Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All

Chapter 527: Chapter 324: Foxes and Wolves

”Xiaomi, are you ready? We’re about to leave.”

Putting on a beautiful dress, a lovely pearl hairpin, and draping a light pink cloak.

Smiling, Xiaoxue came to find Xiaomi.

Today is the Lantern Festival, and they are going to the city to see the lanterns.

Yesterday, Uncle Liu and Aunt Qian sent an invitation, inviting them to the Liu family’s home for dinner and then to watch the lantern show and go for a lake tour.

”Alright, alright, Second Sister, I don’t want to wear these. Can I just tie my hair up?”

Xiaomi was working on her hair, not very skillful, usually just putting it up with a stick to keep it from falling.

Today, her mom gave her a beautiful dress to wear and insisted that she tidy up herself, saying she should dress like a girl.

This posed a challenge for Xiaomi. Wearing a dress was fine; after all, she’s a girl.

Although she mostly wears neat short outfits usually, it doesn’t hinder her from liking beautiful dresses.

It’s just her hair that she finds hard to manage.

”Let me help.” Xiaoxue had anticipated this, so she had already gotten ready herself and came over quickly to assist.

Xiaomi wore a green dress with white fur along the collar. The dress was relatively thick, made with thick cotton fabric and padded with cotton, similar to a jacket.

Xiaoxue styled her hair into two adorable buns, placing a pearl flower matching her dress color on each side.

Then, she put on some earrings for her, while Xiaomi took the opportunity to apply some scented cream to her face. This pearl cream was very useful; she’d been using it for years. It had a light, refreshing scent, wasn’t sticky, and was especially moisturizing during winter.

Xiaoxue grabbed a nearby cloak: ”It’s a bit cold today. I heard it’s even colder with the wind on the lake. Wear this.”

Just a few days ago, it was sunny and warm, but suddenly yesterday, the temperature dropped back to what it feels like in winter.

She carefully fastened the cloak on Xiaomi and tucked a hand warmer into her arms, leading her out while pulling her hand: ”Let’s go, everyone’s waiting.”

The hand warmer was a thick cloth pouch with an iron box inside. The iron box had a stand in the middle, holding a piece of charcoal.

The charcoal was fixed in place, only warming the iron box, which then transferred the heat through the cloth pouch to warm the hands.

This hand warmer was also a gift from Aunt Qian. In the village, people usually gathered around a fire to chat in groups.

Or they would use a small clay pot with a wicker basket to hold a portable fire warmer.

In addition to the hand warmer, the fabric for making clothes and the design patterns were all sent by Aunt Qian. Second Mother and Xiaoxue followed the patterns to make them.

Thanks to Aunt Qian’s gifts, Second Mother gradually started dressing her two daughters, buying them many beautiful bead and velvet hairpins.

Though at home everyone wore practical work clothes, when going out, Second Mother would remind them to change into nice clothes.

Today counts as a New Year’s visit to the Liu family; Jiang Hu and Second Mother prepared some gifts, which were basically things from home.

They thought about buying something from the street, but Uncle Liu and Liu Ze refused together.

In Uncle Liu’s words, they didn’t lack anything from the street; he could buy it too. Only what the Jiang family raised and grew was truly good. No amount is considered too much.

So that’s how it was.

Everyone was waiting outside; only Jiang Hu was checking the front and back yards, locking the door, and preparing food for Little Black and the others, since they might return late today.

Today is the Lantern Festival; the curfew is lifted, the city entry fee is waived, and the city gates are open all night.

People from the nearby ten miles can enter the city for free to enjoy the rare Lantern Festival.

”You two, get on the carriage first. Xiaoxue and Xiaomi will be out soon.”

Jiang Yu lifted the carriage curtain and patted Liu Ze and Wei Ziang, who were standing outside but not getting on.

He secretly rolled his eyes. Seriously, do they think that waiting for Xiaoxue and Xiaomi to come out means they can ride with them in the same carriage?

Dream on.

Their two little sisters are not that young anymore. Xiaoxue is almost ten—don’t they know there’s a difference between men and women?

Today, there are three carriages. Their father accompanies Grandpa Liu in one, their mother and two sisters in another, and the four of them in the remaining one.

Liu Ze turned and smiled: ”Big Brother, no rush. Uncle Jiang isn’t out yet either.”

At some point, from calling him Jiang Yu or occasionally Brother Yu, Liu Ze started directly calling him Big Brother.