There was a lot of discussion, and Zhang Lingzhi looked a little ugly, but Bai Tian grabbed her arm, fearing that she might not be able to resist quarreling with the villagers.
Bai Banxia pursed her lips. Although it was an excuse to help her family build a house, what outsiders saw was that the old Zhang family missed all the benefits of working for the court in order to help their daughter's family.
These people's comments are sour, but they are only sour and not a big deal, so just ignore them.
She took her mother's other hand and said with a smile: "Mom, let's go quickly. Grandpa and grandma are waiting for us to eat hot pot."
Seeing their family walking away, the person who just made the sarcastic remarks said angrily: "Don't look at them holding on, the old Zhang family must have a knot in their hearts. It's not easy for us bankers to make some money, and we just give them so much money."
It’s gone.”
When we arrived at Zhang's house, our grandparents warmly welcomed us out, and our uncle and aunt also helped to pick up the things.
"You come as soon as you come, and you bring so many things, others will say that you emptied your husband's house." Mrs. Zhang said to her daughter.
"Where is the empty space? And these are all prepared by the children, so we don't have to worry about them." Zhang Lingzhi said with a smile.
Everyone was chatting and laughing and put down their things and went into the house. The third cousin also said with a smile: "We are in a good mood today. The second brother has to accompany the second sister-in-law back to her parents' house and missed the good opportunity to eat hot pot. Fortunately, the eldest brother and I are not married.
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He smiled like a fool, and Bai Banxia said contemptuously: "Third cousin, even if you want to get married, no girl is willing to marry you, right? You are so stupid every day."
"Where am I stupid? I am now on official duty. I don't know how impressive I am when I walk outside. A while ago, a girl threw a veil on me." The third cousin straightened his chest and said unconvinced.
"Ouch, I lost my veil. Where is the veil?" Bai Banxia asked.
The third cousin coughed dryly, "I definitely can't have it."
My aunt winked at Bai Banxia and whispered: "Listen to him, the veil was picked up by another girl."
Bai Banxia laughed so hard that her stomach ached. The girl from her lover's family had accidentally dropped her veil. The third cousin could really think of it.
Bai Banxia chatted with her grandfather and grandmother for a while, then went to the kitchen to help her aunt cook.
"Ban Xia, someone came to kiss your eldest cousin two days ago." My aunt said in a low voice.
Bai Banxia became interested, "Which girl is from which family? What is her character like?"
"Isn't this the Chinese New Year? I haven't had time to ask yet. It's a family in the town. They do some small business and their life is pretty good." My aunt said in a lower voice.
"It's not that I dislike other people's merchants. I just wonder if such a girl can adapt to our family if she marries a farmer. Your eldest cousin is the eldest brother after all. If the eldest daughter-in-law wants to take care of the whole family, she must marry a capable person."
The aunt's worry was not unreasonable. Bai Banxia nodded and said, "Let's go and take a look quietly after the Chinese New Year. We'll talk about it later."
"Okay, you can help my aunt with her eyes." Niu actually felt a little confused, but having someone to help her made her feel more at ease.
"Where do I know what I'm going to read? Let Qi Zhen go and find out quietly then." Bai Banxia didn't dare to make a guarantee. In her previous life, she had been studying medicine and later engaged in medical research. She was not good at interpersonal communication and her level of understanding people was not considered good.
How nice.
My aunt nodded, "Okay, I'll feel relieved with the help of you two children."
After finishing the work in the kitchen, Bai Banxia returned to the main room and heard her mother saying thoughtful words to her grandma.
"Mom, I heard that the high-ranking officials in the imperial court even gave out silver rewards, and people outside said that our family suffered a big loss." Zhang Lingzhi asked with some worry, because it was her daughter who persuaded her uncle and cousin not to become hired laborers.
"No matter what people outside say, why didn't they say that workers are exhausted every day and look disgraced? If they are tired and sick in this cold weather, what is the reward?" Old Mrs. Zhang can think clearly.
He patted his daughter's hand and said, "Just live a peaceful life."
Zhang Lingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and Bai Banxia also breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, she also believed that her grandma's family would not feel any trouble because of this. Outsiders said that just because they didn't understand the relationship between her family and her grandma's family.
Soon, a lively meal was served, and it was time to eat hot pot and grab something. According to the third cousin's words: it's more delicious when you grab something.
Qi Zhen's chopsticks were so fast that Zhang Tonglin couldn't grab him, but all the meat he grabbed ended up in the bowl of Bai Banxia.
Bai Banxia got another small piece of crispy meat, smiled and gave it to her aunt, saying: "Thank you for your hard work, aunt, please eat more."
The aunt smiled and looked at Qi Zhen's expression. After all, Qi Zhen gave it to Banxia. She was unhappy when she saw that Qi Zhen was useless, so she started eating.
After finishing the meal, everyone went to help clean up the dishes. Bai Banxia came to the side of grandpa and grandma and gave them a big red envelope.
"You kid, why did you give us lucky money?" Mr. Zhang smiled and refused to accept it.
"It's a New Year's gift for my grandparents. I won't grow old. I can always stay young. What a bargain." Bai Banxia smiled and pushed back, "I also gave it to my grandparents. If you don't accept me, won't you be treating one favorably?"
Grandma thought for a while and said: "Your grandparents are in trouble. You can give them red envelopes to make them happy. We are happy every day. Why do we need so much money? How about you keep it for yourself to do some business?"
"Yes, you kid has a bright mind. Money can make money in your hands, but if you give it to us, you can only keep it." Grandpa also agreed.
"Then you just save it. Later, my eldest cousin and third cousin will use money to get married, or save it to buy more land in the future. Anyway, if you don't accept it, then I will be angry and won't even come to see you.
." Bai Banxia said feigning anger.
Now it was hard for the two elders to refuse, so they had no choice but to accept it.
Grandma actually had an idea, thinking of saving it for Banxia first, so that when she gets married in the future, she would supplement her dowry.
Bai Banxia and the others were going to stay at grandma's house for one night. When it was almost time for dinner, the second cousin and Luo Xiuxiu came back.
"Second brother, are you in a hurry to come back and grab some meat?" Zhang Tonglin asked very funny.
The second cousin gave him a big look and said, "My mother-in-law said that I can go back to a village at any time. Today my aunt's family is here and asked us to come back for a reunion dinner."
Bai Banxia thought about the fact that her second cousin's mother-in-law sent back the twelve betrothal gifts, and she admired the Luo family even more. Being able to raise a good girl like Luo Xiuxiu, and a boy like Luo Ping who has a sense of justice and responsibility, it means that he is also
Nice family.
Hot pot will continue for dinner, but Bai Banxia is also planning to make some barbecue. The charcoal and seasonings are ready and waiting to start work at any time.
When Bai Banxia finished making the skewers, everyone grabbed the skewers again, especially the tender roasted kidneys.
It's just that Bai Banxia felt a little regretful. Qi Zhen saw that she was not satisfied with the prepared kebabs, so he went over and asked, "What's wrong? It definitely doesn't taste good?"
"It's a pity that I didn't find cumin, otherwise it would be more fragrant." She sighed and said.
Qi Zhen didn't know what cumin she was talking about, but he kept it in his mind silently, thinking about turning around and asking his cheap man to search for it, and he just happened to send the person away for a while.