Chapter 89: Festive customs change
After the counselor left, Qin Yin suddenly wanted to see Chen Lai. She herself doesn't know why, maybe it's Chen Lai's support for her betrayal, maybe it's because of the loneliness of being alone in the face of tomorrow's Spring Festival, or maybe it's a combination of the above. In short, Qin Yin was in tears, thinking about Chen Lai, looking forward to the reunion of the Spring Festival.
To go, or not to see Chen Lai, Qin Yin fought fiercely in his heart. Originally, Chen Lai didn't have anything to be sorry for himself, he was just looking for another boyfriend and was bumped into by Chen Lai, although Chen Lai broke it with obvious intention, but he never vented his dissatisfaction. On the contrary, it was Qin Yin himself, who was ashamed to meet Chen Lai since that incident was broken.
However, Chen Lai still gave himself support for living expenses through the counselor, which Qin Yin did not expect in advance. Chen Lai's approach regardless of his previous suspicions, his image and status in Qinyin's mind are particularly tall and important. Qin Yin made up her mind to go to Chen Lai Restaurant.
When Qin Yin slowly walked into the restaurant, Chen Lai, who was busy in the kitchen, had already discovered her. Chen Lai was stunned for a while, staring involuntarily at Qin Yin's every move. I saw Qin Yin enter the door and slowly walked to the kitchen. Qin Yin and Chen Lai looked at each other, silent, silent.
Qin Yin opened her mouth first, wanting to explain something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Chen Lai preemptively said, "Happy New Year!" Qin Yin had no choice but to retract what she wanted to say just now, and changed her words: "Happy New Year!" Chen Lai smiled and motioned for her to sit down and rest, and Qin Yin smiled in return.
Qin Yin sat next to the coffee table in the living room, and all the original nervousness and overwhelm were gone in an instant. She pondered it lightly, tasting the fresh tea that Chen Lai had prepared. More than a month ago, when Qin Yin stayed at Chenlai Restaurant, there was no tea set in this set, and there were not so many fresh tea leaves. Nowadays, a lot of new teas have been added, as well as small teacups that southerners like. The sound of the piano brews the tea, pours it into a small cup, and raises a glass to drink lightly. Chen Lai walked over with a smile and said to Qinyin: "Now people's lives are getting better, and they like to buy special coffee tables and drink tea in their spare time." Qin Yin replied, "That's actually pretty good." ”
The day Qin Yin came to Chen Lai's house happened to be the Chinese New Year's Eve. After noon, the restaurant is closed in the afternoon. Chen Lai was able to show his own New Year's goods, he told Qinyin that people in the provincial capital on Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year have holidays, and most people go home to reunite, and no one will go to the restaurant to eat, so simply let the workers take a holiday and close business for two days.
Since the afternoon, Chen Lai has kept leaving the restaurant, and then returning to the restaurant, going out to buy New Year's goods one by one. Qinyin, on the other hand, was alone, staying in the restaurant to drink tea and read books. Compared with wandering outside by yourself, staying at Chenlai Restaurant is like being in your own home, comfortable and relaxing.
In the past, during the Chinese New Year, whether in the city or in the countryside, there were just more delicious things than usual. However, Chen Lai at the moment seems to be far from satisfying these. Every time he goes in and out of the restaurant, he brings back some new New Year's goods. In the evening, the inside and outside of the restaurant are full of large pots and large kumquats, flowers, and green plants. The joy of the festival is particularly eye-catching with the arrival of these colorful and colorful fruits, flowers and trees.
When Qinyin came to enjoy the flowers, Chen Lai took the initiative to accompany her and introduced: the kumquat in the big pot symbolizes the golden years and festive life, the lily is noble and symbolizes the "hundred years of good harmony", the fortune tree symbolizes the wealth rolling every year, and the plastic products and live fish symbolize "more than (fish) every year", and the two stone lions placed in front of the restaurant symbolize the peace and harmony of the family. The "Huichun" posted on the door eyebrow has auspicious sentences such as "good health", "all the best", "smooth sailing" and so on, which makes people feel comfortable when they read it.
At dinner, Qinyin came to the kitchen to stir-fry in place of Chen, and Chen Lai was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and while praising Qinyin as a good wife and mother-type girl, he prepared some wine and fruit. I also bought some mysterious gifts, saying that the answer would be revealed when it was time for dinner.
Chinese New Year's Eve, before dinner, Chen Lai didn't know where to bring it back, carrying a double-card radio recorder, playing loud music all the way, the Cantonese song that had just been popular in the land of southern Guangdong was played loudly, "God of Wealth arrived, God of Wealth ......arrived" The loud singing voice heard that it could attract guests from all over the world and bless the wealth. In the streets and alleys, many children and outsiders listened to these earth-shattering music, thinking that it was a new thing, and naturally flocked to it.
At dinner, it was said to be a reunion, but it was only a dinner for Qin Lai and Chen Lai. From Chinese New Year's Eve, it is customary not to say unpleasant things. Qin Yin recounted the happy time when he went to Hainan Island. Chen Lai also told him about hiring workers and encountering counselors. The two looked at each other and smiled from time to time.
When he was full of wine and food, Chen Lai asked, "Do you remember the first music café opened by the Dongfang Hotel?" Chen Lai continued: "Now there is more than this music café in the provincial capital, many privately opened music cafes, video halls, and solo singing halls have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. ”
In fact, these don't need to be said by Chen, the sound of the piano is also felt. It's just that after Chen said it again, he was even more impressed. She knew that in the past, Chen Lai worked hard to run a restaurant in order to make a living, and when he didn't make any money, he didn't dare to buy anything, and he rarely even touched the outside world. And now, with the era of self-employed, the breath of life is getting stronger and stronger, and the problem of insufficient food and clothing has gradually been solved, and everyone has gradually been freed from the pursuit of survival and began to pursue a better life.
Chen Lai fetched the mysterious gift, Qin Yin opened, wow, there are fashionable clothes, high-heeled shoes, alabaster and other items that women like. There is also a big red envelope, which Chen said was transferred to Qinyin by his sister Chen Qian, and every man and woman who has not yet married can get a big red envelope from a married sister.
On Chinese New Year's Eve that year, the sound of the piano was joyful, unexpected, and excited. Recalling the Chinese New Year's Eve in the mountainous countryside, Qin Yin feels that the world in the city has changed too much, and every year there are new customs that have never been seen before.
On the morning of the Spring Festival, Chen Lai prepared a backpack early, drove a tricycle, and rode to Baiyun Mountain with the sound of the piano. When they got to the bottom of the mountain, they parked the car and went up the mountain side by side. Qinyin found that on the day of the Spring Festival, there were groups of people who came to climb the mountain, and the bottom of Baiyun Mountain became a sea of people, a sea of flowers, and a sea of festivities. People or a few families, or three or five confidants, come to climb the mountain.
Chen said that this time for the Chinese New Year, everyone has more free time, and they all rushed to enjoy the strange flowers and plants and the wonders of the rocks on the mountain.
However, in our mountainous villages, people who are accustomed to seeing mountains are not interested in climbing mountains at all, Qin Yin said. Taking advantage of the Spring Festival, they prefer to go to the county seat to watch movies, watch videos, and have their own traditional lion dances, dragon dances and other programs.
Chen, this may be the difference between rural people and urban people. The people of the city went to the mountains, and the people of the mountains went to the cities.
As he was talking, Chen Lai seemed to realize something, and walked down the mountain with the sound of the piano.
Qin Yin wondered, "Aren't you going to climb the mountain?"
Chen said: "I thought about it, you can climb the mountain at any time, but you can't miss the unique program of the Spring Festival." ”
"Are there any other programs that are unique?"
"Yes, there are singing and dancing performances, lion performances, and crowd parades in the city. ”
"Wow, there are so many shows!"
"Of course, in the past, people were either busy with farming, or they didn't have enough food and clothing, so how could they have time to do any programs? Now people's living conditions are better, and of course all kinds of programs have begun to increase. Change is fast. ”
Didn't you say that you were not allowed to say derogatory terms in the New Year, but I clearly heard you say such derogatory terms as not having enough food and clothing. ”
"Oh, I forgot for a moment to illustrate. ”
"Hit you!"
"Huh? You're guilty of it, too. You even said the word "beating!"
"Haha, it's okay to fan each other!"
"Hahahaha!"
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