have fun for the rest of your life

Time flies, and before you know it, it is already the twelfth lunar month, and the village is bustling with activity, preparing new year's goods, visiting relatives and friends, and celebrating a happy new year.In contrast, Old Man Ye's family is much quieter, and none of the three of them are the kind to make trouble.There was a cold rain this morning, and the air-conditioning penetrated directly into the clothes, freezing the bones to the bone.

Jin Huan strangled Mu Yusheng's neck, as if afraid of falling off his back.

"Jinhuan, let go, I can't breathe if I tighten it." Mu Yusheng was so tired that his face flushed a little, he stopped to take a breath from time to time, he was carrying Jinhuan on his back all the way, he was still a fat boy , he is not feeling well.But when it rained, the mountain road was slippery again, so Jinhuan couldn't let him walk by himself, so he had to carry it on his back.

"Yeah." Jin Huan relaxed a little obediently, turning his hand around his shoulder.

Today is the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, seeing the two of them bored in the house, Old Man Ye asked Mu Yusheng to take Jinhuan to the street.Just when he was about to go out, he realized that it was raining. He didn't want to go, but he watched helplessly, but Mu Yusheng couldn't help it, so he carried it back and forth, his arms were sore.

After walking for a while, Jin Huan suddenly twisted and twisted on his back, and his legs became stiff.Mu Yusheng was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that he took a few steps back to do a little more work there.

"Hurry up and pee." Mu Yusheng put him down amusedly, squeezed his face, and turned his back.This kid is very shy, if you stare at him, I'm afraid he won't pee for a long time.The grass is short in winter, and you can see the situation in the woods beside the road at a glance.Inadvertently caught sight of a few messy footprints, Mu Yusheng frowned, who would go into the woods when it rained, there were only a few footprints, as if they had accidentally fallen from a tree and stepped on them, it was weird .

"elder brother."

Jin Huan straightened his pants and let out a shy cry.Mu Yusheng came back to his senses, put his hands under his armpits, lifted him up and threw him onto his back.Whoever he is is none of their business.

After returning to Taohuaao, Old Man Ye asked Mu Yusheng to carry the wine for him not long after entering the house.These wines were buried more than ten years ago, and the Chinese New Year is coming soon, Fu Sheng Yi Meng is very busy, Feng Siniang sent someone to ask Old Man Ye for wine a few days ago.This afternoon is the day to pick up the wine, old man Ye thought about moving all the wine to the yard, so as to save some effort for Feng Siniang and the others.

After working for a long time, the two of them were exhausted.Mu Yusheng went back to the house and collapsed on the bed, drenched in sweat. He didn't care so much, so he gasped.

Jin Huan was also good, seeing that they were both half dead from exhaustion, he brought a bowl of water to each of them.Old Man Ye smiled from ear to ear, drinking a bowl of white water was like honey water.

At about Moshen time, Feng Siniang came to Taohuaao in a car, accompanied by two shop assistants.Fearing that it would be too late to go back, they didn't stay long, moved the wine and left in a hurry.

By the time I saw Feng Siniang again, it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year.Jin Huan put on the new coat that Old Man Ye had ripped for him, and followed Mu Yusheng, wherever he went, he couldn't shake him off, which made Mu Yusheng angry and funny.I've been here for more than half a year, and I don't know why Jinhuan is very close to him.

"You go and sit in the house, I'm going to help grandpa cook, and grandpa will go to the grave later, otherwise it will be delayed." Mu Yusheng advised him, it's not easy to follow him like this, isn't it?It is a custom in Nanzhen to go to the grave on the first day of the new year to pay homage to the dead and pray for blessings and hope that the new year will be safe and sound.And the time of going to the grave is also particular, it is not suitable to be too early or too late, you have to go there after the time has passed, and you can just have dinner when you come back from the worship.

In fact, there is no need to cook new dishes on the first day of junior high school. There is a lot left over from the New Year’s Eve dinner on the [-]th night. According to the custom, we have to eat it until the first day of junior high school.But at noon, Feng Siniang will come over for Tuan Nian, and although she didn't eat much of yesterday's dishes, Old Man Ye decided to cook a few more dishes, and it's not good to have any leftovers.

Jin Huan nodded obediently, and ran into the main room to sit upright on the small bench. Seeing this, Mu Yusheng went to help Old Man Ye with confidence.

When the time came, Old Man Ye washed his hands, wiped them, and asked Mu Yusheng to look at the fire: "It's enough to burn a few more fires, and wait for the meat to simmer in the pot. I'll take Jinhuan to the grave and go to the grave." Just come back, remember to cut and fry the potatoes."

"Hey!" Mu Yusheng raised his head to answer, threw a piece of firewood into the stove, and blew into it with all his strength, the fiery red coals were burning fiercely, making a slight crackling sound.

There are forty or fifty households in Peach Blossom Au. There is not much land suitable for farming. It can only be said that the people in the Au can barely eat and wear. In addition, it is full of peach trees. Therefore, there is a customary rule here, that is which one is which. If a person dies in a household, he cannot be buried in the col, but must be buried in the back mountain.Therefore, every year when we go to the grave to worship, people in Aoli make an appointment to go together, and when everyone is done worshiping, they come back together.

Before Ye Jinhuan and his son came back, Feng Siniang had already arrived.She brought a lot of food and started to work without taking a breath.Mu Yusheng followed her back and forth, and finally got everything done, waiting for Old Man Ye and the others to come back.

This year has been more lively than ever, and a few people ate around the table until it was almost over.Several families in Au also came to Mr. Ye's house to hang out after dinner. They sat and chatted together, laughing and talking, but they were harmonious and peaceful.Everyone loves to have fun and hug him around.Jin Huan Xu was embarrassed, and ran behind Mu Yusheng to hide, making everyone laugh.

The peach blossoms bloomed twice, and Mu Yusheng also helped Old Man Ye pick peach blossoms twice to make wine.Jinhuan has also become much more cheerful, and sometimes he will go to Ah Si and the others to play alone.

This year's peach blossoms have been picked, and the wine has just been buried in the courtyard, but a group of people in white clothes came.Mu Yusheng went out for a long time, and came back later in a daze.Seeing that something was wrong with him, old man Ye also guessed something in his heart, so he only asked him to say a few words, and then stopped asking.

As soon as Jinhuan entered the door, he shouted: "Brother!"

He was filthy all over, and he was probably running around with those monkeys in the depression again.

Mu Yusheng was sitting in the main room, when Jin Huan found him and threw himself on him. "elder brother."

"Well, why did you come back so early?" Mu Yusheng rubbed his head and asked softly.

"Ah Si was called back." Jin Huan replied, seeing Mu Yusheng's preoccupied look, he asked again in puzzlement, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Mu Yusheng woke up now, and he tried his best to get rid of those messy things in his mind, forcing himself was pointless. "fine."

He stared blankly at Jin Huan, two years, two years later, the child grew a head taller, he was short and fat when he first came here, but now he has lost a lot of weight.

"Going to the market tomorrow, what do you want to eat?" Mu Yusheng asked softly, wiping his face with his sleeve.

"sugar!"

Jinhuan raised his head, his face was flushed red, and he reached out to touch Mu Yusheng's face.

"Okay." Mu Yusheng smiled and nodded in response.

Old man Ye was cooking in the stove, Mu Yusheng said a few more words to Jinhuan and went to help him.Rice is being cooked in the pot, the water has been boiling for a while, the crystal rice gradually swells, and then cracks, rising and falling in the thick white rice soup with the formation and collapse of bubbles.Old man Ye put the Shau Kei on the pot, and scooped up the rice in the pot to drain the water.

"Going to go?" Old man Ye asked him as he went to the water.

Mu Yusheng was silent, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"That's good, it's still a family after all. This person's life has many bonds and heavy responsibilities, don't you think so?" Old Man Ye asked with a smile, there was something in his words, but he didn't specify.

"My boy clings to you. If he finds out, you won't be able to leave. Don't tell him." Old man Ye said to himself, covered the pot, found a low stool and sat down with Mu Yusheng. "when are we leaving?"

"The day after tomorrow..." Mu Yusheng replied bitterly, but when he tried to say something, his throat stuck.

"It's just right, I'll buy more vegetables tomorrow!" Old man Ye thought about what to buy tomorrow.

"Grandpa..." Mu Yusheng called him, as if his words were blocked, and he couldn't say the next sentence.

"It's not like I won't come back after leaving, what are you doing like this!" Old man Ye patted him on the back and laughed at him. "The roots of the old man are here, you can't leave, you can come back anytime."

"Well, I'll be back in two years."

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The streets are bustling with pedestrians, shouting and yelling, peddlers carrying burdens shuttle back and forth among the crowd, calling for others to buy their products.

The candy painting booth on the west side of the street was surrounded by children, they crowded each other, wishing that it would be their turn next.Jin Huan timidly stood next to the old man selling sugar paintings, looking around from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone.

Mu Yusheng stood in the alley diagonally opposite to the stall selling sugar paintings and looked at this direction, completely motionless, as if he didn't seem to be in the past at all.

The slanting sun gradually went up, and slowly walked to the middle of the sky, it was already noon.The children at the sugar painting stall bought sugar paintings and all left, leaving only Jinhuan and the old man there alone. The fewer people on the street, the more anxious Jinhuan became.

"The stall is about to be closed, why hasn't that kid come back?" The old man said to himself as he put away the things one by one.Glancing at Jinhuan again, seeing him waiting in a daze, he poked him.

Jinhuan turned to look at him suspiciously.

"I'm afraid that kid won't be able to come back for a while, so go and eat something with me before coming back."

Jinhuan shook his head, determined not to leave.

"That's no good. You're not hungry. I'm very hungry. I can't keep you here. Let's go and eat first and then wait. Maybe he will come back after we finish eating." The old man went to hold him, wanting to take him to Have a meal.

Jinhuan stubbornly struggled away, lowered his head and took several steps back.The old man was silent, then sighed. "Forget it, wait a little longer, I'm afraid he will be back soon."

As the old man said, within a quarter of an hour Mu Yusheng quietly walked out from the alley opposite.Seeing him back, Jinhuan joyfully ran over to pick him up.

"What did you do, why did you take so long to come back?" the old man asked him.

Mu Yusheng said apologetically, "I've been delayed shopping for a while, it's already noon, old man, why don't you go eat with us?"

The old man waved his hands and got up. "No, I can just eat whatever I want. Take him to the tavern quickly, old man Ye is still waiting there."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the wonton stall next to him alone.Mu Yusheng squatted down and carried Jinhuan on his back.

"Brother, where have you been?" Jin Huan lay on his back and thought for a while before asking.

"I went shopping. Grandpa asked me to buy wine koji and cook eggs for dinner."

"Oh." Jin Huan nodded and hugged his neck tightly.At the end, I added another sentence: "I thought you were lost."

Mu Yusheng smiled lowly, and sent him up, Jinhuan was so frightened that he grabbed his clothes.