There was a pot of meat there to lure Ruiquan, he didn't sleep well all night, and he was about to get up to look at the fire and turn over the pot after a while.

At dawn, the east just flashed the white of the fish belly, the heavy smell of meat gradually emanated, Rui Quan took the chopsticks, picked up the thickest pork heart and inserted it, felt the chopsticks in his hand without any resistance directly through, that is, cooked, Rui Quan cut off a piece of each meat, and ate it with satisfaction, then extinguished the stove, warmed the meat with the residual temperature of the stove, and lay down on the bed and fell asleep steadily.

The custom of the hometown is to go to the ancestral grave on the New Year's grave with the child, please go home for the New Year, yesterday when Shi Dayong was buying New Year's goods, by the way, the incense candle paper money was also prepared, after breakfast, Shi Dayong took all the things needed for the grave of the previous year, put it in the basket, and when the brothers were finished, he led the five younger brothers to the direction of the ancestral grave.

The cemetery is not too far from home, out of the village, there is a saline-alkali land, the alkali is too thick, planting nothing is harvested, after a long time, no one wants to work blindly in this field, and gradually this land will be abandoned.

It is said to be an ancestral grave, but there are only three people buried, Shi Dayong's grandfather, grandmother and father. Further up, according to the older generation of the clan, the ancestors fled from Shanxi, Shanxi to Shandong, such a long distance, hunger and hunger all rely on two legs, when they reach the destination, it is good to have thirty percent of people alive. I don't know where Grandpa and Grandma will be buried after they die, and there is no way to clean up their bones.

Don't look at the saline-alkali land to plant crops and do not harvest, but the grass is a lot long, when the stone has been sent over, it has been specially cleaned up, this time I came back to see, the grass is full again, the withered yellow weeds are swaying with the cold north wind, people are walking in it, making a rustling sound, occasionally there are a few sparrows flying over the grave, and the plain adds a bit of sadness.

Shi Youtian's grave is a new grave, and the wreaths covered with it have not been eroded by the wind and rain, but the flowers have lost their bright colors, and they are struggling among the loess.

Seeing his father's grave, Shi Dayong's mind appeared his father's voice and smile, his father, who had worked hard all his life, became a handful of loess, Shi Dayong felt that his nose was sour, and his eyes were filled with fog, he squatted down in front of the grave, took out the things needed to go to the grave one by one, first took a few pieces of yellow paper and pressed them on each grave, and the rest was divided into three parts, and the incense and candles were lit in front of the three graves, and a large bag of paper money was burned, and he chattered while burning: "Grandpa, grandma, Dad, it's going to be the New Year, I'm here to pick up your family for the New Year." ”

Last year, the grave was very simple, when the incense candle paper money burned out, Shi Dayong led his five younger brothers to kowtow three times in front of the grave, and the rectification ceremony was completed.

From Dayong went out, Sun Xiufang began to pack up the eight immortal tables in the middle of the hall, Shi Dayong's grandparents left early, did not leave photos, Shi Youtian asked someone to carve two rows when he was alive, Sun Xiufang invited out to put it on, Shi Youtian's photo was also placed, and offerings were placed in front.

When the Shi Dayong brothers returned, Sun Xiufang had already prepared all the matters needed for the supply, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, dumplings are food that must be eaten, that is, the poor in the family can't open the pot, and the dumplings have to find a way to wrap a few, not to mention that the life at home is much better than the cheap year, at least they can eat enough.

Shi Dayong bought the meat, pick up the fat and thin and cut a piece of stuffing, mixed with two large cabbage, the meat filling is there, as for the vegetarian dumplings eaten at the fifth watch, soak a handful of vermicelli, cut a pot of shredded carrots, fry three or five eggs and put them inside, and it is also very delicious to wrap it out. The most important thing is to use noodles, reluctant to wrap all the pure white noodles, Sun Xiufang thought about it, and lived a dose of pure white noodles, most of which were mixed with dried melons and cornmeal.

Sun Xiufang counted with her fingers, six strong men, three women, and two children to eat (Shi Xiangguang will eat milk for the time being), so many people just make dumplings is not a decimal number, pointing to her and He Xiaoxia The two of them don't know when they have to wrap up, and there is a big laborer who is lazy in her mother's house, she feels uncomfortable thinking about it, so she urged Shi Dayong: "Dayong, you hurry up and go to her grandmother's house to pick up Yingzi Niang, how many times is this?" The married girl is still staying at her parents' house? Not at all! ”

Sun Xiufang just didn't urge, Shi Dayong was also ready to go to Wang Ying, and immediately replied: "I know, I know, I'm not going to pick it up." ”

When Wang Ying returned to her parents' house, she was all relaxed, just taking care of the children, and Wang You's family was reluctant to let her cook, so they let her eat ready-made, and picked up what she liked.

Wang Ying likes to eat dumplings stuffed with mutton, Wang Youyuan cut a piece of mutton, chop in a little cabbage, and the boiled dumplings are all small meat and eggs one by one.

The child likes to eat, that is happier than the old two eating into their stomachs, the two of them turned into the old nanny, smiling at Yingzi Niang and the two of them eating, and they thought that the two of them were eating slowly, picking up a gap and feeding two mouthfuls of vegetables.

The old couple hasn't been close enough to the child, Shi Dayong came to pick it up, although Xiuzhi was not very happy, there was no way, who told us to be the daughter who got married and splashed the water, the girl had to go back to the old woman's house for the New Year, his son, the second and third families had to come over in the afternoon, the eldest family was far away in Inner Mongolia, and it was easy not to come, there was no way.

Wang Youyuan and Wang Ying prepared a basket of return gifts, fans are a must, on behalf of pulling and pulling, constantly involved, sugar cubes represent sweet and sweet honey, etc., most of them don't mean anything, just because Yingzi likes to eat, Wang Youyuan is ready, and you can't let your daughter lack a mouth during the New Year.

Wang Ying, who returned to her mother-in-law's house, was not a delicate girl in front of her mother, she was the laborer of her mother-in-law's family, and a lot of work was waiting for her to come back to do.

Xiaolan finally waited for her little friend An An to come back to play with her, and the two little sisters had melon seeds and sugar cubes in their pockets and played games together.

At this time, Shi Xiang still slept when she was full, and ate when she was full, as long as she didn't get hungry, she was very well-behaved, Wang Ying asked Ruiquan to help with her eyes, and when she woke up, she went to call him.

Shi Dayong's brothers didn't live in their eyes, when Shi Youtian was alive, Shi Youtian arranged them to do whatever they did, no one arranged for them to sit together and Kan Dashan, and they didn't know how to take the initiative to find work, Shi Dayong was busy in the yard, rolling the skin for a while, burning the pot for a while, turning around and entering the house to see, okay, the five younger brothers knocked melon seeds, drank tea as if nothing happened, and his fire "Teng" was strung together.

"Seeing that it's getting dark, you're not ready for anything, why do you still have the leisure to eat melon seeds here?" Shi Dayong was stupid: "Let's all go out to help, our mother and your sister-in-law make dumplings, you just don't know how to stir-fry, wash and wash vegetables, and cut vegetables." ”

Several people obviously saw that the eldest brother was unhappy, and they all stood up busily: "Big brother, what do you say?" ”

"What are you doing, what are you doing, and you still need people to say?" Shi Dayong was a little speechless, he pointed at Ruicheng: "Second, you and the third go to pick vegetables, wash vegetables, and the fifth and sixth thin garlic prepare cold dishes." He looked at Ruimin, the fourth child had a bad eye, and he didn't know what to arrange for him, so he thought for a moment and said: "Fourth, you take out the dishes and bowls at home and wash them again, and after washing, go back to the house to see the three children." ”

Usually the number of dishes cooked at home is small, most of the time is stewed on a pot full of dishes, some of the dishes at home can not be used a few times throughout the year, the number of uses is less, a thick layer of ash accumulated, and you have to take it out and brush it again during the New Year's holidays.

Someone to help is fast, cold dishes are easy to do, the pig is cut out according to the sample, it is several plates, and then adjust a lotus root, fry a peanut, cut the hot vegetables and put them on the plate to prepare, after wrapping the dumplings, Shi Dayong burns the fire, and Wang Ying cooks and stirs it out.

The most important thing in Chinese New Year's Eve is to eat dumplings, brush the pot, refill the water, and when the water is boiling, Shi Dayong shouts Ruiquan: "Sixth son, the pot is open, hurry up and set off the cannon." ”

"Okay!" Rui Quan ran out with this hanging whip, he picked the small whip on the tip of the bamboo pole, lit the line of fire, afraid of collapsing himself, holding the bamboo pole far away with one hand, covering his ears with the other hand, the work of dumplings and guns in the evening of the thirties has always been done by Rui Quan, he is also a child, he likes to light a fragrant and set off a cannon.

Xiaolan and An An followed the sixth uncle to watch the sixth uncle fire the cannon, and when they saw the cannon ignited, they were so excited that they covered their ears and hid in Rui's whole body and squeaked and screamed.

The dumplings go down to the pot when the cannon sounds, and the first pot of dumplings that are cooked is put out on a plate and placed on the table before the rest can be placed on the table.

Time flies the fastest in the busy, unconsciously the sky has been dark, there are firecrackers in the distance from time to time, everyone is sitting down at the table, everyone's face is full of New Year's joy, Shi Dayong poured the small wine cup in front of each man, took it up and said: "It's the New Year, it's another reunion year." ”

The words came out of his mouth, and he realized that what he said was wrong, alas, he was used to saying these opening remarks every year, and it was really inappropriate to say it this year, there were so many things in the family this year, where can it be called a reunion year? Dad is gone, but Coco still has no information at all, it's a reunion year, but it's not a reunion year.

Shi Dayong went to see Wang Ying, and sure enough, Wang Ying, who was still smiling just now, had disappeared from the smile on his face, and the sentence of reunion was afraid that it had aroused Wang Ying's heart of missing women.

Can you not want children? Coco, who is not around for the first time, how are you? During the Chinese New Year, Wang Ying didn't want to ruin everyone's interest, so she excused herself to go to see Shi Xiang, got off the dinner table, and went to the bed to take care of Shi Xiang.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant, and in the blink of an eye, it was as if I hadn't heard it, and the wine glasses were raised, touching each other, and eating the spicy sweetness of the wine.