"Haha, let's just chat. It's too cold outside. Let's go in quickly."

As soon as Wang Haofeng saw Liu Chunyan coming out, he immediately said with a smile.

"It's so hot inside, so I came out to chat." Liu Chunyan didn't go in, but came directly to where the two of them were standing, and said to Wang Haofeng, "I have something to talk to Brother Qiutang about alone, why don't you go in for a while?"

"You guys..."

Wang Haofeng hesitated, but still did not refuse, "Then you guys chat, Tangtang, you are not allowed to say anything discouraging to me."

After Wang Haofeng entered, Liu Chunyan gently patted the pear tree beside her and said, "Is this a banana pear tree?"

Yu Qiutang nodded and said, "Yes, the children at home like to eat it, so I transplanted a few, but I don't know if they can survive.

This kind of tree has very high requirements for soil and has deep roots. It is generally difficult to transplant it alive. It depends on whether it can grow new leaves this spring. If not, it is dead. "

Liu Chunyan nodded, "We have one at home, too. It seems to have been there for many years. Ever since I was old enough to understand, it seems to have been planted by my parents together."

"Oh."

Yu Qiutang didn't know what Liu Chunyan was going to say.

"Brother Qiutang, were you just talking about Fengzi being a live-in son-in-law?"

Yu Qiutang thought for a moment and nodded, "Indeed, I want to know what he thinks."

Liu Chunyan smiled slightly, "Of course he is willing. He is such a big living person, it can't be me, Liu Chunyan, who tied him up, right?"

Yu Qiutang thought, you didn't tie it with a rope, but sometimes human emotions are like a thread. Once it is tied tightly, it is stronger than a rope and much more difficult to break free.

It was obvious that Wang Haofeng was tied up.

He used to be a rash and impetuous person, but now he has become serious. If not for emotion, could it be for money?

There are many ways for men to mature, a large part of which comes from the influence of women.

The influence of a favorite woman.

So this is the reason why men who have never truly liked a woman look exceptionally young. Even though they are quite old, the years have not left too many traces on them.

Perhaps seeing what Yu Qiutang was thinking, Liu Chunyan smiled and said, "In fact, the essence of life is the most important thing, right? Life is so short, and what about passing on the family line, fame and fortune? When the day comes for you to die, won't everything be gone?
Wang Haofeng is an orphan. His family can't afford anything. He has to eat at other people's houses here. What's the point of keeping that surname? It's better for him to go to our place. At least he can feel at home there. Isn't that good?"

Yu Qiutang didn't know how to refute it, and there was nothing wrong with this statement.

"Look at you, Brother Qiutang, you are married now, and you have married such a beautiful wife. You can hug your new wife to sleep every day, and your sister-in-law will give birth to several big fat boys and big white girls for you in the future.

Of course you are happy, right?

But what does Wang Haofeng have? He actually has nothing.

Since you are good friends and as close as brothers, how can you just watch him remain single?

It can't be right?

But how can you help him? Give him money. He easily gets money from you, but is it still his own life?
I guess you don't want to see him like that, do you?"

Yu Qiutang nodded, "That's true, I can't refute what you said, but you still haven't answered my question, why do you insist on letting him marry into your family?

According to general rules, young girls must get married, and only widows or divorced women may be forced to take in a son-in-law out of practical need..."

"Brother Qiutang, I used to think you were an open-minded person, but I didn't expect you to think this way. Let me ask you, why is it that when two people get married, it is reasonable for the man to marry and the woman to marry.

On the other hand, if a man goes to a woman's door, it is considered against the rules and he will be discriminated against.

If you are really Wang Haofeng's good friend, wouldn't your biggest wish be for Wang Haofeng to live a good life? Do you really care so much about this process?"

Yu Qiutang looked at Liu Chunyan. He was actually not familiar with this woman. He just thought she was a young girl with personality. But today he found that she had a quick mind, spoke logically, was brave, and had advanced ideas.

Yes, Yu Qiutang also felt that she was right.

The relationship between men and women really doesn't matter who is active or passive.

But the prerequisite is that it is in a special era and environment.

Yu Qiutang believes that in this era, there is no soil for such avant-garde ideas to exist.

He sighed, but still spoke his truest thoughts: "Actually, what I am most worried about is whether you can make Fengzi feel at home. I know him very well, and I saw that he is not happy when we chatted just now.

I think the reason he agreed to you is that he loves you.

But I can't bear to be depressed because of this. If a man wants to keep things in his heart, it is no easier than a woman.

Once it breaks out, there will be big problems. Have you thought about this? Have you discussed it? "

Yu Qiutang looked into Liu Chunyan's eyes and said, "Frankly speaking, if you can't do that, I personally don't think highly of you."

Liu Chunyan's expression did not change, she just said calmly: "No one can say for sure until we get to that point, right?"

Without waiting for Yu Qiutang to continue speaking, she turned around and walked into the room with big strides.

After the two of them went in, Yu Qiutang was actually still a little unhappy.

On the contrary, Liu Chunyan was much calmer.

Until they left, Yu Qiutang never found another opportunity to chat with Wang Haofeng alone.

I could only watch them leave.

Before leaving, Liu Chunyan smiled and told Yu Qiutang not to forget his promise to Lao Liu, and Yu Qiutang agreed.

Mi Yali and Yu Qiutang sent them out together. As they walked away, she noticed that Yu Qiutang looked a little unhappy. She pulled his arm and said softly, "What happened between you and that Yan Zi girl?"

Yu Qiutang shook his head, "Nothing."

Miali nodded.

The two entered the yard and were about to enter the main room when Miyali pulled Yu Qiutang's clothes again, "If you feel uncomfortable and want to talk to someone, you can tell me.

If you need my advice, I will give it.

If you just want to talk to someone, then I will just listen quietly without saying a word. "

Yu Qiutang was startled. Looking at Mi Yali's calm smile, he gently patted her shoulder and said, "It's actually about Fengzi..."

Yu Qiutang briefly told his wife about Wang Haofeng's situation.

After listening to this, Mi Yali pondered for a moment and said softly, "Actually, your biggest concern is the death of your fourth uncle, right?"

Yu Qiutang's eyes suddenly became hot.

He couldn't help but hold his wife in his arms in the heavy snow.

This is the most fundamental reason why he loves this woman so much. She can instantly understand the fear deep in his heart. It seems that he wants to give his wife happiness, but isn't it true that he himself needs to wait for his wife to heal.

Can an old man with a tired soul really change his brain repeatedly after rebirth, and suddenly everything becomes clear and his wisdom becomes incomparably rich?

It's hard.

What you inherit after rebirth is more than just experience.

There are also character flaws that are ingrained in one's bones, and rebirth cannot correct them.

He can only dilute it bit by bit with the happiness of life.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much. Fourth Uncle is Fourth Uncle, Fengzi is Fengzi. Didn't you say that Fourth Aunt is difficult to get along with? But I think this Miss Yanzi is a very nice person.

Think about it from Fengzi's perspective. He has no relatives and is all alone here, so he doesn't feel like he has no home. If he can really get a new home after marrying into the family, wouldn't that be a kind of happiness for him?
Even if we take a step back, you are just his friend after all, and you cannot decide his life.

Even if you are his father or brother, you cannot completely arrange what he should do, what he should not do, what he can do and what he cannot do, right?

Since this is his choice, as a friend, you should bless him and give him the necessary support. You can't continue to provide negative emotions in front of them, which will make it difficult for them. "

Mi Yali said, breaking free from Yu Qiutang's arms and tucking his clothes. "In life, just seek peace of mind. After you have done what you can, the rest is fate."

Yu Qiutang nodded.
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The twenty-third day of the first lunar month is the Liaogan Festival.

This kind of festival is a very unpopular local festival.

Yu Qiutang chatted with people in many places in his previous life, and it seemed that there was no such festival.

There are many different opinions about the origin of this festival, but the purpose is relatively unified, which is to use fire to drive away bad luck.

In people's traditional concepts, fire can not only bring warmth and light, but also dispel bad luck.

For example, after a funeral or when returning from a walk at night, people would light a pile of flames at the gate and let the returning guests step over the flames to dispel the unlucky or gloomy atmosphere.

But the fire of Liaogan is the most intense in the year.

It is also the last day of the Chinese New Year.

From slaughtering pigs on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to burning dried shrimps on the 23rd day of the first lunar month, it is a full month.

Early in the morning, Yu Xiaowei and several other children ate something casually and went out, carrying the rope on their backs.

To burn the dried grass, you need to prepare a lot of firewood, pile it into a large pile and then light it.

It is best to find this kind of firewood in the wild, but if that is not possible, you can use wheat straw at home.

But wheat straw is relatively precious and has to be kept for cooking or heating the kang. Secondly, the flame of wheat straw will not rise very high when burning, so it is not lively enough. Thirdly, according to the most primitive customs, people use wild wormwood as the main raw material for this festival. If wheat straw is used, it would be a bit like cutting corners.

Celebrating festivals is all about a sense of ritual. If we do it casually just to save trouble, and there is no sense of ritual, then the event will be meaningless.

Therefore, on the 23rd day of the first lunar month, children would be sent out to chop wild firewood, the more the better.

If it happens to be a weekend, you can go out early in the morning. Otherwise, you have to rush to school after school at around 4:00 in the afternoon and won’t even have time to eat.

When it is lit, the flame will rise several meters high, far exceeding the walls of the house. Whoever's house has the highest flame will have a prosperous life.

They are competing secretly.

The children are very competitive. When they go out to chop firewood together, if the flames of other people's houses are higher than their own, they will naturally feel unacceptable and feel aggrieved.

Children think this way, and some adults also have this mentality.

But the work of chopping wood is done by children, and adults are embarrassed to go out with a group of children, so they can only encourage their own children to do more and come up with some incentive policies.

At this time, if there are many children in the family, and most of them are boys, they will have the advantage. Boys can climb directly to a high place to cut the undamaged dry wormwood, and they can cut a lot at a time and carry it back.

As for girls, whether because they are reserved or timid, they dare not go to dangerous places. They are also weak, and it is difficult to carry too much if they cut too much at one time.

Of course, when parents assign tasks to boys, they may give more emphasis to boys than to girls and will not assign the same amount, especially during the Chinese New Year, which really makes the children unhappy.

The preference for boys over girls is only reflected in major matters such as studying, building a house, and dividing the family, but small things like this are not divided very clearly.

While the children were working outside, the family members were not idle either.

After yesterday's training, I was able to weave the net much faster today.

Everyone can help weaving the net, even Yu Chunju joins in the work. As long as there is no strong sun and wind, she will not be affected.

In the afternoon, I made long noodles by hand.

Now that we have our eldest sister, Miyali, at home, the third sister doesn’t have to cook by herself. Basically, they just give in to each other and cook for themselves each time.

The taste of my eldest sister’s cooking is average, but her knife skills are very good.

So the eldest sister was responsible for rolling and cutting the noodles, and Miyali was responsible for making the soup. Yu Qiutang liked the soup she made the most and never got tired of it.

After Miyali passed away in his previous life, he ate many kinds of noodles in many places, but none of them tasted like Miyali's.

Later, I could only sigh helplessly, thinking that maybe Miyali’s food just tasted like home, it was just her unique way of cooking.

After dinner, it was completely dark.

It's time to dry it.

Everyone came to the yard and gathered around the pile of dry firewood. Even Yu Qiujiang came back from the town specially.

He has been busy with the decoration these days.

Yu Qiutang was just about to light the match when he saw everyone's eager looks. He suddenly had an idea and took out a few boxes of matches. He asked the eldest sister, the third sister, and Chunju to take a box each, and they lit the match together.

These three people are each bound by their own destiny, and they hope that the suffering can be eliminated by the flames.

Dried Artemisia is very easy to burn. Once ignited, the flame will immediately burn fiercely and soon rise to six or seven meters high, much higher than the roof.

Everyone was very happy around the fire.

Yu Qiutang asked the children to throw all the leftover firecrackers from the New Year into the fire, which immediately burned with crackling sounds. After this day, the New Year would be completely over.

Although the flame was high, it burned quickly. After a few minutes, it gradually became smaller, and in the end only some thicker branches were still burning. Yu Qiutang found a shovel and threw the red ashes that had not yet been completely extinguished into the air like throwing soil, watching the red stars fall to the ground.

This is also part of Liao Gan.

Then came the children’s favorite “real burning” segment, which involves jumping back and forth over the fire.

Jumping from one side to the other and then back again means that all the bad luck has been burned away. Adults will also symbolically burn themselves once or twice. If there are very young babies at home, they will hold the children and burn themselves several times.

The firelight also illuminated everyone's face, as if illuminating everyone's front. (End of this chapter)