The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

We visit relatives and friends on the first and second days of the New Year, and there is basically nothing to do after the third day. Wang Wu comes over with half a basket of eggs. These are postpartum gifts from relatives for Luo Ge'er. Even if we feed her enough, they will be enough to last for some time.

But eggs can't be kept for too long. If the temperature is high in the room, the eggs may wake up (that is, the egg white and yolk will mix together). If they are left outside, they will freeze.

Chickens don't like to lay eggs in winter. Zhao Guizhi was very happy to see Wang Wu bring a lot of eggs: "Count how many there are, and I'll give you the copper coins."

"My mother asked me to give this to you. She said it should be a practical New Year gift. I hope you don't mind it." Wang Wu helped put the eggs into the kitchen.

Generally, Chinese New Year gifts include candy, snacks, cured meat and wine. Especially in the homes of elders with many children and grandchildren, the younger generations must give New Year gifts. After a year, if you eat sparingly, the gifts can last for nearly half a year.

Of course, this is because the elders are stingy and only keep the food for themselves. Most of the food will be eaten and drunk for two days, and not only will there be nothing left, but you may even have to give some of it away.

"Your mother hit the nail on the head. The chickens at home used to lay a few eggs occasionally, but before the New Year, there was a gusty wind and the shed collapsed. The chickens and ducks were all frightened and haven't laid any eggs in the past few days."

"Did all your relatives pass away so early this year?" Yan Zhenshen poured a bowl of hot water for Wang Wu.

"Luo Ge'er is in confinement this year, so my family didn't visit relatives everywhere this year. My cousin and his family came over yesterday and took the gifts for uncle back home, so we didn't go door to door."

Wang Wu's family has many relatives. His father's generation had five or six brothers. Wang Wu's family is considered to have the smallest population. His uncles and aunts' families all have at least three or four relatives. So every year, these younger generations alone have to sit at two or three tables.

And on the first day of the New Year, I would go to one family's house, and on the second day, I would go to that family's house, and each family would take turns to pay New Year's greetings. This cycle could last for six or seven days.

Wang Wu actually likes visiting relatives very much. After all, this guy will talk about anything when he drinks, and he can hear a lot of true and false gossip.

But it doesn’t matter whether he listens to gossip from other villages or not. He can still talk about the gossip in his own village.

"A fight broke out among the Chu family on the night of the 30th." Wang Wu only found out about this yesterday. Mainly because when the fight broke out among their family, everyone in the village was burning firecrackers, and the crackling sounds were heard one after another, so no one paid attention to what was happening in the Chu family.

"What's going on?" Chu Xiao was still somewhat interested in the affairs of Chu Laoer's family. At least he felt better knowing that they were not doing well.

"That's what happened." Wang Wu said slowly.

On New Year's Eve, Chu Lao Er drank some wine and told Chu Peng about not paying the corvee tax. He also told him in a fatherly manner that he should work harder and talk less, and that he would find him a husband when he came back.

When Chu Peng heard that he had to perform corvée labor, he got furious. He slammed the table and stood up, asking loudly, "He works in the fields all year round. Can't his family pay the corvée labor tax of several hundred coins?"

Li Xiulan scolded him for being unfilial and began to talk about how difficult life was at home now, and naturally scolded Chu Xiao as well.

Chu Peng was so angry that he started to calculate and compare one by one. He said that any piece of clothing or jewelry of Chu Wanwan was enough to pay for the corvée tax. He also said that Chu Fei kept shouting about eating chicken and meat, would he die of greed if he skipped a few meals? He could spend all the money, but he couldn't spend any money on corvée tax?

Li Xiulan said that he was an ungrateful person who wanted to starve his younger brothers and sisters just to avoid labor service.

Chu Fei also followed suit, cursing whatever his mother cursed, and sometimes his curses were even harsher than those of Li Xiulan.

In a fit of rage, Chu Peng slapped Chu Fei a few times. The slaps were not heavy, but that was Li Xiulan's baby. Hearing Chu Fei's miserable cries, she pounced on him and beat him.

Chu Peng did not fight back at first. After all, fighting with one's parents was extremely unfilial.

But when Chu Fei saw that he didn't fight back, he hit him with a bowl, which happened to hit him on the forehead, and blood started flowing immediately.

Chu Peng couldn't touch his mother, and he couldn't deal with this brat, so he went to catch Chu Fei again. As a result, Chu Lao Er, who was drunk, also beat Chu Peng.

Of course Chu Peng couldn't just take the beating like that, so he kicked the wine jar over while dodging. Chu Laoer happened to step on it, slipped and fell to the ground.

This made Chu Lao Er even angrier, and he yelled at Chu Peng, "I shouldn't have brought you back home back then. Even if I did, I should have thrown you to the mountains to feed the wolves when Chu Lao Da died. If you're not my biological child, you can't be trusted. You dare to fight me just because of this little thing."

The sound of firecrackers in the village came one after another. Chu Peng felt that he must have heard it wrong. What bastard? What not biological child?

He turned his head to look at Li Xiulan, but although Li Xiulan was still cursing, her eyes were evasive.

"Who is not a biological child?" Chu Peng pointed at himself: "Me?"

Alcohol makes cowards bolder. Chu Lao Er had a low alcohol tolerance and drank a lot, so he spoke bluntly: "You are an ungrateful bastard, a bastard picked up from a beggar's den. If it wasn't for the extra share of the family property, would I have raised you?"

"Beggar's bastard, you should kowtow to me if I give you a stutter. You actually want to compare yourself with my son. Are you worthy?"

Chu Peng didn't say anything, but just looked at the people he had called father and mother for almost nineteen years with an incredulous look.

Chu Lao Er was still chattering: "If my son Chu Lao Er hadn't come late, I would have killed you long ago."

"Then why didn't you kill me when Chu Fei was born?" Chu Peng sneered: "Oh, I'm grown up, I can help you work for ten or eight years, and then kick me out when I'm old enough to get married, right?"

Chu Lao Er didn't think so. He only recently found out that he had not paid the corvee tax.

No matter what, Chu Peng is a man. He has been raised to this age and is a good worker. He can't bear to chase him away.

I was thinking of finding a husband for him. Appearance was not important, the main thing was to find someone who was good at work and had a good temper. As long as they lived together until old age, Chu Peng would have to keep working for the family.

When they are old and Chu Fei can stand on his own, it won’t be too late to tell Chu Peng about this then.

The strange thing is that he drank too much and said things that he shouldn’t have said.

Last year, the Chu family was in turmoil because of Chu Xiao, and they lost a lot of land. Li Xiulan was short of money and had no place to vent her anger. However, Chu Peng was a man and she could not beat or scold him at will. However, she was not willing to spend money on Chu Peng again.

Anyway, there are only a few acres of land left, and Chu Laoer can handle it alone, so it is better to let Chu Peng do labor service. It would be best if he can die outside, but if not, he can delay for a few years to get married.

So she took it upon herself to not only not pay the corvée tax, but she didn't even pay the head tax.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching and Chu Peng would have to leave at the beginning of spring, she had no choice but to tell Chu Lao Er. She was scolded severely at that time, but since things had come to this point, she had no choice but to let Chu Peng go first.

Chu Lao Er originally thought that he would find a husband for him when he returned, and Chu Peng would not care so much, but who could have thought that it would turn out like this.

"What happened next?" Chu Xiao asked.

It has been three days since what happened on New Year’s Eve, and I don’t know whether Chu Peng will continue to make trouble or just let it go.