Time flies, and the several fruits ripened in season in Yu Mingyue's field have not been sold out, and it will be the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar.

This day is the torch festival in the Yi culture. In the hearts of the Yi people, the torch festival that has been passed down for thousands of years is also a major festival with their Yi year.

In the Kapok City, where Han and Yi live together in the southwest region, the Torch Festival is a common festival for everyone.

On this day, in the three districts and two counties under the jurisdiction of Mumian City, as long as the townships and towns that are classified as Yi townships and towns, they will use their own ways to make some folk performances worthy of the name related to torches, such as 100 people and 1,000 people holding torches to form fire dragons.

Dozens or hundreds of tourists, regardless of nationality, hold hands in a large circle and dance traditional dances around the fire, which is also one of the most attractive activities.

One activity after another, from morning to night. When it gets dark, the towns and villages will find suitable spots to show open-air movies that don't cost money.

The liveliness of this day is more than that of the market days in the township several times a month.

On this day, this torch festival belonging to the Yi nationality has no ethnic distinction, and everyone can feel the joyful atmosphere of this festival.

After having enough fun, whether they come together or friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, many of them like to get together to drink wine and eat meat, and at least, mutton.

After the reform and opening up, the economic conditions have been getting better and better, everyone's life is no longer just to think about how to eat and clothe.

Especially in the countryside, which is relatively calm and boring compared to the bustling and lively cities. Everyone is more interested in participating in this folk cultural festival that makes people feel happy both physically and mentally.

After getting up early in the morning and having breakfast, Yu Mingyue took her two younger brothers, followed by Yu Mingyan's sister and brother, Kong Xiaoju's eldest son Xiaoniuniu, Kong Xingming's son Xiaojun, and Kong Xinggang's daughter Yinling, giggling and laughing, waiting at the gate of Yu Mingyue's house.

Three days ago, Yu Mingyue received a message from Li Yunchuan, inviting Yu Mingyue to his Yi Township to celebrate the Torch Festival.

After all, Daping Township is not a Yi Township, and there is no activity during the Torch Festival, and Li Yun said that the township of Sichuan is a Yi Township. Every year there are events at the Torch Festival.

Listening to Yu Mingyue call back. After saying that he would take a few younger brothers and sisters to play during the Torch Festival, he set a time, saying that he would pick up Yu Mingyue and them to his house before nine o'clock this morning.

This is the second time that Yu Mingyue has taken her younger siblings to Li Yunchuan's house for the Torch Festival. Last time I went. I also brought them.

Li Yunchuan is killing cattle again. He killed sheep and chickens again, not to mention a bunch of hearty and delicious meals, and also made a lot of beef, mutton and chicken. Let the children have a barbecue under the pear tree in the yard.

This group of children is addicted to playing, this year is not yet June, as soon as they see Yu Mingyue, they have to ask if they are going to Brother Yunchuan's house for the Torch Festival this year.

Thinking of this, Yu Mingyue couldn't help but chuckle, curled her mouth and didn't interject, listening to the younger siblings in front of her excitedly discussing the interesting things about the Torch Festival in previous years.

Looking at these younger siblings who have not seen each other for a month, it is obvious that they will grow up, Yu Mingyue's heart suddenly felt a little emotional.

Not for anything else, just because among these children who are chattering and telling interesting things, there are no children of Kong Xingjiang.

Kong Xingjiang, who got married earlier than Kong Xinggang, although he and Li Guoying got married more than a year earlier, I don't know if it was because Kong Xingjiang's children were late, or because of this marriage that would not have appeared in the previous life, or for other reasons, anyway, neither of them has children yet.

Kong Xingjiang is nothing, but Li Guoying has been in a hurry in the past few years, but after looking for experts in the big hospitals in the province and the capital, they all said that the couple had no fertility problems.

Although Yu Mingyue, like her family, comforted and persuaded Li Guoying, Yu Mingyue herself was actually worried.

She was very worried, whether it was because her second uncle and cousin were not husband and wife in their previous life, and they had their own families, and after such a big change in this life, it caused such a result.

At that time, Yu Mingyue still had a faint regret in her heart.

But after thinking of Kong Xinggang and Li Guoying's marriage, anyone with a discerning eye can see the happiness between the two, and Yu Mingyue's regret has disappeared.

Before today, Yu Mingyue had already figured it out.

Anyway, in her previous life, her second uncle also had a son when he was 40 years old, no matter how late in this life, the children of her second uncle and cousin, regardless of male or female, should not be later than her second uncle was born at the age of 40.

It's just that at this time, looking at her cousin and cousin who are growing up day by day, Yu Mingyue's heart still has some sighs.

Eight people stood at the door, and when Yu Mingyue was silent, the other seven children became more and more excited.

"Cousin, when will Brother Yunchuan come to pick us up, I've been waiting for a long time, why hasn't he come yet? My feet hurt when I stood up. Yu Mingju raised her head, pulled the corner of Yu Mingyue's clothes and asked, looking aggrieved.

Yu Mingju, who is 12 years old this year, loves stinky beauty more than when she was a child, and during today's holiday, although the other seven people also pay more attention to clothing than usual, only Yu Mingju can be called dressed up to travel.

Dressed in black, red, and green Yi girl costumes, she is wearing a Yi silver necklace on her chest, and she is carrying a traditional colorful Yi satchel.

Her long hair was held high behind her head a little below, and Ruhai was held in place by her with a hairpin with red and white polka dots and a red bow, revealing a smooth and full forehead.

On her feet, she was wearing the new crystal sandals that Yu Mingyue had just given her, because Yu Mingju likes bright and swaggering red, and she also likes butterflies, so these sandals are not only mainly red, but also decorated with butterfly flowers on the upper.

The combination of traditional Yi costumes and very modern sandal hairpins should look a little weird.

But Yu Mingju, who has a charming goose egg face at a young age, has a very good-looking and cute taste.

Today, she obviously wants to make a cameo appearance as a little girl of the Yi family. But to put it in detail, it's not a cameo, her grandmother must be of the Yi nationality. Her mother Na Yufen was too, and when Yu Mingyan was in a national middle school at the time, Yu Mingju's household registration was also changed to the Yi nationality.

When Yu Mingju raised her head and asked Yu Mingyue at this time, her small white and tender goose egg face had a complaining and coquettish look, and she showed the coquettishness that had been faintly revealed.

made Yu Mingyue feel pity when he saw it.

Yu Mingyan was not affected at all, she spoke first, and scolded with a smile next to her: "Come less, you girl, when you climb the mountains every day to make money." Why didn't I hear you call it a sore foot? Exclude the time to sell mountain goods. Why didn't I see you complaining about foot pain? Just wait for a while, and your legs will be sore? ”

"Is it the same as standing on the side of the road and wasting time? Time equals life, sister. Lives wasted. Even my feet felt it. That's why it reminds me of the pain. Sister, don't you feel it? It must be your heart, your feet, your whole body, inside and out, numb. ”

Yu Mingju was very unconvinced, her mouth opened and closed, and she rushed back at her sister.

Even if Yu Mingyan is better at words than when she was a child. But at this time, he was also so angry that he stared at Yu Mingju, with an expression of eagerness to step forward and beat him immediately.

A few small ones next to them have long been accustomed to seeing them, and they are all excited to look at them.

The most excited is Xiaolong, he has long been angry with this sharp-toothed and stinky little cousin, I wish Yu Mingju could be taken out by Yu Mingyan as an eldest sister today, and then beat him up in the name of competition like last time.

Xiaolong's eyes turned, turned his head sideways, and muttered to the big dragon next to him, who was also a little excited: "Alas, it's still the little cousin's luck, if the two of us dared to use such strong words to talk back when the old sister criticized and taught us, our brothers would have been beaten flat by the old sister, right?" Alas~~"

His muttering voice was so loud that everyone present could hear it, and after muttering, he sighed very sadly.

"Hmm." At this time, Dalong nodded very evilly, indicating that he should be peaceful.

Yu Shouzhi, who was only more than four years old standing next to Da Long, although no one paid attention to him, but at this time, he was like a little adult, with a small face, and nodded seriously.

said crisply: "Well, if you don't obey, you will be beaten, and you will be beaten if you talk back, eldest sister, eldest sister, you can beat the second sister quickly, she dares to talk back~"

After all, over the years, whether it is his two sisters or two cousins in the family, they have educated him like this.

If you don't listen to your brothers and sisters, and dare to talk back to your brothers and sisters, you will be beaten honestly.

Yu Mingju was so angry that she was about to curse because of the behavior of her two cousins, and when she heard that even her little brother had said the words that fell into the well, she almost fainted.

"You stinky boy who eats inside and out, whose family are you? It's itchy skin, dare to let the eldest sister beat me, your second sister, I will beat you up today, so that you stinky boy will have a long memory. Yu Mingju raised his eyebrows, and he was about to catch Xiao Zhi, who had already hid behind the big and small dragon brothers.

was so frightened that he hid and shouted aggrievedly: "Second sister ignores me, I'm right, you're wrong, if you really beat me, I and I can sue my mother." ”

The reason why Yu Shouzhi, who is more than four years old, said this is also well-founded.

Because Na Yufen is too protective of the youngest son who was born in his 30s in the third child, when Xiao Zhi was too naughty, in addition to Yu Tianxiang being able to teach Xiao Zhi a few words, even Yu Zhizong taught Xiao Zhi a lesson, and after Na Yufen knew, she had to quarrel with Yu Zhizong for a few days.

And if Yu Mingyan and Yu Mingju dare to bully Xiao Zhi, no matter whether it has been a few days or not, as long as Na Yufen knows, they will scold and beat these two who don't know how to be sisters.

Affected by this unreasonableness and unequal treatment, Yu Mingju, who has been a ghost horse elf since he was a child, was the first to come up with a way, threatening to play with Xiao Zhi in the future, or not to play with Xiao Zhi in the future, and instilled a rule on Xiao Zhi step by step.

If you dare to be obedient, you will be beaten, no matter who beats you, you can't complain to your mother, so that my sister likes you and loves you. Otherwise, don't think that the second sister and other brothers and sisters will take you to play together in the future.

If you don't listen to the second sister, you will not be well-behaved, and if you are not well-behaved, you will be beaten. was beaten for such reasons, and he couldn't complain to his mother, otherwise, he didn't want to take you to play with him in the future, and he felt sorry for you.

If you dare to talk back to your sister, you will also be beaten if you are not well-behaved. If you were beaten for this reason, you can't complain to your mother, otherwise you won't want to take your second sister to play with you in the future, and no one will feel sorry for you anymore.

As long as you're well-behaved. If you listen to your sister, then your sister will buy you delicious food, buy fun food, and take you to play wherever you go, and feel sorry for you like a baby.

In order to achieve her goal, Yu Mingju also found her sister and two cousins to join forces to rectify Xiaozhi.

Year after year, Xiao Zhi, who can't be called sensible, has tried the heaven and hell treatment between obedience and disobedience again and again, and reached the age of four when Xiao Zhi is four years old. He has been able to remember and keep these agreements with his older siblings well.

Maybe in his life. The first 'truth' to understand is this.

Poor little fellow, his life, so far. It's still dark. He himself didn't know it yet.

Yu Mingju was already angry. Now that he heard that Xiao Zhi was threatening to sue him, he was even more stunned, and rushed over in a few steps to beat someone.

Although everyone knows that. Yu Mingju wouldn't really beat Xiaozhi for such a reason, but Dalong Xiaolong, the two cousins, were still very cooperative, and became Xiaozhi's protector at this time.

The cries for help, scolding, dissuasion, and laughter rang out for a while, and people who didn't know the reason would definitely think that these four cousins were playing a game of eagles catching chickens when they saw this scene.

In fact, in these years, even when Xiao Zhi was too naughty and mischievous, these brothers and sisters have taught him and beaten him, but Xiao Zhi is also the youngest child in the family, and they all love Xiao Zhi very much.

Of course, like Yu Mingju and Dalong Xiaolong brothers, Xiao Zhi did something wrong, and when they rushed to educate, they actually found the reason for the pleasure of bullying their younger brother by the way.

But the starting point is that when Xiao Zhi does bad things, it is all for Xiao Zhi's good. I won't rely on my old age to bully because I want to bully.

If there was no such agreement to laugh at the dead, Xiao Zhizhen would have grown up under the protection of a mother like Na Yufen, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, and no matter how good the child was, he would have to grow crooked.

Watching the four of them play energetically, Yin Ling, who is nearly a year younger than Xiao Zhi, also quickly joined in this fun game, consciously grabbed the back of Xiao Zhi's clothes, laughed excitedly, and hid.

Yu Mingyue and Yu Mingyan, two sisters, watched from the side crying and laughing, and they have seen such a similar scene for two or three years, but they still feel like this.

However, my heart is also very happy.

Just when these little ones were still playing there, Li Yunchuan, a latecomer who caused this 'dispute', also arrived in a van.

As soon as he stopped the car, he smiled embarrassedly and explained, "I'm sorry, you've waited a long time, haven't you?" He said that he would arrive at nine o'clock, but the customer who killed the sheep yesterday said that it was not enough, and he was busy killing a few sheep for them at home with my father. ”

As he spoke, he had already gotten out of the car, opened the door behind him, and took down a basket containing a sheep that had been killed and harvested from the car, and walked towards Yu Mingyue's house on his back.

"Uncle Yu, they didn't have time to come to my house, so I brought a sheep and stewed it for them to eat at night."

Looking at the sheep in the basket that was alive, there were at least 100 catties of sheep, Yu Mingyue didn't show any meaning, thanked him, and took Li Yunchuan into the house.

After all, since she partnered with Li Yunchuan to do this small business of pouring sheep and selling cattle, Li Yunchuan's family's economy has been much better, and every year on the day of the Torch Festival and the winter solstice, she will send her family to kill the sheep over.

In his words, many of the ones sold on the market are either ewes or sick sheep, and they eat what they killed, and they are delicious and rest assured.

And Yu Mingyue's family has always been a person who pays attention to etiquette and exchanges, and in the past two years, he has not sent some wild boar, muntjac, pheasant and other game to Li Yunchuan's family.

Today, on the ground next to Yu Mingyue and the others, there are also a few hares, pheasants and various fruits that they caught from the farm the day before as gifts.

When they put their things in the house and came out, the seven children had already consciously got into the car, all of them looking impatient, urging Li Yunchuan to set off quickly.

"It's coming, it's coming." After finishing speaking, he turned back to Yu Mingyue and smiled: "By the way, today the old sheep head and they also came to my house to celebrate the torch festival, we have to go around to the village to pick up the old sheep head and Lao Li, when I came in, the old man was already waiting at his door." ”

Lao Yangtou is the nickname given to Yang Xiaobao by his classmates when he was in junior high school, the old Li in Li Yunchuan's mouth refers to Li Yong, and the veteran is Jiang Zhongyong.

At that time, the 'three' in the mouth of Principal Wang Lao are still sticky together even if they study three different secondary schools.

Hearing that the three of them were also going, Yu Mingyue was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a smile: "Didn't you tell Yang Xiaobao that I would also go to your house today?" ”

Although Li Yunchuan was a little unclear, he still subconsciously shook his head and said: "The last time we discussed going to my house for the holiday, you went to other places, and we all thought that you couldn't come back. ”

"Oh." Yu Mingyue nodded and didn't say anything more, but she was angry and funny in her heart. (To be continued......)