Chapter 324

Although people in the countryside are not rich during the New Year, there are many fun things to do.

The clansmen of the same surname will line up and visit every household to wish them a happy new year. They don't need to bring anything. They just stand at the door and say happy new year. Everyone grabs a handful of melon seeds and stands and laughs for a while. No matter what happened in the past year, it will be over at this moment.

The children will go together to pick up some broken firecrackers that have not exploded, and then light them by themselves.

The older children will play with shaking torches. The children in a village will gather together, holding homemade torches in their hands. If they shake them quickly, they will form a bright and brilliant fire circle.

It is very beautiful, comparable to the acrobatic performances in scenic spots in later generations!

But these days everyone likes to play at the door of Yu's house.

Every child who goes there, as long as he is polite and sweet-mouthed, will get a handful of candy, and his pockets will be full.

Even Chen Ailan gave out lucky money. Although it was only five cents or ten cents, it was a huge sum for the children, and they were all very happy.

Everyone liked the Yu family, and they all smiled when they saw them.

After the New Year, whoever went to pay New Year's greetings, the Yu family would give several times more gifts in return, which was equivalent to a disguised subsidy.

Yu Li and Lu Guanshan planned to go back to Beijing on the sixth day of the New Year.

It happened that the fourth day of the New Year was the day when Chen Ailan's nephew from her mother's family got married.

As an aunt, Chen Ailan naturally had to go.

When the three children of the Yu family got married, the uncles of the Chen family came to help, and they had to go.

The Chen family also expected Chen Ailan to go with the whole family.

After all, the Yu family is now the richest family in a radius of dozens of miles. Not only did Yu Li go to college, but she also married a military officer husband. It was enviable to say it out!

It just so happened that Yu Li also wanted to meet that cousin Chen Dawei again.

Everyone in the Yu family wanted to see what kind of character Chen Dawei is now!

The Chen family was overjoyed. Although Chen Dawei was getting married, he couldn't wait to show off to others: "My cousin has been beautiful since she was a child. No wonder she can marry a leader. She can be the first college student in our town!"

The people in Chenjia Village were also very envious when they heard this. They wanted to see what Yu Li was like!

When Yu Li went to her grandmother's house before, some people noticed Yu Li, but they only remembered that she was beautiful, and had no other impression.

The entire Chen family and all the guests were waiting for the Yu family.

Finally, with the sound of firecrackers, Chen Dasao greeted them happily.

Chen Ailan and Yu Jiefang walked in front. Although they were very low-key, their whole body state would change after living comfortably, and they would be more comfortable and calm. In addition, the clothes they wore were no longer uncertain. The worst clothes were also considered luxury goods by the country neighbors.

Mrs. Chen stepped forward and held Chen Ailan's hand: "Oh, sister! Brother-in-law! You are finally here!"

She said with a smile and looked at Yu Li: "Niece, aunt misses you so much. You got married in a hurry and didn't have time to say a few more words to your lover. Come, Xiao Lu, come in and sit!"

Chen Dawei's eyes were fixed on Yu Li, all of them were amazed!

He knew that his cousin was beautiful, and he couldn't help staring at her when he was a child.

But he didn't dare to do it after being beaten by Yu Tuanjie once.

But now Yu Li is more beautiful than before, with a clean, delicate and pure tenderness all over her body, as if she was a rose just picked from a greenhouse, and you can tell at a glance that it is fragrant and delicious!

Chen Dawei even rolled back and swallowed his saliva.

But when he noticed Lu Guanshan, who was tall and fierce with a cold face next to him, he was so scared that he quickly retracted his neck.

After all, it was Chen Dawei who was getting married. Even if everyone's attention was on the Yu family, they couldn't steal the limelight from the Chen family.

Many people around stared at Yu Li, pointing and talking about her being the college student!

Yu Li felt a little irritated, so she took her child to hide in the room of her second uncle's house next door for a while, using the excuse that the child wanted to sleep.

Lu Guanshan was a man, and he couldn't hide like her, so he had to go out.

He helped Yu Li carry both children over, and then went to the place where her aunt's wedding was held next door to accompany her father-in-law and parents-in-law.

Compared with the pointing and curious eyes of those people outside, Yu Li preferred the quietness in this room.

At this moment, the second aunt's family went to help the eldest aunt's house, so the house was quiet.

When Chao Chao Mu Mu first arrived, she giggled for a long time to deal with those elder relatives and was tired, so the two children fell asleep on the bed.

In fact, Yu Li also came to her second aunt's house when she was young, and even when she was very young, she couldn't go back because of the rain, so she also slept in her second aunt's room.

There is only one daughter in the second aunt's family, and there are two sons in the eldest aunt's family.

Over the years, my aunt's house has been renovated, but my second aunt's house is still the old mud house, with mottled walls, which makes people sad.

But Yu Li suddenly remembered that she sat at her aunt's place for a while today, and saw her second uncle and his wife who came to help, but did not see her cousin Xiaomai.

When she was a child, she remembered that this cousin was very gentle and beautiful.

At that time, everyone praised her. Every time she came to her grandmother's house, someone would smile and say that they looked like a pair of sisters, equally beautiful!

Yu Li thought of Chen Dawei, and then thought of her childhood, and suddenly felt cold in her heart.

It happened that my second aunt came over with a bowl of sugar water and said carefully: "Lizi, are you cold here looking after the child? I made some brown sugar water for you, drink some first, and I will help you look after the child later, you go to eat!"

Yu Li looked at her old and humble face, and recalled the time when she and her cousin Xiaomai sat on a bench together when they were young, and her second aunt was smiling and combing their hair.

"Aunt, where is my cousin? I don't think I heard that she got married. Why can't I see her?"

Mrs. Chen was stunned, her eyes reddened: "She, she went out to play."

Yu Li realized the seriousness of the matter, stood up and asked solemnly: "Aunt, where did my cousin go?"

Aunt's tears fell involuntarily, and she raised her hand to wipe them away: "She's crazy...

She walked to the door of the west room, took out the key and opened the door.

Xiaomai sat on the bed inside, her eyes empty and she said nothing.

That face is still as delicate as when she was young, with eyes as clear as water, skin as creamy, and black hair simply tied up, but she is as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water!

Yu Li took a breath: "Cousin...

Xiaomai said nothing, and did not respond at all.

She immediately asked: "Aunt, why did my cousin become like this?"

Aunt didn't speak.

Yu Li asked again: "Is it... related to Chen Dawei?"

The second aunt was stunned and looked at her in shock: "Lizi, how do you know... But let's forget about it! Otherwise, Xiaomai will have no way to survive. What will the villagers think of her? She is already crazy."

In the house, Xiaomai heard Chen Dawei's name and suddenly trembled and stepped back: "No, no, no! Please, let me go!"

Yu Li felt a pain in her heart!

The second aunt burst into tears: "At first I thought Dawei was joking with Xiaomai. I asked him, but he denied it. He said that he was just concerned about his sister as a brother and Xiaomai thought too much.

Later, I caught him in the act. He bullied Xiaomai. I found your uncle. Your uncle beat your second uncle and said that Xiaomai looked... coquettish and seductive.

If we make trouble again, they will ruin Xiaomai's reputation and she will not be able to stay in the village. Your grandmother said that if we don't keep this matter to ourselves, she will divide the family and divide us out! She won't give us the homestead and the fields!"

Where do rural people live if they don't have houses or land? How to live?

The second aunt knelt down in front of Yu Li: "Niece, I heard that you are the smartest person, please save Xiaomai! She can't live like this forever! I was bullied to death because I only gave birth to a daughter, but why should my daughter be so miserable!

Does being a woman mean you have to suffer grievances!"