Young rich peasants

Zaozi was comforted by her family, and soon forgot about the bad things. She was able to eat and sleep, and her little face finally became round.

Because "the twenty-eighth year, sweeping the sloppy" means cleaning, so he put embroidery aside for the time being.

Their house was too big for the three of them. Except for the two bedrooms, the remaining two rooms were just tidy up.All they have to do is to clean the whole house thoroughly, implying that they will have a new start in the new year.This hope was brought by jujube.

Sometimes, one more person in a family is not just an extra mouth to eat. This person can often break the old stagnation and bring a new atmosphere.This is especially true for Lei Shounuo and Mei Xiaodi, who saw a vision of happiness unfolding like a scroll from Zaozi.

Jujube strength is not so good, was arranged to do some cleaning.Lei Shounuo was a kid with great strength, and he basically did all the hard work, such as moving sundries and cleaning the roof.Daddy sweeps and rinses the floors, as well as the old stains in the kitchen.

When cleaning the two rooms where no one slept, Mei Xiaopai said to Zaozi: "It is true that we put corpses in our house, but they are all poor people, as long as they are saved, it will be fine. So you don't have to be afraid, Zaozi, it will be fine. "

Zaozi clasped his hands together, glanced at the beams of the house, and whispered "Amitabha".

After two days of hard work, they finally cleaned up the house on the evening of New Year's Eve. Lei Shounuo rolled a few times on the floor of the main room, looking very comfortable.Zaozi wanted to lie down and roll around, but was stopped by his father.

The little dad said to Lei Shounuo, "Hurry up and put up the Spring Festival couplets."

Zaozi took out a small half bowl of paste from the kitchen, and followed Lei Shounuo in and out.Especially when pasting Spring Festival couplets, he has to help to see if they are aligned, and run far and near to make sure everything is safe from all distances.The door gods are easier to align without too much trouble.

Finally when it was time to post the benefits, Zaozi asked, "Brother Lei, can I post them?"

Lei Shounuo turned his head and said with a smirk: "Yes, but the date is not high enough, what should I do?"

Zaozi didn't believe him, and stood on the threshold as a stepping stone, but in the end...it was really out of reach.Lei Shounuo laughed very loudly, so Zaozi slapped him for the first time, although it was only a light slap, which landed on the arm.

Lei Shounuo showed a particularly surprised expression, and Zaozi blushed, hesitating whether to apologize.

"Our Zaozi has also become braver, and the beating made Brother Lei very happy, come on, hit him again." Lei Shounuo circled the people and asked Zaozi to hit him a few more times.

Zaozi showed strange eyes, thinking Lei Ge is really strange.

Seeing Zaozi dislike him so much, Lei Shounuo fake coughed twice, pretending to be fine.He put the benefit into Zaozi's hands, hugged Zaozi's thigh, and raised it up with a heck, "Post it."

Zaozi took a deep breath, supported Lei Shounuo's head, and waited for a while before starting to post the benefits.After pasting the three gates, they went into the house to continue pasting.Lei Shounuo's strength is really strong, he walked all the way holding the dates like this, and basically didn't feel tired at all.

Mei Xiaodi cut a stack of square red paper half the size of a palm and pasted it everywhere, on the stove, bedside, wooden box, table, water tank...

The three of them worked together, and just finished posting the whole house while having dinner.

Zaozi was already ready to watch the year and not sleep, but Lei Shounuo took him back to the room after eating.It turns out that there is no need to watch the year here, but the lights and fires cannot be extinguished. Every room must be lit, and it must be on until dawn.

On the day of the Spring Festival, people from the upper village of Mazi brought tributes to the lower village to worship the land god and various gods, and finally returned home to worship the kitchen god and ancestors.Along the way, the sound of firecrackers was loud, and the shreds of red paper were blooming all over the ground.

The children and adults are all smiling, and the crisp or loud laughter is intertwined with the lively firecrackers, which has become one of Zaozi's deepest impressions on the world.

After the Spring Festival, the festive atmosphere is not weaker and stronger.It turns out that there is a special festival in the west of Guangyue Province, which is not found anywhere else.

Zaozi listened to Mei Xiaopai's explanation:

The specific origin of the year is no longer available. It is said that it is a festival formed after celebrating the harvest, Lantern Festival, temple fairs and other festivals.Every street in the county and every village under the county basically have a different day. For example, Mazi Shang Village, the year begins on the [-]th of February and lasts for three days from the beginning to the end, and the lower village starts on the [-]th of February. started.

The annual routine days of other streets or villages will be arranged from the second day of the Lunar New Year to the end of February.

In the village on the New Year’s Day, the first thing to do is to put out the table, each household puts out a table, puts together a large table in an open space, and then puts their three animal tributes on it, and worships the gods together; after the worship, the New Year’s Day officially begins. , During the period, there will be men carrying statues of gods parading through the streets, there will be ghost shows, and there will be various lively juggling performances.Every household in the village prepares sumptuous meals and entertains relatives, friends and even strangers.

When it is the turn of other villages to do their annual routines the next day, a large group of people will flock to that village again to continue eating, drinking and having fun.In this way, from the second day of the new year to the end of February, the entire Gaoliang County was lively from beginning to end.Occasionally two villages or streets collide on the same date, and some people seem to be rushing to the market. They eat one at noon and one in the evening, and they go back when they are full and happy.

There is even a saying in Gaoliang County, which is called New Year's Eve.Probably because the annual period lasts longer, and there are more festive and lively events.

Zaozi followed Lei Shounuo to Xiacun's family to eat once, and also watched Youshen and Guizai.He was afraid that the ghost show was something scary before, but only after watching it did he know it was a puppet show.The old artist set up a platform, hid under the curtain, and played with puppets while beating drums, gongs and songs.

There are still continuous firecrackers along the way, and sometimes it is so crowded that you can't even see the road clearly.

In the end, the villagers will carry a large dragon boat to the river and burn it, and send the statue back to the temple after the burning, so that the annual ritual is over.

Zaozi also went to the county town to see it, and it was equally lively, and because it was a county town, there were many sideshows to watch.

But back in his own village, it seemed a little deserted.

"Brother Lei, will someone come to our house?" Zaozi asked Lei Shounuo when he was helping to cook.

Lei Shounuo smiled and said, "Maybe not this year, but there will definitely be in the future, and there will be many."

Zaozi turned the vegetable leaves in the pot while imagining the scene of his house full of people.I hope he will have the strength by then, otherwise he will not be too busy.

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After the hustle and bustle, the days gradually returned to routine.

The lychees are blooming, the sweet potatoes are harvested in the field, and the rice is about to be sown.When everything was booming, Lei Shounuo received an urgent letter.

The letter came from Shangting County, the moment Lei Shounuo opened it, his expression darkened.

"Rego?"

"There is something wrong with the longan meat."

Lei Shounuo squeezed the letter and sighed heavily.

"When we went to give away longan, a person from Gaoliang County saw it. He told people everywhere that it was a longan grown in Plague Village. If you eat it, you will get sick. Now it's getting worse and worse."

Mei Xiaopai came over and asked, "Where is that person now?"

Lei Shounuo said, "Brother Zhu has been arrested."

Zaozi asked, "But everyone believes him."

Lei Shounuo said: "That's the problem. Some people believe in him, and then it spreads more and more."

Zaozi said, "Is Brother Lei going there?"

Lei Shounuo said: "No, I won't be able to help even if I go. Brother Zhu said that relying on the signboard of the Zhu family can still support it. It's just that it will be difficult to talk about in the future. We must find a way. Tsk, in the final analysis, we still have to Let’s improve the reputation of our village first.”

Mei Xiaopai pondered: "It's difficult..."

Zaozi looked at the embroidery next to him, hurriedly embroidered it, and asked a little sadly: "Will he still want our lychee and longan?"

Lei Shounuo wiped his face, stood up and regained his confidence, and said, "Yes, Brother Zhu said, he will find a way to help me no matter what, so let me continue to give him lychee meat this year."

Little Daddy Mei wondered why Brother Zhu wanted to help him because he could have asked a merchant to transport him lychees and longans from other villages.

Lei Shounuo didn't want to understand, the letter didn't explain too much, he only said that we would talk about the details after meeting.However, Zhu Miao's anger could not be seen from the lines, Lei Shounuo guessed that this incident might have brought back some memories of Zhu Miao's past.

When people are so concerned about other people's affairs, they either have deep feelings, or have ulterior motives, or empathize with them.

He told the other two members of the family not to tell the people in the village about this for the time being, and everything remained as usual.

With such a heavy heart, in May, the lychees were harvested in abundance, and the branches were covered with clusters of red fruits.Peel off the prickly shell, and inside is the crystal clear flesh.People in Gaoliang County will eat a little bit of it, which can clear away heat and detoxify, and drink a bowl of water boiled with rush grass before and after eating, which can remove dampness and poison.

The people in Mazi Shang Village don't have the leisure time to taste lychees, they are all busy roasting lychees.The money they earned from the longan meat gave them a way out, so they worked very hard this time, picking almost all their ripe lychees and roasting them into dried meat.

Zaozi is a person who can't hide things, so she didn't go out much for more than two months, afraid that she would slip up.Seeing that everyone is doing it in full swing now, I feel even more depressed.At times like this, he would tell himself to trust Lei Ge.Lei Ge said yes, it will definitely be possible.

If so, he gradually let go of it.

This time, there were more people on the road with Lei Shounuo than last time. Some people who worked outside heard about it and said they would follow them to help. They would rather earn less and help the village get rid of its bad reputation. Make plans for your own children and grandchildren.

So at the beginning of June, Lei Shounuo finally decided to set off.

The embroidery of jujube was finished, and it was even more beautiful than he imagined, and he was a little bit reluctant to give it away like this.He asked Xiaorong to come over to help, and removed the silk cloth from the big bamboo frame, rolled it up and put it in the brocade box prepared by Lei Shounuo.

Mei Xiaodi handed him a cloth bag with a few handkerchiefs in it, which he promised to give to the young master of the Zhu family.Originally only one piece was embroidered, but after knowing that the people in Gaoliang County had made trouble, he added a few veils that had been embroidered before.The piece embroidered by Zaozi after entering the door was wrapped separately, and the other pieces were folded outside to avoid confusion.

The handkerchiefs embroidered in the past are actually more exquisite, and they were prepared by Xiao Dae for his son's future Ah Da.It's just that when it comes to joy, it's the right time to get a new one.

Ye Xiaorong helped hold the cloth bag, leaving Mei Xiaodi and Zaozi free to collect other things for Lei Shounuo to take on the road.

After arranging everything, Lei Shounuo carried the heavier bamboo basket on his back, and stepped out of the house with his head held high.

This time, it is what the sages said, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent.

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The author has something to say: Thank you for your suggestions, the story of Xiaorong and Zhu Dashao will be written separately.