It was dawn, and the whole family got up, wearing new cotton robes and capes, all of them were beaming and full of energy. Qin Hao ordered a few young men to paste Spring Festival couplets and hang lanterns. They were very busy. The buddies started a big fire, and the house was as warm as spring, and the flavor of the new year was getting stronger.

"Brother, you hold me, I'll stick it." Xu Shan anxiously raised her hands, jumping towards Qin Hao.

Qin Hao quickly handed the word "Fu" to Xu Wei, and hugged him to his chest with one hand: "Take it easy, don't bruise your little nose like last time."

Xu Shan thought that he was as nimble and nimble as he was half a year ago, but he chose to ignore that his chubby body is completely different from before. When he bumped into it, he couldn't stop himself, and his nose suffered.

"I'm not fat. I'm just lucky. I won't hit my nose again." Xu Shan stuck his neck and stared at his brother-in-law dissatisfied: "It wasn't because you were too slow to catch me before."

Xu Er and Xu Hua looked away silently, brother Xu was very courageous, they didn't dare to be so angry with his brother-in-law, since it's Chinese New Year's Eve, they still want to live a peaceful life.

Qin Hao pinched his little nose dotingly, and said in a good-tempered manner: "Yes, I blame brother-in-law, brother-in-law wronged you."

It's no wonder that Xu Shan is so courageous, her brother-in-law is obviously partial to Xu Shan, if it was really him and Xu Hua, they would have been fisted and kicked, Xu Wei rolled his eyes and complained silently in his heart.

"Xu Hua, Xu Er, what are you doing in a daze? Go and paste the window grilles. The kitchen and the main room also need to paste Spring Festival couplets. I taught you how to paste them. Don't make mistakes." The two big ones don't have such a good tone and patience.

The respondent, Xu Shanhu pretended to be a tiger, and hummed along with his brother-in-law: "Brother Hua, second brother, I have already posted a piece of blessing, what are you doing, you can only have breakfast after posting it."

It's really people-to-people, maddening people.

Several people were busy all morning, and finally finished pasting up the red paper. Looking at the completely new and joyous courtyard, Qin Hao nodded in satisfaction, and walked around with his hands behind his back, feeling like a Chinese New Year.

"Upper couplet: good luck in all seasons, second couplet: treasures from all directions come into the house, horizontal comment: home and everything prosper." Qin Hao recited aloud seriously, the Spring Festival couplets were bought from the market for two cents a piece , It's really simple.

Xu Shan tilted her head and asked curiously, "Brother, what do you mean?"

"It means that next year we will have great luck, earn a lot of money, and the whole family will be healthy and live happily together." Qin Hao translated it to Xu Shan in vulgar and easy-to-understand words.

Xu Yi leaned out from the warm room and greeted them to enter the house: "It's time for breakfast. The family will go to the mountain to pay respects to Father and Father later. Go early in the morning rather than late."

After the news of the bad news came back to the village, the village head helped Xu Yi to make a tomb for the Xu family. During the holidays, the whole family had a place to mourn. The place was chosen beside Xu Hua's father's grave. It's also good time to go with your companions.

"Brother, we put up Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters and window grilles, and the house has become so beautiful." Xu Shan has no memory of his father, and is not as sad as his two brothers. Every time he worships, he will cry until his eyes turn red .

Xu Yi knelt down, held his face and kissed him. Everyone in the village said that Xiaoshan would not be able to grow up, and in a blink of an eye he would be a big child. Xu Yi held his hand, grateful: "Thank you for your hard work, today is a sweet day." Sweet sweet potato porridge or fragrant lean meat porridge, whichever flavor do you want, brother will serve it for you."

"I want sweet potato porridge, my brother-in-law wants lean meat porridge, and my brother-in-law and I both have two big bowls." Xu Shan spoke childishly in a soft voice, holding Qin Hao's big hand with the other hand.

In addition to the hot rice porridge for breakfast, there are steamed buns with meat, boiled eggs and two cold dishes. Although the taste is light, it easily wakes up the taste buds that have been sleeping all night. The whole body is warm and comfortable.

Qin Hao gulped down the lean meat porridge, and asked vaguely, "I'm going to have hot pot for the New Year's Eve dinner, and I'll just eat a little at noon. What do you want to eat, noodles or something else?"

"Brother, I want to eat pizza at noon, I didn't eat enough last time, let's make two today." Xu Hua's eyes lit up, he didn't give in to his brother as usual, and blurted out his own thoughts.

Xu Hua and Xu Wei clapped their hands in agreement: "Eat pizza, eat pizza, eat pizza."

The three brothers also like to eat pizza, and it’s easy to clean up after eating. The two iron plates can be cleaned at will, unlike cooking, which requires washing a lot of pots and pans.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Qin Hao made a final decision: "Then let's eat pizza. You can make two flavors, one for smoked chicken and one for pork belly."

While chatting, they ate breakfast slowly. On the morning of the New Year’s Eve, although the weather was cold, the whole family could not feel the chill. They sat in the conservatory, looking forward to the arrival of the New Year with happy faces.

Uncle and Xu Yi checked several times, and after finding that everything was packed, they took the whole family to pay homage to the deceased. Everyone was wrapped in a thick cloak.

Unlike previous years, with sad faces, today both Uncle and Xu Yi have smiles on their faces, the burden in their hearts has been let go, life has moved forward, and the gloom between their eyebrows and eyes has completely dissipated. Facing the deceased family members, It's easy to talk about family matters.

In the past years, it was getting colder and colder, but this year it was getting hotter and hotter, and the more vigorous it was, the whole family broke out in a little sweat on such a cold day, Xu Yi untied the belt on Xu Shan's chest, and loosened the cloak a little , lest he be too stuffy.

"Brother, my father and I will be full this year." I have prepared a lot of food for this year's worship, two baskets full and two jugs of good wine. Qin Hao also bought a few catties of incense paper money and firecrackers at the market. Unlike previous years, there were only a few, but this year I bought several strings of red firecrackers with five thousand rings.

Xu Yi smiled slightly, the small dimples at the corners of his mouth were exposed, the tenderness inside could drown someone, Xu Yi gently hooked Qin Hao's palm, and said softly: "From now on, I will be full every year, Father, Ah Mo and us will not go hungry anymore."

"Not only will you not go hungry, but you will have meat every meal." Qin Hao rubbed Xiaoshan's head and gave him a reassurance.

As soon as they arrived at the destination, Uncle Wang took Xu Hua and Brother Cao away from Xu Yi and the others. Qin Hao and Xu Wei took hatchets to clean up the new weeds that had grown in the past year. Xu Yi was in front of the tomb. The incense candles were silently lit, the offerings were arranged, and the family kowtowed three times to the ancestors in a proper manner.

While burning paper money, Xu Yi babbled to his father: "Father, I am married. Brother Hao is very kind to me and to the whole family. You can rest assured that the granary at home is full and there are more than 100 mu Tian, ​​my younger brothers have grown taller, Xiaoyou will be able to marry her husband in a few years, I can finally feel at ease."

"I've always been worried that I didn't take good care of my younger brothers, and you would blame me. I often wondered if you couldn't let go of the sky, so you sent Brother Hao to me. The appearance of Brother Hao was like a beam of light, illuminating the Our whole family."

"I wish you two were still here and living a good life." Xu Yi was sentimental for a moment, his eyes gradually turned red, and his voice trembled uncontrollably.

Qin Hao put his arms around Xu Yi's shoulders, hugged him into his arms, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Don't get too excited, you've done a good job, you're a good brother, and my father and grandma can see it."

Then he made a solemn promise to the tombstone: "Father, I am Qin Hao, Xiaoyi's husband. I promise to the elders that with me here, I will never let Xu Yi and his brothers suffer. Rest in peace."

Xu You's eyes were also red, and she lowered her head and wept silently. The ignorant Xu Shan looked at the sad brothers, and walked to Qin Hao's side, hugging his thigh helplessly.

"Okay, okay, don't cry anymore, don't scare Xiao Shan, everyone will be happy during the Chinese New Year today, father and grandma will be at ease." Qin Hao wiped away Xu Yi's tears, and bent down again Hold Xu Shan in his arms.

Xu Yi calmed down his inner emotions a little, walked over and hugged Xu You, wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, patted his head, and said softly: "Okay, listen to your brother-in-law, don't cry, ah Dad is watching us."

A string of five thousand firecrackers was set off, the family packed up the sacrifices, and returned home the same way. On the way back, Uncle and Xu Hua's eyes were also red. Brother Cao supported Uncle, whispering all the way To comfort him, Uncle should also have said a lot of personal words to Xu Hua's father, and fell into a sad mood for the time being.

When they got home, Brother Cao helped his uncle into the house to rest. Qin Hao and Xu Yi took a short break and started making pizza. The two of them did it for the second time, and they cooperated more tacitly. This time Xu Yi took over most of the work. Qin Hao followed him to fight.

"Xiao Yi, you are amazing, your cooking tastes better than mine." Qin Hao tore up some freshly baked pizza and put it in his mouth. He had to admit that Xu Yi had the talent to be a chef, and he learned it quickly and well. .

Xu Yi was circling happily by the oven. He didn't expect that he would learn it all at once. He was a little proud in his heart, but he said modestly: "You, the master, taught me well. I just followed the steps you said. That's all."

"You have a sweet mouth, I like you so much." Qin Hao put his arms around Xu Yi from behind, saw no one was around, and quickly kissed him on the face.

Xu Yi nervously looked at the conservatory, and scolded coquettishly: "You are so annoying, you told me not to kiss me in the yard."

"You said don't kiss you in front of people, and now there is no one, so what are you afraid of?" Qin Hao grasped the loopholes in Xu Yi's words, and refuted him confidently.

"You have a lot of fallacies. I can't tell you. Next time if you do this again, I won't let you sleep in the bedroom. You can move to the study to sleep alone."

Seeing that he was getting angry from embarrassment, Qin Hao immediately gave up, and said flatteringly: "Okay, I misbehaved, Mr. Fulang has a lot, please forgive me, I want to sleep with you, not alone."

"Hmph, it's good that you know, if you don't make an example, let's forget it this time." Xu Yi held his head high, glanced at Qin Hao proudly, and went straight to the greenhouse with the pizza, and finally won a round, feeling very happy.

Carrying another plate of pizza, Qin Hao followed behind Xu Yi, thinking to himself, this silly man is so naive, doesn't he know that he will get it back from him sooner or later?

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