Chapter 1077
: Grabbing the Prize
Chapter 1077: Grabbing the Prize
Seeing this, Qin Xiaomi and Grandma Qin felt even more relieved.
Jiang Xiaozhu asked about Old Madam Guan again: "Aunt, will Grandma Guan be sad to be alone at home on the second day of the New Year? Why don't we go and invite her over?"
"Your Grandfather Guan's love for you is not in vain." Aunt Qin smiled, then said with a hint of melancholy, "I also wanted to bring Grandmother to join us for the fun, but there has never been a custom of bringing elders back to one's mother's home, so I had to give up."
Jiang Xiaozhu: "If there is no such rule, we can create it. Just like Sister Xiaomi said, if there are no conditions, we can create them. It's such a simple thing."
Grandma Qin said, "You silly girl, there has never been a lady in history who went back to her parents' home with her husband's elders. People would laugh at her."
Jiang Xiaozhu: "What's so funny? Instead of leaving your elderly parents at home to live alone, you bring them along to take care of them. Isn't that filial piety? What's so funny? Who dares to laugh?!"
Guan Shuli was shocked: "This child is really good at talking, and what he said is quite right."
If he remembered correctly, Xiaozhu was younger than Xiaomai. How could she say such insightful words?
I guess I learned it from following my eldest niece for a long time.
This?
Qin Xiaogu was moved by what she said and looked at Guan Shuli: "What do you think, my husband?"
Although Guan Shuli looks mature, he is also a lover of new things. He nodded and said, "I think it's okay."
Aunt Qin's eyes lit up: "Then, shall we go get grandma?"
Guan Shuli said, "Let the younger generation take over. Grandmother will not be able to bear it."
If the couple goes back to pick her up, he will definitely be scolded by his grandmother, who will say that he acts on impulse and makes Shu Jie'er, a pregnant woman, run back and forth.
Qin Xiaomi was afraid of their hesitation and said directly, "Xiaozhu, gather the people and I will take you to pick up Guan Azu."
"Understood!" Jiang Xiaozhu immediately took her medicine bell, jingled it, and called her friends.
Ah this?
Guan Shuli smiled and shook his head: "We are really old, and we can't do things as quickly and decisively as the younger generation."
Qin Xiaogu also smiled helplessly.
After coming to her senses, Grandma Qin said, "Forget it, let them do whatever they want. You two take the gifts and give them to a few families, and then invite a few to dinner."
Qin Xiaogu and Guan Shuli got married after August 15th last year, so this is the first year that the new son-in-law has come to visit. According to etiquette, they have to give gifts to the relatives of the bride's family and invite the elders of the bride's family to dinner.
The Qin, Jiang, Xu, and Qiao families had fled famine together, had experienced life and death together, and treated each other as blood relatives, so the families all gave gifts and invited each other to dinner.
"Yes, son-in-law will go visit all the relatives and friends right away." Guan Shuli stood up, bowed to Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin, helped Aunt Qin up, and led by Uncle Qin, followed by a carriage, to visit the relatives and friends on his father-in-law's side.
Because Qin Laoliu's family was the closest in blood relationship, they were the first to visit his family and gave the most valuable gifts: two pieces of cloth, a jar of honey, a packet of tea, and a jar of wine.
Aunt Qin and her husband were very happy. After accepting the gifts and accepting the invitation to dinner, Uncle Qin took Aunt Qin and her husband to visit the next family.
The gifts from other families were one piece of cloth less than those from Qin Laoliu's family... Although Laoliu and his wife were not well-off, they were real elders, and their gifts had to be higher than those from other families, otherwise it would be considered disrespectful of Qin Xiaogu and his wife.
After the gifts were delivered, Qin Xiaomi and the others also went to pick up Old Madam Guan.
The old man was surrounded by a group of young people and was very happy.
After several families arrived with their children, the Qin family's house became even more lively. From time to time, there were bursts of laughter, as well as the cries and tears of babies.
Little Yunping was amused by several families of men, women, young and old today. They were both amused and cried. In short, both adults and children were very happy, but he was so tired that he fell asleep.
The Qin family prepared a lunch, and one of the sauces was brought by the Guan family. It was particularly delicious and was said to be made with dozens of ingredients, which were repeatedly steamed, dried and boiled.
There was only one dish on the table. You could eat a tiny bit of food, about the size of a mung bean, and it tasted as delicious as if you were drinking nectar.
Granny Qin was overjoyed and asked, "Grandmother-in-law, what's your sauce made of? Could you give me the recipe? We can send it to you to try after we've made it, saving you the trouble of making it yourself." "Oh, Granny, you're getting better and better at using the 'borrowing' method, you'll ask for any recipe you want," Qin Xiaomi teased her. "But ninety-nine percent of the things in this world, even if you have the recipe, you don't have the ability to make them."
Qin Liupo wanted to say, why can't I make it? Are you the only one who can make something new? Humph!
But her greatest strength is her awareness of current affairs.
Seeing Qin Xiaomi start to act sarcastic, he immediately backed away.
Madam Guan smiled and said, "Xiaomi, you're right. This sauce was given to me by an old sister. She also gave me the recipe. Unfortunately, the ingredients in the recipe are available all over the country. I'm in the Northeast Province and can't get fresh ingredients from the south. So even if I have the recipe, I can't make it. I can only wait for my sister to make it and send it to me to try."
Her explanation made Qin Liupo seem even more ignorant.
Qin Liupo was glared at by Qin Laoliu, and even her two sons frowned at her.
Qin Liupo was very flexible and immediately stood up and saluted to Madam Guan: "Oh, it's my junior who doesn't understand these things and said something wrong. Please don't take it to heart."
younger generation?
Lu Jiu and Han Wanniang: "..." The mother-in-law is old, and she calls people "juniors". It makes me want to laugh no matter how I hear her.
Madam Guan smiled and said, "That's alright. I also thought about making this sauce myself, but unfortunately I didn't succeed, so I gave up the idea...Sixth niece-in-law, if you like it, eat more."
"Hey hey hey." Qin Liupo really did it. She took the stairs as soon as they were available and was not embarrassed at all.
When Mrs. Guan saw it, she actually smiled... The Sixth Brother and his wife were also wonderful people.
After dinner, it was still quite early, so Madam Guan took out various lottery tickets and tested several families: "No matter whether you are an adult or a child, the one who answers the best and fastest will win a prize."
"Okay, we must try our best to answer the questions and compete for the prize!" Jiang Xiaozhu raised her hand, eager to try and make a fortune.
Xiao Fubao also raised his hand: "I'll try my best and grab at least two prizes!"
Haha, Madam Guan laughed so hard: "Okay, you are ambitious. Then Grandpa Guan will ask the questions."
Madam Guan loves her children so much that she wants to give them some private money, so the questions she asks are relatively simple, such as "What is the word with the fewest strokes?"
It's so ridiculously shallow that anyone would be stunned.
Jiang Xiaozhu reacted the fastest: "One!"
Madam Guan: "Haha, that's right, it's one."
Wow, little Fubao burst into tears in his heart. He didn’t expect the answer to be correct. This was his best chance to win the prize, but he was one step slower than Sister Xiaozhu.
Seeing that he was about to cry, the Xu and Qiao families felt both amused and distressed.
Aunt Qiao said, "Keep going, Fubao. You'll definitely win the prize on the next question."
"Yeah!" Little Fubao nodded, ready to go.
But Qin Xiaomi said that Madam Guan was cheating and that the next question would be more difficult, so the next question was: "The word with the most strokes... well, the first twenty words with the most strokes count."
Ah this?
Little Fubao's tears came to his eyes. He really didn't know how to do this question.
The Xu and Qiao families: “…” No, you have to turn your head away before smiling.
Finally, Qin Xiaogu wrote two words and handed them to Madam Guan.
When Mrs. Guan saw it, she was delighted: "It's the jade 瓛 and the 齾. The jade 瓛 is still okay, but the 齾 without the 齾 is extremely powerful. Our little Gu is a learned man."
Qin Xiaogu was embarrassed by the praise: "Grandpa Guan, you are too kind. These are the two characters with the most strokes. I only know these two, and I was even cheating by writing two to make up the number of strokes."
Madam Guan: "This is not taking shortcuts, but knowing how to use the rules. Anything is allowed unless prohibited by law. I have no rule against adding more characters to make up the number, so you can write a few more to make up the strokes."