Looking at the red paper spread on the kang and the crooked characters on the red paper, Dazhu turned red with excitement.
Finally I can write with pen and ink.
But besides "bliss" and "spring in the garden", what else can be written?
Dazhu looked at the elder sister who was helping to cut the paper: "Sister, can you write one?"
Damai smiled and said, "You should write it."
Dazhu asked Erwang, who had an envious look in his eyes, "Erwang, can you write one too?"
Erwang shook his head quickly: "I don't know how."
Dazhu looked at Xiaomian again.
Xiaomian smiled and said, "You write it, I'll use something else."
She picked a few pieces of yellow paper, and then drew a few peace symbols in one go.
Xiaodao asked curiously: "Second sister, what is this?"
Xiao Mian smiled and said, "Here it is, wrap it in red paper and put it on your body to keep you safe."
Xiaodao happily wrapped up the peace charms one by one and gave them to her family members one by one.
Everyone in the family knew that Xiao Mian was a bit talkative, so everyone received the peace charm and happily picked it up without saying anything.
The New Year's Eve was ushered in with the sound of Xiaosan grunting and gnashing his teeth while eating meat.
When she got up in the morning, Ms. Li hesitated several times.
Mrs. Song frowned: "You can say whatever you want. Is there anything you can't say?"
Mrs. Li lowered her head and said: "Sister-in-law, our father's side..."
It's Chinese New Year, so I have to go over and have a look. My sister-in-law has broken off the relationship, but my man can't break off the relationship.
And the children, they can’t really deny the old man, right?
Mrs. Song nodded: "Well, I forgot about it."
She really doesn't want to have anything to do with the old house.
Mrs. Song said: "Benshan's legs are fine, but doesn't he still feel a little bit of pain when walking? Just don't let him go. Let Erwang go and send him two hundred dollars. Do you think it's okay?"
Mrs. Li quickly said: "What kind of money should I give? Our family is still in need of medical treatment. The children don't even have money to buy new clothes. Our family has no money."
Mrs. Li said, pointing to a few children, and said: "On the first day of the new year, just go to the old house and kowtow. Does your sister-in-law like it?"
She is just afraid that her sister-in-law will really cut off the children from the old house. When the time comes, people will be afraid, don't harm the children, otherwise the sister-in-law will be no longer a human being.
It's just a formality, I mean it, but I don't want to send any money.
Mrs. Song nodded: "Okay. Our father is a man we cannot tolerate."
Li Benshan was speechless.
He really didn't know what he could say.
He wanted to defend his father, but in this family, he seemed to have the least say.
Li Benshan could only look at the children, hoping that someone would express a different opinion.
Don't really go to celebrate the New Year empty-handed. With Zhao's temperament, why don't you make a fuss that everyone knows?
If you don't take something, it's unjustifiable. Then it will be your son who will be embarrassed.
The children were doing their own thing, as if they didn't hear or see the adults here.
Li Xiaomian didn't see her second uncle's helplessness, but she had her own ideas.
Li Xiaomian: "Mom, second aunt, we can't skip the annual gifts."
The three boys in the family must be sent to school. What if one of the three of them is good enough to study?
Therefore, the word "filial piety" cannot be tainted.
Xiaomian expressed her opinion, and Li Benshan's eyes lit up. Mrs. Song and Mrs. Li also couldn't help but feel confused.
Yes. With this craft at home, you don’t have to worry about earning money for your children to go to school. Maybe you can really make a promising career?
Mrs. Song frowned and asked, "How about sending two hundred coins from both families?"
Xiaomian smiled and said: "What kind of money should I give? Didn't Second Aunt tell me that we have no money? Didn't we all have money to buy new clothes?"
Everyone looked at Xiao Mian: Then what do you mean?
Xiao Mian smiled slyly: "We can give you whatever you have at home."
Damai and Dazhu looked at each other and understood instantly.
Damai: "I made a purse for you to hold tobacco leaves."
As she spoke, she took out a coarse cloth purse with a small boat embroidered on it. It was originally used by Sanshun to hold sugar snowballs.
Dazhu smiled and said: "Erwang and I write two big characters. I think we will be happier with literacy than eating delicacies from the mountains and seas."
Erwang frowned: "Brother, I can write my own name."
It's just like drawing on the ground with a wooden stick, how dare you use pen and ink?
"What are you afraid of? I'll teach you."
The two brothers went into the house to prepare the calligraphy.
Xiaomian smiled and said: "I also have a peace charm here. It was given to me by a wandering Taoist nun. I gave it to you to express my feelings."
Xiaodao: The second sister just talks nonsense, it’s obviously her own scribblings.
Xiao Sanshun grabbed two candies and said, "I'll give you one candy."
Xiaodao was anxious, "What should I give you?"
She has nothing on her!
Damai: "How about you give me a pot of your flowers?"
Since there was a fire kang in the house, Xiaodao, a child who loved flowers, raised several pots of orchids found in the mountains on the kang head, and they bloomed quite well.
Xiaodao said anxiously: "No, my father's house doesn't have a fire kang. Xiaohua will freeze to death when he goes to his house."
Li Benshan sighed and said to his troubled daughter: "I have a pack of tobacco leaves here. You can send it to your father."
Mrs. Li knew that this tobacco leaf was originally prepared for the old man. Her man had kept it with her for many days, just waiting for the old man to come to visit.
She quickly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, your eldest sister will give you a purse, and you will give you tobacco leaves. Just right."
So, the six sisters, wearing old clothes and carrying their own small backpacks. Even Xiao Sanshun was carrying a small cloth bag and walked towards the old house together.
When I meet people on the road, I call them with a smile and say hello.
"Hey, Damai, what are you doing?"
"Happy New Year, auntie. Let's go give him a New Year gift."
"Oh, these children are really sensible. What did they give you?"
"It's the best thing we can come up with." Erwang was very proud. This big character with "peace" written on it was really his best handwriting.
Looking at Erwang's expression, everyone was in awe.
"Look, how good this grandson is. This little kid knows how to honor his elders with the best."
"Although Ben Shanjia made money from his business, he also spent a lot of money on his legs. Look, a group of children don't even have new clothes during the Chinese New Year."
"These children are still filial. They have nothing to eat or wear, but they still know how to respect the elderly."
Old house.
Old Man Li frowned as he watched a string of grandchildren entering the house, each one dressed like a beggar.
Damai: "Master, it's Chinese New Year, and we will give you a New Year gift to express our sincerity."
Then he took out his purse and said, "I made it myself. I use it to store tobacco leaves."
The old man took the purse and said with a smile: "Well, when Barley grows up, he can make a purse."
When Li Xiangyuan heard that Damai had sent a purse, she came over to take a look and curled her lips: "It's really ugly."
Damai immediately blushed.
Her craftsmanship is indeed not good, far behind that of my sister-in-law.
Xiao Mian glanced at her eldest sister and said with a smile: "Sister, I'm not an embroiderer, so what do you do with such a good embroiderer?"
Damai immediately felt relieved.
Since she went to the county town to sell sugar snowballs, her horizons have broadened a lot.
I heard that a girls' school has been opened in Fucheng, and girls can go to school.
I heard that there are still female accountants and female shopkeepers.
I heard that there are still female officials in the capital...
She used to envy her sister-in-law. She thought her sister-in-law was good at embroidery and could make money from her embroidery work. She was her idol.
But now she has changed her mind.
She can sell sugar snowballs, she can do business, and she can also support herself.