After eating, Chen Shi asked his younger brother Chen Dong to send Chen Fu's notebook back, as for what Chen Fu chooses next, it is not up to him to decide, it depends on Chen Fu's courage, but no matter what the situation is, Chen Shi will support him.

In the next few days, Chen Shi never received a reply, but his mind was no longer here, because it was already the New Year.

Speaking of the New Year, there is an old saying in the countryside called every year is sad every year, which is the result of the suffering of the peasants, but now the situation is very different, although the village people have not made a fortune, but every family will not lack wine and meat, and the new clothes for the children are also much more than usual, the firecrackers at home are getting louder and louder, and the fireworks can go off for hours.

There is also a saying that more people are good for farming, less people are good for the New Year, which is also experienced by poor farmers, although the farmers have not yet gotten rid of the poverty, but the New Year is like more people, the more lively the better, no one lacks wine and meat during the New Year.

It can be seen that this is the biggest change since the founding of New China, but this change is very subtle and difficult to see, if it is not for not living in the countryside for a long time, it is not known, even the peasants themselves are suddenly unaware, only the older old people will feel that life is much better than before, and only those who have been hungry and poor will cherish the hard-won food at this time.

Chen Shi's parents are especially so, they have experienced difficult times and felt great wealth, so they understand that such a good day is not easy to come by, and they laughed much happier than usual on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and even their mother, who has never drunk alcohol, drank a drink.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the parents went to find their own playmates, and the elder sister and Li Yalian took the younger sister to find a group of girls to drive out, and they had to go around the various market towns for a few laps.

Of course, Chen Shi would not stay at home, and he didn't need to shout, his cousins and cousins came to him, and they also drove out. Along the way, there is a crowd of people playing, young and old, children jumping everywhere, even on the roadside can hear the sound of laughter from various villages, such a festival, even if there is a lot of bad luck will be forgotten for a while, everyone will get together, play cards, chat, braggart.

Children are the most excited, setting off firecrackers and blowing balloons. There are too many ways to play a balloon, such as blowing the weather to stretch the opening, leaving an air gap to make the balloon call, such as tethering it with a thread and releasing the balloon and so on.

Most of the firecrackers are set off by boys, and girls are timid and afraid of the sound of explosions, so every time boys set off firecrackers, they will stay away and plug their ears. Naughty boys will put the firecracker in the water to make a sound, or put it in a bottle, so that it has a buzzing echo, stretch out and can stuff paper balls on the mouth of the bottle, let the firecrackers produce hot air after the swindling, and then flush the paper balls out, of course, it is used for earthen guns.

What's more, Chen Shi and his friends once put firecrackers in cow dung and exploded, if anyone accidentally gets closer, they are guaranteed to be sprayed with a rice field, which can make people laugh all day long.

The Spring Festival of rural people, simple and interesting, simple children will always use the simplest toys to play their own interests, even if the conditions are simple, can not stop everyone's joy, even if there is no toy gun, they can also use paper to fold one, even if there is no laser sword, they can also use a sickle to sharpen one, no toy car with a small wooden stool instead.

Seeing the children so lively, Chen Shixin sighed.

Along the way, cousins and cousins were happy and lively, but they were all adults, and they didn't care about firecrackers anymore, so whenever they saw children throwing firecrackers, they would always laugh and scold and say, "It's so naughty." "But I didn't think that they used to be so naughty and mischievous, that kid didn't let others worry about it when he was a child?

Chen Shi asked everyone, "Where are we going?"

The cousins said, "Go to the street and see if there are any girls." ”

Chen Shi laughed when he heard it, this Chinese New Year, it is also the time when unmarried men and women meet, flirt, brag and chat, some places, even retain the old custom of singing mountain songs, after people go, sing a few mountain songs, if they sing right, there will always be girls favored, so you can hug the beauty.

However, Chen Shi's township does not have the traditional custom of singing mountain songs, because this is where the township government is located, and some activities are organized during the New Year's holidays, so the only place to sing mountain songs is to go elsewhere.

I heard that a basketball game was organized in the middle school, so my cousins wanted to go and see it, so Chen Shi had to go with him.

When they drove to the middle school, they found that Li Yalian and others were also here, and their sister's car was parked not far in front, and they didn't know where to play.

Chen Shi parked the car together, and when he got out of the car and entered the school, the ball game had not yet started, so he asked someone, and it was said that he would have to wait for twelve o'clock at noon.

Chen Shi asked his cousin and the others, "What should I do now?

After discussing for a while, they said that they would find something to eat nearby, and then just wait here, and it was already past ten o'clock, almost eleven o'clock.

There are a few shops in the market town that are open for business, some stir-fry and some boil noodles and rice noodles, it seems that they are lucky, and there are people who will not go hungry if they open their doors to do business. A few people didn't stir-fry, just cook a bowl of rice noodles, and said that they would just do it at once, and then eat it when they got home.

Chen Shi also ordered a bowl of rice noodles, and then asked the boss: "How many bowls of mutton do you have here?" ”

The boss said well, how can there be no business when the door is opened, he doesn't pay so much attention here, just give money. Chen Shi negotiated the price with him again, a bowl of mutton only costs twenty yuan, and a bowl of soup costs five yuan, which is quite cheap, he ordered three or four bowls, and distributed one bowl to each of his cousins and cousins.

said: "It's the New Year, eat better, don't be wronged, I'm in for a treat, everyone is welcome, just call what you want." ”

Everyone was not polite, but they didn't call it anything, they weren't ready to eat and drink a lot. Chen Shi asked them, "Would you like to have some wine?"

My cousin said no, if you drink alcohol, you will easily make trouble.

Some people like to make trouble after drinking, some people fall asleep when they are drunk, and of course there are people who vomit when they are drunk, because they are outside, and they have to drive, Chen Shi also thinks that it is not appropriate to drink, so everyone does not drink.

Simple mutton rice noodles, plus a few extra bowls of mutton and mutton soup, several people eat hula-la, Chen Shi likes spicy, therefore, the bowl is red, take a bite, sweat profusely on his forehead, but the more he eats, the more enjoyable he is, as if his heart is burning, very refreshing.

Of course, there are bad times when eating spicy food, for example, after eating too much, the saliva is dripping, and there seems to be a fire burning in the mouth, but generally people who eat spicy food can tolerate such a small problem.

The mutton rice noodles here also have a unique aroma because they are black goats that have been raised running around the edge of cliffs, not sheep or other species in captivity.

All animal meat, captive is definitely not as good as free-range, because stocking will ensure the strength of the meat, the most captive is fat, stocking is of course lean muscle, animal meat, of course, lean meat and muscles are the best, fat meat second. What's more, what about raising this kind of animal that basically has no fat on the whole body?

After eating, several people were elated and rushed to the court, at this time, the periphery of the court was already full of people, they could not squeeze in, only to find a higher than to watch, fortunately, this is not a closed court, therefore, just find a high place to see every move of the basketball court.

Chen Shi looked around and said, "There are so many people?"

The cousin said: "This is not much, it will not be crowded until it officially begins." ”

Although Chen Shi had heard that basketball games were held every New Year's Day, he didn't know the specific situation, and he had never come to see it, even if he didn't know much about it in his previous life, so he was very curious about it.

He asked, "Who are the people playing?"

My cousin said: "It is organized by the township government, it is said that most of them are teachers, and a few teachers are quite famous. ”

There will definitely not be so many people watching the ball game blocked in the city, unless it is a star event, Chen Shi estimates that even the average audience of the CBA will not have so many, it can be seen that the situation is lively.

At this time, although there is no shortage of electricity in the countryside, however, the families who can afford to buy a TV are a minority after all, so most people's entertainment life is very scarce, and coming to school to watch a ball game during the holidays has almost become their biggest entertainment. Of course, I heard that there were movies in the past, but in Chen Shi's memory, there are very few people who show movies, and they are almost extinct.

Chen Shi estimates that even playing basketball will not be lively for a few years, and the more economically developed people are, the easier it is to nest in their own homes and enjoy themselves, and it is not easy to come out and share with everyone. Perhaps, human beings will appear selfish and lonely at certain stages, and social at certain stages.

However, after a while, Chen Shi saw that the basketball players were both like this, and the two sides were clearly distinguished, with the blue team on one side and the red team on the other, some of these teams he knew, and some of which he had never seen.

After entering, they moved for a few minutes, and then in the referee's whistle, the fierce ball game officially began, and the people on the periphery suddenly became nervous, shouting and shouting, cheering, but more people just watched the excitement and did not shout loudly, because everyone was not familiar with the players, and they couldn't shout if they wanted to cheer, so they could only implicitly express it with "Oh".

Therefore, on the court, the strange cheering sound of the audience can be heard from time to time.

However, there are also loud applause, for example, after a three-point shot, the audience will not be able to help but applaud loudly, whether the opponent is a red team or a blue team, for the audience, as long as the game is exciting, it doesn't matter who wins or loses.