After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 281 Chinese New Year

The Spring Festival arrived as scheduled, and the village was bustling with activity. This year, many people in the village followed Zhang Quan to repair houses outside, earned some money, and lived a much better life. In order to thank Zhang Quan, these people brought gifts to Zhang Quan's house. Zeng Hua was happy, after all, her family was not so lively before. But she was also grateful to Jiang Xiaohe in her heart. After all, it was really thanks to Jiang Xiaohe that the family was in such a good situation now. This year, she introduced several house repair projects to Zhang Quan.

Zeng Hua prepared the things and asked Zhang Daniu to carry them and go to Zhang Fu's house next door.

The whole family wore new clothes this year. Zhang Quan also bought two silver hairpins for Zeng Hua. After being dressed up like this, they didn't look like farmers anymore.

Jiang Xiaohe was also in a lively mood. Before, there were only four people in the family, but now with the four servants, there were eight people in total. They gathered in the yard to grill skewers.

"Sister-in-law, are you busy?"

Wang Qiuxia also wore new clothes today, a dark purple jacket made of the cloth that Jiang Xiaohe brought back from the county.

"Oh, my sister-in-law is here. Come in and sit down. Come and sit down."

Seeing that they were carrying a lot of things, Wang Qiuxia scolded them: "We are all family, why are you carrying so many things!"

Zeng Hua smiled and said, "It's not the New Year!"

Jiang Xiaohe also came over holding Zhang Chuan's hand. Zhang Chuan was wearing a gray-white jacket, and he was wrapped up like a small dumpling.

As soon as she saw Zeng Hua, she quickly let go of Jiang Xiaohe's hand and knelt down in front of Zeng Hua with a smile: "Happy New Year, Second Grandma! Wish you good fortune!"

Then he stretched out his hand.

Zeng Hua was amused by him and quickly took out a red envelope from her purse and put it in his hand: "Our Chuan'er must grow up happily."

Zhang Chuan was very happy holding the red envelope and stood up by himself: "Thank you, Second Grandma, I hope you are in good health."

Zeng Hua smiled again, picked him up and sat him in his arms: "You little brat, where do you get so many nice words from!"

Zhang Chuan giggled non-stop.

Jiang Xiaohe smiled and took Zhang Chuan out of her arms: "Okay, don't dirty your second grandmother's clothes, go out and play with Sister Xiaohua."

Zhang Chuan ran away.

Jiang Xiaohe sat down next to her: "Second Aunt looks really happy today."

Zeng Hua turned around and held her hand: "This is all thanks to you! Your second uncle used to only work in the fields. At the beginning of this year, you reminded him to take people out to repair houses for others. He also listened to your advice and expanded the business. Now, the family has saved some money this year, so I am naturally happy."

Wang Qiuxia poured her some tea and said, "As long as you are happy, we are already this old, we should be happy."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded in agreement: "Mom is right. Okay, Second Aunt, I'm going to make a barbecue at home today. You all can come and eat."

"Barbecue? Is it some new food?"

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "You guys try it first today."

When Zeng Hua heard that it was a fresh food, he immediately agreed.

On his way back, Zhang Daniu couldn't help but look at Jiang Xiaohe. He felt that she looked more beautiful and calm than before.

Zeng Hua pulled him and he said goodbye to Wang Qiuxia.

In the evening, the yard was full of people. Jiang Xiaohe had gone to the town a long time ago and brought back a lot of barbecue grills. The servants had one table, and they had another table.

She also took out the raspberry wine she made last year. She still remembered that she had dried the raspberries and made the wine last year. She had forgotten about the wine until she was tidying up the backyard two days ago. It had been soaked for so long that the aroma of the wine wafted as soon as the jar was opened.

"We are really in for a treat." Zeng Hua said with a smile.

Wang Qiuxia also smiled: "It's better to celebrate the New Year with a lively atmosphere."

"Yes."

Jiang Xiaohe led everyone to barbecue meat and vegetables, while the older generation drank and chatted.

When the aroma of the grilled skewers wafted through everyone's stomachs, the worms in their stomachs started to scratch.

Qin Mei smelled the aroma and looked at the skewers in Jiang Xiaohe's hand.

"Would you like some?"

Qin Mei coughed and took it: "Then I'll try it."

Jiang Xiaohe couldn't help laughing. Qin Mei acted so pretentious. She really didn't know if she was the master or she was the master!

As soon as Qin Mei put the skewers in her mouth, her eyes lit up. She stopped being cautious and took the initiative to join the group eating the skewers.

Everyone enjoyed the meal that night and almost all the prepared food was eaten up without any waste.

Jiang Xiaohe also drank a small glass of wine. When she made the wine, she put a lot of sugar in it. Although the wine had a strong aroma, it tasted sweet. Zeng Hua and Wang Qiuxia both drank a lot.

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers could be heard in the village. I guess it was because everyone had made some money this year and were willing to spend it.

Zhang Qingshan and Ishikawa also set off firecrackers at the door.

After setting off firecrackers, everyone went to sleep. Now Zhang Chuan was shouting that he didn't want to sleep with Jiang Xiaohe and wanted to sleep separately. He said that he was already three years old and couldn't sleep with his mother anymore and so on.

Jiang Xiaohe laughed and let him do what he wanted. However, she was also worried that he was too young and might not sleep well at night, so she asked Zhang Qingshan to accompany him.

The next morning, Jiang Xiaohe distributed monthly wages and red envelopes to everyone in the family. Everyone thanked her except Qin Mei.

Zhang Qingshan gave all the monthly salary and red envelopes to Zhang Qinglian, asking her to pick them up carefully and take her to see a doctor when she had saved enough money.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Xiuquan, Wang Dayi and Wang Hong came. All three of them wore new clothes and drove an ox cart. After their house was completed, they also bought an ox cart, which was filled with betrothal gifts for Zhang Danniu.

When Zeng Hua saw the things in the ox cart, he smiled happily. This gave their family enough face in front of the villagers.

He took Chen Xiuquan's hand and walked into the house.

Zhang Da Nv looked at Wang Hong shyly, and Wang Hong ran over quickly and took something out of her arms and gave it to her...

Xu Xiulian, who was returning to her parents' home with her servants outside the door, looked at them and wished she could crush the handkerchief in her hand.

Both families wanted to schedule the wedding as soon as possible, so they looked at the date chosen by Chen Xiuquan and chose the nearest one, which was at the end of this month.

After seeing Chen Xiuqun and the others off, Jiang Xiaohe looked at Zhang Da Niu and said jokingly, "You don't have to go out now. You have to stay at home embroidering your wedding dress every day."

"Oh, cousin, you are teasing me again."

This made everyone in the yard burst into laughter.

After laughing, Zeng Hua's eyes turned red: "Time flies so fast, my eldest daughter is getting married soon."

Wang Qiuxia patted her on the back and said, "It's okay. The children are grown up now and it's important for them to get married. Just let them come back often in the future."

Zeng Hua nodded and looked at Zhang Danniu's eyes, which were full of reluctance to part with her daughter. If she hadn't seen that her daughter liked Wang Hong so much, she really wanted to keep her for another year or two.