I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

Wang Ying'er: Giving them pension money is the biggest concession I can make. There's nothing much to say when I go there. It's so awkward to sit together. It's better to just live our own lives. It would be more comfortable.

Liu:

"Mom, I can't go anymore.

Now that they are in this situation, if I were to bring my child to their door, it would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. Don't make things uncomfortable during the New Year. I will send some money and food to them during the Lantern Festival, and that will be enough."

Zhang did not try to persuade them any further. As an elder, there were some things she should have mentioned, but the children had their own ideas and difficulties. In the coldest days of winter, it was best to celebrate the New Year happily at home.

There is a lot of snow in Banyue Village this winter, with a snowfall every ten days or half a month.

Fortunately, many villagers have built new houses, and those who didn't have time to build houses have also renovated and reinforced them. This has brought warmth, happiness, and prosperity to the people of Banyue Village...

In the days after the New Year, everyone spent their time eating leftovers. The huge table of delicious delicacies was now folded together and heated up again and again until it was too much to bear, and all the leftovers were given to the rhubarb in the yard.

Before the New Year, everyone finishes their work. There's nothing to do during the first month of the lunar year, so the children have fun. The adults bring gifts to visit relatives, and when guests come, they cook a large table of new dishes. After the relatives leave, they continue to eat the leftovers, and the cycle repeats...

In the blink of an eye, it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

That morning, Song Anning and Xiangxiang pinched their stomachs while getting dressed. One layer, two layers...

Her previously slender waist is now covered with two or three layers of fat. She hasn't been to the space to practice martial arts for half a month and she feels tired.

But Song An Ning didn't take it seriously. It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Xiangxiang would be going back in a month.

For the remaining month, she just wanted to accompany Xiangxiang. She would let Xiangxiang do whatever she wanted and get her whatever she wanted to eat. There was only half a year left, so it was better not to leave any regrets.

"Sister, we've eaten so much delicious food these days that we've gained weight, haha..."

"Yeah, I secretly went to the space to measure myself last night, and I gained eight kilograms.

You've had two New Year's Eve dinners, which is several days longer than me...

Look at this little piece of meat..."

"Hey hey hey..."

Xiangxiang smiled foolishly and pinched the flesh on her belly. It felt pretty good.

Early in the morning, there was a lot of noise outside. The Song family got up early and had just opened the gate when several children from the village came to find Song Zeyuan and Song Anyue to go out and play.

There are lanterns and fireworks in the town today. In the evening, people will gather in Ping'an Town to visit the lantern festival and guess lantern riddles. It is very lively.

After tonight, the New Year will be more than half over. Classes will start in academies and schools, and various small shops will open for business.

“Sister, we haven’t seen the Lantern Festival here yet.

I heard from my grandfather that there are also iron flower making, which is very beautiful."

Song Anning was combing Xiangxiang's hair. She picked up a pair of ruby beads as embellishments, then carefully looked at her work, nodded with satisfaction, and replied casually:

"I've never seen a real iron flower, so I'll take a good look at it tonight.

Remind me this afternoon not to forget to turn on the video so my parents can watch it and have some fun with us."

"Okay!"

In the morning, everyone in the family was busy making dumplings in the kitchen. This was not enough, as villagers came to the house in waves to deliver their homemade dumplings. Song Anning and the others were not idle either, and they delivered their own dumplings to other families.

In just one hour, Song An Ning had already visited eight or nine families. On the other side of the video, Liu Yan and Song Chengbo couldn't help but smile when they saw their two daughters busy delivering dumplings.

"I've exhausted these two girls. They were so cheerful at first, but later on, they both had sad faces.

Hahaha……"

At first, the two elders didn’t understand why they had to send dumplings to each other. It was only after Song An Ning explained that dumplings represented reunion and perfection.

Therefore, the dumplings must be wrapped by the family themselves, and then given to people with whom they have a good relationship, as a blessing.

"Aning, don't have such a sullen face! Smile more!

We should adapt to the local customs. Since you are young, it’s no big deal to make a few more trips.

Mom will make some delicious food for you and Xiangxiang later. You can eat it when you come back from the Lantern Festival in Ping'an Town."

"Okay, thank you, Mom! Dad has worked hard picking the vegetables, too."

Hearing that there were delicious foods, Song Anning felt very motivated and could deliver them to ten more families.

I was busy the whole morning and visited more than a dozen families. Finally, in the afternoon, I prepared a large table of food at home and cooked hundreds of dumplings.

"Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

After tonight, everyone will be busy.

Let’s not talk too much, just eat more, and then we can go for a walk in the town.

Adults at home should keep an eye on the children, as there are too many people around and it’s easy for them to kidnap children.”

Song Dashan made a few suggestions and told everyone to start eating. Zhang was a little worried and said a few more words:

"Ayuan, Ayue, Xiaochuan, Xiaoyu, and the second brother's He'er and Axun...

I heard that kidnappers like to steal from people of their age.

Yuanying, please keep an eye on your Yuanbao. He's chubby and cute, so he's easy to be targeted by others."

The more Zhang spoke, the more worried she became. She couldn't even eat. She really wanted to go to the village entrance and tell everyone to be careful about her child being stolen.

Everyone present knew that every year during the Lantern Festival, there were cases of children being lost. It was supposed to be a festive occasion for family reunion, but in the end, the family of the child who stole the child was devastated and cried their hearts out, but it was of no use.

"Don't worry, grandma, we are all here and will keep a close eye on our children.

Mother is holding A Yue, father is holding A Yuan, Xiang Xiang and I are taking care of Xiao Yu, Brother Xiao Hai is looking after Xiao Chuan, and Uncle Ming and Aunt Yuan Ying will take care of Yuan Yuan.

Sister Yingchun and Sister Axing took Anhe, Brother Yuanbao and the eldest brother held Zexun, so the second uncle held the youngest, the second aunt led Anru, and the younger uncle and aunt held the grandfather and grandmother and walked slowly, and nothing would happen.

Song Anning made very reasonable arrangements. At the same time, he told Xiangxiang with his mind to install positioning cards on all the elderly and children in the village, and scan the surrounding situation at the same time. If there is any abnormality, an alarm will be sounded immediately.

Xiangxiang was very nervous, clenching her fists, concentrating and ready for battle.

"Don't worry, sister. Xiangxiang, eat more today. I will protect these little cuties later."

"Hey, I believe you!

Eat more. Only when you are full will you have the energy to lose weight."

After dinner, everyone put on thick coats, tied cloaks, and took a carriage to the town.

As the family grew in size, Song Feng and Xiao Ming went to the town to buy a few horses and a carriage before the New Year.

In situations like this where the whole family is out, they can all ride in a carriage.

When they arrived at the village entrance, Song Erhe and his eldest son were standing there. Whenever a villager went out, he would remind them to look after their children, not to lose anything, and to come back early.

His family now also has two carriages, which have been to the town and back again.

This was something Song Dashan and Song Erhe had discussed early in the morning. The six horse-drawn carriages could carry a lot of people and make several trips back and forth. The people of Banyue Village wouldn't have to ride in ox carts or walk, which was convenient for everyone.

When Song Anning and his friends arrived at the town, it was still light, but from a distance, they could see that there were quite a few people at the city gate, and the town was already bustling with activity.

"One more thing, hold the child close and keep your purse close to you. It's easy to get lost in a crowd. It doesn't matter as long as the child isn't lost.

Let’s all go into the city.”

At Song Dashan's command, the Song family led a group of little ones into the crowd. They had been to Ping'an Town many times, and today, the town was particularly beautiful...