The winter sun shines on people, the warm sunlight can't dispel the cold, but no matter how cold it is, it can't stop people from preparing for the New Year. People who go out wear thick clothes, and put on all the clothes they can wear at home, wrapping themselves up tightly before going out, with a big smile on their rough faces.

There are a lot of people rushing to the town, and the people from the nearby villages seem to have come together. The stalls on the street sell all kinds of things, there are many pedestrians, and the shouting in the ears is constant, and the whole town is very lively.

The children were locked in the house for so long before they were let out, and they cried excitedly when they saw so many people.

Don't run around, or you might get kidnapped and become someone else's child." This was not a threat. It was the end of the year, and everyone had money. There must be people with bad intentions. The trafficking of children has existed since ancient times.

His child was so cute, and the traffickers liked such cute children the most. Cao Xiangnan was worried that his child would be kidnapped by traffickers. This was no joke.

"Dad, I don't want to be someone else's child.

Then follow dad and mom and don't run around. "

Well, there are too many people on the street. After walking for a while, they went to Yipinzhai. Cao Xiangnan asked for a private room facing the street upstairs, so that the children could stand outside the railings and watch the people coming and going on the street.

Several children lay on the railings and looked at the people below, crying happily.

Zhao the shopkeeper came up when he had time and asked someone to send up a lot of snacks. The business upstairs was good these days, so Zhao the shopkeeper came up and said hello and went downstairs to get busy.

They also went back to the yard in the town. When they returned to the village, the yard where they lived was empty, and the house was A housekeeper is watching over the yard. Without them, the house feels deserted and lifeless.

"Uncle Wu, go and pack up and come with us to Caojia Village to celebrate the New Year." When they arrived in the town, Cao Xiangnan remembered that housekeeper Wu was the only one watching over the yard here, so he simply came over and called him to go to Caojia Village with them to celebrate the New Year, "It's a bit lonely here for you to be alone. It will be more lively in the village with everyone else." They

planned to wait until after the New Year to see the situation and then come back to live in the town. At this time, it is safer to live in Caojia Village. Yes, Uncle Wu, go and pack up quickly. "Qi Wanfeng said with a smile that the children were still staying in the carriage and were not allowed to get off. It was really cold outside, and a charcoal stove was put inside to keep warm. Butler Wu was a servant, but he didn't expect that their master and mistress still remembered how a servant like him spent the New Year. He thought that there was no one to look after the yard here, so he could just look after the yard here. He swallowed the words when they came to his lips, and hurriedly responded, "Okay, I'll go now." He

packed a simple package with two sets of clothes in it, closed and locked all the doors inside and outside the house, and Butler Wu hurriedly got on the carriage that was waiting for him, insisting on sitting outside the carriage.

How could a servant sit inside and let the master sit outside?

It was already past noon when they returned, and half a day had passed in a short time.

They had lunch in Yipinzhai, and Baoer fell asleep as soon as he got on the carriage after eating. When they got home, Am carried him away. Qi Wanfeng carried the child into the house, put him to sleep on the crib, and covered him with a quilt.

Cao Ruile, who followed him in, took off his shoes and climbed onto the bed.

Lele also wanted to sleep with Baoer? "Qi Wanfeng saw the child nod, and helped him take off his outer clothes.

Cao Ruile got into the quilt, looked at his mother and closed his eyes.

Qi Wanfeng tucked the quilt corners of the two children, then went out with a smile, closing the door for the children.

Baoer, who was sleeping with a red face, followed the heat source and rolled into Mou Le's arms, clinging to him like an octopus, with both legs entangled. Mou Le He opened his eyes, took his hand off with a wooden face, and took the baby in his arms instead, and was content to accompany the baby for a nap.

The little white fox beside him opened his eyelids, his eyes full of contempt, curled up into a small white ball, and his belly rose and fell.

As soon as the afternoon sun set, the wind outside blew.

It gets dark quickly in winter, and the family had dinner early and closed the door. I stayed in the house and didn't go out. There was a warm fireplace in the house, and the adults and children in the house had washed up and gone to bed early.

The wind outside the window whistled past, and in this night, the light in the house leaked out from the window, bringing an indescribable warmth in this night. The brother in the house coaxed the little boy to sleep, and reached out to touch the youngest child, who was still in his cradle when his husband left. The child, who was once wrapped in a swaddling blanket, can now crawl on the ground. The child grew up day by day, and the second son in the family often asked him where his father had gone.

The New Year was getting closer, and the son who was waiting at home was looking forward to his husband returning home soon.

The son at home did not know that a team of carriages and horses were returning to Caojia Village. If it were not for the heavy snow that blocked their steps, they would have returned to Caojia Village long ago.

Drive, drive, drive. A group of people on the pipeline were hurrying along, with men on horseback protecting a carriage in the middle. Each of them was well-trained and had a solid foundation of martial arts. But I didn't know who was in the carriage, and why they were so carefully protected in the middle. They also encountered a blind thief on the road, who wanted to rob some money, but was beaten and ran away. I wish I had never had such a bad idea. Thinking, those people don't look easy to mess with.

Taking advantage of the fact that the snow stopped and the road was easy to walk on, the people on the road started to hurry since before dawn. Except for stopping to eat something and drink some water, they basically didn't stop along the way. It was cold, and they were afraid that there would be wild animals outside at night, so they tried their best to rush to the next town to spend the night. As they got closer and closer to Caojia Village, the people heading to Caojia Village were inexplicably nervous. He was looking forward to seeing the child soon, but also afraid to see the child he had left in Caojia Village for so long.

With his mother by his side, the child who followed Amma stayed in the small carriage all day and rarely cried along the way.

The Little New Year passed, and the New Year came day by day.

In the blink of an eye, it was the New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve was the New Year's Eve. The last day of the year.

On New Year's Eve, people get up early to clean the house. They clean the house from top to bottom. They put up couplets and door gods on the door, put up big blessing characters on the windows, and hang big red lanterns on the door. People who come down the ladder stand at the door and look at the brand new door with a smile on their faces. Children are the happiest during the New Year. They have clothes to wear and delicious food to eat. The elders will give them New Year's money.

For children, the New Year is the best day of the year.

The children grow one year older, and the adults get one year older, but for the father and mother, it is also a happy experience to see their children grow up year by year. "Okay, I think it's about time." Cao Xiangnan walked into the house from outside, looked up and down, left and right, and after cleaning it up, the whole house looked different.

Qi Wanfeng took Jin Ge'er and Xiu Ge'er to Sun Bailian's place to see if there was anything he could help with, and they helped to clean up the mess. After finishing the work at home, Cao Xiangnan also went to Sun Bailian's place.

Their two houses were opposite each other, and as the saying goes, a neighbor is better than a distant relative, and these neighbors are truly family. When Cao Gang was not at home, Cao Xiangnan would let Wanfeng go if Sun Bailian needed any help. After all, when he was not at home, Cao Gang had always taken good care of his family, and the two families supported each other and had a good relationship.

A letter came from Nanyang with news about Cao Gang, and the news was good. It turned out that the fifth prince had usurped the throne and was plotting to murder the old emperor. King Yi led his troops back to Fengdu, and Cao Gang was a general under King Yi. This time he made a great contribution.

But now the new emperor has ascended the throne, and he has not returned. I wonder if something has held him back. Based on Cao Xiangnan's understanding of Cao Gang, he is definitely not a greedy person, otherwise it would be impossible for Cao Gang to return to Caojia Village, marry a boy, and have a child, and then be willing to be a country bumpkin here.

The only thing I'm afraid of is that the new emperor is unwilling to let him return, which is the most troublesome thing.

But since the King of Yi has ascended the throne, the world is now stable, and the court does not need so many military generals. Cao Xiangnan thought that Cao Gang and his men should be able to come back soon. "

What's going on? Are you done?" Cao Xiangnan went in and saw that the yard was almost cleaned.

"Almost done." Qi Wanfeng replied.

Sun Bailian, who came out from inside, saw Cao Xiangnan coming too, greeted Cao Xiangnan, and said a little embarrassedly, "I still need to trouble you to come over to help, why do you need to come over to my place, I can just do it here casually.

"Yes, yes, this New Year must be done properly and energetically." Qi Wanfeng smiled.

The courtyards of the two families were facing each other, and couplets were posted on the doorsteps and big red lanterns were hung.

The whole Caojia Village was bustling that day. Fortunately, it was a good day, and adults and children were all outside.

Pigs and sheep were slaughtered for the New Year. Ada, who sold pork in the village, slaughtered a pig to sell meat. The chickens raised at home were for laying eggs, and most families were reluctant to eat the laying chickens. It was better to buy a pig head to take home to satisfy their hunger. At this time, people in the village were reluctant to spend a few dollars to buy a piece of pork to take home and eat, so that the children at home could also have a bite of meat and have a good New Year.

After the couplets were posted at home, Cao Xiangnan took advantage of this free time to deliver the prepared New Year goods to the courtyard, and left without staying for long.

Father Cao stood at the door and saw Silang gone, and sighed in his heart. Chen Zhu didn't care about his son's departure. As soon as he saw him leave, he opened the things that were sent to him. There was a lot of meat in it, so he moved it back to his kitchen, as if he was afraid that someone would steal it.

Chen Li saw his mother's appearance and went back to the house without saying a word. He was angry in his heart, but his mother was getting more and more stingy and guarding against him in everything, as if he would eat as much as he stole from her!

When the harvest is good next year, he and his husband will save some money, and they will build a house outside.

When Cao Xiangnan went out to deliver New Year's goods to the compound, he didn't even think about the fact that he had a second brother. It was the people at home who reminded him. Qi Wanfeng saw how hard it was for Wang Yan, a boy, to raise a child, so he just suggested that his husband send some meat there. This would make outsiders feel sympathetic, not to mention the people who had lived under the same roof before. The grudges in his heart against those people were gradually let go, and Qi Wanfeng no longer cared about those people and things in the past, and let it go. Although it was impossible to be nice to those people, he was not really a heartless person who would help those who needed to be helped.

Since it was someone in the family who reminded him, Cao Xiangnan couldn't ignore it. It was just a matter of sending a piece of meat, so he sent it here.

After Wang Yan divorced Cao Laoer, they still borrowed the old house of Cao Dapeng's family. A boy lived here with several children, and their life was hard. Cao Laoer came here several times to look for Wang Yan. Wang Yan was a brave man. He was ready to fight Cao Laoer with a kitchen knife, and scared him away.

Wang Yan's reputation in the village was not good, but he didn't care what others thought of him. He still had to live his life. He had several children to raise. If he went to manage the land, no matter what others thought of him, he would not be able to live his life.

Wang Yan didn't expect that his fourth uncle would send something to his house at this time.

Fourth uncle, wait a minute. "Wang Yan saw his fourth uncle coming to give them New Year's goods, and there was nothing valuable at home, so he hurriedly ran in and brought out a basket of eggs, stuffed them into his hand, and said unnaturally, "I don't have anything good here, these eggs, you take them back. Cao Xiangnan wanted to say that he had eggs at home, but seeing Wang Yan's shy look, he still thanked her and took over the house to help. I'll go back first. "

Goodbye, fourth uncle."