On the first day of the New Year, all the villagers visited each household to pay New Year's greetings. Song Yuehua laid out a lot of dried fruits and food to entertain the guests.
In addition to the few families I am on good terms with, even people I don’t see much of each other often come to visit.
Mrs. Liao from the village came with her eldest grandson and put handfuls of melon seeds into her pockets.
Tang and Zhang happened to come over, and when they saw it, they laughed and said, "Oh, you are here to pay New Year's greetings! Don't burst your pockets."
Zhang frowned and said, "It's better to be polite in someone else's house."
As a result, Mrs. Liao pretended not to hear it.
Tang took the plate and said with a smile, "At least leave a few for Auntie. Where else can you find such a treat? Daya is so polite. She only uses good things to entertain the villagers. If she had known that people would eat and take away, I think she should have learned from other families and put out some dried sour fruits. Aunt Liao, do you think I am right?"
Zhang continued, "Tell mother when you get back that the good stuff should be put away. You should just entertain the guests and let others come to buy the goods."
Mrs. Liao laughed awkwardly twice and quickly took her grandson away.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Aunts, please sit for a while. I'll go get some more melon seeds. There's also sweet water boiling on the stove."
"Don't take it anymore," Tang stopped him, "If you take it out again and run into someone shameless, you'll take it all."
Song Yuehua still brought out a plate of melon seeds and said, "It's just one case like this. We can't let a rat shit spoil the whole pot of soup. Melons and fruits are meant to entertain guests. How can we hide them all?"
At night, Madam Xia brought two jars of wine over. "Girl, I'll leave all the wine here with you. Those two have nothing to do and never sober up all day. They bought six or seven jars and wish they could soak in the wine jars all day. They're groggy all day and don't even talk to you about serious matters."
Song Yuehua took the wine jar and asked, "What's the serious matter?"
Madam Xia said, "Bian Wu and Zhang Rushan are planning to take part in the county exam in April this year. There is no problem with their knowledge. Whether they pass or not, they will give it a try so that they can have some idea of their success."
Song Yuehua nodded, "There are only a few months left, let's say hello to their families first..."
"That's what I want to talk about," Madam Xia glanced outside the door and whispered, "The fact that Bian Wu took the imperial examination needs to be kept secret."
"Why?" Song Yuehua asked puzzledly.
Madam Xia said, "Bian Wu seems to have some problems with his family. He hopes we can help keep the matter of the imperial examination a secret. He has the money, so don't worry. It won't be too late to talk about it after the imperial examination."
"You don't want your son to take the imperial examination? What kind of logic is that? If you really don't want him to take the imperial examination, why did you send him to school in the first place? Isn't that contradictory?"
Song Yuehua found it hard to understand.
Madam Xia hummed lightly and said, "I asked Zhang Dandan to find out about this matter privately. The Liu family lives next to the Bai family's house. It is said that the woman in the Bian family is a little abnormal."
Abnormal? Is it mental illness?
This doesn't make sense. After all, Bian Zhong is normal. Song Yuehua really can't understand any reason to stop her son from taking the imperial examination.
At noon, Xiaoyu brought Dabao and Xiaobao back. The three of them played with some other children in the village. Dabao and Xiaobao had a bag full of fruits and snacks, which were given to the twins by the villagers.
Dabao was carrying a dried grass carp on his back. Upon asking, he found out that it was Gouwazi who hung it there for him.
Song Yuehua took the fish down and said, "I'll steam some grass carp for you tonight."
"Okay!" Dabao said happily.
"Go to the kang quickly and don't freeze." Song Yuehua drove the two kids out of the kitchen.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Xie Wenwu had to go to the Guan family to work, so he came to the Song family early. He carried the leather he brought from home into the house and said, "Master, this is what my mother asked me to give you. The leather has been nitrated and can be used directly. Since she is not good at sewing, it is better for you to do it."
"Thank your mother for me." Song Yuehua accepted it.
Most of the leathers are rabbit skins and roe deer skins. After being treated with nitrate, there is no peculiar smell at all. They are also very suitable for making blankets or cloaks in winter.
Unfortunately, her craftsmanship is not as good as Yu's, so she let Xiaoyu take it away. There is no kang in Qingzhou, so making a cloak will be warm enough.
Third grade of junior high school.
Madam Nie wanted to hold a family reunion banquet, so she asked someone to buy a lot of fish and meat, and cooked two tables of food in the courtyard. All the guests were acquaintances.
In addition to the people in the compound, the Zhou family, the Wang family, the Ma family, and the Zhu family were all called.
Madam Xia also helped with the arrangements.
After Zhang Dandan kowtowed, he called out "mother". Nie Nie smiled so hard that she pressed her eyes. Xia Niangzi said softly, "Congratulations!"
Ji Ming patted Zhang Dandan and said, "You will have a mother in the future."
"Yes, I have a mother too." Zhang Dandan said with a smile.
No matter whether it is Zhang Dandan, Gao Wazi, or Tangyuan, they are all lonely children. Ji Ming is happy for them from the bottom of his heart to see what they have today.
At the banquet, Zhang Dandan kept calling "A Niang". At first, Song Yuehua thought this child was very sweet.
But she sat next to Nie Niangzi, and she could hear Zhang Dandan's voice in her ears: Mother, try this, Mother, try that, Mother, is it delicious? Mother...
After returning home from the banquet, Song Yuehua's mind was still echoing, "Mother... Mother..."
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Song Yuehua asked Duan Yidao to take Xiaoyu to the dental clinic in the county town.
This time when Song Yuehua came to the dental clinic, she wanted to buy someone.
She hadn't thought it through before. In order to save money on food and accommodation, she let Xiaoyu live in the big room, and conflicts were inevitable.
This time I met Yao Er, and I was able to buy him. If I get promoted to the intermediate or advanced class in the future, if I meet this kind of person again, money will not be the solution.
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