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The annual Qingming Festival ancestor worship is the most important event in MUJIAZHUANG. Although there are not many rules, there are many details that need to be paid attention to. After listening to the patriarch's wife's detailed explanation of the rules of ancestor worship, Shen Jingli knew that every year the clan wrote letters to Zhenyuan Marquis and Ximu's residence to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. The old master of Ximu house had no energy to come back, and every year he ordered his son to come back for him. Since the death of Lord mu in Zhenyuan Marquis, he sent people to buy things at will and send them back to the family And never came back.

After talking for an hour, the patriarch's wife stopped, looked outside and said, "it's getting late. You may still want to walk in the village. Your aunt won't delay you. Let's celebrate your birthday with you."

The patriarch's wife looked back at her birthday celebration and told her, "my third son, Zian's daughter-in-law, the first time she comes to the village, you will accompany him around the village."

"Yes, mother." Birthday should be a, back to Shen Jingli smile. As soon as several people came out of the wing room, they heard a quarrel outside the yard. Soon after, there was a cry of a child.

After listening carefully for a while, his face changed and he ran to the source of the sound.

Shen Jingli raised his eyebrows in a puzzled way. Seeing his doubts, Yiming's daughter-in-law explained: "it is estimated that the child of the family of Qingsheng has been wronged again."

Her expression is very natural, and her tone is very plain, but Shen Jingli can hear the scorn and ridicule. She doesn't seem to like celebrating her birthday very much. Too lazy to take care of other people's conflicts, Shen Jingli smiles and goes to the main room. In the main room, there are three old masters Mu and uncle Lian drinking tea, while Mu Chen's brothers have already gone fishing in the river with Mu Yiming.

"Jingli, Zian and Yiming have gone fishing with Yiming. Go for a walk in the village. I'll go back by myself later." Mr. mu.

Shen Jingli nodded. It was not surprising that Mu Chen left without saying hello to him. He said goodbye to the old master Mu San and took xun'er out of the village head's house. Jinyu and Nianhua are playing at the door with Huaixin. When they see them coming out, Huaixin runs over and hugs Shen Jingli's leg and reaches out to poke xun'er, who is sleepy. Xun'er, who was about to fall asleep, woke up immediately and struggled to get out of Shen Jingli's arms. Seeing his energetic appearance, Shen Jingli put him down on the ground. He immediately reached out and hugged Huaixin, and took advantage of it to kiss people's family. Shen Jingli gave a helpless smile and turned his head. He saw several ten year old boys with stones in their hands. They made ugly faces at the birthday celebration and the little boy in his arms. After being scolded by the birthday celebration, they scattered in droves. The child who was held in his arms was about six or seven years old. He was white and clean. His eyes were very similar to the birthday celebration. Now he is crying red and swollen, a little like a wounded rabbit.

"What's going on?" Shen Jingli asked Jin Yu.

"It was a little twin. The older children didn't seem to like him very much. When he was playing alone, they threw stones at him, and the children hid, but he hid. The older children threw more happily. As a result, they tripped over the stone and fell down. It was estimated that the fall hurt, and they began to cry." Jin Yu said.

When he was a child, his parents didn't like it, and he didn't like it. Many of his peers didn't want to play with him.

"What's wrong with a Shuanger? Isn't Shuanger human? " Years of indignant to hum a, he did not understand, why some people are particularly discriminating against Shuanger? Comforting the aggrieved son, he led his son to come over on his birthday. He laughed shyly and said, "let my sister-in-law laugh at you. This child is timid and can't help crying."

Qingsheng touched his son's head and did not mention the bullying of his son.

Shen Jingli looked at the white, white, tender and shy little boy and said, "this child is really handsome. What's his name?"

Hearing Shen Jingli boasting of his son, he laughed and patted his son who was shrinking behind him. He said, "what's your name? Why not answer? "

The little boy timidly looked up at Shen Jingli's eyes, and then immediately drew back like a frightened little animal, and whispered, "uncle, my name is Mu Xi"

"Muxi, isn't that Osmanthus fragrans?" Shen Jingli said deliberately.

Mu Xi widened his eyes, shook his head vigorously, corrected Shen Jingli and said, "it's not that. It's Mu Xi, mu of MUJIAZHUANG, Xi of dawn."

Shen Jingli looked at his lovely appearance, stretched out his hand and pinched his face, "OK, your name is Xi'er."

He nodded cleverly, and then shrunk to the back of the birthday celebration. His shyness made him shake his head helplessly. "The child is afraid of life."

Mu Xi lowered her head and fixed her eyes on her toes, pretending not to hear him.

Seeing his appearance, Shen Jingli reached out and rubbed his head, and took out a jade pendant from his arms. "Take it and play. It's the intention of uncle and uncle mo

Mu Xi's eyes widened timidly, and did not dare to take things, but looked up at the birthday.

"Sister-in-law, how can this be made? Xi'er is just a child. Where can I use such a valuable thing? "She was surprised at her birthday and declined in a hurry.

Shen Jingli didn't give him a chance to refuse. He put the jade pendant into Mu Xi's hand and said with a smile, "it's a gift for me to give my child to celebrate my birthday."Seeing that Shen Jingli insisted, he didn't stop him. He nodded and motioned for a moment. Mu Xi picked up the jade pendant from the villain's wings. He grinned shyly and said softly, "thank you, mo

Qingsheng looked at his son's smile, and was also happy. Turning to see xun'er, he fumbled over his body again, but he didn't feel anything. He said in an embarrassed way: "I don't have any good things on me..."

"It's no problem. You don't have to spoil that boy."

Shen Jingli stretched out his hand on the shoulder of his birthday celebration, changing the topic in a light tone. "When I came here in the morning, I saw a pond at the entrance of the village. Is it fish farming?"

"That's uncle Chang's fish pond. During the Spring Festival, I caught a lot of fish and gave each family a piece." The birthday celebration explained that the emergence of an uneasy layer of blush on his face should be that he seldom had real contact with people.

Xun'er takes Huaixin's hand and follows Shen Jingli's step by step. Suddenly he sees Mu Xi shrinking behind his birthday celebration and reaches out to catch him. Mu Xi is startled and takes a step back. Looking at his retreat, xun'er was not happy immediately. He pointed to him and said, "stop for me. When does he say you can move?"

Although xun'er was small, he was very powerful. Mu Xi was so timid that he was frightened. He did not dare to move and stood in the same place. His eyes were red with injustice.

Shen Jingli looked at his son and began to call him overlord. He quickly reached out to pick him up and patted his bottom. "Stinky boy, that's your brother Xi'er. What's your fierce show?" Shen Jingli didn't exert himself, but xun'er covered his little buttocks wrongly. He looked at Shen Jingli with tears in his eyes and complained: "am, you beat me, I want to tell Dad, I want to tell Dad..."

Mu Xi looked at xun'er and suddenly changed his face. He was shocked and stunned. He thought that his brother was really powerful.

Qingsheng smile, look at xun'er's eyes is very soft, said: "this child is called xun'erba, really clever."

"What's smart? He'll pretend to be a master and be a bully all day long. " Shen Jingli shook his head and laughed helplessly.

She also laughed at her birthday celebration. She felt that the sister-in-law from the capital was very well along. She was very careful in her heart, and she didn't speak so rigidly. They were very familiar with the village and had a good command of language organization. When they explained to Shen Jingli, they were more professional than tour guides.

"The plough below is our family's field. After the Tomb Sweeping Day, we are ready to plant seedlings." When it comes to farmland, a happy smile appears on his face. "Our family opened up two acres of dry land last year. This year, we can plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and we can make more money in the new year."

Looking at his happy face, Shen Jingli has some doubts. The patriarch's family doesn't look poor. Although his food and clothing are not comparable to those of the rich and noble families in the city, he can also see some meat foam on the table every day. How come he seems to be in short of money. However, this is a private matter of other people's family. Shen Jingli is not easy to ask, and laughs to deal with it, and then pulls him on.

"This is our house." The birthday celebration stopped in front of a house surrounded by a fence, opened the fence door, and said to Shen Jingli:

"wait a moment, sister-in-law, I'll go in and get some eggs for you to steam at night."

"Ah, wait..." Before Shen Jingli had time to make a sound, he had already run into the house to celebrate his birthday. After a while, he brought out a basket of eggs and put some dried mushrooms in it.

"This is the mushroom picked from the mountain. It needs to be dried in the sun for a long time. When you want to eat it, you can boil it with water." "My family is very close to where you live. If you want fresh vegetables, you can come and tell me that I'll go to the garden to pick for you. The dishes I grow are delicious." With that, he blushed with embarrassment.

Shen Jingli looked at him, then looked at the two houses, and found that the two families were really close. They were separated by three families. However, he was more curious about their families. The clan leader's family lived in the east of the village, while the Qingsheng family was on the west side. Could they be too far away as a family? After a few steps to Shen Jingli's temporary residence, miao'er immediately opened her short legs and ran to the room. After a while, she came out with a pile of things and yelled at Mu Xi, "brother Xi, come and see my toys."

Although Mu Xi is shy and introverted, she is a child after all. When she hears toys, she can't resist the temptation and runs quickly. As soon as xun'er shook off his hand, he threw the pile of things in his arms on the ground. Although he was very young, he did not have many things. A picture album, a comic book, a tiger puppet, a bamboo dragonfly and a Chinese knot.

"Brother Xi, look at this, this..." Xun'er opened the album to Mu Xi like a treasure. "This is a pheasant. I've seen a pheasant, and its feathers are beautiful. Xun'er chirped a lot of adjectives that others can't understand. The more he said, the more excited he became. Mu Xi turned over the picture album and looked at the lifelike plants and animals inside. Her eyes were pleasantly surprised.

Seeing that they were having a good time together, Shen Jingli asked Jinyu and Nianhua to take them into the house to play, while he sat in the yard chatting with Qingsheng. ：