After more than ten days of continuous busy work, the villagers finally arrived at the Harvest Festival. The villagers set it on Double Eleven, which is the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the lunar calendar.

Each village decides the time for this festival, which is generally in the autumn and winter when there is less farm work to do and more idle time. Each village arranges the time to celebrate the year's harvest. For example, some places arrange it on the tenth day of the tenth lunar month, called the Double Ten Harvest Festival; some places arrange it on the eleventh day of the eleventh lunar month, called the Double Eleven Harvest Festival; some places arrange it on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, called the Double Twelve Festival for short.

This harvest festival lasts for a long period of time and has a relatively flexible time schedule. It can be held on any day during these three months and there is no conflict between the festivals in different villages, so the harvest festival is also called the village festival.

During the year, if there are no natural disasters or man-made tragedies, every village, regardless of its wealth, will hold a Harvest Festival at the appropriate time. After all, this is a festival that all the young and old in the village celebrate together. It only comes once a year, so naturally everyone attaches great importance to it. Other festivals are celebrated behind closed doors, but only for this village festival and harvest festival, the whole village celebrates openly. It is not only lively, but also has a different meaning.

It's a festival! The first thing to do is to arrange sacrificial activities, which is the belief of the villagers; the village banquet is also indispensable, which is a reward for the hard work of the villagers.

Early in the morning of the Harvest Festival, the villagers of Mushroom Village got up early and gathered in the open space in front of the village. They were going to slaughter three animals here and prepare a village banquet. The most important thing was that there were distinguished guests coming today, so the whole village was in action. The villagers arranged the ancestral hall for convenient sacrifices and cleaned the village roads for convenient reception of guests, because there was an unwritten agreement on the Harvest Festival that any guests who came to the village would be warmly treated. As for what to serve, naturally the guests followed the host's wishes, and the host was free to choose.

Yiyi was going to visit Mushroom Village today, which represented a certain status, so she couldn't dress as she pleased as usual, so she chose to dress up. She took out the most seldom-worn gorgeous clothes from the closet and put them on the bed to match them, but she found that no matter how she matched them, they were too luxurious and didn't match their trip to the people.

"Oh, I'm confused. It's too complicated to put on and it's inconvenient to move around. Xinxin, Nian Nian, tell me which one should I choose?" Yiyi frowned while choosing clothes and asked for advice from her children who were playing on the bed. Xinxin and Nian Nian heard their mother's voice and turned to her, staring at her with their big black eyes, looking at her mother and then at the clothes spread out on the side.

"Uh..." Xinxin observed for a moment and pointed at a pink dress with her chubby little finger, meaning that her mother would look better in this dress.

"Ah? This set? I never wore it when I was a girl, and now I'm a mother!" Yiyi picked up the clothes and gestured. The inner garment was white silk with left and right folded collars, and the outer garment was a pink square-necked Shu brocade dress with a corset waist. The sleeves and hem were spliced ​​with vertical stripes of pleated white gauze.

"Xinxin and Niannian have good taste!" Ling Wuxin came over and praised. He picked out a blue Shu brocade robe for himself and a mini one for Niannian. He also found a pink princess dress for Xinxin to match with his wife as a parent-child outfit.

"This... is fine!" Yiyi looked at her outfit and compared with Princess Xinxin's dress, she didn't think it was so childish, so she nodded in agreement.

"My lady, you chose simple and elegant pearl jewelry, so you need to wear this pearl crown." Ling Wuxin saw that Yi Yi only matched simple pearl earrings and a pearl necklace for himself, so he took out a square box from the treasure cabinet and handed it to Yi Yi, motioning her to open it.

It turned out to be a silver pearl crown with a gold setting. Twelve large and round oriental pearls were evenly inlaid on the crown, shining with white pearly luster. The oriental pearls were surrounded by layers of flower shapes carved out of silver sheets. There were also upturned irises at both ends of the crown, and a bunch of tassels made of evenly spaced millet beads were hung on the upturned ends. When it was gently shaken, it felt like a jewel.

"This is so gorgeous, with gold, silver and huge pearls!" Yiyi wore a ruby ​​tiara on her wedding day and never wore any tiara since then. It was inconvenient to work with it on her head and she didn't like to tinker with it.

"This crown is not heavy, it's a simple style. I know that you don't like complicated styles, so I have removed a lot of materials!" Ling Wuxin picked up the crown and put it on Yiyi himself. The circumference of her head was very suitable, and it matched her simple hairstyle to show her elegance.

"It's really beautiful?" Yiyi felt it and found it was not heavy. She then stroked the pearl tassels that fell to her ears and asked uncertainly.

"Beautiful!" Ling Wuxin affirmed

"Yeah..." Xinxin nodded. Mother looks good in anything she wears, but the main thing is that if she keeps changing clothes, they will have to change clothes too. It's too troublesome to change clothes all the time.

"Brother, have you changed your clothes? I have prepared the carriage and horses, the gifts, and the spare items!" Xiao Ba asked outside the door.

"It will be ready soon!" Ling Wuxin responded, and then he immediately put on the selected clothes. There was no other design on his body except the patterns of Shu brocade itself. He hung a jade pendant around his waist, which was simple and generous, highlighting his noble temperament.

There is a big difference between men and women in terms of dressing. Men can show their temperament with just one piece of clothing, but women have to rely on various outfits to show their identity and status. Why is it a little jealous? Yiyi thought so in her heart, but she was busy with her hands. She put a princess dress on Xinxin and put the same robe as her father on Nian Nian. Then she took out the peace bracelets that she rarely wore on weekdays and put them on them. When going out, children still need something to ward off evil.

"Let's go! Let's go visit mother!" Before leaving, Yiyi was a little excited. She and Ling Wuxin each held a baby and walked out of the door.

Seeing Beibei and Anyi wearing the same black robes at the gate of her house, she couldn't help but question it.

"Why doesn't Sister Beibei have to wear formal clothes?" She also liked this kind of convenient clothing, but she didn't have it. Her closet was full of women's clothes, and there was nothing neutral.

"Hey, you want to compare with us? We go to eat secondarily, we go to work. Don't you see the medical team I lead over there?" Beibei said, pointing to the front, the people near Yanan's house.

"Wow, this is a little different from what I thought visiting someone meant. I thought we would just bring gifts to visit relatives and friends. This is a bit of a big deal!" Yiyi looked at Beibei's medical team, and then at the guards who were waiting with a queue of horses. It can be seen that it is really not easy for them to go out.

"Get on the carriage first, I'll let them set off!" Ling Wuxin persuaded Yiyi to take the child to get on the carriage first, so that he could let the team set off. Yiyi and Beibei nodded, and then returned to the carriage. The whole team consisted of six carriages and fifty guards. It was really a huge team, and this was still in their own territory. If they were to go far away, it would be terrible.

Since Ling Wuxin, Yiyi, Xinxin and Nian Nian were on the coach, Xiao Ba was particularly worried about the driver's skills, so he sat in the front and drove the carriage with the driver.

"..." The driver, who was a former secret guard, had cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Was the Eighth Young Master questioning his driving skills? However, he could not help but think too much. The carriage team, with the personal guards leading the way in front, the personal guards on the left and right, and the personal guards defending in the back, had already started moving.

"Husband, there are so many of us going, have we brought enough gifts? It would be so embarrassing if the banquet they prepare is not enough?" Yiyi's train of thought was a little strange, and she was worried about the embarrassment of the host's family not having enough food.

"Oh, my lady, you worry too much. The best gift is supplies. We have already sent a pig and a cart of grain this morning. Now the gifts on the carriage are just for show, including cloth, medicinal materials, and silver for rewards." Ling Wuxin's eyes were full of smiles. How could his wife be so interesting? When the host is treating guests, how could a guest worry about not having enough food!

"Okay, okay, I'm ignorant. I'll see for myself later! Do you want to sleep, baby Xinxin and baby Nian Nian?" Yiyi saw her children sitting on the cushions in the carriage, both holding their husbands' calves to steady their shaking bodies, and looking around curiously. She couldn't help but ask with concern, this is the first time for Xinxin and Nian Nian to ride in a carriage, I wonder if they will get carsick? They won't get carsick so much if they fall asleep.

Xinxin Niannian shook her head excitedly. They even tried to stand up by holding their father's legs, which was a bit scary. Yiyi hurriedly moved to the opposite side of Ling Wuxin. The two of them sat on the mat facing each other, opened their legs and arms to surround the two children in the middle, so that they could sit or crawl without the danger of falling.

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