Chapter 413: New Year's Money
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"Didn't you buy a cannon at home, don't go out and pick it up, it's not safe!" Xie Xiaonian said disapprovingly.
"I'll put it at home later, let's pick it up first, let's go quickly, otherwise it will be picked up by others!" The Wei family said anxiously.
"Then you take the pancakes and apples, don't let them pick them up, after the others have set off the cannons, they will have to wait for a while before they can come forward, you know?"
Li Suxin is used to them going out to pick up cannons on Chinese New Year's Eve, but this year there are pancakes and apples, so he gave two more instructions.
"Uh-huh, I know, let's go!" The Wei family nodded casually and said.
"Mom, can we go?"
Xie Xiaonian didn't let go, and the two children still didn't dare to follow the Wei family directly, so they asked for advice again.
"Okay, let's go along, but pay attention to safety, defend the country and the people, you two big ones have to watch them, don't let them run forward, you know?" Xie Xiaonian admonished.
"Well, don't worry, auntie, I will definitely be optimistic about them." Wei Guo nodded and said.
After a few boys went out with flashlights, the others also divided into several groups, going out to pay New Year's greetings and play.
When it was almost dawn, Xie Xiaonian met a few people in the village.
At this time, the hands and faces of the pancakes were black, I don't know if it was mud or cannon fodder when picking up cannons, and under the light of the flashlight, it looked like a little beggar.
"It's been half the night, it's time to go to bed, are you sleepy?" Xie Xiaonian looked at the two who were extremely excited and asked.
"I'm not sleepy, I'm still going to play." Pancake said happily.
"If you are not sleepy, you will go home and sleep, if you don't sleep, your brother Weiguo will also rest!" Xie Xiaonian said without refusal.
"Mom, I haven't played enough, can I go back to sleep when I've had enough? I'm not sleepy at all, I can also play by myself, without Brother Weiguo. ”
He is now excited to pick up the cannons, and he has a sense of accomplishment, how can he want to go home.
Although he has firecrackers bought for him by his mother and aunt, he still finds it more fun to pick firecrackers.
If he was really asked to set off the cannon, he wouldn't have dared to.
"The people in the village who should fire the guns are all gone, even if you stay outside, you won't be able to pick up the guns, so let's go home and sleep first, and when you wake up, you can fire the guns with your brother Weiguo and them." Xie Xiaonian then coaxed.
"Pancakes, let's go back, my brother is a little sleepy!" Peace helped to persuade.
"That's right, Pancake, we're going home to sleep too, we'll play when we wake up!" Wei Guo also said.
"Okay then." Pancake pouted and said dissatisfied.
But after the loss, Pancake began to happily show Xie Xiaonian his loot.
"Mom, you see, I have a lot of guns in my pocket." The pancake tore open the pocket of the coat on the outside of his cotton coat and showed it to Xie Xiaonian.
Heping also followed the pancake at this time, and excitedly opened his pocket to let his mother see his harvest.
"Oh, that's so much, you two are amazing." Xie Xiaonian exaggerated praise.
"It's Brother Weiguo and Brother Weimin, they are amazing, they all picked them up!" The pancakes didn't take credit either, and said directly.
"Yes, mine was also given by my brothers." Peace also said.
When they were all older, they gave all the cannons they picked up to Pancakes and Peace, so the pockets of the two of them would be full.
Otherwise, so many boys in the whole village are picking up cannons, and it is strange that they can grab their small bodies.
"They are amazing, you are also powerful, you didn't hold back, so they picked up so much!" Li Suxin smiled and continued.
"Uh-huh!" When Pancake heard the compliment, he nodded happily.
It just so happened that everyone had finished worshipping the New Year, and after Xiao Nian went to her sister-in-law's house to pick up the green onions, she took the child home to make up for sleep.
Xu's father and mother were afraid that someone would come to the house to pay New Year's greetings, so they slept at the sister-in-law's house.
Before the loyal army returned, Xiao Nian gave the two children a little food, drank a glass of milk, and put them to sleep, and waited for the loyal army in the hall.
"Auntie, I'll bring the eldest girl and the second girl to give you a New Year's greeting."
Not long after Xie Xiaonian sat down, the shouts of orchids came from the courtyard.
"Why are you here? Come in, come in! Xie Xiaonian looked at the four eldest sisters in the courtyard and greeted with a smile.
"Happy New Year, Auntie, New Year's greetings to you!" Several children hurriedly greeted Xiao Nian.
"Happy New Year, you guys also have a good New Year" Xie Xiaonian replied with a smile.
"Come, eat melon seeds, eat sugar."
After Xie Xiaonian led the people into the house, he picked up the small plate on the kang table and greeted the sisters.
After chatting for a while, Xiao Nian remembered the matter of the eldest sisters planting food on the mountain, so she said to them: "I see that you are dressed very well now, and you have gained a lot of weight, if the family is still passable, don't plant things on the mountain, if the brigade catches it, it will be a theft of state property, but it is a felony." ”
"Little aunt, don't worry, we haven't planted for a long time, just when we first separated, the family didn't have enough to eat, so we thought of cultivating land in the mountains. Later, we learned a lot of herbs from Orchid, and we were able to collect and sell them for money, plus my father and mother and the work I earned with Erya, which was enough to feed the family, so we didn't farm in the mountains anymore. The big girl replied.
"That's good." These sisters are also pitiful, Xie Xiaonian really doesn't want anything to happen to them.
"My family can come over so quickly, and I have to thank you and Orchid, otherwise it will be difficult for us to eat enough, let alone send Sanya and Siya to school." The eldest girl said gratefully.
"Your life is good, it's all because of your hard work, don't talk about words of thanks all day long, or I'll be embarrassed."
The eldest girl's family has to thank Xiao Nian every time they see her, and Xiao Nian is embarrassed to make herself, after all, although she acquiesced to the orchid's approach, she didn't reach out to help.
"That's it, I told her a long time ago, and she never listened." Orchid chimed in.
"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it in the future, okay!" The eldest girl took the orchid's arm and said with a smile.
But even if she doesn't say it, she will keep this kindness in her heart, if it weren't for the income from selling herbs, Sanya and Siya would definitely not be able to read and write.
The eldest girl now puts all her hopes on her two younger sisters, even if she can't take the university entrance examination now, she also hopes that the two younger sisters will study more, so that they can marry a good family in the future and no longer have to follow her mother's old path.
And she insisted on letting her two younger sisters study, also to make up for her regret that she couldn't go to school.
A few people chatted for a while, and when the loyal army came back, the eldest sisters left with the orchid.
After Xiao Nian's family woke up, Pancakes and Heping ate something casually, and happily took the cannons they picked up and the firecrackers they bought at home to play with them.
Xie Xiaonian also talked and chatted with everyone in the village with his sister-in-law, and took the opportunity to look at the pancakes, after all, it was still dangerous to set off a cannon.
Fortunately, the two children were still young, and they only dared to stand with their ears covered and watch the defense of the country and their cannons.
When someone in the village gave Pancakes and Heping New Year's money, Xie Xiaonian would return the same to their children in the future, not taking advantage of other families.
Although everyone gave change ranging from a few cents to a piece, they couldn't stand the large number of people, and in the middle of the afternoon, the two children each received more than ten yuan.
Of course, the money was usually collected by Xie Xiaonian for the two children first.
"Mom, I'm going to follow you when I leave my relatives, so that I can have New Year's money. I heard from my brother that every time he leaves his relatives, he can have a lot of New Year's money. ”
On the way home, Pancake said to Xie Xiaonian.
"Okay, tomorrow I am going to your uncle's and grandmother's house to visit relatives, and when the time comes, I will take you with me, and you will definitely receive a lot of New Year's money."
Xie Xiaonian thought that his uncle's family was very generous, so he said with a smile.
"Really? Great, then I must go tomorrow, Mom, you have to wake me up early tomorrow. Pancake said happily.
Although Heping didn't answer, his eyes were also shining, and he was obviously very interested in collecting the New Year's money.
There is only a bicycle at home, and during the Chinese New Year, the brigade also forbids borrowing ox carts to go to relatives, so on the second or second day of the new year, the family walked to my uncle's house.
I stopped and stopped along the way, and I didn't walk to my uncle's house until more than 10 o'clock.
After saying hello, the eldest concubine immediately said to Xie Xiaonian reproachfully: "When you came last time, why didn't you say that you were pregnant?" If it hadn't been for the loyal army telling me later, I wouldn't have known about it until now. ”
"When I saw you at the time, I forgot about it when I was happy." Xie Xiaonian said embarrassedly.
"You kid, you really have a big heart, you can forget to tell me about this kind of thing, fortunately you didn't make rabbits at home that day, otherwise you will regret it." Sun Feng nodded Xiao Nian's head, and said doting and reproaching.
"Hehe, they all say that one pregnancy is stupid for three years, didn't I have another one before I could slow down, and my brain couldn't react! Don't blame me, big girl, it's so cold, let's get in the house quickly. Xie Xiaonian changed the topic and said.
"Okay, let's get inside, we can't freeze the kids." Sun Feng said busily.
Pancakes and Heping are so active in coming to the big concubine's house to visit relatives, a large part of the reason is to collect the New Year's money.
Until Sun Feng was about to start cooking, Pancake was a little anxious when he saw that no one had given him New Year's money.
"Grandma, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, happy new year, Wishing you prosperity!" Pancake said to several elders again.
"Okay, you can go play with your brothers and sisters." Sun Feng replied with a smile.
When they go to relatives here, they usually give their children New Year's money before eating, so Sun Feng and the others really don't know what the pancakes and their intentions are to say a good New Year.
"Uncle and grandma, I have given you New Year's greetings, why don't you send me New Year's money? Mom said that she could receive New Year's money. Pancake asked innocently.