If it was before, Gao Xiuju would definitely not be able to bear it, but now seeing the face of her niece Qing Miaoer, she doesn't want to meet Gao Xiulan anymore. At any rate, Qing Miaoer let everyone discover the life-saving food of the ancestors.
Besides, I have to hold a wedding today. I took other people's good things, so how could I mess things up? I'm sorry for the two catties of sorghum noodles.
She would never admit that it was because she couldn't beat Gao Xiulan!
Gao Xiuju stopped the smile on her face, and walked in with a sullen face, "Xiulan, look at what you said, it will be Chinese New Year soon, and the second sister will come to see you. And our Qing Miaoer said that she is a good husband's family." Well, I’m also here to say congratulations.”
"What's the matter, it's watching our Qing Miaoer find a good husband's family, and come to enjoy the glory." Gao Xiulan looked arrogant. Gao Xiuju has been arguing with her for so many years, so why should she come to gain her favor
Gao Xiuju: "..." Damn, she just knew this would happen, so she never came here. Otherwise, their aunts should have come long ago.
Why did she meet such a third sister
"Second aunt is here, come inside and warm up, what are you doing outside the station in this cold weather." Su Qinghe came out of the room and greeted.
She was just about to take a nap in the room, when she heard the movement, she quickly put on her clothes and came out. She knew that when her mother met someone she didn't like, she didn't care about what she said. You have to make the other party hate it.
Gao Xiuju looked at Su Qinghe's arrival, and her anger finally subsided a little. I comforted myself in my heart, forget it, forget it, it's important to do big things.
So following Su Qinghe's words, he entered the house.
"No, I brought something here for you. It's okay for the family to be poor. I distributed some grain and some wheat before, and I went to grind the flour. Knowing that our young seedlings like to eat fine grains, I sent a catty over."
Of course, the noodles are not very white. At the moment, the noodles in the countryside are all pressed with a little gray. However, this is already a rare fine grain.
Gao Xiulan smiled and narrowed her eyes when she looked at the things, she was different from her arrogant look just now, "Oh, second sister, you are too polite. Wait, I'll ask someone to pour water for you."
Then he shouted at the top of his voice, "Da Ya, where did Da Ya go, and pour water for your second aunt."
Da Ya has been hiding in the room with her younger siblings. She was just worried that her grandma would fight with her second aunt, so she kept hiding. Hearing the shouting, he ran out immediately.
Gao Xiuju: "..." This is a man of the wind...
Da Ya poured water over and went into the room again. Gu gave them some dried sweet potatoes, which happened to be roasted on the brazier and eaten.
Gao Xiulan doesn't have time to take care of these children now, she sits at her square table and looks at Gao Xiuju, "What are you doing here, I'm still preparing to go out."
Su Qinghe immediately said, "Second aunt, my mother is busy with my third brother's marriage recently, and she is a little anxious. It has no other meaning. She is also worried about her children."
Gao Xiuju took a sip of hot water, warmed her body, and rubbed her hands, "Don't worry, I have also found a family for our love party. What a good girl, I finally agreed with you."
Gao Xiulan didn't believe it, "You can be so kind, and tell our youngest a good family, what can you say good family?"
"...Tian Donglai's house! Their family is full of strong laborers who can work, that is, their daughter has been working in the field to earn work points for several years. Except for three children, there is no one in the family who is free. It is no worse than your old Su family. !"
Gao Xiulan's eyes lit up when she heard about Old Su's house. In this team, the conditions of every household are clear from door to door. Whether anyone is good or not, they all know their roots and bottoms. Tian Donglai's family was doing carpentry for urban residents before liberation, and his carpentry work is not bad at all. Even now some people are secretly asking him to pack two boxes. On the surface, of course it won’t work, but in private, I will also do a little manual work...
She was also worried that her daughter would not have a box when she got married. That's great.
"It must be that the little carpenter's family has taken a fancy to our love of the party." Gao Xiulan immediately said. She didn't believe that Gao Xiuju would really find a good family for her. The daughter-in-law Gao Xiuju found in her own family is not very good.
Gao Xiuju: "...you can say whatever you want, anyway, you can say it's okay."
"Okay, of course. The girl in their family is fairly tall. I don't need to look at her. Let's do things after the next year. Our family doesn't need much dowry, just twenty catties of grain. After all, the first year If you don’t earn work points for our family, you can’t eat other people’s rations, so just bring her own rations with you.”
Su Qinghe: ...It sounds weird, but it seems to make sense...
So she didn't speak either.
Gao Xiuju froze for a moment, and found that the same thing seemed to be happening. The food earned by the work is not limited, and you can't just eat the food from your brother-in-law as soon as you marry your in-laws. Brother and sister-in-law have to raise children and mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
Well, this one needs to be discussed with the Laotian family.
"Then what dowry gift will your family give? I'll go back and talk to Lao Tian's family."
"What dowry gift, who cares about this now. You can't even get enough food to pay back the dowry gift. At most, it's the same as Shuhong Osmanthus fragrans and the others, just make a new dress for a few feet of cloth and wear it in the door."
"... Your Qingmiaoer family gave the bicycle back, so you can't justify giving a piece of clothing to his daughter?" Tian Aiju still wants to save face. She can't do such a shameful thing.
Gao Xiulan gave her a blank look, "Our family is looking for the county magistrate's family, can it be the same? We are old farmers, on this condition!"
Su Qinghe didn't say anything about it. After all, the two sister-in-laws are the same, although she feels that it is a bit of a shame not to give the bride price. But the two sister-in-laws are the same, and they will change now. The sisters-in-law will have ideas in their hearts.
Gao Xiuju was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
With Gao Xiulan's temperament, Qing Miao'er is really a great blessing for the county magistrate's family to have a crush on Qing Miao'er. Otherwise, you have to think more about such an in-law.
She drank the last sip of water in the bowl, there was nothing left, and then stood up, "Okay, I'll go and answer. I don't care if it succeeds or not."
I got two catties of sorghum noodles and gave up one catty of white noodles. I don't know if I am losing money or gaining money.
What is she doing this for!
When Gao Xiuju left, Gao Xiulan also closed the door and warmed up at home and did not go out.
Anyway, with Lao Tian's family, she will wait.
Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua came back in the afternoon. There is not much work in the field now, they just go around to check and come back after earning some work points.
The three brothers of the Su family went to repair the reservoir.
Worried that the famine would continue in the coming year, Guo Changsheng discussed with the cadres in the team to continue snowing the reservoir. When the snow melts in spring next year, there will be no shortage of water.
Ding Guihua and Lin Shuhong were shocked when they heard that Lao Tian's family dragged their second aunt to come to marry. The Laotian family really agreed.
Neither of them really wanted Tian Xiaomei to come in. After all, there is more or less comparison among sisters-in-law. No one wants to find a sister-in-law who is better than their in-laws.
The two looked at each other, and Ding Guihua said, "Old Tian's family is good, even that Tian Xiaomei was raised as pampered and raised like our eldest sister, and her temper is not as sensible as our eldest sister. I'm worried that we will make trouble after we come."
When Su Qinghe heard this, he was somewhat worried. Her temperament is not brought up by pampering. If that girl Tian really had a bad temper, she would not be very happy. After all, her brother is also quite stubborn. How can two stubborn people live together.
However, the problem of temper is obviously not a problem in Gao Xiulan's eyes, "I have never seen such a temper in most of my life. As long as my mother's family is good, it will be fine. No matter who, as long as you come to our old Su's house, you have to follow the law." Follow my temper!"
Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua: It seems that this is indeed the case... I hope Lao Tian's family will not agree to come over.
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Gao Xiuju called Lao Tian's house when she got back, and Mrs. Tian's first reaction was to refuse. I have never seen such a married woman who brings her own rations and doesn't give anything to her mother's family.
They are not greedy for anything, the old Su family can have a fart. But just such a girl, married so wronged and wronged, people have to look down on their girl
However, their daughter Tian Xiaomei wants to marry Su Aidang anyway. I think as long as I get married, everything will be fine.
The old couple had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree.
So the next day, Gao Xiuju, a big matchmaker, happily talked back and forth.
I heard that the Laotian family agreed. Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua looked numb.
Su Qinghe is quite happy. The fact that the Laotian family can agree to such conditions shows that they are not particularly stubborn. Pulling the arrogant Gao Xiulan into the house, she returned two catties of rice to Gao Xiuju, a great matchmaker.
Gao Xiulan was in pain, Su Qinghe and Gao Xiuju said, "Second aunt, my mother thanks you for calling my third brother a good girl. She doesn't like to talk, but she understands it in her heart."
Gao Xiuju narrowed her eyes with a smile, thinking that she, the third younger sister, is usually not very attractive, but she is still very sensible at critical moments.
So without the two young people meeting each other, the marriage between Lao Su's family and Lao Tian's family was settled in this way, and Tian Xiaomei came in before the spring planting in the next year.
Su Qinghe thought about it and felt that he was lucky. After I settled down with Chang'an, at least I went to someone's house to see each other, and Chang'an also came to see each other at home. Then it was settled. And during the period when she didn't officially go to Chang'an's house, she could still regard them as dating.
Because two major issues have been resolved at home this year, the mood of the family is pretty good. Especially in the famine year at home, everyone in the family is living well, and by the end of this year, they are getting better. I feel very happy.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, everyone happily cleans the house at home and prepares for the New Year.
Su Qinghe also finished his cotton-padded clothes before the new year. It could have been done earlier, but she wanted to pass the assessment along the way, so she put some thought into it. It took a lot of effort. It's a pity that her skills are not good enough, so she failed the assessment, but at least she got some cotton cloth and cotton wool. So Xiaonian sent these to Gao Xiulan's big urn on this day.
"Mom, my dad is going to make you a new dress, and you can wear this material."
"Your dad is really serious. He should give you something. You should wear new clothes." Gao Xiulan blushed awkwardly.
Su Qinghe coughed, "Mom, my dad is relieved when he sees that I have a husband's family. You have suffered so much for so many years, so you should enjoy the blessings. You will enjoy the blessings in the future. Don't worry about anything." Don't worry about it anymore. Brothers and sisters.
Gao Xiulan thinks it makes sense, it's time to enjoy the blessings, "I'll do less housework from now on. I can relax with your new sister-in-law, if she doesn't do it, she won't be able to eat!"
Su Qinghe: "..."
After several nights of rushing, Su Qinghe finished Gao Xiulan's cotton padded clothes in a daze. After she was done, she lay down on the bed and sighed.
Ouch, I don't know when it started, she was able to stay up late to make clothes... But thinking about her mother's love for her, it seems that it's okay to be a little tired.
This is the first year Gao Xiulan wears new cotton clothes for the New Year after her husband left.
When I tried it on, I was in tears.
"We Qingmiao'er are real, how tiring it is to do these few days, the light is not good, what should I do if I hurt my eyes?" Her voice was choked up.
Su Qinghe smiled and said, "I want to see my mother wear new clothes for the New Year, and wear new clothes every year in the future." Her mother has a bad temper these years, but she has not lived a good life. All for the sake of my daughter.
Gao Xiulan almost burst into tears, but thinking that in her thirties, crying seemed unlucky, so she hugged her daughter and slapped her cheek again and again, feeling that it wasn't enough.
This is still touching, and there are people from the old Gu's house in the afternoon. The eldest brother of the Gu family, Gu Changzheng, and Mrs. Gu's sister-in-law came here, and they even borrowed bicycles from the unit to ride here. The two of them are replacing Gu Changan, the son-in-law who is outside, and come to say goodbye to the mother-in-law. By the way, I took Su Qinghe to Lao Gu's house to celebrate New Year's Eve.
Gu Chang'an was not at home, so Su Qinghe, the daughter-in-law who was engaged, had to go home for a new year and a family reunion.
Gao Xiulan felt very reluctant, even though the old Gu's family brought over meat and noodles again. But thinking about my daughter going to someone else's house for the New Year's Eve, I feel reluctant.
It’s okay not to go, this is the rule. They even came to pick her up specially, because they valued their daughter.
Su Qinghe didn't understand this, so she secretly said to Gao Xiulan, "Mom, why don't I celebrate the New Year at home?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Changan is not at home, so you can reunite with his family for him over there. It's okay, your brother and sister-in-law are at home. You go to Lao Gu's house to have a good new year." After finishing speaking, Gao Xiulan seriously instructed, " Remember to eat and drink more, you must eat double portions, Changan is not at home, you will suffer if you eat less!"
Su Qinghe felt that he had just been sensational for nothing.
When Su Qinghe followed Gu Changping and the others to leave by bicycle, the old Su family members were watching at the door. There are tears in my eyes.
Gu Changzheng and Mrs. Gu were stunned. What is this for? The third daughter-in-law is really different...
When they were all gone, Gao Xiulan turned around and straightened her face, pointing at her three sons, two daughter-in-laws, and five grandchildren, "See! Your eldest sister has only stayed at home for so long, and you don't double the amount of time?" If you treat her well, there will be no chance in the future. Especially the third child, if your daughter-in-law enters the house and treat Qing Miaoer badly, I think you will be at a loss in your heart."
Su Aidang was feeling emotional, when he heard this, he immediately said, "No one can treat my eldest sister badly!"
Tian Xiaomei was making gnocchi for the New Year at home when she sneezed suddenly.