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Liang Baozhen ate half a bowl of canned fruit, which tasted sweet even in her dreams. The family shared a can and kept the rest for the third day of the Chinese New Year when the Liang family would come to the city to entertain them.
The person in the Liang family who was most excited about moving to the city was Liang Baoling.
Liang Baoling has never been to the city. The farthest she has gone is to study in the county. The city and the county are very different. Oh, this is what my second brother told her.
She woke up before dawn, dressed herself, went out, brushed her teeth and washed her face.
It was foggy in the early morning of winter, and the whole village of Damian was shrouded in a vast expanse of white mist, making people shiver with cold.
Song Chunhua and Liang Zhigao also got up early and were making a fire in the kitchen to cook breakfast. They had been delayed for a long time on the road today, so they had to eat a full breakfast.
"Mom, I want to eat ten glutinous rice balls!"
Liang Baojun bought a bag of glutinous rice balls filled with sesame some time ago. When he took a bite, the sweet sesame seeds rushed into his mouth and the fragrance filled the air.
"You're the only one who can eat!" Song Chunhua smiled and put a bag of glutinous rice balls into the pot, and also steamed a layer of cornmeal dumplings.
Today the whole family wore their best clothes, without any patchwork. Originally, Song Chunhua and Liang Zhigao had no new clothes, as the good ones were all made into clothes for the children. Before the Chinese New Year, Liang Baojun and Liang Baozhen each brought back some cloth coupons, and the two of them made new clothes after five years.
"Wow, Baoling is dressed beautifully today." Liang Baojun yawned and got up. He was the last one to get up. Everyone in the family had washed up and were ready for breakfast before he slowly went to brush his teeth.
Liang Baoling sat on a stool, watching the plump white dumplings rolling into the bowl, filling up half the bowl. She quickly reached out to take them, and put her two little hands on the edge of the bowl to keep warm.
"Eat slowly, be careful of the heat."
"Got it." Holding a spoon, Liang Baoling ate a glutinous rice dumpling in three mouthfuls. Looking at her second brother who was standing in the yard brushing his teeth, she shouted, "Second brother, you lazy pig, you got up too late."
Liang Baoying was feeding her daughter Mengmeng with a spoon. When she heard this, she looked up and saw her brother coming over and preparing to deal with her younger sister.
Liang Baoling was prepared and quickly reached out to protect her head. She had made a beautiful four-strand braid this morning. She must not let her second brother ruin it.
She hid her little face under her hands, tightly protecting her hair, "Don't touch my head, I've been braiding it for a long time."
Liang Baojun laughed when he saw his little sister like this. He looked at her with two braids and saw how precious she looked. Finally, he picked up the tail of the braid and pulled it, "Little braid!"
After breakfast, Liang Baoying went to wash the dishes, while Liang Baoling stood in front of the mirror embedded in the door of the closet in her parents' room, looking left and right, pulling at a few pieces of clothes, and turning around.
The dress she was wearing today was made the year before last, a blue plain-woven jacket with staggered buttons made for it that made it look playful. Liang Baoling particularly loved this dress and only wore it during the New Year holidays, so she had preserved it very well and it still looked like new.
"Okay, stop looking in the mirror, you're so beautiful!" Liang Baojun sat on the bed with his legs crossed and boasted lazily, "Liang Baoling is simply the most beautiful and lovely girl in the world~"
Liang Baoling, who always loved to quarrel with her second brother, pursed her lips when she heard the words, her eyes rolled around, her face turned a little red, and she was a little shy. The second brother's words were too much!
She is just pretty and cute!
"Second brother, please hold my little tree for a while." Liang Baoling prepared a gift for Xu Shengya.
Coolie Liang Baojun: "..."
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Xu Shengya was a little excited thinking about meeting her sister-in-law's sister today. She tossed and turned and didn't sleep well last night. Now she was going to meet a new friend. She tossed and turned in bed all night, and got out of bed quietly to look at her small iron box. She would show the candy wrapper to her new friend.
The next day, Xu Shengya wore an apricot-red floral blouse, and her sister-in-law braided her hair into a four-strand pigtail. She sat in front of the door in an orderly manner.
"Do you think it looks good like this?" Liang Baozhen had already braided a braid and handed a small mirror to Xiaoya so that she could take a look at it herself.
The little girl in the mirror has bright eyes and is well-behaved and smart. The exquisite four-strand braid is more delicate than the two-strand and three-strand ones, which makes Xu Shengya look more beautiful.
"It looks good." Xu Shengya shook her legs with bright eyes, touching her braid from time to time with her hands, and the corners of her mouth raised.
"Okay, go have fun. They won't be here until noon."
Liang Baozhen, chef Zhou Yun, and Xu Shengjie were helping, preparing to cook a sumptuous lunch.
There is still one hairtail fish that I bought before the New Year. I originally planned to eat it on the first day of the New Year, but then I kept it for two more days because the Liang family was coming to the city. Now I have stewed it.
Slice the bacon at home, make braised pork, and stir-fry the meat slices. The dishes for the Chinese New Year are repetitive and the richness is comparable to the New Year’s Eve dinner.
By the time the ten dishes were served on the table, the Liang family had also arrived.
Liang Baojun was the only person from the Liang family who had been to the Xu family. This time he was walking alone in front leading the way, with a group of people following behind him.
"Grandma Zhou." After not seeing each other for a long time, he still spoke sweetly, making Zhou Yun smile.
"Baojun is here, come in quickly." Zhou Yun looked carefully at the people behind him again, glanced at their ages, and immediately recognized his grandson's wife's parents.
"It's Chunhua and Zhigao, right?"
"Yes, Grandma Zhou, please sit down."
Song Chunhua and Liang Zhigao were polite and helped Zhou Yun into the house. The young men of the Liang family behind them also called for help.
The house was suddenly very lively.
The houses in the large courtyard are small and crowded, not as spacious as those in the countryside. With so many people coming suddenly, it is almost impossible to turn around.
A square table was placed in the middle with Xu Shengya's desk put together. Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen asked everyone to sit down, and everyone squeezed in and sat down with difficulty.
"Alas, the house is too small, I'm sorry for you." Zhou Yun looked at everyone sitting so crowded, rubbing their arms against each other, and felt worried.
"That's impossible. The more crowded it is, the more lively it is, and the better the relationship is!" Song Chunhua prepared some gifts for the Xu family and gave them to Zhou Yun.
A piece of pork belly, a bag of dried vegetables, and twenty eggs.
The meat comes from the pigs slaughtered by the brigade at the end of the year and is distributed to each family, while the eggs are harvested by each family.
These are all expensive gifts. Meat and eggs are hard to buy, even if you have money. Song Chunhua's first visit to her husband's house naturally wanted to leave a good impression. This would make her life easier in the future.
Similarly, I will be visiting my eldest daughter Liang Baoying’s in-laws’ home this afternoon, and she has prepared the same gift.
"Hey, you're welcome. Just come. Why bring a gift?" Zhou Yun declined for a long time and put the things on the chest before inviting everyone to eat.
The Xu family was warm and hospitable, and the Liang family gradually relaxed. Although this was the first time the two families met, they had heard a lot about each other before and knew that each other was an honest person.
When Song Chunhua and several members of the Xu family saw this, they felt basically relieved.
Although Baoying is married, she has always lived in her own home and under her own supervision, so there should not be any big problems.
Only Baozhen married a little far away, and she has always been uneasy. You can only know what kind of person he is by seeing him for yourself.
After meeting the Xu family today, she felt much more at ease.
Zhou Yun was a kind and amiable person, always smiling when he spoke. Xu Shengjie's brothers and sisters were also very well-behaved, and at least they looked much more obedient than her.
After all, it wouldn't be easy to find a girl more naughty than Baoling.
However, this time, Liang Baoling, who had always been carefree, became unusually gentle and well-behaved.
She sat obediently next to her third sister, eating in silence, calling whoever Song Chunhua asked her to, and looking around quietly when she was not assigned anything.
It was different in the city. There was a big yard, but there were many people living in it, more crowded than my own home. My brother-in-law had seen it before. It was the first time I saw my brother-in-law's grandmother. She seemed to be easy to talk to. My brother-in-law's younger brother was eating with big mouthfuls and talking loudly. As for my brother-in-law's younger sister...
She glanced across secretly and happened to meet Xu Shengya's seemingly unintentional gaze.
The two little girls smiled at each other, then hurriedly lowered their heads to eat.
Liang Baoling thought to herself: "...her dimples are so cute."
Xu Shengya thought to herself: "...her eyes are so big."
Liang Baozhen was sitting next to Baoling. Seeing the two girls' interaction, she nudged her sister with her elbow and leaned over to whisper, "Didn't you want to meet Xiaoya before? She's about the same age as you. Why don't you play together after dinner?"
"Yeah." Liang Baoling was rarely reserved. She placed her left hand neatly on the table and ate her meal seriously.
After dinner, Song Chunhua rushed to help wash the dishes, but Zhou Yun refused. The two argued for a while, and finally Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie took over the job.
The others were talking in the room. Liang Zhigao and Song Chunhua naturally talked about the marriage between the young lady and Xu Shengjie, and they expressed a lot of emotion. Zhou Yun was also a talkative person, and Liang Baoying was there to accompany them.
The two adults had a very pleasant conversation.
The adults were chatting animatedly, but Liang Baoling, for once, became shy and stayed still beside her mother.
Liang Baozhen washed the dishes, wiped her hands on her apron, and called Baoling, "Go over and play with Xiaoya."
Liang Baoling looked at the little girl next to Grandma Zhou, who was a little shy, stammering and unable to speak.
Xu Shengjie was putting away the dishes and chopsticks. When he saw the two of them, he called his sister over and said, "Xiaoya, come here."
Xu Shengya ran over on her two thin legs, and Xu Shengwei came over uninvited behind her.
"Didn't you want to meet Baoling before? Now that she's here, why don't you take her out to play? You're still the host, so hurry up and take the initiative."
Xu Shengya looked at Liang Baoling, who was about the same height as her, with clear eyes. She was a little shy and tried to move her mouth, "Do you want to see my candy wrapper?"
Liang Baoling looked at Xu Shengya and nodded, saying in a clear voice, "Okay."
The two little girls went to Xu Shengya's room together, feeling a little shy.
"Wait for me!" Xu Shengwei felt that he was also the host, so he must go too. "What are you looking at the candy wrappers for? Why don't we go play marbles together?"
"Liang Baoling, do you want to come with us? I'm telling you, there are still flying insects in our yard."
"The bugs you gave us last time were pretty tasty."
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Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the three children go into the house.
"We wanted to get to know each other so much before we met, but now we don't even talk when we meet, haha." Liang Baozhen thought it was funny when she thought about the two little girls secretly looking at each other just now.
Xu Shengjie also smiled, which was rare. Today the house was lively. It had been a long time since the house was so lively. Everyone was happy. "Look, Xiaowei is thick-skinned and doesn't shy away from strangers. He chatters with everyone he meets."
"Xiao Wei is very capable..."
Before Liang Baozhen could finish her words, she saw Xu Shengwei coming out of the house in a depressed mood.
"Xiao Wei, why did you come out?"
Xu Shengwei immediately became angry and started to complain, "Brother, sister-in-law, they think I'm too noisy! They won't let me stay in the room!"
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