Chapter 20: Birthdays

After paying the fine, on the household registration, the days slipped away day by day, in a blink of an eye it was close to the end of the year, the people who worked outside have returned home, and prepared the New Year's goods door to door, this year is also a year full of flavor for Su Wu's family, bought a mountain, has a newborn, the debts are paid off, the family also has savings, and the heart is a lot brighter.

As the saying goes, entering the lunar month is the year, and every household is like this:

Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky

Twenty-four, sweep the house

Twenty-five, grind tofu

On the morning of the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, Su's father got up early, and just carried firewood into the field (another name for the kitchen in the north) Su's mother also woke up, "Wuzi, you come to make peace, I'll burn the fire." Father Su smiled and said, "You stay well, this is still confined, you can't go to the ground, I'm pretty fast alone, don't worry."

After convincing Su's mother, he was busy, and noodles, boiling water, below, lay a few eggs, and made a few side dishes.

"Mom and Dad, hurry up, I'm hungry." I don't know if it's been pretending to be a child for a long time, although most of the time it's mature, but there are also naïve times, like at this moment.

Su's father, who was urged by his daughter, sat on the kang, first served a bowl of noodles to Su's mother, then a bowl of noodles to her daughter, and the last bowl was her own, Su's mother plucked two eggs for each person, and said to her daughter, "Girl, happy birthday!" Su's father also smiled and said.

"Thank you, Mom and Dad. Su Nuoyin is very happy, looking at the food on the table, she is even happier, this is proof that life is getting better and better, and they can say that tomorrow Su's father will take Su Nuoyin to buy New Year's goods, and the aunt will come to the house to take care of Su's mother and younger brother.

After breakfast the next day, Su's father took Su Nuoyin to the market, the big market here in the town is the 147th of the lunar calendar, but after the 27th day of the lunar month, it is a market, and there are really a lot of things sold in the market, chicken, duck and fish, firecracker couplets and so on. Father Su bought five catties of pork belly, pork ribs, and blood sausages according to what he said before, and the old people on both sides of the family had one catty, five fish, and bought some green vegetables, sugar, peanuts, melon seeds, firecrackers and couplets and went home.

After returning home, I heard that Su Nuoyin's uncle and the fourth uncle's family came back, and they all came to Su Nuoyin's house to see the child and Su's mother, Su's father put together the New Year's goods according to what he said before, and put aside the New Year's goods for both parents, and prepared to bring them over when it passed, because Su's mother was still in the confinement, just let Su's father divide the New Year's goods, and he could only wait for the weather to be warmer before going out, after all, the wind in the northeast is still very hard, and it is not good for children to blow the wind and catch a cold.

Father Su went out with the New Year's goods, first went to Grandpa Su's house, gave the New Year's goods, stayed for a while and then went to Grandma Lu's house, it was really lively, Uncle Su Nuoyin's family of 5, the fourth uncle's family of 4, the aunt's family also reached 5 plus the original 3 of Grandma's family, 20 people are really lively, no wonder the old people want to have more children and grandchildren in the family, the atmosphere of your words and my words is really good.

As soon as Su's father came, the younger generation came to say hello first, and when he entered the house and put down the New Year's goods, he followed a large family to say hello and chattered, the eldest uncle Brother Lu Jun and the fourth uncle Brother Lu Guo inquired about the crops at home, and the sisters-in-law chatted about the family routine, although they don't come back often, but there are a lot of new things that happen every year, and listening to it is also another life experience.

Father Su stayed for a while, and then planned to go back, after all, the family still has to cook, chickens and other things have to be fed, and his relatives don't have to be so polite, they will go home after dinner together tomorrow.