Chapter 38 Preparations
Zhang gritted his teeth, plucked up his courage, begging but firm, and said with his trembling lips: "Mom, I'm not going to go against your wishes, nor is it that my sister-in-law said that the other person is not good, but I'm just these two daughters, so I really can't bear to give the child to him if I haven't even seen him.????????? w?w w?.b?i?q? Even if I don't let Lihua look at him, I'm a mother-in-law, so I have some qualifications to take a look. I don't want the other party to have money or not, so I want the children to live a comfortable and good life by themselves. If that boy is really that good, I will naturally not say anything."
"Hmph!" Liu snorted coldly, looking at Zhang's other people who wanted to say, but didn't speak, and just looked away from Zhang's familiar face. Someone in his memory also had such a face, but never showed such an uneasy and fragile expression.
After a long time, Liu said, "Okay, then, let your sister-in-law discuss with the other party and see what arrangements are done."
"Thank you mother!" Zhang felt relieved. If Liu really insisted on not letting her look at her, she really didn't know what to do.
Mrs. Liu just opened her eyes coldly.
After listening to Jin Dazhong's words, everyone realized that so many things happened after they left. But no matter what, things were finally perfect. Even if Li Hua didn't let Li Hua look at him, Tao Hua still believed his parents' eyes. So he comforted Li Hua and said, "Sister, don't worry, if there is anything wrong with the other party, our parents will definitely not let you marry."
"Yes." Lihua nodded, feeling relieved.
"Okay, okay, don't stand up, go get a bowl to have a meal." Zhang said to several children.
Several children agreed and happily prepared the dishes.
In the afternoon, Zhang was called by Aunt Li to talk, and Jin Dazhong also went around the village to greet the old friends and chat with him. The remaining peach blossoms were also taken by Jingsheng to play.
It was ice skating in the morning, and in the afternoon the children moved their attention from the ice to the bottom of the ice.
The older children in the village took the lead and led a few small ones, holding small hammers and chiseling an ice surface, preparing to go down the net to catch the fish below.
"Brother, is this too dangerous?" Taohua squatted aside and looked at Xinqi and worried.
The children watching immediately burst into laughter.
A young man as old as Jing Sheng said to Taohua: "Ha, the ice surface is thick. We only dig a small hole, so it will never collapse."
"Well, don't worry, if you are afraid, let your sister play with you." Jing Sheng also comforted.
"I'm not afraid." Taohua stood up, so she didn't want to find her second sister. Her second sister must have discussed embroidered and laid shoes with several girls in the village. She was dizzy when she heard it.
"Well, my third sister is not afraid, Mingsheng will protect you." Mingsheng pulled the corner of Taohua's clothes and said with a look up.
Taohua pinched Mingsheng's face and said happily: "Mingsheng loves his sister the most."
Saburo shaved his face with his hands and said to Mingsheng: "Wow, Mingsheng is not shy. He is still pinched by his sister when he is so old."
"Stinky Sanlang, let's talk about it!" Mingsheng's face turned red when he was said, and he immediately ran towards Sanlang and wanted to hit him.
When Sanlang saw it, he hurriedly ran away, and turned around from time to time to provoke Mingsheng, "Haha, I can't catch up with me."
Mingsheng was not willing to follow him, and the two little kids were chasing each other. Peach blossoms were interesting to watch. While asking Mingsheng to be slow, he couldn't help laughing.
Jing Sheng also helped Erlang and the others to put the net under the ice, waiting for the fish to enter the net, and it would be a delicious meal.
The peach blossoms were bored when they saw it, so they walked along the ice surface to the shore. The swallows stood on the shore from afar. When they saw the peach blossoms coming, they came over happily. The two little girls were holding hands and laughing.
"Swallow!" Another little girl ran over.
Swallow's eyes lit up, pulled Taohua and walked forward a few steps, happily saying, "Xiangjiao, you are here too!"
Banana?! Peach blossoms were shocked, this name...
Taohua looked at the little girl in front of her, slightly older than herself, probably eleven or twelve years old, with a healthy wheat-colored skin, an oval face, neither big nor small, and a round nose. She was frozen red at the moment, with two small bags on her head, wrapped in red cloth, looking very cute. It seemed that she was a girl from the Du family in the former village. Taohua thought about it with vague memories, but she blamed the original owner for being too introverted before and didn't appear in the village very much.
Xiangjiao is also a cheerful girl. She smiled at Taohua and said, "I used to hear Yanzi say you, but you didn't go out and didn't see you very much. Today I've known you."
Taohua didn't feel embarrassed, and stepped forward to hold Xiangjiao's arm and said, "Hehe, what Sister Xiangjiao says is whatever it says."
"Ha, then we will do everything together from now on." Yan Zi said excitedly.
After swallows explained, Peach Blossoms realized that it was fragrant rather than bananas.
The three of them stood on the high slope and watched the boys fishing on the ice. Mingsheng came over and told Taohua about Jingsheng and the others' harvest. Taohua told him to slow down, but also thought that if the elder brother could take it back if there were too many fish caught.
You should make money faster, so it is not easy to eat meat without having to eat it.
"Peach Blossom, what are you thinking? Xiangjiao asked you what you said." Yanzi pushed Peach Blossom.
"Ah? Xiangjiao, what did you say? I didn't hear it clearly just now." Taohua smiled embarrassedly.
"It's nothing. I just ask you what you like to do on weekdays and don't walk around often." Xiangjiao looked at Taohua curiously with her moist eyes.
"I don't like going out on weekdays. Maybe I almost lost my life when I burned last time. But I was so excited that I didn't stay so home." Taohua said without blinking.
"That's good. We and Yanzi will have to come out to play often in the future. I don't have any good friends, so I just told Yanzi. It's not even more lively now." Xiangjiao smiled cheerfully.
The three little girls were chatting and slipped over in the middle of the afternoon.
After the first year of the junior high school, we have to be busy visiting relatives. In this era, we are not like modern travelers. Instead, we are solemn and humane. When should we go, who will go, and what gifts we want to get. This is all about it. Children can be said to be the most happy. Not to mention delicious food and drinks, but because there is New Year's money to receive. Although they may be taken away by adults before they are warm, the excitement at the moment of getting the red envelope and opening the red envelope is enough for the children to show off to their friends.
The next day, according to the convention, it was probably that Mrs. Jin Dazhong and Zhang took a few children to the old house. Unlike yesterday's New Year greetings, today is a formal visit to relatives. However, after discussion, Mrs. Jin Dazhong only brought two young men, Taohua and Mingsheng. Mrs. Zhang took out a gift that had been prepared, a small piece of ruler and a box of crisp cakes, three servings, one for Mr. Jin, uncle Taohua and second uncle each, and added a pack of candy to Mr. Jin and Liu's gifts, which were all practical things.
With the current economic conditions of Taohua family, such a gift is considered generous.
"Why don't you just give me a ruler like in previous years? We are not well-off." Taohua muttered. She was really unhappy to go to the old house, and she even received such a heavy gift.
"In previous years, life was not easy, and the family really had no money to buy it." Zhang seemed to see Taohua's dissatisfaction and explained: "They are your grandparents, uncles and second uncles, neither of them are outsiders, and they are also compensation from previous years."
"But they treated us like that." Taohua pouted.
"Silly girls, no matter what, they are elders. We have to listen to the elders' words." Zhang taught.
Taohua was not convinced, "What the elders said makes no sense, do we also listen? Isn't this stupid filial piety?"
"It has nothing to do with filial piety, it is the duty we younger generations should have." Zhang said earnestly. Seeing that Taohua was still dissatisfied, he smiled and said, "You must listen to it, but how to do it is your own business."
Taohua's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at Zhang and smiled.
Well, it seems that my mother, Zhang, also has the potential to be black-bellied.
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I'm smiling and asking for collection and recommendation, dear friends!
Chapter completed!