While they were still chatting, Qin Huan and Aunt Hu came over from their relatives' house in the Lu family after having breakfast. They saw the big house and thought it was quite lively.
Miao Xiuying acted as a go-between and introduced them to each other. They were all very friendly and quickly got along well.
The Miao family didn’t stay long. After lunch, they took their children back home.
There was no room to live in the countryside, so Miao Xiuying asked Qin Huan and Aunt Hu to return to the city, while Jiang Yan and Lu Li stayed in the countryside.
There were several layers of snow outside. The adults felt cold, but the children seemed not to feel it at all. They ran in the snow in their cotton shoes, and the yard was filled with their silver bell-like laughter.
Jiang Yan ate the soft, sweet and fragrant sweet potato in her hand and sighed: "I am not afraid of frostbite. Going back to the countryside is like a flood."
Lu Xiao was scraping potatoes. He scraped off the burnt ash on the surface, revealing the yellow rice crust.
Jiang Yan loves this dish. Dipping it in spicy chili powder makes it fragrant and delicious.
Song Jingtian ate in small bites. Her dog Cancan didn't want her to hold him anymore as he wanted to go play snowball fight with his brother.
I used to say that he was well-behaved, but it was too early. He is also a naughty boy. None of the children of the Lu family are obedient.
Lu Jiandang's eyes were full of kindness: "The kids are still young, just let them make trouble. They will only be happy for the next two years. When they grow up, they won't play even if you let them. They know how to save face."
Zhang Yulan said seriously: "Shengli is almost ten years old, and he plays crazier than anyone else. I think these little ones have been led astray by him.
He doesn't do his homework during the winter vacation, and he doesn't listen to his parents. He is a man who doesn't listen. If you ask him to study, he would rather feed pigs. He will be destined to move bricks in the future."
Zhang Yulan was so disappointed in her family. It should have been a happy thing that so many people in the family had graduated from college.
When she turned around and saw Shengli, her hands started to itch.
Shengli didn't expect that he would be so hated. He was the undisputed king of the kids in the team.
He brought his brothers and sisters with him to fight underground warfare with the kids in the village, and he really became the commander.
He felt that he was very powerful, but he couldn't hear what his grandma said, he couldn't hear it at all.
Let’s talk about homework after the 15th, right?
Lu Jiandang choked up, but tried to make amends for Shengli: "Who in this brigade is as smart as Shengli? His father is promising, why would he be left to dig for food in the countryside? Don't worry about that. Aren't you going to grind tofu? Go now."
She had soaked the soybeans last night. Before Zhang Yulan got up, Jiang Yan called her, "Second Aunt, I'll go. I haven't ground tofu for a long time. It's a good time to exercise after eating."
Zhang Yulan advised: "It's cold outside, you should stay inside, it won't take long to grind tofu."
Jiang Yan insisted: "I'm almost sick from staying in the house, it's a good time to go out and get some fresh air, let's go, husband."
As soon as she called out, Lu Xiao followed. Lu Li was also a lackey. He diligently carried the bucket filled with soaked beans.
Song Jingtian also followed with a sweet potato, the foursome is indispensable!
The graphite is shared by the village, and a shed was specially built for it.
As the year draws to a close, many people are grinding tofu to make dried tofu or blood tofu. These two things have a long storage time and are waiting for the spring plowing. If you are hungry, just fry a plate of them and they will be very delicious.
People in rural areas are the most good at living frugally.
When they saw Jiang Yan coming, everyone greeted him warmly and Jiang Yan responded one by one.
Standing beside Lu Xiao, who wrapped her in his military coat, Jiang Yan did not feel cold at all. Lu Xiao was like a big furnace. It was a real pleasure.
Lu Li insisted on holding Song Jingtian in his arms, and Song Jingtian let him do it, leaning on his shoulder, eating melon seeds and listening to the aunts gossiping.
Jiang Yan glanced sideways and saw the petite figure walking on the path. The snow was thick and the road was slippery, and Jiang Yan was afraid that she would fall.
The aunt in front couldn't bear it, "Now that their parents are gone, it's hard for the siblings. I have too many children to raise, otherwise I would have adopted them all."
Another aunt was also upset: "Who said it wasn't true? It's so pitiful. As a mother, I can't bear to see this. I'll send her my sweet potatoes later. The two kids are still young. How are they going to live in the future?
The commune didn't dare to do that. The brigade distributed food by headcount. She only earned one or two work points a day, which was not enough for her to eat, and she also had to support her brother. It was true that a hemp rope only breaks at the thinnest point, and misfortune only finds the unfortunate."
"Her house hasn't been repaired for a long time. Can it survive this winter?" "My husband went to sweep the snow for her last week. Her brother stayed at home to watch over her, fearing that the food would be stolen."
Everyone gets angry when this is mentioned. Stealing from others is one thing, but stealing from Xiaofang and her brother is like stealing their mother’s life.
It is not difficult to guess that it was done by that second-rate guy Lu Shizong, who did all kinds of sneaky things every day. He mentioned it to Lu Jianjun several times, but he didn't take it seriously.
He also felt that these people were throwing dirty water on his son and hoped that his son would be imprisoned.
Humph, if he doesn’t teach you now, you’ll let others teach you later. Let’s see if he can bear the shame.
Speak of the devil, and the devil will appear. Someone cornered her and winked, "Stop talking. Someone is here. They will scold you at your door and make your family suffer. You also say you are a city girl, even worse than us country girls."
Han Meina's beans had been soaked for several days, and she was too lazy to grind them. If Lu Jianjun hadn't urged her to eat tofu pudding, she wouldn't have wanted to come either because it was too cold.
Seeing the long line in front of her, her brows were almost squeezed together, and when her eyes fell on Jiang Yan, she paused.
I simply didn't bother to queue up, so I approached with a wry smile, "Xiao Yan, I'm your third aunt. When did you come back? Why didn't you come home to tell us? I heard that you passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer. Congratulations. When will the wedding be held? I'm coming with your third uncle to have a drink.
"Xiao Lu, you also passed the exam. Third Auntie knew you were capable a long time ago. You finally brought honor to our Lu family. Your uncle and I were foolish before. If we did something wrong, don't take it to heart. We are relatives, so why don't we visit each other? Otherwise, won't the villagers laugh at our Lu family for being disunited?"
Lu Li was a fussy person. Thinking of Han Meina's ugly face, he said sarcastically, "Don't make random claims of relatives here. Go ask my parents if they will still go with you. I think you are so poor that you can't even afford to eat, so you want to come to my house to beg for money.
You are dressed so shabbily, do you have lice? Stay away from me, you are so unrefined. "
He pinched his nose and stood further away, while the others laughed heartlessly.
"Look at her hair, it's all greasy. I'm afraid she hasn't washed it in ten days or half a month. Isn't this damaging the reputation of us country people? We are poor, not lazy."
"She has returned to the countryside, and she still has to pay people to pick up firewood. Can she afford to boil water? What kind of dream is this? She thinks her man can get into college and she can go to the city to become an official's wife!"
"If I were her, I would have kicked that useless man out. He doesn't work, doesn't take care of the kids, doesn't clean the house. He should have found a man to serve him! She really loves her man!"
"Who said it wasn't true? I heard that she married Lu Jianjun because she got pregnant before marriage. She thought no one knew about it. She is such a shameless person."
"She is a woman, but she is acting like that old landowner. Why do you think her daughter broke off relations with her? Isn't it because she wanted to sell her daughter for a dowry? I just don't like this, bah."
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