The atmosphere of the festival is still cheerful, Zhao Yuan put aside his thoughts and devoted himself to the current festival atmosphere, there are too many dishes prepared, and Luoluo's booklet specially used to record recipes has written more than ten pages.

"Uncle, let's go set off firecrackers." After the meal was ready, Luoluo proposed.

"Okay, but we're going to worship first." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, the custom of Shudi, after the pig's head is cooked, it must be brought outside the house to worship the ancestors, and then it can be decomposed and eaten.

Firecrackers are bamboos that make a crackling sound when thrown into a burning fire and burned, symbolizing the exorcism of mountain ghosts and plague gods, and symbolizing people's good wishes for a life in Antai.

"Let's throw firecrackers, uncle, you worship your ancestors." Luoluo agreed.

"Okay, but stay away from the fire and be careful of sparks."

After worshipping the ancestors, Zhao Yuan took the pig's head back to the kitchen, Luoluo and Xiaobao threw all the bamboo knots in the fire outside the house, crackling, and followed back to the kitchen when they were done.

"I've picked it, Luoluo, Xiaobao, come and eat meat." Meng Ying put the pig's head brought back by Zhao Yuan in the pot and scalded it, scooped it up and prepared to remove the bones.

"I'm going to eat pig eyes." Luoluo interjected.

"I eat pigs and rush to the mouth." Xiaobao said.

"Okay, wait a minute, and you'll be fine right away." Meng Ying said with a smile.

"Two snacks." Zhao Yuan said funny, among the pig's head meat, the best thing is walnut meat, and Luoluo and Xiaobao don't know.

After removing the pig's head meat, one person ate one or two pieces, and then prepared the main meal, four people around a table full of dishes, the same dish ate one or two chopsticks were already full, and the steamed rice did not move at all.

"Let's cover it first, and then eat it when you're hungry and hot." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

Children are looking forward to the Chinese New Year, because there are not only new clothes to wear, but also a lot of delicious food. Xiaobao and Luoluo's bellies were a little round, and they shouted panicked after eating.

Zhao Yuan had no choice but to take the two little ones to the village for a walk to eliminate food, while Meng Ying cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks at home.

"Uncle Pole, is the meal ready?" Walking to the neighbor Zhao Gongzi's house, Zhao Yuan asked.

"Yo, I just heard the firecrackers go off in your house, and the meal is ready so early?" Aunt Hua asked.

"That's right, Aunt Hua, haven't you cooked it yet?"

"In a while, you gave so much fish and meat, and the children in the family were clamoring for it." Aunt Hua said.

"Grandma Hua, Grandpa Pole, Happy New Year." Luoluo said.

"Luoluo, you also have a happy New Year, and so is Xiaobao." Zhao Gongzi said with a smile.

"Brother Qing, Brother Yang, why don't you go to my house to play." Zhao Yuan said to Zhao Zhuzi's two sons, Zhao Qing and Zhao Yang.

"Hey, aren't you busy, Xueqi, Yun Tan, call the second uncle." Zhao Qing said to his daughter six-year-old Zhao Xueqi and Zhao Yang's son three-year-old Zhao Yuntan.

"Second uncle, Luoluo's sister (sister)." Zhao Xueqi and Zhao Yuntan shouted.

"Eh, Xueqi, Yun Tan, the second uncle will give you New Year's money." Zhao Yuan smiled and took out two small strings of copper coins from his arms, one string of fifteen wen, and handed them to the two little guys respectively.

"Atom, this is not good, you are a junior, you arrived since you were a child, and I, as an uncle, have never given you New Year's money." Zhao Gongzi said.

"Uncle Pole, it used to be difficult for the big guys, but now I have some ability, and I don't have much money to make the children happy during the holidays." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Why don't you eat at home, my meal is almost ready." Aunt Hua said with a smile.

"No, we came out because these two little ones were too full to eat, and they went around the village to eat." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes, Grandma Hua, we've eaten too much." Luoluo interjected.

Yesterday, when Zhao Yuan talked to Luoluo and Xiaobao about New Year's money, the little girl still wanted to find the elders in the village to ask for New Year's money, but when she went out, she changed her mind and secretly told Zhao Yuan that the elders in the village had not given New Year's money before, and she still didn't ask them for it.

"Let's go around again, Uncle Pole, let's eat, Xueqi and Yun Tan, go to my house to play after eating." Zhao Yuan said hello, walked out of Zhao Gongzi's house, and walked around the village.

When he met a child, Zhao Yuan would give a small string of copper coins, and each family would go around and invite the children to play at their own home, and then he would take Luoluo and Xiaobao home.

"Why did you come back and don't transfer much?" Meng Ying was sitting in front of the brazier and roasting the fire, and when she saw Zhao Yuan and the three of them coming back, she asked.

"It's not good to leave you alone at home, we'll be back." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Auntie, our family is the first to eat in the village, and they haven't eaten yet." Luoluo interjected.

"Yes, our New Year's dinner this year is indeed quite early, and when you are hungry, I will warm it up for you." Meng Ying nodded and said.

"By the way, maybe the children in the village will come to the house to play and bring out the dried fruits and snacks we bought for everyone to eat, as well as pears." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Well, no children in the village have come to our house to play." Meng Ying nodded.

"In the past, my eldest brother and I were always busy at home, but then because we were always busy, the children rarely came to play." Zhao Yuan said.

"Our family is at the outermost end of the village, and Luoluo doesn't like to go to the village alone, it's a bit lonely, but it's much better now." Zhao Yuan touched the little girl's hair again and said.

"Uncle, I took the pole and played at Grandpa's house." Luoluo interjected.

"Then why didn't you call Sister Xueqi and Brother Yun Tan to come to the house to play?"

"The last time I went, they weren't at home and went to the village." Luoluo said with a pout.

"Yes, the children in the village came to our house for a while, Luoluo, how about you and Xiaobao entertain everyone." Zhao Yuan proposed.

"Okay."

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There are only a dozen families in Zhaojiazhuang, and there are sixteen children under the age of twelve, some of whom are of Zhao Yuan's generation and some are of Luoluo's generation.

After eating, the children in the village came to Zhao Yuan's house one after another, originally these children rarely came to Zhao Yuan's house, but since Zhao Yuan bought wild mushrooms in the summer, the children in the village often ran to Zhao Yuan's house.

"Second brother (second uncle), we are here, Luoluo."

"Come into the house and make a fire, Luoluo is preparing something to entertain you." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

The group of children, the eldest of whom was only thirteen years old, and the youngest of whom was only three years old, walked into the house chattering.

All of a sudden, Zhao Yuan's house became lively, Luoluo and Xiaobao happily played with the children in the village, the melons and fruits on the table were distributed by Luoluo to the children, and several children who had gone to school and Luoluo were taking the school examination with each other, and they had a lot of fun.

Zhao Yuan also went to make a fuss and told a few stories to the children, and the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic, and Zhao Yuan's first Chinese New Year's Eve in this era passed in the laughter of the children.