At the end of the month, every household cleans the house, buys New Year's goods, and there are countless promotional activities in the streets and alleys.

Because Lu Wanrou is pregnant, this year Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu said that they would go back to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together and celebrate the New Year together.

Twenty-seven and eight, Xu Zhen was very conscious and obedient to clean the house from the inside out, the twenty-ninth had a day off, and on the morning of the thirtieth day he posted a couplet with Xu Jialin and went to the Xu family's old house with a family of three.

The three of them entered the door with their things, and Li Lili said helplessly: "They all said that they didn't need to bring things back and bought so much, and there was no place for each of you to put a few bags." ”

Xu Zhen put the things in the storage room, looked at the messy gift bags and boxes inside, and pursed his lips with tears and laughter, there were really a lot.

Li Lili is still nagging: "Don't buy it back next time, and oh, take these when you go to your mother's house, don't buy it again, otherwise it will be a waste." ”

Lu Wanrou smiled: "Aren't the children here, let them eat slowly." ”

Li Lili glanced at the people in the living room, and said with a look of disgust: "One or two are so full that they don't need to eat, just put them like this, I don't know if anyone eats for half a year, don't worry about them, you go back, and Ah Yue, just take these." Saying that, he looked at Xu Wei and asked seriously, "Have you been at home this year?" ”

Xu Wei said inexplicably: "Where can I go if I'm not at home?" ”

Li Lili looked at her with a look of hatred for iron and steel, "I've been with Moyang for two years, how long do you want to eat at my house?" ”

When Xu Zhen heard this, he pursed his lips and smiled.

Xu Wei: "......" co-authored and now wants to sweep me out of the house.

The elders chatted around the living room, and the younger ones sat in the living room with the TV and red envelopes, noisy, and full of laughter.

Lunch is a simple green vegetable noodle, a nap after a nap, and a Chinese New Year's Eve meal in the kitchen or a New Year's meal in the living room.

Xu Zhen sneaked a glance at his mobile phone and found that Jian Yan had already replied to him, and after eating noodles, he quietly went back to the room to video Jian Yan.

It's been four days since the last video, Xu Zhen looked at his healthy look, and his worried heart was relieved, but he still protested a little, "Why don't you sleep so late?" "It's past eleven o'clock in the evening in the United States.

Jian Yan said helplessly: "I'm ready to sleep, I didn't expect you to be free now, I'll sleep later, you went back to grandpa's house?" ”

Xu Zhen listened to his words with some remorse, he gave himself a message at ten o'clock, but as soon as he returned to his grandfather's house, he played with Xu Lan and them, and he didn't look at his phone, and said softly: "Well, we will arrive at ten o'clock." ”

Jian Yan whispered: "There will be a reunion dinner in a few hours." ”

Xu Zhen looked at him, wanted to stop talking, and finally asked, "How did you spend Chinese New Year's Eve?" "Mi Guo doesn't have a Spring Festival holiday, and it's a working day, so he has to go to class.

Jian Yan said softly: "It's okay, I don't have classes at night, so I'll come back after going to my cousin's house for dinner." ”

Xu Zhen was a little helpless and instructed: "Then you take care of yourself, don't buy things by yourself and come back to cook." ”

Jane Yan said with a smile: "Jack wishes I was at school, saying that he wanted to eat our Chinese dinner, Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Xu Zhen couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say this, "Then you have to think about it, one is to be a chef, and the other is to sit and wait to eat." ”

Jian Yan said without hesitation: "Where else do you need to think about this, you must just sit and wait for food." ”

Xu Zhen laughed, the two chatted for a while, looking at the time on the phone, Xu Zhen couldn't help but say: "It's late, you go to sleep, I also have a lunch break." ”

There is still class tomorrow, and in a nutshell, he is not willful, he said goodnight to her, and soon fell asleep.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, a dazzling golden light burst out from behind the thick clouds, shining on the flowers and trees, shining like water droplets after rain.

Xu Zhen woke up drowsy and sat on the bed for several minutes before he slowly reacted, combed his messy long hair with his hands, stepped on soft wool shoes into the bathroom to wash, and went downstairs in good spirits after a while.

Li Lili and Lu Wanrou were busy Chinese New Year's Eve the kitchen, grandparents were watching TV in the living room, Su Yue was loading biscuits at the dining table, and Xu Keming's was on the side...... Help out or mess around.

Su Yue saw her and said softly: "Get up, Weiwei Xiaolan, they are not so fast." ”

Xu Zhen smiled, "I'm awake." As he spoke, he went into the kitchen and poured a glass of water, and came out to help.

It's not about doing anything, just putting some biscuits in a gift box and giving them directly to relatives and guests when they come to pay New Year's greetings.

The two of them chatted while pretending, and Su Yue said simply, "Your boyfriend doesn't have a holiday in the United States, right?" ”

Xu Zhen glanced at the kitchen door as if he was a thief, and found that there was no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, he has to go to class tomorrow." ”

Su Yue sighed, "It's a pity, Thursday and Friday, otherwise he can take a holiday." ”

Xu Zhen pursed his lips and was silent, there was no way to do this kind of thing.

Su Yue saw her similar sad face with her afterglow, and comforted her softly: "Don't think too much, he is studying over there, so he naturally has to follow the rules over there, and he will make up for it next year." ”

Xu Zhen smiled and nodded, "Well, I know, sister-in-law don't worry." ”

The two put the biscuits in a box, Xu Wei and they also went downstairs one after another, Xu Jiayu Xu Jialin came out of the study with Xu Promise, saying that they were going to paste the Spring Festival couplets, and let them take things to prepare.

Although they are already adults, Xu Lan is still very enthusiastic about posting Spring Festival couplets for the New Year, which they have done since childhood.

Xu Cheng took out a pile of Spring Festival couplets and a box of paste from the storage room, and Xu Lan and Xu Zhen and Xu Keming chatted together about where to post.

Xu Lan Xu Zhen is responsible for smearing the paste, Xu Zhen and Xu Cheng are responsible for pasting the Spring Festival couplets, Xu Zhen and Xu Lan go upstairs with a few small sheets, Xu Lan smiled: "My own want all the best, academic progress, and good health!" ”

Xu Zhen said sincerely: "I wish you a new year and a new atmosphere, and it will be all good." ”

There are two rooms on the fourth floor, two people take the Spring Festival couplets up, and after pasting them, they stand on the top floor and look down, the trees are still lush, and the books and houses in the whole village are scattered, which looks like they have been specially planned.

Xu Lan took a deep breath and said in a good mood: "The countryside is very good, better than the houses in the city." ”

Xu Zhen teased: "We are not a rural area here, just a suburb, and people have different pursuits, if it were me, it would be best to have houses on both sides." ”

Xu Lan joked with a smile: "You are greedy, now the house in the city does not say how much it costs, in this suburb, you have to buy land, but also build it yourself, how can it be so simple." ”

Xu Zhen said with a smile: "It's not a problem to have money. ”

Xu Lan paused, and found that this sentence could not be refuted, so he had to give her a thumbs up.

The two looked upstairs, the sun was covered by the clouds again, the breeze blew, bringing a wave of coolness, Xu Lan remembered one thing, and said happily: "You have to wear new clothes at night, we will wear a row in a coat, and we will definitely become the most beautiful boy on the street!" ”

Xu Zhen couldn't cry or laugh, and said with his forehead on his forehead: "That's stupid." ”

Xu Lan looked at her dissatisfied, "What's stupid, it's not, you said that the New Year has a new atmosphere, you want to wear new clothes, don't wear new clothes for the New Year, when do you want to wear them?" It's so cold this year, what a good opportunity. ”

Xu Zhen remembered the temperature of the Chinese New Year two years earlier, and was silent.

Xu Lan pulled her to chatter, and then pulled her downstairs.

Xu Cheng has already pasted the other Spring Festival couplets and is finishing up at this time.

Grandpa Xu and Grandma Xu looked at the red Spring Festival couplets inside and out, and her wrinkled face was smiling with satisfaction.

Everyone chatted for a while, and when the wall clock on the wall pointed to five o'clock, Xu Jiayu said to a room of children: "Take things to the ancestral hall to worship your ancestors." ”

Promising them, the eldest brother carried the dishes, a few small ones followed, and a group of people walked towards the ancestral hall.

There were already many people in the ancestral hall near five o'clock in the afternoon, promising to put the dishes on the big table, and squeezed together with a group of people to take incense and light incense, and a few minutes had passed, and when I saw the brothers and sisters in the corner of the ancestral hall chatting with everyone, I was amused and helpless: "Okay, go and worship the ancestors, and then chat." ”

When Xu Lan and the others heard this, they obediently went to the hall one by one and stood up, folded their hands and bowed respectfully three times, and then continued to chat in the corner. (There may not be much such thing as worshipping ancestors in the city, and some places still attach great importance to the New Year's Festival)

About twenty minutes later, crackling firecrackers sounded outside the ancestral hall, and after the stoppage, everyone bowed again, and each took their things home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

The square outside the ancestral hall is red firecracker paper, and the smoke of firecrackers has not yet dissipated.

Xu Zhen said softly: "You can also light firecrackers?" ”

Xu promised: "The state regulations can't, but for the New Year, we are here in the suburbs, and the top doesn't care much, and the people in the village will be punished, and they don't know how to live without firecrackers, so take your time with this kind of thing." ”

Xu Zhen didn't want to say anything, just nodded.

When the six of them returned home, the table was already full of dishes, chicken, duck, fish, and meat, everything, and it was not an exaggeration to say that the Manchu and Han people had a full banquet.

Promising to put the plate of chicken in the middle, Li Lili shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, eat, pour what you drink, eat the vegetables first, and then eat later." ”

Xu Zhen took out his mobile phone and quickly took a few photos, and then happily took a cup and poured a drink, sighing, "This is too much food." ”

Li Lili said with a smile: "I haven't eaten Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together for several years, naturally it is lively, eat as much as you want today, you can eat whatever you want, this is salt-baked chicken, white chopped chicken has no taste to eat this." ”

Grandma Xu was surprised: "Killed two chickens." ”

Li Lili didn't care much and said: "Yes, Mom, don't think too much, the New Year is to kill chickens, these children don't like to eat white chicken, it's better to make a salt-baked chicken." (Worshipping ancestors during festivals usually has to chop chickens in vain)

Grandma Xu nodded and did not speak again.