The Village Doctress Chapter 298: Back to the village for New Year’s Eve dinner

Xiao Er immediately responded happily and respectfully.

Although business is much better than usual during Chinese New Year, it is still rare to see such proud guests as Lin Fufu and the sisters.

This means that he has won at least one tael of silver today.

As for the wives and ladies of the wealthy and official families, most of them go directly to the third floor. Guests of that level cannot be contacted by newcomers like him who have only been in Yinbaolou for two years.

You have to be a mistress for at least five years to serve those distinguished guests.

Besides, those distinguished guests are also numerous.

Even the big shopkeeper has a book in his heart. When the new year is over, which wife or lady should buy new jewelry, or which wife is going to marry a daughter and daughter-in-law, and buy jewelry. The heart of the shopkeeper is like a bright mirror.

When it was time to check out at the counter, the shopkeeper at the counter took a closer look at the bamboo basket in the small second-hand box, and saw that it was full, and he was very kind to Lin Fufu and Lin Fen.

Lin Fen asked Lin Fufu to pay the money separately. Lin Fen should pay not much money. Her and Lin Fang's silver earrings are only 60 Wen, Feng's earrings are 80 Wen, and Feng's is 80 Wen. Three taels of silver for a pair of silver bracelets, one tael of silver and sixty Wen for Mr. Lin's gold ring.

So the total is six taels of silver.

Lin Fen took out six taels of silver from his purse and paid for it.

Go to Lin Fufu, there are two identical long-lived silver locks, a total of three taels of silver.

Three pairs of gold bracelets cost twenty-six taels and forty Wen in total, a pair of large gold earrings for Grandma Li cost two taels of silver and eighty Wen, and a golden hairpin for Aunt Qin cost two taels of silver and three Ten Wen, and seven taels of silver for Wu's gold bracelet.

A total of forty-one taels of silver and fifty Wen.

"This girl, let's count it as forty-one taels of silver." The shopkeeper took the initiative to waive Lin Fufu's fifty cents, and gave her a whole sum, and then said courteously: "I hope that in the future two This girl often patronizes our Yinbao Building!"

Lin Fufu nodded with a smile, "It's good, I'll definitely visit you more."

"We don't have anything to say about our things, the girl will know as soon as she wears them." The shopkeeper said immediately.

Lin Fufu and Lin Fen smiled and said hello, and Lin Fufu took a fifty-two small denomination bank note and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's face became even more courteous when he saw that her hand was a silver ticket.

Lin Fufu took the change of nine taels of silver, and Lin Fen left the Silver Treasure Building with the gold and silver jewelry they bought.

"I wanted to buy some new clothes. I heard that there is a new kind of tribute satin in the south of the Yangtze River. It's very beautiful. Unfortunately, we don't have enough time. Let's go shopping next spring." Lin Fufu said with a smile. .

"Fang'er and I have been wearing my mother's old clothes when I was young. I don't care about that." Lin Fen smiled, and there was still a trace of sourness in his eyes.

Lin Fufu also felt sad when he heard it, "Where is there really no new dresses to wear? I own a ready-made clothing store, and I brought back more than a dozen sets of ready-made clothes. When I go back, you and Sister Fang will come to my house to pick out two sets." .”

Lin Fen pursed her lips and nodded, then talked about the jewelry she bought today.

Lin Fufu also thinks that the jewelry in Yinbao Building is good, thinking that he has time next year, so he has to go to the third floor to have a look.

As for the fourth floor, she has no idea yet, only knows that the items on the fourth floor must be treasures that ordinary people cannot afford.

At least it is the treasure of the shop in Yinbaolou Town in Qinglian County.

Lin Fufu and Lin Fen got into the carriage, because they were so busy these days, they fell asleep holding a woolen blanket before they got into the carriage.

When the carriage stopped at the door of Lin Fufu's house in Hulu Village, it was already dark, and Lin Fufu was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

"Girl, I'm already home. Miss Lin has already gone down at the door of her house." Oda respectfully said to Lin Fufu in the car.

After Lin Fufu stretched his waist, he got out of the carriage with the package, "Oda, I understand, help me take out the big package from the back compartment of the carriage and take it home. Today's New Year's Eve you and Let's have New Year's Eve dinner together."

Oda was taken aback, and then said yes in a low voice,

He really didn't expect that Lin Fufu would personally invite him and their family to have a New Year's Eve dinner.

Hearing Lin Fufu's voice outside, Grandma Li and Aunt Qin came out to greet her.

"Oh, Gospel, you've come back, Grandma Li is almost getting callused from talking about it." Aunt Qin smiled and took her small bundle and small medicine box from Lin Fufu.

Looking at Oda who was following Lin Fufu with a low eyebrow, he asked, "Who is this?"

Lin Fufu looked back at Xiaotian, smiled and said, "Oh, this is Xiaotian who I invited to help me drive the carriage. There are no elders in the family, so I let him celebrate the New Year with us."

Huangfu Jin said that Xiao Tian was an orphan, and he was right to say that his family has no elders.

Aunt Qin has no children of her own, and when she sees a child without a father or mother, her heart is very soft. She immediately greeted Xiaotian and said, "Good boy, let's spend a good New Year with us."

Oda showed his white teeth and smiled shyly.

Lin Fufu saw that he was ugly, but he looked really good-looking when he smiled, so he also smiled.

Grandma Li took her hand, pouted and said, "I prepared the New Year's Eve dinner early in the morning, and I'm looking forward to it with Xiaobao Xiaobei and your Aunt Qin, two children You just came back when you were all asleep. How did you get it so late?"

Lin Fufu has been in the county these days. Grandma Li and the two children have not seen her for almost ten days, and they are really panicking.

"Grandma made you anxious, it's all my fault." Lin Fufu grabbed Grandma Li's hand and said with a smile, "Then grandma, hit me."

Grandma Li smiled at her, and held her cold little hand with her big warm hand, "I can't bear it, come into the house to warm up, and we can have the New Year's Eve dinner."

Aunt Qin smiled and said to Lin Fufu: "Grandma specially asked someone to buy a set of firecrackers and came back. It happened that brother Tian was here, so I asked brother Tian to set off firecrackers and invite my ancestors to come back for dinner."

Lin Fufu hurriedly agreed, and turned to look at Oda.

Oda also nodded with a smile. He had been trained by his master since he was a child. These hands are the hands that hold knives and kill people. This is the first time he has set off firecrackers.

"Go and set off the firecrackers. You can eat after the firecrackers are set off. I just heated up this meal." Grandma Li also said.

The custom in the north of the Great Wei Dynasty is that the food is set out first. Before eating the New Year's Eve dinner, you have to burn paper and invite the ancestors to eat, and then you can start.

But Lin Fufu didn't feel much about this custom, because the ancestors of Lao Lin's family had nothing to do with her, but they still followed Xiaotian to burn the paper money.

In her heart, she also invited her mother, the Chu family, and she was also worried about Father Lin, who didn't know where and what happened to Father Lin who had lost his memory.

The original custom is that if Father Lin is at home, or if Lin Xiaobao grows up, it is not the girl's turn to burn paper to invite the ancestors, but there is no man in the family, so the woman who burns paper to invite the ancestors has to hold the yellow watch with her left hand To burn the paper, you cannot use your right hand.

Otherwise, you will not be able to return to your ancestors.

After listening to Grandma Li's rules, Lin Fufu smiled helplessly, but because it was Grandma Li's advice, she followed suit.

The yellow paper burned quickly, blown by the cold wind, and the burnt or unburned scraps of paper flew into the air and swirled.

Seeing that the yellow paper is almost burnt,

But whether or not to set off firecrackers depends on the situation of each family. Like those who don't even have a decent dish for the New Year, they naturally have no money to buy firecrackers.

Oda went to burn paper and set off firecrackers, and Aunt Qin invited him to the table to sit and eat.

Lin Fufu first took a look at Xiaobao and Xiaobei who were sleeping, and then returned to the table and sat down to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Today I brought a lot of hard dishes that Master Jiang prepared for us from the restaurant in the county. We can eat them after heating them up." Lin Fufu remembered that there were still a few jars in the big bag that Xiaotian was carrying. What about hard dishes?

Oda was very clever, so he sat down immediately and went to help get the dishes.

When he was carrying the burden just now, he felt the clinking of several jars in the burden, which must be the hard food in the mouths of those girls in Lin.

"Hey, I also made a few hard dishes today. Look, there are whole chickens, braised carp, salted duck, braised pork, and braised beef. There are four or five other side dishes. Said, these are enough for us to eat." Grandma Li said.

Lin Fufu laughed: "I brought back fresh food, such as braised lamb's feet, radish and lamb, and crystal meatballs..."

Oda heard what Lin Fufu said, so he went on to get it.

Aunt Qin said: "You all sit down, I'll go to the kitchen to heat up."

Lin Fufu is a little ashamed. She is busy with business these days. Fortunately, Grandma Li and Aunt Qin are here for family affairs.

"You eat the vegetables first. You must be hungry after you have been in the carriage for so long." Grandma Li picked up a chopstick and put a big chicken leg into Lin Fufu's bowl, and then put another big chicken leg in Lin Fufu's bowl. In Xiaotian's bowl, "Good boy, you have no elders in your family, so you will regard my old lady and your aunt Qin as elders, and protect the gospel more in the future."

Xiao Tian immediately stood up and became a little flustered. Lin Fufu saw it funny, and said to him: "It's okay, grandma is right, just treat us as one family."

Grandma Li is helping her win over someone. She probably thought that Xiaotian was really picked up by her, but in fact he is not easy.

Otherwise, with Huangfu Jin's cautious personality, it would be impossible to randomly arrange someone to be by her side.

Although she told Huangfu Jin not to waste capable people by her side at the beginning, but now that she thinks about it, how could Huangfu Jin listen to her?

Aunt Qin quickly brought the hot dishes to the table, and the whole family had a lively New Year's Eve dinner.

Aunt Qin and Xiao Tian took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash, while Lin Fufu talked with Grandma Li.

"Your second aunt came over today, and she said that we should go to her house for a New Year's Eve dinner, so it's hard for her to have a heart." Grandma Li told Lin Fufu all the things that happened in the village in the past few days. Finally, he talked about Feng Shi with Lin Fufu, "Your grandma, you really did it. Now that your uncle is torturing her, she will come to torment your second aunt, and run to your second uncle's house if you have nothing to do." , eat and drink at your second uncle's house, just go back to sleep at night."

"Ah?" Lin Fufu widened his apricot eyes when he heard this, "I nurse her... what about my grandfather? My grandfather doesn't eat anymore? My uncle doesn't eat anymore?"

After listening to Lin Fufu's question, Grandma Li shook her head, "You don't know who your grandma is, so she will naturally bring food from your second uncle's house for your grandfather to eat. As for your uncle's family, she is now everywhere with her." People in the village said she didn't care."

Lin Fufu opened his mouth slightly, feeling that he couldn't use human thinking to think about anyone in the old house of the Lin family.

"Oh, have you heard? Your Dalang brother also went to the county, and he won't be back this year for Chinese New Year." Grandma Li remembered something again.

Lin Fufu frowned, he didn't expect that Lin Dalang also went to the county, and he didn't come back to celebrate the New Year, so what was he doing?

"He brought Lao Xiucai Lin and the Yuan family to the county, and I heard that they have been admitted to the county school." Grandma Li added, and then looked at Lin Fufu, "I don't know if you offended him , Seeing that he is really going to develop like that, I am afraid that he will fight against you in the future."

"Then he really has some skills, the county school is not easy to get into." Lin Fufu's eyes flashed.

To enter the county school, not only do you need money to support your family, but it is also difficult for those who have no backing behind you, unless you are really good at both character and learning.

But Lin Dalang has nothing to ask for, except his deceitful heart.

"Hey, speaking of this matter, your aunt also dragged Da Lang into a fierce fight. Your aunt wanted to follow Da Lang to the county, but Da Lang said that he wanted to take Mr. Lin Husband and wife. Your aunt scolded him for being unfilial, a white-eyed wolf, and ignoring his parents. Da Lang said that he had been adopted by Mr. Lin, and he was the son of Mr. Lin. Naturally, he had to take care of Mr. and Mrs. Lin. But I won’t forget to be filial to them. But your aunt doesn’t obey, hey. It’s all right.” Grandma Li sighed.

Lin Fufu smiled. She felt that it was really retribution for Mrs. Zhao to have today.

"I think it's my father who hurt Lin Dalang's words the most." Lin Fufu blinked and said with bright eyes.

Grandma Li nodded, "Isn't that right? I heard from your grandma that the day Dalang took Mr. and Mrs. Lin to the county town, your grandpa cried hard in the cemetery where the ancestors of the Lin family were buried. Field. Now I don’t like to come out and walk around.”

Lin Fufu knew that Lin Dalang's behavior really hurt Mr. Lin's heart.

There is one thing Zhao is right about, Lin Dalang is a white-eyed wolf through and through.

In those years, the old house of the Lin family tightened their belts to save money, and even saved the rations of the Lin family's second bedroom family in order to support a Lin Dalang.

Okay, now that Lin Dalang has a little promise, he dumped the old family of the Lin family.

"Today's New Year's Eve, go and see your grandfather, I feel pitiful. They are all of age, even for your father and Xiaobao's sake, you still say A few kind words warm his heart." After all, Grandma Li is an elderly person, and she has more sympathy for people who are also elderly.

But Aunt Qin just came out of the stove room wiping her hands. After hearing what Grandma Li said, she smiled and said, "Aunt Li, according to me, even if the Gospel gives him his heart, Mr. Lin still has something in his heart." Hello, promising grandson."

Lin Fufu agrees with this, and she actually thinks so in her heart.

However, she will do what she should do, just try not to let people talk about it.

"Well, I've already figured it out in my heart, don't worry." Lin Fufu said.

As soon as the words fell, Lin Fen and Lin Fang came over.

Lin Fang hadn't seen Lin Fufu for a long time. Seeing her, she ran over very affectionately. After the two talked for a while, Lin Fen said, "Let's go to the old house and sit down."

Just as Lin Fufu had this intention, he stood up.

"Hey, girl Fen, girl Fang, wait a minute." Grandma Li stood up, Aunt Qin also stood up, and they both went to their own rooms.

Lin Fen and Lin Fang looked at Lin Fufu in surprise, Lin Fufu smiled and shook his head, expressing that he didn't know what they were going to do.

But soon, Grandma Li and Aunt Qin came out with some red envelopes in their hands.

"This is lucky money for you, one for each of you." Grandma Li handed out the four red envelopes one by one, and Xiao Tian also got one.

Aunt Qin also smiled and gave them one, shouting: "New Year's Eve, safe and sound every year!"

Lin Fufu looked at the two red envelopes containing copper coins in his hand, and his eyes became hot.

She can also receive the lucky money from her elders!

Oda was also staring blankly at the two brand new red envelopes in his hand, with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lin Fen and Lin Fang thanked Grandma Li and Aunt Qin. They had already received the New Year's money from their parents, so they didn't feel as deeply as Lin Fufu and Oda.

This is still the happiness of a child with parents.

Lin Fufu packed up his mood, thanked Grandma Li and Aunt Qin sincerely, and then walked out the door with Lin Fen and Lin Fang.

"Girl, the road outside is dark, I'll take you there." Xiaotian said.

Lin Fufu waved his hand at him, "No need, many people have hung lanterns outside today, and the children are still firing cannons outside, it's all right."

Oda thought, afraid that the girl wanted to avoid suspicion and gossip, so he nodded, but decided to follow in secret.

"Gospel, did Grandma Li tell you about the old house?" Lin Fen asked quietly.

"Yes, I've said everything." Lin Fufu said softly.

"My mother can't stand our grandma anymore, she is crying for dinner today and wants us to take them to the county or to the town." Lin Fang also said quietly.

Listening to the children's playfulness and the crackling of cannons, Lin Fufu helplessly stretched out his hand to caress his forehead.

"But my father didn't want to, and he still yelled at my mother, and let my mother go by herself. He also yelled at me and my sister for being unfilial." The more Lin Fang said, the more angry he became.

Hearing her words, Lin Fufu knew that the second bedroom of the Lin family did not enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner.

"My mother told me that the reason why my father said that Fang'er and I were not filial is that I have listened to my grandma's instigation too much these days." Lin Fen held back for a while.

"If my father and mother stay in Hulu Village, even if they are far away in the future, they will not be able to survive this day!" Lin Fang kicked a small stone away with her feet, her voice annoyed Said: "Unless, we don't even want our parents."

But that's impossible.

"Hehe, when Fang'er and I came out to look for you just now, my father chased us out of the gate and told us that no matter how much money we earned, at least half of them should be filial to my grandma!" Lin Fen said in the dark sneered.