After everyone chatted with melon seeds for a while, Hu Xiuying got up and went back to the room, and when she came out not long after, she had a few more small bags rolled up with red paper in her hand.

"Come, one by one, bless you with good luck and peace in the coming year. ”

As she spoke, she sent it around the brazier in turn, everyone had it, even Li Yamin, who was in his thirties, was not left behind, as far as she was concerned, all the people present were children.

Li Tingting was the last to get the red envelope, although she was happy, but she didn't have much hope, because she didn't think that her grandmother would have too much money, and years of experience have proved this first point, last year it was five cents.

The adults took the red envelope and went to their pockets, who called her the youngest, no one would blame her for being willful, and directly opened the red paper, but the next second, she was startled.

Because there's a new unity in it!

Li Tingting has grown so old and has never received so much New Year's money at one time.

"Grandma, you've made a fortune. She asked, wide-eyed.

Hu Xiuying smiled, "Well, I'm rich, didn't I just finish eating a fortune meal." ”

A few people here laughed, the New Year has to be a good luck, no matter how festive it is, there are not too many festive words, and the brothers and sisters are not too surprised that their mother has such a big red envelope, after all, the eldest child in the family has money, and the mother will naturally not be short of money.

But they thought wrong, Li Yadong really didn't give his mother money when he came back this time, and when he was going to leave, he said that the money was still given during the summer vacation, and the big head and his mother secretly stuffed it to him, and the remaining bits and pieces plus the money that he sent back twice in the middle have been used until now, and the biggest expense during the period is today.

Just received a big red envelope, Li Tingting, a little money fan, is now full of money, looking at her parents pitifully.

There is no need to give New Year's money among peers, so after grandma gives it, she is the only one who is still eligible to receive red envelopes.

Li Yamin replied very ungracefully, "I didn't have any money on me, so I asked your mother to go." ”

"Oh. Li Tingting was not surprised, and looked at his mother with a smile.

Chen Yue'e glanced at her angrily, and took out two small red envelopes that had been prepared long ago from her pocket.

Li Tingting hurriedly opened it and took a look, but she was disappointed, and only six cents were stuffed in a red envelope.

"What's the matter? I'm not happy, Liuliu Dashun is so good, if you don't want it, just give it back to me." ”

When the girl saw that her mother's claws had reached out, she hurriedly put the money in her pocket, no matter how small the fly was, it was meat.

The financial power of Li Yajun's family is in the hands of Liu Jinju, as an uncle and aunt, one person gave five cents, which is not less, after all, her parents only gave six cents.

After everyone gave the money, Li Tingting set her sights on the person who was most expected this year.

But this man didn't have any consciousness at all, he was so drunk that his face was red, and he sat there and knocked melon seeds on his own.

"Little uncle!" Li Tingting was so angry that she opened her teeth and danced her claws, like a mad little lion.

"Huh?" Li Yadong didn't know why, and turned his head to look at her.

He was really unprepared, because according to the rules of the countryside, people who have not started a family do not need to give red envelopes to their younger generations, and those who have not started a family are children themselves.

"This girl, in the eyes of money, are there any rules, your little uncle himself is studying, what ......" Chen Yue'e wanted to speak and stopped, she wanted to say "how can you have money to press the New Year", but it's not right to think about it, if you say that the richest person in the family now, it must be the little uncle.

"Okay, it's not big or small. Li Yamin's face was flat, Li Tingting looked stupid, and she suddenly didn't dare to squeak.

Li Yadong saw that his eldest brother was not really angry, and he was in a good mood, so he patted his thigh and said: "Oh, look at my brain, I can't find the north after drinking two taels of cat urine, I want to give the New Year's money, I want to give, I want to give, how can I wronged my little princess......"

As he spoke, he deliberately walked into the S line, went back to the room and found the bag containing the money, but didn't find the red paper, so he simply took it out.

Li Tingting shouted loudly just now, but she didn't dare to answer it at this time, because there were too many, her eyes counted along the edge, and there were ten big unity!

"This ...... Xiaodong, it's heavy, you really want to give her New Year's money, just one or two yuan, so many ......" Chen Yue'e stretched out her hand and pushed back.

"Nonsense!" Li Yamin also frowned and looked at him, "Take the money back." ”

Just kidding, a hundred yuan is worth half a year's salary, who in the countryside can give such a heavy New Year's money.

But Li Yadong didn't care about it, and pretended to be crazy and stupid with a Guan Gong portrait, "Eh, don't worry about it, what does it have to do with you what I gave my niece...... No, Tingting, you have to hold it today!"

Li Yamin knew that his younger brother was not drinking well, thinking that he was really drunk and not easy to lose his temper, so he motioned to his mother-in-law to push him back with his eyes.

Chen Yue'e pushed back for a long time without success, and finally Hu Xiuying spoke, "Okay, Tingting, since it was given by your uncle, you can keep it, and buy a few more good books to read when school starts." ”

"This ......" Chen Yue'e turned her head to look at her husband, and only after seeing him frowning and nodding did she give up.

Li Tingting took the money tremblingly, and then there was a burst of ecstasy in her heart. With so much money, she hoped that everything she had been hoping for a long time could be bought.

How...... Her dreams are beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The family returned to the county in the morning, and when they were halfway there, under a coercion and temptation, not only this money, but even the ten yuan given by Hu Xiuying went into Chen Yue'e's pocket, saying that it was saved for her to go to college in the future.

Li Tingting wanted to cry without tears, and finally deeply understood the true meaning of "stealing chickens and rice" taught by the teacher in Chinese class, if the little uncle didn't give so much money, her grandmother's ten yuan, she could still keep it.

After the fortune meal is finished, the sons who have separated from each family have to go back to their respective homes to prepare for the next New Year's greetings, because each family has different relatives.

On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Yadong could not be idle, without his two brothers at home, many things had to be handled by him, he went to the town in the morning, sold back red paper, squatted at home to cut paper and write couplets, and had to prepare for "sending lamps" in the middle of the afternoon.

The so-called sending lanterns is also a tradition left by the older generation, which talks about going to the graves of ancestors on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve to fire cannons and light lamps in order to light the way home for them and pick up the ancestors to come home.

Then, on the fifteenth Lantern Festival, the same steps must be repeated again, which means that the year and the month are over, and the ancestors are sent back to their resting place.

So when the sun was about to set, Li Yadong carried a match in his butt bag, a red candle with a wooden stick in one hand, and a few boxes of small hanging guns in the other, and headed for the mountain.

The ancestral grave of the old Li family is not far away, it took half an hour to come back, and then I have to do the last work to welcome the new year - paste couplets.

Hu Xiuying had already cooked the batter, Li Yadong moved the bamboo ladder out of the firewood room, and Li Dongmei helped to lay the batter, responsible for smearing the batter behind the couplet, and from time to time to run to the distance to watch.

"Crooked, crooked, a little further to the left...... No, it's too much, go to the right a little bit......"

This girl is really not a good observer, and she tosses Li Yadong enough.

The cold wind outside the house, people standing on ladders, don't dare to make big moves, how cold it is for hands covered with batter to be blown by the wind, people who have not pasted couplets in this primitive way really can't really understand.

After pasting the couplet, the door of the house has also changed, Qin Qiong on the left, Jingde on the right, and cows, ghosts, snakes and snakes can't enter.

Including people are the same, waiting for the first day of the New Year's Day to come to the door again, then it's all about New Year's greetings, regardless of whether there is a gift, firecrackers that are not bad for money must be put off, hot water and hot tea are good, and after the end of the bowl, you have to cook a bowl of New Year's cake to eat, and those who are close have to stay to eat the New Year's dinner and drink the New Year's wine.

After dinner, the village horn suddenly sounded, and everyone was organized to go to the auditorium to watch the Spring Festival Gala, which was the first time, after all, the village had just been electrified for only half a year, not to mention that the people in the village were about to forget, and it happened that this night was fine, everyone was very enthusiastic, and they each rushed to the village committee with Maza.

Hu Xiuying was as excited as Li Dongmei, but Li Yadong suddenly remembered something and really didn't want to go.