Lu Yu suddenly remembered the old people with children in the town, and said secretly: "I forgot about Xiaomao and them, it's going to be the New Year, and I have to send them some meat and vegetables." ”

So Lu Yu didn't stay at Shan Tianfang for long, and after he went back, he cleaned up and quietly went to Yangshan. Lu Yu remembered that there were still seven or eight families like Xiaomao in the town, so he planned to get two more goats back and kill them to distribute the meat.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Lu Yu was very busy, and he was busy until midnight, and then stopped. The poor families in the town all received mutton and vegetables that Lu Yu had quietly sent, and some even got some extra rice.

It's the New Year, and you have to rely on extra "gifts" to eat meat, which is not a happy thing to say. But those who live in hardship and have no food and clothing, suddenly get these unexpected gains, after all, they will still be happy. But their laughter and laughter were like a thin nail, nailed to Lu Yu's heart one by one, making Lu Yu feel sour.

The next day is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Lu Yu is going to spend the New Year alone again, but he does not feel lonely this year.

When you celebrate the New Year alone, you still have to deal with it. The goats weren't going to be driven out today, so Lu Yu got a few bundles of straw and came back to chew them dry. Goats don't have to celebrate the New Year, and it's okay to eat almost for a day or two once in a while, right?

In the morning, Lu Yu went into the mountains to get a few fish and raised them in a bucket, originally planning to send a few to Lu Di and Lao Gao, but then he was busy and forgot about it.

Burned a fish, fried a plate of pork, cooked a bowl of bone broth, a hot and sour cabbage, and a small plate of spicy radish strips, this is Lu Yu's New Year's dinner.

Lu Yu's family's New Year's dinner has always been eaten in the morning, and it has not changed for many years. If you have flour at home, you can make dumplings and eat them at noon or at night, but you may not make them and it will be troublesome to get it alone.

There was a small pot of wine on the table, which Lu Yu had bought with the people in the village two days ago.

Surprisingly, Lu Yu was very calm and peaceful at this meal, he almost didn't think about anything, he concentrated on eating and drinking, and seemed to have nothing to worry about. This feeling of inner peace and tranquility seems to be not bad.

The most precious thing in life is not the true peace and stability in the heart.

After breakfast, Lu Yu sat dry for a while, and his heart gradually began to haunt him, he thought of his father and his mother. Thinking of his mother, Lu Yu hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, cooked a bowl of white meat, filled a bowl of rice, carried it in a basket, and went to his mother's grave.

In fact, there is a custom called "resignation" here in Yangshan Village, that is, before the Chinese New Year, the last (the last of the year) go to the grave of the ancestors, burn some paper for them, sacrifice an ancestor, and tell them that the year is coming to an end, so that they can rest assured that everyone is fine. He prayed again that those ancestors who had spirits in heaven would bless their children and grandchildren with peace and health.

Although today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, after all, it is still the day of the old year, and Lu Yu is not late to leave the year now.

There were no incense paper cannon candles, so Lu Yu put the meal in front of his mother's grave, kowtowed a few times, and then sat on the dry grass in front of the grave. In his heart, Lu Yu originally had a lot of things to tell his mother, but now he was sitting in front of his mother's grave, but he couldn't say a word.

Lu Ming is very good, he has a child, and his child is also very good. Lu Yu himself is also very good, he has a good fiancée, and his fiancée's family is also very good. Lu Yu thought to himself: "These things, even if I don't say them, my mother will definitely know about them." ”

It's just that his father is not good, he has not been heard from so far, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead.

It's been a good day this year, it's been smooth all year round, neither cold nor hot. Today, the Chinese New Year's Eve, it will take a few days to start spring, but this winter, it is not cold at all, and it is sunny almost every day. There were very few white clouds in the sky, and the sky was blue, like a piece of blue gauze covering the water.

After sitting until noon, Lu Yu got up and went home with the basket. Lu Yu didn't take back the rice and white meat in front of the grave, so he kept it and kept it for those wild cats and voles or something, so that they could also have a New Year.

Lu Yu didn't eat at noon, he still quietly drove the goats out to graze. Lu Yu still couldn't bear it in the end, he had a lot of fish and meat, and let these six poor goats chew hay in the yard.

Lu Yu didn't want the villagers to see that he was still herding sheep during the Chinese New Year, so he drove the goats far away to the edge of a small pond. There are several reservoirs around Yangshan Village, and this pond is the farthest from the village.

Most of the weeds in winter are yellow, and although the pond is better, it is still not comparable to the inside of Anding Valley. The goats may not be hungry and less attentive after eating hay all morning.

Lu Yu sat on the edge of the pond, looking at the water surface as calm as a mirror, and was stunned.

A goat rubbed next to Lu Yu, and the horns touched Lu Yu. Lu Yu turned his head and knocked on the sheep's horn.

The goat, probably dissatisfied, bleated, and flicked its front hooves again, bouncing up a few sticks of dead grass and landing on the water.

Lu Yu laughed, his childlike heart suddenly rose, he stood up, looked at the water, and said to himself: "The grass will not sink if it falls into the water, I don't know if I can stand on the water and not sink." ”

Thinking of it, he decided to try, Lu Yu took a breath, then stretched out a right foot, lightly stepped on the water, and stepped out of a circle of ripples.

Lu Yu sighed, lifted his left foot again, and stood on the surface of the water with one foot, he actually didn't sink.

"Haha, it's ......" Lu Yu laughed, and the breath he mentioned was immediately discharged, only to hear a plop, and Lu Yu sank. The sound of the water startled the six sheep, and they all turned their heads to look sideways at Lu Yu.

Fortunately, the water on the edge of the pond was not deep, and only two of Lu Yu's calves were soaked. He smiled bitterly and said to himself: "It's too early to make my legs wet." ”

Back on the shore, Lu Yu stepped on the water again for the second time, and this time he tried to calm down, so he didn't sink again.

I was very happy in my heart, but Lu Yu didn't dare to be happy, he took a breath, didn't dare to spit or suck, patiently stood on the water for a while, and then took another step forward.

Lu Yu still didn't sink, he was happy in his heart, he still didn't dare to relax, and with patience, he cautiously took another step forward.

One after another, Lu Yu gradually stepped into the center of the pond. The water in the pond was clear, and Lu Yu slowly lowered his head, and could see the aquatic plants under the water and the silt at the bottom of the pond.

The center of the pond is slightly deep, and Lu Yu doesn't dare to be careless, otherwise it will be more than two legs wet.

After stopping in the middle of the pond for a while, Lu Yu walked towards the pond bank on the other side, cautiously, and finally walked to the opposite bank.

This time, except for the soles, nothing was wet.

Lu Yu was full of interest, and walked back from the shore again, and the second time he left, it was much more stable. Lu Yu was having fun, walking around on the water, back and forth a few times.

The more he walked, the more steady he became, and in the end, as long as Lu Yu was not too careless, even if he jogged on the water, he would not fall down again.

"Hey, that's fun." Lu Yu thought that next time he must take Xi'an out to play, and try to see if he can float on the water with her on his back.

Tired of playing, the sheep are also full, Lu Yu only then remembered that it is still the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and he wants to make dumplings to eat at night.

Drove the sheep back, passed by the red clay field in the village, and there were still people sitting there chatting. There were many people, old and young, and some children, all dressed in new clothes, holding snacks in their hands, running and jumping with joy. The adults laughed and told the children to run slower and be careful.

Although he couldn't hear the sound of firecrackers, Lu Yu could still smell a hint of the New Year. The Chinese New Year should be like this, no matter what the adults think, the children should be carefree.

The people on the clay court still inevitably made fun of Lu Yu, and Lu Yu also dealt with a few words casually, and then drove the sheep back.

Chopping noodles and stuffing dumplings, Lu Yu was busy alone. The boiling water in the kitchen was gurgling and bubbling, and the steaming water enveloped Lu Yu, leaving a layer of water droplets on his hair.

The stuffing is pork and cabbage, and Lu Yu is not in a hurry to eat it, the meat filling is extremely chopped and rotten, almost a lump of mush. The thin dumpling wrapper that is rolled out is wrapped in the fresh meat filling, and then pinched tightly, and a dumpling is wrapped.

Lu Yu's hands and feet were fast, and before it got dark, he wrapped seventy or eighty dumplings. He will definitely not be able to eat all these dumplings alone, and the rest will be saved for tomorrow morning. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there must be people who come to pay New Year's greetings, and they don't have time to cook in the morning, so they eat hot dumplings.

The dumplings were wrapped, and before it was dark, Lu Yu closed the door again and went out for a stroll with his hands behind his back. There was no point in hanging out, but since that time, Lu Yu felt that it was quite fun to walk around the village if he had nothing to do.

The villagers of Yangshan Village have been a lot more enthusiastic about Lu Yu recently, and today is the Chinese New Year, these people are even more enthusiastic, and they all invite Lu Yu to come to the house to sit, or ask him to come over for dinner in the evening.

Of course, dinner had to be eaten at home.

Before dinner, Lu Yu took out some more fruits. First pour a bowl of fine sand into the pot, stir-fry, after the sand is hot, then pour in the chopped nuts and fry together. Put fine sand so that the fruit can be heated evenly and will not be fried black and burnt.

Last year, Lu Yu made a lot of pork jerky with syrup, but I didn't get it this year, so I made some of this, and if there are children who come to pay New Year's greetings or something, I can also give others a little to eat.

It may not taste very good, but it's better than nothing.

In the past, Lu Yu ate dumplings and liked to chew garlic, but later because Yan Xi'an didn't like the taste of garlic, he changed this habit. There is no garlic, but there are crispy, spicy and fragrant radish strips marinated, which makes dumplings good.

There is also wine, Lu Yu remembered that Qi Xiang said "dumplings are wine, the more you drink, the more you have", I don't know if Qi Xiang and his family can eat dumplings during the New Year. If it was usual, Lu Yu would definitely bring some dumplings to Qi Xiang to send over, but the New Year is different, and you can't send things out of the house during the New Year, especially on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

After eating and drinking, the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, and Lu Yu couldn't sleep, so he jumped on the top of the bamboo building and sat and looked into the distance. All the houses in Yangshan Village have only one floor, but Lu Yu's newly built bamboo building is one and a half stories high, which is the highest roof in the village.

It was dark, and no one could see Lu Yu, but Lu Yu could see everything clearly.

Lu Yu didn't want to see anything, so he looked at the direction of Yangshan in the distance in a daze, and stayed distracted.

Suddenly, Lu Yu saw a purple aura rising in the distance, and then quickly disappeared into the sky.