The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

Ye Xin'er was also at her mother's place, and learned that the eldest son of the Dong family wanted to marry her. She was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.

But the little girl didn't say much and left everything to her parents.

With such a happy event at home, the entire Ye family seemed to become lively.

When Captain Dong saw that the Ye family had agreed, he invited a matchmaker to come to their house the next day.

The two families negotiated back and forth and finally set the wedding date for next spring.

Her daughter's marriage was finally settled, and Mrs. Ye grabbed Jiang Yan's hand and cried happily.

Jiang Yan has a daughter, so she can understand Sister Ye's feelings. The Dong family's marriage is now the best marriage for Ye Xin'er.

The days soon entered the twelfth lunar month. Jiang Yan chose a sunny day and decided to kill the pig at home.

She had previously discussed with Ye Zhan that of the two pigs at home, they would keep one to kill for their own meat, and take the other pig to Black Stone City to sell for silver.

But now the snow on the road was knee-deep, and she was afraid that the carriage would not reach Blackrock City even if it ran for a whole day.

If you go back and forth and get a headache or fever from the cold, the money from selling a pig is not enough to buy medicine. It's not worth it.

Thinking that there were many people at home now, Jiang Yan discussed with Ye Zhan, "Husband, what do you think about our two pigs? Why don't we kill them and eat the meat ourselves?"

"Are you willing?"

"Now it's not a question of whether I'm willing to part with it or not. I'm thinking that it doesn't seem appropriate to sell it in Black Rock City." Jiang Yan talked about all the problems she could think of in the past two days.

Ye Zhan also remembered that if anyone caught a cold in the winter here, only a few could survive, and most could only wait to die.

The couple looked at each other, and Ye Zhan said the words he often said, "Wife, you decide this matter."

"I make all the decisions, so you can't be my home."

"Well, I'm the head of the family, and my wife makes the decision."

"You, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"It's a joke, but my wife is mine. I treat her well, so who can say no?"

On the kang, Yichen had been leaning against the quilt reading a book. When she heard her father expressing his loyalty to her mother, she pulled down her pillow. She was tired of listening and wanted to sleep for a while.

During dinner, Jiang Yan told General Ye and Mrs. Ye, "It's already the twelfth lunar month. My husband and I have discussed killing our two pigs today."

"Do we have to kill both pigs?"

"Yeah." Jiang Yan repeated her original idea to the old couple.

The old couple could understand, "Given the weather here and the snow on the road, it's right not to go to Black Rock City."

At that moment, General Ye made the decision, "We will kill the pig tomorrow."

When the children heard about the pig slaughter, they were all happy. Qilang still remembered one thing, "Auntie, we're slaughtering the pig. Can you make braised food again?"

"Well, Auntie will also make braised food for you."

When the boys heard their aunt say that she would make braised food for them, they immediately jumped for joy.

Jiulang still remembered that his aunt stuffed the meat into his mouth, so he especially hoped that his aunt would make the braised food quickly.

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After Jiang Yan's family slaughtered the pig, the weather became even colder and water turned into ice.

The north wind was blowing, and I felt cold even without going out of the house.

The kids at home didn't bother going out to play anymore. To borrow Balang's words, "they were freezing their butts."

Yichen: It was more than just a cold bottom. She went out and felt a breeze, and she felt naked and bone-chilled.

She now doesn't even dare to go to the toilet outside. Every time she has an idea, she asks her parents to cover for her and she wants to go back home to solve it.

Then, every day she watched the little brothers go to the toilet and come back crying because of the cold.

Later, there was no other way, so the old lady came up with a good idea, which was to burn a charcoal basin when going to the toilet.

This made Yichen so happy that she covered her stomach and laughed secretly for a long time. She also secretly said to her parents: "I have lived two lifetimes, and this is the first time I have seen someone burn charcoal in a toilet."

Yichen didn't know that her words "two lifetimes" had changed her parents' expressions.

That night, Ye Zhan and Jiang Yan both couldn't sleep.

The next day, the whole family noticed the dark circles under their eyes and knew that something had happened that they were unaware of. However, they did not say anything, and the Ye family did not dare to ask.

On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Dong Shining drove his own sled to the Ye family to deliver New Year gifts.

This was the second time Dong Shining came to the Jiang family after he got engaged to Ye Xiner.

Dong Shining was escorted by several young men into the west room of the upper house to pay his respects to General Ye and Mrs. Ye.

"Shi Ning has met grandpa and grandma."

"No need for formalities." General Ye was very satisfied with his future grandson-in-law.

Old Madam Ye even asked Dong Shining to sit on the kang, "It's too cold outside. Look at your little face, it's frozen. Come sit on the kang and warm yourself up."

Dong Shining, a grown man, refused to get on the kang no matter what. He said, "Thank you, grandma. This room is warm enough. It's much better than our barracks."

Mrs. Ye looked at Dong Shining, who was tactful and measured, and felt that he was a typical mother-in-law who liked her son-in-law the most.

Jiang Yan didn't go in to join in the fun, but she didn't forget to make a pot of ginger and jujube tea and handed it in.

Seeing Jiang Yan, Mrs. Ye found an excuse to leave.

She pointed at the New Year gifts brought by Dong Shining in the main hall and said worriedly, "Sister, the Dong family sent eight New Year gifts. What do you think we should give in return?"

It’s not that Mrs. Ye doesn’t understand interpersonal relationships, it’s just that the Ye family can’t come up with anything except money now.

Jiang Yan looked at the two boxes of snacks, two jars of sorghum wine, two fox skins, a roe deer, and a wild ginseng that was probably no less than twenty years old that Dong Shining brought.

These festival gifts are considered generous in this area. Sister Ye was really worried, "Sister, how are we going to return this gift?"

Jiang Yan glanced at the items and suddenly had an idea. "Sister-in-law, it's nothing. We can just pool our money together. I think we can get enough."

"How do you do it?"

"Leave it to me."

"Then I'll cook."

"Well, make some more delicious food. We can't let our future son-in-law think we're neglecting him."

"Okay, I'll go cook now. Thank you, sister." Sister Ye's heart finally settled down, and she took her two younger brothers and sisters to the kitchen to cook.

Jiang Yan called Wu Lang and Liu Lang over and found a job for them.

"You two, dig through the snow right now and get those two big pig legs out. And get two fish, the bigger ones."

"Don't worry, Auntie. We will definitely pick the big ones."

Seeing the two children digging snow piles, Jiang Yan went to the barn. Using the barn as a cover, she took out a jar of sorghum wine and a jar of wine that she had brewed herself.

Looking at the two jars of wine that Jiang Yan brought out, the three sisters-in-law of the Ye family were all grateful to Jiang Yan.

They all knew how precious these two jars of wine were.