That night, Song Yuehua took out the gold hairpin she had prepared for Xiaoyu and said, "Xiaoyu, this is for you."
Xiaoyu opened the box and was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. "Gold... this... how could it be mine?"
"This is for you."
Xiaoyu quickly shook her head and said, "Sister, I don't want it. This is too expensive. I don't dare to wear it."
"You don't have to wear it," Song Yuehua said, "You are still young and it would be too conspicuous to wear this. I just want you to see it so you know what's going on."
"What's the number?" Xiaoyu asked.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "You also have a gold hairpin. Now you have one, and in the future you will have two, three, and many more. So, do you have an idea now?"
Xiaoyu thought of Mo Qiaoren, and then looked at her elder sister's actions today, and smiled helplessly, "Don't worry, elder sister, I'm not such a short-sighted person."
"That's good," Song Yuehua handed the hairpin over and said, "Do you want to take it away?"
“No, no, no,” Xiaoyu refused. “Sister, please put it away for me. I always feel uneasy carrying this with me.”
Song Yuehua nodded. In fact, she thought so too.
If such a beautiful hairpin fell off, she would be so heartbroken that she would wake up in the middle of the night.
"Then try it on and see?" Song Yuehua said, reaching out.
Xiaoyu laughed shyly, "It would be bad if it got broken."
"It's okay, gold can't be damaged. Go and play with Xiaoyu." Song Yuehua handed over the hairpin.
Xiaoyu jumped off the bed and said happily, "Sister, I'll give it back to you tomorrow."
Soon, screams of two little girls were heard from next door.
The weather is getting colder now, it would be nice if it could snow.
The Chinese New Year was just a few days away, so Song Yuehua paid the workers' wages early and gave everyone in Dongshan an early holiday.
This year, it is the same as last year, with one month's salary plus half a month's red envelope, 1 chicken, 20 eggs, and 10 kilograms of corn.
The manager needs 2 chickens, 40 eggs and 10 kilograms of rice.
According to Xie Wenwu, the Guan family only paid one month's salary and nothing else.
Several people passed by here and were still waiting there eagerly for the holiday gifts.
Seeing that Baozi didn't react, Old Man Ren gave him a tactful reminder, but was scolded and had three days' wages deducted.
No one dared to mention this matter later.
The 29th is Xie Feng’s birthday.
Song Yuehua prepared two large food boxes for Xie Wenwu and Xiaoyu to take home.
"Master, what are you preparing?" Xie Wenwu tried to reveal it several times, but was stopped by Song Yuehua.
"Don't open it, it will be bad if the heat dissipates." Song Yuehua said.
According to Song Yuehua's observation, Xie Feng likes to eat duck very much, so she cooked more than ten kinds of duck dishes, including cured duck and pickled duck, which she prepared a month in advance.
Xie Yu said reluctantly, "Sister Song, how about I come over tomorrow?"
"I celebrate my birthday every year, there's no need to run around." Song Yuehua said with a smile.
Xie Wenwu sighed, "It's such a coincidence that I have to be next to my second uncle."
After sending the two little ones away, Song Yuehua went to Zhou's house.
The New Year is coming soon. The rain at the end of November made everyone feel relieved, but the water level has dropped a lot in this month.
Zhou Lizheng also looked at the sky with a sad face.
Song Yuehua said, "It will be difficult to grow crops next year."
Zhou Lizheng sighed, "Let's not talk about whether it's easy to grow or not, the question is whether it can be grown or not."
If there is no rain in the next few months, there will be no chance of planting anything next year.
"Grandpa Zhou, if it really comes to this, what should we do?" Song Yuehua felt a little scared.
Zhou Lizheng said solemnly, "Either flee from the famine or wait for death. Natural disasters will be followed by man-made disasters."
After returning from Zhou's house, Song Yuehua asked Duan Yidao to drive the ox cart to go to the county town together.
Since something might go wrong, be prepared for it to happen.
Song Yuehua arrived at the county town. The price of corn was fixed at 25 wen per catty. She bought 300 catties of salt, 6,000 catties of corn, 200 catties of brown sugar, 5 jars of soy sauce, 50 rolls of hemp rope, 2,000 sacks, and 20 jars of wine, for a total of 180 taels of silver.
Duan Yidao was shocked, "Girl, what are you doing..."
Song Yuehua smiled and said nothing. If she bet wrong, she would lose money, but if she won, she would survive. Although she would rather work in vain than encounter a drought.
After pulling the things to Dongshan, everyone in the compound worked until the evening before they rested.
Song Yuehua returned home and slept until the next day. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Dabao grinning at her happily, "Happy birthday, big sister."
Xiao Bao also changed into new clothes, hugged Song Yuehua's waist, raised his head and asked, "Big sister, are you happy to grow up?"
"Of course I'm happy." Song Yuehua tapped her little nose and smiled.
"Sister, happy birthday!" Xiaoyu gave the new clothes to Song Yuehua to change into.
This dress looks very delicate from the hem to the pattern. Song Yuehua sighed, "Such a good dress, I have to wear it for a few more days to make it worthwhile."
Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Don't be sad, sister. You can put some cloth around the edges, so you can still wear it even after a few years."
"That's good!"
Granny Wang came early and cooked a bowl of noodles for Song Yuehua.
When he brought it to me, he was still muttering, "After eating the longevity noodles, I hope you will live a long and peaceful life."
The chicken soup in the noodles was cooked by Grandma Wang at home in advance, just waiting for Song Yuehua to wake up so that she can eat a bowl of longevity noodles.
Liu Shitou and Liu Xiaomian went to the kang room to play cat's tuck with Dabao and Xiaobao.
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