Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, farewell to the old and welcome the new, the beginning of the new yuan, and the renewal of all things.

Liu Bei said goodbye to Lu Zhi, left the Wenjing Academy with Gan Mei, and went to Lousang Village.

The distance between Lousang Village and Zhuo County is not too far, about two days away.

Liu Bei and Gan Mei shared a horse, and on the way Liu Bei asked, "Amei, do you know the allusion to Chinese New Year's Eve?"

Gan Mei snuggled in Liu Bei's arms and shook her head and said, "I don't know, what do you say?" ”

Liu Bei cleared his throat and said, "Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a four-horned and four-legged beast named Xi, this Xi was huge, short-tempered, ferocious, and abnormal every winter because of the shortage of food, Xi would go to the nearby village to find food, bringing devastating damage to the nearby village, and at the end of each month, the people in the village would take the old and the young to the nearby bamboo forest to take refuge. One year, at the end of the month, there was a child who was fainted by hunger in the village, and an old woman in the village saved the child, and the old grandmother took the child to the bamboo forest to hide from the night, and the child asked curiously, "The bamboo forest is so close to the village, aren't you afraid of chasing after you?" The old woman said to the child, 'When I was a child, I came here with the people of the village to take refuge, and there were a few years when the snow was very heavy, and Xi also chased after me, but when I saw the villagers who were cutting bamboo, Xi ran away, and it seemed to be a little afraid. The child thought for a while and said to the villagers, 'Since Xi is afraid of the sound of chopping bamboo, then why don't we cut more bamboo and take it home, and when Xi comes, we will throw the bamboo into the burning fire, so that the sound of the bamboo forest should scare Xi away', and the people in the village were very happy to hear the child's words, so they cut a lot of bamboo and returned to the village. Sure enough, that night, the boy led the child to the middle of the village, and shouted to the villagers who were about to be there, 'Throw bamboo into the fire, everyone!' But the villagers froze there because they were afraid, and at this time the night had caught up with the child, with its front corner to pick the child to the ground, after the child landed, the villagers reacted, hurriedly threw bamboo into the fire, the bamboo crackled when it met the fire, Xi was scared away, the villagers looked at the night of the head mouse running away, but they were not happy, because the child was killed by Xi, that day was the first day of the first month, and the child was called Nian. Because Xi did not die, every 30 families would light broken bamboo, but every year passed, Xi never appeared again. ”

Gan Mei quietly listened to Liu Bei finish telling the legend about Chinese New Year's Eve in one breath, and a pair of spring peach eyes looked at Liu Bei and asked, "No?" ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Yes, it's over."

Gan Mei said unsatisfactorily, "One more, one more"

The two laughed happily along the way, and the two soon returned to Lousang Village. The two went to Ganmei's house first, Ganmei's family map four walls, Ganmei's father Gan Lao Er is a drunkard, in the whole Lousang Village, it belongs to his family is not peaceful, every time this Gan Lao Er drinks too much, he will beat his wife and children, the two pushed the door into Gan Mei's house, Gan Lao Er happened to drink at home, when he saw Gan Mei come back, this Gan Lao Er looked at his daughter up and down, and said in his mouth, "Tut, this little girl, is really getting more and more smart, and when she is older, it is good to marry those rich people as a concubine, You say it's not a child! ”

Gan Mei Tie blushed and did not speak, she was full of disgust for this father, because in his heart he never regarded her as a daughter, but just a tool to make money. Ganmei's mother is dignified and quiet, and she can see that she was also a beauty when she was young, but it is a pity that she married such a drunkard.

Ganmei's mother took Ganmei's hand and walked to the back room, and then Liu Bei spoke, "That, Uncle Gan, Ganmei is already my wife." ”

Liu Bei told Gan Lao Er about some things that happened in the Wenjing Academy, and Gan Lao Er threw the wine bowl on the ground when he heard it, and scolded Gan Mei, "Stinky bitch, Lao Tzu has worked hard to raise you, I hope you can marry a rich family, I don't want you to get along with this kid, his poor clang, Lao Tzu might as well send you to be a **!" ”

Gan Mei's mother hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her: "The head of the family, this Chinese New Year's Eve, forget it!" Forget it! ”

Gan Lao Er slapped Gan Mei's mother in the face, "You get out of Lao Tzu, it's not your turn to speak here!" ”

"Woo~"

The children who were hiding in the back room saw their father start beating their mother again, and they were all scared and cried for a while, originally their sister Gan Mei came back, and these little ones were very happy, but now, they are very unhappy.

Gan Lao Er scolded and yelled at the children in the back room, "What howl, crying and mourning? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu beat you up! , Liu Bei frowned, but it was hard to say anything, after all, this Gan Lao Er was his elder.

Gan Mei looked at her father angrily, "Money, money, money, you know money, in your eyes, is there no family affection at all?" This is the first time she has spoken to her father in such a tone, so many years of depression finally broke out at this moment, grievances, unwillingness, anger, all emotions turned into a raging anger, sprinkled on the man in front of him who was called his father.

Gan Lao Er was a little stunned, he was used to saying nothing in this family, he didn't expect his daughter to dare to do it against him, Gan Lao Er laughed angrily, "Okay, good, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you!" Gan Lao Er said as he picked up a wooden stick and hit Ganmei, who stubbornly looked at the falling stick, without the intention of dodging.

Seeing this, Liu Bei reached out and grabbed the wooden stick, and with a strong hand, he snatched the wooden stick from Gan Lao's second-hand hand, Gan Lao Er sneered and looked at Gan Mei and said, "Okay, it's really promising, bring outsiders to beat your father"

Gan Mei tears flowed out of her eyes, she took out a heavy bag of silver from her arms, and threw it on the ground, these silver were all earned by him when he was in Linfeng Tower, Gan Mei said with a resolute face, "From now on, you and my father and daughter have been loved, and they have nothing to do with each other."

Gan Lao Er picked up the money bag on the ground, checked it, and suddenly turned from anger to laughter on his face, "Hehe, Amei, Dad was just joking with you just now"

Gamme took one last look at her mother and siblings, and then walked away without looking back.

Liu Bei hurriedly followed, and said cautiously, "Amei, are you okay?"

Gan Mei walked in front of Liu Bei, unable to see the expression "It's okay"

The two came to Liu Bei's house, Liu Bei looked at the big mulberry tree, now it was bare without a leaf, Liu Bei remembered the past, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

"Hey, is it Xuande?"

When Liu Bei was about to go home, Liu Bei heard someone calling him behind him, Liu Bei and Gan Mei turned around and looked over, there was a slightly chubby man standing behind him, his face was cute and cute, but his eyes revealed a little arrogance, Liu Bei saw this man, his face showed a look of surprise, and then happily stepped forward to protect the man and said, "Xianhe, are you back this year?" ”

"Well" is called Xianhe, it is Liu Bei's hair called Jian Yong Xianhe, next to Liu Bei's house, in recent years, Jian Yong has been out to do some small business for a long time, a mouth can speak well, and he is doing well.

Jian Yong and Liu Bei said hello to Gan Mei again, "Oh, Amei is so beautiful, come and let my brother touch it." ”

Gan Mei glanced at Jian Yong, Liu Bei kicked Jian Yong with a smile and said, "Hey, Xianhe, now Amei is your sister-in-law"

"Huh?" Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei with an exaggerated face and said, "You two? Jian Yong covered his face with one hand and said, "There is no reason for it, Amei, you have a problem with your aesthetics!" ”

"you" Liu Bei scolded with a smile, and then said, "Okay, I'll go home first, it's still the same tonight, let's keep the New Year together."

"Okay," Jian Yong said with a smile. Jian Yong's father was originally Liu Bei's father's attendant, and when Liu Bei's father died, Jian Yong's father died with Liu Bei's father. Later, the widowed women of the two families lived together for a long time, and the relationship between the two families was very good, and Liu Bei always regarded Jian Yong as his biological brother. Watching Jian Yong enter the house, Liu Bei also smiled and took Amei to open his door, what caught his eye was the busy back of his mother, the years were unforgiving, the mother back then was also a big lady, and now she is tortured by life, her hands are rough, her hair is white, Liu Bei knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes and said, "Mother, Xuande is back!" ”

Mother Liu put down the work in her hand, turned around and helped Liu Bei up with an excited face, "Xuande, my son"

The two talked for a while, Liu Bei pointed at Amei and said, "Mother, this is Amei, your daughter-in-law!" ”

Mother Liu dragged Amei's hand, couldn't put it down, and said with a doting face, "Amei, you two have been playing together since you were a child, I smiled and said to your mother, such a beautiful little girl doesn't know whose kid she wants to be cheaper in the future, but she never thought that it would be cheaper than my Xuande, Amei, if Xuande bullies you in the future, you tell me, I will teach him a lesson for you"

Gan Mei showed a sincere smile on her face, this feeling was not experienced in her family, Gan Mei said shyly, "Aunt Liu, Xuande is very good to me"

Mother Liu slapped Ganmei's hand, pretending to be angry and said, "It's still called aunt"

Gan Mei called out crisply, "Mom! ”

"Hey" Mother Liu's eyes were moist with a smile, husband, you can take a look at the spirit of the sky, Xuande is older, and he brought me a daughter-in-law back.

Everyone was chatting, and their faces were full of happy smiles.

Happy times always pass quickly, the sky slowly darkens, Liu Bei, Jian Yong, Ganmei three young people help Liu's mother, Jian's mother make some Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, soon a table is full of many dishes, Liu Bei three young people, and busy pasting the spring couplets for the two families.

"Hey, it's snowing"

Gan Mei looked at the light snow falling from the sky, Liu Bei came over, hugged Gan Mei and said, "Every year in the future, I will accompany you to see the snow"

Jian Yong on the side shook his head and sighed, "What a dog abuse!" ”

Outside, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the people inside were eating delicious food and laughing.

It's time soon, Mother Liu and Mother Jian have already gone to sleep, Liu Bei, Jian Yong, and Gan Mei are guarding the New Year by the fire, during which the second uncle Liu Yuanqi has come, from the mouth of the second uncle, Liu Bei learned that the old man in the sheepskin jacket and his younger brother Liu Chen have not come back for several years, Liu Bei can see that the second uncle is very worried, Liu Bei comforted the second uncle a few words, and the second uncle left.

There were three young people left in the house, Liu Bei and Jian Yong hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the two talked a lot.

"Crackling"

Firecrackers began to be set off in the village.

The door was pushed open, and the wind and snow outside the door poured into the house, Liu Bei tightened his collar and looked at the door, there were two figures, one big and one small, standing at the door, wearing a coat and a hat, and the coat was covered with snowflakes.

Shake off the wind and snow

The person who came opened his mouth and said, "Long time no see, stupid apprentice"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy, "Master? Xiaochen? ”

"It's me, brother" It was Liu Bei's cousin Liu Chen who took off his coat, Liu Chen was childish at this time, and ran into Ganmei's arms with joy, "Sister Amei is also there!" Hug"

Wind and snow night return

Liu Bei hurriedly gave up the main seat to Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci was not polite, sat on the main seat, picked up a pig's trotter and gnawed it, there were no outsiders in the work, several people talked very happily, and Zuo Ci was funny and humorous without the consciousness of being an elder.

Late at night, everyone else went to sleep, Zuo Ci and Liu Bei stood side by side under the eaves, the snow did not stop, Zuo Ci was silent for a long time and said, "After I entered the WTO, I first saw you, and then your brother Liu Chen and your wife Amei, the three of you are really a bad fate!" ”

After Zuo Ci finished speaking, he looked at the sky, the wind and snow were in a hurry, could Ruixue be a mega year?