The Zhou family and the Lejia family are separated by a main village road, only a few meters apart, so "close at hand" is an appropriate description.
Mrs. Meng and Brother Zhou went to Lejia once after they got married, but Miss Li only stayed at Zhou's house for one day and then went to school. She didn't come back until the final exam was over and had not been to the Lejia next door.
Zhou Tianming had just returned home from school and stayed at home for less than an hour before going to Le's house. Li Xiaoyan was very envious, but she couldn't let her stepbrother take her to visit.
Zhou Tianming did not go home for dinner, which meant that the girl from Lejia was really back. Li Xiaoyan also guessed that Grandma Zhou might go to Lejia for a walk in the afternoon.
Finally waiting for the opportunity, she asked Grandma Zhou to agree to take her there. Li Xiaoyan immediately replied: "Grandma, I understand, I won't yell randomly."
Grandma Zhou nodded, locked the kitchen door, put her hands in the pockets of her down jacket, and walked out calmly.
Li Xiaoyan followed Grandma Zhou outside the Lejia building diagonally across the street. She didn't see the big dog from the Lejia, nor did she hear any voices.
The two of them walked under the eaves of Le's house and heard a rustling sound.
Grandma Zhou walked to the door of the Le family's hall naturally. The door of Lele's room on the south side was open. She went over to look around and saw her girl tidying up the room. She asked in a low voice: "Xiao Feng, Tianming said Lele is back.
Are you teaching Leshan to read, or are you going to pull things?"
Zhou Qiufeng was tidying up the room and making the bed for little Lele. When she heard footsteps at the door, she looked up and saw that it was her old mother. She was in a happy mood and responded with a smile: "Lele is teaching Leshan to study on the second floor. Yueqing and the handsome guys are going to move."
Something.
Mom, go sit in the kitchen, I will tidy up first. Oh, Xiaoyan is here too, go and sit in the kitchen."
Zhou Qiufeng originally wanted to wipe the furniture in the room with a rag before greeting her old mother. When she saw Miss Li following behind her, she immediately put down the towel in her hand and walked out.
Grandma Zhou originally wanted to say that it wasn't cold and asked Xiaofeng to clean up Lele's room first, but then she remembered that Li Xiaoyan had also come with her, and she couldn't let Li Xiaoyan stand outside, so she didn't say anything more that she didn't need to say hello.
Li Xiaoyan followed Grandma Zhou to the front of the Lejia's main room. While there was no one around, she quickly observed that the furniture in the Lejia's main room was very grand.
She observed carefully several times before following Grandma Zhou again. When she wanted to look around the room, the owner saw her and called out "Gu" in a low voice.
After Miss Li moved into Zhou's house with her mother, she called herself "Gu". Zhou Qiufeng felt that it was a bit inappropriate, but there was nothing wrong with Miss Li calling herself "Gu" after Zhou Tianming. Naturally, he couldn't refuse directly, so he just let her.
How to call it.
Miss Li called herself, and Zhou Qiufeng responded, walked out of the room, closed the door, and accompanied her old mother and Miss Li to the kitchen.
Grandma Zhou felt as natural at Lele's house as she did at her own home. When she entered the kitchen, she pulled a small chair and sat there. She casually asked Lele if he had any bodyguards when he came back and if the old uncle of the Chen family would come back to celebrate the New Year.
The old uncle in Yueqing had not yet said whether he would return to Meicun, and Zhou Qiufeng was not sure, so he went to the refrigerator room and packed a plate of dried fruits and a plate of blood oranges for his old mother and Miss Li.
Li Xiaoyan sat next to Grandma Zhou. She heard that blood oranges were imported, so she peeled one and ate it piece by piece.
It makes sense that imported fruits are expensive. Orange pulp is plump and juicy, and the taste is very good.
As the end of the year approaches, there are many things to do. Village Chief Zhou goes to the village committee or the township every morning. When he returns home at noon, he sees a helicopter and knows that Xiao Lele is back.
He planned to visit Lejia in the afternoon. He was still resting after lunch when he saw Yueqing and the handsome guys driving to the village office building to collect goods. He also followed them to help with odd jobs.
Dad Le and the handsome guys naturally welcomed Village Chief Zhou, loaded another cart with things, and gave Chief Zhou a box of fruits and a bag of dried fruits.
Village Chief Zhou sent the things home and went to Lejia with his wife.
The handsome guys parked the car at the door of the Le family's main room and moved the boxes and cages. Grandma Zhou Man took a box and placed it in the main room. She did not stand in the way and hindered the young people from working, and came in with her sister-in-law who was looking at the kitchen door after hearing the sound.
Go to the kitchen to warm yourself by the fire.
Li Xiaoyan also ran to the Lejia main room and saw Zhou Tianming following two tall handsome guys carrying things to the room on the south side of the kitchen. When he took a look, he only saw a corner full of boxes and shelves.
She also wanted to help, but Zhou Qiufeng stopped her: "Xiaoyan, go sit in the kitchen. Those things are very heavy and you can't move them."
"I can move it lighter." Li Xiaoyan put forward her idea in a low voice.
"There is no light one," Hei Jiu said calmly, holding the largest fresh-keeping box, "the lightest of these boxes weighs more than thirty kilograms, and the heavy ones weigh more than a hundred kilograms. Girls have little strength. If they fall, others will think
It may not be too late to save someone.”
The handsome guy obviously felt that her help was just causing trouble. Li Xiaoyan blushed, lowered her head and followed Aunt Zhou into the kitchen.
Village Chief Zhou carried a box into the door of the refrigerator room. He looked around and saw that there was almost no room to stay in the refrigerator room. He wiped his cold sweat and said, "It's already full here. There are so many on the plane. Wow.
That’s fine.”
"Only about ten boxes of things that must be put in the refrigerator room have not been pulled back. The remaining boxes and cages have been pulled back and put in other places first."
Handsome guy Lan San carried the big box containing crabs, put it down, turned around and walked out quickly.
Village Chief Zhou didn't see Xiao Lele and guessed what she was doing. He helped unload the goods and followed her to the village office.
When they transferred the goods from the helicopter and loaded the tricycle with half of the goods, a taxi entered Demei Village, turned around and parked on the ground in front of the village office building.
A young handsome guy got out of the car carrying a big backpack and holding a bag in his hand. When he saw the handsome guys unloading goods next to the plane, he ran over happily: "Cousin, I'm back to eat again.
Let’s drink!”
Listening to the voice, Le's father recognized the young man as his uncle's grandson. He looked at the taxi and saw that the car had already driven out, indicating that his uncle had not come back and only Chen Fengnian had returned to Plum Village.
Village Chief Zhou saw the young man in a black windbreaker approaching, with a look of surprise on his face: "Chen Fengnian? Why are you the only one who came back to your hometown?"
"Grandpa Zhou Man," Chen Fengnian called Village Chief Zhou with a bright smile: "My aunt's natal family and my aunt's husband's family had a wedding event two years ago. A cousin from my grandma's natal family had a wedding.
There is also a wedding day, and one of my great-aunts turns eightie on the fifth day of the first lunar month.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! My uncle and my dad won’t be free until after the Lunar New Year, and my grandparents are going to have a wedding banquet. The adults in my family don’t have time to go back to their hometown this year.
My father thought I was not good at studying, so he kicked me back to my hometown and asked my sister to encourage me to study hard and make progress every day."
Village Chief Zhou and the handsome boys saw the cheerful look of the young man from the Chen family and wanted to ignore him. He was kicked back to his hometown and took advantage of it, so they were very happy.
"Feng Nian, how did you do in the mid-term exam?" Le's father was quite happy to see his nephew.
"I can barely get by." Chen Fengnian's expression looked slightly unnatural, but it only took a second. He rushed to the car, threw his backpack aside, and went to work as a porter.
The bucket of the tricycle was full, and everyone took their things back to Le's house.
When he arrived outside his cousin's house, Chen Fengnian carried his luggage and rushed into the main room. He threw his luggage and backpack on the throne in the main room, carried the specialties he brought from his hometown, and rushed into the kitchen.
When I saw my cousin, I shouted sweetly: "Cousin!"
He was so good. When he saw two other familiar elderly women, he politely called "Grandma Zhou" and "Grandma Zhou Man". He was a little confused when he found that there was another girl. Who was that?
Zhou Qiufeng was extremely surprised when she saw Chen Fengnian. She quickly stood up and walked out: "Fengnian, why didn't you call first when you came back? Where are your elders?"
"Cousin, I came back alone." Chen Fengnian said first, and then explained why he came back to his hometown alone.
Grandma Zhou and Grandma Zhou Man originally thought that Chen Kang's family, old and young, were here, so she stood up and wanted to go to the main room. When she heard that Chen Fengnian was thrown back to his hometown by his father, she sat down and smiled from ear to ear.
When the uncles didn't come back, Zhou Qiufeng took the gift from her nephew and asked Chen Fengnian to sit down. First, she gave him a cup of warm tea, then she carried the things to put in the refrigerator. By the way, she also gave Chen Fengnian a plate of dried fruits.
eat.
Chen Fengnian specially picked nuts to eat. While eating, he answered the words of his cousin and the two elderly people of the Zhou family, and he was very happy.
Li Xiaoyan hasn't figured out who the young man who just arrived is, so she only observes but doesn't speak.
Lan San and others were busy unloading the goods and did not go to the kitchen to chat. Seeing that Village Chief Zhou was also sweating from exhaustion, they asked him to rest first.
Village Chief Zhou happily agreed.
Leyun was teaching music theory to her younger brother on the second floor. She knew about it before Chen Fengnian arrived at the village office building, and she didn't stop teaching. When her cousin came into the house, she finished explaining the knowledge about a musical instrument and let the younger brother digest it first.
Go downstairs quietly.
The big wolf dog follows the little sister as a little follower.
When the handsome guys saw the little Loli coming downstairs, they didn't say anything and just winked and smiled.
Xiao Le walked to the door of the kitchen with his little hands behind his back and took a look inside. Hey, Chen Fengnian, that naughty boy, was gnawing nuts like a little mouse. He was having a great time.
No one noticed her, so she calmly stepped inside and called "Grandpa Man", "Grandma Man" and "Grandma Zhou".
Chen Fengnian was startled when he suddenly heard his cousin's voice. He jumped up and ran towards his cousin, shouting "Sister" and "Sister". He was so happy.
Grandma Zhou, the head of the village, Zhou Man, saw Xiao Lele emerging, and everyone smiled happily.
Li Xiaoyan was stunned when she heard the crisp and sweet voice. Then she saw the boy running away calling "Sister", and she also stood up.
I finally saw the person walking into Le's room.
The Lejia girl wore a dress the color of a ripe citrus, a thick purple coat with a white long fur collar and no sleeves, her hair was combed with a ring, some flowers and a phoenix hairpin.
That look is more stunning and eye-catching than the images broadcast on the Internet and in the news.
Li Xiaoyan was stunned, and then she quickly shouted happily: "Cousin."
She called out "cousin", Grandma Zhou, Village Chief Zhou, and Grandma Zhou Man. They were all startled and had no time to look at Miss Li. Instead, they all looked at Xiao Lele and observed her face.
Zhou Qiufeng was silent.
Chen Fengnian was dumbfounded. Who was also a relative of his cousin? Could it be Grandma Le's family?
Hearing the word "cousin," Le Yun frowned, turned to one side, and saw the girl standing in the north-south direction of the fire pond: "Are you the girl from the Li family that Mrs. Meng brought to Grandma Zhou's house?"
"Yes." Li Xiaoyan was glanced at by the Lejia girl. She felt as if she had been iced, and felt frightened for a while.
"Your mother married into Grandma Zhou's family and is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. Uncle Zhou is my brother's uncle. Because of Uncle Zhou's relationship, I naturally have no objection to my brother calling your mother aunt. You follow Brother Tianming and call me Feng.
If you say 'aunt', I won't say anything, but you can't call me cousin,"
Le Yun reasoned very seriously: "My grandpa Man's family, my grandson Pa's grandma's family, and Zhou Tianming are cousins with my brother Leshan, and they never call me cousin or cousin. Zhou Tianming
Those who are younger than me call me Sister Le, and those who are older than me just call me Le Yun.
No matter from the perspective of blood relationship or the customary way of calling people in the village, it is inappropriate for you to call me "cousin". It is too easy for people to misunderstand that I am related to you.
In order to avoid any misunderstandings and troubles, from now on you can call me Aunt Feng like the children in the village, Aunt Feng or Aunt Zhou, and call me 'Sister Le' like other people do."
The Lejia girl directly rejected her approach. Li Xiaoyan was so ashamed that she felt tears welling up in her eyes, but she did not dare to cry out.
Grandma Zhou felt a little stuck, not because she was cut off by Xiao Lele, but because of Li Xiaoyan. She had already said that the Zhou family's child who was younger than Lele would be called Lele and "Sister Le". How come Miss Li was called Lele?
Cousin", what does she want to do?
Grandma Zhou Man, the head of Zhou Village, turned to look at Miss Li, but did not help to clear the siege. This siege cannot be solved randomly, and it is best not to interfere in what Xiao Lele has decided.
Le Yun was always neat and tidy in doing things. She rejected the call of "cousin" on the spot. She didn't care about Miss Li's mood. She grabbed the naughty kid who was a little taller than herself by the lapel and carried him to the main room.
Chen Fengnian, who was being grabbed by the collar, trotted along, shouting: "Sister, sister, if you have something to say, please speak it carefully. Don't treat me like a little chicken."
When the three parents of the Zhou family saw Xiao Lele carrying Chen Fengnian, they guessed that she wanted to review Chen Fengnian's academic achievements during the summer vacation and one semester, and secretly waited to watch the show.
No one cared about comforting herself. Li Xiaoyan sat down with her head down with tears of grievance in her eyes.
Lifting the naughty child into the main room, Leyun smiled brightly: "I heard your voice all the way up on the second floor. You were jumping so happily. You must have done well in the final exam. Let me tell you.
How many points did you get on the test?"
"Sister, my English score is 102. This is the first time in the history of the English test that I have received a three-digit score. The teacher praised me. It's all thanks to my sister's teaching." My cousin let go, and Chen Fengnian smiled with a dogleg.
Next to her cousin, she gently patted her shoulders.
"From double digits to three digits, there is indeed progress. I will make you a double-skinned breast as a reward tomorrow. What about other subjects?"
"Mathematics 109, Chemistry 116, Physics 113, Politics 108, Chinese... 94.5 points." Chen Fengnian said while observing his cousin's face, fearing that she would catch him and beat him up.
Le Yun's face was a little dark: "You are still partial to subjects. Mathematics and Chinese are 150 points, right? On a 150-point paper, if you scored 109 points, I can still pretend that you made a mistake, but your 94.5 points are really ugly.
point.
Chinese is still hovering around 90%, there is no progress at all, I want to deduct the double skin milk given to you."
"Sister, I was wrong. After I had taken a breath, I went to dig into the wall, steal the bald cantilever beam, and stab the buttocks." Chen Fengnian was afraid that his cousin would be angry and violent, so he admitted his mistake first, no matter what.
