The Cui family's house is an abandoned hut that they bought with money back then. They have been repairing it over the years and it looks like a home.
Aunt Cui lives in the upper room in the middle, Brother Zhen lives in the east wing, and the study room is on the west. The kitchen is built on one side of the yard, opposite is the fence, and the wooden boards are covered with a layer of straw, which is a chicken coop.
The house has no walls, only a fence, and the door has only a thigh-high barrier that barely functions as a door - the Cui family is very poor, and there are no thieves to visit.
There is a laurel tree planted in the yard. The trunk is thick and the branches are luxuriant. The broad crown provides a shade. It is August now. The light yellow flowers are dotted among the green leaves, and the faint fragrance is slowly carried by the breeze.
Come, it is fresh and sweet. When the osmanthus is completely mature, it will be called fragrant and fragrant.
Osmanthus is warm in nature and can be used as medicine and food. Ye Zhenzhen thought about the sweet osmanthus cake, osmanthus porridge, osmanthus tea...she swallowed secretly, and immediately started to sing about the empty city plan in her heart.
Brother Zhen was sitting under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, brewing medicine. He held a fan in one hand and slowly lit the fire. In the other hand, he ignored the book and was reading the Tao of Confucius and Mencius.
He raised his head when he heard the noise, and saw Ye Daya, who had just woken up, standing at the door of the ear room, with rosy cheeks and watery eyes. Her thick long hair was tied into two braids, crookedly, with many broken hairs on the edges.
Come out, shining in tiny pieces.
She covered her stomach with both hands, wondering where the sound just now came from.
His brows were so furrowed that he could almost kill a mosquito, "Wash up, my mother is already up and waiting to see you."
Ye Zhenzhen was so embarrassed that she went to the water tank in the yard to fetch water and wash herself.
The tub and towel are the same as last night, but the toothbrush and fine salt are not available. Toothbrushes were not popular in ancient times. Rich families used bone implants in horsetails as toothbrushes, and most people in the countryside had yellow teeth.
Those who are particular about it just break willow branches and brush them a few times, and are reluctant to even use salt. After all, this thing is precious and it costs copper coins to buy it.
The original owner's grandfather was the village chief, and he also came from a farming and reading family. He was a bit more particular than the people in the village. The original owner was influenced by his experience and was still very particular about hygiene. He had a pair of neat and white teeth, which was considered a blessing among misfortunes.
She was tossing up and down, sometimes breaking off branches to use as brushes, sometimes grinning at the basin, holding her face in her hands, looking left and right, and nodding from time to time...
Brother Zhen looked at her mischief expressionlessly, but the master didn't notice the death gaze not far away at all. She was quite satisfied with the appearance of the original master. How could she be dissatisfied? Isn't this what she looked like when she didn't grow up?
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It's even better now. You don't have to worry about being scared by unfamiliar faces when you look in the mirror.
As soon as everything was done, Brother Zhen put down his books and fan and walked towards the upper room. The front hall was not big. In the middle was an incense table with a spiritual tablet carved from fine sandalwood. In the middle was a line of big characters, "First of all."
"Kao Cui Gongtao, the spiritual position of the Lord of Shichang Mansion" has two lines of small characters on the left and right, with the dates of birth and death written on one side and the name of the person being worshipped on the other.
Cui Weizhen, this is brother Zhen’s name.
Cui Weizhen twisted six sticks of incense, lit it with a fire stick, and handed three sticks to Ye Zhenzhen, "This is the spiritual position of Xian Kao. As the Cui family's daughter-in-law, you should tell Xian Kao what he knows."
Ye Zhenzhen solemnly kowtowed and knelt down to Brother Zhen, then inserted the incense stick into the incense jar, and compared it with the dates of birth and death on it, she knew that Brother Zhen's three-year validity period had just expired.
Counting the days, mother and son moved to Yejia Village after the death of their family members, which is not normal at all.
Brother Zhen didn't mean to say anything more to her. After paying homage to his ancestors, he took her through the front hall and stopped in front of the inner door. He knocked lightly and said, "Mom, my son and Daya are here to see you."
Already."
"Come in quickly."
A weak female voice sounded urgently. Ye Zhenzhen followed Brother Zhen in and saw a middle-aged woman lying on the hospital bed. Her face was thin and sallow, and her lips had an abnormal bluish white color. She could tell she was ill at a glance.
Not light.
Brother Zhen is 70% similar to her, and her sickly and haggard appearance cannot damage her unique demeanor of a lady. Her eyes are very gentle, as warm as the spring water of the Wei River, and she is tolerant and kind. When Ye Zhenzhen saw her,
Just fell in love with it.
In front of Aunt Cui, Brother Zhen also restrained all his sharpness and gloom, and was as humble as jade. He stepped forward and helped Aunt Cui half-rely on the bed, and then pulled Ye Zhenzhen to kneel down and kowtow. Ye Zhenzhen was very unhappy.
I was used to it, and after knocking it down again, my head felt a little dizzy.
"Good boy, it's because I have poor health and am afraid of what will happen to me in the future, so I wanted to see Brother Zhen get married and start a family, so I got married in a hurry, which made you feel wronged."
Aunt Cui quickly asked the two of them to get up, but she started coughing after just saying a word. Brother Zhen quickly went over to give her some relief. She waved her hands repeatedly, telling Brother Zhen not to worry.
He took off a white jade bracelet from his thin wrist, took Ye Zhenzhen's hand and put it on, "This bracelet is a keepsake of the Cui family. If one day I am no longer here, I hope you will take good care of Brother Zhen. He is a good person."
My child, only if you and your husband are harmonious can everything be harmonious."
It is a gift given by the elders and cannot be declined.
Ye Zhenzhen looked at the expensive jade bracelet on her wrist with embarrassment. After thinking about it, she took it off and put it back on Aunt Cui's hand, and said with a shy face:
"Mom, the jade bracelet is delicate. I'm clumsy. I'm afraid it will break in a day. Then it will be a waste of your efforts. Why don't you keep it for me. After three or five years, when I am more stable, you can
It’s not too late to pass it on to me.”
Brother Zhen glanced at her unexpectedly, and his handsome face softened slightly. Aunt Cui smiled unconsciously. She could see that her daughter-in-law was very sensible. Not only did she not feel resentful, but she also went out of her way to comfort her with nice words.
So happy.
She took off the jade bracelet and put it away carefully in the bedside cabinet, patting Ye Zhenzhen's hand with a look of relief on her face.
"Okay, Mom will keep it for you. Our family is simple and we don't have many rules. You can be more comfortable. If you have any doubts in the future, just ask Brother Zhen."
This is delegating power to the daughter-in-law to take charge of the household.
Ye Zhenzhen secretly glanced at Brother Zhen and then said:
"Having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. Mom, you must take good rest and recover as soon as possible. I am young and have nothing to do. You still need to make decisions about family matters."
Aunt Cui nodded with a smile. She was low on energy and slowly fell asleep. When Ye Zhenzhen and Brother Zhen came out of the inner room, they got a compliment from him:,
"You performed well and will continue to make my mother happy in the future."
From yesterday to now, Brother Zhen rarely softened his expression towards her, and Ye Zhenzhen was quite flattered.
Just when I was about to say a few words of self-effacement, my stomach began to sing discordantly again, making a loud gurgling noise, like thunder on a sunny day.
