They eat meat every day. When I eat with your second brother, we also need four or five dishes, two, three, three or four meat dishes, chicken and fish.
There are all eggs! Just like that, your second brother still thinks there is not enough food!" Li Yinzhu's eyes were bright.
"You haven't eaten enough, have you?" Li Xiaonan pulled Li Yinzhu's clothes.
"No! You told me that rich people's homes are full of oil and meat, so they can only eat 80% full. If they eat too much, they will suffer from problems. I remember that."
Li Yinzhu paused, rolled his eyes and looked around, approached Li Xiaonan, and kept his voice extremely low.
"Ah-nan, those words you said are really, that, not like what Sister Mei said, that, just, that."
"You and your second brother-in-law are very good and happy?" Li Xiaonan drags her voice and turns around, asking clearly.
Li Yinzhu kept nodding, then frowned for a moment, "Anan, how did you know? This matter..."
"Haven't you heard that saying? A scholar can know the world's affairs without going out. Of course he knows this kind of thing!" Li Xiaonan said confidently.
"No, my father often said this when he was alive. Then! Is he your brother?" Li Yinzhu turned his eyes to the left and right again, and before he finished speaking, he raised his chin at Li Xiaonan.
"I don't think he knows. He's not a real scholar." Li Xiaonan said bluntly.
"No!" Li Yinzhu slapped the table and breathed a sigh of relief, "Anan, let me tell you..."
"Yinzhu is back?"
Li Yuzhu's voice of surprise came from the entrance of the courtyard.
"Back! Second sister, eldest sister!"
Li Yinzhu jumped up to greet him.
"Why are you dressed like this?" Li Yuzhu looked at Li Yinzhu, who was dressed in coarse cloth, and screamed.
"No, no, I wore this back! Sister Mei was afraid that it would get dirty, so she changed it for me now." Li Yinzhu quickly explained.
Li Xiaonan dragged a small bamboo chair and sat in the corner, watching the three ladies asking and answering questions. Before the three of them had finished speaking, Li Xuedong also rushed back. The three of them surrounded Li Yinzhu in the middle, chattering more and more.
Ringed.
Sister Mei laid out the food, but the four of them hadn't finished talking yet.
"Eat first!" Li Yuzhu pushed Li Yinzhu.
"Those are all brought back by Third Sister." Li Xiaonan pointed.
Li Jinzhu, Li Yuzhu, and Li Xuedong only then saw a pile of packages on the ground.
"So many! What are they all? How did you get them? How did you manage to get them all?" Li Yuzhu screamed, her eyes widening.
Li Jinzhu frowned. "What are these? Why did you bring so many things back?"
"This is a snack that the old lady gave us to eat on the road. I took it all without touching a single piece. This pea cake is delicious."
Li Yinzhu unwrapped one package, held it out for everyone to see, put it aside, and then unwrapped the second one, "Look at this! We have never used it! This is pearl ointment. Apply it on your face. It is smooth and comfortable! This
It’s for wiping your hands. Sister, if you wipe it a little every day, your hands won’t get cracked in the winter. It’s for wiping your teeth..."
"Are you vacating the small courtyard where you and Erlang were?" Li Jinzhu said with a tigerish face.
"No, there are many more. The Hong family is rich. Their family..."
"Their family is rich, but you just move all the bags to your parents' house like this?" Li Jinzhu interrupted Li Yinzhu, "In the past, what did Sister-in-law Hou in our village say about her? She was said to be an iron broom spirit. How could her man and her mother-in-law beat her?
Hers? Didn’t you see it?"
"No, Erlang knows all these things. There are several packets of pens and ink that Erlang packed for me..."
"Erlang is good to you, and you should think about him and the Hong family. You are now the wife of the Hong family, not the daughter of the Li family. Tell me, how many daughters-in-law have returned to their parents' families, like you, with such a bunch of things?"
Something? Have you seen it? Which one? Which one! Is there one?"
Li Jinzhu’s voice and look were both fierce.
Seeing that Li Yinzhu wanted to explain, Li Yuzhu slapped her hard and said, "Yinzhu, please tell me you won't dare next time!"
"Next time, I won't dare next time." Li Yinzhu was so aggrieved that his throat was choked.
"There is no next time, not this time! Xuedong goes outside to call a car and send these things back to her." Li Jinzhu said sternly.
Li Xuedong sighed and ran out quickly.
"Sister, the third sister is back, please calm down, no matter what..." Sister Mei timidly persuaded her a few words, but seeing Li Jinzhu's face grim and silent, she did not dare to say more. p>
"Ah Nan, please give me some advice." Li Yuzhu pushed Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan smiled dryly, "The eldest sister is really angry, not fake. Third sister, you haven't changed your clothes yet."
The car came quickly. Sister Mei and Li Xuedong took the place of each other and piled a lot of things on the car. Li Yuzhu helped Li Yinzhu change into clothes, pushed Li Yinzhu who was wiping her tears one after another, and sent her to the car.
