It was soon sent to Ye Lin and them, but Ye Lin didn't catch it, because he was eating melon seeds, and he was eating spiced melon seeds, which were much more delicious than the original melon seeds held by the three masters.

Ye Lin didn't catch it, it didn't mean that Grandma Liu didn't catch it, and he grabbed several handfuls in a row, stuffing Ye Lin's pocket full, which made Ye Lin cry and laugh, but this was caught by Grandma Liu, and he couldn't do without it.

Grandma Liu didn't stop, whether it was the third master or the first uncle, no one dared to leave, so she could only continue to catch her, but who was Grandma Liu, if it wasn't for Ye Lin, maybe she wouldn't even stretch out her hand.

"Alright, that's enough, give it to someone else. ”

"Okay old lady. Uncle Yi nodded, and then left.

The three masters are the same, put the dustpan in front of Grandma Liu, wait for Grandma Liu to get it, hear Grandma Liu speak, and then leave with the dustpan, no way, you must know that in this miscellaneous courtyard, several uncles are not the highest status, the highest status is Grandma Liu.

To put it mildly, if Grandma Liu is not a woman, the family members of the compound will never be able to talk about the three masters.

Grandma Liu is a lonely old man, who has lived in the compound all her life, who is not polite to her in the whole compound, who is not respectful to her, in fact, this is normal, Grandma Liu is the permanent resident of the courtyard, and everyone else moved over later, including several uncles.

Of course, not to mention Ye Lin's family, their family has moved here for the shortest time, only twelve or thirteen years, although other families are not like Grandma Liu who has lived here since childhood, but they have also moved here for twenty or thirty years.

Seeing that the first and third masters had already sent out the peanuts and melon seeds, the second master cleared his throat and said, "Everyone listen to me while eating." ”

"That's the case, I think everyone also knows that now every family is having a hard time, this is not the New Year, but also the time for children to go to each family to pay New Year's greetings, in the past, I didn't say anything, now the New Year's greetings have become a burden. ”

"Second uncle, it used to be like this, but now it has suddenly changed, isn't it not good?" said a middle-aged man at this time.

This middle-aged man is also a teacher, and he is an in-service teacher, like Li Ran, he is a teacher at Qianmen Middle School, the difference is that he is just an ordinary teacher.

"What's so bad about it, don't you think it's already a burden?"

"Second uncle, you are right, but this is a tradition, we can't throw away the tradition because of this. ”

"Tradition! Good traditions can be preserved, but this kind of tradition, I think it's better to forget it, for example, the old lady, the old lady is the highest person in our hospital, every year the children in the hospital will go to pay New Year's greetings, not to mention, a child is a dime, that is several yuan, but the old lady has no income, isn't this a burden?"

"Little rabbit, don't take me with you, I like children to come to me for New Year's greetings, and I also like to give them New Year's money. Grandma Liu pointed at the second uncle and scolded.

The second uncle is sixty or seventy years old, and he was pointed at his nose by Grandma Liu and scolded the little rabbit cub, of course he couldn't hang it on his face, but he didn't have anything to do.

Not to mention seniority, so the second uncle could only smile awkwardly and said, "Yes, yes, old lady, you have no problem here, but it doesn't mean that others have no problem." ”

Uncle Yi had already finished distributing the peanuts at this time, and at this time he came to the table of the Eight Immortals and said: "I think so, since everyone has objections to this, I have an idea here." ”

"Uncle Yi, you said. ”

"The New Year's greeting link still has to be retained, but it can be changed from family worship to group worship. ”

"Group worship?"

Everyone is confused, you look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what the first uncle said about the group worship.

"Yes, group worship, just like now, everyone gets together, the children give New Year's greetings to the elderly, this is the group worship, so that everyone doesn't have to fight for anything, as for the red envelope, this depends on the situation of each family, and those who have enough money will give a little, and those who are tight on hand will forget it. ”

"This is good, this is good, that is, it maintains traditional customs and takes into account everyone's actual situation. An old man nodded.

"Yes, yes, that's good, I agree. ”

"Agreed. ”

"I'm okay with that. ”

Everyone began to gossip, seeing this situation, the second uncle was so angry, but he could only be angry, he never thought that the meeting he had worked so hard to organize, and he also bought peanuts and melon seeds out of his own pocket, and actually made a wedding dress for the first uncle.

The first uncle didn't do anything, just said a few words, and it was recognized by everyone, which made the second uncle angry.

"Since everyone has no opinion, I see that the group worship will start now, and everyone is here. ”

As soon as the uncle's voice fell, he heard the middle-aged and young people calling their children to come over, and let them greet the old people in the courtyard.

At this time, regardless of age, sometimes the older ones have to give the younger ones New Year's greetings first, of course, there is no such situation in the miscellaneous courtyard, because there is no one surname in the miscellaneous courtyard, and there is no generation, so age is generation.

Ye Lin was the first to get the moon near the water, and after the first uncle finished speaking, he stood up and saluted Grandma Liu and said: "Grandma Happy New Year, I wish grandma a long life and a hundred years old." ”

"Okay, good, give red envelopes. ”

Li Ran took out a red envelope and handed it to Grandma Liu, Grandma Liu took it and handed it to Ye Lin, because Ye Lin was by their side, of course he could see it clearly, but he didn't say anything, so he took the red envelope.

"Thank you grandma. ”

After Ye Lin finished worshipping, Ye Qi and Zhai Ying also walked in front of Grandma Liu and said to Grandma Liu: "Grandma has a good New Year, I wish Grandma a blessing like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, and a longevity that is better than the old pine of Nanshan." ”

"Hahaha, okay, give a red envelope. ”

Li Ran handed the two red envelopes to Grandma Liu, and Grandma Liu put them in the hands of Ye Qi and Zhai Ying respectively. “

"Thank you grandma. ”

After Ye Qi and Zhai Ying finished worshipping, other children came over, but like Ye Lin and them, Grandma Liu also gave each child a red envelope, of course, red envelopes and red envelopes are not the same.

Ye Lin, Ye Qi and Zhai Ying's red envelopes are obviously different from other red envelopes, at least they are a lot bigger, of course the red envelopes were prepared by Li Ran, and she helped Grandma Liu prepare them, but the money was paid by Li Ran.

As for how much money is in the red envelope, except for Ye Lin and the three of them, it is one dollar, and the rest are two cents, according to the past practice, it should be one dime, but Li Ran wrapped two cents.

To tell the truth, there are a lot of red envelopes in the whole miscellaneous courtyard, there are twenty or thirty, and one two cents is five or six yuan, no wonder some people think this is a burden.

Even if it's just a dime, it's a lot of money! Two or three dollars is not a small amount for any family.

The reason why Li Ran has a red envelope for two cents is not to say that she is rich, but for Grandma Liu's face.

After paying New Year's greetings to Grandma Liu, the children in the courtyard began to pay New Year's greetings to other old people, but Ye Lin did not go.

It's not that Ye Lin doesn't look down on the dime or two, but he doesn't plan to go at all, it's not once or twice, it's been the same for so many years.

No one expected that this meeting would end like this, and the happiest were the children in the hospital, because they got red envelopes, although not everyone gave them, but there were a lot.

The most depressed is the second uncle, this matter was originally organized by him, but in the end, there was nothing to do with him, what is this!

At the end of the meeting, Li Ran sent Grandma Liu back first, and then went home, but a small tail followed them.

That's right, this little tail is Xiao Ai, the granddaughter of an uncle, and when she was at the group worship just now, Grandma Liu and Li Ran both gave her red envelopes.

It was said that at this time, she should have run out to play like other children, but she didn't, not only did not, but she followed Li Ran home.

That's because she knows that Ye Lin's family has a lot of delicious food, which is much stronger than red envelopes, some things can be bought with money, but there are many things that can't be bought with money.

And Ye Lin's family had delicious food that money couldn't buy, so she followed.

When she got to the house, the little girl's eyes kept wandering, and she basically didn't stop, of course, looking for something to eat.

"Come, all of you. After Li Ran sat down, he said to Ye Lin and them, of course, including the little girl Xiaoai.

"Auntie. The little girl hurriedly ran to Li Ran's side and shouted.

"Hmm!" Li Ran touched the little girl's head and said, "Go and stand with my brother and sister." ”

"Oh! ”

Waiting for the little girl to stand next to Ye Lin, Li Ran took out a few more red envelopes and said, "Just now outside, I gave you one casually, this is what is prepared for you, take it!"

Ye Qi was not polite, and took the red envelope over and said, "Thank you, Mom." ”

"Auntie, don't worry about it! The red envelope is just an auspicious picture, it doesn't matter how much. Zhai Ying didn't go over, but looked at Li Ran and said.

"Take it. ”

It's a pity that Li Ran didn't care about this at all, and just stuffed it into her hands.

"Thank you, Auntie. ”

But to be honest, it is really useless for Zhai Ying to take money, because she never spends a penny, and as for where she should spend money, it is basically either Li Ran or Ye Qi or Ye Linhua.

She never spends a penny indiscriminately, let's put it this way! The pocket money given by Li Ran, Ye Lin doesn't need it, Ye Qi spends it on the same day, and Zhai Ying, five cents in her pocket can be filled for a week without moving.

"Come, son, it's yours. Li Ran handed Ye Lin one.

Ye Lin is not as close as Ye Qi, who looks at the money, but he still took it, anyway, it was given by his mother.

"Thank you, Mom. ”

Li Ran nodded to Ye Lin, looked at Xiao Ai again and said, "Come girl, this is yours." ”

The little girl happily took it over and said, "Thank you, Auntie, Happy New Year, Auntie." ”