BXBX NOVEL Chapter 789: The Liveliest Year (6,000 words)
Plastic sheds, garden poles, and string lights of various colors.
It’s Chinese New Year, what we want is this atmosphere.
Life is better now, the electricity bill is not bad these days, and the good day of family reunion is naturally as lively as it is.
With so many lights, the yard is very bright, even if the children don’t play lanterns, it’s fine.
But these children can\'t stay idle, so how could they just obediently play in the yard?
The children from the neighbors in the neighborhood came over and yelled, and these children went out in a large area, jumping all over the street, playing slippery.
Xu Haiyuan led his younger siblings and ran to Su\'s house for a tour.
Xu Jinping and Xu Jinhui are going to help grandma and grandpa make dumplings for a while.
Anyway, there are many people in the family, so they are not short of the two of them. When I have time, I just come to accompany my grandparents, so as to save them from loneliness.
When the old couple of the Su family saw their grandson and granddaughter coming, they were very happy. They brought out all the delicious food at home, and let the children eat whatever they wanted.
It\'s Chinese New Year, and every household has food, let alone the Xu family.
Bought by the old couple, shared by Xu Shiyan, gifted by relatives and friends, and brought back by Xu Shixian, there are many.
Apples, oranges, pears, etc. are directly placed in baskets and boxes in the outhouse, and the children can get what they want to eat by themselves.
But the children are still very face-saving, grab a handful of pine nuts, or eat a frozen pear with a bit of ice.
Su Weizhong grabbed several handfuls of candy and stuffed them into Xu Haiqing\'s coat pocket.
"Take it home and eat slowly. If your mother dislikes you, you can tell her that I gave it to you."
Xu Haiqing secretly glanced at his brothers and sisters, then nodded to his grandfather with a smile, and patted his coat pocket contentedly.
I was thinking in my heart, I will hide the candy when I get home, so that my mother can\'t find it.
Xu Jinping had already seen her younger brother\'s little tricks, but she just didn\'t bother to argue with him during Chinese New Year.
"Grandma, let me help you make dumplings."
The two girls took off their coats, scarves and hats, went directly to wash their hands, and sat on the edge of the kang to help make dumplings.
Xu Jinping can roll out skins and make dumplings, but the work is so fast.
I saw her rolling pin in one hand and dough in the other, but she didn\'t see how to roll it out, and the dumpling skins came out.
Not long after, there was a pile of dumpling wrappers in front of her. So I stopped the rolling pin and started making dumplings.
Northeast people like to make dumplings with bone spoons, which are usually ground from beef ribs. The front end is round, which is more convenient to use than chopsticks.
Seeing that Xu Jinping had a dumpling wrapper spread out on her left hand, she used a bone spoon to dig a lump of meat stuffing into the dumpling wrapper with her right hand, and then grabbed and squeezed it with both hands, and the dumpling came out.
In the time Xu Haiqing ate a frozen pear, his sister had already rolled out the leather and bags and made half of the curtain.
Although Xu Jinhui is not as quick as her sister, she is not bad. The dumplings she made are small and delicate, and they are also pretty.
"Our Pingping\'s job is really amazing. Among these girls, they are also top-notch."
Han Cai\'e looked at the two granddaughters and smiled happily.
"Huihui is also very good. She is so big. She can cook and do everything. The dumplings are so beautiful."
With the help of Xu Jinping and sisters, the dumplings were naturally made much faster. After a while, the two curtains were full.
"Grandma, grandpa, let\'s go home first. After eating the dumplings later, we will be the first to come over to say New Year greetings to grandma and grandpa."
It\'s almost ten o\'clock, and the children are thinking about cooking dumplings and setting off firecrackers at home.
Anyway, the dumplings are almost done, so tell Su Weizhong and his wife quickly, and run home after dressing.
The Su family is only a mile away from the Xu family. For these children, it took no effort at all, they slid all the way, and they arrived home in a few minutes.
When I got home, I saw that the dumplings here had just been made and were being cleaned up.
The wrapped dumplings were placed in the shed outside, curtain by curtain, and the plates, pots, and kitchen knives were also taken away.
Then Zhou Guilan took a feather duster and swept off the white flour on the kang.
"Don\'t say it, this Kang leather is just good. Look how slippery it is? It\'s easy to sweep things.
Otherwise, the conditions are getting better and better now.
In the past, there were kang mats all over the house, which were a bit dusty and dusty, and they were all hidden in the cracks of the kang mats.
The kang mat rubbed the clothes, good clothes, the buttocks were worn first.
Later, I used that fibreboard to paint. It was okay when it was new, but when the paint peeled off when it was old, it was irritating. "
Zhou Guilan chanted while sweeping the kang.
Kang leather is a new item used by people in the Northeast to lay kang after kang mats and fiberboards.
They are sold in stores, most of them are 1.8 meters wide, and there are large rolls standing there, and they are sold by the meter.
Depending on the quality and thickness, it ranges from more than a dozen yuan to more than 30 yuan per meter.
This thing is better than kang mats and fiberboards, with a smooth surface and various patterns on it, with bright colors and exquisite patterns.
It should be said that apart from being expensive, there are no other problems.
Not long after this thing became popular, Zhou Guilan heard people say that the kang leather was good a few years ago, so she went to the store and bought several pieces, and replaced all the fiberboards on the kang at home.
"Well, it\'s pretty good, there are still dige in the county.
Some people spread a piece of cement on the concrete floor at home, and change into slippers when they enter the door, which is also very good. "
Chen Chunling just took out the dumplings, and when she went back to the house, she heard what her mother-in-law said, and laughed.
"How do you say this? It\'s called the progress of the times.
Today’s life is really getting better every day. When we were young, how could we have imagined that we could live such a good life? "
Probably because of the Chinese New Year, Zhou Guilan was particularly emotional.
After the dumplings are made, the house is cleaned up.
Everyone was either sitting on the kang or on the stool, staring at the TV and watching the sketch cross talk, and from time to time they were amused by the baggage that the actors shook out.
At half past ten, Su Anying went to light the fire. Before eleven o\'clock, the water in the east and west large pots boiled.
Zhou Guilan yelled, and the daughters-in-law rushed to the kitchen to cook dumplings.
On the other side, Xu Shixian led his four younger brothers and the children of the family out to set up tables, distribute papers, and set off cannons.
The yard suddenly became lively, with all kinds of movements.
The crackling of firecrackers, the sound of fireworks exploding in the air, and the exclamation of children from time to time.
Xu Chenghou and Chu Xuanhuai didn\'t go out, they sat on the kang and drank tea.
Listening to various sounds outside and watching the fireworks flying outside the window, the two old men laughed at the same time.
"It\'s great, this is how you live your life. There are many people in the family, and it\'s fun."
Chu Xuanhuai couldn\'t help but sighed.
"Yes, what do people want in their life? Isn\'t it just about future generations?
Seeing that all the children and grandchildren are living a prosperous life, I have no more thoughts. "
Set off firecrackers, cook dumplings, and celebrate the New Year with the whole family.
Steaming hot, fragrant dumplings are placed on the table, and there are happy smiles on the faces of men, women and children in the family.
Everyone gathered together like this, eating dumplings happily.
The children are gearing up, secretly hiding their small thoughts, hoping to earn a few more money.
Whoever eats it will definitely shout, "Money, money."
Don\'t mention that snarky energy, I can\'t wait to dance eight times in place.
Others looked at the person who paid the money with envious eyes, and then lowered their heads to eat hard, hoping to get some money from eating.
The children ate a plate without knowing it.
My lord saw it, no, what if I get full? Hurry up and persuade me not to let me eat any more.
After eating the dumplings, pack up, and the time is almost up.
When the twelve o\'clock bell rang, Xu Haibo led his younger brothers and sisters. The twelve children knelt on the ground in a large area, and kowtowed to their grandparents for the new year.
"Happy New Year, grandparents, I wish grandparents a long life, peace and prosperity."
Xu Chenghou and his wife were so happy that they quickly took out a large stack of red envelopes from their pockets and gave them one by one.
The children thanked their grandparents in unison, then got up from the ground, happily received the red envelopes, and ran to the side.
Xu Haiyuan led his younger siblings, knelt down again, and kowtowed to Chu Xuanhuai.
"Happy New Year, Shigong, I wish you good health, peace and happiness."
Chu Xuanhuai was so happy that he couldn\'t close his mouth from ear to ear, he hurriedly called the children to get up, and gave out big red envelopes to all four children.
Over there, starting from Xu Shixian, the five brothers also took turns to distribute red envelopes to the children.
Now that life is better, there are only a few children in the family, and each of them gives a red envelope of five or ten yuan to coax the children to have fun.
This is the happiest time for the children, and they all want to jump to the sky.
When you get the red envelopes, put them in your arms quickly, it\'s rare.
Xu Haiyuan led his younger siblings out and went straight to Su Weizhong to pay New Year greetings to his grandma and grandpa.
On the TV, the finale program of the Spring Festival Gala is over, and there is nothing exciting about it.
Xu Haibo and the others shouted, who wants to play poker.
The bear kids were very excited for Chinese New Year, and after taking a nap in the afternoon, they were all energetic now, so they went to the Westinghouse to play with poker.
Xu Shixian and the others didn\'t feel sleepy, so they just moved out mahjong. Men and women sit at a table, so it\'s good to play a few rounds of mahjong.
"Father, do you want to play two games?" Xu Shixiang deliberately greeted Xu Chenghou on the kang.
"Come on, play with yourself, I haven\'t touched these things for many years."
Xu Chenghou waved his hand, since he moved from Kuandian to Fusong, he quit gambling.
In recent years, no matter whether it is mahjong, poker, poker, or Pai Gow, they have not played at all.
"Well, when your father played cards, he didn\'t have any of you.
Regardless of your father’s age, if he really plays with you, it won’t be enough to tie the five of you together. "
Zhou Guilan said with a smile over there.
"When our family was still in Kuandian, your father would go out to make money in winter, and sometimes he wouldn\'t come back for a month or two.
It’s almost the end of the year, and there’s nothing at home. When your father comes back, I’ll lose my temper with him.
He was not angry either, and left with a smile.
Back in three to five days, there are fish and meat, eggs, cloth, and a lot of them to carry home. The New Year\'s goods are all there, and he won them all. "
Zhou Guilan couldn\'t hold back, and talked about the things in the early years.
Xu Chenghou loved to play when he was young, and he was really gambling like his life. He often went out for a long time, and he would go home when he ran out of money.
It was the same in Kuandian that year. Every winter, there were bureaus in various places, and whoever set up the bureau had to draw a lot of money, and these money-seekers ate and drank.
Needless to say, if you lose, you will rarely get home money if you win.
Generally, people pay for good wine and meat, and they will be gone after a meal.
There is no one who makes a fortune playing with money, but if Xu Chenghou wants to win some money, it is really not difficult to buy New Year\'s goods for his family.
Speaking of which, Xu Chenghou also has some skills.
Even after the Xu family fell, he sold bristles, opened powder workshops, and opened weaving workshops. He did a lot of business and made some money.
But it\'s useless to make more money, because you can\'t stand the money-making ghosts around you.
Those people saw that Xu Chenghou was rich, so they tried to get Xu Chenghou out of his circle. After a few months, the money was gone.
At any rate, I moved to Fusong, where there is no such environment around, nor the influence of those money-playing ghosts.
Coupled with the fact that he is getting older and has many children at home, Xu Chenghou also knows that he should live a good life.
Only then did he stop playing with money, and live according to his duties.
"Look, how many years have passed, why are you still mentioning it now?
Thanks to the fact that all the grandchildren have gone to the Westinghouse, otherwise where would I put my old face? "
Xu Chenghou was not annoyed when he heard what the old wife said, he just smiled and said slowly.
Xu Shixian and the others burst out laughing upon hearing this, and this article will be considered over.
The old couple were too old to stay up too late, so they went to the east room to rest.
Chu Xuanhuai couldn\'t stay up all night, so Xu Shiyan and his wife didn\'t play mahjong, but helped Chu Xuanhuai go home.
Chu Xuanhuai was settled, and a lot of coal was added to the boiler, and several kangs were fired again, and then checked for any abnormalities everywhere.
Everyone knows that his family stays with his parents every New Year\'s Eve, afraid that someone will come in and walk in.
Lai Pigui is not at home every Chinese New Year, and goes to the deep mountains and old forests to stay.
The main reason is that there are too many people in the family, especially the firecrackers are too loud on New Year\'s Eve.
The little guy likes to be quiet, and he finds it too noisy, so he hides out when the Chinese New Year comes, and comes back after a while.
At one o\'clock, Xu Haiyuan came back first, followed by Xu Haibo and others.
The big guys don\'t need to take off their clothes, just sleep in a whole body.
After sleeping until dawn, I quickly got up and went to Xu Chenghou\'s place for breakfast.
On the morning of the first day of the new year, I must still eat dumplings.
After dinner, first the neighbors went around to pay New Year\'s greetings, then went to Han\'s house, and then Xu Haiyuan led his younger siblings to Guo Shouye\'s place.
The performance of the participating company was very good last year. The workers have been busy for a year, so it is time to relax.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people participating in the Yangko team performed Yangko performances in the company compound, high school, elementary school and other places.
Now that life is better, every household has a TV, and not many people watch this movie, so this year I didn\'t book a movie theater.
But this twisting Yangko, only once a year.
So at the side of the participating company, no matter men, women, old or young, they all came out of their homes and went to the street to watch Yangko twisting.
Even on this side of Donggang Town, many people went to join in the fun, not to mention the scene, the crowds were so spectacular.
In addition to twisting Yangko, Shenye Company has made ice and snow sculptures in the open space to the east of Shenchang Primary School, in front of the company building, and at the entrance of the health care product factory.
Especially in the large open space at the east end of the elementary school, there are dozens of ice and snow sculptures of various colors.
There are a lot of lights in this area. From the 30th to the 15th night of the first lunar month, the lights are on, and they are very beautiful. You don’t need to go to Songjiang River to see the ice lanterns.
There is also a large open space in the north of Sanchang Elementary School, and the Great Snow Wall is built on the other end, with steps at one end and a long **** at the other end.
The **** is the best place for children to play.
Get a small sledge, and slide down from the top at once, and can go a long way.
Some children don’t have a sledge, so they can simply find a piece of plastic sheeting or a paper shell to pad it, and they can slide down, and they still have fun playing.
As for the elementary school playground, an ice skating rink has been set up since the beginning of the winter vacation.
Physical education teacher of Canchang Primary School, teaching children to skate during the winter vacation.
Xu Haiqing has been busy this winter, going skating in the morning and learning to sing and dance in the afternoon.
During the Chinese New Year, the teacher stopped teaching the students, the skating rink was open, and the children around could be regarded as fishing. Wearing homemade skates, it was a joy to play.
On the night of the first day of the new year, fireworks were set off on the side of the company building.
The surrounding residents and factory workers all gathered around, looking up at the fireworks.
There are also some people who are too lazy to squeeze in, so they just watch in their own yard.
These fireworks are not the ones set off by each family on the thirty night.
These are all specially customized in a place. The fireworks fly high, and when they explode, they will show various patterns, which are very beautiful.
In the evening, Xu Shiyan and others also came to watch the fireworks.
Looking at the colorful, bright and beautiful fireworks exploding in the sky, exclamations burst out from around.
"The fireworks that last half an hour will cost a lot of money, right?"
Su Anying stood beside Xu Shiyan, looked up at the beautiful fireworks exploding in the sky, and asked Xu Shiyan casually.
"Well, it\'s more than a hundred thousand. For Chinese New Year, just have fun.
Everyone has been busy talking about this year, and something new makes them all relax. "
Xu Shiyan smiled, and stretched out his arms to hug his daughter-in-law. The two leaned together, looking up at the fireworks.
"Let\'s make money, we need to calculate how to earn more.
You don’t need to spend money, you can spend it as you feel comfortable, as long as the big guys are happy, the money is worth it. "
The first day of junior high school passed in such a lively manner, and the second year of junior high school, Han Liwei brought Xu Shiqin and two children back.
The whole family gathered together, taking family portraits, roasting whole lamb, and shabu-shabu, it was another day full of excitement.
When it came to the third day of junior high school, Xu Shixian and others had to accompany his daughter-in-law back to her natal home. The whole family had been reunited for six or seven days, so they should do their own things.
Xu Chenghou\'s old couple prepared a lot of things for their sons, pork, chicken, big goose, radish and cabbage, fried snacks for the New Year, skin jelly, etc., and each family was not young or old.
"Oh, Dad, Mom, we also have them in our family.
Let’s save these for the second elder to eat, there is really no need for us. "
Xu Shi first took a look, is this okay? Mom and Dad are planning to vacate the house, right? That\'s not okay.
"You two live in the building, and the fourth child lives in the public housing of the unit, without a vegetable garden.
Don’t think I don’t know, you have to buy every bite.
These radishes and cabbages were all grown by your father. They were specially picked out of the cellar years ago, and the selected ones are left to you.
Eat these first when you go back. Those dried beans, dried eggplants, bracken, monkey legs and so on can be put away, and they can be taken out when there is no food in the spring. "
Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan couldn\'t help but stuff things into the trunk of the car of Xu Shixian, Xu Shide, and Xu Shixiang.
When they came, the trunk was filled with a lot of things for parents, and when they went back, parents filled the trunk for them.
In this, what is carried is by no means as simple as food, but the care and love of the elderly for their children and grandchildren.
"Father, Mom, let\'s go then, take care, the elders, and call later if you have anything to do.
We all have cars now, so it’s convenient to come back. "
These brothers have all been promoted. They are high enough to be equipped with cars. Nowadays, the management is not strict, and it’s okay to drive back.
"Third brother, my brothers have been in touch frequently, what\'s the matter with you, remember to call us.
Mom and Dad will have to take care of you and your wife. We are far away and can\'t take care of them. "
Xu Shixian turned his head and said a few words to Xu Shiyan.
"Well, don\'t worry, big brother. My father and mother are in good health, and nothing is wrong. Yingzi and I will take good care of them." Xu Shiyan nodded to his brothers.
Just like that, the brothers of the Xu family drove away, and Xu Shiyan and Su Anying also led the children to the Su family.
Last year when both Su Anying and Su Anfen lived in Yangcheng, the Su family could not get together.
Happy this year, all six sisters of the family are back, and the Su family is reunited.
Su Weizhong and his wife looked at the people in the room, and they were happy from ear to ear.
The brothers-in-law got together, drinking, playing cards, and bragging. Anyway, they were very happy.
From the fourth day to the sixth day of the first month, the participating companies joined hands with Donggang Township to hold a performance to welcome the new year.
The performance is held in a movie theater, how can anyone watch a movie nowadays? The cinema has long been vacant, and most of the seats are broken and unusable.
The movie theater is not profitable, and no one repairs it, so it is just left there and no one cares about it.
The movie theater in Donggang Township is very large and can accommodate many people, so it is used as a venue for performances.
Donggang Town’s subordinate villages, units and schools in the town, as well as factories and units of participating companies, all sent representatives to participate in the performance.
Shenchang Elementary School also selected a program, and Xu Haiqing, the leader of the participating elementary school team, performed several programs.
This kid, partnered with a teacher from their school, and performed a cross talk.
Don\'t look at others as small, but they are not afraid at all when they are on stage, teasing and teasing with the teacher, making the people below laugh and laugh.
Later, they sang in a chorus with their classmates, and Xu Haiqing was the one who led the singing.
In the end, the kid came up again and gave another section of the allegro, which aroused the applause of the whole house.
"Third brother, I think you should send Haiqing out to study folk art.
This child was born to eat this bowl of rice. Whoops, why do you think he is so funny. "
Yang Junxian, Huang Shengli, Zhao Jianshe and others were all sitting in the front row of seats.
Watching Xu Haiqing perform on stage, Yang Junxian couldn\'t help sighing.
"Well, there is no rush, let\'s finish reading the book first.
Our family’s conditions, to put it a bit crazy, even if Haiqing doesn’t do anything in the future, he can still eat and drink for a lifetime.
It\'s good for children to have interests, but they can\'t point to their interests to eat.
Look at those folk art actors who are very good on stage, but also suffer a lot down there. "
Xu Shiyan had already thought about this matter.
In his opinion, even if Xu Haiqing is such a material, he can\'t send him away to study right now. He doesn\'t want his child to suffer.
The child is still young, so it is important to study.
In the future, if Xu Haiqing is really interested in literature and art, that\'s easy, and it\'s not difficult to get into an art school or something.
It doesn’t work right now, it can only be cultivated as an interest, and the main energy still has to be on learning.
(end of this chapter)