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Chapter 19 Buying Sugar

After eating delicious pig-killing dishes, the Chinese New Year is coming in a blink of an eye. On the 30th day of New Year, my aunt and family of four, my second aunt and family of four, my third aunt and family of three, and my father Chen also came back. The whole family is 17 people, which is very lively.

On the first day of the lunar month, I went to my aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings, on the second day of the lunar month, on the third day of the lunar month, on the fourth day of the lunar month, on the third day of the lunar month, on the third day of the lunar month, on the fourth day of the lunar month, on the fifth day of the lunar month, on the fifth day of the lunar month, on the sixth day of the lunar month, on the seventh day of the lunar month, everyone gathered together to celebrate the New Year's house, on the eighth day of the lunar month, and on the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

After the New Year, the two children grew one year older, Xiaoxi was five years old and Chen Yubin was four years old.

Cherry blossoms bloom in February, pear blossoms bloom in March, apricot blossoms bloom in April, and mother Chen cooked two poached eggs for herself at the end of the month to celebrate her birthday. In May, the wheat was ripe, and every family began to harvest wheat. At the end of June, Chen Yubin celebrated his fourth birthday, and in another half a month, Xiaoxi celebrated his fifth birthday.

After my birthday, my family began to discuss sending Xiaoxi to school.

In mid-August, the youngest grandfather of Luo Jiawan (My Mother Chen’s mother’s family) celebrated his birthday. Because he and his grandfather were cousins, Chen’s mother asked Xiaoxi and the others to call him Mr. Yao to show their closeness.

Because my grandfather celebrated his birthday, the afternoon of the day, the family of five cleaned up the floor and fed the pigs, chickens and cows at home, so they set out to celebrate their birthday.

I thought I would go to school in September, and Xiaoxi was just having fun and playing around with flowers and plants along the way.

When I arrived at Grandpa Yao’s house, many people had already come to the house. Seeing that the in-laws were coming, Grandpa Yao quickly asked Xiaoxi’s family to sit and rest. Mother Chen handed the 50 eggs in his hand to Grandpa Yao. This was a gift.

Mr. Yao pretended to refuse (this is a unique modesty among Chinese people) and said, "Oh, I've come here, why are you bringing so many gifts?"

Knowing that the youngest grandmother was cooking in the house, the mother-in-law quickly went to chat with the old sister. There were soaked black fungus in the middle of the street, and Chen's mother spontaneously went to help select vegetables. Xiaoxi saw that his grandfather was chatting with his grandmother in a very enthusiastic manner. The younger brother was a little shy because he was a little shy in the strange place, so he took him to choose vegetables with his mother.

Xiaoxi's family and the children of the uncle Yao's children were more than 30 people. They sat in two crowded tables and ate until the genius of the moon was over. They slept at the uncle Yao's house at night.

After breakfast the next day, the family went home and took my grandmother with me. Because of my grandmother's death, my grandmother cried and was very inconvenient to go out, so my uncle worked outside.

The third day was Grandpa Chen’s birthday. After getting up early, Grandpa went to the venue to buy vegetables. After buying vegetables, he rushed back without stopping. After digging a few bites of food, he started to pack up the dishes for the guests.

After packing up, I just sat down to rest for a while, when the youngest grandmother of Luo Jiawan's family came. My grandfather hurriedly looked for cigarettes and asked her mother-in-law and mother Chen to pour water to catch melon seeds. Because it was still early, a group of people sat together and chatted and ate melon seeds.

At about four o'clock, the eldest aunt came to her house. The eldest aunt said she was her mother-in-law's sister, and that was the daughter of the Zhao family, but she only contacted Xiaoxi family. In her previous life, after the eldest aunt and the eldest son-in-law went there, the Xue family had no contact with their family.

Seeing the eldest sister at the entrance of the kitchen, the mother-in-law took two steps, "Sister, you are here, come in quickly, come and sit down." She pulled the eldest aunt to sit down at the table. At this time, there were already people sitting around the kitchen.

Xiaoxi’s kitchen is very large, with only one-quarter of the stove. The stove comes with chopping boards and cupboards. Opposite the chopping board is a pile of dust, which is used to cook in winter. The chopping boards come with a face wash stand, which only accounts for half of the kitchen and half of the rest. A square dining table is set up in the middle, and guests are sitting here chatting.

The eldest aunt gave a pack of Vivi soy milk and a pack of southern black sesame paste as a gift. Chen's mother quickly packed it up and brought her a bowl of boiling water to the eldest aunt, and then went to cook the pot.

The next day after my grandfather's birthday, after breakfast, my grandfather's family went home. My grandmother also followed her home. Mother Chen said she would pick her up and play in two days. Seeing that everyone had left, the eldest aunt also called to go home. The mother-in-law quickly stopped her and said, "Sister, you can't come twice this year, so I'll be playing for two days."

Mother Chen also echoed, "Yes, aunt, you'll be playing at home for two days and talk to mom."

Thinking of a family matter, the eldest aunt had a headache and refused to say, "No, I have to go back, there are a lot of things at home. In two days, your brother-in-law will have a birthday. You are here, and you will be with you for two days."

Although I knew my elder sister was right, I was reluctant to leave and could not talk twice a year, so I continued to persuade: "Oh, when will I be busy all the time? You will only have fun with me for two days."

Seeing that neither of the sisters convinced each other, Chen's mother thought of a solution, "Auntie, you can play at home for another two days. That day, we will go back with you."

Seeing that the eldest aunt was about to say something, she hurriedly said, "Auntie, I know you are busy with the corn at home. It's only two days. When the eldest aunt's birthday is about to go back with you the day after tomorrow. Then we will help you break a piece of paper and carry it. Wouldn't it be busy? You'll be back today in the afternoon, and you can only break it up for the day tomorrow. You have to buy vegetables and cook again the day after tomorrow. I think it's better to have fun at home for two days. There are many people and great power. Then we'll take it home for you one day."

After being persuaded for so long, my aunt saw that she really didn't know what to say and couldn't feel the hearts of others, so she agreed to stay and play for two days.

On my eldest son-in-law's birthday, after breakfast, I asked my neighbors to help take care of the animals at home, and a few people set off. It was a long way to my eldest son's house and it took me two or three hours to walk.

It was almost lunch at my aunt's house, so my aunt quickly cooked. Her daughter-in-law brought a bowl of fried fish for Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin to eat.

After my eldest son-in-law's birthday, Grandpa Chen decided to stay for another day to help them collect corn. When they got up in the morning, all of them were out except Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin.

There were two jujube trees next to my aunt's house. The adults went to pick corn, and the two children climbed up the jujube trees to pick jujubes. Because there was no pollution, there was only one layer of dust. I wiped it on my sleeve and ate it.

The dates on these two date trees are very crisp and sweet, large in size, only a circle smaller than Shandong dates. This is much better than what I collected in my own space, so Xiaoxi decided to abandon the date pits and switch to this kind of date pit. When both of them were overeating, they went back to the house to find a plastic bag, started picking the dates, and prepared to go home to dry them.

At noon, the adults came back and saw two bags of dates placed on the table, and they were amused and crying.

Grandpa pointed at them and said angrily: "Xiao Xi Binbin, you two have enough food. Why do you still pick so much, ah?"

Xiaoxi looked at the two bags of big and red dates on the table. It seemed that there were a lot of them. As I picked them, I couldn't stop my hands. I couldn't help but blushed and said, "I thought, these dates are so delicious, so I'll pick them more and go home to dry them." After that, he looked at grandpa pitifully.

Looking at the pretending granddaughter, grandpa sighed, "You, you said you..."

At this time, the eldest aunt came out to be a peacemaker and said, "Okay, okay, it's still a child. I know what I know, I'll pick it. Don't say anything more, ah, I'll go to cook." She turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.

It was not until later that Xiaoxi realized that the two jujube trees were not from my aunt's house, but from the neighbors next to them.

My aunt has a lot of land, and about a dozen people have been busy all day, and it is not until it gets dark.

After breakfast the next day, the family went home and didn't help tear the corn because school was about to start and the crops at home were almost harvested. When they left, they still carried two bags of dates.

The eldest aunt took them to the road at the foot of the mountain before returning.

"Dad, mom, look, Xiaoxi will go to school in a few days, why don't we go to the venue to buy a schoolbag?" Mom Chen saw that it was almost a fork in the road, so she said quickly.

Grandpa Chen remembered that his granddaughter was about to go to school and didn’t have a schoolbag, so he nodded and said, “Yes, I’m going to study, how can I not have a schoolbag? Let’s go and buy a schoolbag for Xiaoxi.”

A few people turned around and headed towards the field.

After returning home, the peanuts in the ground in front of Xiaoxi's house could be picked. It happened that it was raining lightly, the ground was wet, and the soil was loose, so it took two days to lift the peanuts, dry the mud in the field, then shake the dry mud clean, and carry them all home neatly next to the wall. The whole family picked them day and night, and took them for two days to pick them up, then cleaned them and spread them on the drying pads in the yard, dry them for two days, and then stored them after drying them.

On the first night of the peanuts, I picked two pots of new peanuts, washed them into a pot, added some salt, and cooked them all, which was very delicious. A large pot of peanuts must be endless, so I put them in a dustpan and dried them, and it was more chewy when eaten later.

After Xiaoxi's peanuts came into the cabinet, it was time to register for the school year.

On August 31st, after breakfast, Chen's mother packed up her house and stood on the back door and said to Chen Yubin who was playing in the yard: "Binbin, you have to listen to grandparents and grandma at the front of the house. Your sister and I will be back in a while." Because of signing up today, Chen's mother handed Chen Yubin to grandma and grandma to watch.

Chen Yubin didn't know what school was, but he only knew that when he saw his mother put a lot of money in her hand, he pouted and said aggrievedly: "Mom brought so much money to buy candy for her sister, but she didn't take me." As he said that, a few tears came down.

Well, when did this kid see it? His eyes are quite terrified. Seeing his aggrieved look, Xiaoxi joked: "Brother, don't worry, next year, my mother will bring you so much money to buy candy."

When Chen Yubin heard that he had his own share next year, he widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "Really? I will have it next year too?"

Seeing my sister nodded, she asked again: "Is it the only one who is the only one who is not the other?"

This kid is such a bad boy. Seeing his happy look, he wanted to beat him up. Xiaoxi simply turned around and pretended not to hear him.

What, the bad sister, she asked her what she said, but she didn't say anything, so Chen Yubin looked at Chen's mother, and she looked eager to get an answer.

After watching the lively mother Chen's mother decided to ignore her son's eager eyes and said to Chen Yubin: "Binbin, be obedient at home, I'll leave with your sister." She turned around and stopped getting the back door. Thinking of her son's aggrieved look just now, she almost endured her internal injuries.

Xiaoxi looked at her mother's shoulder and shook her suspiciously for a few times, and was speechless. Is it interesting to bully her child?

When I went out, I saw Zhao Juan waiting for them in the yard. Because Zhao Juan and Xiaoxi are the same age, it is time to go to school this year. My youngest man knew that Chen’s mother was going to sign up for Xiaoxi today, so he simply handed over the money and people to Chen’s mother.
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