On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people came to Tian Cai to pay New Year's greetings.
She was still sleepy at the time, and when she heard the knock on the door, she thought she was going to see a patient, so she got up in a daze.
She drank some wine last night, and her body couldn't hold much alcohol, so she still felt dizzy.
When she opened the door, she saw several people outside. They were all familiar faces in the village. They were holding something in their hands. They smiled when they saw her open the door.
"Doctor Tian, Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year, Doctor Tian!"
"Happy New Year!"
Qiu Ju looked at Tian Cai's disheveled hair and confused eyes, and immediately understood, "Doctor Tian must have been on guard duty last night and hasn't woken up yet!"
"Are we here too early?"
Tian Cai had already figured out what was going on. She rubbed her eyes to clear her mind a little before smiling and inviting them into the house.
After entering the house, they sat in the main hall and talked for a few words. They ate some melon seeds and candies that Tian Cai brought and then left.
Some children will come to visit them soon to wish them a happy new year, so they have to go home and wait.
Tian Cai thought secretly that, apart from acupuncture and bitter medicine, she probably wouldn't like children to come over.
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married daughters-in-law return to their parents' home. The village is very lively early in the morning. Tian Cai went out to pour water and happened to see Qu Ting's family of four walking out with large and small bags. There were many people like them, and many married girls also came back with their husbands-in-law.
Everyone wore their new clothes to show their best side to their bride's family, and they always exchanged a few words when they met on the road.
"Auntie is going back to her parents' home?"
"Yes, yes, you've returned with your new son-in-law. You look so energetic!"
"What did you get for your mother?"
"They're all worthless things, nothing compared to the hot-selling items your daughter always brings from the supply and marketing cooperative. Speaking of filial piety, she's truly the first in our village!"
"Oh, no, don't praise her. It's just my in-laws being polite."
Everyone's face was filled with joyful smiles, no matter whether it was true or false, those whose mothers' families were in the same village would walk together, and even Old Man Chen's donkey cart could not pull them all.
For example, if Qu Ting's mother has a son and a daughter who are not married yet, she will take the whole family back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. When Qu Ting gets married, she will go back on the third day of the Chinese New Year.
In previous years, Aunt Du would let her sons take their children and wives back to their mother-in-law's house on the second day of the Lunar New Year. However, this year, she did not let them go. It was the first time for the new son-in-law to come back for the New Year, so the whole family had to be there. This also showed her importance to the son-in-law, so as to avoid embarrassing Xiuyan's return. Coincidentally, Luo Fuying would also be back on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so she would invite the second son over, and it would be lively for the whole family to have dinner together.
So when Luo Xiuyan and Liu Chuanjie came back, the Luo family yard was particularly lively. Not only were there the families of Luo Daqiang and Luo Dazhuang, who had already separated, but also Luo Fuying and Luo Ershu's family who had returned to her mother's home. A group of people sat together and made a lot of noise, which was very lively.
In the afternoon, while Liu Chuanjie was talking to his two brothers, Luo Xiuyan secretly ran to the kitchen and saw her mother checking whether the chicken stewed in the pot was cooked.
"Why are you here?" Aunt Du looked up and said, "Hurry up and go inside, or else the new clothes will be hard to wash if they get greasy."
"I won't." Luo Xiuyan walked to Aunt Du's side, sat by the stove and helped to light the fire, just like before she got married.
Aunt Du looked down and felt her eyes warm up, tears almost falling out. No matter what her daughter said, she was still worried about her daughter living well in her husband's family.
In her opinion, her daughter is the treasure in her hands. Thinking of the grievances she suffered at the hands of her mother-in-law, and now her daughter has to suffer all these grievances, Aunt Du feels even more uncomfortable.
"Mom," Luo Xiuyan poked the firewood at the bottom of the pot with a fire stick, her cheeks flushed, "I think I'm pregnant."
"Really?" Aunt Du looked up in surprise, the tears in her eyes still not gone.
Fortunately, Luo Xiuyan was too shy to look up. "That was several days late."
Aunt Du was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. "Oh, that's great! My daughter is so lucky. She's already pregnant after just over two months of marriage. Just look at your mother-in-law who will be so happy if she gives birth to a big fat boy!"
Luo Xiuyan thought the same thing. Her eyes sparkled as she said, "I want to ask Tian Cai to see if I'm really pregnant so I can have a better idea of what's going on."
"Yes, yes, yes, hurry up, let's go there now. It's not far to come back after you finish looking at it. I'll ask your brother to take you there!" As he said that, he turned around and went into the house to call Luo Daqiang over.
"No, no, no," Luo Xiuyan hurried forward and hugged her mother's arms, saying shyly, "It's not certain yet. What if she's not pregnant? It would be so embarrassing. Don't worry about it. I can go by myself. It's just a few steps away."
"Yes, yes, yes. If you are really pregnant, you can't tell anyone until you are three months pregnant."
Luo Xiuyan passed by her mother's place and said hello to Liu Chuanjie who was talking in the main room. Then she put her hands in the pockets of her cotton coat, put on her hat, and strolled towards Tian Cai.
Because I suspected I was pregnant, I walked very slowly and carefully along the way.
Tian Cai took her hand away from Luo Xiuyan's wrist, smiled and nodded to the person who had been staring at her. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and almost jumped for joy.
Tian Cai calculated the time and said, "A little over a month."
Luo Xiuyan happily turned around twice on the ground, "I said my feeling was right, I felt that I was pregnant."
Tian Cai asked her about other pregnancy reactions and confirmed that the girl was not nauseous or vomiting, and that her body did not feel anything for the time being and that everything was fine. He then reminded her of some precautions during pregnancy before letting her go.
The village was very lively for several consecutive days. Tian Cai often saw unfamiliar children in the village, who were probably visiting relatives. He also saw several children who had diarrhea because they suddenly ate too much greasy food. This liveliness continued until the fifth day of the New Year.
It’s not that the New Year is over after the fifth day, but something big happened in Kaoshan Village on the night of the fifth day of the New Year.
Old man Feng's leg was broken.
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