When the pears are green

Su Mian took off the outer garment she was trying on, bent her legs and hugged Song Li and Ruyi who were standing side by side, and said softly: "Thank you sister-in-law, thank you fourth sister-in-law."

Song Li patted Su Mian's back and responded, "Silly Mian Mian, we are all family, why bother saying thank you. Take the clothes back and try them on, you have to go home to visit your parents' graves tomorrow!"

Ruyi also patted Su Mian's back and softly told Su Mian to go back and try on clothes.

Su Mian nodded and let go of Song Li and Ruyi, picked up the wedding dress placed on the rattan chair and ran to the next door.

Song Li looked at Su Mian's back as she ran out, and smiled as she said to Ruyi who was sitting nearby to rest: "Mianmian is sometimes like a little kid, so spontaneous and lively. Ruyi, how is Ping An doing recently? Have you had a blind date?"

Ruyi sighed and shook her head.

Seeing this, Song Li also sat down on the rattan chair and sighed.

The wind blew the lavender tung flowers to the ground. Ruyi stared at the tung flowers at her feet and said to Song Li, "Cousin, although Jiang Qingwan's status as a child bride was changed to an adopted daughter, everyone in the village knows what happened, and it is inevitable that some people will point fingers at Ping An. In addition, the person who married Jiang Qingwan was Ping An's former friend. Ping An now eats and lives in the martial arts hall and rarely goes home."

Song Li fell into self-blame after hearing this. If she had not sympathized with Jiang Qingwan's situation, Zhang Pingan would not have become the biggest victim.

Ruyi noticed the change in Song Li's expression and quickly comforted her: "Cousin, it's not surprising that Jiang Qingwan can get along with someone else. My mother is harsh on her, and Ping'an is also lukewarm towards her. Especially after Chen Yuan sent Ping'an to study in town, the two of them didn't say a word to each other for several days. There is no hope in this kind of life. If I were Jiang Qingwan, I might have made the same choice."

Song Li turned to look at Ruyi. Ruyi smiled and covered Song Li's head with the red veil that was not yet completely embroidered.

Song Li pulled off her veil and chased Ruyi who had run out of the yard. The two of them chased each other around Jiang Qingzhou who was holding Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze.

Jiang Qingzhou raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Song Li and Ruyi who were running with a smile, and shouted at them to run slower.

“Ahahaha…Ahahaha…”

Jiang Yao and Chen Ling clapped their hands and laughed, twisting their little bodies to look at Song Li and Ruyi running around.

The midday spring breeze was blowing slowly, and several neighbors poked their heads out from their courtyard gates to check on the situation.

Ruyi, who was unable to run any longer, held her waist and begged Song Li for mercy. Song Li raised the veil in her hand, and the red tassels swayed in the wind.

Ruyi reached out to take the veil, and Song Li smiled and took Ruyi's arm and walked towards home.

Jiang Qingzhou carried Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze into the yard.

Ruyi sat on the rattan chair and continued to embroider the mandarin ducks playing in the water on her veil, while Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou coaxed Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze who always wanted to make trouble.

Soon, Jiang Qingye and Su Mian came in with Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi, each holding a flower swallow kite in their hands.

Song Li hugged Chen Lingze, who was about to grab the tail of the Huayan kite, and asked Su Mian: "Mian Mian, does the dress fit you?"

"Sister-in-law, they all fit me well." After Su Mian said this, she lowered her head shyly and moved lightly to look at the Ruyi embroidered veil.

Song Li smiled and turned to look at the kites in Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi's hands.

The two kites are almost identical. The wings of the kite in Jiang Huan's hand are decorated with two red lotus flowers, while the one in Chen Lingyi's hand has two blue auspicious clouds.

Jiang Huan held up the kite and said to Song Li, "Mom, uncle and aunt are going to take Lingyi and me to fly a kite."

Song Li picked up Chen Lingze and ruffled Jiang Huan's hair and said, "You can go, but you can't fight with Lingyi."

Chen Lingyi, who was leaning against Ruyi and acting like a spoiled child, heard this and hurriedly assured Song Li: "Aunt, I will never fight with Brother Jiang Huan."

After hearing this, Song Li turned around and looked at Chen Lingyi and said, "Well, I believe Lingyi."

Trusted, Chen Lingyi smiled triumphantly at Jiang Huan.

Jiang Huan pretended not to see it and ran back and forth in the yard with the kite in his hand.

After Jiang Qingye and Jiang Qingzhou finished talking, they took Jiang Yao and carried her to chase Jiang Huan, which made Jiang Yao laugh out loud.

Jiang Qingzhou walked to Song Li and took over Chen Lingze. He smiled and said to Song Li and Ruyi, "Xiao Li, Ruyi, Qingye and I will take Yaoyao and Lingze out. You two can stay at home."

Song Li and Ruyi smiled at each other and nodded in agreement. They both felt that life without noisy children around them was extremely comfortable.

Jiang Qingzhou then asked everyone to go out.

Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi were running in the front holding kites, Jiang Qingzhou was walking in the middle holding Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze's hands, and Su Mian and Jiang Qingye were following leisurely at the end, talking and laughing.

There is an open space not far from Nanguan. Every winter and spring, many children and young unmarried men and women come here to fly kites. Especially around the Qingming Festival, the most people come here to fly kites.

Today is a good day for flying kites, it is cloudy and windy.

When Jiang Qingzhou and his group arrived at the open space, there were already seven or eight kites flying in the gray sky.

Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi looked up at the kite in the sky. Jiang Huan pointed at an unfamiliar kite and asked Su Mian, "Aunt, what is that?"

Su Mian looked up into the air following Jiang Huan's finger and explained to the two children with a smile: "That's a golden crucian carp (i.e. goldfish). I've seen it in Bianzhou."

Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi looked at Su Mian with admiration. Su Mian smiled and helped Chen Lingyi tie the string to the kite.

Jiang Qingye walked over, picked up the reel on the ground and taught Jiang Huan how to tie the string to the kite.

Jiang Huan watched carefully and raised his little hand to imitate Jiang Qingye's knot-tying gesture.

Jiang Qingye smiled and touched Jiang Huan's little head, then returned the kite to Jiang Huan.

Jiang Huan was full of fighting spirit and wanted to compete with Chen Lingyi, but after a competition, neither of them was able to successfully fly the kite.

Jiang Qingye and Su Mian were at a loss whether to laugh or cry when seeing this. They helped Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi fly the kites one after the other, and then handed them to them at the same time.

Su Mian looked at the swallows, butterflies, golden carps, dragonflies, etc. flying in the sky, and told Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi to be careful not to let the kite strings get tangled.

Chen Lingyi turned her head and asked curiously: "Aunt, what will happen if they get entangled?"

Su Mian took out a dagger from her bag and slashed the kite string while answering, "Lingyi, if they get tangled, we can only cut the string. In that case, the kite will be carried away by the strong wind and fly far away."

Chen Lingyi hurriedly moved away from Jiang Huan, not wanting her beloved kite to be blown away by the wind.

Jiang Qingye returned to Jiang Qingzhou's side, and together with Jiang Qingzhou, they watched Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze running around.

Su Mian sometimes stared at Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi, and sometimes turned back to look at Jiang Qingye who was playing with Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze. For the first time, she understood what it meant to be at home wherever the heart is.

Jiang Huan ran northward while pulling the kite string and accidentally got entangled with a butterfly kite.

The girl flying the kite saw that Jiang Huan was only a five or six-year-old child, so she swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth.

The man who was traveling with the girl quickly took the kite to check for entanglement.

Jiang Huan held the reel in one hand and rubbed his eyes with the other, looking again and again, and tentatively called out, "Uncle."

Zhang Pingan looked down at Jiang Huan after hearing this, reached out to take the reel from Jiang Huan and asked, "Huan'er, who did you come with?"

Jiang Huan turned around and pointed at Su Mian who was running over here and said, "Uncle, I came here with my father, uncle, aunt and a large group of people."

After hearing Jiang Huan's words, the girl shyly moved behind Zhang Ping'an.

Su Mian, who didn't understand the situation, hurriedly protected Jiang Huan behind him and asked Jiang Huan in a low voice what was going on.

Jiang Huan stuck his head out and pointed at Zhang Ping'an and said to Su Mian, "Aunt, this is my cousin."

Su Mian smiled at Zhang Pingan somewhat awkwardly, while looking at the blue long skirt and pink embroidered shoes revealed from behind Zhang Pingan.

Chen Lingyi, who was running over with Su Mian, was very excited to see Zhang Pingan. With a "whoosh", the three kites got tangled together.

Jiang Huan, Chen Lingyi and the girl behind Zhang Pingan sighed at the same time and looked at the tangled kites.

Su Mian took out a dagger and said to the three people who were sighing, "It's so entangled that we have no choice but to cut it off."

Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi pursed their lips and almost cried.

Zhang Pingan quickly comforted the two children: "Huan'er, Lingyi, I will buy you another one tomorrow, of course there will also be Xuemei's."

The owner of the pink embroidered shoes rubbed her hot cheeks and gently kicked Zhang Pingan.

Under the gaze of several people, Su Mian cut the kite with a dagger, and the three kites entangled together slowly disappeared behind a dark green forest.