Xiaoling lowered his head and said: Mom, I'm afraid of fire, not scars.

Dong Jing: Good boy, it's all over, we are not afraid of the fire, with my mother and Toya's mother, we are not afraid of anything.

Koling: Hmm.

Xiaoshan: Mom, I'm not afraid.

"That's good, Mom knows that you two are the bravest. Brave children, Toya's mother will like it. ”

Xiaoling: Mom, I'm so brave. I dare to go to the grasslands—

"Don't mention your two things! Don't talk nonsense when you enter the house for a while! ”

Xiaoshan didn't rush to confess, just nodded. Courage comes from the heart and is embodied in action.

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In the west room, the cries of the mother and daughter gradually subsided, Dong Jing asked the little brothers to wait in the outhouse, and she walked over and knocked on the door.

There was a knock on the door, and Toya wiped her tears and quickly put the scarf around again. Hongxia stabilized for a moment before opening the door a crack.

"Dong Jing's sister-in-law."

Dong Jing asked softly: Can I come in?

Hongxia looked at Toya, who didn't object. Hongxia opened the door wider, let Dong Jing come in, and then closed it immediately.

Dong Jing walked up to Toya, took her in her arms, and let go of her arms after a while. Said emotionally: Toya, my good sister, you are the great benefactor of our family. How can I repay you?

Toya: Sister-in-law, don't say that.

"Good sister, you have suffered a great crime, sister-in-law, I feel distressed! Xiaoshan and Xiaoling can miss you. They want to see you, okay? Dong Jing pleaded.

Toya looked at Hongxia, who nodded.

Toya said: I'm afraid of scaring the child.

Dong Jing: It's fine. I made it clear to both of them. And from now on they will be your sons!

The door opened, and the two children squeezed in, and Xiaoshan was very sensible and closed the door with his hand. Both children were dressed in thick cotton clothes, and their little faces were still red from the cold.

Xiaoshan and Xiaoling shouted at the same time: Auntie-

"Alas, good boy—" Toya stroked the two lovely children with her inflexible hand.

Xiaoshan raised his head and said, "Auntie, can you open the scarf?"

Toya hesitated, but Hongxia encouraged her and said, "Toya, you have to be brave."

Dong Jing: Girl, it's okay, open it.

Xiaoshan and Xiaoling stared at Toya, expecting ......

Toya slowly opened the scarf, revealing a scarred face.

Xiaoshan and Xiaoling actually cried loudly at the same time.

Dong Jing said excitedly: Shen Xiaoshan, Shen Xiaoling, don't cry yet! You two are optimistic, this is your mother Toya! Why don't you call mom soon?

Xiaoshan and Xiaoling knelt down in unison and shouted: "Mother-

Toya crouched down and held the two children tightly in her arms.

"Mother—" What a long-lost call......

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A new year, a new home, a new life begins.

The Spring Festival is coming soon. The Mongolian people also attach great importance to the traditional Spring Festival, and Aginai acted early to clean the inside and out.

Agina cherishes her new home and her new life. In order to make the family live a good life, he proposed to immediately go to work for the large herdsmen to herd sheep and earn money to supplement the family. Moreover, he has a plan in his heart that he will save money first, save a lot of money, and have plastic surgery for his wife. If nothing else, just so that she can take off that scarf in front of outsiders and face her new life bravely and confidently. Of course, he wouldn't reveal a word about this to anyone.

As soon as the idea of Bai Agina going to work was proposed, it was first opposed by Matoya. Because the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, she hopes that Aginai can spend a relatively reunited Lunar New Year together at home.

Of course, Erdemutu supports Aginai to work, and at the same time supports Toya's idea, hoping that he will go out after the Spring Festival.

New Year's Eve is closed, for the poor, the New Year is like "passing". Toya's "New Year" was successfully passed with the help of everyone. One person is not prosperous when he collects firewood, but the flame is high when everyone collects firewood. The Sarentai Gacha Party Branch and the Gacha Committee also mobilized Party members to do their best to help Matoya's family.

The Spring Festival is coming soon, leaders at all levels and well-wishers in society have not forgotten Toya, and from time to time people come to express condolences and send New Year's goods.

Toya didn't dare to face the visitor generously, Aginai was even more reluctant to step forward, Hongxia and her husband lived in the pasture, Erdemutu was even weaker, and it was difficult to talk much, and Naren Tuya couldn't communicate with the visitor. Therefore, at this time, I invite my enthusiastic neighbor Lotus to come over to help Zhang Luo, take care of the guests, and introduce the situation.

Later, Lotus formed a habit that as long as there was a car parked in front of Toya's house, she didn't have to wait for someone to call, she would put down the store and take the initiative to help.

Aren't neighbors separated by a wall just relatives?

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There is no need to prepare too much for the New Year's goods, so that the suffering families who have experienced ups and downs have less financial pressure. In the past few days, Shen Fu and Dong Jing have become frequent customers, Shen Fu helped Aginai pick cow dung and split wood, and Dong Jing washed all the clothes that should be washed at home.

Dong Jing didn't let Xiaoshan and Xiaoling come, mainly because she was afraid that Toya would think of Asgen when she saw the two children. Because the Chinese New Year is coming, the feeling of missing relatives is even more urgent.

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The twenty-third day of the lunar month, the small year in the traditional festival. In the Peacock Ping grassland, Mongolian families will hold a ceremony - sacrifice to the god of fire! On that day, the house should be cleaned early, and after the sweeping, a little dust should be placed in each corner of the house to be thrown into the fire on Chinese New Year's Eve, this activity is called "going to the old and welcoming the new to burn".

In the past, the ritual of worshiping the god of fire was generally carried out at night. The sacrificial offerings are lamb breast, meat, wine, dairy products, etc., and the sacrifice is presided over by the eldest person in the family, who recites eulogies and prays for good fortune. In fact, the Peacock Ping Grassland Mongolian Nian's sacrifice to the god of fire is similar to the Han people's Xiaonian sacrifice to the prince of the stove, but the legends are different.

Speaking of Xiao Nian, there is a magical legend in the Peacock Ping Grassland. Far away in the era of Genghis Khan, after unifying the Mongolian tribes, they had to rush to conquer the world and complete the hegemony, and it was too late to celebrate the New Year, that is, the 23rd day of the lunar month was chosen to reunite all the tribes. At the same time, incense is burned in front of the "god of the hearth" at night, and beef and mutton are offered, and then the whole tribe prays to the god of fire against the flames. The next day he went on an expedition to fight. Therefore, the meaning of the young year is even more important.

"Don't be greedy for children, children, you will be big after the new year", a smooth phrase circulated in the era of scarcity of materials, which means to comfort children not to worry, there will be delicious food during the New Year. Of course, the conditions in the pastoral areas are relatively better, and at least there is some guarantee in terms of eating meat. Before the Spring Festival, Mongolian herdsmen slaughter their cattle and sheep and put white hada on the meat to give to relatives and friends. This season is a peak period for ewe lambing, and the herders are busy harvesting. In addition, every household should take advantage of the closing of the year to step up the production of production tools for use throughout the year in preparation for a bumper harvest in animal husbandry.