Chapter 207: Popular Yun Jiao
With great difficulty, they managed to get rid of those overly enthusiastic people. When they found Granny Yun, the first batch of pork cracklings had just finished rendering!
Yun Jiao: (?ω?)
She didn’t even bother with the camera, shoving it into her cousin uncle’s hand before running over.
She grabbed a piece of crackling, with both lean and fatty parts, and threw it into her mouth without fear of it being hot.
Crunch, crunch…
Fragrant and crispy, delicious!
Granny Yun: “Eat slowly, no one’s going to snatch it from you, and don’t burn your mouth.”
Yun Jiao: It did burn my mouth a little, but it was delicious.
Granny Yun packed out some pork cracklings and gave some to the children around.
“Thank you, Granny Yun!”
Yun Jiao ate the pork cracklings, watching Granny Yun give a bit more to a dazed-looking little boy.
She knew that person; he was famously considered an idiot in their village.
But Granny Yun said they shouldn’t join the other children in calling him an idiot. People like him were called village guardians.
Village guardians protected the village from disasters, which was why his intelligence was incomplete.
That dazed-looking little boy was about the same age as Yun Xiao Wu. He knew to use leaves to catch the pork cracklings Granny Yun gave him, then smiled foolishly as he thanked her, happily taking the cracklings to find a place to sit and eat.
Yun Jiao watched for a while. He seemed to have realized something and, smiling foolishly, offered her the pork cracklings in his hand.
“Eat, it’s delicious.”
Yun Jiao shook her head: “I have my own.”
She didn’t get too close.
It wasn’t that she disliked his foolishness, but rather that she disliked his dirtiness.
His hair was messy, and she didn’t know how long it had been since he last washed it; she could even see lice! She hoped none would get on her.
“Jiaojiao.”
Hearing someone call her, Yun Jiao put two White Rabbit Milk Candies into the boy’s hand and turned to run.
Judging by the voices, it was her uncle and cousins arriving!
Every family’s “slaughtered pig dish” was pretty much the same. Although it was cooked in a large pot, it was delicious.
The congealed pig’s blood was cut into small pieces and cooked with napa cabbage, making it fragrant.
Before the meal, there was an important matter: offering sacrifices to ancestors.
Including Yun Jiao, they all went to the main hall where the ancestral tablets were kept to burn paper money.
Then, they set off firecrackers.
The firecracker-lighting was the children’s favorite part.
Even though that string of firecrackers quickly went off.
Only after the ancestors had “eaten” did they officially start their meal.
Their family’s slaughtered pig dish was not stingy at all; they put in quite a lot of meat.
Everyone at this meal was very satisfied.
Yun Linhai even brought out the sorghum wine. It was New Year, after all, so they had to drink their fill.
A lively day passed, but the matter wasn’t over yet.
For the next two days, the entire family had to process the pork.
Making cured meat, stuffing sausages, smoking cured meat, and so on. This pork had to be processed quickly to prevent spoilage.
Without a refrigerator, these were the most primitive methods of preserving pork.
While stuffing sausages, Yun Jiao and the others also grabbed several pieces of meat from the seasoned meat basin to pan-fry and eat.
“If only we could slaughter a pig and celebrate New Year every day.”
Yun Xiao Wu made an unrealistic wish while eating the fragrant meat.
Yun Jiao: “Then older brother can raise lots and lots of pigs, and we can slaughter them whenever we want.”
Yun Xiao Wu: “Okay, that’s a good idea. Let’s ask Grandpa and Grandma to buy more piglets!”
At this moment, he naively believed that pigs ate very little and could be raised easily.
After the Minor New Year, the village became lively.
From time to time, the sound of firecrackers could be heard.
Yun Xiao Wu and the others had a pocketful of firecrackers.
This was the loot they obtained after dismantling a string of firecrackers at home and getting thoroughly punished for it.
Of course, when they went out, they never mentioned getting spanked. Carrying the firecrackers, they swaggered around like victorious roosters, heads held high, walking with an arrogant stride.
But it had to be said, with so many firecrackers in their pockets, they were indeed the most striking figures among the village children.
Yun Jiao, following behind her older brothers, received quite a few snacks.
They were all bribes from those who wanted to play with firecrackers.
These snacks weren’t anything valuable; most were just fried peanuts, sunflower seeds, and soybeans from their own home.
But the bribes were successful, and Yun Jiao, or Yun Xiao Wu, would give them a firecracker and then happily go off to play.
Yun Xiao Wu and his school had already started their winter break.
During the New Year period, they had a lot of fun.
At the same time, their family also received packages in the mail.
Eldest Brother, Second Brother, and Fu Mingyu had sent them.
They even wrote letters wishing them a Happy New Year.
Of course, Yun Jiao and the others had also sent packages to the three of them.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year’s Eve, the grand New Year.
Yun Jiao was dressed up like a lucky charm, wearing a beautiful red jacket, her hair tied into pretty braids with a red hair tie, and a round red dot on her forehead.
“Today we’re going to the Mazu Temple and Dragon King Temple to offer incense. With Jiaojiao looking like this, she’s like a little immortal child, surely Mazu and the Dragon King will favor her.”
If they were favored, wouldn’t their family’s sea transport be even better next year?
“Let’s go, let’s go offer incense.”
Holding Yun Jiao, the whole family, carrying incense and candles, headed to the Mazu Temple and Dragon King Temple.
People by the sea generally believed in Mazu, a deity who protected everyone’s safety at sea.
Therefore, there were especially many people at the Mazu Temple today.
Not only people from their village but also those from surrounding villages that relied on the sea for their livelihood would go.
Although Yun Jiao was small, riding on Yun Linhai’s shoulder made her quite prominent.
There were also many children like Yun Jiao riding on their fathers’ shoulders, but she stood out among them on this occasion.
For no other reason than her good looks!
Dressed as a little lucky charm, who wouldn’t look twice?
Other children in similar red clothes weren’t as pretty as her; this chubby, fair, soft, exquisite little one with a red dot on her forehead.
Some would believe she was a little immortal child descended to earth.
Even the master tapping the wooden fish nearby couldn’t help but glance at her a few extra times while she was offering incense.
Yun Jiao put a Da Tuan Jie banknote into the merit box in front of the Mazu idol and, like everyone else, knelt on the prayer mat and bowed three times.
The master tapping the wooden fish next to them spoke blessings and patted her head.
After their family left, Yun Xiao Wu scratched his head: “Why didn’t that master pat my head?”
Yun Xiao Jiu muttered: “He didn’t pat mine either.”
Yun Xiao Qi: “I saw it. That master only patted Jiaojiao’s head, not any of the other children’s.”
Yun Linhai and the others proudly said: “It’s because our Jiaojiao looks so beautiful today.”
Yun Jiao corrected them: “I look good all the time!”
The appearance value of merfolk was unquestionable. Even in a different world, she was now a miniaturized version of her merfolk body from her previous life.
She was the most beautiful!
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While she was feeling proud, someone suddenly ran over and grabbed her hand.
“Such a cute child, let me borrow some of your luck, thank you!”
After touching her, the person directly stuffed a handful of candy into her hand.
Yun Jiao: ???
The people around had shining eyes.
Yun Jiao: …………
Oh no, as a beautiful person, she had a bad feeling.
