Chapter 610： Insufficient people

Chapter 610: Insufficient people

Previously, there were thirty personal soldiers who asked the Marquis and the Li family to settle in the second village, but most of them were not married.

This time when I went back, only six families succeeded in bringing back their wives, children, and family members...

But these six families, including the elderly and children, have a population of more than 20, which suddenly makes the second village more lively.

The terraced house has been built a long time ago, and today we just happened to bring back all the woodwork.

Tables, chairs and benches have been placed, and the old men in the village have provided a few baskets for each family and placed them in the yard, making life easier.

The family members of the six families of soldiers moved in directly. Sitting in the new house, they all sighed that the new house was unexpectedly good!

The rest of the soldiers also moved into the row houses next door. There were ten people in each household, and they were all spacious and bright.

It just so happened that Tao Hongying and others couldn't find any free space in the village, so they planned to install a simple workshop for baking moon cakes, thinking that the extra rooms in the row house would not be used for the time being.

The whole sky above the Second Village was shrouded in sweet fragrance. Women in the village came in and out, and naughty boys also played here, which made the Second Village even more popular!

Xiaocui and Wei Erniu moved here a long time ago, so they inevitably became the "seniors" in the village.

Xiaocui helped the women from each family settle in and introduced them to the general situation in and outside the village.

When they heard that moon cakes were being baked in the village, which amounted to two thousand yuan, all the newly arrived women, old and young, were surprised and had a more intuitive feeling about the wealth of Broken Gold Beach.

Early on the next morning, Xiaocui took the women from each family to the Li family compound to have a ceremony.

The women of each family were worried about what gifts to give to the Li family, so Xiaocui asked them to bring some dried mushrooms or specialty dried fruits.

They were a little uneasy and felt that the gift was too simple...

By chance, Mrs. Li, Tao Hongying and Mrs. Wen were looking for materials to make some needlework for their unborn children.

By the way, I'm also drying the furs at home in preparation for some modifications. They will be put to use when the weather gets cold soon.

When the women came in, Mrs. Li was taking a piece of white fox fur and thinking about making a cloak for her granddaughter.

Mrs. Li only wore a cotton dress, with her hair in a simple bun and a silver hairpin. She was very simple, with only a jade bracelet on her wrist, which looked valuable.

Everyone was surprised. After all, she was a first-grade wife. She was no different from an ordinary old lady from a wealthy family.

Looking at Tao Hongying, the general's wife, she is also wearing a simple dress and not much jewelry.

The guest next to her is Mrs. Wen. She is more elegantly dressed, but she also has a gentle smile on her face, without any arrogance.

You should know that when women came back from their hometowns, that is, the girls who worked as concubines for wealthy families in the village, they would look at people with their nostrils.

This Li family... seems really different!

Old Mrs. Li invited the women to sit down and chat with them. She asked the family if they had anything they needed after they settled down. !

Finally, he entrusted them all to Xiao Cui's care and asked Xiao Cui to just say something if anything happened.

The men of each family follow the Marquis on errands. The stability of the family is to stabilize the rear area and not to hold the men back.

The woman naturally agreed.

Before leaving, Mrs. Li called to Grandma He to bring out the greeting gift she had prepared a long time ago. A piece of fine cotton material for the family was enough to make a bodysuit for an adult, or two sets of clothes for a child.

Then, the family also had a box of snacks, which Jiayin had brought back from the shop in the city.

Jiayin was losing her teeth, and Mrs. Li was afraid that her granddaughter would get chewy teeth at this time, so she simply gave them away, out of sight and out of mind. The women thanked her and followed Xiaocui out of the new village. They didn't dare to chatter until they left the village entrance.

“My father-in-law said that Mrs. Li was very kind. I couldn’t believe it, but I didn’t expect it to be true.

“We are also elderly people. Mrs. Li’s chatting and laughing are so friendly. Thinking about my mother-in-law, she is so outrageous that she wishes every sentence was different!”

A daughter-in-law in her twenties spoke quickly and everyone who listened laughed.

Another woman in her forties said angrily: "How can it be the same? Your mother-in-law is partial to your brother-in-law's family and regards your family as a thorn in her side. Naturally, she scolds you every day!"

"Mrs. Li is very lucky. Her son and daughter-in-law are all unfilial. As long as she has a bowl of water, her family will definitely live a prosperous and harmonious life!"

"Stop talking about this, we are out of the sea of ​​misery in the future. The men are working under the Marquis, and we should be more diligent. With the support of the Li family, life will soon be better." A woman looked at an old woman said.

She was the most severely punished by her husband's family before, and now her eyes are red when she talks.

Everyone sympathized with her, patted her on the shoulder and gave her a few words of comfort.

But there was also a daughter-in-law who was the youngest and asked in a low voice: "Isn't it said that the Li family is the richest? They sell tens of thousands of taels of melons a year. Why do you give us only a piece of cloth and a box as a meeting gift?" dessert…"

Does this mean you dislike the fact that the Li family gave you too little?

Everyone frowned and subconsciously took two steps away from this little wife.

Xiaocui thought for a while and then said: "Sister-in-law Sanhu, when you moved here, what did your natal family give you and what did your husband's family give you?"

The young daughter-in-law who was called Sanhu's sister-in-law was stunned for a moment, and replied hesitantly: "My married daughter, of course, my mother's family will not give anything to the water she splashed out. My mother-in-law's family... gave me two pairs of bowls and chopsticks..."

Little Cuier smiled and said politely: "The Li family is not your natal family, nor your husband's family. Isn't it enough to give you cloth and snacks?"

The young daughter-in-law’s face turned red and she quickly waved her hand to explain, “No, I’m not, I just...”

Unfortunately, everyone could see that she was a little conceited and careless in her temperament, so they refused to talk to her. They all smiled and mumbled a few words, and then quickly walked into their respective courtyards.

The younger daughter-in-law felt a little aggrieved. She looked at Xiaocui again, and Xiaocui pointed to the yard where the mooncakes were temporarily baked. "I'll go and do some work. We'll talk about it later."

Huiniang was in the yard with seven or eight women who were busy baking moon cakes.

In fact, baking mooncakes is not difficult. Prepare the noodles and fillings, wrap them up, press them into molds, and then you can put them on the baking sheet.

But taking care of the fire is a delicate job, and it is not something that ordinary people can do!

Huiniang didn't trust anyone else, for fear that if the oven was burnt, a lot of ingredients would be wasted, so she stayed here almost from morning to night.

When the twins were naughty, she tied them to the door frame with cloth straps.

Xiao Cui entered the yard and quickly replaced Hui Niang.

Hui Niang wiped a handful of beads of sweat, then rescued a pair of children and took them to play for a while.

Hui Niang was attentive and noticed that Xiao Cui was a little distracted, so she asked, "What's the matter? Do you have something to worry about after going out? You should be careful to watch the fire, don't ruin this moon cake!"

Xiaocui quickly came to her senses, whispered what had just happened, and then sighed: "Sister-in-law, why do you think this person is different?

“Er Niu and I came to the village and had a place to stay. We had enough food and clothing, and we didn’t have to be beaten or scolded. We would have laughed in our dreams. But they... got the old lady’s things, but they still found it too little. It was really..."

She wanted to curse a few words, but she was so honest and honest that she really couldn't!

(End of this chapter)