Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

"Mother-in-law?"

Xiao Le looked puzzled.

Xiao Wang said with an oops, and said with a smile, "I also heard from your sister-in-law that some people call the husband's house the in-law's house."

"Well, that's quite appropriate."

Xiao Le nodded.

"No, it sounds like the husband's family is headed by the husband, isn't the in-law's family headed by the mother-in-law? I like the in-law's family."

After Xiao Wang finished speaking, she felt something was wrong again, and emphasized, "I like my mother-in-law's family."

Xiao Dazhu's expression on the side was not very good again, Xiao Le glanced at him, Xiao Dazhu seemed to be choked, Xiao Xiao sighed, and continued to busy with the work in hand.

Seeing this, Xiao Le burst out laughing.

It provoked Xiao Wang to ask why he was laughing, but Xiao Dazhu became a little annoyed and said, "Why are you laughing, why don't you hurry up and work!"

"What's wrong with the child smiling?" Mrs. Xiao Wang was upset, "After busy these days, look at Xiao Le's hands, they are almost as pale as bamboo."

"It's okay, let's repair the house if we earn more," Xiao Le waved his hands indifferently and continued to work.

Speaking of building a house, Mrs. Xiao Wang looked at the mud house they had lived in for many years, "It was a thatched house when the family was not separated. Later, there was a chrysanthemum, and it happened to be separated, so I made a snack and asked the folks for help. The mud house is built, you want to build a house, do you want to build a log house?"

"Great brick house!"

Xiao Le said very excitedly.

Chrysanthemum just came back from the outside, and when she heard this, her eyes sparkled and she leaned over, "Is our house going to be built with blue bricks and big tiles?"

These words made both Xiao Dazhu and Xiao Wang amused.

Xiao Le was dissatisfied: "What are you laughing at, it will be built sooner or later."

"Brother is right!"

Chrysanthemum nodded again and again, and was poked in the face by Mrs. Xiao Wang.

"What do Xiaowazi's family know, green brick and big tile house? Our village doesn't have any, but there are almost others around the town. I heard that the smallest yard cost more than 80 taels!"

Xiao Dazhu next to him was much more difficult to say, "It's just the money for building the house, the master's wages have to be calculated separately, and the carpentry of cabinets and beds is not cheap, so it costs a hundred taels anyway."

100 taels, he has never seen so much silver in his life.

One tael of silver is enough for Xiao Le's family to live happily for a month, and even eating meat for 20 days is not bragging.

Living like this every day for a year, that is, 12 taels, 100 taels is enough for them to live comfortably for eight or nine years.

And as they save so much now, it might not cost 20 taels in 100 years.

The more Xiao Le thought about it, the more worried he felt, how poor he was.

Thanks to my sister-in-law being a boss, otherwise I might not be able to live in a big brick house in this life.

Thinking of this, Xiao Le became more efficient in his work, "It's a good idea to earn a little more now that the price is high."

Perhaps Xiao Le was too excited to build a house just now, which made Xiao Wangshi and Xiao Dazhu full of energy. When Xiao Chengyun and his wife came back, Xiao Le made fifty, which was the result in less than a morning.

Before he had time to claim credit, Xiao Le saw Xiao Chengyun walking behind Liu Sisi and directly closed the courtyard door. The couple quickly walked into the main room, and then Xiao Chengyun closed the main room door again.

It was dark in the room, but Xiao Le felt it, and cleverly turned on the oil lamp.

Before Xiao Wang could tell him, Liu Sisi took out five taels of silver.

Although there are only a few pieces, it is really broken silver!

Xiao Le and the others took a breath.

Liu Sisi said softly, "This is a reward for wiping the forehead."

Then she took out another ingot of silver, Xiao Wang had already covered her mouth.

"This this……"

Xiao Dazhu's throat was dry, and he said with difficulty, "Two, twenty taels?"

"My little brother's snake-shaped lucky hairpin is still paid for with ten cents," Xiao Chengyun put the bulging money bag on the table as usual, no matter how heavy it was, it couldn't compare to that piece of silver.

"Sister-in-law is amazing!"

Xiao Le couldn't help but admire, "20 taels, I've never seen so much silver in my life!"

"Me, me too."

Xiao Wang also looked like he had never seen the world.

On the contrary, Xiao Dazhu rarely showed off, "When we separated, there were 25 taels."

"That's for the three of you, not for the family," Xiao Wang shrugged when he recovered.

Liu Sisi pushed all the money in front of Mrs. Xiao, "Take it, mother. I've taken over the job again. It's a pair of jackets. I think I can renovate the house next year."

Mrs. Xiao Wang immediately thought of the blue brick and big tiled house, and then looked at his youngest son. Sure enough, the other party was full of expectations.

"My mother will keep all these too," Xiao Le pushed the big money bag that Xiao Chengyun took out to Xiao Wang's.

Xiao Wang's whole body was dizzy, and after she took the money and took it back to the room and put it away, she felt sorry again.

So he called Liu Sisi into the room, took out the 20 taels of silver and handed it over, "Although I am happy to have so much silver at home, it is your own ability after all, I can't take all of it."

Liu Sisi never expected that her mother-in-law would give her all the big heads.

When she was in her natal family, she earned a tael, and her mother would only give her a tael. This was the habit of the big family in the old days. Liu Sisi has adapted to it for so many years. Although she also has a lot of private houses, she was still surprised by her mother-in-law. .

"Mother," she held Xiao Wang's hand, and pushed the silver back, "We are all one family. This house is built, and I live in it too. We live together, so don't worry about it."

These words made Xiao Wang's heart warm, and it was rare for her to speak in a soft voice, "You are capable, mother can't do anything, and Cheng Yun is also a dull guy..."

It's a subtle feeling that a son is no better than a daughter-in-law.

"Where?" Liu Sisi laughed in a low voice. After the two talked for a while, Xiao Wang also accepted the money, and also found Xiao Chengyun and Xiao Le, saying that all the money in the family was used to build a house. Will not be used indiscriminately.

As the head of the family, Xiao Dazhu also saw silver on the table, but not only did he not see it after passing by, he also didn't know where the lady hid it.

Liu Sisi took over the job, and was also "protected" by Mrs. Xiao Wang. When she was embroidering, no one was allowed to disturb her, and the food was improved a bit.

Chrysanthemum was the youngest in the family, and Xiao Wang repeatedly told the other party not to tell about the "big scene" that day.

Xiao Le also gave Chrysanthemum ten cents from his private money, and as long as she was obedient, she would give her a big red seal during the Chinese New Year.

Chrysanthemum is very well-behaved, knowing that her sister-in-law is busy, she doesn't bother her, and helps the house with the work.

The whole family was thinking about building a house. Although they were busy making hairpins, they did not forget the work in the field.

It was a rare sunny day, except for Xiao Le and Liu Sisi, everyone went to the field to collect radishes.

There are a lot of radishes grown, and after they are harvested, they are cut into small strips and dried in the sun. When they become dried radishes, whether it is stewed meat or vegetarian dried radish soup, they are all very delicious. They are delicious and can be sold in the town.

After discussing with everyone this year, Xiao Wang plans to keep all of them. After all, a lot of food is needed when building a house.

Just as they were happily fighting for the future, Uncle Zhang also came back from working in the town.

He was only away for a few days, and as soon as he returned to the village, he met his grandmother who asked him to take care of his daughter. How could he steal other people's vegetable seedlings? Those vegetable seedlings are still young, what a wicked thing.

Uncle Zhang was so embarrassed that he hurried home. The youngest daughter just came back with a large basket of radishes on her back. When she saw her father, her eyes turned red, she put down the basket and rushed up.

"father!"

She is about the same age as Chrysanthemum, and she is also sensible. Because of the vegetable seedlings, the children in the village don't play with her, and even call her a thief.

Hearing his daughter's crying, Uncle Zhang was so angry that his son and daughter-in-law were busy in the fields, so he dragged Aunt Zhang back angrily.

In the afternoon, I personally carried a basket of radishes on my back, and took my daughter to Xiao Le's house to admit my mistake.

"Anyway, it was the child who moved the vegetable seedlings. Brother Xiao, sister-in-law Xiao, this is our fault." Uncle Zhang pushed his daughter lightly, and the little girl bowed to them with red eyes.

"Forget it," Xiao Wang couldn't bear it, "She...don't blame her for this matter."

It's hard to blame your wife directly.

"It's all from the same village, why should it be so serious? Take the radish back quickly."

Xiao Dazhu also spoke.

Xiao Le and the others did not speak.

"Please accept the radish," Uncle Zhang didn't want to carry it back. After getting their understanding, he put on an empty backpack and took his daughter back.

"Uncle Zhang is so upright, how could he marry Aunt Zhang?"

"Xiao Le!"

Xiao Dazhu scolded.

Xiao Le rubbed his nose, still not convinced, "That's right, she asked Mother to take care of her sister-in-law before, so she was jealous that sister-in-law made shoes for Mother."

Xiao Wang was taken aback, "Is there such a thing?"

"... Anyway, mother, you should stay away from her in the future."

"She has gone too far in this matter, of course I will not forgive her! Such a big person, push the child out," Xiao Wang looked unhappy.

Liu Sisi also wrote down this person, and privately told Chrysanthemum that if she meets that person on the road, she should walk around.

If he can be so cruel to his own daughter, then he can't be sure about Chrysanthemum.

The advice turned out to be really useful.

One day, Juhua went to Meihua's house to play, and on the way home, she met Aunt Zhang, whose face was a little swollen, Juhua glanced at it and then walked down the other side of the road.

As a result, Aunt Zhang stopped her.

"Chrysanthemum, you child, why didn't you say hello to Aunt Zhang after seeing her? Is this what your parents taught you?"

Chrysanthemum pursed her lips, turned around and looked at her, "You bullied us, I wouldn't have called you!"

Aunt Zhang's face darkened, "Who taught you to speak like this? How did I bully you?"

As a result, Chrysanthemum didn't pick up the stubble, turned around and ran away.

When I got home, I said to Xiao Le, who was making bamboo hairpins, "I met Aunt Zhang on the way, and she even scolded me not to greet her, so I turned around and ran back!"

Xiao Le put down the work in hand, followed the way Chrysanthemum came back just now, and soon met Aunt Zhang who was still cursing.

"Yo, Aunt Zhang, what's wrong with your face?"

Aunt Zhang, who was scolding the Xiao family, was taken aback for a moment, and looked away a little guilty, "I ate too much meat recently, and it burned very much."

But Xiao Le shook his head, "It doesn't look good if that side is swollen, if the other side is also swollen, it will be very symmetrical, why don't I tell Uncle Zhang and ask him to help?"

After being beaten for a while, and her son and daughter didn't pay much attention to her, Aunt Zhang felt cold all over, "What's the matter with you, Uncle Zhang? It's said that you eat too much meat."

Xiao Le raised his eyebrows, "The life of Aunt Zhang's family is really good. It's true, it's not that I eat too much meat, why would I miss other people's dishes? Or I couldn't help but look for vegetable seedlings to eat at home."

These sarcasm words made Aunt Zhang's face turn red and blue. She might have a bit of arrogance towards chrysanthemums, but she was a little hypocritical when facing a child as old as Xiao Le.

"It's just vegetable seedlings. My family has so much meat to eat, and I still miss the order of vegetable seedlings? I said it was a misunderstanding, but you don't believe it, and you want our family to carry a basket of radishes..."

"Yeah, Uncle Zhang."

Aunt Zhang was startled, and when she turned around, she saw her husband looking at her with a dark face.

"me……"

"Uncle Zhang, I heard Chrysanthemum say that Aunt Zhang stopped her halfway, as if she wanted to say something to her, but Chrysanthemum was timid and ran home directly. I thought it was really impolite, so I came here to ask Aunt Zhang. Say, Chrysanthemum is young and ignorant, so it's useless to say it."

Xiao Le's eye drops were very useful. Seeing Aunt Zhang being dragged back by Uncle Zhang, he also returned home with a soft snort.

The next day, when Second Aunt Xiao came to visit, she said that Aunt Zhang had been sent back to her mother's house.

"It looks like her man is really angry."

"She was not convinced, and stopped our family's chrysanthemum," Xiao Wang heard Xiao Le said a few words, and wanted to question her, but was stopped by her family. Now that she heard that the other party was sent back to her mother's house, she felt very relieved.

"People who are about to have grandchildren, this face is really embarrassing."

Second Aunt Xiao pursed her lips, and pulled Xiao Wangshi again and said, "I'm here this time, and I also have something to ask my sister-in-law for help."

"what's up?"

"Our family is blessed, and we have a crush on a girl who happens to be from my sister-in-law's natal village. I also want to ask my sister-in-law to inquire about it. If there is no engagement, we will know."

Xiao Wang's spirit came immediately, "Which family?"

"She's from the Chen family. She has dimples on her face. That kid only knows that she's called Third Sister."

Chen Sanmei, do you have dimples on your face?

Xiao Wang immediately knew which family it belonged to, "It just so happens that the day after tomorrow is my brother's birthday, why don't you let Fafu go with me."

"This, what's the point?"

"Why not? My nephew followed me to celebrate his birthday. What's wrong?"

Xiao Wang sneered, and the matter was settled.

Xiao Le also heard the news elsewhere, and when he returned home, he asked Mrs. Xiao, "Does this mean you're retired?"

"That's not true. I'm about to have a grandson. How can I stop?" Mrs. Xiao Wang glared at him. Talk about giving up."

The educated Xiao Le nodded quickly.

"No matter how much your Aunt Zhang has, she has given birth to so many children for your Uncle Zhang, and the life at home is relatively good in the village. Don't think that it's just your Uncle Zhang earning money outside, she is also very tired at home... ..."

"Send it back to her mother's house, just to let her think about her mistakes, and pick her up soon."

Xiao Le heard her say so many things, and finally asked, "Mother, did anyone say that your heart is soft?"

Xiao Wang was taken aback for a moment, then thought for a while and replied, "That's what your uncles said about me."

Xiao Le chuckled, "You're right."

On the day of his uncle's birthday, Xiao Fafu came to the house early in the morning. Xiao Le wondered why the other party came so early, and saw the other party kept wandering around Xiao Wang's.

Not right.

"What's up with him?"

Xiao Le asked Xiao Chengyun in a low voice.

Xiao Chengyun had just returned from fetching water, heard the words and whispered back, "I want to go to my uncle's house with my mother, and take a look at the girl I like by the way."

"Tsk tsk tsk," Xiao Le put his hands on his hips and made a strange sound, "I'm not young enough to earn money, and I want to get married."

"It's funny what you said," Xiao Chengyun rubbed his head, "In two years, you might be as anxious as him."

"I don't know it." Xiao Le rolled his eyes, "I don't know where the one I like is now, and whether I have been bullied."

His voice was low, Xiao Chengyun went to pour water again, but he didn't hear this.

"Mother, there is nothing to worry about at home. You will stay with uncle for two days before coming back."

Xiao Le said as he sent them out.

"Why are you worried about nothing at home? The taro can also be collected, I remember it very much," Xiao Wang waved casually, and left with Chrysanthemum and Xiao Fafu.

"My mother, I am so considerate of her, but she only thinks about taro."

Xiao Le complained slightly to Xiao Chengyun.

"Speaking of taro, I also want to eat roasted taro or taro soup."

Xiao Chengyun was a little greedy, so he went down to the ground and dug some back. Liu Sisi also liked eating taro, so he made a big pot, and they ate it at noon and at night.

Not too tired.

Early the next morning, Xiao Wang brought them back, and it was the second Aunt Xiao's who went first.

"I'm not engaged, but I'm happy to see that we're gaining weight. It's just that she's young, and her parents want to stay for another year or two."

"Then get married first," Second Aunt Xiao, who was looked at eagerly by her son, thought for a while and said, "I'll ask someone to propose marriage right away!"

After Xiao Wang came back with the chrysanthemums, she learned that they ate taro. She smiled and said, "Actually, I can try it a long time ago. It's just that these days are busy. I want to make it bigger. How does it taste? It's bigger than last year. Is it big?"

"It's almost the same as last year," Xiao Le recalled, "there's no difference."

Xiao Wang was a little disappointed, "I still planted it according to the method your third aunt said. Her family's taros are all the size of a fist, and they are very good."

The weather is getting colder and colder. The family members put down their private work and go to collect the taro, and then store it in the small house. If there is nothing to do, they have to go and have a look. If there is something broken, they have to throw it away quickly, otherwise It will break a lot.

This thing is delicious, but it is not as good as waxy melon.

Seeing that everyone had collected the taro and went home, everyone was shivering from the cold, Xiao Wang gritted his teeth and decided to add a cotton coat to his family.

Good cotton clothes have to go to the county to buy, this opportunity was given to Xiao Chengyun and Liu Sisi.

The front was already embroidered, and Xiao Le also gave them the hairpins.

Go to the town to sell these things first, and then go to the county.

Chrysanthemum and Xiao Le looked at the courtyard door eagerly all day long, thinking that the cotton-padded clothes would get home soon.

Towards evening, Xiao Chengyun and the others came back and told everyone that Liu Sisi had accepted a job in the county.

"It used to be the eldest lady who lived in the town. She took over her jobs twice, and then moved to the county. I haven't seen her for three years. I didn't want to run into each other, so I took another job."

This time it's amazing, it's a skirt.

Xiao Le and the others took a look, but no one touched it, fearing that it would be damaged or dirty.

Xiao Wangshi even urged Liu Sisi to take it back to the room quickly, don't be careless.

As for the cotton clothes, what they bought back was cotton and two bolts of plain fabric, black for the men and blue for the women.

Mrs. Xiao took care of the family's cotton-padded clothes all by herself, and Liu Sisi was the first to complete the cotton-padded clothes. "Your sister-in-law is a person who does heavy work, so you can't be cold."

After hearing the explanation, Xiao Le begged, "Then I will be ranked second."

"The chrysanthemums are small, they don't carry the cold," said Xiao Dazhu next to him, raising his eyebrows.

"Then I'm third."

Xiao Le gave in again.

"Mother helped everyone make clothes, and it's very cold," Xiao Chengyun also stepped in.

"Then I'm fourth."

Xiao Le hurriedly said.

"Oh, I don't feel much about my old arms and legs," Xiao Dazhu pretended, making Xiao Le pouted.

"Father, you are very strong. You just ate three bowls of rice."

"Ouch, ouch..."

Xiao Dazhu was determined to get this quota.

So Xiao Le ranked second from last, and Xiao Chengyun ranked first from last.

But Xiao Wang still felt sorry for the child, and moved Xiao Le ahead of time, Xiao Chengyun also ahead of time, Xiao Dazhu moved back, and he was the last one.

This made Xiao Dazhu uncomfortable, "I can bear it, you wear it first."

Mrs. Xiao Wang didn't speak. After working for several days, everyone put on warm cotton clothes.

The firewood in the firewood room was already piled up to the brim, which was collected by Xiao Dazhu and Xiao Chengyun some time ago.

While most people in the village were on fire, the first fire started in their house.

The first thing Xiao Le did was to bury taro under the fire.

Roasted taro is also delicious.

Chrysanthemum became a little girl watching the fire, and the taro was almost ready, so she pulled it out and squatted by the fire with Xiao Le to eat.

Xiao Le is also making bamboo hairpins, but he is not in such a hurry, because the shopkeeper in the town said that he has collected enough hairpins, but in fact, others are also sending them over.

After Liu Sisi and the others went to the county for a while, they asked Xiao Le to make it in the future and send it to the county to sell.

Xiao Le is going to do more tricks and send them together when the time comes.

So he took the things Xiao Wang had prepared and went to the old uncle in the village.

The old uncle could not read many words, but seeing that Xiao Le wanted to learn, he carefully taught him a lot. Xiao Le learned quickly, and the patterns of hairpins became more and more.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month.

"It's just going out to carry a bundle of firewood, why is it so cold?"

Seeing Xiao Le trembling into the kitchen, Xiao Wang said distressedly.

"He's not the big brother yet!" Xiao Lemiao turned into a complainer, "He washed his hands and iced my neck with his hands!"

"Cheng Yun!"

Xiao Wang immediately yelled, Xiao Chengyun remained silent, and Liu Sisi advised Xiao Le, "He is ticklish."

So Xiao Le immediately went to take revenge.

But because he was not tall enough, he was tickled by Xiao Chengyun and laughed out loud.

The family couldn't help laughing too.

When eating, Xiao Le's eyes were red with tears from laughing.

Xiao Chengyun felt a little sorry, and gave him a chopstick of taro, "Sanbo's house puts a fish pond, I'm going to help, and bring you two fish to eat by the way?"

"Okay," Xiao Le nodded, "Get fatter."

Seeing that he didn't care about what happened just now, Xiao Chengyun nodded quickly, "Don't worry."

Going to help out here in the cold weather naturally gave everyone a fish, but he wanted two, so Xiao Chengyun wanted to give a few copper coins, but was scolded by the third uncle, who directly gave him two fat fish.

Xiao Chengyun saw that the third aunt's face was a bit ugly, and also learned that their family made tofu today, so he insisted on giving two copper coins, and took two big bowls of tofu home.

Then he asked Chrysanthemum to send the bowl over, and he killed the fish.

Xiao Le was afraid that it would be very cold, so he would not come to help at this time, at most he would cheer him up, "It must not be cold, right?"

Xiao Chengyun looked over and saw that he had wrapped himself up in three layers, couldn't help but said, "Why don't you wear cotton clothes?"

"It's not the coldest time yet," Xiao Le shook his head.

When it was first made, he wore it for a day, but in order to be warmer in the future, he refrained from wearing it.

"What is this nonsense?"

Xiao Chengyun couldn't understand, "Cotton clothes are made to be strung."

"I don't go out, and I have firewood at home, so it's not a problem," Xiao Le stared at the fish under his hand, still telling, "Don't break the gall, I don't eat bitter fish."

Xiao Chengyun laughed angrily, and dared to question his skill in killing fish, so he immediately pointed at the half-dead fish, "Why don't you come here."

"Brother, please, please."

Xiao Le immediately ran into the house, sat by the fire with a face full of enjoyment, "This is still the most comfortable place."

"Young, like an old man."

Xiao Dazhu, who was smoking a pipe next to him, said coldly.

"Father, I want to hear what you said about the past," Xiao Le glanced at him and said suddenly.

Xiao Dazhu got up immediately, "I heard from your brother that he bought tofu, I'll go and have a look."

Xiao Le felt more comfortable with "running" away from someone who didn't speak well.

The dishes in the evening are really rich, pickled cabbage fish with braised tofu, taro soup and a bowl of salted green vegetables, comparable to Chinese New Year.

Regardless of the large portions, everyone ate cleanly, even Liu Sisi, who had a relatively small appetite, was full.

Xiao Le was so happy that he went to tidy up the kitchen with Chrysanthemum.

After tidying up, I was making bamboo hairpins while talking with everyone by the fire.

How proficient is he now?

Even if you can look at the fire without looking at your hands, you can quickly make a good-looking hairpin.

No one in the family can do it.

Xiao Chengyun learned how to make a hairpin, but it took a long time, and it was ugly, but it was better than the first time he made it, and Liu Sisi still wears it now.

"Fat Fu and Chen Sanmei are engaged, and I think we can get married in the next year."

Speaking of her nephew's marriage, Xiao Wang said a few more words, "Meihua is one year older than Chrysanthemum, and she will be fourteen next year, and fifteen next year. Within two years after getting married, it will be Meihua's turn."

"That's not necessarily true," Xiao Chengyun looked at Xiao Le, "Our little brother is bigger than Meihua."

"I don't think about this when I'm under twenty," Xiao Le said boldly, "I also want to find someone who suits me, otherwise I'll be a bachelor for the rest of my life like Uncle Lame."

"Bah," Mrs. Xiao gave him a slap, "You think so beautifully! Your lame uncle was married before, but...don't even think about it anyway."

"Mother, I'm still early, but the two from my third aunt's family may be earlier than me."

Xiao Le chuckled and took the topic away from himself.

Liu Sisi also suddenly said at this time that she wanted Chrysanthemum to learn embroidery from her.

It's quiet now.

After a while, it was Xiao Wang's excited voice, "Really, really? Is it really possible?"

"Of course, Chrysanthemum is very smart," Liu Sisi said with a smile, "I also want to have a little apprentice."

Xiao Le blinked his eyes, and understood that Liu Sisi wanted to disintegrate everyone little by little, so as to pave the way for future apprenticeships.

"Chrysanthemum, don't thank your sister-in-law yet!"

Xiao Wang was very excited, and Chrysanthemum was also excited, so Liu Sisi took her back to her room to study.

"Sisi is such a good kid," Xiao Wang praised after the person left.

Xiao Chengyun smiled when he heard that, "Sisi must be very happy to be praised by mother."

"Still," Xiao Wang began to worry again, "You can tell me that you are much worse than Sisi, you should find something more to do."

"Mother who knows."

Xiao Chengyun also felt that he seemed to be getting worse and worse. The younger brother had work to do, so he seemed to be only doing hard work?

"How about brother, you go learn to blacksmith."

Xiao Le came up with a bad idea, "You can not only become a burly man, but also learn a craft."

Xiao Chengyun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "The apprentices they accept are all eleven or twelve years old, how old am I?"

"How about going to learn masonry with your third uncle?"

Xiao Dazhu thought for a while and said.

"My third uncle has two young apprentices," Xiao Le shook his head, "I see, the elder brother might as well be a shopkeeper, wandering around the town and the county, and the sister-in-law is good at embroidery, and selling some mountain goods, the business is definitely good. "

"The peddler is good, but he is very tired," Xiao Wang felt distressed.

"I think it's good," Xiao Chengyun's eyes lit up, "The peddler in our village only comes twice a year. Even if I don't work as a peddler, I just collect mountain goods and sell them in the county, and I can still earn money."

So they talked about the village with a lot of mountain goods. Xiao Dazhu was experienced in this area. When he was young, he often went out to find work. Naturally, he knew where there were more good things.

Xiao Le heard that the work in hand was not done, and said bluntly, "I also want to collect mountain goods with my brother."

"Then go together," Xiao Wang wished they could be together, "we can be a companion and have a care."

Xiao Le was happy when he heard that.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Xiao Le, who was afraid of the cold, stayed at home until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Liu Sisi went to the county to hand in skirts and shirts, and Xiao Wang asked the couple to buy new year's goods. Xiao Le also gave them the wooden hairpin. More than 500 hairpins.

"Sister-in-law, help me buy a silver hairpin and a silver bracelet. It doesn't need to be too big, just look good."

Xiao Le gave Liu Sisi all his private money.

Liu Sisi naturally understood what he meant, "Don't worry, I will watch over."

New Year's goods are nothing more than a little meat and pastries. Their family's New Year pigs are slaughtered, so you don't need to buy meat, just buy some sugar and melon seeds.

When Liu Sisi and the others came back, besides those things, there was also a large box of snacks, "This is from the eldest lady."

Then he gave Xiao Wang two ingots of silver.

Although Xiao Le and the others didn't see how much it was, they could tell from Xiao Wang's smiling face that it was more than wiping the forehead.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, everyone tidied up the house, cooked New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon, and went to the mountain to offer offerings in the evening. In the evening, the families of Uncle Xiao and Uncle Xiao came over for dinner.

They didn't come empty-handed, they all brought hard dishes they cooked at home.

There are three tables full of people.

Xiao Le sat at a table with several cousins, and Xiao Chengyun was also there.

Seeing that Xiao Fafu drank like drinking water, Xiao Le also drank a cup, but it turned out to be too spicy, "Why is this wine so strong!"

Xiao Fafu laughed loudly, "This is our own brewed wine, so it will be hotter without water in it."

"Xiao Le, have another drink!"

Others booed.

Xiao Le slapped the table, very arrogantly, "Man up!"

Xiao Fafu immediately poured it full for him.

"I'll have some more vegetables," Xiao Leqing coughed, and after eating a small bowl of rice, some fish and taro, he picked up the wine glass, "Come on, let's touch one."

Xiao Chengyun looked amused, "Dragging for a long time, we've already had several drinks, you should hurry up."

After Xiao Le drank it all in one gulp, his whole face was wrinkled into a ball.

Made everyone laugh.

Liu Sisi and Chrysanthemum sat next to each other, they were all cousins ​​or sisters-in-law at this table, as for the children, they were all at Xiao Wang's table with their grandmothers.

The two of them didn't talk much, and most of them were listening to the others. After hearing Xiao Le's frolic, Chrysanthemum looked over and said with a smile, "My little brother's face is wrinkled."

Liu Sisi also smiled, the uncle is simply a treasure in the family.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, a group of people watched the year at Xiao Le's house.

Xiao Le was a little dizzy, but was dragged by Xiao Fafu to wrestle.

He was not happy, so he hugged Xiao Chengyun's arm, Xiao Chengyun rubbed his head, and ended up torturing Xiao Fafu by himself.

In the early morning of the first day of the new year, the whole family ate glutinous rice balls before returning home.

Xiao Le fell asleep, and when he woke up, Aunt Xiao brought her grandson to the house.

"Auntie."

Xiao Le shouted not very energetically.

Aunt Xiao looked at his messy hair, "Did you watch the New Year last night?"

"Well," Xiao Le yawned, "Auntie didn't keep the old age?"

"As you get older, it's better for the juniors to watch the year." Aunt Xiao glanced at the quiet Wang family again, "Sister and sister, you are not young anymore, why are you messing around with the juniors?"

"That's right," Xiao Le immediately turned around and accused Xiao Dazhu, "I told you to take your mother to rest, and you insisted on joining in the fun. Look, did the aunt teach you?"

Aunt Xiao choked, was she training her younger brother?It's clearly Xiao Wang's!

"...Elder Sister, I'm having dinner with my second brother today, let's go there together."

Xiao Dazhu said.

"Speaking of the second younger brother, I heard that he is fat and engaged? How could he not know? The second younger brother and sister really don't care about things anymore."

Aunt Xiao's words made Xiao Wang's eyebrows twitch. She didn't want to go to eat, but Xiao Le pulled her, "Second uncle is so easy to mess with? You don't want to go to the theater."

"Mother, go," Liu Sisi also took Xiao Wang's arm, "Second Aunt's mouth is stronger than Eldest Aunt."

Xiao Wang blinked, "Yes, the second younger sibling is not the second younger sibling before!"

So she followed, and saw Aunt Xiao satirizing Second Aunt Xiao, but Second Aunt Xiao retorted the sarcasm back.

"Speaking of which, did the younger sister of the aunt's family decide for the second time? Oh, we had a joke before, thinking that it was the same family as before, and we met in the town and took care of her, but it turned out to be embarrassing," Xiao The second aunt had a gloomy look on her face, "Auntie, you too, you are such a grown-up person, please inform us earlier, we are all kept in the dark, it's really embarrassing."

"Oh, I don't blame Auntie," Third Aunt Xiao added, "After all, I'm almost fifty, and I'm getting old."

Aunt Xiao's face turned green.

Seeing this, Xiao Dazhu couldn't bear it. Just as he was about to speak, Second Uncle Xiao grabbed his neck, "Brother, help me kill the fish!"

Xiao Fafu was the most powerful, laughing from the sidelines, "Auntie is afraid of embarrassment, right?"

This fool is so brave.

Xiao Le covered his mouth and smiled, and then watched Aunt Xiao pointing at Xiao Fafu and scolding, but Second Aunt Xiao didn't care, Aunt Xiao even missed half a bowl of rice during the meal.

On the contrary, the grandson she brought was quite cute, and Aunt Xiao and the others gave red seals.

Xiao Le also gave her the red seal of the chrysanthemum, and a beautiful silver hairpin, "Be good in the new year."

Wearing the silver bracelet from him and the silver pendant from Liu Sisi and his wife, Mrs. Wang Xiao showed off in front of Xiao Dazhu, "It's true that the children are thinking of me, so I didn't buy you anything."

Xiao Dazhu: ...