Time passed quickly, and the day of the New Year finally came.

Li Yuqing ate at home in the morning and at noon, and only went to Li Daniu's house in the evening to keep the New Year.

Cook well in the morning, wake up Li Yuxin and Li Minghao, wash up, and change into new red clothes.

Seeing that they were ready, Li Yuqing found the firecracker sent by Shopkeeper Jia from the corner, hung it at the door, and carefully lit it with a fire fold, and suddenly there was a crackling sound.

The people in the village didn't know about firecrackers, so they didn't know that the sound was caused by firecrackers.

Some of the people in the village got up early and when they heard the noise, they ran out to watch it to see if something was wrong.

And those who didn't get up came out in their coats, and stood at the door one by one, looking for a place to make a sound.

However, because Li Yuqing's house was at the foot of the mountain and a little far away from their house, the people who came out to see the excitement didn't notice anything, and they turned around and went home dejectedly one by one.

Early in the morning, Li Yuqing called her younger brothers and sisters.

After breakfast and putting away the dishes and chopsticks, Li Yuqing asked Li Yuxin to brush the pot, put a little water in it, and let her sit there to boil the water.

Li Yuqing ran to the corner by herself, scooped a bowl of noodles over, saw that the water was almost boiling, poured the noodles into it, and stirred slowly until it was in a mushy state, so that Li Yuxin put out the fire, and she found a bowl to put it in.

Since Li Wenxuan's illness, their family has been in dire straits, and the family is lifeless every day, even the Chinese New Year. Li Yuxin, I can't remember how long it has been, and my family hasn't had a good New Year.

Even every year for the Chinese New Year, the indispensable Spring Festival couplets, because Li Wenxuan's health is not good, no one writes about it, so the year is not like a year, and the festival is not like a festival.

Li Yuxin almost forgot how to paste the pair, not to mention the young Li Minghao, he had never seen a post at home since he was sensible, and he looked at other people's posts outside, but he didn't know what to use?

Curiously, he opened his eyes wide and asked Li Yuqing, "Sister, did you drink this batter, didn't you eat just now?"

Li Yuqing was amused by his words, touched his head dotingly and said, "Eldest sister is full, I don't do this to keep food, but to paste couplets"

After listening to Li Yuqing's words, Li Minghao's eyes lit up and asked, "Eldest sister, is it the red paper on the door, and the long, red paper on the door."

"Hao'er is so smart, that's what you used to post that. ”

"Really, show me, I've never seen this thing before," said Li Minghao, who raised his heels and looked desperately at the bowl that Li Yuqing was holding

Li Yuqing saw him like this, afraid that he would fall, so he hurriedly bent down and put the bowl down so that he could see it, Li Minghao looked at the white paste in the bowl curiously, and couldn't help but reach out and want to poke it.

Li Yuqing patted his hand and said with a smile, "This thing is sticky to death, and it can't be washed off if it accidentally gets on the clothes, so you can't wear your beautiful clothes."

"Ah" Li Minghao was startled when he heard Li Yuqing's words, and quickly retracted his hand, looking at it with a blank eye, and never dared to reach out to touch it again.

Lin Yuqing took the batter and found out the pair of door couplets sent by the shopkeeper Jia a few days ago, and asked Li Yuxin and Li Minghao to help him hold it, because he didn't know what kind of pattern Li Yuqing liked, so the door couplet pair sent over had many styles.

I originally wanted to give some to Li Daniu's family, but helplessly, Li Daniu bought it by the way when he came back from the town, and wanted to give some to the village chief, but I didn't expect the village chief's family to let Li Congwen write this year.

Li Yuqing was very happy when she found out, so she didn't say that she wanted to give it to them.

In line with the principle of not wasting, Li Yuqing pasted the house from front to back, and even the old house was not left behind.

I was busy all morning, because I was going to Li Daniu's house for the New Year in the evening, so I had a little meal at noon.

I didn't stay long after packing up my house, so I took the dried fruits, pastries and the like I bought from the town and went to Li Daniu's house to help prepare dinner.

Now life is good, there is no shortage of food, no shortage of drink, so there are more ingredients to prepare, if you used to eat a fish for the New Year, first, the fish is cheaper and ordinary people can afford it, and secondly, the fish, there is also the meaning of surplus every year.

This year, there are chickens, ducks, fish and meat, for Li Yuqing, this is nothing, because before she crossed, her family was also well-off, these things have long been tired of eating, and after coming over, she has lived a few days of hard life, and the rest of the days are also big fish and meat every day.

But for Li Daniu, this is the most sumptuous thing he has done in more than 20 years.

The meals are prepared a lot, not because the family has money, but because in ancient times, the New Year was observed, so the dinner was relatively rich, and the family chatted while eating, staying up until the early hours of the morning, which is equivalent to the whole year, so that the big guys went back to rest.

At dinner in the evening, Li Yuqing's sister and brother talked happily with Li Daniu's family, eating, drinking and drinking, and those who didn't know thought they were a family.

Xiao Tie Dan and Li Minghao, the two children have the most fun, so they are all keeping the New Year, these two little guys, just like a defeated rooster, head by little, want to sleep and endure not sleeping, making a room full of people laugh.

By the end of the year, Li Minghao had already fallen asleep, and even Li Yuqing carried him home, but he didn't wake up.

In modern times, dumplings are eaten on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means that the family is reunited. So Li Yuqing finished the New Year, stayed up all night, made the dumpling filling, and put it in the kitchen.

This year, the gift given by the shopkeeper Yao was more special, and Li Yuqing was given a basket of dried mushrooms, and Li Yuqing was happy. He hadn't eaten shiitake mushrooms since he came here, and when he thought of the dumplings stuffed with shiitake mushrooms and pork, and the chicken stewed mushrooms, Li Yuqing felt that his saliva was going to flow down.

Therefore, I used the shiitake mushrooms sent by Yao's shopkeeper, mixed with pork and minced, made into filling, and wrapped into dumplings.

People here don't know that if they want to eat dumplings on the morning of the first day of the new year, only Li Yuqing has made so much effort to make dumplings to eat, like other people are hot leftovers from yesterday.

After eating, tidy up your room. Take out the dried fruit pastry you bought and place it on the living room table. Because, there is a custom in the countryside that on the first day of the new year, the children in the village will go door-to-door to greet the New Year, and adults who are familiar with their families will give a few pennies in red envelopes.

Li Yuqing's family has no adults, but it is not ruled out that no one will come over today, so it is better to prepare early.

Sure enough, not long after putting things on the table, the laughter of children came from outside.

Li Yuqing hurriedly asked Li Minghao to open the door, she was waiting in the living room, and the children came to pay New Year's greetings.

After a while, they were brought in, and a group of children called Li Yuqing's sister with their mouths as if they were coated with honey, and looked at a group of little children calling themselves sisters, Li Yuqing's eyes narrowed into a slit with joy.

happily took the dried fruit pastries on the table to the children to eat, and got the food, the children's mouths became sweeter, and Li Yuqing was happy, and when the children were sent away, it was a good feeling in hindsight, and his face was sour because he kept smiling for a long time. (To be continued.) )