Since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the lives of the villagers in Shizai Village have been getting better and better.
Many people have started to walk out of the yard, and the village chief is gradually looking for people to start clearing the snow.
As expected, the first place swept out was where people were chatting at the village entrance.
What happened before the snow fell was gradually forgotten because the villagers had more important things to do.
That is the annual Spring Festival.
On this day, the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xia Manni saw that the snow on the road had almost melted.
"Let's go, kids. Let's go buy New Year's goods together."
After the heavy snow, the Xia family had almost no expenses. The wild boar meat they had stored and the cabbage they grew at home had been enough to sustain them until now.
Before leaving, Xia Manni specifically counted the family savings, a total of thirty taels of silver.
This amount of money is not small. If they save some more mountain products next year, they can earn more money.
Xia Manni wanted to buy a lot of things when she went to the city this time. She planned to buy another bag of mixed noodles. The mixed noodles her family had bought before had been eaten up by eating hot noodle soup every day because of the snow.
She planned to buy a few more pieces of cloth to make spring clothes for her children in advance. After all, they were a year older and had grown a lot taller.
Among other things, she plans to:
Buy an enlightenment book for the eldest child.
Buy another set of wrist guards for Erwa.
Buy a candied haws for Sanwa,
Buy a flower for Si Nier to wear.
"Mom, why don't you buy something too?" After listening to Xia Manni talking about what she bought for them, Big Boy realized that she didn't buy anything for himself.
"Mom wants to buy something. She wants to buy something big."
"What big thing is it, Mom?" Sanwa is always the most curious.
The eldest child's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something. "I know, Mom. Should we buy a stroller too?"
After hearing this, Erwa almost jumped up in excitement, "Really, Mom?"
They no longer have to borrow a stroller from others.
Xia Manni had a headache. "Big Baby, how did you guess that?"
Da Wa scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to answer. Instead, Si Nier blinked and said, "Because I didn't borrow a car today."
The second and third children both looked as if they understood everything.
Xia Manni couldn't help but feel that she would probably have no secrets in front of Da Wa and Sinier in the future.
"Besides these, we also need to buy some seeds. Mother plans to plant some vegetables during next year's spring plowing season. Then we'll go to the government office together."
Sanwa heard something interesting and said, "Government House? Where is that? Is it fun?"
Erwa ran up to Xia Manni and said, "I know, that's where the officials stay."
Sanwa didn't understand, "Mom, where are we going and what are we going to do?"
"To act."
Sanwa wanted to continue asking questions, but he could only see the back of Xia Manni's head.
In the end, it was the eldest child who pulled the third child back and calmed him down.
When they arrived at the market, they actually saw the fat man who had robbed them before.
"Hey, my little sister is here, and the kids are here too." He greeted Xia Manni and the others enthusiastically.
Xia Manni also responded enthusiastically: "Fat brother, I brought the children to buy New Year's goods."
Several children greeted Fat Brother and then took them to buy New Year's goods.
"Hey, Fatty. Is that really your relative?"
Fatty puffed out his chest and said, "That's right. Didn't I tell you that my sister has connections in the government?"
Xia Manni took the children to buy everything they needed and finally put everything on the cart.
"Brother Fatty, please keep these things here for us."
"Ah, sister, where are you going?"
"Go to the government office."
Xia Manni smiled. She was not worried at all that the fat man would steal their things. After all, he had been beaten badly last time.
It’s just that I went to the government office to ask for money, so it’s not appropriate to bring big or small bags.
They didn't know what was going on when they came out of the government office, and they were worried that it would be too late to buy someone then, so Xia Manni planned to find a free security guard for them.
After hearing this, the fat man's face was filled with joy and he said, "Oh, go ahead, your brother is watching you."
Xia Manni's lips curled up as well. This fat guy is quite cute.
The pension for Da Wa and his friends' father was sent to the Xia family by his former comrades in the military camp.
There were also officials from the government office who went with them at the time. Xia Manni felt that this matter was indeed not simple.
If she hadn't heard the conversation between Zhao Ziming and Cui Yanzi, she wouldn't have thought about the pension.
After all, it was a remote and poor place. How could she, a non-local with several children, know the policies of the court?
"Big Boy, do you still remember the official who came to our house to deliver the pension that day?"
"Mother, I remember what that officer brother looked like."
At that time, the eldest son was behind his grandmother and greeted the two men. The officer was quite young.
But later, when my father's comrade-in-arms wanted to take something, his grandmother let him out.
Therefore, he had a very deep impression of that day, which happened half a year ago.
Big Baby felt as if a long time had passed.
"Then Big Boy, go tell him you're going to the market and come visit him."
Da Wa nodded, thinking of the conversation he had heard between Zhao Ziming and Cui Yanzi, and said, "Is that all I have to say?"
Xia Manni touched Da Wa's head and said, "Good Da Wa, if he asks about our family situation, just tell him the truth."
She wanted to see whether the police were in cahoots with Daxiu and the others.
"Mom, do we still need to act?" Sanwa squeezed in front of Xia Manni and said.
"Yes, just think about your life before I came here. If you can't remember, just cry. Whoever cries the most will buy a bun later."
Erwa didn't quite understand, but when he saw that Xia Manni and his eldest brother looked very serious, he shut up. He could do it for the buns.
Sanwa said confidently, "I'm the best at crying."
As they were talking, they arrived at the gate of the yamen.
The officer standing at the door saw a relatively young lady with four children.
An officer saw them approaching and said, "Hey, what are you doing?"
Xia Manni simply saluted and said calmly, "Sir, we are here to look for someone."
The officer looked at the few people for a while. The woman looked okay but a little thin. Could it be that she gave birth to all four children?
"Looking for someone? Do you know where this is?"
"Find a police officer who has been to Shizai Village before and has given our Xia family a pension."
The officer muttered to himself, "Pension?"
Xia Manni clearly noticed the change in that person. The expression on the officer's face did not seem to indicate that he was unaware of this matter.
"There is no such person. Go, go, go..."
"How could there not be? I saw with my own eyes the officials who delivered the pension to my family..."
"What are you doing?"
At this time, a man walked out of the yamen.
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