After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

In a blink of an eye, the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month has arrived. In ancient times, the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month already had the flavor of the New Year. Even Li Xiangkang's academy had a holiday early.

Probably Li Xiangkang is really sensible and does not relax because of the holiday. He gets up early every day to exercise, and then sits by the window and starts reading and practicing calligraphy.

Whenever he encounters something he doesn't understand, he will discuss it with Xiao Mochen. Of course, Li Xiangkang's knowledge and insight are far inferior to Xiao Mochen's, but Li Xiangkang has a photographic memory, is down-to-earth and diligent, and makes rapid progress.

Yan Qingqing doesn't feel much about celebrating the New Year, but the children in the family are very excited because they can finally have a decent New Year this year.

That day Yuan Huiniang walked in excitedly and said: "Mom, the New Year is coming soon, and it's time for our family to buy some New Year's goods.

This is the list I made to purchase. Is there anything else I need to tell you in particular? "

Seeing her happiness, Yan Qingqing couldn't help but ask: "Does Hui Niang like the Chinese New Year so much?"

Yuan Huiniang nodded and replied honestly: "I like it very much. I remember when I was a child, I didn't have to work during the New Year days, and occasionally I had new clothes to wear.

In the past, we had no money in our hands, and it made no difference whether we celebrated the New Year or not, but now it is different.

Moreover, this Chinese New Year is also a day for family reunion. My husband and the others have also worked hard for a year, so they can take advantage of this period to take a good rest for a few days. "

Yan Qingqing nodded when she heard this, probably because she was really old and lacked the freshness of children.

But probably infected by Yuan Huiniang's excitement, Yan Qingqing carefully looked at the list made by Yuan Huiniang, which was all the things her family needed for the New Year.

Yan Qingqing thought for a while and deliberately added a few more items, and then said to Yuan Huiniang: "In addition to these purchases, we also need to prepare some festive gifts. We have already cooperated with Jinsheng Pavilion, Yuelaiju, Tianxiang Tower, and Tongpengzhai. It's been a long time, and I'm definitely going to move around this year.

There are also the boss of Zuisheng Loulin and Shiro's wife who are both indispensable.

In addition, there is Magistrate Ling, who gave us a congratulatory gift when our shop opened. So he definitely needs to prepare one there. "

Yuan Huiniang was a little embarrassed after hearing this. Everything else was easy to say. There were always records of human relations, and the boxing ceremony was just two more things.

But Yuan Huiniang was in trouble with County Magistrate Ling. What kind of things could catch the eyes of the county magistrate?

Yan Qingqing saw Yuan Huiniang in trouble and knew that she was giving a gift to Magistrate Ling, so she said, "Just prepare as usual. We are not a wealthy family. There is no need to spend all our money to please him. That is not cost-effective." .

Once you are ready with County Magistrate Ling, I will just add one more. "

Seeing her mother-in-law say this, Yuan Huiniang felt confident and quickly nodded in agreement.

Before the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had finished their discussion, Li Xinniang and Li Yueniang walked in again. They took Yan Qingqing's arms from left to right and said to mother: "Mom, our embroidery workshop will stop working soon. Let's go to the county town together tomorrow." .”

Yan Qingqing originally didn't want to go, but when the two mentioned the embroidery workshop, Yan Qingqing agreed after thinking about it. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and she thought of buying a batch of New Year goods for her family's workers as a New Year benefit.

The people who have been working for their family for a long time now include Wei Laosan and Tietou from the ecological orchard, and Wang Dong from the shop.

There are also the embroidery ladies in the embroidery room. Of course, they are working part-time, and the wages Yan Qingqing pays are not high.

But even so, there are still many people who are eager to enter their embroidery workshop.

Because if they can learn embroidery, they will have an iron job in the future. Even if they don't work in Yan Qingqing's embroidery workshop, they can still make their own embroidery to sell.

So even if Yan Qingqing doesn't pay them, most people are willing. These days, apprentices don't even get paid, so it's better if they don't have to pay tuition.

Yan Qingqing counted the number of people, wrote a few things that needed to be purchased on the list, and went to the county town with Yuan Huiniang and the others the next day.

The mother and daughter first went to their own shop to take a look. Li Xiangping and others were busy working in full swing. Yan Qingqing stood at the door with a cup of tea before she was discovered by the sharp-eyed Li Xiangbao.

He quickly put down the things in his hands and said with a smile: "Second aunt, sister-in-law, why are you here? Come and sit inside."

After saying that, he habitually wiped the table with the rag in his hand.

Yan Qingqing saw that he was doing well and praised him.

Li Xiangbao was a little embarrassed to be praised, so he said in a low voice: "Brother Xiang Ping and the others taught him well."

Li Yueniang said straightforwardly: "Okay, you can secretly be happy when Mom praises you. You see, my three brothers are so busy that they don't even have time to recognize my own mother when she comes. How can I have time to teach you?"

Probably Li Yueniang's voice was too loud, which alerted the three brothers of the Li family who were working.

They all quickly put down their work and walked to Yan Qingqing. Yan Qingqing looked at Li Yueniang reproachfully, and Li Yueniang stuck out her tongue innocently.

Yan Qingqing looked at her three sons and said, "Okay, we are just here to hang out and buy some things. We passed by our shop and came in to have a look. You go and do your work. Don't delay in receiving guests."

Just then someone shouted: "The boss brought me two braised chickens and four roast ducks, put them in packaging boxes, I want to give them away."

Li Xiangping heard about it and responded quickly: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment."

Yan Qingqing waved her hand and asked them all to go about their business, and she took Yuan Hui and the others out of Canghe Liji's shop.

Yuan Huiniang and the others didn't come to the shop often and couldn't help but sigh: "The business in our shop is really good!"

Li Yueniang also said: "That's natural. These delicacies are unique to our family, and the taste is outstanding. It's no wonder that business is not good."

Yan Qingqing even boasted when she saw the three sisters and sister-in-law talking to each other.

They shook their heads with some laughter. They were proud of their family's property, which was also their confidence to go out. Look at these children, they are no longer as timid as they were when they first entered the city.

Yan Qingqing first went to the butcher's shop. When the boss saw Yan Qingqing, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked in disbelief: "Are you the sister-in-law who bought our pigs?"

Nowadays, brothers Li Xiangan and Li Xiangjian are responsible for buying and selling pigs. Yan Qingqing has indeed not been here for a long time.

So Yan Qingqing smiled and replied: "Yes, long time no see."

The boss replied stupidly: "Long time no see."

It's no wonder that the butcher's boss couldn't recognize Yan Qingqing. It's because Yan Qingqing has changed so much in the past six months.

Back then, Yan Qingqing was dressed in tatters and looked like a peasant woman, but looking at her current demeanor, there is still a trace of that before.