Because it was noon, the villagers were preparing to have a meal, and Ningxiang and others did not meet the villagers on their way home.

I soon arrived in front of Xu's house.

Ningxiang’s uncle Xu Shouliang is the eldest son of the Xu family. When he got married, he built a new house next to the old house. When Ningxiang’s father was old enough to get married, he flipped the old house, so the two brothers lived next door. In order to facilitate walking, they also save trouble. The two families built walls on both sides and did not build them in the middle of the yard. If you have any questions, just pass through the yard without going around the gate.

Now Ningxiang is a maid in the Hou Mansion, and Amu lives in his uncle's house. The door of his house is locked. No one can walk around, so there is no need to worry about cleaning the snow at the door. There are four families in the street, and there is only one place with snow in front of the gate, which looks out of place and a bit desolate.

Thinking of his deceased parents, Ningxiang was a little sad. While walking to his uncle's house, she touched her brother's head, secretly hoping that the little guy would grow up soon, get married and have children, so that his family would be revived.

In the yard, Xu Shouliang was chopping firewood. When he saw the children coming back, he looked at his niece who had not seen a flower bud for a month. He immediately smiled and put down his axe to say hello to his niece, "Xiang'er is back, why does it seem to have lost weight?"

"There are a lot of things in the mansion in the first lunar month, maybe I'm tired." Ningxiang smiled and said perfunctorily, not wanting to worry his family.

"Sister bought me chestnuts and big sour pears!" For Amu, the sister came back as if she was so happy during the Chinese New Year. She raised the oil paper bag in her hand to show her to her uncle, and wanted to show off her big sour pears. She looked down and remembered that the sour pears were in her cousin's hands, so she signaled her uncle to look at her cousin.

They are not something that people in the countryside can eat easily. Xu Shouliang will definitely not buy it herself, but the money belongs to her niece. She loves her younger brother and sister, so Xu Shouliang doesn't care.

Li, who was preparing to cook in the kitchen, was very unhappy when he heard this. He put down the kitchen knife and walked to the door to see that two little girls were holding a pear, and his son was holding two in his hand. It would cost more than twenty cents in total. He couldn't help but frown and scold Ningxiang, "If you buy chestnuts, you can buy chestnuts. Why do you still buy this thing? Why is it better to save money to marry Amu for a wife?"

Xu Qiuer knew that her mother was a person who wanted to spend a penny in half, so she quickly explained with a smile: "Mom, my sister met Brother Lu from Donglin Town when she was waiting for the car and came back to visit her relatives. She took the bus. The sour pear was given to us by Brother Lu. Not only did she not spend money to buy sour pears, she also saved four cents of the car."

"You're just worrying about it." Xu Shouliang immediately glared at his wife.

The father and daughter were both swept their face together, and Li pursed her lips and turned around to continue cutting vegetables.

Xu Shouliang patted the soil on his hand and called out enthusiastically, "It's cold outside, hurry up and go to the kang and stay."

Ningxiang yelled, looked at the snow-covered yard next to her, and followed Amu with Xu Qiuer.

The farm houses are almost the same, with three rooms, and the kitchen is opened in the north and south of the middle, which allows the owner to enter and exit the front and back yards, and open the side door inside the stove to enter the east and west houses. There are stoves on both sides near the south door, which are connected to the big kang in the east and west houses. The fire is set here and the kang is gradually getting hot.

"Eat corn cakes for lunch!" Amu pointed to the pot lid that had already smelled out of the east pot and told his sister excitedly.

After grinding corn into residue, you can make porridge. Grind this fine residue more finely and you can mix the noodles as a crust. Wrap cabbage or spinach into filling, flatten it on the pot, put water on the bottom of the pot, and steam it into fragrant buns in less than a quarter of an hour. Because it is difficult to grind it fine, it is usually eaten when you are at home or when you have any happy events.

And at the Xu family, every time Ningxiang comes back, it is a day for the family to improve their food.

This kind of meal is completely incomparable to the fine rice, chicken, duck, fish and meat of Hou Mansion, but it is more satisfying to eat it.

The cutting board was placed on the water tank, and Li was standing there cutting shredded radish and round carrots. He just took it out of the cellar today. There were so many people in the kitchen, and she felt that she was narrow and chased them without raising her head, "Come in the house, don't cause trouble for me here."

Xu Qiuer smiled and pushed Ningxiang into the east room.

This is the house of Xu Shouliang and his wife, and it is also the place to entertain guests when they come to their families. The two quilts are neatly stacked on the kang, with thick mattresses on the kang. Although the mattresses with rich peonies with red bottom and black sides have been used for three or four years, they are still clean. Looking at the old wardrobe under the kang, you will know that Li is a diligent daughter-in-law.

Seeing that the little bad guy Amu was about to put the oil paper on the kang, Ningxiang snatched the chestnuts in time and scolded him with a tight face, "You are not allowed to eat it again today. Wash your hands first before you can get on the kang."

Amu looked at his dirty hands that were sticky because of peeling chestnuts, and then looked at his sister. He knew that this matter could not be discussed anymore, so he asked expectantly: "Then can I eat sour pears after washing my hands?"

My younger brother was sensible, Ningxiang laughed and said softly: "Amu can't eat pears for a while now. Keep the sour pears. My sister will make rock sugar pears for you to eat at night."

"What is rock sugar pear?" Although I didn't know what it was, Amu still swallowed.

"I'll know tonight, go and wash your hands first." Ningxiang touched her brother's head.

Amu ran out immediately.

When the door curtain was lifted, Li and Xu Qiuer, who were cutting vegetables outside, asked almost in unison: "Don't you have to go back today?"

Ningxiang nodded with a smile and watched Li explain what Su Yue had given up the fake to her.

Li was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he said, "That Su Yue person is pretty good... Qiu'er, go and show it to your sister... Forget it, it's only one night anyway. Xiang'er and Amu will sleep in the same bed tonight, and it will be warmer to squeeze."

Amu squatted in front of the north gate and washed his hands. Hearing this, he shouted excitedly that he wanted to sleep with his sister.

Ningxiang planned so that, and put down her burden, she came out and said, "I'll burn the fire for my aunt."

As he said that, he was going to the west pot, and the pot was already brushed.

The niece is diligent, but Li rarely even uses her daughter to do things, and it is even more impossible for her to ask her niece who has just returned home to help. She immediately chased her in, "No need for you, go in and rest quickly, just fry some shredded radish, I'm so busy."

Xu Shouliang in the room also advised his niece, and Xu Qiuer even came out to recruit people directly.

Ningxiang had no choice but to stand up from the small stool in front of the stove before going in. Yu Guang saw a boy turn around at the gate... The boy, who was five years old, was wearing a thick cotton jacket, but was half a little taller than Amu and his head was two rounds taller. It was Dazhuang, the next door child who instigated Amu to go to Beihe to make ice in his previous life.

At this moment, the boy asked loudly as he walked in, "Is Amu at home?"

Ningxiang didn't answer.

She watched the boy get closer and closer in a complicated mood.

Do you hate it? When the incident happened, Dazhuang was just a child. He was afraid of being scolded by adults, so he didn't dare to tell the adults that he was deliberately trying to die and refused to save him or deliberately harming Amu. That would be absolutely impossible.

But I don’t hate it, my brother died because of him again.

Li didn't care what his niece was thinking. She walked to the middle of the kitchen with a kitchen knife and asked to the boy who was about to walk up to him, "Have you finished your meal?"

Dazhuang remembered his mother's advice and nodded against his will. My mother said that Sister Amu came back today and must have cooked good meals at home. As long as he stayed by his side, they would share his good meals.

As soon as Amu finished washing his hands, he saw his good friend coming and showed off to him happily, "Sister buy it for me..."

Before he finished speaking, Li took a fierce look.

Amu was so scared that he quickly closed his mouth.

The stupid nephew became honest. Only then did Li chase Dazhuang with no good looks, "Our family hasn't eaten yet, you go back first. After Amu finished eating, I'll let him find you."

Da Zhuang Niang is a famous lazy woman in the village. She is lazy and likes to take advantage of others. Li knows all the little thoughts.

The aroma of corn cakes in the pot floated out, and Dazhuang swallowed, one was afraid of being scolded by his mother when he went back, and two was really greedy. Although he was also very afraid of Li, he still took two steps forward and stared at Amu who was standing next to his sister and said, "I, I'm waiting for Amu here." After that, he sat on the small stool under the eaves, lowered his head, and pretended to pick his shoes and play.

Li was so angry that his liver hurt!

But she could curse Da Zhuang's mother, but looking at Da Zhuang's shameless but pitiful look, she couldn't scold her anymore.

Amu quietly pulled his sister's sleeve.

Ningxiang lowered her head and met her brother's big black and white eyes. She knew that her brother actually liked this playmate very much. She hesitated for a moment, and went to the house to get five candy fried chestnuts, handed them to Dazhuang and said, "Dazhuang is obedient, go home first, and come to find Amu after dinner."

Dazhuang immediately reached out to pick up the Lizi. He wanted to leave, but was still a little unwilling to accept it. He looked at Dongguo and said, "What are you eating for lunch?"

"You don't have to worry about what you eat!" Seeing that the brat was still trying to get more and more arrogant, Li shouted again.

Dazhuang ran away in fear.

He drove away the person who came over to eat for free on purpose. Li opened his mouth and was about to scold his niece. Xu Qiuer quickly pulled Ningxiang into the house, urging her mother, "Mom, hurry up and cook, I'm so hungry that my chest is pressed against my back!"

Li hummed heavily, cutting vegetables and making a sound, while cutting them over and over again.

It was nagging, but Ningxiang felt very friendly.

Before the corn buns were about to be released from the pot, Ningxiang put the cabbage meat stuffing buns that Madam Li gave her and heated them for Amu to eat.

Amu is very good at eating. After eating a big bun, he also needs to eat buns. The buns are very big and almost cover the little guy's face. Li is afraid that his nephew will not be able to eat it, so Amu is unhappy and insists on eating it. Li is so angry that he picks up a bun and puts it in his bowl, "I can't finish it today and see if I won't beat you!"

Amu grinned, then ate all the cabbage stuffing in the whole bun...

With the comparison of white bread skin, corn flour skin is immediately less greedy.

Li made a move to beat him, but Xu Shouliang stopped him with a smile and put the leftovers of his nephew into his bowl.

The family had a lively meal. After the meal, Dazhuang didn't come to look for Amu. Amu didn't think of him. The adults sat on the kang and talked. He lay on his sister's thighs. He listened to his sister's soft voice, and gently touched his head every once in a while. The little guy felt very comfortable and fell asleep unknowingly.

When everyone spoke again, they lowered their voices.

Xu Shouliang said: "Xiang'er, Liu Quan's youngest son in our village is going to get married. The woman's family needs a 50000 yuan entries of entries, and other expenses such as treating guests. Liu Quan's family has no money and wants to sell his two acres of land in the west of the village to sell 800 yuan silver. In the past three years, we have spent some of the money you gave us, and the rest is saved for you, a total of more than three taels. Do you think you can make up 80 yuan? Let's buy it and record it in Amu's name."

The villagers rely on the land to make a living, and land is more important than anything else. Except for the fact that they really can't live, they only buy land, but no one wants to sell it. He has a good relationship with Liu Quan. Liu Quan knew that Ningxiang might have some money, so he asked them if they wanted it first. Xu Shouliang really wanted to buy it. With the land, his nephew would get married in the future.

Ningxiang was also moved and quickly calculated it in her mind.

She has eleven taels of silver in her hand, and she has six taels left after buying the land. She is still one and a half years away from Pei Jinghan's war next year, and she can save enough money to redeem herself.

"Okay, then uncle asked Uncle Liu, will I give him money next month?" Ningxiang said excitedly.

To be honest, she felt sorry for her when she sold herself and she didn't sell the land...

And just as they were discussing buying land, Lu Cheng was also settled the score with his younger brother and sister in the next village.

"Uncle Liu said, if no one buys the village, I will sell the land to us." The two families are next to each other, and they will deal with farming and harvesting crops every year. After the three brothers Lu Cheng always help the Liu family after their work, so their relationship is very good.

The second brother Lu Yan and the third brother Lu Dingdu listened to the eldest brother.

A Tao, who was seven years old, held a piggy bank and counted it, but was reluctant to leave. "I finally saved ten taels of taels, but after buying the land, I disappeared!"

The elder brother worked in the orchard of the landlord's house, and saved a lot of money little by little. After spending all his marriage last time, he earned some more, and spent all his time on medical treatment and funerals. He also exchanged the money he promised to buy a bracelet for her and fed his nephew with a female goat. Those should be spent. A Tao knew, but now that there is land at home, she couldn't bear to leave her brother emptying the piggy bank at once.

Lu Cheng smiled and touched his sister's mind, "It's okay, you can make more money after spending money. If you have more land, we will be able to marry your sister-in-law."
Chapter completed!