Chapter 16: New Year in the Mountain Village
Since He Kun discovered the magic of the space spring water, he has nourished Da Hei from time to time, until one time when his grandfather was eating, he inadvertently said that Da Hei seemed to be becoming more and more courageous, and he began to reduce the supply of his spring water, so as not to have the magic of Da Hei that is different from ordinary dogs. Watching the big black droop his head and eat the food he wasn't interested in without taking a bite, just to please the little master in front of him to taste the very delicious spring water again.
When He Kun saw Da Hei's appearance, he couldn't help but laugh, and stroked Da Hei's hair with his hand, "You, don't be dissatisfied, if you drink it again, you will almost become a roaring dog, you are really not afraid that one day someone will slice it to make a hot pot."
Da Hei nodded his head as if he was talking, shivered, and got closer to He Kun's feet. Hehe, He Kun looked at Da Hei, who was becoming more and more recognizable, and felt the magic of the spring more and more.
The sound of firecrackers outside kept playing, and the atmosphere of the New Year became heavier and heavier, just in He Kun's anxious waiting, after a while, the old man and his father He Shan came back, He Kun ran to the door to greet the two of them, "Hurry back to the house, it's cold outside, grandma and mom are ready, just wait for you to come back." He Kun, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, hurriedly welcomed the two back to the house.
Grandma and Mom also came out to take a look when they heard the movement in the kitchen, and said with a smile, "Come back, wash your hands, and serve the food immediately." "Seeing my husband and son come back, and the family is together for the New Year, there is no one happier than my grandmother.
"Wait, don't worry, you go and hang the little whip, big mountain. Come, help the handle, and carry the cannon out together. The old man exclaimed with a festive face, "Hehe, this firecracker is indispensable to our family."
Firecrackers during the New Year are an indispensable folk activity in our country, not for anything else, just for a lively, all year round, lively. It has become a tradition for the Chinese people to set off firecrackers for the New Year. Nowadays, the serious pollution and ecological balance make the New Year's fireworks a headache, but fortunately, this is a mountain village, not so much exquisite, what should the big guy do, and he won't think so much.
The little whip that the old man said was not too small, it was a double-ringing earth king about 5 meters long and the thickness of a little finger. The whip rang out, crackling, deafening, and sensational. After watching my father put a few cannons in order, he waited for the old man's number.
"Little whip" with the grandfather's order, He Kun flashed over, according to the fuse of the firecracker to light the lighter, soon after the "sizzle, sizzle" sound of a deafening double sound The king of the earth began to fly in the yard The dragon snake flew up, the firecracker skin flew straight, the fire flashed, and it was spectacular in an instant. The old man shouted unsatisfied, "Mountain, light the cannon." Soon the father, under the shouting of the grandfather, flew straight regardless of the red skin all over the field, lowered his head, pulled up his clothes and covered his head, and rushed over, and hurriedly ran back after lighting all the barrels in order, provoking the grandmother and mother who were covering their ears to laugh.
"Huh, snap," "Huh, pop" full thirty-six cannons bloomed in the mountain village, like flowers blooming in the air, very beautiful, but even beautiful flowers have times to wither, not to mention fireworks, as the dust of fireworks settled, everyone's attention was attracted back to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
In the end, the Chinese New Year's Eve is still on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, there are few people in the family, grandparents, parents and He Kun, a total of five people, and it is warm to gather together. He Kun first gave everyone a few glasses of honey water to nourish the stomach as usual, in case he would drink and hurt his body, the wine he drank at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was the brand wine brought by his father, the degree was not high, but it was made vigorously, and it was not necessary to drink a little at a time like medicinal wine, and the winter drinking needs to be warmed in the wine pot in advance, otherwise the cold drinking will shiver, and people will suffer.
He Kun picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for everyone before pouring himself a glass, the dishes on the table were dazzling, a lot of game in the mountains, stewed roe deer, salty crispy turtledove, stir-fried rabbit, pheasant stewed mushrooms, and a plate of wild boar caught in the village years ago, and the wild boar ears sent to the village, even wine. Other dishes such as braised pork and roasted large intestines occupy most of the table, and the vegetables are basically brought by my mother this time, after all, it is more convenient to buy them in the city. When are there no vegetables in the greenhouse?
He Kun kept pouring wine for the old man and He Shan, and talked with the words, the old man was very happy when he looked at the happy appearance of this family, and took a sip of wine and joked He Kun, "Xiao Kun, when will you bring a daughter-in-law to the house, your grandfather and I still want to live in the same house for four generations, and your grandmother still wants to take back her grandson." Grandpa suddenly became interested in He Kun's personal problems, and looked at He Kun with malicious intentions and said.
As soon as grandpa said this, it suddenly exploded like a hornet's nest, and everyone kept expressing their opinions, among which grandma and mother Cheng Rong were the most prominent, "Your grandpa is right, you were in the field before, we can't say anything, now you are not leaving, it's time to find one, grandma will help you ask another day." Grandma said happily to He Kun, the expression on her face was particularly wonderful.
"Yes, yes, Kunkun, you are not young, your Aunt Wang's daughter in the factory grew up with you, they are all married and have children, the child is beautiful, tell you, I won't force you at work, but you have to bring a daughter-in-law back to your mother after the New Year." Hearing no" The mother looked jealous, as if she should have hugged her grandson early. looked at He Kun hatefully.
Well, ......, He Kun was caught off guard by the sudden topic, and said hesitantly, "This is not a purchase, you have to pay attention to fate and fit." Nowadays, people divorce is the same as commonplace, and they will leave when they say they will leave. You don't want to, do you? He Kun didn't want his family to point fingers at his personal problems and arrange them indiscriminately. Arranged marriages have no good results, He Kun still knows this.
Maybe they were moved by He Kun's words, and everyone didn't persecute He Kun, but just told He Kun that fate didn't fall from the sky, and he had to take the initiative to find it himself. Don't be afraid, despite the above, He Kun was so uncomfortable, his face was flushed. I really don't understand who is the post-8090s, and He Kun is embarrassed to say it so directly.
Quickly divert the topic, by the way, I sandwiched a chicken leg for my mother, and made a large intestine in my grandmother's bowl, which made everyone happy, my mother looked at the chicken leg in the bowl and "hummed", but her face was full of smiles, although she had a big opinion on her son's refusal to let him hold his eldest grandson in advance, but this kid still has a little conscience, as for his father, he was stuffy and gnawed on pig's trotters, and he didn't say anything.
"Come, grandpa, I'll make you another glass of honey, otherwise your stomach will definitely be uncomfortable," seeing that grandpa drank a lot of liquor tonight, for fear that there would be problems, the others don't know, but the effect of his own space spring water He Kun himself is still very clear, if there is no change, it will be encouraged, it is always good, get up and brew honey water for grandpa and dad.
"Hehe, okay, I'll drink some, my grandson didn't raise it in vain, yes, much better than your father." The old man felt that his grandson cared about his body, and it was the kind of worry and love that came from the blood. This made the old man very happy and happy, so he drank a big sip of honey, with a smile on his face, and did not forget to hit his father by the way.
Soon, the Spring Festival Gala began, grandpa and dad were not interested in this at all, only grandma and mom who had already gotten off the table watched with great energy, He Kun and the three men kept drinking around the table, talking and chatting about life, listening to the bursts of firecrackers outside, the screams of children, full of rich New Year's atmosphere, He Kun liked it very much.
"Xiao Kun, what do you plan to do after the New Year?" Grandpa put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at me with my father, "I talked to your father about this just now, I want to hear what you are going to do after the beginning of spring?" Grandpa said.
"I don't have any plans, mainly because I want to contract the land and the pond at the door of the mountain after the spring, so that there is a name for it, although it is all uncles and elders in a village, and the brothers still settle the accounts, so that there will be less nonsense in the future. Then find some people in the village to level the ground, plant some vegetables, and get some fruit trees on the hillside and so on. He Kun knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and now the problem of transportation and sales had not been solved, and it would definitely not work to start planting on a large scale, so he could only plant a little first and explore the way before making plans.
As time went by, the two old people rested early, and their parents have been used to going to bed early and getting up early for many years, and they have to rush back to work in the factory tomorrow, so the task of keeping the age was handed over to He Kun, an idler at home. Many places have the custom of keeping the New Year, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family eats and laughs. There are also laymen who push pai gow, roll dice, bet on stud, play mahjong, and the sound of noise and laughter converges into a happy ** on Chinese New Year's Eve, keeping vigil all night, and when the New Year's bell rings, each household will set off firecrackers to symbolize the exorcism of all evil plagues and diseases, and look forward to the auspicious and prosperous new year.
After setting off the firecrackers for the New Year, He Kun yawned and only played, and someone accompanied the lively and sleepy, leaving He Kun alone to wait until twelve o'clock, and the boredom during the period can be imagined. With the sound of firecrackers one after another in the night, He Kun rubbed his already red eyes, and impatiently slept into his bed;