Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 127 Relatives

After the new year, the taste of the new year has not dissipated. Chunqiu's family has people who come to pay New Year's greetings every day, which also makes Chunqiu unable to continue to sleep in. Moreover, her mother Yuan drags her out of the warm bed at regular times every day. Wash and dress her up again. At this time, Chunqiu is like a lifeless rag doll, sitting motionless on the stool to recognize her mother, Yuan Shi. Anyway, after dressing up, she will lie on the kang again. stay up.

But today is a bit different. Yuan Shi cleaned up Chunqiu, and directly reached out to stop Chunqiu from climbing back to the kang. Chunqiu was a little dazed, looked at the arms lying beside him, first blew his eyes, then turned his head to look at her Mother, "Mother, what's the matter?" After Chunqiu finished speaking, he yawned. He slept a lot recently, and as a result, the more he slept, the more sleepy he became, which directly caused Chunqiu to be unable to open his eyes.

"Don't sleep, go out and play for a while, your uncle is back today." Yuan Shi lowered her head and managed to fasten the button that Chunqiu accidentally broke free just now.

"Uncle is back? Will aunt come back too?" Chunqiu woke up suddenly, and there was a little excitement in her voice. She hadn't seen Yang Meijuan for half a year, and she still had some thoughts when she mentioned it so suddenly.

Yuan Shi gave Chunqiu an angry look, and said with a sneer, "Nonsense, your aunt is eight months pregnant now, how far is Linfang from Heishan Town? How did your aunt come back?"

Oh, Chunqiu really forgot about this. Aunt Yang Meijuan was already three months pregnant when she left. Now that five months have passed, she is about to give birth, so she has to come back.

"Then uncle comes back, what should aunt do if she is alone at home?" Chunqiu tilted his head and looked at Yuan Shi, thinking that if uncle came back from a long distance, wouldn't aunt be alone at home?What if something happens?
"Your aunt is naturally accompanied by someone. The little girl's family really thinks a lot." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she pushed Chunqiu out directly, "Go to the village entrance to have a look. If you see someone, you can Come back and tell Grandma, so you won’t be anxious when the time comes.”

"Hey, I know," Chunqiu replied, then raised his legs and stepped out.

Chunqiu trotted to the entrance of the village, even though Chunqiu came early, there were already a bunch of children gathered at the entrance of the village, there was no way, the children just took advantage of these two days to play like crazy, Chunqiu sat beside the stone roller, Looking at the noisy crowd, he smiled knowingly, it's so good, no worries, carefree every day, Chunqiu has completely fallen in love with this poor but warm ancient times.

Chunqiu stared at the crowd in the distance, and then looked up from time to time to see the movement on the avenue, in short, there was no delay.

The carriage did not keep Chunqiu waiting too long, Chunqiu noticed the little black spot on the road that was getting closer and closer, looked at the driver of the carriage, jumped up excitedly, after being happy, Chunqiu turned around and ran back, Her uncle is here, and she has to go back and tell Grandma.

"Grandmother, grandma" Chunqiu's voice had already come in before he even entered the yard.

Mrs. Yang Li was sitting in the room doing work, when she heard someone calling her at the door, she hurriedly responded, "Hey, what's the matter?"

"Grandma, my uncle is back." Chunqiu squatted in the yard panting, and did not run into the house. "I saw it from the entrance of the village, so I guess I have already entered the village." There are only a few steps from the entrance of the village to her house. Chunqiu estimated , her uncle will arrive soon.

As soon as Chunqiu finished speaking, he heard the neighing of the carriage not far from the door. Chunqiu looked up and found a carriage parked at the gate.

"This is coming"

After putting on her shoes, Mrs. Yang and Li ran out of the room, and then floated out like a gust of wind in front of Chunqiu.

Chunqiu's voice directly shouted out all the people in the room, Yuan Shi, Gu Shi, Chunhua, Chunni, all ran out like a swarm, Chunqiu saw the situation, and squeezed out too.

There was a carriage parked outside the door, the format was a bit simple, but it looked quite big.

Gao Qing has already got off the car, followed by Gao Mingshuo, Aunt Chunqiu's eldest son, both father and son are carrying gifts in their hands, Gao Mingshuo has a smile on his face, First he paid New Year's greetings to Mrs. Yang, Li Shi and old man Yang, and then to several cousins ​​and aunts, even Chunqiu and the younger ones.

After saying hello, Mrs. Yang Li directly pulled Master Gao Qing into the door. She couldn't stand outside the door all the time, because Mrs. Yang was also worried about her daughter, so Mrs. Yang directly took the two of them back to the main house. Several members of the Yuan family did not follow in, Chunqiu looked around and followed Yuan back to the house.

After Mrs. Yang and Li pulled Gao Qing into the house, she first praised Gao Mingshuo from the inside to the outside. The other party was embarrassed. After talking about the grandson, Mrs. Yang directly heard the son-in-law beside him, "Juan How is my son doing now? Do I need to go over there to have a look? This eye is already eight months old, how does it look like?..." Yang Li worriedly expressed all the problems in her heart, After finishing speaking, he kept staring at Gao Qing.

Gao Qing first showed a comforting smile to Mrs. Yang Li, and then patiently explained, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, I have already hired a stable wife for Juan'er, and before I came back, I specially asked Dr. Zhou to take the pulse. My son’s health is normal, so mother-in-law doesn’t need to worry.”

Gao Qing remembered Yang Meijuan's special entrustment before, and tried her best to reassure Yang Li. Although Yang Meijuan's pregnancy was unstable before, it is not a serious problem now. Doctor Zhou returned to Linfang during the Chinese New Year. I also went to invite someone specially. After the doctor's consultation, Dr. Zhou prescribed two anti-fetal and mental-relief medicines, saying that Yang Meijuan's health was fine.

"Oh, that's okay, that's okay, it's really a bodhisattva's blessing," Mrs. Yang and Li muttered, and nodded thoughtfully at the side. Dr. Zhou is a well-known genius doctor in the whole Heishan Town, and now With his pulse diagnosis, it seems that Juan'er's pregnancy should be fine.

"By the way, about the rent in the shop before, now that you just come over, let's pay it together." Yang Lishi recalled the matter of the Yang family's food shop, but she did not forget that the shop was leased from Gao Qing. Now that Gao Qing is back, there is no reason for the rent to be in arrears. After Yang Li said this, he took out a small blue purse from the cabinet beside him, turned around and handed the purse to Gao Qing, "Take it, this It’s the rent of this year’s shop, and the rest is my gift to my grandson. Brother Shuo’er will take an exam in the future, and your family is not well-off, so there’s no reason to call out.” Mrs. Yang Li directly reached out her hand to stop Gao Qing’s refusal. When the Yang family was not rich before, Yang Meijuan and the two of them spent a lot of time at the house during the festivals. Yang Li had no choice but to have a lot of children in the family. Mrs. Yang and Li are still feeling sorry for her, how can a married girl go to her house to fill her in.

Gao Qing looked at her mother-in-law's serious face, and paused for a moment when she pushed the money. Although Yang Meijuan and the others didn't care about the money, Gao Qing didn't want to have conflicts with her mother-in-law because of the money. After thinking about it, I still kicked it back into my pocket, thinking that it would be good to buy more gifts and send them back when I have time.

"Oh, that's right." Seeing that the money was put away by Gao Qing, Yang Li burst out happily.

The three chatted in the room for a long time, most of them were talking about Yang Meijuan, or Mrs. Yang and Li asked about Gao Mingshuo's studies, and finally the two of them had a meal at Yang's house, and then drove away.

Mrs. Yang and Li sent the Gao family father and son away, and then turned around and divided the gifts that Gao Qing brought over according to categories. This time, Gao Qing brought back all good things, such as cloth made of silk, freshly made The cigarette pouches, and the hair ties of several girls in Chunqiu, it seems that Yang Meijuan bought them specially. Chunqiu was very happy holding the new hair ties.

One day later, two more guests came to the house. They were not familiar in age, but they had heard of this reputation before. They were Yang Li's younger sister, Xiao Li.

Speaking of the Yang family, it is also a wonderful thing. It is counted from Yang Li. Because of the early years, Yang Li lost contact with several brothers in the family. Only the younger sister, Li, still has contacts. Most of the time, a few nephews and nieces come and walk.

And old man Yang's relatives are all in this village, and the same village is close, so it's easy to come to visit for New Year's greetings.

Next is Mrs. Gu, uh uh... because Mrs. Gu doesn't have much affection for her family, except for going home to visit her mother during the Chinese New Year, she doesn't have any relatives who can move around.

Her mother, Yuan Shi, was even more happy. She was the only one left in the family, so they had no relatives in this room.

So when her grandmother's younger sister, Xiao Li, came in with a smile on her face and a basket in her hand, Chunqiu was stunned that someone came to her house.

"You are Qiu'er, right? I'm your aunt. Is your grandma at home?" When Xiao Li entered the door, she saw Chunqiu who was happily playing by herself. The granddaughter is good and the granddaughter is short. She can remember even if her memory is not good.

Chunqiu heard someone calling her, and looked back, she was an old lady who looked very similar to her grandma, although she was much younger than her grandma, "You...are you grandma?" Is Cousin Xiu'er's mother-in-law?
When Xiao Li heard Chunqiu's words, she nodded with a smile, "Oh, that's right."

"So it's my aunt, grandma is in the house." Chunqiu cheerfully pointed to her grandma's house, "Grandma, let me take you there."

"Oh, it's such a good relationship." Xiao Li covered her mouth and bent her eyes, and her directly harsh face softened a little.

Chunqiu smiled, then stretched out his hand to pat the dust that he had accidentally touched before, and led Xiao Li into it.

Her uncle, Mrs. Gu, was not at home, so she took Yang Weimin, Yang Chunjun, and Yang Chunni back to her natal family. Although the family had had an unpleasant fight because of this incident, it was her natal family. Even if Mrs. Yang and Li were not satisfied, she had to let Mrs. Gu go back. After Mrs. Gu left, Mrs. Yuan followed suit. This time, Mrs. Yuan took Yang Weibo and Yang Chunming with her. Mrs. Yuan's relatives were buried in other places. Mrs. Yuan would go there every year to burn paper, and this year was no exception.

Now there are only Chunhua Chunqiu left in the family, the four children Xiaoshitou and Huzi, and the old man Yang Weisong from Yang Li's family are at home.

Chunqiu swiftly led Xiao Li to the door of Yang Li's room, then said a few words to Xiao Li, then turned around and ran back to the west room, she was going to play with Chunhua.

"Boom boom boom... boom boom boom"

"Come in..." Mrs. Yang thought it was Chunqiu, and shouted without thinking.

"Big Sister" Little Li carefully pushed open the door, then stood on the ground obediently, smiling flatteringly at Yang Li.

"Huh? Why are you here?" Mrs. Yang and Li saw that it was not Chunqiu, so she squinted at Mrs. Li and lowered her head.

"Elder Sister, I'll come to see you." Mrs. Li giggled a few times, then put the basket she was carrying on the ground, and finally walked towards Mrs. Yang slowly.

"Okay, let's talk quickly if you have anything to say." Seeing her sister's distressed look, Yang Li could no longer sew the work in her hand, so she threw the clothes in her hand aside, and looked at her calmly in a blink of an eye. Looking at Mrs. Li in front of me.

Mrs. Li swallowed nervously, and then said with a guilty face, "Sister, it's been so long since the marriage between Da Jin and Mrs. Li, and you... didn't look for it." Mrs. Li was a little dissatisfied with Mrs. Yang. What did Mrs. Yang and Li say when that dead girl got married, didn't she say that she would have to look at each other if she didn't say that she would give the big gold and the second gold?As a result, how long has passed, and there is still no letter, Xiao Li is anxious, how old are the big gold and the second gold this year, if you don't look for it, you will be laughed at by the people in the village.

When Mrs. Yang heard what Mrs. Li said, she immediately understood. She glanced at Mrs. Li coldly, and asked casually, "Tell me, which family are you looking for?" I don't have any ideas, even if she is killed, she won't believe it.

(End of this chapter)