Because Huzi paid the deposit the day before yesterday, the brothers were busy when they arrived in the town, and their eyes were glazed in the face of the mountains of fireworks and firecrackers.

Little Whip and Earth Red? That thing is outdated, okay? It's really rich in the pocket and don't panic, the two brothers picked this meal, a salute and fireworks, loaded a whole car, and then Huzi's eyes were red, grabbed the boss's clothes and asked if there was a small gun truck that specialized in firing salutes, saying that he wanted to buy some back, the boss smiled bitterly twice and shook his head, who the fuck bought a gun car to shoot in the sky during the New Year? No matter how rich you are, you can't be so clean, right?

In the middle of the afternoon, the brothers finally finished picking under the urging of the boss, and the boss understood that if he didn't urge these two guys to pick until dark, they were not in a hurry, and they were still in a hurry to go home for the New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Huzi was so excited, even if he got in the car, his eyes were still red, Zhou Yu was afraid that this guy would take advantage of the excitement to drive the car away, so he had to drive himself.

"Brother Ergou, brother, I'm so happy today, I'm so happy, hahaha, a big car full of fireworks salutes, a full 100,000 yuan. I'm just fucking relying on it, a firecracker for 100,000 yuan, which was something I never dreamed of before. Oh you can't do it, it's not okay, Brother Ergou, I want to jump a few times now to vent, oh you are boiling in my heart.

And Brother Ergou, if you want me to say that the boss is a stupid hat, why don't you say he will enter a few gun trucks? It would be awesome if we bought a few gun trucks and fired a few shots into the sky tonight......"

Zhou Hu trembled excitedly, he couldn't stop the door, and he couldn't stop without talking. Zhou Yu listened to it with black lines. Later, I couldn't help it, so I said with a black face: "Huzi, you hurry up and shut up for me." Brother, I really can't stand it, if you kid still dare to continue to be in vain. Believe it or not, I won't let you set off a single fireworks at night? I paid for the money anyway. ”

Glancing at Zhou Yu resentfully, Zhou Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Brother Ergou is ruthless, can't I say it?" Really, isn't it just a happy mouth? What a big dictatorship. ”

Zhou Yu didn't have a bird for him, the more you fought with him, the more energetic he became, so he drove steadily towards the village.

When they got home, the brothers didn't dare to put these fireworks at home, but pulled them to a small warehouse next to the village committee, and Huzi had already stolen the key beforehand. The two brothers did it without realizing it.

The western sky gradually became a little dark, and slowly the heavy twilight began to envelop the northern land, and the smoke of the small mountain village curled and exuded a strong fragrance.

At this time, all the lights in the house of every household and the red lanterns in the yard were lit up, and the red red lanterns reflected the red Spring Festival couplets and the five-colored colors of the blessing characters, revealing the breath of the year everywhere. As the old saying goes, the more lights are lit in the Chinese New Year's Eve, the brighter they are, the brighter the days at home will be. And the red lantern is not only festive, but also can attract the God of Wealth.

At this time, Zhouding Country was very lively, and Wang Guilan and the third aunt were busy all afternoon. The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner that everyone was looking forward to was finally ready. Zhou Yu and his brothers carried the table of eight immortals and put it on the kang, and then helped to serve the dishes with dishes and chopsticks. There was a large kettle sitting on the stove heated by the stove, which had been scalded with chrysanthemum wine. Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the women in the northeast can make two families. So there's no need for red wine.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner here in Taiping Town refers to this main meal in the evening, which is the most important meal of the year. Then at about ten o'clock in the middle of the night, it is necessary to "send the god paper" to attract the gods and worship the ancestors. Then there is a meal of dumplings to please the gods, which means "to receive the gods with rice". Welcome the new year to all kinds of gods and ancestors to bless the family with peace and security. Then the whole family began to observe the New Year. The longer you boil up, the happier and healthier you will be in the second year.

Northeast people attach great importance to the quality of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and usually this meal must include the so-called "four major items". These four dishes, namely chicken, fish, pork ribs and elbow, seem to be missing as long as one of them is missing, and the meal is very not "authentic" and not "northeastern". No matter how difficult life was in the past, the family had to buy a fish, kill a pig, and ensure that there were elbows and meat-filled dumplings to eat during the New Year.

In addition to paying attention to the quality of Chinese New Year's Eve meals, northeasterners also pay special attention to colorful heads and eating methods, and the dishes may not be the most favorite, but they must be eaten with colorful heads. A big fish is indispensable, and you can't eat it all on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and the remaining half is put on the stove, and you can eat it on the first day of the new year, which is called more than one year in a row; Celery slices are also indispensable, and the tender and verdant celery is not only refreshing to eat, but also means diligence; Braised chicken feet in sauce is also a reserved dish, gnaw chicken feet on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and next year you can have a rake for money; The dumpling filling is even more varied, the leek filling symbolizes longevity, and the radish filling symbolizes making money into a stack. Cabbage stuffing symbolizes wealth and wealth......

At this time, the table was already full of sumptuous dishes, and at the moment there was a large steamed dragon carp with bright red and bright colors, because this fish was too big, it was directly served on two plates. Surrounded by some traditional Chinese New Year dishes, braised carp, braised pork knuckle, big rooster stewed mushroom powder, red stewed meat stewed potatoes, tomato beef brisket, braised general shrimp, stewed sauerkraut with big bone sticks, stir-fried meat with celery, braised chicken feet with sauce, stir-fried shaved meat with cabbage, and some fried things, such as sweet potato and sweet potato strips meatballs, etc., due to the bumper harvest on the mountain this year, there are two more fruit plates, a plate of cold watermelon cut into square pieces, and a plate of big cherries.

The wine and food are in front, and the children and grandchildren are so good, and the old lady is full of comfort and joy. So after a few simple toasts, the whole family happily ate the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Everyone toasted while eating and talking, and the topic slowly talked about the two young people, and when they talked about the young people, they naturally talked about their marriage, and the old lady gave a death order, asking Zhou Yu and the brothers to marry Qingqing and Xiaoxiao in the coming year, and when the Chinese New Year next year comes, there will be two more people in the family, and there will be two or even three or four more little guys in the year after tomorrow, how lively will it be at that time?

Zhou Hu didn't understand, and asked cautiously with a smiling face: "Taigong, Xiaoxiao and my sister-in-law have both had children." That's just two, huh? How can there be three or four so many? ”

"Look at your incapacitating bear-like appearance, you kid can't fight hard to get twins or even triplets, huh? Anyway, I don't have a problem. When the time comes, I will help you take care of the children. I'll tell you two, Taigong has a trick up his sleeve with children. No fuss at all. ”

Zhou Hu smiled when he heard this, and he was embarrassed to say that he didn't have this ability. But Zhou Yu, who was eating vegetables, was taken aback by Taigong's words, what? Taigong shows himself the child? Forget it, isn't the old man's trick to see that the child doesn't make a fuss is to stick his big toe into the child's mouth and let the child smack?

When it came to the topic of children, Wang Guilan and the third aunt couldn't help it, and urged the little brothers with great interest, which made the brothers depressed.

The wine is refreshing and mellow chrysanthemum wine, the dish is fried and fried in a large pot stew, and the chicken, duck and fish are complete. The most important thing is the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so Zhou Hu drank a little too much, and when he drank more wine, he naturally talked more.

"That grandfather, second uncle, second aunt, parents, it's not me blowing with you, today I and Ergouzi and the two of us did a big thing, I'm happy, even the second dog brother gave me more than one million on the day I wasn't so happy. Hehe, do you know why I'm so happy? Zhou Hu said not very neatly.

"Oh, what's the matter? What else can you do for the New Year? Is it specified to buy firecrackers? I remember you two had this when you two were kids. It's a pity that our family didn't have any money at that time, and we didn't buy much for you. Zhou Dingguo said with a smile.

"I'll go. Second uncle, you are simply a god, and your guess is too accurate, right? Really, I wanted to leave you a little mystery. Hey. Brother Ergou, what are you doing kicking me all the time? As Zhou Hu was talking, he noticed that Zhou Yu kicked him under the table with his foot, so he couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Yu really wanted to beat this guy a few times at this time. At this time, if you tell me about spending 100,000 yuan to buy fireworks, won't you feel uncomfortable? This is definitely a model of a loser.

Faced with Huzi's questioning, Zhou Yu had no choice but to say helplessly: "Huzi." Didn't we just buy fireworks for thousands of dollars, what is there to show off? In other words, the fireworks in the Chinese New Year's Eve are getting more and more popular, and if I had enough money at that time, I might be able to spend 100,200,000. ”

In fact, Zhou Yu said this just to remind Huzi, and by the way, he also gave a preventive shot to several elders, so that there would be a buffer when things were exposed.

But Zhou Hu didn't know anything about the southeast and northwest for a long time, and when Zhou Yu spoke, he pointed at Zhou Yu and said with a smile: "Brother Ergou, are you stupid or what?" Didn't we go to the town in the afternoon and buy fireworks and salutes for 100,000 yuan? At that time, I wanted to buy 100 two kicks, but you said that the grade of that thing was too low, so you didn't let me buy it. That's right, I wanted to buy a few small artillery trucks that fired cannons in the sky and came back to have a good time, but I didn't know that I hadn't sold them yet, and I was so angry at the time......"

Huzi was still talking to himself there, but everyone ignored him and turned their eyes to Zhou Yu.

“…… Xiaoyu, did you really spend 100,000 yuan to buy fireworks? Wang Guilan looked at her son and asked.

"Well, don't ask, I'll take the initiative to explain. Alas, I regret it now, I am not afraid of god-like opponents but pig-like teammates. You said that you didn't use the torture before you got drunk and took the initiative to confess, what is this called? ”

"Don't grind, hurry up and say, who likes to listen to you for the New Year?" Zhou Dingguo urged.

"Well, that's the case, this has to start when Huzi and I were hurt when we were hurt during the New Year......"

Zhou Yu is also a bachelor enough, since he has already revealed his stuffing, he is not a man who hides it, and besides, he can't hide the truth from the people and dogs that Huzi is drinking now? So I started talking about the fact that my family couldn't afford a whip twenty years ago, and my heart was hurt. Hearing these elders' tears in their eyes, they couldn't stand it in distress.

Can these people talk about children anymore? At the end, Zhou Dingguo sighed with emotion: "Xiaoyu, when you were a child, our family and your third uncle's family really had no money, so the two of you suffered so much, we are sorry for you." Now that you can make money, you can spend as much as you want, and the more you spend, the more you have. I just heard that you are buying good fireworks and salutes, and most of the people in our village have never seen this thing, so we just call everyone to the courtyard in the evening to have a look. We've seen it for a long time.

"Yes, yes. Ergouzi, the princess has lived for more than 80 years, and he hasn't seen those novelties. Just do what your dad said, call the old and young masters in the village, and let's go to the courtyard to see the fireworks together. I used to watch it on TV, but now we'll put it on our own. Hahaha, it's still my great-grandson who is amazing, damn, he dared to throw out 100,000 yuan to buy fireworks at once, it's too domineering. ”

As soon as the prince said this, the matter was settled, and everyone continued to happily eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. chatting about the parents' shortcomings, hip-hop and hip-hop are so lively.

The meal lasted from five o'clock in the afternoon to nearly eight o'clock in the evening, and after eating, the old men sat on the kang to eliminate their food, and Huzi was poured a few cups of tea by Zhou Yu, and now he has also sobered up, and he stayed weakly and did not dare to speak. complained to himself in his heart: It's really a mistake to drink, but fortunately, Brother Ergou is smart enough to use everyone's sympathy to fool this matter, or I can't tell what the result will be now.

Seeing that his mother and third aunt were busy, Zhou Yu went to the outside room to take some frozen apples and frozen pears and put them in cold water to thaw. Then I put the washed big cherries, big peaches and other fresh fruits into the fruit bowl and brought them up, and then took out a plastic plate and grabbed some melon seeds, fried peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and other dried fruits and put them inside and brought them to the kang. Everyone sat on the hot kang and drank tea or ate fruit while eating dried fruits, which was very comfortable.

After a while, Zhou Dingbang went back, and today is the Chinese New Year's Eve. As the village party secretary, I have to take a few villager group leaders to walk from house to house. As for those lonely and widowed elderly, there is no need to worry, because every Chinese New Year, their relatives who are closer to the village will take them to their homes for the New Year.

In fact, how much can a person of this age eat? It's nothing more than a matter of multiple pairs of bowls and chopsticks. They have a bumpy life and a lonely evening, especially when the lights of thousands of homes are celebrating the reunion together, their mood is even more imaginable. Therefore, since decades ago, the lonely and widowed old people in the village have not celebrated the New Year by themselves, and those who really have no relatives go to the house of the village chief or the village party secretary. In this way, this tradition has been passed down, and those lonely old people can always spend every Spring Festival in harmony.

In fact, the Chinese New Year is a state of mind. An atmosphere, a festivity, as long as there are these and the rest of it doesn't matter.

At this time, the Spring Festival Gala has begun, Wang Guilan and the third aunt have also reconciled the noodles, as for the dumpling filling, it will be chopped in the morning, and the meat and vegetables can be mixed after eating.

Bringing a panel, a rolling pin, and a curtain made of sorghum stalks for the dumplings, the family happily wrapped the dumplings while watching TV.

The dumplings in the evening should be wrapped in two meals, one is a dumpling to please the gods, and the other is eaten on the morning of the first day of the new year. So Wang Guilan and the third aunt made two kinds of stuffing, one is leek, egg and shrimp, which is a palanquin to please the gods, and the other is cabbage and pork, which will be kept for tomorrow morning.

Before making dumplings, Wang Guilan washed a few dime steel hammers, and the third aunt cut a few small pieces of rice cakes and peeled a few pieces of sugar, and she would wrap all these things into the dumplings later.

If you eat sugar when eating dumplings, it means that the days to come will be as sweet as honey; If you eat rice cakes, it means that you are rising step by step; If you have eaten money, then you have to congratulate you, which means that you have prosperous financial luck this year, counting the money until your hands cramp.

Zhou Yu was not idle, helping his mother and third aunt roll out the dumpling skin, Taigong and Zhou Dingguo were chatting on the kang, as for Huzi, who was still drinking tea, the two big eyes were looking out vigorously, and his mind had long been unaware of where he had flown to.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers was already sparsely sounding outside, and the party was going on for a sketch, which made the whole family lean forward and backwards.

Zhou Hu pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "Hey, I said, is it so funny?" Believe it or not, if I go up to act, I will definitely be much stronger than a few of them, one by one, if I go up with Lao Cao and designate them to defeat them in a few seconds. ”

"Okay, okay, don't blow it here, you kid, my head hurts when I look at you now. What's that, you still go out to find Wu Lao Er and them to play, by the way, tell the people in the village about the fireworks, and let them go to the courtyard if they like to see the excitement, the time is set at twelve o'clock, at that time it is the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and all the families are almost finished, and they just have time to go over to see. ”

Zhou Hu didn't say a word, put aside the tea, hurriedly went to the ground to put on his shoes and put on a padded jacket and ran out of the house to find his fox friends and dogs.

The pure and vast sky is dotted with stars, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers. It was ten o'clock in the evening. At this time, Zhoujia Village was brightly lit and full of people. As the New Year draws closer, everyone begins the most important ritual on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve – asking the gods to worship their ancestors.

Originally, the time to ask the gods to worship their ancestors should have been around twelve o'clock in the morning. But after thousands of years, this time is not so certain, Zhoujia Village usually performs this ceremony at about ten o'clock, and it is really a little late if you wait until twelve o'clock.

In the outhouse, the mother and the third aunt have already begun to boil water and cook dumplings. Zhou Yu and Zhou Dingguo Zhou Dingbang exchanged the tributes placed in front of the family tree for some new ones.

The genealogy is scattered in the form of a binary tree, and some branches have no descendants a few generations ago, most of them ended in the previous generation of Taigong, which is also the common situation of most genealogies.

Only the names of those who have passed away will appear on the genealogy of the Chinese New Year's Eve on this day. At the bottom of this branch of the clan are the names of Zhou Yu's grandfather, grandfather and third grandfather, because the prince is still strong and alive, so there is still a vacant position above these three names.

On the square table in front of the genealogy is an incense burner with fine sand inside. On either side of the censer sat a pair of tall and large red candles, and between the candles and the wall on which the family tree was hung were three plates, a plate of bananas, a plate of oranges, and a plate of large, red apples.

According to the rules, all the sacrifices to one's ancestors must be done by men, and when the tribute is replaced with a new one. Zhou Dingguo took out a bottle of chrysanthemum wine and two wine cups from the house, poured them full of wine and put them on both sides of the incense burner.

The old lady looked at the names of her brother and son and nephew on the family tree for a long time, her back was gloomy, and her eyes were full of sadness. There was a sadness that could not be dissolved. After Zhou Dingguo brought the two glasses of wine to the table, the old man finally couldn't control his feelings, his eyes were tearful, and the white-haired old man who had seen all the ups and downs of his life could no longer maintain his usual calm mood at this moment.

At this time, the outhouse was quiet. Even Wang Guilan and the third aunt, who were cooking dumplings, deliberately made their movements lighter. As for Zhou Yu and Zhou Hu, they became even more honest, and they didn't even dare to say a word.

Everyone knows that the old lady has a bumpy life. The young man lost his father and mother, and the middle-aged lost his wife and brother. lost a son and daughter-in-law in old age, and everything unsatisfactory in life seems to be accounted for. So this time of year is the time when Taigong's mood is at its lowest, and at this time, no one can bear to disturb this old man who has survived in the pile of suffering, so let him take this opportunity to vent his emotions.

It's just that Taigong is Taigong, and he is definitely not a person, that kind of low emotion is fleeting, and in a blink of an eye, he collects his emotions, and his expression becomes softer.

Seeing this, Zhou Dingguo came to Taigong and whispered, "Master, shall we start now?" ”

"Let's start, once a year to worship the ancestors, burn more paper money and ingots later, so that your father, your uncle and your grandfathers can live better down there." After saying that, the old man stopped squeaking.

Zhou Dingguo nodded, turned to Zhou Yu and Zhou Hu and said, "Xiaoyu, Huzi, we are about to invite God to worship our ancestors, you two will go out to set off firecrackers and burn paper now, let's invite God first." ”

The two brothers answered, went to the back room, picked up a few plates of firecrackers, and a large bundle of burning paper and came to the courtyard. Zhou Yu lit the burning paper first, and when the fire was a little bigger, Huzi lit the firecrackers, and then the brothers kowtowed three times with the burning paper pad facing the south, which meant to invite the God of Wealth and the gods of all walks of life to go home for the New Year.

The time for all families in the village to ask the gods to worship their ancestors is about the same, and at this time, the ceremonies of receiving the gods of each family have also begun, and all kinds of firecrackers and fireworks explode in the air, and the sky suddenly becomes gorgeous. At that moment, the earth-shattering sound of firecrackers came and went, and the whole village resounded and boiled completely, and the whole village was filled with a thick smell of gunsmoke......

After inviting God, Zhou Dingbang and his brothers first lit two big red candles, and then Zhou Dingguo lit three incense sticks and bowed three times, and then took Zhou Dingbang and Zhou Yu to kneel down and kowtow three times to the family tree.

The old lady did not kowtow with the juniors, and there were names of brothers and nephews and sons on the family tree, so how could the elders kowtow to their backs? After the juniors finished kowtowing, they pinched three sticks of incense and lit them, and half-clasped their hands towards the family tree, and inserted the incense into the incense burner. (To be continued......)

PS: The last struggle for a monthly pass......