The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 77

After Zhongping and Jiwang returned home, they didn't say a word about elder brother and Liangzi.

When Yingniang saw the two of them coming back, her smile was a bit far-fetched, her face was gloomy, she just thought it was because they were too hard and exhausted after bumping on the road for a few days, so she didn't think about anything else.

Zhaodi has been taking care of Yingniang's confinement child, and Yinyue came several times, but was driven away by Yingniang.Yinyue has to take care of the child and take care of her mother, so Yingniang will naturally not let her take care of her confinement.

Yinyue's natal family suffered from this calamity, and outsiders have never seen her cry.In fact, she was just being tough on the face, and she cried several times in front of Shuchang, especially her mother, Qinshi, who didn't say a word recently and ate very little, which made her feel distressed.

On this day, Yinyue came to collect her wages.Yingniang saw that Yinyue had lost a lot of weight these days, and she didn't know what to say to comfort her, she just asked: "I heard that your father handed over the tens of taels of silver from selling the yard and land to the government, and then went to the county , No one will pursue it after that?"

Yinyue nodded silently, with a weary look on her face.

"In this way, it's a good thing, at least it's not involved in a lawsuit. Your father's life in the county should not be bad. You take good care of your mother, so you can live like this. , it will get better gradually.”

Yinyue replied: "That's the only way to go. It's lucky that the government didn't find me again. A few days ago, I was worried that the government servants would come to my house to cause trouble. I heard that Landlord Ge was afraid of being entangled by the government to demand 1000 taels of silver." He locked my elder sister in a small room while his eldest son was away on business. If it wasn't for the fact that she was pregnant and her stomach was full, he might have sent her out to be married again. I don't know if this is true Fake, I have asked Shuchang to go to Ge's house to inquire, and I haven't seen him come back until now."

Just at this point, Shuchang came over.He had gone home just now, seeing that Yinyue was not there, he knew she must be here.

As soon as Yinyue saw him, she asked, "Is my elder sister really locked up?"

Shuchang nodded and said: "I heard that he was locked up for seven days, but he has been released today. The person sent by the Ge family to inquire about the county came back this morning and said that it seems that the government does not intend to pursue your family's affairs. Ge The landlord was relieved after hearing this, and was no longer afraid of being forced to ask for silver by the government, so he released your eldest sister."

Yinyue burst into tears, "Have you seen my eldest sister? How is she...how?"

Shuchang didn't want her to worry too much, so he just said, "Fortunately, it's the same as before, maybe because of the pregnancy, it's a lot rounder."

Ying Niang sat on the Kang and wondered, logically speaking, the government would not let the Qian family go so easily.There is too much difference between dozens of taels of silver and 1000 taels, so that people who want to be compensated can be sent away?This is a bit unreasonable, is there something strange?
If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, Yingniang is too lazy to worry about these things.Now Nian'er woke up, and she wanted to breastfeed him, so Shuchang went home with Yinyue.

After more than 20 days, Yingniang has already confinement.She took Nian'er to play on the kang, and Zhongping and Zhaodi came into the room together.

"Sister-in-law, the day after tomorrow will be the new year. Zhong Ping said that he wants to find a butcher to kill the pigs at home. Except for some meat to eat at home, the rest will be sold for money, which is just right for the new year." Seeing that the new year is coming, There was joy in Zhaodi's words.

"Okay, it's up to Zhongping to decide these matters. Let's save some meat for our own consumption. Our family is not short of money to buy new year's goods. These meats are smoked into bacon and fried with chili. I'm going to Wuzhou, so I happened to take some for Aunt Yao."

Yingniang remembered that when she went back to Li's residence, she seemed to overhear Aunt Yao saying that Li Chang'an liked to eat smoked bacon from the farmhouse, as if he had eaten it in the south, and had been thinking about it ever since.Most of them in this area use salt-cured bacon, as does Wuzhou.If you don't go out to several provinces, it is difficult to buy smoked bacon.

Zhongping and Zhaodi didn't know what smoked bacon was at all. Yingniang saw the confusion on their faces, and continued: "It's not difficult to make smoked bacon. I'll teach you when the time comes so that you can try it out." .”

Zhongping and Zhaodi were already a bit greedy when they heard this, thinking that this kind of bacon must be delicious.Zhaodi also asked curiously: "Sister-in-law, how do you make this kind of thing, who did you learn from?"

"Actually... I haven't done it either, but once I went to Wuzhou, I ate it in a small restaurant on the way, so I specifically inquired about how to make it. The chef in that small restaurant is from the south, and it's very authentic. Yes." Yingniang knew that they would not inquire about this matter carefully, so she lied casually to fool them.

Zhongping and Zhaodi nodded frequently, but they really didn't take it to heart.

On the second day, the family killed a pig, and the family ate a meal of sour cabbage and pork dumplings.The third day was Xiaonian, offering sacrifices to Lord Stove, and the family also cooked a sumptuous dinner.

In the next few days, they were busy making tofu with the leftover soybeans, and made several cans of fermented bean curd.In addition to these, sugar cubes were also beaten and fried noodles.

Yingniang suddenly missed potato chips, so she took out some potatoes from the cellar to try.Although the fried ones are not as delicious as the ones bought in the previous life, it can be regarded as a bit of an addiction.

Unexpectedly, except for Yingniang, everyone else was addicted to eating, and they pestered Yingniang to fry a lot of food before giving up.

The atmosphere of Chinese New Year is getting stronger and stronger, even Yinyue no longer frowns, she often brings Xiaoyu to play.

There were too many bad things this year, and finally made it to the Chinese New Year, and everyone hoped that the coming year would be smoother.Therefore, on the day of the New Year's Eve, the family prepared a very rich ancestor worship basin, including pig's head, carp, and roast chicken.Of course, this ancestor worship basin will still be taken home to eat later.

Because Bo Ming was not at home, Zhong Ping had to act as the head of the family. He held the ancestor worship basin, Shu Chang held Nian'er, and Ji Wang held the firecrackers. The four went to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors together.Although Nian'er is only a month old, she still has to go.No male, no matter how big or small, can be left behind.

Shuchang had already separated from his family, and he should have set up a separate family to worship the ancestors and have the New Year's Eve dinner at his own home.Yingniang saw that he and Yinyue had been running here for the past few days, so she knew that they wanted to celebrate the New Year with everyone.

Yingniang thought, since Zhongping's family of three wanted to spend the New Year with her, there was no need for Shuchang's family to spend the New Year alone, so she offered the three families to celebrate the New Year together, and asked Yinyue to help Qin's family over.At this time, the house seemed very lively, although Yingniang still felt a little empty in her heart, because her Bo Ming was not there.

The youngest was called home by his father Xue Jiashu in the afternoon, since it was the Chinese New Year, the father and son had to be reunited.Xue Jiashu's face is getting thicker and thicker. He doesn't know how to cook New Year's Eve dinner, so he invited the widow Chunhua to cook it.No matter how displeased the youngest was, he had no choice but to swallow his anger on this big Chinese New Year day.

Fortunately, the widow Chunhua left after cooking, and then Xue Jiashu brought the youngest to the ancestral hall.

After Zhongping and the others came back from offering sacrifices to their ancestors, the family assembled two small tables into one large table, served hot dishes one by one, and sat down around them.

Everyone was waiting for Ji Wang in the yard to quickly set off the firecrackers, because everyone couldn't wait for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Yingniang covered Nian'er's ears, fearing that he would be startled by the sound of firecrackers.Seeing that everyone was beaming, she suddenly became sad.Zhongping is a family of three, and Shuchang is also a family of three. They are all talking and laughing, and even Yun'er is smiling.

Yingniang smiled bitterly, and comforted herself, it's okay, next year's New Year's Eve, Bo Ming will definitely be able to accompany her and Nian'er.

Strangely, Ji Wang didn't come back to the house immediately after lighting the firecrackers, but ran to the courtyard gate.

Yingniang was puzzled and called out, "Ji Wang, why don't you come in for dinner?"

Ji Wang replied: "It seems that someone is knocking on the door!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the courtyard door with both hands, looking at the person in front of him, he stood still as if being poured into something.

"Fourth brother!" The visitor was very excited, with excitement in his words.

"Brother...Brother, you're back? Why did you come back? Did Brother Li Chang'an save you? He...he really has such a great connection?" Ji Wang was surprised and delighted, and was already incoherent.

Both Bo Ming and Liang Zi were very excited along the way. Thinking that they were going home soon, they suddenly felt that there was nothing happier than this in the world.Even when he married Yingniang, he was not so excited, because he was just uneasy and had little expectations.But this time, thinking of seeing Yingniang soon, how could he not be excited, you know he was going crazy thinking about Yingniang recently.

Instead of answering Ji Wang's questions one by one, he asked, "Where's your sister-in-law?"

"In the house, preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner!" Ji Wang suddenly shouted into the room, "Brother is back! Brother is back!"

Yingniang thought she had heard it wrong, and asked Zhaodi, "Who did Ji Wang say is back?"

Zhaodi, Zhongping and the others all got up together, "Ji Wang said that the eldest brother is back!" They all ran to the yard to greet him.

Yingniang was still sitting there in a daze, how could Boming come back, isn't he serving corvee in Yunzhou?People who haven't heard of corvee can still come back to celebrate the New Year?

However, she heard correctly, they were indeed saying "Brother is back"!She stood up suddenly and ran into the yard.

I saw them surrounded a person, Zhongping, Shuchang, and Jiwang jumped up and down happily.Both Zhaodi and Yinyue held the child in their arms, calling the child uncle.

Now Yingniang was convinced that it was Boming who had returned, so she crowded over excitedly, stood in front of him, and stared blankly at him.

When Bo Ming saw Ying Niang, he suddenly didn't know what to say, he just smiled foolishly, with some tears in his eyes, "Ying Niang, I... I'm going home."

Yingniang looked at his much thinner face and loved him, it looked like he was suffering from hunger, she didn't have time to ask how he came home and why he was able to return home.She suddenly threw herself into his arms, feeling his truth and the warmth of his embrace.

(End of this chapter)