Jing Chunxi kept dreaming of pigs squealing all night, screaming heart-wrenchingly and jumping around, but she still slept soundly.

Later, she not only dreamed of pigs squealing, but also was chased by pigs. Xiaotuanzi and Qiaoqiao were also being chased with her. As they were running, Heizi also joined the chase. Heizi kept protecting Xiaotuanzi and didn't care about himself and Qiaoqiao at all.

They might be the only ones who are laughing so happily while being chased by a group of pigs, because the little pigs chasing them are all round and plump, and are only little suckling pigs weighing a dozen pounds. The little pigs are delicate and silly, and like to shake their heads. They look even cuter than the six little rabbits in the backyard.

Even if they were caught, the little pig would just use its round head and flat ears to nudge their butts and play with them, without causing any harm.

While Xiaotuanzi, Qiaoqiao, and Heizi were having a blast playing, Jing Chunxi was desperate to escape. Being nudged by the pigs was fun, but Jing Chunxi was ticklish. It was okay for him to get up and run again, but if they pounced on his chest, it would be extremely itchy and uncomfortable, so Jing Chunxi had no choice but to hide.

She ran, but not happily, as if her hands and feet were tied and she couldn't move at all, so the soft pig bristles were always pressing against her chest, which was so itchy and uncomfortable, and her smile was uglier than crying.

"Hurry, follow me." Suddenly, she felt a big hand with distinct joints grabbing her right hand. The voice was very firm, which made her feel inexplicably familiar. It also made Jing Chunxi feel safe and trustworthy. When she looked up, it was Tao Jin. He seemed to have grown taller, and his eyes were particularly bright when he looked at her. He was very happy.

"The pigs are coming, run." The two men held hands and were about to rush forward.

But Jing Chunxi felt the restrained feeling again, as if she was tripped by something, and her body fell heavily. The two of them did not loosen their hands, and Tao Jin's body also leaned towards her, and was about to fall on her.

"Ouch!" I was really tripped again.

"Why is cousin Xi so strong?" Jing Mingyue complained sleepily.

Jing Chunxi woke up and found that he had just had a dream and was still lying in bed.

She stared at Jing Mingyue, who was still hugging her whole body with her hands and legs, and found that her furry hair was pressing against her chest, which was extremely itchy.

Jing Chunxi desperately pried her hands apart, then used his feet to prop up her legs, trying to get her away from his body.

No wonder he'd slept so tired all night. His hands and feet felt like they were always tied. His cousin was already so old, how could it not be tiring to be hanging on her like this all the time? And that itchy feeling when the pig pressed against his chest last night turned out to be her beautiful hair. Jing Chunxi was about to collapse. He could only look at her angrily. What should he do if he wanted to kick her off the bed?

But this cousin didn't realize that she was in a bad mood, and she glared at her with a blaming look, as if Jing Chunxi was her lover who had ruthlessly abandoned her. She used her eyes to silently accuse Jing Chunxi who had woken her up.

Jing Chunxi didn't indulge her at all, and said with a grumpiness: "Why are you in my bed?"

Except for the day at noon when they first arrived in Yamen Village, when they rolled together and slept after taking a shower, she was not allowed to share a bed on the first night. They were clearly not together after taking a shower last night, so why are they together now?

"How could you sleep so soundly? The screams of pigs being slaughtered coming from all directions didn't wake you up. It was so scary. Not only were pigs being slaughtered in our backyard, but I felt like the whole village was slaughtering pigs. The pigs were screaming one after another, next door and at the front door." Jing Mingyue spoke with tears in her eyes, and gestured in different directions with her hands. Finally, she covered her ears. All her actions expressed her fear last night.

Jing Chunxi then remembered that today was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day their family had agreed to slaughter a pig.

"Have you slaughtered the pig?" Jing Chunxi looked at the small window frame. It seemed that it was not yet fully daylight outside.

"They didn't sleep or take a shower at all, and they started slaughtering pigs in the middle of the night." Jing Mingyue said as she lay on the bed with her arms and legs spread out. Jing Chunxi's body was finally liberated and stretched out naturally, but he still felt tired.

Her whole body was aching all over, and her feet were still a little numb, but the hand that Tao Jin had just held still felt warm. Jing Chunxi looked at the culprit who had disturbed her sweet dream with a bit of resentment, without saying a word.

Just when Jing Chunxi was about to fall asleep again.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk! Tuk-tuk-tuk!"

"Cousin Xi! Get up quickly!"

It was the little dumpling's voice.

"Young master, go and watch the groom slaughter a pig, hahaha!" Sugar Frost's voice was also heard outside. There was the sound of water in the courtyard outside. Sugar Frost laughed happily, followed by the laughter of several people outside.

"My mother refuses to wear new clothes and says she wants to be stuffed with pig's blood sausage. She's not obedient." Qiaoqiao's voice was also very clear, but you could hear her inner joy. It seemed that she had never been so happy during the entire exile.

"My two young ladies, hurry up and get up! Nanny Wang said they'll start steaming pig blood sausage soon. We'll have rice dumplings and pig blood sausage for breakfast this morning, and we'll also have sugar cakes."

Yesterday, they wrapped three large baskets of rice dumplings and started cooking them after dark. They said they would have to cook at least five or six pots, and it might take until dawn, so no one got to taste them. Hearing this, Jing Chunxi felt greedy. The last time she ate sweet rice dumplings was during the Dragon Boat Festival. She quickly kicked Jing Mingyue.

Jing Mingyue muttered: "Hateful!"

He was kicked again, and muttered again: "You are a bad student."

Yesterday, we steamed about twenty plates of sugar cakes, and the whole family shared a large plate. The plate for steaming the cakes was flat, as big as a wooden basin for washing faces. The family shared them, and each person could get a piece as big as half a palm. Everyone felt full after eating a two-inch thick piece of sugar cake. It was sweet and greasy, with the fragrance of brown sugar. One piece would keep you full for the whole day, but after one night, you would start to feel a little greedy again.

"It'll be right there!" Jing Chunxi immediately woke up when he heard that there was something delicious to eat.

"Cousin Xi, you are being mean."

Jing Chunxi sat up and immediately threw back the quilt, startling Jing Mingyue. A gust of wind blew in and made her shiver. She quickly pulled the quilt back and rolled herself up again.

Jing Chunxi didn't care anymore. He picked up the clothes on the bedside and put them on, saying, "Pork blood sausage must be delicious. It will be even better with glutinous rice."

Yesterday, Nanny Wang had already prepared the ingredients for blood sausage: a bowl of soaked glutinous rice, five-spice powder made from local mountain ginger and other crops, mixed evenly. She said she'd wait until the pig's blood came out to mix it again, and then the blood sausage would be ready. When Jing Chunxi smelled it yesterday, he thought it would be delicious, definitely better than something made with just pig's blood.

Jing Mingyue resigned herself to taking the clothes Jing Chunxi handed to her. Since her younger cousin had already gotten up, if she, the eldest cousin, didn't get up and go out, she would definitely be scolded by her mother.

But she took it and just put the clothes into the warm quilt, still wanting to stay in bed, complaining: "I was so scared last night when I heard the pig-killing screams that I couldn't sleep at all. I think you are the one who slept the deepest in the whole house."

Jing Chunxi felt a little angry when she thought about how she had been hung up by a koala all night. Anyway, she was the first one who didn't believe that he didn't sleep.

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