Little wealth

"Ooh-"

The first cock crowing in the morning came from afar, and the cock crowing in the village followed one after another.I don't know who heard the first sound of opening the door. Gradually, there were voices of people talking in the village, and people woke up from their early morning sleep.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, many families in the village set off firecrackers outside their doors early in the morning.

There was the sound of setting off firecrackers in the distance, the laughter of children came from the yard outside, and the people lying on the bed also woke up, but they were still unwilling to face the fact that they were about to get up, so they retreated into the bed and wanted to continue. sleep.

Zhao He looked at Fu Lang who was hiding in his arms, couldn't help wanting to laugh, stroked Fu Lang's back with his hand under the covers, bit Fu Lang's ear and asked, "Are you It's time to get up? If you don't get up again, the children will laugh at you." He had already heard the sound of the children getting up.

"...It's so cold, let me sleep for a while." A muffled voice came from the bed.

"Come out, don't hide inside, be careful you'll get bored. You won't be cold if you put on clothes, I'll bring you the clothes." Zhao He dug out Fu Lang who was buried in the bed, picked it up and put it at the end of the bed Come over and put Fulang on one by one.

When they went out from the house, the whole family had already woken up, and the two of them were the last ones to get up.

"Crackling-"

There was the sound of setting off firecrackers outside the yard, and a group of children cheered and laughed.

The dumplings were put into the pot one by one, and after a while, all the dumplings in a big pot floated up.

Caixia scooped up the dumplings with a colander, filled two large basins, and took them out with Caiyun.

Their family ate the dumplings made yesterday, and two large bowls of dumplings were brought over. The whole family, big and small, sat around the table and ate their first breakfast of the new year.

Each cooked dumpling is full of fillings, and when you bite into it, it is full of leek and egg aroma. The first dumpling Josh ate in the new year was his favorite leek egg dumpling. The dumpling is dipped in vinegar, two bites a piece ,"tasty!"

"Today's dumplings are even better than last night's."

After a whole night, all the food I ate last night was gone, and the dumplings I ate early in the morning were particularly delicious.

The boys ate until their cheeks became swollen. Both adults and children liked eating this dumpling very much. In the end, a large group of people ate up the two big bowls of dumplings.

"Come on, come on, I'll give everyone some lucky money. The first one will be given to my grandson, who is one year older." After breakfast, Zhao Amu distributed lucky money to his grandson and several children, and None of the sons and daughters-in-law were left behind, and one more was given to the eldest daughter-in-law, "This is for my unborn grandson."

"Then I'll thank Eminem on behalf of the child." Josh also smiled and took the lucky money from Ah Mo to the child. With his mother's example in the front, everyone didn't leave behind him when they gave the lucky money. The little guy in my belly, I really didn't expect that this little guy would receive New Year's money before he was born.Of course, he also gave lucky money to several children.

"Any more uncles? Give my nephew a big New Year's money." Chen Yan and Zhao Hu also gave the children New Year's money.

To celebrate the New Year, the happiest thing is the children, not only have new clothes to wear but also delicious food, and the key point is to get lucky money!

The adults in the family distribute lucky money, and the children all share.

Ah Nian followed his brothers to take round after round of lucky money, and his small pocket swelled up all of a sudden, but little Ah Nian was so happy that his big eyes narrowed into a line with a smile, just like a little fox. Same as chicken.

The four boys didn't expect that they also had lucky money. This was the first time they got lucky money during the Chinese New Year since they grew up.

There are also Aqiu and Caixia Caiyun. The hosts have given them lucky money. Although it is not much, it is still a small fortune.The two little girls were very happy, but the master said that when they save enough money, they can redeem their free bodies in the future.

But Aqiu didn't think much about redeeming himself, even the monthly wages were just thrown in a box, and he never counted how much he had.

Josh felt funny looking at their son like that, and murmured to Master Zhao about their son, "Look at our family's Niannian, does it look like losing money? Do you think that Niannian will grow up with us? Are you thinking about doing business and making money all day long?"

Master Zhao just patted Fu Lang's head, telling Fu Lang not to worry about it, "It's just good to let nature take its course. From now on, children can study if they want to study, and do business if they want to do business. We won't force them."

Josh thinks this makes sense?

"I'll go home first and come back later." Butcher Chen forgot to prepare the New Year's money in advance, and it was prepared by his brother. After giving the New Year's money to a few children, he was ready to go home and feed the pigs .

Seeing that his daddy was going back to feed the pigs, Chen Yan wanted to go back with him, "Wait, daddy, I'll go back with you."

"No, no, you stay at home. It's the New Year's Eve, stay at home and go back tomorrow." Butcher Chen waved his hand, and he had already left.

They still have some exquisite etiquette and customs here. Brothers and girls who marry out have to wait until the second day of the new year to return to their natal homes, and they cannot go back on the first day of the new year.

Zhao Hu was not so particular. Seeing his father-in-law going back alone, he went out behind his father-in-law, waved to Fu Lang and said, "I'll go, I'll go, you stay at home." After going out, he caught up with his father-in-law who walked a few steps away, and the father and son went back to the Chen family together.

The morning sun was just right, and there was a snowfall last night. There was snow falling on the ground, and there was a deep footprint when one stepped on it.

Several boys in thick clothes ran out to step on the snow, giggling and laughing non-stop.

Josh stood outside the door and looked at the children playing in the yard, looking at the happy smiles on the children's faces.I was busy on weekdays, and suddenly I didn’t know what to do when I was free. Thinking of the mahjong that Master Zhao had made in advance, he shouted to his mother and Chen Yan, "Em, Brother Yan Let's play mahjong."

"Mahjong?" What is this?Zhao Amu had a question mark on her face.

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They put the mahjong table on the heated Kang, and a large box of mahjong was dumped on the table.

Three are missing one, and there is still one person short of enough for four people.

Qiao Xu called his master Zhao to come, but his master Zhao refused to come, so he had to pull Aqiu to come over to make up the numbers, and explained the rules of playing mahjong to everyone. In fact, he has never really played mahjong. He used to play mahjong with his mobile phone before, and he still remembered the general rules, "...that's probably the case, do you understand?"

"Yeah." Ah Qiu nodded.

The remaining two people look at me and I look at you, and they don't understand at all.

"It's okay if you don't understand. Let's play two laps and you will understand." Josh saw his mother and Chen Yan's appearance, and knew that they didn't understand.

After playing two rounds, Zhao A'mu and Chen Yan finally understood how to play mahjong.

"Nonsense—"

Relying that it was not the first time he played, Josh won two games in a row, took out the copper coins he had prepared in advance, and asked the three poker players present, "Now everyone understands the rules of the game? Let's start from the next game." It’s really fun. Let’s not play big games, just play small games for fun, let’s play small games and just have fun.” Of course, playing games requires a little bit of money to be interesting.

This lottery is also very simple, it is gambling!

"Okay, let's go." Zhao Amu agreed when she heard that the bet was not too big, and even if she lost money, she would not lose too much.

Seeing that they all agreed, Chen Yan naturally didn't say no.

Aqiu looked at their master's box of copper plates, a flash of calculation flashed in his heart, and he nodded.

The four of them started playing mahjong. At the beginning, Josh won a few games in a row, but Aqiu gradually caught up, and it became a win-win situation for the two of them.After playing a few more rounds, Chen Yan also started playing cards, and even his mother won a small round.

"Self-draw." Ah Qiu drew a card, pushed the card in front of him, and drew himself, winning three.

The three families all paid out, and Ah Qiu put the money given by the three families into his own money box, and continued to play cards.

Afterwards, they continued to play, and soon it became Ah Qiu who won three games by himself.

Josh gradually took out the little money he had won at the beginning, and he looked at Aqiu suspiciously, "Aqiu, have you played this game before?"

"No, it's my first time playing." Ah Qiu replied with a sincere face.

But let alone, this game is really fun. After playing a few rounds, he has become more and more proficient in the rules of this game, and gradually he can guess whether the opponent and the left and right two have any cards in their hands. , and what cards are waiting for.After knowing what cards other people have and what cards they are waiting for, he will know how to evade, not play the cards others want, and try to get the cards he wants... In short, this game only needs to use a little brain, He found that winning is still very simple.

"Touch yourself, give me money." Hahaha...

"..."

When Zhao Hu came back with his father-in-law, he saw several people in the room playing mahjong.

As soon as her son came back, Zhao Amu yelled not to fight, and asked her youngest son to come over and take his place, "Xiaohu, come and come, I won't play anymore." The copper plate of the bag is almost lost.

"How can I play this?" Zhao Hu looked puzzled, so he was dragged by his mother to sit on the seat.

"Oh, what are you playing, it looks quite interesting."

"Uncle Chen, we play mahjong here, why don't you try it?"

"No, no, let me take a look first, you play with me, don't worry about me."

Chen Tuhu came over to watch the fun, watched everyone playing mahjong, stood on the sidelines and watched a few rounds, and asked Zhao Amu if he didn't understand anything, so he had a general understanding of the mahjong played by several people.

Standing here and watching for a while, Chen Tuhu found that most of the winners were Aqiu's little brother, and Qiao brother also won a few rounds from time to time, and his brother and his son-in-law were at the bottom, "... ..." But it's okay, I don't play too much left and right, even if I lose money, I won't lose a lot.

The little brother who won the money smiled happily, and found that the feeling of winning is so good, he doesn't care how much he wins, he only cares who wins, "Give money, give money."

"Why did you win again!?" Zhao Hu hasn't played a game of poker since he sat down, and he only has to pay for it. Now he finally understands why his mother took him to replace the game. Eminem lost the shot.

Chen Yan looked at their idiot, did you understand now?

"Come again." Zhao Hu couldn't believe it, he couldn't even win a game!

The final fact is that he was slapped in the face by reality.

***

They were playing mahjong in the house, and some people from the village came to their house to pay New Year's greetings.

"Uncle Chen, come and play two rounds for me." Seeing a guest come to the door, Josh asked Chen Yan's father to take his place, and went to greet the guest with his mother.

After the first guest came, more and more people came to their house to pay New Year's greetings, some even brought their husbands, wives and children to their house, and most of them were the guys from their oil workshop. , and the men who usually go to their house to sell oil, all of them bring their family members to their house to pay homage to the early years.

Cao Ping went back to Zhao's house early in the morning with his husband and children to pay New Year's greetings.

"Everyone, sit down and drink tea." Zhao Amu invited the guests to sit down and drink tea.As soon as a room full of guests sat down, their house became lively immediately.

The guests who came here also knew each other, and they all sat together and talked.

"Let's go sit inside and let them drink tea outside." Seeing Cao Ping bring Liu Jin and the child to their house to pay New Year's greetings, Qiao Xu stepped forward and led Liu Jin, who was holding the child, to the side room inside to sit.The little guy was awake, wrapped in a small quilt and still kicking his little feet. He touched the little guy's face with his hand and teased the little guy, "The little guy is really energetic today."

"Yeah, I don't know if I know that it's the Chinese New Year today. I woke up early in the morning, slept with a full stomach, and woke up refreshed." Liu Jin held the baby for everyone to see.

Children are not afraid of people. They turn their heads from time to time to look left and right. When they are happy, they kick their little feet hard and wave their little hands.

"Brother, eat." Ah Nian saw his younger brother coming, holding a half-eaten sesame candy in his hand to share with him.

"Hey~" Josh hurriedly grabbed his son's little paw, hugged him on his knee, and told the little boy, "My brother hasn't got teeth yet, and he can't eat yet. You eat by yourself. Later, brother When you grow teeth, you will distribute them to your younger brother."

"Brother!" Ah Nian looked puzzled, wondering when his younger brother would grow teeth.

"When will my brother get his teeth?" Josh understood his son's question, and calculated the time in his mind. How come a child's teeth should be around seven months to one year old, right? "It may take until July and August for my younger brother to grow teeth. By then, my younger brother should be able to eat mooncakes."

Eat moon cakes?Ah Nian has already forgotten when was the last time he ate mooncakes.

How long is seven or eight months?Anian was a little confused.

When Josh saw their son's appearance, he knew that this little boy had no concept of time, "You just need to remember that you can only feed your brother these things when he has teeth. If your brother has no teeth, you can't feed him indiscriminately." Eat, do you understand? Otherwise, my brother may choke on it, which would be bad."

"Yeah." Ah Nian looked at the little brother who was held in the arms of the adults, played with the little brother for a while, but was not interested in the little brother who couldn't talk or play with him, and ran to compare him The older brothers played together.

A group of children were playing outside, and the adults were drinking tea and talking inside, and the whole Zhao family courtyard was buzzing with excitement...