When Wang Hua saw Lu Tao take out his mobile phone, he was stunned for a moment, his face was a little embarrassed, he was pretending to be in front of this little hair just now, but he didn't expect to be slapped in the face in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't hang up on his face, and after telling the number, he found an excuse and walked away.

This person, that's it, the more he lacks something, the more he shows something, Lu Tao just smiled faintly.

"Brother, you're amazing. When her sister Lu Lan saw the two walking away, she couldn't help but smile at Lu Tao.

"Hurry up, I still have to buy New Year's goods. Lu Tao touched his sister's head.

The three of them walked around the market for a while, and Lu Tao bought a new set of clothes for his mother, father and sister, and then went home with a big bag of things.

"Brother, when will you bring your sister-in-law back? When I was on the way, maybe I remembered Wang Hua's daughter-in-law Zhang Ying, and my sister Lu Lan tilted her head to look at her brother and said.

Hearing this, her mother also stopped and asked Lu Tao, "Tao'er, do you have a partner at school?"

People in remote mountainous areas care a lot about this, of course, mostly for the sake of inheritance. Although my mother has never asked, at this age, I still have some expectations of my own.

Lu Tao couldn't help but think of meeting Peng Ying, and felt a little emotional.

"Not yet, let's talk about it after graduation, besides, it's too far away over there, and the girl is not good-looking. Lu Tao found a reason for himself.

"That's right, when the time comes, when you graduate, you can find a good job, but you don't have any kind of daughter-in-law. Mother smiled and replied comfortingly.

"Yes. ”

After returning home, Lu Tao ran to tell the pig killer that the family was going to kill the New Year's pig tomorrow, and remembered that the fire pit where the pig was killed had not been dug yet, so he ran to the pond with a hoe and dug the pit.

I haven't done this in years, and it's always a different feeling to experience this life again.

"Brother, come on. My sister squatted on the stone slab by the pond, watching him busy, and not forgetting to cheer.

"Be careful, don't fall into the pool. Lu Tao wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off his coat and threw it directly to his sister.

Killing the pig needs to dig an earthen stove on the ground, build it up with a few stones, and set up a large pot on it, and after the pig's body is full of gas, it will be lifted to the top, and the pot is boiling with boiling water, and it is good to shave after being scalded on the pig's body one by one.

The next day, the family was more lively, and killing pigs was not a person's job, Lu Tao and his father and the pig killer called the uncle and the second uncle to come over to help, and dragged the pig's four hooves out of the pigsty, and then boiled water to remove the hair, and was busy until two or three o'clock in the afternoon before having lunch together.

In the afternoon, the cut pork is smeared with salt, put it in a large clay pot, and after a few days, it is brought again, smoked with cypress branches, and then hung on the beams of the house to dry, which is to make bacon.

For the next period of time, it was relatively easy, and Lu Tao stayed at home with nothing to do. In addition to occasionally thinking about how to operate my business after the start of school, I just help my sister make up for her homework.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, it is the Spring Festival, and the family of four is busy cooking, killing fish, and sacrificing pigs and pigs' heads, most of which are made by Lu Tao.

He is also older now, and Lu Dayou has arranged these things on his head intentionally or unintentionally.

During the New Year's dinner, Lu Tao and his father drank a little wine, and the family sat around the square table in the earthen house, watching the "Legend of the New White Lady" played on the black and white TV, although the conditions were not very good, but Lu Tao felt very warm, unlike the previous life, after graduation, he had been drifting in the big city in order to live, and the family did not spend more than 20 days together every year.

After eating lunch and resting for a while, Lu Tao took his sister and followed his father to the mountains to chop wood.

These are also some customs, firewood and 'wealth' have the same sound, in order to be able to have more wealth in the coming year. When Lu Tao was young, he always regarded these things as superstition, but now that he has lived a new life, he understands that this actually carries his parents' hopes for the coming year.

Lu Tao cut down a big green pole tree, and his sister Lu Lan had less strength, so she had to ask her brother to help cut it, and when it was almost dark, the three of them dragged firewood home.

The night is Chinese New Year's Eve, you need to keep the New Year, you can't sleep before 12 o'clock at night, and you must wash your feet over your knees, otherwise it will be easy to catch up with the meal when you go to the door in the future. The family was happy, and after talking and laughing, they watched the Spring Festival Gala around the 14-inch black and white TV set placed on the wooden cabinet.

"Tao'er, what is your school work like now?" Lu Tao's father sat on a stool, smoking a dry cigarette in his mouth, and from time to time he used tongs to stir the carbon fire in the brazier.

"It's okay. Lu Tao looked up and said.

"But you have to study hard, and you can't do anything without learning now. He took a deep breath of cigarette, and the strong smell of smoke wafted through the room.

Sister Lu Lan stared at the TV while waving the smell of smoke with her right hand: "Dad, you can smoke less, and my brother will be the same as you in the future." At that time, there will be two big chimneys in the house. “

"Huh. The father, who had a mouthful of big yellow teeth, looked at the brother and sister and grinned.

"I know, Dad, Mom, how much is a house in the town now?" Lu Tao agreed and asked about the house price.

In fact, Lu Tao's town is very remote, and if he wants to buy it, he will not consider buying it there, so naturally he does not plan to buy it for investment. It's just that parents always have the habit of returning to their roots, mainly for them to think about when they get old, and occasionally come back to visit relatives or something, and they also have a foothold.

"I'm afraid it's more than 10,000 in the town. I don't know what my son is doing when he asks about this, Lu Tao's mother replied directly.

Lu Tao nodded, and wrote it down in his heart, he remembered that when he was 15 years old, his family still planned to buy a house in the town at that time, and a house was about 100,000, but he didn't expect it to be only 10,000 now.

Speaking of 10,000 is not a lot, but Lu Tao always unconsciously compares the house prices in his previous life, and his current business is not bad, but he doesn't think it's too expensive. In fact, at this time, the annual income of the rural areas is only three or four thousand yuan, and all kinds of expenses have to be removed, and it is estimated that there is less than 1,000 yuan left, even if it is 10,000 yuan, if you really want to buy it, it will be about ten years.

As soon as the Chinese New Year's Eve passed, the period from the back to the tenth year of the first year, basically went to visit relatives, and Lu Tao had always been a lazy person before, and he was very reluctant to go. On the one hand, the reason is of course due to temperament, but on the other hand, it is mainly due to the conditions of the family.

In the second year of junior high school, the whole family has to go to grandma's house, and then start from grandma's house, seven aunts and eight aunts, the family eats a meal, and it usually doesn't end until the eighth or ninth year of junior high school.

Since it is a holiday, it is inevitable to give gifts, and in this era, unlike in later times, the gifts given are basically fixed.

In addition to adding a pig's butt to the gift to my grandmother's family, the other relatives are a two-pound bag of sugar and a bundle of four or five pounds of noodles. It doesn't sound like much, but he can't stand many relatives, Lu Tao remembers that when he was a child, every time he celebrated the Spring Festival, a family of a few had to carry a few bamboo baskets full of noodles and sugar, and after arriving at his grandmother's house, he took them out one by one and sent them away.

This time, it's no exception. Lu Tao originally wanted the family to give some money, but his parents were willing to agree. The dried noodles are ground from the wheat grown by their own family, and the sugar is wholesaled in the town, and the real money is sent out, so naturally there is no such money-saving.

"I think if I have a holiday next year, I can simply send it to my grandmother's house. Lu Tao carried a bamboo basket on his back and said to his father.

A family of four, each with something to carry and walk so far on the mountain road, is not easy.

"That's right, I'm tired of carrying it like this every year. My sister also chimed in.

"How can it be done, people send their relatives like this, but we are different, how do people think about it?" The mother glared at Lu Tao, in this kind of place, face is very important.

"To die is to lose face and to suffer sin. Sister Lu Lan muttered in a low voice.

"If you can. "My mother was ready to fight. "I'll wait until you graduate and get a good job. ”

Lu Lan hurriedly carried the small bamboo basket on her back and trotted forward.

"Your uncle and aunt are back this year, you have to pay attention after you go, don't let people look down on you. Our family is a little poor now, but these things are the same as the big guys. “

The family walked all the way, and the mother said the precautions.

"My aunt will come back when she comes back, isn't she also working on the coast, what's the big deal? My sister Xu was a little tired after running a few steps, stopped, looked at her mother and said with some dissatisfaction.

I heard that her brother-in-law is now working in the water conservancy bureau in the provincial capital, and maybe she will have to rely on others for everything in the future. ”

"Okay, okay, I know, when my brother graduates, I will definitely be better than him. My sister always has natural feelings for her brother, and after finishing speaking, she looked at Lu Tao: "You said no, brother." ”

Lu Tao smiled and straightened his chest: "Of course." “

It took a whole morning to finish the mountain road and arrive at my grandmother's house.

"Our college students are back, Second Brother Lu, Second Sister, Lan'er, hurry up, come in and sit and roast the fire. "My aunt was cooking in the kitchen, and when she heard a noise outside, she ran out of the house, wiping her hands on her apron with a smile on her face, and greeted her warmly.