Yuanyang Farming Story

Chapter 71
There is very little snow in winter in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is equally cold, and this coldness is down to the bone.Although she has lived here for several years, Yuqi is still a little uncomfortable.Sitting in the room with a cup of tea in hand, looking at Susu playing with her little brother outside, she couldn't help but feel dazed, that's how my elder sister played with her back then...

On August and fifteenth, people are reunited. On this day, the children and grandchildren of the Qi family have to go home for the festival.This day is the busiest time except for the New Year and Qingming sacrifices.Yuqi was not called Yuqi at that time, but I vaguely remember that my elder sister often called him Ziqing at that time.

"Ziqing, come and take a look at the rabbit lamp brought back by the second uncle." A sister stood under the eaves, smiling like a flower, holding a lifelike rabbit lamp in her hand.There is a Lantern Festival on August [-]th, which will be held from August [-]th to August [-]th, but they have never been taken out of the house to watch the lanterns in previous years.

"Sister, show Ziqing quickly!" Ziqing stretched out his hand to grab her, but Sister smiled and stepped aside.

"No, no, Ziqing comes after me, and I'll give you the lamp when I catch up." Sister held up the lamp and played with Ziqing in circles.Ajie is two years older than Ziqing, but she is of average height.My mother had said since she was a child that Ziqing would take care of her elder sister in the future, so Ziqing always regarded herself as a protector.So it was obvious that she could catch up with Sister in three or two steps, but Ziqing was always one or two steps behind.

When playing with sister, Ziqing subconsciously looked for his mother.Turning his head slightly, he saw his mother was sitting by the window, sewing a sky-blue dress in her hand.Looking at the color, Ziqing knew it was for Daddy again.Ziqing rolled her eyes, decided to go to the garden later, pretended to accidentally fall, and then damaged the clothes on her body, so that her mother would make clothes for herself.

The mother looked up at the sky, put down the clothes in her hands, smiled and watched the siblings playing, and when they were tired from playing, she called out, "Awan, bring your brother to have some snacks."

Hearing mother's call, both Ziqing and Awan ran towards her.Ziqing seized the opportunity and jumped into her mother's arms: "Mother, mother, yesterday you promised to make rice cakes for me to eat. Will you do it this time?" As he spoke, he looked up to find rice cakes .A Wan came a bit late, so she could only lean on her mother's side: "Mother, don't give the little fat pig snacks, he will get fatter if you eat any more." Ziqing was so angry that she didn't talk to her.He snatched the rabbit lamp from A Wan's hand and ran away.At this time, all the servants in the house came over, smiling and fetching water for the two siblings to wash their faces.

"Mother, can we go to the Lantern Festival on the [-]th of this year?" Ziqing blinked her big black eyes with great yearning.

Awan also wanted to go: "Mother, I am eight years old, take me there this year! My brother is still young, so stay at home!"

"Mother, take me, don't take my sister!"

"Mother, I'm older, take me there!" The younger sister and brother cleaned up and took Mother's side, competing to tell their wishes.

The two were arguing, and Dad came in from outside the house.Seeing his father coming, Ziqing didn't dare to say anything more.Daddy has been strict with Ziqing since he was a child. He usually only speaks well when he reads well.A-wan was not afraid at all, when she saw her father asking about it, she told her.

"Daddy, my brother and I are older than usual, let's go and see the [-]th Lantern Festival this year!" While talking, he twisted his father's hand.There is a saying that if you don't agree, I will always be monkeying with you.

Dad smiled, and turned to look at Mother: "Did these two monkeys bother you?" Mother smiled and said nothing, just put out all the pastries that Ziqing and Awan liked to eat. "Ziqing, have you finished memorizing the Three Character Classic? Awan, have you finished your female celebrity? If you finish all of them, then daddy will take you out to watch the lantern at night. If you haven't finished, then don't blame daddy for being ungrateful." .”

The two siblings, who were still thinking about how to go to watch the lanterns, jumped up and shouted: I'll go right away!I'm going!
Ziqing's Three Character Classic has been studied for a long time, but he has not been able to recite it.Just to be able to watch the lanterns this time, I must redouble my efforts.The female red master also did half of the homework for A Wan, and only asked A Wan to make a complete purse.

The next day, when the two siblings met again, they couldn't help but smile at each other, each with dark circles under their eyes. "Ziqing, when did you read until night?" "Sister, when did you go to bed?" After laughing, the siblings went to see their father together.Awan handed her father a purse embroidered with three or two pieces of bamboo.

"Father, you said that this bamboo is the most noble. Do you think my daughter embroiders well?" A Wan's voice was full of pride, and A Wan showed this purse to the female red master first, and the master also said yes. ok.I just don't know how the younger brother's book is doing.

On the other end, Ziqing also stood obediently in front of his father, reciting the three-character scriptures with a little stuttering: "At the beginning of a person, one's nature is good, the nature is similar, and the habits are far away..." Maybe it was nervous at the beginning, but the more you go The smoother the memorization, it took a long time, Ziqing finally finished memorizing the three-character scriptures, and then stared at Daddy with blinking eyes, Daddy, I have memorized them all, when will you take me? To see the lights?

Although Dad still had a straight face, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes: "Since you have all finished your homework, let's take you to watch the lanterns tonight!" Hearing this news, Ziqing and Awan jumped up. "I'm going to see the lights! I'm going to see the lights!" For most of the next half day, Ziqing and A Wan were always excited.Going to see the lights...

It's just that God destined them not to watch lanterns with their parents for the rest of their lives.Not long after noon, the officials who came to Beijing brought His Majesty's will. The adult men in the family were all exiled, and the family members and underage children were all official slaves...

Yuqi doesn't want to think about the old days anymore, official slaves, official slaves, they can't get rid of the word slave for a lifetime.Children and grandchildren are slaves!I still remember that at that time, I didn’t understand why my parents and sister disappeared all of a sudden, and I also didn’t understand that I used to eat pastries and fruits, but now I can’t even see them...

After a few more years, someone picked him up and told him that he was a benefactor who was greatly favored by his father. Now that he could not save his benefactor, but he could comfort his conscience by being able to rescue the little master...

After that, what kind of jade chess is it after that, I have forgotten, forgotten, forgotten...

Sometimes when Yuqi wants to go there, he thinks it is a dream, but sometimes he thinks it is a play, just like in the play, raising a whip means driving the horse forward, and taking a boat paddle means moving forward. Going down the river, it will be a hundred years in a blink of an eye...

(End of this chapter)