In the small courtyard, Yan's father and Shi were particularly busy on this day.
Junhan's face was full of joy, she hugged her child and looked excitedly at those who walked into the small garden.
Shui Shou had difficulty with his legs and feet, but he stood up. After making the tea, he limped and carried the tea to the family members who came to the small garden. Although he was lame, not a drop of tea spilled on the plate.
It can be seen that Shui Shou is very attentive when seeing his mother's family coming.
The Qi State liked to drink tea long before the Spring and Autumn Period, and it has always maintained this habit. When Yan Ying was the Prime Minister of the Duke of Qi Jing, in addition to three or five kinds of meat dishes, he only had "tea" with rice.
Mingcai is tea.
"Tea is a drink that originated from Shennong and was heard by Duke Zhou of Lu." At that time, Qi, Lu, and Zhu all had their own local teas. Later, due to the dramatic changes in weather and severe cold periods, local teas were
disappear.
It was recorded that in the seventh year of King Xiao of Zhou Dynasty, "in the winter, there was heavy rain and hail, cattle and horses died, and the rivers and Han Dynasties were frozen." There was also a record of "driving away tigers, leopards, and rhinoceros, and keeping elephants away." After the severe cold period, although the temperature in Qi State
It has recovered somewhat, but it is no longer the conditions suitable for growing tea.
This has also led to the fact that in Qi State, like ordinary families, tea leaves are only taken out for guests to drink when distinguished guests arrive.
"My father-in-law, my mother-in-law!"
Shui Shou brought tea to his wife's parents and relatives. After drinking it, he took a wooden tray and stood beside his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Customs vary from place to place regarding the woman's parents. In some places, the wife's parents are called uncle or aunt.
"Um!"
Junhan's father glanced at Shui Shou's legs calmly, replied casually, and continued drinking tea. Even Jun Han's mother greeted Shui Shou when she saw him, pretending not to see him.
With his eyes on him, he turned around and continued talking to other relatives on the side.
Yunhan held the child in her arms and looked at this scene with red eyes. After all, her parents made her husband so embarrassed. As a wife, she was not much better. Not only was it uncomfortable as a wife, but also as a daughter.
No face.
Feeling Shui Shou's hand touching her, Junhan looked at Shui Shou with his red eyes. When he saw Shui Shou's comforting eyes, he felt much better.
At least her husband won't blame her!
"This yard is too small, and the ground has not even been leveled. It must be a new household! And this land is probably not a good one!"
"That wooden house seems to have been built not long ago. Why does it look like the cowshed in the third hometown of our village is newer than this wooden house? What kind of wood is it made of?"
"There is also a cow! I wonder if they bought that cow themselves, like the one in our village... I used to think that their family was so willing to marry Junhan, and thought it was so good, but I didn't expect that it was not as good as the one in our village.
Not to mention those from Linzi City."
The yard is not very big to begin with, but now there are so many relatives here. If you say something in a low voice, I will also say something in a low voice. The voice will become louder in an instant, and the louder the voice, the less scrupulous others will be about talking about it.
Shi, who was sweating profusely in the corner and preparing to eat and drink, had his back to the other people in the yard, but his breathing was rapid, and his face was obviously holding back his anger.
"I heard that the Shuili family brought some meat home for the winter two days ago. I'll go exchange it with the Shuili family."
Yan's father obviously also noticed the angry look on his wife's face, but as a father, when Shi was enduring it, so was Yan's father.
Those people behind are all from Junhan's parents' side. When he went to marry Yunhan, those people were unwilling to come over. After several years, it was the first time for those people to come over.
Whether it is for the eldest son, daughter-in-law, or even for the sake of this family, we must endure what those people say.
Otherwise, if the quarrel breaks out now, not to mention the villagers of this water village, but also the villagers of several surrounding villages, as well as the villagers of Junhan, will take this matter behind their backs and accuse their whole family.
Now, the eldest son Shui Shoudu has become the father of two children. What happened to the second son Shui Yan, neither Yan's father nor the Shi family want to repeat.
As if he was thinking of his second son Yan'er, Yan'er couldn't help but recall the experiences of Yan'er when he was a child. His face was full of vicissitudes of life and his beard was a little gray, and Yan's father's eyes showed sadness and concern.
There has been no news for so many years, and I don't know how the second son Yan'er is doing. In Yan's father's heart, the person he owes the most in this life is his second son Yan'er.
When he was a child, he, the father, failed to take good care of him.
"Go! There's still some money in the room!"
When Mrs. Xiao heard her husband's words, she took a breath through her nose. After she recovered, she blinked quickly and continued to play with the dish in front of her.
Father Yan sighed, but turned his head without any hesitation, returned to the room, and took out the money.
In the courtyard.
When Shui Shou saw his father's back, his eyes were full of guilt.
"Eldest sister, sister, I really don't know how you live here. Look at that wooden house. Not to mention me, even the relatives despise it. Even though they are so far away, you can still smell the smell. Then
If it rains heavily, the house won't collapse and people will be buried alive inside, right?"
A beautiful young girl in silk clothes pulled Junhan aside and looked around with a look of disgust. No matter it was the wooden house, the stone benches, the wood, the cowshed, or even the fence, in the girl's eyes
, are all so bad.
"Eldest sister, if you want me to tell you, why don't you leave here and go to Linzi City with your sister! With my sister's appearance, it would be ten times better to just find a house in the city, and my sister's husband has quite acquaintances in the city.
, The fathers of those men opened tea shops and small huts in the city, and they were rich! Look at what’s cooking in the pot! Sister, do you know that in the city, those men have meat every day?"
The girl continued to speak, and then looked at Junhan: "Although the eldest sister is already a woman, as long as the younger sister talks to her husband properly, those men will definitely be willing to meet the eldest sister!"
After the girl finished speaking, she looked at other places warily and quietly approached Junhan.
"Father, mother actually thinks the same way. Why should we spend time here when we can go to Linzi City? Elder sister, think about it, if father and mother come here as guests this time, they are entertaining these relatives in Linzi City. What a waste.
Have face!"
The girl seemed to want to continue talking, but suddenly she found that the eldest sister Yunhan was holding the child, but when she looked at her, her eyes showed warmth and anger.
This made the girl confused.
"Father, mother, is it because of this incident that you came here just now?"
Junhan looked at this little sister whom she hadn't seen for only three or four years. She didn't expect that in three or four years, the little sister had changed so much. She seemed like a different person. What she didn't expect was that her father and mother were three or four years old.
I had never come here to visit her before, but this time I came here because I wanted to persuade her to leave.
How does this make Junhan feel better?
When she got married here, it was arranged by her parents to marry someone she had never met. At that time, her parents never considered her. Now she is lucky to be blessed by God. Although her husband has limited legs and feet, he is not only her husband, but also her father.
Her mother loved her very much.
It was fine for her parents not to see her for so many years, but now that they came, they wanted her to run away and leave.
"Eldest sister, father, mother, all are for you, eldest sister..."
The girl wanted to say something else, but was interrupted.
"My little sister just said that she is now married to Linzi City?"
Junhan looked at the little sister she had always loved with strange eyes. She didn't understand how she could marry the little girl who could help the family with her and live in a wooden house in the village after not seeing each other for three or four years.
When I arrived in Linzi City, I felt like I was a different person.
"Yes! Elder sister, let me tell you, it was only after I got married to Linzi City that I realized how good it is to live in the city. Not only is it lively, but there are also officials to manage it, and there are many people to buy things or meet. Elder sister
you……"
The girl's eyes revealed happiness when she talked about Linzi City, a look that would never appear when talking about the village or looking around.
But when Junhan left, the girl looked surprised.
"Uncle! Auntie!!!"
Junhan watched his uncle Kamata and aunt arrive, hugged the child, and hurried forward.
"Be careful, Yunhan, go and sit down quickly! You are still weak now, so don't move around too much!"
When my aunt saw Junhan coming, she quickly stepped forward and said with a reproachful look on her face.
Although he was saying words of blame, when he looked at the infant child in Yunhan's arms, the smile on his face was so different from the parents and relatives in Yunhan's family.
This made the tip of Junhan's nose sore, and the tears that had been holding on finally couldn't help but fall two drops, flowing down his cheeks.
She thought that her parents had never even looked at her children when they came here.
"Look at you, Yunhan, your aunt also feels sorry for you!"
Katama sighed, scolded his wife, and then gave up when he saw his little sister coming.
"Yunhan, don't cry, what's wrong?"
The aunt hurriedly stretched out her hand to smooth Junhan's back and asked with concern.
Junhan raised his hand in coarse cloth to wipe his tears and shook his head.
"Brother, why are you here? Mom didn't come!"
When Mrs. Wu saw her brother and looked at the meat he brought, her first reaction was to look behind her brother to see if her mother had come.
"Mom is coming, but she gave up after a lot of persuasion. In two days, you should quickly take Shou'er and Junhan to the city and show mom, isn't there a bullock cart? Mom, think carefully, don't fight with me anymore.
!”
Kaimata looked at the younger sister angrily, and after giving the meat to the younger sister, when he saw so many people in the yard, he asked the younger sister with curious eyes.
"This is Junhan's father and mother..."
Although Mrs. Shi was reluctant and a little angry, she still introduced Shima and those people with a smile on her face.
Unlike Yan's father, when they learned that Junmaa lived in Linzi City and was still doing hawker business, whether it was Junhan's parents or other relatives, they were much more enthusiastic and had kind smiles on their faces. Some
Relatives even took the initiative to chat with him. In the eyes of those relatives, there is no harm in knowing one more person who lives in Linzi City. Maybe he can be of help in the future. Even if it is inconvenient, he can just leave it to the hawker to help him.
If you look at it, it's good, then if you tell it, you'll have the dignity to do it.
After all, that is Linzi City!
Besides, everyone knows that since he is a hawker, he must know a lot of people, and there are also many acquaintances among buyers in Linzi City.
"I heard that everyone in Linzi City, whether they are in shops, huts, tea shops, or even the Jixia Academy, are talking about the Kyushu Cauldron!"
When an older middle-aged man saw that Kima was from Linzi City, he was worried about being looked down upon, so he quickly told what he had heard from the villagers who had just returned from Linzi City, making it appear that he had gone there often.
Linzi City.
After hearing the words, other people also nodded one after another. In fact, there were not many people who could say anything. Most of them were heard from what they heard. But considering that Kaimata was here, they also wanted to talk about people in the city, so they just discussed it.
things.
"That's the Jiuzhou Cauldron! Since the Xia Dynasty, the nine states in the world have been forged from the sky!"
Junhan's father, after thinking for a while, finally choked out these words.
"Yes! Everyone is talking about the Kyushu Cauldron. Now everyone in the city is talking about it in every street!"
When Kaimata heard what these men said, he smiled and said.
At this time, the girl came over and heard the discussion about this matter. She saw her father and looked over.
"Ping'er, you are in the city now and have a talk with your uncle!"
Junhan's father said, and after finishing speaking, he looked at Kima.
After hearing this, Kaima couldn't help but look at the girl, which made Junhan's father very satisfied, and everyone else also laughed.
"Indeed, they are all talking about this matter. It is rumored that Bai Yan, the general of the Qin State, was the one who found the Nine Provinces Cauldron in a dream..."
The girl named Ping couldn't help but have her beautiful eyes twinkling, and there was a dreamlike look hidden in her eyes when she talked about the Qin General who was all moved by Lian Liangren's father, and everyone, even the talented people in Jixia Academy.
longing for.
After Ping finished speaking, Ping's father and other men were all surprised.
Jima nodded and watched this scene silently. Although in Linzi City, during this period alone, he had heard about this matter from hundreds, or even thousands of passers-by, but
If you don't mind, let's listen to it again.
"You kid, run slower!"
The aunt looked at Shui Shou's eldest son and jumped over. She quickly reached out to pick him up and held him in her arms.
They are all people who have been here before. My aunt was in Linzi City, helping Kima to take care of the stalls, and she had seen all kinds of people. So when I came to the yard, I saw the girl in silk clothes, but her appearance was not as good as Junhan's.
The sullen look on her face, the way other relatives of Junhan looked at Xiaoyuan, and the look on Xiaoyuan just now made her aunt guess something.
Holding the little child in her arms, her aunt came to the busy Mr.
"They are all mothers! Now that I have become a grandmother, I am naturally more tired."
When her aunt opened her mouth to speak, she could naturally see why Mr. Xiao was unhappy.
"Know!"
Mrs. Wu glanced at her brother and sister-in-law, and then sighed after saying: "Brother and sister-in-law, you are also busy. You don't have to come here often. Winter is coming. We have nothing to do. But you, live in Linzi City and don't do business for a day."
It’s a loss.”
When Mrs. Shi thought of her eldest brother and his sister-in-law, who often came here during this period, she couldn't help but feel guilty. She was worried that it would affect the life of her eldest brother and his family. After all, it was said that her eldest brother's son already had a sweetheart and was saving money.
Want to start a family.
"I'm not really fighting with my mother!"
Mr. Shi muttered a little aggrievedly, as if he thought of something, his eyes instantly turned red. Fortunately, after taking a few breaths, he held back. He lowered his head and continued to play with the meat brought by his elder brother. He picked up the knife and looked at it.
The people behind her were all talking to her brother about the Qin general, and no one paid attention to her, so she secretly cut a small piece and put it back into the cloth, preparing to take it back to her mother to eat after her brother returned.
"It's good if you don't have any grudges! Right, Shu'er!"
When her aunt saw Mrs. Shi's behavior, she didn't care. How filial her husband was to her, so she didn't know. She smiled and teased the child in her arms, making the child laugh. When she noticed the aggrieved Mr. Shi from the corner of her eye,
, looking at Mr. Shi's busy appearance, there was indescribable envy in my aunt's eyes.
Naturally, my aunt knew why Mrs. Xiao suddenly couldn't help crying just now, but her aunt also knew that Linzi City now has hundreds of thousands of people...
Everyone is talking about Kyushu Cauldron!
The Jiuzhou tripod was found by Qin general Bai Yan and sent to Xianyang!!!
Listening to the people in the yard talking to my beloved, as well as what the woman kept saying, I looked at the aggrieved Mr. Xiao on the side.
"Silly girl, do you know that the few foreign relatives standing in the yard looking down on you now, the Qin General Bai Yan they talk about is your second son, Yan'er!"
My aunt thought with a smile in her heart, but at the moment, she couldn't say it out loud.
My aunt also has a son, and she has also considered letting her son go to Qufu, especially since the son also has a girl he likes and has a relationship with his cousin. I believe he will be successful if he goes to Qufu.
However, when she thought about the war in Qufu, where people were all armed with knives and swords, and when she thought about letting her son fight with thousands of people, and the scenes of bloodshed, my aunt suddenly became frightened again, and in the end she did not hesitate.
I gave up this idea and didn't even plan to tell my son. I finally understood my mother's painstaking efforts.