Shufeng didn't refute, but just smiled foolishly without saying anything.
Soon, the Zhang couple and their family also arrived. Shufeng offered them tea and took a red envelope from each of them.
"I've really made a fortune this time. I've only just realized that getting married is the shortcut to wealth!"
"This child really only grows with age, not with understanding." Zhou smiled at her. Now that Shufeng had come to the house, she was a distinguished guest, so she couldn't be easily criticized. She brought the lit charcoal stove to the main room, and everyone sat there to talk and chat.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. I thought we should all gather in the mountains to celebrate. Let's all come over tomorrow."
"Grandma, of course we have to come over. Otherwise, it would be too lonely for the three of us to celebrate the New Year."
"Yes, yes, come over here. Dashan and I have bought everything we need. We have more food at home too. Let's have a lively New Year's Eve together."
"Okay, then I'll come over tomorrow. I'll lock the door and bring Xiaohua with me."
"Bring them all here. We are family and should celebrate the New Year together."
Chinese New Year is tomorrow, and everyone is helping to clean up here today. As a result, people from the village started to arrive one after another from this morning. One family brought some cabbage, another brought some pounds of meat, and some brought homemade brooms and the like. In short, they brought everything the farmers produced, and in the end, there was a pile of things in the yard.
Zhou told everyone not to be polite when welcoming and seeing off guests, but these were not valuable items, what mattered was the thought behind them. If she didn't accept them, people would think she was disrespecting them, so in the end she accepted them all.
"Our family has a very high prestige in the village. In my previous village, only the scholar's family would receive gifts during the New Year." Huai Tian looked at the things in the yard and inexplicably felt a sense of pride in his heart.
"Mom, these two little stools are great. Bring them home for me to use."
"You have so many beautiful chairs at home, and you still like this stool? It's perfect for sitting on when peeling cotton seeds. Don't take it."
"Okay." Shufeng looked at Shuwen who was sorting his things, "Brother, are you going to Pengdong for the New Year next year?"
"I would like to go, but my father won't let me. He told me to stay at home and look after the farm in Zhouzhuang. I'll leave the other side to my second uncle."
"Go and ask your aunt for help. There is nothing she can't do."
"Don't push your brother. It's useless for me to ask for his help. You're already married, but your brother still hasn't found a husband. See if your parents will let him go." Chun Xiao looked at Tian. "Sister-in-law, do you have a girl in mind?"
"Yes, of course. But we'll have to wait and see." Shuwen would have to be cautious when marrying a wife.
"Let me tell you, at the wedding banquet a few days ago, several families at our table fell in love with each other and left letters to each other to arrange marriages for their daughters and boys."
"What's so strange about this?" Zhou glanced at Yan Dahe. "Several families are planning weddings right after the New Year, and most of them are promising."
"I laughed when I heard it before, thinking our village might be too anxious. But when I went to town to buy New Year's goods a few days ago, I heard some gossip. It's not just our village that's like this, many villages are like this."
"Sister-in-law, the boys we brought back are already eighteen or nineteen, and the older ones are over twenty. The family has been anxious for a long time, so we have to rush to get it done this time."
"Mom, who do you like? Please tell me. I won't tell my brother."
"You're already married, so stay out of the family's affairs. Why are you everywhere?" Tian smiled at her, "If it weren't for Huai Tian, I'd be worried about your affairs too."
"In our village, whether it's a boy or a girl, they are very popular now. Everyone is waiting for the wedding party as soon as the New Year begins."
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