70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 413
"Didn't the family buy guns for you? Don't go out and pick them up, it's not safe!" Xie Xiaonian said disapprovingly.

"I'll put the ones at home later, let's put the picked ones first, let's go quickly, or they will all be picked up by others!" The Wei family said anxiously.

"Then you take the pancakes and apples and don't let them pick them up. After others have fired the cannons, you have to wait a while before going forward after there are no sparks. Do you understand?"

Li Suxin was already used to them going out to pick up cannons on New Year's Eve, but this year there were pancakes and apples, so she gave a few more instructions.

"Yeah, I know, let's go!" The Wei family nodded casually.

"Mom, can we go?"

Xie Xiaonian didn't let go, the two children still didn't dare to follow the Wei family and the others, so they asked for advice again.

"Okay, let's go, but pay attention to safety, Wei Guo, Wei Min, you two older ones have to watch them, don't let them run forward, understand?" Xie Xiaonian reminded.

"Well, don't worry, little aunt, I will definitely take a good look at them." Wei Guo nodded and said.

After a few boys went out with flashlights, the others also divided into several groups, and went out to pay New Year's greetings and play.

When it was almost dawn, Xie Xiaonian met Jianbing and the others in the village.

At this time, pancake's hands and face were all black, whether it was mud or the cannon fodder from picking up cannons, under the light of the flashlight, it looked like a little beggar.

"It's been playing for most of the night, and it's time to go to bed, are you sleepy?" Xie Xiaonian asked looking at the excited two people.

"I'm not sleepy, I still want to play." Pancake said happily.

"If you're not sleepy, you have to go home and sleep. If you don't sleep, your brother Weiguo and the others also need to rest!" Xie Xiaonian said with no refusal.

"Mom, I haven't played enough yet. Can I go back to sleep after playing enough? I'm not sleepy at all. I can play by myself without brother Weiguo taking me with me."

Now he is excited about picking up cannons and has a sense of accomplishment, so why would he want to go home.

Although there are firecrackers bought by his mother and aunt at home, he still thinks picking firecrackers is more fun.

If he was really asked to fire the cannon, he would not dare.

"The people in the village who are supposed to set off cannons are all done. Even if you stay outside, you won't be able to pick up cannons. You'd better go home and sleep. When you wake up, you can set off cannons with your brother Weiguo and the others." Xie Xiaonian Then coaxed.

"Panbing, let's go back, my brother is a little sleepy!" Heping helped persuade.

"That's right, pancake, we're going home to sleep too, let's play again when we wake up!" Wei Guo also said.

"Okay then." Pancake pouted and said dissatisfied.

But after the loss, Panbing happily showed off his spoils to Xie Xiaonian.

"Look, mom, I have a lot of cannons in my pocket." Panbing tore open the outer pocket of his cotton coat and showed it to Xie Xiaonian.

Heping also followed the pancakes at this time, excitedly opened his pocket, and let his mother see his harvest.

"Oh, there are so many, you two are really amazing." Xie Xiaonian praised exaggeratedly.

"Brother Wei Guo and Wei Min are the ones who are so good, they picked these up!" Panbing said directly without taking credit.

"Yes, mine was also given by my brothers." Heping also said.

Weiguoweimin and the others are all grown up, so they gave all the cannons they picked up to Panbing and Heping, so their pockets were full.

Otherwise, there are so many boys in the village picking up cannons, it's no wonder they can grab them with their small bodies.

"They are amazing, and you are also amazing. You didn't hold back and let them pick up so many!" Li Suxin continued with a smile.

"Yeah!" Pancake nodded happily when she heard the compliment.

It just so happened that everyone had finished their New Year's greetings, and after Xiao Nian went to the sister-in-law's house to pick up green onions, she took the child home to catch up on sleep.

Xu's father and Xu's mother were afraid that someone would come to pay New Year's greetings at home, so they slept at the sister-in-law's house.

Before Zhongjun came back, Xiao Nian gave the two children something to eat, drank a glass of milk, put them to sleep, and waited for Zhongjun in the main room.

"Auntie, I've brought Da Ya and Er Ya to give you New Year's greetings."

Not long after Xie Xiaonian sat down, Orchid's shouts came from the yard.

"Why are you here? Come in, come in!" Xie Xiaonian looked at the four big sisters in the yard and greeted with a smile.

"Happy New Year, Auntie, New Year greetings to you!" Several children hurriedly greeted Xiao Nian.

"Happy New Year, and Happy New Year to you too," Xie Xiaonian replied with a smile.

"Come, eat melon seeds and candies."

Xie Xiaonian led the person into the house, picked up the small plate on the kang table, and greeted the sisters.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Nian remembered the things about the Da Ya sisters planting food on the mountain, so she said to them: "I see that you are wearing pretty clothes now, and you have gained a lot of weight. Planting something on the mountain, if the brigade catches this, it will be considered a theft of state property, which is a felony."

"Little aunt, don't worry, we stopped planting a long time ago. When we separated, we didn't have enough to eat, so we tried to open up wasteland and farm land on the mountain. Later, we learned a lot of herbal medicine from orchids. After I can collect medicine and sell it for money, plus the work points earned by my parents and me and Erya, it is enough to support the whole family, so I stopped farming on the mountain." Da Ya replied.

"That's good." The sisters are also pitiful, Xie Xiaonian really doesn't want anything to happen to them.

"My family was able to recover so quickly, thanks to you and Lanhua, otherwise it would be difficult for us to have enough food, let alone send Sanya and Siya to school." Da Ya said gratefully.

"Your life is easier because of your hard work. Don't talk about thanking you all day long, or I will be embarrassed."

Da Ya's family thanked Xiao Nian every time they saw Xiao Nian, making Xiao Nian feel ashamed, after all, although she acquiesced to Lan Hua's approach, she didn't reach out to help.

"That's right, I told her a long time ago, but she never listened." Lan Hua also echoed.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about it in the future, okay!" Da Ya said with a smile, holding Lan Hua's arm.

But even if she doesn't say it, she will remember this kindness in her heart. If it weren't for the income from selling herbs, Sanya and Siya would definitely not be able to read and write.

Da Ya now puts all her hopes on her two younger sisters. Even if she can't go to college now, she still hopes that the two younger sisters will study more, so that they can marry a good family in the future and don't have to follow her mother's old path.

And she insisted on letting her two younger sisters study in order to make up for her regret of not being able to go to school.

They chatted for a while, and when the Zhongjun came back, the Da Ya sisters left with Lan Hua.

After Xiao Nian's family woke up, they ate some pancakes and peace, and happily took the cannons they picked up and the firecrackers they bought at home, and went to play with Weiguo and the others.

Xie Xiaonian was also with her sister-in-law, chatting with everyone in the village, and took the opportunity to watch Panbing and the others, after all, shooting cannons was still dangerous.

Fortunately, the two children were still young, so they only dared to stand with their ears covered and watch Weiguo and the others fire the cannon.

When someone in the village gave pancakes and New Year's money for peace, Xie Xiaonian would return the same to their children later, not taking advantage of other families.

Although everyone gave small change ranging from a few cents to one yuan, they couldn't stand the crowd. In the middle of the afternoon, the two children each collected more than ten yuan.

Of course, as usual, Xie Xiaonian will collect the money for the two children first.

"Mom, I will go with you when I visit relatives, so that I can have lucky money. I heard from brother Wei that every time he visits relatives, he can get a lot of lucky money."

On the way home, Panbing said to Xie Xiaonian.

"Okay, tomorrow I happen to be going to visit relatives at your uncle's and grandma's house, and I will bring you with me when the time comes, and you will definitely receive a lot of lucky money."

Xie Xiaonian said with a smile, thinking that his uncle's family were very generous.

"Really? Great, then I must go tomorrow, mom, you have to wake me up early tomorrow." Pancake said happily.

Although Heping didn't answer, his eyes were shining brightly, obviously he was very interested in collecting lucky money.

There is only one bicycle at home. During the Chinese New Year, the brigade also prohibits borrowing ox carts to visit relatives, so the family walked to my uncle's house on the second day of the second day.

I stopped and stopped along the way, and didn't reach my uncle's house until after 10 o'clock.

After saying hello, the eldest concubine immediately blamed Xie Xiaonian: "When you came last time, why didn't you say you were pregnant? If Zhongjun hadn't told me later, I still don't know."

"When I saw you, I forgot about it as soon as I was happy." Xie Xiaonian said embarrassedly.

"You child, you really have a big heart. You can forget to tell me such things. Fortunately, the family didn't make a rabbit that day, or you would regret it." Sun Feng nodded Xiao Nian's forehead, pampering and blaming Said.

"Hey, it's said that I was pregnant for three years and I had another one before I got over it. My brain can't react! Don't blame me, sister-in-law. It's so cold, let's go into the house." Xie Xiaonian changed the subject.

"Okay, come in quickly, we can't freeze the children anymore." Sun Feng said hastily.

A large part of the reason why Pancake and Heping are so active in visiting relatives at Dajinzi's house is to collect lucky money.

Until Sun Feng was about to start cooking, Jianbing became a little anxious when he saw that no one had given him the New Year's money.

"Uncle grandma, granduncle grandpa, grandma second uncle, grandpa second uncle, happy new year, Gong Xi Fa Cai!" Pancake said to several elders again.

"Okay, you're also good, go play with your brothers and sisters." Sun Feng replied with a smile.

Those visiting relatives on their side usually give their children lucky money before eating, so Sun Feng and the others really don't know the purpose of pancakes and saying happy new year to them.

"Uncle and grandma, I have already paid New Year's greetings to you, why don't you give me lucky money? Mom said that I can receive lucky money here." Pancake asked innocently.

(End of this chapter)