Chapter 11: Happiness in Suffering (3)

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Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

On the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, firecrackers roared in Chang'an City, colorful chips flew, and on the street, the sound of children playing and the accompaniment of firecrackers shook people's eardrums. The noise of the boiling sky is not as disturbing as in the past, and on this day of Chinese New Year's Eve, the more enthusiastic the sound is, the stronger the joyful atmosphere. People always want to laugh freely on the last day of the old year.

Chu Yunxi was woken up early by the roar of firecrackers, put on men's clothes, went to the kitchen to boil a pot of sticky paste, cut the newly bought red paper, dipped the brush in gold dust, and wrote a couplet without thinking. Her neat and beautiful handwriting is a little less bold and more elegant than Lin Yueyuan's pen. She went out and pasted the couplet on the gate, stepped on a bamboo ladder borrowed from a neighbor's house, and hung a big red lantern on the left and right sides under the eaves of the gate.

At the mouth of the alley, a boy in a belly pocket stared intently at the white smoke of firecrackers on the ground, and the impact of the burst made him cry. The rest of the older children scattered like mischief.

Chu Yunxi shrunk his neck, covered his ears, walked to him cautiously, took out a piece of candy from his pocket and shook it in front of his eyes, the child immediately stopped crying, grabbed the candy in her hand and giggled happily. The boy's mother followed the cry and saw a strange man squatting beside her son, with tears on his face, and preconceived that she was not a good person, so she snatched her son and ran away at a trot.

The boy's mother's glimpse of her departure left her with mixed feelings, ranging from her initial joy at finding her son to her wariness of fearing that he would be deceived by a stranger. She has the sadness of being suspicious, the warmth of her mother protecting her son, and the sadness of being lonely and losing her relatives.

She moved slowly, the happy nerves stirred by the sound of the outside world when she got up in the morning were frozen by the cold, the cold on the wings of her nose, and when she looked up, the snowflakes in the sky came sadly.

She sat alone like a wooden blanket from early morning to dusk. Silvery snow covered the entire yard, and there was no disturbance from the north wind, and the snowflakes wandered leisurely in the sky. Her mind wandered and wandered.

She shook her legs, stood up against the door frame, went into the house and changed into a simple set of women's clothes, braided her hair, tied an apron, washed vegetables in the kitchen, scrambled eggs, mixed stuffing, and noodles. Eat dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve, after eating dumplings, keep the spirit of the year, tomorrow is the first day of the new year, a person can not be too casual for the New Year, to have a taste.

She rolled the dumpling wrappers with great devotion to her body and mind, and to her surprise, there was a knock at the door. She panicked in her hand, the rolling pin fell to the ground, she held her breath and didn't make a sound, picked up the rolling pin and put it back on the board, hid behind the door, stretched out her head to look at the courtyard door, and the knock on the door turned into a knock.

She was now dressed in women's clothes, and she was not known to come from the door, so she did not dare to answer the door easily. She wanted to pretend that no one was home and wanted to fool her, but she was shocked to see the candlelight in the main house, facing the courtyard gate. The other party's movement increased, and she was afraid of alarming the neighbors and causing more trouble, so she shouted stubbornly: "Who? Who is it? Don't speak, I won't open the door. ”

Someone pretended to be old and posted the door in response: "Lao Lin has come to pay you a New Year's greeting, and he still doesn't open the door?" A hearty laugh entered through the door, removing the doubts in her heart like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves.

She rushed to the door overjoyed, unloaded the latch, and said happily: "Yueyuan? On this Chinese New Year's Eve, don't you stay in the palace decently, run here and not shoot to be accused of leaving the palace without permission? ”

Lin Yueyuan blinked his eyes, shook the waist rope hanging down from his waist in his hand, and said with one hand on his waist and smiled: "There are constant big and small banquets in the palace, who has the kung fu to care about me." I just said I wasn't feeling well, so I ducked away. In the past, in Shunan, the New Year was at home, and this is the first time we have celebrated the New Year together. She put her index finger to her lips and made a silent gesture, then pointed to the door panel, "Besides, Miss has to teach people, and she has to wait for everyone to arrive." Please see? ”

Shi Jiaheng turned out from behind the door and said, "Lao Lin came to pay New Year's greetings, and Xiao Shi was unwilling to follow, so he came to greet you." ”

She was shocked by the two of them, and said angrily: "Oh, you guys are here, why do you bring such things, how can you dislike my family for being poor, can't you even afford a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" ”

Shi Jiaheng moved the large pile of food and firecrackers brought by the two of them to the courtyard, first raised his eyebrows at Lin Yueyuan, and then smiled at Chu Yunxi: "Hey, this is a bad word, many people are not strange, how can there be a reason to come empty-handed as a guest." ”

Lin Yueyuan nodded and said, "Well, that's right." ”

She held Chu Yunxi's hand and shouted happily: "What are you going to do with the noodles of your two hands, I'll help." ”

Shi Jiaheng carried two live chickens that were tied up very strongly, patted the chicken wings, and said with a smile: "Today I want to show my hand and let you taste my craftsmanship." ”

A small kitchen could not squeeze more than three people, Lin Yueyuan brought the dumpling wrappers and dumpling fillings to the dining table in the main house, and sat quietly and pinched the dumplings; Shi Jiaheng scalded the killed rooster with hot water and sat on the steps at the kitchen door to pluck his feathers; Chu Yunxi cut the washed vegetables into sections and put them on a porcelain plate.

The two chatted about common things with each other, and Chu Yunxi asked Shi Jiaheng to ask his mother and sister how they were doing, and if he had the opportunity, he would definitely come to visit. He smiled and said that he would definitely bring it, and he would prepare good wine and food to welcome the guests. The two of them said lightly, but they regretted it in their hearts, and they didn't know what year and month that day would have to wait.

Lin Yueyuan took a plate of wrapped dumplings into the kitchen, and then brought Chu Yunxi's fried vegetarian dishes to the table. The kitchen was filled with the spicy and spicy smell of braised chicken nuggets, and she slipped over to the stove. Shi Jiaheng skillfully stir-fried the chicken pieces with a vegetable spatula on one side, flying up and down as if dancing a sword.

She turned around around him with a strange expression on her face, and praised her: "Yunxi, our future third sister-in-law is too blessed." The third brother's cooking skills are comparable to those of Ku Ding. ”

Lin Yueyuan's cooking has always been so-so, and he has to get by. Chu Yunxi screwed the dumplings she didn't pinch tightly, and said casually: "Yes, Miss Shangguan is really a blessing." Before she could finish speaking, she turned around and went out with the washed dishes and chopsticks.

Saying that the unintentional listener had a heart, Lin Yueyuan didn't pay attention to the mystery in Chu Yunxi's words. Shi Jiaheng was stunned for a moment, looked back, and left her back fluttering in her skirt when she walked in the snow.

Seven dishes and one soup, plus a pot of dumplings stuffed with leeks and eggs, the three of them sat around a table, and it was difficult to hide their joy in the face of the results of their busy work for half a day.

The sound of firecrackers sounded in the neighborhood, Shi Jiaheng put down the wine glass he was about to raise, looked around at the two of them, and asked for advice: "Alas, why don't we set off the guns first." ”

Lin Yueyuan spread his arms, stopped left and right, and shouted loudly: "Don't rob anyone, I'll let it go." ”

Shi Jiaheng turned around and sat down, and said with a strange face full of disbelief: "Aren't you afraid of a girl?" ”

Lin Yueyuan slapped the table and smiled: "What's so scary about that." In the past, I used to spend the New Year at home for the holidays, and my brother was annoying and noisy, and never played with me with firecrackers, which was boring. Believe it or not, I'm better than you. Yunxi, are you going? ”

Chu Yunxi's temperament was weak, and she couldn't stand the sound of the cannon, she timidly shook her hand again and again: "Excuse me, I'm afraid of the sound, every time I fire a cannon, I hide far away, and I was so scared that I drilled into my mother's arms when I was young." ”

Lin Yueyuan raised his head and smiled: "Okay, you take a seat, the third brother accompanies you, I'll go and set off the cannon, and you can listen to the sound in the house." Ha ha. ”

There was a sound of stabbing pulling the floor stool, and Lin Yueyuan's red dress flashed, and it fell into the courtyard in an instant. Shi Jiaheng said with a smile: "I have never seen her bolder again." ”

The deafening sound of firecrackers came like a storm sweeping everything, Lin Yueyuan laughed and rushed into the house breathlessly, blocked the door, stood on the bench, raised his wine glass and shouted loudly: "New Year, raise your glass, I wish you a good New Year." ”

Shi Jiaheng then blessed: "I wish you all the best in the coming year. ”

"Then I, I wish us all the best and all the best." After finishing speaking, Chu Yunxi hurriedly covered his ears with his hands.

The three of them clinked glasses, raised their heads and drank it all, whether the coming year was happy or miserable, at least they had the best time at the moment. (To be continued.) )