One pot couldn't be cooked, Fang Huaru was busy in the kitchen for a long time, and used a large pot to cook several times before three or four hundred dumplings were cooked. The dumplings are big, and the children will not be very hungry, and after the fresh joy, they will not be able to eat them.

There were still a lot of dumplings left, and a few adults couldn't finish them, so they asked Fang Huaru to take some and send them home. Fang Darong's family must have no shortage of food, but they must have rarely tasted this fresh wild boar stuffed dumplings.

It took a lot of time to make dumplings, and it was even slower to eat dumplings, and those children didn't eat much, but they played while eating, and when they were all full, it was almost dark.

At this time, even if Shan Tianfang wanted to take them back to the town, he couldn't do much. The countrymen follow a rule: children are not allowed to walk too far at night. So Shan Tianfang asked his brothers to go back first and tell the brothers in the town so that they wouldn't worry. Of course, those children who are not hospitalized in the first place have to tell their families.

In the evening, it was even more lively, and the little ones had slept well in the afternoon, and now it was dark, and no one wanted to sleep. Lu Yu bought a lot of candles a long time ago, and as soon as it got dark, he lit two candles in each room, and the house was bright.

The noise of the children spread far away, and even other villagers came to Lu Yu's house to see what was going on. Seeing that the children from the town had not left yet, the villagers asked Lu Yu if there was enough bed to sleep in his family, and if it was not enough, he could go to their house.

Lu Yu's bed was enough for this group of children to sleep, but he and Shan Tianfang had nowhere to sleep, so in the end, it was decided that Shan Tianfang would go to Lao Gao's house to borrow for one night, and Lu Yu would stay at home to take care of the children. Lu Yu insisted on this, he said that even if he didn't sleep for one night, he wouldn't feel uncomfortable the next day.

It's still early, and no one wants to sleep. The children surrounded Lu Yu again and asked him to play tricks.

Villagers in the same village also said: "Da Yu, you just change a trick or something, let us open our eyes." ”

If it was usual, Lu Yu would definitely not agree, he would only say that he had a lot of strength and would not do any tricks. But today is the night of the first day of the new year, which should be the most lively night of the year, so Lu Yu decided to show his hand and make everyone happy.

Lu Yu said: "Okay, let's go to the door to play." "The hall is not big enough, adults and children are already crowded into a room, and there is no room for Lu Yu to perform.

At the gate of Lu Yu's house was a flat open space, he first found two broken copper basins that were used for baking fires, put them on the ground, and said to everyone: "It's dark outside, my husband is building a fire." Lu Yu felt that getting two pots of fire out should not be an exaggerated action, nor would it be reminiscent of "spells".

There was no firewood in the copper basin, no charcoal, it was empty, there was nothing. Lu Yu stood between the two basins, closed his eyes first, then opened them suddenly, and suddenly showed a smile.

"Da Yu, what are you doing here, you are shocked, you are going to change." The minds of adults are not much weaker than those of children, and they are usually too boring and monotonous.

"Just change, don't worry." Lu Yu pretended to clench his two fists, slowly opened them again, and made a gesture of throwing something into the copper basin.

Some of the candlelight in the room spilled outside the door, and adults and children stared intently at Lu Yu and the two copper basins beside him.

After a while, the copper basin still didn't change, but Lu Yu kept dancing, and began to urge again with some anxiety: "Da Yu, why are you still the same, will you?" ”

The children who had seen Lu Yu's skills were even more calm, and a few even asked the adults not to make noise and not to disturb Lu Yu.

"Look, it's going to change." To make a fire is too simple for Lu Yu now, but he can't act too easily, he has to pretend to be very troublesome, otherwise it won't be like a trick, but a spell.

An adult said, "This big feather, tease us." ”

One child said, "Shhh ”

Lu Yu is no longer grinding, he has words in his mouth (deliberately), and his dancing is even more powerful. Finally, under the impatience of the villagers and the expectant eyes of the children, Lu Yu slapped the two copper plates with both hands, and two small flames really rose in the pot.

"Wow...... There's fire, there's fire. It's so powerful, there's a fire in the basin. ”

"Phew, it's fucking hot. Da Yu, what did you do? ”

Lu Yu didn't speak, smiled slightly, and continued to dance and point, the flames in the pot burned more and more, and gradually, it turned into two bright and vigorous fires. A large open space at the gate of Lu Yu's house was illuminated by the firelight.

Adults and children all walked out, surrounding the brazier, and asked Lu Yu to give another hand.

The fire in the brazier was quickly extinguished, Lu Yu asked everyone to wait for a while, and he went to the backyard to bring some dry firewood. In fact, Lu Yu can make the brazier unextinguished, but that would be too exaggerated, you can't let the pot have no fuel, but the fire keeps burning.

After returning with firewood, Lu Yu raised a bright bonfire in the clearing.

Someone must ask: "Da Yu, what did you do with those two fires just now?" ”

Lu Yu had already thought of an excuse, he said: "I hid something that can burn the fire in my hand and threw it in the basin, you didn't see it." ”

"What's that? So powerful. ”

"Hehe, I can't tell you this, otherwise I'll change in the future."

Lu Yu moved out all the benches and chairs at home again, and if there were those who didn't want to stand, they could sit down. The little ones certainly didn't have to sit and ran around the fire, and they were all excited.

At this time, if there are some melon seeds and peanuts or something, it will be even better. Lu Yu's family only had "unpalatable" fruits, and he took out all the fried ones today and entertained the villagers at the door.

This winter is not cold, and the roaring bonfire is constantly emitting heat to the surroundings, and the people on the fire tray feel warm and comfortable.

Everyone sat or stood, gossiping around the campfire. Some people lament how difficult life was in the past two years, and then rejoice in how smooth the past year was, and then pray that this year will still be smooth and prosperous.

There are not many people who love to eat lotus nuts, and some villagers went home and brought some dried sweet potatoes. Dried sweet potatoes are dried by cutting sweet potatoes into slices and drying them in the sun. When the water is dry, the remaining dried slices will have a sweet taste, and the sweet potatoes will also have some sugar.

Shan Tianfang and Fang Huaru sat on a bench together, and the two were a little close, and some villagers quipped: "General Shan, when will you get married." In fact, many people already know that the relationship between these two is scheduled for the seventh day of February this year.

Shan Tianfang said directly: "What about the seventh day of the second month." Then Fang Huaru pulled his clothes, as if he felt that he shouldn't say it.

"That's coming."

"Come on, it's still more than a month."

"Hey, in our village, there haven't been happy events in many years."

Someone reminded: "How can there be many years? That Lu Di, wasn't his daughter born the year before last? ”

"Oh, oh, that's a happy event." In the eyes of some villagers, having a daughter doesn't seem to be a big event, but most of them won't say it.

"Further back, it's the time when Lu Yu and his younger brother, Xiao Ming got married."

"yes, I remember it was quite lively."

Lu Ming got married, he held a banquet, but in fact it was not lively, Lu Yu did not invite many people, only held a little one, which was not lively.

"Lu Ming's kid still grabbed his brother in front, and the baby is several years old."

So the topic naturally came to Lu Yu, and someone took the trouble to ask Lu Yu: "Da Yu, you have to hurry up." ”

"I've mentioned it, and the happy event should be done quickly, what's the point of this old drag."

Lu Yu smiled, lowered his head, and did not speak.

"Da Yu, if you get married, let's do it for you with the whole village."

"That's a must, Da Yu is the benefactor of our whole village."

Lu Yu was a little "flattered", and hurriedly said: "I am a benefactor or not, General Shan is the benefactor of our part, he is here, we are much better here." ”

"General Shan is, and so are you, Lu Yu."

Lu Yu desperately brought the conversation to Shan Tianfang, and said: "I think we all have to come up with an idea, General Shan will marry Miss Fang in another month, and we have to make their family affairs more lively." ”

"It's to be lively, General Shan is a good person, I obey him. When the young couple got married, what do you want me to do, just scream. ”

There was a sentence from someone who was not very good at talking: "If General Shan gets married, what will these children do?" ”

Then the crowd fell silent. Someone complained in his heart, the guy who opened his mouth, why wouldn't he pay attention to the occasion when chatting.

It was Shan Tianfang who spoke: "Don't worry, everyone, I will always take care of this group of children." ”

"Hehe, it's not easy to care, I still have to live."

"Alas, everyone is also in difficulty, and I want to help you."

Lu Yu felt that these people were too disappointing, and what they said was false, and he was embarrassed to listen to it.

Shan Tianfang probably didn't want to talk about this more, lowered his head and looked at the ground. And the group of children, who seemed to know that they had become the object of discussion, fell silent for a moment, listening to the adults.

For a moment, everyone was silent, except for the crackling sound of the campfire burning.

Qi Xiang was present, and he suddenly stood up and said, "When my mother-in-law is well, I will take the two children home." After a pause, he added, "Be like your own child." ”

Someone whispered: "Who knows if your mother-in-law can be good." ”

Qi Xiang heard the muttering, and he was not angry, and said: "I will put my words here, as long as it is good, I guarantee to raise." ”

Lu Yu's heart moved, and he almost said that he was willing to bring one or two back to take care of him, but adopting a child was a big deal, and he had to discuss it with Yan Xi'an and even their family.

Shan Tianfang said: "As long as there is nothing to do in the past two years, I will support the children." ”

No one believed that Shan Tianfang could really support such a group of children on his own, although he had more than a dozen brothers, but those young men would have to start a family sooner or later, and how long could they take care of the children.