Crossing the green wheat ears

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Xi Mingquan's wife gave birth to a daughter. Others didn't think much of it, but grandma was overjoyed. The old man gave birth to three sons. He had a daughter before Xi Mingquan, but he didn't stop. Died.

The old lady thought how could she have a granddaughter without a daughter, but after all these years, one of the three daughters-in-law gave birth to a boy, and the other gave birth to a boy. Sometimes when I have nothing to do, I go to Grandma Wang’s house to hug Dani, and to be addicted to my daughter. A few years ago, I even accepted a goddaughter, but she got married, because it is more than twenty miles away, so I haven’t had much contact with her. .

Well now, I have a granddaughter at home.Grandma hurriedly took over the small clothes and quilts she had prepared, and also picked up a basket of eggs that the family was reluctant to eat, and asked Niang Xiyuan to deliver them.Seeing the old lady happy, the rest of the family also followed suit. Everyone agreed that a girl should be added to the family, otherwise they would gather together at dinner, a bunch of little eggs, and they would not even want to pamper a girl.

So this daughter of the Ximing family was unanimously loved by all the young and old in the Xi family, and her status was not ordinary.Even Xiyuan let go of his grudge against Xi Mingquan, and led Xi Weiweicheng to have a look. When the old aunt showed him the little girl, she reached out to touch her little cheek.

"Brother, the little one is really ugly, like a little monkey." Xi Wei and Wei Cheng dragged their brother's clothes and walked home one by one, Xi Wei did not forget to express his views.

Little girl is Xiyuan's nickname for the little girl, because she looks really small now, with a small nose and small eyes.But this is just their yelling in private. Xi Mingquan and his wife saw that their family's enthusiasm for the little girl was soaring, and they wanted to give their child a nice and rich name. The second aunt was so angry that she kept muttering to Niang Xiyuan, saying that she didn't like the arrogance of the third daughter-in-law, she's just a girl, who can't give birth!

The joy of the family didn't last for a few days, so they didn't go to the third child's house much.First of all, the old lady was very depressed: the third daughter-in-law took her mother here to take care of the confinement, and she grabbed her inside and outside the house, and whoever wanted to do something in the west here, the third mother-in-law rushed over, Like that, I was afraid that others could not do it well, and I was afraid that my girl would be wronged. I kept saying that this job should be done this way, and that job should be done that way. same.

"I've lived my whole life, raised three sons, and brought up several grandchildren. Now I can't do anything well?" the old lady was angrily talking to the old man.

"If I don't let you reach out, you won't reach out. Wouldn't it be good if you can't work?" The old man had no choice but to use these words to comfort the old lady.

"The key point is that if the two of them are really capable, it's okay. You didn't see it. If you wrap the child, I'm afraid that the legs will not grow straight, and it will be difficult to find a husband's house in the future." The old lady continued to complain.

"You said how much you can worry about it. You've just given birth and it's not yet full moon. You even thought about finding your husband's family?" The old man also reached out to help the old lady brush paste on the chopping board.

"Then don't you think about it? A daughter is not like a son. A son is married back, but a daughter is married off. If you marry poorly, you will not suffer!" The old lady said while sticking the corners of the cloth to the paste.

"That's the reason." Grandpa agrees with this point. My daughter is going to live in someone else's house. If the family doesn't treat her well, her life will be uncomfortable.

"This guy, she's been asked to serve the confinement child. She's not even allowed to reach out to our side, just to show what she can do. I don't see anything for her daughter-in-law who loves me so much, but for the third daughter-in-law. Her mother still ate the boiled eggs, but she really liked it, how expensive eggs are in this winter!"

"You mouth, you can eat two if you eat two. You say you are also nagging."

"What am I talking about? Why don't I talk about it? Our family is reluctant to feed a few small ones, thinking about giving it to the third daughter-in-law to make up for the confinement. How can a mother eat with it? That's light Is it a matter of eating two? The eldest daughter-in-law took [-] eggs and planned to let the third daughter-in-law eat for a month. It’s only a few days. Scourge!"

"Then still eat the same food as people in confinement?" The old man was not happy when he heard it.

"No, I went there this morning, and the two of you were drinking a bowl of brown sugar water each, to see if I had time to hide it when I entered the house, and told me that I was too much to be willing to throw away, so I had a bowl of sugar water Can you still be confused?" The old lady became more and more angry as she spoke.

"It's just a bowl of sugar water, don't keep thinking about it." The old man persuaded the old lady again when he saw how angry she was.

"Is it about a bowl of sugar water? The eldest daughter-in-law brought the brown sugar. She said she was worried about not having enough milk and needed to drink brown sugar water. She asked for it from his sister-in-law. Xiao Yuan's mother didn't have the same one as her, so she gave it to her." Go to Erjin, this is good, it's like being taken advantage of."

"Take it all, so stop nagging, didn't the eldest daughter-in-law say nothing?"

"What are you talking about, what can the eldest daughter-in-law say? You didn't say anything when it came to you, and it took so much effort to tell you anything!"

"Then tell me, if you don't say that, what can you say? Then you can go there and ask for it back?" The old man couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw the old lady getting angry with him.

"Why are you arguing loudly with me? You said that you have the ability to yell at me all your life, and you have suffered a lifetime of crimes with you. I just didn't have a good eye when I was young, and I married you who are so incompetent .”

"Where are you suffering? Look at the whole village from the east to the west, whoever's old lady enjoys the blessings of you, food and clothing, how can they catch up with you?" Grandpa pouted his beard angrily. of.

"I enjoy happiness? You haven't forgotten that there was no food in the house a few years ago, and it was time to eat porridge every day, which made our children cry from hunger! I enjoy happiness? I enjoy happiness and not your blessing. Whose blessing should I enjoy? It’s not that I don’t have a number in my heart.”

"Don't live with me if you dislike me for being incompetent." The old man was so angry that he scratched the wall of the kang with his feet, and stopped helping the old lady with the paste.

"Okay, I won't live with you. I have lived with you enough for so many years. You can go wherever you want. This house was bought by my grandson. I live with my grandson."

"Mother, father, look at the two of you, why are you still arguing? Let's talk about what's going on." In the main room, Xiyuan's mother heard that the old couple was about to quarrel, so she hurried into the room to persuade her.She had heard it a long time ago, but as a daughter-in-law, she didn't have the nerve to intervene. Now seeing the old couple getting more and more arguing and digressing, she felt both funny and helpless.

"I'd like to say it carefully. Look at your mother, she's just talking nonsense."

"Well, I'm all nonsense, don't you just say that you are incapable and you don't want to listen to it?"

"Yes, yes, I'm not capable, it's okay if I'm not capable."

"Mother, don't be awkward with my father. It's going to be noon. Why haven't Xiaoyuan and the others come back?" Xiyuan's mother hurriedly changed the subject. The best way is to mention the old man and the old lady. Sharp-hearted, their eldest grandson.

"But it's true. Did you delay the settlement? Can you come back today?" The old lady was immediately distracted.

"Why can't you come back? When Xiao Yuan left in the morning, he said that he would come back before dark. It's not that time yet." The old man was also successfully changed the topic.

"Hey, the two young ones have to go with me. I said that those who are in winter are not allowed to go, and they must not be frozen." The old lady began to worry about Xi Wei and Wei Cheng again.

Today, Xiyuan followed his father to the account of the second half of the year at the Jude real estate, and by the way, also calculated the account of Sun Ye. The family borrowed money from Sun Ye to build a house, and there are still 120 taels that have not been paid off.

In the past six months, Sun Ye's management of Jude Building has been booming, and Xiyuan has also received some more dividends. In addition to paying off Sun Ye's money, there is still 30 taels of silver left.Finally no more debts!Xiyuan let out a long sigh of relief. Although he knew that the money would be repaid sooner or later, he had always thought about it in his heart, and now he could finally feel at ease.

After finishing the accounts and explaining Zhang Cai's specific matters before and after the Chinese New Year, Xiyuan and his father took the two little ones to the market for a walk.

Last night, Xi Wei and Wei Cheng's brother Mo, who was in a hurry, wanted to come to Yansui City with him. They hadn't come for more than half a year, and it happened that his brother was going to the city and wanted to follow him.Xiyuan had nothing to do with his two younger brothers, so he had no choice but to agree, mainly because the weather this winter was too cold, and he was afraid that the two younger ones would be frozen.

Because the family's foreign debts have been paid off, Xiyuan also feels relaxed, so as long as Wei Cheng and Xi Wei are in love with each other, he will buy them without hesitation. Although the two children are a bit coquettish with their elder brothers, they are sensible and bought them. Most of them are things for children who don’t have much money. If the price is a little more expensive, they don’t need to say anything, they will stop buying them first.

Xi Mingwen followed behind with a backpack on his back, and put the same gadgets bought by the two children into it. Although he felt sorry for the money, the family conditions are better now. As long as the children's demands are not too much, he doesn't want to suffer too much. them.

Wandering around, the father and son came to a shop selling jewelry, thinking that since ancient times, women, regardless of age, have a desire for beauty, so Xiyuan led his father and the two young ones in and walked around the shop. Turning around, Xiyuan picked out a pair of wishful silver hairpins for grandma, and asked his father to pick one for mother as well.

Xi Mingwen thought that it had been [-] or [-] years since Xiyuan's mother married him, she had no gold or silver jewelry, and she wore the wooden hairpin Xiyuan bought for her on her head. Thinking that his daughter-in-law lived with him, he panicked, so Without much hesitation, I began to choose. After choosing for a long time, I picked a silver hairpin with a lotus bud head. Xiyuan asked the shopkeeper to wrap the hairpin. When he came out, he found a place to buy an old brass pipe pot for his grandfather. After buying these, the masters went back to the house and returned to Lianhua Village in a donkey cart.

Back home, Xiyuan gave the hairpin and cigarette pot that he bought to the two old people respectively. The old couple ignored each other at first, but now seeing how filial the eldest grandson is, they are no longer angry. The grandma put the hairpin on her hair Gesticating to wear it, grandpa was very fond of holding the pipe and pot, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't put it down, he was reluctant to use it, but he also pinned it on his belt, so that he could show off to some old men from the same village tomorrow.

"It's better to be my eldest grandson, grandma, I've been stuck in my heart for a whole day, and we, Xiaoyuan, will feel at ease as soon as we come back."

"Grandma, my second brother and I also helped to pick it out, I was the one who saw this hairpin first!" Xi Wei hurriedly responded when his grandma praised his brother.

"Well, our two children are also filial, grandma will be satisfied with you." Xi Wei and Wei Cheng heard that grandma praised them, so they turned around and gave them the masks bought for Xiyang and Xiyong , one for a monkey and one for a little tiger.

Xiyang and Xiyong looked in amazement, and hurriedly put them on their heads, while Xi Wei and Wei Cheng next to them also put on their own, and the four little masked figures ran up to the lord and said "ah". After a while, I ran to the adult and said "Ah", this is not enough, a few children discussed it, and ran out of the yard while the adults were not paying attention, they were going to show off with other children, Xiyuan Niang behind He kept calling but didn't stop.

"These children are about to eat." Xi Yuanniang said helplessly.

"Mother, it's okay, they will be back by then, or I'll go out and look for them." Xi Yuan said.

Next to him, Xi Mingwen also took out the silver hairpin for Niang Xiyuan. Niang Xiyuan held it up in surprise and looked at it repeatedly.He whispered to Xi Mingwen, "Why did you buy it for me?"

"Xiao Yuan gave it up, saying it was to save money for you and your mother." Xi Mingwen replied honestly.

"It's so pretty, did Xiao Yuan choose it?"

"No, I picked it for you. Xiao Yuan said that his daughter-in-law is responsible for it."

"What are you talking about, you!" Xi Yuanniang hit Xi Mingwen while others were not paying attention.

"Put it on, let me see if it looks good." Xi Mingwen urged his wife.

"I won't show it to you." Niang Xiyuan blushed, and hurriedly took the hairpin to her room, opened the cabinet and put it away.

In the house, grandma squinted her eyes and touched the wishful pattern on the hairpin repeatedly. After touching it for a long time, she thought about it again, then took out a small cloth towel, wrapped the hairpin three times inside and outside, and wanted to hide the hairpin on the ground. in the cupboard.

"Grandma, what are you doing with the hairpin in the cabinet?" Xi Yuan asked puzzled after seeing it.

"Such an expensive thing, you can't wear it on your head, just throw it away." The old lady asked, such a hairpin is almost less than a tael of silver, who would wear such a valuable thing on the head!

"Hey, my good grandma, you can just wear it. This is a silver one, and it doesn't cost much. I bought it for you. If you don't wear it, I will buy it for nothing." Far but really helpless.

"It's almost a tael of silver, and they said there is not much money. It will take two years to put it aside. One hairpin is almost enough for our family to chew for half a year." The old lady sighed.

"Just wear it, isn't it a good time for our family? Don't you talk about seeing someone's new daughter-in-law wearing a silver hairpin when you were young?" Xiyuan remembered the old saying his grandma told him.

"You wear what the child buys for you, so why hide and tuck it in?" the old man answered while he was looking for cigarettes and pots.

"Who is like you? Show it off." The old lady still put the hairpin in the cabinet, "I don't wear it now, I will wear it during the Chinese New Year. We are not wealthy people, so we can't wear such a good thing at ordinary times." .”

The old man took a look at his eldest grandson, and he didn't dare to argue with him again. After talking about it, the old lady should reprimand him for not knowing how to live and being incompetent.Xiyuan looked at his grandparents secretly happy.

Even so, when someone came to the house to sit and chat the next day, grandma still couldn't hold back, and showed the silver hairpin bought by her grandson to the women in the village over and over again, and praised the grandchildren at home by the way. Sensible and filial.