Yoshida Mii

Chapter 200 New Year's New Weather

When it was the first day of the new year, Li Hongqin took Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian back to Zhangjia Village with New Year's gifts, and visited the patriarch and senior elders.In the third year of junior high school, several members of the Li family went to Li Changfeng's house together. The annual gift was a hundred eggs, two roosters, a jar of wine, and two pieces of floral cloth.Mrs. Li had already given them a hundred catties of tofu and ten catties of bean sprouts before the Chinese New Year, and now he gave them another New Year gift, which was considered a very heavy gift.

When Mrs. Gao took the things, her face turned into a flower with a smile, not only because of the generous gift from Mrs. Li, but also because her two sons also came back from Anzhou.Dong Bao only knew that his two cousins ​​were apprentices in the Anzhou shop, but he didn't know what kind of craft they were learning. Judging from his appearance, the eldest cousin Chang Xin was short and fat, with a chubby face and a stocky appearance. Brother Changliang is about the same size as his big cousin, but thinner, and both of them have the same features as Li Changfeng.

Chang Xin and Chang Liang are 16 years old and 14 years old. They rarely met Dong Bao before. Although they are cousins, they don’t know each other very well. They don’t even talk to a girl like Zhang Xiuyu. The only possibility is that they have something in common. Zhang Qian of language is also a scholar, so there is no common topic to talk about.

Fortunately, the two cousins ​​followed Li Changfeng's enthusiasm and kindness in character. They kept letting the cousins ​​eat and drink tea, and asked about family affairs, so the scene would not be cold.

"Second sister, didn't your shop earn less money in the past few days?" Gao asked happily while eating melon seeds, and made a five gesture, "Is it necessary to earn this amount a day? I have been making money for several days. Seeing those villagers line up to buy your tofu and bean sprouts!"

Dong Bao thought of queuing up to maintain order. The stalls were too crowded. Li Shi and the others saw a pair of hands reaching out to ask for tofu. They were very busy. Some people took advantage of the chaos and took tofu without paying. He ran away, there were too many people in the market, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye, and there was no way to catch up with him. There was no way, Dongbao forced people who came to buy tofu to line up, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.

In Gao's words, she specifically emphasized the word "countryman". Anyway, she can get tofu whenever she wants to eat, and she doesn't have to queue at all. Psychologically, she is superior to the "countryman" who come to the market, and Dongbao I have been in Yuanshui for so long, and I also know that although the people in the town are doing business for country people, they still have a sense of superiority in their hearts.

Mrs. Li smiled, "I don't know how much I earned, the money is all managed by Dong Bao." It seems to have avoided the topic of Mrs. Gao.

Li Changfeng was not very happy, he frowned and said: "Why do you ask me about it? I don't think I'm short of your etiquette!"

Mrs. Gao snorted, but didn't dare to confront Li Changfeng, and just muttered: "I just asked, and I didn't think about it, I think you're in a hurry!"

"It's New Year's Eve..." Mrs. Li smiled, "Why is Big Brother so angry? Sister-in-law is also concerned about us!"

It was a step down for Li Changfeng and his wife, and the family had a lively lunch.I have to say that Gao's concubine is not very kind, but she is good at cooking, stewed fish, noodle fish, stewed tofu with big meat, and dumplings stuffed with radish and pork are also good.One bowl of dumplings per person and one bowl of stewed meatball soup. After the meal, the stomach is full, the whole body is warmed up, and the taste is good.

There is a lack of vegetarian dishes in winter, and there are very few fresh vegetables to eat except for cabbage and radishes. Most people cook cabbage with big meat during the New Year. Like the Song family in the past, Da Mao Er Mao and Song Bai ate meat, and the rest ate cabbage.

Recalling the hard times in the past, Dong Bao looked at the present, she and Li Shi could pick whatever they wanted from a table of dishes, and it was only when there was a contrast that they appeared different. Compared with the past, now it is really like living in paradise.

After eating, the three brothers and sisters Li Changfeng started chatting until it was almost time for dinner, Li Changfeng asked them to have dinner before leaving, but Li Shi and Li Hongqin declined and took the children back home.

As soon as the Li families left over there, Li Changfeng couldn't help but get angry at Gao, "What's the matter with you? My sister came to the house to have an extra meal. Look at you, your nose is not your nose and your eyes! Did they come empty-handed or what? Years and years they give away some things, not enough for the two meals? They came empty-handed, why should I care about their extra meal?"

Mrs. Gao also pouted and sat on the bed in the back room, sulking, "Who doesn't leave relatives at night? You don't care about anything, and you are the shopkeeper. Your sister came and I was busy preparing for it. I have been busy cooking all morning without touching the floor..."

Li Changfeng became angrier as he listened, and he quarreled, "If you mean it, my sister and the others should give a gift and leave. You don't even need to entertain a meal after you get a gift, right?"

When Gao heard the smell of gunpowder in Li Changfeng's voice, she was also a little scared, and muttered: "What do I mean! Isn't it because I was too busy with lunch and lunch today, dizzy, and didn't prepare dinner in the afternoon, so you choked on me .Besides, I don't mind them giving gifts... At that time, they borrowed our place, our pots and stoves, and they didn't count money with them..."

"Money! You only have money in your eyes! When I went back to your mother's house yesterday, you secretly gave money to your brother. I pretended I didn't see it, and I didn't say a word. My sister borrowed your stove and you still ask them for money? They I give you food and tofu every day, but you didn’t eat it? How much is that? In the past six months, Dongbao has been sending tofu and bean sprouts home every now and then. When you go to eat a bean curd bun, my sister asks if you want money? Tell me Tell me some conscience! You send all the tofu from Dongbao to your mother’s house, and the daughter of our old Li’s family doesn’t owe you anything from Lao Gao’s, so don’t get cheap and act good!” Li Chang roared angrily.

Chang Xin and Chang Liang heard their parents quarreling, you pushed me and you pushed you, and they didn't know whether they should go forward to break up the fight. They both knew that it was their mother's bitter old problem, and they saw that they should have dinner in the afternoon The mother pretended to be dizzy, and just sat there and refused to cook. The two aunts were smart people, and they left after a while, no matter how much their father tried to persuade them to stay, they refused to stay.

No matter how you say this, it's my mother's fault, not to mention that the two aunts gave such generous gifts, it's very meaningful to my family, even poor relatives can't be so rude, let alone my mother's relatives on my grandfather's side are not like this.

However, after all, the two of them couldn't say that there was anything wrong with their mother. After discussing for a long time, Chang Liang, who was more clever, opened the door curtain, and smiled to Li Changfeng and Gao Shi in the back room: "Father, mother, what are you eating tonight?" ? My brother and I are hungry!"

When Li Changfeng saw his youngest son coming, he coughed, and flung his sleeves away, leaving Gao sitting there alone, crying, dragging his youngest son to complain, "Look at your father...you two aunts... It's a noble man, if I can't serve him alone, he can't wait to eat me..."

Chang Liang sighed, and when Gao was almost crying, he scratched his head and said to Gao, "Mother, hurry up and cook, it's getting dark, and it's such a cold day, if my father eats a hot meal to keep him warm The body will definitely not be angry."

"Don't care what anger he is!" Gao said stiffly, "He only has his two sisters in his eyes, not the three of us!" With such a strong word, Gao got off the bed and went to the kitchen to cook with his mouth curled up. .

When Dong Bao and his party returned home, Zhang Xiuyu couldn't help but said, "Young lady, you're really kicking us out, you won't give us face!"

"Forget it, let's cook better food when we go home!" Dong Bao persuaded, "Thankfully, the lunch at noon was okay. I thought my concubine would cook cabbage for us!"

Zhang Xiuyu burst out laughing, snorted, and whispered into Dongbao's ear: "If she treats us with boiled cabbage, my mother will definitely drag me and my brother away!"

"What about you?" Dong Bao asked.

"Me? I'm leaving with my mother, and I have to take away the New Year gifts we sent!" Zhang Xiuyu laughed.

Dong Bao gave a thumbs up, and praised with a smile: "A tiger mother without a dog girl! You are so aggressive, Brother Liang Zi will not dare to offend you in the future!"

Zhang Xiuyu is no longer the same as before when Dong Bao teased Liang Zi, her face turned red and her ears were red, and she couldn't say anything ashamed. She immediately pinched Dong Bao's face and said with a smile: "Who can compare to you in terms of pungentness? Dashi dare not offend You!"

"That's enough, that's enough!" Mrs. Li couldn't listen anymore, and said angrily, "It's not big or small! That's your concubine, she's the elder, she's just not doing well today, don't lie behind her back!"

In Li's eyes, her elder brother Li Changfeng, like her elder sister Li Hongqin, was the one who unselfishly reached out to help her when she was in distress.

Since the fifth day, Xiao Xu and Liang Zi have been regular visitors to Li's house, and Mrs. Yan would occasionally come to pick up Xiao Xu, "by the way" to stay with Li Hongqin, and stay at Dong Bao's house for dinner.

At this time, Mrs. Li would always set up a table in the shop in front, let Master Yan take Liang Zi and Xiao Xu to eat in the shop, accompanied by Zhang Qian, and she and Li Hongqin took two girls to eat in the main room, basically He didn't meet Mr. Yan. Mr. Yan came several times and didn't see Mrs. Li. He also understood that Mrs. Li avoided him on purpose, so he didn't come again. He only told Liang Zi to take Xiao Xu home after dinner.Mrs. Li didn't think there was anything wrong with it, she had so much free time during the Chinese New Year, she just made clothes and shoes for Dong Bao, and she didn't want to think about Lord Yan's affairs at all, but Li Hongqin was so angry that she hated iron for nothing.

On the morning of the tenth day of the lunar new year, someone knocked on the door of the shop. Mrs. Li opened the door and saw that Shan Qiang was wearing a bright blue satin dress and a sheepskin hat, standing at the door with a pleasant smile, followed by Two guys, carrying a big ham and pastry brown sugar and things like that.

"Sister-in-law, happy Chinese New Year!" Shan Qiang smiled and cupped his hands, "Gong Xi Fa Cai!"

Mrs. Li hurriedly returned the gift politely, "Master Shan, Happy Chinese New Year!"

"Hey!" Shan Qiang waved his hand quickly, and said with a smile: "How many times have I said this, what is the relationship between our two families? I have been friends with Xiucai for decades, so you can call me Shan Qiang! Come on, move the things Go in." Shan Qiang greeted the two guys behind him.

(End of this chapter)