Farming and reading family

The children in the yard all had anger and forbearance on their faces, but Gao E didn't say anything. They all stood obediently behind.

"The walls of my house may be dyed red, it just depends on who dyes it red." Gao E doesn't think Ji Wuyang and Lu Qingluo are that weak.

Zhao Zhengyuan sneered. This village woman was really arrogant.

At this time, a soldier ran in in a panic and reported: "Captain, our people were attacked."

"What?" Zhao Zhengyuan was a little unconvinced.

"Those two people..." The soldier didn't know what to say.

Zhao Zhengyuan heard the sound of fighting outside and turned around to go out. He saw that his men had fallen to the ground, and the Chen family's Spring Festival couplets had already been posted.

"How is it?" Ji Wuyang asked Lu Qingluo to see if it was crooked.

"Not bad." Lu Qingluo nodded.

Zhao Zhengyuan watched two people carefully pasting Spring Festival couplets. The couplets were neatly arranged without even a corner being torn.

He raised his hand in anger to tear it, but Ji Wuyang kicked him down the stairs. The people who had just climbed up below hurriedly helped up their captain.

Ji Wuyang and Lu Qingluo stood side by side and watched Zhao Zhengyuan fall flat on his face.

"My eldest sister said that any outstretched hand can be chopped off." Lu Qingluo said with a smile.

Zhao Zhengyuan stared at the two of them, and didn't expect that they were actually masters.

Gao E came out of the yard and said: "I have no taboos. It doesn't matter if I put up Spring Festival couplets or not, or if I see blood or not during the New Year."

Zhao Zhengyuan clenched his fists. He came from a military background and had crawled among the dead, so he didn't have so many taboos. That's why he threatened Gao E in this way. He didn't expect to be threatened by Gao E in return.

"Now I give you two choices, one is to go by yourself, and the other is to be carried away by others." Gao E said with a smile.

Zhao Zhengyuan hesitated again and again: "Let's go."

He turned around and mounted his horse, and the people he brought with him followed him.

Gao E shook her hands, thinking that it was impossible to find trouble with her at this time.

After driving Zhao Zhengyuan away, the family continued to write and post Spring Festival couplets and celebrated the New Year happily.

Only after the third brother's family came back to celebrate the New Year did Chen Fan return to the eldest brother's house. However, he told the three brothers early on that they could just get together at home and there was no need to look for him. They could just pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the New Year.

There were fewer children at home during the Chinese New Year than usual. Except for Yunzhou, everyone else went back home. But soon Xichen and Ziyou came back to play after dinner and set off firecrackers in the yard.

Du Weiqing sat in the main hall of the Chen family, saying, "I think I have to start a family, too. Otherwise, I'll just have to watch other families celebrate the New Year with great joy."

"Have you never seen other families celebrating the New Year with such a lively atmosphere before?" Gao E teased.

"At that time, I was at home with the door closed, and I just thought they were noisy," Du Weiqing said unhappily.

It did feel noisy at that time. A group of people lived in a mess on ordinary days and would quarrel over a broken bowl, but during the Chinese New Year they had to be happy and harmonious. Was it really that necessary?

"Are you not noisy anymore?" Gao E felt that Du Weiqing was beginning to become an ordinary person.

"When I see good people, I want to emulate them. Seeing that you are all living so well, I can't be too bad." Du Weiqing said seriously.

"Do you really want to get married?" Gao E asked uncertainly.

"What? Do you have a suitable person to recommend?" Du Weiqing saw that Gao E was so concerned.

"What do you think of Hanyue?" Gao E suggested.

Du Weiqing sat up straight immediately: "You are kidding, she is so much younger than me, your elder brother will beat me to death."

According to seniority, Chen Hanyue has to call him uncle.

"Putting nothing else aside, what do you think of Hanyue?" Gao E didn't expect Du Weiqing to react like this.

Du Weiqing looked at Gao E's serious expression and said, "She has a bad temper."

"I don't mind you being old, you mind my bad temper." Gao E didn't want to say anything more.

It seems that I have to find a good husband for Hanyue later. I can’t go on like this.

"She doesn't mind that I'm old?" Du Weiqing was a little proud.

"What do you want to do?" Gao E saw that Du Weiqing was not completely without thoughts.

"I don't think anyone dislikes me, so I can't be too pretentious." Du Weiqing said seriously.

"You can be more pretentious." Gao E laughed.

"What's so hypocritical about this?"

"There's no need to be so pretentious. You should show some appreciation, right?" Gao E said directly.

Du Weiqing paused, then looked down at the charcoal brazier. What Gao E said seemed to make some sense.

Gao E thought Du Weiqing was backing down again and decided to forget about it.

"You're right." Du Weiqing suddenly said seriously.

Gao E looked at Du Weiqing's serious expression and asked, "And then?"

"How can we be impatient about such a thing?" Du Weiqing said with a smile.

Gao E didn't mention this either.

This year, the village was particularly lively at midnight, with every household setting off firecrackers, some of them quite large.

Gao E distributed the New Year's money, and the children cheered after receiving it.

Seeing the children so happy, Gao E took Lu Qingluo to find Yan Zheng. After all, Yan Zheng was spending the New Year at her home.

Luo Da had just set off firecrackers and the yard was still filled with the smell of gunpowder. He sat on the firecracker debris, feeling happier than ever before.

This is his home, his wife is there, and he can decide how to celebrate the New Year. This feeling is extremely reassuring.

In the past, he just wanted to take good care of Luo Qing'er.

If he moved any closer, he would feel like a passerby, feeling that nothing belonged to him.

Now he felt that he really existed between heaven and earth.

I heard a knock on the door and ran over to open it, and saw it was Sister Gao and Lu Qingluo.

"Where is Yan Zheng?" Gao E asked directly.

"I went to bed after dinner." Luo Dagang said directly.

Chu Rong and Doctor Xing were still drinking. When they saw Gao E coming, they came out to say hello.

"I'll come and see Yan Zheng." Gao E agreed.

There was no light in Yan Zheng's room, so only the light from outside came in.

Gao E saw Yan Zheng lying motionless on the bed. With such a loud noise outside, it was impossible for him to fall asleep. But if he didn't want to bother with others, then no one should disturb him.

Gao E put the New Year's money next to Yan Zheng's pillow and left.

After Gao E left, Yan Zheng immediately opened his eyes and touched the thing Gao E put down. Inside was a New Year's money in the shape of a copper coin made of silver, with the words "peace and well-being" written on it.

When he touched the words on it, Yan Zheng smiled happily, which was rare for him.

Early the next morning, Chen Ke and Gao E took their children to pay New Year's greetings to their parents.

No matter what happens on ordinary days, the Chinese New Year is always harmonious.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the villagers went around the village together again, and discussed building a temple, but they had a dispute about what to offer as sacrifices.

Gao E did not go out after paying New Year's greetings to the old couple of the Chen family. She finally had a few days of rest during the New Year.

Although Zhao Zhengyuan went to look for Gao E, he still wanted to celebrate the New Year with great enthusiasm when he returned home, to pray for good luck and hope that all his wishes would come true this year.

There was little snow last winter. It started snowing on the third day of the New Year and lasted almost non-stop for two days. It stopped on the fifth day, and it was time for the children to make snowmen.

When Cao Geng came to Chen's house, he heard laughter and joy in the yard from outside the door. He sighed in his heart and his expression became more solemn.