Chapter 35 The Festive Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is approaching, Meizi's second brother in the army has not been home for five consecutive years, and a few days ago he wrote to say: The training task of the army is tight, and I still can't go home to visit relatives this year, I hope my parents will forgive me! The eldest brother Yonggang sent a letter to say: the factory wants to send him to Jiangxi Jingdezhen Porcelain Factory to visit and study, the time is arranged in the Spring Festival, because the opportunity is precious and he doesn't want to miss it, so the New Year can't be spent at home! The fat aunt was very disappointed when she heard this, and muttered in her mouth: I have grown up my wings and I have become hard, and I have flown one by one! Meizi said, "I'm not going anywhere!" Just accompany Mom! Coaxed the fat aunt to be happy, the fat aunt hugged the plum and said, "Or my duck egg knows that it hurts me!" Meizi took the opportunity to say: "Our family of three, Mr. Lin's two families are not lively for the New Year, if the two families are combined, it would be great!" Before the words fell, the fat uncle who was sitting next to him smoking suddenly laughed "haha", and both of them jumped. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In particular, the fat aunt was so shocked that she hurriedly asked, "She's big!" What happened to you? What nerves do you have? Seeing that the fat uncle didn't answer, the fat aunt grabbed the fat uncle's arm again and asked, "What do you mean?" The fat uncle smiled and waved his hand and said, "Don't ask, it's right to do what the baby said, I don't know if Mr. Lin is willing to come?" After saying that, he knocked the cigarette pouch against the sole of his shoe and knocked off the cigarette ash, then walked out of the house and then out of the yard. The fat aunt listened to the fat uncle say that you don't want to ask this sentence many times, she looked at the back of the fat uncle walking out, and then looked at Meizi's shy expression, as if she understood something? She patted Meizi on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, baby! I'm going to bring your godmother! As soon as the fat aunt came out, Lin Shuqing had many reasons to disagree, and it was in vain, this year's Spring Festival Lin and Wu families co-authored.

The most important traditional festival for Chinese is the Spring Festival, so every household is busy buying New Year goods, killing pigs and slaughtering sheep, just like the New Year scene described in Mr. Lu Xun's novel: every family is busy worshipping ancestors, worshipping the sky, and worshipping the king of the stove; What a girl's flower dress, a boy's firecracker, a new felt hat that the old man likes, and so on! Now it is not possible to publicly worship ancestors and worship the sky, but the king of the stove must be sacrificed, of course, it is all secretly sacrificed! Especially near the 30th anniversary of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of "crackling" firecrackers sounded from time to time outside the village, and the air was filled with the aroma of fried and the smell of gunfire, and the sky also floated snowflakes as if they were making a fuss, making the atmosphere of the New Year extremely strong.

Wu and Lin are naturally no exception, Lin Shuqing and Fat Aunt are busy chopping meat, stuffing, and pickling dried vegetables, and the fat uncle, who never asks about the kitchen, also cooks in person this time, helping to kill chickens and ducks is very attentive. Lin Xiaochuan and Meizi are responsible for chopping firewood, Meizi chopping firewood evenly and quickly, it is Lin Xiaochuan's turn, he either can't chop or chop crookedly, he is so tired and out of breath that he is in a hurry, what's going on? Meizi patiently told him: first put the axe blade against the center point of the cross-section of the wooden stick and pick it up lightly, let the wooden stick bite the axe blade and then pick it up hard, and teach him hand in hand, sure enough, the effect of splitting is much better, Lin Xiaochuan said with admiration: "Meizi is really good!" Over there, Lin Shuqing interjected: "Xiaochuan! There are so many things to learn from plums! Lin Xiaochuan said very convincingly: "Yes! Learn from Umeko! Meizi twisted her body and said to Lin Shuqing: "Godmother, don't say it again!" I'm embarrassed by what you said! The fat aunt and Lin Shuqing both laughed when they heard this.

Everyone's laughter came from the heart, but this laughter came a little late! Meizi used her youthful enthusiasm to sweep away the haze brought to people's hearts by Qin Ying's death, and the two families are going to happily partner for the New Year.

At the dinner table at noon on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the five people happily ate the New Year's dinner, and the fat uncle sitting in the chief seemed particularly happy today, not only drank a lot of wine himself, but also urged Lin Xiaochuan to drink a little He said: "How can a manly husband not drink alcohol?" Wine strengthens heroes' courage! But Lin Xiaochuan didn't want to drink it, and Meizi also encouraged him to drink it, so Lin Shuqing had to say, "Why don't you accompany your uncle to drink a little?" Hearing what his mother said, Lin Xiaochuan picked up the wine glass and drank a little, and was immediately spicy.

The fat uncle laughed, and the fat aunt immediately pointed at the fat uncle and said, "No, no!" What do you think the baby is spicy? You think everyone is an alcoholic like you! The fat uncle said, "I'm still a drunkard?" Ha ha! The fat uncle was happy today, and he drank a lot of wine, so he was very interested, and the fat uncle drank and said to the two children, "Let me tell you a story about a drunkard!" The two children were very happy when they heard this, and Meizi said, "Good! Say it! Lin Xiaochuan also said: "Okay! Uncle, please speak! The fat uncle took another sip of wine, and deliberately cleared his throat as if he was selling a pass: "We know that there is a big wangzhuang on the west side of the river, right?" Meizi hurriedly replied: "Yes! It's our village dog to become his grandmother's house! "That's right! There are two drunkards in the village, one is called Chang Dahuang, and the other is really crooked, that is three drinks a day! "I haven't heard of this, but Lin Xiaochuan asked in surprise?" Three drinks a day? Do you want to drink in the morning? The fat uncle said, "That's not it! As soon as they woke up in the morning, they both had to take a sip of wine before they could get up! "Oops!" Lin Xiaochuan and Meizi sighed almost at the same time.

The fat uncle continued: "On this day, these two drunkards happened to meet in the tavern, and one said: Let's have a drink? The other said, "Yes! Drink some! Then he asked the bartender (a guy in the old tavern) for two large bowls of loose white dry, "The fat uncle said "loose white dry" is the local dialect, referring to the white dry wine brewed from dried yams. Meizi asked, "How do you want wine?" Don't you pay for alcohol? The fat uncle replied, "Of course give money!" But just want wine and don't go with the snacks, just two of you take a sip, I drank it dry, the bartender really couldn't stand it, so he kindly gave them a fried monkey, until the wine was drunk to only a sip of wine, and the two fried monkeys didn't move, how awesome, right? "The fat aunt and Lin Shuqing can calm down, but the two children are staring at each other with their eyes wide and their mouths closed, it's really amazing! Kong Yiji, described in Mr. Lu Xun's novel, loves wine so much, and he has an fennel bean when he drinks! The two children nodded their heads in admiration!

The fat uncle continued: "At this time, one of them said to the other: 'Brother, you wait, I'll go out and come back at once, and we will continue to drink' and went out, and after a while the man came back, and when he entered the house, he was furious, sat down and drank his remaining sip of wine, and said: 'I will never drink with you again, you are a vegetable wine!' 'What's going on?' Xiaochuan and Meizi also asked in unison, "Yes!" What's going on? The fat uncle said: "It turns out that the person who didn't leave the house ate one of his own little legs of the monkey!" As soon as Uncle Fat's words fell, Lin Xiaochuan's mouth squirted the vegetable smile on Meizi, Meizi sprayed the soup in his mouth into the bowl in front of him, Lin Shuqing and the fat aunt also laughed and covered their stomachs, only the fat uncle's face was not smiling.

After the joke was told, everyone laughed for a while, but Lin Xiaochuan was not finished, and then asked the fat uncle: "Uncle! How big are those two wine bowls? The fat aunt and Lin Shuqing laughed again, this time the fat uncle also laughed, and the fat aunt smiled and said to Lin Xiaochuan: "Baby! Don't listen to his nonsense, he lied to you! Xiaochuan also smiled embarrassedly after hearing this, and the whole meal ended in laughter.

When we were eating vegetarian flat food on the first day of junior high school, everyone talked about why we were vegetarian. Lin Xiaochuan rushed to say: "I think the first day of the new year to eat vegetarian flat food is because people eat too greasy on Chinese New Year's Eve, so the next day to eat some light!" But Meizi said: "I think that eating vegetarian flat food on the first day of the new year is not only because of the reason for lightness, but also a custom that contains people's good wishes. Lin Shuqing agreed with Meizi's point of view, saying that Meizi's explanation was the most reasonable, she said: "In the evil old society, the vast number of working people do not see meat stars all year round, why get tired of it? "Umeko was very happy to be complimented.

After the family had eaten, Lin Xiaochuan took the initiative to sweep the floor, but Meizi, including Aunt Fat and Lin Shuqing, did not allow him to sweep, Lin Xiaochuan didn't understand, and asked, "Why is this?" Isn't it the New Year's Day of our country's lunar calendar? It's the beginning of a new year! Lin Shuqing asked Meizi to explain to him, Meizi said: "This also contains people's good wishes, and the first day of the new year is not to sweep away the wealth." There is also a new dish that does not make a new dish in the New Year, called: 'Don't use the knife in the New Year, bless the whole year without bending your waist!' It is also a truth, it is the good wish of people to avoid blood and pray for peace, and over time it has become a custom! Lin Shuqing was very appreciative of what Meizi said, and she said to her son: "Xiaochuan, listen! What do you think? Plums are amazing, right? I said that there are a lot of things to learn from Meizi, right? You have to learn from each other to make progress together! Do you understand? Both children nodded at the same time.

Then the two children kowtowed to the fat uncle and his wife and Lin Shuqing respectively, and they all got four yuan of New Year's money, for the use of the New Year's money, Lin Xiaochuan advocated buying firecrackers, fireworks and comic books, but Wu Yumei wanted to buy two pairs of plush gloves, and the two children argued......

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