In the small southern city, the climate changes impermanently, and the warm sun is shining brightly and the sun is shining, and the other is the cold winter wax moon, and the dripping water turns into ice.

A few days ago, it was still a cold weather, and there was a sign of a little warming, and in the blink of an eye, the wind and snow returned, and large swaths of goose feather snowflakes fell from the sky, clumps and clusters of snow flew down, as if countless torn cotton balls tumbled down from the sky.

Heavy snow overnight.

A thick layer of snow has accumulated on the roofs of the houses, and when you look out from the balcony, the entire small city of Pinghai is covered in snow and ice, isolated from the world.

Fang Ning's eyebrows were also stained with snow and frost, he shivered, opened the cotton curtain and walked in, the oncoming heater passed him through, and his body warmed up.

A page of the calendar hanging on the wall was torn off, and the days on the calendar had reached January 1, 2009, the sixth day of the lunar month, which was the New Year's Day, and in a few days it was the Laba Festival.

The property committee of the Xia Coast community is holding a lively New Year's Day party in the evening, the community guard room is hung with slogans to celebrate the New Year's Day, and red lanterns are hung everywhere.

Fang Ning heard that Tianyue Cultural Square was holding a group activity, and the scene was very grand, but unfortunately because of the snow, he could only wait until the evening to see the situation.

Chinese people look lively and like a lot of people, this habit cannot be changed no matter where they go, so it is not surprising that Tianyue Square is destined to be lively.

The human touch in the city is relatively light, the New Year's Day is also more casual, everyone is lively and lively to get together is much worse, if it is different in the countryside, every New Year's Day night, every household will set off fireworks, kill chickens and ducks, worship the gods and ancestors of the Quartet, and then it is a family reunion meal.

The snow outside is thick, and the wind and snow are blowing.

Grandma was busy making lunch in the kitchen, and Grandpa was doing the trick.

A few days ago, when I was buying New Year's goods, my grandmother swept the vegetables and meat discounted in Jiajiale Supermarket and harvested a lot.

The four of them returned with a full load, but when they returned home, they found that many of them were useless, either because the vegetables they bought were too old and not tasty, or they were out of season, not eaten at this time, and there were many vegetables that could not be stored for long, and they had to be eaten early, and they were all rotten.

The hot pot in the living room is gurgling and steaming, the hot pot base is put in it, and the fresh beef bought is also added, all kinds of ingredients are stewed in it, corn sausages, shrimp balls, and fish balls are tumbling up and down on the red chili sesame oil hot pot noodles, the aroma is tangy, and you are hungry when you smell it. Shredded onions, washed coriander, enoki mushrooms, mushrooms, spinach and other vegetables are placed on the side.

Fang Ning went to the bathroom to wash the shrimp, which are expensive and difficult to buy during the Chinese New Year, and can only be bought in the morning when the vegetable market first opens.

When it didn't snow yesterday, Grandpa went to Tongjialing Vegetable Market to buy ten catties of Jiwei shrimp and came back, all of them were raised in buckets, and a small part was taken out to eat, and the rest continued to be raised in the water, until the Chinese New Year, when the whole family reunited and began to eat.

Fang Ning's fingers reached into a large basin of cold water, and he felt the biting cold, and the Jiwei shrimp were jumping around in the water, and his fingers were red from the cold.

But there is no way, this Jiwei shrimp can only be washed with cold water, and if you wash it with hot water, it will be scalded.

Grandma called out in the kitchen, "Wei Ze, you take the boiling water to make tea, do you hear?"

Fang Wei lay on the sofa, curled up, his legs on the electric stove covered with quilts, his fingers did not stop, and he was busy sending New Year's Day greetings to his good friends.

Grandma called her in the kitchen and there was no response.

Grandma came out and stood on the edge of the living room and thought, "Don't you talk to your ears?" Go and pour the hot water from the electric kettle into the boiling kettle, and then make some tea, and wait for the relatives to come to our house. You girl be diligent, look at your brother washing shrimp, you're still sitting on the fire!"

"Alas, don't read it, I can't do it!" Fang Wei was annoyed by her grandmother's broken thoughts, and got up reluctantly, threw her phone on the table, went to make tea, and poured hot water into the boiling kettle.

"Also, what relatives have come to our house today to celebrate the Lantern Festival?"

Fang Ning washed all the shrimp and put them in a basket and put them in the kitchen.

"There are a lot of people! There are four people in the master's family, two people in the second master's family, four people in your sixth aunt's family, two people in the old aunt's family, and two in the little aunt's family. ”

Grandpa carefully counted the relatives who were going to come, this is still a small number, mainly the brothers and sisters who came from the grandfather's family, and the grandmother's family came to the sixth aunt and sister-in-law's house.

These are all elder characters, including the two little uncles of Da Mao and Xiao Mao, who is not older than himself?

Fang Ning felt that his head was big when he thought about it.

"The hot pot seems to be boiling, Fang Ning, you go turn off the small fire. Grandma barked in the kitchen.

"Oh, oh, good!" Fang Ning hurriedly went to turn off the power.

At noon, relatives arrived in large groups, quite the illusion of the hottest plants vs. zombies.

The first to come was the master's family, standing outside the door in the wind and snow and waiting.

The master is still the same, his appearance has not changed at all, wearing a newly bought down jacket, he looks very energetic. The little grandmother is much more restrained, maybe because she was bought here by her grandparents from YN to be a daughter-in-law in the early years, and she was a little afraid of her grandfather, plus when she saw such a large house, she even spoke quietly, lowered her head, and followed her husband with low eyebrows.

"Big Dad, Big Mom, Brother and Sister are good!"

"Hey, come in, it's windy outside!" Grandma cried out happily in the living room.

Da Mao, Xiao Mao, the two children have grown a little taller, Xiao Mao has developed relatively fast, and his height has surpassed his brother, as for Da Mao, he has been surpassed by his younger brother in terms of weight and height.

In this year, they all have their own names, the big one is called Fang Qingping, and the small one is called Fang Baoping, and they are all from the same generation according to the genealogy.

Fang Wei beckoned the little master and the little grandmother to sit down, and at the same time pinched the little faces of the two of them, and said with a smile, "I don't know how to call my sister!"

"Hello sister. The two children shouted in unison, and they gradually became closer to each other, who were originally a little polite and estranged.

Fang Ning came down from the second-story house, knocked a chestnut on Fang Wei's head, and whispered, "It's not like I was a child now, they were not sensible at that time, and there are so many elders here, they are our uncles, don't mess with the seniority." ”

"Oh, I know, you're annoyed!" Fang Ning turned around and went to make tea for the young master, taking it as the wind in his ears.

In fact, what Fang Ning said was right, according to the seniority, Da Mao and Fang Ning and his father are the same generation, calling his father brother and aunt sister.

And Fang Ning and they have cultivated the habit of calling their brothers and sisters since they were young, and they can't change it for a while.

The young master took a sip of tea, his internal organs were also a little warm, and the cold on his body seemed to be dispelled, the cotton curtain outside the window opened a corner, and the cotton-like snowflakes fell outside, he sighed, "Today's mountain road is not easy to walk, I just don't know that this year's snow is not as big as in previous years." ”

This question is only known to God, and naturally no one answers.

The wind and snow outside seemed to be much lighter, and through the cotton curtains, only the occasional rustling sound could be heard, so subtle that it was like floating goose feathers falling on the eaves.

The second master's family also came, just the two of them, although the New Year is near, but the children have not come back, Xiang seems relatively lonely to the pair.

Fang Ning was obviously a little stunned when he saw the second master, he had changed a lot in the past year, his appearance was also a little old, and several of his beards that had not been taken care of for a long time were silver and white, and he looked very vicissitudes...... The three brothers stood together, and those who didn't know thought that the second master was the eldest brother.

It stands to reason that his life should not be like this, his children are all adults, he doesn't need to worry about it, and there is no financial burden on the family, and he opened a red and white wedding shop in Yunzhezhuang, he can't make a lot of money, and it should be more than enough to support the two of himself.

Today is New Year's Day, and some of the words that are disastrous must be inconvenient to say, Fang Ning didn't ask carefully, and went to the kitchen to tell his grandfather a little.

After the grandfather came out, he took the second master to say a few words, and then pulled him into the room to discuss things.

When he came out, his grandfather said, "It's all trivial, I'll give you a walk to solve the relationship, and you don't have to think too much about money." ”

The second master's eyes were a little red, and he couldn't say anything he wanted to say, but he couldn't say anything, and his grandfather patted him on the shoulder, and everything was silent.

At noon, the sixth aunt's family came, and the sixth aunt still had a rich face on her face, with a smiling smile, she came up and gave Fang Ning a bear hug to the two brothers, and said happily to the sixth aunt, "Seeing that the two of their children have grown so big, I still remember when I was a child, I circled around us." ”

The sixth aunt said with a smile, "Fang Ning, come on, grow taller, you can be taller than Uncle Hui!"

"Uh-huh. Fang Ning was naturally well-behaved and obedient in front of the adults, and looked again, "What about Uncle Hui and Aunt Wei?"

"Here it is, here it is! Xiao Fang Ning, you have grown so big in the blink of an eye! Let my aunt pinch your face. A young woman came in the door, patted off the wind and snow on her body, changed into cotton slippers in front of the door, and reached out to pinch Fang Ning's face.

Poor Fang Ning, his little face was pinched like a cotton ball, and he couldn't resist yet.

This woman is Aunt Wei, with a delicate appearance, a quiet personality, and a slender figure, far from the situation of being blessed after giving birth to children in later generations.

There is a world of difference from the Aunt Wei who has a big pie face, a plump body, and a waist circumference comparable to a bucket in Fang Ning's cognition.

Aunt Wei's later life was more bumpy, she married far away to Zhangjiajie, regarded as an outsider in the eyes of her parents and brother, and often quarreled in the eyes of her husband because she couldn't have children, and later divorced her current husband ruthlessly, married to GX Liuzhou, gave birth to a big fat son, and lived an ordinary and happy life, which can be described as a good thing.

Hong Weiping in front of him has only been married for two years, and he still has a naughty side, pinching Fang Ning's little face into various shapes, Fang Ning issued a strong protest under her claws, but she ignored it.

Uncle Hui knocked on the door, and she turned to open it.

Fang Ning escaped death, went back to the house above, and in front of the mirror, he saw that his handsome face was pinched red, and he almost wanted to look up to the sky and sigh.

Two little aunts also came, the older one is called Li Tiefei, who is also studying in No. 1 Middle School, two terms higher than Cheng Ying, next year is the college entrance examination, the younger one is called Li Xiangfei, who is in junior high school in Ganyuan Township, Zheliao, because the family is poor and her parents are disabled, so she is very mature, especially Aunt Tie is very sensible and has excellent academic performance.

At present, the two sisters are charitated by a caring couple of ZJ, and the usual tuition and living expenses are specially sent by them, and as long as they are admitted to the university, the tuition fees are paid by them.

The snowflakes outside gradually became smaller, and Fang Ning's house was extremely lively, it was the first time that such a big house of theirs had so much popularity.

So many relatives chatted around the electric stove in the living room, and the sixth aunt and the old uncle smoked cigarettes and bragged.

The sixth aunt-in-law sat on the sofa, snuffed out the cigarette butts in the ashtray, and said intentionally or unintentionally, "The business of selling fruits this year is not good, the first half of the year is fine, the second half of the year is too rainy, watermelons and other fruits are not too sweet, in the second half of the year, I will sell some pears and grapes with a ten-mile slope, and I will earn 30,000 or 40,000 yuan, but I have not saved much, the family is preparing the new house, what if the son wants to get married and has no house to live, it also costs money to get married, and it also costs money to leave the relationship." ”

The old uncle showed his smoked front teeth and wanted to say something, but he didn't think of the wording, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and said: "Our cook's business is not easy to do, and now young people like to go to the hotel to set up a banquet when they get married or have any happy events...... However, in the second half of the year, I also made three or four funeral banquets, all of which were old people in the family who passed away, and they were more grand, and I took more salaries, about 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, not much, really not much. ”

The sixth aunt's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous, "What?

The old uncle pointed to the gold bracelet looming in the old aunt's sleeve, and said nonchalantly: "My wife's bracelet is what I bought, 10,000 yuan." ”

The more the two of them talked, the more energetic they became, belittling each other, and touting themselves at the same time, and finally the topic came back again, or the eldest brother's family was rich, and he lived in the villa, and the next step was probably to buy a car.

The sixth aunt was worried about second-hand smoke, and the two were driven out of the hallway.

The big hot pot on the dining room table is steaming, the white mist is filled, the aroma is swirling, and the appetite is high, and there are large bottles of Coke and beer on the side.

Grandpa came out of the bathroom with the cleaned coriander and shouted, "Wait for a chat, we're all here for dinner!"

"It's finally time for the feast!" The relatives moved chairs over, washed their hands, and took chopsticks and began to eat.