Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 691 Recognition of relatives

Song Ying and Yuan Qing both blushed because of what she said, which made the onlookers laugh even more happily.

Tao smiled and raised her voice, "Alright, alright, stop teasing them."

"Yes, yes, go and serve tea to your grandma, she can't wait." Yuan Mei teased Tao again.

After another round of laughter, Song Ying and Yuan Qing knelt down, one on the left and one on the right, and served tea to Tao and Yuan Chuanfang, and Fang and Yuan Cheng in turn.

Mrs. Tao was a capable person. She was the one who basically took charge of and made decisions regarding all family matters. Song Ying had a lot of interactions with her and was quite familiar with her.

I am not familiar with the other elders of the Yuan family. I only know a little about them from people's gossip after dinner. For example, Yuan Chuanfang, the nominal head of the family, is extremely incompetent in his work.

Fang was devoted to her work and was very docile. The relationship between her and the other mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in Wutong Village was envied by them.

As for his father-in-law Yuan Cheng, Song Ying's impression of him was just that he was a scholar who had studied for most of his life but failed to pass the imperial examination. He knew nothing else about him.

The Yuan family has been doing well in the past two years, and Mrs. Tao values ​​Song Ying, her granddaughter-in-law, very much, and the red envelope she gave is much more generous than that given by most families in the village.

Then came other relatives, who also came to acknowledge each other, but these people only needed to offer tea and did not need to kowtow.

When they met Yuan Mei, the elder aunt, she was very straightforward and took Song Ying's hand. "Although I married far away, I have heard of your reputation. You are a promising man and worthy of our Qing child. You two should live a good life and have plenty of blessings in the future."

My husband's family is far away, so I have to leave after dinner and can't stay to play with you. Come to my aunt's house early during the New Year. She will slaughter a pig and wait for you!"

Song Ying said shyly, "Thank you, aunt."

Yuan Qing said that he would definitely go there early to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year.

Tao gave birth to two daughters and one son. After respecting Yuan Mei, she should respect her second aunt Yuan Xing.

Compared with Yuan Mei's straightforwardness, she is more gentle. In the end, she also invites Song Ying and Yuan Qing to her home during the New Year.

Farmers are not as particular as officials. Except for the four members of the Tao family, other relatives do not give gifts when they meet the newcomers. The gifts given by relatives to the newlyweds are given when they visit their home for the first time to celebrate the New Year.

However, when Song Ying recognized the younger generations, she gave out a lot of small red envelopes, which made the children have a good impression of her. Even the shyest little girl looked up and timidly called her "Auntie".

Although the wedding date is set for the early part of the twelfth lunar month, the following days are still very busy.

The three-day visit to the parents’ home is to prepare New Year’s goods, worship the kitchen god, clean the house, and especially visit relatives.

Because it was the first year after marriage, all relatives within the fifth degree of mourning had to visit one by one to pay New Year's greetings. Even the eldest wife of the Yuan family in the same village had to come to the house for a meal.

They were busy until the 14th day of the first lunar month, when they finally finished visiting their relatives.

The afternoon sun was just right, warming the back. Song Ying, carrying the medical book, moved into the courtyard, his elm armchair leaving two shallow scratches on the dirt floor.

Mrs. Tao, who was squinting her eyes while picking bean seeds, burst out laughing when she saw this: "Oh my! Look at our scholar wife! The aroma of the New Year's oil hasn't even faded away yet, and she's already poring over knowledge like a bookworm."

Fang was sewing a shoe sole, the twine trembling in the sunlight. She looked up at Song Ying and smiled, "No wonder you're a miracle doctor. You're so serious, much better than Quanwa."

Yuan Quan is the grandson of the eldest wife and the cousin of Yuan Qing. He was not good at studying and dropped out two years ago. Now he is learning cooking at Tianxianglou. It was Yuan Qing who got him in through Chen Yunze's favor.

Tao glared at Fang. "Why bring him up? If your uncle hears, he'll be sulking again."

After washing the dishes, Yuan Shan came out and said, "Let him be angry if he wants. Mother is telling the truth. Yuan Quan is no match for my sister-in-law!"

Seeing Tao glaring at her, she quickly changed the subject: "Sister-in-law, why are we going back to the city?"

"Tomorrow morning." Song Ying looked at Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Fang again. "Grandma, Mother, you two should come with us to the city. This year, the county government is paying for an unprecedented lantern festival."

Fang was very tempted, but did not respond rashly. Instead, she looked at Tao with anticipation.

But Tao said, "Forget it. We are all very old. Why should we go to the lantern festival? You young people can just go and have fun."

Fang lowered her head in disappointment and continued to pick bean seeds, but she agreed, "Yes, you guys can just have fun. Spring plowing is almost here, and there's a lot to do. The rice seeds need to be dried, and the plowshares and hoes need to be cleaned of rust."

"One or two days won't make a difference." Song Ying continued to persuade, "It is precisely because you are getting older that you need to experience more things you have never seen before."

"At our age, what's the point of experiencing it? For heavier dew, it's still more comfortable to lie in bed and hold the drying basket."

After Tao's words reached this point, Song Ying stopped trying to persuade her. "It's my grandson's daughter-in-law who was inconsiderate."

Then, she started reading the book. At first, she could even say a few words to Yuan Shan and the others, but later she became so engrossed that she ignored what Yuan Shan and the other two said and immersed herself in the medical book.

After a while, some neighbors came to the Yuan family and chatted with the Tao and Fang families.

Although the location of the Yuan family is not very advantageous, since Yuan Qing passed the imperial examination, the Yuan family has gradually become a place for villagers to chat and relax in their spare time.

There were too many people behind him, so Song Ying couldn't read the book. He had to put it away and join in the group picking bean seeds and setting up the dragon gate formation.

Naturally, she had more to talk about with the young people, especially Pan Di, who also married into Wutong Village.

Everyone was chatting when Ma Chuner suddenly came.

She came to find Pan Di and asked her to go to the city to celebrate the Lantern Festival together tomorrow.

Pan Di looked at Song Ying awkwardly and responded in a low voice.

A woman looked at her, then at Song Ying, and suddenly said, "I remember when Sister Ma got married, she cursed Doctor Song for bringing bad luck. Sister-in-law, you are in this today thanks to Doctor Song. How could you teach the daughter of her enemy to read?"

Pan Di, who was already embarrassed, blushed suddenly. Ma Chun'er glared at the woman unhappily and wanted to say something back, but she was worried about angering Song Ying and ruining her daughter's path to literacy.

She was very clear about Song Ying's status in the hearts of the girls in Xinghua Village. If she disagreed, no matter how much she pampered Pan Di or gave her more sugar, Pan Di would probably not continue to teach her daughter to read.

Song Ying raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Pandi, are you teaching people how to read?"

"Yes," Pan Di said in a voice as low as a mosquito, "I am..."

"That's nice!"

Pan Di's anxiety suddenly disappeared, and she asked in surprise, "You don't object?"

Song Ying smiled and said, "Why would I object to this? Reading makes one wise. I wish all girls in the world could learn to read. How could I object to this?"

Besides, you can teach others to read, which means you haven't forgotten what you learned before, which is good."

Pan Di's eyes were red. Before she got married, she often heard these words when she was with her sisters.

But after getting married, all the past seemed like a dream, incompatible with real life.