Dressed as a cute kid with a farm: Pick up a brother to farm

The snow fell heavily for several days, and only stopped reluctantly when it dyed the earth white.

The sunny mountain village is filled with warm sunshine, which casts a layer of faint golden light on the white snow curtain, making it look particularly bright and dazzling.

But this seemingly warm and sunny day was actually much colder than snow.

Ye Yaoyao was wrapped in a thick cotton coat, with a snow-white rabbit fur hat on her head and a rabbit fur cloak on the outside.

The cloak is made of gray and yellow rabbit fur. The color is not as beautiful as the snow-white hat, but it is windproof and warm.

The little milk ball was wrapped in thick clothes, with only a delicate little face as delicate as a snow-carved jade exposed.

"Brother, the sun is out!"

Ye Yaoyao sat next to Meng Huaishao, stretched out her little hand, pointed at the rising sun in the east, her face full of excitement.

"Well, it's clear now!"

Meng Huaishao pulled her little hand back and held it in his palm.

"The wind is strong, hide your hands."

He warmed her little hands and pulled her little cloak tighter.

Although the ox cart was not fast, on this winter morning, even the slightest breeze was freezing cold.

"Okay!"

Ye Yaoyao obediently put her hands into the palm of her hand.

I covered my hands inside, and there was a water bag filled with hot water, which was very warm.

Thanks to her unusual physique, Ye Yaoyao is not very afraid of the cold, but she enjoys the warm feeling very much.

After all, not being afraid of the cold doesn’t mean you won’t be cold!

Since you can wear warm clothes, who would care about that demeanor?

"Yaoyao, this dress is really nice!"

The adults and children on the ox cart all liked Ye Yaoyao very much because of her furry body.

It’s not that they don’t want to make a set of rabbit fur clothes, but, while there might be hope of making a hat, making clothes or a cloak would require too much leather!

They were not hunters and seldom caught rabbits. Even if they did, they would mostly sell them.

As for buying tanned rabbit skins from others?

That's impossible. How much cotton can one piece of leather buy?

Not cost-effective!

Even if they have money, they will not spend it lavishly.

Apart from buying some nice things to reward my family, I still spend my money very carefully in my daily life.

Nowadays, it’s almost the New Year, so everyone is going to the town frequently.

During this period, there are many big markets in town with a wide variety of goods, which is a good time to buy New Year’s goods!

Ye Yaoyao and Meng Huaishao also went to buy New Year's goods.

As for food, apart from meat and seasonings, there is nothing missing.

There are even lots of fruits and pumpkin seeds...

But New Year's goods are too big a concept, and what they have at home is far from enough.

Buying New Year’s goods is a big event for ordinary people’s families every year!

What to eat, drink, wear, use, play with, offer as sacrifice, give as gifts, dry goods, fresh goods, raw goods, cooked goods...

Anything you can think of that needs to be purchased before the New Year and is needed for the Spring Festival can all be called New Year's goods.

The most common ones are Spring Festival couplets, door gods, worship items, chicken, duck, fish, meat, sugar, oil, sauce, vinegar, tea, roasted nuts and candies, New Year gifts, new clothes, etc.

Of course, not everyone will buy too much, everything depends on each family’s situation.

What Meng Huaishao wanted to buy were Spring Festival couplets, offerings, meat and clothes.

Although I have made several sets of thick clothes for Ye Yaoyao, who can refuse to dress up a beautiful girl?

But the only problem was that he didn't have much money.

The previous reward and the saved silver were only a dozen taels, which could not be squandered.

Therefore, Meng Huaishao could only be frugal.

Don’t buy things that are unnecessary.

For example, there are homemade soy sauces, walnut oil, tea oil and lotus seed cores, pumpkin seeds for dry snacks, and you don’t have to buy chicken, fish or vegetables...

He can also make his own rice cakes as a New Year gift!

In short, except for what Ye Yaoyao needed, Meng Huaishao tried to simplify everything as much as possible.

When we arrived in the town, before we even got off the ox cart, we could hear the hustle and bustle everywhere, all kinds of hawking and bargaining sounds, and from time to time we could hear firecrackers. It was very lively.

Whether rich or poor, everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.

Whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year. [Note 1]

This is a true portrayal of the Chinese New Year.

It is also the most important reason why everyone looks forward to the Chinese New Year and celebrates it throughout the world.

A happy new year is one where the whole family is reunited.

In this era of underdeveloped transportation, unless the place is really too far to go back home, basically everyone has returned by this time.

The lively festive atmosphere becomes more intense as the Spring Festival approaches.

"Brother, lantern!"

Ye Yaoyao pointed at a stall selling lanterns with longing in her eyes.

Although those rows of lanterns are all red, they not only come in many styles, but are also extremely exquisite and beautiful!

"Which one do you like?"

Meng Huaishao didn't even think twice and went to pick up lanterns with Ye Yaoyao in his arms, forgetting about the so-called "careful calculations".

Ye Yaoyao looked at this, touched that, and seemed to like them all.

Finally, she picked out a pair of big red lanterns with little rabbits painted on them.

Cute and festive!

"Bunny, it looks good!"

Ye Yaoyao held a lantern that was almost as tall as herself, raised her hands high, and smiled brightly at Meng Huaishao.

"Okay! Buy it!"

In addition to the lanterns, Meng Huaishao also selected several couplets, images of door gods, kitchen gods, etc. He also picked out a red "Fu" character sticker and prepared to stick it in the middle of the living room.

After paying the money, Meng Huaishao packed up the things and put them into his backpack.

As for Ye Yaoyao?

Of course, hold it in your arms!

There were too many people at the fair this year, and Ye Yaoyao was too small to be placed on the ground and walked, as she would easily trip and fall.

Although, it’s not certain who fell.

But as an older brother, I always have to consider more.

After buying the lanterns, Meng Huaishao took Ye Yaoyao to buy candy, maltose, osmanthus cake, mung bean cake...

Anyway, Meng Huaishao bought a little bit of common candies.

It’s the New Year, so there’s nothing wrong with eating a little sweets!

Ye Yaoyao pinched a piece of maltose and expressed her agreement sweetly.

Finally, she can eat sweets comfortably for a few days!

After buying candy, I went to buy meat.

Pork, pork bones and ribs are essential.

Meng Huaishao directly bought half a pig, and the money in his pocket was reduced by a lot, which made Ye Yaoyao feel distressed.

Meng Huaishao just shook his purse and decided to start catching prey to sell in the spring.

It's really unsustainable if you only go out without taking in anything.

This little money can't buy much pork.

Fortunately, the ducks on the farm are almost ready to be eaten, and there are a lot more rabbits, so they can still be supplied for the time being.

Adhering to the principle that the bulk of the money has been spent, the rest should be spent as well, and as long as the baby is happy, Meng Huaishao took Ye Yaoyao to continue shopping.

New clothes, new hats, new socks, new shoes, hand warmers, hair ornaments...

As long as Ye Yaoyao likes it, she will buy it all!!!

[Note 1]: Whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year: from the song "Whether you have money or not, go home for the New Year"