The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 284
Ye Shiqi only knew in a daze that the eldest sister put her on the bed, and she continued to sleep on the bed with peace of mind.

They have already taken a bath before having their midnight meal. This is a custom before the New Year, to wash away the bad things of the previous year and usher in a better tomorrow for the New Year.

The little maid held a wet and warm handkerchief and helped the little lady wipe her hands and feet.

Then covered her with a quilt, and then helped Ye Fengqi wipe her hands and feet.

That little maid is only a little older than Ye Fengqi, it's just her responsibility, so she can't sleep even when she's sleepy, so she needs to put the little master down first.

Ye Fengqi is only a little over a year older than Ye Shiqi, and she is very sleepy and tired, and she is at the mercy of her maid.

When Ye Shiqi woke up the next morning, the sky was already bright, and she felt that the weather was getting warmer today. Seeing that she woke up, the servant girl rushed to wash her face with warm water.

After she washed her face, the servant girl combed her hair, and then she changed into a festive red padded jacket with a red brocade skirt and embroidered shoes with red envelopes.

Ye Shiqi took a small mirror to take a look at her makeup, she could only use two words to describe "vulgar"!
When she put down the mirror, just as she was about to turn around, someone hugged her waist from behind. This kind of intimate action, a maid would not dare to do.

A voice came from her ear:
"Little sister, you seem to have grown taller. We stand together like twin sisters."

"Fourth sister, let go..." When Ye Shiqi was younger, she couldn't take care of herself and was hugged, but now that she can walk and run, the chances of being hugged are much less.

Usually there will be a bullock cart when going out, but in such a special situation as last night, there are very few people who need to carry it when they come back.

Thinking about it this way, she was a little curious about what the old fairy gave her, and why she couldn't bear the sleepiness and fell asleep last night. She felt that there might be a price for dealing with the gods, which drained her mental power.

Just as she was about to use her mental strength to open the bag, her little hands were grabbed again.

"Hee, hee, fifth sister, let's go get red envelopes."

After Ye Fengqi finished speaking, regardless of Ye Shiqi's agreement, she grabbed her and walked a few steps quickly.

Ye Shiqi could only walk quickly, looking up at Fourth Sister's attire, except for the jewelry on her head, the clothes and shoes were the same color and style.

No wonder the fourth sister told her that they look like twins, and among my sisters, she and the fourth sister are the only ones who look a little bit alike.

It's not that the other sisters have grown up, their appearance has changed, and the sisters didn't look like the two of them when they were younger.

The little maid followed them to the corridor, where their other three older sisters were waiting for them.

"You two just got up, we have received a big red envelope!"

Ye Xinqi gave them two red envelopes to dry. She had three red envelopes in her hand, all of which were purses made of red fabric.

"Tch, you can't charge us an extra share, look, grandma is stingy again!"

Ye Fengqi pouted and told the truth, even grandpa gave red envelopes every year, only grandma was stingy and found a reason not to give red envelopes.

Let's see if we can make an exception today, maybe if they didn't receive it, the younger brother should have it!
The sisters have money after receiving red envelopes, but they have no place to spend it. The food and drink expenses are all arranged by their mothers, and there is no place to spend the money.

They came to the living room together again. Sitting in the main seat of the living room, there were parents and grandpa, but grandma just played hide and seek?

"Grandpa, Gong Xi Fa Cai!" Ye Shiqi came out as soon as she entered the living room, she was not used to bowing down in this era, she bent down and offered her hands.

Seeing that the little girl took a step faster, Ye Fengqi didn't suffer from the same action.

"Okay." Hongji's father is wearing a long gown and mandarin jacket with a hat today, which is different from his usual casual attire, today he looks like a gentleman.

He took out two purses from his pocket, both of which were sewn with red cloth, and specially filled them with red envelopes and distributed them to his grandson and granddaughter.

"Thank you grandpa!"

The two sisters spoke at the same time.

Then I paid New Year greetings to my parents and received two big red envelopes.

Hong Ji and Li Shi also dressed a little more festively today. Hong Ji wore a dark-colored long shirt and padded jacket and cowhide boots. Unlike his father, he didn't wear a hat, and his long hair was wrapped in a dark green cloth towel.

Mrs. Li was wearing a purple cotton skirt, a dark green cotton gown, and red embroidered cotton shoes. The husband and wife dressed together like a couple.

Guessing that the younger brother must not have woken up, the little baby must still be in the parents' room.

After receiving the red envelope, they went to the dining room to have breakfast together.

Their grandma appeared in the dining room, and Ye Shiqi remembered that on her birthday, grandma said to give red envelopes during the Chinese New Year.

She didn't do it for a red envelope, she just wanted to tease her.

No matter how many red envelopes the elders give during the Chinese New Year, it is just for auspiciousness.

"Grandma, Gong Xi Fa Cai!"

"Okay, Gong Xi Fa Cai."

"Grandma, give the red envelope!"

"The red envelope in my pocket is for your little brother!"

"Grandma, didn't you promise? Give me a big red envelope during the Chinese New Year!"

"Have you? Why are you so greedy for money, little doll? Do you usually collect too little red envelopes?"

Lai decided to take away the red envelope, no matter what the granddaughters said, she would not give it.

Ye Shiqi... In the end, she had no choice but to surrender. Who let her be such a miserly grandma.

The breakfast on the table is richer, because after the New Year’s Eve dinner yesterday, fish cannot be eaten on the breakfast table today, only eggs, noodles and steamed buns are eaten.

Ye Shiqi drank goat milk as usual. After breakfast, she and her sisters went to watch the lion dance.

It's just that when they came to the door of their own house, they saw ordinary lion dancers walking towards their house.

The distance between their house and the neighbor's house is not far, and the posture of these people walking straight over is clearly coming to their house to wake up the lion.

Lion dance is a kind of program for the New Year or festive festivals. They also give each other a large amount of red envelopes so that they can play for a longer time. If he does not leave the red envelopes at the door of someone passing by, he can only walk past this family and not play at their door.

The five sisters retreated home and yelled loudly that someone had come to wake up the lion.

When Mrs. Li heard this, she immediately wrapped a big red envelope, and asked someone to tie the big red envelope with lettuce, green onion and garlic, and hang it high on the top of the gate with a bamboo pole.

Sure enough, this group of people came here. When they saw that the owner started to hang up red envelopes, the lion and tail began to dance, and the musicians began to work harder.

Countless children in the village watched. On such a festive day, the adults also let go of rest today, and the farmers also had a holiday to watch the excitement on the first day of the new year.

In addition to the little housework at home, I don’t take a broom, wash clothes, or dry clothes on this day, and even auspicious words, dead words, and bad words are not mentioned on this day.

Ye Shiqi stood in the yard, watching the lion dancers play hard.

I heard that there are five lions in the village, and they are divided into five teams. They will not dance and play separately.

Ye Shiqi found that the lion dancer was working very hard, and the lion head lifter brought a long stool, and then someone started to build a high platform.

Next came the lions. Today they seemed to be fighting together and wishing the Ye family New Year greetings together. The five lions seemed to come here on an appointment, and they brought their band and their fans.

The wide area of ​​the gate of the Ye family was surrounded by villagers who could walk around and watch the excitement.

Hongji felt that these village brothers and elders gave face so much, anyway, the five lions would give five red envelopes when they came to play separately.

So he wrapped four more big red envelopes, and put lettuce, green onion and garlic like the red envelope, and added a little Chinese cabbage later.

The villagers saw that there was only one red envelope in the Ye family, and all five lions came, so it must be five lions who came to grab a red envelope. This phenomenon has never been seen before.

Everyone feels that in this day and age where entertainment is needed, watching Lions is the most exciting show for them.

If men in ancient times were active, they would feel that they had a little bit of martial arts, which was used to strengthen their bodies, and they were not so weak to do farm work.

The group of people in the lion dance, of course, also have martial arts skills, and their horse steps are stable and secure.

They started to fight, because if they didn't grab the five red envelopes, none of them would be given to them.

Only if you snatch it, it is your own. The owner generously gave out five red envelopes, but it doesn't mean that if they don't grab it, someone will leave it to them.

Everyone in the same industry knows that this show is just for fun. If you don’t grab the red envelopes in front of you, no one will leave them to you. You won’t get any red envelopes, and you will only become a joke for others. people joke.

There are five lions in the village, but it does not mean that they are completely a team. Every lion will have a lion head thinking and a big head boy wearing a mask, and the band, as well as their replacements.

Whether they can get much money this Spring Festival and whether they can go out to eat depends on their ability to grab more red envelopes in front of the rich.

People who wake up lions don't only wake up lions at the gates of rich people, such as their properties and manors, wherever they go, they will use lions to pay New Year's greetings.

Ordinary people give a little bit of red envelopes. Copper coins are also money. Rich people’s property is more than that. If they see a little bit of red envelopes, they will play longer. This is their rule and practice!

Ye Shiqi watched with relish, the five lions grabbed the red envelopes, they were fighting, and began to compete with each other on benches and high platforms.

"Good, good, wonderful!"

The people watching outside the yard made lively shouts, clapped their hands, and applauded.

How can it be quiet where there are crowds, they have to be louder than those who play music.

The whole year is busy, and 365 days are only the most idle farmers today. This day is the time for them to go to the theater and meet brothers and friends for gatherings.

Apart from playing cards and chess, today I would be free to put some peanuts and melon seeds in my pocket, and walk around in circles to watch the excitement.

Since Ye Shiqi came to the ancient times in this book, since her sister brought her out to play, she has watched the village houses with her eyes.

It has been two years now, and the changes in the village are insignificant!
Some of the houses she had seen before, except for the place where pigs and cattle were raised, were thatched houses, and some people lived in houses that were also thatched houses.

When the typhoon starts to blow in May, it is not to mention how dangerous it is. The thatched house does not have a dry foundation, and it will blow into the sky at the slightest wind.

Once the thatched house fell down, there was nowhere for the animals to settle down in the heavy rain.

The most difficult thing is for those old people, families with a large population, young people and children have no place to live, and the oldest old people are sad, and are arranged to live in thatched houses by their families.

The changes in the village in the past two years can be seen. Many people's houses have changed from mud houses to red brick houses or blue brick houses.

Animals may live in thatched houses, but the elderly in the family are in better condition and do not need to live in thatched houses.

The huts that are not guaranteed in windy and rainy winter can only be reserved for animals.

The village of Bushen Village is relatively large. It stands to reason that there are many mountains and lots of land. It should be the best place for many village girls to try to marry.

It is easier than some villages in Shangougou to marry a wife, but in Bushen Village with such good conditions, there are also many bachelors.

If it weren't for that person being too honest to make money, maybe it would be because there are old people in the family, or he is an orphan and widow.

There are also five or six brothers. It is difficult for the older brother to marry a daughter-in-law. There is no house and no money. How about a large population and many brothers? There is only one word "poor".

After the past two years, she has seen changes. There are many laborers in the family, especially those with male laborers, and they have started to build houses one by one.

They didn't just earn money from farming at home. Of course, they worked in wood factories or manors in the good environment of the past two years.

There is only one main force in the family, and the people in the back only eat dry food. Although the environment is better and they can eat a little more, the house has not improved.

Working alone to support the whole family, no matter how much you can do, it is already good enough to have food and clothing. House improvement is no longer considered, and only when the weather is better, the roof will be repaired so that it will not leak in rainy days .

Clothing, housing and transportation, people's conditions are better and their living conditions are better, they will give up a little and spend money on clothes.

From the crowd watching the excitement, you can see cheerful men, women, shy girls, healthy youths, happy teenagers, little dolls with snot in their noses. The home improves.

Even so, this is not an era of war and chaos, and people will live in peace even if they are poor.

Occasionally, people would enter the village, and they would be chased away by patrolling young people with dogs.

Ye Shiqi heard that there would be several nights in the past two years, and she heard the lively barking of dogs.

There are people in this village who are getting richer and richer, so they are the best targets for those sneaking around.

Their Ye family was also the target of thieves. At night, the dog barked in the yard, and the family members woke up and turned on the lights and ran out of the yard, seeing a shadow jumping out of the wall.

When Ye Shiqi heard that grandma had been stolen, she cried and scolded those thieves.

There were also thieves who went to search their parents' room, but unfortunately they couldn't find anything very valuable, let alone such things as house deeds and land deeds.

The couple are more worried about the safety of the children, and since then more wolfdogs have been raised in the yard.

Lai, who is usually very stingy, doesn't even give red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. Lai, who gave it to the doll, was stolen from her family and just kept silent. Seeing her crying, some people were happy in their hearts but dared not laugh.

As a son, Hongji only said a few words of comfort, asking his mother to keep the money better in the future.

The couple are very fortunate that they have given important things to Wu Wa.

Later, the family built a big house, and the thieves came in more often, but their food was put down in the tunnel.

(End of this chapter)