Wanghai County, Changping Village.
Xiaohua brought Jun'er over and put her with Niu Niu.
Jun'er is nearly two months old, while Niu Niu is already five or six months old.
Niu Niu is the elder brother and Jun'er is the younger brother. When the two little guys were put together, Niu Niu looked at Jun'er curiously. His little mouth was still spitting bubbles of saliva, just like a little goldfish. No. After a while, the new bib he put on became damp, so He Lianer kept changing it into a clean one.
"Have you noticed? These two children look really alike. Their eyebrows, eyes, and noses are so similar!"
Xiaoduo, the aunt, had been carefully observing her two nephews and came to this conclusion.
Yang Ruoqing smiled: "They are cousins, so it's not surprising that they look alike!"
Yang Ruoqing said this, but she didn't completely agree in her heart. Niu Niu's facial features resembled those of He Lian'er. Although his name was Niu Niu, he was actually a delicate little boy.
Jun'er, on the other hand, is different from Feng'er. Feng'er looks more like a little flower.
But Jun'er is the replica of Da'an, so Jun'er is also delicate and handsome.
So when two equally handsome and delicate little boys were put together, Xiaoduo felt that they looked alike.
In fact, this is a coincidence, not very similar. Perhaps, it’s this kind of delicate temperament!
Feng'er and Fuwa also came over, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan also came over, Jiaojiao and Rourou also came over. When several children got together, the three rooms became lively.
As for Dazhi and Chen'er, these two can no longer be considered a team of children, they are both grown men.
And Baby Luo is also a big girl.
They are really like leeks, growing one after another. It’s really gratifying to see the population flourishing.
Behind this lively and festive scene, although Old Yangtou also had a happy smile on his face, he lamented that the younger generation under his feet were flourishing.
But when the old man turned around, his droopy eyelids still covered the loneliness and loneliness that flashed across his eyes.
Because he thought again of his eldest grandson Yang Yongxian who had just been buried.
If those bad things hadn't happened back then, Yongxian would have been the father of three sons...
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After the sixth day of the lunar month, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, Niu Niu, Jun'er, and two children went to Sun's house to pay New Year greetings.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, two children came to Luo's house to pay New Year's greetings.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, I went to Xiang's house to pay New Year's greetings.
The three families greeted each other with thousands of fireworks and rich dishes. Before leaving, they prepared two sets of clothes, shoes, socks and hats for the two children, as well as money for the meeting.
After a lap, the time quickly reached the eleventh day of the first lunar month.
Judging from the days when Yang Yongxian was saved last time, tonight is Yang Yongxian’s first seven.
The first seven offerings and the like were placed in the room where Yang Yongxian lived in the old house.
In the afternoon, Hong'er and Niuniu played with Feng'er, Fuwa and others in the yard of Yang Huazhong's house. The little girls got together to play shuttlecock and rope flipping games, while Hong'er and Feng'er were in the backyard. Looking for books to read in his study, Da'an went over and gave Hong'er some pointers on some academic matters.
After a while, Tuan Tuan Yuan ran to play in the yard of Ga Gong Ga’s mother-in-law’s house next door, because there were many children here.
Yang Ruoqing naturally followed the children when she had nothing to do.
By the way, I helped to hug my two little nephews, Niu Niu and Jun'er.
When the sun is about to set, every household is preparing to cook dinner.
The third sister-in-law, Zhao Liuer, came to the third room to look for Hong'er and Niuniu to go home for dinner.
Seeing Jun'er and Niu Niu held by Yang Ruoqing, He Lian'er and the others, Zhao Liu'er stepped forward to tease them.
And asked He Lian'er: "Lian'er, will you have to stay longer when you come back this time?"
He Lian'er smiled and said, "After the Lantern Festival, let Niu Niu's father return to Qing'an County first. We, mother and son, will stay here until the Qingming Festival!"
Zhao Liu'er nodded: "That's good. My uncle and aunt are talking about you every day. You might as well stay with them for a while."
He Lian'er smiled and nodded.
Yang Ruoqing glanced at the sky outside and asked Zhao Liu'er, "Sister-in-law, you're so early this morning. Isn't it too early for you to have dinner this night?"
Zhao Liuer winked at Yang Ruoqing and said, "Eat early, close the door early and go to bed, you know."
Yang Ruoqing understood instantly.
In the main room in the front yard of Lao Yang's old house, the long main room now houses four people in the third bedroom.
Zhao Liuer and Yang Yongjin lived in the same house, Honger lived in the same house, and Da Niuniu lived in the same house.
"Tonight Hong'er said that he would sleep with Tiedan in the backyard. Your third brother and we will set up a shop and invite Da Niuniu to sleep with us in our house." Zhao Liu'er added.
Yang Ruoqing nodded repeatedly, fully understanding this.
There are some things in this world that are a bit mysterious. Regardless of whether they really exist or not, the rules and customs of the older generation should be respected. It is a matter of convenience.
On a night like this, it would be bad if something happened if a little girl like Da Niuniu was left sleeping alone in a room.
"Is the room over there all decorated?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.
Zhao Liu'er nodded: "In the morning, your master called your second brother. Third brother and the others went over and arranged it. They spread the incense ash on the ground. I don't know what it is for."
Spread incense ash on the ground?
Yang Ruoqing didn't know what the intention was.
However, there is someone who understands, and that is He Lian'er.
He Lian'er frowned and sighed: "I know what it is used for. When my brother passed away, my parents also spread incense ash in the house during the first seven days, extending from the main room door to where the offerings were placed. There was incense ashes all the way to the table."
Seeing Zhao Liu'er and Yang Ruoqing both looking at him, He Lian'er continued: "According to the older generation, they are used to leave footprints so that they can judge what they will do in the next life."
Yang Ruoqing and Zhao Liuer looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.
Zhao Liu'er couldn't help but ask He Lian'er, "Lian'er, did your brother leave any footprints?"
He Lian'er shook her head gently: "I don't know. My parents got up to watch it the next day, but I didn't go to see it. Later, I asked them, but they didn't mention it, so I couldn't ask again to avoid making them sad. "
Zhao Liu'er nodded and asked no more questions, so as not to touch He Lian'er's sadness.
She got up and started looking for Hong'er and Da Niuniu to go home.
Yang Ruoqing also picked up Jun'er and followed them to the yard to find them. She skipped the topic and didn't talk about it anymore to save Lian'er from feeling depressed.
The old house of Lao Yang's family.
Old Yangtou held a dry tobacco pole in his hand and stood at the door of Yang Yongxian's house, looking around the room with his head.
At this time, most of the furniture in the house had been dismantled and burned. Only a desk that Yang Yongxian had used since childhood was left here for the purpose of placing offerings tonight.
After tonight is over, this table will also be disposed of tomorrow.
Apart from that, there was almost nothing else in the house except for a window.
There are offerings and incense placed on the desk in the middle of the room, and a path made of incense ash is paved on the ground.
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