In the Xia family, Xia Ziyu directed and acted in a good show that almost moved her.
In Qijing Village, Xia Xiaolan was not affected at all. This year's New Year's Eve is a good one with a full pocket. Although there is no TV, the whole family can watch the year by eating melon seeds and chatting around the stove.
Taotao's head was moving bit by bit, and he couldn't hold on to dozing off before 12 o'clock in the morning.
Liu Fen pushed him and stuffed him with a bulging red envelope.
"My aunt gave you the New Year's money."
The red envelopes given before twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve are called "New Year's Money". The New Year's Eve is to suppress evil spirits. The money given during the New Year's countdown is the elders' wish for the younger generations to be healthy, auspicious, and safe in the new year.
In addition to those given years ago, when visiting relatives in the first month, the relatives received gifts and would give red envelopes to children. This is a red envelope for New Year greetings.
Everyone has little money these days, and the red envelopes can contain at most 5 or 10 yuan, and poorer people will even pack one or two yuan.
This kind of red envelopes are all given to each other, you add a child to me, I come to your house and return the red envelopes, if someone keeps sending out red envelopes and does not return them, it will be a bloodletting in the first month.
Liu Fen prepared a red envelope for her nephew, and Li Fengmei also prepared one for Xia Xiaolan.
Xia Xiaolan will turn 19 in a few months. If she gets married early, her children will run around everywhere. How can she be ashamed to ask for a red envelope?
Li Fengmei forced to give it to her, but Xia Xiaolan couldn't accept it. When I pinched the thickness, it was estimated to be at least 100 yuan¡ªjust the same as the lucky money Liu Fen gave Taotao. Xia Xiaolan looked at her mother helplessly.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Li Fengmei was busy making dumplings, and the whole family went to battle together, kneading the dough and rolling out the dough, adjusting the stuffing to make dumplings, and stuffing coins into the dumplings. Xia Xiaolan saw Li Fengmei secretly making marks on the dumplings stuffed with coins , she didn't say anything.
Liu Yong bought firecrackers and lit them outside the house at 12 o'clock.
Before 12 o'clock, there are sporadic firecrackers one after another, and the closer to 12 o'clock, the more firecrackers will be heard. At this time, people who set off fireworks are very rare, and every family has to buy a firecracker.
Liu Yong bought a few hanging firecrackers, spread them out along the road in front of his house, and connected the firecrackers end to end, so that they can ring longer!
? The number of firecrackers set off in the countryside to welcome the New Year also represents whether a family is well-off. In previous years, Liu Yong was also one of the mean-spirited people. This year, the big group in his wallet is full, and it can be regarded as a turnaround.
Seeing that the neighbors were also firing cannons, they raised their voices and yelled:
"Yongzi, your firecrackers are powerful enough, how loud are they?"
"1000 rings, 5 hooked up!"
Hehe, he is really rich and powerful.
Last year, a small firecracker was set off, the kind that went off 100 times!
Children like this kind of time. Liu Zitao didn't doze off any more. He was watching Liu Yong set off the cannons in the yard. Xia Xiaolan was afraid that his ears wouldn't be able to bear him and wouldn't let him get too close. Liu Zitao jumped and screamed excitedly.
Children are also sensitive to the environment at home.
Last year was also a very important year for Liu Zitao. First of all, he became a primary school student and officially started school. Not long after, his parents took him to live in Shangdu, the provincial capital, and he also transferred to the elementary school in Shangdu. It was rare for the family to eat meat once before, and his parents insisted that he eat it first.
Now basically there is a meat dish every day. Liu Zitao's mouth becomes more and more picky, and he doesn't want to eat without meat.
Not to mention new clothes and new shoes, the family is in the clothing business, and no one will miss Liu Zitao's wear.
Five or six years old is already the age that can remember things. Liu Zitao still remembers that during the Chinese New Year last year, someone came to the house to ask for a bill, but if he couldn¡¯t pay the bill, the person who asked for the bill would not leave. When the person paying the bill was sent away, his mother had a big fight with his father. Liu Zitao was so frightened that he cried, and his mother also cried while holding him.
At the beginning, his attitude was very fierce. Seeing him crying with his mother, his father did not quarrel.
Liu Zitao didn't remember all the things he said while scratching his head. All he knew was that before the end of the first month, his father would go out to "work" with his bag on his back.
A few months later, when the money came back to pay off the debt, his mother called the creditors to the house one by one, and paid off the debt several times.
Then his dad bought a new bicycle and rode it home, and then cousin Xiaolan and the second aunt came.
Liu Zitao yelled excitedly, and was sweating in a short while.
The sound of the firecrackers outside gradually died down. Xia Xiaolan knelt down to check him for sparks from the firecrackers. Liu Zitao suddenly leaned into her ear and said, "Sister Xiaolan, I feel so happy!"
& nbsp; Xia Xiaolan chuckled, "You're a big kid, do you know what happiness is?"
Liu Zitao was in a hurry: "The teacher said that we live in a socialist country. If we have books to read, clothes to wear, and food to eat, we are happy! I am very happy! I still have my parents, my sister Xiaolan, and my second aunt!"
This kid was so cute, Xia Xiaolan's heart softened.
Liu Yong heard it clearly when he came back from firing the cannon.
What a jerk he used to be. Fortunately, he woke up not too late. He grabbed his son on his back, put Liu Zitao's legs on his neck, and rushed into the room:
"Go, eat dumplings!"
After the firecrackers to welcome the New Year are over, it's time to eat dumplings.
Today's dumplings are filled with pure meat, and every bite is very satisfying. Unsurprisingly, Xia Xiaolan and Liu Zitao ate the dumplings marked by Li Fengmei. Xia Xiaolan was mentally prepared, and Liu Zitao was an honest kid who almost broke his teeth.
He covered his mouth to cry or not.
"Don't cry, it's already the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you can't cry during the New Year."
Xia Xiaolan also coaxed him, "If you eat slowly, you won't break your teeth, and those who eat this dumpling will be happier!"
Liu Yong is worried, how can he not break his teeth, eat too fast!
Liu Yong suddenly thought of Zhou Cheng, who would say one, two, three even after eating a herring, and he didn't know how his family educated him. Liu Yong also thinks far ahead. He has not yet become a rich generation, but he is thinking about how to train Liu Zitao to become a powerful rich second generation.
Let go of the firecrackers and eat dumplings, and New Year's Eve is over. Before Xia Xiaolan went to bed, she found a bulging red envelope under her pillow, and she didn't need to think about it to know that Liu Fen had secretly put it there.
The mother and daughter don't separate the money they earn from each other, and the money is mixed up and used together, but Liu Fen has a compensatory mentality towards Xia Xiaolan.
In the past, it was very difficult to get a lucky red envelope of one or two yuan. This year, if I make money, I will make it up for Xia Xiaolan
The Zhou family in Beijing is also celebrating the New Year.
Zhou Cheng's grandparents are still alive and in good health. They don't usually live with their children, and they don't like to climb stairs when they get old. They arrange bungalows for senior retired cadres like Mr. Zhou. When the level is up, there are servants to take care of the retirees, and the old couple can live comfortably by themselves. During the Chinese New Year, the children and grandchildren gather together, which is already very happy for the old couple.
Take Zhou Lao as an example, how many of his comrades in arms died before they could enjoy the peaceful days, and how many of them waited for the peaceful days, and their health did not allow them to enjoy the blessings, so they left early?
Mr. Zhou is very satisfied with his life.
Good luck, not greedy, let him step by step to today, and hand over the position safely, it can be said to be a good start and a good end.
He and his wife have two sons and two daughters, both of whom are in good health, so what is there to be dissatisfied with if they are not sent to a white-haired man? Even if some children want to be excellent at work, and some children have mediocre abilities, Mr. Zhou is not greedy at all.
Those who walked through the gunfire knew that nothing was important, not to mention that the Zhou family did not fight like black-eyed chickens like other families, there were minor frictions, and they were generally united.
? On New Year¡¯s Eve, all the children and grandchildren of Zhou¡¯s family gathered together to watch the old age.
Only without Zhou Cheng, Grandma Zhou would talk about her eldest grandson, and her granddaughter would be a little jealous. Zhou Cheng's cousin Zhou Yi suddenly said:
"Grandma, I heard something from my little sister. I don't know if it's true or not. She said that Chengzi fell in love with a girl from another place You, you are going to have a granddaughter-in-law!"
When Zhou Yi said this, the whole family was as quiet as chickens.
The spoon in Guan Huiye's hand almost fell into the bowl, "Zhou Yi, where did you hear that?" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com