Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

On the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zixuan and Jinghan went to Erlin's house to see their new daughter-in-law, and gave her a piece of red woolen cloth and a gold hairpin. After that, they came out of Erlin's house and took people to the town.

The group brought a lot of things, and Qian and the others also followed. Before leaving, Zixuan told his parents that he would stay in the town for a few days and let Jinghan stay at her parents' house.

Naturally, the Xing family didn't say anything. He simply said that they could stay there until they came back before the new year. Although Mr. Lin and the old lady were reluctant to part with their great-grandson, they didn't say anything. They just asked Jinghan to spend time with the old man.

It didn't take long to drive the carriage from the village to the town. It took about a quarter and a half to arrive at the door of the Xu family.

The boy in front stepped forward and knocked on the door. When the concierge Lao Wangtou heard that Jinghan and the others were back, he quickly opened all the doors and asked someone to go in and report.

Both Zhixin and his wife were at home. It was almost the New Year, and the family had to buy new year's goods. Wenhan had already written a letter, saying that everyone was coming back this year, so Zhixin and Xue had been buying a lot of new year's goods at home these days.

At this moment, Zhixin and his wife were sitting in the old man's room, and everyone was talking about New Year's goods. The little girl Zi Wan came in from outside, "Old man, old lady, master, madam, the second young lady and my uncle are back."

This Aster is the newly bought girl. In the past, Ziwei, Zisu, Zikui and others were married a long time ago, but now the ones in the family are Aster and Ziying. These two girls usually wait on the old couple in front of them. Zhixin and his wife are still the same as before and are not used to being waited on.

When everyone heard this, they all became happy. Zhixin and his wife put on their clothes and went out. Before they could walk out the door, Zixuan and Jinghan were already carrying their children into the house.

"Dad, Mom, we are back." As soon as Jinghan saw her parents, she couldn't stop crying.

He took a step forward and hugged Jinghan, "My daughter, I hope you are back." The two of them just hugged each other and shed tears.

Little Qingyao was held in her mother's arms, sandwiched between Jinghan and Xue. Her little head twisted around and she looked at the two people in front of her curiously. "Mom, don't cry, blow it." After saying that, he lay on Jinghan's face and blew on Jinghan.

When Mrs. Xue saw Qingyao like this, she burst into tears and smiled, "Look at us two, what are we doing?" Mrs. Xue wiped her tears and said to Qingyao, "Come here, let grandma hug you."

Qingyao looked at Mrs. Xue, then looked back at Jinghan, "Mom, grandma?" He was asking Jinghan if the person in front of her was grandma.

Jinghan also wiped away her tears and nodded towards her son, "Qingyuan, Qingyuan, these are grandma and grandpa."

The old man in the house heard the movement in the outhouse and shouted, "Jinghan, Zixuan, come in quickly. Let grandpa see you, why are you still standing in the outhouse talking?"

All the people in the outer room laughed, and Zixuan quickly hugged Qingyuan and walked to the inner room. "Master, grandma, we are back."

The old man and the old lady couldn't sit still on the kang. As soon as they saw the child Zixuan was holding, the old man's face broke out into a smile. "Hey, this is Qingyuan, he's grown so big. Well, he does look a lot like Zixuan." He turned around and saw Qingyao holding Xue, "Is this the second child? Why does he look so much like Zixuan?" ah?"

Everyone laughed, "You old guy, that's Zixuan's son. If he's not like Zixuan, who else can he look like? Jinghan's appearance must be that of a girl to look good. Boys are so delicate and capable." What?" The old lady glanced at the old man, and then took Qingyao from Xue's arms, "Let me see my great-grandson, have you ever seen my grandma?"

"Zixuan, Jinghan, you all hurry up and sit on the kang. And my eldest niece, come and sit too. Jinghan brought you back from such a long distance. I have to say, thanks to my eldest daughter, I My niece is with Jinghan, and my aunt is here to thank you." When the old lady saw Qian, she asked Qian to sit down as well, then took Qian's hand and talked to her affectionately.

"Aunt, it depends on what you said. Jinghan and I had a bad temper, and Jinghan and his wife didn't say anything to me. I don't have a home either. Jinghan's place is my home, and I'm still waiting for Jinghan to give it to me. It's for old age." Mr. Qian sat on the edge of the Kang and chatted with the old lady with a smile.

"Yes, that's what Jinghan should do. It's okay. If Jinghan and his wife treat you badly, just tell Zhixin and his wife. You are Jinghan's aunt, and it is necessary to provide for her in her old age." The old man was here said over there.

Everyone laughed, but did not continue the topic. Jinghan asked someone to gather all the things they brought, "Didn't we leave a separate cart of things this morning? It was divided into three parts, reserved for the third uncle, the fourth uncle, and the little aunt. The rest is The two carts of food are for here. The fish and meat above are all moved to the warehouse for freezing. Some grains and other items are moved to the kitchen, and the remaining fabrics are brought in. "

Changshun quickly agreed and went out. He originally came from this family, so he is naturally familiar with it, and he knows where everything should be placed.

"Grandpa, grandma, we didn't bring anything good when we came back. It's poor over there, but there's no delicacies." Jinghan said half-jokingly.

"It's great that you can come back, but there is nothing. We are satisfied just seeing these two precious eggs." The old man brought Qingyao over and was playing with the child. Qingyao was not afraid of anything, and even reached out to pull the old man's beard.

"Qingyao, let go quickly, don't break my great-grandpa's beard." Jinghan saw it and said quickly.

"It's okay. The little guy doesn't have much energy. He's just curious. He'll be fine in a while." The old man didn't care and looked at Qingyao with a smile.

"By the way, Ziyuan, hurry up and ask the boys outside to go to the fourth master's house and the aunt's house to report the news. Just say that the second lady is back, and let them come if they can come. If they can't come, just wait. Let the second lady and the uncle go visit them tomorrow. We can't bear to leave the two little ones here, so we won't go anywhere today. We will have a good day here." The old lady suddenly remembered and asked someone to go to Zhi. De and Huixin reported the news.

"Your little aunt gave birth to another son, his name is Jingyao. He has just passed his 100th day. He looks pretty good. You will see him soon." The old lady talked about her daughter Huixin.

"Ah, then we should go to my aunt's house to have a look. How can we let them come over? It's the twelfth month of winter. What will happen if it freezes?" When Jinghan heard this, she quickly stopped and was about to go out. Aster said, "Aster, let someone go over and say, we are going to my aunt's place tomorrow, but don't let them come over. The child is too young to come out."

Zi Wan nodded and then went out.

"Mistress, look at my sister-in-law. She has given birth to another son now. This is great. He is younger than our Qingyao. Ouch, our child will suffer." Jinghan muttered there He stood up and said it was inappropriate, which made everyone laugh.

"What's the point? No matter how young my aunt's children are, they are still elders. Isn't it just the New Year? At that time, let Qingyuan and Qingyao go over to pay New Year greetings to my uncle, and then earn a red envelope and come back. Isn't that enough?" Xuan looked at Jinghan with a smile and helped her with ideas.

As soon as these words came out, everyone started laughing. For a time, the whole room was filled with laughter. Qingyuan and Qingyao didn't know what the adults were laughing at. They thought it must be something happy, so the two children also laughed, and Qingyao laughed very loudly.

After everyone had laughed enough, the old lady continued to talk about things at home, "Wenxing has been studying medicine with your uncle. It's not bad. He is much more sensible than before. No, there is a family in the county , I’m optimistic about Wenxing. Your fourth uncle and the others also went over to see that girl. She’s quite good, but she’s a bit younger. She’s already been married and is waiting to get married the year after tomorrow.”

"Jinghe also announced the marriage. He belongs to a family in the county and is related to the Lu family. He seems to be some relative of Mrs. Lu's natal family. He is good-looking and a scholar. He is waiting for the provincial examination next fall. We have already made an appointment and will get married on the 16th of the first lunar month of next year. Originally, we planned to get married this year. Jinghe is already 17, so it’s time for us to get married. We’re planning on having you all come back this year. Let's have a good time together, so we decided to do it in the first month of the year." The old lady talked about the happy events in the family one after another.

Jinghan suddenly realized. She was just thinking about why she didn't see Jinghe after entering the house for so long. It turned out that she was getting married and had gone back to her home to prepare for the wedding. "Grandma, our family is having happy events one after another. Now the marriage between Wenxuan and Wenchang has not been finalized. These two boys don't know what they can find. Are they all spoiled for choice? "

"Wenchang is in the capital, and we can't control it. Whatever he likes to find, your elder brother will be watching. Wen Xuan, he said that he will take the Qiu Wei test again next year. Whether he can succeed or not will be decided after Qiu Wei. Marriage. Okay, let him, that kid has many ideas, we can't control him." The old man put a bag of cigarettes and was about to light it, but he saw the two Qingyuan people and threw the pot to him. Went aside.

"Old thing, even if you still have some sense, these two kids are still young, but they can't stand the smell of your cigarette. Wait until there is no one around before you smoke, or go out and smoke." The old lady saw it. The old man's actions made him unable to help but say.

Zhixin and Zixuan saw that they had nothing to say, and Weng and his son-in-law were talking quietly to the side. "Zixuan, what's going on over there in Xizhou? Is the disaster severe this year? Oh, we were very worried at home at that time. Your grandpa also said that someone would go over and have a look. If that didn't work, just Jinghan and the girls. Take it back. But at that time, the road was washed out, so we didn't go there. We were relieved when your third uncle and Wen Chengwenxing came back and said it was okay. "