Wang staggered. She could imagine her mother-in-law's expression when she saw the dumplings. She was even worried that her husband would drive them out of the city if they were not allowed to eat the dumplings.
During the winter solstice, not only Zhao Dawen had to go to the old house, but Zhao Dashu also had to go to celebrate the festival.
The whole family was dressed up beautifully and rode in their own carriage. They were not trying to show off, but were really afraid of getting their shoes dirty or wet.
"Xiao Lei, we're leaving first. Ask the kitchen to make whatever you want for lunch." Every time Song felt sorry for leaving him alone at home during a holiday.
"I know, auntie. I won't starve myself." Xiao Lei helped Song onto the carriage. Zhao Dashu watched from the side and clicked his tongue. This kid started by being attentive to his daughter and now he's being attentive to his wife. Xiao Lei carried Lihua onto the carriage again. Damn, he didn't even let his little daughter go. All the women in the family are on his side. How can he have a good life in the future?
His wife, his daughter, and the bad boy did all his work. Zhao Dashu got on the carriage with a sour face.
"The eldest son is here!" Old Mrs. Sun was so happy to see her eldest son that she forgot all her previous unhappiness.
"Mom, I haven't been home for a while. Are you and Dad okay?"
"Okay, okay, sure. Oh, why did you bring anything with you? You have to buy everything in the county. We have everything we need at home. Don't bring anything in the future." Old Mrs. Sun took the basket happily. Her eldest son is filial.
When Old Man Zhao in the main room heard that his eldest son had brought something, he raised his head in surprise. Humph, he finally behaved like a human being this time.
Only Wang felt nervous, waiting for her mother-in-law to make trouble. Why is the vegetable basket in the hands of the head of the household? Because she is afraid that her mother-in-law will throw the cabbages in her face if she holds them.
Old Sun happily lifted the white cloth on the basket and was about to praise her eldest son for his filial piety, but she didn't expect to see only a wilted cabbage in the basket. "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"I thought that we must make dumplings at home today, the winter solstice. Mom, I know that Dad and Mom like to eat cabbage and meat dumplings, so I brought a cabbage to add to the meat stuffing later. It can be regarded as a filial piety of a son."
Old man Zhao wanted to throw the cabbage in Zhao Dawen's face. "Brother, you are so filial. You know that our parents love to eat meat, so you specially brought a cabbage." Zhao Dayong said sarcastically.
There was not a single cabbage in their cellar, and it would be a disgrace to his grandma's house. He might as well come empty-handed.
"Brother, what do you mean?"
"Literally, big brother, do you think we rural people need a cabbage from you? Don't you know what our family lacks?"
"Okay, stop arguing." Zhao Datou had a headache. They always quarreled when they met. There was no affection between the brothers. In the past, even if the eldest brother's family came empty-handed, the eldest brother's family would be extremely warm and enthusiastic. Not only would they ask about their well-being, but they would also clean their house early, heat the kang, and wait for their parents to come.
Now...ah, Old Man Zhao is completely disappointed with his two, no, three sons.
For a moment he wanted to shout at Zhao Dawen, telling him to take his cabbage and get out.
Son of a bitch, I've raised him for decades and the only time I saw him bring something home was a cabbage. With just one big cabbage, the whole family still dares to dream of meat dumplings? Go back to their house and eat their cabbage stalks.
Zhao Dayong was also very angry. It would be better if he came empty-handed so that he wouldn't feel so bad about his food.
"Dad, I'm here. I'm here to celebrate the festival with you!" Zhao Dashu's voice came before anyone else could speak. Zhao Dawen instinctively wanted to hide the cabbage in his mother's hand.
"Hey, big brother is also here!"
Zhao Dawen was jealous. He hadn't seen his third brother's family for a while, and it seemed that they looked even richer. The cloaks they were wearing were obviously not ordinary furs. He had seen similar cloaks on his third brother in the county town, and each cloak seemed to have cost more than one hundred taels of silver. The whole family had one, and the fur on Xiaoyu and Song seemed to be better than that on the third brother.
There is also a jade hairpin inserted in the hair crown of his third brother. The jade is transparent. When he had money before, he wanted to buy a hairpin like that, but it was too expensive and he couldn't afford it.
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