The next morning, sunlight streamed into the house early in the morning.
Li Xiao'e was tired after a whole day yesterday. She slept very deeply last night and just woke up now.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Li Xiao'e stretched and got up.
As soon as she walked into the yard, Li Xiao'e was shocked.
There are several bamboo baskets in the yard, filled with freshly picked wild flowers.
There were also two baskets of shredded paper money, each piece was the size of a palm.
Next to the basket was a pile of shaved bamboo strips.
On the side, Uncle Li was still busy, fearing that it was not enough.
Everyone has been waiting for a long time.
As soon as they saw Li Xiao'e come out, everyone stared at her.
"Hehe...hehe...you guys...are up so early!" Li Xiao'e laughed dryly.
"Why do you get up so early if you have nothing to do? Go back to sleep for a while." Uncle Li said while busy with his work.
Li Xiao'e blushed and said, "You all get up so early. How can I, a freeloader, go back to sleep?"
Li Xiao'e pretended not to hear what Uncle Li said and began to arrange the work.
A few of the younger ones continued to go to the river to pick some beautiful ferns.
I asked Zhaodi to take a bowl and cut some sap from the Chinese toon tree. The sap from the Chinese toon tree is very sticky and can be used to make paste.
Uncle Zhou twisted some thin hemp ropes.
Finally, Li Xiao'e squatted beside Grandpa Li and gestured with his hands, asking Grandpa Li to weave the bamboo strips into several circles of different sizes. He then strung these circles together with bamboo strips in order from small to large and from inside to outside, and then inserted two flat bamboo poles and a movable bamboo pole, and the prototype came out.
Li Xiao'e stood up the bamboo ring and was very satisfied with Grandpa Li's craftsmanship.
At this time, several younger children and Zhaodi also came back one after another.
"Little brother, look, we have picked a lot of ferns." The little kids put out their baskets as if they were presenting treasures.
Li Xiao'e patted their heads and said, "Not bad. My second brother will buy you some candy tomorrow."
"Second Grandpa also contributed... Second Grandpa also wants candy." Zhou Erye, who was struggling with the hemp rope, said seriously.
"Yes, yes, yes... everyone has it."
Zhaodi shyly took out the bowl in her hand, which was filled with light yellow sticky juice. "Waiter, it's not enough. Tell me and I'll cut some more."
"Okay, thank you, Sister Zhaodi."
Li Xiao'e rolled up his sleeves and started working.
Li Xiao'e first stuck a few yellow paper money in the center of the bamboo circle, then inserted green ferns around the paper money, and then inserted a large circle of white wild flowers along the bamboo circle, leaving an inch of space, and then inserted yellow wild flowers.
Li Xiao'e used scissors to cut the red paper money into small pieces. Then, she used Chinese toon juice to paste the shredded paper on the yellow paper money to form the Chinese character "葬" (díng) (shì).
Finally it’s done.
Li Xiao'e clapped her hands and looked at her own achievements, feeling satisfied.
Since Li Xiao'e started working, everyone put down their work and looked carefully...
"Waiter, what is this? It's so beautiful." Zhaodi couldn't help but stretch out her hand to touch it, but then pulled it back for fear of breaking it.
“It’s called a wreath.”
"This is why you asked me to take you for a walk in the mountains yesterday!" Uncle Zhou suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment on his face.
"Smart, Uncle Zhou." Li Xiao'e likes to deal with smart people, it saves trouble.
"This thing, called a wreath, is an expression of remembrance and mourning for the deceased."
"Are you planning to sell this thing during the Qingming Festival?" Uncle Li guessed.
"Yes."
"How much silver do you plan to sell it for?" Uncle Zhou's eyes were burning.
Li Xiao'e stretched out a finger.
"A copper?"
Li Xiao'e looked incredulous.
"Is it a hundred bucks?"
It was everyone's turn to be in disbelief.
Li Xiao'e continued to shake her head.
"One or two?" Uncle Li tried to guess.
"That's right." Li Xiao'e nodded with a smile.
"What?"
Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground in shock.
It seems that we need to establish a correct view of money in them. It’s a long and arduous task! Li Xiao’e sighed and started brainwashing again.
“Is this wreath beautiful?”
"nice."
"Have you seen this wreath before?"
“No.”
"Are the nobles in the east and west of the city short of money?"
“No shortage.”
“Will they find it expensive?”
"Won't."
"Every Qingming Festival, they burn countless firecrackers and gold ingots to show off their family's strength." Uncle Zhou works in this field and has a lot to say about it.
"Scarcity makes things valuable." Li Xiao'e added appropriately.
When Uncle Li and Uncle Zhou heard this, a gleam of light instantly appeared in their eyes.
If we operate properly, we will definitely make a lot of money this Qingming Festival. Li Xiao'e silently added in his heart.
"You guys, go and call everyone back quickly." Uncle Li made a prompt decision and decided to increase production.
"Old Zhou, go and help me cut some more bamboo."
"Tiedan, Tiedan, Tiedan...get out of here right now."
"Grandpa Li, what's wrong?" Tiedan was still asleep when he was awakened by Grandpa Li's lion roar.
"Are you the reincarnation of a pig spirit? What time is it? Are you still sleeping? Hurry up and get to work." This was a world of difference from how he treated Li Xiao'e before.
Tiedan, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, was completely confused and had to join the working team silently.
"Waiter, can you teach me how to make this wreath?" Zhaodi asked timidly. She also wanted to help everyone, and for some reason, she was particularly interested in these beautiful things.
"Okay!" Li Xiao'e agreed generously.
Li Xiao'e did it right away. He took Zhaodi by the hand, picked up a new bamboo ring, and began to explain it to Zhaodi.
Zhaodi's hands were very skillful, and under Li Xiao'e's careful guidance, she soon created a new wreath that was on par with the one Li Xiao'e had made before.
"Sister Zhaodi, you are much more dexterous than me. You can try to match other patterns yourself and try different ways of matching them." Li Xiao'e suggested.
"Really? Then I'll give it a try." Zhaodi's little face, which was usually drooping, was now raised excitedly because of Li Xiao'e's praise, with a sparkle in her eyes.
"Yes, it's true." Li Xiao'e nodded heavily. "If you don't believe me, why don't you ask them?"
Zhaodi looked at the others expectantly.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhaodi, who had always been very timid, was recognized by everyone for the first time and felt that she was so useful. Zhaodi secretly decided that she must make the wreath well and live up to the trust of Xiaoer and everyone.
In the whole yard, everyone was busy in an orderly manner. Looking at the wreaths placed in the yard, everyone's face was full of smiles and full of hope for life.
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