Chapter 138: Keeping the New Year
Guo Xingwang helped the brazier that he didn't use much in the past to the hall, took the red-hot charcoal from the stove and put it into the brazier, and brought a basket over, which contained a few pieces of charcoal left by his own family, which was to be added when the charcoal in the brazier was burned.
At this time, there are very few people who buy charcoal, and they are generally left by burning hard firewood in the past few days of the year, because it is the charcoal burned at home, it is naturally not good or bad, sometimes if it is not burned through, it will smoke, but it can also burn an open flame, as long as it is out of the open flame, it will not smoke.
There was a brazier in the house, and Guo Shulin helped put the chairs around the brazier, so that everyone could sit around the brazier and keep the New Year, while Zhao Cuiying and Guo Shuyun were ready to use the fruit bowl to prepare food, of course, boiling water is indispensable, and they will be happy when they eat, drink, and keep the New Year.
After a while, the whole arrangement was in place, the family sat down around the brazier, waiting for the turn point while roasting the fire, four adults and one child, just sitting and chatting was not a thing, so after a while, Zhao Cuiying mentioned yƬ to play long cards.
Speaking of the game of long cards, many people probably don't know, in fact, Ruofei himself doesn't know much, but I remember watching my grandmother play when I was a child, and I think it looks a bit like mahjong, but it's not really mahjong, and she doesn't know how to operate it.
Zhao Cuiying mentioned yƬ to play long cards, others naturally had no opinion, Guo Shulin turned around and went to the house to take out a long deck of cards, Ruofei glanced at it, although there are also 10,000 characters and tubes in mahjong, but it is not exactly the same.
Ruofei has never been very interested in mahjong, mainly because her mother was a little addicted to mahjong when she was young, and she often didn't even eat or sleep when she got up a fight.
But Guo Shuyun's brand is not very good, is the kind of person who can't afford to lose, lose money not only to the face of the card friends, but also love to find someone to get angry when he goes home, if the scarlet honestly hit the muzzle a few times, he will be scolded a few words. In this case, she will like card games to have ghosts.
So Ruofei himself doesn't like to play this, and later he learned to fight the landlord in the dormitory, run fast, and eighty points these card games, as for mahjong, he didn't touch it at all. At most, you can recognize all the colors of mahjong.
So just a glance, Ruofei sat on her small chair and didn't look at it again, anyway, she wasn't really a child who couldn't sit still, so she took food from the fruit bowl on the side and slowly gnawed like a little mouse. The four adults who played cards were not interested at all.
The four people who played cards played well, but they didn't care much about Ruofei, and unconsciously when it was time to turn the point, I don't know which one outside took the lead in setting off firecrackers, Zhao Cuiying hurriedly got up and said: "It's time to turn around, the old man hurried to go out of the sky, and Shu Yun went to soak in sugar water." ā
As he spoke, he dropped the cards in his hand and got up and went to the stove, Guo Shuyun also followed, while Guo Xingwang got up and went to the drawer to get firecrackers, and Guo Shulin smoked a cigarette. He stooped down and lit the charcoal fire in the brazier, and went to the door.
When Guo Xingwang walked to the door, Guo Shulin immediately pulled the bolt of the door, pulled the door open, and handed the cigarette to Guo Xingwang, who carried the firecrackers outside and put them away.
After Guo Xingwang finished setting off the firecrackers, he turned around and entered the house, where Zhao Cuiying had already walked out with a tray carrying sugar water, and when she came out, she found that Ruofei had already fallen asleep leaning on a chair.
Quickly put the tray on the table, walked up to Ruofei and shook Ruofei gently. Ruofei opened her eyes in a daze, and looked at her inexplicably.
"Xiaofei, drink sugar water, drink sugar water and then sleep. Zhao Cuiying whispered to Ruofei.
That's when the firecrackers outside remembered. The crackling sound also woke Ruofei up completely, and Ruofei blinked and stood up from her chair.
"Xiaofei, it's the New Year, hurry up and give your mother-in-law and father-in-law a New Year's greeting. Guo Shuyun on the side also said with a smile.
Ruofei nodded, it is indeed time to pay New Year's greetings to her grandfather and grandmother.
So Ruofei took Zhao Cuiying's hand. He brought her to a chair, motioned for her to sit down, then turned to the table and brought a glass of soaked sugar water.
With a plop, Ruofei knelt on the ground and offered the sugar water with both hands, "Mother-in-law, Happy New Year, I wish you a new year as sweet and sweet as this sugar water, good health, and all the best." ā
When Zhao Cuiying took the sugar water, Ruofei leaned down and kowtowed to Zhao Cuiying, really giving her a New Year's greeting.
"Oh, where is the use of New Year'......s greetings, you kid don't know which one to learn from" Zhao Cuiying was stunned by Ruofei's actions, this kind of New Year's greeting method should be in the old society, but since the liberation, it has long been new from time to time, and it has gradually been abandoned.
Ruofei used to give her grandmother such a New Year's greeting, but her own grandmother, but she had never worshipped, just Guo Shuyun asked her to pay a New Year's greeting, she remembered it all of a sudden, so she gave her grandmother a New Year's greeting in the way of later generations.
At this time, Guo Xingwang also came in after setting off firecrackers, and when he saw Ruofei still kneeling on the ground, he immediately smiled and said: "The child gave you a big gift, why don't you hurry up and give the child a red envelope as New Year's money?"
Being reminded like this, Zhao Cuiying hurriedly took out a red envelope wrapped in red paper from her arms, pulled it up and said: "Come, this is a red envelope given to you by your mother-in-law, study hard in the coming year, and score 100 points in every exam." ā
"Thank you, mother-in-law. Ruofei accepted the red envelope unceremoniously, turned to Guo Xingwang and said, "Dad, you also sit down, Xiaofei hasn't given you a New Year's greeting yet!"
"Ghost girl, is this because your mother-in-law doesn't have enough red envelopes?" Although he said this, Guo Xingwang also took the opportunity to sit on the chair that Zhao Cuiying was sitting on, obviously to enjoy the gift of his granddaughter.
Ruofei retook the brown sugar water, knelt on the ground and handed it to Guo Xingwang, Guo Xingwang took a sip and looked at Ruofei with a smile.
Ruofei smiled and asked, "Daddy, is it sweet?"
Guo Xingwang nodded and responded, "Sweet, really sweet." ā
"That little scarlet wishes my father that his future life will be as sweet as this sugar water, and then he will live a long time and live a long life with my mother-in-law. Saying that, Ruofei leaned down to kowtow to Guo Xingwang, and in her heart, she hoped that her grandparents could be like this wish.
"Good, good. Guo Xingwang nodded happily, and at the same time touched the red envelope, Ruofei took the red envelope and stood up from the ground.
Then he gave Guo Shuyun sugar water, the same auspicious words, but he didn't kowtow, Guo Shuyun also happily gave a red envelope, and finally gave Guo Shulin a red envelope for sugar water, and then took his own sugar water and drank it. (To be continued.) )