On the afternoon of the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, fine snow began to float in the sky. In less than an hour, the entire Yangjiazhuang was covered with white areas, with snow on the roofs, branches, roads, and mountains in the distance.

The whole village seemed silent.

People in the village are busy making New Year's food at home, and they just have delicious food and drinks to rest. In the cold weather, no one wants to come out to get cold.

The Xiao family, He Fangfang, led Xiao Qin and Xiao Xiu to work in the kitchen.

The kitchen of Xiao’s family is a adobe house with stoves and cabinets with old wooden nails.

Even the cabinets where the dishes and chopsticks were all made of Xiao Yuan picked up old wooden boards and re-planted them.

In the past twenty or even longer years, the Xiao family didn't even have a cabinet for bowls and chopsticks. After eating, they would throw away the bowls and chopsticks everywhere, or piled them together on the stove. When they were eating, they would naturally be unclean. The Xiao family was lazy and dirty. Anyway, it wouldn't delay eating, and it would be fine if it was dirty.

The words they often say are: they are not clean and they will not get sick after eating.

After Xiao Yuan came, he couldn't stand this, so he took advantage of the fact that he was herding sheep and picked up wooden boards. He spent some time nailing such a cabinet that could hold kitchen utensils and bowls and chopsticks.

He Fangfang was frying croquettes, and she looked very bad and her face was full of depression.

Xiao Qin asked: "Mom, don't think too much. In fact, I'm asking me to tell them to separate them. You have to cook for them all day long and serve them. There is no good at all, and there is no harm left."

Xiao Xiu also said: "Yes, if they don't give you money after they earn, can you still force them? They don't give money, but they still have to eat and drink at home? During the Chinese New Year and the holidays, you have to find a way to make clothes for your new wife. You said, isn't this adding burden to the family? It's better to separate the family early."

He Fangfang also knew this truth, but she just couldn't overcome this hurdle in her heart.

Xiao Qun was sitting in the room smoking. He was smoking a cigarette roll and spitting out cigarette rings, making the room choking.

Xiao Yuan sat a little far away, and he whispered to Xiao Qun: "Dad, I can't live for a few days after the New Year. I want to take Xiaobai away."

"Okay."

Xiao Qun didn't want Xiao Bai's more children, so what could he do when he went out? He just thought that if Xiao Bai also went out to work, he would have an extra entry item at home: "If you are away, take care of your younger brother more."

"Um."

Xiao Yuan nodded: "Dad, don't worry. When I go to the capital, I can find more work. In addition to working as a small job, I can also carry dishes and wash dishes for others. I work two jobs per person, and I can always make more money. When I make money, I will send more money to home. You and my mother must take good care of you. With the money given by Qinzi and I, I can always live a family. In addition, I don't have to support my brother and Xiao Li's family, so life is much easier than before."

After hearing this, Xiao Qun smiled a little: "Okay, then you can find more jobs and do whatever you earn. Don't be afraid of hardship or fatigue. If you don't work hard at a young age, when will you fight?"

It happened that Xiao Qin brought the food into the room. As soon as she entered the door, she felt uncomfortable as if she had a thorn in her heart.

She knew that the father was watching his second son feel easy to talk to, so he tried hard to squeeze Xiao Yuan, thinking of digging out some money from Xiao Yuan so that he could build a house for his remaining son to marry a wife without having to work.

But he didn't think about it. Is money so easy to make? He also said that Xiao Yuan would take a few more jobs. He was not worried at all whether the son would be tired or sick. He only thought about money and himself.

Thinking of the life they lived from childhood to adulthood, Xiao Qin couldn't help but feel sad.

If Xiao Qun and He Fangfang are more diligent and do more work, the seven brothers and sisters will not have gone to school much. Her second brother is so smart. He buys books and learns drawings and arithmetics in the capital. In order to expand his business, he still learns foreign languages ​​from others. If his family sends his second brother to study early, he might be the top scorer in the college entrance examination like An Ning. Even if he is not the top scorer, it is absolutely fine to get into a good university.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qin had no good expression on the father, put down the food and left.

"This dead girl."

Xiao Qun cursed, and saw that there were meat and vegetables on the table, and without waiting for others to come, he picked up the chopsticks to eat.

After only a few bites, a figure rushed over and looked up and saw that it was a mute.

As soon as the mute entered the room and smelled the meat, she immediately sat down. She picked up the meat and ate it with her chopsticks.

Xiao Hei sat next to the mute, holding chopsticks and picking meat for the mute: "Lili, eat more."

Xiao Li also entered the house at this time.

He pulled Li Huihui over and saw that the boss was holding meat for the mute to eat. He quickly pressed Li Huihui and asked her to sit down. Xiao Li picked several pieces of meat and fed it to Li Huihui: "Yes, eat quickly, if there is not enough, I'll go to the kitchen to get it. Eat more and see if you are thin."

Xiao Qun saw his two sons and two daughters-in-law picking goodies on the table, and no one said he would let others go, let alone wait for the people who cooked in the kitchen to come in and eat together. He was so angry that his hands trembled.

Xiao Yuan sat aside and watched the four people eat oily mouths, and couldn't help but frown.

He got up and went into the kitchen.

Seeing Xiao Yuan coming, He Fangfang quickly stuffed a few fried meatballs to Xiao Yuan: "Eat quickly, if you don't eat them, you won't be able to eat them in a while."

Xiao Yuan couldn't eat it, but He Fangfang stuffed it directly into his mouth, so he had to eat it.

After eating meatballs, Xiao Yuan and He Fangfang said: "Mom, let my father clean up our homestead after the New Year. When the spring is over, I will find a way to get some money and send it back. You can set up two rooms for the boss and Xiao as soon as possible to divide them."

"OK."

He Fangfang knew what Xiao Yuan was lying about, so she agreed happily: "I'm watching this. If your father doesn't agree, I'll be over with him. Anyone who is a daughter-in-law knows that he is lazy and greedy, and he doesn't do anything. I've been working as a mother-in-law in the kitchen for a long time, and the two of them are fine. They wake up in the middle of the morning. When they wake up, they know how to find food, and they don't know how to help at all."

The more He Fangfang was, the more angry he became, the more sad he felt: "Everyone said to raise a child to prevent old age. I'll see, I can't count on my son. I'm afraid that your father and I will be driven out by your brothers when we are old."

Xiao Yuan looked stern: "What are you saying? They don't care. I can watch it. Don't worry, if I have something to eat in one bite, I won't be hungry."

He Fangfang lowered her head and wiped her tears: "Don't listen to whatever your father says. It's not easy for you to be outside. You have to eat better after making money. Don't get tired of your body. Everything is weak. Your body is your own. If you really get tired, you will suffer."

Xiao Yuan agreed: "I know, I'll go out for a walk."

When Xiao Yuan left, he walked outside the Yang family.

He looked at the smoke rising from the roof of An Ning's kitchen, stood for a while and walked away.

When Xiao Yuan walked to the entrance of the village, An Ning chased after him.

"Give."

An Ning handed a hot bean bag in her arms to Xiao Yuan: "Hurry while it's hot."

Looking at An Ning and smiling, Xiao Yuan also smiled: "I'm just steamed?"

"Um."

An Ning smiled and handed the bean bag into Xiao Yuan's hand: "My craftsmanship, I know you are thinking about this bite. I thought I had prepared it and asked Xiao Qin to take it home for you to eat, but I didn't expect you to come out. There is no one now, so hurry up and eat it."

Xiao Yuan took a bite of the bean bag, and the slightly sour aroma of the flour fermented on his mouth, as well as the soft and sweet taste of red beans, sweet potatoes and dates mixed together.

"tasty."

He smiled and took another bite: "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I will never forget this for several lifetimes."
Chapter completed!