On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, every household in the mountain began to gather for the New Year, and the first year of the household responsibility system for joint production was a bumper harvest, and the villagers had a feeling of turning over, so this year's New Year was also particularly energetic.

In the past, the New Year was called the New Year, and the people were afraid of the New Year. The child is waiting to eat something good, and the debtor is blocking the door to collect debts, the taste is really uncomfortable, isn't Yang Bailao forced to death like this?

But this year, the situation has changed greatly, and every family has some money to spare, although it is not much, but it has been busy for a year, and it is good that there is no famine.

Noodles, steamed buns, stewed meat, frozen dumplings, and get busy early.

The happiest thing is the little doll, one person mixes a new set of clothes, the little boy has made several small foreign whips, and Ma Leizi has also bought a few. The little girl likes stinky beauty, red head ropes, silk flowers, hairpins and whatnot, all of them are ready.

But now it's all hidden, and it won't be equipped until the Chinese New Year's Eve, causing the babies to mutter: "Why can't it be yet!"

This atmosphere also infected the Fat Man and Qiqi family, although the population is small, but there are many pets at home, and it is quite lively.

Qiqi put on a floral pollen gown, and the two pigtails were tied with silk flowers, one side was red and the other side was yellow, revealing joy. She ran inside and outside the house, reporting the situation to the fat man:

"Fat uncle, has Grandma Li's house been plastered?"

"Don't worry, we'll be confused in a while. ”

"Fat uncle, Grandpa Sancang's house has erected a lantern pole, and there are small buntings glued to it, which is beautiful. ”

"I'll go cut a branch in a moment, and I'll buy all the colored paper. ”

"Fat uncle, the second fat brother made him a small lantern, which can be inserted with colorful little wax, and I want it too. ”

The fat man patted his head: "There are a lot of jobs for the New Year, but I don't understand anything, how do you say that old saying - a fool looks at the bottom of the street during the New Year, how do I feel like talking about me?"

was worried, Aunt Li led her daughter-in-law in: "Fatty, why don't you paste the wall, I'll make you a dumpling, have you bought the newspaper?"

The fat man is full of joy now, the wallpaper has been bought a long time ago, and it is more particular, it is specially used to paste the wall, each piece is square, and there are patterns on it, blue stripes on a white background. So he hurriedly took it out, found a big basin, and asked Aunt Li to make rice dumplings.

"It's still a fat man who has an eye, look at this wallpaper, it must be bright. Take care of the house and strive to marry a daughter-in-law in the coming year. Aunt Li chatted with the fat man while working, and her daughter-in-law pursed her lips and smiled while lighting the fire.

The fat man said hehehe, and he also encouraged himself in his heart: You must work hard, you will be thirty people soon.

Paste the shed first, then paste the wall, Aunt Li brushes the glutinous rice, Qiqi is responsible for handing the paper, the fat man stands on the kang, holds the broom pimple in one hand, holds the wallpaper, sticks it to the shed, and after alignment, pulls it with a broom, which is very smooth.

Whew, one by one, it's pretty fast. Aunt Li's daughter-in-law cut the colorful paper into triangles, then cut off the head of an elm tree and dragged it into the house, and began to glue small flags on it.

As soon as Kiki saw that this was fun, she immediately changed jobs, and her original job was taken care of by Maomao. Mao Mao is really a good comrade, hard-working, two monkey paws pinched the wallpaper full of rice dumplings, turned around and handed it to the fat man, and from time to time stretched out his tongue to lick it, the rice dumplings on it were sticky, similar to noodle soup, but the taste was slightly light.

Fat people turn a blind eye, after all, people are still young, and they should focus on encouragement.

"Your monkey is really not in vain. Aunt Li looked at it and was happy.

The fat man finished pasting the house here, and the lantern head over there was also glued, and the flowers were green and very bright. Aunt Li beckoned her son to come and help, tied the lantern head to a pine pole, set a tripod on it, tied a small iron ring, put a rope on it, and then erected the lantern pole.

This lantern pole has a lot of effect, every house hangs it, and it is bright at night, and the thief has an atmosphere. The fat man looked up for a long time and thought it was good.

"I see, it's like a Christmas tree in a foreign country. Qiqi has a rich imagination and shouts at the top of his voice.

The fat man thinks it's quite similar: it seems that different nationalities can sometimes think of a piece.

The lantern fat man has already bought, it is a ready-made red gauze lamp, and after it is opened, it is hung on it, and the golden tassels float with the wind, revealing beautiful energy.

"Uncle Fat, where's my little lantern?" Kiki immediately gave the fat man another job.

The fat man remembered eating canned food two days ago, and there were two canned bottles, glass, with candles lit inside, which must be bright. So I found it, tied a thin wire to the mouth of the bottle, and then tied a small wooden stick, and the candle stuck to the bottom of the bottle.

Two canned bottles, and another one for Erya. Qiqi was in a hurry, so he sat down with the candle in broad daylight, and ran around twice with it, and the candle fell over.

Aunt Li asked for the bottle: "Go back and hand it over to your grandfather to get it for you, burn the bottom of the bottle, change it to a wooden board, and then drive a small nail on the back, tie the candle, and it will be stable." ”

When Qiqi heard this, he immediately followed Aunt Li, and the fat man went back to the house to post New Year's pictures.

It is said that in the era of the fat man, New Year's pictures were no longer on the wall, and they were not printed in large quantities at all, and they couldn't be found if they wanted to.

But in 80 years, New Year's pictures are indispensable things for every household during the New Year, generally one meter long, sixty or seventy centimeters wide, the paper is very thick, the color is also bright, and it will not fade for a year.

It doesn't matter if it's buried in less than a year, take a steamed bun and break it in half, rub it on the painting, and the dirty things will fall down with the steamed bun dregs, and it will be the same as new.

One of the New Year's pictures bought by the fat man is a big fat doll holding a big carp, which is also the most common, and it is more than a lip gloss every year.

The other one is a bit of a comic book Journey to the West three dozen white bone spirits, which is mainly for Qiqi, of course, Xiao Maomao can also learn.

This category was also very popular at the time, such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yue Feichuan, etc., both to see paintings and listen to stories. And the one hundred and eight heroes of the Water Margin are also frequent visitors, all the heroes are arranged according to the seating order, printed on a painting, each with its own characteristics, the last place is the flea on the drum and the time moves, many little babies can memorize it from beginning to end, and it can be regarded as reading a masterpiece.

The big beauty in the Dream of Red Mansions, the twelve hairpins of Jinling, was only on the wall a few years later, and this was still taboo at this time.

After a busy day, it was only then that some eyebrows were revealed, and Kiki also ran back with the lantern. The fat man saw that the bottom of the bottle was gone, and he replaced it with a piece of log, with a nail tip exposed in the center, and the two sides were worn with wire, and the mouth of the bottle was stretched out, so that the bottle was supported, and then a rope was tied to it, and a wooden stick was tied to it, which was really much better than the one he had made.

Dinner is to scoop two rice, caviar, the fat man from the wooden box to get some dipping pickles, the big lettuce leaves are bigger than a palm, and fresh, just used to make rice bags.

Inside was rice and caviar, and on the outside was covered with verdant lettuce, and even Kiki ate several.

Lying on the kang at night, the eldest and the younger began to pat their bellies. Smelling the faint aroma of pulp, the fat man smacked his lips: "It's not in vain, it's a bit of a New Year's atmosphere." ”

Qiqi looked at the roof of the shed, and his eyes were in the shape of a fighting: "Uncle Fat, you see that the wallpaper is still three-dimensional, similar to a three-dimensional painting!"