Chapter 52, New Year

After waiting for a while, I saw my grandfather and second uncle coming out of the woods with firewood on their backs. As soon as Li Ya shouted, they saw Li Ya, and walked down with firewood on his back, Li Ya asked his grandfather to put it down, and took it on his back.

Grandpa said: "You didn't come back in the summer, and this time I saw that everyone else came back one by one, and I didn't see you come back, and I thought you wouldn't come back for the New Year this year." ”

"It's not that it's inconvenient to come back, it's hard to buy tickets. Li Ya made an excuse and said, now is not the time to say that he will go abroad.

Back at the second uncle's house, Li Ya helped put the firewood and said to the second uncle: "Second uncle, I'll go back first to see if Xiaojun and their three sisters are not at my house, I didn't see them when I came out just now." ”

When I got home, I saw that the three sisters were all there, gnawing on the bones. This bone was boiled by Li's mother and chayote in the morning, it tasted good, not greasy, and it was suitable for children to eat, and Li Ya also shared two pieces.

The second uncle fed the pigs and chickens by the way, washed his face and hands and came over with his grandfather. Sitting down and smoking a cigarette tube, discussing how many pigs and chickens to raise next year, and what to grow on their own land.

The meal was ready, and the table was full of dishes, and the three sisters were smiling. The taste of ham is very good, Li Ya couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that this is the taste of Xuanwei ham." ”

The second uncle smiled: "This is not an authentic Xuanwei ham, your eighth master said that although it is not the same pig breed, it is also free-range, and the taste is different when made with the same craftsmanship, and it is two flavors with authentic Xuanwei ham." "If you want to be the same as Xuanwei ham, it's difficult, the pig breed, the climate, and the environment are all different.

Ham is generally served as a side dish, and it cannot be fried, and the taste of the ham cannot be masked with other seasonings, so only one cold ham is the main dish. The process by which it is made determines that it is not a mass food. And what Li Ya likes is fried kohlrabi with bacon and sour bamboo shoot fish. Kohlrabi has a faint bitter taste, with a special flavor mixed with bitterness. The soup of the sour bamboo shoot fish tastes good, and the sour bamboo shoots are also delicious. Such a home-cooked dish is the delicacy of the popular recipe.

Although the cuisine is different, and there are many dishes that are not available in Canada, Shu Yue still eats happily, in this poor year, it is already her best to make such a large table of dishes to entertain her, Shu Yue's heart is warm.

After eating, Shu Yue accompanied her grandparents to talk, and Li Ya brought gifts to visit the oldest and oldest old man in the three villages of the second ancestor.

At the beginning, the young people in the village reviewed and prepared for the college entrance examination, but the second ancestor agreed to proceed with it, and if it were not for the second ancestor's decision, last year's wave might have been admitted to three or four.

After talking to the second ancestor, Li Ya went to visit the other two ancestors, and it was already ten o'clock when he came back.

Li Ya's house is a tiled house, with a hall house in the middle in the front, a living room on both sides, and three bedrooms in the back. Mother Li helped Shu Yue make the bed, and as for Li Ya, she could only do it herself.

The next day, the weather was good, the winter sun was no longer fierce, and it shone warmly on the body. After breakfast, people who had nothing to do gathered under the big tree, intending to kill time.

When Li Ya and the two went out, they heard the noise of the big tree, turned the corner, and saw twenty or thirty people standing or sitting around the big tree from a distance.

Li Yuanfang stood and swung his body in the direction of Li Ya and the others, his two hands moving wildly, and he was bragging at first glance. Seeing Li Ya coming over, he shouted loudly: "Yo! You see it's the third year of junior high school, right? Is this kid willing to come back?" Li Ya didn't come back during the summer vacation, and now it's almost the New Year, and everyone thinks that Li Ya won't come back.

The third brother next to him looked up and said, "I came back yesterday afternoon, and I was there when I went to see the ancestor last night." "Li Ya's second ancestor is the third brother's ancestor.

Li Ya approached to greet a few elders and brothers, and then introduced Shu Yue and said, "This is my girlfriend Shu Yue, Shu Qingchun's Shu, and the moon's moon." ”

Li Yuanfang hurriedly greeted: "Hello, my name is Li Yuanfang, I am Li Ya's eldest brother, and you are welcome to come to us as a guest." Although it does not have the bustle of a big city, it does have beautiful scenery. ”

Li Ya said helplessly: "Shu Yue grew up in Canada, where the scenery is better than here, and Vancouver is a world-famous tourist and livable city. ”

"Canada? It seems to be the name of a country? She is a foreigner? She is also yellow-skinned, black-haired, and black-eyed, just like us, not like it?" Li Yuanfang said in surprise.

Li Ya couldn't laugh or cry, in this era, due to the Western blockade to form antagonism, and most people lack information channels or do not pay attention to other reasons, they know very little about foreign countries, and said: "Canada is a country north of the United States, larger than China, second only to the Soviet Union. Moreover, there are many Chinese in foreign countries, and Shu Yue is Chinese. ”

Shu Yue followed and said hello, Li Ya took the third sister-in-law and their daughter's side, and after the introduction, Shu Yue signaled Li Ya to play by herself, don't worry about her.

As soon as he walked back, Li Yuanfang pulled Li Ya and asked quietly: "Shu Yue, what kind of Canadian is that? Are there a lot of foreigners in the capital? Can you find such a beautiful foreign partner for a student?"

Li Ya smiled: "Who told you that I was looking for someone in the capital? Is it good to be in Canada?" ”

"What's the matter? in Canada! Are you going abroad?" exclaimed Li Yuanfang.

Li Ya said helplessly: "This is also something that can't be helped." In May, my brother was expelled from school after being bitten by a trick to save people. As he spoke, he said, "I thought about it, the fucking Lao Tzu will never come out of the country now, so it is better to try to escape Hong Kong." Hehe, the east is not bright and the west is bright, God can't see me such a good person suffering, after going out, it was smooth sailing, now I have a factory in Canada, a piece of land, and a girlfriend, and life is good. ”

"So are you a Canadian or a landlord capitalist?" said the third brother.

Li Ya said with a smile: "My household registration is in **, and I live in Canada." ”

Li Yuanfang hurriedly asked: "How many acres of land do you have in Canada, and how big is the factory?"

"Land, 50,000 or 60,000 acres of flat land plus more than 200,000 acres of slope land, 300,000 acres. Li Ya said.

"300,000 acres, that sounds like a lot?" Li Yuanjing said.

Li Ya smiled: "It's about the same size as two or three communes." ”

"Oh, I'll go, this is a big landlord. The third brother said.

Li Ya waved his hand and said: "There are few people in Canada, and farming is not profitable, I bought wasteland, and the price is quite cheap." ”

Li Yuanfang said: "I just learned a word: return to China to visit relatives. So you're back to visit your family? Sounds very, uh, how do you describe it?"

"Tall, high-end, atmospheric. Li Ya said.

"Yes, yes, high-end atmosphere on the grade. Li Yuanfang said: "But you are a foreigner now, it will not be easy to come back in the future, right?"

Li Ya said with a smile: "It's very troublesome now, but it's not that it has been reformed, reformed, opened, and released, and in the future, with the increase in exchanges and business, it will become more and more convenient." "Now we advocate internal reform, opening up to the outside world, and reform and opening up is not one word, but two. "And, after all, it will be easier to take it back. ”

"Can't you take it back?"

"China has never said to give up**, if it didn't take it back before, it was not ripe, and it will be taken back when the time is ripe in the future. Li Ya said. **Macau was reclaimed at the end of the century and preparations are already underway.

When I went home for breakfast, a group of sisters-in-law and sisters named Shu Yue came to the house for dinner. Walking on the road, Li Ya said with a smile: "You are worthy of being the general manager, you have captured everyone so quickly." ”

Shu Yue pursed her lips and smiled, "They are all very good." Not only that, but everyone said how good Li Ya was, and I couldn't wait for her to become the daughter-in-law of the Li family immediately.

Time flies, and it's Chinese New Year's Eve. At this time, the material is poor, and the New Year is mainly a feeling. Replace with a new couplet, worship the ancestors, and then eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

After dinner, I talked around the fire at night, the elders gave the children New Year's money, there was no program in the village, and the Spring Festival Gala would have to be there for several years, and there was no TV.

But the children were very happy, not to mention the New Year's money, and firecrackers, and the village was full of children's cheers and the sound of firecrackers.