The sun rises and life goes on.Time does not stop passing because of unknown circumstances.The day before the Winter Solstice Festival, Xu Shuncheng returned.Xu Shuncheng came back for the holiday, and at the same time settled Xu Yier's family affairs.After nearly a month of inquiry, Xu Shuncheng learned that Zhou Changxiu had no bad habits, was honest, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and made up his mind to marry his eldest daughter Xu to him."
Congratulations, eldest sister."
Xu Jia'er came to Xu Yi'er with a smile and whispered.Xu Yi'er bowed her head shyly, her cheeks flushed.Xu Qiaojun looked at the inflorescence shaft that had just emerged a little in the daffodil, and sighed faintly, it is still a flower bone, it is about to bloom in advance, I really don't want to get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.Xu Qiaojun's melancholy did not affect the joy of the rest of the Xu family.Everyone happily was busy with the work at hand, while talking about the family affairs of the younger generation of the Xu family.Xu Qiaojun learned from this that the first person of the younger generation of the Xu family to marry was not Xu Yier, but Xu Hongyuan, and the first day of February next year would be his happy day.Xu Yier's family affairs have been decided, although she will not get married until two years later, but the dowry and everything must be prepared.When Lu Chunjiao thought that after the Chinese New Year, Xu Yier would embroider wedding dresses and other things, and she had no time to make buckles to supplement the family, so she was a little irritable, and even her joy was reduced by three points.However, irritability is irritability, Lu Chunjiao still knows very well in her heart that it is impossible for a woman to marry a woman, and it is impossible to raise an old girl at home, Xu Yier can't count on it, so she can only rely on the other two daughters, so she ruthlessly forced Xu Jiaer and Xu Qiaojun to learn to make buckles.Xu Qiaojun felt that his skills were not pressing, and when he didn't go to Li's house to read and write, he followed Xu Yier to learn to make buckles.Xu Yier felt sorry for her sister, so she took a nap for half an hour and made two or three buckles, but she was not allowed to do it, and asked her to go out to find peaches and play with them.It's just that after the Winter Solstice Festival, the weather is getting colder and colder, Xu Qiaojun is afraid of the cold, and she is not very willing to go out to play, and she has other things to do.Neither daffodils nor orchids are hardy flowers, and there is no such constant warming room as in modern times, so she is worried that they will be frostbitten and frostbitten, so she plans to build a simple small greenhouse to keep them warm.In the morning, Xu Qiaojun went to Aunt Ping, who was weaving homespun cloth in the village, and gave two pieces of cloth on credit.After lunch, Xu Qiaojun carried a firewood knife and went to the bamboo forest at the edge of the village.The bamboo forest, which is usually quiet, is very lively today, Zhao Xiaojiang and a few boys of about the same age in the village are digging winter bamboo shoots in the forest.A few young ones broke bamboo branches and rode horses, and the bamboo branches and bamboo leaves swept around, making the dirt road muddy, and there was no place to put their feet.Xu Qiaojun frowned, and was hesitating whether to go to the bamboo forest farther away, or wait until tomorrow to come back, Zhao Xiaojiang saw her, and asked in a loud voice: "Sister Qiao'er, you come here to cut bamboo, what are you going to do?"
"Make a cage." ”Xu Qiaojun said with a smile."
What kind of cage?"
Zhao Xiaojiang asked again.Xu Qiaojun didn't want to explain so clearly, so he pondered for a moment and said, "It's like the kind that bakes diapers for my Bao'er." ”Zhao Xiaojiang saw that Xu Qiaojun was not wearing clogs, thought for a while, and said: "I will make up that kind of cage, and I will make it up in a while and send it to you."
Don't come in, the mud inside is sloppy and will stain your shoes. ”Xu Qiaojun thought that she couldn't make it up if she cut the bamboo, and she had to find someone to help, Zhao Xiaojiang took the initiative to send it to the door, and she couldn't help it, but she also refused and smiled: "It's troublesome Brother Xiaojiang." ”"No trouble, a little thing."
Zhao Xiaojiang said with a smile.Xu Qiaojun thanked him again, turned around and walked back, and the group of boys in the bamboo forest began to coax, pinching their throats, and shouting in the voice of the little girl, "Brother Xiaojiang." ”"Brother Xiao Jiang can't be so partial, just make cages for Sister Qiao'er, and also make some small cages for a few of us, so that they can be bamboo rats.""
That's it, we want bamboo cages.Trouble Brother Xiaojiang. ”"I'm sorry to trouble Brother Jiang."
Zhao Xiaojiang is eleven or twelve years old, and adults often joke about begging for a daughter-in-law, and he knows a little bit about it, so he blushed by their narrow tone, waved his fist and said, "If you talk nonsense, I will beat you." ”"The little boy sat on the door, crying and shouting for a daughter-in-law.""
What do you want your daughter-in-law to do", "Talk, laugh, explain", "Don't sing, don't sing." ”Zhao Xiaojiang shouted at them.Xu Qiaojun heard it from afar, crying and laughing, these stinky boys.More than half an hour later, Zhao Xiaojiang sent the cage and five winter bamboo shoots."
I accepted the cage, thank you Brother Jiang, I can't ask for this winter bamboo shoot."
Xu Qiaojun carried the sturdy and reliable cage and said with a smile."
I dug a lot, this winter bamboo shoot is tender, and if you don't let it go, it won't taste good when you get old in two days."
Zhao Xiaojiang put the winter bamboo shoots in front of Xu Qiaojun, turned around and spread his feet and ran.Xu Qiaojun entered the house with the cage and winter bamboo shoots, fortunately, Lu Chunjiao couldn't come out of the fire in the hall, otherwise she would have scolded her again when she saw these two things.Xu Qiaojun put the cage in the yard, took the winter bamboo shoots into the stove room, and said with a smile: "Second sister, let's eat fried bacon with winter bamboo shoots at night." ”"Where do you get winter bamboo shoots" Xu Jiaer was peeling peanuts, and when she heard this, she raised her head and asked with a smile."
There are five of them sent by Brother Xiao Jiang, all of them are quite big, and they can eat two meals."
Xu Qiaojun said with a smile.Xu Jia'er smiled, took the winter bamboo shoots in her hand, and began to peel them.Xu Qiaojun handed over the winter bamboo shoots to Xu Jiaer to deal with, and she went to get her own small greenhouse.But even if you have a greenhouse, you won't have to bask in the sun for an hour or two, and you have to move the flowers back to the house.The small dirt slope behind is high, so you don't have to worry about standing water, and there are no trees to block the precious sunlight in winter, so it is a good place to build a greenhouse.Xu Qiaojun first used the linen cloth he had received on credit in the morning to cover the hood.A shallow ditch was dug on the soil slope to divert water, wooden planks and straw were put on it, and two pots of flowers were placed in it and covered with a cage.Xu Qiaojun just got it, straightened up, and breathed a long sigh of relief.Lu Chunjiao, who had been nesting in the room for almost a day, came out to let out the wind, turned to the back by the way, and saw the linen cloth on the cage, and immediately changed her face, "You dead girl, where did you get the linen cloth from stealing from my house" "Your boxes are locked, where can I steal it" Xu Qiaojun stopped in front of the dirt slope, picked up the hoe leaning against the side, and looked at Lu Chunjiao vigilantly to prevent her from going crazy and grabbing the cage and breaking the two pots of flowers."
Then how did these cloths come from," Lu Chunjiao asked sharply."
On credit, I told Aunt Ping that I would give her money when I sold it."
Xu Qiaojun had expected that Lu Chunjiao would ask, so she didn't use the few pennies in the box, and deliberately took credit with others."
The toad opens its mouth to blow the air, and you are not afraid to flash your tongue.If your two pots of broken flowers can be sold for silver, the old lady will chop off her head and use it as a stool for you to sit on. ”Lu Chunjiao sneered disdainfully.Xu Qiaojun thought about the bloody head sitting under her buttocks, and couldn't help but shudder, should this woman be so disgusting to her, pouted, and mocked: "You say so, I don't dare to sell it for any amount of money."
If the flowers are sold, your head will be gone, then I will be very unfilial. ”Lu Chunjiao was blocked by this, her eyes widened, "You dead girl with sharp teeth and sharp mouth" scolded Xu Qiaojun with a scolding and slammed her head and face, but she just moved her mouth and didn't do anything, just because Xu Qiaojun was holding a hoe in her hand.Lu Chunjiao looked at it and was worried in her heart, this dead girl dared to hit her with a radish last time, and her nose bleed, who knows if she will go crazy this time and dig her with a hoe "Mother, Bao'er wet her pants." ”Xu Jiaer heard the scolding and hurried over to rescue."
Ouch, why did you get wet again on a cold day, and you don't have to change your pants."
Lu Chunjiao couldn't take care of Xu Qiaojun, and went into the house to help Xu Baoer change her pants.Looking at Lu Chunjiao's hurried steps, the sisters looked at each other and smiled, but the smile was a little helpless and bitter, there are several biological mothers and daughters, they will be like them
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