In the blink of an eye, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Gu Sanniang had no man in her family, and she could only do it by a woman and Taoist family, because she was a newly widowed husband, and the Spring Festival Lian sent by Shen Zhuo the day before yesterday was specially written on white paper, but she borrowed it to live in the Qin family, so this Spring Lian was not pasted.

Early in the morning, Gu Sanniang was killing fish in the yard, Zhu Xiaoyue came from the main house, she said to Gu Sanniang: "Sanniang, my mother-in-law said, let you and Xiao Yezi go over for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at night." ”

Gu Sanniang put down the kitchen knife in her hand, and she replied: "Thank you mother-in-law for your kindness, you go back and say thank you to Aunt Qin for me, but you also know that both of us are friends and filial piety, and it is not good to move around at will during the Chinese New Year." ”

"My mother-in-law guessed that you would say that, she said that we are small families, don't pay attention to those, you just take Xiao Yezi with you, otherwise you and Xiao Yezi will be the two of you and Xiao Yezi for the New Year, and it will be cold and boring."

Gu Sanniang smiled, she said: "In the end, I still have to talk about a taboo, so as not to let others gossip, I saw that your family Lin Zi bought a lot of artillery battles, and when the artillery battles are set off at night, you call my little leaves to see the excitement." ”

Zhu Xiaoyue couldn't persuade her when she saw the hardship, so she couldn't help but glared at her angrily, so she had to go to the east chamber opposite, who knew that Shen Zhuo didn't go, saying that Aunt Qin and their family were reunited, and it was not good for him and Brother Yu'er to get over after all.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the west wing only Gu Sanniang and Xiao Yezi, before dark she went outside to burn paper, then returned to the house to cook Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, both Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, since it is indispensable fish, Gu Sanniang stewed a fresh fish tofu soup, and slowly simmered on low heat with a clay pot, until the fish soup became milky white, and then sprinkled some green onions, not long after a while you can smell a pungent fragrance, in addition to fish soup, there is spinach stewed tofu, meaning that the coming year is innocent, do not provoke right and wrong, plus a four-happiness ball, Fulu Suxi is all in harmony, busy for a long time, With Xiaoye helping to light the fire, this Chinese New Year's Eve meal is ready.

Before starting to eat, Gu Sanniang put a separate serving in front of the table, which was for Zhang Yinsuo, although she hated those people in the Zhang family very much, but Gu Sanniang finally remembered that Zhang Yinsuo was good to her, and after setting up the meal, she lit three incense sticks and plugged them in, beckoned Xiao Yezi, and said, "Girl, come and kowtow to your father." ”

Xiao Yezi stepped forward and knelt down respectfully, she folded her hands together, and read seriously: "Dad, I'm Xiao Yezi, do you still have enough money over there, my mother has a serious illness this year, fortunately, it passed peacefully, this is all thanks to the blessing of Uncle Shen, you have to bless me and my mother below, otherwise I won't burn money for you." ”

Gu Sanniang, who was on the side, couldn't help glaring at her when she heard Xiao Yezi's words, and said angrily: "Nonsense, your father only has you as a daughter, if you don't give him money, who else can he count on?" ”

Xiao Yezi quietly stuck out her tongue, and Gu Sanniang said again: "Okay, let's kowtow a few heads to your father and come over to eat." ”

"Whoa." Xiao Yezi kowtowed three times to the tribute table, and the mother and daughter sat down to eat Chinese New Year's Eve.

In previous years, in Niutoutun, the three brothers of the Zhang family had to get together during the New Year, each family took turns to cook the New Year's dinner every year, a large family of more than a dozen people made a noise, Gu Sanniang's two concubines were lazy and slippery, the more at this time, the more she had no leisure, often after the New Year's Festival, she felt more burdened than working hours, although this time there were only her and Xiao Yezi, but it was better to be clean and comfortable, the mother and daughter were eating and drinking around the small hanging stove, and when they were about to finish eating, there was a shout from the courtyard of the royal brother: "Sister Xiao Yezi, Uncle Lin is going to set off a cannon battle, If you don't come out again, you won't see it. ”

Hearing Brother Yu'er's urging, there was a delicious meal in front of him, and where could Xiao Yezi still sit still, Gu Sanniang saw her impatient appearance, and said with a smile: "Go out and be naughty, don't forget to put on your padded jacket, it's windy at night." ”

When Xiao Yezi heard this, she hurriedly ate the rice in the bowl, put on a big cotton jacket again, and ran to the courtyard to watch the artillery battle.

Only Gu Sanniang was left in the West Chamber, and after a while, the sound of artillery battles came from outside, occasionally mixed with the cheers of Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er, Gu Sanniang stood and listened for a while, lit the oil lamp and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks.

When she cleaned up the chores in the kitchen, the sound of cannons in the courtyard was already higher than a while, and the sound of cannons in the vicinity was also one after another, as if each family was comparatively releasing it, Gu Sanniang checked the lights in the house, and also went outside to watch the cannonballs.

The old local custom, during the New Year, there must be a fire at the door of each house, and I look forward to the coming year's prosperous life, the fire in the courtyard has been erected, Qin Lin poured some pine oil on it, and then lit a fire, the flame immediately jumped up, and there were a few buckets of water in the corner of the wall not far away.

The fire was lit, the yard was brightly illuminated, as if even the cold tended to go away a lot, the two children chased around the fire, Shen Zhuo happened to come out of the east wing, saw the situation in front of him, and kept telling them: "You stay away from the fire, be careful not to let the sparks splash." ”

It's just that Xiao Yezi and Brother Yu are so stubborn that they can take care of the side at this time, where can they take care of the side, or Gu Sanniang has a way, she took a handful of peanuts and melon seeds out, and just waved her hand, she saw Xiao Yezi leading Brother Yu Er to surround him in a hurry.

Shen Zhuo saw the two children surrounding her, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but have a hint of a smile, at this time, Gu Sanniang finished giving them food, and just saw Shen Zhuo standing at the door, she nodded at him slightly, and then looked at Qin Lin and went to fire.

It is rare to gather so many people in the courtyard, Zhu Xiaoyue is standing under the porch with her little brother in her arms, the little brother has a pair of round eyes, and he seems to be not afraid of the sound of artillery at all, Qin Lin is a master of artillery fighting, he always waits until the fuse is about to burn out, and then he will retreat, at this time, the artillery battle 'boom' exploded, causing Xiao Yezi and Yu Ge'er to clap their hands and applaud.

"Shen Juren, you can also blow up a few artillery battles, and use this sound to drive away the evil spirits during the New Year." Qin Lin said to Shen Zhuo.

Shen Zhuo waved his hand, and he said, "You let it go, it's enough for you to blow up in this yard." ”

Qin Lin raised his eyebrows, and he said in surprise: "Shen Juren, don't you dare to set off artillery battles?" What's so scary about that? If the fuse grows, it won't collapse you. ”

When several people in the courtyard heard Qin Lin's words, they all looked at Shen Zhuo, especially Brother Yu'er, he stopped and said to Qin Lin innocently: "It's just a cannon battle, my father won't be afraid!" ”

Seeing Brother Yu'er's sworn appearance, Shen Zhuo was speechless, although he said that he had never let go of artillery battles since he was a child, but he was not afraid, but Qin Lin also deliberately teased Brother Yu'er, he said with a smile: "Then do you dare to ask your father to compare with me to set off artillery battles." ”

Brother Yu really looked at Shen Zhuo with blank eyes, and he said, "Daddy, you can also put one." ”

Shen Zhuo couldn't cry or laugh, this Qin Lin was a few years younger than him, he had just become a father, and his temperament was still a little jumpy, if he really let it go, it seemed that he couldn't stand the excitement.

Several adults in the room saw that Shen Zhuo was silent, and they all thought that he really didn't dare to set off artillery battles, Gu Sanniang was also older than Qin Lin, she turned her head to look at him, and said with a smile: "How old are you, how can you still be competitive like a child, Shen Juren is a scholar, even if he can't fire artillery battles, it is not unusual." ”

Aunt Qin also glared at Qin Lin and said, "My son will call his father, he is still not serious, and he is not afraid of being laughed at by your son!" ”

Qin Lin beckoned for no reason and said, he had to touch his nose and said curtly: "Okay, good, Shen Juren is learning to read and make articles, and I am learning to ignite fires and set fires, this is all right!" ”

Shen Zhuo glanced at Gu Sanniang opposite, at this time her eyes were looking away, her cheeks were pink under the firelight, which seemed to add a touch of softness to the daylight, maybe in her heart, she really didn't dare to let off fire?

Just when Qin Lin was about to continue the artillery battle, Shen Zhuo approached, and he said: "I haven't lit an artillery battle before, and if Brother Yu'er wants to see it today, I will learn to order one for him to see." ”

Qin Lin took the incense stick in his hand to him, and pointed the fuse to him, Shen Zhuo took it over and looked at it, then put the cannon flat on the ground, first turned off the fuse, and then lit it with the incense, and retreated to the back without hurrying, just waiting for the fuse to burn, he saw the cannon fire 'bang' explode, and the royal brother was so happy that he slapped his face, and his mouth kept praising him: "I guessed that my father would definitely fire the cannon." ”

Shen Zhuo smiled, he raised his eyes to look at Gu Sanniang not far away, Gu Sanniang was also looking at him, the two looked at each other, and quickly moved away.

After lighting the artillery battle, the yard was full of red confetti, and the next highlight was to set off fireworks, this is much better than the artillery battle, and the price is more expensive, after Qin Lin lit the fuse, those fireworks rushed into the air one after another, Gu Sanniang looked up, this half of the sky was illuminated by fireworks, red, green and purple, one by one as if they were blooming, but it was a pity that it disappeared in an instant, if it could last longer.

When Gu Sanniang was watching the fireworks, Shen Zhuo was looking at her, he was stunned when he saw her, and secretly thought in his heart, this fireworks are single, there are more fireworks in the capital than this, if she can see it one day, she may not like to watch it much.

Just when the two of them had their own hearts, the fireworks were also finished, and after most of the night, several children were already a little tired, and seeing that it was not early, everyone said hello and went back to the house to keep vigil.