The splendid years of a talented lady

Chapter 260

Why do those words seem to have a strong lingering feeling between the lines...

On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Su Xiazhi woke up very early.When it was still dark, I got up to wash up, and then headed into the kitchen.

There are not many people in the family, and Gao Yue will go back to eat the New Year's Eve dinner by himself, so Su Xiazhi still prepared eight hot dishes, six cold dishes and one soup with great effort.

Since I was a child, there have been firecrackers in the village one after another. Today, it is almost a time of continuous sounding.

The adults are naturally indifferent to the sudden sound of firecrackers and the smell of sulfur mixed with the aroma of stew in the air.But Min Qinglan's second daughter, who has been living in the east room, couldn't stand it!
The child is too young, usually he will go to bed when he is full and cannot play for a while. After sleeping for more than an hour, he will drink a bowl of goat milk and play for a while. He has been doing well since he was brought back to Min’s house from Xinghua Village, and he has grown stronger. , also has a small appearance.

But the occasional sound of firecrackers made the child unable to sleep well during the day. After a few days, the crying and fussy little girl would cry whenever she was placed on the kang, and she had to be hugged and rocked to sleep lightly for a while.

Min Qinglan had to get up at night to breastfeed her child, and during the day Lele was so irritable that she couldn't let go of her hand. Now she was so tired that she almost collapsed, walking back and forth on the floor of the house with the child in her arms, dozing off from sleepiness.

"Give me the baby, lie down and sleep for a while, and get up again when the New Year's Eve dinner is being cooked." The voice suddenly heard in the room woke up Min Qinglan, who was about to fall asleep while standing, and she staggered a bit, with her hands Her child has been transferred to Su Xiazhi's arms.

"Look, you're sleepy, take a break!" In fact, Su Xiazhi had already come in to take away Jiaojiao before this, and Min Qinglan was so tired that she didn't notice it.

"Okay, then I'll sleep for a while, and I'll help you cook when the New Year's Eve dinner is made." At this time, Min Qinglan lost all strength to be polite, and lay on the kang sideways, pulling the child's quilt over the bed. body, and fell asleep as soon as he tilted his head.

Su Xiazhi held the child in one hand, and pulled the quilt with the other to cover her up before leaving the house.

"Where's sister?" Min Lansheng, who was peeling walnuts for Jiaojiao when she saw the lady entering the room with the baby in her arms, asked.

"Sleeping. There are firecrackers going off outside these days. Lele is so scared that the child can't sleep during the day. Her mother is exhausted..." Looking down at the child in the bad, it seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping. With her mouth flattened as if she was about to cry, Su Xia who just sat down quickly took up her position again and gently shook her: "Sleep, sleep..."

"Oh! It's not a problem." Xiucai gave Jiaojiao a small piece of walnut in his hand, got up and stuffed the big one into the lady's mouth, patted the dregs on his hand, and took the baby: "Auntie can't be burdened, come on. Uncle should hold her."

The swaddling baby came from Su Xiazhi's arms to Min Lansheng's hands again, she thumped her slightly sore waist and said softly, "For the Chinese New Year, let's live together, we can't let everyone in a village not set off firecrackers, right? Fifteen years later, no one will release this again..."

"En." Min Lansheng nodded, but didn't say anything else.

"There are more people firing cannons at night. Let's get some cotton to plug Lele's ears. It may help." Su Xiazhi sat on a chair and said, looking up at the scholars walking around.

"Hey, I have it!" When she looked up and saw the thick beams, Su Xiazhi's heart moved, she got up and hurriedly walked out, and when she came back, she was holding a long bamboo basket and an old quilt in her hand.

"Auntie, what are you doing?" Jiaojiao beat a walnut in one hand, squatting beside Su Xiazhi and watching her work.

Three or two generals were torn out by the list, and two cloth ropes were loosely woven. Su Xiazhi handed it to Min Lansheng and said, "Tie it up to the beam of the house, and tie it firmly!"

The swaddling baby returned to Su Xiazhi's hands again. Min Lansheng looked at the cloth rope and the tatters on the ground, pulled a chair over and stood on it, and tied the cloth rope to the beam: "Madam, are you going to make a cradle?"

"Yeah, how about there are still a few days until the fifteenth day, and our family just hugs her like this, won't we all get down tired?" Su Xiazhi made a face at the little girl in his arms, and looked at her The eyebrows and eyes are also very beautiful.

The husband and wife were busy working together, the long bamboo baskets were hung on the beams of the house to become a cradle, Lelean slept peacefully in it, her little ears were blocked by Su Xiazhi with cotton, Jiaojiao stood beside the cradle happily Push it from time to time and have fun!
At this time, Min Lansheng was sitting next to the lady, peeling walnuts for her: "Eat another one, the old people say that eating this is good for children, and they are born smart."

"The last one! I've eaten five or six, and I don't want to eat tonight..." Su Xiazhi protested softly.

As night fell, the sound of firecrackers outside the yard intensified, and Min Qinglan sat up suddenly amidst a long series of crackling noises: "Why did I fall asleep? Lele? Where's Lele?"

After a moment of confusion, she gradually regained her consciousness. Min Qinglan lifted the quilt and got down to the ground, only to find that she had slept for a long time without even taking off her shoes.

It was pitch black outside the house, she went to the door and opened the door, and heard the sound of a spatula stir frying food in the brightly lit kitchen.

Jiaojiao was standing outside the kitchen holding an orange paper lantern and talking softly to Su Xiazhi inside: "Auntie, Jiaojiao will show you the way when you come out."

"Good boy! Go and call your mother to get up and eat." Su Xiazhi, who was busy in the kitchen, said.

"Mom!" Jiaojiao turned her head and saw her mother standing under the eaves of the east roof. She called out loudly, and ran towards her in a stumbling manner: "Look, the lantern my aunt bought for me has a painting on it. There are quite a few little dolls!"

It has snowed heavily for a day and now it has turned into fine snow, but it hasn't stopped yet, and Jiaojiao, who is wearing a cotton coat, runs very clumsily.

"Go slowly, don't run!" Amidst Min Qinglan's scolding voice, Jiaojiao slipped and fell on the snow, the lantern in her hand fell to the ground when it tilted, and a small flame was ignited in a short time. The origami lantern was missing, leaving only a puddle of water on the snow...

"Wow!" Seeing the rare and good things burned to ashes, Jiaojiao lay on the snow and could only cry.

(End of this chapter)