Chapter 390 This is the New Year
Chapter 390: This is the New Year
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On the last day of the year, the vast majority of people have returned to their hometowns, and every household is full of laughter, after all, many places have a lot of attention on Chinese New Year's Eve, giving their ancestors graves and inviting them home for the New Year. Therefore, the capital airport, which is usually bustling with people, has become a little cold today.
However, there are still many passengers who are catching a flight and want to return to their hometowns to reunite with their families before the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. The smell of the New Year in the airport is also very strong, but the stronger the smell of the New Year, the more bitter it is for them. If it weren't for life, who wouldn't want to go home early to reunite, but only at the last moment.
Gongsun personally came to pick up Qin Sheng and Qin Ran, as the Qin family's chief steward, all the things of the Qin family for the New Year have been arranged by him.
Compared to yesterday when they came to the airport, on the way back to the airport today, there are basically no vehicles, this big city has become an empty city again, but in a few days, he will be lively again, year after year cycle, I don't know when this cycle will stop.
In the car, Qin Ran and Uncle Gongsun were chatting, talking about the preparations at home and so on, Qin Sheng looked at the New Year outfits on both sides of the street and high-rise buildings outside through the car window, and couldn't help but think of those interesting things about the New Year when he was a child.
Compared with the city, the New Year's flavor in the countryside is stronger, but now it is not as good as when I was a child. But when he was a child, Qin Sheng never liked the New Year, because every time the New Year came, the more lonely he became, and every family was reunited, but he could only guard his grandfather in the old house.
At that time, Qin Sheng was a little stubborn, although he only had a grandfather, he just wanted to clean up the old house, paste couplets and blessing characters, hang Chinese festivals and various costumes, and be sure to be as full of New Year's flavor as other people's homes. Fortunately, there was the Lin family at that time, and the New Year's goods on the side of the old house were all prepared by the Lin family, and the Lin family didn't know how many times they called Qin Sheng and Old Man Qin to go to the Lin family to celebrate the New Year together, but the old man never nodded, as if there was never such a thing as a New Year in his world. If the old man doesn't go, of course Qin Sheng won't go, so he can only accompany his grandfather in the old house, and he won't go to the Lin family until the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Thinking of these past events, Qin Sheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, the more he grew up, the more he knew that it was not easy for his grandfather, and he never blamed his grandfather for taking him away from the Qin family, because many things he learned by his grandfather's side could not be learned in a lifetime outside.
He has been thinking about how many winds and waves an old man has to go through in this life, and when he is old, he can be so breezy and calm, and nothing can make his heart ripple at all, repeating it day after day and year after year, as if he is just quietly waiting for death.
Qin Sheng has never met such a legendary figure as his grandfather in his life, but in his grandfather's life, he has not yet unveiled the veil of mystery.
However, Qin Sheng, who has now returned to the Qin family, knows that he is not far from this day, and the truth of those years will gradually surface, even if he does not take the initiative to pursue the answer, some things will take the initiative to come to him.
Returning to the Qin family is a new life for Qin Sheng, and it turns his life completely upside down, but there are pros and cons to everything, and returning to the Qin family will also put him in a greater crisis, which is also the fundamental reason why Qin Changan didn't dare to recognize Qin Sheng at the beginning, he was afraid that Qin Sheng would not be able to bear all this.
After all, the old man had given Qin Sheng more than twenty years of happiness and comfort, and he couldn't let him be ruined like this......
When I arrived at the alley of the courtyard, every household was pasted with couplets and blessing characters, only the gate of the Qin family was still bare, Qin Ran asked with a smile, "Uncle Gongsun, why hasn't our family posted couplets yet, hasn't it been done at this time in previous years?"
Gongsun explained with a smile, "The master said that I will let you post it this year, so I am waiting for you to come back"
"Poor and exquisite" Qin Ran said disapprerovingly, but he also knew what it meant. If you really count it, this year should be regarded as the New Year of the courtyard, it was too cold in previous years, after all, Qin Sheng came back this year.
After entering the courtyard, Qin Sheng and Qin Ran took a break after lunch, and then they began to get busy, and Gongsun prepared everything. However, compared to normal days, the courtyard on Chinese New Year's Eve walked a lot of people, this is the arrangement of Gongsun, every Spring Festival is divided into two classes, after the seventh day of the first year, these bodyguards and servants who stayed in the courtyard went home for the New Year, and did not return until after the fifteenth day of the first month.
Qin Changan is not there, don't look at him in a high position, but every Spring Festival, he is busier than anyone else, and he does not return until the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve. He's going to visit a lot of people, but a lot of people are going to visit him, so the time has to be different. However, this year, Qin Sheng can be more relaxed, because Qin Sheng can do a lot of things for him.
"Sister, you see if it's okay."
Outside the courtyard, Qin Sheng stepped on the ladder and pasted the Spring Festival couplets, Qin Ran was staring below, the two bodyguards were holding the ladder steadily, and Gongsun was shouting beside him to be careful.
What Qin Sheng didn't expect was that this couplet was actually written by Qin Changan himself, and after asking Gongsun, he learned that every year's couplets and blessing characters were personally handled by Qin Changan, and I don't know how many bigwigs wanted to ask Qin Changan for this couplet.
Qin Sheng thought about it and understood, how can the Qin family be regarded as a scholarly family, grandpa's words needless to say, it can be said that he has reached the peak, he was even cultivated by his grandfather since he was a child, and he was thrown into the Forest of Steles Museum to copy, etc., and now he has a small achievement, let alone Qin Chang'an, so it is not strange.
Qin Sheng had carefully pondered Qin Chang'an's words just now, compared to the old man and him, it was still a little bit worse, but it was definitely able to wait for the elegant hall, Qin Sheng also mocked a few words in his heart, he knew that if I wrote it, it would definitely surprise everyone. is also said, if Qin Sheng writes it in line, if there is a knowledgeable passerby, he will definitely be shocked.
"It's crooked, point to the right, go higher to the left, yes, yes, it's okay" Qin Ran, who was standing below, raised his head and commanded Qin Sheng, his face filled with a happy smile.
It didn't take a few minutes for the two of them to paste the couplets and blessing characters outside the gate, and the cooperation was quite tacit, Qin Sheng stood at the door and said with interest, "Yes, it's just that the words are a little worse, if I am asked to write, it will be perfect."
Qin Ran couldn't cry or laugh, you have to know Qin Chang'an's words, but he has been praised by several big people, Qin Sheng is definitely an axe.
"Blow it, you're getting more and more bragging, do you know who has collected your father's word?" Qin Ran covered his mouth and said with a smile, liking Qin Sheng's serious nonsense more and more.
Qin Sheng said disapprovingly, "Sister, you don't believe it, you must have never seen grandpa's words, right? I don't dare to say that I will challenge my grandfather, but his words are nothing more than that, and when I have the opportunity, I will write you a sub-word as a gift, if you don't believe it, just go to a master's product, or take it directly to Guardian or Poly Auction House, they will definitely be scared half to death by you."
"Hey, I said that you are bragging and who learned it, and there is no character like you in our family" Qin Sheng blew more and more, Qin Ran became even more unconvinced, crying and laughing.
You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, you just want to splash a basin of cold water on him, so Qin Sheng didn't bother to argue, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't believe it, maybe I'm too low-key."
"Xinxinxin, you are low-key, okay, then you can stop being verbose, there are still a lot of unposted inside, hurry up, we have to go to the Sanli River after we are busy in a while" Qin Ran didn't want to continue arguing with Qin Sheng, so he pulled Qin Sheng and walked inside.
"Sister, listen to me" Qin Sheng still wanted to continue to reason with his sister, but Qin Ran had already ignored him.
Qin Sheng could only sigh with emotion, the master was lonely.
The large and small doors and windows in the courtyard were pasted with couplets and blessing characters by Qin Sheng and Qin Ran, and a lot of Chinese knots were hung, plus those lanterns, the entire courtyard was dressed up very beautifully.
It was already four o'clock after finishing these, Qin Ran took Qin Sheng and hurriedly ran to the old house in Sanlihe, fortunately it was not far away, and it didn't take twenty minutes to arrive.
The old house had been cleaned by that aunt, Qin Sheng and Qin Ran hurriedly pasted couplets to hang lanterns, etc., and it took half an hour to finish the old house.
Finally, of course, and the most important, that is to pay tribute to my mother, put on the offerings brought from the courtyard, Qin Ran as my sister incense, after kneeling and kowtowing, Qin Ran faced the portrait of her mother and said happily, "Mom, it's the New Year"
Qin Sheng also followed his sister and said, "Mom, it's the New Year"
After more than 20 years, the family can finally be reunited for the New Year......
Returning to the courtyard from the old house, it was already half past five, the smell of the New Year on the road was getting stronger and stronger, and the radio talked about the customs of the New Year in various places, Qin Sheng looked at his sister who was driving seriously, and he was inexplicably very happy.
When they came back, Qin Changan had already returned, and was busy in the living room, Qin Ran deliberately quipped, "Dad, I thought you weren't coming back, and you were going to take your younger brother to Shanghai to join your grandmother."
Qin Changan couldn't cry or laugh, knowing that this daughter was making fun of him again, so he had to respond, "How can I give up on you?"
The coffee table in the living room was full of all kinds of melon seeds, fruits, candies and snacks, and there was no spare space on the entire table, Qin Ran was puzzled, "Dad, what are you doing with so many things?"
Qin Changan didn't answer, of course he wouldn't say any reason, just pushed Qin Ran and said, "Don't make trouble here, didn't you two brothers buy new clothes, go take a shower and change clothes, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is almost ready"
Qin Ran pouted and said, "How old are you, and you're still wearing new clothes."
However, she seemed to forget that Qin Sheng also said so some time ago, she didn't care about Qin Sheng, she didn't take Qin Sheng to buy a lot of things.
But saying that, Qin Ran still pulled Qin Sheng upstairs, this Spring Festival is destined to be different, after all, for so many years, there has never been a Spring Festival that makes her so happy.
When he came out after taking a shower and changing into new clothes, Qin Ran saw the new Qin Sheng, and couldn't help but say, "Tut-tut, it's worthy of being my younger brother, handsome to death, my sister is about to be fascinated by you."
Qin Sheng also looked at the sister in front of him, this temperament and appearance, I really didn't know how many laps I had thrown those big stars, and said with a smile, "Well, with such a beautiful sister, of course there will be such a handsome brother, otherwise it will be more embarrassing for her."
Qin Ran couldn't stop laughing at Qin Sheng, and took Qin Sheng's arm downstairs, what a pair of golden boys and girls.
Sure enough, after going downstairs, Qin Chang'an, who had just taken a few bottles of red wine from the wine cellar, was directly suppressed, and sent a sentence, sure enough, it was my son and daughter.
"Dad, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, why is it so rich" Qin Ran walked to Qin Chang'an's side and asked obediently holding his father's arm.
Qin Changan smiled faintly, and then gave the answer, "The guest should have arrived, you should go and greet me for me."
"There are still guests this year, who are they?" Qin Ran couldn't help but wonder, in the past New Year, there were never guests on Chinese New Year's Eve.
Qin Changan deliberately sold Guan Zi and said, "You will know when you go out"
When Qin Ran walked out of the courtyard with Qin Sheng, before he had waited two minutes at the door, two cars stopped at the door of the courtyard. Just as they were wondering who it was, they saw their uncle and aunt slowly getting out of the car, as well as two cousins and sisters-in-law and their children.
Qin Ran was stunned by this surprise for a while, she didn't know what to say with excitement, she really didn't expect her uncle's family to come to the courtyard for the New Year, it was really unexpected.
In previous years, the deserted courtyard house was really lively this year, Qin Ran just wanted to say one thing, that is, this is the New Year.
Qin Sheng, who was smiling not far away, certainly didn't know what it meant......