Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 107 Festival of Lights
After coming out of Mr. Xu's study room, she went through the small door again, and met Mrs. Xu in the yard. Ning Wan hurriedly stepped forward to give her a blessing, "Bless the old lady for her old age!"

The first month has passed halfway, so it is called the old age.Mrs. Xu also responded with a smile, "It's good for you to celebrate the New Year!" Suddenly staring at Ning Wan carefully, he took her hand and smiled, "So it's you!"

"It's me!" Ning Wan also smiled, "The old lady has really good eyesight."

"That's right, this child has grown so much that I almost can't recognize it!" Mrs. Xu said, "I still remember that time when you gave us so many wild vegetables, and you didn't even take the money, just put them there so quietly !"

"It's all picked by myself, and it's nothing."

"Although it's harvested, it's not easy." Mrs. Xu said, and looked at Ning Wan again. She has grown up, and her face has also grown. The old yellow and thin face has disappeared. Bright black eyes, small red mouth, wearing a pink jacket with small flowers embroidered on the collar and cuffs, and an emerald green skirt, it’s not the same as before, and I’m in a daze listening to my husband writing a plaque for a new shop today, He smiled and asked, "Has your family opened a new shop?"

"Exactly," Ning Wan said with a smile: "On the street where the Lin family's shop used to be, there is a shop specializing in mountain products. The old gentleman helped us name it Dejufeng. Whatever the old lady wants to use in the future, just go there. .”

Mrs. Xu laughed and said: "Good! Good!" Then she said to Ning Liang: "With such a capable and sensible child, the family must also be hardworking and simple, and the days will naturally get better and better!"

Ning Liang hurriedly bowed, "Borrow the old lady's good words!"

Mrs. Ning smiled at Ning Wan: "I'm reluctant to let you go, but I think your shop is busy too, so it's not good to stay for too long. When you are free, you must come to my house to talk." A small red purse, "This is lucky money, for you!"

Ning Wan didn't want the old lady to give money again, but the New Year's money cannot be pushed back, so she had to accept it with a smile, "Thank you old lady, I will definitely come to see the old lady some other day."

The town is different from Sanjia Village, and the festive atmosphere is very strong. People on both sides of Ning’s new shop are hanging colored lanterns. When Dad saw it, he said, “Today is the Lantern Festival. Didn’t we also buy two lanterns at home? Hurry up and hang them up.” .”

Ning Wan just laughed, "The lanterns hanging in front of these shops are not just for looking good, but also for everyone to guess and play. If you don't believe me, look at those lamps or write riddles on them, or draw puzzles, and guess the shop correctly." There will be prizes, everyone is doing good intentions, our house has not opened yet, and we don’t have all the preparations for a while, it will be next year."

Dad just nodded, "So that's how it is."

Ning Wan knew that no one in her family had ever seen her before, so she said, "Our family went out for dinner, and at night we went out to see the excitement, and also learned something by the way."

As soon as they got home, Niang and Ning made dinner early in the morning, "It's very lively outside, we'll have dinner when you come back, so we can go out for a stroll." The father and daughter laughed, "We thought of a place."

The days are short in winter, and it was getting dark at this time. When the family went out and looked outside, there were bright lights everywhere, they all praised: "Sure enough, it is much more prosperous than our Sanjia Village."

Ning Qing hugged Jinshan and said with a smile, "After all, it's a town, how can Sanjia Village compare with it!" She has lived in Mayi Town for more than a year, and she is already familiar with it, "Everyone just follow me around, Let's look at the lights first, and we can eat glutinous rice balls for free in a while!"

Shishi is more than two years old now, and he looks very cute. Mrs. Yu dressed him in a thick padded jacket and trousers, a tiger-head hat, and tiger-head shoes. I like sweet things the most. Although I have eaten sweet glutinous rice balls in the morning, I still wave my chubby hand and shout, "Tangyuan! Tangyuan!"

Niang stopped him, "Your second sister is going to tease you? Where can you find glutinous rice balls that don't cost money? How much do you have to pay for selling glutinous rice balls!"

Ning Qing just laughed, "Mother, how do you know! The Ma's grocery store cooks glutinous rice balls for everyone to eat every year during the Lantern Festival, and you can get them as long as you go to his house, and the Wu's who sells food also don't spend money." As for the glutinous rice balls, the two of them have been fighting over who has the most face in the town... hey, you just follow me."

Ning Wan knew the Ma family. Their grocery business was similar to that of the Lin family, but it was better than the Lin family. This was one of the reasons why the Lin family finally sold the shop.And the Wu family is in the grain business. It is said that the two businesses are not related to each other, but the heads of the two families are somewhat similar, that is, they are very competitive. They have been fighting for the first place in the town, but they are also very wealthy. Youfang Gujia, Muqiwangjia, Chateau Fanjia, and Ruihongfeng branches are very low-key and never participate in their competition.

My family bought the Lin family's shop, and they are engaged in the business of mountain products. Although it is inevitable that there will be a small amount of overlap with the Ma family and the Wu family, the most important business is not in the town before, so she is the same as the Gu family. I plan to do my own business quietly and earn my own money.

However, although Ning Wan knew about these two families, the previous she only knew about them, and she didn't know much about these two families, so she happened to follow Ning Qing to see what they were doing.

Seeing that everyone was willing to listen to her, Ning Qing pondered for a while, "Which way shall we go first?" Then he replied: "It's better to go to the north first, and finally go back from the north of the town and then turn around to the south. Turn around and go home."

Everyone followed her to the north, and within a few steps of going out, there was a burden carrying many lanterns to sell. When the peddler saw the two children, he took a yellow tiger lantern from the burden and handed it to the stone. He handed a white rabbit lantern to Jinshan, and said with a smile to Yu and the others: "It's the Lantern Festival, let's buy one for the children to play with!"

Shitou and Jinshan had been fascinated by such fun things for a long time, and they couldn't help but stretched out their little hands to take it, and stared at the lamp intently.Yu asked, "How much is this lamp?"

"Ten yuan a cup, two cups are cheaper, so it's eighteen!"

"It's so expensive!" Niang sighed, and then asked, "Could it be cheaper!"

"No, no! This is already the cheapest!"

The peddler earns money for the festival, and Ning Wan knew that she could not lower the price, so she said: "We want it." She took out her purse and asked for the money, but Yu would not give in, "Mother brought the money!" She counted out eighteen One was given to the peddler.

The peddler took the money and persuaded with a smile, "Little girl, please have one too. Take this lotus lantern, it looks better than the rabbit lantern!"

This peddler really knows how to do business, Ning Wan laughed, "I'm so old, why should I carry a lamp?"

Bian Yu's heart was also moved when he heard this, "Okay, let's have another lotus lantern." He counted nine more money and gave it to the peddler.

The peddler accepted it with a smile, "It's a big festival, it's best for everyone to be happy!" He said he was going to leave with a burden, but his father stopped him, "Two more of these lotus flowers!" He took it and gave it to Mother and Ning Qing One, "You take it too, one for each of you."

Mother was at a loss when she took the lamp, she seemed like she wouldn't even go on the road, she kept muttering, "Why buy this, it's a waste of money! Why don't you just buy one for Qing'er!"

Ning Wan smiled and leaned into her mother's ear and said, "Father actually wants to buy it for mother, so it's not good to leave second sister alone!"

The mother pushed Ning Wan down, "Be careful to break the lamp!" But in a blink of an eye, her hands and feet were neat, she picked up the lamp and pulled the stone to the front.

Ning Wan leaned on her father again and said, "My mother looks pretty holding the lamp."

Dad just laughed, "I just thought that your mother might never have had someone buy her a lamp to carry it." Then he said to Ning Wan, "Actually, the lamp vendor made a lot of money, but it was made of sorghum orange stalks. Paste another layer of paper on the outside, and draw some patterns, it won’t cost you a single penny!”

Ning Wan just laughed, "Father, now you know, the money in the town is better than that in the village." She also said: "Next year, if we have to hang lantern fans in our shop, then we will make lanterns ourselves. If there are more It can also be sold.”

Along the way, in addition to looking at the lights on both sides, there are more vendors selling all kinds of small things. Needless to say, there are many styles of things, and there are all kinds of gadgets, such as windmills made of sorghum orange stalks and mud. The little people, the twelve zodiac signs carved out of wood, and the lotus that Yu brought with him when he went out were originally bulging, but they quickly shrank under the longing eyes and cries of stones and golden mountains.

Ning Wan didn't like these small things at first, but she saw a small stall by the side of the road. Widow Mei was guarding there and walked over to pick out some bat nets made of multicolored silk thread. "How much?"

Talking about the hardships of life, Ning Wan felt that Widow Mei was more difficult than her previous self. She was a good-looking woman. After a few months of marriage, her father-in-law took her husband and brother-in-law out to do business and was killed by bandits, and her mother-in-law went crazy. The family property was gone, and she was the only one supporting the family.Although I have a lot of needle money, but because I am a widow, I can’t have any weddings, so I can’t even do the most profitable embroidered clothes, wedding tents, and handkerchiefs. I only embroider some ordinary things, and the convenience is very thin. .Now that I have money, I can buy a few nets to help her.

"Ten dollars a piece, if there is more, you can give it up."

Before Ning Wan could say anything more, Ning Qing came up to take a closer look, "I'll give you twenty yuan for three."

Widow Mei said embarrassingly: "It's too little. This little bit of money is the best. The colorful bats you play look good. Look at them in the daytime, and they are completely different from the cheap ones."

It doesn't have to be daylight, even under the lamp, you can see the moist light on the silk coins, Ning Wan said: "Nine coins a piece, I'll buy a few more."

Widow Mei looked at the two of them, saw that they were wearing the same jacket, and their faces were somewhat similar. She guessed that they were sisters, so she said, "Eight coins each, you can choose whatever you want."

Ning Qing gave Ning Wan a sideways look, "You are the only one who is generous." Then he carefully selected three and handed one to each of Ning Wan, Shitou, and Jin Shan, "Tie it on your body, and you can wear it anytime of the year! "Speaking, he took out 22 coins and gave them to Widow Mei.

Widow Mei whispered, "There are still two missing."

Ning Qing snorted, "I want two coins too," but only took out another coin and handed it over, "That's all."

Widow Mei answered without saying a word.

There was nothing Ning Wan could do about Ning Qing's stinginess, so she said: "Second Sister, this net is beautifully made, I'll buy another one for you and your mother." She took her purse as she spoke.

Liu Wulang, who had been following him all this time, couldn't see it anymore, so he smiled and said to his daughter-in-law, "Qing'er should honor her mother-in-law, so we bought it together."

The couple lived in the Ning family for more than half a year, and the Yu family has always treated the family members the same. Now Liu Wulang finally remembered to honor Yu's family, and Ning Qing felt embarrassed when he heard it, so he had to take out another [-] yuan. I bought two for a few dollars, "Okay, let's have one each!"

Yu smiled and waved his hands, "I'm so old, why do I still carry this? You guys can just carry it for fun."

Ning Wan put away the purse early, and winked at her mother, "Second sister wants to honor mother, why is mother stopping me!" She took the string for mother and tied it on her skirt, "Second sister bought it, mother tied it, after all, it's not right. the same."

Ning Qing spent dozens of dollars, and he felt that it was a lot, so Liu Wulang felt at ease even if he didn't move his purse. After all, they had already respected the Yu family!
Since the money in her lotus was gone, Yu used her husband's and bought a lot of things. It was the first time for the family to celebrate the festival in Mayi Town, and everything was novel.

But she refused to let the children eat the food sold everywhere, "I just finished eating, be careful to hurt the spleen and stomach, just buy one candied haws for each person." But this time she bought candied haws, but not just for them Buying Shitou and Jinshan did not add Ning Wan and Ning Qing, but bought one for everyone, even my father.

This time it was my father who felt uncomfortable, "I'm a man, eating candied haws on the street?"

Ning Wan just laughed, "Father can eat it, mother is afraid that no one has ever bought candied haws for dad!"

Dad also laughed, "Actually, I ate it when I was a child. Both your grandfather and your aunt bought me gourds, but it's probably the first time your mother bought and ate them outside."

(End of this chapter)