After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

Now that there was work to do, the people at home started to get busy. They first went to pick up some soil, and then Qiao Dashan went to buy some bricks.

When I brought the bricks back, people in the village I passed by were gossiping again. Some people were even discussing that the Qiao family might want to build a house.

"Dashan, are you going to build a house? Why are you buying bricks?"

Qiao Dashan: "Ah, no, no, I just set up a small kitchen."

"Wouldn't it be better to use some stones to build the stove? Why did you use bricks?"

Qiao Dashan smiled but didn't say anything. He had learned that when he didn't know how to speak, he could just smile. He didn't know how to speak much anyway.

When people found out that the Qiao family was not building a house, no one said much. They thought that the Qiao family had made a lot of money and were going to build a big house.

The stove is just ready and the Lantern Festival is here.

"I heard that there are lanterns to watch in the county today." People in the village gossiped.

"So are you guys going tonight?"

"No, no, I'm afraid I'll come back too late and encounter wild animals. What should I do?"

"Too."

After hearing this, Qian came back and told everyone, "I heard that there are lanterns to watch in the county tonight. I haven't seen them for a long time." It seemed that she hadn't seen them since she married into the Qiao family. In fact, she had only been there once when she was a child. The county was so far away, and generally, country people like them would not go to watch them.

Xiaonian threw himself into Qian's arms, "Mom, what do lanterns look like? I haven't seen them before."

Qian: "I remember it should be something very beautiful, like a fish with a light inside."

"Wow, how can there be a light inside the fish?" Xiaonian was very confused. Xiaohua and Xiaocao were also confused. Lanterns? It was impossible for them to have seen them before.

Qian: "No, it's a fish made of paper. There should be a candle in its belly. I don't know. I only saw it once when I was a child."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Er looked at Qiao Chao and said, "Brother, how about we go to the county to see the lanterns tonight?" He felt that he would not need to worry about safety issues if he went with his brother, as his brother had become very powerful now.

He also saw that his eldest brother would practice boxing and do some other moves in the yard in the morning when he had nothing to do. He looked very powerful. He tried to learn from him once or twice, but felt too tired and gave up.

Qiao Chao looked at Zhen Yue and asked, "Are you going?"

Zhen Yue looked at everyone who seemed to want to go and said, "Then let's go after dinner." It's a good opportunity to see what the ancient lanterns looked like.

When everyone heard that they were going to watch the lanterns tonight, they were all very happy. Qian immediately stood up and said, "Let's eat early and set off early tonight."

Qiao Er: "I'll go help watch the fire."

We don't have to worry about the food getting cold when we eat tonight. There is a small stove in the middle of the pot room with charcoal fire underneath. The pot is stewing bacon, radish, beans, sauerkraut, etc. It's just one pot. Everyone sits beside it and eats the hot food, which warms their whole body.

After finishing the meal, everyone cleaned up. Zhen Yue also put thick clothes on little Achu, held him in a small quilt, and sat him on the donkey cart.

The donkey cart had a canopy to block out some of the cold wind. Qiao Chao hugged Zhen Yue on one side, and Zhen Yue hugged the child in her arms. The others also huddled together so they wouldn't be cold.

Qiao Dashan is driving the car in front, and Qiao Er will take over soon.

The family went to the county happily, looking forward to seeing the lanterns tonight.

It was already dark when we arrived at the county, but that was just right, there were a lot of people on the streets. There was no curfew tonight, so many people came out to play.

After parking the donkey cart, Qiao Chao and Zhen Yue came together, while Qiao Er took Qian Shi, who held Xiao Nian in her hand, and said, "Hold mother carefully, okay? Otherwise, some beggars will take you away, and you will never see mother again and you won't be able to eat meat."

Xiaonian held Qian's clothes tightly with his other hand, "I know."

Xiaohua and Xiaocao were also pulled by Qiao Chenshi and Qiao Dashan, and Qiao San also followed them. They walked in front, Qiao Er and others walked in the middle, and Qiao Chao and Zhen Yue walked behind.

"If we get separated, we can just meet up at the donkey cart later." Qiao Chao said.

No one had any objection, after all, there were too many people.

Zhen Yue also instructed, "Remember to take good care of Xiaohua and the others. I'm afraid there will be some beetles."

Mrs. Qiao Chen: "I know, don't worry." Although little girls are not worth much, there are still people who sell them, such as selling them to brothels.

There were some small stalls and vendors all around, and there were also some people standing on the upper floor of one side looking at the scenery below.

After a while, I saw someone selling lanterns. "Beautiful lanterns, take a look."

Zhen Yue and the others walked over immediately when they saw it, and someone else walked over as well.

Zhen Yue and the others were just looking and had no intention of buying anything because someone nearby asked how much one of the rabbit lanterns cost and surprisingly it cost one or two taels of silver.

Not to mention that there are some fox lanterns, carp lanterns or some more complicated lanterns, which are more expensive.

Of course there are also cheaper ones, a lotus lantern for just a few dozen coins, and they are very small, but Zhen Yue still thinks a few dozen coins are expensive.

The whole family didn’t buy any lanterns, but they came here just to see the lanterns and didn’t have to buy any.

Qiao Chao originally saw Zhen Yue staring at one of the lanterns, so he said, "Do you want to buy it? You can if you want." Anyway, most of his money was with her.

Zhen Yue shook her head, "No need."

Qiao Chao: "I can draw a few more pictures."

Zhen Yue: "Things are precious because they are rare. Don't draw too many. Buy them later. If they don't work, just go home and ask Dad to make them. Dad can make lanterns, so he should be able to make flower lanterns, too. You can draw, so you can draw them."

Qiao Chao thought, "It seems possible."

Zhen Yue: "Let's go. My second brother and his wife are already ahead."

"Ah."

As they walked along, they found some delicious food nearby. Xiaonian, who was in front, swallowed her saliva, and finally pulled Qian's clothes, pointed to a small stall next to her and said she wanted to eat something. She pointed to a kind of sweet cake. Now that she had money, Qian generously bought her one.

Xiaohua and the others were a little envious when they saw them, but soon Qian Chen bought one for each of them, and Xiaohua and Xiaocao were very happy.

After seeing this, Qiao Chao also went to buy one and handed it to Zhen Yue. Zhen Yue said: "...I'm not a child."

Qiao Chao handed it to her mouth and said, "Eat it."

Zhen Yue took a bite and felt that it was not very tasty. She didn’t know if it was because there was no sugar, so many delicious things were missing.

Zhen Yue had already thought about growing sugarcane or beets to make sugar, but did this dynasty have these two things? She still had to ask later.

Zhen Yue held the child in her arms. Qiao Chao saw her finish eating and then passed the food to her mouth. Zhen Yue shook her head and said, "You eat it. I don't want to eat it anymore."

Seeing that Zhen Yue didn't seem to like it very much, Qiao Chao finished the cookie in one gulp. When he was done, he suddenly realized... he seemed to have eaten Zhen Yue's saliva.

No... Qiao Chao suddenly realized that his relationship with Zhen Yue seemed to have become much closer recently. He had been hugging her on the way here, and he had just fed her, and now he was eating her leftovers.

Qiao Chao paused and looked at Zhen Yue. Why did it suddenly become so natural?