my grandmother

Chapter 77 New Year's Eve
Early in the morning on the first day of the new year, Li Xiaonan was downcast, yawned and went home to sleep.

After waking up from sleep, the elder sister and the second elder sister were sitting in the main room, one was fiddling with the charcoal basin with a long-handled shovel, and the other was holding a cup of tea, talking about something.

Li Xiaonan blinked a few times.

This was the first time she saw that the elder sister and the second elder sister were not weaving and spinning for needlework, and had no work in their hands, just sitting and talking like that!

"You're awake, are you hungry?" Li Yuzhu saw Li Xiaonan and put down the shovel.

"Not hungry." Li Xiaonan walked into the main room, poured a cup of tea, and sat next to Li Yuzhu, "What are you talking about?"

Li Jinzhu looked a little gloomy, looked at Li Xiaonan and asked, "Have you heard about the matter of Uncle Santang's family?"

"Uncle San is dead, why didn't he go to the clan's cemetery?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"It's not just this. They want to put the third aunt back to her natal family, saying that she is not good. The third aunt hanged in front of the third uncle's coffin. The hall brother and the others were forced to leave, saying that they were not allowed to come back." Li Yuzhu whispered.

Seeing Elder Sister's gloomy expression, Li Xiaonan gave a low hum, and didn't dare to say more.

"Your eldest sister is very sad, please persuade your eldest sister." Li Yuzhu sighed seeing that Li Xiaonan was silent.

"Does Elder Sister think that Uncle San's family is too miserable? Or do you think the clan is too much?" Li Xiaonan asked first.

"What is the difference between how they treated Uncle Santang's family and Uncle Santang's family treated us back then?" Li Jinzhu frowned.

"We never thought of harming anyone. Uncle Santang is harming others, but he is harming himself." Li Yuzhu continued.

"Third uncle is wrong, he should be beaten and punished, but it is too much to push his family to death, I just think it is too much!" Li Jinzhu was upset for a while.

She couldn't say no to Yuzhu, but she always felt that this was wrong, it was too much.

"Our family was bullied so badly by Uncle Santang at that time, because the clan not only did not uphold justice, but also stood on Uncle Santang's side and helped Uncle Santang bully us.

"Now that we have gained power, they will stand on our side and deal with Santangbo's family with dead hands.

"The clan didn't stand in a fair position, but helped whoever got the power, and bullied the one who didn't have the power to death." Li Xiaonan thought for a while and concluded.

"Ah Nan is right!" Li Yuzhu immediately agreed.

"That's it! On the day of the trial, Huang Xianzun made it clear that the big mistake was in the clan, and the minor fault was in Santangbo. But do those people in the clan think they are wrong? I don't think they think they are wrong, they It's not right to attribute all the faults to Uncle Santang, and punish Uncle Santang's family to death." Li Jinzhu's confused and troubled heart became clearer all of a sudden.

"What is Eldest Sister going to do?" Li Xiaonan looked at Eldest Sister with her chin in her hands.

"I didn't plan what to do. Uncle San's family, who are already dead, can go away. What else can I do? I'm just a little angry, sad, and depressed." Li Jinzhu sighed.

"I was just gossiping with your elder sister. I was worried that they would do these things in the name of your brother, saying that it was your brother's intention that we asked them to do that." Li Yuzhu lowered her voice.

"We haven't been at home for a long time. Your second sister and I are worried that they will use your brother's name to do other bad things." Li Jinzhu frowned.

"Brother, the patriarch, can't just ignore everything." Li Xiaonan frowned and thought about it.

"Where is your brother free? Besides, your brother doesn't have a heart at all." Li Yuzhu sighed.

"Elder Sister, take care of Brother's affairs." Li Xiaonan looked at Li Jinzhu.

"Women don't have the right to talk about clan affairs!" Li Jinzhu gave Li Xiaonan a white look.

"Eldest sister is in charge of my elder brother's affairs. When elder sister speaks, it is elder brother's speech, not a woman's speech." Li Xiaonan said like a password.

"This nonsense is quite reasonable." Li Yuzhu laughed, and then agreed.

"Can the clan talk about this nonsense with you?" Li Jinzhu gave Li Xiaonan a sideways look.

"Try it. Next time they ask my brother to go over to discuss things, and the elder sister will follow. If the elder brother doesn't talk, the elder sister will talk. Let's see what they do." Li Xiaonan suggested with a smile on her face.

Li Jinzhu looked at Li Yuzhu.

"Give it a try." Li Yuzhu's low voice was full of excitement.

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As agreed years ago, on the third day of junior high school, Hong Zhenye went to Lijiaji to pay New Year's greetings, and then together with Li Xuedong, went to Gaocunji's Gao's to pay New Year's greetings.

Around the end of the day, the Hong family arrived.

Because elder sister Li was in charge of the house, Hong Zhenye's cousin, Hong Zhenshan and his wife, accompanied Hong Zhenye, and they brought a cart full of gifts.

The Hong family first arrived at the new house of the Li family, and then accompanied by Li Xuedong and Li Jinzhu, went to Li Shikuan's house to pay New Year's greetings. Li Wenliang, dressed in new clothes and carrying gifts, set off for Gaocun set.

A group of more than a dozen people, a dozen horses, three or four carts, was lively and bright. Once entering Gaocunji, the whole town was watching. The children and idlers who watched the excitement followed all the way to the entrance of the Gaojia School, looking at Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao. Welcoming him in, he was still on tiptoe waiting to take another look at Mr. Xiucai.

Li Xiaonan followed behind a large group of people, turning into the kitchen in familiar ways.

The old mother Huang, who was sweating profusely in the kitchen, turned her head and saw Li Xiaonan, and immediately smiled like a flower blooming, "I knew you had to come! Freshly steamed rice cakes.

Old Huang Ma took a plate of rice cakes and stuffed them into Li Xiaonan's hands.

Li Xiaonan picked up a piece of rice cake and took a bite, and said with a smile to Old Huang's mother, "My brother is going to be the husband's son-in-law."

"Let me tell you, I never thought of this at all!"

Old Huang Ma slapped loudly with emotion.

"Your elder brother was thin and small at that time, cold and cold, and couldn't speak clearly. He and our sister Zhi, it's so simple! Tsk!" Old Huang Ma tsk-tsk repeatedly.

Back then, Li Xuedong and her sister Zhi were one to one!

"Fate of this man, who would have thought that your brother would become a scholar!" Old Huang Ma slapped another resounding slap. "The sapphire blue gown just now was your brother, right? Tsk! I didn't even dare to admit it, so grand and extravagant! My sister Zhi is just lucky."

"It's my brother who is lucky." Li Xiaonan finished eating one piece of cake and took another.

"Your brother is amazing! What about a nobleman! You are also blessed." Old Huang's mother nodded on Li Xiaonan's forehead, "You haven't been here since your brother went to Hangzhou for the exam. Both your sister Zhi and I want to is you!"

"Where's Sister Zhi?" Li Xiaonan finished eating two pieces of cake and put the plate on the stove.

"In the side room over there, go talk to her. The kitchen is dusty, so don't get your new clothes dirty." Old Huang Ma pushed Li Xiaonan and motioned her to talk to Sister Zhi.

(End of this chapter)