Lin Chun saw that Du Juan had nothing to do when he came out of the Huang family, and he was secretly happy.

Whispering and laughing with her all the way, he had the joy of the New Year when he was a child, watching the farmers on both sides of the village road coming and going, laughing like a tide, and feeling extraordinarily festive and lively.

The Chinese New Year is always a festival in the simple life of the people in the mountain villages.

Although the Lin family's old house is not as crowded as Lin Datou said, it is also very lively: there was a noise from the upper room, which was a man's voice; There are many little babies frolicking in the yard; At the base of the south wall of the east chamber, Guixiang Qinghe and other great-granddaughters and great-granddaughters gathered around Mrs. Lin and several other old women to bask in the sun, gossiping about melon seeds.

The cuckoo said to Lin Chun: "There are many people in the house, so I won't go." You go with Brother Xia Sheng, and my sister and I will go to the old lady. ”

Lin Chun said: "Let's also go kowtow to the old lady." ”

As he spoke, a few people walked together to the base of the south wall.

Guixiang saw them and hurriedly beckoned and shouted.

After the cuckoos kowtowed to Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin gave Huang Que'er a New Year's gift, which was a pair of gold-inlaid gold earrings, and also gave Cuckoo and Yuanqing red envelopes, but did not give Lin Chun and Xia Sheng, telling them to go to the house, saying that their grandfather had good things to give. Then, a little girl ran to the house and brought a small wooden chair for the cuckoos to sit down, and everyone continued to talk and laugh.

Lin Chun looked at the cuckoo and smiled, "You will come over in a while." ”

The cuckoo nodded hurriedly, and Brother Lin Chun left.

Guixiang and the others were inexplicable when they heard it, and they didn't know what he meant.

Because the person had already left, he didn't chase after him, and he laughed and laughed.

Mrs. Lin looked at Du Juan's expression with warm eyes and nodded secretly.

Because he took her hand and asked if it was cold, the cuckoo said that it was not cold.

She smiled kindly again: "Guixiang Qinghe said that she was so happy last night. I was reluctant to leave until late. Guixiang's father is in a hurry to make a stone plate, and we will also barbecue and eat it later. ”

The cuckoo couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. I told Xia Sheng about it.

Qinghe pushed Guixiang and said, "Tell your father to hurry up, quickly make some stone plates." It's definitely going to sell well when you look back. Otherwise, everyone will want it, and it's too late to do it. ”

Everyone laughed.

Guixiang smiled: "It's not easy to make a stone plate again." My dad is chiseling ready-made ground slates, and it can be faster. ”

The little girls talked and talked about comparing the clothes on their bodies, the jewelry patterns on their heads, as well as their bodies and skin, and then they talked about how to maintain and dress up.

The old women looked at them with a smile, as if they saw themselves in the depths of the years.

The cuckoo turned around and saw Mrs. Lin leaning on the wooden chair. The head is next to the moss-stained ancient blue brick wall, although there are many tail lines on the forehead at the corners of the eyes, and the mouth is slightly deflated, but the cheeks are slightly plump, and under the sun, there is a little glossy feeling; She held a flower cat in her arms, and her withered hands kept running its hair, and the cat's eyes narrowed slightly, enjoying her petting very much.

It's like a painting. Reflect the rich life carved by the years of wind and frost.

Seeing her looking at herself, Mrs. Lin said slowly: "We croppers work all year round, and our hands and faces are rarely smooth. You little girls. This age is like a flower that has just bloomed, when it is tender; When I got married, I gave birth to a baby. That changed in a few years. At that time, we washed our faces with rice washing water. Rice soup is also good; When raising a baby to breastfeed, it is also good to apply milk to the face. It's better to be careful in what you do. ”

Guixiang and the others all smiled and asked, was the old lady a beauty when she was young?

Qinghe was anxious and asked directly, "How is it than the cuckoo?" ”

Mrs. Lin and several old women laughed when they heard this.

Mrs. Lin looked at the cuckoo and smiled: "It's not rare for the cuckoo to be born well, it's rare that this baby has a good temperament, and when he laughs, people feel ......comfortable when they laugh."

Several old women nodded when they heard this, and they looked at the cuckoo's gaze with appreciation.

Qinghe said jealously: "It's not good for us to laugh? Like a wolf? ”

The crowd laughed.

Mrs. Lin glanced at her and said angrily: "You, don't always look domineering, as if people owe you money, it looks good when you laugh." ”

Qinghe bowed his head embarrassedly when he heard this.

As he spoke, there was the sound of drums in the courtyard.

A teenage girl ran over to take a look, then ran back and said excitedly to everyone: "They are stepping on flower boats and playing tricks." Come and see, old lady. ”

Guixiang suddenly said: "No wonder Brother Chunsheng said that." ”

He hurriedly told the crowd to "move the chairs over and see them when they come out." ”

So everyone moved the stools and chairs out of the wall and put them in the corner of the east wing, and sure enough, they saw that the brothers in the Lin clan were making trouble.

A bunch of people are rocking the boat. The flower boat is a frame made of bamboo strips, pasted with paper on the outside, pasted with various auspicious and festive paper-cut patterns dyed, and people in the boat, holding the flower boat with their hands while walking and rapping. In the past, they used to use real boats in the river, but now Huang Yuan has opened a paper workshop in the village, so they use paper paste flower boats to shake on dry land.

In addition, there are also little babies wearing clothes made of animal skins, dressed as various animals on stilts, making strange gestures, making everyone laugh.

Just as he was dazzled, a mighty lion with a red hydrangea jumped up to the roof, rolling and leaping back and forth along the roofs of the eastern, upper and western wings, as well as the courtyard wall in front. The faster the drums, the more the lion jumps and runs. Dancing to the head of the carved beast in the center of the ridge of the main house, with a sonorous gong, the lion stopped, held up the big red hydrangea, raised his head to the sky, and let out a long roar.

This difficult action, except for Lin Chun, does not think about it as a second person.

Mrs. Lin and the other old people smiled from ear to ear, thinking that it was a sign of prosperity.

Such a lively scene quickly attracted countless villagers to watch, crowding the Lin family's compound, and the laughter and cheers were endless.

The cuckoo was getting carried away, and a little monkey came to him on stilts, scratching his ears and cheeks, scratching his head, and when everyone laughed, he threw his hairy hand to the cuckoo, and looked at the sugar-fried chestnuts in her hand.

Guixiang and the others burst into laughter.

The cuckoo looked at the dark eyes and shouted, "Ren Yuanming!" ”

While quickly peeling a chestnut and stuffing it into his mouth, he couldn't look up with a smile.

The monkey ate the chestnut, and Tuan Tuan made a gesture to everyone. Turn around and leave.

Xiao Yuanqing was overjoyed when he heard the cuckoo call his brother's name. stepped forward and grabbed the thin monkey's tail, and suddenly the little monkey fell to the ground with the monkey and stilts. Make an "ouch" call.

The crowd huddled together and laughed to the core.

The cuckoo hurriedly stepped forward to help the little baby, stepped on it again and ran.

In this way, the spring is full of ups and downs, and it does not stop until noon.

At noon, the Lin family set up a full five tables, and the main room was full of people. These banquets were all made by Lin Dameng's daughter-in-law with her concubines, daughters-in-law, nephews and daughters-in-law, and the little girls were not allowed to enter the kitchen, and the cuckoos were also stained.

After the meal, Lin Chun knew that the cuckoo couldn't bear to stay here for a long time. It's time to say goodbye.

He invited Mrs. Lin and the old lady to his house for dinner, saying that there would be a dance in the evening.

Mrs. Lin thought that Jiu'er had joined the army this year, Lin Chun had entered the academy, and although Bajin and Qiusheng had caused trouble, they also went out to open up a new place to live in the mountains, and I heard that the place was still very good, so he was in a good mood, so he agreed, and was happily surrounded by his great-grandchildren and came to the second room.

Back home. Huang Que'er had no time to be idle, helping her mother-in-law cook in the kitchen; Although the cuckoo is a guest, because he wants to help his sister, he also has to help the nurse. So he took off his cloak, changed into an old garment of the Yellow Finch, and went into the kitchen; Cinnamon and green lotus followed and joined in the fun.

And so. The eldest daughter-in-law stood aside, and the kitchen was occupied by the little girls.

All the animals and plants that can be brought from the mountains. Almost all of them were cooked.

The courtyard is full of aromas, and you can smell it from afar.

To satisfy everyone's craving for slate barbecue. The cuckoo asked Lin Chun to go to the side of the mountain and bring his stone plate for the barbecue at night.

No matter how much food they cook, as usual, the old people will not eat a lot of food, and there are some things that they can't bite, and they still eat very simply, but they have to eat a few more meals a day. In the evening, the cuckoo boils rice porridge on a charcoal stove, then adds fish head soup and fish fillet, and adds some tender cabbage sum to make a refreshing fish fillet porridge and send it away.

As a result, after eating, they were full of praise and said that the taste was delicious.

One of Mrs. Lin's brothers said that he didn't eat well, and he still had to eat this at night.

The cuckoo laughed when he heard this, and hurriedly went to the house to tell them that there was another delicious food in the evening, and that he would not be able to eat anything else if he boiled porridge. When a group of old people heard this, they hurriedly said that they would not cook it, they would all listen to the little cuckoo, and they would eat whatever she cooked.

After getting them, the cuckoo came out.

Thinking that these old people were like children, she couldn't help but stand under the porch and snicker.

"What are you laughing at?"

The cuckoo was startled, and when he turned around and saw that it was Mrs. Lin, he hurriedly said, "Why didn't Grandpa say anything?" Scared me. ”

Mrs. Lin said with a smile: "I see you smiling like that, are you laughing at our old and immortal gluttony?" ”

The cuckoo shook his head desperately, refusing to admit it.

Mrs. Lin looked at her for a while, then suddenly leaned in front of her and asked in a low voice, "Du Juan, can you tell Grandpa Sù, where did you come from?" You said, I listened and didn't tell others. No matter how strange you are, I won't hurt you. ”

The cuckoo's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the old goblin in horror.

After looking at it for a while, he stammered, "Grandpa, I'm ...... My mother gave birth to me. Ah no, my mother picked me up in the mountains. You have to ask my mother about this! ”

Mrs. Lin pursed his mouth, looked at her and said dissatisfiedly: "The little cuckoo is not honest!" ”

The cuckoo's heart was beating wildly, and he was speechless.

Mrs. Lin blinked twice, and then discussed with her: "I also know that this matter can't be talked about. Or don't tell me yet, and then sue me when I die. Cuckoo, grandpa really wants to know! I've lived so long that I've never seen a lot of things......"

The cuckoo groaned, "Grandpa, I really don't have anything to say. ”

Mrs. Lin was puzzled: "Really? ”

The cuckoo looked at him and wanted to nod, but felt that it was difficult.

There were some strange things about her before, which couldn't be hidden.

Anxin lying seems unkind to this old man, and everyone says that he will talk about it when he is dying, what a strong desire!

But she didn't agree well, thinking that you don't know when you will die, like you, who is not sick or sick, maybe you can't wake up after sleeping, so you go, how can I tell you?

was worried, and suddenly saw Lin Chun coming in from outside the courtyard, his heart flashed, and he quickly said to the old man: "When Lin Chun marries me, I will sue Grandpa Sù!" (To be continued......)