At the beginning, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, and the woman is busy in the imp

"But we are not going in the direction of the fields." Xie Hu felt that his brain was a little weak and scratched his head. Did he understand it wrong?

Xie Chunxi said with a smile: "If you feel cold, you will put on more clothes. If rabbits feel cold, they will also find a warm place with leeward wind to settle down. Some will even hide in the firewood pile in the village."

"Go and search to see if you can find the rabbit nest." Xie Chunxi raised his chin and motioned the little carrot heads to look at the grassy slope leeward.

The sky is covered with light clouds, and the sky is covered with fading grass.

Most of the grass on the grassy slope has withered. Xie Yuheng followed his elder brother to find a rabbit nest and used a small wooden stick to pull at the grassy areas.

She didn't know if it was due to the random luck of the owner's ring, but when she pulled the second bush, she felt that the hardness of the soil under the stick was not right.

Xie Yuheng tugged on his eldest brother's sleeves. Seeing this, the young man squatted down and gently pushed aside the hay. It turned out to be a rabbit hole.

The cunning rabbit has three burrows. You have to find a few more rabbit holes nearby, otherwise it will be difficult to catch.

Xie Mingli stood up and waved to everyone to come over. Xie Mingcheng asked his elder brother in a low voice like a secret agent: "Have you discovered anything?"

Xie Mingli nodded and motioned for everyone to search nearby.

.......

Xie Yuheng sat on the cloth laid out by his elder brother, holding chestnut kernels in his hand to gnaw, watching everyone looking for rabbit holes. His gums had been a little itchy recently.

Xie Chunxi sat down next to her and took out a few chestnut kernels from the small bag that Meng had sewn.

"Xiao Yuheng, how did you know that King Huai was going to Jingzhou from Xun County?" Xie Chunxi asked curiously.

"Didn't my father say that King Huai is still in Yizhou?" Xie Yuheng blinked his innocent big eyes, looking like he didn't understand.

Seeing that Xie Chunxi wanted to pinch her little face, he did so, and then.

With a snap, he was swatted away by Xie Mingli who came over.

Xie Chunxi let out a ghostly howl, pointed at Xie Mingli and said, "You little heartless child, I hugged you when you were a child."

"The cave has been found. I'm waiting for you to go over and light the fire." Xie Mingli packed the small bag for Xiao Yuheng. What should I do if my clan uncle is not reliable? He is so kind.

Seeing that Xie Mingli didn't accept his role, Xie Chunxi had no choice but to light the fire aggrievedly.

The extra rabbit holes have been blocked, and there are only two rabbit holes left. One hole is for lighting the fire, and the other hole is waiting for the rabbit to run out when it can't stand the smoke.

Xie Chunxi took out the fire stick, and it took a lot of effort to light the half-dry and half-wet grass. I choked on the smoke and sneezed twice in a row, then stuffed the grass into the rabbit hole with tears in my eyes.

After finishing his work, Xie Chunxi took out the chestnut kernels he had just finished eating from his sleeve pocket and stuffed them into his mouth. It tastes really good. I don’t know how the Xie family made it, but it’s a little sweet. Well, I'll get a few more next time.

After a long wait, the two big gray rabbits finally couldn't bear it anymore and ran out from another hole, followed by three little rabbits.

As soon as they came out, they were greeted by several older children who had been waiting for rabbits in the cave. Each of the older rabbits was given a big wooden stick, and they were knocked unconscious to the ground, while the younger rabbits grabbed each one.

Cruel? Of course it is cruel.

But except for a few of these children whose families are wealthy, others cannot eat meat more than once a year.

Is it because their family members don't work hard enough? They start working before sunrise, go home after sunset, and take care of the crops more carefully than themselves. But if the harvest is good this year, the court will increase the tax by another 10% next year.

In a disaster year, if the harvest is not good, the land must be sold, and even the children and daughters must be sold to pay taxes. Otherwise, the whole family's exile will be regarded as light.

Xie Yuheng looked at everyone, smiling happily because he had meat to eat, and unknown emotions flashed through his heart.

Xie Chunxi waved his hand and asked the children to go to his house to roast rabbit.

The children carried the rabbit and shouted that Uncle Chunxi was so nice, and the group returned to the village happily.

......

Thanks to the patriarch’s family.

Xie Chunxi still pestered Xiao Yuheng and asked her in a low voice how she calculated that King Huai was most likely to send troops from Xun County.

Xie Yuheng was so troubled that he could only say perfunctorily: "My ancestors gave it to me in a dream."

Xie Chunxi's eyes widened, and his eyes said: Do you believe me?

Xie Yuheng looked back with innocent eyes. As soon as Li came out of the house, what he saw was this scene of uncle and nephew looking at each other "affectionately".

Mrs. Li couldn't help but clenched her handkerchief. Sure enough, Xie Lang said he didn't care whether he had a son, but he still cared in his heart. If Xie Zhiyi hadn't been injured during the birth and the doctor said she might not be able to get pregnant in the future, she could have given birth to a fat son for Xie Lang.

Thinking of this, she felt a little sad again, glanced at Xie Zhiyi sadly, turned around and went back to the house to continue sewing clothes for Xie Lang.

Xie Zhiyi touched the shivering little rabbit and asked his father without raising his head: "Dad, the little rabbit is so cute. Can I raise one?"

Being suddenly needed by his daughter greatly satisfied Xie Chunxi's vanity of being an elder. He said kindly to the little cotton-padded jacket, "We all caught this together. I would like to ask if everyone agrees."

The others all agreed upon hearing this. It was Uncle Chunxi who took them there and taught them how to find rabbit holes. Besides, little rabbits don't have much meat.

After skinning and washing the remaining rabbits, everyone lit a fire in the courtyard and began to roast rabbit meat. The old patriarch was also invited to come out and sit in the middle.

For a while, the courtyard was filled with joy and excitement. Only Mrs. Li, after rejecting Xie Chunxi's invitation to go out for barbecue together, sulked alone in the house.

......

The morning sun has not yet fully risen, and there is a light layer of mist in the sky, as if a light veil gently covers the earth.

Xie Yuheng woke up to the deafening sound of firecrackers and sat up from the bed with his head on his head.

She turned her head and saw her beautiful mother combing Suzaku's hair with a small comb. After that, she also used rouge to apply blush on both sides of Suzaku's face?

Xie Yuheng held his hands and couldn't help laughing when he saw this. What kind of look was this.

When Suzaku saw that she was awake, he couldn't help but said to her, "Jijijiji." Do I look good? Do I look good?

After saying that, he went to look in the bronze mirror, flapping his wings and stretching his claws.

Meng sat on the edge of the bed, pulled the quilts on both sides, and surrounded Xiao Yuheng tightly.

He said softly: "It's still early now. We'll wait until everyone gets ready. We'll probably go to worship the ancestors at noon time. Our little lazy cat can still sleep a little longer."

Xie Yuheng shook his head. The ancients did not have many entertainment activities and went to bed after eight o'clock in the evening. Yesterday, she collected a bunch of vegetables in the space before going to bed, and she was not sleepy at all.

I think of some of the New Year ancestor worship videos I saw in later generations. They were all men and there was no woman. Xie Yuheng asked: "Will mother go too?"

Meng smiled and touched her bird's nest and said, "Of course Mom is going, all the girls from the Xie family are going." When she and Xie Tingjiang returned to the village for the first year, they learned that the girls from the Xie family could go to worship their ancestors, and she felt that Very strange.

Xie Yuheng threw herself into Meng's arms and nuzzled. It was great. The Xie family were not pedantic and old-fashioned, and she would not be so tired when taking care of them in the future.

Meng Shi picked her up and said with a smile: "Since the lazy cat won't sleep, let's go take a bath. You can't take a bath tomorrow on the first day of the new year."