42. The flowers on the branches are blooming
The Spring Festival is bright red, in the twenty-ninth month of Li and began to write Spring Festival couplets, his hobbies are not much, writing brush words is just one of them, the middle of the wild road, basically most of the detours have been walked, although the writing is not good, but the same can be written very happy. Except for some rare words, there will be structural bruises, and others can barely get into the eye.
Just because Da Zhuang shouted, "I went to Li He to write Spring Festival couplets, he wrote beautifully", Li He was miserable, and he didn't get up after climbing the table all day. In the past, the errands of writing Spring Festival couplets belonged to several teachers in the village and the brigade accountant.
The village also killed the New Year pig, the peasants live hard, it is rare to eat meat a few times a year, feed the pigs on weekdays and save manure, finally wait until the end of the year, the pig is also fat, it will be killed, kill the New Year pig, it is the foreplay of the New Year, the whole village will rush to watch, it is particularly lively, each household also shares a pound of meat, Wang Yulan also took the basin early, and then happily brought it back.
On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the custom here, the first year of the family is generally set, the man's family will send a New Year's gift to the woman's family and invite the woman to come to celebrate the New Year, as for whether to come, it depends on the meaning of the woman's family.
Li Mei thought that her father was not at home, and the etiquette and human affection were not right, and if she couldn't keep up with the New Year's ceremony, she would be poked in the backbone and scolded for being ignorant.
Early in the morning, let Li Long get up to give gifts, Li Long happily picked up the burden and went to his father-in-law's house, a basket of oil sprinklers, a basket of pig's head meat, two good cigarettes, two bottles of good wine, this will definitely not be bad.
Duan Mei's father and mother also liked it from the bottom of their hearts when they saw this stocky offspring, or they just looked at Li Zhaokun's old goods, and 10,000 would not agree. can't stand the two sons of Li Zhaokun to fight for anger, the three big tile houses are really hot, and Li Fucheng also patted his chest and promised that this house will be the third in the future.
Duan Mei Lao Tzu Niang is not this reason, the old couple has two sons and a daughter, the son has become a family, just a daughter, don't want to sell the girl to receive the bride price, just want the girl to be happy, Wang Yulan's soft temperament, can't do anything to block things, the daughter can't stand the mother-in-law's anger. After the second child went, he became a public family, and the remaining three girls went out and it was not in the way, except for the small ones, the rest were able to work, even if they couldn't touch the second child in the future, but the days would not be bad.
The old couple enthusiastically left Li Long to eat, and the two brothers-in-law had a bottom in their hearts, and this family affair was basically a sure thing, so they had to take turns to go into battle and drink with Li Long openly.
Although Li Long's drinking volume has grown, he still can't stand the persuasion of drinking, he doesn't like to talk much, he doesn't refuse to be toasted by others, and he doesn't forget to return the salute. The new son-in-law in the village came to the door, and there was no shortage of drunk people who were drunk and crazy in public, talking nonsense, arresting and scolding whom, catching and falling, and even babbling in front of the mother-in-law and father-in-law.
If it weren't for the fact that today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, after drinking, the old couple would inevitably have to leave Li Long to rub the plate mahjong, and then taste the character and get a double insurance.
However, the old couple was still satisfied, and after Li Long finished drinking, he hugged a teacup and sat on a chair without saying a word.
"You guys, it's the New Year at night, why do you drink so much, look at the dizzy tiger who drank Longzi" Duan Mei's old lady couldn't help pretending to complain about a few men, and then turned to Duan Mei and said, "Wipe his face, since he wants to call you at home, you can pack up and go with him for the New Year." Chinese New Year's Eve will not stay, you two go, he can't keep the family alive and what work, you can still take a hand if you go early"
Duan Mei said hello happily, wiped Li Long's face with a hot towel, and went to the back room to clean up her things.
Duan Mei's sister-in-law entered the back room and watched Duan Mei pack up her things, and said with a smile, "Look at it, you know that you feel sorry for a man before you enter the door, this is worth it"
Duan Mei was speechless in shame, took a burden, and hurriedly pulled Li Long away. The two of them are sweet all the way, needless to say.
Li He was holding an axe to fight against a large piece of wood, obviously not a journeyman, and when he saw Li Long coming back with Duan Mei, he said to Duan Mei, "Find a place to rest, don't be polite when you come"
When Duan Mei said hello, she didn't talk again. As an uncle, although he is happy in his heart, he is neither an elder nor a junior, but he is not too good to be overly enthusiastic, and it is good to have a degree.
Duan Mei went directly to the kitchen, greeted Wang Yulan and Li Mei, and said, "Auntie, you see what I can do, I can do all the big and small work."
Wang Yulan has been with her son and daughter for the past two days, and she has long been unhappy, but she is not the kind of person who will have a seizure, she can hold any grievances in her heart for a year and a half, and occasionally she is bored, and she will turn it out and sigh and blink a few tears.
Wang Yulan was originally glad that Li Zhaokun left the money for Erhe to go to the capital after Li Zhaokun took the money and ran away, but she still sighed that this day was going on, but the eldest girl bought oil, salt, sauce and vinegar later, and the third son was married, and now the second son came back and played furniture, where did the money come from, she is just stupid, and she also understands that several children in the family are carrying private money.
In the morning, the eldest girl gave her a hundred yuan, saying that she had made a New Year's red envelope, and the new daughter-in-law could not lack the number of courtesies in the first year. Wang Yulan didn't like this feeling so much.
But now that the new daughter-in-law came to the door for the first time, Wang Yulan was smiling with tears, and said to Duan Mei, "There are many of us, and we don't have much work, let the third child accompany you to rest, the kitchen is full of smoke, you go to the hall."
Duan Mei is not eyeless, seeing Li Mei chopping meat filling, and seeing the basin next to her at a glance, she knew that it was making dumplings, so she said to the eldest sister, "Sister, do you want to wipe the table? I will knead the dough directly and roll the skin."
Li Mei saw that Duan Mei was gone, and she also understood that this was good and wanted to have a good relationship, so she didn't postpone it, and said directly, "You see the first time you came, I'm still tired of you, there is a rag over there, just wipe it off"
Li He saw that Li Long's wine strength was not gone, and he was still wilting, and he didn't dare to give him the axe to split the wood, so he said to Li Long, "You send the two bottles of wine and two cigarettes in the house to Grandpa, and by the way, ask if you want to come over to celebrate the New Year together."
Li Long nodded listlessly, "Then I'll go."
"Wash your face and go again, what kind of bear is you drinking" Li He wasn't really angry, he was just scolding his habits. Li Long is at the age when he has entered the rebellious period, and he usually looks honest, but after all, he has his own ideas, and it is one thing to agree on the surface, and it is another thing to be willing or not. Li He will also worry about whether he will get married early, but this will be like this in the countryside, and it will be really delayed if it is too late.
The Chinese New Year is of course the happiest day for children, in addition to being able to eat all kinds of snacks that are usually difficult to eat, adding a new toy, putting on some small firecrackers, and putting on new clothes, you can also receive precious New Year's money.
The children in the village have gone crazy in the village, the little girl is also running behind, and there is no kidnapping child, the adults are also relieved, they are going to eat, shouting and going back, they are looking forward to the New Year, mainly because they can eat a good meal during the New Year, at least to solve their cravings, in the family recipe of the Spring Festival, there are fish and meat, if you go to the previous few years, the adults will use the Chinese cabbage to make a trick, and you can almost put out a cabbage seat.
When the dumplings were served, Li He lit a cigarette and took out the firecrackers, but as soon as he was nervous, he threw out the cigarettes that lit the firecrackers, and the firecrackers remained in his hands.
It's really not easy to live so big.
It made Pan Guangcai, who was watching the excitement next to him, laugh crazy.
Li Long is ashamed of his brother, his brother is good at everything, but he is angry. I walked over and took the firecracker, and it lit it and crackled.
The table was full, chicken, duck, fish, and hard dishes. Li He saw that Li Long's wine strength was gone, so he also poured wine, and the brothers drank one cup and one by one. A few words The woman worked the table, but Wang Yulan couldn't help but think to Li Zhaokun, "Your father doesn't know if he can eat hot rice, how good you said it would be to come back."
Because Duan Mei was there, it was difficult to answer, only Wang Yulan was talking to herself, Li He could only say that this old lady's feelings for her father were higher than the sky, deeper than the sea, unfathomable, and untouchable.
When the food was almost finished, Wang Yulan took out the New Year's money and handed a red envelope to Duan Mei, "There is more than enough every year." Auspicious"
Duan Mei still hesitated, so Li Mei directly took it and stuffed it into Duan Mei's hand, "I want to celebrate the New Year, but I can't refuse the red envelope"
Duan Mei also took it, and said with a smile, "Thank you, auntie"
Wang Yulan started with Li Mei again, and the children in the family gave ten yuan, and Wang Yulan would not feel distressed to the children in the family, but the new daughter-in-law gave 50, which made her feel distressed, if she didn't resist the persuasion of the eldest girl, she would have been given ten yuan.
At dinner, Wang Yulan cleaned up the table, and Li He took a flashlight to take Li Long, the fourth and fifth strings of villages to pay New Year's greetings, which is also a custom here.
It was so lively and lively all night.