On the second day, Cuilan waited for the family to have breakfast, and when she came to the door with a catty of meat and five catties of fine noodles, the five old and three families of five had already vented a lot and had less air.

Cuilan screamed in shock, and ran back to the Wu family's old house for help, and the people in the village came to see the excitement when they heard the movement, and saw that the five mouths of the Wu family were covered with feces and dying breath, and while covering their mouths and noses in disgust, they couldn't help but laugh so much that their stomachs turned.

The old lady of the Wu family sat on the ground and cried, scolding her son's family for being so uncompetitive, and the old man of the Wu family directly picked up the crutches and knocked them one by one.

The doctor called the pulse, looked at his tongue, and finally said that he had eaten dirty things and contracted dysentery, so he drank some herbal water and ate some light gruel for a few days, and it would be fine.

Wu's second sister-in-law paid 30 yuan for the consultation, and her heart ached, and her subordinates threw the pots and pans even louder, but whenever she had spare time, she went out and said to others, "It must be that the third family has done too much evil on weekdays, and they have suffered retribution, otherwise, why would the family have fallen ill." ”

The people in the village don't say it, but they also think it is true in their hearts, and after two or three days, the old lady of the Wu family went out for a walk, and when she heard the rumors of her own family, it has become, and their old Wu family has been punished by God for three generations, so angry that the old lady almost fainted, went home and scolded the second daughter-in-law, and drove out the third family who had just been transferred.

does not mention what happened to Wu Laosan's family, only to say that Ruixue was out of evil spirit, happy in her heart, busy every day, in addition to washing and wiping, that is, going into the stove to ponder and eat, the yard is full of tempting aroma every day, provoking the children passing by to lie on the wooden door to look inside.

Rui Xue likes children, and her heart is soft, so she often brings fried meatballs or small twist flowers and other things, and asks them to be the first tasters, so greedy that these children run to Zhao's house when they see the sky, Er Zhuang and San Girl, as well as the Gao family's big road and Niu Niu'er also came to report on the day, and led a group of children to play outside the courtyard gate, and how far the laughter spread.

The parents of the children are not good at letting the children eat in vain, so they also sent some snacks and food made by themselves in pottery bowls, and naturally they also had to sit for a while and laugh a few words.

Therefore, the courtyard of the Zhao family became more and more lively, and Ruixue became more familiar with the villagers.

The days passed quickly, and the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve finally arrived in the hope of all the villagers.

Early in the morning, Zhao Fengnian changed into a royal blue brocade gown, with a plain cotton jacket inside, and black soap-soled boots under his feet. When Li Zheng came to the door in person to invite, he put on his scarf and went to the ancestral hall with the sacrificial words he had written last night.

The custom in the village, on the day of ancestor worship, the man leads the boy into the ancestral hall to kneel and worship, and every family offers sacrifices.

Although there were no ancestors there, Rui Xue still used a bamboo basket to fill a plate of small twist flowers and a plate of vegetarian balls, and asked Wu Yu to carry them to the offering, and then tied an apron and began to wrap dumplings with sauerkraut filling.

In the main hall of the ancestral hall, in front of the dense spirit cards, a large square table was placed, and there were hundreds and ten small plates stacked, Wu Yu handed the basket to Zhang Dahe, Zhang Dahe was stunned, nodded slightly, and stepped forward to put the plates on the table. Wu Yu took the empty basket, turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall, and sat in the room of the school to wait.

Zhao Fengnian recited the sacrificial text aloud, burned it in the incense burner, and then stepped aside.

Li Zheng led everyone to kneel and kowtow, praying in a low voice, praying for the blessing of the ancestors, and the next year will be smooth and safe.

After kneeling down three times and bowing down three times, the houses put on incense one after another, and they dispersed.

The clan elders all felt that Zhao Fengnian wrote a sacrifice this year, and his face was brighter than in previous years, and the ancestors must have been very happy, so they pulled Zhao Fengnian and thanked him, Zhao Fengnian politely said two sentences, and took Wu Yu back home one after the other.

Before entering the courtyard door, I saw the door of the stove, there was a white mist floating out of Nana, faintly smelling the smell of meat, the two of them stood still, looking at the courtyard for a while, dripping into ice in winter, the New Year's Festival in a foreign land, what is more touching than such a warm place...

Rui Xue came out to get the chicken, and when she saw them standing stupidly outside the door, she said angrily, "It's a cold day, what are you stupid about, the shopkeeper will go into the house and go to the kang, write a few words in a while, and Brother Yu will come over to help me pick up the sacrifices." ”

Zhao Fengnian and Wu Yu glanced at each other, and they didn't know why Rui Xue was offering sacrifices, but they also acted according to their words.

Rui Xue put a plate of food on the tray, asked Wu Yu to bring it into the hall, then washed her hands, and followed her with a few one-foot-long thin wooden boards.

Zhao Fengnian took off his coat, sat in front of the small desk on the kang and studied ink, and when he saw her come in, he asked, "What do you want to write?" ”

Rui Xue took a piece of white rice paper, compared it to the width of the wooden card, cut it into a strip of paper, and said, "Write the honorific number, today's New Year, my parents, as well as your and Wu Yu's relatives, as long as they are not alive, all need to pay respects." ”

Zhao Fengnian and Wu Yu, who was fiddling with the wooden cards, were stunned for a moment, and lowered their heads for a long time.

Zhao Fengnian remembered his own mother who had never met, his fingers trembled slightly, and solemnly wrote on the first note, "Respect for the position of Zhao Yu's mother", Rui Xue saw him stop, did not mean to write again, guessed that his father must be alive, although he has always been curious about his life experience, but she is a principled person, or a stubborn person, Zhao Fengnian refused to say, and she never took the initiative to ask.

So, he pushed him with a smile and said, "It's my father's turn, my father's name is Qin Liangan, and my mother's relatives are Liu Qin." ”

After speaking, he patted Wu Yu's shoulder again, "Brother Yu, what about you?" ”

Wu Yu lowered his eyebrows, slowly put down the wooden card in his hand, and said in a dumb voice, "Mother Liu Wu." ”

Zhao Fengnian's pen tip flowed like a cloud on the rice paper, three honorific numbers, written in the blink of an eye, Rui Xue used a small wooden stick to pick the paste of fine noodles, carefully pasted the rice paper on the wooden card, and then held it on the square table in the hall, Zhao Fengnian's mother's tablet was on the top, Ruixue's parents and Wu Yu's mother's tablet were placed side by side in a slightly lower position.

A straw mat was placed on the ground, and a family of three knelt down and bowed three times, and then sat in silence in front of the spirit, each thinking about his heart, and praying to his relatives...

After a long time, Rui Xue got up and helped Zhao Fengnian, "It's cold on the ground, let's go into the house." The spiritual seat of my father and mother was enshrined for one day and then withdrawn at night. ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, looked at the word "Zhao Yu's" again with a complicated face, and turned his head back to the room.

The lunch is braised pork, tofu pickling, spicy fried rabbit meat and scallion fried eggs, very hearty, the three of them sit in front of the small table on the kang, happy to eat. In the afternoon, Rui Xue came out with a red paper, Zhao Fengnian wrote a few small blessing words and a pair of Spring Festival couplets, Wu Yu ran inside and outside the door, and posted them, and the family immediately added three points of joy.

Originally, Rui Xue thought that the people in the village would come to the door to ask Zhao Fengnian's Mobao, but unexpectedly, it was already Chinese New Year's Eve, and still no one came, so she was curious, and went out to see, it turned out that everyone who had children reading generously posted their son's still immature handwriting, along with relatives and friends, so Zhao Fengnian was idle.

After all, the children have only learned in April and May, and the Spring Festival couplets don't say how the penmanship is, and some even have typos, which really makes Ruixue funny, but the proud smiles on their parents' faces made her sigh again, there are children with fathers and mothers, it's really enviable...

When night fell, a family of three kowtowed in front of the spiritual seat again, then took off the rice paper, put it in the brazier and burned it, and then withdrew the offering table, sat around the kang, and said some strange things while eating small snacks and snacks, and kept the New Year.

After all, Rui Xue has the memories of thirty years in her previous life, when she walked the street to sell tofu, she carried a small radio every day to listen to the commentary, and she listened to countless classic novels, plus there were more than a dozen TV series that she had occasionally watched.

Zhao Fengnian crossed the rivers and lakes, and when he heard the inconsistencies in it, he pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, trying his best to hold back his reluctance to laugh.

Ruixue gets along with him every day, why don't you know that he is laughing, glaring at him with disgust, and pulling the quilt over his lap.

At the end of the day, Wu Yu couldn't hold on after all, he fell asleep crookedly, Ruixue helped him to lie beside him, patted his back for a while, and couldn't help but whisper, "Our family of three is really fateful, not to mention that Tiannan and Haibei get together not to mention, they are all poor children without mothers." ”

Zhao Fengnian's half-drooping eyes flashed, and he still asked, "When you first got married, didn't you say that you couldn't remember who your parents were?" ”

Rui Xue's eyes widened suddenly, her black grape-like eyes turned twice, and she said with a smile, "My biological parents can't remember, this is the name of my adoptive parents who were kind to me when I was in the main family's mansion." ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded noncommittally, was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice, "I wrote my own mother's name, and I only learned this year that she is no longer alive." ”

His hands fiddled with a walnut, flipped and rubbed, as if he was very interested, but the slightly trembling fingers still revealed the struggle and pain in his heart, Rui Xue couldn't help but hold it gently, and persuaded, "There are many hardships in the world, it may not be bad to leave, maybe my mother has been born in a good family, living a happy and peaceful life." ”

Zhao Fengnian flipped down his palm, held her hand, was silent, and did not speak again, the two of them were like this, guarding an oil lamp, and sitting quietly, until the sound of firecrackers from various families in the village suddenly came, which woke up Wu Yu.

He fluttered up and got up, still a little dazed, his hair was slightly messy, his eyes were confused, like a very confused little girl, Rui Xue was itchy to see it, pinched his white and tender cheeks, and then helped him put on a big jacket, while laughing, "Catch God, you should go out and set off firecrackers." ”

Wu Yu immediately jumped off the ground, picked up the basket in the corner of the house and ran out, Da Zhuang was waiting outside the courtyard gate, and the two of them took Er Zhuang and Sanya, who were dressed like cotton balls, and lit firecrackers one after another, jingling, echoing with the families on the front street, which was very lively.

Zhao Fengnian also wore a big coat, and entered the stove with Ruixue, he sat to help light the fire, Ruixue cooked dumplings, stir-fried vegetables, and soon the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was served on the table.

Wu Yu led a few small smiles and ran in, the custom in the village, to pay New Year's greetings to the elders on the first day of the new year.

Zhang's family is close, and at this time, it is time to pick up the gods, and a few small ones are not considered to violate the rules at this time, Rui Xue smiled and sent red envelopes one by one, and got a few solid rings, so he drove them home to reunite.