Speaking of the villagers, Chunxiao thought of the village in Huangkou Village. "Mom, have Brother Mingli and the others gone back to divide the money? Are the villagers happy?"
"How can I not be happy? I'm extremely happy. You don't know how lively this year's Chinese New Year is. The gifts we received are almost filling up the whole house."
“That’s so exaggerated.”
"What mother said is not an exaggeration at all. I can testify to that." Yan Dahe carried the children onto the carriage and let them play inside. "This carriage will belong to our family from now on."
"Dad, you didn't even give Auntie any money." Pan'er looked at her father, "You took advantage of Auntie."
"He's a little devil." Yan Dahe smiled. "Didn't you just hear this? Your aunt gave it to me. I'm her second brother. How can she ask me for money?"
"Yes, yes, yes, my dear second brother, I begged you to give it to me, okay?" Chun Xiao smiled at the children, "This carriage is a gift from my aunt. It's free. It will belong to your family from now on."
"Speaking of the village, I still have to give you money."
Chun Xiao was stunned. "What money?"
"You've borrowed money from the villagers before, haven't you? You didn't take it seriously?" Zhou smiled. "Since you weren't here this year, they gave it all to me. I burned all the previous IOUs. I've brought them here. Wait for me to give them to you."
What Chunxiao lacked the most now was money. She grabbed Zhou and said, "Mom, don't take it. I don't need money. I'll just keep it with you. I'm too lazy to take it back and forth."
Zhou sat back down and said, "If you don't want it, I'll keep it for now."
"Keep it. Did you come here with Brother Mingli this time? When I left, weren't there more than 20 people heading back to the village? Did anyone come back later?"
When Zhou mentioned this, she began to sigh. "We were originally very happy, but now we can't smile anymore. Those who came back are all disabled. Mu Sheng from your Aunt Fang's family has a broken leg. Your Aunt Fang cried every day during that time."
Chunxiao had expected this in her heart, "It's a good thing to be able to come back alive."
"Although I say that, it's hard not to feel sad when I see this. Fortunately, everyone's life is not so difficult now. When we came, several families were discussing the construction of new houses. Some said they would wait until the harvest this year to build a good one. Now I am worried about Shufeng. You said that it would not be difficult for Shuwen, a boy, to find a wife with our family's conditions, but she is a girl and she is already 17 years old this year. Last year, many matchmakers came to our house to propose marriage, but I rejected them all. As a result, Dongsheng's marriage fell through. This time when I go back for the New Year, I plan to find her a husband, but she refuses to agree."
Zhou and Zhang exchanged a glance and leaned over to Chunxiao's ear, "I always feel like she's a little weird. I wonder if she has someone else in her heart."
Chunxiao was surprised by her mother's words, "Mom, how did you know that?"
Zhou curled her lips and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, ask your second sister-in-law. Anyway, it seems that there is a problem. But your eldest sister-in-law didn't notice it this time and said we were overthinking it."
"Second sister-in-law, really?"
"I don't know if it's true, but Mom is right. It's indeed a little strange. She was quite absent-minded during the New Year holidays. When I asked her, she said she was worried about the shop. The shop was closed, so what was there to worry about?"
"That's exactly why. Your eldest brother and his wife were so busy with the farm that they neglected the child. I couldn't just leave her alone, so I came along this time. But that girl is staying in the shop all day now. There's only one girl about her age with her. I don't see anyone else, which is strange."
When Chunxiao heard this, a strange thought arose in his mind. It seemed that he would have to go and see for himself to know the details.
"When I have time, I'll go see her and ask her. Don't worry. She's grown up and has her own ideas. They may not be what you think."
"I hope so." Zhou looked at her. "Are you going there again this time when you come back?"
"I originally came back thinking of visiting Zhuangzi first and then returning to my hometown in Qingzhou. Now that you're here, I won't go back. I'll stay here for a while before going to Fangzhou Prefecture to check on the situation there. After all, this is my first year, and I'm still a little worried."
"Then I'll go with you, so we can have someone to look after each other on the way."
Chunxiao shook her head. "Mom, don't go. It takes more than 20 days to go to Fangzhou by carriage. It's very tiring. Forget it, don't bother. Once everything is sorted out this year, I won't go there so often. I'll teach the steward and collect the money myself."
"That's great. You've been away from home for the past few years, and we haven't had that many days together. Once you've sorted things out, you can take a break. You earn so much money, but you can't spend it all."
Zhang also laughed, "Now our family earns enough money. We used to live in fear and tightness, but now we are not afraid of anything. I also told Dahe that the farm is enough now and there is no need to struggle anymore. Even my eldest brother said it was enough, but he is just like my younger sister and still wants to run away." Zhang glanced at Yan Dahe, "I don't ask for much wealth, it's better for the family to be together."
"Hey, if you were all like Chunxiao, then our family would really be enough."
"I've noticed that you want to follow Chunxiao in everything she does." Zhou smiled broadly, then looked at Chunxiao. "There's one more thing. Your cousin Yuqing is getting married again. Your father and I were at the wedding."
Chunxiao suddenly thought of Yan Erni's family, "Did you meet your aunt?"
"What's the use of calling them aunt or not? We've all severed our ties. Not only have we severed our ties with that family, but your cousin Yuqing has also severed her ties with them. In short, we have no further ties at all."
Chunxiao was very surprised. "My cousin also broke off the engagement. What happened later?"
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