Chapter 105 Zhao Family
In fact, what is the current situation of Song’s mother’s family?
Shen Xia definitely didn’t know, but since it was her first time going there, she must bring more gifts.
After getting to know them, if it's worth making close friends, then teach them to raise silkworms. Raise a few of these every year and let the children at home go to school. There will definitely not be any big problems.
They are all close relatives, so it doesn’t hurt to help more if your ability is limited.
If you are the kind of person who is a lot of thinkers, just move around less after this gift.
People are like this. If you get along well, get together more. If you don’t, get together less. There’s no need to worry too much.
Originally I was planning to take half of the bag of rice, but later.
Xiaowu, Xiaotian, mother, myself, and my third and eldest brothers are all going, so only my fourth and second brothers are at home.
Because the second brother had to pick mulberry leaves for the silkworms to eat in the afternoon, and the fourth brother had to go to the construction site to direct things.
So they were the only two left at home.
There are six of us here, and we have a big appetite.
So he took all the 100 kilograms of rice.
Then half the pig was divided into two halves, and half was taken away, which was not a small amount.
Then he took two more cans of wine. The wine was not cheap at that time.
Two rolls of linen and some dragon beard cakes.
In addition, I took one chicken and one duck.
My mother told me that there were three brothers in my maternal grandfather's family, and I was the youngest. She had three older brothers and three sisters-in-law.
I don't know how many children are there.
But if you think about it, the fabric should be about the same.
At that time, one piece of cloth was thirteen meters, and two pieces of cloth were twenty-six meters.
Fortunately, I was asked to buy two pieces, otherwise if there were fewer, they wouldn’t be enough to make a set of clothes for the whole family.
Both pieces of cloth are intermediate colors and are suitable for both men and women.
Shen Xia ordered some things and they seemed to be almost ready.
My second brother looked at us getting on the bus, his eyes full of aggrievedness, and he also wanted to go.
But that’s not possible. It’s impossible not to have someone at home, and there are so many things to do at home.
But you can wait until the house is repaired and the yard is bigger, then hire some servants to do the work.
At this time, people can be bought and sold.
Although I live under the red flag, it is indeed convenient to have someone at home.
I am not a member of the exploiting class. I will treat the people I buy from well and I am not a capitalist.
After we all got on the cart, my eldest brother drove the ox cart away.
Because there were still a lot of things on the cart and it was noon, the ox cart was shaking.
Shen Xia wants to sleep.
Summer is a great time for a nap.
Xiaotian and Xiaowu wanted to sleep after rocking for a while.
The two children sat in the front because they were curious.
Shen Xia looked at the two children. Song's mother also saw it, so she let Xiaowu lean on her.
Shen Xia also let Xiaotian lean on her.
He glanced at his third brother behind him.
"Third brother, I'm sleepy. Can I lean on you?" Shen Xia asked.
Song Jin turned around, facing Shen Xia with his chest: "Go for it!"
Shen Xia fell down and leaned into Song Jin's arms.
After a while, I fell asleep.
Song Jin looked at the person in his arms and felt very happy.
Because of the light breeze, Shen Xia's hair was blown onto her face.
Song Jin gently pulled the hair away from Shen Xia's face.
Shen Xia fell asleep at this time, otherwise I would have asked, "Third brother, didn't you say that you can't see clearly in the sunlight?"
It took about an hour and a half, or three hours, for the ox cart to reach Zhao's house.
Although the roads were not good at that time, most people rode on ox carts.
However, if the road is too bad, it might be inconvenient to go out on rainy days.
I just remembered that there is no umbrella at home. I could have opened an umbrella in such hot weather.
But there is none at home.
People in this era don’t care about sun protection and think they only use umbrellas when it rains.
I don’t care. Next time I go out, I will definitely carry an umbrella with me.
Looking at the Zhao family’s house in front of him, it is almost as dilapidated as the Song family’s current house.
It’s just much wider than the Song family’s.
The ox cart drove straight to the gate of Zhao’s yard.
There are still quite a lot of people in the yard.
The people in the yard were also looking at the people outside the yard.
Everyone looked at each other.
Mother Song looked at her mother, who was no longer young, with white hair and a hunched figure. She had not seen her mother for many years.
Mother Song looked at her mother with tears in her eyes.
Of course it was impossible for Zhao's mother not to recognize her daughter. When she saw the people outside, she was overjoyed.
He shouted to the main room, "Old man, old man, come out and see if it's Yan'er coming back."
As soon as Zhao's mother shouted, everyone in the room came out.
Looking at the people at the gate of the yard
Father Zhao said, "Yes, yes, yes."
The two old people hurried to the yard and opened the gate.
She excitedly held Song's mother's hand and said, "Yan'er, it's really you! I thought I would never see you again until I die."
Song's mother's face was full of tears: "Mom, it's all Yan'er's fault. Yan'er is unfilial."
Father Zhao said from the side: "Come in, it's hot outside."
Mother Zhao looked at Shen Xia behind her and said, "These are the children."
Song's mother took a look and introduced them one by one: "This is the eldest, Song Jiang. The second, Song Ming, is at home. This is the third, Song Jin. The fourth, Song Yun, is at home."
Then he looked at Xiaowu and Xiaotian next to him and said, "This is Xiaowu Songyu, and this is Xiaotian, our godson."
Because people had always asked about Xiaotian before, the family discussed it and decided to let Song's mother adopt Xiaotian as her godson.
Xiaotian also agreed.
Then he looked at Shen Xia and said, "This is Shen Xia, the eldest brother's wife."
Although the two old people felt that Song's mother's introduction to Shen Xia was strange, they did not ask her in person. They would ask her when they were free later.
Then when he entered, he looked at the ox cart behind him and said, "It's yours."
Song's mother said, "Yes, Xia Xia said it would be convenient to have an ox cart at home, so we bought one."
The two old men looked at the things on the ox cart.
Eyes widened.
"This--this is."
Mother Song wiped the tears from her face and said, "Mom, Xia Xia asked me to bring these."
The two old men looked at the little girl in front of them again.
Shen Xia saw the two old people looking at her and said politely, "Hello, Grandfather, Grandma."
Then he looked at Xiaotian and Xiaowu and said, "Call someone."
They both said together: "Hello, Grandpa and Grandma."
The two of them smiled and said, "Okay, okay, okay. Let's go in quickly."
There were a lot of people in the yard, but I didn't see many of my uncles.
There were three women, who were obviously three aunts.
When two aunts saw Song's mother, they stepped forward and said enthusiastically, "Yan'er, you finally came back. Your second brother missed you very much. He said two days ago that he would go to see you after the river was cleaned up."
It seems to be my second aunt.
Another person chimed in: "Your elder brother misses you too."
Shen Xia looked at the two of them. The eldest aunt was the tallest, and the other one was good at doing physical work.
My second aunt is a little shorter, but much taller than my third aunt next to her.
Why? My third aunt is a petite and pretty girl, very small in stature, but she is the prettiest of the three aunts.
His facial features are small and delicate, and at first glance he looks like a person with something in his heart.
The other two aunts are typical capable and honest types.
At this time, the third aunt's eyes were directly fixed on the things on the ox cart behind.
With a smile on her face, she said, "Fourth sister's family has become rich, and she sent so many things to your brother."
When the two old men realized what their young daughter-in-law meant, their faces turned dark.
Listen to what he said, it seems like he wants to divide things directly.
Song's mother is a person who doesn't refute.
But Shen Xia is not like that.
He went straight forward and held the arm of his aunt-in-law: "This must be my third aunt! She is so beautiful. Hasn't mother been home for a long time? I haven't been filial to my parents for so many years. Now that conditions are better, I want to make up for the lack of filial piety before."
"Big brother, second brother, Xiaowu, why don't you hurry up and move the things to grandma's room."
When several people heard this, they said, "Okay."
I can give some things away, but you can't steal them.