Chapter two hundred and seventeen
During the New Year, Tao Qingbi followed her brothers to the eldest room to pay New Year's greetings, and then stopped leaving the yard.
The family was getting around, as if it was a little more lively than before, and Tao Yongneng and his wife were much more happy than in previous years.
Tao Qingbi sat under the eaves of the backyard. Tao Weizi was with her book, and the brother and sister looked at each other and smiled.
Tao Weizi smiled and said, "The home is much more lively this year than in previous years."
Tao Qingbi nodded: "The families who have never been in contact with each other in the past come to pay New Year's greetings this year."
"I think it's a good thing for my family to get better and better. I also like this kind of excitement."
Tao Qingbi looked at Tao Weizi: "Brother, you like this excitement, why don't you accompany me in the front yard?"
"Why do you think? People who are not familiar with each other gather together and talk about embarrassing topics. Over time, they will hurt the rare kindness."
"Brother, are there too many jobs in the provincial capital? I heard that Fu Shijiu's father will also go to the provincial capital to find work after the New Year."
"Niu Niu, in autumn, come to the provincial capital to see us?"
The brother and sister were talking casually. Tao Zuoran came over and sat down to talk together.
When An Erzhi came, she said funny: "You three are sitting here and don't go in front to help greet the guests."
Tao Zuoran shook his hand: "I have greeted the person I know from my elder brother and sister-in-law."
Tao Weizi lifted the book in his hand: "Mom, I'll read the book in the backyard for a while."
Tao Qingbi thought for a while and said, "Mom, I'm going to get engaged in a few days. I'm shy and I won't go to the front yard to talk to the guests."
After An Erzhi looked at the three of them, she sat down and said, "Okay, everyone has their own reasons, I'll sit down and rest for a while."
"Mom, are we going to our uncle's house this year?" Tao Qingbi suddenly remembered to ask An Erzhi.
"I won't go this year. I'll send someone to send a letter back and talk about your engagement. Your uncles will come to congratulate you on the 8th day of the lunar month."
After sitting in the backyard for a while, An Erzhi was not very worried about the front yard, so she quickly got up and left.
Tao Zuoran looked at Tao Qingbi and whispered: "Niu Niu, if you marry someone in the future, you can't act willful. On such a day, you must help your mother-in-law socialize the guests at home."
Tao Qingbi looked at him with a bitter face, but then it was the day of the New Year, and immediately laughed again: "Dad, I'll listen to you."
Tao Weiqiu ran from the front yard to the back yard. He pulled Tao Qingbi and refused to let go. Tao Qingbi had no choice but to stand up and accompany him to the front yard.
Tao Weizi looked at the figures of their siblings turning over and said to Tao Zuoran: "Dad, do you think this marriage for Niu Niu is suitable?"
"It's a perfect marriage. The Ying family and our family are family friends. If they don't have such sincerity, they wouldn't come to propose marriage.
Ying Ziqin will not practice medicine in the future, and the family affairs will be simpler in the future. Niu Niu is impatient to deal with trivial family affairs. As long as Ying Ziqin continues to study, he will never stay in Fenzhou City in the future."
Tao Weizi listened to Tao Zuoran's words and looked at him: "Dad, you have always encouraged us brothers to study. Are you worried that we will not be by your side and mother in the future?"
"If you do what you love, no matter what you do, your heart will be at ease. Your mother and I will be happy. You brothers are good children. No matter how far you go in the future, you will always have the existence of me and your mother in your heart.
Your brothers are capable, and you don’t have to worry about your mother and I. We will definitely be able to live a good life in our later years. We can stand the separation for a while, and your mother and I can withstand it.”
Tao Weizi looked at the high sky and whispered to Tao Zuoran: "Dad, I will take a big exam next year. If it goes well, I will go to the capital to take the big exam the next year."
Tao Zuoran looked at him with some concern: "Zi'er, what can we do for you?"
Tao Weizi smiled and said, "As long as my family is safe, I can be safe when I am away."
Tao Zuoran looked at Tao Weizi for a while and said, "Zi'er, my father can no longer protect you. I can only tell you that when you are not happy outside, you come home and at least you have enough food to eat."
Tao Weizi smiled and looked at him: "Dad, I am already old. In a few years, I should be the one who protects my family."
"We father and son should not rob your grandfather of this matter. Your grandfather told me that he could protect the family for more years."
The father and son thought that Tao Yong could pat his chest and said, "Although I am old, I can still protect the family for many years."
Tao Weizi bent upwards and then bent: "Dad, I think grandfather's words make sense. He is alive and we can live neatly together, and life will continue to be smooth no matter what."
During the New Year, their father and son naturally avoided some things.
In the front yard, Tao Qingbi and his brother came over and looked at the guests in the yard, one, two, three, four, five or six tables, and they hurried to the kitchen.
The brother and brother occupied the position of burning the fire. Fang Qiuhua whispered to Tao Qingbi: "There is nothing to do in the kitchen. You can take your brothers to the backyard to play for a while." "We will go to the backyard now, and there will be many children behind us. I'll still make the fire in the kitchen so happy."
"Sister is right, I'll fire with my sister." Tao Weiqiu said along the way.
Tao Qingbi shook his little hand, and he snuggled in Tao Qingbi's arms very close. Fang Qiuhua smiled after looking at it, "Fortunately you are just getting engaged. If you get married, the boys at home will block the yard door, and you will probably not be allowed to go out."
"Sister-in-law, sister won't marry." Tao Weiqiu looked up and said seriously.
On the New Year's Day, Fang Qiuhua didn't want to provoke her uncle who was still ignorant, and said with a smile: "Brother Qiu is right, your sister is not married now."
Tao Weiqiu immediately became happy, hugged Tao Qingbi's arm, and put his little face on his back: "Sister, Luo'er will always be with you."
Tao Qingbi reached out and touched his face, and smiled and narrowed her big eyes: "Yu'er, my sister and sister-in-law have both recorded what you said."
"The days are so fast. Yu'er is so old all of a sudden."
Fang Qiuhua sighed a little. Tao Qingbi heard the movement outside and asked Fang Qiuhua curiously: "Sister-in-law, I didn't hear the eldest brother's voice. Where did he go?"
"Your elder brother has gone to the eldest house now. He said that he had something to ask your elder brother to go over and talk. He has been there for a long time and should be coming back soon."
"On the New Year's Day, the eldest wife asked the eldest brother to come over and talk. This must be a happy event."
Fang Qiuhua just smiled. After she got married, she gradually felt that the Tao family's second house was not as close as the Tao family, and the Tao family's second house always gave her a feeling of being condescending.
Chapter completed!