Chapter 3 Aunt
On the fifth day of the third month, Jinghan's brother and younger brother both came back. The fourth uncle Xu Zhide's family also came back together. The fourth uncle had a son and a daughter, Xu Wenxing, five years old this year, and his daughter Xu Jinghe, three years old this year. Xu Zhide's wife Han, whose parents' family is in the town, and her family is well-off. Xu Zhide has the reputation of a scholar. At that time, the Han family also fell in love with this, so they married their daughter. Later, they helped to set up a school in the town, and now there are about twenty students.
This time, Wenhan and the others went to the town because the fourth uncle felt that Wenhan had been in the private school in the village and was afraid that he would not be able to learn anything, so he wanted Wenhan to go to his town. Wenhan happened to take his younger brother to play with the fourth uncle for a few days before he came back with everyone.
When Chen saw that the fourth family had returned, he was very happy. He hugged Wenxing and asked intimately. Wenxing had been in the town since he was a child, so he naturally didn't get close to Chen. He twisted around in Chen's arms and refused to let her hug her. When Zhide saw this, he scolded his son: "You can't be honest for a while? Your grandma hasn't seen you for a long time. What's wrong with hugging you?"
When Wen Xing heard his father scolding him, he turned his mouth to cry. Han, who was next to him, saw it, quickly took the child over, "What are you calling? Isn't the child young?" After that, he led Wen Xing and Jinghe out.
"Mom, don't be angry. This child has made me spoiled blind. By the way, Mom, you can take the money first. My fifth brother will have to participate in the provincial examination this year, so it will cost a lot of money." Zhide took out ten taels of silver and handed it to his mother.
Chen did not accept the money, "Fourth, when you opened a school in the town to teach, you used the money from the Han family. We also said at that time, that's the same way you were divided. We don't give you anything, and we don't want yours in the future. That's it. Now I can't collect the money." There was no way at that time. My family didn't have the ability, so they had to pay the money to help start the school. So I agreed with the Han family that I would not ask for money from Xu Zhide in the future. Chen was also a strong man. He never asked for money from his son. Every year when his son came back, he would bring them some things back.
"Mom, do we mother and son still have to score so clearly? This is what our son saved up by himself, just treat it as a sponsor of the fifth brother. When the fifth brother passes the exam, can't I also benefit from it?" Zhide stuffed the money into Chen's hands, and then went out to chat with his father.
Chen took the silver and sighed helplessly. Who would want his son to get close to his father-in-law? Isn’t that impossible? He put the silver in a small box and locked it in a cabinet on the kang.
Wenhan led his younger brother back to the east wing where he lived, and saw that Sister Jingya was doing needlework. "Oh, Jinghan, today the sun is coming out from the west. Why are you doing needlework? Brother has never seen you take needlework before." Wenhan teased the younger sister.
"Brother, you bad guy, can't he learn needlework? I'm a girl after all, how can I not learn needlework? I hate it." Jinghan gave the eldest brother a blank look. What did this original owner look like before? Why is it so surprising that she learns needlework?
"Brother, stop laughing at my sister. If you accidentally annoy her, you will never take the needle again. Wouldn't that worry about our mother?" Jingya said gently.
"Sister, you laugh at me, be careful that I really don't learn anymore." Alas, it's hard to travel through time. This little girl is really wild. Compared to her, she turned out to be a lady, so she shook her head helplessly. "Can't I grow up yet? Really, can't I think I'm enlightened?"
"I'm afraid that you are not always good. After a few days of freshness, I don't know where to go. Okay, let's ignore my brother and the others and concentrate on practicing needlework." Jingya was still so gentle, smiling and pointing out how Jinghan should sew things.
"By the way, I heard my grandma say something. Jinghan was sick two days ago. What's going on?" Wenhan loved her two sisters very much. As soon as she heard about it, she hurried in to ask. But when she came in, she saw Jinghan learning needlework and thread, so she forgot.
Jingya told Wen Han about Jinghan's fever when she saved someone, and Wen Han immediately glared at her eyes, "Jinghan, you're itchy, right? It's cold and the river has melted, so you dare to go into the water. Is it freezing sick? Just do it, I said, why are you so well today? It turns out that you're in trouble, so you're doing well. I warn you, if there's another time, I'll see if I won't hit you in the butt." Wen Han always regarded Jinghan as his younger brother. In the village, everyone said that Wen Han has two younger brothers, and that's Jinghan.
Jinghan glanced at the elder brother's expression and said a little scared: "Brother, I dare not. I will definitely not be so reckless in the future. But you can't let me die, right? Those two little guys are only five years old." Hurry up and admit your mistake, otherwise you will be beaten.
"You, you won't call me. Not only our family by the river, but also many people, aren't you? You can also come back and call us dad? Why don't you have brains?" Wen Han felt a little disappointed.
Wenxuan didn't say anything, leaned against his elder brother's arms and listened. He climbed onto the kang, reached out and touched Jinghan's forehead, "Sister, are you getting better?" Jinghan was so happy that she hugged her younger brother, hugged her in her arms and kissed her twice, "Sister is fine, is it fun to go to the town?"
"It's not fun, my brother Wenxing ignored me, too, so did Aunt Fourth. My brother said he didn't want to study in my fourth uncle's school, so he might as well be more comfortable in the village." Wenxuan was still young, so he naturally couldn't hide his words, so he told some things about the town.
After listening carefully, Jinghan understood a little. It turned out that Uncle Fourth’s family had been separated. It was so strange, why did Uncle Second’s family not be separated?
The four of them were talking and laughing in the room, but talking about it outside. At noon, the third son Xu Zhiming also came back and led his wife Zhu and two daughters. Zhu is a very simple woman with average appearance. When he got home, he helped Chen and Xue to do that. The older son, the older son, was Jingwan, was eight years old, and was the same age as Jinghan, and had a little birthday. The younger son was Jingxian, five years old, and looked weird, and he looked a bit like Jinghan. Jingwan was also a very eye-catching person. When he got home, he helped with his mother. However, when Chen saw it, he chased them to find Jingya and Jinghan, so the two sisters went to the east wing to find Jingya sisters.
In the kitchen, Xue and Zhu were busy there, while Wei and Han were sitting at the door and knocking melon seeds. The old lady was a little unhappy when she saw it, but Han only came back for a few trips a year, so she couldn't say much. So the old lady shouted: "Second wife, go and bring some firewood. Didn't you see that your sister-in-law and the others have no firewood? Just talking there will be no food for a while?"
Then Wei got up lazy and went to carry the firewood. When Han saw it, he also went into the kitchen to help with cooking. She was well dressed, and her clothes were all new. She stood in the kitchen and didn't dare to touch anything, for fear of getting dirty. When Xue saw this, she said, "Fourth brother and sister-in-law, go out and rest quickly. Your clothes were in the kitchen, and it took a while to get rid of them. This little work, your third sister-in-law and I finished it in a while, just wait for dinner." The fourth brother and sister have never lived at home for a few days since they got married, and they don't have to let others work at this time, just treat it as a guest at home.
After hearing this, Han turned around and went out. She was in the town, but she invited the woman to cook and never cooked. It was unreasonable to come back and have to cook. Her daughter Jinghe was about to poop and took her to the cottage.
"Sister-in-law, do you see if this dish is OK? Just serve it on a plate?" asked the third wife Zhu.
Xue glanced at the pot and found that the soup was almost done, so she turned around and took out a few plates. "Aunt San, just put the dishes on these plates. Today there are many people, so you may have to put three tables." This Zhu is really a good one. Every time she comes back, she will help with her work and is honest and honest. The only shame is that she has no son and only two daughters. "Aunt San, Jingxian, is already five years old, why are you not making any noise?"
Zhu lowered his head and served the dishes, "Sister-in-law, this is not something that anyone can do. Even if there is no one, I can't help it. I'm worried, what can I do in the future without a boy?" As he said that, his tone was choked.
"Forget it, don't think so much. You must have it sometimes. Don't force it if you don't have it any time. Maybe it will happen at any time." Xue saw her words that made people sad, and quickly advised her. "The two girls in your family are good, and if they really don't have a son, they will raise the girl as their son. I think Jingxian is a stingy person and may be able to support her in the future. If these two girls can marry well, you don't have to worry."
Zhu nodded and brought the served dishes aside. The meal was about to start soon. Then the time came, it would be enough to serve them together. The sister-in-law and the sister-in-law worked hard for a while, and the food was ready. So Xue called Wenhan and others to put the table and then served the dishes on the table.
Even today's dishes were very rich, with rabbit meat stewed with potatoes, dried beans stewed with meat, dried eggplant stewed with some meat, and a plate of fried pickled vegetables, with some fine shredded pork. This is already a very good dish, and you can't eat it on weekdays.
There was a table on the kang and two tables on the floor, and everyone sat down to eat. Wenxing looked at the dishes on the table and curled his lips. "Mom, what are these? How do you eat them?"
When the old man heard this, his face looked bad and he refused to speak. Han took a small bowl and picked some rabbit meat for his son and daughter. Wei, who was next to him, stopped doing it, "What are you doing? We are at home and can't eat meat all year round. Today, we finally saw some meat, why did we pick it out?"
When the fourth brother heard this, he felt a little overwhelmed, "What are you choosing there? They are all the same food. Look at how delicious Wenchang and the others eat, why is Wenxing so expensive? He also has to choose meat to eat, so he can get it if he doesn't like it."
Chapter completed!