The winter in Linyi County is colder than that in Yanjiacun. Ever since it started to snow, Mrs. Yan has been huddled in the house and unwilling to go out.

Daohua was afraid that the old lady would get sick from being bored in the house, so as long as she ate in Songheyuan, she would take the old lady out for a few laps after eating, to stretch her body and get some fresh air.

On the day of Laba Festival, Daohua and the others did not go to class. After breakfast, she took Mrs. Yan out for a walk.

When Yan Zhigao came over, he happened to miss his grandfather and grandson.

"Where's the old lady?"

Yan Zhigao asked Sun Ma who was cleaning the house.

Sun Ma smiled and said: "The eldest lady went to eat with the old lady."

Yan Zhigao glanced at the snow on the ground outside the door and frowned: "Isn't this nonsense? What should I do if the old lady is frozen in such a cold weather?"

Seeing that Yan Zhigao didn't look good, Sun's mother immediately explained: "Master, don't worry, the old lady is in good health. Besides, if you go out and get some fresh air, the old lady will be in better spirits."

Yan Zhigao looked blank: "Why, is the old lady in bad spirits?"

Sun’s mother: “It’s not bad, I’m just not used to it. I also know that the old lady is never idle. When I was in my hometown, in the winter, the old lady could still go out to chat with someone. How much money did she have on her hands?

There are also some jobs, but when we get here, the master and his wife take good care of them, and the old lady can’t find anything to do, so she becomes a little bored.”

When people have nothing to do, doesn’t their spirit become decadent?

Yan Zhigao looked remorseful: "I didn't think carefully and ignored my mother. I will definitely go to work as soon as possible in the future and spend more time with my mother."

Sun Ma immediately said: "Master, please don't do this. If the old lady knows that I have delayed work to accompany her, she will not be happy." Seeing that Yan Zhigao still blamed himself, he smiled again.

"Master, there is no need to be like this. In the twelfth lunar month, the eldest girl has less classes. She will come over to accompany the old lady every day. With her by her side, the old lady will not be unhappy."

Yan Zhigao's expression changed: "Do rice flowers come every day?"

Speaking of Daohua, the smile on Sun's mother's face suddenly grew: "She comes here every day. When she comes, whenever she sees the old lady bored in the house, she will always think of various ways to let the old lady go out for a walk and talk.

If people stay in the room without moving for a long time, they will get suffocated."

"The old lady couldn't resist her. Every time after eating, she would go out for a walk. Not to mention, since she started to digest food after meals, the old lady's energy has gotten better day by day."

As she spoke, Sun Ma seemed to have thought of something and laughed a few more times.

"I don't know what the elder girl was thinking a few days ago. She said she wanted to find a set of exercises for the old lady so that she could practice martial arts in the house when she was fine."

As soon as these words came out, even Yan Zhigao laughed, shook his head and said: "This child..."

Sun's mother: "The elder girl is afraid that the old lady will be bored."

Yan Zhigao nodded and sighed in his heart, after all, the old lady raised her herself, but she was more careful than others. Even he didn't notice that the old lady would be uncomfortable coming here, but Daohua discovered that,

I don’t blame the old lady for preferring her.

At this time, a little maid walked into the room: "Mother Sun, come over from the kitchen and ask, when will you start cooking Laba porridge?"

Sun Ma looked at the sky and said: "Don't worry, the eldest lady hasn't come back yet. Go tell the kitchen and let them make other things first. The eldest lady said she will make the Laba porridge herself."

After the little maid left, Yan Zhigao smiled and said, "Is Daohua going to cook in person today?"

Sun's mother smiled and nodded: "During this period, the eldest girl was practicing nvhong. She pricked her hands so badly that the old lady wouldn't let her touch the water. Today is the Laba Festival. The old lady really wanted to eat the Laba porridge that the eldest girl made in previous years.

Agree with her to cook once."

Yan Zhigao's expression changed: "How is Daohua doing in school?"

Sun's mother: "It's good. The older girl is so smart. She can understand everything in the book at a glance. There is nothing she can't learn..."

For the next period of time, Yan Zhigao just watched in silence as Sun Ma praised Daohua eloquently. He never knew that Sun Ma was so eloquent. When she praised her eldest daughter, she didn't even mean it.<

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"Hey, the eldest girl is smart, but she is not very good at imitating female celebrities..."

When Yan Zhigao heard this, he thought that Sun's mother was going to end. Unexpectedly, Sun's mother changed her subject and started talking again.

"The old lady said that the older girl hasn't figured out how to embroider yet. Once she does, she will definitely be able to embroider whatever she wants."

Yan Zhigao felt a little embarrassed when he said this, and couldn't help but put his hand to cover his forehead.

Seeing this, Sun's mother thought that Yan Zhigao didn't believe what she said, so she immediately looked for evidence to prove: "Master, the eldest girl has been dexterous with her hands since she was a child. You have eaten her food. It's not the old slave who boasts, but her cooking skills are in the kitchen."

Mrs. Ren in there can’t even compare.”

Yan Zhigao agrees with this point: "But Daohua is good at cooking, doesn't it mean that she is also good at studying female celebrities?"

Sun Ma immediately retorted: "How can someone with good hands be good at embroidery? The old lady also said that the eldest girl has just learned embroidery and hasn't found a way yet. When she finds it, she will definitely be good at embroidery.

."

Sun Ma was the person next to the old lady. Yan Zhigao couldn't argue with her, so he nodded without conscience, and then quickly changed the subject: "Why haven't Mom and Daohua come back yet?"

Sun’s mother: “Maybe we’ve gone a little further.”

Whenever they have time, Daohua and Mrs. Yan not only walk in the backyard of the county government office, but sometimes go shopping on the streets.

Yan Zhigao blamed himself for not paying attention to his old mother's feelings, so he stayed in Songheyuan since then, wanting to spend time with the old man.

After sitting there for a full hour, I saw my old mother and Daohua coming back with smiles on their faces, each carrying a potted plant.

"Mom, where are you going?"

Yan Zhigao quickly stood up to greet her, took the potted plant from Mrs. Yan's hand, and then helped the old lady into the house.

Mrs. Yan was very happy: "I went shopping on the street with Daohua and bought two potted plants."

Hearing this, Yan Zhigao paused, glanced at the cheerful eldest daughter next to him, and then at the old mother with a red face, but he didn't say anything to tell them to go out less in the future.

"Mom, if you want to go out in the future, remember to bring more people with you."

Forget it, my mother and her eldest daughter have been living in their hometown and are used to it. It is understandable that they do not adapt to the rules that women from wealthy families cannot go out at will. Take your time.

Mrs. Yan waved her hand carelessly: "We didn't go far, so we just walked around the county government office."

Daohua, who was still a little worried at first, glanced at her father and saw that he didn't stop them from going out, so she smiled and said, "Grandma, father is caring about us."

Mrs. Yan immediately smiled and said, "Okay, bring more people with you next time you go out." After saying that, she waved to Yan Zhigao, "Zhigao, come here and see, Daohua and I are very lucky today.

As soon as I went out, I met a man selling red plum bonsai, and I bought the bonsai back for only ten taels of silver."

Yan Zhigao glanced at the bonsai without even a flower bone. He wanted to say that the red plums in the bonsai could not survive. They might have been deceived. But seeing the old lady so happy, he could only say: "When will mother learn to appreciate bonsai?"

Already?"

Ten taels of silver bought two bonsais. In his opinion, the old mother would never spend such a waste of money.

Mrs. Yan glanced sideways at her eldest son: "Do you need to learn to see beautiful things?"

When she was in her hometown, Daohua liked to play with flowers and plants in the yard. The old lady was forced to watch some of them. Not to mention, she was used to seeing red flowers and green willows. When she came to the north, she saw everything was white everywhere.

Sometimes I’m really not used to it.

Yan Zhigao: "Uh..."

He was speechless.

Mrs. Yan was too lazy to care about him anymore and looked at Daohua: "Take good care of these two bonsais. Maybe we can enjoy the red plums during the Chinese New Year."

Daohua patted her chest confidently: "Grandma, just look at me."

Seeing the two people in high spirits, Yan Zhigao really wanted to hit them.

Where did the mother and eldest daughter get the confidence to think they could feed these two pots of red plums?

Red plums are notoriously difficult to maintain.

One winter, he and Aunt Lin were angry. In order to calm her down, he spent hundreds of money to buy a pot of winter plums to make the beautiful lady happy. Unfortunately, the winter plums died in less than a month.

At this time, Sun's mother came in: "Girl, it's almost noon, do you think the Laba porridge is ready?"

Daohua slapped her head fiercely: "I almost forgot about this. Have you soaked the red beans and lotus seeds?"

Sun’s mother: “It’s ready, and that girl Man’er is watching it herself.”

Daohua looked at Mrs. Yan: "Grandma, then I'm going to the kitchen."

Mrs. Yan hurriedly pulled her: "Your hand..."

Only then did Yan Zhigao discover that the eldest daughter’s fingers were actually wrapped in white cloth.

"It's okay!" Daohua took off the white cloth directly, revealing her fingers covered with needle holes, "Grandma, look, the swelling has gone down."

Mrs. Yan was still worried: "Don't touch the water. Just tell the people in the kitchen what you want to do."

"I know!"

After Daohua left, Yan Zhigao asked: "Daohua's female beauty..."

Old Mrs. Yan glanced at him sideways: "My Daohua is good at embroidering purses every day, and I can't say anything about women's red. But Mrs. Qin, I think her women's red is not that good. During this time, Daohua has been embroidering purses every day, and she is very good at it."

It’s all swollen, and I don’t know if I’m bullying others or teaching others?”

"I don't care, if Daohua's female beauty still doesn't grow, you can find another wife for me."

Yan Zhigao wanted to say a few words, but when he saw his old mother's stern eyes, he immediately gave up.

At the same time, I also felt that Master Qin had done something wrong.

The eldest daughter’s hands are like this, why are she still allowed to embroider purses?

Old Mrs. Yan snorted coldly: "Although the master in the family teaches several girls, Daohua is the eldest daughter of the Yan family. Don't forget this. If she can't learn anything, I don't think the master can do anything."

There’s no need to invite,”

Yan Zhigao: "Mom, how could I forget this."

Mrs. Yan said calmly: "Who knows if you have amnesia? Well, let's not talk about it anymore. Just do whatever you need to do."

Yan Zhigao felt that he was rejected by his old mother: "Mom, my son is here to accompany you today."

Mrs. Yan saw through his expression: "You want to eat Laba porridge made from rice flowers, right?"
Chapter completed!