On the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Old Man Hua carried a basket into the courtyard of the Little Seven Family.

The old man walked up to Liu Dahe and said to Liu Dahe: "Dahe, I wrote some Spring Festival couplets, you can help me send them to the lonely and widowed old people in the village, and help paste them by the way." ”

Liu Dahe took the basket and walked out of the courtyard gate, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu followed behind Liu Dahe, Xiao Qi said: "Dad, we will also go to help." ”

Liu Dahe: "It's convenient for this tall person to do couplets, you are still too young, and you can help when you grow up." ”

Xiao Qi: "Dad, we can help you serve batter." ”

Liu Dahe: "Xiao Qi is really smart, then you can come along." ”

Xiao Qi followed Liu Dahe out of the door, and Niu stopped Ah Fu with a smile: "Ah Fu, you stay at home and don't go out, you need to take care of the sheep and rabbits in our house." After feeding the sheep and rabbits at home, Ah Fu took a small wooden board and scribbled with charcoal, a habit that came from his ears and eyes when he was a child. When Liu Dahe made furniture, he needed to make marks on the wood first, Ah Fu learned Liu Dahe to scribble on the wood when he was more than two years old, Liu Dahe was afraid that Ah Fu would paint the furniture dirty, so he made a lot of small wooden boards for Ah Fu to paint, and Ah Fu's habit of painting on small wooden boards has not changed since he grew up.

When the father and daughter went to Aunt Liu's house, Aunt Liu brought a bowl of brown sugar eggs to Xiao Qi, and Liu Dahe was a little embarrassed: "Let my aunt break the bill." ”

Aunt Liu: "Didn't you also send steamed buns to my family, my old man said that the steamed buns were delicious, and sent the steamed buns to Qing'er's house in Wangjia Village, and said that he would also taste them for his grandson." Qing'er is the only daughter of the old couple, and she married in Wangjia Village more than ten years ago.

Aunt Liu watched Xiao Qi drink the brown sugar water, and brought a plate of fried hair ears yesterday to Xiao Qi to eat, hair ears are a popular fried pasta in Phoenix Town, many people will fry some during the New Year, and the guests at home will serve it out to entertain guests.

Liu Dahe went to another house after pasting the couplet, Xiao Qi left a few hairy ears, got up and went to the stove and saw that the water tank was almost empty, so he carried the bucket and prepared to go to the west of the village to fetch water.

Old Aunt Liu stopped her: "Xiao Qi, no need, you are only a little higher than the barrel, don't be tired." ”

Xiao Qi patted his chest: "Mother-in-law, haven't you heard, I am famous for my strength in our village." Old Aunt Liu covered her mouth and smiled when she heard this: "You kid, it's not ashamed to praise yourself at all." ”

Soon Xiao Qi filled the tank seven or eight points full, said goodbye to Aunt Liu's house, Xiao Qi went to several old people's homes living alone to help pick up water, one afternoon Xiao Qi carried a bucket from the door of the peach blossom house passed by many times, Peach Blossom Niang saw it and scolded her son for stinky duck eggs: "Look at other people's Xiao Qi, a few years younger than you, so good at working." ”

Stinky duck eggs retorted: "Mother, why don't you compare yourself with her, you are older than her." I heard that Xiaoqi's family sent buns to the people in the village, but they didn't send them to our family, and Erdan told me that Xiaoqi's buns made by her mother were delicious, and they all blamed you for your usual broken mouth, so Xiaoqi's family didn't send them to us. ”

Peach Blossom Niang took off her shoes and threw it at her son's stinky duck eggs, causing a lot of chickens and dogs to jump.

Xiao Qi returned home after the shoes were all wet, she just changed her shoes, Pear Blossom came with the little mouse, Pear Blossom with joy on her face: "Xiao Qi, I heard that Wang Yuanwai is happy to get the golden grandson, the first morning of the new year to send a red envelope, my father just came back from the town today, he has inquired clearly, as long as the child can go to the door of the royal house to get a red envelope, and so on the first day of the new year, I will take the little mouse with me, I can get two red envelopes, you and Ah Fu also go together." ”

Ah Fu: "Sister, let's go with us, and buy a few more baked cakes to eat by the way." ”

Xiao Qi swallowed her saliva, she also missed the cylinder sticker.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xiaoqi and Ah Fu got up very early, and ate dumplings at home in the morning, Ah Fu bit the copper coin in the first bite, and Niu was overjoyed: "Ah Fu, this is a good sign, you will definitely have good fortune this year." ”

The family happily finished eating dumplings, Xiao Qi Ah Fu set off to the town with the pear blossom mouse and the second egg in the village, the snow has not completely melted, there is thin ice on the road, Xiao Qi and Ah Fu are wearing Mao Weng Zi (reed shoes, the soles are thick wood), but they are not afraid of water, pear blossom and the little mouse only wear old cotton shoes, it didn't take long for the pear blossom's shoes to be a little wet, she squatted down to check the little mouse's shoes, and found that the little mouse's shoes were also a little wet, Xiao Qi said: "Sister Pear Blossom, I'll carry the little mouse." ”

Ah Fu and Erdan rushed to say, "I can also carry it." ”

Pear Blossom picked up the little mouse on her back and said to Xiao Qi: "I'm the oldest, so I'll carry it myself." ”

Pear Blossom was out of breath after carrying it for a while, Xiao Qi took the little mouse and carried it on his shoulder, the little seven were not tall, but fortunately, the little mouse was also very short and his shoes would not drag to the ground.

Several people took turns carrying the little mouse, and soon arrived in town.

Outside the door of Wang's house was very lively, the firecrackers crackled non-stop, and four tables were neatly placed on the left side of the door, and four large baskets were placed on the table, which were filled with red paper bags.

Several young masters of the Wang family are taking their subordinates to send money to the children, the children are divided into four columns and neatly line up to receive money, the tail of the team is very long, you can't see the head at a glance, Pear Blossom pulled the little seven people to find the tail of the rightmost team for a long time and lined up.

After waiting in line for an hour, they finally moved to a place where they could see the gate of the royal family. Xiao Qi's eyes were sharp, and he saw from a distance that the young master Wang they carried on the road last time was also standing there to hand out money, and the young master Wang was wearing a red coat, with a smile on his face, and he looked very energetic.

Xiao Qi tugged at Ah Fu's sleeve: "Brother, the young master Wang we saved last time stood in front and handed out money, he gave us ten taels of silver last time, or we wouldn't have lined up to receive the red envelope." ”

Ah Fu took a closer look and said, "Eh, it's really Young Master Wang." ”

Xiao Qi's two siblings didn't leave in the end, because Pear Blossom grabbed Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, we've been queuing for an hour, and soon it's our turn, how can we say that if we don't line up, we won't line up?" Please, Xiao Qi, you can stay with me. ”

When the red seal was red, Young Master Wang recognized Ah Fu at a glance: "It's Ah Fu, I promise to return you a hundred baked cakes." After speaking, Young Master Wang said to the people beside him: "Xiaodou, take out the purse containing the silver naked." ”

The man next to him, named Xiaodou, agreed, and took out several brand new purses.

Young Master Wang handed Xiao Qi and Ah Fu a purse: "Come, you can take this purse." ”

Ah Fu excused himself and said, "Young Master Wang, you have already given me ten taels of silver last time. ”

Young Master Wang: "This is to buy food for you during the festival, if you don't accept it, you won't give me Wang Hao's face." ”