There is nothing to do at home, Liu Man'er's life is really like a hermit, he gets up in the morning to practice archery, and then he teaches Ye Tianchen to read, now he is at the age of babbling, Liu Man'er teaches him to memorize poems and write, his memory is very good, often Liu Man'er reads it once or twice, he can write it down, Liu Man'er thinks he is a little prodigy.

Go out for a walk in the afternoon, pick wild fruits and wild flowers, or play Go at home, or embroider flowers, make some gadgets at home on a whim, look at the account book, etc., just like that, time flies leisurely, but it is also fast.

In the passage of time, Liu Man'er finally received Ye Yuan's letter, which said that they had won the battle and would return to the court in the near future, and he would be able to go home to see her at that time.

It just so happened that when she received the letter, Ye Feng also went home, Liu Man'er felt a little strange when she saw him come back, Ye Feng told her that it was because the imperial court won the battle, so it would be open to Enke soon.

"Kaienko? You mean you can go to the hospital exam this year? Liu Man'er asked with some surprise.

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded, confirming Liu Man'er's thoughts.

The imperial court's government examination and the general examination are once every three years, and the hospital examination is twice every three years, Ye Feng passed the exam last year, but he was just a child, it stands to reason that he will not be able to participate in the scientific examination until next year, but he now has one more chance, that is to say, if he can be admitted to Xiucai this year, then the family will be able to exempt some taxes this year.

This is a great thing, but it still depends on whether Ye Feng can be admitted.

"Then Feng'er, you have to come on." Liu Man'er wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, only to find that the boy was already about the same height as her, although he retracted his hand stupidly, but his mood was not reduced, and said: "You must study hard and strive to show off talent in this exam, my sister-in-law just bought land, so I can be exempted from a lot of taxes, and I can also give an extra profit to the villagers at that time." ”

"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely be admitted to Xiucai this time." Ye Feng nodded heavily, obviously very confident in himself.

Liu Man'er also nodded and said, "Then it's up to you, just in time for your eldest brother to come back, and when you are admitted to Xiucai, the family will make wine for you." ”

Hearing that Liu Man'er was going to make wine for him, Ye Feng scratched his head, looking embarrassed, and then asked, "Big brother is also coming back?" ”

"Uh-huh." Liu Man'er nodded, the happiness on her face overflowing.

"Okay, it's just a show, don't put too much pressure on yourself." Liu Man'er said with a smile, in fact, compared to Ye Feng going to the Xiucai exam, the happiest thing for her was that Ye Yuan could come back.

She doesn't like to be separated from the person she likes, she doesn't like it at all, she really wants to be by his side, hey, if he goes to join the army next time, it would be nice if he could follow him, but the Ye family has old and young, and Ye Qing doesn't care about the family, she can only be a good wife and mother to take care of the family.

In fact, although it is leisurely at home, I always feel that something is missing.

Forget it, don't think about that, wait for him to come back and surprise him.

Thinking about it, Liu Man'er decided to go to the mountains to cut some bamboo, and planned to make a few lanterns with his own hands, and then hang the whole yard full, he must be very happy to see it.

If you want to do it, say hello to Fang's family, Liu Man'er took the firewood knife and went to the back mountain, she was used to the back mountain, but she was not afraid, she found a clump of bamboo, cut a bundle of them, and then tied them up with a rope and dragged them to the house.

Aunt Han saw Liu Man'er go to the mountain to cut bamboo in person, so she asked: "Why do you go to the mountain to cut bamboo in person, this little thing, just ask Xiaoping to do it." ”

"It's okay, I'm idle." Liu Man'er waved her hand and dragged the bamboo into the door with a smile on her face.

I washed my hands, and then fetched water to scrub the dust off the bamboo, cut off some bamboo branches, and sat on this stool, Liu Man'er was a little confused.

What's next?

It seems that Ye Yuan is going to cut it into long strips, and then split the small bamboo strips in the city, but the problem is that she can't do such a difficult technical job.

Happily chopped the bamboo, but the next step was not knowing how to start, so she asked Han Ping to come over and help her fix the bamboo, and cut it hard, but it was crooked, and she almost didn't cut her hand.

"Which of you would split this bamboo? Give me a favor. Liu Man'er asked Aunt Han and the others together, and then no one would.

Liu Man'er shook her head when she saw everyone, and she didn't ask them anymore, so she found a way to split the bamboo.

Align again, cut a hole horizontally, then take a wooden stick to stick it in this opening, then cut a hole vertically, and then stick a wooden stick stuck there, and finally hammer the wooden bar with the back of the knife, and the bamboo will automatically crack.

"I didn't expect me to be good at my craft." After the first step was successful, Liu Man'er began to feel a little nervous, she saw Ye Yuan do this last time, but she didn't expect that she would succeed.

However, this was only the first step, and after Liu Man'er divided the bamboo into smaller strips, she tried to separate the outer layer of the bamboo from the inner layer.

The outer layer has good toughness, the inner layer is knotted, and the toughness is much worse, this lantern must have good toughness, Liu Man'er is also a master of excellence, she wants to choose the outer layer to tie the lantern.

Fortunately, although she was clumsy, under her exploration, she was able to separate it smoothly, of course, ignoring the large cuts on her hands that were scratched by bamboo strips.

"Sister-in-law, your hands are bleeding, go and bandage them." Ye He said when he saw it.

"Okay, you kids aren't allowed to play with my bamboo sticks, or I'll beat people." Liu Man'er said a threatening word without threat, washed her hands, and went back to the room to clean up her wounds.

For the rest of the work, she put on cotton gloves to avoid being scratched by the bamboo.

In fact, it is not difficult to tie a lantern, but Liu Man'er is slow, and it took a long time to tie out a lantern, and I learned that she tied a lantern to decorate the yard, Yun Niang, Ye He and others also came to help her tie it together, and she herself found red paper to paste the lantern.

Paste a round lantern to illuminate the journey home.

Well, it's really too dark here at night, and you need a few lanterns, and when Ye Yuan comes back and washes the dust for him, you can hang all these lanterns, and it must be very beautiful at that time.

But it seems that it is more interesting to make Kong Ming lanterns.

Liu Man'er thought about this, so she said to Ye He and Yun Niang, who were tying the lantern: "Hey, will you two tie the wishing lantern?" ”

"What is a wishing lamp?" These two people don't even know about it.

"It's a lantern that can fly to the sky." Liu Man'er came over, picked up a bamboo stick, gave them a demonstration, and then said, "Let's put up this kind of lamp, and when the time comes, write your wishes on the surface of the lamp, and then release it into the air, and the gods in the sky will hear your wishes." ”

"Really?" Regarding Liu Man'er's words, Ye He immediately expressed curiosity, and it sounded very interesting.

"Of course." Liu Man'er nodded.

She has been here for so long, and she has never let go of Kong Ming lanterns, and she also wants to put a few Kong Ming lanterns, not to make a wish, but just to think they are beautiful.

"Then we'll make this lantern." Ye He said: "I want to do a lot better, and then I can make a lot of wishes." ”

"Of course, call the grass and let them come together, it's interesting when there are many people, and when your eldest brother comes back, let's put the wishing lantern together." Liu Man'er said while pasting the lantern she had tied before with red paper.

After Ye He heard Liu Man'er's words, he ran to do it, the little girl was tied in a double bun, and when she ran, she was smart and innocent.

Liu Man'er looked at her back and smiled slightly, sat on a small stool, and began to tie the wishing lamp, and after a while, Cao'er and Ye Feng came, and even the Fang family was found by Ye He to participate in the ranks of making Kong Ming lanterns.

This lantern is also very simple, the bamboo strips chopped by Liu Man'er quickly ran out, and she split some bamboo strips for everyone after one raw and two ripe.

Watching the family work together, she felt quite happy, and decided to find more things for everyone to do and exchange feelings together.

After setting up the lampstand, everyone came to the study to write their wishes, Ye Tianchen just recognized a few words, and was clamoring to write, so Liu Man'er also brought him a pen and paper, and watched him write a "one" word on the paper seriously.

"Does Tianchen know what this means?" Liu Man'er raised an eyebrow and asked.

"It's one." Ye Tianchen replied: "I hope I can always be the first." ”

"Ah, that's a good wish." Liu Man'er nodded, feeling that this kid was ambitious.

"That is, I want to be the first filial person in the world, because I have the best mother." Ye Tianchen said in a milky voice.

His big eyes are extremely clear, and when he looks at you seriously, his eyes are sparkling, and his long eyelashes like feathers seem to be gently swept on your heart, making Liu Man'er's heart feel extremely soft.

The child is really cute, Liu Man'er couldn't help but kiss him, and then said: "Does Tianchen think I am the best mother in the world?" ”

"Hmm." Ye Tianchen nodded again and again, "My mother is like a god in the sky, she can do anything." ”

"In the mother's heart, Tianchen is also a little doll given to her mother by the gods." Liu Man'er also said with a smile, "That day you have to remember what you said today, and when you grow up, you have to listen to your mother." ”

"Hmm." Ye Tianchen nodded heavily, "I will always listen to my mother." ”

Liu Man'er touched Ye Tianchen's head when she heard this, feeling that she really didn't hurt him in vain these days, and asked again: "What about Daddy, do you like it?" ”

"I like it." Ye Tianchen nodded, "Who is Daddy, what does he look like?" ”

After not seeing him for a long time, he had long forgotten Ye Yuan's appearance.

"Well, when he comes back, I'll show you." Liu Man'er patted his little head and said, "Write a few more, write all the ones you like, and then you just need to be obedient and well-behaved, and your wish will come true." ”

"Okay." Ye Tianchen said and began to scribble on the paper again, he didn't recognize many words, but he could write his name, and then some of them didn't, so he used pictures to show that Liu Man'er looked at it and thought it was very interesting.

Everyone is writing, only Liu Man'er is the same as the master, look east and west, Ye He and other girls saw her coming, and covered the paper in their hands a little shyly.

Ye Feng calmly let Liu Man'er see the words he wrote on the paper, and then asked, "Sister-in-law, what is your wish?" ”

"My wish is that I hope that each of you's wishes will be fulfilled." Liu Man'er said with a smile.

"Why?" Cao'er, who was sitting diagonally opposite Ye Feng, raised her head, and her little face was a little puzzled.

"Because I'm afraid that the gods in the sky will miss your wishes, and if they do, as long as they see my wishes, they will definitely remember them." Liu Man'er still said with a smile: "Anyway, as long as your wishes come true, I will be happy." ”

"Then I'll make a wish for my sister." When Cao'er heard this, she wrote on a piece of paper: "I hope my sister will always be young and happy." ”

"Okay, thank you." Liu Man'er patted the grass's head.

Ye He also said when he saw it: "Then I will also make a wish for my sister-in-law, I hope that my sister-in-law can have a fat doll with my eldest brother as soon as possible." ”

"Hahaha......" Liu Man'er felt a little funny and blushed a little when she heard the child's words.

Next, Cao'er and they all came to make a wish to Liu Man'er, and Liu Man'er also agreed to it one by one, but she solemnly wrote three wishes on the paper, each of which was the same: "I hope that the wishes of all my relatives can be fulfilled." ”

"Write three sheets, it's hard for those immortals to ignore them." Liu Man'er said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law is so smart." Ye He said with a look of adoration.

Next, Liu Man'er took them to paste these Kong Ming lanterns, and waited for Ye Yuan to come back, so they could put Kong Ming lanterns.

But when will he return? But it didn't say anything.