The factory was suspended and the annual holiday began, but Qin Yao was unable to stop for a few days and stay at home for the winter as she wished.

The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month is a good day to slaughter the New Year pig.

Liu Dafu's family took the lead and slaughtered two pigs.

One of them is specially used to treat the whole village to a pig-killing dinner.

At daybreak, the men of Liu Dafu's family came to the village to call for help from every household as long as they were available.

Qin Yao heard the screams of pigs being slaughtered coming from the village early in the morning. She turned over and continued to sleep.

It was not until noon that Liu Dafu's grandson came over and shouted, "Auntie, come to my house to eat the pig-killing meal!"

Qin Yao then stretched, dressed and washed in two minutes, locked the door, and followed Le Hehe's children to his house to eat the delicious pig-killing meal.

Liu Ji and Awang took the children into the city early in the morning.

Erlang woke up the whole family before dawn, fearing that if he arrived too late he would not be able to get a good stall selling windmills.

The days before the New Year coincide with the market day, which is a good time for people from all over the country to go to the city to buy New Year's goods.

Only by taking advantage of a boom can you raise the price of the items you want to sell by one or two cents and make a little more money.

As soon as they entered the city, Erlang and his two siblings dragged Liu Ji to find a stall to sell goods.

Awang was in charge of the purchasing task. He paid a few more cents, drove straight to the slaughterhouse, and ordered half a pork.

After New Year’s Eve, the market will not open until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so you should stock up on fresh meat.

But even with this half piece of pork, Awang was still worried that it would not be enough to feed the several mouths at home.

Fortunately, there were people on the street selling bacon and sausages that they had left out last year and that no one wanted to eat. The price was cheap and affordable, so he bought them all and, after some calculations, he felt relieved that he should have enough meat.

The remaining New Year's goods were basically whatever the family needed. Qin Yao and his wife, who were in charge of the family, had already bought them from the provincial capital.

By the time Awang had finished his shopping and came to the four of them, Erlang had just set up his stall and sold a windmill.

But with a beginning, everything will go smoothly.

This kind of rare little gadget is indeed very popular during the New Year.

Anyone who brings a child and has enough money basically cannot resist the children's nagging and will take out money after a while.

Liu Ji took the lead and led Sanlang and Si Niang to try their best to please passers-by, while Dalang and Erlang delivered goods and took money respectively.

The five of them, father and son, worked well together and soon all the windmills that Erlang brought were sold out.

Awang didn't have to wait long before he saw the father and his five sons pack up their stall and come towards him with smiles on their faces, looking very high-spirited.

In order to carry more goods, the ox cart driven today was filled with goods, leaving only a small half of space. Sanlang and Si Niang squatted up, Erlang could barely sit on the shaft, and the remaining Liu Ji and Dalang had to walk.

But this was not a difficult task for Liu Ji.

He waved his hand and said, "Awang, come down. I will drive the carriage today."

Awang said "Oh", jumped off the car, stuffed the whip into Liu Ji's hand, and picked up Si Niang from the car. Amid the little girl's surprised cry, he carried her on his shoulders.

"Dalang, get in the car." Awang pointed to the empty seat and motioned Dalang to get in.

Dalang glanced at Si Niang who was sitting on Awang's shoulder. The perspective of an adult from a high position was completely different from what she had seen before. She could see all the people and stalls on the street at a glance. The little girl was so happy that her eyes kept rolling.

Dalang smiled, climbed onto the ox cart quickly, and sat next to Sanlang.

Liu Ji said twice: "That's great, that's great!"

Crack the whip and drive ahead.

Awang followed with Si Niang on his back, and his pace was not slow.

On the way, if Si Niang wanted to pick an icicle from the branch above her head, Awang would jump up lightly and carry her to "fly" into the air.

Without any effort, Si Niang could easily grab a piece of icicle with her little hand and laughed happily.

Liu Ji was driving the cart, teasing his daughter from time to time and asking her to pick one for him as well.

Si Niang was unwilling, and the two children started a childish quarrel, which made Awang, Dalang and the other two brothers shake their heads.

By the time Qin Yao finished eating Liu Dafu's pig-killing dinner and ran to the second house, Liu Ji and others had just returned home.

The villagers helped Liu Dafu's family slaughter two pigs in the morning, took a break at noon, and continued to slaughter the two pigs that the villagers bought together in the afternoon.

After the pig was slaughtered, each family took their share home. The village chief came over and invited Qin Yao to his home for dinner.

Qin Yao couldn't refuse the kind invitation, so she had another meal.

It was late for dinner, so Liu Ji asked Dalang and Erlang to come and urge her to eat, and then he called her back home.

Qin Yao came into the house reeking of alcohol, and Liu Ji complained, "You're still not home so late. I should have let you drink yourself to death outside!"

Qin Yao drank a lot of wine, but she was not drunk.

He looked lazy. As soon as he entered the room, he fell into a chair in the main room, staring at one place with dazed eyes.

She didn't listen to Liu Ji's complaints at all.

Sanlang walked up to A Niang curiously and waved his little hand in front of her.

Qin Yao's eyes moved, following the little hand in front of her, her gaze fell on Sanlang's face, and she asked with a lazy smile: "What's wrong?"

Sanlang smiled sheepishly, "I thought you were drunk, mother."

Qin Yao reached out and ruffled the child's messy hair, and said confidently: "It's just a jar of liquor, mother won't get drunk."

"Has the windmill been sold today?"

When the windmill was mentioned, Sanlang's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily, "Yes, they sold very well. They were all sold out in a short time. Second brother even gave each of us five cents."

Erlang sold one windmill for 15 coins. Some people bargained and bought two for a little less, so the total price of 25 windmills was 366 coins.

After deducting the cost of 200 wen, there are 166 wen left.

He generously gave five cents each to his eldest brother, third younger brother and fourth sister, leaving 151 cents.

No, in order to wash away the shame of being sent a penny by Liu Ji yesterday, Erlang generously stuffed the extra penny into Liu Ji's pocket.

Liu Ji was not angry at all. He thought that even a mosquito leg is still meat, so he happily accepted it.

So in the end, Erlang got a total of 150 coins.

The four brothers and sisters were given fifty cents of pocket money each month. Erlang earned enough pocket money for three months in one go, which made Sanlang and Si Niang very envious.

The twins even begged their second brother to take them with him next time so that they could make money together.

Qin Yao thought of the article Liu Ji wrote yesterday, and then saw Sanlang took out five copper coins and handed them to her like a treasure. She sighed: "Your second brother is much more generous than your father."

Sanlang nodded in agreement, but he didn't think a penny was too much. He put the coins into his small purse one by one and shook them. The jingling sound made him happy.

"Aunt Yao!"

Dalang and Awang walked in. Liu Ji was still in the kitchen, cursing and making tea for Qin Yao to drink to sober her up.

As for the fact that Qin Yao was not drunk at all, he completely ignored it.

Qin Yao didn't bother to care what was wrong with him. Anyway, he would always get so self-indulgent a few times a month, and she had long been accustomed to it. (End of this chapter)