Chinese New Year's Eve is the most important day of the year in China. No matter where you are, whether you can return home or not, there is always something meaningful to do on this special day. In the years when Xiao was overseas, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, he would eat hot pot with Monkey Four Eyes and others and play all night. If you have that leisure, you will also turn on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Even if Ma Yingjun and others strongly demand to change the channel-

But no matter what, Chinese New Year's Eve in previous years is always lively and has a taste of the year. Although there is no whole family to celebrate this special holiday, at the very least, setting off firecrackers and changing cups can also dilute the yearning for family to some extent.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve can be said to be the least lively, but the most meaningful Chinese New Year's Eve in Xiao Zheng's life.

There were not many people, only three men and one woman. Or two nuns, one who can speak mutely. Except for him, he is not a person who can liven up the atmosphere. This made Xiao Zheng smell a hint of family, but more uneasy about this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Holding a broom while cleaning up the fallen leaves on the back mountain, he said to Lin Huayin, who was resting on the stone steps: "Old Lin, your attitude needs to be improved. This is not ENN, nor is it a pearl. When we are guests, we must show the consciousness of being guests, and we can't always keep a straight face and look like everyone owes you money. ”

Lin Huayin glanced at Xiao Zheng with a flat expression: "You asked me to come." ”

"It's not interesting for you to say that." Xiao Zheng played a beautiful sweep of the thousand troops, swept the fallen leaves on the slope down the cliff one after another, and turned back to Lin Huayin and said. "I took the initiative to come here for the New Year. But why should I come? I don't want you and my mother-in-law to eat and chat with each other. After all, it's a close relative, you can't blame her for the rest of your life, right? Besides, my mother-in-law just said something to me, which I think makes sense. ”

Lin Huayin looked at the snowy scene in the distance without interest, and did not respond or ask. It's as quiet as an iceberg goddess. If you weren't still breathing, you would be treated like a snowman.

"If one person is guilty, all beings are accomplices." Xiao Zheng said with a swaggering face. It means that if one person makes a mistake, everyone is to blame. You don't want to keep using the things of the year to play on the topic. Once or twice is characteristic, and more of it will seem hypocritical. ”

Lin Huayin raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Xiao Zheng: "A bowl of soup bought you?" ”

"And two plain lion heads. Half a bowl of steamed dishes made of unknown ingredients. Xiao Zheng's eyes lit up. It is no exaggeration to say that my mother-in-law's craftsmanship is simply amazing. ”

Speaking, he took a broom and learned to learn a few sets of flower shelves on the hillside, and then folded his hands and said: "Female benefactor, the poor monk is hungry, let's go to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" ”

The environment here is quiet, with the vast sky in the distance and the snow-capped mountains in the distance, compared to the big cities where the high-rise buildings of the Pearl are towering. Lin Huayin's tense nerves were also released, and his mentality was relatively active. got up and said, "If you are so interested, I will let Uncle Bai shave your face for you?" ”

"How's that going to work?" Xiao Zheng threw the broom and said triumphantly. "I'm going to become a monk, aren't you going to be a widow? No, no, no. Even if I can hurt myself, I must not harm you. ”

"It doesn't matter." Lin Huayin said lightly. "I'll give you some sesame oil money every year."

Xiao Zheng rolled his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "You squeeze me again, believe it or not, I will throw you down the mountain?" ”

Lin Huayin was silent and paced into the temple.

When the two returned to the temple, Li Jing and Ye Yuhua had already prepared a table full of food. There are three or four kinds of steamed dishes alone, and there are also seven or eight plates of stir-fried cold dishes, plus two hot pots, and a pot of thick soup. It can be described as a sumptuous meal, which can be regarded as a high-standard Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

As soon as the two entered the dining room, Li Jing beckoned the two to take a seat with a smile on her face: "Miss, Ah Zheng, come and sit down." If you put it on the incense, you can eat it. ”

"Incense?" Xiao Zheng was just about to sit down, so he got up again and asked. "Do you want to incense the Bodhisattva?"

"Hmm." Li Jing nodded with a smile.

"I'll also have a stick of incense." Xiao Zheng rubbed his hands and grinned. "By the way, I wish to make a wish."

"What else do you want?" Ye Yuhua took out the long incense and said with a smile.

"I prayed for the peace of the country and the people, and then I pleased a good daughter-in-law." Xiao Zheng said with a smile. "Although we can't talk about world peace at the moment, our China is also in good weather. As for the latter, I've succeeded. Naturally, I want to repay my vows. ”

Ye Yuhua nodded with a chuckle, handed Xiao Zheng a stick of incense, then looked at Lin Huayin again, and took out a stick of incense.

"Lao Lin. Don't you want your company to grow bigger and bigger? Xiao Zheng asked jokingly.

Lin Huayin didn't squeak, reached out and took a stick of incense handed to her by Ye Yuhua, lit it, and then faced the Bodhisattva, prayed, offered incense, and bowed.

On the other hand, Xiao Zheng knelt on the futon, with a professional and exaggerated posture, and almost fell to the ground. The gods chattered and said, "Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva, may you bless me with a long life, a full house of children and grandchildren, too much money to spend, and the more the days go by, the more nourishing I am—"

After a group of people put on incense, they returned to the dining room, sat down, and moved their chopsticks. The monks do not speak, and the monks also prohibit alcohol and meat. Therefore, although Ye Yuhua prepared a large table of good dishes, he did not have wine to deliver the dishes, which can be regarded as a small regret. Xiao Zheng, who had been hungry all day, was on the table, and Lin Huayin was also hungry and panicked, although he was not as crazy as Xiao Zheng, and his chopsticks did not stop. In just a quarter of an hour, three or four plates were empty on the table, and the speed was quite astonishing.

Ye Yuhua pays attention to color and luster when cooking, and the taste is also light. Because there is no wine to eat, if you make the taste of the dish more important, it is inevitable that you will have to eat the food, and you will be full after a while.

Xiao Zheng has never tasted Ye Yuhua's craftsmanship, and Lin Huayin, as her daughter, has she ever eaten it once? According to the news obtained from Lin Xiaozhu's gossip, Lin Huayin has not even eaten a nurse a few times, and she is all fed with milk powder and nutritional products. Presumably Ye Yuhua was busy with work back then, and rarely accompanied him at home, right?

Xiao Zheng was eating vegetables, his mouth was not idle, and he asked curiously: "Mother-in-law, I see that this mountain is deserted, not to mention electricity, there is not even a figure." Where did you get the food and drink you usually use? ”

Along the way, Xiao Zheng only saw a large area of bare woods, and it was hard to imagine where he found this table full of dishes. And what about the rice, oil, and salt that are usually used?

"There is a vegetable garden in the back mountain, and some ordinary fruits and vegetables can be self-sufficient. As for the rice, oil and salt, I have to bother Ah Jing to go down the mountain to purchase. There are only two of us, and the consumption is not large, and the purchase can be used for half a year. Ye Yuhua elegantly ate a plate of fried cabbage in front of the table, and said with a smile.