Chapter 67:

Twenty-three is twenty-four, and twenty-four is house sweeping day.
After Lin Qingwan and Yang got up and had dinner in the morning, they started cleaning the house. I cleaned all the inside and outside of the house, and cleaned the pots and pans. The main room seemed to be cleaning the house too, and Wang was busy going in and out alone.
Everyone was busy all day, and even Yang Tiezhu went in and out to fight Lin Qingwan. When it was time for dinner in the evening, noise came from the main room.
Wang's voice was extremely high and seemed very excited, with He's voice interspersed in between.
Sitting in the second room, I can’t hear clearly. Maybe because of the cold, there are curtains on the doors, and the doors are still closed.
Lin Qingwan only faintly heard what Wang said about ‘pig’, ‘fed to death for a year’, ‘meat’ and so on, but He’s voice was not real.
The four adults sitting in the room for dinner glanced at each other, and the Yao said in a low voice, "Mother may be selling the pigs. Sister-in-law is not willing."
Seeing all three people looking at her, even two little girls looking at her, she blushed and quickly added, "Today I saw my mother asked the eldest brother to invite the pig killer from the village, and the sister-in-law came out to run a run. A few words, the pig killer is gone again."
Lin Qingwan bites the chopsticks, which means that He is going to sell the pigs at home and will not kill pigs this year?
Luoxia Village has the habit of killing pigs after the 23rd year. Generally, when killing pigs, they will invite people close to them to eat pig-killing rice. Like Yang said two days ago, wait for Twenty-Six to invite them over to eat pig-killing rice.
The villagers in Luoxia Village are poor. Generally, people who are close to you are invited to eat pig-killing rice. The family will only leave some pork that is enough for the New Year. The rest will be sold directly to the pig killer or to the villagers who do not raise pigs in the same village. . Only those whose families are extremely poor or the family members are rather stingy will not even kill the pigs and sell the whole pigs to the butcher. The meaning of selling the whole pig is also very obvious, that is, the family is not going to eat meat for the New Year.
This is an extremely detrimental thing, so would He do it?
That's hard to say, He is cruel to others and to himself. You said that she usually picks and doesn't see what she enjoys. Even if she occasionally opens a small stove, it is for Yang Xuezhang. He usually eats the same meals with his family.
Thinking about Yang Xuezhang's marriage, all the people in the room were silent. It seemed that He was saving money for marriage with Yang Xuezhang, no wonder he didn't even eat pork this year.
But what does it matter to them if He kills the New Year pig? They are able to eat meat because of their hard work.
"Let’s separate the family in the first year, do you want to give a new year gift there?" Yao paused, and then said, "I ran into my sister-in-law in the yard today. My sister-in-law told the old man after the separation. I gave the New Year gift, I guess she told me to listen to it."
Lin Qingwan blinked her ignorant eyes, and what about last year's ceremony? What do you mean?
Yao explained: "Generally, children who are divided into families will prepare some New Year gifts for the elderly when the New Year is almost every year."
Both Yang Tiezhu and Yang Tiegen know this statement. Although the parents do not separate their families, they are not always the same in the village. Several households are separated when their parents are there, but most elderly people live with their elder sons. Then other young people will give the old people a New Year gift during the New Year. Regardless of whether the love is still there, after all, the rules are there, so as not to let others say. Just because Lin Qingwan has been here for a short time, she doesn't know this.
So do you want the last year's gift?
Four people look at me and I look at you.
Lin Qingwan pondered for a moment, and asked, "What are the usual gifts for the elderly?"
"This depends on the economic conditions of the family, usually one or two catties of pork, and two jars of wine for the elderly to drink. If the family is richer, make two clothes or something."
Lin Qingwan thought for a while and said, "Let's do it, they are not authentic. We can't make small ones, and we can learn how to do it. If we give them the New Year gift, it will only cost one catty to cut the meat and buy a jar of wine. After all, our life is not easy now, and we have just given last year's support to the family. As for the rest, we are in that situation, and the etiquette is enough."
The other three knew what she meant. Do things before people, so that those who are worthless will go out and talk. Even if they gagged, they ended up in peace. There is such a rule in the village, and they follow. No, don't think about anything over there.
Yao also nodded and said, "Okay, we will do the filial piety that should be done, and there will be no more."
"Daughter-in-law, you are so kind!" Yang Tiezhu said. It wasn't that Yang Tiezhu was still thinking about the main house or something in his heart, but he felt that Wanwan was acting upright and that people couldn't fault it.
Women rarely have any careless eyes, at least Yang Tiezhu thinks in another way. After doing so many chilling things in the main room, his wife can so simply promise to give a New Year gift there. Broad people.
Although Yang Tiegen didn't speak, he also expressed this in his eyes towards Yao.
Lin Qingwan and Yao are a little embarrassed to be seen by their men. They can indeed be said to be more generous, but the most important reason is that they are afraid of trouble.
Adding up is just a matter of tens of cents, why not let someone say, and then you might not find it happy for yourself afterwards?
No matter how unkind the old man is, he still has to fulfill the obligations that the juniors have to perform, even if they are to be shown to others. They have nothing to say about what they have to do, and people outside know that they will not poke their spine.
This is how Lin Qingwan is. She has always been upright and upright in her life and doing things ahead of others. I have done everything I should do, and I am not afraid that I will not be reasonable. Even if it's because of helplessness and scheming, you never secretly deceive people, but put everything before your eyes and let you choose. Choose good or bad, that's what you made, and you can't blame others.
Just like when the family was separated, she just released rumors that simulated ambiguity, and the right to choose was in the hands of those in the main house. If He and the others changed their choice, things would not be the way it is now. She has left a choice for those in the main house, who knows that the selfishness of human nature is so terrible.
How about saying that the dog can't change eating shit? It is the same as the He family and the same as the Yang family. For the same thing, there are totally two results for different people. If Xia Dacheng was the son of the He family, and returned home in such a desperate way, I am afraid that the He family would have blasted people out of the house long ago, but the Yang family had chosen to help each other in the same boat.
Family family, what is family? That is, regardless of suffering and adversity, we can bear and experience together. In the same way, with happiness and sweetness, we also enjoy together.
Several people agreed to stop thinking about other things, and all started to eat with their bowls. In contrast to the harmonious scene here, the noise from the main room has never stopped.
After eating, the three-bedroom couple went back to the house, and Lin Qingwan was also going to sleep, there was still Wang's clamor from the main room.
As for who won the quarrel that night, Lin Qingwan didn't know, because she fell asleep later. Anyway, early the next morning, He called a butcher to sell the big fat pig at home.
Until the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, when the two-bedroom couple and the three-bedroom couple were going to Yang's to eat pig-killing rice, they could still see Wang's face in the yard.

Compared with the depression and silence in the Yang family's courtyard, the Yang family's small courtyard is extremely lively.
When Lin Qingwan and the others went, there were already many people standing in the yard.
The Yang family is very popular in Luoxia Village, and the people are kind, and don't like to make irresponsible remarks like some women do, so there are many people who have good relations with her.
Of course, the Yang family not only invited everyone to eat pig-killing rice today because of killing pigs, but Yang also had other purposes. So she invited a lot of people, including Lizheng and some other respectable elderly people in the village.
When Lin Qingwan and the others walked in, many people greeted Yang Tiezhu.
"Is Tie Zhu hurt?"
"Well, I don't think your injury is serious, so you can get off the ground so soon?"
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Yang Tiezhu raised his bandaged arm and said, "Everywhere else is almost better, but the arm still can't move..."
Most of the villagers in Luoxia Village are quite kind, knowing that Yang Tiezhu's arm was crippled, but they didn't say anything coldly.
There were pig killers and a few strong young men who were about to start killing pigs. Lin Qingwan and some timid women hid in the house.
Don't think it's OK to eat pork, but Lin Qingwan doesn't want to watch it. She is afraid that after watching it, she won't be able to eat pork again.
It was noisy outside, and a group of young daughter-in-laws gathered together to talk.
Today Yang's younger brother Yang Er and his family are also here. The sister-in-law of Nie Er Tang, whom I met when we got married last time, approached Lin Qingwan and said, "Qingwan, I heard the auntie say you have a body?"
Lin Qingwan smiled at Nie Ertang's wife, and then nodded shyly.
"Oh, wife Tiezhu will have it so soon?"
"It's been a long time since I got married. It should be."
The little daughter-in-laws next to each other said babbledly, and they all said joy to Lin Qingwan after they finished speaking.
Lin Qingwan smiled and thanked her.
There was a lot of people talking, and a group of women talked and talked about the separation of the Yang family. Everyone looked at Lin Qingwan with sympathy, and by the way, they also helped condemn Mr. and Mrs. Yang for not being authentic.
Lin Qingwan was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. There was a voice shouting to eat pig-killing rice, and sister-in-law Nie hurried in to greet everyone to go out to eat pig-killing rice.
If you continue with questions like this, Lin Qingwan really doesn't know how to answer it. Saying good is not bad. After all, juniors can't talk about their elders in front of outsiders, no matter whether they are good or not, they will make people think that this person has a character problem. Fortunately, the time happened. Then Nie's sister-in-law was also an eye-catching person, and helped her withstand this difference.
Because there is not enough space, slaughter pig rice is not served. Everyone invited to eat pig-killing rice will bring a bowl of chopsticks and serve a bowl, stand in the yard or squat to finish eating.
When Lin Qingwan went out, many people were already eating with a bowl of food. A simple stove was built in the center of the yard, and a large pot was set on it. Inside it was a large pot of pork blood, thin slices of pork belly, and potatoes, white song, and sauerkraut. It seems that Yang has spent a lot of money for today's pig-killing meal. At least Lin Qingwan estimated that he ate at least half a fan of pork in this pot.
Generally speaking, guests or relatives don't have to eat pig-killing rice with the villagers. Yang set up two tables of noodles in the house. The Yang family and the daughter-in-law Zhou were busy going in and out. Lin Qingwan was physically fit and did not let her help, but let her stand aside and watch.
When the stew in the cauldron was finished, some villagers dispersed. At this time, the Yangs in the house were also ready. I invited Lizheng and some respectable elders to sit in, while Lin Qingwan and the others were sitting on the vice seats.
When everyone is seated, everyone starts to eat. Yang's bought wine, and Xia Dacheng was sick and unable to get up, so he asked Yang Er to accompany several elders to drink.
After eating for a while, Yang entered the subject.
I picked up and talked about what happened to Xia Dacheng, and wiped the corners of his eyes.
Everyone understood why they saw Xia Dacheng's wife but never saw Xia Dacheng. It turned out to be ill in bed. After hearing this, everyone was very embarrassed and comforted Yang. They even told her that it’s okay if the children don’t go out. It’s no worse than outside in our Luoxia Village. The crops are served well and you can eat and drink in a year.
The old man Yang Er knew about the eldest sister's family, and he said a few words in a helping hand, which attracted countless sympathy and sighs.
Who would have thought that Xia Dacheng, who was among the best in Luoxia Village, would implicate himself because of the conflict between the master and the family? It's really time and fate!
After eating, Lizheng and some respectable old men went into the east to visit Xia Dacheng. Soothed him for a while, then gradually dispersed.
Lin Qingwan and Yang Er's family helped clean up the yard of the Yang family's house before they all went back to their own homes.
Lin Qingwan had to sigh that Yang did a good job of being a person, and she was also smart. So many people in the village have eaten Yang's pig-killing rice and eat people with short mouths. When talking about Yang's son Xia Dacheng, they will involuntarily come to the door. If anyone ate someone else’s meal and ridiculed his son’s return, I guess the villagers would look down on that person. Moreover, having won the sympathy of so many respected elderly in the village, it will be much easier to act in the village in the future.
When he returned to Yang's house, Wang was fetching water outside. Seeing Lin Qingwan and his party returning full of food and drink, they were jealous.
Wang knew that the Yang family killed the New Year pig today. But He didn't wait to see Yang, and the Dafang couple also never talked to the Yang family. So to eat pig-killing rice, the Yang family invited most of the villagers, but the Yang family was not invited, and of course there was no Wang family.
"Oh, the second sibling and the third sibling went to eat pig-killing rice? Why didn't you say to bring a bowl for your sister-in-law to eat?"
Lin Qingwan's face became stiff, and she twitched her mouth, "Sister-in-law, where is someone going to eat pig-killing rice? Why don't you talk about it and bring it back after eating?"
She really didn't bother to talk to Wang, so her tone didn't improve much. But sometimes when I listen to Wang's words, I always feel like laughing and crying. I don't know what this person is thinking about. If a normal person can't say anything, she can say it for granted without blushing.
The three-room couple followed behind and didn't speak, Yang Tiezhu took his wife and let her into the house, while pulling and saying don't get in the cold.
Wang was so disappointed that he had to shut his mouth angrily, but he made a lot of water in his hands, and he didn't know who he was making.
Wang thought that after arguing with her mother-in-law yesterday for most of the day, she could not stop her from selling the pigs at home. This was almost New Year's Eve and the family didn't even have to buy some meat back. He immediately felt that he was really fed up. But no matter how fed up she was, she couldn't do anything. At the end of her trouble yesterday, He threatened to send her back to her family's home, so that the Wang family could be softened.
The author has something to say: Thinking about the life of Woqu in the days of Woqu, Wang once again regretted why he instigated He to separate the two and three bedrooms, and the bucket in his hand was knocked and knocked on the well platform. Knocking.
He lifted the curtain and walked out, with an old face.
"Wang, do you want to knock the bucket broken? It's broken, you buy another one for my old lady?"
Wang shrank his neck, and then stopped his movements.
Of course He knew that Erfang and Sanfang went to Yang to eat pig-killing rice. While resenting the Yang family, he was even more resentful of the two rooms and three rooms. But what about resentment? She has separated from her family, and she can't do anything other than find two families to support her.
He turned back to the house with a calm face and shook the curtain when he lifted the curtain.