Conan's Landing Full Reputation

On the 28th day of the lunar year, cut paper-cuts.

Ah Ping got up early in the morning and took out the red paper she had prepared. She went upstairs and knocked on the doors of the two brothers' rooms. When she heard the noise inside, she went upstairs to call Nini.

"Get up!" She pinched the little girl's nose, and when she saw her struggling to turn her face away, she stretched her hand under her neck and helped her sit up.

"Didn't you ask me to wake you up earlier? It's almost nine o'clock."

Kang Xue suddenly opened her eyes, sat up straight, and was about to get the clothes at the head of the bed.

"Don't worry, it's still early." Ah Ping unfolded the snow-white and soft sweater and put it on her head. She waited for her to reach into the sleeves by herself, and then went to get socks and pants.

She put it on by herself, and then got up and went to the cloakroom.

"What coat do you want to wear today?"

Kang Xue was still a little confused. She was tired from shopping yesterday, and she sang and shouted in the audio-visual room with her brothers until late at night. Now her throat is a little hoarse.

"I want to wear that white down jacket with fur on the hood."

After she finished speaking, Ah Ping came out with the clothes and walked over to let her put them on.

"Okay, go wash up, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Kang Xue nodded, put on her socks and slippers and went to the bathroom.

When she ran downstairs, her two brothers were already waiting for her at the stairs.

"Hurry, Dad hasn't gotten up yet." The second brother pulled her up and rushed to Kang Shaoqi's door, grabbed the handle and twisted it easily, and the door opened.

Kang Shaoqi never locked his door, just knowing that they would come to him if they were fine.

But today was destined to disappoint the three siblings.

Kang Xue pounced and fell on the arched human figure on the quilt.

The quilt deflated.

"Huh? Where's the person?" Kang Xue got up quickly, lifted the quilt, and looked at her brother.

The second child spread his hands, "I don't know. We got up and guarded the second floor. We didn't see Dad go out."

Kang Shaoqi had heard the noise a long time ago. He was brushing his teeth by the sink at this time. He almost spurted a mouthful of foam when he heard the conversation between the two.

He opened the door, leaned against the door frame with his hands folded on his chest, tilted his head and looked at them with a smug look, the meaning in his eyes was self-evident.

[Looking for me? ]

The brother and sister looked embarrassed, held hands and ran to the door, and took the eldest brother who looked disdainful of their childishness, and the three of them ran downstairs.

Ah Ping looked at the three of them with a scolding look, "I told you not to provoke your father, and you were laughed at, right?"

"Hehehe..." Kang Xue knew she was wrong, but she didn't change!

"Go and sit down, I'll go and bring breakfast."

The three of them sat down at the dining table obediently, and saw Dad coming down the stairs. Unlike his usual suit and tie, he was dressed casually and at home these days, looking a lot softer.

"Dad, please sit down!" Kang Xue pulled the stool beside her diligently, "Dad, why did you get up so late today? We have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Kang Shaoqi raised his hand and ruffled her hair, "Huh?"

It was full of threats.

Kang Xue didn't care about her messy hair, she picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

Ah Ping served the hot breakfast, then looked at the father and daughter helplessly, shook her head and went to get a comb, waiting for her to finish eating before tidying it up.

Kang Shaoqi looked across, "Will Yongping and others write couplets with me later?"

The eldest hesitated for a moment, "My handwriting is not good!"

"It's okay, we can look at it ourselves, it doesn't matter what it looks like."

Kang Shaoqi wrote calligraphy when he was in school, so he was good at it.

"Then Yongan, you will post New Year pictures?"

The second child nodded, "Okay!"

"In the afternoon, you will make rice cakes, you can just watch on the side, I will make them with Uncle Yang and Uncle Chen."

This is the custom of the state capital.

Everything was ready. Kang Shaoqi led the eldest child to cut red paper for couplets. Kang Xue and Aping were learning to cut window paper in the living room. The second child, Yang Yaming and Chen Guanghui moved the stairs to paste New Year pictures on the gate.

Kang Shaoqi's handwriting was standard, and he hadn't practiced for a few years, so it was a little sharp, but not much.

Aping drew window paper for Nini, and she only needed to cut along the dotted line. She got up and went to the kitchen to steam the glutinous rice for making rice cakes in the afternoon.

This year was the first year they moved here, and every step followed the traditional New Year customs.

There was a stone mortar in the middle of the yard. Three men stood in a triangle, holding wooden pestles in their hands. They tacitly pounded the hot glutinous rice one by one until the glutinous rice was mashed into a paste, and then Aping went up to check.

"It's done!"

He asked Yang Yaming to take it out and put it in a basin, and then carried it into the house.

The three brothers and sisters had washed their hands long ago and sat in the living room preparing to rub glutinous rice cakes. Roll them into balls one by one, press the prepared sugar cubes into them as fillings, and finally close them and roll them again, flattening them into shape.

After the three of them made some, Ping took them to the kitchen, fried them until both sides were golden brown, and served them to everyone to taste."Huhu, the glutinous rice cakes I made myself are so sweet!" Chen Guanghui exhaled while eating, and his tongue was so hot that he couldn't even straighten it!

The twenty-ninth day of the millennium was New Year's Eve.

The villa was cleaned every day, so the general cleaning was just skipped. In the early morning, Kang Shaoqi took the three children to paste Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, and the crooked window paper-cuts cut by Kang Xue.

Kang Shaoqi looked at the window paper-cuts on the window, not knowing what animal they were, and smiled helplessly.

Kang Xue looked proud, "Dad, is my dragon cut well?"

Everyone looked at the 'caterpillar' and fell into deep thought.

The villa was decorated anew, and everyone started to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner together.

Ah Ping took a few children to start making dumplings, and also prepared the gold coins bought by Kang Shaoqi, washed them and wrapped them inside, and saw who was lucky enough to eat them at night!

Kang Shaoqi took Yang Yaming and Chen Guanghui to the kitchen to prepare dishes. Both of them had some cooking skills, but they were not as good as Kang Shaoqi, so they could only help.

After a quick lunch, they prepared dinner.

At around 4pm, they started eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

A table full of delicacies from land and sea, each dish has an auspicious meaning.

Year after year, good harvest, prosperity, good luck, reunion, wealth and wealth, peace in all seasons, great wealth and honor, step by step promotion...

Kang Shaoqi announced: "Let's eat!"

Kang Xue immediately aimed at the dumplings she had marked, and put them into her mouth with a "woop". As expected, she spit out a gold coin!

She looked like a little Pixiu!

After a day of busy work on the New Year's Eve dinner, it took half an hour to eat. Kang Shaoqi handed out three thick red envelopes to the three people, "Go and play, don't lose them, put the red envelopes under your pillow at night!"

"Thank you, Dad!" Kang Xue hugged his neck and bit his face.

The eldest and the second child didn't dare to do it, but looked at Kang Shaoqi's open hands and shyly stepped forward to hug him.

"Thank you, Dad."

Yang Yaming and Chen Guanghui looked at each other, took out the prepared red envelopes from their pockets and handed them to the three people, "We don't have much, I hope you don't mind."

Ah Ping also took out the prepared one and handed it over.

The three looked at their father, nodded at his signal, and thanked him one by one after receiving it.

After receiving the red envelopes, Kang Xue took the eldest and the second child out to set off fireworks.

Listening to the laughter outside, Kang Shaoqi held the wine glass and drank slowly with Yang and Chen.

The TV in the living room was on, and the speakers were playing lively New Year songs. Kang Shaoqi and the other two were playing poker on the fire table.

After Ah Ping cleaned up the mess, she went to watch the three children playing with fire. After a while, she had to persuade them to go back to the house to warm up.

The Spring Festival Gala started at the appointed time and became their background music. No one had time to care about which stars were in it, what skits were told, and what songs about peace and prosperity were sung.

Unlike the lively and warm state capital, the atmosphere in the Kang family's old house this year was particularly cold and depressed.

Kang Shaoqi's third brother finally came back before the New Year this year, bringing his wife and children. Although he was not as favored as his eldest brother, as the youngest, he had not suffered.

Kang's father could hear the quarrels between the eldest and the third brother from time to time, but his eyes were fixed on the actors singing on the TV.

This scene can be regarded as having children and grandchildren around him, right?

Then why did he still feel so desolate?

"The ancestors left a saying, 'A harmonious family brings prosperity, and everything will be prosperous...'

"...A loving mother and a filial son!"

Look at the harmonious scene on TV, and then look at his own family.

He has all his children, but this year only the second child came back without warning that day, leaving a thousand yuan, and the eldest and third children came back for two days, but didn't even buy a vegetable...

Not to mention the married daughter, who was cold-hearted by the couple and only came back once a year on the second day of the New Year according to etiquette...

Thinking back to the previous few years, the second child also asked for money from time to time, and in the two years when he took care of Nini, he gave money more frequently.

"Ahem..." Father Kang coughed, his throat was fishy and sweet.

Maybe they were used to his cough, and no one cared about his abnormality.

The villa in the state capital was full of fun until the early morning, and Kang Shaoqi directed Yang Yaming and the others to move the fireworks they had bought long ago to the riverside. The family stood outside the villa, waiting for the arrival of the New Year!

The eldest looked at the time on his wrist and counted down.

"...Three, two, one!"

At this moment, fireworks like artillery fire rang out in the sky above the state capital. This was the most lively year in history!

The fireworks were also the most lively!

The fireworks by the river lasted for ten minutes. The fireworks on the east side of the river had stopped, but they were still being set off here.