February 16, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Daming is shrouded in a festive atmosphere everywhere, the whole country is sticking Spring Festival and preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, except for some posts that cannot leave people, everyone else has been busy all year and is preparing to enjoy the most festive day of the year.

The same is true in Zhao Yan's family.

From early morning to evening, Zhao Yan, a person who doesn't like to do housework, was also called by his father to go down to the attic to work together, in Zhao Dongrong's words, this is the rule!

What are the rules?

Let's pass on the rules! It should be this! There are many traditions in the Ming Dynasty, such as the Spring Festival or Qingming Festival, ordinary people have many things that must be done by men in their families, passed down from generation to generation, and the father will begin to teach by word and deed after his son is a little sensible, of course, there are no exceptions for men in the family.

Like Zhao Yan, since the age of ten, every year during the Spring Festival, he has to learn those ancient rites or customs from his father.

For example, early in the morning, go to the ancestral grave with his father, this kind of thing must go to the son, in Zhao Dongrong's words, in case he dies one day, Zhao Yan can't even remember the location of his ancestral graves, and every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, go to the ancestral grave to worship the ancestors, but also let the ancestors see the next generation in the family, let Zhao Yan kneel in front of the ancestral grave to burn some paper money, hoping that the ancestors will bless.

For example, on Chinese New Year's Eve, not only to go to the grave, but also to set up a table at home in the afternoon to worship the ancestors, and invite the ancestors to go home to eat and drink, but before that, the incense sticks must be beaten, Zhao Yan does not know if there is this custom in other places, but their Zhao family has such a habit.

Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, my father would find the broken plough iron from the utility room, put the plow iron on the coal stove and burn it red, and mix a bowl of strange juice with seven or eight seasonings such as water pepper and vinegar, and then use iron tongs to hold the red plow iron, and the other hand will carry a bowl full of strange juice through every corner of the house, and pour the juice on the red-hot plow iron as he walks, and then the house will be filled with a very strange aroma.

There are many other customs. Zhao Yanxue is needed, of course, the most important thing is every step when worshipping ancestors, not saying a word when worshipping ancestors is a basic requirement, not touching benches, tables and chairs is also a must, kowtowing is even more sincere, when to kowtow, there are also requirements for kowtowing a few times each time.

Anyway, the whole process of worshipping ancestors seems very rigid and serious.

When it was time for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the atmosphere at home could be considered lively. At this time, the TV will be turned on in the living room, and the whole family will sit around the table, and on the TV, the emperor will give a New Year's speech, and then the New Year's gifts of each TV station.

This New Year's gift is a bit similar to Lu Yang's Spring Festival Gala in that world, but there is a difference, the TV program on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve is simulcast by all TV stations, first the New Year's gift program of Beijing TV Station, and then it will automatically switch to another station's gift program. The annual practice, after a few programs of Beijing TV, is followed by the gift of Nanjing TV, the annual New Year's gift. There are three programs on Beijing TV, and Nanjing, as the accompanying capital, has two programs, in addition to that. Other provincial television stations have only one program time.

In this way, there are dozens of programs for the annual New Year's gift simulcast. All viewers can feel the unique program with different flavors of each province.

Each program is the highest level carefully prepared by each provincial TV station, and therefore, the programs broadcast by the New Year's gift simulcast every year are a wonderful competition, although the time is long, but it is dizzying, and you can't leave at a glance.

This is also the best opportunity for all provincial TV stations to show their strength to the national audience, the taste of competition with each other is very strong, according to past statistics, basically every time the provincial station is brilliant on the New Year's gift simulcast, the ratings will increase significantly after the New Year, and at the same time, the artists who are brilliant on the New Year's gift simulcast will also instantly become popular all over the country, maybe an artist has been tepid for many years, but as long as he is brilliant in the New Year's gift simulcast, after one night, he will become the popular king of the entertainment industry.

This year's New Year's gift simulcast is also exciting, Zhao Yan has seen many familiar artists on TV, such as Yu Qiluo, Ying Fangfei, Gu Minghua, Geng Yingxin, Zhuo Xingrui, etc.

The atmosphere at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home is also very good, the father no longer scolds, the mother is full of smiles, and no longer scolds the little sister, the eldest sister is busy before and after, still smiling, the little sister shouts, stands on the stool to find good food to eat, sometimes grabs with her hands, the mouth and hands of the food are full of oil, parents and eldest sister just smile to help her, this is also a custom of the New Year, no one can scold on this day, scolding on Chinese New Year's Eve, it is necessary to wipe the mouth with straw.

Zhao Yan kept smiling on the surface, he should eat and drink, he drank a lot of wine with his parents, and he also saluted the eldest sister and the younger sister in a proper manner.

Although the little sister is holding drinks to fill up, but as an older brother, today he also has to take care of his sister, maybe over the years, Zhao Yan is also the most like a good child every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter what personality he usually has, on Chinese New Year's Eve, he is like a filial son, a good brother and a good brother.

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Zhao Yan has received many New Year's text messages, and he has also sent and replied to many New Year's text messages, including Yu Qiluo, Lin Fusheng and others, and also sent New Year's congratulatory text messages in the fan groups of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and "Rebirth: Dacheng Sword".

But he never received Xiao Mengyue's text message, he sent it himself, but she never replied.

In fact, since the separation on Valentine's Day, Xiao Mengyue has never replied to his text messages, which makes Zhao Yan unable to be happy in the past two days, like tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve, although he has been smiling, but only smiling on the surface, he most wants to receive Xiao Mengyue's reply today, even a word, but has not waited.

What's going on?

Zhao Yan was very puzzled in his heart.

Xiao Mengyue doesn't like him? He didn't believe it! If she doesn't like it, why would she take the initiative to give it to him on Valentine's Day?

Was it because he didn't satisfy her in bed that day?

Zhao Yan didn't want to believe that this was the reason, although his first time that day was a little shorter, but the second time was already very good! What guy is not very short for the first time?

Because of the bad mood, although Zhao Yan has been accompanying his family to watch the New Year's gift simulcast on Chinese New Year's Eve, and although the program is very exciting, his smile has always been just like that, smile, the father and little sister did not notice, but the mother and eldest sister Zhao Ru gradually noticed.

The mother was a little confused and a little worried, and the eldest sister was about the same, but neither of them asked Zhao Yan the reason at the table, but everyone said something in action, and made a cup of tea for Zhao Yan after the meal, well, she made it for everyone, and no one was allowed to interfere.

Then the mahjong family got together a table, although the little sister is not very old, but also excited to play, the eldest sister does not fight with her, but sits next to the little sister to teach her how to play, the little sister is very happy and very unhappy.

Why do you say that?

When she wins, she clapps and cheers, and hugs her eldest sister's face and kisses one bite at a time, and when she loses, she will vent her dissatisfaction, accuse this and blame that, and when she gives money, she will play tricks from time to time.

Chinese New Year's Eve is a year of observance, and it must be kept until the early hours of the morning, after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

After twelve o'clock, the game was over, Dad opened the door and went out to set off firecrackers, and Mom, Little Sister, Big Sister, and Zhao Yan all packed up and prepared to rest.

Zhao Yan held the teacup and said hello to everyone, staggered upstairs, he didn't plan to win tonight, this is different from previous years, because he made a lot of money this year, and now he has the most money in this family, so under his intention to release the water, today he lost more than three hundred yuan, in fact, he wants to lose more, but the cards are not big, he wants to lose more and does not have that ability.

Under his intention to lose money, his parents and little sister both won money, so everyone was in a good mood.

Back in the attic, Zhao Yan sat down on the edge of the bed, couldn't help but take out his mobile phone and took a look at it, there was still no New Year's text message from Xiao Mengyue, he took a long breath, Zhao Yan looked sad, he was the only one in the attic at this time, so there was no need to force a smile.

casually dialed Xiao Mengyue's number, and soon heard a prompt that the number dialed had been turned off, which has been the case for the past two days.

Throwing his mobile phone on the bedside table with some annoyance, Zhao Yan felt irritable for a while.

He didn't understand what the hell was going on? Why did Xiao Mengyue suddenly lose contact with Xiao Mengyue in the past two days, just breaking through the last layer of relationship two days ago? He couldn't understand why she couldn't be contacted suddenly when she sent her home that day, when she sent her home that day, there was affection and reluctance in her eyes?

He hates it! Very nasty! Even if it was a breakup, he hoped to hear her say it in person, instead of being so inexplicable and inexplicable.

There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs.

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door, followed by the gentle voice of the eldest sister outside the door: "Ah Yan! Can Sister come in? ”

"Sister? OK! Of course! Sister, come in! ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly got up and adjusted his smiling expression. The door of the attic was pushed open, and the eldest sister walked in with a bowl of steaming tea eggs, and said gently, "Ah Yan! It's so late, hungry, right? Let's have a few eggs! ”

"Thank you, sister!"

Zhao Yan took the bowl, picked up an egg and stuffed it into his mouth, the eggshell had been peeled clean.

"Fool! What else do you say to my sister, thank you! ”

The sister and brother sat down on the edge of the bed, Zhao Yan lowered his head to eat tea eggs, the eldest sister looked at him with some concern, hesitated, and asked with concern: "Ah Yan!" Today's New Year, why don't you seem to be happy? What's on your mind? Can you tell my sister? ”

Zhao Yan paused for a moment in his action of eating eggs, turned his head to Zhao Ru and showed a bright smile, and said nonchalantly: "I'm fine!" Sister! You're thinking too much! I don't have anything! Don't you think I'm good? (To be continued.) )

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