On the second day, the snow had not stopped, and the thickness of the snow had reached half a foot deep overnight.

The roads in the village were covered with wind and snow.

Lin Changlu got up early and put on a thick cotton-padded jacket to clear a path in the middle of the yard.

Waiting until dawn, Pei's third wife and daughter-in-law cooked hot dumplings and eggs.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when people were not allowed to wake up, Lin Changlu lit firecrackers, and the "cracking" sound made the five lazy pigs at home get up.

The first thing they do when they wake up is look under their pillows.

When they found a bunch of copper coins tied with red thread underneath, the five children jumped happily on the bed.

This is the time that children look forward to most every year. With the New Year's money, they can buy delicious and fun things when the salesman comes to the village.

Ah Li took the copper coins and listened to the four men saying that they could buy delicious food, so he quickly found a small jar and hid it.

After getting up, they happily put on their new clothes and knelt down on soft cushions to greet their elders one by one and say New Year greetings. They also got red envelopes at this time. Although there were not many copper coins in them, it was very happy for children.

Already.

After breakfast, the four men took Ah Li and went door to door with their friends in the village to pay New Year greetings.

It is usually a lively event, with each household preparing some candies and snacks for the children to eat.

Ah Li is wearing the pink skirt and red cloak given to her by Lu Qingling today, with her delicate and cute little face.

She looked like a rich girl from a wealthy family, and she stood out among the children.

Every time I went to a house, I was praised by others, which made Cheng Jiaojiao very uncomfortable. She was also dressed up beautifully by her mother today, but compared to A Li, her appearance and clothes were still too different.

Much more.

The children followed Ah Li to the Lu family. Lu Yun knew that there was such a custom in the village, and had already arranged for his servants to prepare some copper coins to distribute to the children in the village.

This made the children extremely happy. They had never encountered such a generous family before. They took the copper coins and went home happily.

Only A Li and Cheng Jiaojiao did not leave.

A Li jumped up and took the four men to find Lu Qingling. Cheng Jiaojiao asked from the side: "A Li, aren't you going home?"

"We'll go back later, why don't you leave? Everyone else has gone away."

"Is it okay if I want to play with you?" she asked innocently.

A Li looked at her and nodded: "Okay then!"

Lu Qingling's body couldn't bear the cold outside. Under normal circumstances, he stayed in his bedroom, which was lit with fine charcoal.

He heard from his servants that A Li was here, so he put down the books in his hands and looked at the door expectantly.

After a while, Ah Li opened the door and revealed a small head. He grinned and said to Lu Qingling in the room: "Brother Ling, I wish you good health in the new year and I wish you fish every year."

She learned this when she first heard other people say blessings.

Lu Qingling couldn't help but smile on her face, "Lili may have a safe and healthy new year. Come in quickly! It's cold outside."

When Ah Li opened the door and went in, a long line of people followed him.

The four men happily said New Year blessings to him.

He responded to them all with a slight smile, and asked his servants to give them the big red envelopes he had prepared.

Only when Cheng Jiaojiao arrived, he suddenly suppressed the smile on his face and just nodded symbolically.

Still, someone gave her a big red envelope.

Ah Li saw that Lu Qingling had prepared red envelopes for others, picked up the snacks on the table and said while eating: "Brother Ling, they all have red envelopes, where is mine?"

After saying that, she tilted her head and blinked her big watery eyes.

Lu Qingling walked up to her and gently rubbed her hair, "How could it be possible that yours is missing? I will bring it to you alone later."

Ah Li was happy now and took out a red envelope from the small satchel made by her mother and handed it to him.

"My mother gave this to Brother Lu."

Lu Qingling took the red envelope, and a warm feeling surged into her heart.

Cheng Jiaojiao looked at Ah Li and couldn't help but curl her lips in her heart. How could anyone ask for a red envelope? It was really uncultured.

Also, she was extremely jealous when she saw the new clothes and cloak that A Li was wearing. She knew that it must have been given to her by Lu Qingling. After all, the Lin family was so poor that even the children in their village knew it.

At a young age, she was extremely jealous.

Ah Li and the others were going home after staying at the Lu family for a while. Her mother said she would go back early for lunch.

Before leaving, Lu Qingling left her alone, took out a brocade box and opened it. Inside was a pair of white jade double fish round carving jade pendants, and two gold chains around the mouths of the two fishes.

"Do you like it?"

Smiling sweetly, "I like it, I like it, I'm on it."

Lu Qingling thought she was talking about the koi fish above that had the same name as hers.

So he took out one piece and tied it around A Li's neck, and tied the other piece around his own neck.

"Li Li, these two pieces were given to me by my mother. You have one piece and I have one piece. If I am no longer here one day, this jade pendant will be left as a memory of you."

"Brother Ling, why aren't you here?"

Ah Li didn't quite understand what he meant, and looked at him innocently while touching the jade pendant.

Lu Qingling didn't say much, just told her what she said, and then let A Li go home.

The next day, it cleared up after the snow and the sun was just right.

People in the village began to visit relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings.

When Yan got pregnant, she asked Lin Errong to take Erlang and Silang back to her parents' home. Because Zhang had severed ties with the Zhang family, she didn't have to go back to her parents' home this year to suffer the shame of being a coward.

The adults who were not visiting relatives were chatting and cracking seeds on the kang in the house, while Ah Li and Dalang Shiro were building snowmen and having a snowball fight in the yard.

It's a joy to play.

Their giggles echoed throughout the yard.

Just as they were having fun, there was a knock on the door outside the yard.

Dalang stopped, walked over to the outside of the yard and asked, "Who is it?"

"Dalang, Lili, are my pearls."

Dalang scratched his head in confusion and said to himself: "Mingzhu, who is Mingzhu?"

As soon as Ah Li heard about Mingzhu, he immediately ran over and asked Dalang to open the yard, "Sister Mingzhu is sister Zhaodi!"

Only then did Dalang remember that Li Zhaodi had changed his name, so he quickly opened the courtyard door.

There was not only Lan Mingzhu outside, but also Lan Qinxue's maid Qingdai and four or five male servants holding gift boxes.

"Carp!"

"Sister Mingzhu!"

The two little girls hugged each other happily when they met.

The adults chatting in the room heard the noise outside and quickly walked out of the room.

"Miss Qingdai, why are you here? Come inside and sit down."

Ms. Pei quickly greeted them into the house.

At this time, a woman in the village who was visiting with someone saw this scene and said to someone nearby: "I am afraid that the Lin family is about to become prosperous, and rich people will come to visit. In the past, their family used to be a house where mice came out crying."

"That's right, eh, the little girl who just came in looks like Zhaodi, the girl from the Li family? Didn't Mrs. Huang say she was lost?"

"It looks a bit like her to me, but she seems to be a lot fatter and fatter than before, and the clothes she wears are made of fine cotton. I don't know if it's her."
Chapter completed!