Chapter 21: Spring Festival

Located in a barren place, Mizhi County is also lively during the Spring Festival. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The location of the Confucian Temple in the south of the city has become the location of the Spring Festival temple fair, starting from the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the temple fair has begun, and it will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Outside the county seat, and the liveliness here is in stark contrast, the number of displaced people has increased sharply, some displaced people are stationed less than two miles away from the county seat, these displaced people do not dare to approach the county seat, if they are found by the sergeants guarding the city, they should not think about living, but the sergeants guarding the yamen will not go out of the city to deal with these vagrants, the sergeants are not afraid of the vagrants, but are afraid of more and more elusive bandits, to know the weapons in the hands of the sergeant, that can also be sold for money.

The situation of the displaced people is extremely miserable, the government at all levels under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture has been unable to conceal the existence of the displaced people, from the northernmost Fugu to the southernmost Yijun, there have been rebellious peasants, most of whom are rebellious peasants, are desperate and homeless, they are in a desperate situation, in order to be able to eat a mouthful of food, they do not hesitate to take risks, gather people to rebel.

The government is not worried about the rebellious peasants, after all, they are all peasants, and they don't know how to fight at all, as long as the imperial court sends troops, it will soon be able to suppress these rebellious peasants and restore local peace, but the famine does exist, if the government at all levels turns a blind eye, then there will be more and more rebellious peasants.

The spread of the famine also affected the government in various parts of Shaanxi, and they could not collect taxes and covet money from them, and their lives were also very sad.

The rewritten memora was written, and the report was also reported, but unfortunately there has been no news.

I don't know if the governor Yamen didn't pay attention to this matter, or the imperial court didn't believe that there were large-scale displaced people in Yan'an, Shaanxi.

Wu Fanhui's life is relatively peaceful, the family has all moved to the county to live, he has given his parents seventy taels of silver, these silver is enough to maintain a livelihood for several years, there is no problem, but the whole family has just moved to the county, there are still many things to do, just talk about sleeping at home, it turns out that Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang two sisters are sleeping in the same bed, and now they must be separated, one person in a room, the quilt is naturally not enough, this needs to be added, and there is to the county seat, With a special kitchen, pots and pans and other things also need to be purchased.

Things at home can be big or small, but as long as you do it, there are many things.

These are all things that Wang Hecui needs to worry about.

Wu Fanhui's plan is mainly in the future of the two sisters, he does not believe in what women are not talented is the words of virtue, the two sisters must have some knowledge, girls from large families, they will receive systematic education since childhood, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc., all are particularly proficient, after returning home the next day, he could not hand over his hand-copied books such as "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classics" and "Thousand Character Text" to the two younger sisters, asking them to study, and he also planned to hire someone to teach the two younger sisters to learn painting, Playing chess, playing the piano and so on.

These are all things that cost money, but Wu Fanhui doesn't care.

Wu Qingchao did not oppose Wu Fanhui's decision, and Wang Hecui even agreed.

However, when Wu Fanhui talked about hiring people at home, Wang Hecui first objected, she thought that there were not many things at home, and there were not many people, so there was no need to hire people at all, and there was not much to do at home.

Wu Qingchao supported Wang Hecui, believing that the family did not need to hire people for the time being.

Wu Fanhui is not reluctant, thinking about the opposition of his parents also has a certain reason, just moved from Ma'anshan Village to live in the county seat, the house is not big, if two or three people are employed, the place will be crowded, and this practice is quite a bit of a nouveau riche taste, in fact, Wu Fanhui does not have a lot of money in his hands, and he does not have any special status, if there is a sudden appearance of a subordinate and a maid in the family, it really attracts the attention of others, especially the attention of the Wu family, who still has some forces in the county.

When the Wu Academy was on vacation, Wu Fanhui returned all the books to Guo Yanqi, and he copied them all.

It's the Spring Festival soon, although Wu Fanhui is not a real disciple of Guo Yanqi, but he still prepared a festival tribute, that is, the two altars of daughter Hong, as a gift for the Spring Festival.

Although Wu Fanhui has not received much help from Yan Qi, he is not the one who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, no matter what, Yan Qi has helped him build a platform, the most basic platform, so that Wu Fanhui can use this platform to go to a higher position.

From the ground to the top of the mat, it can be regarded as progress, don't think about eating fat in one go.

Despite the chaos outside the city, Yan Qi is still ready to go home for the New Year, he hasn't gone home for half a year, and it's the Spring Festival, so it doesn't mean much to stay in the county alone.

It wasn't until the day of the holiday that Yan Qi told Wu Fanhui that he had filed Wu Fanhui with the county government to participate in next year's county examination, and Wu Fanhui was qualified as a student of Wu's Academy to participate in the county examination in Mizhi County.

The county test is in the middle of March of the following year, and there is still some time.

Wu Qingchao attached more importance to his feelings, on the day of the Wu Academy's holiday, he specially invited Guo Yanqi to his home for dinner, Wu Fanhui only accompanied him for a short time, and then Wu Qingchao and Guo Yanqi drank in the hall for a long time, and the final result was that both of them were drunk.

In the second half of the month, Wu Fanhui took time out to take Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang's two younger sisters to wander around the county, one is to make two sets of new clothes for the two younger sisters, and the other is to let the two younger sisters be familiar with Mizhi County, he also gave the two younger sisters a learning index, if he can familiarize himself with the "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text" within half a year, then he will give each person a gift, if he can't do it, then he can't get a gift.

Shopping with my brother, Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang, the two little girls were very happy, when they took the cloth to the tailor's shop, the two little girls were happy and laughed all the time, and the things that surprised them were behind, my brother actually took them to a silver shop and selected a silver hairpin for each of them.

Ordinary girls can't have any jewelry, and they will get their mother's family heirloom jewelry when they get married, but girls from large families are different, there are special jewelry boxes, including gold and silver jewelry, etc., are a lot.

Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang never had the luxury of having jewelry, and the first time they got jewelry, the two little girls couldn't help but cry.

Wu Fanhui also almost cried, after the New Year, Wu Mingli is twelve years old, Wu Mingfang is also nine years old, if you are born in a big family, there are too many things at such an age, there are special maids around to serve, there are their own jewelry boxes, there are a lot of clothes, there are guzheng, Go, paper, pen and ink inkstone and other things.

But Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang didn't have anything, they just got a silver hairpin, and they were very happy.

At this moment, Wu Fanhui also secretly vowed that he must let his two younger sisters live a good life and let his parents live a good life.

There are a lot of snacks in the temple fair, Wu Fanhui actually found chaos here, a bowl of chaos costs six yuan, you can buy two bowls of millet porridge, or two wheat cakes, but he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered three bowls of chaos.

When tasting Chaos, Wu Fanhui felt that the taste was average, after all, there were many spices that were not available in this era, but he was very happy to eat, and kept giving the Chaos in his bowl to his two younger sisters.

To say that Wu Fanhui did not regard Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang as sisters, but as two daughters, meticulous and meticulous care, even the old man who bought chaos shook his head, feeling that these two little girls have such a good brother, and even more lamenting that this brother who looks like a teenager is so mature and careful.

Back home, Wu Fanhui immediately asked his two younger sisters to start reading, and he taught his two younger sisters to recite "Hundred Family Names", "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text" word by word.

Wu Qingchao and Wang Hecui saw this scene in their eyes, to say that Wu Qingchao can also be taught, but after listening to Wu Fanhui's analysis, he could only shake his head, he didn't have the ability to analyze the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text" so interestingly, in terms of knowledge, he was not as good as Wu Fanhui, a son who had only been in school for about four months.

It wasn't until the twenty-fourth of the lunar month that Wu Fanhui decided to stop teaching, and what he didn't expect was that Wu Mingli and Wu Mingfang had a strong interest in learning and took the initiative to ask for learning.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the family had a beautiful New Year's dinner and kept vigil together.

When midnight came, Wu Fanhui took his two younger sisters to set off firecrackers in the courtyard, Wu Qingchao watched from the side, and Wang Hecui was in the hall, with his hands folded, praying for the Bodhisattva to bless the whole family.

On the first day of the first lunar month, the whole family wore new clothes to go to the temple fair, although there were still a lot of things left over from the family reunion dinner, but at noon the family still ate things at the food stalls of the temple fair, including chaos and rice cakes and so on.

When picking up a piece of rice cake, Wu Fanhui silently muttered in his heart, Wu Fanhui, who had gone to the ground, thought of eating a good meal of rice cakes before he died, this poor wish was not big in the end, and now this wish, Wu Fanhui who crossed it helped to complete, presumably the underground Wu Fanhui can also rest in peace.