Li Yunlan waited for them to leave, took out the money, weighed it, then rolled her eyes at Qiu Defu and entered the back room.
He took out more than one or two pieces of silver coins and handed them to Chen.
Mrs. Chen blinked her wet eyes and looked at her mother-in-law in confusion.
Li Yunlan put it into her arms: "Keep it, this is for you. This time you almost lost your life because of them, so this money will be given to you, and the rest will be used to set up the banquet tomorrow."
"Mom, I don't want it. You are in charge. You can keep it yourself."
"What are you talking about!"
After Li Yunlan finished giving, he left the house and went to Qiu Defu to discuss the matter of washing the three banquets.
Mrs. Chen held the money in her hand and had mixed emotions.
Li Yunlan took Ms. Liu and Qiu Defu to discuss, and finally decided to use the stolen money to hire a chef and provide two or five tables.
She gave Qiu Defu money and asked him to go to a relative's house to report the good news.
Mrs. Liu rolled up her sleeves and started cleaning, while Li Yunlan played with her four children.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Chen's wife Youshi came to the door with her eldest daughter-in-law Liang and her grandson Chen Shuan'er.
I first went to the main room to meet Li Yunlan, and after being polite, I entered the second room.
"My son, you can stand firm this time and stop your mother-in-law's mouth." Youshi said, touching her daughter's hand.
Li Yunlan, who was about to enter the room, heard his eyelids twitching. Is this his mother? He didn't even ask about his daughter's health, he prioritized boys over girls, and then turned to the kitchen.
"Eldest daughter-in-law, go and clear out the things Mrs. Chen has brought."
Mrs. Liu agreed, took the basket to the main room, and uncovered the ten eggs and five brown rice cakes inside the cloth... gone.
Mrs. Liu: "Haha... When I gave birth to Baoyu last time, I brought three eggs and two daddies. This old lady really doesn't want to show off to her daughter."
Just after unloading their things, Qiu Ruyi arrived with her uncle Wang Sheng. Qiu Degui stepped forward to greet them and welcomed them into the main room.
"Ruyi is back, my uncle is here." Mrs. Liu stepped forward to say hello.
"Sister-in-law, where is my mother? Who brought this gift?"
Ms. Liu pointed at the second room, and then said, "Mom is watching from the kitchen. I'll call her."
Qiu Ruyi curled her lips and muttered in a low voice: "You're really stingy."
When Li Yunlan heard from Mrs. Liu that her daughter Qiu Ruyi was back and was waiting for her in the main room, she felt irritable. The original owner loved this little daughter the most, but she was not familiar with her. What should she do?
In the end, I had no choice but to bite the bullet.
When they entered the main room, they saw a thin and smiling girl wearing a crimson skirt with a woman's bun and two pink-blue silk flowers on her temples. She stepped forward and pulled her arm coquettishly.
"Congratulations to my mother-in-law."
Li Yunlan sat down and saw a young man with a handsome face coming forward to salute. This must be his son-in-law.
Li Yunlan then said to Qiu Degui: "You accompany your son-in-law to talk, and Ruyi and I will go in and have a few words of appreciation."
Then he took Qiu Ruyi into the house. Li Yunlan was still thinking about what to talk about when Qiu Ruyi asked: "What's going on? Isn't the second sister-in-law not here yet? Why did she give birth early?"
Okay, you don’t have to find the topic yourself.
Li Yunlan explained the cause and effect of the incident, and Qiu Ruyi's face turned red with anger: "This kid Daniu is too cruel. He was brought up by the bad sons of her old Qian family. My second brother is used to being a good guy. If you do, I will come to your door." .”
"Okay, now that everything has been settled, we can't break off the relationship. How angry is your aunt at home? You take your things to see your second sister-in-law and your little nephew."
Qiu Ruyi curled her lips and said, "Her mother is really stingy." After saying that, she picked up her things and went to the second room.
In the second room, Youshi was also angry for her daughter: "Your mother-in-law is someone who doesn't let others, and she can't suffer this loss for her own sake."
Mrs. Liang also echoed: "Your mother-in-law really scares me every time I see her. My sister has really made you miserable."
Mrs. Chen originally thought it was quite good that her mother-in-law was willing to stand up for her, but when my sister-in-law said this, it turned out that she was not doing it for herself.
"Second sister-in-law, I'm here to see my nephew."
The sister-in-law's voice came from outside the house. Mrs. Chen gave her mother and sister-in-law a look, and they fell silent.
When Qiu Ruyi came in, Youshi gave up her seat and said, "Her aunt, sit down quickly."
Qiu Ruyi thanked him with a smile.
"How is the second sister-in-law's health now? Is her appetite okay?" Qiu Ruyi asked.
Mrs. Chen said, "Thanks to my mother for calling the doctor. If I didn't let him, I would have killed two people." She said with red eyes.
Qiu Ruyi sighed: "That bastard has such a dark heart. When I heard what Mom said, I even broke out in cold sweat on my back. It's really hard on you."
Youshi also choked with sobs and said: "No, fortunately, there was no danger. I just hope that everything will go smoothly in the future."
Qiu Ruyi consoled him: "Grandma Baoyu is right, my second sister-in-law and nephew will definitely be fine in the future."
"Second sister-in-law, this is a piece of fine cotton. It is the softest and most breathable cloth to make clothes for my nephew. I made a set of clothes for my nephew, and I also made some cakes for Baoyu."
Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "I will be happy if you come back and see me. You have to spend money to buy these things there."
The aunt and sister-in-law were also pretending to be polite, and Qiu Ruyi hugged the little nephew to look at him, thinking that after all, he was not born at full term, and he was far worse than when he became a child.
Relatives came to the door one after another. Li Yunlan and his two sons were greeting the guests. After the first conversation, the female relatives moved to the second room, and the male guests continued to be greeted by Qiu Degui in the living room.
Fat Qian's family also arrived. It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles away. Boss Qiu and his children and grandchildren didn't feel anything wrong in the main room. Fat Qian and Xiao Qian were a little uneasy in the second house.
But the banquet started soon, with a table of eight dishes, three meat and four vegetarian dishes, and one soup.
In a country where meat is scarcely available a few times a year, this feast was quite decent.
Chopsticks were flying up and down on the table, and there seemed to be swords and swords in their eyes. Everyone was looking around, fearing that they would take down their chopsticks too late and eat less than others.
Li Yunlan was dumbfounded. The bowls were all empty. If it weren't for the crowd, I would have to lick the bowls.
After finishing the meal, Mrs. Chen began to prepare the things for the three washing rituals.
In the outer room of the second room, 13 gods including Bixia Yuanjun, the Goddess of Prosperity, the Goddess of Pimples and the Goddess of Eyesight are worshiped.
A statue of "bed male and bed female" is placed at the head of Chen's bed, and two kinds of cakes are offered. After offering incense and kowtow, the child is bathed with water boiled with locust branches and mugwort.
Farmers didn't have anything to add to the pot, and they basically put one copper coin per person. This made Li Yunlan very uneasy, feeling that newborns were so fragile and the coins were so dirty.
Mrs. Chen stripped the child naked and held it in her arms. She put the child's buttocks into the water with her head held up. The child started crying as soon as it entered the water, but her relatives and friends all laughed and said yes.
Then I heard Mrs. Chen reciting a congratulatory message while washing: "Wash your hair first, and you will become a prince; wash your waist next, and you will become taller with each generation; wash your eggs, and you will become a county magistrate; wash your ditch, and you will become a state magistrate." Then, comb the child's lanugo hair. Then read: "Three combs, two grates, wear a red hat when you grow up;" Finally, gently roll a red egg on the child's face, and read: "Roll the egg on the face, and there will be no danger in life."
After washing, wrap him up in a quilt, pat the child three times with green onions. He is smart and clever. He gestures three times with the scale and the lock: "A small scale weighs a thousand pounds." When he grows up, his head will be tight and his feet will be tight. , The hand is also tight."
Then he gave the green onion to Qiu Defu. Qiu Defu stood in the yard with his back to the door of the second room and threw it back with all his strength.
Finally, Mrs. Chen burned the tablets of the gods, and the three-wash ceremony came to an end.
The cook started to go down, and the relatives started to eat the wedding noodles. Finally, before leaving, each person was given two red eggs as a souvenir.
