A Small Farmer Girl 's Story of Making a Fortune by Farming

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　　On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married women will return to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings.

　　Last year, the Shen family saved a lot of money and raised a lot of chickens. In addition, Zhang Chunxiang was pregnant, so the eggs were not sold and were saved.

　　So this year, when daughters-in-law returned to their parents’ home to pay New Year’s greetings, they added ten eggs to the gift, which was much more sumptuous than in previous years.

　　"If you are allowed to stay for one night, then just stay for one night!" Mrs. Wu packed the New Year gifts and said this.

　　The daughters-in-law did not say they would stay overnight, nor did they say they would not stay. They just took their things and said goodbye to the two elders.

　　The house, which was usually full of people, was suddenly empty and barren.

　　The old couple had no daughter, and no one came to visit them today. After their sons and daughters-in-law left, they simply closed the courtyard door and went back to the house to mend clothes.

　　Shen Yao's maternal grandparents' home was not far from Dalui Village. It was only five miles away and it would take more than half an hour to get there.

　　Xu held Shen Yannian in her arms, Shen Chunsheng carried something on his back, and Shen Yao walked in front. She went to her grandparents' house every year, so she was very familiar with this road.

　　"Yaoyao is going to her grandparents' house to pay New Year's greetings!"

　　"Yes, Aunt Chen is also going to pay New Year's greetings!"

　　"Hello, Uncle Wang!"

　　"Hello, Grandma Hu!"

　　The narrow road was full of people coming and going to visit relatives and pay New Year's greetings. Whenever Shen Yao met someone he knew, he would greet them warmly.
Some strangers from other villages, seeing this scene, would turn their heads and praise the Xu couple: "You have raised a good daughter. With her personality, she will be popular in any village in the future."

　　"He's just a little kid, so bold and fearless, and he keeps talking all day long, which is really annoying!" Xu said in a dress with disdain.

　　Obviously, her eyebrows and eyes were curved when she smiled.

　　We talked and laughed all the way, and finally arrived at Qingfeng Ridge half an hour later.

　　From a distance, Shen Yao saw his grandfather, Old Man Xu, waiting at the entrance of the village.

　　"Grandfather!" Shen Yao took a step and ran.

　　"Oh my!" Old Man Xu caught Shen Yao who was running over and shook him in his arms: "Well, it's a little heavy!"

　　Old man Xu, holding his granddaughter, walked straight home without waiting for his daughter and son-in-law.

　　"Uncle, aunt!"

　　Shen Yao's aunt's parents had lost contact with her for many years. That's why she didn't go back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year. She only asked her children to go and pay New Year's greetings to her uncles, and she stayed at home.

　　"Yaoyao is here, where are your mother and the others?"

　　"In the back!" Shen Yao got down from Old Man Shen's arms and ran to the kitchen to find his grandmother.

　　In the kitchen, steam was coming out of the casserole on the stove, overflowing with the delicious smell of chicken soup.

　　Smelling the food, Shen Yao felt hungry again. Obviously, in her previous life, she was not greedy at all, but in this life, she felt extremely greedy when she smelled anything.