Chapter 34: Chinese New Year

As the saying goes, "the twenty-eighth year of the year, wash sloppy", every household hastened to carry out a "big cleaning" before the first day of the first lunar month, clean the home, and then hang up new decorations, representing the removal of the old and the welcome of the new. New Year's flowers are also indispensable for decorating the home. This year, not only are oranges and peach blossoms still selling well, but new orchids are also becoming more and more popular.

Li Yihua was called up by Li's mother early in the morning to clean up, although it was a newly renovated house, but for the sake of auspiciousness, he still had to work hard to clean it. After watching his parents busy, Li Yihua was also overjoyed. After Li's mother arranged the home, she asked Li Yihua to prepare the "whole box", the so-called "full box" is a box used to hold New Year's snacks in the New Year, which is generally round, implying a harmonious atmosphere.

The whole box is divided into multiple compartments, and people usually put melon seeds in the middle compartment, and other compartments are randomly placed with snacks. According to the custom of Hong Kong people, guests are invited to taste melon seeds first, and they describe the action of grabbing melon seeds as "grabbing silver", which means that they will increase their wealth in the new year.

At noon, Li Yihua was dragged by his mother to Temple Street to worship God, and thousands of good men and women competed for "incense" in Wong Tai Sin Temple, praying for a good year in the coming year. World peace, no more natural disasters, continued economic prosperity, and good health for everyone to work and health are the wishes of the majority of citizens.

At 5 p.m., Li Yihua and a large number of people lined up outside the Wong Tai Sin Temple, and by 9 p.m., hundreds of devotees were waiting to offer incense. The temple was opened at 9 p.m. for the worship of benevolent believers to wish prosperity in the Year of the Rooster in Hong Kong. A spokesman for Sik Sik Yuen, which manages the Wong Tai Sin Temple, said that "incense sticks" actually refer to the incense that everyone worships for the first time in the new year. The economy continues to improve, and the public is in a happy mood.

With the coming of the New Year, Li Yihua also enjoyed the first Spring Festival in this world, and Hong Kong people attach great importance to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and call it the "Tuan New Year". As the Spring Festival approaches, Sheung Wan, famous for its ginseng and seafood dishes, is bound to be crowded with people preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. After a hard year, everyone is willing to spend more money, buy some sea cucumbers, dried scallops, etc., and take advantage of Chinese New Year's Eve to personally cook something delicious to share with their families. Of course, many people, especially the younger generation, like to have a New Year's dinner in a restaurant outside, mainly to save trouble and convenience.

Mother Li brought the prepared Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and Li Ying saw a table of delicious dishes, and couldn't help but stretch out her "sinful" hand, but before she could reach the dish, she was knocked off by chopsticks from afar.

"Stinky brother, you know how to bully me." Li Ying rubbed her beaten hands and pouted her charming little mouth and complained.

"Little gluttonous cat, who told you to grab vegetables without washing your hands." Not to be outdone, Li Yihua counterattacked, looking like I was right.

When the two kept arguing, Li Yuanchao walked over with the dish and knocked on Li Yihua's head, "Such a big person, he is still an elder brother, why don't you know how to let my sister go." ”

|“ That's it, I know how to bully my sister. Li Ying saw Lao Dou come out, and relied on Lao Dou as a backer, and her courage immediately became strong.

"Ding Ding Ding" The phone rang at this time!

"Brother Hong, I wish you a happy new year in advance!" Li Yihua saw Sammo Hung calling and blessed loudly.

"Andy, have fun!" Sammo Hung also seemed particularly happy because of the Chinese New Year.

"Brother Hong, shouldn't you accompany your family at this time? How can you call my little brother when you have time? Li Yihua said jokingly.

"During the Chinese New Year, of course, I have to make a phone call to say hello, and how is the script?" Sammo Hung touched his chin and went straight to the point.

"I've been preparing it for a long time, when you want it, I'll send it to you." Li Yihua didn't expect Sammo Hung to call, just to ask about the script.

"Okay, great, I know Andy is interesting. I'll get it after the New Year. Sammo Hung thought about it and said that it was not good for Li Yihua to send it for the New Year.

Li Yihua appeased Sammo Hung and hung up the phone, but before he walked to the dining table, the phone rang again.

"Yihua, what are you doing?" Before Li Yihua could speak, a soft voice came to mind on the other side of the phone.

"I didn't do anything, I just missed you, what else could I do?" After a period of communication, Wang Zuxian and Li Yihua have become more intimate, and they speak more casually.

"You're dead, you know how to bully me, and I'll ignore you in this way." Wang Zuxian's cheeky class is not as thick as Li Yihua's, and when he heard Li Yihua's naked teasing, Wang Zuxian only felt his heart beat faster and said shyly.

"Alright, Happy New Year to Zuxian!" Li Yihua also knew that he couldn't go too far in joking, so he hurriedly changed the topic.

"Happy New Year to you, too." Wang Zuxian said while covering his red face.

"Zuxian, can you come to Hong Kong after the Chinese New Year? I want to meet you. Li Yihua didn't feel how rude this sentence was, and couldn't help but say it.

There was silence on the other side of the phone for a while, Li Yihua didn't speak, and the two didn't speak, enjoying this short period of peace, "I'll think about it." After speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Li Yihua to reply.

Wang Zuxian touched the burning face, only to feel that the sky was dark, and it was not until the queen mother called her that she reacted.

Li Yihua listened to the buzzing sound, and realized that Wang Zuxian had hung up the phone, and Li Yihua, who had never been in love in his previous life or now, felt very confused. I don't know if she agreed, Li Yihua shook his head and put down the phone.

For the next hour, Li Yihua's phone kept ringing. Basically everyone Li Yihua knew called to congratulate him on a happy new year.

When the bell passed twelve o'clock, Li Yihua and Li Ying hurriedly knelt down to their parents and said loudly: Lao Dou, mother, happy new year, bring the red envelope. ”

Li Yuanchao and his wife looked at a pair of children, their hearts were sweeter than eating honey, took out the prepared red envelope from their pockets, and handed it to the brothers and sisters.

For the first time in his life to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, Li Yihua led his sister to walk on the lively streets, lion dance, dragon lantern dance and other performances have appeared in the New Territories villages, walled villages, and it is difficult to see large-scale lion dance and dragon dance lantern performances on the streets of the city in the New Year. Li Yihua knows that firecrackers and firecrackers are all prohibited in Hong Kong, but on the second day of the Lunar New Year, a grand fireworks display can be held on Victoria Harbour, which has become a program for more than ten years to welcome the Spring Festival.

Looking at the singing and laughing, Li Yihua truly realized how strong the flavor of Hong Kong is at this time! You can't really appreciate it if you don't have it!

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