Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 145
With nothing to do at home, Liu Man'er's life is really like a hermit. She wakes up to practice archery in the morning, and then teaches Ye Tianchen to read. Now that he is babbling, Liu Man'er teaches him to recite poems and write. Liu Man'er has a very good memory, and Liu Man'er reads it once or twice before he can memorize it. Liu Man'er thinks he is a little child prodigy.

Go out for a stroll in the afternoon, pick wild fruits and flowers, or play Go at home, or embroider flowers, make some small gadgets at home on a whim, look at the ledger, etc. In this way, time passes leisurely, but it is also fast .

In such a passing time, Liu Man'er finally received a letter from Ye Yuan, which said that they won the battle, and they will return to the imperial court in the near future, and he will be able to go home to see her at that time, Liu Man'er was very happy when she heard that, He hurriedly told Fang the good news.

Coincidentally, when she received the letter, Ye Feng also came home. Liu Man'er felt a little strange seeing him coming back. Ye Feng told her that Enke would be opened soon because the court had won the battle.

"Kaienke? You mean you can take the exam this year?" Liu Man'er asked in surprise.

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded, confirming Liu Man'er's thoughts.

The government examination and general examination of the imperial court are held once every three years, while the courtyard examination is held twice every three years. Ye Feng passed the exam last year, but he just won a boy student. It stands to reason that he will not be able to take the exam until next year. The scientific examination, but now he has one more chance, that is to say, if he can be admitted as a scholar this year, then his family will be able to exempt some taxes this year.

This is a great thing, but it still depends on whether Ye Feng can pass the exam.

"Then Feng'er, you have to work hard." Liu Man'er wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, only to realize that the boy was already about the same height as hers. Although she retracted her hand resentfully, her mood remained undiminished, and she said: "You must study hard and strive to be a scholar in this exam. My sister-in-law just bought a land. Now I can save a lot of taxes, and then I can give an extra profit to the villagers."

"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely be admitted as a scholar this time." Ye Feng nodded heavily, obviously very confident in himself.

Liu Man'er also nodded, and said: "That's up to you, your eldest brother will come back just in time, and when you are admitted to the scholar, the family will serve wine for you."

Hearing that Liu Man'er was going to serve him a drink, Ye Feng scratched his head with a look of embarrassment, and then asked: "Brother is coming back too?"

"Yeah." Liu Man'er nodded, the happiness on her face was beyond words.

"Okay, it's just a test for scholar, don't put too much pressure on yourself." Liu Man'er said with a smile, in fact, compared to Ye Feng who was going to take the test for scholar, she was happiest when Ye Yuan came back.

She doesn't like to be separated from the person she likes, she doesn't like it at all, she really wants to be by his side, hey, if he goes to join the army next time, she can follow him, but there is an old man in the Ye family Sometimes, Ye Qing doesn't care about her family, she can only be a good wife and mother to take care of the family.

In fact, although being at home is considered leisurely and comfortable, I always feel that something is missing.

Forget it, don't think about it, wait for him to come back and give him a surprise.

After thinking about it, Liu Man'er decided to go to the mountain to chop some bamboo, and planned to make a few lanterns with her own hands, and hang them all over the yard. He would be very happy to see it.

Do whatever you want, say hello to Fang, Liu Man'er took the machete and went to the back mountain. She was used to the back mountain, but she was not afraid. She found a clump of bamboo, chopped a bundle, and then They tied them up with ropes and dragged them home.

Aunt Han saw that Liu Man'er went to the mountain to cut bamboo in person, so she asked, "Mistress, why do you still go to the mountain to cut bamboo in person? It's a trivial matter, just ask Xiaoping to do it."

"It's okay, I'm idle." Liu Man'er waved her hand, and dragged the bamboo into the house with a smile on her face.

I went to wash my hands, then fetched water to scrub off the dust on the bamboo, and cut off some bamboo branches. Sitting on this stool, Liu Man'er was a little dazed.

What should I do next?
It seems that Ye Yuan wants to chop it into long strips, and then split into small bamboo strips, but the problem is, she doesn't know how to do such a difficult technical job.

The bamboo was chopped excitedly, but the next step was that she didn't know what to do. He asked Han Ping to come over and help her fix the bamboo. When he chopped hard, it crooked and almost missed her hand.

"Which of you can chop this bamboo? Help me." Liu Man'er asked Aunt Han and the others, but none of them could.

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Liu Man'er didn't expect them any more, and figured out a way to split the bamboo.

Align again, cut a hole horizontally, then take a wooden stick and stick it in the opening, then cut a hole vertically, place another wooden stick there, and finally hammer the wooden stick with the back of the knife, and the bamboo will automatically split.

"I didn't expect my craftsmanship to be good." After the first step was successful, Liu Man'er started to feel a little embarrassed. She saw Ye Yuan do this last time, but she didn't expect that she would succeed.

However, this was only the first step. Next, Liu Man'er divided the bamboo strip into smaller thin strips. After doing this, she tried to separate the outer layer of the bamboo from the inner layer.

The outer layer has good toughness, but the inner layer has knots and much less toughness. To make a lantern, you must have good toughness. Liu Man'er is also a master of excellence, so she chooses the outer layer to tie the lantern.

Fortunately, although she was clumsy, she successfully separated it under her exploration. Of course, the big cuts on her hand that were scratched by the bamboo strips had to be ignored.

"Sister-in-law, your hands are bleeding, go and bandage them." Ye He said when she saw it.

"That's fine, you children are not allowed to play with my bamboo sticks, or I will beat someone." Liu Man'er said a threatening sentence without any threat, washed her hands, and went back to the room to clean up the wound.

She put on cotton gloves for the next work to avoid being scratched by the bamboo.

In fact, it is not difficult to make a lantern, but Liu Man'er is slow, and it took a long time to make a lantern. After learning that she made the lantern to decorate the yard, Yun Niang, Ye He and others also came to help her make it together, and she herself was looking for a lantern. The red paper came over to paste the lanterns.

Paste a round lantern to illuminate the journey from home to home.

Well, it's really too dark here at night, so we need a few lanterns. When Ye Yuan comes back, he can hang up all these lanterns when he comes back. It must be very beautiful by then.

But it seems to be more interesting to make Kongming lanterns.

Liu Man'er thought about this, so she said to Ye He and Yun Niang who were making lanterns, "Hey, do you two know how to make wishing lanterns?"

"What is a wishing lamp?" These two people don't even know.

"It's a lantern that can fly into the sky." Liu Man'er came over, picked up a bamboo stick, showed them a demonstration, and said, "Let's make this kind of lantern, and write our own name on the surface of the lantern when the time comes." Wish, and then put it in the air, and the gods in the sky will hear your wish."

"Really?" For Liu Man'er's words, Ye He immediately expressed curiosity, which sounds very interesting.

"Of course." Liu Man'er nodded.

She has been here for so long, and she has never let go of Kongming lanterns. She also wants to put a few Kongming lanterns, not for making a wish, but just because she thinks it looks good.

"Then we will make this kind of lantern." Ye He said: "I have to do a lot, and then I can make many, many wishes."

"Of course, call Shang Cao'er and the others to come together. It's fun if there are many people. When your elder brother comes back, let's put up the wishing lantern together." Liu Man'er said while pasting the lantern made earlier with red paper.

After Ye He heard Liu Man'er's words, she ran to do it. The little girl was wearing a double bun, and when she ran, she was agile and innocent.

Liu Man'er looked at her back and smiled slightly, sat on a small stool, and began to make a wishing lamp. After a while, Cao'er and Ye Feng came, and even Fang was recruited by Ye He to join in the ranks of making Kongming lanterns.

This Kongming lantern is also very simple, and the bamboo strips Liu Man'er chopped were quickly used up, and she chopped some bamboo strips for everyone.

Watching the family work together, she felt quite happy, and decided to find more things for everyone to do when they had nothing to do, and exchange feelings together.

After setting up the lamp stand, everyone went to the study to write their own wishes. Ye Tianchen just recognized a few words and clamored to write. Liu Man'er also brought him a pen and paper, and watched him earnestly write on the paper. I wrote down the word "one".

"Does Tianchen know what this means?" Liu Man'er raised her eyebrows and asked.

"It's number one." Ye Tianchen replied, "I hope I can always be number one."

"Ah, what a good wish." Liu Man'er nodded, feeling that the child had great ambitions.

"That is, I want to be the most filial person in the world, because I have the best mother." Ye Tianchen said childishly.

His big eyes are extremely clear. When he looks at you seriously, his eyes are flickering. Those slender, feather-like eyelashes seem to be gently sweeping over your heart, making Liu Man'er's heart feel extremely soft.

The child was so cute, Liu Man'er couldn't help but kissed him, and then said, "Does Tianchen think I'm the best mother in the world?"

"Yeah." Ye Tianchen nodded again and again, "Mother is like a fairy in the sky, she can do everything."

"In my mother's heart, Tianchen is also a little doll given to my mother by the gods." Liu Man'er also said with a smile, "That day, you should remember what you said today, and when you grow up, you must listen to your mother's words."

"Yes." Ye Tianchen nodded heavily, "I will always listen to my mother."

After hearing this, Liu Man'er patted Ye Tianchen's head, feeling that she really didn't love him in vain these days, and asked, "What about Dad, do you like it?"

"I like it." Ye Tianchen nodded, "Who is daddy and what does he look like?"

Long time no see, he has long forgotten Ye Yuan's appearance.

"Well, when he comes back, I'll show you." Liu Man'er patted his little head, and said, "Write a few more, and write down everything you like. When the time comes, you just need to be obedient and obedient, and your wishes will be written down." It will come true."

"Okay." Ye Tianchen said and started to scribble on the paper again. He didn't know many words, but he could write his own name, and some who couldn't, he used pictures to show that Liu Man'er thought it was very interesting. .

Everyone was writing, only Liu Man'er was like the master, looking around, Ye He waited for the girl to see her coming, and covered the paper in her hands shyly.

Ye Feng calmly let Liu Man'er see what he wrote on the paper, and then asked, "Sister-in-law, what is your wish?"

"My wish is that each of you wishes can come true." Liu Man'er said with a smile.

"Why?" Cao'er, who was sitting diagonally across from Ye Feng, raised her head, her little face was somewhat puzzled.

"Because I'm afraid that the gods in the sky will miss your wish. If they miss it, as long as they see my wish, they will definitely remember it." Liu Man'er still said with a smile: "Anyway, as long as your wish is When it does, I’m happy.”

"Then I will make a wish for my sister." After hearing this, Cao'er wrote on the paper: "I hope my sister will always be young and happy."

"Okay, thank you." Liu Man'er patted Cao'er on the head.

Ye He saw it and said: "Then I will also make a wish for my sister-in-law, hoping that my sister-in-law can give birth to a fat baby with my eldest brother as soon as possible."

"Hahaha..." Liu Man'er felt a little funny and blushed when she heard the child's words.

Next, Cao'er and the others all came to make wishes to Liu Man'er, and Liu Man'er agreed one by one, but she solemnly wrote three wishes on the paper, each of which was the same: "I hope all the wishes of my relatives can come true."

"Write three, it's hard for those gods to ignore them." Liu Man'er said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law is so smart." Ye He said with a look of admiration.

Next, Liu Man'er took them to paste these Kongming lanterns, and waited for Ye Yuan to come back, then they could put the Kongming lanterns.

Just when will he come back?The letter didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)