The Chinese New Year, whether it is in the original earth China or this country in this life, is a very grand festival, every household slaughters pigs and chickens. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Lao Li's house, the population of a large family is not small, but this year, because the old man's health is not good, the brothers want to make the old man's house lively, so the brothers got together to discuss and spent the New Year here at the eldest brother's house.

Early in the morning, Lu Sheng got up to burn the fire and boil the water, first to boil the family's face water, mix out the chicken food before making breakfast, with the growth of the years, Lu Sheng can do more things, originally the family also raised a few big fat pigs, not long ago should be killed, should be sold, this saved Lu Sheng a lot of things.

Because today is the New Year, it is a big meal at noon, so last night Wu Guihua explained that Lu Sheng except for the old man's meal as usual, the others will eat simpler this morning, paste some cornmeal cakes, and boil a pot of slag porridge.

As soon as breakfast passed, before the family was cleaned up, several other families came to help one after another, killing chickens, stewing meat, kneading dough, and performing their duties. There are many people, so there are many things to prepare, but fortunately, most of the things are packed up by several other families, so it is not too troublesome.

Lu Sheng is not very familiar with these brothers of the old Li family, even if he has been in Anyang Village for five years, except for following Li Guigui, Lu Sheng rarely goes out alone. She can't speak, and she can't reply after others say it for a long time, so it is inevitable that she will receive some useless sympathetic eyes from time to time, so she simply won't go out, and she won't feel comfortable with herself.

It may be that I know that today's New Year, the old man's spirit is very good early in the morning, he puts on a new dress and sits in the hall, and the juniors of several other families revolve around the old man, and the old man is happy, and seeing the old man happy, everyone also feels that the spirit is better, and the movements in the hands are more sharp.

"Boss, you go and open my cupboard and take out the wine on top of the grid." There is a lot of strength in numbers, this year, Li De's family's New Year's lunch was served before noon, and a table full of chicken and duck meat, many of which were usually reluctant to eat, were all on the table; Looking at the people sitting at several tables, the old man felt comfortable, and felt that the people of the old Li family were prosperous, so he was ready to take out a bottle of treasured old wine.

"Dad, you've treasured that wine for so many years, let's keep it, let's drink this old white dry now, this tastes good, it's strong." As soon as Li Dequan heard this, he understood what kind of wine the old man was talking about.

It is said that the wine was rewarded to him by the superior commander when the old man followed the army to the north and south, and he has always treasured it and was not willing to drink it, Li Dequan's brothers are all good wine people, and they have long been hungry, but unfortunately the old man has been hiding it, and they dare not taste it secretly. Today, the old man actually called to take it out and drink it, and Li Dequan's brothers felt flattered.

"What to keep, you have to drink sooner or later, your father and I are happy today, let's drink something good, hurry up." Although the old man understands what Li Dequan meant, today is different, if you don't take it out and drink it today, I'm afraid you won't have a chance in the future.

"Hey, Dad, I'll go get it." Seeing that the old man's face sank, Li Dequan couldn't do it, so he quickly turned around and went into the house to get wine, but he still muttered in his heart, the old man is generous today.

Although Anyang Village is a remote mountain village far from the provincial capital, this village has existed for several generations, with deep roots and big rules, and the different tables for men and women are one of them, especially the two major surnames in the village. Therefore, the man's table was placed in the hall, and Wu Guihua took her younger brothers and daughters-in-law and other female relatives to set up two tables in the West House next to it.

"Sister-in-law, why do I think the old man's spirit is much better today than before?" As soon as Wu Guihua greeted the man's table of food, and was about to sit down to eat, the second brother and sister sitting next to her quietly took her hand and said.

"I don't think it's right, hey, forget it, let's see, it's not a bad thing to be in good spirits." Wu Guihua is not easy to say, when I got up in the morning and went to the house to see the old man, I felt that the old man was very excited today, and I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say it. As soon as my brother and daughter-in-law said this, I felt even more wrong in my heart, could it be ...... Wu Guihua was suddenly startled, phew, what are you thinking, the old man has a long life, a long life.

"That's the only way, that sister-in-law, let's eat quickly, and tell the children to stare at the old man more for a while, yo, I have to give the cub his father an order, don't let the old man drink too much, can't something happen today." Saying this, Wu Guihua's second brother and sister were about to stand up and go to the hall, but Wu Guihua quickly grabbed her and pressed her on the stool.

"Sister-in-law, why are you pulling me?"

"It's true, you're still frizzy at this age, didn't you suddenly say it spoil the old man's interest? Your family can give you a good look, wait, your eldest brother knows how to measure. Wu Guihua is also very helpless about the frizzy temperament of the second brother and sister, but fortunately, there is no other bad heart, and she can still listen to what she says, otherwise she will not be able to get along like this.

"Yo, fortunately, sister-in-law, you pulled me, otherwise the cub and his father would not have beaten him when he came home." The second brother and sister were originally unhappy to listen to the sister-in-law say this, think about it, it is also so reasonable, if you go to the hall to say this at this time, it will ruin the old man's interest, it would have been a good intention, but he can't get good either, why bother? As the sister-in-law said, how can they not have a number in their hearts as sons.

"Don't say it, hurry up and eat, after eating for a while, I'll ask Erzhu to go to An Langzhong to take a look, it's best if there's nothing to do, we have a bottom in our hearts." After sitting down her younger siblings, Wu Guihua looked at the other concubines on the table and looked at her in the same way, and then thought about it and said to them. In this way, not only will everyone feel at ease, but also the younger brothers and daughters-in-law below will not think that they will not be sad about the old man.

"Okay, then listen to my sister-in-law, although it's not good to find An Langzhong at this time, maybe it's good to settle down with peace of mind, and I'll let the second son of my family go and bring the mountain goods that his father packed up yesterday to An Langzhong, he rarely has that thing." The second brother and sister also felt that the sister-in-law was reasonable, so they didn't say more.

"Yes, I listen to my sister-in-law. Children, hurry up to eat, go to toast the old man in a while, if you want to say that the old man will live a long life, you know? The other concubines were satisfied with the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law after the matter was settled, and then they greeted the children at the table to eat and drink, and told the children to toast the old man.

Lu Sheng, who was sitting at the end of the table, looked at the actions between Wu Guihua and her concubines, and thought to himself that it was no wonder that the relationship between Li Dequan's brothers was so harmonious, this Wu Guihua did have the demeanor of a sister-in-law, and she had a charter for everything, so she had to convince the concubines below.