Erlang and Zhao Xiu'e had dinner at the old house before returning to the town to the latest chapter. Tomorrow is Zhao Xiu'e's three-day return home, and the ceremony for returning home was prepared by Zhou according to the old ceremony. Lian Shouyi and He did not go to the town this time because the Chinese New Year is coming, and the family has many things to do, and even Shouyi and He were assigned work by Zhou.

As for Erlang and Zhao Xiu'e, the initial plan of the old man and Zhou family was to let them live in the village during the day and return to the big house in the town at night. At least, before the spring next year, we will follow this.

Even the old man is like a good person and doesn't take medicine anymore. Every day, he gets up before dawn and goes out to pick up manure with a dung basket. When he is at home, he walks around the yard with nothing to do. These days, the old man especially likes to go to the vegetable garden south of the east wing, measure it back and forth, walk a few steps, and then stop and think for a while.

"What are my master planning to do?" Lian Man'er asked Lian Shouxin.

"Erlang's matter is a bit terrible." Lian Shouxin did not answer directly, "I don't know if his wife can agree."

"I think it's a bit uneasy." Zhang did not look up while removing the quilt. "In my opinion, Erlang's wife doesn't seem to be able to work in the fields. She is afraid she doesn't want to live in the village."

Lian Man'er listened for a while before she understood.

It turned out that Old Master Lian planned to sell the house in the town and build two more houses under the east wing, so that Erlang and Zhao Xiu'e and his wife could come back to live.

"I sold the house in the town and built three more rooms, so that Erlang and his wife could live there first, and when Sanlang gets married, they can live there too." Lian Shouxin recounted the plan of Mr. Lian, "I can still have surplus in selling the house, and buy a few acres of land. The family worked hard for a few years, without much money, and could buy a few acres of land. This life slowly got through."

Of course, it is the latest chapter under the premise of saving money.

"The old man revealed this to Erlang, and Erlang stammered and said nothing." Lian Shouxin said again, "The old man said that this must be Erlang's wife had already told Erlang that she had not been told to Erlang. She didn't want to live in the village. When asked Erlang what he planned, Erlang didn't say anything. The old man said to take it slowly, Erlang nodded."

Zhao Xiu'e is not an ordinary country-born wife. Even the old man would have seen it long ago. If Lian Shouren could get an official and raise the status of the whole family, it would be appropriate to marry such a wife. After Lian Shouren gave up and let Lian Shouren become an official, this marriage would be a bit embarrassing.

But the marriage was settled and Erlang liked it again, so he compromised.

Even the old man’s plan is to boil a frog in warm water. A woman who marrys her husband’s family, no matter what kind of life she lived in her parents’ family before, must slowly integrate into her husband’s life. The so-called “marrying chickens and following the chickens and marrying dogs and following the dogs. When Zhao Xiu'e and Erlang live longer, it is best to get pregnant and call them back to live. It is also convenient to take care of them.

"There is no separation. What should I do if I live, eat, work, etc. for these two times? It's a matter of time. After the New Year, I guess the old man should officially talk to them about this matter." Lian Shouxin said last.

Marrying a wife and adding more people to import is a great joy, and it will also bring many problems. However, this is what the old man and his family have to worry about.

The end of the year is approaching, and the breakfast shop will have to be opened for a few more geniuses before closing. There are many things at home, and Lian Man'er's family is busier than usual.

After the Little New Year, the cleaning began to be carried out to welcome the New Year. First, the house was cleaned, every corner inside and outside the house had to be cleaned, and then the family's clothes and bedding were also removed and washed.

There is nothing to wash clothes, so Mrs. Zhang has already prepared all the new clothes of the family and is ready to wear them during the Chinese New Year.

Then we took off the quilt and washed the bedding. This time we took off the quilt, the quilt surface, and the head of the quilt. The same goes for the same mattress. The water was boiled in the pot. It took the three of us all morning to clean the what we should wash and then took it out to dry.

Zhou, who was in the house, brought several daughters-in-law, and his grandson and granddaughters also took off the bedding in the past two days, but the whole yard was full.

Zhao Xiu'e didn't come, saying she was sick. Of course she didn't come back to have a meal.

The temperature outside in winter is very low. If the quilt is hung for a while, it will freeze hard. The water underground will not have time to land and form ice chips. Only when the sun is at its highest at noon, the ice turns into water and the water evaporates into steam to dry.

In the past two days, the weather is good, the temperature has risen slightly, and finally I have a chance to get it.

This is the step of washing and drying, slurry washing, and the next step of slurrying is required.

You must first prepare a large pot of rice slurry. The consistency of the rice slurry must be well controlled. If it is too thick or too thin, the cloth that is not good-looking. After preparing the rice slurry, put the dried cloth into dry cloth and put it into the basin bit by bit, so that the cloth is completely strong with the rice slurry, and then twist off the excess rice slurry, take out the cloth and dry it.

This time, we have to dry until 90% dry, then put it in, carefully stack it, stack it all together, and place it on a large flat bluestone slab. Next, we need to pound it.

It is to use a stick, that is, a pounding stick, to beat the cloth. These quilts, quilts, and mattresses are made of cotton cloth. Beating means to beat the cotton cloth flat, and at the same time, it is also to beat the shrinkage and smaller cotton cloth back to its original size.

Zhang was strong and held a clothes beater in one hand, and beat him up and down quickly. The ones that came into Lian Man'er's eyes almost became afterimages.

"Mom, you have a rest and I will beat you for a while." Lian Man'er said.

"Okay." Zhang stopped, handed the hammer to Lian Man'er, gave out the stool, and let Lian Man'er sit down.

"The light is not strong enough, you have to be evenly strong. Otherwise, if you hit it, you will be covered with pits and one by one, and the cloth will be beaten unevenly." Zhang guided Lian Man'er next to him, "Yes, you have to hold it like this, so you can't let the tip of the hammer fall first..."

It turned out that pounding cloth was still a technical job. After practicing for a while, Lian Man'er had already beaten very well. When Lian Man'er was tired of pounding, she changed Lian Zhi'er. The mother took turns three of her mother, and she stopped until Zhang said it was OK.

After the pounding, it is not finished. In order to make the cloth stand upright, that is, it is firm, the last process must be carried out: press with heavy objects.

Lian Man'er was lucky enough to become one of the heavy objects. When she was sitting on the kang writing, she sat under her butt a pile of quilts in her face.

After several processes, the cloth was very crisp and finally I could sew back on the cotton wool.

Zhang sewed the quilt, sewed the mattresses, and Lian Man'er was assigned the simplest work to sew the quilt head.

Zhang sewed a quilt and handed it to Lian Man'er. Lian Man'er was responsible for sewing a white cotton quilt head on one end of the quilt, that is, the end of the human head when covering the quilt. Because this end of the quilt is the most likely to be dirty, if you remove and wash the entire quilt every time, it will not only be troublesome, but also the quilt will be washed more often. The cloth will be easily broken. Just remove and wash the quilt head, which will be convenient and save a lot.

Zhang and Lian Zhier were both flying needles and threading, so Lian Man'er's movements seemed much slower. Fortunately, this job was simple and she could do it. When she felt that the needle was blunt, Lian Man would learn from Zhang's example, raise his hand and put the needle in his hair and rub it. In this way, the needle will be much smoother.

Perhaps it was because of this action. If you don’t wash the stitches, just look at the posture, Lian Man'er is also a girl who can be a girl with a good girl.

"...Look at what you are covering this quilt, is it because you rolled in the mud all day long? I won't let you wash it. You can't remember what happened." Zhou's scolding came from the yard.

"I'm scolding my second uncle again, it's like this every year." Even Zhi'er said with a smile without raising her head.

"... Why are there so many holes in your body? You can ruin a set of quilts in a year for a spendthrift. Don't worry about good things. If you don't have money to change it this year, you can wash it clean and sew all the bad ones on it." Zhou's scolding became even higher, and he was obviously very angry.

"Aren't these all the children who are young and old? Is there any way I can do this all this year?" He murmured, as if he was also resentful, "What's the use of supporting these kids? You can't help with anything. I'm also a mother-in-law, and I'm pointing at her to help me. She's fine, either sick or disaster."

"The two days after Sister Xiu'e's wife came in, I saw that she was happy with my second uncle. Now she couldn't be happy." Lian Man'er said sympathetically. He expects to have a daughter-in-law to take care of the work of washing clothes and cooking for her. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiu'e returned to her old house on the day of her wedding. After that, she came back and rarely worked. She either hurts this or that. Sometimes she just said she was sick and asked Erlang to come back, and she didn't know how she solved the problem with her meal.

"I heard that if she asked Erlang to come back, she would go back to her parents' house to eat." Zhang said.

"But we can't always do this." Lian Zhier said.

"Who knows that."

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As the year approaches, the family begins to discuss purchasing New Year’s goods.

Lian Man'er prepared paper and pen and spread a large piece of red paper on the table. When purchasing New Year's goods, everyone has the right to speak, and Lian Man'er is responsible for recording.

"Do you still have to buy meat?" Zhang said first, "We have divided more than eight kilograms of meat, and I think it's almost done."

"Look at the children, is eight kilograms of meat enough to eat?" Lian Shouxin said. With money in his hand, he wanted to pamper the children more.

Lian Man'er and his friends looked at each other.

"I think it's almost the same. Otherwise, let's buy some ribs and two more chickens? There are chickens for the New Year, and you have to buy some eggs..." Lian Man'er said.

"Okay." Zhang and I nodded.

"I have to buy firecrackers." Xiaoqi said in a hurry as if he had forgotten it for a while.

"Then buy a firecracker." Lian Shouxin said. In addition to the basic living needs of the merchants during the New Year, they always have to listen to some sounds, but ordinary people are reluctant to buy a firecracker. A firecracker can be considered a small luxury.

Xiaoqi also knew this truth, but he was still not satisfied.

"Sister, buy another whip and use my own money." Xiaoqi and Lian Man'er discussed.

"Okay." Lian Man'er agreed, opening the account book to check, "Oh, no. Xiaoqi, you have paid all your wages."

Xiaoqi immediately opened his eyes wide.

"How can I do that? I remember..." Before Xiaoqi finished speaking, he felt a pinch on his arm.

Xiaoqi looked at Lian Man'er, Lian Man'er looked at Xiaoqi and glanced at Lian Shouxin with the corner of his eyes.

"Dad," Xiaoqi immediately rushed over and hugged Wanxin's thigh. "Dad, give me some money to buy firecrackers."

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