Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

After Chen Youyi left, Bai Taotao watched his back walking further and further away, until he was no longer visible and still stood there with no intention of going back to the house.

Aunt Tan, who was beside her, was worried that she would catch a cold, so she came over and reminded her: "Madam, let's go back to the house quickly. The general has already gone far. Don't make yourself sick from the cold just after the general left."

Because of Chen Youyi's status and the fact that they had confessed to each other, everyone changed the title of Bai Taotao from Niangzi to Madam.

Bai Taotao looked at Chen Youyi's retreating back without moving, but said, "Aunt Tan, am I too cruel?"

When Granny Tan heard this, she was stunned for a while, then she understood and said: "What Madam said in the morning makes sense. Now the border war is tense, and the general is the right-hand man of King Zhennan. King Zhennan has returned to Shangjing. The general must focus on the overall situation. If you protect the country, you will be able to live for many years, right?"

Bai Taotao took a deep breath and said: "Yes, I am being hypocritical. As long as there is a mission in this world, whether it is to celebrate the New Year or a holiday, or whether the elderly at home are sick or celebrating a birthday, the overall situation is always the most important, and protecting the family and the country is the first priority. . If you choose this profession, you must have the spirit of this profession.”

"If you have a country, you have a family. As long as you protect the country, it won't be a problem to celebrate New Years and holidays every day."

"Let's go back to the house to watch the New Year."

After saying that, Bai Taotao turned around and walked back into the house.

Aunt Tan followed closely behind.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the main room, and a table was placed on the charcoal fire. On the table was a deck of playing cards.

Originally, they planned to play mahjong on New Year's Eve night, but now that Chen Youyi has gone to the front line, and one of them is missing, they will have to fight the landlord.

Little Chen Wan was sleeping soundly on the rocking bed nearby.

"How big is the fight?" Bai Taotao quickly forgot about Chen Youyi's departure, then looked at the two nuns and asked.

Aunt Jin thought for a while and said, "Let's play for two pennies. If it's too big, it's no different from gambling. Just two pennies to get a lucky draw."

Bai Taotao looked at Aunt Tan, who replied: "I think two cents is fine."

"Okay, let's pay two cents. Are you ready to collect the money?" Bai Taotao said and sat down at the table.

Aunt Tan handed Bai Taotao the hundred copper coins she had prepared for her: "This is your capital, Madam. Ours is ready."

The capital of the three people was packed in a small bamboo basket and placed on the chairs next to them.

Then they started shuffling the cards and starting a fight with the landlord.

The three women had a great time playing, winning and losing, and being happy was the most important thing.

Time passed quickly while playing. After lighting the firecrackers at midnight, the three of them ended up going back to the house to sleep.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year. Aunt Tan got up early to prepare food before dawn. In the morning, the villagers would definitely come over to pay Baitaotao New Year greetings. Although they were not invited to eat, she still had to prepare enough other food.

On the first day of the new year, although she slept very late last night, Bai Taotao still got up early. Then, after Aunt Jin helped the little one Wanwan take a bath and put on new clothes, she took the little one with her. The guy went to pay New Year's greetings to Chen Defu's family.

Since the New Year's gifts were given before the New Year, it's convenient to just go empty-handed now.

"Grandpa, grandma, aunt, Wanwan is here to wish you all a happy New Year." Bai Taotao shouted New Year greetings as soon as he arrived at the door.

Chen Wang, who was busy in the room, heard this and immediately came out with a smile. "Oh, our Wanwan is here to greet grandma, come and give her a hug. Is it cold or not?" Chen Wang quickly took Chen Wan from Bai Taotao's hand as she welcomed Bai Taotao into the house.

The little guy's big eyes flickered at Chen Wang, as if he was asking for a red envelope from Chen Wang. Seeing this, Chen Wang was very excited and said, "Come on, come on, this is the red envelope prepared by grandma for our family Wanwan." Feng. I hope our family Wanwan will grow up healthy and healthy.”

"Thank you, grandma." Bai Taotao thanked Mrs. Chen on behalf of Chen.

At this time, Mrs. Chen Lin, who brought tea to Baitaotao, handed the tea to Baitaotao and then took out a red envelope from her pocket and gave it to Chen Wan: "This is from the auntie to Wanwan. I hope our Wanwan will be well-behaved and sensible. "

"Thank you, uncle." Bai Taotao thanked Chen Lin again for Chen Wan, and then found that no one else in the family was home, so he asked, "Where are my uncle, Yousheng and Fusheng?"

Mrs. Chen Wang replied: "They went to the ancestral hall early in the morning to worship their ancestors. Didn't Youyi go?"

Bai Taotao: "He had something to do and went back to the border last night."

It seems that ancestor worship here in the North is held on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there is no mention of Qingming Festival. There is a saying about July and a half, the Ghost Festival, but you can't go out at night on the Ghost Festival, and you don't need to worship your ancestors.

Women were not allowed to go to worship ancestors, only men in the family could go, so Baitaotao had forgotten about this.

When Mrs. Chen Wang heard that Chen Youyi had returned to the border at this critical moment, she immediately asked nervously: "Did the border war start again? Why are you going back to the border at this time during the Chinese New Year?"

Bai Taotao: "No, uncle, don't scare yourself. Youyi came back because I gave birth to a child. After staying at home for so long, he should be dismissed if he doesn't change his status as a general."

Chen Linshi: "I've been here for so long, so I'm not in a hurry for these two days."

Mrs. Chen Wang: "Okay, okay, there are some things that we shouldn't know. It's better for us to ask less. Is breakfast ready? They are all having breakfast over there, so let's not wait for them. , we eat ours.”

"It's been done a long time ago. I'll serve it." Chen Lin said and went to the kitchen, then brought all the food that was warm in the pot to the table in the main room.

In the morning, only Baitaotao and Chen Wan were served, and Chen Wan couldn't eat. Although only Baitaotao ate, the meal prepared by Chen Lin was also very sumptuous.

There are steamed sausages, fried bacon, roasted fish, braised pork, fried cabbage, chicken soup, and the staple food is steamed buns stuffed with shepherd's purse and meat.

Bai Taotao actually knew at a glance that the uncle's family had brought all the family's money for the New Year.

You must know that in the past, they usually only had one or two dishes on the Chinese New Year table, and there was very little meat when they could be seen. It was usually white meat stewed with wild vegetables and fish, which was considered very good.

But now they not only have fish, meat and chicken, but more importantly, there are several dishes, each of which is full.

"Sister-in-law, you have prepared too much. We can just eat two dishes. Go get a few bowls and leave some dishes for uncle and Shengfufu."

Mrs. Chen Wang: "They all eat together in the ancestral hall in the morning. We don't need to worry about them. We eat ours."

Bai Taotao: "It's okay. There are so many dishes here and we can't finish them all. Leave some for them alone, otherwise it will be leftovers when we finish eating."

"It's okay, the leftovers are just leftovers, don't worry about it, you can eat yours, eat more, and you have to nurse the baby?" Chen Lin said and served Baitaotao a bowl of chicken soup.

Two chicken legs were also given to her, which made Bai Taotao very embarrassed. (End of chapter)