When Ye Changxue heard that his brothers were being bullied, he immediately jumped up and asked, "Whose family is it? Take me there..."
He wanted to say, "Take me to settle the score with them," but when he remembered that his grandmother had just told him to stay here and look after his younger siblings, he suddenly felt a little torn.
Fortunately, the twins had no intention of coming back to complain. After a few complaints, they went up to the kang and went to play with Qingtian and Niannian.
After dinner, Old Lady Ye urged everyone to go to bed early. Tomorrow was New Year's Eve, and not only did they have to get up early, but they also had to stay up all night, so everyone had to get a good rest the night before.
Children look forward to the Chinese New Year the most, especially starting from New Year’s Eve, when adults will let them eat delicious food and go out to set off firecrackers without any restrictions.
So everyone was very obedient and went to bed early.
The adults would wait until the children fell asleep before they started to get busy. First, they would put a small purse filled with New Year's money under each child's pillow, and then they would put the new clothes to be worn tomorrow next to the children's pillows.
After Ye Ersao put away the three children's New Year's money and clothes, she looked at her three sons' sleeping faces and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Ye Lao Er raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder.
When I was outside the Great Wall, although life was hard, it was stable.
This year has been really full of ups and downs.
Fortunately, life is getting better and better now. In the past, children never had to wear new clothes inside and out.
Ye Lao Er suddenly whispered, "I'm not as capable as my eldest brother, nor am I a carpenter like the third brother. I'm just a farmer.
"Before, outside the Great Wall, everyone was about the same, but since entering the Great Wall, the gap between us brothers seems to have gradually widened..."
What Ye Lao Er actually wanted to ask most was, would you despise me for being so incompetent?
But the words rolled around on the tip of my tongue several times, and in the end I didn't dare to ask.
But the two have been married for so many years, so it goes without saying that Ye Ersao can guess what he is thinking.
"What's wrong with farming? We are all farmers, and farming is our roots!
"Although the eldest and third brothers are enjoying great success now, wait until next spring when every household starts working in the fields. Isn't it time for you to show your skills?"
"Do you really think so?" Ye Laoer felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and he put his arms around his wife's waist.
"What I saw in you was your hard work and dedication, and your ability to farm.
"Now that I've given you three sons, you're still asking me this?"
"Hehe!" Ye Lao Er couldn't help laughing and whispered in Ye Ersao's ear, "It's a rare day that the children are all asleep today, should we..."
The same scene was happening almost simultaneously in the homes of Ye Lao Da and Ye Lao San.
Only Ye Laosi was left alone in the empty room. Although the room was warm, he couldn't help feeling lonely and cold in his heart.
Because they went to bed early the previous day, the children all got up early the next morning without the adults waking them up.
Except for sunny days, all the children's first reaction was to reach under the pillow to touch the New Year's money.
Although the Ye family has never been rich, they have never lacked children in this regard over the years.
Every year, there are always two purses, one given by Old Mrs. Ye and the other by my parents.
It doesn’t matter how much money you have, what matters is good luck.
The family situation is better this year, but my wallet is empty. When I weigh it, it seems not as heavy as before.
Ye Changxue was impatient and immediately opened the purse to check.
I found out that this year it was not filled with copper coins, but small silver ingots.
This was something the adults had exchanged at a money shop when they went to the capital to buy New Year's goods.
Each one cost one tael of silver, and was engraved with auspicious words such as "Fu Lu Shou Xi" (blessings, wealth, longevity, happiness, etc.).
Ye Changxue was so excited to have two taels of silver that he jumped out of the quilt without even getting dressed and jumped up and down on the kang.
Mrs. Ye grabbed him and said, "You're already so old, and you're still jumping around in the pit. If the kang collapses, do you think you can escape a beating?"
After she finished speaking, she reached out and took the two purses from Ye Changxue's hands and put them in her arms.
"Mom, that's my New Year's money!" Ye Changxue immediately shouted. In previous years, there was no such thing as receiving New Year's money.
"What if I give you so much money and you lose it? I'm saving it for you so you can get married later."
The two children are still young, their minds are full of delicious food and firecrackers, and they never think about something as far away as getting married.
"Mom, we used to keep the New Year's money for ourselves!" Ye Changxue protested.
Ye Changnian also covered his small purse, fearing that it would be taken away by Ye Sansao.
But he was no match for his mother and soon suffered the same fate as his brother.
"Mother..." Ye Changnian looked at Mrs. Ye San pitifully.
He had just been in an accident, and his injuries hadn't fully healed yet. Seeing this, Third Sister Ye's heart softened. She pulled out ten copper coins from her pocket and gave five to each of her two sons. "Is this all right? We've bought all the food we can for you this year. You can enjoy as much as you want. We've also bought a lot of firecrackers, so you don't have to go out and buy them yourself."
Ye Changxue was still a little unsatisfied with the five copper coins in his hand. After all, the gap between five copper coins and one or two taels of silver was too big.
"Mom, this is too..." But when he tried to act like his brother and act coquettishly, he was suppressed by Mrs. Ye before he could finish his words.
"If you keep on cheating me, you won't even have five copper coins left!"
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