"A little further to the left, no, a little in the middle, oops, crooked again, a little more to the right, okay." Mu Xiaocao's voice kept ringing, and she was directing Mu Shui to paste the Spring Festival couplets.

At this moment, every family is immersed in a joyful atmosphere, no matter how the year passes, in short, the New Year is a festive thing, and the mother and daughter also chose to temporarily forgive Mu Shui, so the family returned to the old laughter.

Mu Xiaocao, Mu Xiu, and Zhou Shuilian were preparing for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner all day, and the three of them were busy in groups, and Li Pandi carried small flowers on his back, and came in from time to time to get some food.

In the afternoon, it is to clean up, paste the Spring Festival couplets, otherwise tomorrow is the first day of the new year, the first day of the first month is the birthday of the broom, this day can not use the broom, otherwise it will sweep away the luck, break the wealth, and the "broom star" attracted, incurring bad luck, this day can not be poured out of the water and garbage, afraid that it will be ruined.

After everything was cleaned up, Mu Xiaocao packed up a quilt, pointed to a wooden bed that was idle in the yard and said to Mu Shui: "Dad, you can help move this bed to the cave in the back mountain pass first." ”

"Xiaocao, what are you doing here?" Mu Shui asked in surprise.

"After dinner tonight, I'll take Brother Pan to stay there for the night." Mu Xiaocao explained.

"Sister! Why are you going to live in a cave? Mu Xiu was also puzzled.

"I'm a married daughter, it's unlucky to stay in my parents' house on the first day of junior high school, and we'll come back on the second day of junior high school." Mu Xiaocao sighed after explaining.

Mu Xiaocao experienced life and death once, and began to believe in the theory of ghosts and gods, so even if she had nothing to do with Li Xingzhi, she still had some taboos in her heart.

This family has just begun to live a good life, and it can't be because she is unlucky again, so Mu Xiaocao has to take the initiative to avoid it, and some things would rather be believed than not.

"It's a gloomy day, maybe it's going to snow tonight, what if you take Brother Pan to live in a cave and catch the cold? Our family doesn't taboo this, tonight, you don't go anywhere, just stay at home. Zhou Shuilian hurriedly spoke out to stop her.

"No, the old saying makes sense, let's cover thicker, and then burn a fire, it's not cold." Mu Xiaocao's attitude is very resolute.

After Mu Xiaocao finished speaking, she saw that everyone was motionless, she stubbornly stepped forward to carry the bamboo bed, although Li Pandi didn't understand what was happening, but she watched Mu Xiaocao go to lift the bed, and quickly ran over to help Mu Xiaocao carry it.

Zhou Shuilian's eyes immediately turned red, and she only shouted evil in her mouth, Mu Xiaocao is like this now, it is all because of them

"Sister, this house is mine, not my father's, and I didn't say that I couldn't go to my sister's house in the New Year." Mu Xiu said suddenly.

Everyone was stunned by Mu Xiu's words, yes, the owner of this house is Mu Xiu, it stands to reason that this should be Mu Xiu's home.

"Xiu is right! We all live in Xiu's house, and there is no mother's house that is not a mother's house, so hurry up and put everything for me. Zhou Shuilian's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward as she spoke, pulling Mu Xiaocao with her left hand and Li Pandi with her right hand, preventing them from moving the bamboo bed again.

"Sister, what do you want to say again, my father and mother left with you, you can't just leave me here alone for the New Year." Mu Xiu looked at Mu Xiaocao pitifully.

"Mother, I want to celebrate the New Year with my second aunt" Li Pandi opened his mouth timidly.

"You, you're okay, let's not leave, we will celebrate the New Year together at your second aunt's house this year!" As soon as Mu Xiaocao's words landed, everyone's faces showed joy, and Li Pandi smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into a slit.

In the evening, everyone gathers together, a table full of delicacies tempting people's appetite, red braised elbows, fragrant sweet and sour pork ribs, crispy raw bamboo shoot duck soup, burnt fried fish, stewed butter yellow chicken soup, look at it all make people swallow.

The only fly in the ointment is that the greenhouse has been destroyed, and the vegetables in it are gone, so the green that can be seen in this table of dishes is Chinese cabbage

Mu Xiu first tore off a chicken thigh and put it in Li Pandi's bowl, and then put another chicken leg into Zhou Shuilian's bowl.

Li Pandi is still young, Zhou Shuilian is also breastfeeding, let them eat more, Mu Xiaocao looked at Li Pandi who was eating with a mouth full of oil, her eyes suspected to have tears flashing, how many years, their mother and wife have not been on the table in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and they will always eat leftover soup.

For the first time at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner this year, there were no outsiders, everyone's mood was different from previous years, and they spoke much more casually, eating whatever they wanted, not having to be careful about eating more, saying whatever they wanted, and not being afraid of sudden rebuke

The small table was surrounded, Mu Shui Zhou Shuilian looked at the children, smiling so much that she couldn't close her mouth, and the family was the happiest when she was together.

At this time, there was no Spring Festival Gala, and there was no TV, everyone was eating and drinking, playing cards and chatting, and keeping the New Year together

"Mother, the dumplings should be almost ready, I'll go and serve them." Mu Xiu got up and went to the kitchen.

When she walked out of the room, Mu Xiu found scattered snowflakes outside, her neck shrunk, and she walked quickly to the kitchen.

Just when I walked to the kitchen door, I heard scattered footsteps outside.

"Who? Who's where? Mu Xiu's eyelids jumped, and she blurted out, in the past thirty nights, is there still someone to make trouble?

"It's me," a deep voice sounded softly.

"Brother Chen?" Mu Xiu immediately recognized that this was Chen Xuhui's voice.

"It's me"

"Brother Chen, wait, why are you here? Why not spend the New Year at home? Mu Xiu took down the oil lamp in the kitchen and walked towards the door, Mu Xiu asked in surprise when she stretched out her hand to open the door, but as soon as she finished asking, Mu Xiu immediately reacted and didn't continue to speak, she just wanted to slap herself twice at this time, this child, it's really pitiful.

"I'm just passing by, I'll go back now." Chen Xuhui had a lame reason, he wouldn't admit it, because he couldn't help but walk here when he heard the laughter in Mu Xiu's house, even if it was through the wall, even if there was only a vague sound, it was much warmer than if he stayed alone in an empty room.

"Squeak" Mu Xiu opened the door, Chen Xuhui raised his head, only to see Mu Xiu holding an oil lamp in his hand, the orange light was full of warmth, and it was soft on her small and delicate face, which was extremely gentle.

"My mother is so gentle, right?" Chen Xuhui suddenly had this idea in his heart, and then he felt a little funny, Mu Xiu was three years younger than him.

"Brother Chen, come into the house!" Mu Xiu stepped forward with some guilt and took Chen Xuhui's hand.