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    The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, only replacing the old charms with new peaches.  On the morning of New Year¡¯s Day, Liu Mansion.  On the wall of the main hall, there is a painting of "Songs and Cranes Prolonging Life", with a couplet on the left and right, which are: Peonies are rich and noble tomorrow, and Songs and Cranes live longer than Nanshan.  On both sides are the cheerful screens of the Eighteen Arhats, as well as pear wood shelves. There are some vases and jade bowls placed on the shelves. Although they are not expensive, they are also eye-catching.  Father Liu Da put on a fat and luxurious official uniform early in the morning and sat on the Grand Master's chair in the main hall.  Below, Liu Wenyang, as a filial son, also changed into a new set of clothes and stood aside energetically. It was not until the maid Xiaocui brought the futon and Xiaohong brought the tea that Liu Wenyang lifted up his clothes and knelt down on the floor.  On the futon, I kowtowed and knelt down to my father, then served tea and water, completing the process of New Year greetings.  Father Liu Da drank his son's filial piety tea, then took out a red envelope from his sleeve and said, "Son, my family was poor before and I never gave you any red envelope. This is the first time for me. Please take it."  alright!  ¡® Liu Wenyang took the red envelope, stepped aside, and then winked at the little boy Mingyue.  Mingyue stepped forward very sensibly, knelt down on the futon with a bang, then kowtowed to her father a few times and said, "I wish you a happy new year and all the best!"  ¡® ¡®Hehe, you little guy, you have such a sweet mouth!  Here, here you go!  ¡®Dad actually also took out a red envelope.  Mingyue was stunned for a moment, ¡®Is thisgiven to me?  ¡®I can¡¯t believe my eyes.  Dad smiled and said: 'You kowtow to me to celebrate the New Year. If this red envelope is not for you, who else can you give it to?  Take it now!  ' Mingyue was overjoyed. When she was in her hometown, she would kowtow to her mother during the Chinese New Year, but because her family was poor, she didn't even have to wear new clothes, let alone receive red envelopes. It's not like this  The little boy Mingyue took the red envelope happily and went down. The maids Xiaocui and Xiaohong who were taking turns preparing to pay New Year greetings were next to them. When they saw that they had red envelopes for the New Year greetings for the master, not to mention the excitement, they also kowtowed in a special way during the New Year greetings.  He was neat and congratulatory, and he said the congratulations very loudly, which made his father Liu Da laugh out loud. The whole Liu Mansion was filled with a festive atmosphere.  Liu Wenyang and others had just finished paying New Year greetings to their father Liu Da when there was a knock on the door of the Liu family over there.  Liu Wenyang wondered who would come here since it was the first day of the Lunar New Year.  So he asked the maid Xiaocui to open the door.  Xiaocui also wore a floral dress for the New Year, which matched her small waist and pretty face. She walked out with a twist, which had a unique flavor.  Xiaocui came to the gate of Liu Mansion and asked through the gate: 'Who is it, the Chinese New Year is coming so early?  ¡®The people outside were obviously stunned for a moment, and then a man¡¯s voice said: ¡®It¡¯s me, I¡¯m the brother of Mr. Liu¡¯s family, I¡¯m here to visit during the Chinese New Year!  ' Xiaocui had just arrived at Liu Mansion not long ago, but she didn't know that Liu Da had another brother outside, so she pulled the door bolt with hesitation and opened the red lacquer door, only to see two people, a man and a woman, standing outside.  The man had his hands folded in his hands and was wearing a worn-out rabbit-eared hat. He was smiling with a naive look on his face.  The woman was broad-shouldered and round-waisted, and looked ugly. She carried a basket in her hand, which contained five or six white-skinned eggs.  When she saw a little girl in fancy clothes, the fat woman said angrily: 'Who are you?  Why are you here?  Could it be that Old Man Liu married his daughter-in-law but didn¡¯t invite us to a wedding banquet? He is too mean!  ¡®The man next to her touched her arm and stammered: ¡®You, you, what are you talking about? She doesn¡¯t look like she is from the Liu family. She is dressed so well, maybe she is a young lady from a wealthy family!  ' Maid Xiaocui is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She crossed her waist and glared at the fat woman and said: 'What are you talking about? I am not the little wife or the eldest lady, but I am the maid of this family!  ¡® ¡®Ah, maid?  'Both men and women were stunned.  The naive old man is Liu Wenyang¡¯s third uncle Liu Neng, and the fat woman is, of course, Liu Wenyang¡¯s sarcastic aunt.  At this moment, no matter how much Liu Neng and the fat lady thought about it, they never imagined that the beautiful and well-dressed little girl in front of them turned out to be justa maid from the Liu family!  The maids are all dressed in such shabby clothes, how can the master still do this?  !  ¡®Could it be that your eldest brother is really rich?  Look, there are even maids looking after the door!  'The fat woman asked the man cautiously.  Liu Neng curled his lips and said, 'Didn't I tell you a few days ago that my nephew not only had a prosperous business, but also opened a porridge restaurant, but you didn't believe it, and you still returned it, and you kept cursing him for bad business and closing down!  ¡®The fat woman¡¯s face turned red and she said: ¡®I was just doing that casually¡¯?Say' Just as the two of them were talking in a low voice, the maid Xiaocui became impatient and put her hands on her hips and said, 'What are you muttering about?  If you come here to ask for red envelopes, leave as soon as possible!  If you want porridge or soup, just wait a little longer!  ¡® ¡®What do you mean, you treat us as beggars?  'The fat lady couldn't help but be stunned.  Xiaocui glanced at her contemptuously, looked her up and down and said, 'Why, aren't you?  You are dressed in rags and you are carrying a few broken eggs in your hand. You are not giving them as gifts, are you?  !  ¡® The fat woman¡¯s face turned red again. Before, the man said that the eggs were too few and looked shabby. However, the fat woman held the basket and refused to put more eggs. She felt that she would suffer if she put too many eggs.  But now I am actually seen as a beggar!  Liu Neng also blushed. This was all the fault of his own women. He could have made himself more respectable and brought more things, but he insisted on getting a few eggs. Isn't this a shabby person? He is so good now, and he is looked down upon by others.  Asked for it.  So Liu Neng smiled naively and said: "That little sister, little girl, I, I, I am really the biological brother of your Mr. Liu, and the biological uncle of Liu Wenyang If you don't believe it, please go in, Tong Tong,  Make a report!  ' Seeing that Liu Neng was quite honest and not as arrogant as that fat woman, the maid Xiaocui put away her eyebrows and said, 'Well, you guys wait here, I'll go in and ask if you can't walk around here,  The place is big and there are many valuable things!  ¡®That tone obviously meant to prevent thieves.  The fat woman felt uncomfortable and wanted to yell, but Liu Neng held her back and said: 'You bitch, are you still going to let me live in peace?  !  ¡®The fat lady blew her nose and stared, her cheeks and belly were bulging, sulking like a big toad.  The maid Xiaocui turned around and reported the situation outside to her father Liu Da. When Liu Da heard that his brother was coming, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and went out to greet him personally.  But before he could get up, Liu Wenyang pushed him down on the chair and said, 'Dad, please be patient!  Since the third uncle is here, we should send someone to greet him, so you don¡¯t have to get up!  ' Father Liu Da was startled, not understanding what his son was up to, but Liu Wenyang ordered another maid, Xiao Hong, to say: 'Go outside and welcome the guests!  ' Xiaohong responded and went out to pick up the guests. Liu Wenyang smiled slightly and said to himself, Auntie, you always talk bad things about me behind people's backs. Now I want to let you have a taste of you.  My nephew's intimidation will prevent you from changing your ways and continuing to do bad things in the future.  ¡­ Over there, the third uncle Liu Neng and the fat lady were still standing at the gate, clasping their hands, stamping their feet, and looking around.  The couple came here once when Liu Wenyang and his family moved last time, but at that time the whole yard was in a state of poverty. Apart from being big enough and looking grand, there was nothing there. But now But seeing that the whole yard has been renovated,  The ground was paved with gravels to form a passage, with strange-shaped rockeries and waters on both sides, as well as newly cultivated flower beds. A new entrance hall was erected not far away, but it was painted with Tai Chi Bagua patterns, which looked extremely mysterious and solemn. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Just when her husband and we could could see, stretched out our heads, and looked inside, the maid, Xiaohong, twisted her waist and came over.  The fat lady took a look and said, ¡®Hey, why did you change it?  Is there more than one girl in the Liu family?  ' Maid Xiao Hong's temperament is much gentler than Xiao Cui's. She said with a smile on her face: 'My master said, please come in.  ¡® ¡®Hey, the airs are not small!  He didn't come out to pick us up, but let us go in by ourselves!  'The fat lady complained again.  Liu Neng doesn't care. In his opinion, his brother's family situation has improved, and he is also happy.  The couple followed the maid like country people entering the city. Looking left and right, they saw that the decorations in Liu Mansion were very different from what they had seen before.  The fat lady said to herself, "Look, what a drag! Two rich people have made a mess in the house. She really thinks she is some kind of landlord!"  Liu Nengze said to himself, it seems that my brother is really living a good life, and there is no need to worry about their livelihood in the future They are proud now, and our old Liu family is also proud.  The two of them thought about it separately, followed the maid through a corridor, then passed through a corridor, and then arrived in front of the hall.  The fat lady felt very uncomfortable. Seeing the old man Liu Da sitting in the middle of the hall, she was ready to run over and yell a few times. After all, in her eyes, he was almost the same as a poor bastard who did not do his job properly.  But as soon as she stepped into the hall, she felt that the atmosphere was different.  Why is it different?  I saw my father, Liu Da, wearing that uniform, sitting upright in front of the hall, with a solemn expression, like a statue on a shrine, and also like??Those wealthy and wealthy members of the Communist Party of China are full of arrogance and momentum.  Looking at both sides of him, there stood his son Liu Wenyang, and two maids, a child, and an old woman with a low eyebrow and a pleasant look.  This posture is even more extraordinary. What does it mean? It means that he is a person with status and status, and he is no longer the poor bastard who is looked down upon by him and scolds him in the spine!  The fat woman who was originally angry and full of complaints felt instantly like a toad falling into a hole in the ice, losing her confidence, and like a sow that lost its fur, losing its arrogance and standing stupidly.  In front of Liu Da, he didn¡¯t know what to say.  As for the old man Liu Da, his son had pinned him down on the imperial chair and prevented him from moving. He felt that something was wrong all over his body, especially wearing a military hat, which made him feel even more awkward.  So I was twisting on the chair as if my butt was itching, and just then the fat lady rushed in.  Habitually, Liu Da's first thought was, Damn it, I'm going to get scolded by this woman again.  But right away, he realized something was wrong. Why was this fat woman staring at him in a daze?  In the past, I would have rushed over and pointed at the tip of my nose and yelled: ¡®Broken settlement!  A pauper who eats and drinks for free!  ¡® Then Dad Liuda understood that he was no longer the same person as before, and the fat woman in front of him was no longer the woman who could bully and insult him at will.  Everything has fucking changed¡ª¡ªOld man Liu Da suddenly felt confident!  rs
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