Chapter 25: It's Near the End of the Year
"Little Jiumei, the little brother of the Cheng family always comes to play. Why don't you go to his house to find him to play?" Chen Danyao bullied Chen Danxia, who is young, ignorant, and does not hide it. She asked questions very directly.
Chen Danxia looked at her with bright black eyes and said, "Mom said I am a girl and can't go to other people's houses at will."
Chen Danyao bit the corner of her lower lip and said, "The Cheng family is the next neighbor, so she should come and go."
Chen Danxia blinked his eyes, shook his head, and said, "I don't understand." When a child is just that, he can pretend to be stupid.
"You can't even understand such a simple thing. Are you stupid?" Chen Danyao said in a very angrily way.
Chen Danxia threw the wooden blocks in his hand back into the basket, stood up and said, "I won't play with you anymore, you scold me."
Standing not far away, she kept paying attention to the Shou Woman, Xi Woman, Hu Jiao and others surrounded her and asked with concern: "Girl, what's wrong?"
"She scolded me, she scolded me for being stupid." Chen Danxia pointed at Chen Danyao and pouted.
Chen Danyao defended: "I don't, I just, I just..."
When a ten-year-old girl had a dispute with a one-year-old girl, everyone would choose to believe in the small ones and favor the small ones. What's more, the Shou Pozi and the others were Chen Danxia's people, so of course they had to help their masters.
Tao was irrational in protecting her daughter, and her daughter would not be wrong. Chen Danyao dared to scold her baby daughter, which was a sin that would be unforgivable. Besides, she knew Chen Danyao's thoughts and wanted to take this opportunity to drive her away. She said directly: "Miss, it's cold and cold, and it's inconvenient to go in and out. If you have nothing to do, don't come here."
Chen Danyao felt wronged and returned in anger and cried to Lin. Lin scolded: "This ninth girl is a ghostly girl at a young age."
"Mother, Tao Jie from the Tao family is half a year younger than me." Chen Danyao's words alluded to the fact that Tao wanted to leave Cheng Jue to her niece in her parents' family, not her niece in her husband's family.
Lin stretched out his finger, poked her forehead, and said, "You girl with shallow eyes, the Cheng family is just a squire in Lutai. Although Mr. Cheng has been in the Hanlin Academy, he retired after a few years. Mr. Cheng passed the Jinshi exam, but failed to enter the official position. You are the granddaughter of a first-rank official, how can you marry into such a family?"
Chen Danyao curled her lips. Her grandfather was dead, and she was still the granddaughter of a first-rank official from somewhere. However, she did not dare to say this in front of her mother.
"Don't be confused. Do anything stupid. Cheng Jue is just shit on his face. He is not worthy of you, do you know? After the filial piety period is over, I will go back to Beijing and find a good family for you." Lin saw that Cheng Jue had a good appearance and good temperament before, and he was indeed moved to make him a son-in-law, but when he turned around, he was unhappy. It was just because she was busy preparing for the New Year ceremony that she ignored Chen Danyao. Now that she knew, she immediately stopped her. She looked down on the Cheng family and Cheng Jue.
Chen Danyao's feelings for Cheng Jue were just sprouted, but they were cut off by Lin and Tao. This matter was originally over. However, many years later, Chen Danyao's life was not satisfactory, and she would think of the scene of the miserable green boy smiling back, especially when she knew that he was a great minister, married a wife alone and did not take a concubine, she regretted that she did not persist today. She never thought that even if she insisted, her mother would not let her marry Cheng Jue, and the Cheng family would not let Cheng Jue marry her.
A few days later, the New Year gift was ready, and Tao arranged reliable people to send it to Jindu. Just a few days after the New Year gift was delivered, the things that the Tao family gave her arrived.
When Dow took the order, he was very moved. This New Year gift should have been organized by her mother and sister-in-law. It has clothes, fur, medicinal materials, and a whole piece of ham, which is a tribute rewarded by the palace.
Tao asked about Jindu's situation and knew that everything was fine for parents, brother and sister-in-law. Huang was pregnant for more than a month, so she felt relieved. She divided the items a little and sent them to the next door. Miao received the items and came to thank them.
A few days later, Miao received the things sent by her parents' home, and also distributed them to the Shen family. Only when the gifts and friendship deepened, the Tao and Miao got along more closely.
On the Winter Solstice Festival on November 14, Shen Bomi and Shen Boyu officially worshiped Mr. Cheng as their teacher. In this way, according to customs, they went to Cheng's family with four-color gifts and brought Chen Danxia to play.
"Second brother, third brother, ninth sister, where are you going?" The three concubines came together to pay tribute to Tao. When they met the three brothers and sisters at the door, Chen Dan asked aloud.
"This is not what you should ask." Shen Bomi said in a deep voice.
Chen Dan pouted, but did not dare to ask any more questions. He watched his brother lead Chen Danxia away, muttering a few words, and the voice was very small, only Chen Danhui beside her heard it. Chen Danhui glanced at her, moved to the side, and set apart between the two.
"Little Nine Sister." Cheng Yu happily greeted her when she saw her coming.
"Brother Cheng Xiao." Chen Danxia said with a fake smile.
Cheng Yu made a face to Chen Danxia, and Chen Danxia stuck out his tongue at him.
"These two children, a pair of little enemies." Miao joked with a smile.
Little enemy!
Chen Danxia couldn't help but shudder, and the word "little enemy" could not be thought deeper. As a pseudo-child with a mature soul, Chen Danxia was not willing to be petty with an ignorant little kid, but Cheng Qing enjoyed it, so she had to stay with her to the end.
"Xiao Jiuer, come to Aunt Miao and try this snow-flavored rice cake. Do you like it if you like it?" Miao waved.
Chen Danxia obediently walked over, took Miao's hand and bit the rice cake, "It's delicious."
"Xiao Jiuer likes to eat, right?" Miao asked with a smile.
Chen Danxia nodded with a smile and took another bite.
"Little Nine Sister, don't be so greedy, you are already very fat." Cheng Xi shouted loudly.
Chen Danxia swallowed the rice cake in his mouth and said, "It's you who are greedy, you don't worry about too much if you think there are too many, so you can hold a piece in one hand."
Only then did Miao notice that Cheng Yu had stolen two pieces of rice cakes at some point, "Cheng Xiaosan, you have eaten a plate, and you still have it? You don't want to eat at noon, right?"
Cheng Yu threw the rice cake in his hand into the porcelain plate and patted the two fat hands, "I didn't eat it, I just took it and saw it. Chen Xiaojiu, you fat girl, don't know the kindness of good people. I'll let you eat less for your own good."
Chen Danxia snorted lightly, tilted his head away, and pouted his little mouth.
"Brother Cheng, my sister is a child. She needs to eat more to grow taller and she will not be fat." Shen Bomi said to protect her sister.
"My sister is not fat." Shen Baiyu loves to complain about her sister at home, but she still protects her sister outside.
"Little Jiu Mei is not fat, but Xiao Jiu Mei is round." Cheng Jue also spoke.
Chapter completed!