When she arrived at Gu Zhao's house and found no one there, Tian Tian went to the cowshed to look for Gu Xingshu.
Then everyone went up the mountain to burn paper and light lanterns in front of the graves, and Tian Tian was not afraid of running into people.
It just so happened that Gu Zhao was helping Gu Xingshu scoop out cow dung in the cowshed.
"Why are you here?" Gu Xingshu and Gu Zhao gestured to Tian Tian to come over. Gu Zhao put down the shovel, turned around, saw Tian Tian and smiled.
"I'm here to give you some Yuanxiao. I make them myself at home. You have to eat some Yuanxiao today for the Lantern Festival. They may look a little ugly, but don't mind." Tian Tian wanted to hand the Yuanxiao to Gu Zhao.
"Put the Yuanxiao aside for now. My hands are dirty. I'll take them home and cook them after I finish my work! It happens that I haven't had Yuanxiao for almost two years. This year, I have it all thanks to you." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
"Then I'll go back first. My grandma asked me to go home early!" After saying this, Tian Tian said hello to Gu Xingshu and the others, then turned around and went home.
On the way, Tian Tian met several families who were too lazy to go up the mountain and just burned paper on the side of the road.
Watching them burning paper on the roadside, Tian Tian felt a little scared. She had been afraid of ghosts and spirits since she was a child. When Tian Lisong and his friends went up the mountain to burn paper during the New Year, Qingming Festival, and Lantern Festival, Tian Tian felt uneasy when she heard them talk about it.
Tian Tian is a snail spirit, but to be honest, she has never seen any spirits since she grew up, whether in her previous life or in this life. Ghosts are also something unknown to her.
In fact, after she was reborn in this life, she was always afraid that these ghosts and spirits would occupy her body and squeeze out her soul. She was also worried that the ancestors of the Tian family would not want her strange soul to stay in the bodies of their descendants and would drive her soul out.
When Tian Tian passed by the piles of burning paper, she breathed a sigh of relief, then felt a slight chill on her back, so she quickly trotted home.
When she got home, Grandma Tian had already started boiling water to cook Yuanxiao, but Tian Lisong and his friends had not returned from the mountain yet, so Grandma Tian decided to wait until they came back before cooking the Yuanxiao.
At four o'clock, Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin came back from burning paper and sending lanterns on the mountain. Only then did Old Lady Tian start to cook the Yuanxiao.
After she poured the Yuanxiao in, she did not forget to tell the people at home, "If you need to go to the toilet, go to the toilet. It will be five o'clock soon. You are not allowed to go out again."
Tian Tian believed it, and when she heard what Old Lady Tian said, she hurried out to the toilet.
The others also went out to use the toilet one after another. By the time they finished, the Yuanxiao at home had been cooked.
Chen Guihua and the others put the Yuanxiao into bowls and brought them to the table. Old Mrs. Tian also went out to the toilet.
After coming back, everyone started eating Yuanxiao.
Old Mrs. Tian put a lot of sugar and lard in the Yuanxiao. After cooking, the lard melted and the filling inside became fragrant and sweet.
Maybe it’s because Tian Tian rarely eats sweet things now, she always feels that this Yuanxiao is a hundred or a thousand times more delicious than the ones she had eaten before.
At the same time, she also understood why people of this era have such a strong sense of happiness. They have to wait so long after eating a delicious bite. Who wouldn’t be happy when eating? She was so happy now.
Tian Tian used to be able to eat only five Yuanxiao at most, but this time she ate all eight Yuanxiao in the bowl and drank a whole bowl of the soup used to cook the Yuanxiao.
After eating their fill, Old Mrs. Tian sent Tian Tian, Tian Lilin and their family back to their rooms to sleep, and told them not to go out unless they had anything to do that night.
Tonight is the night of sending off lanterns, to send back the ancestors who were invited back on New Year's Eve. From 5 to 7 o'clock everyone should stay in the house to avoid offending the ancestors.
Every time this happened, Tian Tian would obediently listen to Old Lady Tian and hide at home, not daring to go out.
Tonight was no exception. The first thing Tian Tian did in the room was to lock the door, then take off her clothes, get into bed, close her eyes and go to sleep.
There was no light in her room, and the small light from the kerosene lamp was of no use. She didn't sleep and would have all sorts of random thoughts in the dark room.
Last year, she also once drilled into a snail shell and waited for a period of time before coming out. However, she regretted it after she came out. At that time, the house was darker than when it was still dark, and it was quiet most of the night, which felt even more frightening.
"One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four sheep..." Tian Tian closed her eyes and counted the sheep, trying to fall asleep quickly.
But the more she wanted to fall asleep, the more messy things Tian Tian thought about. Suddenly, a ghost appeared behind her, reaching out to pat her shoulder, or a ghost from under the kang slipped up and patted her on the top of her head, or even ghosts around her that would crawl into her quilt through the gaps in the quilt.
Tian Tian shuddered all over, frightened by her own imagination. She curled up into a ball, pressed the edge of the quilt under her body, and tucked her head into the quilt. Only then did she feel relieved.
Tian Tian maintained this posture and fell asleep unknowingly.
When Tian Tian woke up at dawn, she actually felt like she had survived a disaster.
She looked at the light coming through the crack in the door and knew that it was already bright outside. Tian Tian jumped up, put on her clothes energetically, folded the quilt, and then went out.
Seeing Tian Lisong sweeping the yard and Tian Ligang watching the firewood, Tian Tian said "Good morning" to them very cheerfully.
Tian Lisong and the others also greeted Tian Tian with a smile.
Tian Tian went to the toilet to take care of some physiological problems. After getting some water to wash up, she helped Old Lady Tian bring the meal to the table.
What I ate this morning were the leftover Yuanxiao from last night, which were enough for another meal this morning.
After dinner, the dew outside had disappeared, and everyone took the remaining Ula grass outside to dry.
Use a small hammer to soften the previously dried Ula grass, and then start weaving the mat.
Tian Zhuo and Tian Mu had been staying at home for the whole winter, and today they couldn't wait to go out and play with their friends.
Tian Yuan was helping Old Lady Tian weave straw mats at home, while Tian Tian took her textbooks and homework books to Gu Xingshu for some private lessons.
After seeing that all the children had left, Old Lady Tian asked Tian Yuan, "You are not young anymore. Do you have any girl you like? I will go and introduce her to you and help you get in touch with her."
Yesterday someone came to introduce a partner to Tian Yuan, saying that she had a girl who was pretty and capable. Although she was from the countryside, her family conditions were not bad. She came to ask for the opinion of old lady Tian.
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