February 10th, the traditional Lunar New Year.

Although Hawaii is isolated from abroad, the Chinese people still take the initiative to gather together to celebrate this traditional holiday.

Almost overnight, the Chinese homes were plastered with Spring Festival couplets, hung red lanterns, and pasted window grilles on the windows, and there was a strong sense of joy everywhere.

Hawaii is like spring all year round, speaking of which, this is the first time Li Mu has lived the Spring Festival without wearing a padded jacket, so he feels a little uncomfortable.

Chu Xue got up early and prepared a new red dress for Li Mu.

The Spring Festival has a special meaning for Li Mu, because Li Mu doesn't remember his birthday, so he regards the Spring Festival as his birthday.

This is simple and convenient, and by the way, the birthday was passed during the New Year, and it was celebrated all over the world, which was really festive.

"Speaking of which, how old am I now?" Li Mu was still a little confused when he was dressing.

Now Li Mu does not avoid Chuxue when he wears clothes, the two have been together for a long time, and they are very familiar with each other, Chuxue sometimes helps Li Mu wash his clothes, and even washes socks and underwear together, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

"You don't know yourself, how do I know-" Chu Xue helped Li Mu tidy up his back, and after finishing speaking, he was stunned, as if he remembered Li Mu's tragic history in the orphanage, and subconsciously put his hand on Li Mu's waist: "You are so tall now, even if you say that you are twenty, someone will believe you-"

Chu Xue knew that Li Mu was an orphan before he got on the boat, since he was an orphan, how could there be so much to pay attention to, and if he didn't die of hunger, he was lucky.

Thinking about it this way, Chu Xue is happier than Li Mu, at least Chu Xue has a home.

Li Mu looked at himself in the mirror, not to mention that he was handsome and handsome, but he was also passable, clean and refreshing, at least not annoying, the key was that the stubble on his cheeks added a lot of points to Li Mu, which made Li Mu look a lot more mature.

"Forget it, I'll treat myself as eighteen this year-" Li Mu finally determined his age.

Eighteen years old, what an exciting age!

The most important thing is that you can only watch and not eat when you don't need it, and you don't have to worry about it when you want to make it bad.

Chu Xue, who had been treated as a little sheep by a certain wolf, didn't know it, and while helping Li Mu take the hat, he also acted for the tiger: "Eighteen is eighteen, I remember that when I first became naturalized, it seemed that I reported sixteen." ”

Li Mu became an American citizen not long after he arrived in the United States, and it has been more than two years now, if he was sixteen years old at the time, then he is indeed eighteen now.

"Eighteen, if this is left in the Qing Empire, the children will be made soy sauce-" Li Mu looked at Chu Xue from the mirror and smiled ill-willedly.

According to the habits of Chinese people in these years, if you are in a hurry to get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, it is really possible.

Chu Xue probably just thought of this problem, and her face was as red as a boiled prawn.

"Reem, Mr. Chen is here to pay New Year's greetings-" Yan Shun was at the door, unsure if it would be better to quit first.

Yes, the New Year is definitely going to pay New Year's greetings, with Li Mu's current status, it is estimated that no one dares to wait for Li Mu to pay New Year's greetings, so it is better to take the initiative.

"Let's go, let's go," Li Mu walked to the door and handed Yan Shun a red envelope casually: "Happy New Year, good luck——"

There is a hundred dollars in the red envelope, which is not much, just a heart.

Of course, this is not much compared to Li Mu, for ordinary workers, this is almost three months' salary.

"This, how good is this-" Yan Shun scratched his head a little, looking at the red envelope, it was not that he didn't pick it up.

Li Mu glared, this is the first red envelope of the new year, if you can't send it, this omen is not good.

It was still Chu Xue who was clever, and took the red envelope from Li Mu's hand and stuffed it to Yan Shun, which finally resolved Yan Shun's embarrassment.

Li Mu didn't give the red envelope to the first snow, Li Mu's red envelopes were all prepared by the first snow, so it's not good to pack the red envelopes yourself and take them yourself.

Chen Guofang was also full of joy, and when he saw Li Mu, he gave his hands far away: "Li Ye, Happy New Year, Wishing you prosperity." ”

"Wishing you prosperity, Wishing you prosperity-" Li Mu returned the salute, and the joy on his face could not be stopped.

A very strange feeling, Li Mu remembered in a trance that there was a stage in his previous life that he hated the Spring Festival very much, and Li Mu was also an orphan in his previous life, so when he saw other people's families reuniting during the Spring Festival, it always seemed that Li Mu's house was deserted, even if Li Mu hung red lanterns and Chinese knots in the house, he still couldn't get rid of the winter chill.

This life is different, maybe it's because of the homesickness of crossing the ocean and being alone overseas, or because he wants to remind himself that he is a Chinese by celebrating the Spring Festival, or because he wants to express his thoughts about his ancestors, in short, Li Mu still attaches great importance to traditional festivals in his life, at least without the hatred of his previous life.

For a whole morning, Li Mu's family was full of people, and all the Chinese in Hawaii who held their own identities came to Li Mu to sit here, say a few auspicious words, drink a cup of tea, and then say goodbye, leaving enough time for the people waiting behind.

This group of people seems to have been discussed, each person came to visit Li Mu for no more than five minutes, and they met separately according to the importance of their identities, and there would definitely be no mistakes in the order, and it was really amazing to be able to control the proportions to this extent.

At noon, Benjamin also came to have fun, and it was with Crawford.

Seeing Li Mu's red suit, Benjamin stroked his hands and laughed.

Li Mu's usual clothes are cold in tone, either black or white, and there are few other colors, and it is quite rare to be dressed in red like now.

It's no wonder that Benjamin laughs presumptuously, Li Mu usually wears shirts and jeans and a cowboy hat on his head, and his current dress is really unexpected by Benjamin.

"Crawford, Happy New Year-" Li Mu ignored Benjamin and greeted Crawford warmly.

"Happy New Year, Reem, you can tell that you must be in a happy mood right now." Crawford and Li Mu are also acquaintances, and they have no scruples when they speak.

Benjamin laughed maniacally again.

Li Mu also felt a little awkward, leaving Benjamin and Crawford still in the living room, and he went back to the bedroom to change his clothes.

Well, it's easy, Henry's shirt, beach pants, flip-flops, and if you wear a pair of sunglasses, you're a proper nineteenth-century hipster.

"It looks much more comfortable now." Benjamin is finally back to normal.

"Shut up, I don't want to hear you." Li Mu was not angry, if he hadn't lost his temper today, Li Mu would have been bombarded just now.

"There is a temple fair today, do you want to go out shopping together?" Benjamin didn't care and sent a warm invitation to Li Mu.

The Spring Festival is always accompanied by a lot of folk activities, lion dance, dragon dance, temple fairs are indispensable, there are many Chinese in Hawaii, there are many merchants and workers, now it is estimated that there are seven or eight thousand people, accounting for more than 10 percent of the total population of Hawaii, and the Chinese are group attributes, most of them live on Hawaii Island, so it is still very interesting to live, even Benjamin is excited.

"No, I'm going to stay at home today and count the money and play." Li Mu refused simply, he didn't want to go out to join in the fun, and was ready to give himself a good omen.

"You money skewers—" Benjamin's disdain was obvious, and the word "money skewers" was actually spoken in Chinese.

After staying with Li Mu for a long time, Benjamin can occasionally speak a few words of Chinese, which should be regarded as Li Mu's credit, almost all people who have business dealings with Li Mu will learn a few words of Chinese to suit the situation, at least everyone can meet and greet with "Have you eaten". The best learner of Chinese is Ford Benjamin, this guy has amazing language talent, he speaks Chinese very slippery, and he has a bit of a big slag smell in the Northeast, and I don't know who led him astray.

In fact, Li Mu has always been committed to promoting Han culture, in the affiliated schools of the Junma Group, Chinese as an important course is regarded as a compulsory subject, and there is no imperial examination system in the United States, so the affiliated schools of the Junma Group do not teach Bagu Wen, but pay attention to cultural inheritance, pay attention to inner cultivation, and pay attention to cultivating independent personality, which is the most important part of Li Mu.

Speaking of Han culture, many people's first impression may be red tape, it may be a fennel bean's "fennel" character has several ways to write sour Ding Confucianism, in fact, this is also led astray, if Han culture is really so shallow, how can it be spread for thousands of years.

Han culture also had a hundred schools of thought, the tradition is represented by Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Moism, which covers almost all fields such as politics, military, philosophy, economy, historiography, natural science, literature, art, etc., and has produced many cultural achievements with far-reaching influence.

Although he is in the United States, this is a white culture-dominated society, but Li Mu does not think that there is a conflict between Han culture and white culture, the essence of Han culture is: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, piety, moderation, forgiveness, courage, letting, if you taste carefully, whether it is in that society, the essence of Han culture is closely related to the concept of "people", what contract spirit and humanism advocated by the West are reflected in Han culture, and Han culture is summarized more comprehensively, and the requirements are stricter, from this point of view, There is no conflict between the two.

Li Mu's ideal is to educate a group of humble gentlemen in the United States, and if this plan can be successful, then there will be a large number of Chinese who will become the benchmark figures in American society, and at that time, the social status of the Chinese will not be high.

Speaking of "outer circle and inner square", well, this is the case with copper coins that have been used in Chinese society for thousands of years.

From this point of view, Benjamin is right to say that Li Mu is a money string.

"Go, go, you guys go out and play, don't bother me here." Li Mu drove people, anyway, the auspicious words have already been said, and it is normal to pick people up now.

"I thought you would seal a red envelope for me, isn't that your custom?" Benjamin seems to have really researched it, and even knows this.

Li Mu couldn't cry or laugh, and took two red envelopes from Chu Xue's hand and handed them over.

Benjamin and Crawford happily took it over, and then said goodbye happily.

These two people are not embarrassed.

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