CH 51.2

The sun went down, and they set up a table in the yard to eat, so it didn't feel too hot.

Xu He said: "It's a good idea." He also promised that when the tea shed was built, there would be a meal.

The two returned home in a happy mood. The carriage had just reached the road outside the house, and they saw his fourth aunt He Shi waiting outside from a long distance away.

Seeing them coming back, she went directly to greet them.

"Where's your fourth uncle? Did you see him?”

"In the tea shed, he will come back later. It happens that I want to call my aunt over for dinner."

He Shi raised her eyes and said, "Your second aunt is back."

Zhang Fangyuan suddenly hesitated: "Why did second aunt come back suddenly? She didn't come back when I got married and wrote letters."

He Shi said: "She married far away, and it's not uncommon for the time to be inappropriate. Now she comes back to see her relatives. That’s why I asked your fourth uncle to come back earlier."

"Where is the second aunt now?"

"She is at your eldest uncle's house."

Zhang Fangyuan nodded, it seemed that they would not be able to eat dinner at their house tonight, so he went into the yard to unload his things, leaving only Xiaohei: "Then I will go and pick up fourth uncle."

He said to the two brothers of the Chen family by the way .

"Okay." He Shi helped them moved the pots and pans into the house.

Xu He didn't have a deep impression of Zhang Fangyuan's second aunt. In the past, the Zhang family was a well-off family in the village. Naturally, everyone was more concerned about such a family, and there were more gossips on weekdays.

When he was young, he had never met Zhang Fangyuan’s second aunt, she had already married to another county, and he also didn't know why. In short, the marriage in the village was not clear at all. Not everyone was lucky enough to marry nearby, and most of them married far away.

"The last time I came back to my hometown, it was the funeral of the fifth child. It's been so many years. Fangyuan has married and started a business."

Xu He and Zhang Fangyuan went into the yard together, and saw that the second aunt looked very old, the woman with white hair at the temples stood up from the middle hall, ran out suddenly, pulled Zhang Fangyuan and looked around, with tears in her eyes.

Zhang Fangyuan called Second Aunt, and Xu He also called out.

The fourth uncle looked at his sister, although his emotions were not as straightforward as the woman's expression, but he also frowned.

"I’m so happy to see you, why are you so teary-eyed? Come and sit in the house."

When Xu He entered the room, he saw a strange little girl inside. She was pretty, but she was a little thin and her chin was pointed, not like the round faces of children of the same age.

He was too familiar with such children, because he was such a thin child when he was a child.

Zhang Fangyuan saw that he looked at the child a few more times, so he said to Zhang Shiyue, "Second aunt, is this your Xiao'e?"

Zhang Shiyue gently pushed the little girl forward: "Xiao'e, call cousin. "

The little girl was timid. Looking at Zhang Fangyuan's fierce appearance, she was even more frightened. She subconsciously wanted to hide behind Zhang Shiyue, but she still listened to her mother's words. She pursed her lips and walked forward, calling out to her cousin in a low voice.

"How old are you? It's the first time I've seen her. She looks like my second aunt."

"Twelve years old."

Zhang Shiyue glanced at her daughter, frowning unavoidably since the little girl looked more like eight years old child.

Zhang Fangyuan wanted to ask a few more questions, but Xu He pulled him away: "Don't scare the child."

Zhang Fangyuan laughed, "Okay."

Zhang Shiyue glanced at Xu He. Tall and in good shape, he smiled and said to Zhang Fangyuan: "Ayuan, you are lucky to marry such a good ge’er."

"That's natural. It's a pity that the second aunt didn’t rush back to have a drink a few months ago, so this time you’re going to have fun and stay here for two days.” Zhang Fangyuan cheekily pulled Xu He to him: “Our He ge’er is very skilled, and now we are preparing to open a tea shed on the other side of the road."

Zhang Shiyue had a smile on her face when she heard the words: "Okay, Ayuan is sensible."

Xu He let Zhang Fangyuan talk to his second aunt in the room, and he took the initiative to go to the kitchen to cook with his eldest aunt and sister-in-law.

Xiaomao ran around the house, wanting to play with the girl who was about his own age. The little girl kept hiding behind Zhang Shiyue, and it was difficult for him to go forward, so he followed Xu He's buttocks to help to prepare the vegetables.

Xu He took a look at what to eat tonight while helping to lit the fire. Eldest aunt said that she would cook tofu curds and cook a piece of bacon, and there would be no other meat dishes.

He felt a little strange, he had heard from Zhang Fangyuan that his eldest uncle's family had always been very generous and talkative to the outside world, but they were very stingy with their own family, so he didn't have much contact with them on weekdays.

Today he could be considered to have seen it.

People with two tables in such a big room, although they were from their own family, they didn't need to be seen by outsiders, but Zhang Shiyue came back from a long distance, and the number of times she came back after being married for so many years was not many.

Taking advantage of the time when he went out to wash vegetables, he called Zhang Fangyuan and whispered a few words.

"The eldest uncle's family is like this. I will go back to bring two catties of fresh meat. The second aunt finally comes back to her mother's house and we should treat her well. What else do you want to bring?"

Xu He said: "Bring the pig's heart too, and stir-fry it with scallion, you like it."

Zhang Fangyuan smiled and said, "Okay."