This time, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, so I hurried to the bus station to take a car and arrived in the countryside.

Because Mr. Chen is a party member and used to be a soldier, he will go to the countryside every once in a while to do errands, like receiving a subsidy, holding a meeting or something.

Like the several commissaries in the school, the owner of one of the commissaries is surnamed Cui, and his daughter-in-law is used to doing business, and whoever passes by her, whether she knows it or not, will raise a smile and say hello cordially.

Like Mr. Chen, who comes to the countryside several times a year, she must know him.

So after the grandfather got out of the car, when she sat in front of her store and waited for the bus, she also asked curiously, "Where's your memorization?"

Old Man Chen replied, "I accidentally lost it", and then explained it in general.

She also feigned annoyance and said, "That's a pity." After a pause, he asked with concern, "Then have you lost anything else?"

Old Man Chen said indifferently: "We just went there at that time, and we didn't buy anything, so we lost a memorization." ”

Cui's daughter-in-law breathed a sigh of relief and rejoiced: "Hey~ That's good...... Oh, it's a disaster!"

Old Man Chen also smiled and agreed.

Because of a small backlash, the three of them rented a motorcycle from a neighboring village, and then rushed home.

Their village is an hour's away from the township, at this time there are few people with motorcycles at home, and it is more convenient to catch Longyan than to rush to the county seat, so most of them go to Longyan.

For example, if there is a motorcycle at home, or it is close to the entrance of the village, they choose to go to the county seat.

Therefore, the motorcycles in their village are basically not placed in the countryside to pull people.

It was about five o'clock in the afternoon when they got home, and although it was still bright, the sun had already set.

The family began to be busy cleaning the courtyard, sweeping up the dust, and then boiling paste, pasting couplets, and pasting blessing characters.

The family was busy for more than an hour, and it was getting late.

Granny Chen lifted the lid of the pot and saw a pot of hot water boiling in the pot, so she looked up and asked, "Which pot of hot water is boiling, and what is it for?"

Xiaoxi, who had just sat down and was about to take a breath, raised his hand, gasped for breath and said, "Mother~ I burned it, I am going to wash the clothes I just bought and wear them tomorrow." You boil the middle pot to cook rice. ”

"The clothes are so thick, what are you going to do tomorrow after you wash them, what are you wearing?" A few people had just finished their work at this time, and they were sitting around the fire and waiting for Granny Chen to cook. Hearing this, Old Man Chen spoke lightly.

"You know, if I don't wash and put on the underwear, I will feel uncomfortable, so I'm going to wash the sweater and pants I wear inside, and if I don't dry it tomorrow, I'll burn the fire and dry it. "I'm going to have to put on new clothes tomorrow night anyway.

"By the way, mother, is the water boiling?" Xiaoxi turned to ask Granny Chen, who was sitting in front of the stove door and preparing to boil the pot.

"It's all over. ”

"Oh, then I'll rest a little longer, and wash it when the water boils again. He turned around and spread himself out on the chair. Today, I'm really tired, so I went into the space to take a bath at night, so that I could go to the soreness all over my body.

By the way, when you soak your feet later, you also have to put some spiritual spring water, everyone is tired today, especially Old Man Chen. The brook took a sip of the honey water from the cup and thought to herself.

When the water was hot, Xiaoxi poured all the clothes he bought back today, including Old Man Chen's jacket and pants, all of them into the washing powder, soaked them in a basin, and planned to wash them after eating.

Originally, Old Man Chen was going to do it, but Xiaoxi thought that he had been tired all day, and at most he would soak his feet at night to get tired, and he didn't know what would happen when he got up tomorrow morning. And myself, I plan to take a spiritual spring bath at night, and tomorrow I will definitely be alive again, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

He insisted on saying, "Master, I'll wash it...... Wait a while, if I have clothes that don't move, you can just twist them for me. ”

Old Man Chen saw that she insisted, and that he was indeed tired today, so he compromised and sat back on the stool with his waist pole. Chen Yubin, who was silently watching from the sidelines, stepped forward very brightly, pinching his shoulders and beating his waist, and he was very busy.

The old man Chen nodded again and again and praised: "Oh, Binbin is really good! ”

And Chen Yubin, when he was praised, squinted his eyes and thumped his back harder.

After eating, the three of them worked together to wash their clothes.

After washing, the family was ready to go back to bed.

"Xiaoxi, why don't you pick up your clothes and roast them by the fire?" A few people had already left the house, and it was still a little cold at night, and they came out of the warm room suddenly, and Old Man Chen shivered unguardedly.

Thinking of the pile of coals that had just receded from the fire, I felt that it was a pity to let it burn out on its own, so I suggested.

Brook remembered the coals too, but she had a better place.

"No, sir. Looking at Granny Chen, who was about to walk to the door of the bedroom, Xiaoxi stopped and whispered to Old Man Chen: "Master, I'm going to put the clothes in the space to dry, and I guess they'll be dry when I get up tomorrow morning." ”

In the end, he raised his eyebrows, squeezed his eyebrows, and remembered that it was night, and he couldn't see it, so he said again: "Master, take a little burden tomorrow morning." After saying that, he smiled mischievously and ran away.

Old Man Chen stood there and thought for a while before he remembered that he was asked to carry something. He shook his head amusefully before stepping back into the house.

The next morning, after breakfast, I started working again. Because at noon, the aunts would come back for Chinese New Year's Eve, and in the afternoon they would go back to their homes and have a reunion dinner at their husband's house in the evening.

Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin were both called to help with small tasks such as choosing vegetables and washing vegetables.

At ten o'clock, the three uncles accompanied the three aunts and came back with the children.

Greeting each other, it was lively. Because the dishes were almost ready, they were just about to be fried, so they all sat by the fire and chatted for a while.

Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin were kicked out and played in the courtyard with a few cousins.

It's almost eleven o'clock, the eldest aunt chops vegetables, the second aunt helps choose vegetables, and the third aunt cooks well.

Granny Chen burned the pot, and by the way, she told the third aunt how to fry these dishes, which was discussed when the family had dinner last night and roasted the fire next to the fire, and Granny Chen just relayed it.

After more than two hours of busy work, a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was ready to be served.

A stewed chicken, cold salad folded ear root, cold salad pork ears, cold salad pork head, pig tongue, beef, halogen vegetables, glutinous rice lotus, fried dried tofu with sliced pork, stir-fried chili pepper with shredded pork, shredded pork bell pepper, pork sliced cabbage, shredded pork and garlic sprouts...... Braised fish, steamed sausages, steamed bacon...... Stir-fried bean sprouts, stir-fried cabbage sprouts, and finally a cabbage tofu soup was burned.

Fifteen people put the two tables together before they squeezed down lively.

Those who drink sit together, and those who do not drink sit together with women and children.

In their house, there is never a word of 'food and sleep', so they talk about this year's harvest, children's studies, and neighborhood gossip.

A meal that lasted almost two hours before it ended.

A few aunts helped wash the dishes, cleaned up the house, and then the family went home.

The second aunt's family, because they were close, continued to sit and chat for a while.

In the morning, when the group of people came, Xiaoxi greeted them and brought out jujube cakes, pumpkin cakes, chestnut cakes, fried rice balls, fried red balls, etc., as well as melon seeds and fried peanuts that they had bought, and several bowls and plates of all sizes filled a dining table.

provoked a group of children to scream, very happy.

It seems that the food they made was very popular, and the creek was added a few times during this time.

After the second aunt tasted it, she looked at Xiaoxi in surprise and asked, "Did you buy this?" where did you buy it, it's delicious." ”

Xiaoxi smirked, "This is not a purchase, we made it ourselves." ”

The second aunt opened her mouth wide, her face was full of surprise, and her voice unconsciously raised, "You did it yourself." The eldest aunt and the third aunt who were chatting on the side looked over.

The second aunt eagerly shared with them, holding up the chestnut cake in her hand and pointing to the other dishes on the dining table, and said, "Xiaoxi said, these are all made by themselves, I thought they bought them on the street." ”

The other two aunts were a little skeptical, "Really?" Although they were just chatting and hadn't tasted it yet, they looked really good.

The two of them took out a favorite from the dishes on the dinner table, tasted it, and smiled with satisfaction, "It's really delicious, it looks like I bought it from the street." ”

"Creek. The third aunt's eyes glowed red, and she grabbed Xiaoxi's hand and smiled like a wolf grandmother, "Xiaoxi, do you know how these are made?"

Xiaoxi continued to nod calmly, "I know!" winked his eyes, indicating that I was innocent.

The third aunt's eyes brightened, "Then can you teach me how to do it?"

Because the third aunt's rice is good, she also loves to cook, so when she saw the food on the table and knew that it was all made by Xiaoxi, she grabbed Xiaoxi's hand like a hungry wolf saw a piece of fat meat, and asked her to teach herself to make these pastries.

Xiaoxi couldn't help but shiver, nodded stunned, and then said, "Okay!"

Then he simply found a stool and sat down, and began to dictate.

Although the eldest aunt and the second aunt on the side do not like to cook as much as the third aunt, as a housewife, it is good to master one more skill. So both of them supported their ears and listened very carefully, memorized, and learned.

When the aunts were about to leave, Old Man Chen took out a few plastic bags, and each of them gave two bags.

One bag contained three catties of grapes, and the other bag contained some jujube cakes, chestnut cakes and the like.

When I gave it, I also said one more sentence, "This bag contains grapes, which I bought yesterday when I was rushing to the county seat, and this bag contains jujube cakes, chestnut cakes and the like." Then he said, "This is to be taken back for the babies to eat," and they could not refuse.