Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Aunt Zixuan has two daughters and two sons at home, both of whom are not very old. The eldest is a daughter, about fifteen years old this year, the second and third are boys, one thirteen and one eleven, and the youngest is a girl, only nine years old this year.

Jinghan took her eldest cousin's hand and kept praising her for how good she looked. Then she took off a bracelet from her own hand and put it on the girl's hand. "Sister-in-law doesn't have anything to give you. Keep this for fun."

The bracelet is green and clear, a rare and top quality item. Aunt Zixuan saw it and said quickly, "Ling'er, return the bracelet to your cousin quickly. That thing is very valuable." After saying that, she came forward to return the bracelet to Jinghan.

"Auntie, it's just a meeting gift I gave to my sister. It's not worth anything. My sister is as young as a flower, and it's time to dress up properly. Come back to the house with me later, and I'll find some good-looking materials for my sister. , go back and make some clothes to wear. I just want to dress up and find a good husband." Jinghan waved her hand and stopped her aunt.

Then Jinghan looked at the little cousin again, "Qing'er, come here too. My sister-in-law doesn't have anything Qing'er can use. You and your sister-in-law can go find two kinds of pearl flowers. Our Qing'er looks so cute, we must match it." Just add some beautiful pearl flowers. "It's just a small thing, Jinghan doesn't care about it. She has plenty of these things, but doesn't like wearing them, so it's better to give them as a favor. After all, they are all Zixuan's relatives, and it is much better to have a good relationship than to have a tense relationship.

When the little girl heard this, she became happy and said, "Thank you, cousin."

So Jinghan led her two cousins ​​to her yard. After settling Qingyuan and Qingyao, he asked Chuncao to bring out his jewelry box, and then asked his two cousins ​​to pick out jewelry. The two little girls were not greedy. Ling'er picked a pearl hairpin and Qing'er picked two pearl flowers.

Jinghan had someone open the box again and took out some pieces of delicately colored fabric to make clothes for the two little girls. They were both made of excellent silk and satin, and the colors were vivid. The two little girls liked them so much that they didn’t know which one to choose. Jinghan was always a generous person, so she waved her hand and said that these horses were given to them.

Jinghan asked Chuncao to find two sets of study rooms and four treasures, and then everyone came to the front yard together. The two sets of four treasures of the study were given to Zixuan's two cousins.

As soon as Aunt Zixuan saw the fabric Jinghan gave her daughter, she opened her mouth to refuse, but Mr. He spoke first. "Sister, this is the friendship between their aunt and sister-in-law, so don't refuse. Aren't we happy to see the younger generation get along well with each other?"

After hearing this, Aunt Zixuan refused badly, so she ordered her daughter to pack things quickly to prevent them from being damaged.

The old lady was very satisfied after seeing Jinghan's performance. She loved her daughter very much, and even her daughter's children were the old lady's favorite. Now that Jinghan treats her grandson and granddaughter very well, the old lady is naturally very happy.

"Jinghan, have you eaten? We were just about to eat when you came back, or else we would eat some with your aunt?" He came from the kitchen, where the food was almost ready.

"Mom, we've all eaten. Let Zixuan have two more drinks with my little uncle, and I won't eat. I'm a little confused from all the tossing back and forth today, and I want to go back to the house to rest. My little aunt can stay at home longer. How many days? Then we can have dinner with my little aunt tomorrow." Jinghan felt a little tired and wanted to rest.

When He saw that Jinghan didn't look good, she quickly asked Jinghan to rest. "Then why don't you go back and lie down quickly? I see you don't look very good. Don't you think it's the wind? Your sister-in-law is not an outsider, and she won't pick on you."

Aunt Zixuan and the old lady also persuaded Jinghan to rest, so Jinghan took people back to her house.

After dinner, Mr. He also said he was sleepy, so he went back to the house with Xingjia to rest. Zixuan heard that his wife was not feeling well and hurried back to the house. Zixuan's uncle took the children to rest, leaving Aunt Zixuan still chatting with the old man and the old lady. "Mom, I think this Zixuan's wife is quite good at getting things done, so she's okay."

"Well, Jinghan, this child, is very smart and smart, and it is not something that ordinary people can keep up with." The old lady was quite satisfied with her grandson's daughter-in-law and couldn't fault her.

The old man snorted next to him, "What's the use of being smart? Which daughter-in-law doesn't let go of the family's property? She's good at keeping all the property in her own hands. Even Zixuan doesn't know about the family. How much money is there, what’s this thing?”

Aunt Zixuan glanced at her father, and then asked, "Mom, is what my father said true?"

The old lady nodded, "Well, Zixuan said it himself the other day, saying that he didn't know how much income his family had in a year." The old lady told the truth.

Aunt Zixuan's eyebrows stood up, "Isn't this too outrageous? Which family's women are like this? I said why is she so generous? It turns out she is holding the family's wealth. Take the Lin family's money She is very generous in giving favors.”

The old lady stretched out her hand and patted her daughter. "Don't talk nonsense. Jinghan bought all those properties with her dowry. Don't listen to your father's nonsense. Your father has been acting strange recently. He spends all day walking on that narrow bus." Jinghan is a good person. Without Jinghan, what would Zixuan be like now? Even if he could be an official, he would be in trouble and would not even be able to take care of himself. "

The old lady is still very fair in her dealings with others. So at this time, I opened my mouth to speak for Jinghan. "Old man, please calm down. It's good that Zixuan and the others can stay at home for about twenty days. After that, they still have to go back to Xizhou. If you make a lot of noise, be careful that they don't come back to see you in the future. You old guy."

Aunt Zixuan was silent for a while, "Since Jinghan used her own dowry to buy it, it really has nothing to do with us. The court does have laws that clearly stipulate that a woman's dowry is protected. "Zixuan's uncle works in the government office, so Zixuan's aunt knows a lot about these things.

The old lady glared at her husband, "Look, even our girl said this, why are you still trying to get into trouble? Live our life honestly, how old are you, and you still do so much? What are you doing with your free time?"

Jinghan and Zixuan returned to the Lin family and stayed at home honestly without running to town. In addition to chatting with the old couple every day, the most they can do is walk around the village. For example, Xu Chengyuan's family, Wu Haiming's father's family, these families who had good relations before, all went to sit one by one.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Xu family returned to the village, and everyone gathered at Xu Chengyuan's home. Then on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhixin brought his family to the Lin family.

In this way, it lasted until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There is nothing interesting about the Lantern Festival here, there are no lanterns to see. Fortunately, Mingyu and the others brought a lot of fireworks from the capital and gave many to Jinghan. On the night of the 15th, Zixuan accompanied Jinghan and led Qingyuan and Qingyao to set off fireworks in the open space outside the yard. The fireworks sent by Mingyu were naturally no ordinary fireworks, they were extremely gorgeous.

Fireworks flashed all over the sky, and the two little dolls raised their necks and looked up at the sky, clapping their hands excitedly.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Jinghan and the others left the village early and headed for the town. Before leaving, Zixuan told his family that he would stay longer this time and come back after Xu Chengkuan's birthday.

Naturally, Xingjia agreed wholeheartedly, and said that he would go to town to congratulate her on the 17th, and that he would also go to the town to celebrate his birthday on the 25th.

Jinghan and the others arrived in the town in a carriage without much effort. Today's Xu family is the most crowded one. Everyone who has gone back to their parents' home or lives with her husband's family is here.

Since Jinghe has lived here in the past few years, the old lady said that she wanted to get married from here. Han and Zhide discussed it and agreed. After all, the house here is much bigger, and their place is too small to live in with so many people. Moreover, the girls in the family all married from here, and now they are all living well. Han also intended to make Jinghe happy and live smoothly in the future.

So all Jinghe's dowry was delivered here in advance and placed on the floor of the old lady's house. Looking at the dowry tied with red silk all over the floor, Mrs. Han felt so happy.

Both Xue and Zhu took this matter as seriously as if they were marrying their daughters, and they were busy busying themselves. Both of them have experience, so they can organize things smoothly. Now Han doesn't have to worry much, and things are done very smoothly.

The closer the wedding day came, the more uneasy Jing He felt. She is different from these sisters. The person she wants to spend her whole life with does not meet many times. In the more than a year since we got engaged, we have only met less than ten times. They were still in the company of others, and we have never been alone together, let alone have a good heart-to-heart talk. So Jinghe is really a little confused about the future.

After all, Jingya and the others were married before, so they could understand a little bit about these things, so several people came to Jinghe's room to persuade Jinghe.

"Fifth sister, you don't have to think about anything. Just eat well, sleep well, and have enough energy. When I married your eldest brother, we didn't meet much. Look at us, aren't we living a good life now? "Huh?" Xiuyun persuaded Jinghe.

Yuzhen on the side was also there to persuade her, as was Jingwan. She had just met Yunfei and decided on the marriage.

With the persuasion of these people, Jing He's mood gradually stabilized.