Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

"I don't know. The child was a little fussy yesterday. I went home to put on makeup for Jingya and came back quickly. The child kept crying last night. Qingnian took a look, but he couldn't figure out what was going on. The child is too young to take a pulse. This morning, the child had a fever. Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do?" Huixin was about to cry. There was blue around her eyes. It seemed that she didn't sleep at all last night.

Xue held the child and touched the child's head. "It's a fever." Then she carried the child to the kang and looked at Xiao Chuqing carefully. Xue stretched out her hand and tried on both sides of the child's nose, and then held the child's little hand and touched it. "Is the child frightened? Didn't you call her?" Huixin was stunned, "What? Frightened? No way, we stay at home all day, how could she be frightened?" Zhu and Han came over, and Zhu said, "Our sister-in-law knows a lot about these things. If she says she is frightened, it might be true. Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do? Huixin and Qingnian are both young, and they don't understand these things." Xue undressed the child. It was quite warm in the room, so she was not afraid that the child would catch a cold. Then she asked the maid next to her to pour some liquor, and rubbed the child's body with it after it was heated. "Qingnian was rubbed like this, but after a while, the child got a fever again." Huixin saw it and said. Xue didn't say anything, and rubbed the child's armpits, knees and back with liquor, and then covered the child's belly with the corner of the quilt, leaving only two little arms exposed. With some liquor on her hands, she kept stroking the child's arms. From top to bottom, she stroked the child non-stop.

Gradually, the child seemed to have less fever, and then stopped crying, closed her eyes, and slowly fell asleep. Xue quickly wrapped the child in a quilt, then turned back to Huixin and said, "Find a new needle, a piece of red thread, and a stick of incense, and give it to me."

Huixin didn't understand, so she quickly followed Xue's instructions and found a needle, red thread, and incense.

Xue threaded the red thread onto the needle, and then tied one end of the incense with the red thread. She turned around and changed Chuqing's position, so that her head was facing the kang. She pinned the new needle to the wall above the child's head. "Bring the fire starter."

The maid next to her handed over the fire starter, and Xue lit the incense, and then hung the incense upside down. "Okay, everyone who has nothing to do goes out, and those in the house don't make any noise. Don't open the door. It will be fine in a while."

So everyone just watched the incense stick light up little by little. It actually lit up a lot, but the ash didn't fall down. Huixin thought it was very strange, but she couldn't say anything, so she just waited.

When the incense stick was half lit, the ash finally fell down. Xue let out a long sigh and said softly, "Okay, it's calling. Wait for Qingnian to come back and get some medicine for children's convulsions and give it to her." Huixin went forward to take a look. The child was actually sleeping very soundly. "Thank you, sister-in-law. I have never experienced this before and don't understand it at all. This child hasn't slept so soundly since last night." Xue smiled, "If you play with a few more children, you will understand. Children of this age have unstable souls and are easily frightened by a little noise. This is the soul that has gone down. Just call it. Don't be too quiet at home in the future. If there is a little noise, the adults should speak louder to avoid scaring the child." Huixin nodded quickly after hearing this, "Oh, I know." The child had fallen asleep. Xue and the others talked to Huixin for a while and then returned to Xu's house. Chen inevitably asked Huixin how her family was, so Xue told her about the child's situation. "Mom, it's okay. Huixin just hasn't experienced it and doesn't understand. Besides, I think Chuqing may be like Huixin, and her body is weak. She will be fine after she grows up. You don't have to worry." Chen nodded, "Jinghui is strong, so Huixin doesn't worry about it. How can she understand these things? When Huixin was young, I had to hold her and coax her when she got sick. I didn't sleep all night and finally raised her up. Later, you came into the house, and you helped me coax her." The old lady sighed about the past. Han saw that it was getting late, so she and Zhide took the child home. Chen talked with her nephew and niece-in-law for a while, and everyone went to rest. Jinghan lay on the kang, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. She didn't expect that her lifelong event would be settled like this. Jinghan still feels a little unreal. Isn't this a dream? Jingwan and Jingxian slept on the same kang with Jinghan. When Jingwan heard the noise, she asked, "Second sister, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I can't sleep. When my eldest sister got engaged, I didn't see her unable to sleep either." Jinghan said with some confusion.

Jingwan couldn't help laughing, "Second sister, you are really... Alas, my eldest sister and her husband had already been in love at that time, and she was so happy that she couldn't sleep. You just found out what Brother Zixuan was thinking, no wonder you are like this. Okay, go to bed quickly. You are just not used to the fact that you and Brother Zixuan have changed from siblings to something else. You will get used to it in the future." After Jingwan finished speaking, she turned over and went to sleep.

When Jinghan heard this, her heart was also open. Yes, I have always regarded Zixuan as my brother for more than ten years, but now I suddenly want to become a lover. I am really not used to it. Forget it, it's useless to think too much, just get along slowly in the future. Jinghan gradually fell asleep.

The Chen brothers were sent away the next day, and the Xu family returned to its former peace. However, on the eighth day of the lunar month, Jingya returns home, and the Xu family still needs to make preparations. Fortunately, I have prepared a lot of things at home, and they were not used up at the wedding banquet, so it was not too busy.

On the morning of the eighth day of October, everyone had breakfast early and then all sat in the living room in the front yard to wait. Jinghan and others were also dressed up and waiting anxiously in the room. The boys in Wenxuan couldn't sit still anymore and went out to have a look.

"Grandma, my eldest sister and the others are back." Wenchang ran into the house and shouted.

At this moment, Ms. Chen couldn't sit still, "Quick, go out and take a look and bring the new uncle in." Naturally, the old lady and the old man couldn't go out, but the others had to go out to greet him. So a large group of people cheered and went out at once.

Jinghan came outside and happened to see Yue Pengcheng riding a horse to the gate of Xu's house. Behind is a sedan carried by two people. Next to the sedan are two girls, Bai Wei and Bai He. Behind the sedan, there were several porters, each carrying a load of things. This was a homecoming gift prepared by the Yue family. In addition to these people, there were two other servants. One of them had been here before the wedding, but the other one had not been seen before.

Pengcheng got off the horse, came to the front of the sedan, lifted the curtain, and reached out to help Jingya get out of the sedan.

Jingya was dressed in red, and her long braid was pulled into a woman's bun. There were not many jewelry on it, only a gold hairpin and a red silk flower.

The young couple looked at each other, and then Pengcheng took Jingya's hand and came to everyone. When the two people saw Zhixin and Xue, they lifted up their clothes and were about to kneel down.

Here Wenhan supported Pengcheng, while Jinghan supported Jingya.

"Come on, come in, come in." Zhixin said, taking the lead and walking into the house.

Everyone gathered around the young couple and rushed the young couple into the house. In the room, Xu Chengkuan and Mrs. Chen were sitting at the top of the hall, looking at the beautiful couple in front of them with smiles on their faces.

Zhixin and Xue sat down on the left side of the old couple. At this time, Honglian took the mat and placed it on the ground. Pengcheng and Jingya kowtowed to the old man and the old lady.

"Okay, okay, get up quickly." The old man grinned from ear to ear with joy.

Hong Shao on the side came over with a tray, which contained a meeting gift from the old man and Mrs. Chen to the young couple. It's a pair of jade pendants, and two purses. In the purses are specially made silver coins.

Bai Wei stepped forward to collect the things, and then Pengcheng and his wife knelt down again and kowtowed to Zhixin and Xue.

Zhixin and his wife quickly asked them to get up, and Luping next to them gave them a meeting gift. This is a pair of double ring walls with perfectly matched patterns, symbolizing the perfect union and intimacy between husband and wife.

These meeting gifts prepared by the Xu family can be said to be very expensive. Jingya did not expect that her family could prepare such gifts.

Next, I met these uncles and aunts. Huixin and Qingnian also came with their children today. Chuqing slept deeply one night since Mrs. Xue went over to call her, and she felt better the next day.

Of course, the uncles and aunts did not need to prepare any greeting gifts, but everyone still prepared some silver coins in advance, put them in their purses, and gave them to the young couple. After meeting a circle of elders, these are the people of the same generation. Everyone has known each other for a long time and no introduction is needed. Pengcheng asked the boy next to him to take out the things he had prepared before. Each of the children in the family had a gift. The boy's is the Four Treasures of the Study, and the girl's is a pair of beads and flowers, plus a set of clothes for each person.

When Mrs. Chen saw it, she smiled and said, "This is too expensive. Why prepare these gifts for them? Our family doesn't have such rules."

"Grandma, this is our little thought. From now on, brothers and sisters must support each other. As a family, it is best to be close and affectionate." Pengcheng said quickly.

The family meeting was finally over. Pengcheng and Jingya sat next to the old man and the old lady, chatting affectionately.

Jinghan looked at her eldest sister. In the past gentleness, there was a little more shyness and charm of a young woman. It seems that my sister is living well in Yue's family. After everyone sat here for a while, Jinghan couldn't help but stepped forward, pulled Jingya and walked towards the back.

"Look at these little sisters, we haven't seen each other for two days, and Jinghan is so anxious." Zhu said with a smile when she saw them.