There is a dragon in my fish pond

Chapter 302 It's New Year's Eve

A few days ago, Secretary Zhao was in the village committee, chatting with the elderly village cadres, and occasionally talked about this matter, and then Secretary Zhao remembered that the big lion head was still in the basement of his home , I thought it was just in time for the Chinese New Year, so I took it out and cleaned it up.

"Thanks to your kid, the conditions in our village have improved in the past two years. It's time to pick up these old customs. Let some of our neighboring villages have a look. Our mountain village is also literate."

Secretary Zhao couldn't help saying.

Li Yafan looked at your lion head on the ground, because of the age, the fabric on it has already become moldy.

"Secretary Zhao, it's not the way we promote the style of hard work and simplicity. Do you think this thing can still be used? No, I'll pay for another one."

"That's what you kid said!"

Li Yafan suddenly had a feeling of being cheated, but once he said this, he couldn't take it back. After thinking about how much a lion's head is worth, he agreed.

Secretary Zhao quickly put the tattered lion head back in the basement, and thought about keeping Li Yafan at home for a meal. Secretary Zhao had heard about what happened in the county last time, and he hadn't found a chance to thank Li Yafan properly.

Although Secretary Zhao was very kind, Li Yafan still rejected him. After all, who would like to eat at someone else's house during the Chinese New Year?

Secretary Zhao thought so, and asked Li Yafan to come and play when he was free, so he sent Li Yafan away.

When Li Yafan came home, Chen Ting and Li Yaping also went home to help Jin Xiulian with work. During the Chinese New Year, every family wanted to have a happy reunion.

"Sister Chen Ting, when are you going home?"

"I told you, sister Chen Ting, to let her go home after lunch."

Jin Xiulian couldn't help saying that she was obviously very satisfied with Chen Ting, the eldest daughter-in-law. Even though she was not married yet, she was unwilling to let Chen Ting go during the Chinese New Year.

Although Chen Ting's parents called again and again to urge her, Chen Ting didn't seem too anxious and helped Jin Xiulian in the kitchen.

After finishing their work, the two brothers took a few pre-bought "second kickers" and placed them on the wall of their own house, and played a few times.

The "two kicks" during the New Year also have a meaning. The first sound of the two kicks is to explode on the ground, and the second sound is to explode at a height of tens of meters, implying that it is climbing steadily. Climbing higher and higher, expressing the earnest hope that this year will be better than the coming year.

On the street, a few children held big flowers in their hands, chasing and playing in the streets and alleys, and the whole street was filled with children's laughter.

"This year's Chinese New Year is much better than the lifeless ones of previous years."

Li Yaping couldn't help saying.

"Yes."

During the Chinese New Year at home in previous years, how dare you let children go to the street!
It turned out that when the Great Famine was at its worst, something like this happened during Chinese New Year. The child was so hungry that his chest stuck to his back, he went to the street to beg, passed out on the ground from hunger, and finally disappeared.

It is impossible to verify whether this incident actually happened, but since it is a legend, there must be an origin of the story. Thinking of this, Li Yafan couldn't help shivering.

"It's New Year's Eve, saying such unlucky things."

"I'm just talking about such an example. Anyway, I'd rather believe it than believe it."

Anyway, later on, every family also believed in this matter, so during the holidays, the children were not allowed to go out and walk around the streets, and they were allowed to stay at home.

"There have been a lot of things in history. If you don't think it's enough to listen to, I can tell you again. I personally experienced what happened during the Wanli period..."

In his mind, Little Heiyu, a guy who didn't think too much about the excitement, started talking.

"Okay, let's stop, this is the Spring Festival, not the Ghost Festival..."

Li Yafan stopped Xiao Hei's words, because it is undeniable that the village has a long history, and I don't know how many major events in history it has experienced, as well as the impact of turbulent events.

But this will definitely not change the big guy's impression of the village, and Li Yafan's own ambition to build the village into a new socialist countryside.

"Okay, don't make mistakes there, dinner is ready!"

As soon as he heard the three words that the meal is ready, Li Yafan realized that his stomach was already growling with hunger.Move the table to the top of the kang.

Li Yafan still finds it troublesome, and he has to clear the table when the time comes.

"Look at who's eating out of town during the Chinese New Year."

"Oh!"

Li Yafan responded, and obediently served the table with his elder brother. I have to say that this dish is very rich, spicy crayfish, iced arctic shrimp, and a big braised sea bass, fried pork with wood, pork ribs stewed tofu, prepared The food must be more abundant than last year.

After all, this is the second year that the Li family brothers have made a fortune, and it is even worse than the previous year. Although they usually do not eat less delicacies from mountains and seas, especially this year, they made a special trip to Beijing, but with The joy of eating the New Year's reunion dinner is incomparable.

The reunion dinner was not as sweet as this one. Li Yafan was possessed like a glutton, and the children were together in a turmoil. Jin Xiulian looked at the group of children lovingly, and at the same time had to feed Li Shun who was lying on the kang.

"Mom, hurry up and eat!"

Looking at the arctic shrimp that had bottomed out, Li Yafan couldn't help saying.

"You eat your food. Your dad and I are happier watching you eat than us."

Hearing this, the three of them couldn't help but feel a little moved, and they lowered their mouths a little, saving some of each dish for Jin Xiulian to eat.

After the meal, Chen Ting was in a hurry to go home, so there was no delay. Jin Xiulian repeatedly asked her to come back in the third year of junior high.Although the two are not yet married, Jin Xiulian has basically identified this daughter-in-law in her heart.

Li Yaping was going to send Chen Ting off, so the job of washing the dishes and tidying up the table naturally fell to Li Yafan. Although he had never washed the dishes, he had never eaten pork, and he hadn't seen a pig run away.

While humming a ditty, while brushing the bowls, my hand suddenly slipped and there was a crisp "pop", and a bowl fell to the ground and shattered.

Shocked, Jin Xiulian hastily put down what she was doing and went down to see what was going on. Originally, breaking something was the most taboo during the Chinese New Year, and Li Yafan thought that a scolding would be inevitable.

Seeing that Li Yafan was fine, Jin Xiulian couldn't help but feel relieved.

"It's okay, Sui Sui (Sui Sui) is safe!"

"Peace every year, peace every year!"

Jin Xiulian recited it several times in a row, in order to dilute the evil spirit of breaking the bowl and chopsticks.

The older generation is more superstitious, and since it is Chinese New Year, it is easy for everyone to say auspicious words, and to rely on auspiciousness for all things that seem to be bad. This is also a common custom.

(End of this chapter)