The villagers in Liujin Village rushed to build houses and stockpile food. Although the money in their hands was much less, they felt more and more secure in their hearts.
The villagers began to look forward to the next heavy snow.
Entering the twelfth lunar month, the snow finally started to fall one after another. All day and night, the seedlings were covered with a thick layer of snow.
All the villagers in Liujin Village were beaming with joy.
Firstly, with the quilt made of this layer of snow, the chances of the seedlings surviving the winter are higher, and there will not be too much drought next year; secondly, the villagers also feel that this belated first snow is very spiritual, and it will wait for the people in the village.
The houses were almost all built, and the snow fell slowly. It seemed like God was giving some compensation to those who were displaced due to the war.
In addition, it is the time of year-end sacrifices. In the past half year, the villagers have experienced many hardships before ushering in the current stable days. The villagers all feel that they should reward the gods.
Liujin Village's "rewarding gods" mainly focuses on a lively and festive atmosphere.
Let the gods in the sky see that our life is so happy and perfect, and we have lived up to your blessings.
On the day of honoring the gods, Liujin Village arranged for village chief Lu to invite opera singers from other villages and set up a stage in an open space at the head of Liujin Village. Under the stage, a pile of dead wood was piled up and a fire was lit.
People gathered around the fire, warming themselves up while listening to the actors on the stage singing and singing.
On the altar on the other side, there were tributes brought spontaneously by the villagers, most of which were home-cooked food.
Village Chief Lu even offered a roast chicken.
The children sniffed and kept looking at the roasted chicken on the altar, looking like their saliva was about to drip, which made everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The Lu family was responsible for watching the altar, and then gave each of the children a handful of melon seeds and asked them to run and play elsewhere.
The children grabbed the melon seeds and dispersed laughing.
While they were laughing and joking, someone ran over from the end of the village. He was out of breath, and white mist came out of his mouth as he ran out: "... Over there in the county, here, a carriage is coming! Say
Yes, he said he was looking for Dr. Zhu to treat people in the county!"
Zhu Xiangyi was warming up over the fire and listening to the opera with the villagers from Liujin Village. Hearing these words, he felt very calm and stood up: "Then I'll get the medicine box."
After Zhu Xiangyi left, the villagers nearby talked for a few words, then put the matter behind them and continued to lively reward the gods.
Qiao Huaping continued to eat melon seeds and listen to the opera in the crowd.
Needless to say, the opera was sung quite nicely.
Qiao Huaping thought that when she had money and built a big garden, she would often invite theater troupes to sing for her.
The altar was set up and the opera was sung for three days to honor the gods.
Those sacrifices were finally distributed to several families in the village who were not in a good situation, at the discretion of Village Chief Lu.
Among them were Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing.
The two women were given a roasted chicken leg, four large steamed buns, and a package of snacks.
When he came back, Qiao Huaping hugged Bai Feiye and went back with Song Yuelan, Zhou Xiaoqing and her daughter, and happened to meet Zhou Xu. Zhou Xu looked at the pile of sacrifices that Song Yuelan and her daughter shared, and she was very greedy.
He didn't give Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing any good looks, and said in a strange tone: "Eat, it's delicious. I don't know if I won't be lucky enough to eat it again next year!"
Song Yuelan and Zhou Xiaoqing ignored Zhou Xu at all.
Mrs. Zhou Xu hit a wall with Song Yuelan and her mother. She stared blankly and wanted to say something, but then she saw someone hurriedly came to look for Qiao Huaping: "Oh, Mrs. Qiao, it's terrible. Doctor Zhu seems to have asked the people in the county to
The rich man has detained it!...The village chief asked me to invite Madam Qiao to discuss matters!"
Qiao Huaping is now the well-deserved second-in-command in the village.
Even Village Chief Lu is old and has poor legs and feet. Many times, it is Qiao Huaping who makes decisions.
Qiao Huaping frowned slightly and pushed Bai Feiye in her arms to Song Yuelan: "I'm going to take a look. Sister-in-law, please help me hold little A'ye for a while. I'll go to your house to pick up little A'ye after my things are over.
return."
Song Yuelan understood the importance, hugged Bai Feiye and nodded: "Just go and do your work."
Qiao Huaping left in a hurry.
Song Yuelan didn't even look at Zhou Xu, she hugged Bai Feiye, told Zhou Xiaoqing to follow her, and went straight home.
Mrs. Zhou Xu could only spit bitterly at the backs of Song Yuelan and her daughter.