Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by. Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the annual New Year is here again.
Niu Caohua is fifteen years old this year. She has grown into a big girl, with bright eyes and white teeth, full of youth. She is wearing a brand new clothes and lifts up Niu Xiaodi who is still sleeping in.
"Get up quickly, everyone is here to pay New Year's greetings, and you are still sleeping in. Are you ashamed?"
"Oh, sister, just let me sleep for a while. I slept late studying last night." Niu Xiaodi closed her eyes and started acting coquettishly. At first glance, she looked like a child who had been carefully cared for.
"This is not a reason for you to stay in bed. I reminded you yesterday to get some rest early. If you don't listen, get up quickly!" Niu Caohua didn't hesitate. Seeing that he was still shrinking back into the quilt, she lifted it up. The quilt revealed a boy wearing single clothes underneath, and a little fox with sleepy eyes and a white body.
"My quilt! Sister, please get out quickly. I'll be there when I get up." Without the quilt, Niu Xiaodi huddled at the foot of the bed, angry and ashamed, with a face as red as a monkey's butt.
Why is Ajie still like this? How old are you, why are you still lifting the quilt?
Boys also need privacy!
"What are you covering up? I haven't seen you since you were a kid. If you don't get up, I'll call you."
"I'm up, sister, please get out quickly!" Niu Xiaodi grabbed the quilt and made a driving gesture with his hands. How could he get dressed if he didn't go out?
Seeing that her brother was indeed ready to get up, Niu Caohua nodded with satisfaction and turned around to go out to eat.
In fact, she has just gotten up, but every time she calls Niu Xiaodi to get up, she gets an angry emoji, which makes her mood feel better.
The house at home is no longer the shabby thatched cottage it used to be. When she was nine years old, it was transformed into the current brick house.
The floor space has also increased a lot, the main room has become larger, the kitchen has become larger, and there are more rooms. Now it has four bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom.
There is also a large yard where various vegetables are grown.
Xiao Cuier was busy in the kitchen. When she saw her daughter coming in, she quickly took out a big bowl and filled it with a bowl full of noodles.
"Let's eat noodles again this year. Mom, please put less noodles and more vegetables. I only eat one egg and leave that egg for Xiaodi." Niu Caohua looked at the big bowl in front of her, filled with rejection.
My mother-in-law is good in every way, but there is one problem. She always feels that her daughter is too thin. Every time she fills the rice bowl, the rice is piled high, and she wishes she could become fat in one bite.
Niu Caohua felt that her figure was well-proportioned and slender, and she was very satisfied. Why do girls have to be chubby?
"Caohua, you're too thin!" Xiao Cuier couldn't refuse, and pushed the bowl directly into her daughter's arms. From the corner of her eye, she saw her son getting up, and took out a bigger bowl, which was also full.
My son is too thin and needs to eat more!
The two siblings held the bowls, faced each other and sighed at the same time, lowering their heads to eat their noodles.
"Big belly, happy New Year. This dress is nice. I look very energetic." In the yard, people paying New Year greetings had already arrived. Niu Caohua took a look through the window. It was Niu Shanbao and his son Niu Caohua. Ergou is here.
Compared with seven years ago, the Niushan Leopard has undergone obvious changes. It has become fatter, darker, and has a short beard. It has a vague sense of majesty on its body.
Now he is the new leader of the Niu family village. The original Niu Li is relieved of his heavy burden, enjoying his grandchildren, and spending his old age in peace. He carries a teapot every day and visits the house happily. He looks better than he did seven years ago. Much younger.
"Uncle Niu, happy New Year, I'm going to see the little land." Niu Ergou said New Year greetings with a smile and entered the house familiarly.
"Happy New Year to Li Zheng, happy New Year to Ergou. Have you eaten yet? Do you want some more?" Niu Dadu was also smiling, his dark face glowing with red.
Niu Dadu was wearing a brand-new blue-gray jacket, and his figure was much stronger than it was seven years ago.
Because I work in the fields every day, I don't have a big belly, but my waist is straightened up, which makes me look very different from before. I feel taller.
"I've eaten early. I'll go in and kowtow, and we'll go together to pay New Year's greetings later." Niu Shanbao patted Niu Dadu on the shoulder, kowtowed on the straw mat in the main room, and then got up and pulled Niu Dadu away with him.
In the kitchen, Niu Ergou greeted everyone with a smile, then took an empty bowl, took away half of the noodles in Niu Xiaodi's bowl, and sat on a small stool to slurp the noodles.
"You didn't have enough to eat in the morning?" Niu Xiaodi asked curiously, looking at Niu Ergou who was burying his head in his noodles.
"I'm full. My family also eats noodles in the morning. I just want to help you out because you can't eat it." After finishing the noodles in the bowl, Niu Ergou put the bowl into the barrel and immediately A touch of mouth.
"Then help me eat another egg. Come on, don't wait for me, my mother-in-law." Niu Xiaodi picked up a brown braised egg with a chopstick and stuffed it into Niu Ergou's open mouth.
"It's delicious! This egg also tastes like meat." Niu Ergou's mouth was stuffed full of braised eggs and he spoke in a slurred manner.
Niu Ergou is fourteen years old this year. He is tall and strong. He spent money in the past two years to find a carpenter in the city to learn the craft. After a few years of learning, he will probably be able to become a carpenter.
Just because he learned this craft, Niu Ergou has now become a favorite in Niujia Village. Everyone with daughters of the right age wants to marry the Niu Shanbao family.
If Niu Shanbao hadn't said that his son was still young and stopped these wolf-like people seeking marriage, Niu Ergou would have brought his little wife to the door now.
In the second year after traveling back in time, Niu Caohua watched the villagers in Niujia Village struggle to survive. Even after paying taxes on the harvested grains, it was difficult for them to eat enough. There is also the Niu Ergou family. Because of Niu Shanma, they owe a lot of debt and their life is very difficult.
After thinking about it for a while, he asked Niu Dadu to tell everyone in Niujia Village about selling dried leech.
The entire Niujia Village took action. All the locusts in the fields were caught, as well as those in the pond. All the locusts that could be seen were caught.
With the income from selling dried locusts every year, life in Niujia Village has become much better. Now many families in the village have overturned their thatched houses and built similar brick houses.
Because of this, the villagers were extremely grateful to Niu Dadu. When Li Zheng resigned, more than 90% of the people supported Niu Dadu to take over as the next Li Zheng.
Although Niu Dadu may say that the society has improved a lot, it is absolutely impossible for him to be upright.
Refusing again and again.
Everyone had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and chose Niu Shanbao to take over.
"Sister Caohua, Xiaodi and I went out to pay New Year greetings." Niu Ergou smiled twice at Niu Caohua, who was still eating, and pulled Niu Xiaodi and ran away quickly.
"Er Gou, please slow down, why are you running so fast? My sister doesn't eat people." Niu Xiaodi didn't understand. The three of them played together so well when they were children. Why did they go out to learn a craft and come back now and see Ah? Sister, it's like seeing a tiger or a lion.
Niu Ergou blushed and scratched his head. He had grown up.
Sister Caohua looks so pretty now~
