Chapter 117 Leisurely Days
Yao Shuxin took the exam for two days.
Little Tiantian would put on purple shorts and wag a couple of times at Yao Shuxin every day before she left the house, then say something like "Purple butt is fine"...
Yao Shula was starting to regret it.
We should really ask someone from a photography studio to come and see if they can capture Xiaotian's appearance like this.
She's going to keep it, waiting until Xiao Tiantian grows up and looks presentable so she can show it to him.
Or perhaps we can wait until Xiaotian gets married and let everyone see this adorable child's embarrassing childhood moments.
After Yao Shuxin finished her exam, Xiao Tiantian immediately washed and put away the purple shorts herself.
"I'll take it out when my second sister takes the college entrance exam!"
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Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival.
Yao Shuxin was taking a break these past two days. Although Yao Shula didn't know how Yao Shuxin did on the exam, she could tell from the relaxed smile on Yao Shuxin's face that she must have done well.
Never mind, we'll know the results in three days at most, why think so much!
Now is the time to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival properly.
Yao Shula has already brought back the Dragon Boat Festival benefits from the machinery factory.
A box of six salted duck eggs, two packets of tea snacks. The machinery factory made good profits this year, and each person also received four ribbonfish and five yuan.
Yao Shula took them all back.
Lei Jingwu also had Zhou Pingan send over a lot of food and drinks.
These are basically foods that everyone loves to eat, and it would be a waste to give them away as gifts.
Yao Shula was in a good mood the whole time.
Although it's only been half a year, I seem to have a lot more money in my hands than when I first came here.
Not counting the money invested with Lei Jingwu, Yao Shula now has over a hundred yuan left to use.
Yao Shula is also going to follow the example of other families and start giving gifts for the Dragon Boat Festival.
First, there's Uncle Shu's side.
Uncle Shu loves to drink, so Yao Shula bought two bottles of Tanggou Daqu liquor, two cartons of cigarettes, some tea snacks, and some spiced peanuts from Yao Chunian's place and sent them over.
When Uncle Shu's family saw Yao Shula come to deliver things, they were all startled.
Uncle Shu refused to accept it no matter what.
"Your lives have finally gotten a little better, how can we let you spend this money!"
Take them all back and return them, keep the money!
"Uncle, are you afraid I'll need your help again in the future?"
"This is a gift from my niece to you. Please take it. If my mother were here, she would be very happy to see you helping us like this!" Yao Shula said very seriously.
Uncle Shu's eyes immediately reddened.
He hurriedly accepted all the gifts, and then asked his aunt to prepare many gifts that the apprentices had given him during the festivals for Yao Shula to take back.
After visiting Uncle Shu's house, Yao Shula went to Master Sun's house.
Master Sun happily accepted the usual gifts and also prepared many return gifts for Yao Shula.
After visiting those two homes, Yao Shula also delivered a lot of things to Grandma Zhou's house next door.
Grandma Zhou is a good person; she has a good personality and is very warm-hearted.
If Yao Shula didn't understand something, it was all taught by Grandma Zhou.
Just like this year's zongzi, it was Grandma Zhou who taught Yao Shula how to wrap them.
After visiting these three places, Yao Shula bought some food for the elderly at the supply and marketing cooperative and then went to the Yao family's old house.
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Yao Shula rode her bicycle with a basket hanging from the handlebars. The basket contained meat that she had just received from Director Wang.
Two pieces of pork belly, with three layers of fat and lean meat, are perfect for making braised pork.
Yao Shula bought two pieces.
One piece was for our family to eat during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the other piece was bought for Grandma Yao's family.
Last time Yao Shu delivered something to the Yao family's old house, she heard Grandma Yao say that good pork belly was hard to buy during the holidays, so Yao Shu said she would try to see if she could help buy some.
Fortunately, Director Wang was very accommodating and reserved two pieces of the best pork belly for me without saying a word.
Xiao Tiantian sat on the back of the bicycle with her legs apart, her arms wrapped around Yao Shula's waist.
He kept greeting acquaintances who passed by.
"Hello, Aunt Li!"
"Grandpa Wang is out for a stroll again!"
"Grandma Hu's rice dumplings are so beautiful!"
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Everyone greeted Xiaotian warmly.
Yao Shula slowly rode towards the Yao family's old house, explaining things to Xiao Tiantian as she pedaled.
"We'll have lunch at our house tomorrow. After that, your dad should send someone to pick you up."
Have dinner with your dad tonight, stay overnight, and then sleep in before coming back the day after tomorrow.
Xiao Tiantian said "oh" and then asked another question.
"When can I wear my floral velvet?"
"Hua Rong" is the local term in Yun County, which actually refers to the colorful ropes that children wear during the Dragon Boat Festival.
These are all for children to wear, and are said to ward off evil spirits and calm their nerves.
In some places, children wear them until the first rain after the Dragon Boat Festival.
But in Yun County, people wear them until the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. On that day, they cut off the filthy, unrecognizable floral velvet from the children's wrists with scissors and throw it onto the roof.
When they turned seven, on the seventh day of the lunar new year, magpies would carry the magpies away to build a bridge for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
"I'll put it on you after you take a shower tonight. This is called 'grabbing good fortune,' so I'll help you grab more good luck!" Yao Shula said with a smile.
Little Tian was secretly delighted.
Look, he has a floral velvet hat, just like Shuli Ge's!
"Will magpies really steal the flower pendant I'm wearing after a while?" Xiao Tiantian continued to ask.
"Yes, we will! Just watch and when you see magpies, call us to watch together." Yao Shula continued to coax Xiao Tiantian.
Xiao Tiantian immediately agreed.
Before things had even settled down for two seconds, Xiao Tiantian continued to ask questions.
"Big sister, should I hang the egg tonight or the chicken egg tomorrow?"
"I'll hang the eggs for you and Shuli tomorrow morning. Don't worry, I've already had my third sister-in-law knit the egg pouches."
You two each have one, one blue and one green.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to wearing colorful velvet, children also wear egg pouches around their necks with an egg hanging from them.
It seems to mean warding off evil spirits and plagues, and bringing peace and good fortune.
Little Tian was overjoyed to hear that.
"Then I can wear the floral velvet and hang eggs on it when I go to dinner with my dad tomorrow."
"Hey lady, are those eggs hanging there cooked or raw?"
"It must be cooked. If it were raw, and you accidentally broke it, it would all get on you."
Okay, hold on tight, we're almost at Grandma's!
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Upon arriving at the Yao family's old house, Yao Shula handed the pork she had bought to Grandma Yao.
Grandma Yao smiled so hard her eyes disappeared when she saw the pork belly.
"This meat is good. It'll taste great stewed with preserved mustard greens. Shura, here's the money and the ticket."
As she spoke, Grandma Yao stuffed five yuan and a meat coupon into Yao Shula's hand.
"Grandma..." Yao Shula said helplessly.
"Here you go! And also, come over here tomorrow after you've had lunch at your house."
Your sister-in-law brought back a lot of fabric from the department store to make two everyday outfits for everyone, and said she would make two for you and Shuxin as well.
"Also, I'll be sewing shoe soles these next couple of days, drawing a shoe pattern for you, and making you two pairs of lightweight cloth shoes." Grandma Yao said, pressing the money and ration coupons even tighter into Yao Shula's hand.
“Okay, thank you, Grandma!” Yao Shula replied immediately.
"Grandma, what about me?" Little Tiantian also peeked out and asked.
“You’ll get one too! You’ll get one!” Grandma Yao said with a smile.
Little Tiantian is so happy she's lost all sense of direction!
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