For children, the New Year is always happy. Eating meat that is rare on weekdays, putting on the long-awaited new clothes, pasting a paper lantern, and disassembling small red firecrackers can make the happiness last for a year.

In the early morning of the next day, Ping An woke up early, and now Zhang Guoqing has agreed with him to take the children of relatives and friends to buy firecrackers on the street.

When he opened his eyes, Ping'an found that he was sleeping late alone, his eyes rolled, he climbed down the kang, wasted all his strength, and finally put on his coat and pants. Holding the sweater collar that made him powerless in his arms, he rushed out of the bedroom and ran into Lin Lishan and his wife's room.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Ping An was happy - sure enough, his grandmother was a big lazy worm.

"Ouch, little baby, why did you run over by yourself and freeze to death?" After speaking, Lin Lishan stuffed him into the bed.

"Grandma, the little five and the two accompanied their grandfather to exercise."

Lin Lishan laughed when she heard this, and she didn't feel sleepy, "A good boy can't call your dad like that." Do you want to hit the streets? Wait for grandma to take Lao Mo on vacation. ”

Ping An smiled and glanced outside, "Old Mo Laogui, grandma just buy me popsicles." I can't let my mom know that I'm eating popsicles, she'll get angry. ”

"Then I don't dare, what if you have a stomachache? Grandma still invites you to go to Lao Mo to eat ice cream. ”

"I'll just taste it."

Lishan happily bargained with the child and redressed him. She admires her grandson's IQ very much, and many times she has to bow down.

"Do you want to go to the group with grandma? Those aunts have prepared a lot of small gifts for you. ”

Ping An immediately shook his head when he heard this, "You can't ask for other people's things, it will cause trouble for grandma." Dad said that I had everything at home, and I couldn't use up all my things, so I kept them for my son. ”

Lin Lishan, who was getting dressed, laughed and rolled over the bed.

The grandparents washed up and went out, and Zhou Jiao was already preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

Ping An giggled happily when he saw it - he could go out after eating. Leaving Zhou Jiao's mother and daughter in the kitchen, he walked to the gate with his calves.

Occasionally, people passing by will smile when they see it, this milk doll of the Zhou family is really polite, she greets people when she sees them, and she smiles all day long and follows his father. Especially when you see such a young child, you know that running back and forth to ward off the cold is even more interesting.

When Zhang Guoqing came back with his father-in-law, he saw several milk dolls around his door. Needless to say, he knows that his family must be safe.

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at his son-in-law with a smile in his eyes - if there is a father, there must be a son, and Ping An has begun to recruit friends at a young age, and the family will be more lively in the future.

Weng and his son-in-law deliberately slowed down and watched the children frolicking.

"Xiao Ping'an, 100 firecrackers per hang, my dad bought one last year, and each time I carry 10 firecrackers, I can put them from the first day of the new year to the fifteenth, which is enjoyable."

"You're lying, I only played for five days last year at 100 rings."

"What kind of firecrackers are the little girl playing, go... Go, I'll talk to my buddy, it's your. ”

"You hairy boy, I'm older than you, I'm six years old, I can be your sister. You're unreasonable, you're not a good boy, I won't play with you anymore. ”

"Rare! We boys don't play with their female dolls. Xiao Ping'an, Xiao Maruko is a tigress, don't play with her. ”

"Sister give me candy."

"That's... Then I'll give you a chocolate. This was secretly given to me by my aunt, am I right to you? ”

"Two! I'll play with you in the morning and my sister in the evening. ”

"Ping'an, don't be unfamiliar with his broken chocolate, that thing is bitter and unpalatable. I have money, let's eat popsicles together. ”

Zhang Guoqing saw that the two children were so anxious that they started to move, and hurriedly quickened their pace to stop them.

"Everybody is a good boy, you can't fight. You go home to find your mother first, and then come back in the afternoon, and your uncle will take you to make lanterns, okay for each person? ”

"I want a rabbit."

"Uncle Little Five, do you paste lanterns? Neither would my grandfather. ”

Zhang Guoqing picked up his son and touched his little hand, it was good that it didn't freeze. He smiled and nodded at the children, promising them that they would have lanterns.

As for paper lanterns and ice lanterns, no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it's no problem to fool a few little kids.

After breakfast, while the children of the Cheng family had not yet come to the door, Zhang Guoqing took out a bunch of canned bottles, dyed various colors of water with painting paints, poured them into bottles, and several large candles were cut into small pieces by him to make simple lanterns.

Ping An excitedly didn't want to move, and looked at his dad with bright eyes. When I heard Zhang Guoqing say that it was placed in the yard, it would freeze in the afternoon and there would be colorful small lanterns at night, which could be regarded as a joy.

If it weren't for the temptation to go on the street, Ping An would really be reluctant to leave. Before leaving, he reluctantly glanced at it several times, and even told Zhou Jiao to watch his lantern.

This year is a happy year for peace. Colorful ice lanterns, paper lanterns of various animals, the sound of firecrackers lit by the father's little hand, the singing and laughter of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the singing and dancing performance in the auditorium.

All this made Ping An realize all the efforts of his parents for him when he could understand the sadness of the outside world. Compared to his peers, he has a warm home. No matter how tired he is, as long as he thinks of his grandfather and parents who have carefully cultivated him, he has endless courage in his heart.

Compared with the happy New Year of Zhou Jiao's family in the capital, Zhang's father and mother in the northeast are not living very well.

In the small courtyard of the county seat, except for Zhang Guoqing and his family, who were not in the northeast, the children and grandchildren of the Zhang family gathered under the knees of Zhang's father and Zhang's mother for a Chinese New Year's Eve.

The affluence in life made Zhang's father and mother have a wide heart and a fat body, and they looked younger. Seeing that the days are getting better and better, although the three sons and two daughters have coarse tea and light food, they are not worried about food and clothing. There is no need for the old son to spend money to make up for it, and Father Zhang and his wife are secretly happy.

As a result, it didn't take long for this happiness to happen, just after the three-room party of the old Zhang family on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, trouble came.

The small courtyard of the Zhang family began to be full of people, and distant relatives who came in droves came to visit the door every day, and the enthusiastic mother Zhang couldn't put down her face and drove people away.

As a result, many relatives who took a little bit of the side even came to the door in an endless stream to call their second nephew when they heard the news, staying in the county seat and not leaving, which gave Dad Zhang a headache.

In just two or three days, the coarse grains in the rice jar quickly bottomed out. Except for the locked east wing, the study did not survive, and every night there was a head on each kang.

After the seventh day of the first lunar month, the wicked Zhang Lao Er, who was wearing a uniform, had a straight face and took Zhang Guofu to take Zhang's father and mother away. As soon as his parents left, he didn't say a word, went directly into the kitchen to roll up the remaining rations, and carried them home, leaving the so-called relatives who looked at each other.

Turning his head, Zhang Lao Er hired two ox carts, picked up the children and threw them into the car, and finally sent away the cousins and cousins who were holding on to the gate of the yard and couldn't catch up with them for eight lifetimes.

Fortunately, there is a villain named Zhang Laoer, otherwise Zhang Guoqing would have to rush home to deal with it. This move made Aunt Wang next door applaud.

Aunt Wang has long been unaccustomed to Zhang's mother's approach. Who has food to help others, and it is good for their own family to be full, if it weren't for Zhang Guoqing to send food stamps back from time to time, Zhang's mother and the old couple would be able to live so comfortably?

Not to mention the arrival of distant relatives, it was herself, and she didn't even dare to go back to her mother's house. It's not that the children suffer from such a toss.

Faced with lice and fleas on the bedding and a lot of empty cabinets, since then, Zhang's father and mother have hung up the keys every day and run to the house of their two sons during the day, even if they are at home, they no longer dare to open the door at will.

In front of survival, cheeky is nothing. No amount of compassion became worthless in the New Year of '60. It wasn't until many years later that Zhang Guoqing accidentally learned about this trouble from his nephew. And at that time, not to mention compassion, not to fall into the well was already a good person.