Chinese people are accustomed to keeping vigil on Chinese New Year's Eve to welcome the new year. Keeping the New Year, that is, not sleeping on the last night of the old year, staying up late to welcome the arrival of the new year, also called Chinese New Year's Eve, the elderly keep the year as "farewell to the old year", which has the meaning of cherishing time; Young people observe the age of their parents to prolong their parents' lives.

The custom of keeping the year arose in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the poems that have been handed down say that "one night is even two years old, and the fifth watch is divided into two years." "The time of the alternation of the old and new years is generally in the middle of the night, and everyone in the world is looking forward to the arrival of the new year at midnight. People light candles or oil lamps and keep vigil all night to symbolize the drive away all evil plagues and diseases, and look forward to the auspicious new year.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Zhao Liangsheng led the family to sit on the bed to watch the New Year, far from zero o'clock, there is no habit of staying up late, afraid that it will not last time, Zhao Liangsheng took out the playing cards that had been prepared long ago, ready to fight the landlord, the one who lost will have a show, sing a song, learn to bark, tell a story.

Usually Zhao Liangsheng is to study well on the lips, today take the initiative to take everyone to play, the three small are enthusiastic to participate, Zhao Chenren is not very good at playing, the second is that the head can not accommodate so many things, he just simply understands the rules of the game, knows that the king is the largest, and then the small Wang, two, followed by A, and so on, three smallest, who wins first after the card.

Zhao Chen was very lucky, he grabbed the commander on the first one, and Zhao Chen was happy, like a little mouse who stole oil to eat, he laughed and held the card to Yan Siqin: "Mother, look, mine." ”

"Shh Yan Siqin put his fingers between his lips and whispered, "Don't let your father and your brother know." ”

Oh - Zhao Chen covered his mouth, retracted his small body and continued to wipe the cards, he had red three and she came out first, Zhao Chen threw the king out first, "King! ”

Who can do this?

"Don't."

"Don't."

Haha knew that no one could get it, Zhao Chen giggled proudly. Then he threw out the second biggest card in his hand: "Two!" ”

Is there still such a card? Zhao Liangsheng and Yan Siqin glanced at each other and laughed out loud.

"You can't come out like this in the morning." Yan Siqin put his cards aside and taught Zhao Chen how to play cards.

Oh, but Zhao Chen felt that what his mother said was wrong, he still came up according to his own ideas, and the result can be imagined, other people's cards are clean, and Zhao Chen still has the third and fourth children left in his hand.

Yan Siqin nodded his son's little head: "If you don't listen to your mother, you will lose!" "The heart said that this kid should not look at people as small, and his idea is quite right.

said that the person who lost was going to perform a show, and everyone encouraged Zhao Chen to stand up and perform, Zhao Chen scratched his head: "What am I performing?" "I didn't know what to perform after thinking about it for a long time, but then I thought, I can just learn how to bark a dog.

I saw Zhao Chen lying down on all fours with a puff, leaning up his little head and shouting several times, the funny performance made the whole family laugh, Zhao Chen was even more proud, and began to shout and circle around the whole family, Zhao Yu felt funny, and followed his younger brother and began to crawl while screaming, rolling a stone into Yan Siqin's arms ridiculously, and screaming that his stomach hurt.

The flavor of the New Year is permeated with laughter.

At zero o'clock, as if someone was commanding, he said "Start!" "Every household set off firecrackers at the same time, and for a while, the sound of firecrackers was deafening, and they couldn't hear each other.

Zhao Liangsheng led his two sons to go outside to set off the cannons, Yan Siqin and his daughter made dumplings in the house, the dumplings at zero must be vegetarian filling, eat vegetarian dumplings, and it will be quiet all year round, and there will be no mess in peace.

The water was wide open, Yan Siqin held the curtain and said to Shi Ke: "Coco, go outside and tell your father that you can order it." ”

"Dad, it's time to order—" Shi Ke got the order, turned his head and ran out, shouting as he ran.

Zhao Liangsheng had already hung the firecrackers on the tree, and the long, lit incense left by the cannon twist was handed over to Zhao Yu's hand, waiting for Yan Siqin to give an order.

When Zhao Yu heard the shout, he covered his ears while stretching out his hand to touch the cannon twist with the incense stick.

"Zilala......" A string of sparks splashed wildly, Zhao Liangsheng protected Zhao Chen in his arms, covered Zhao Chen's ears, turned his back to the fire whip, and Zhao Yu pulled Shi Ke to the back of the door.

"Crackling......" The sound of firecrackers sounded, and with the first sound of the firecrackers, Yan Siqin put the dumplings into the pot, the vegetarian dumplings were so cooked, and they were served out after boiling a little in the pot, and they were all crazy, Shi Ke had long forgotten that there was such a thing as chili dumplings, and the fragrant leek dumplings couldn't stop eating.

"Oops!" The hot and spicy burning sensation suddenly permeated the entire mouth, Shi Kewa vomited it all at once, she ate the red pepper filling, it was too spicy, she stretched out her little tongue, fanned the wind with her hand, and shouted to her mother: "Mother, mother, mother, I have eaten the pepper filling, it is too spicy." ”

Yan Siqin hurriedly poured a glass of warm boiled water: "Quick! Drink saliva and send it. ”

Shi Ke's tears were about to come out, so he hurriedly took the water cup and drank several sips in a row.

"Tell me, my mother only wrapped two chili fillings in total, why did she let you eat it." Yan Siqin rummaged through the plates, found brown sugar-filled dumplings, and fed them to Shi Ke: "Hurry up and eat a candy." ”

Zhao Chen chewed dumplings in his mouth, pulled Yan Siqin's arm and said, "Mother, my sister is eating chili peppers, my sister will be the most powerful next year, and she will definitely not be bullied again." ”

"Yes, I will definitely not be bullied again, but you two should also protect your sister when you are brothers."

Zhao Yu took the lead in expressing his position: "Mother, don't worry, I will protect my sister." ”

Zhao Chen followed: "Mother, I also protect my sister." ”

"Okay, you're all good boys." Yan Siqin put a few more dumplings into the bowls of his two sons: "Eat more, eat strong, and have the strength to protect my sister." ”

As soon as the zero hour passed, the sound of firecrackers in the village gradually fell silent, and the three children were full of food, they really couldn't hold on, and their eyelids began to fight, saying that they stayed up late, Zhao Liangsheng's family didn't stay up all night in any year, and they all went to bed after eating vegetarian dumplings. At that moment, he washed the three children, and when the children were asleep, Yan Siqin put a piece of tofu in the rice pot, which meant that the family was happy and happy in the new year, and then went to bed.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the sky had just been faintly white, and the sound of firecrackers began to sound again. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first pot of dumplings also needs to set off firecrackers, after eating the dumplings, after cleaning up, it is time to come to the door for New Year's greetings, so no matter how late you slept last night, you can't sleep lazy on the first day of the new year, otherwise how ugly it will be to make the New Year's greetings at home.

Yan Siqin heard the sound of the cannon and knew it was time to get up, but she was still very sleepy, turned over, and continued to sleep, and when the cannon outside sounded intensively, she got up, washed her hands and prepared to make dumplings.

Is it the New Year, you have to eat dumplings, one dumpling on the left, one dumpling on the right, until the nose and mouth of the person eat are crooked, and the dumplings are full, and the year is almost over.

The two of them felt sorry for the children, in order to let them sleep for a while, and when the dumplings were almost cooked, they called the children to get up: "Da Zhuang, Erchen, Coco, all hurry up and eat!" ”

The two Zhao Yu brothers didn't care whether they were blocking the quilt or not, they couldn't afford to hum and chirp several times, and then they simply covered their heads.

Shi Ke sat up in a daze, and woke up for a long time before he completely woke up.

Yan Siqin's dumplings were all on the table, and the two sons were still motionless, she wiped her hands on her apron, and first helped her daughter put on her clothes, and then patted Zhao Yu's little buttocks: "Hurry up, you have to go out to pay New Year's greetings after eating." ”

Zhao Yu still didn't move, Yan Siqin fished out the youngest son in the quilt and dressed him: "Get up, two mornings, after dinner, my father and mother will give you New Year's money." ”

Hearing that they were going to pay the New Year's money, Zhao Yu and Zhao Chen had a small bell in their heads "jingling", and their four eyes were more awake than anyone else.

After eating dumplings, Zhao Liangsheng sat on the bench in the middle, looking at the three children with a smile, Zhao Yu has experience in this matter, he pounced and knelt down in front of his father, "Bang Bang" kowtowed three times in a row, and said loudly: "Dad, mother, Happy New Year!" ”

My good boy came, why did he knock so loudly, Yan Siqin was distressed: "Okay." She hurriedly took out the new gross ticket that had been replaced: "Come, take it." ”

Hey, five cents is coming, big money, I only gave two cents last year, Zhao Yu took the money happily, and looked at Zhao Liangsheng again: "Dad." ”

"Daddy will give it too, take it." Zhao Liangsheng also handed over a new five cents.

That adds up to one piece, so much money, Zhao Yu is really excited.

After the eldest brother received the money, it was time for Zhao Chen, and the little boy also knelt down with a plop, seeing that his head was about to be smashed to the ground, Yan Siqin hurriedly stopped: "Don't knock so hard, just mean it." ”

Oh. Zhao Chen knocked three times casually, and raised his little hand above his head to collect the money.

"Come, yours." Yan Siqin and Zhao Liangsheng respectively put five cents in the palm of their son's hand.

Zhao Chen pouted his little ass and stood up with his eldest brother, comparing whose money was new.

It's time for the stone, the little girl Si Swenwen, walked in front of Zhao Liangsheng and his wife, and respectfully kowtowed three times in a row: "Daddy, happy New Year." ”

Shi Ke was about to get up after knocking, Yan Siqin hurriedly handed the money to his daughter.

Shi Ke put his little hand behind his back: "Mother, I don't want money." ”

"Silly boy, my mother gave it, take it."

Zhao Liangsheng also handed over his share: "There is also Dad's, take it too." ”

"I can't ask for your money, I've already made trouble for you when I came to the house, and I can't ask for your money anymore." Shi Ke was a little stubborn.

Shi Ke's appearance made Yan Siqin a little sad, she took her daughter into her arms: "Why can't you ask for it, you are the same as the two brothers, you are our children when you come to the house, and you also have what your brothers have, take it." Yan Siqin broke Shi Ke's little hand and put two five-cent coins in the palm of his daughter's hand.

At the end of the New Year's money ceremony, Zhao Yu's money was hot in his hands, and he remembered what he had said to his mother, and let his mother help save his money, and he reluctantly sent the money to Yan Siqin: "Mother, you help me save it." ”

Zhao Chen didn't know how to spend money, money was a beautiful piece of paper to him, it was not unusual, and he sent it back without any nostalgia: "Mother, there is still mine, save." ”

Shi Kezheng didn't want money, and when she saw that the eldest brother and second brother had sent the money back, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and put the money with the eldest brother and the second brother: "Mother, you can also help me save it." ”

"Okay, my mother will save it for you." Yan Siqin really wants to save it for the children, and when the children grow up and become adults, give them ** at a time.