Jiang Tuantuan looked up at the sky and sighed silently. It has been a year since he came here, and a lot of things have happened.
Taking advantage of the good weather and some sunshine that day, Jiang Tuantuan and Li Jingchen came to the Taoist temple together.
Wuming was still sweeping the floor at the door. He looked up and saw Jiang Tuantuan and the others. He said in surprise, "My master sensed you would be coming soon, so he asked me to wait for you here. Come with me."
When I entered the meditation room, I saw Master Yuqing sitting cross-legged in front of the Three Pure Ones, with his eyes closed, as if he was meditating.
Jiang Tuantuan didn't dare to disturb him, so he quietly found a corner and sat down.
Master Yuqing chuckled softly, "The donor is here."
"This time, my daughter was able to save one, all thanks to Master. Thank you very much, Master."
"Don't thank me. There is no destiny, but nature itself. The laws of all things are determined by nature. Miss Jiang is not destined to die, and nature will not die either."
Although Master Yuqing said so, Jiang Tuantuan still donated the two thousand taels of silver to the Taoist temple before leaving.
While going down the mountain, a ding-dong sound came from the system. Jiang Tuantuan followed the guidance of the elf and picked some grass. With the help of Li Jingchen, he caught several small animals.
Two days later, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month arrived. The whole Jiang family was welcoming the arrival of the new year with great enthusiasm. They bought New Year's goods, cleaned the house, and many people sat around in the small yard. This new year was of great significance to Jiang Tuantuan and his three children. This was their first new year in this world.
Yubao has been very happy these two days. Seeing the adults busy running back and forth, and seeing many new things added to the house, he is extremely curious and looks here and there. He is already three months old and can crawl a few times crookedly.
Jiang Tuantuan also likes Yubao more and more. Children are at their cutest when they are between three months and two years old. "Yubao calls me mother."
Yubao: “Ah.”
Li Jingchen: "Yubao calls me daddy."
Yubao: “Ah.”
Feng Xiaoli looked at this scene and helplessly carried Yubao away. "The child is so young, and you're already thinking about talking. You two should hurry up and get to work. Have you cleaned the house yet? You're just sitting there doing nothing."
Li Jingchen felt very aggrieved. He had been working and wanted to tease his son, but he was caught.
Jiang Tuantuan felt very guilty. After all, the whole family was working, but she was the only one who was lazy.
On the 30th, the whole family sat together making dumplings. Mai Feng and Mai Deng returned to the outskirts of the city to celebrate the New Year with Mai Wu and Ma Gu. After all, they were from the same village, so Jiang Tuantuan did not try to keep them.
After wrapping the dumplings, Jiang Li and Jiang An ran out to set off firecrackers. They placed the firecrackers on the ground, lit them, and immediately ran back. Crackling sounds were heard in the yard.
Jiang Tuantuan quickly covered Yubao's ears, and Li Jingchen covered Jiang Tuantuan's ears again.
In the end, Jiang An rolled his eyes.
During the first few days of the New Year, the Jiang family had no relatives to visit, so they went to their neighbors' homes to wish them a happy new year.
I took some New Year gifts and went to the village chief's home in Daping Village.
The village chief was originally frowning, but he immediately smiled when he saw Jiang Tuantuan. He originally wanted to ask his wife to cook a table of dishes to entertain him, but then he remembered that there was nothing to entertain at home. The only thing left was a mouthful of rice. Usually, they ate mixed rice at home, but today when Tuantuan came, he just cooked a big bowl of rice.
Jiang Tuantuan put the New Year gifts on the table, which included food and clothes.
"Tuan Tuan, you can't afford all this. The weather is bad now. You should keep these things for yourself, especially the food, which is even more precious."
Jiang Tuantuan: "Grandpa Village Chief, please accept this. This is also a token of my appreciation."
She said, "Yubao, come here quickly and meet your great-grandfather."
Yubao opened his big round eyes and looked around. Because there were usually many people at home, Yubao had developed a friendly personality. When he saw the village chief, he laughed while drooling.
The village chief liked it very much. This fat boy is so nice.
There were only rice porridge and pickles on the dinner table. Although the village chief was smiling all the time, Jiang Tuantuan could see that he must have encountered some difficulties.
After dinner, Jiang Tuantuan said, "Grandpa Village Chief, tell me what happened."
"It's nothing, don't worry."
Jiang Tuantuan handed the child to Li Jingchen, sat upright, and looked at the village chief with a serious face, "Are you out of food?"
The village chief sighed, "Yes, everyone in the village has no food to eat. We've eaten up all the food we had before. Now we can only pull up tree bark. When the winter wheat grows, it will be spring. What should we do in the meantime?"
He said, "Right now, food outside is already as expensive as thirty coins per pound."
Jiang Tuantuan asked, "Didn't the imperial court send us relief grain?"
The village chief gave a bitter laugh and said, "After distributing the relief food, each family only had a handful of rice, which was only enough to last for a few days."
Jiang Tuantuan recalled the scene when she first came to this world and the villagers helped her repair her house. At that time, she said that she would definitely repay everyone when she had the chance. Now it was time to fulfill her promise.
"Grandpa Village Chief, please wait for me. I will deliver some food tomorrow."
After returning to the county town, Jiang Tuantuan went to the grain store to buy grain. Although the price was already thirty cents per pound, there was still not enough grain to sell, and many people came to buy.
After Jiang Tuantuan bought ten kilograms of food, he was told not to buy any more, otherwise others would not have enough. If he wanted to buy more, he should come back tomorrow.
Daping Village is not small, so ten kilograms is definitely not enough. So they lined up early the next morning and bought another ten kilograms. Jiang Tuantuan also called Jiang Li and Jiang An to help with the transportation.
When we arrived under the pomegranate tree at the entrance of the village, we saw the village chief waiting there. Looking at the cart full of grain, the village chief was so moved that he almost cried.
"Grandpa Village Chief, this is 20 kilograms of food. If you hold on, you can make it until spring. Everything will be fine in spring."
The village chief called everyone together and said, "This is the food Tuantuan gave us. With these 20 kilograms of food, we can survive this winter. Everyone should remember this kindness."
The villagers were very grateful, but Jiang Dashu's family was very embarrassed. When they saw Jiang Dafeng's leg broken and Li Jingchen left home, they thought they were a burden. They didn't expect that things are getting better and better now.
When distributing food, the village chief took one look at Jiang Dashu and deliberately gave him less. Jiang Dashu found out but dared not say anything.
The other villagers also saw it, but no one stood up to speak for them.
It's too late for Jiang Dashu to regret now. It was his own fault for doing such a ruthless thing in the first place.
After delivering the food, Jiang Tuantuan and his group returned to the county town. When they arrived at the county town, there were already vendors setting up stalls on the streets. Jiang Tuantuan saw mutton soup and it smelled very delicious.
I ordered four bowls of mutton soup and four pancakes and started eating them in big mouthfuls.
At this time, an old woman passed by. When she saw Li Jingchen, she suddenly became dazed.
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