dance like a butterfly

Everything seemed to be back on track again.

A few days after New Year's Day, the good news came.

Lao Han was elected as the village head as he wished!

Outside the sword, it was suddenly reported that Jibei was collected, and when I heard it for the first time, my clothes were full of tears.But seeing what his wife is worried about, the scrolls of poems and books are ecstatic.

Du Fu waited wholeheartedly to return to his hometown. When he was 54 years old and dying, one day, the Anshi Rebellion ended and the good news came, and he was ecstatic.The only happy poem left by this great poet who was miserable all his life.

I am naturally very happy for Lao Han's election.However, this kind of happiness is far from being as crazy as Du Fu's. On the contrary, some kind of inexplicable worry faintly stagnates in my heart.

Zhang Wenqing's former fans still had a lot of complaints, and they planned to petition during the period. In the end, they couldn't stand the pressure from above after Lin Wenlong's instruction, and Lao Han's privately defeated lobbying and money disintegrated. .

There are also some good people who want to make a fuss about the matter between me and Lao Han. Seeing that the general situation is gone, they can only chew their tongues in private. I have always had a good impression of him, no matter how I looked at him, I felt that he was not this kind of person. Gradually, a crisis that seemed imminent to me gradually disappeared.

There is still no news from Chen Hanzhang's side. This is simply incomparable to the police's efficiency in handling cases that is often praised in TV news.

I wanted to close the case, Lao Han knew about it, and said to me solemnly, "Xiaohui, it's not that I don't respect your opinion. No matter what it is, you should pay attention to an explanation. No matter how soft-hearted you are, you have to wait for Zhang Wenqing to show up first." Let’s talk after meeting. At any rate, they don’t have the sincerity to sit down and talk. No matter how high-profile we are, people who understand will say that we are high-spirited and bright, regardless of past suspicions and take care of the overall situation. If you are not beaten to death, you will be scared to death first. Don't worry, don't worry about it, even if the sky is falling and you still have brother to support you, what are you afraid of?"

I'm not afraid, just a little uneasy.

Many times, I have turned myself around, thinking, if I were Zhang Wenqing, if I was in a hurry like a bereaved dog, what would I do?How can I fight for my best interests and make a comeback.I thought about many plans, and overturned them one by one. In the end, seeing that Zhang Wenqing still had no news, I simply said to myself, go to the ball. It’s useless for me to die. Change, anyway, I won't kill you, I will repay you with kindness, I don't believe that you, Zhang Wenqing, have no humanity and will be as hard-hearted as a rock and not move for me!

My body became active day by day, and the beds in the hospital were tight. I had to rely on Dr. Xu’s relationship to occupy a single room. Under my repeated requests, Lao Han finally couldn’t make it through and had to let me out of the hospital.

In the end, he smiled shyly and said to Lao Zuo, "I still have a lot of things to do recently. If you have free time, please run around my house more, so that Xiaohui won't be inconvenient. If something goes wrong, I will really be ashamed I can’t explain to my second brother and second sister-in-law.”

Old Zuo readily agreed.

Back to Yaxin Garden, Lao Zuo basically rushed over early every day after work.

He either wipes the table and mops the floor, or washes vegetables and cooks.I saw it and said Lao Zuo with regret, "Brother, look, you still have to go to work all day. If you travel around for such a long time, you will inevitably be late and leave early. If you are counted down because of me, if you are lost How about getting a job?"

Lao Zuo smiled and said, "It's going to be a holiday soon, there's not much to do. You just need to rest assured that I'm in charge of work, and the situation you mentioned will not happen. Besides, I just won't come when you're sick. No matter where I am, I can’t sit still. Hehe, don’t you think I’m here to grab a meal? Haven’t you heard of it? Big pot rice is delicious and delicious!”

Lao Zuo said that, although my heart was a little sad, I didn't dare to say anything anymore.

In the early morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the second sister-in-law called.She first asked me about my health, and after I reported my well-being, the second sister-in-law said, "If you can move, cook some Laba porridge for Lao Han tomorrow. Although people in the city may not pay much attention to these things, but Laba porridge is considered a festival anyway. Cooking Laba porridge is to worship the ancestors, and to worship the gods.

I have long heard that Laba porridge is eaten on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.There are many legends about the origin of this.Some say that on the day of Laba, the Buddha was poor and hungry and fainted by the roadside. Fortunately, a bowl of porridge made of miscellaneous coarse grains saved his life. On that day, he became enlightened and became a Buddha under the Bodhi tree.But the most famous one is the founding emperor.It is said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was a child, he worked as a long-term job for a rich man. He was tortured by the rich man and locked up in a cowshed for three days and three nights. On the day of Laba, he found a mouse hole. , It feels delicious that I have never eaten before.And when he won the world, he ate all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, and he always felt that the bowl of porridge was still delicious.So, on the day of Laba, he ordered people to cook a large pot of porridge with whole grains in the court, and added lily, white fungus, jujube, lotus seeds, peanut kernels, walnut kernels, wolfberry, longan, etc. and rock sugar.After tasting it, all the ministers were amazed.Since then, every year on the day of Laba, it has become a custom for every household to cook porridge.

In the countryside, cooking porridge during Laba every year is quite popular.Beginning in the middle of the night, every household lit firewood and began to cook porridge in a big pot, and the smoke continued to rise until dawn.On the day of Laba, every family pays attention to not eating vegetables for three meals a day. They drink Laba porridge in the morning, cook noodles in porridge at noon, and continue to drink porridge in the evening.There must be leftover porridge, and the leftovers must be spread on the dry branches of flowers and trees in the yard for a good harvest and good luck in the coming year.

I smiled and asked, "Does this work?"

The second sister-in-law also laughed, "Whether it works or not, it's all about eating some soil to clear up doubts."

I laughed.

Spotted soil is a kind of dark brown and highly oily soil in the wild. In the past, many people had intractable diseases and no prescriptions to cure them, so they looked for this kind of soil to eat, hoping that it could cure all diseases.

I asked my second sister-in-law, "Is there anything else to pay attention to in the next few days?"

"On the 23th day of the twelfth lunar month, steaming dry, on the [-]rd day of the twelfth lunar month, offering sacrifices to the stove. There are sayings for each of these. We don't need to study whether it is effective or not. Some things are better believed to be true or not. Besides, there are only you and Lao Han in the family now, if you are fine, if you take care of all these festivals, wouldn't Lao Han treat you better?"

I hurriedly said I got it, I got it.

I called Lao Zuo and asked him if he could go to the supermarket to prepare all the ingredients for Laba porridge after get off work.Lao Zuo told me not to worry, saying that he had already made plans to make porridge for everyone to drink at night.

Sure enough, when I came back in the afternoon, Lao Zuo brought a lot of plastic bags, raw materials that I thought of and didn't think of, Lao Zuo brought back with a single brain.After dinner, he was busy washing rice and ingredients in the kitchen.

After everything was tidied up and I watched TV for a while, Lao Zuo said to me, "Xiaohui, the porridge is already simmering on the stove, don't turn it off at night, I guess it's almost time, I will call you, and you Turn off the fire. There will be delicious Laba porridge tomorrow morning."

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, it happened to be the weekend, and Lao Zuo insisted on not letting me do it. He nestled in the kitchen for more than an hour to steam Liangpier.On the day of offering sacrifices to the stove, it happened that Meimei and Haohao were on vacation, so he hurried in and out, and cooked another big table of everyone's favorite meals.

Meimei once asked me why Lao Zuo was running here all day.

I could only prevaricate her by saying that Lao Zuo is a relative of my family, and I was discharged from the hospital because I felt unwell, so I asked him to take care of me.Meimei hurriedly asked me what was wrong, and I found a barely plausible reason that it was a broken bone.Then he hurriedly said that it was already out of the way, so don't worry about it, just take care of it.

Meimei went with suspicion.

For such a period of time, Lao Zuo just walked around me silently.Several times, Lao Han said to Lao Zuo in front of me, "Old Zuo, look, thanks to you, if it weren't for you, this place might not be in such a mess."

Lao Zuo was polite at first, and later, when Lao Han said thank you, Lao Zuo just smiled and said nothing.

On the evening of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, everyone had dinner together.Just after eating, before clearing away the dishes, Haohao said, "Don't worry, I'll improvise a Qin opera for everyone."

After finishing speaking, he cleared his throat and sang a piece of "Lu Yu" from "Three Drops of Blood".

This time, it was Meimei and Lao Han's turn to be surprised.

Meimei laughed, "You're a broken doll, why did you become interested in this traditional repertoire?"

Haohao became anxious when he heard this, "There is a saying that 'the nation is the best', haven't you heard of it? You see, there are many foreigners who come to visit us in the streets of Xi'an. You don't know that they come to see us. Qin opera is also an intangible cultural heritage of ancient brands. Our old Shaanxi, hehe, Qinchuan is dusty for eight hundred miles, and they don’t eat spicy food. Muttering, the elders shouted at Qin opera! No, Father? Fourth father?"

Haohao asked for help, turned his face around, and looked back and forth at Lao Han and me.

Lao Zuo smiled silently, watching the siblings bicker.

When Meimei heard this, seeing Hao Hao's seriousness and acting like a grown-up, she almost burst out laughing.

Old Han said, "It's nothing. It's better to have this interest than to play games on the Internet. Besides, most operas have historical stories. Singing operas can not only improve your voice, energy, and body, but also improve your health." Learn about history."

When Lao Han said this, Haohao became proud, "Sister, listen, my dad is my bosom friend. Uncle Zuo, fourth dad, what do you think of my singing?"

Haohao wanted to find greater support, and this time even Lao Zuo was involved.

Lao Zuo smiled and said, "Last time, the play you sang to us in the hospital was really good, but today's song is not bad. However, I don't know much about plays. Let your fourth dad give you a review." Review."

Haohao suddenly yelled, "Fourth Dad, you answered me that you will go to Hua County in the New Year, so don't break your promise."

Lao Han looked at me in surprise, "Go to Hua County? When?"

When Haohao said that he was going to Hua County at this time, I really didn't expect it.I was thinking about what to say so as to appease Haohao without appearing to be self-assertive, when I suddenly heard Lao Zuo say, "Haohao said last time that he wanted to go to Huaxian to climb Mount Hua in the Chinese New Year, but Xiaohui hasn't discussed it with you yet." Woolen cloth."

Meimei smiled and said, "Just go, it's not going to Beijing, just make a round trip on the same day, it seems like something difficult."

When Haohao heard that, his face was full of joy. He stood up and was about to cheer, but when he saw Lao Han's face, he immediately sat down again and looked at me helplessly like a deflated leather ball.

Old Han said, "This year I will celebrate the New Year at home, and I am not allowed to go anywhere. Next year I will take the entrance exam, and I still don't know what I should do in a day."

It was a lively meal, but because of the trivial matter of Haohao wanting to go to Hua County, the atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Seeing Haohao's mood drop in an instant, I patted his head and said, "Your dad loves you. If you want to go to Hua County in the future, fourth dad will definitely accompany you. You should study hard before talking."

Haohao looked up at me with tears in his eyes.

When I was sleeping, I asked Lao Han, "What's wrong with you? You made such a big fuss today."

Old Han was smoking a cigarette, twisted the cigarette butt, turned around and hugged me, "This broken doll's house is always looking for trouble. He didn't know that you were injured so badly this time. Really, when you were discharged from the hospital, the doctor didn't Have you told me to take good care of it? How many days have you been raising it? This injured man will not last a hundred days by the time of the Chinese New Year. Besides, who doesn’t know that the road to Huashan is difficult to walk, and there are cliffs everywhere? Yes, it's like a deep sleep? Don't try to get used to him."

I said softly, "Brother, it's not that I want to get used to Haohao. My kids, who only know how to read and study all day, will be bored. Doesn't he just want to go to Huashan? Isn't there a cableway in Huashan now? I can Take the cable car to the North Peak. If there is no cable car, I will sit and wait for you. Let’s make a compromise like this. Don’t you think it’s okay? Well, it’s really not possible. I’ll wait for you at my hometown. Also, didn’t you Do you think the second brother's attitude is different from before? Besides, if you really don't go to Hua County during the Chinese New Year this year, it seems to be a bit like that."

Lao Han thought for a while and said, "I originally planned that you would stay at home during the Chinese New Year. I will go to Hua County alone to pay New Year's greetings to my two brothers. I will try to go back as soon as possible. According to this, I might as well go together."

The next day, I told Haohao that I could go to Hua County, and Haohao actually gave me a bear hug and kissed me wetly on the forehead.

On New Year's Eve, after posting the Spring Festival couplets, Lao Han called Lao Zuo and said, "Xiaohui is still not very flexible, so it's unreasonable not to go to Hua County. Let's go together, and we will take care of each other. In case people say that Uncle has passed away, you will not go there anymore."

Lao Zuo heard this, and immediately agreed to drive to meet everyone at Dongshilipu.