Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Say goodbye to the old year with the sound of firecrackers, and the new year has arrived.

Ever since they separated, the Lin family has been immersed in the New Year atmosphere. Although the old man was still a little unwilling, he still cheered up and spent the New Year with his family with a smile.

On the first day of the first lunar month, several children from the Erlin family came over to pay New Year greetings. In addition, Zixuan Ziwen and others gathered together, and everyone had a lively time together. Zifu's daughter-in-law has a very cheerful temperament, she is the fierce and capable type, but she is more attracted to Jinghan. Jinghan had a good chat with her, and when they were about to leave, she gave her a lot of things. It made Yu Tao jealous.

Waiting until the third day of the first lunar month, it is the day for the girl who has left home to return to her parents' home. The custom in the north is different. You have to send off your daughter-in-law for the New Year before returning to your parents' home. Basically, you only send off the New Year on the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, so you can only go back to your parents' home on the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Early on the third day of the first lunar month, Yumei brought her husband and children back. Although they were in the same village, the rules had to be abided by.

Jinghan and Zixuan returned to the town with their children and people in their arms.

Zhixiang, Wanting, Wenhan and Xiuyun took people back to the county town early in the morning, while Wencheng and Yuzhen went to Sun's house. Neither Xue nor Zhu could go back to their natal families, so they were naturally at home. Besides, they were just these girls who were away from home.

Needless to say, Jingwan and Jingxian have always lived at home. Qingnian and Huixin, Pengcheng and Jingya all came back with their children, plus Zixuan and Jinghan, today is the day for these married daughters to get together.

The old man and the old lady are very happy. This year can be regarded as the happiest year. Surrounded by children and grandchildren, four generations live under one roof. This is the dream that the old man has worked hard for his whole life.

As everyone sat and chatted together, they inevitably started talking about the Lin family. When the old man heard that the Lin family was also divided, he couldn't help but sigh, "Okay, let's divide it when it's time to divide it, so as not to make trouble later. But this matter of offering sacrifices to the fields was done well. Boss, can our family also have to divide it? What to do?"

Zhixin nodded, "Dad, don't tell me, this is a good idea. In this way, when Wenhan and the others come back, we will have a good discussion. Our family has a large population, and now this generation of young people are also promising, so it is time to deal with this matter Done.”

The old man looked at Qingnian again, "Qingnian, what happened to the Tao family's old house?"

Tao Qingnian didn't hide anything and told the story about the old house. Those who wanted debt actually went to the old house later. At that time, the old man of the Tao family had come back and divided up the family before others came. Tao Qingyu's family secretly ran away in the middle of the night and went to his wife Feng's natal home to take refuge. Qingfeng and his wife were ordered by the old man to wait for the debt collectors in the old house.

When the debt collectors came and took away all the valuable things from the Tao family, the deed to the house was already in their hands, so naturally the house could not be saved. But these were not enough. Initially, Jingming borrowed one thousand taels at a compound interest rate, and finally it became 2,400 taels. The house was only worth two hundred taels. After finding silver and other valuables from Tao's house, they were able to get a discount of one thousand taels, leaving one thousand two hundred taels unaccounted for. In the end, those people took Jing Ming away, saying that when the Tao family collected enough money, they would redeem him.

In the middle of winter, the Tao family had no place to stay on the street. Later, Qingnian took them to a small courtyard that he had rented in advance. Originally, Qing Nian really wanted them to suffer more, but when he saw his parents at such an age, they were holding on to the few clothes they had and shivering in the cold wind. Qing Nian couldn't be so ruthless, so he quickly sent someone to pick him up.

Tao Qingfeng's wife was still complaining about Qingnian's refusal to take action, but she finally shut up after being scolded by the old man. This year, the Tao family spent their time in the newly rented courtyard. Someone gave me some things to celebrate the new year, so it was a happy new year at least.

However, Qingnian still couldn't get over that hurdle, so he only went there once that night and didn't go to see them after that. They just sent two women to take care of the old people, which saved the old couple from being unable to take care of themselves as they were getting older.

Only this Jingming, Qingnian has not figured out how to settle the situation or whether to rescue him.

Jinghan thought for a moment and then said, "Uncle, Zixuan has sent someone to inquire. The backstage of those people is the county magistrate of the county government. This person has just been here for more than two years, and he seems to be related to the Lu family. I know him too. In my opinion, let’s go find him and get him back. But we can’t do it so cheaply. Don’t we just send him to the coal mine? , go and work hard. Find someone to watch over him and don’t let him run away. After he has worked there for two or three years, he will come back and cherish his free days.”

Qingnian listened and nodded, "Okay, Jinghan's method is feasible. That child has been too pampered since he was a child, and finally got into such a problem. He should suffer a little. In this way, he owes him I’ll help you pay back the money.”

"No, he originally borrowed a thousand taels, and now these people have taken enough. There is no need to get used to those loan sharks. Just give them some more and it will be over. However, the Tao family boss , We have to ask them to find a way to pay part of the money. This is not something we owe them, it was his child who got into trouble, and it was not our child who got into trouble." Zhixin shook his head, if Qingnian helped pay for this. Well, the Tao family will definitely rely on him again in the future.

Everyone still agreed with Zhixin's statement, and the matter was settled in this way.

Zixuan and his wife had a meal at Xu's house and then returned to Lin's house. It was still two meals at this time, and it happened to be Shenshichu after finishing it. It was still bright outside, so it was convenient to go back.

Jinghan now understands that her husband's family is not her mother's family after all, and some things must be maintained carefully. Not long after Zixuan and Jinghan got married, they went to Zhendong. Although Jinghan came back to stay for a while later, Qingyuan was still young at that time, and Zixuan didn't come back with him either. The Lin family took Jinghan and treated her like a guest.

After returning this time, Jinghan finally realized the difference between her husband's family and her mother's family. No matter what you do wrong, no one will really take it seriously, and no one will hold grudges or anything like that. Even if something unpleasant happens, you can just turn around and get better. But the in-laws' family is different. Even if you don't make any mistakes, just a slight oversight in some point will be a big mistake in the eyes of your in-laws' family.

People say that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is difficult to get along with, but Jinghan thinks that Zixuan's mother is pretty good. Perhaps because they had known each other since childhood, He really loved Jinghan. Jinghan doesn't dare to be careless now, and carefully maintains this rare harmony, for fear that if she doesn't get it right, Zixuan will be in trouble.

These days, although the old man of the Lin family doesn't say anything, Jinghan can tell that the old man is a little unhappy. Jinghan couldn't figure out why he was upset, but it could not be separated from the events that happened a year ago. Whether Zixuan refuses to help Zifu or Ziwen wants to separate the family, these are things the old man does not want to see. Especially when the old man found out that Zixuan asked Jinghan to take care of the family's property, this was enough to make the old man feel unhappy, and his attitude towards Jinghan also changed somewhat.

Jinghan understood in her heart, but there was nothing she could do. After all, he is an elder. It is not easy to confront him, so he can only be careful and pay more attention. If it was Yi Jinghan's wish, she would have to stay at Xu's house for a few more days this time. But when he thought of these things about the Lin family, he held back and took the initiative to drag Zixuan back to the village.

"Madam, we will come back and live after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It happens to be the eighteenth day that Jinghe gets married, and grandpa celebrates his birthday on the twenty-fifth, so we will stay until grandpa celebrates his birthday, and then return to Xizhou. These days, It’s hard for you too, and I know it in my heart.” On the carriage, Zixuan hugged Jinghan and said in a low voice.

"It's okay, which daughter-in-law doesn't come here like this? I'm still fine. It took me several years to realize this. Then in some families, when a new daughter-in-law comes into the house, isn't it the rule? Everyone can bear it. What else do I have to deal with? People should just treat each other with respect, and things will be much less complicated. Grandpa is getting older, so I won't take it personally. "Don't worry, Jing Hanyi. He touched Zixuan's shoulder and smiled.

"Madam, we live our lives together and it has nothing to do with anyone else. No matter what anyone says, I only have you in my heart. Madam, do you understand?" Zixuan hugged Jinghan forcefully and assured Jinghan softly.

"Yes, I understand. You don't have to worry about me. We are far away from home and we won't be able to come back for several years. In just a few days, I won't get into trouble." Jinghan stretched out her hand and hugged her son Xuan's waist, burying his face into Zixuan's chest, "It's more comfortable to hold you. I just want to hold you like this. I want to hold you like this for the rest of my life."

"Okay, I'll let you hold me like this for the rest of my life." Zixuan smiled and reached out to touch Jinghan's black hair, "We will rely on each other like this until we grow old."

Zixuan and Jinghan returned to the Lin family, only to find that there was someone else at home. It turned out that Zixuan's aunt and her family had returned, and it seemed they were going to live at home for a while. Zixuan's uncle was the policeman in the county government, his surname was Jiang, but now he has become the head catcher. Zixuan's aunt is quite beautiful, she looks a lot like the old lady, she talks very fast, and she is a very powerful woman at first glance.

Aunt Zixuan was very happy when she saw Jinghan and the others coming back. Seeing how cute Qingyuan and Qingyao were, I was even more happy. I took out two red envelopes and stuffed them into the hands of the two little kids.

Qingyuan looked at Jinghan, who nodded. Only then did Qingyuan accept the red envelope.