Duan Haofang's laughter dispelled the depression in his chest. After washing happily, she crawled out. Mother Zhang pushed her second sister in and gave Duan Haofang a hangover soup. After drinking, she cleaned up the house and a bunch of people. Exit, close the door and lock it.
Duan Haofang sat on the kang and looked at the second sister with a smile. She hid at the dressing table and sat with her back to him and refused to come over.
Duan Haofang smiled and said, "Come on now, what should I do if my clothes are taken off and then frozen again?"
The second sister refused to move, and it felt very strange that there were only two people left in the house. What will happen tonight
Husband and wife, they are husband and wife. The second sister thinks that she needs to be more cruel to herself. She "touched" and "touched" her face, hot. Thinking of the mischief between the two of them just now behind the screen, they became hot.
Seeing her motionless, Duan Haofang lifted the quilt down, and walked behind her with his shoes, taking advantage of her carelessness to hug her and turn and fall in the middle of the quilt!
The second sister thought he was here to coax her! He didn't watch out for his sudden hand, and he was so angry that he punched him on the back a few times.
Duan Haofang smiled and got into the quilt with his arms around her, pulling the quilt around the two people, his hands and feet began to be dishonest.
The second sister was afraid that he would come by this hand, and there was nowhere to hide under the quilt. It would not be good for the girl outside to hear it when the movement was too big, and her face turned red and sweaty after a while.
In a hurry, Duan Haofang grabbed his hand and covered it in a place, suddenly stiff.
Duan Haofang half pressed her, squirting heat into her ears and chuckled: "Don't let me "touch", you can "touch" it."
The second sister was grabbed by him and pressed her hand there, her palm was like a hot and moving beast, and her whole body was stiff.
Duan Haofang "licked" her ear and said, "Move your finger, move it, behave."
The second sister moved like a ghost.
A room is fragrant and warm, and a half-night warmth. The two of them were very tired and entangled to sleep. Duan Haofang held the second sister in his arms and tightly protected her from the wind.
It was late at night, and the moon hung in the sky like a hook.
Early in the morning after Duan Haofang came back, Duan Zhang asked someone to wait for him outside the courtyard.
He got up from the quilt with a yawn, tucked the corner of the quilt for the second sister beside him, pulled his shoes on the screen and put on clothes indiscriminately behind the screen, lifted the curtain to the outer room, and whispered to Mother Zhang: " The second sister will get up in a while, so she won't have to wait for me to have breakfast."
Mother Zhang promised to get him some water to wash, and then gently went to the back room to open the box and change the clothes for him.
The second sister "Mi" and "Mi" stared up and said, "...What are you doing so early?" She "touched" no one next to her, and suddenly woke up.
Mother Zhang quickly came over to get her clothes to put on her, and said: "The wife asked the second master to go over to eat breakfast with the master, and it is estimated that she will have to go out soon. The second "milk" and "milk" will sleep for a while."
The second sister didn’t wake up but she lifted the curtain and said, “How can that work? Prepare for me, and I will pass.” Before the voice came, Duan Haofang lifted the curtain and came in. He had already washed his face and combed his hair, and his clothes were cleaned. of.
The second sister hurriedly covered her face and turned her head and said, "Quickly get out, I haven't gotten up yet." While hurriedly adjusting her hair and clothes, she couldn't help but think of the mischief between the two of them in the quilt last night. It's hot again.
Duan Haofang smiled and sat on the edge of the kang and hugged her and said, "I have something to say to my mother, you don't need to go there. I'll be lazy this morning, and you won't be too late to wait at noon."
The second sister asked him to hold his arms around him, but she understood after listening to what he said and then thinking about it, and said, "Will you come back for dinner at noon then?"
Duan Haofang frowned and said: "Not necessarily. If Dad takes me to see people, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back at noon." He waved his hand to let Mama Zhang go down, and whispered in the ear of the second sister: "The one who can trust you hold this A ticket to collect the goods, and it will be here in the next few days.” Said to give the second sister a yellowed ticket, the second sister had seen it at Master Wu, and it said that forty-six boxes should be collected.
The second sister was extremely surprised: "So many? It takes several cars to carry it back."
Duan Haofang turned his head and looked at his eyes, and whispered, "Don't take the goods home after you have received them. You can put them first if you have a place." He thought about it, and said, "The seal is before fifteen and you can take it back. After fifteen, you should find a credible person to put him at home."
The second sister nodded silently.
After Duan Haofang confessed the matter, he put down most of his heart, twisted the second sister's chin on her face, and opened the curtain to go out. The second sister stayed blushed until breakfast.
All the way to the yard of Duan Zhang's, I saw a close wife of hers waiting outside, and met Duan Haofang with a smile on her face and said: "The second master is here! The master and wife have been waiting for a long time! "Duan Haofang just laughed. After following his wife, he saw Duan Zhang and Master Duan sitting at the dinner table waiting for him. He stepped forward and asked Master Duan hello, and said that he was too tired on the way back last night, so he went back to the room first. .
Master Duan asked him to sit beside him and smiled and said, "What's the matter? Come and let me see!" He looked carefully and said with tears in his eyes, "Okay, my son has finally grown up!"
Duan Haofang bowed his head in a respectful look.
Duan Zhang's hurriedly asked Duan Haofang to bring a bowl of rice to Duan Haofang, then took the steaming meat buns for him, and said, "Hurry up, it's going to be cold."
Duan Haofang was uncomfortable last night. This morning, he really had no appetite. He only took a small bite and put it down, turning his face to talk to Master Duan.
Master Duan asked about the business of the Duan family in the south, about the old man Duan, and the old man. Every year, there are a lot of money and things sent to the old house from the south, he is greedy and can't help it. The businesses in the south are all cheap and the boss, who knows how much they make? Duan Haofang followed them in the south, and Master Duan wanted his son to take an extra share of their three bedrooms.
Duan Haofang put down his chopsticks and said bitterly. He didn't know how big the business was. Old man Duan and Mr. Duan held all the ledgers. He couldn't see it at all. He didn't even know how many shops were opened over there. .
Master Duan yelled at his own father and eldest brother and even his nephew for guarding, it's not a thing!
Duan Haofang persuaded his father that he had broadened his horizons in the South in the past few years, and he didn't have to worry about the money because of his relatives. He smiled and said, "Grandpa will never tell me. Besides, the uncle is still standing there."
Master Duan patted his son on the shoulders and sighed. He felt that Duan Haofang was still young and had seen few things. He didn't know that this was a family of relatives and each had an account. He distinguished Duan Haofang carefully here, while Duan Zhang clan followed his voice. Everyone was saying that there was no good person in Duan’s old house. Old man Duan and Mr. Duan would not really treat Duan Haofang. He has to fight when he should fight, otherwise he will be sold and he will help count the money.
Duan Haofang still had a silly smile, and said that the things he brought back in the past few years were all the money paid by the old man and the old man. He turned to Duan Zhangshi and said, "Mother, the suitcase I brought back yesterday was not with you. ?"
The Duan Zhang clan frowned as if to gouge his own flesh and said: "Yes, didn't you say that my mother will keep it for you? Do you want to go back?"
Duan Haofang turned his face to Master Duan and said that there was a "medicine" liquor in the box that Master Duan had specially bought for him, and said, "They also asked me to bring this thing back." Appearance of gratitude.
Master Duan had never heard Duan Zhangshi say that Duan Haofang also brought the box back, and it happened that the meal was almost finished, so that the man cleared the table and pressed Duan Zhangshi to open the box. A family of three walked to the back room. Duan Zhangshi looked painful and pulled out the four boxes Duan Haofang brought when he came back yesterday. When he opened it, there were eight clay pots in one box. Duan Haofang proposed He held a can to Master Duan and said, "This is the "medicine" wine the uncle said, and he said it is best for men to drink.
Master Duan couldn't put it down holding his left and looking right, he even went to the mouth of the mud-filled jar to smell, he couldn't smell anything, he sighed: "Good things, good things!"
There were three other boxes, one of which was full of "medicine" materials when opened, and Duan Haofang put them out in the same way. They were all encapsulated in red silk brocade boxes, with finger-thick ginseng tied with a small red string. There was also a small box of musk ointment that filled the room with a strange smell when opened. Duan Zhangshi covered his nose and smiled and squinted his eyes and said, "Ah, this is such a good thing! How can I eat this?" He stretched out his hand. Wanting to take it, Master Duan said with a sullen face: "These are all "medicine"! How can I eat "indiscriminately"? You are not sick again!"
Duan Zhang's was upset, and said with a sullen face: "This food is good if you eat it! You have to be sick to eat it? I was sick for a few months in the previous paragraph!"
Master Duan couldn't help but said: "Then you have to ask the doctor first!"
Duan Zhangshi picked up the musk ointment as if afraid of someone stealing it and turned and hid it in her own small cabinet. Master Duan looked at it and shook his head.
Duan Haofang still wanted to open the remaining two boxes. Master Duan stopped him and said, "Bring the rest back to your house. You young couple will also keep some."
Duan Haofang didn't say a word. Duan Zhang came back from hiding the musk ointment. He heard Master Duan's words: "They live at home, what do they want these things for? The son brought them back to us as a filial piety! Wouldn’t it be possible to let the Wu family take it back to her natal family?” He said, he stepped forward and blocked Duan Haofang with his arms on his hips and said to Master Duan, “This is all brought to me by my son! Don’t just follow me!” He asked Duan Haofang, "Fang'er, did you bring it to your mother?"
Duan Haofang smiled and nodded, holding on to Duan Zhang's shoulders and coaxed: "Of course it's all for my mother! What's that over there? It's not our family at all!"
Zhang's love to hear this passage! I was so happy that Duan Haofang sighed my son, my mother did not raise you in vain! Much better than your big brother who only listens to his wife!
Master Duan stomped his feet with anger, but he couldn't talk about his wife in front of his son.
Duan Zhangshi took Duan Haofang's hand and raised the second sister's dowry. She curled her mouth and said, "How can she be a child of her own family? If you don't pay attention, let the lady-in-law coax her away. What a pity? How about moving to my side, I look bad for her? You are my son, how can I harm you?"
Duan Haofang became more and more impatient, and couldn't turn away from her hand. He had to listen with a smile while nodding his head.
Master Duan stomped forward and pulled her up and shouted: "The more you talk, the more you will lose! Do you also remember the dowry of your daughter-in-law's "women"? Do you want people to point to our family and curse and bully "women"?"
Duan Zhang was dissatisfied and said, "I'm all for the good of things! When he went there for a few months, he was away from home. There was only his little daughter-in-law, "women", a house of girls, and the things in this house were returned. Don’t let people steal it all! I’m not taking advantage of her! If it weren’t for Fang'er, I wouldn’t be looking for this trouble!" He said, shaking off Master Duan’s hand and holding Duan Haofang and continued, Duan. The master squeezed her away and dragged Duan Haofang to the door hurriedly, and said in a hurry: "I just listened to you this morning! I have been delayed in business!"
Duan Zhangshi chased to the outside of the house, standing on the corridor and shouting: "Will you come back for dinner at noon?"
Master Duan turned his head and threw it back from a distance: "I'm not coming back! I'm going to see a lot of people with Fang'er at noon today!" Before the words were over, the figures were gone.
Duan Zhang's stomped back to the house, first packed up the boxes, and hid them away. He started seeing the director in a good mood, and suddenly remembered the second sister, afraid that she would ask Duan Haofang what he had brought back, and asked someone to tell her that the Chinese New Year was about to come. The family is busy, so she doesn't have to come to wait in the morning, and she usually doesn't have to walk around at home, just stay in the house.
The two fathers and sons went straight to the shop. They were already late. Master Duan asked someone to bring the account book and start to check the account. He also said that Duan Haofang hadn't come back in half a year, and the store was not clear about it, and he was about to close the store in the new year. Many people came to visit and asked him to go to the front of the store to greet the guests. Duan Haofang asked what he was doing. He went out of the counter and went to the front shop to sit in. The guest pointed at him and said that this was our second master. He stepped forward to show respect, and led the guests to see the shop. new goods. In the south, he sees people and sees a lot of things, so he is very handy to coax guests from him, and he will make several business deals in a short while. After the master Duan had finished calculating the account, he took a look. He listened to the treasurer to praise him. He was so happy that he patted his shoulder and said, "You are not here as usual these days. It was the time when you were doing business a year ago, and we made a lot of money. Have a good year!"
Naturally, I made an appointment early at noon to have a meal. Master Duan wants to take other people’s bills, and others will also take his bills. A table called brothers and brothers sit together, Duan Haofang followed Master Duan, and followed him obediently, without asking. Smile first. Master Duan pointed at him triumphantly and said, "This is my second son. He used to work with his uncle in the south. This is for the Chinese New Year."
Suddenly there was a sound of praise on the table. This pull-over sleeve is almost your Uncle Zhang, but I haven’t seen it for a long time. The pull-over sleeve is almost like I hugged you when I was a child. I didn’t expect that all grew up so big. Then I pointed to Master Duan and said he was not. Honestly, why didn't such a good son bring him out earlier, so everyone could have a son and daughter in-laws.
Master Duan sighed happily, the child had already become a kiss.
So someone asked which girl was hired? I also said that the second son is a kind of talent, even if he hires an official girl, he is worthy of it.
Master Duan laughed loudly and waved his hand again and again to say where there is that good fortune in him! Look at him well, but I don’t know that he is not very useful!
A group of people are talking about everything, watching this child is a great prospect!
Master Duan sighed and said that he was also the choice of his wife, the prostitute of Wujiatun Wu Dashan, who had just married this year.
I have heard of this, and that name is really a good marriage made in heaven.
Duan Haofang only squinted his eyes and smiled while holding a wine glass. Everyone hurriedly stood up, respectfully calling his uncle in his mouth.
When he finished eating, Duan Haofang helped the awkward Duan Master from the restaurant to walk into the shop. Seeing that he was really drunk on the road, he said, "Why don't you ask Ding Sedan Daddy to sit on it? It's a long way to go back." ."
Master Duan flushed with the drink, and he felt that he was tilted to one side, he couldn't stand still. He dragged Duan Haofang to sit on the ground on the side of the street and said, "No...no! Someone will collect the bill in the afternoon. I will go to the store and wait for people to come. I can’t let the cashier pay him. I have to postpone the Chinese New Year anyway. I'll talk about it when spring starts."
Duan Haofang did not speak up, only took out the veil to wipe off the sweat of Master Duan, and went to a nearby house to borrow a bowl of water to rinse his mouth.
Master Duan immediately fell asleep after pouring half a bowl of strong tea. Duan Haofang returned the bowl to his back. Master Duan went back to the shop. Everyone looked at and pointed and said, "Where is the filial son? Really. Rarely!"
In the past few days, there have been little snow beads. Although they melted when they reached the ground, the weather was indeed getting colder day by day. The wind was blowing, and the cold air pierced into the bones of people. The small vendors on the street no longer come out early, and passers-by rushed home to celebrate the New Year with their baggage on their backs.
The second sister got up early in the morning, shivering with her neck and said, "Is it time to burn the kang? It's so cold this day."
Mother Zhang turned out the cotton-padded clothes and put on the second sister, and said, "This day is getting earlier this year, I'm afraid it will be colder than in previous years."
The second sister asked: "Did you make the new cotton-padded clothes? Have the old ones been taken apart and washed before?"
Mi Mei brought hot water in and said: "It's been done long ago, and the new clothes of the two "milks" and "milks" were sent back two days ago. The new cotton is thick and thick! It must be warm to wear!"
Mother Zhang went to pour water, Qijin squatted down and put on shoes for the second sister. The second sister said: "The thick quilt should also be taken out, and the mattress should be changed." She stood up with one hand on the shoulder of Qijin. Said: "The quilt in your house should also be changed."
Mother Zhang agreed, and she put out the meal and said, "Eat the second milk, the milk, the second master must have been left there for breakfast again."
The second sister lifted the curtain to the outhouse, and Duan Haofang just sat down and lifted the curtain and came in. The cold wind outside the house made people tremble.
The second sister wondered: "Why are you back? Have you had breakfast?"
Duan Haofang took her back to the back room and said to Mama Zhang: "In the future, let’s have breakfast in the back room. The kang hasn’t started to cook. It’s cold again this day. The wind that eats people in and out is brought in, and I will look back. You can't survive this year after being frozen."
Mother Zhang quickly agreed to bring Qijin to bring the meal to the back room, Mi Mei set up the Kang table, and the second sister and Duan Haofang sat on the left and right.
When the porridge was served, Duan Haofang carried a steamed bun to the second sister and said, "I think this day will change. It is estimated that this year I will go to the old house earlier than in previous years."
The second sister was startled and nodded: "Then I will let the girls start to clean up, shall we live there until fifteen? How many things should we bring?"
Duan Haofang shook his finger and said: "In previous years, it was only a month or so. You can prepare two months' worth of things, and see if the old lady will keep you staying for a while longer." He looked at the second sister and sighed. Said, "Going there is no better than at home. You don't need to bring more clothes or anything. Today I will ask someone to change some new money, and it will be easy to play cards over there."
The second sister agreed. After the meal was over and Duan Haofang was sent out, she asked Hong Hua to come over and asked her, "Is everything ready?"
Honghua smiled and said: "All are ready, and when the sky is about to change, I said I will send it back in the next few days." While talking, he took the key back and asked Qijin to take someone to carry the things.
After reading it carefully, the second sister nodded in satisfaction, and Hong Hua smiled: "He is not willing to take our money alive and dead, only that he respects the second'milk' and'milk'!" While talking, he returned the money given by the second sister.
The second sister pushed back to her and said: "You can keep it, as long as I give you the New Year."
Safflower lowered his head and smiled and collected it. I agreed with Honghua to find someone, and let the Tianhu brothers follow him back to Wu's house. She carried out two more boxes and said it was made for Master Wu, Feng Family, Jingtai and Jingxian. The clothes and shoes were sent back with him, and Xiao Wu was called over to teach him how to spread the word. After he took the food and clothes and let him go out, the second sister still felt uneasy and called Mama Zhang and said: " Originally, I shouldn't have my mother run this time for the New Year, but this is the first time I go out for the New Year, and I only have people send things back. I am still uneasy. My mother will run for me so that my father and mother can rest assured. "As she said, she cried, mother Zhang held the second sister's hand to wipe her tears, and cried: "The old lady knows the girl's heart! The old lady goes back for the girl and let the old lady and wife know the girl's filial piety! Don't girl! I cried, crying carefully broke my eyes!"
The second sister breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Qijin to go back together to take care of Zhang's mother. When it's sunny, let them take their things on the road.
Before leaving the house, the second sister confessed: "I will follow here to the old house in a few days. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back within a month or two. Mom simply spends the New Year at home instead of coming back in a hurry. Let's talk about it when the snow melts and the road is ready to go, then the other side should also be allowed back."
Mother Zhang promised to take Qijin and Brother Tianhu and leave.
The second sister returned to the house and called Hong Hua to come and asked her if she would like to go back to the old house with her this time.
Honghua smiled and said: "Of course it's good! I'll see more people after I go back. Even if the girl doesn't tell me, I will come and beg to go together."
The second sister laughed. Originally, Lanhua followed her back, thinking that she was going to borrow her contacts in the old house. Now that Hong Hua’s precious family members are all from the old house, she naturally wants her to follow her back to get through the joints. You can't just rely on orchids.
Honghua told her second sister that it was precious this year, and also wanted to take her family back to the old house for the New Year. First, she wanted to let Honghua visit her relatives and uncles in the family, and second, she wanted to show off that he finally married a wife!
Honghua covered her mouth with a smile: "He asked the tailor to make several clothes for me, and he asked the silversmith to get two hairpins, and he kept talking about it these days and nights!"
Mi Mei came over and asked, "Sister Honghua, is this person good to you?"
Hong Hua twisted her little nose and said, "Okay? Okay, I'll know when you get married!"