After drying the clothes, I came to my parents' house to visit, and I happened to meet Bao Suyun.
"Qing'er, come and try the black rice and osmanthus cake made by your fifth aunt. It tastes really good."
Mrs. Sun took out a plate with black rice cakes cut into small pieces the size of jelly. They looked a little rough on the outside, but very tempting.
Yang Ruoqing directly put a piece into her mouth and started eating, then gave a thumbs up to Bao Suyun.
"Well, it's not bad, it's slightly sweet, and it's a very good dessert after a meal." She said.
Bao Suyun squinted his eyes and smiled, "If you like to eat it, I will ask your fifth uncle to bring more black rice when he comes back next time. This time I brought less black rice, so I ground half a catty of rice flour, otherwise I would have to make more." "
Yang Ruoqing wiped the corners of her mouth and asked Bao Suyun what she had asked Cao Bamei before.
Bao Suyun said with a smile: "I saw Huahua going dancing a few days ago, so I asked my family Mianmian."
"I said if you also want to dance, Mom will sign up for you."
"What did Mianmian say?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Bao Suyun smiled and shook his head and said: "Mianmian is a quiet girl. When we were in the county, your fifth uncle thought about sending her to learn how to play the piano, but this girl was too lazy to go."
"She likes to do needlework with me in her spare time. She is going to school now because she doesn't want to get married in the future."
"When the time comes, I won't be able to read account books, nor write family letters, and will be led by others in everything. Only then will I be able to study and learn to be sensible. She won't go dancing."
After hearing what Bao Suyun said, Yang Ruoqing was not surprised.
Mianmian, the little cousin, has been like this since she was a child.
As the name suggests, she is gentle, gentle, quiet and delicate.
"Is Mianmian also ten years old this year?" Sun asked suddenly.
Bao Suyun said: "Yes, the third girl is Xiangxiang, the fourth girl is Mianmian, and the eldest granddaughter is Xiuxiu. These three girls are all about the same age, and they are only one year apart at most."
Ms. Sun sighed: "The children in the family have all grown up. In a few years, it will be their turn to talk about their husband's family. How come life flies by so fast!"
Yang Ruoqing also had a look of emotion on her face.
Yes, I still remember that not long after I crossed over, my fourth aunt got pregnant, and she was pregnant with my third girl, Xiangxiang.
Later, she had a fight with her uncle Yang Huaan and she was born prematurely. The third girl was so skinny that she was too hungry to cry during confinement.
As for Mianmian, Yang Ruoqing was even more impressed.
When Mianmian was born, her fifth aunt's only brother died unexpectedly.
The fifth aunt was so sad that her milk had returned, and Mianmian was so hungry that she had only one breath left, and could not drink rice soup or noodle soup.
Uncle Wu held the child in his arms, and the man was so anxious that he burst into tears.
It was Tang Yazi who went to the mountains to catch a female goat that had just lost its lamb. She took it directly to her fifth uncle. Mian Mian grew up drinking goat's milk.
No matter Xiangxiang or Mianmian, these two girls have inherited the excellent genes of the old Yang family and have been beautiful since they were young.
It's normal for Mianmian to be pretty, because both her fifth uncle and aunt are pretty, and Mianmian is a beauty no matter who she looks like.
But Xiangxiang's appearance is very lucky.
Why do you say that?
Because He'er and Ju'er were both not good-looking, Ju'er completely inherited the appearance of her fourth aunt Liu, and was not good-looking at all.
Juer, on the other hand, is the middle number between the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt, and has an ordinary appearance.
But the third girl Xiangxiang completely inherited the genes of the fourth uncle, and she also improved and evolved on the basis of the fourth uncle.
Therefore, Xiangxiang is almost the signature of Sifang.
It's no wonder that Xiaojuan would rather spend Goudan's money to support Xiangxiang to learn dance. If Xiangxiang was born in a noble family, she would be the most beautiful girl at her fingertips.
"By the way, Qing'er, you are just talking about us. Where is your baby? Is she going to school?" Bao Suyun also asked.
Before Yang Ruoqing could answer, Sun was the first to laugh.
"That girl of mine is probably not willing to go. If you let her practice martial arts, she will probably run faster than anyone else," said Sun.
Yang Ruoqing also smiled and said: "Grandma still knows my granddaughter. I asked her about it, and she shook her head like something."
…
Just like that, the dance was settled.
Xiuxiu will go there at the end of the month. Currently, Huahua and Xiangxiang are going.
I go back every three days and practice for half a day every time I go back.
Sometimes I go in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon.
If you go in the morning, you should go with Yang Huaming and take them along the way. After practicing dancing in the morning, go to the Tianxiang Tower in the town for dinner at noon, and then take them back with you when Yang Huaming returns to the village in the afternoon.
If he goes in the afternoon, Zhou Sheng will take the time to send him to the town, and then come back with Yang Huaming in the afternoon.
The biological father and stepfather worked very well together to see each other off, and the two children were very happy learning to dance at Feiyanfang.
Soon at the end of the month, Xiuxiu from Cao Bamei's family also joined the team.
Many little girls of the same age in the village were envious of her. They ran home and argued with the adults at home that they wanted to learn to dance.
When they heard that Shu Xiu was asking for twenty taels of silver for half a year, the parents immediately backed down.
"Twenty taels of silver? With those two taels of silver, I can buy you a dowry, but if you go to study for all that hard work, you won't be able to make a living!"
This is how parents usually scold their children.
But the children didn't listen: "Huahua, Xiangxiang, Xiuxiu and the others dance beautifully, I want it too..."
"You don't even look at other people's parents. They have the ability and can just pay a few taels of silver." The parents said angrily.
"Your parents are incompetent, so just accept your fate. Your parents have to go out to work in the fields. You can take care of your brothers and sisters at home. Remember to cook at noon and feed the pigs and chickens, otherwise I will skin you..."
My parents went to the fields with hoes and straw hats on their backs. Far out of the yard, they could hear the cries of their children in the yard behind them.
The father frowned and quickened his pace, while the mother could only sigh silently.
He scolds his children for dowry and so on, and says that learning to dance is useless and so on.
To put it bluntly, this is still the incompetence of parents!
If you have the ability, even if you are a lazy child, as long as the child learns happily, go ahead. It's just a matter of paying two taels of silver, and you don't expect to achieve anything famous.
When it comes time to truly consider whether everything is worth doing, to put it bluntly, we are still poor.
Poverty limits imagination, poverty limits purchasing power, and poverty limits everything, including doting on children!
After all, the mother couldn't bear it, so she trotted up to catch up and tugged at the sleeves of the child's father's clothes.
He lowered his voice and said, "Dad, the baby is crying so hard. If I can't help it, I'll borrow some money from my relatives and give it to her so she can see the world?"
The child's father glared at the child's mother angrily: "You are just a woman, why are you borrowing money from others for things that you can't eat or drink? You're not allowed to go!"
The child's mother weakly retracted her hand and lowered her head.
The child's father walked a few steps and said to himself: "Let's see what the harvest is like this season. If it's not bad, I'll sell some first, and then I can make do with the eggs and other selling points at home. It’s about two taels of silver, I’ll see when the time comes…”
