Ever since that night's conversation with Chunxi and Zhenniang, Tian An has been analyzing the possibility of flooding and the corresponding measures every night based on the day's weather conditions. And now, he worked until midnight again last night, and woke up late again the next day.
As soon as he got up and opened the door, a little boy bumped into his arms. Since Tian An came, Xiaokang has never been hungry.
After Zhao Yiming's parents' mourning period, they ate meat every meal, and his face became rounder. He also learned martial arts from Zhao Yiming, and his strength increased.
The collision caused Tian An to stagger and take a few steps back, almost falling to the ground.
"Why are you so anxious so early in the morning?" Tian An straightened him up, straightened his clothes, and continued to walk out.
Xiaokang quickly followed up: "Sister, Dacong's family has started cutting window paper-cuts and putting up spring couplets. When will our family start?"
Tian An yawned. "Why rush? Chinese New Year is only a few days away! Then we can just ask Chen Qiang to buy a few stickers and put them up!"
Xiaokang hurried to Tian An and stopped her: "Sister, men like women who are thrifty, beautiful, intelligent, and skillful. If you buy everything, brother-in-law Yiming will dislike you."
Tian An stopped and squinted at him. Xiao Kang felt that his sister's eyes were a little dangerous. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him and he wanted to run away, but it was too late. Tian An quickly grabbed him.
"I'm not frugal?"
Xiaokang had a strong desire to survive and shook his head quickly.
"I am not beautiful and intelligent?"
Xiaokang shook his head again.
"My mind is not smart and my hands are not dexterous?"
Looking at his sister's eyes which were only a slit left, Xiaokang's head was almost shaking leaving an afterimage.
Tian An looked at Xiao Kang, who was shaking like a quail, and held his head with disdain. "It's just a paper-cut! How hard can it be to cut a paper-cut? I'll make it for you after dinner. I can't even make you lose on a piece of paper."
Xiaokang's eyes lit up, "Sister, Dacong's mother gave him a swallow haircut, can you give me a tiger haircut?"
Tian An's mouth twitched. It would be more practical to let Zhao Yiming hunt a tiger for him in the mountains instead of cutting a tiger haircut for him!
The facts show that she is still very self-aware.
Tian An took the red paper, looked at it left and right, but couldn't figure out where to start after a long time.
Xiaokang looked at his sister suspiciously: "Sister, you have been watching for a long time, why don't you cut it?" He then asked tentatively: "Sister, don't you know how to cut tiger hair?"
Before Tian An could say anything, he lowered his requirements and said, "If it really doesn't work, just give me a nice haircut!"
When Tian An heard this, he thought, "Just cut it casually, that's a good feeling!" "That's what you said!"
Then, without caring about Xiaokang's regretful expression, he folded the red paper over and over again, without thinking, and started cutting. He cut here and there, and only when the red paper could no longer be cut did he put down the scissors and spread out the red paper.
The two siblings looked at the red paper unfolding little by little on the table with curiosity, their eyes wide open.
When the red paper was unfolded, it wasn't ugly, but it was a complete mess. It was impossible to tell what was cut.
Xiaokang looked at Tian An with a frown: "Sister, please cut it carefully! I can't even tell what it is. I made a bet with Dacong, if you can't cut it as beautifully as her mother, I will..."
As Xiaokang was speaking, he finally realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and quickly covered his mouth.
Tian An looked at him curiously, "What do you have to do?" Glancing at his hand covering his mouth, Tian An crossed his arms over his chest, "If you don't tell me, I won't cut it. Just wait to lose!"
She also asked this boy why he insisted on asking her to cut paper-cuts, and even bought ones were not enough. It turned out that he had made a bet with someone!
The two of them were deadlocked for a while, and Xiaokang couldn't persuade his sister, so he had to tell her everything.
The brother and sister's father passed away early, and their mother also died early. The boy felt unhappy when he saw his friends comparing themselves with each other with the paper-cut window decorations made by their mother.
He boasted shamelessly that the paper-cuts made by his mother were the most beautiful and a hundred times more beautiful than theirs.
Children have always had a deep admiration for their mothers. When he confronted her like this, she naturally refused to listen. "We haven't even seen your mother, so how can we know if it's true or not? You must be bragging."
Xiaokang's face flushed red after being scolded. After a long pause, he managed to say, "My mother taught my sister. She knows how to cut hair."
Some children still didn't believe it: "It's almost the New Year, and your family hasn't started cutting paper-cuts yet, so you definitely don't know how to do it."
Xiaokang argued: "My sister was too busy before, so my family will start cutting her hair today. When my sister is done, her hair will be better than yours."
When the children heard that their mother was going to be outdone, they were furious. In their hearts, their mother was the most capable and the paper-cuts she made were the most beautiful.
So he made a bet with Xiaokang that if Tian An's paper-cuts were not as good as theirs, he would have to walk around the village barking like a puppy.
Tian An felt a little sad after hearing this. All she could do was to ensure that he had enough food and clothes. She was really powerless to change the love of her parents!
Oh! That’s all! The eldest sister is like a mother, “Sister, go and learn now. You can’t let our Xiaokang learn to bark like a dog.”
"Can you learn it now? Sister, I'm making things difficult for you." Xiaokang began to regret it now, because his impulsiveness put his sister in a dilemma.
Tian An gently raised her head: "It's okay, sister will definitely cut the most beautiful paper-cut for you."
Tian An planned to go find Grandma Qin and ask her if she knew how to cut paper-cuts. If she didn't know how, he would ask someone else. She had a large family and there would always be someone who knew how.
Fortunately, Grandma Qin really knows how to do it.
"You've found the right person to cut paper-cuts. When my mother-in-law was young, she was the best at cutting paper-cuts in the family. It's just that she hasn't done it for many years, so her hands are a little rusty."
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