On the sixth day of the first lunar month, when Yang Ruoqing celebrated her birthday, everyone gathered at Yang Huazhong's house for a dinner. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Xiaojie went to the Zhang family in the town to 'visit'.

Yang Ruoqing took Luo Baobao Chen'er, Xiaohua Xiaoduo took Feng'er, Huang Mao Dajie took Xiao Shunzi, etc. as their natal family members and accompanied Xiaojie to Zhang's house.

Went there during breakfast and came back after noon.

There were two carriages when we went there, and there were two carriages when we came back.

Mrs. Sun had been counting the time for a long time and took Mrs. Sun and Yang Huazhong to wait on the roadside at the door.

When she saw two carriages coming back, Mrs. Sun's expression immediately turned ugly.

He murmured to Mrs. Sun, "When you come to someone else's house, you have to carry several burdens to pay the door. This family doesn't give the door gifts?"

"It's a shame that my family prepared so many things for the wedding reception last time. It's really outrageous!" she said.

Mrs. Sun softly comforted Mrs. Sun: "We haven't even gotten off the car yet, don't worry!"

As he spoke, a carriage arrived. The first person to get off the carriage in front was Chen'er, followed by Bao Bao.

Chen'er and Baobao smiled and said hello to the eldest Sun and Sun, and then returned to their yard together.

Then Xiao Hua Xiaoduo took Feng'er, and Mrs. Sun quickly caught Feng'er and held her in her arms, teasing: "Feng'er, are you a good guest today? Do you miss grandma?"

Xiao Hua and Xiao Duo looked on with a smile.

When Mrs. Sun saw that Xiaojie was not in the car in front, she quickly went to the carriage behind.

Yang Ruoqing got off the carriage first, then helped chubby Dajie get out of the carriage. After Dajie got off, Zhang Ban leaned out.

Seeing Mrs. Sun standing beside the carriage, Zhang Ban was startled for a moment and muttered, 'Mother-in-law...'

The words had just been shouted out, but before they could reach Da Sun's ears, Xiaojie poked her head out.

Seeing Mrs. Sun coming, Xiaojie shouted loudly, which directly covered Zhang Ban's voice.

Mrs. Sun responded to Xiaojie, and her eyes continued to fall on Zhang Ban. Although there was still a smile on her face, the smile became colder.

"It's good to be back." Mrs. Sun said to Xiaojie, then turned around and went to hug Xiao Shunzi in the crowd in front, not bothering to greet Zhang Ban into the house.

Later, Xiaojie pinched Zhang Ban secretly and said in a low voice: "Why don't you call me mother?"

Zhang Ban then turned to Xiaojie and defended in a low voice: "Did I call just now? The voice was too low, I'm afraid my mother-in-law didn't hear it."

Xiaojie rolled her eyes: "Your voice is like a mosquito humming. My mother is used to loud voices, so she won't be able to hear her. Can't you scream louder?"

Zhang Ban's face flushed, showing a bit of uneasiness, "Xiaojie, is my mother-in-law angry with me? What should I do? How about I catch up with her again and call her loudly again?"

Zhang Ban was about to step forward, but Xiaojie pulled him back.

"You idiot, if you didn't hear it, you didn't hear it. I'll explain it to my mother later. What are you talking about if you rushed forward to make up for it so rashly?"

Zhang Ban scratched his head in embarrassment.

Xiaojie said: "Just remember to shout louder next time..."

"What are you two muttering about here? Xiaojie, why don't you invite Zhang Ban in for tea?"

Mrs. Sun handed Feng'er to Xiaohua and took her home to take a nap. She walked over with a smile and greeted Zhang Ban into the house.

Zhang Ban smiled at Mrs. Sun, and raised his voice and said, "Thank you, aunt, for the treat. I have something to do at home, so I won't go in. I'll come and visit you another day."

Mrs. Sun said: "It's all at the doorstep, no matter how anxious it is, it won't take more than a bowl of tea!"

Zhang Ban then looked at Xiaojie.

Xiaojie smiled hurriedly and said: "Auntie, just let him go. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Mrs. Sun smiled slightly without forcing it.

Zhang Ban then left, and Mrs. Sun said, "Let your uncle drive you back to town?"

Zhang Ban said: "No need, I can walk back quickly."

Xiaojie said: "Auntie, just let him go. I'll see him off and I'll be back soon. Please come into the house!"

Xiaojie pushed Sun towards the door of the courtyard. Sun smiled helplessly and had no choice but to say hello to Zhang Banna again and turned back to the courtyard.

Here, Xiaojie said to Zhang Ban: "Let's go, I will accompany you to the front."

There was no one else around now, and Zhang Ban felt a little more relaxed. He smiled at Xiaojie, nodded, and the two of them walked forward side by side, whispering as they walked.

I don’t know what Zhang Ban said, which made Xiaojie laugh. The slanting sunlight cast their figures on the ground behind them, drawing out two long shadows. It looked very harmonious.

However, the atmosphere in the Sun family's main room was very disharmonious at the moment.

Mrs. Sun's face turned dark when she looked at the bundles Dajie and Huang Mao brought in.

"When a girl from another family goes to visit her husband's house, all the gifts are carried on a burden. According to the number of people who have gone, there is a red seal and a set of clothes for each person's head."

"Other fruits and snacks, fish, meat, tobacco, wine, and cakes are not included!"

"If you only return such a small thing to this family, does this mean you don't take our Sun family seriously? Or do you not care about Xiaojie at all?" The eldest Sun shouted unhappily.

Mrs. Sun looked through several bundles on the table. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Sister, don't get angry in a hurry. Look at the things clearly first!"

Mrs. Sun snorted, "The materials for these sets of clothes are for Chen'er, Baobao, and Xiao Shunzi Feng'er. What about the other adults who are going with them? None?"

"Master Xiaojie likes to drink, father Xiaojie likes to smoke, brother Xiaojie likes the four treasures of the study, did the Zhang family give them to him? He is so petty!" said the eldest son again.

Sun said: "Sister, some of the children have clothes and red envelopes. The adults who are going with them also all have a red envelope. Look!"

Mrs. Sun grabbed a handful of red seals and showed them to everyone.

Lao Suntou glanced at the things on the table and said to Da Sun: "You, don't worry about those things. Our family only cares about them now that life is better."

"Think about the time when we were in Sunjiagou, and when your sister came to visit Lao Yang's house, Lao Yang's family gave her half a basket of local eggs!"

"Aren't your mother and I still happily buying a dowry for your sister and letting her hand it over to Qing'er's father?"

When talking about her first marriage and even her marriage, Mrs. Sun smiled awkwardly.

Da Sun said: "Dad, how many years ago was that? How can it be compared with now?"

Lao Suntou said: "Why can't we compare? Except for our family, life has been better these years, aren't the other families still the same?"
Chapter completed!