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Guangdan, who had climbed up again to keep watch at night, quickly joined everyone's bamboo card game. Playing time always passed quickly, and it seemed that Grandpa Lin started to greet everyone after a while.

Lin Daniu took the firecrackers that he had prepared long ago to the yard, Lin Erniu took the fire starter, and everyone in the main room ran out to the yard.

At this time, the torches at the door of the main hall were still swaying stubbornly in the cold wind. Few families in Linjia Village hung lanterns, so basically every household lit torches, and it was also very rare that every household lit up every room.

The custom here on New Year's Eve is that on this night, the lights in every room of the house must be on, so that the ancestors can find the way home.

Well, it may sound a bit scary, but that's the custom.

In the past few years, the Lin family used burning bamboo instead of firecrackers. This is a poorer and more ancient method. Many places still do this today, but those who are slightly better off will buy firecrackers to liven up the atmosphere.

When the first firecracker sounded in the village, the brothers Lin Erniu and Lin Daniu also hurriedly lit the firecrackers with fire sticks, followed by crackling sounds and children's screams.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"..."

After greeting each other in the noisy atmosphere, they dispersed. When Guangdan climbed onto the kang, he was not sleepy at all. After all, he had already had a nap!

The Lin family seemed to be particularly lively during the first month of this year. Both the villagers and some relatives who had not been in contact for many years were visiting each other. The only thing that made Guangdan feel a little regretful was that when his third aunt and her son returned to Linjia Village to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the first lunar month, he also went to his uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings.

So I feel like I missed a good opportunity to eat melon.

What followed was endless New Year's greetings. As the weather was cold, Guangdan didn't want to go out, so he stayed at home all day with Goudan and studied with his elder brother.

In the first month of this year, the three brothers Lin Daniu took on all the tasks of paying New Year's greetings. After all, they now have cows and mules at home, and they are happy to run outside even on snowy days.

In the following few days, Gouwei also felt Goudan's dominance in teaching.

It was so scary that Gouwei was reciting math formulas in his dreams.

Even on the third day of the first lunar month, Goudan took his elder brother and New Year's gifts to see the teacher.

When he came back, Gouwei was happy to get an hour of remedial lessons every day. Of course, this was paid extra by the Lin family.

Although the teacher needed to pay New Year's greetings during the first month of the lunar year, the reward given by the Lin family was not low. Besides, this man was Goudan's elder brother, so he still took on the task, but it would only last until the thirteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Lin Erniu and his wife will return to the county town to continue selling braised food. These foods in the county town sell very well during the first lunar month, so Lin Erniu and his wife naturally cannot miss such an opportunity.

So I started making money before the Lantern Festival.

Lin Erniu also took all the remaining goods at home and started preparing for the Lantern Festival, and also helped Lin Erniu and his wife.

After Lin Erniu and his wife left, the Lin family seemed to become a little quieter again, but fortunately the first month of the year is more lively than usual, so even Gou Mao'er didn't have any bad feelings.

Because Grandpa Lin had spoken this time, we all went to the county town together during the Lantern Festival. Now that we have a place to stay in Lijia Village and have transportation, it is much easier to go to the county town.

While Goumao was counting down the days to go to the county town, Goudan was thinking about going to the provincial capital.

"Which month will we go to the provincial capital?" Just as Gouwei was earnestly completing his teacher's math homework, Goudan couldn't help but raise his head and ask Guangdan.

Guangdan glanced at Goudan who was full of expectation and said with a smile: "We can't be sure now. We have to wait until my uncle's goods are sold out, and we will miss the spring ploughing. In my opinion, it is best to go before the spring ploughing and come back just in time for the spring ploughing. Otherwise, it will be hot when the spring ploughing is over."

"It's definitely not possible before spring ploughing. Don't even think about it, just wait until April." Big Brother Gouwei, who was busy calculating, interjected in time.

Goudan frowned, feeling that the days were really long to wait and he was a little impatient.

At this moment, Guangdan was not thinking about these things, but was wondering what else he could do in this trip to the provincial capital besides taking his elder brother Gouwei to see the world.

He can't just sit back and enjoy all the savings, right?

That’s right, the days of not making money and only spending money will eventually lead to a collapse of the family, especially now that grandpa has some useful money in his hands, so he doesn’t have to worry about his family and only needs to consider his own ideas.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and asked, "Goudan, how about we find some time to go to Big Sister's house and play?"

Goudan looked at Guangdan in bewilderment, thought for a moment and said, "That's fine."

Because Goudan recalled carefully that he had only been to his eldest sister's house once, so he should go and take a look!

But Gouwei stopped writing with the brush in his hand and asked curiously, "Why do you want to go to my eldest sister's house?"

"Hehehe, big brother still understands me. I'll ask big brother-in-law to make book boxes for Goudan and Goumao." Guangdan said with a bright smile on his face.

But the room fell silent again. After a long while, Goudan said pitifully, "Actually, I don't really need a bookcase. I only have a few things to take to school every day. I can just carry them in a cloth bag."

"How can that be possible! We have prepared all the writing brushes, inkstones, and paper for you! We have everything we need now! We have all the books!" Guangdan was not happy with this. The poor students had plenty of stationery, so how could his dear genius brother be so poor? !

"No, second brother, it will have a bad influence, and I can't use it." Goudan still felt that it would be better not to be too ostentatious in the village private school, especially since the teacher already favored him, and he didn't want to become the object of disgust for all the little kids in the village.

"Forget it, you don't understand. Just make the book box first and use it whenever you want, okay?" Guangdan said this, but in his heart he was thinking whether he could ask the teacher to recommend Goudan to study in the county in advance.

Thinking of this, he added: "Take good care of the books I brought back from the capital. Your brother will buy you another one after you finish reading them!"

Guangdan wondered if increasing the amount of reading would be good for Goudan as well. He just glanced at Goudan's smiling face and said with some concern, "Don't read at night. It's bad for your eyes. Don't let your eyes go blind before you pass the imperial examination."

Hearing this, Gouwei silently moved his head back. Well, he also had to protect his eyes.

"I have many books I want to read, so I don't need to buy any more for now. The teacher has many books that I haven't read yet. The teacher said that it's too early for me to read some of them, so I have to take my time in reading."