bookcurios Chapter 148 Reunion Year
Chapter 148 Reunion Year
Jiang Xiaohe told Zhang Fu this again, and Zhang Fu nodded: "That's fine. Since Dashan left, our home has been really quiet. It will be more lively if there are more people."
Wang Qiuxia looked at him gratefully, turned around and urged Wang Hong to drive the ox cart back: "You come over to celebrate the New Year, and it won't interfere with your business then."
Wang Hong nodded slightly and said somewhat unnaturally: "Aunt, thank you, my cousin's wife, and my uncle-in-law."
After he said that, Wang Qiuxia felt a little touched: "We are a family, so why are we talking so differently? Let's go back early. It gets dark early in winter."
Wang Hong set off driving the ox cart.
As soon as she returned to the house, Jiang Xiaohe said to her, "Mom, tomorrow, tell your second uncle and second aunt to come over for dinner. We can have hotpot in this yard."
Wang Qiuxia smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, okay!"
Then she went to the kitchen, made paste, and hung up the couplets on the door with Jiang Xiaohe. Jiang Xiaohe also hung up the red lantern. Wang Qiuxia said with emotion: "It looks really beautiful."
"Mom, I also bought some firecrackers. Let's set them off tomorrow night after we finish watching the New Year!"
There was another quarrel in the village in the afternoon. I heard that Sun Tingfang beat Li Taohua at home again. It seemed that she spent dozens of coins to buy some mushrooms to eat!
A few dozen coins! She could buy two kilograms of meat, but why did she buy some mushrooms? Sun Tingfang scolded her for being lazy and gluttonous and not knowing how to live.
The next morning, the sky was very clear but also very cold. Jiang Xiaohe got up and changed Zhang Chuan into the new clothes that Wang Qiuxia had made for him. When he put them on, he looked like a child walking out of a painting in his previous life. When she put a hat on him, Wang Qiuxia sighed that it was as if she saw Dashan when he was a child.
When I thought of this, I couldn't help but feel sad again.
Jiang Xiaohe patted her shoulder and said, "Okay, mother. Dashan has been gone for a long time. After breakfast, let's go to his grave and bring Chuan'er with us."
"Well, Mom is fine. I just suddenly thought of him."
Jiang Xiaohe didn't say much. After breakfast, the family went to burn incense to their ancestors. Usually, Wang Qiuxia would just worship at home, but during this New Year, she still had to visit the grave.
They met Zhang Quan on the way, and the two families got together. Wang Qiuxia also invited them to her home for dinner in the evening.
Zeng Hua smiled and said, "I also said that I would invite my eldest brother and his wife and their family to come to my house for dinner tonight."
Jiang Xiaohe said, "Second Aunt, it's all the same. You can come to our house to eat in the evening and we'll have hot pot in the yard."
"Okay, then Second Aunt will come over to help you this afternoon."
Arriving at Zhang Dashan's grave, Wang Qiuxia burned paper with red eyes, then hugged Zhang Chuan and said, "Chuan'er, kowtow three times to your father."
Zhang Chuan imitated how they had just gone to the grave and kowtowed to Zhang Dashan quietly.
Zeng Huadu sighed: "This kid is quite smart!"
But that’s not it!
After visiting the grave, the family had just returned home not long after that, and Wang Hong and her family also arrived home.
This time he did not come empty-handed. Chen Xiuquan brought two kilograms of meat, a chicken, and a small bag of rice.
"Look at you guys. I asked you to come over for the New Year reunion, but you are so polite."
Chen Xiuqun smiled and said, "How can I eat you every time?"
Wang Qiuxia welcomed them in.
Wang Daya immediately ran to the kitchen to help, and Wang Xiaoya ran to light the fire.
As soon as Wang Qiuxia entered the kitchen carrying the meat, she laughed and said, "These two kids!"
As he said this, he took a bowl and poured them some sugar water to drink.
Wang Daya took the sugar water, took a sip, and said to Wang Qiuxia, "Aunt, tell me how to do it. I'll do it. You go and talk to grandpa and grandma."
"It's okay, my aunt is here, you just arrived, go and rest."
Wang Daya was unwilling and pushed her out of the kitchen door. The two sisters were busy in the kitchen.
Jiang Xiaohe looked at this scene and exchanged glances with Chen Xiuqun. Chen Xiuqun said, "After returning from your place last time, Daya has changed a lot. When someone in the village scolded her, she would just scold them back. As more people scolded her, no one dared to say anything to her anymore."
After saying this, she became a little worried: "But just like this, she will be cursed by others. It has been so long, and no matchmaker has come to her house to arrange a marriage for her."
After hearing this, Wang Qiuxia couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. As long as Daya can stand up on her own, people who see good in her will always appear!"
Bai Yulan nodded in agreement: "Qiuxia is right. Daya suffered a lot in the past because we relied too much on her. She was so cowardly and timid. Now she is like this, I think it's good for her."
Wang Fusheng also nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the two old men said this, Chen Xiuquan naturally stopped talking. The group of people sat in the main room and chatted.
Jiang Xiaohe left Zhang Chuan here and went to the kitchen to help.
As soon as Wang Daya saw her coming, she asked quickly, "Xiao He, can I make a stew of radish and meat and stir-fry some cabbage for lunch?"
"Why not? Just watch me and I'll help you, but..."
She took out the remaining mushrooms she had picked this morning and said, "Let's fry some more mushrooms. You can try the difference between my mushrooms and those from the mountains."
Wang Daya nodded and started working on the stove with swift hands and feet. Jiang Xiaohe chatted with them while picking vegetables.
At noon, a table was just full, and she took out a jar of wine that she had left behind. This jar had a lot of sugar in it, and she had kept it for drinking during the New Year.
"Today, everyone will try the fruit wine I brewed."
As he said this, he took a bowl and poured some into everyone's bowl.
Wang Daya quickly waved her hands and said that she couldn't drink.
"Don't worry, big sister. This is fruit wine. It tastes sweet and is suitable for people of all ages."
Only then did Wang Daya stop refusing.
Everyone clinked their wine bowls, wishing for a better life in the coming year, and then began the reunion dinner.
Wang Dayi took a sip and his eyes lit up. He looked at the wine in the bowl again and exclaimed, "It's really good wine!"
After lunch, Jiang Xiaohe took out the sesame oil she had bought from the grain and oil shop yesterday.
"You also bought this. This is so expensive!"
Yes, such a small jar cost her dozens of coins!
In ancient times, most households used lard, and the sesame oil was basically bought from temples.
"Mom, this will work. Scoop out some of the chili sauce you chopped a few days ago."
After saying that, she went to the backyard and picked some wild onions and ginger that she had picked in the summer.
Wang Qiuxia saw that she had prepared so many things, but there was not much of each one, and for a moment she didn't know what she should do.
But when I saw her pour most of the sesame oil in a can into the pot, I felt distressed for a moment.
But when Jiang Xiaohe added spices and onions and ginger into the pot one after another, the aroma that came out made everyone in the yard cry with greed.
"Cousin, what are you cooking? It smells so good!"
Zeng Hua came in with Zhang Da Niu. Zeng Hua said loudly, "Oh my God, what delicious food is this? It smells so good that it almost makes me swallow my tongue."