Two people stood at the table, took a deep breath, and shouted "One, two, three." As soon as he spoke, he blew into the two rows of candles on the table at the same time.

"Wow! Huo Liusheng, you can do it! Blew out seven candles in one go, one more than Huang Jianzi. ”

The half-grown son who was called Huo Liusheng cracked his mouth and smiled, "Fifth Uncle Chen's sugar is so delicious, I have to work hard to get a few more pieces." "There is only one widowed mother in this Huo Liusheng's family, and in previous years, the people in the village had to help to live, and this year, the days of sending sweet potato leaves to Yanni's family are better.

"What's it to blow seven candles in one breath, I'm definitely better than you, believe it or not? Let's go to the back and line up, I'm going to compete with you. Someone who was about his age disagreed with him, and pulled him to the back to line up, insisting on comparing himself with him.

There are still some people in the village who are in their twenties and thirties, but they still love to play, "Mu Chang, if you work hard, I don't believe that this pomegranate can still win the first place again and again, if it weren't for my age, I would have to compare with him." ”

Someone next to him answered, "I see, you are just hungry for those sugars, but it's a pity that you are too old to rob with children." This sentence caused the people around him to laugh.

The people in the village basically ate the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and were idle at home, and when they heard the lively sound here, a curiosity drove them to the grain drying field, and Chen Xiaoquan's children were not included.

Chen Mei'er was originally very happy to watch the excitement on the side, but when she saw the two Yanni sisters handing out candy on the side of the table, her mood was not so good, especially Yanni's reluctance to send these candies to others stung her eyes, and then she saw what she was wearing, which were luxuries she didn't dare to think of.

Before the family was divided, all the expenses of the family were from the public, and the elder brother's Shu Xiu was also from the public, and at that time, my father also saved some money, and occasionally bought them some snacks and new clothes. After the separation, although they got the most land, they also had a lot of work to do, and their brother's monthly education expenses had to be paid for by themselves, so their family's life was not as good as before the separation. If there is no separation, she doesn't have to do too much work, and her mother will buy some rouge gouache in the city, so that she and her sister can learn to dress up like the young lady in the city, half of everything in the fifth uncle's family is Zhonggong's, and grandma will make them new clothes and buy flowers to wear, but now there are none.

"Mei'er, I heard that children under the age of 12 can participate in the competition, and I see that there are a lot of girls in the field, why don't you go and play with them." Zhang saw his daughter looking at the game in a daze, and thought she wanted to go too, so he said.

After her daughter heard her speak, her eyes were full of tears when she looked at her, and then ran away without saying a word.

"Hey, what's wrong with you girl?" Zhang was worried about his daughter, so he chased after him.

Chen Meier ran all the way back to the house, ran into the room and lay on the quilt and sobbed.

Zhang's heart hurt when he came in, and he hurriedly patted her on the back, "Who bullied you during the Chinese New Year?" told her mother that she couldn't spare her. ”

Chen Mei'er raised a tearful face, "Mother, why do you want to split up?" Didn't our family have a good life before? You see that the people in our village are divided between our family, why? ”

Zhang was stunned for a moment by his daughter's question, and then sighed and said, "Your father is in charge of the separation, and I split the family early because I am afraid that I will resentment after living together for a long time." Do you know why your third uncle only came back once during Qingming? I heard that it was because he had a child who was sick and had no money for treatment, and he wanted to sell the family's land to treat the child, but at that time there was no separation, if he sold the family's land, the family would be hungry, so he didn't agree, the child didn't feed, so he had resentment in his heart, and after the family was separated, he sold the field and opened a shop in the town, and only came back once during the Qingming Festival. ”

"Mother, we and the fifth uncle's family will not run out of money for treatment, can you tell the master not to separate the family?" Chen Meier hugged Zhang's waist and cried.

"How can this be, if the family is divided, it will be divided, and your fifth uncle's family will not agree to be together again."

"But mother, there is so much work after the separation that I can't finish it, I don't want to work anymore, isn't it good for us to be a family with the fifth uncle? I also want to eat and dress well like Xiaoyan, and there are people at home to call me. ”

Zhang's family knew that the two daughters in the family were tired this year, and they thought that their daughters were pampered by themselves before, and they were also very distressed, "Mei'er, don't worry, I'll tell your father, next year our family's field tenants will be planted by others, and we won't plant anymore, and when your eldest brother comes over for two years to rely on Zhongxiucai, our family will also have someone to call us." ”

Chen Mei'er raised a small face happily when she heard this, "Really, will we also have such a good life?" ”

"Hmmm! Yes, definitely. Your fifth uncle has agreed, his family will add a boat next year and let your father take care of it, I believe that he will not be mean to your father, and when the time comes, your eldest brother's bundle will be there, and you can buy some flowers for my mother to dress up my girl. ”

If Yanni heard this, she would know why the Zhang family's attitude towards their family suddenly improved.

The candle blowing activity on the barn floor lasted for two or three hours, and the children who participated in the activity had their pockets full of money, and many children would take out the candy to share with their families.

"Hmmm! The sugar of Xiaocai's house is so delicious, fragrant and sweet, and it is different from what I bought. ”

"You kid, are you willing to buy such expensive sugar? How much money do you have? I don't look at who Xiaocai is now. ”

"Hey! Look down on people, I don't have any money now, maybe I can get rich in two years! You see, his filial piety was not the same as I am a few years ago. ”

When the man heard this, he said disdainfully, "Even if you get rich, you can't compare to other people's filial piety, if you don't say anything else, just say that road, how much money it spent, do you know?" If it weren't for filial piety, our village, not to mention three generations, it is estimated that five generations would not be able to repair it. If you get rich, I'm afraid you will be willing to give it to your children. ”

This person was not much annoyed when he was scolded, but he also scolded back, "I don't think this village can compare with filial piety, not only me, but also you." ”

As soon as the man finished speaking, an old man next to him said, "I see that you two are too full to eat, and you have no place to eat. ”

"Uncle, how can anyone think that this day is too good, then Huang Zhongping is angry, and he won't let me say a word or two."

"What I'm saying is the truth."

"I think you two are also very smart, use this energy to make money, maybe in the next year, there will be green smoke on the ancestral grave, and you can also make a lot of money."