Therefore, it is rumored that Nian is a monster that will come out at the end of each year to wreak havoc and even eat people. In order to be able to drive away the year beast, at the end of the year, people have set off firecrackers in their own homes, pasted the red spring couplets, over time, the year beast was completely scared away, firecrackers, paste spring couplets and other customs have stayed, the year is also called the year of the pass probably the origin of it.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, *** got up early and slipped out of the bed to Li Qiang and Li Ming, who were sleeping in the back room, today is the day when the whole family goes out to do New Year's goods.

Li Qiang and Li Ming muttered and walked out of the house, washed their faces, and were about to go to the kitchen to eat when Li Yan came back from running outside the courtyard. Exercising every morning has become a habit for Li Yan, even after the winter vacation, he does not plan to abandon the habit of morning exercise.

After the family had eaten, *** took out the fat and strong mules that they had fed themselves, put them on a big cart, and then took out a few quilts and spread them on it, beckoning Liu Mei to take the three brothers Li into the car. After everyone went up and sat down, *** sat in front of the cart, raised the whip in his hand and whipped the mule pulling the cart, and shouted: "Drive, go out to do New Year's goods." ”

The mule cart went very fast, and it was out of the village in less than five minutes. The car was very spacious, and Li Yan sat on the quilt, leaning back on the car, and did not feel cold because he was wearing a thick body. At this time, the sun gradually rose from the horizon, and thousands of rays of sunlight spread over the vast land. Li Ming, who was beside him, shrank his small body, leaned over to Li Yan's side and said, "Brother, people on the street say that you have made money, is it true, how much have you earned?"

"Hehe, it's earned. Li Yan said that he didn't know where these powerful villagers got the news.

So he turned his head and asked Liu Mei: "Mom, how can the village know about it?"

"It's not your father's loudspeaker that broadcasts it, but let him know something, it's almost as good as the whole village knows. Liu Mei glanced at her husband who was catching the car.

"Haha, what are you afraid of, it's not a shame, why don't you let others know, our son is out, look at the way those guys see me, haha......" *** said loudly.

"You can!" Liu Mei said.

Seeing this, Li Yan waved his hand and said: "Mom, my dad is happy to say it, let him say it, this is a good thing, your son has made money, others know, and you have a light on your face, besides, if they don't know, if you buy something expensive, those guys who love to chew their tongues should talk nonsense about the expensive medicine my dad prescribed for them." ”

When Liu Mei heard this, she also felt that this was the truth, so she didn't blame ***, but reached out to help Li Yan pull the quilt covering her lap and said with a smile: "It's still my son who understands reason." ”

"That is, how can my *** son be ignorant, Xiaoqiang, third son, you two have to learn like your brother. "*** Dao.

"Got it. Li Ming didn't expect to lead to such a large conversation with a single question, and finally led the disaster to himself, although in the end he didn't know the result he wanted, and he didn't dare to ask again.

Rushing to the car in high spirits, he sighed a little about the changes in his eldest son in the past six months, first suddenly wanted to participate in a Mandarin competition, and finally won the award, I heard that the award-winning country children can be admitted to the city's high school when they graduate, for the city's high school, *** often heard people say that after being admitted, it is basically equivalent to being admitted to college, which is much stronger than that teacher. If this was just the beginning, when Li Yan solemnly called the couple to Daotangya, and then took out a 50,000 passbook and handed it to them, and told them that this was the money he earned, they were not only surprised, but shocked. Working as a veterinarian in the village, he can earn 810,000 yuan a year, which is already the envy of many people, not to mention the 50,000 yuan passbook that Li Yan took out at once, and according to his son, this is only part of it, not even half, and he said that he will make more money in the future. I don't worry, I went to the township to find Zhang Zhenghai and asked, after learning that Li Yan's money came from no problem at all, his heart was happy, he couldn't wait to show off to his fox friends and dog friends, back and forth, almost everyone in the village knew that the children of the *** family were promising, and they would be able to make money when they were in junior high school.

"Daughter-in-law, do you think we want to buy another mule this year?"

"Dad, you don't have to buy livestock, or you buy a car, and we also have a phone in our house, and I don't have to run home every day when I have something." Li Yan answered.

"Okay, let's not buy livestock, buy a car and install a phone, haha......" *** laughed, the whip in his hand skillfully shook a whip flower, and a crisp sound hit the mule, and the mule opened its hooves and pulled the car and disappeared at the end of the road.

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The place to do New Year's goods is more than 20 miles away from Tasi Village, there is a large farmers' market here, every New Year's pass, the nearby villagers will drive all kinds of livestock carts here to buy New Year's goods, so in the farmers' market by the way formed a lively cattle market, this scene has disappeared in the 21st century.

When Li Yan's family came here, it was already more than ten o'clock in the morning, *** found a tree on the side of the road to tie up the livestock, and then let his youngest son Li Ming look at the car, and he led Liu Mei and Li Ming to the farmers' market to buy a lot. Due to the fact that Li Yan not only has good academic performance this year, but also makes money, and the well-stocked *** couple is not ready to save this year, and soon the large bags of New Year's goods were sent to the car by Li Yan and Li Ming, and by the end of the afternoon purchase, the originally loose place on the car has been stuffed with all kinds of vegetables and meat, as well as other New Year's goods.

After the whole family got into the car, they raised their whips and shouted, "Go home." ”

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In the blink of an eye, in the Chinese New Year's Eve, although Li Yan asked *** to help pull the computer back home from school in the past few days, he did not occupy the computer too much, but gave the computer to Li Qiang and Li Ming, becoming a game console for the two. The two stayed in Li Yan's house all day and didn't come out, which made Liu Mei quite a little complaining, and reminded *** many times to take care of the two sons, but *** held an attitude of not supporting or objecting, and did not express obvious opposition and blame for the addiction of the two sons, in his words, children should have some hobbies, and Li Yan pulled the computer away after the start of school, and the two had no chance to indulge in it.

On the morning of the thirtieth, *** led the three people led by Li Yan to paste red couplets in the hallways of their houses, and after pasting the couplets, *** asked Li Yan to set off a firecracker in the courtyard, and in the sound of crackling firecrackers, the flavor of the New Year suddenly became stronger.

In the afternoon, *** went out to find Li Gui, and Liu Mei pulled Li Ling's three brothers to sit together and wrapped enough dumplings for the family to eat three meals, in Li Yan's opinion, the dumplings are basically he and Liu Mei are wrapping, Li Qiang and Li Ming are purely making soy sauce, not only that, but they also pick up the flour at hand from time to time to play, not only can not help, but also delay a lot of effort.

In the evening, when the dumplings were almost wrapped, *** came back from outside, and when Liu Mei saw *** come back, she put a few dumplings in the pot that had just boiled, and after cooking, she asked *** to lead the three brothers Li Yan to the grave together.

Li Yan's grandparents passed away when Li Yan was in elementary school, Li Yan's voice and smile of his grandfather and grandmother are still fresh in his memory, his grandparents loved Li Yan and his brothers very much before his death, and now he has turned into two piles of loess, Li Yan, who has experienced the past and present life, stood in front of the grave of his grandparents and thought that in the time and space where he was in the previous life, he and *** have turned into a pair of loess, but *** can be buried in his own ancestral grave, and whether he can be buried in his own ancestral grave, is unknown.

With a kind of pious heart, Li Yan took the initiative to ask to press some straw paper on the grave of his grandparents, and after burning the rest of the straw paper in front of the grave, he and Li Qiang and Li Ming followed behind *** and kowtowed to their grandparents three times, and went home.

When she returned home, Liu Mei had already cooked the dumplings and was waiting for *** to come home with her three children. After the four of them returned home, they set off firecrackers, and the family gathered around the table to eat pleasing fragrant dumplings like white geese, waiting for the annual Spring Festival Gala to begin.

Li Yan had watched some classic programs in the Spring Festival Gala of '92 many times in his previous life, but it did not affect him at all to accompany his family to watch and discuss with great interest, and he was enjoying this rare happiness of being with his family. At almost twelve o'clock in the evening, *** led the three brothers Li Yan to the courtyard, hung the 50,000 firecrackers they bought on the trees in the yard, and then waited for the TV to light them at twelve o'clock.

At twelve o'clock, while Li Yan lit the firecrackers, the rest of the village gradually remembered the sound of firecrackers, and Tasi Village became a sea of firecrackers. The new year has begun, and all of you may wish for a new year's blessing in your heart.

Li Yan listened to the deafening sound of firecrackers in the yard, looked at the smiling parents beside him, and the two younger brothers who were dancing excitedly, and secretly made a wish in his heart, wishing all those who loved him and those he loved could be safe, healthy, happy and happy......