Seeing his younger brother and sister walking happily towards the glow, Haizi's face was smiling, although he couldn't celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with his family, but he was also happy to see his younger brother and sister, so he shouted to his younger brother from afar.

"Do you wake up early in the morning?"

Haizi affectionately asked the younger brother who ran over, but Sanyang did not immediately answer his brother's question, but first ran up and hugged his brother's neck, let his brother hold him and turn around a few times, and then answered his brother's question.

"It's early to get up, and I'm going to play in Dadianzi in the West. My sister also picked so many mugwort and wild flowers, and our gourds were also hung out. ”

While answering his brother's question, Sanyang took out two eggs from his arms and handed them to his brother: "This is what my mother asked me to bring to you, it is boiled with mugwort, and you won't get sick if you eat it, and your mother said that you should eat it while it's hot." ”

"The owner has also cooked it, so keep it for you to eat."

"No, you have to eat!"

Haizi still couldn't resist his younger brother, he took an egg from his younger brother's hand while stroking Sanyang's head, and put the remaining one into his brother's arms, and then told his younger brother: Sanniang of the Yun family asked you to blow the horn a few more times today, and the May Festival will have momentum.

The horn is a special signal for the pigs in this tunzi, and when the horn is heard, each family will drive the pigs out of the courtyard and put them into the herd. When the pigs are driven back at noon and evening, they should blow their horns a few times.

This one is to inform each family to release the pigs in time, and the other is to let the pigs get used to it, and when they hear the horn horn, they will scatter and run away when they go home, and each goes back to their own homes, saving them from sending the pigs back one by one.

When Sanyang heard his brother's command, he blew the horn several times, so the sound of the horn over and over again echoed passionately over the Tunzi. After blowing more than a dozen times, Sanyang and his brother and sister drove the owner's pig out of the yard.

At this time, Yun Sanniang was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard with a smile on her face, and Monroe was also next to her. Sanniang was holding a small basin containing at least ten eggs and four zongzi, and when she saw Sanyang coming out, Yun Sanniang took the basket in Erya's hand and poured the eggs and zongzi into the basket.

"Sanniang, we can't ask for this." Er Ya said politely.

"Don't not, it's the rule. After a while, other people's families also want to give eggs, and they all have to take them, and we have this custom for the May Festival. ”

Sanniang did not return the basket to Erya immediately, but looked left and right, took out five eggs and two zongzi from her arms, and said to Erya and Sanyang, this is Sanniang for you alone, you have to take it, you are not allowed to be polite.

"Then I'll take it, thank you Sanniang! This is the embroidery thread that my mother took, and asked you to tie it to my brother, saying that it had to be given by the elders to make it work. ”

Erya said that she took out the red thread prepared by her mother for her brother from her arms, and carefully handed it to Yun Sanniang, as for why the elders should tie the red thread on the children's hands and necks on the May Festival, Erya didn't understand it very well, but she knew that it was good for the children.

"Okay. Is the mother worried, this is still in front of me, just so worried. ”

Although Yun Sanniang said it lightly, she started to be very serious, she wrapped the red thread around Haizi's hands and neck, feet and necks, and at the same time, she seemed to have words in her mouth, but no one could hear what she was saying.

"It's so old, and it's still a child, Shiniang, she's really used to being a child, and she ties a young man with red silk thread."

Monroe glanced at Haizi with a smile, still in a somewhat ridiculous tone, but Haizi still smiled and didn't answer. Monroe didn't want Haizi to respond, but walked over and pulled Erya and Sanyang to her side.

"Come, Sister Monroe will give you a fragrant purse, wear it, and drive away evil spirits."

"It's so beautiful, it's so fragrant! You did it yourself, right? Sanyang played with it and sniffed and said, "Why don't you give my brother one?" ”

"Your brother is too old to wear it."

"Then why did you wear it?"

"Men can't wear them when they're too old." Sanniang saw that Monroe's face was a little red, so she came over to play a round: "Hurry up and drive the pigs away with your sister, see the pigs run away." ”

Hai Zi watched his younger brother and sister go away, so he returned to the compound with Yun Sanniang and Monroe. Haizi felt that Monroe had washed very clean today, her face and hands were very white, and her head was still wet and dewy, wafting out a fragrance that seemed to be there, so she asked curiously: "I washed my hair in the morning?" ”

"Grandma said that today is the day to wash your hair and take a shower, and everyone has to wash it. Cure diseases and drive away evil spirits! ”

"Still taking a bath, how do you wash in broad daylight? It's inconvenient to ......" Haizi felt as if he felt a little out of his mouth, so he swallowed the words back.

Monroe glanced at Haizi and blushed to her neck.

Sanniang didn't know why Monroe was so embarrassed. So he explained to Haizi: "On the day of the May Festival, women have to wash their hair, wash their bodies, clean the house, clean the windows, sweep the yard, and dispel diseases and drive away evil spirits, which is the old rule." ”

"It's useless to chatter. Forget it, if I don't listen to you, I still have something to do. ”

After Monroe finished speaking, she ran back to the backyard unnaturally, so that Yun Sanniang didn't know why she was here, but she didn't think about it, she guessed that the girl was so big, it was the uncertainty of the wind and rain.

"Jiuzi, you go and help your Uncle Zhao kill the pigs in the yard. Haizi, you clean the yard, and then tie a swing to the gate, and let the children play on the swing. I'll go to the field to deliver food later today, let's have two meals, so that the guys can call it a day and come back to eat together. ”

Second Master Yun was still standing in the courtyard in high spirits, with a confident smile on his face. I don't know if he went to the outing this morning, but he seemed very happy, and after arranging work for Haizi and Silly Jiuzi, he stretched his waist and went back to the backyard.

Haizi first found ropes and planks, then brought ladders and tied swings to the gate. Sikiko also came back at this time, and while he came over to help, he asked Wuguizi to call the fourth girl, Monroe and the sixth sister to play on the swing together.

It seems that the door of the Yun family is going to be open today, and it is usually closed tightly to prevent accidents. Haizi and Sixizi finished tying the swing, adjusted the height, tried it with Sixizi again, and then went to clean the yard.

When Haizi set up the car and was about to go to deliver food, the sky was covered with a thin layer of clouds, and a drizzle began to fall. Under normal circumstances, the Dragon Boat Festival is cloudy, and rain is also common, every year, Haizi can't understand why.

"It's not raining much, so it won't delay the work. Tell the big guy that he can't come back if the rain doesn't fall heavily, and he will continue to work after avoiding the rain for a while. ”

When Hai Zi was about to leave, Yun Er Ye asked Hai Zi to give the words to the big guy. It's really as Yun Er Ye said, this day is really a fake cloudy day, a few raindrops will fall for a while, and it won't rain for a while. When Haizi came back from delivering the meal, the sky was about to clear.

"Haizi, you go and take Uncle Xu, Fifth Grandma, and Second Master Wang...... They're invited, and I'm going to invite them to dinner. Here's the list, and you'll have to say it mildly, and make sure you invite them all. ”

Second Master Yun handed over a list to Hai Zi, and told Hai Zi to invite anyone who wanted to say anything as much as possible. When Haizi walked to the gate according to the instructions of Second Master Yun, several children of the Yun family were swinging happily, including Monroe, of course.