2005 was a year of surprise and joy for Chen Ruiwen, the surprise and joy were all about Xu Xiaoyu, who was settled at the beginning of 2006, and there were more rushes in life, and the burden on his body was heavier, but so what, he was willing. Since there is a light rain, life will get better and better. That's what he thought.

And for Xu Xiaoyu, it's not so simple, 05 is a year of mixed tastes, indescribable in a few words, there is the first half of the year that she doesn't want to remember, but fortunately, in the second half of the year, the eldest brother let her see hope and love, and life can go on. Big brother, I will return the same love to you, and I will also take on more of the burden of the family. She thought.

On Chinese New Year's Eve in 06, the Chen family had one more person, Mrs. Chen Xiaoyu, and she officially became a member of the family from today. Chen Ruifeng got up early in the morning, and Chen's father and Chen's mother specially told him not to knock on the door of the eldest brother, so that he and Xiaoyu could sleep until they woke up naturally. I didn't want to go, Chen Ruifeng said silently, turned around and went to wash.

On this side, the eldest brother and Xiaoyu have also gotten up, and the eldest brother went to the wardrobe to get new cotton clothes for his little bride. Xiaoyu, who had just gotten up, sat on the bed with a little dazed eyes, her hair was a little flying, her clothes were a little wrinkled, and her hem was turned up, but the buttons of her clothes were all buttoned, but when she looked closely, she found that there were tears in the corners of her eyes......

"Let's put on new clothes!" "Uh-huh!" Xiaoyu took the clothes. "Big brother...... "What?" "Last night......" "If you don't say it, your parents won't know." "......" "Don't worry, there is a big brother here." "......" "Big brother, I'......" Xiaoyu grabbed the eldest brother's hand, with tears in the corners of her eyes. Don't cry, you'll be discovered. "Uh-huh...... I'm happy. "Good."

"Take Xiaoyu to your grandparents." ’

Chen Ruifeng held a live chicken in his left hand and a bamboo basket with wine, pig's head meat, incense and firecrackers in his right hand, walking in front in silence, the eldest brother carried a hoe on his right shoulder and a firewood knife in his left hand, walking side by side with Xiaoyu walking behind, chatting without a word, and Xiaoyu's sweet laughter could be heard from time to time.

Chen Ruifeng's grandparents have passed away for more than ten years, when he was only a few years old, ignorant and ignorant, most of the things about the second elder were heard from Chen's father and eldest brother, kind and lovely. The second elder liked the eldest brother the most when he was alive, probably because he was more well-behaved and sensible, and he might be very naughty and not be taught. The appearance of the second elder is only the shadow in the black and white photo in the middle of the hall of the house, and no matter how much there is, there is no trace of it.

The second elder is buried halfway up the hill behind the field, only a few hundred meters away from his family's rice field, looking down the hill you can vaguely see the black tiles on the roof of his house, and the black smoke from cooking at night must be visible, maybe this is the wish of the second elder.

Walking through the last barren field, entering the mountains, the road becomes narrow and difficult, thorns, lush trees, at this time the eldest brother's firewood knife comes in handy, all the way to chop thorns, fortunately, the second elder does not want the juniors to work too hard, a distance of a few hundred meters in a blink of an eye. Two graves stand next to each other in a man-made clearing between the trees, and black tombstones sit side by side...... I hadn't been here for a while, and the weeds grew again, but the two pine and cypress trees grew taller and greener.

Chen Ruifeng put the bamboo basket in the open space in front of his grandfather's tomb, "Big brother give me a firewood knife, you can use a hoe." "Good!" The eldest brother took the hoe from Xiao Yu's hand and handed it to him. "Xiaoyu, you're waiting next to you." "Big brother, I can help too." "No, in front of my grandfather, I don't dare to let his granddaughter-in-law do rough work." "Oh!" Xiaoyu replied weakly, reluctantly. "Just talk to grandpa and grandma."

Chen Ruifeng, who heard this, rolled his eyes, but the work in his hands did not stop, his hands rose and fell, all the weeds and thorns were not spared, and they were collected and thrown into the bushes next to him. The eldest brother went to trim the drain and fill in the new soil on the grave.

Grandpa, I married my daughter-in-law yesterday, and today I took her to see you and grandma, isn't it very beautiful, very cute, soft and cute, just a little thin, but you can get fat by raising it. Hey...... Blessed are you grandson! I know what you think, grandpa, but your granddaughter-in-law is still too young, and her great-granddaughter may have to wait a few more years, hehe......

Grandma, my eldest brother got married yesterday, her name is Xu Xiaoyu, 15 years old, 3 years younger than me, does it look like a 13-year-old girl, and my eldest brother is not afraid of being arrested by the police. Alas...... I don't understand why my parents are so anxious to ask my eldest brother to marry her, are they afraid that she will run away? Then why did you still let her go to school? Don't you feel very conflicted to let her stay in the school......

Grandparents, my name is Xu Xiaoyu, and I am ...... First time I came to see you...... In the future, I will take good care of Brother Raven, Mom and Dad and Erfeng, please bless our family with health and safety.

Grandma, actually...... I thought a lot last night...... I'm ready to let go of the thoughts in my heart that I shouldn't have, and my eldest brother puts all his energy on me...... Those damn thoughts...... Starting tomorrow, I will study hard and get into a good university, and you and grandpa must bless me.

"Chen Ruifeng, are you suing me to my grandmother again!" "Hmmm! Say that you have a wife and forget your brother. As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Xiaoyu's eyes looking at him, as clear as spring water, his heart beat faster, so he quickly opened his eyes.

"I'm going to set off firecrackers!"

It was noon when the three of them came back from the back mountain, Chen's father and Chen's mother heated up yesterday's leftovers, the family sat around the table, Chen's father drank wine in small sips, and Chen's mother gave them three and a little sleet from time to time, and by the way, Chen's father counted two sentences. And the eldest brother and Xiaoyu exchanged eyes from time to time when they ate, which became a different taste in the eyes of the second elder, and they ate more happily. Chen Ruifeng, the only bachelor in the family, still eats without much words as usual, ignoring the interaction of the newlyweds across the table and concentrating on eating meat. For their Chen family, meat can only be eaten during the New Year's Festival or when guests come.

The words he had said to his grandfather in the morning had been imprinted in his heart, and the surging emotions had already calmed down! Realization does not allow him to indulge more.

In the afternoon, the family prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the two brothers were responsible for pasting the Spring Festival, moving firewood, preparing the roots of the trees to be burned during the year, setting tables and chairs and other chores, Chen's mother was responsible for cooking, Xiaoyu was handy, Chen's father was responsible for burning the fire and feeding the cattle, and the family worked together to achieve twice the result with half the effort. This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has nine dishes and a bowl of noodles: chicken, duck and fish, squid, pig's feet, egg rolls, vermicelli soup and Chen Ruifeng's favorite hot pot, charcoal-fired hot pot is placed in the middle of the dining table, next to which cabbage, radish, tofu, shiitake mushrooms, lotus root slices and beef are placed (in previous years, it was not eaten, but this year because the eldest brother got married, the family bought more than ten catties).

Chen Ruifeng turned on the black-and-white TV, CCTV was broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala program of previous years, the time in the upper left corner showed that it was more than six o'clock in the afternoon, the sky outside the window was dark, and it was a lot colder, he added charcoal to the brazier to make the fire burn more vigorously. The eldest brother went to the kitchen to serve the food, Xiaoyu came back with a fish and followed him, and the two put the dishes on the table one after the other, "Chen Ruifeng, don't watch TV, go and help my mother serve the food." "Got it."

When all the dishes were on the table, Chen's father and Chen's mother had changed into new clothes, and the TV was broadcasting Luo Jing and Li Ruiying's news broadcast, and this year's firecrackers were the turn of the bachelor with the lowest rank in the family, and he went to ask his grandparents for a pillar ......of incense, ran out of the house, and after a while, the 'thunderbolt crackling' resounded all over the world, and other families in the village also followed the sound of firecrackers, one after another, and even the big yellow dog next door also joined in and barked.

When Chen Ruifeng walked into the house, he was blocked by Chen's mother and gave him a red envelope. "Study hard and get into a good university next year." "Thank you, Mom." "Originally, I said that my mother gave you the New Year's money, so I won't give it, but your sister-in-law doesn't agree and takes it." Chen Ruifeng took it and wanted to take it apart, "What are you doing?" Do not take it apart. "Look how stingy you are." "That's it! You two don't have to talk endlessly, come to the table. Finally, under the roar of Chen's father, an attempted quarrel between the two brothers ended.

'China Central Television! China Central Television! Dear viewers and friends - Happy Chinese New Year! Prosperous Spring Festival, Vientiane update, here is the live broadcast of CCTV's 2006 Spring Festival Gala! ......'Eating Chinese New Year's Eve meals and watching the Spring Festival Gala, the tradition of the Chen family is also the tradition of most Chinese families, Chen's mother still can't stop giving them vegetables, the eldest brother is drinking with Chen's father, and Chen Ruifeng is not allowed to drink because he is still underage, his face is full of question marks, is it because he has not graduated yet? Xiaoyu held the juice with a smile on her face, saying that she wanted to clink glasses with him, "Happy Spring Festival, Erfeng will come on for the college entrance examination next year." "Okay." The juice entrance seems to be sweeter.

The family happily and happily finished the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the Spring Festival Gala continued, Xiaoyu helped Chen's mother clean up the table, and then served peanuts, melon seeds and candy, Chen's father drank too much wine because he was happy, washed his feet and went back to the room to sleep. The eldest brother pulled Xiaoyu to set off fireworks outside the door, leaving Chen Ruifeng to watch the Spring Festival Gala alone, he turned the charcoal fire with tongs, a male singer was singing on TV, and a group of fancy dancers were dancing beside him.

Chen's mother also went back to her room to sleep after cleaning up, and the Spring Festival Gala was also over for a long time. In previous years, he and his eldest brother kept the New Year, and this year there was more light rain together, but in the middle of the night, he couldn't stand it, and fell asleep on his eldest brother's lap, of course, the eldest brother didn't get there. The roots of the big tree in the fire were burning brightly, and he was writing math papers on the table next to him, and roasting the fire for one night, he was afraid that he would become a piece of bacon.

Time passed unconsciously, and after Chen Ruifeng finished writing five sets of test papers, the sky outside the window began to light up. So, he stood up and moved his stiff neck and hands and feet, and went to open the door, blowing away the smell of smoke all over his body and the burning heat on his face.

Standing at the door of the house, the cold wind was blowing, and a large area of orange clouds appeared in the eastern sky, and the sunlight shot out from the gaps in the clouds, especially like the Buddha's light shining in the mythological drama. Yes! A new year has begun. He said silently in his mind.

I hope Xiaoyu can make my eldest brother happy, my parents healthy, and not too tired. ’

"This year, I was able to get admitted to a university in Beijing."