The village aunt came over before dawn. Her husband's surname was Chen, so everyone called her Aunt Chen.

Chu Guang heard the sound and came out to open the door. Shen Xiuniang also put on her clothes and walked out of the room. Although the food was left to others, as the main family, they should also help each other around so that others would not be in trouble.

Start.

Chu's mother was a gentle man. She got up to help when she heard the sound. She was pressed back by Chu Guang and Shen Xiuniang. How could the birthday boy do it himself?

Just as he was persuading him, Chu Ci also got up there. He said, "Mom, just go in and rest. Sister-in-law also goes in. Just have me and my elder brother here."

The whole family gave in to each other, but in the end, Chu Ci and Chu Guang won and were able to stay for help.

"Scholar Chu, why did you come to the kitchen too? In such a dirty place, don't you scholars pay attention to "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen"?"

Aunt Chen also has a scholar at home, her husband. She was an old boy with no hope of going to school, but she would recite "Zi Yue" at home every day, and she would say "a gentleman stayed away from the kitchen" when she asked him to do something.

The family members were stunned.

Chu Ci looked down on such scholars. He raised his parents when he was a child, his wife when he was middle-aged, and his children and grandchildren when he was old, and he never did a few meaningful things in his life.

On the contrary, he has more favorable feelings for a strong woman like Aunt Chen.

"Aunt Chen, you are wrong. The meaning of that sentence is not that a gentleman cannot come to the kitchen. It means that the reason why a saint does not enter the kitchen is because of compassion and cannot bear to look at the animals directly.

Just be killed.”

Aunt Chen and Chu Guang both looked like they suddenly realized. Aunt Chen said, "I just said, how could a saint be so unreasonable? It turns out that it is because of a kind heart. Fortunately, you told me today that my old man is always alive every day.

Use these words to block me and say that I am insulting my politeness, I'll bah."

After hearing this, Chu Ci laughed. It seemed that Aunt Chen had a very cheerful personality in addition to being quick-witted.

If you continue, it will cause family conflicts among others, so Chu Ci changed the topic and talked about the materials needed to use for longevity noodles this morning.

"Siucai Chu, I think your family has prepared quite well. You can cook noodles with shredded chicken in the morning and add an egg to each bowl, which is also a good meaning." Sure enough, when you talk about your business, Aunt Chen forgot to remember

The topic just now.

"Okay, aunt, how about the pork head meat beans and cut it out and dough it?"

“…”

The first person to arrive among the guests was Chu Ci's aunt.

The original owner did not have a deep impression of this little aunt, because when he was one or two years old, she got married. The daughter who married outside was not allowed to go back to her parents' home often. The original owner was also focused on studying, so he only had to pay New Year's greetings every year to meet.

Last time the original owner encountered a big incident, his aunt also came from her in-laws' house. She also took two taels of silver to treat the original owner, comforted Chu's mother and went back. She heard that the people in her in-laws were not easy to get along with.

"Aunt, uncle, my nephew is polite." Chu Ci bowed first and greeted them.

"A Ci, how good is you in good health? Why don't you study in the house and stand outside in a cold weather?" Aunt Chu looked like a very gentle woman.

Chu Ci sometimes lamented that the Chu family had good genes. From top to bottom, there were people with gentle and gentle personalities. No one had an introverted and weird personality, even this little aunt was the same.

Before Chu Ci could finish his feelings, a male voice sounded next to him.

"Well, I finally got better this time. In the past, I just hid in the house and refused to come out, and I didn't know how to say hello when I saw relatives and elders. You should know that we are the most popular, and everyone who knows us has identities.

People with their heads and faces may be able to carry you one or two at any time.”

Chu Ci smiled and labeled the man as "pretending to behave" in his heart. His identity and face were just a gatekeeper in the town yamen.

He often claimed to be a person in the town, and it was normal for him to look down on relatives and neighbors. A few years ago, the original owner was admitted to the scholar, and this talent put down a little, but he became interested in teaching the original owner how to deal with people as an elder, so that he could not help but let him know the original owner's way of dealing with people.

The original owner was very distressed.

"My husband, don't say that--"

"Don't talk too much, women." Uncle Chu glanced over and Aunt Chu stopped talking. She sighed and went into the kitchen to help.

"Let's continue, after you went through that last time, I guess there is no hope of studying. Why don't I help you with something in the town? Go and do a accounting office, and at least I can exchange for a few taels of silver a year..."

Chu Ci sat aside and went in and out of the right ear. Such a person does not have to waste his talk with him, because as long as you improve a little, he will immediately change his attitude. Such a person has the strongest ability to change his mind when he sees the wind, and the worldly sensibility is

He was a little more worldly, but fortunately he had no bad intentions. The last time he had two taels of silver, his aunt couldn't get it back without his permission.

After a while, Shen Xiuniang's parents also came. Seeing that it was Chu Ci's reception, they were quite flattered. Although the two families were in-laws, they were not very familiar with Chu Xiucai and others.

Chu Ci didn't say much, and invited them into the dining room, so his sister-in-law would come out to greet him.

Chu Ci served tea and snacks to the three of them. He just waited until Aunt Chen's shredded chicken noodles were cooked and he could invite them to eat first.

After all, Chu's mother couldn't help but take Chu Xiaoyuan out of the room. She changed into new clothes today, her spine was slightly straightened, and she looked younger than before.

Uncle Chu called out his sister-in-law and stopped talking. He just held a teacup and pretended to be superior. Chu's mother knew him and did not bother with him. She only talked to Shen's father and mother.

"The chicken shredded noodles are ready!" Aunt Chen shouted, and Chu Guang had already brought a bowl on a tray.

On the tray is a bowl of thin white noodles with some chopped green onions, tender yellow chicken shredded in the middle, and two eggs are lying inside. The noodles are for Chu's mother. Such longevity noodles are from beginning to end.

One.

"Mom, after eating this longevity noodles, I wish you a hundred years of life and good health in all seasons." Chu Guang put down the note and said auspicious words.

"Okay, okay!" Chu's mother said yes repeatedly. She held the noodles, held the chopsticks in her calloused hands, and trembledly picked up the noodles and put them into her mouth.

This long-lasting noodles is a long piece, and people who eat it have to suck it into their mouths before they can chew it. If it is broken in the middle, it will be unlucky, so this side looks like a big bowl, but it is actually not a lot.

Chu's mother carefully sucked the noodles into her mouth, and she breathed a sigh of relief after she ate all of them.

At this time, the noodles from the rest of the people were also served in a large basin, so they were not so particular. They just took the bowl to pick them up. No one would say anything.

There was also a plate of poached eggs, a plate of braised pork head and a plate of pickled vegetables next to it. They took these things to the noodles, and the taste was very good.

Chu Ci did not stand at the table and eat like others. He picked up a bowl of noodles, picked up some dishes and put them in the bowl, and sat upside down, and ate slowly.

After drinking a bowl of noodles, Chu Ci sighed in his heart that Aunt Chen is very skilled. If he has any happy events in his family in the future, he will still have to find Aunt Chen to take charge of the chef.

The sun had risen above, and the warm sunlight shone into the courtyard, covering the surroundings with a layer of gold gauze. Everyone moved their stools to sit outside to bask in the sun. It was so good that it was warm, not as cold as inside.

Several people came from outside the courtyard. When Chu Ci saw that it was his two uncles and aunts. They were still holding two or three children, and they probably belonged to their grandchildren.

He hurriedly stepped forward to entertain him and called him uncle and aunt. The children also called him uncle at the adult's instructions.

"Uncle and aunt came from afar, come in and have a meal quickly. My mother should be waiting for you in the dining room at this moment."

Several people followed Chu Ci in. When they saw Chu's mother, they naturally exchanged greetings. When they talked about love, they couldn't help but wiped their tears. Chu Ci went to the kitchen and asked Aunt Chen to put another pot of noodles, and took out the hot noodles. Naturally,

It's just a stop to everyone's words.

No one came again since then, Chu Ci was quite strange. Didn’t he have an aunt? But when everyone didn’t mention it, he couldn’t ask. He just waited for the guests to part in the evening and asked his mother why.

At noon, two tables were placed in the Chu family's yard, with six cold dishes on it, namely melon seeds, peanuts, dried sweet potatoes, braised pork head meat, vinegar and cabbage and eggs and tofu, which meant six and six things.

A few children were watching greedily around the table, but no one got it, because Chu Ci gave Chu Xiaoyuan a packet of malt candy and asked him to share it with his younger brothers and sisters. They still had candy in their mouths, so naturally they

I won't steal food anymore.

"Come in quickly, I'm paying my birthday." The adults called out, and the children rushed in. The small dining room was crowded with people at this time, and Chu's mother sat on her head, waiting for them to paying their birthday.

The first ones were naturally Chu Guang and Xiu Niang. They each held a set of clothes and a pair of shoes and socks, went up to kneel down and said, "My mother is here, son Chu Guang, daughter-in-law Chu Shen Xiu Niang pays your birthday to you.

, I wish you a hundred years of life, happiness and well-being." After saying that, I bowed down and kowtowed.

Chu's mother cheered repeatedly and asked them to get up quickly. She took the birthday gift and gave the two more wedding money. Brother Chu and the other two retreated, and it was Chu Ci's turn.

Chu Ci lifted his clothes and knelt down slowly, holding the jewelry box he bought yesterday in his hand, and said, "My kind mother is here, I am my son Chu Ci pays your birthday. I wish you a day every year and a day every year, and a blessing.

Like the long flowing water in the East China Sea, it is longer than the pine trees in the South Mountains.”

"Okay, okay, get up quickly." Chu's mother's eyes narrowed. She took the box from Chu Ci's hand and sealed the money for him. When she saw the things in the box clearly, she couldn't help but say a word.

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The others were curious, so Chu's mother showed everyone the box. There was a hairpin lying inside, swaying silver, looking grand and solemn.

"Mom, my uncle is full of thought, you can just put it in now." Shen Xiuniang said. Chu Ci had already vented her and the two of them yesterday. They were not afraid that others would say that the courtesy was poor. What would the family compare with? Even themselves,

In the future, we will also rely on Chu Ci.

"This..." Chu's mother was embarrassed. Can she really wear this thing on her head? Such a precious thing is probably going to make her life short. What she treasured in her cloth bag was just a silver ring. How could she have never lived in this life?

Have had such a beautiful thing!

"Sister-in-law, just put it on. Our Guanger and Cier are both filial. You will have countless blessings to enjoy in the future!" Aunt Chu advised.

The others followed suit and Chu's mother pushed her half-heartedly, and Shen Xiuniang inserted it into her head. This thing was indeed suitable for the old man. Everyone felt that since Chu's mother inserted the hairpin, her waist was even straighter.

Then Chu Xiaoyuan celebrated his birthday. The one he gave to Chu's mother was a hundred characters written by him. Although the characters were not as good as the weather, their filial piety was commendable. Chu's mother seemed very happy. She hugged him and kissed her, shouting her heart.

Meat.

After paying homage to their birthday, everyone went out to have a lively meal. Chu Ci also brought some wine from the village and poured it for everyone to drink. Although the rice wine was not overwhelming, the drinkers were inevitably slightly drunk.

When the cold cuts were eaten, the hot dishes were also served. There were ten hot dishes in total, each table with half braised chicken, a whole fish, half a side hoof, a pot of old duck soup, a bowl of Sixi meatballs, and a plate of pork and cabbage.

There are four other vegetarian dishes that need not be mentioned.

When the banquet reached the end, Aunt Chen gave each table a plate of longevity peaches, a small peach-shaped dessert, and a touch of red on the tip. It was filled with bean paste filling, crushed and tasted sweet.

Delicious and long aftertaste.

The aroma of wine and meat dispersed. Everyone who smelled it took a deep breath and left the smell in their stomachs. Some children were curious about lying on the yard gate and looking inside, but the Chu family didn't rush, but instead they would have more

The birthday peach was taken out by one, which made the group of children laugh like flowers.

I have to say that the Chu family still has a long face, and even the uncle Chu, who has always liked to be picky, praised it.

After a lively day, Shen Xiuniang paid 60 cents for Aunt Chen who came to help the kitchen, and then filled some of the extra dishes for her.
Chapter completed!