Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

After everyone was finally sent away, the family became quiet. Theoretically speaking, there should be friends and relatives having a wedding party, but the people in the village thought it was too far away, and it was too late to go home, which was cold and tiring. There are not many very close friends in the town, so there will be no outsiders tonight.

However, it was difficult to leave the new house empty, so Mrs. Chen asked all the children to go to the new house to stay for a while. Don't let the fuss get too loud, just clamor for sweets from the bride one by one.

The bride also knew the rules, so she had no choice but to smile and ask the girl to bring a lot of candies and distribute them to everyone. Several children snatched up all the candies and went out laughing.

After the children left, Zhixiang sent the girl away, and then of course went to spend his sweet wedding night.

On the second day of the wedding, Mrs. Xue got up to cook, and Mrs. Zhu also got up early to help. The two sisters prepared the meal together and were about to bring it into the house to start eating. The girl from the Lu family over there came over and said she wanted the breakfast to be taken to the new house.

Before Mrs. Xue could speak, Mrs. Chen heard it in the back room and said, "Our family doesn't have the habit of eating alone, so let them come over to eat."

When the girl heard this, she was stunned. Originally, they were in the Lu family, and each room had their own breakfast. The fourth girl got up just now. One of them stayed there to wash up, while the other came to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. I didn't expect that the Xu family had such rules. The girl curled her lips slightly, she really came from a poor family, she didn't even have any servants, and she had to eat together. The girl turned around and walked away.

At this time, Jinghan and the others also got up. After washing up, they came to grandma's room in front. The whole family eats here, and the family is not a big business, so naturally they eat together and have fun. Jinghan looked at the girl's appearance as she left and felt unhappy, "Mom, have you prepared the breakfast for those people that my uncle brought back?"

"Hey, it's ready. Let them eat in this room later. It's winter. Isn't it cold enough to take it over there?" Ms. Xue went out to pick up the steamed buns without raising her head. Since there are outsiders at home, it’s difficult to make corn cakes, so Mrs. Chen lets everyone make white flour steamed buns.

Everyone worked together to put away all the food. Breakfast in the farmyard usually doesn't have that much variety. It used to be corn pancakes, rice porridge, and some pickles. This time it was Zhixin who was getting married, and the bride came from a wealthy family in the county, so Mrs. Chen made white flour steamed buns, cooked rice porridge, specially cooked eggs, and also had pickles and pickled vegetables. Goose eggs. Jinghan had such breakfast for the first time in her life.

Everyone sat down and waited for Zhixiang and his wife to come over to start dinner. Unexpectedly, they waited for a quarter of an hour before these two people arrived late. The old man and the old lady were a little unhappy, but they didn't show it on their faces. Mrs. Chen asked Zhixiang and his wife to sit down quickly and let them all eat together.

The two girls were standing next to Lu Wanting, and were about to help pick up the food. When they saw the food on the table, they were stunned.

Of course the old lady saw it and said, "Zhixiang, let your two girls go to the outer room to eat. They are the same people, why are we eating while others watch? You are so good at hands and feet, how can you let others feed you? ?" Being from a peasant family in the Xu family, naturally he didn't like this kind of behavior, so Chen didn't care about it and sent the people away directly.

The two girls quickly looked at their own girls and then at their uncle, wondering what to do.

Zhixiang nodded and said, "Mom is right, you two go down first. There is food in the outer room, so go and eat. We can eat here." Zhixiang did not look at Wanting, so he asked the girl out.

Wanting didn't say anything. She stood up and served a bowl of porridge to the old lady and the old man. "Father, mother, let's have some porridge." After saying that, she stood beside the two old people. She originally came from a wealthy family, and she had seen these things since she was a child. Although she married into a peasant family, she did not follow the rules that should be followed.

When Ms. Chen saw this, she quickly said, "My fifth daughter-in-law, you don't have to wait like this. Our family doesn't have those rules, so we don't need the new daughter-in-law to set the rules in front of us. Hurry up and sit down to eat. We will see these things later." Where are the relatives?" After saying that, he quickly asked Wanting to sit down.

Zhixiang pulled Wanting, "I just said, our family doesn't have those rules, you should sit down and eat as soon as possible."

Wanting then sat down again and everyone had breakfast together. It was obvious that these meals might not be to her liking, and Wanting stopped eating them if she couldn't finish them. Zhixiang kept urging him to eat more.

Jinghan sighed secretly in her heart, a woman like this was really not suitable to live in a farmyard. Thanks to my uncle, he now has some wealth, otherwise, he really wouldn't be able to support such a wife.

Everyone finished breakfast quickly and had just put away their things when there was movement outside. Wenhan ran out and saw that it was Qingnian and Huixin who had returned holding their children. As soon as these people entered the house and sat down, Zhide came outside with his wife and children.

Now everyone was gone, and everyone was sitting in the living room in the front yard. The old man and the old lady sat at the top, and Mrs. Xue brought two cups of tea. Wanting took the tea and served tea to the old man and the old lady. Mrs. Chen took the tea cup, took a sip, and then said, "My child, our family is a farmer, and you are wronged by marrying me here. You will also have to follow Mr. Lu in the future, and spend your time outside. That is, during the New Year and so on. It would be great to be back. When two people are outside, they need to get along well. Husband and wife are one, and they need to be considerate of each other. The New Year is not far away. Living at home, our family's conditions are naturally not comparable. You, the fifth daughter-in-law of the Lu family, will just do it for a while."

Wanting and Zhixiang knelt side by side in front of the old couple. Wanting nodded quickly after listening to the old lady's words. "Mom, since Wanting has married into the Xu family, she is a member of the Xu family and will live a good life with her husband in the future."

The old couple quickly got them up, and Mrs. Chen took out the golden hairpin she had prepared early in the morning and gave it to Wanting. "I don't have anything good here, just take it." Wanting took it and handed it to the girl next to her.

Next, Zhixiang introduced these people in the family, Zhixin and his wife, Zhiming and his wife, Zhide and Qingnian, and met them one by one. Xue and his three sisters-in-law all brought out a meeting gift. This is the rule of the Xu family. A brother-in-law and a sister-in-law must give gifts to their sister-in-law when they meet her. It doesn't matter whether the thing is high or low, but you must have this thing. Mrs. Han also prepared a pair of twisted silver bracelets, which looked quite heavy.

Wanting accepted the meeting gifts from her sisters-in-law and thanked them one by one. Huixin and his wife are sister and brother-in-law, so there is no need for a greeting gift. However, Huixin still prepared an embroidery for her, which was a quilt cover with a picture of a hundred children. On it were embroidered a hundred cute little dolls of different shapes. "Fifth brother, fifth sister-in-law, this is what I embroider on weekdays. I just want it for fifth brother to get married. You don't live at home, so just take it to Anzhou and use it later."

Wanting looked at the quilt and marveled, "I didn't expect my sister's craftsmanship to be so good. It's so vivid. Thank you sister." Wanting was very satisfied with this gift.

Next, it’s the younger generation. Wanting has prepared red envelopes for each child. Of course, the boys also have a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, and the girls have a pair of pearl flowers. When Mrs. Chen saw it, she said Wanting was too expensive and there was no need to be such a heretic.

The children all accepted the gifts, and then everyone sat down and chatted. Jinghan remembered her mushrooms, so she took the things, told her mother and left. Jingya and Jingwan also followed them to the mushroom room at the back. They had a banquet yesterday and had already picked a lot of mushrooms. From the looks of it, there probably won't be any more mushrooms until tomorrow.

"Sister, you have to learn to take care of things at home in the future. When spring comes, we will go up the mountain, and then you will have to take care of this family. Brother and the others are studying, how can they have this skill?" Jinghan looked back. Glancing at Jingya, Jinghan has been thinking about this issue since she learned about Yue Pengcheng's thoughts yesterday. Judging from the current situation, the Xu family will gradually get better. Jingya will only be fourteen next year. If she gets married at the age of sixteen, it is very likely that she will be married to a relatively wealthy family by then. In that case, Jingya would have to learn a few more things, at least be able to manage the house and understand human relationships. Fortunately, Jingya is literate, so it shouldn't be difficult to learn these.

"Jinghan, why do I have to learn these things? I have a grandma and a mother at home, so how can I be used? Even if you go up the mountain, there will be an elder in the family. It is impossible for us juniors to stay alone. In town?" Jingya didn't understand what Jinghan meant. As a little girl, why is it her turn to take care of the house?

Jinghan sighed, her sister was really innocent, and it would be really embarrassing if she married into such a big family. Jingwan understood what Jinghan meant at the side, "Sister, the second sister wants you to prepare for the future. You are almost fourteen years old, it's time to consider proposing a kiss."

When Jingya heard this, her face immediately turned red, and she glared at the two sisters, "You two, don't talk nonsense. You are so young, do you know what it means to kiss?" Jingya suddenly remembered the man from yesterday, the look on his face It's even redder.

"What's the point? Don't you see that my uncle and aunt are getting married now? Sister, it's time for you to make plans for yourself. From tomorrow on, you will practice martial arts with us in the morning, and we will study in the morning. I told grandma He said that from now on, the family's accounts will be handed over to you, and you should take good care of them." Jinghan decided to train her sister properly. Although there are no conditions now to train my sister into a talented girl who is good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she still needs to be a virtuous and capable little woman.