Chapter 63 Mid-Autumn Festival
Second Sister Gu didn't know any of this. She only knew that when she complained and slandered the Zhao family, everyone agreed with her, which showed that they all listened to her. This made her very happy.
Mrs. Gu said proudly at home: "Just wait and see, the whole village has opinions about them, naturally someone will cause trouble for them, humph!"
Well, the Gu family members were comforted.
The Gu family had no idea how unpopular they were in the village, and they were just as mysteriously confident as Gu's second wife.
Zhao family.
Widow Qu wiped her tears and cried so many times that she didn't know how many times. She spoke words of thanks incoherently and over and over again. In her excitement, she even pulled Qu Yutao to kowtow to the Zhao family. This made Deng and others moved and wanted to laugh, so they hurriedly pulled the two of them together.
"We're a family, there's no need to do this, stop it!"
"Aunt, we're new here, and it's hard to get this spot. Otherwise, where would the court stand? That's why I put my cousin's name in. Just sit back and relax. Sooner or later, we'll earn enough to escape the punishment. You can just stay home and enjoy your life. My cousin can help me earn money, and you can help out around the house. That's all! Forget about working like a slave, or being a servant, or something you can't repay in eight lifetimes. It's too awkward!"
Widow Qu smiled and wiped her tears: "Okay, no more, no more. We are a family, we don't say such things."
Qu Yutao's eyes were red as well: "I will definitely work hard to make money, and everyone in our family must be cleared of the charges."
"Yes, it will. That day won't be far away!"
"Yes, everyone should be happier, haha!"
People feel refreshed when happy events happen, and the moon is especially bright during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Zhao family spent this Mid-Autumn Festival in a happy, festive and auspicious manner.
Zhao Liya was initially quite dreading this first Mid-Autumn Festival, fearing her parents would be filled with sadness and grief. After all, they had celebrated the festival in Beijing last year, and it was undoubtedly a lively occasion!
Who could have known that in the blink of an eye, the building would crumble and fall to dust? All the splendor and wealth seemed like a fleeting dream, so far away that it seemed as if it had never existed. Opening my eyes, I see nothing but desolation. Who wouldn't feel melancholy?
Fortunately, with such a good thing, the atmosphere at home has finally become lively.
Their family has made contributions to the government, which is always a good thing.
On the one hand, it is a celebration, and on the other hand, it is a festival. On the 15th day of August, our family prepared a very rich and delicious meal.
Just after noon, everyone started talking and laughing as they busied themselves preparing for dinner, slaughtering chickens, stewing meat, and killing fish.
The big round table was filled with chicken stewed with wild mushrooms, pork ribs with bamboo shoots, braised pork with taro, braised crucian carp, stir-fried eel with green peppers, stuffed tofu, stuffed loofah, etc., and the aroma was fragrant.
Zhao Liya also specially opened a jar of wine, which was the Double Ninth Festival rice wine brewed at home last year and given by Zhengbai from Zaihu Village.
The light milky white wine is poured into the cup, and the rich and mellow aroma of the wine slowly wafts away. The whole family raises their glasses together and drinks with laughter. The mellow and fragrant taste is intoxicating, with a slight sweet aftertaste, which is endless aftertaste.
"Good wine, good wine! This Chongyang rice wine is absolutely amazing, haha!"
Zhao Xiang stroked his beard and praised with a smile.
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "The village head said this wine tastes good, but it has a strong aftertaste. Dad likes it. From now on, you can drink a small cup or two every night. It's good for your health. When the wild chrysanthemums on the mountain bloom in a while, we can go pick some and make some wild chrysanthemum wine!"
Zhao Xiang smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay!"
Qu Yutao smiled and said, "My sister was talking about picking wild grapes to make wine."
Zhao Liya smiled: "Pick, pick, pick them all! Let's buy a few more wine jars and make more wine!"
Chongyang wine, chrysanthemum wine, mountain wine wine, and next year when the bayberries are ripe, I can also make bayberry wine. It’s a pity that I didn’t see many mulberries, otherwise I could make mulberry wine.
We had a lively dinner together. The moonlight was very bright, and the shadows of people and trees on the ground were clear. When the sun shone directly on the water, the shadows of the fish were cast on the river sand, which was bright, clear and clean.
Everyone put tables and stools in the yard, and the tables were filled with all kinds of food, including moon cakes, osmanthus cakes, peanut candies, peach cakes, melon seeds and peanuts, as well as plump big grapefruits, small oranges, mangoes, longans, star fruits, papayas, pears, peaches and other fruits.
All these fruits were brought back from Zaihu Village.
The aunts, sisters-in-law and other relatives were so welcoming. Every household had fruit trees in front of and behind their houses, in the corners of their vegetable gardens, and at the ends of their fields. They had almost every kind of variety they could find. Everyone knew that the Zhao family liked to eat fruit, so they all rushed to give them to them.
Whenever Zhao Liya and her friends went to the village, they almost always returned with a full load.
Everyone said that these things were not worth much and they couldn’t finish them at home, so since they liked them, they took some back home.
Zhao Liya felt both grateful and regretful. These fruits were actually valuable and good things. If they were in the north, they would be rare and you couldn't buy them even if you spent a lot of money! Unfortunately, the transportation hardware in this era was like this. The fresh fruits and vegetables in the south rotted in the fields, and people in the north couldn't even taste them.
She needs to find a way to improve things in the future.
But for now, their family is enjoying a feast.
After arriving here, let alone other things, just the various fruits are so numerous that I can’t finish eating them all.
Fresh lychees, which are hard to find in Beijing, are everywhere here, and there are all kinds of them to eat.
The whole family was in a good mood. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, they sat around admiring the moon and chatting until midnight before going back to their rooms to sleep.
In Bajiaozhai, everyone was very envious of Zaihu Village, so the news that Li Xiaoying's mother was related to the Zhao family, and the Zhao family was related to the mysterious boss spread very quickly.
Bajiaozhai had hinted at it twice, so just two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Xiaoying returned to her parents' home with her two children.
I was afraid that if I went too late, my mother would have gone back to Zhao's house.
She could ask to personally send her mother to the Zhao family, but it would be bad to go to the Zhao family by herself, right?
The head of the village said that it would be best for her to get in touch with the Zhao family and talk to them first. Wouldn't they become familiar with each other through this interaction?
Once you are familiar with each other, won’t it be easier to talk?
Anyway, everything that Zaihu Village can do, Bajiaozhai can also do.
The big boss will never suffer any loss.
Aunt Li Shiyi was shocked to see her daughter coming here again after just a few days ago. She thought something had happened in her family.
Li Xiaoying quickly smiled and denied the comfort.
How could Aunt Li Shiyi believe it? This was too strange! Without a convincing reason, she couldn't dispel her doubts. This child might be afraid of worrying her, so she made up a lie to comfort her. Aunt Li Shiyi wanted to go to her in-laws' house to see for herself.
Although she was a widow, she had the support of her clan. The people of Zaihu Village were not so easy to bully. If her daughter was really bullied, she would go to the village head and the clan leader's house to cry and see if they could get her justice.
(End of this chapter)
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