Pastoral elegance: the shocking little peasant girl

Chapter 15 Are there any gods (2)

"Well, sister, I believe you." Qian Xiaodou nodded, and finally got up cooperatively, rubbed his knees that hurt from kneeling, and walked forward with patience.

Tian stared blankly at the two little figures, and the voice of "Pedantry... Immortal..." kept echoing in his head. For a while, he felt that the official Chinese seemed to be much more pleasant, at least, it was better than the local dialect of the village. Nice to hear.

No, it's the official Chinese that sounds so nice.

But where did the two children learn Mandarin?Fairy?Are there any fairies?
Tian didn't know, but after thinking about it carefully, it would make sense for there to be demons, ghosts, and gods.

Thinking like this, Tian came to the ashes involuntarily, turned it over gently, and picked out another golden cicada from the ashes, she slowly peeled off the outer skin, and put the white and tender meat into her mouth.

It's really delicious, like egg white, and like chicken thigh...

After eating this one, Tian picked another one silently, peeled off the shell, and muttered to himself: "Perhaps... this insect is really not poisonous..."

"Mum, I want it too." Qian Mai looked at it eagerly, her mother had already eaten one, could this one be eaten for herself?Didn't mother say it was poisonous?Will you die?My sister and brother have eaten, and they are still alive, so it is better to be my sister...

Tian glanced at her little daughter, and put the peeled tortoise near Mai Mai's mouth: "Chew it carefully before swallowing, don't choke."

Here, the mother and daughter are eating happily; over there, the two sisters are cooling off in a stream that is about a shoe wide; not far away, Aunt Wang's call came: "Sister-in-law Tian...Sister-in-law Tian..."

"Hey...it's here..." Tian replied, picked out the sister in the ashes, and pulled Qian Mai to meet her.

"Sister-in-law, it's so hot and stuffy today, why don't you take your child to my house, it's better than that thatched cottage for shade, and come back to do other work after the temperature cools down."

Wang Xiaojun was panting a little while running, if his child hadn't fallen asleep right now, he really wouldn't be able to come out to bask in the sun.

"Sister-in-law, sister, I don't want to see you either, but you have nothing else besides donkey beans on an acre of land, and you can't throw them away even if there is no one."

As Wang Xiaojun said, he took her hand and persuaded, "Sister-in-law, when everyone has a problem, if you really have something to worry about, why don't you take it to my room first. In a few days, we will find someone to help you in the field." It’s better to build a new house in the future, far away from the tomb, than to live in that thatched house.”

"Then how can it be done, the child's father has just passed the twenty-seventh (fourteen days after his death), so it's not good to come to your house." Tian sighed, shook his head, sobbed, unable to conceal the sadness and desolation in his heart.

After all, keeping filial piety is the filial piety that children must abide by. If they visit the house at home, it will tarnish the child's reputation, and people will poke their spines and say that they are uneducated, and the future will be ruined.

During the period of filial piety, no marriage, no travel, no chicken hatching, no other entertainment and festive activities within a year; no New Year greetings to other people's homes, no red matchmaking, no presiding over other people's celebrations.

"Sister-in-law, oh...it's very boring today, maybe it will rain later, if it doesn't work, don't worry about that." Wang Xiaojun wanted to persuade her, but after thinking about it, let's forget it.

"Is the child asleep? My sister should go back earlier." Mrs. Tian nodded heavily, "The two children are over there, I'll go and have a look."
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(End of this chapter)