Embracing the ancient times with roses

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family started to be busy in the early morning, posting Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, hanging red lanterns, cleaning the yard, and even the honest and honest Xiaobao children's shoes, this early morning All extremely excited.

Lixiu and Qin Mengshi started busy eating early in the morning. They washed the pork knuckles early and threw them into the pot with sauce. They also killed a pheasant and prepared to make a stewed chicken with potatoes. Da Zhuang helped to clean up the fish, this carp was caught yesterday afternoon, when Li Xiu saw Da Zhuang cut a hole in the ice, as a result the fish jumped up with crackling, and picked up a small carp in a short while. Carrying a basket, Lexiu is like something. When I go home at night, I will cook a braised fish for the big guy. The delicious one that the big guy ate. Today, Lixiu will make a boiled fish for the big guy. Listen, big man After that, Le couldn't even close his mouth.

After some difficult food was cleaned up, Lixiu started frying meatballs, with vegetable fillings and meat fillings. When the frying was almost finished, Jiang Feng and his wife came over, holding snacks, candies and liquor.

Tong Xiaobao's eyes lit up when he saw Tang, he ran over cheerfully, hugged Jiang Feng's thigh, and called "Uncle", when Jiang Feng saw him, "You greedy cat, you didn't come here because you missed me , but want candy?"

Tong Xiaobao seemed to be following along, nodded directly and said, "I miss Uncle, I miss candy."

Jiang Feng smiled and carried Tong Xiaobao into the room, then put down the things in his hands, and gave the candy to the child, not forgetting to say to the child: "Hey, eat well here, let me go and see you, uncle wants Help with the cooking."

Tong Xiaobao nodded, sat on his father, and ate candy while listening to his father and Li Da talking.

When Li Xiu saw Jiang Feng coming, he said, "You should rest, I'm almost done."

Jiang Feng smiled and said: "Why didn't you wait for me, I just came so late, you said you did it yourself, next time it won't work." After finishing speaking, he pretended to be angry and gave Li Xiu a look.

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Okay, I won't do anything next time, I'll wait for you to do it."

Jiang Feng nodded and said: "It's okay, it's not a big job." The two were chatting and laughing in the room, and after finishing all the work in a while, they went to the main room and the few people who were okay at home While eating and chatting, they talked about interesting things in the village.

Ever since Da Zhuang told him that the hometown he came to was such a powerful place on the day he left Xiu, he was afraid that he would lose sight of it for a while, and Li Xiu would be taken away by the gods again, so he never left him even a single step. , just staring straight at Li Xiu, sometimes you give Li Xiu his hair, you said you were sleeping, and when you opened your eyes, you saw a man next to you staring at you, no matter how good your mood is, He will also be afraid! People who are scary will scare people to death.

Now, when I was free, I was sitting next to Li Xiu, and Li Da couldn't help but say, "I said, brother, what are you doing? Who are you greedy for? You two have a good relationship. You should also pay attention to this. What about so many people?"

As soon as Li Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but glared at Li Da: "I am willing, just the two of us, can you take care of it? Just take a good look at your Jiang Feng, why bother us?" He also glared at Li Da.

Jiang Feng, who was next to him, heard it: "Go, make out while making out, how old are you, and you are so shameless."

Li Xiu's face turned red: "Just take care of your family, Li Da, is it like a hook hooking you without looking at that look?"

Everyone here laughed when they heard this, brother Xiu really didn't suffer, look at Jiang Feng and his wife who were joking about it right now.The whole family was talking and laughing, and before they knew it, it was noon, so a few brothers went to make food, and the rest of them helped. When the food was served and everyone sat down, it was full of people. A large table of dishes is very rich.

Da Zhuang ran outside and set off a set of firecrackers, and kicked his feet twice, which made Lixiu's eardrums hurt, but it didn't dampen his enthusiasm, busy work before and after running.

This is also the most lively year in his life since Lixiu came here. He cooked a large table full of dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, and vegetables. A wine glass was placed in front of the people, meaning to drink casually. For those who don’t know how to drink, Lixiu made fruity soy milk with soy milk and fruits at home. In the end, Tong Xiaobao simply stopped eating vegetables, and drank enough soy milk by himself.

The grown-ups couldn’t help but be happy, Dao is a child, easy to be satisfied, Lixiu sees that he is honest, so let everyone leave him alone and eat by himself, this meal is really good. If I didn't meet Li Xiu, I would never be able to eat such a good dish. The staple food is rice, and everyone ate it until after two o'clock in the afternoon, and they all blushed from drinking.

When Li Xiu and the others finished cleaning up, they heard Tong Xiaobao and Da Zhuang say, "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep."

Li Da and Jiang Feng stood up and said that they would go home first and feed the living things at home, and then come back at night. Li Xiu and Da Zhuang nodded and sent them out. When they came back, Li Xiu asked everyone to rest and get up at night to make dumplings. Brother Qin Ming helped to feed all the living things before going back to his room to sleep.

The family of three returned to their own room, went to the kang, did not take off their clothes, took the pillows and covered the quilt, and fell asleep. This sleep went straight to six o'clock in the evening. When Lixiu woke up, he opened his eyes. Seeing that candles were already lit on the candlesticks in the room, and Xiaobao and Dazhuang were not there, it seemed that they woke up and went out to play.

When he got off the ground and went out of the room, he saw everyone there helping to make dumplings. When Li Xiu came back after washing his hands, he saw that there were not many noodles left on the table, so he didn't stretch out his hands in the end. It is to take out all the food saved at home, put it aside, wait until the dumplings are made, and put the dumplings outside to freeze. In fact, dumplings are not made here every year. It's all done, and it can be wrapped with the top.

Lixiu put the food on the table, and the big guys started to eat. In fact, it was not a good thing, just persimmons, frozen wild pears, frozen persimmons, peanuts, melon seeds, sugar, snacks and so on, which were prepared before Lixiu. It can be seen everywhere in modern times, but not in ancient times. In the countryside, the life of Da Zhuang’s family is now one of the best in the village. Because Zhang Laocai died, Da Zhuang’s family is now the richest household in the village.

Li Xiu watched everyone sitting together chatting, and thought that if this was in modern times, he might start watching the Spring Festival Gala, so here he could only stand up and watch the year. A pair of mahjong, this mahjong is made of wood, it took Lixiu two full days to make it.

The big guys watched as Lixiu took out a big wooden box, and took out a tablecloth and spread it on the table. Hearing the beeping, everyone looked surprised. Lixiu patiently taught everyone how to count cards, draw cards, and play cards. In the end, everyone in the family learned it. Seeing that there was no place for him, Lixiu was not annoyed and sat in the big room. Zhuang watched patiently.

The people in the Qin family also looked at the freshness and found it interesting. Qin Hongchang had already sat down to play with Da Zhuang and Jiang Feng. While playing, he said, "This thing is like gambling. What we play is to win small Stone, if it was in a casino, this bet would be money, right?"

When he said this, Li Xiu's eyes lit up: "Brother Zhuang, do we have a gambling house here?"

Da Zhuang nodded: "Yes, it's in the town, what do you mean?"

Li Xiu nodded and didn't speak anymore, but Da Zhuang understood, so he lowered his head and continued to play cards. These people really played their cards hard, and they played until after ten o'clock in the evening, and they still didn't leave. Finally, Li Xiu Said: "It's time to cook dumplings, stop playing, didn't you see that there are people outside picking up the God of Wealth in advance? Hurry up and let's set off the cannons, and I will cook the dumplings."

Qin Mengshi said: "My master, go and watch them set off firecrackers. I will cook the dumplings."

Li Xiu smiled and went out with everyone, and then Da Zhuang was afraid that he would be cold, so he pushed one of them back, and he was allowed to leave the house after he put on a leather jacket, while Qin He took Tong Xiaobao's children's shoes and lay on his stomach looking out of the glass, Who made him too young to let him out of the room at all, Qin He covered his little ears for fear of frightening him, whenever he kicked his feet (a kind of firecracker, after it is lit, bang, bang) As soon as the sound) sounded, he shrugged his shoulders, and finally Qin He couldn't help but laugh.

Li Xiu set off all the firecrackers that could be set off outside, and everyone else looked at him, playing there, Jiang Feng couldn't help but shook his head: "It's not too much for how big you are, but you still look like a child." Shocked."

But in Da Zhuang's eyes, this kind of Lixiu is like a lovable child, and he is very distressed. An orphan, who has lived alone for so many years, is the first time to celebrate the New Year with such people. Not excited?He will give Li Xiu the greatest happiness, and he will definitely. After making up his mind, he walked over with a smile, "I've got some leftovers. Let's put them tomorrow, and the dumplings in the house are ready."

Li Xiu nodded, and he and Da Zhuang went into the house to eat dumplings. Today's dumplings were filled with pork and cabbage. Li Xiu ate a lot. He had never felt that Chinese New Year dumplings were so delicious. I was alone alone, but now I have someone to accompany me.

When eating dumplings, Da Zhuang always looked at Li Xiu intentionally or unintentionally, and he was very pleased to see him eating so happily. It seems that he likes this place, so he probably has no intention of going back to his hometown, right?Hey, marrying such a powerful daughter-in-law is enough to make people helpless, but fortunately, he doesn't want to leave, which is better than anything else, and I have to treat him better in the future, so that he won't think about something, no more

Everyone ate very happily. This is an experience that they have never experienced before. Although they kept the New Year’s Eve in previous years, they didn’t make dumplings. I'm all asleep. It's the first time to watch the New Year like today. It's very interesting.

After eating the dumplings, everyone cleaned up collectively. After cleaning up, Li Da and his wife bid farewell to Da Zhuang and his wife, and went home to sleep. The members of Da Zhuang's family also packed up and went back to wash and go to sleep. Li Xiu stood at the door Outside, looking at the starlight in the sky, there is joy in the eyes. The stars here are so bright, which cannot be seen in modern times. The main reason is that at night, when the street lights are on, the starlight is compared.

Seeing that he didn't enter the house, Da Zhuang went to hold Li Xiu's hand and walked back, "Let's go, rest, it's late."

Li Xiu nodded: "Okay, rest, it's good to have you, Big Brother."

Da Zhuang nodded: "Then live a good life."

Li Xiu: "Yes."

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The first day of the new year is the happiest thing for the children in the village. All the children will be dispatched, and their biggest task is to go door to door and say auspicious words to everyone. But everyone knows that the children in the village are the most happy. The house I like to go to is Lixiu's house, mainly because they eat a lot and give them a lot of sugar.

Early in the morning, Li Xiu and Da Zhuang got up early. Li Xiu was especially excited. He grew up so big that no one came to pay him New Year's greetings during Chinese New Year, especially on the first day of the new year. Yes, these etiquettes, he longs for someone to come during the Chinese New Year, but no, no matter how much he desires, there is no, then the master will comfort him again and again, if there is no, then there is no, it is fine for the two of us to live alone good.

Later, he gradually downplayed and didn't think about this form of New Year's greetings. Later, when even the master didn't come back very often, he didn't have the heart anymore. Today, I heard Da Zhuang say that there will be people coming from home. New Year's greetings, he was so excited that he prepared candy, melon seeds, peanuts and so on early, waiting for people to come to the door.

After eight o'clock, a group of children came to the door. When they saw someone, they said, "Happy Chinese New Year".

When Lixiu saw the children coming, he immediately distributed the prepared food to the children. The food for the children, as well as the two-cent red envelopes Lixiu gave to each child, ran away with a smile. After the children left, he said: "Go in, there will be adults coming later, so there is no need to pay."

Li Xiu nodded, "Got it." So this day, Li Xiu's house was full of people coming and going, until there was no one left, Li Xiu and his wife started to pack their things and go to the clan's hometown. There is no time to pay New Year's greetings to the clan elders. At Da Zhuang's suggestion, Lixiu brought two jars of wine and two packs of snacks. The wine was homemade wine, and the snacks were bought in the town.

I had dinner at the clan's hometown that night. The taste of the food was not very good, but Lixiu was very satisfied. When he went back, Da Zhuang held his hand and hugged Tong Xiaobao. The footprints extend all the way to the home, Da Zhuang said in his heart, this kind of brother Xiu is the best, as long as he is happy, nothing else is important.