During this time, Chun Tao looked more haggard, her face was full of sorrow, she often woke up from nightmares, and after waking up, she danced her hands wildly, touching Niuniu, until she held Niuniu next to her in her arms, her mood would slowly calm down, excessive work, so that she felt that she could not support it gradually, and her body was getting weaker and weaker, she was really afraid that her poor daughter Niuniu would be ruthlessly snatched away.

In the morning, Niuniu put on the new clothes that Mao Mao brought back, and ran to Liumei's house to show off.

"Niuniu-" Chun Tao shouted hurriedly: "Niuniu, don't go out and run around." ”

"Mother-" Niuniu complained and said coquettishly, "I'll go to Aunt Liu's house." ”

"Okay, let's go and get back quickly—"

"Got it—" Niu Niu said and ran out.

"You come back," Chun Tao stopped and instructed, "Don't go to the edge of the village alone." ”

"What's wrong with you? Mother-"

"Go-go-go-" Chun Tao waved her hand and said, "Go-"

"Niuniu, this dress is so flowery, it looks good." Liumei looked at Niuniu and boasted and said, "Who bought it for you?" ”

"My brother bought it for me."

"Mao Mao really has eyesight, and the size of the purchase is also very appropriate."

"My brother is the closest to me."

"Yes - Niuniu will be a happy person in the future, your brother will grow up and can earn money, and your family will slowly become rich." Liumei was kneading the dough and steaming the steamed buns, chatting with Niuniu.

"My brother studies very well, he sleeps late at night, I don't know when I wake up in the morning, and I read when I wake up."

"Don't go to school anymore and still read books? The children of poor families are in charge of the house—"

The two of them chatted with each other and I talked about .......

The occasional sound of firecrackers exploded in the air and echoed in the ravines, and the smell of the New Year became stronger and stronger.

Shunyo and Hongbin carried the big iron pot and carried it to the fire pit that had been dug.

The three saints didn't know where to get the money to buy the firecrackers, and Liangliang and Liang Liang were chasing, sticking the whip bucket into the cow dung, carefully lighting it, running away, covering their ears, boom-exploded, laughed happily, and then lit ....... The two of them were making a fuss while walking towards Liangliang's house.

Liang Liang really itched his hands, and discussed with the three saints to light it once, but the three saints only cared about their own pleasure and did not give Liang Liang a chance to light it at all.

Liang Liang had to go into the house and secretly take out two big two cannons, seeing that the family was busy steaming steamed buns and frying oil buns, he put the two cannons, leaning on the pig trough in his yard, lit and covered his ears to the side, just Liangliang's half-big pig was hungry and panicked, so he hurriedly came up to bite, when the pig just put the big two cannons in his mouth, boom - pop - sound, the pig screamed in shock, the pig's mouth was bleeding, and he jumped out of the gate like a smoke, and disappeared in an instant, Liang Liangniang rushed out, Holding the brush that swept the panel against Liangliang's head was fiercely pimpled, Liangliang, who was in pain, squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and Sansheng was so happy that he laughed and collapsed on the ground.

"Go-find me a pig-" Liang Liang Niang rubbed her brush pimple, her face full of anger.

Liangliang stood up and rubbed his head, and went to find the pig with the three saints.

Rubbing on the whetstone...... Sharpening the pig-killing knife vigorously, he was surrounded by tongzi, pig razor, sharp knife, axe, pump, rope, machete and pumice.

A fat pig with his legs tied to a rope in the tree next to him was looking around in horror, and he was snorting suspiciously and snorting hot air from his nose.

Put the big iron pot, add firewood, a thick smoke billowed straight to the sky, Ru Ru and his father picked up two buckets of water, poured into the cauldron, soon the water boiled, the pot was steaming.

They brought two benches, removed the door of the Three Holy Houses and put them on the benches, and prepared to use knives and bleed the pigs on them.

The people in the village who could get started came slowly, they walked up to the frightened pig, tied it with ropes, and lifted it up with four or five people, and the pig could not move, even if it was desperately called, it was useless.

They put the pig on the door panel and grabbed it hard, and then Shunliu lifted the knife, and the basin that was ready to receive blood was placed under the pig's neck, and Shunliu bent down and stabbed the sharp knife into the pig's neck, and the blood gushed out along the knife and flowed into the basin, and the pig gradually stopped ......moving.

Whoever wants meat, just report the number, you are three catties, I am ten catties, and he is twenty catties, even if it is a little more, just a little more, as long as it is divided. Ru Ru's father wrote down in a notebook that the money would be collected in the next year and handed over to the pig-raising people, because every family was very poor, which formed a rule for many years, so that everyone could eat meat during the New Year.

At noon, Mao Mao passed by, was stopped by the three holy fathers, and forced Mao Mao to fifteen catties of pork, Mao Mao went home vigorously, Chun Tao took the meat and weighed it, was startled, and hurriedly said: "Mao Mao, you quickly take the meat and replace it with less, this is too much, we can't eat so much." ”

"The Liangliang family asked for thirty catties and four taels." Mao Mao argued anxiously: "Let's just do this." ”

"Baby-listen to my mother, what kind of family are we? Can you compare with others? What will you pay off your debts in the wheat season next year? Chun Tao stomped his feet anxiously, and then said: "Take it quickly—you are bold, and your father didn't dare to eat a bite of meat during the Spring Festival when he was alive." ”

Mao Mao looked impatient, pouted and changed the meat to four catties and six taels.

Mao Mao returned home.

"Go, see Niuniu at your aunt's house, let her come back quickly, go quickly." Chun Tao said with a frightened face: "Come back to burn the fire and cook the meat." ”

"Can't I light a fire? Let her play. Mao Mao squatted down and stuffed the firewood into the stove.

"If you want to go, you have to be strong?" Chun Tao suddenly shouted angrily: "Don't go yet-"

Mao Mao smiled inexplicably and went to find Niu Niu.

"My brother is gone, and there are fifteen or sixteen Lantern Festivals, the babies are greedy, and they haven't eaten a bite of meat for a year, and the babies are growing up." Sanwa walked in with more than two catties of mutton, and when she saw more than four catties of pork, she complained about Chun Tao: "Just cut a little bit of meat?" ”

"What will you use to pay the meat tent then? Just care about eating well, haven't we ever done anything difficult? ”

"I gave the meat money." Sanwa looked unhappy and said to Chun Tao: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with letting the babies eat some meat to satisfy their cravings?" Give the mutton I cut, make dumplings and eat. ”

Mao Mao and Writhing came back, and after Chun Tao heard it, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Uncle you, sit down, just eat here." ”

"I cooked a pot of stew, and it was cooked." Sanwa didn't sit down when she stood up, remembering that Chun Tao had borrowed money and didn't give a penny before, she felt very uncomfortable, so she said: "It's time to eat, you guys eat, I'll go back." ”

"Second uncle—" Mao Mao chased out.

"Go Maomao, go to my house for dinner, I cooked a lot of meat."

"Okay-" Maomao happily followed Sanwa away.

"I'm going to my second uncle's house for dinner—"

Chun Tao thought to herself: After Mao Mao and Sanwa went out to shovel soaphorn thorns this time and came back, Sanwa was not the same as before, he still knew that he was a family, and before, a stingy firewood stick was also expensive.

If the third baby can realize that she is the second uncle of Maomao and Niuniu, this family will gradually get better in the future, but what will the third baby think? Chun Tao and Liu Ju moved out of their hometown after getting married, lived in the cowyard, and left the old house so that Sanwa could talk about being a daughter-in-law and live a good life, who knew that so many years have passed, and Sanwa is still a bachelor.

"Niuniu, let's cook the meat—" Chun Tao walked to the stove with a cane and touched Niuniu's head, an indescribable sadness made her shiver.