Splendid Pastoral: The Strong and Hot Wife

Chapter 30
The family happily finished the New Year's Eve dinner. Xu Xiaomi helped her mother wash the pots and dishes, and boiled a large pot of water.

She wants to take a bath. She has been here for almost ten days, right?She sweats every day, and she would have been unable to bear it in modern times.

So, she has to wash today, and by the way, she also washes her younger siblings so that they are clean for the New Year.

Because Xu Xiaomi had to keep watch for the new year, he had already prepared a lot of firewood and put it in front of the stove.While she was boiling the water, she took a broken earthen pot and filled it with a lit fire and put it in the living room for her father and younger siblings to bake.

At this time, the mother came out with the unfinished shoes, sitting by the brazier, busy with needlework and threading.

"Mother, who are these new shoes made for?" San Niu asked while touching the pink floral shoes.

"This! It's for San Niu! Does it look good?" Mother replied with a thimble buttock.

"It's for me! Looks good! Mom, from now on, just call me Xiaoting! Don't call me Sanniu anymore!" The little guy said to his mother seriously.

"Yo! That's right! Well, from now on, I'll be called Xiaoting! Xu Xiaoting, hehe!" The mother put down her shoes and touched her daughter's dry hair with apologetic reply.

Back then, the two of them were uneducated, and Xu Daqiang had given their son's name, and Sanniu had been called Sanniu just because she was born a girl.

Who knew that it would last for so many years, if the eldest daughter hadn't come back, the son and the younger daughter would not even have a proper name in this life, it's really sad for them to be parents!
"Hey! Mother, my sister's name I changed is really nice!" She said happily, embracing her mother's arm.

Xu Xiaomi heard the conversation between the mother and daughter in the kitchen, and suddenly remembered that she was busy making coats this afternoon and hadn't made underwear yet!
So, she turned her head and said, "Xiao Ting, come on! Come to my sister, and watch the fire. My sister hasn't made underwear for you this afternoon! I have to hurry to make it."

Xu Xiaomi left as soon as he said that, Xu Erqiang hurriedly got up and took his little daughter to the stove.

Er Niu is now Xu Hao sitting on the stool in a daze!Pulled away by Xu Xiaomi: "What are you thinking? Go, go and help my sister get the oil lamp."

"Sister, my name sounds nice too, doesn't it?" Xu Hao asked while looking at his sister who was picking up cloth while lighting a lamp for Xu Xiaomi.

"Mmm! That's right! A person needs to have a nice and loud name to be able to do something. My sister is optimistic about you!" Xu Xiaomi said while fiddling with the cloth in her hand.

"Well! No wonder Xu Bao always bullies me, and even jokes about my name, saying that a cow has to work. It is said that I am worthless when I grow up, and I can only be a cow and a horse for others. Don't worry, sister, I It won't be like what Xu Bao said, I can only be used as a cow for others in the future, and I won't let you down."

Xu Xiaomi stopped and looked seriously at the determination and confidence of his younger brother's little face under the dim oil lamp, nodded and said, "Okay, sister believes in you!" After speaking, he continued with the work in hand.

When the father and mother heard what the siblings said, they just looked at each other.At that time, Xu Daqiang named his son "Bao" and named their son "Niu" because he wanted their children to be cattle and horses for them all their lives?If so, it would be too hurtful.However, now that Xu Daqiang even colluded with bandits to rob his younger brother's house, he could do such a thing, what else could he not do?

Xu Xiaomi was not in the mood to think about these boring things. She took the small piece of cloth left over from making the quilt cover to the table and cut it with scissors.She cut shirts for herself, her sister, and her mother.

The shoes on the mother's hand were also ready, and she asked her mother to help the younger siblings take a bath first.

She continued to cut two sets of blouses, one big and one small, for her father and younger brother using the cloth that had been used as a coat.

When the cut is finished, I sew it with a needle and thread, and when my mother bathes her younger siblings, she has already made a set.

She took out four packets of copper plates wrapped in red paper prepared in advance and said to her parents: "Father, mother, this is our family's New Year's money. The big one is for parents, and the small one is for younger brothers and sisters. "

Xu Erqiang couldn't help shaking while holding the red envelope, touching it again and again.This is the wish of how many years!

Every thirty nights, he always thinks that one day he can also give lucky money to the children.

Today, I finally got my wish, and mist slowly formed in my eyes.He turned around and wiped it, and distributed the red envelopes to his wife and children.

The younger sister took the red envelope and asked, "Sister, what is this?"

She stopped what she was doing and thought to herself: Does this child even know the New Year's money when he is so old?But thinking about it, a grandma like Wang would not be willing to give these two children lucky money.

So he smiled and said to his sister, "This is the New Year's money that Dad gave you! Take it and put it under the pillow, and next year you will grow taller and more beautiful!"

Hearing what my sister said, both Xu Hao and Xu Xiaoting ran to release the red envelopes.

Mother took a look at the clothes she had sewn on the table. The clothes were simpler and more economical than the ones she had made before.

If there is nothing that protrudes, just three pieces of cloth are staggered and stitched together at the collar, folded at the side, and the sleeves are also stitched together with one piece of cloth, which is relatively wide.The clothes are tight, not the kind of belts they wear.

In fact, where can I find any buttons here?It was wrapped in rags and rags, anyway, as long as it was fastened securely.

At this time, I heard the sound of firecrackers crackling in the village outside.It was midnight, and their family didn't buy firecrackers, because Xu Erqiang said it was too wasteful.

Listening to the sound of firecrackers, Xu Xiaomi just stretched her waist, went to take a shower, her wet hair was loose, and then resumed her work.

She inadvertently looked at her younger brother and sister who had fallen asleep on the table.I thought that a child is a child.

Then he smiled and asked his father to put his younger siblings on the bed and go to sleep.It's almost dawn when five sets of clothes are ready.

Xu Xiaomi stretched out her hand to pinch her sore neck, and was busy making breakfast.On the morning of the first day of the new year, they should actually eat dumplings, but their family didn't buy pork except wolf meat.She has never heard of wolf meat dumplings, so she dare not make wolf meat dumplings.

So, she kneaded the noodles, chopped wolf meat and wild onions into bun fillings, and made round meat buns. It's a pity that the noodles were not fermented, otherwise they would be delicious.

After the steamed buns were finished, Xu Xiaomi asked her mother to wake up her younger siblings for dinner.

This morning, each person gets a bowl of white rice porridge, plus a large plate of hard-skinned buns.

When Xu Xiaomi put the steamed buns and porridge on the table, the younger siblings, parents, and mother all came, and the whole family sat at the table.

The younger brother reached out and took a bun and asked, "Sister, what is this?"

"This is a steamed stuffed bun! Can you eat it and see if it tastes good?" Xu Xiaomi was reaching out for his younger sister when he heard his younger brother ask and answer.

"Hmm! It's okay! It's better than cakes! Sister, when I grow up, I want to eat steamed buns every day!" Xu Hao said vaguely in his mouth after a bite.

"It's delicious, take your time, don't choke! Eat some porridge!" Xu Xiaomi said to his younger brother while sipping.

Zhou Yuqing and Xu Erqiang watched the children eat, but they didn't move their chopsticks.Xu Xiaomi looked at it and urged:
"Father, mother, hurry up and eat too! After eating and going to sleep, go to celebrate the New Year with grandpa in the afternoon!"

At this time, they picked up the chopsticks in front of them and ate the buns.
The whole family ate breakfast happily and went to bed.

Many years later, Xu Xiaomi asked her parents why they just watched and refused to eat the hard-skinned buns.They just told her because they used to have white rice porridge and meat buns on New Year's Day!

(End of this chapter)