Chapter 1 Rice Flower
In the golden autumn of August, the sun shines brightly.
On the vast expanse of land, the golden sea of rice is blown by the breeze, setting off layers of rice waves.
In the swaying golden waves, a little girl wearing a green coat and skirt with combed hair closed her eyes, opened her arms wide, and immersed herself in the billowing fragrance of rice with a contented look on her face.
"Dahua~"
"Dahua~"
The crisp, carefree and joyful sound that belongs to young people only spreads from far to near, and quickly spreads into the rice waves with the breeze.
When the little girl heard the sound, her eyes opened immediately. When she tilted her head, she saw the wind-like young man on the field ridge running towards her quickly while waving his hand.
Seeing the boy, the little girl's eyebrows curved, and a bright smile immediately appeared on her face. She raised her hand and waved towards the boy: "Third brother, I'm here!"
Yan Wentao looked happy when he saw the little girl, and his slender legs grew even wider.
In the golden waves of rice, a green little girl stands with a slight smile, her eyebrows are green but not painted, her lips are red but not dotted, her eyes are like stars, and her skin is like gelatin.
Even after watching it for nine years, Yan Wentao still feels that his eldest sister cannot get enough of her, she is like a beautiful girl beside a god.
"Third brother, why are you here?"
As soon as the boy arrived, the little girl opened her mouth with a smile. Her fair and delicate cheeks were slightly red due to the bright sun, and she looked more and more charming and cute.
"You also ask, why are you running out in such a strong sun, and you are not afraid of getting tanned."
As soon as Yan Wentao arrived, he immediately took off the straw hat on his head and carefully put it on the little girl's head.
"Look, your face is red from the sun. Grandma will definitely scold you when you get home."
The little girl stood obediently and let the boy put the hat on her. After putting it on, she took the boy's arm affectionately and said coquettishly: "If grandma is angry, third brother has to help me plead for mercy."
"You!" Yan Wentao tapped the little girl's forehead with his finger, with a look of doting and helplessness, "Let's go back, uncle has a letter, and grandma is waiting for you to read it."
"Ah?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, "Why did the letter come at this time?"
Yan Wentao shook his head: "The autumn harvest is coming soon. You may want to ask us when we will go to the county where my uncle is appointed."
The little girl shrugged indifferently, indicating that she didn't care.
Seeing this, Yan Wentao smiled happily: "Why, you don't want to see your uncle and aunt?"
The year my eldest sister was born, my uncle passed the imperial examination. The next year, he was appointed as the seventh-grade county magistrate as a third-level scholar and a Jinshi. At that time, my eldest sister was young and my grandmother was in poor health. It was difficult for my uncle to take care of the two of them when he took office.
The two of them stayed in their hometown.
Eight years have passed since I stayed here.
Looking at his eldest sister, who had only met his parents a few times until she was nine years old, Yan Wentao's eyes flashed with a hint of distress.
"I want to see you!"
The little girl replied very nonchalantly.
Compared to being constrained in the backyard of a deep house, she prefers an unfettered pastoral life. If possible, she would rather stay in the fields all her life and be a comfortable idler.
At this time, the two brothers and sisters had already walked onto the country road, and there were suddenly more people around them.
"Oh, it's Daohua and Wen Tao!"
"Third uncle!"
"Master Wu!"
"Sixth Aunt!"
"Uncle Five!"
The two brothers and sisters greeted everyone obediently and cheerfully, causing the smiles on the faces of the people around them to grow deeper.
"Why did you come out in such a big sun?"
"What else could it be? The rice flowers must have come out to inspect their rice fields again."
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed happily.
The little girl also laughed: "Don't look at it, my family only gets this little harvest."
"Daohua, listen to my aunt. Your father is the county magistrate. You, a daughter of an official family, don't have to work as hard as we do. Go home and enjoy your blessings."
The little girl smiled and replied: "Auntie, the county magistrate also needs to eat!"
"Hahaha, look at our Daohua. She knows how to help the family at such a young age. No wonder Mrs. Yan is so jealous of her."
"Isn't it just to attract people's attention? Old man, if I had such a granddaughter, I would die in pain."
Listening to everyone talking and laughing, the little girl always had a smile on her face. She held her third brother in one hand and inserted her other hand into the rice ears on the edge of the field. She walked briskly towards the most magnificent house in the village.
Go.
The two brothers and sisters walked away, and discordant sounds immediately came from the crowd.
"What's the use of recruiting people? You're just a girl movie!"
"Le Er, stop spraying excrement here. Is someone trying to mess with you?"
"I just don't like you being so fawning over a little girl. Even if her father, the county magistrate, values her even a little bit, he won't keep her in his hometown for eight years."
"If you don't know, don't talk nonsense. Daohua is fulfilling her filial piety to Mrs. Yan on behalf of her parents."
"Humph, this is just a lie to deceive outsiders. Do you believe it? I have heard that when the Grand Master of Yan County was in office, he married a concubine from a scholarly family. The concubine gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a boy.
My daughter was born like a flower and jade, and the grandpa of Yan County liked her very much. Daohua who grew up in the village was like a village girl, and it was strange that the grandpa of Yan County liked her..."
The peasant man spoke very loudly, and the countryside was empty. Even after walking some distance, the two Yan Wentao brothers could still hear the conversation intermittently.
"Third brother, what are you doing?"
The little girl grabbed Yan Wentao, who was about to turn back and argue.
Yan Wentao was born tall and tall, but at only thirteen years old, his height was almost as tall as that of an average adult man. The little girl almost failed to hold him back.
"I'm going to teach that lei Er who can't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth."
Looking at Yan Wentao who was fuming, the little girl laughed out loud: "Hey, third brother, you can do it, you can speak well now!"
Yan Wentao is famously not fond of reading. Hearing the girl's teasing, the anger in his heart dissipated a little.
The little girl took the opportunity to pull the person back: "It's just some boring comments from outsiders, why are you so serious?"
Yan Wentao stretched out his hand to rub the little girl's head, but was blocked by a straw hat: "Daohua, don't listen to their nonsense. You are the eldest daughter of our Yan family, and the concubine will definitely not be able to get past you. Even if...
.....Even if..."
The little girl tilted her head and looked at Yan Wentao, who was blushing. Her round, almond-shaped eyes turned slyly, and she said with a smile: "What the hell?"
Yan Wentao gritted his teeth: "Even if my uncle really likes that concubine's daughter, don't be afraid. You still have your grandmother and us, and we will definitely not let you be bullied!"
The little girl smiled brightly, showing some dazzling white teeth, and flipped her right hand back and forth among the rice ears at the edge of the field. When she saw the green rice flower in her palm deepening in color, the smile in her eyes became even stronger.
"Yes, there is a grandmother for everything. No matter how powerful my father is, how dare he disobey my grandmother?" There was no worry at all in his tone.
"Daohua, you crazy girl, if you don't get back here quickly, you really want to be burned into black coal!"
A high-spirited shout came from the courtyard more than ten meters away. As soon as he heard it, he knew that the speaker was in great health.
Chapter completed!