Traveling through the farm, I just want to earn money by farming

The rain is like a pearl curtain, the mist is like a veil, and the breeze teases the tender buds. The spring sunshine dyes the peach branches beautiful, waiting for the poet to marry the flowers - "Xue Youyi".

The family members got up one after another before dawn, and the rain was still falling, in response to the thoughts of Qingming Festival.

The morning breakfast was much richer, with willow leaf pancakes (not weeping willow) and eggs cooked with shepherd's purse. After breakfast, the family went about their business as planned yesterday. Tan and Li went to the homes of their friends, briefly explained the situation to them, and invited them to go to the mountains to pick mushrooms together.

Old Mrs. Chen and her two granddaughters prepared the items for today's ancestral worship. They hung broken willow branches in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and ensure safety. Then they went to the second uncle's house in the village to buy some fish and some tofu, which are the necessary dishes for the ancestral worship.

Barley was the first to get up. To prepare the mugwort balls for the restaurant, he rose at the stroke of Yin, kneading the dough and filling, and toiled alone in the kitchen until dawn. He made six different varieties, saving a few for the restaurant and their ancestral offerings. After packing the pastries, he headed to Second Aunt's house.

"Grandma, second sister, and little sister, the snacks for today are ready. I've kept some for our family to use for ancestor worship, and will send some to Mr. Ma." He carried the basket into the kitchen and put it on the table, then helped several people prepare the things for the sacrifice.

"Okay, let our ancestors have a taste of these fresh foods. They never had good food in their lives, so they can enjoy the blessings of their descendants in the underworld." Old Mrs. Chen said with a smile as she divided the ingots, incense and candles into portions.

"Sister, don't be busy. My brothers have all gone to the mountains today. You are the only one who can deliver the snacks to the restaurant. It's still early and the rain won't fall. You should go quickly. We have to worship our ancestors when we come back." Qing Ning looked at the sky that was getting brighter and the rain had stopped, and urged her sister to go quickly.

"Okay," Qingke didn't stay any longer and turned to leave.

Qing Ning suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and hurried out to stop Qing Ke: "Sister, wait a moment. It's not easy for you to carry so many things by yourself. Wait a moment, I'll go see if Grandpa Yu is still at Mr. Ma's house and see if we can borrow an ox cart."

"I'll go with you." Qingke watched his little sister busying around. He couldn't let his little sister think about everything alone.

She went to the kitchen and picked up the basket of snacks for Mr. Ma, and the two of them went to Mr. Ma's house together.

After a night of spring rain, everything comes alive, and everything is full of new ideas! The moistened air is wrapped in a cool breeze, refreshing and comfortable.

"Grandpa Ma, Grandpa Yu, Uncle Wu, Uncle Qi, Uncle Shi, good morning." Qing Ning saw them from afar and greeted them loudly.

"Qingning and Qingke are here." Mr. Ma smiled and let them into the yard.

Qingke came closer and greeted everyone in the yard, then took out a basket and handed it to Mr. Ma: "Grandpa Ma, today is Qingming Festival, and these snacks were made this morning and saved especially for you."

"Okay, we don't plan to make a fire today, so your snack is just right." Mr. Ma and his friends follow the Cold Food Festival customs.

"Have the two girls delivered the snacks for the restaurant today?" Old Master Yu stopped practicing martial arts and wiped himself with the towel handed to him by Yu Wu.

"Not yet, Grandpa Yu. Everyone in the family has gone out to do their own things early in the morning. These exquisite snacks are all packed in the basket, and it's difficult for me to carry them all by myself. So I was thinking about whether I could borrow the ox cart. It wouldn't be in vain." Qingke explained his purpose.

"Oh, what bad luck! I asked the third brother to go to the Taoist temple to get something yesterday afternoon with the ox cart, and he hasn't returned yet." When the two heard the time, they thought they had to hurry, so they prepared to go back.

"You two wait a minute, let Lao Wu and Lao Qi give you a ride. They are faster than you." Grandpa Yu arranged for Yu Wu and Yu Qi.

"No need, Grandpa Yu. Why should we trouble Uncle Wu and Uncle Qi to make a special trip? We can still make it in time if we rush." ​​Qingke felt embarrassed when he heard this and quickly refused.

"It's okay, don't mention it. It's nothing. It's just a small errand for me to take your snacks. Okay, don't say any more. If you continue, you'll miss the business." Old Master Yu didn't give them a chance to refute.

When the two of them looked at the time, they thought that with their speed of walking back and forth, it would be bad if they affected the restaurant's business and delayed the time for ancestor worship. Without thinking about it, they thanked Grandpa Yu and the others, and Qingke took Yu Wu and Yu Qi back to get the things.

Qing Ning was not in a hurry when she saw someone helping her to get there. "Grandpa Ma, can you draw?"

"Your Grandpa Ma's painting skills are not very good. Grandpa Yu will paint for you." When Grandpa Yu heard Qingning's words, he pushed Mr. Ma aside and said to Qingning with a smile.

"What do you mean, old man? What do you mean by not very good? Your painting looks like a cricket." When Mr. Ma heard what Mr. Yu said, he was furious.

Qing Ning was speechless watching the two of them quarreling again. They were so grown up, why were they still like children, quarreling and getting angry at the slightest provocation?

"Grandpa Yu and Grandpa Ma, you two go ahead and fight. I'm going to go back and prepare for the ancestor worship. Things for both families need to be prepared. I'll come back in the afternoon." After saying that, he ran away. Alas, he couldn't afford to offend her.

When the two old men saw the little girl run away, they stopped arguing, glared at each other with disgust, and went about their business.

On the way back, I saw my father going home with someone, and I hurried after him: "Father, is everything done?"

When Father Chen saw it was his daughter, he smiled and said, "Lianpeng, the work is almost done. The land deed is ready. Since the government office is closed for Qingming Festival, your village chief and I will go to the county government office tomorrow morning to get it stamped." Then he pointed to the man next to him and said, "This is your uncle Changhai. I'll take him to see the land for the workshop and find out how much material is needed."

"Hello, Uncle Er" Qing Ning greeted him politely.

"Lianpeng is an amazing little girl. If you have good things in the future, think of your second uncle." Changhai looked at Lianpeng with a smile. Changjiang told him that all these were done by the little girl in front of him. How could other people's girls be so smart?

"Second uncle, you must do your best. Good things will definitely not be missed." Qing Ning patted his chest proudly, looking like an adult, and made the two of them laugh.

"You, your second uncle is your subordinate. What you said is really disrespectful." Changjiang glared at her unhappily, shook his head and laughed.

Qing Ning stuck out her tongue sheepishly and walked with the other two toward the barren slope. When they arrived, Chen Changjiang shared Qing Ning's plans from the previous night with Chen Changhai, explaining that they didn't have enough money to build a baking oven and a mushroom house first, and then walked around and sketched on the land. Chen Changhai was, after all, used to building houses, so he understood the details as soon as Chen Changjiang said them. The three of them calculated the materials and time needed, and when they found their estimates were pretty close, they decided on them. They also said they would go back and find someone to check the start date, and then they left without staying any longer.