On the TV screen, the round of singing and dancing group performances just now is over, and then there is another cross talk performance.

Everyone in the Li family sat around lively, watching the colorful Spring Festival Gala performances, and enjoying the delicious food while talking and laughing.

As long as it is played to a cross talk performance or sketch show, everyone in the Li family will put down their chopsticks and move their attention back to the screen, and some laughter will sound from time to time.

And at this time, the only one who is not in the situation is Uncle Ham, who is a white man. Although the cross talk performances and sketch shows broadcast by the satellite are also translated into English subtitles, Uncle Ham's jokes obviously can't keep up with the frequency of the actors on TV. When the big guys were laughing, he didn't understand why he was laughing.

There are some acrobatic performances and dance programs that do not require the performers to speak, and he can still watch them with relish.

Between talking, laughing, eating, drinking, and eating, time is also passing imperceptibly.

At this time, the Spring Festival Gala was also carried out to a high level. At the tide stage, after another song and dance group performance, the next thing to go on is the martial arts performance that several children in the family love to watch.

Because several children in the family have been martial arts since elementary school, Uncle Ham has also unconsciously become a Chinese kung fu fan because he has been picking up several children to learn martial arts.

The program that can be on the Spring Festival Gala must have been carefully selected, and this martial arts performance is a show that does not require the performers to speak.

Not long after the end of this wonderful martial arts group performance, the sound of "crackling" firecrackers and "jingling bells" of gongs and drums sounded outside the window.

As soon as Xiao Hao, the youngest bear child, heard the voice, he couldn't help but get up and wait by the window, and the other juniors of the Li family also got up. Walking to the window, the three juniors looked out the window, and sure enough, it was time for the annual dragon and lion dance.

Not far from the street, a dragon dance team and a lion dance team wearing traditional Chinese costumes are singing and dancing in this direction. Looking at this speed, it is estimated that you will soon pass by the gate of the "Chaoyue Pavilion".

After a cheer from the children. They put on their coats, opened the door of the private room and rushed out.

Li Chenghua looked at the time, and then looked at the leftovers on the table, he got up and walked to the door, shouted to the guy, came in, and ordered to settle the bill.

After settling the bill. The big guys also put on their coats, picked up their bags and car keys, walked out of the private room, and walked downstairs.

Wang Laohu has not been idle tonight, after he has just sent off a table of regular customers. I hid behind the cash register. As soon as he lit a cigarette and was about to rest for a while, when he looked up and saw that everyone from the Li family had come down, he hurriedly walked over with a smile on his face and greeted him.

"Yo, Brother Li, are you ready to leave after eating? I'm going to come up and have a drink with you later, how about it? How was this meal okay tonight? Wang Laohu smiled and handed over a cigarette.

The old man politely rejected the cigarette handed to him, and replied with a smile: "Seeing that you have been busy, I am embarrassed to call you up." There is an opportunity to drink. Forget it today, you still have so many guests here. Look at the children in our family, they are all waiting at the door with their eyes open. ”

Wang Laohu looked in the direction of the door, and sure enough, he saw the three juniors of the Li family, who were standing not far from the door at this time, probing their heads and discussing the performances on the street.

"Oh well. I'll send you off. Wang Laohu said politely as he accompanied everyone to the door.

When he passed the cash register at the door, he stopped Old Man Li. "Wait a minute, I'll get three cans of hot cocoa for the kids." After speaking. He took out three cans of hot cocoa drinks from the heater placed in the cabinet behind the cash register, held them in his arms, and beckoned Old Man Li to go out together.

Old Man Li was not polite to him, and shouted in the direction where Pei Pei and the others were standing, and Pei Pei and his two younger brothers turned around and saw their old man waving at them, so they had to run back again.

Seeing Wang Laohu standing next to the old man, the three younger generations stood in a very conscious row, and they all bowed to Wang Laohu:

"Grandpa Wang, Happy New Year! I wish you a prosperous business and a prosperous financial resource! Pei Pei was the first to start. Wang Laohu smiled and stuffed a can of hot cocoa into her hand.

"Grandpa Wang, my sister wishes you a prosperous New Year, then I wish you a big fat grandson in the new year." Xiao Zhi smiled and took the hot cocoa stuffed by Wang Laohu, and joked with Old Man Wang with a hippie smile.

Wang Laohu's son has been married for many years, and he is married to a Chinese girl who satisfies him. But the young couple always insisted that their careers were unstable, and they would let go of the birth of children in advance. This release is that several years have passed, and the neighbors know that this matter of holding a grandson has almost become Wang Laohu's heart disease.

Wang Laohu happily patted Xiao Zhi's shoulder, opened his eyebrows and smiled: "Okay, good, Xiao Zhi really said to my heart, borrow your auspicious words!" When I have hugged my grandson, I will invite your family to have a full moon wine. ”

In the end, it was Xiao Hao's turn, and the bear child had long been hooked up by the gongs and drums on the street. After receiving the hot drink given by Wang Laohu, he quickly bowed to Wang Laohu, and said "Grandpa Wang, Happy New Year", and the bear child squeezed into the crowd on the side of the street again.

Since the 60s of the 19th century, the Spring Festival parade has become a traditional program in Chinatown. It is the grandest Chinese New Year celebration held by Chinese outside of Asia.

Every year on this night, Chinatowns in major cities in the United States are bustling with activity. Traditional dragon and lion dances, fireworks and firecrackers are essential. But other than that, the celebration of the Spring Festival in Los Angeles' Chinatown is definitely a lot more pale than the celebrations in San Francisco's Chinatown.

The "Miss Chinatown Nationwide Contest" was started in San Francisco's Chinatown.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, many bright and beautiful Chinese girls will rush to San Francisco to participate in this beauty pageant. The girls have to show off their beauty and talent on stage, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, a winner will be won.

The winner of the "Most Beautiful Miss Chinatown" also won a large scholarship and prize, and participated in the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco's Chinatown on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Of course, tonight's Miss All-America Chinatown contest in San Francisco's Chinatown and the grand celebration parade that followed. The Li family didn't have a chance to see it.

However, the annual Chinese New Year's Eve parade celebration in Los Angeles' Chinatown is also quite grand and colorful.

This grand celebration not only attracted a large number of Chinese people who had left their hometowns to watch and participate, but also because of the wave of reform and opening up in Chinese mainland over the years. It has also allowed more and more Americans to change their preconceived notions about China. More and more Americans are also enthusiastically joining in to watch and participate in this Lunar New Year custom that was originally only unique to Chinese people.

Under the twinkling lights of neon lights and the sound of "crackling" firecrackers, the dragon dance team leads the way at the front of the procession.

The dragon dance team is also surrounded by a number of big-headed dolls.

Some of them carried a bamboo basket in one hand, and the bamboo basket was full of sweets, and they distributed candy along the street to passers-by on both sides.

Others are shaking the red handkerchief with both hands, twisting Yangge, singing and dancing all the way.

These big-headed dolls who twist Yangge are not easy to mess with, once they find that there are handsome guys and beauties on the side of the road to stop and pay attention. The big-headed dolls would rush up, grab the arms of these handsome men and women, and drag them into the procession.

Last year, Pei Pei was discovered by the big-headed dolls because she was standing too far forward. Then she was dragged into the parade by the big-headed dolls who rushed up. If you don't twist Yangge with them, these big-headed dolls won't let anyone go.

So, tonight she hid behind the crowd, for fear of being dragged into the parade again.

After the dragon dance procession passed, the lion dance team followed.

Next to the lion dance procession, there is also a row of big-headed dolls twisting Yangge, but these big-headed dolls are extraordinary, all of them are stepping on stilts, or twisting Yangge. Or beating gongs and drums.

After the lion dance procession passed, it was a parade of decorated floats with a very "Chinese flavor".

The performances on these floats are different.

On some floats, "handsome guys and beauties" (vomit ~ are all greased uncles and aunts) or singing and dancing, or juggling.

There are also floats on top. It is a variety of representative characters with Peking Opera masks, humming Peking Opera in the "Wow Ya Ya Ya~".

Everyone in the Li family watched all kinds of performances with great interest, and a few of the younger generation, still holding sugar figures or sugar gourds bought from street stalls in their hands, followed the procession all the way forward.

In the crowd, there were several white tourists with cameras in their hands. The parade is filled with long dragons, lion dancers, big-headed dolls shaking their heads, big-headed dolls stepping on stilts and twisting Yangge, as well as a variety of floats and performers in the shape of Chinese mythology. "Click, click, click" non-stop.

Traditionally, the march lasted until midnight. Then there are firecrackers to welcome the old and welcome the new, and fireworks will be in the sky.

After watching a parade performance, the Li family went directly back to Mr. Peng's acupuncture hall according to the habits of previous years. A few old men and old ladies were in good spirits, so they took the table by themselves, pulled Li Chenghua together, and rubbed the hemp while waiting for the arrival of the early morning hour.

Qin Wanyu and Aunt Qin commanded Uncle Ham and Zhang Yinuo to go to the car to retrieve flour and other ingredients. Then took these ingredients, Qin Wanyu and Aunt Qin went to the back kitchen, wrapped the wontons, and kneaded the rice balls.

At the hour of the morning, the sound of firecrackers came and went. The big guy put away the mahjong table, picked up the fireworks and walked out of the door of the acupuncture hall.

This year, it was still Ash who lit firecrackers with incense.

After letting go of the fireworks and seeing the colorful and beautiful fireworks in the sky, the old lady and Qin Wanyu beckoned everyone back to the house, and the hot wontons and rice balls were already cooked.

After eating supper and cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve is completely over, and everyone in the Li family should leave.

When Uncle Ham and the others went to pick up the car, Pei Pei asked the two younger brothers to serve the master and go back to the room to rest, and after the old man Peng lay down, Pei Pei and Aunt Qin turned off the lights and locked the door together.

After that, all three cars started at the same time and left Chinatown and headed for the Malibu house. (To be continued)