Chapter 200 New Daughter-in-law
Because the Qian family asked Bai Shanbao to be the bed-rolling boy, the two families became closer. When attending the wedding this time, Zheng also brought a considerable gift money. Although it seemed light to her, it was already a slight modification taking into account the family conditions of both parties.
Unexpectedly, the Zhou family was still quite scared.
After dinner and the bridal chamber celebration, when they were about to leave, Qian gave Bai Shanbao a red envelope as a return of the gift money they had given.
Zheng was about to refuse, but Qian smiled and said, "This is the custom here. The red envelopes given to the boy rolling on the bed must be in pairs."
After hearing this, Zheng let her son accept it and then took him home by the hand.
It was Bai Shanbao's first time attending such a wedding. He had a great time the whole day and jumped around holding his mother's hand.
Zheng asked him with a smile, "Which is more fun, the wedding banquet in my hometown of Longzhou or the wedding banquet here?"
"It's more fun here," Bai Shanbao said without hesitation, "In Longzhou, they wouldn't play with me, and wouldn't let me into the bridal chamber."
Upon hearing this, Zheng felt heartbroken and held her son's hand tightly. She once again felt that her mother-in-law's decision to leave Longzhou was the right one.
Although Bai Li's family is the only one here and all other relatives and friends are not here, life is a bit boring, but it is also much more comfortable. Compared with the hard work in Longzhou, the living and learning environment here is obviously better for his son.
Manbao stood at the door and watched her good friend disappear into the night. She turned and reached out to her mother, saying eagerly, "Mom, I'm also a bed-roller."
Qian was silent for a moment and looked at little Qian.
Xiao Qian quickly took out a small red envelope from her body.
Qian gave her the red envelope. Manbao was so happy that she didn't notice that her red envelope was much smaller than Bai Shanbao's.
She held both red envelopes in her arms and waved goodbye to her mother, "I'm going back to my room to sleep."
"Go, go."
It was already dark at this time, and most of the guests had left. Only a small number were still drinking and playing. Qian did not chase them away. She asked her sons to accompany them, and then she held little Qian's hand and went back to the house to rest.
She was very busy for two days.
Qian could rest, but little Qian could not. She took her two sisters-in-law and elder sister-in-law to put away the tables, chairs and benches, wash the dishes and chopsticks, and clean the yard.
Of course, because it was dark, they didn't do a detailed job, just a rough cleanup, and then everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Only a few red lanterns were left in the yard to illuminate the yard, and Zhou Dalang and his friends accompanied the remaining guests to drink and play rock-paper-scissors.
The busy spring season was over, and alcohol was very expensive in the countryside, so it was a rare opportunity to drink to one's heart's content. Not only the remaining guests, but even Zhou Dalang and his brothers were reluctant to go to bed immediately.
Old Zhou was still sitting at the table.
Zhou Wulang also pulled Lao Liu to join in the fun, but was sent back by Zhou Dalang, who said that there was no point in drinking wine when their hair had not grown out yet.
The next day, Manbao was awakened by the noise outside. She pushed open the window and looked out, and saw her sixth brother sweeping the floor while yawning.
The small courtyard here is fine, but the busiest one is the big courtyard next door because the kitchen is over there. At this time, Xiao Qian has already brought people to clean up the leftover vegetables from yesterday.
Because of the hot weather, the food at this time will not last long and the leftovers can only be eaten for three days at most.
So we keep enough for the family to eat, and the rest should be distributed to neighbors and close relatives.
For example, the three uncles in their family.
When returning tables, chairs, and benches to neighbors, take some leftovers, and when returning bowls and chopsticks, take some as well...
We can’t let this one be light and that one be heavy…
Although it was leftovers, it was still very popular because it was a wedding banquet and they were willing to use more oil and meat.
Manbao is not willing to give it away.
She had just finished washing up and ran into the kitchen, wanting to stay and eat this and that.
There weren't many leftovers, so we could only share them with some close relatives.
Little Qian was already a little anxious, and Manbao kept circling around her feet. She couldn't help but push him out, "This is the kitchen, hurry outside."
Manbao looked at a bowl of leftovers and said, "There's a pig's foot here, I want to eat it... and there's a fish head, I want to eat it too..."
Feng couldn't help but burst out laughing and said to her, "I'll give it all to you. I'll give it all to you. Go out now."
He turned around and put the things in the basket to give to someone later.
Seeing her pout, Feng smiled and said, "I've saved some for you. When you return the things to them, your fourth sister-in-law will heat up some food for you when she wakes up. If you keep wandering around in the kitchen, your eldest sister-in-law will get angry and won't give you anything to eat."
In this family, Manbao is only afraid of two people, one is her mother Qian, and the other is her sister-in-law Xiao Qian.
He ran out immediately after hearing that.
As Xiao Qian distributed the leftovers, she said, "It's so annoying. The older they get, the more disobedient they become."
Even He could hear the affection in her tone, and smiled when she heard it: "That's also because you dote on me."
As Xiao Qian was putting some meat and fish into Manbao's bowl, her hands froze for a moment, and then she said nonchalantly, "I don't spoil her. She's just smart."
Having said that, she still took a look outside. Seeing that the new daughter-in-law had not come yet, she knew that she had not gotten up yet. Thinking that Manbao always ate breakfast earlier than everyone else, she put the selected meat aside and decided to cook something for her first.
Of course, it is not good to eat too much oil in the morning, so she added water and two handfuls of rice to the pot. After the rice was cooked, she put the fish in, chopped the lean meat and threw it in, and added a little chopped green onion and salt.
Feng and He watched from the side: ...
The two of them sniffed the aroma, and Feng couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, how do you cook this meal? We cook it the same way as you, but it just doesn't taste this good."
He nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, every time it's my sister-in-law's turn to cook, she eats the most of the food at home, especially Manbao. When we cook, she only eats half a bowl. When it's my sister-in-law's turn..."
Every time she saw Manbao with his big belly, He couldn't help but mutter, it was obvious that everyone used about the same amount of oil and salt.
Qian smiled and said, "Practice makes perfect. Maybe Manbao is right. I was born to cook, just like my third sister-in-law, who is naturally better at sewing."
Feng sighed, "Then I'm miserable. I can't cook as well as my eldest sister-in-law, and I can't sew as well as my third sister-in-law."
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "As long as you are good at speaking, that's all that matters."
As he was speaking, a voice rang out, "Is there anything I can help you with?"
The third sister-in-law looked over and saw Miss Fang standing at the door with a red face. She said embarrassedly, "I, I got up late..."
Feng and He were silent for a while, so Xiao Qian washed her hands, smiled and walked over to her, taking her hand. "It's not late, it's not late, it's not time for breakfast yet. New brides are like this. Come in quickly..."
(End of this chapter)
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