Jiang Liqiang’s wedding ceremony was particularly lively, and he personally selected his wife, so he paid attention to every aspect.
While he was busy with his business, red bombs swept over the village.
Last year there were no happy events in the village, but this year there are really many.
It is customary for farm families to get married before the next year, so that the new daughter-in-law will be pregnant in the coming spring and give birth in winter. Winter is suitable for confinement, and the child does not leave the house. When spring comes, the child can be taken out, and many things can be achieved with one fell swoop.
Every household holding a happy event came to tell Li Hui's family.
Firstly, they are now a family with a large number of people. Secondly, the Li family has always been generous and has many gifts.
It's a pity that the person they thought was taken advantage of was the original owner, not the current Cheng Xue.
Regarding the gifts, Cheng Xue has her own ideas. If you have a good relationship and move around politely, you must give more, and she will also help.
If she walks around without courtesy and thinks she is being taken advantage of, then ten eggs, do you want Ai? And she doesn't show up with the courtesy, but she won't save them, and let Li Zhong go over and eat.
After going back and forth, those lucky villagers finally understood that the current Li Hui family was not the same Li family that could bully and want things.
As soon as I entered the twelfth lunar month, the small workshop was extremely busy. In the past, I delivered goods once every five days, but now it has been changed to three days. The weight of one thousand kilograms has doubled, and a lot of manpower has been hired. Fortunately, the forest farm will rest after the Laba Festival. Guo
Dake, Dong Cheng, Li Qingshan and others "moved to work" in small workshops, earning five cents a day.
That day, Cheng Xue was settling accounts at the south end of the village. Bai Zhi hurried over, knelt down and saluted, and said:
"Madam, my uncle and his wife are here, and my cousin and grandma are also here."
"Did you tell me why you came? But something happened to their food there?"
"No." Bai Zhi shook her head, "My uncle is sending a gift to my wife."
When Cheng Xue heard this answer, she breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there is nothing wrong with the food.
Return gift?
They all said it was filial piety, but the Huai couple always figured it out very clearly.
After settling the last bit of accounts, Cheng Xue locked her things in the cabinet and got up to go home.
Far away, I saw the donkey cart at the door. The Yu Huai family had an old scalper plowing the fields. This donkey... looks like it makes a lot of money selling vegetables.
"My brother's sister-in-law, who is not here, is staying at home to take care of the dishes." Yu Wan replied with a smile, "Where is Tangtang?"
"In the west of the village, Bai Zhi, take my aunt to find the eldest lady."
"Yes."
The two left. Mrs. Liu looked Cheng Xue up and down and sighed.
"You can be busy, but you have to pay attention to your health. You just complained to me, why did you stay up all night?"
Cheng Xue felt warm in her heart, rubbed her arm like a baby, and said:
"My aunt's lesson is right. I will definitely change it. I will definitely change it."
The Yu family gave a very generous return gift, including ten pounds of beef and mutton each, a hundred bean buns, clothes for the children, and four soup ladies.
This thing is not cheap, it costs 500 silver at the end. Just look at the copper, it is definitely not the worst kind.
"Uncle, this is too much, how can I give it to..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yu Huai Liyan:
"Your two pigs and lambs don't make much? One plate of frozen tofu doesn't make much? Since you call us 'uncle' and 'aunt', we naturally have to take care of your nephew's family. There are very few relatives in your mother-in-law's family, so you and I are the only ones
Mother-in-law, sister and brother. Your father-in-law... don’t mention it. We have to move around well and not lose our heat."
After he reminded her like this, Cheng Xue suddenly remembered Li Hui's three terrible aunts.
There were originally six of them, but three died, and the other three were married in other towns and rarely moved around on weekdays. They would only come here to enjoy the autumn breeze during spring plowing and autumn harvest.
Strange, why didn’t you come this year?
Of course she won't ask this, and it's not like she's making a fuss. Isn't it a good thing if they don't come?
Seeing that she remained silent, Mrs. Liu mistakenly thought that she was unhappy, so she quickly explained:
"The return gift is thicker because we have made money by growing vegetables with you. Vegetables in winter are expensive and the price is high. The workers are given five cents a day. Speaking of which, we have made a lot of money. According to common sense, we should give you money, but
We knew you couldn’t ask for money, so we took Sister Wan to the town to buy these things, and we also bought New Year’s goods along the way.”
Green beans cost three cents per catty in summer, and eight cents per catty in winter. Cucumbers are in hot demand, selling for ten cents each. Eggplants, Chinese cabbage, spinach, and leeks are not cheap, so they don’t need to send them away.
Goods, guaranteed profit without loss.
"... Yu Han wanted to buy a donkey cart for a long time. We couldn't use a carriage and couldn't afford it, but donkeys can run faster than oxen, so we bought it."
"Aunt, it's good that uncle didn't lose money. Let's live our lives slowly. There's nothing secret about this. So we must expand our house in the spring next year. Otherwise, we won't have the advantage when others follow suit."
"Yes, your uncle and I think so too. The house has been bought, the bricks have been ordered, and we are waiting to start construction in the spring." Ms. Liu could not hide her excitement.
She is really happy. Although her life was not bad in the past, who doesn't want to have a better life?
They don't have to worry about the eldest son being in Wanghe Village. They don't have to worry about the eldest son being here. The house is ready-made and they can just give the betrothal gift when they are old enough to get engaged.
Only this second child made them worried and anxious.
Worried about his life safety and worried about his future marriage.
If he really breaks out of the door, the wife he will definitely marry will not be a village girl. But to marry a rich girl, the betrothal gift... is terrible! So seizing the money is the first priority, and they are also prepared to work hard and try to take advantage of the second child's gift.
In the past few years, I have saved a lot of money and prepared a lot of money.
The old couple sat here and burned a stick of incense before getting up and going to the west of the village. Cheng Xue also followed. The eldest son is still here, so there is no reason to give it to his nephew instead of his biological son. Naturally, the Wang family is here to help, and Yu Yingjie
He kept it in the chatting room, and would occasionally be picked up by Yu Niang to play with Li Huai.
The big lock on the courtyard door was locked, and Yu Niang went to the small workshop to call people over, and she helped hold Yu Yingjie in her arms.
As soon as the little guy saw grandpa and grandma, he immediately struggled to get off the ground and shouted while running. This milky voice of "grandpa, grandma" really made the old couple's hearts melt.
Yu Huai excitedly picked up the child, kissed him several times, and asked:
"Do you miss grandpa? Do you think about it in your heart? Think about it in your mouth? If you don't come home, grandpa will miss you so much."
It’s true that we are kissing each other, we are kissing each other.
Li Huai leaned against his sister and looked at his little cousin being hugged by his grandfather, feeling uncomfortable.
"Sister, why did our grandfather die so early?"
The voice was so low that only the two siblings heard it. Li Tian didn't know how to answer, so she could only hold his hand tightly and follow him into the house.
It would be a lie to say that I am not envious. Does that child want to have one more person to love him? But in addition to his father and mother, there are brothers and sisters in his family. There is no biological grandfather or grandmother...