When the time is approaching the end of December, the double festival is approaching, and the shopping malls on the street seem to have been injected with a booster, and suddenly become active, and begin to sell lucky bags on a large scale - there are all kinds of small commodities randomly packed inside, and the prices sold are low, and when they are cheap, they are even only a discount from the original price of the goods. The first is to give back to customers, giving people a sense of happiness that they have picked up a bargain before the year, hoping to attract customers to continue to come next year;

To put it mildly......

In Asia, Christmas is basically a holiday that follows the trend, and there is no holiday, but Dongying is an exception. Dongying once swept the country, and now Christmas has gradually been treated as a formal holiday, and the traditional lunar calendar festival has gradually been replaced by the Western Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar has become the first day of the new year, and December 31 has become Chinese New Year's Eve.

So the merchants were in good spirits and used the energy to promote Valentine's Day, and the market was bustling and noisy, and Miki Momomiya was a quarter of Christians — she was a mixed faith and worshipped God, no matter where it came from — and was interested in celebrating Christ's birthday.

She went to midnight Mass and prepared gifts for Naoto Yoshiwara, Nana, and Yayoi, and gave them with a smile on Christmas morning.

Nana Hoshino is more recognizable, thinking that she is not a Christian and has no need to celebrate Christmas, if it does, she is not a Jewish, do you want to celebrate Hanukkah?

However, when the gift was handed to her, she still bowed politely and thanked her, and then said while tearing it down: "Sister Miki, I also prepared a gift, and I will give it to you on Chinese New Year's Eve." "She's not just Christmas, but it's New Year.

Miki Momomiya smiled softly and nodded.

Nana Hoshino opened the gift and saw a pair of white plush gloves, cute and girly. She put it on and tried it, it was soft and comfortable, and she couldn't help but bend her fox eyes, and she liked it a little in her heart. Then she looked to the side curiously, and found that Satsuki Yayoi had been given a beige hat, and a large pompom was dragged behind her head, which matched her small round face, which should have been carefully selected like her own gloves.

Finally she looked at Naoto Yoshiwara and saw Naoto Yoshiwara pull out a long scarf from the box, and just by looking at it she concluded that it was a handmade product - the machine produced it delicately and finely, and the pattern was also finalized by the designer, while the one Naoto Yoshiwara was holding was also very beautiful, but the two were obviously different.

She turned her gaze to Miki Momonomiya again, and found that there was a flush on her cheeks, and she was dodging and peeking over there, and couldn't help asking, "Sister Miki, when did you weave this scarf?"

"Huh?" "Miki Momonomiya screamed softly, her face turned even redder, and she squeaked and said, "I didn't delay my business, I knit for a while every morning...... It's cold, Yoshihara-kun is always running outside, and it's not good if he catches a cold. ”

Every morning after sending three people out, she takes out the hidden wool and knits a scarf, and then operates according to the email of Hoshino Nana when it opens, anyway, she doesn't need to use her brain, and knitting a scarf before can also relieve tension.

Nana Hoshino looked at the gloves, and then at the scarf that Naoto Yoshihara was trying on - the price was eighty percent more expensive than hers, but when it came to the affection contained in the gift, it was obvious who was big and who was small.

She has no emotional experience, and she still doesn't understand why Miki Momomiya fell in love with Naoto Yoshihara - isn't this a flower inserted into cow dung? And Naoto Yoshihara is so old, when cow dung is not fresh, it should be regarded as a dry cow dung cake, Miki Momonomiya is in her youth and beautiful, why is this so painful?

She was confused by the wonderful feelings between men and women, and Naoto Yoshiwara walked over with a scarf on his face. This scarf can't be said to be particularly exquisite, but the length, width, and narrow materials are all to his liking, and it is really comfortable to wrap around.

He touched his scarf and handed Miki Momomiya a small box, and said with a smile, "This is mine." ”

Miki Momonomiya was dodging and didn't dare to face Naoto Yoshihara, when she suddenly saw this box, she took it with some surprise, "Is it for me?" said and opened the box, only to see a flash of silver light, and a complex and gorgeous bracelet with a pattern pendant coiled in the box.

Suddenly, the joy in her eyes quickly diffused, making a pair of apricot eyes instantly charming by three points.

"It's so pretty......"

Naoto Yoshihara smiled: "If you like me, you can rest assured, but it took me a lot of work." You see, this is silver, silver itself has the effect of warding off evil spirits, this pattern is to chase away evil, this pattern is Nafu, this pendant buckle is wishful ......"

Miki Momomiya's superstition is more serious, and Naoto Yoshihara can be regarded as the right medicine - he is old, he has seen a lot of people, and the gifts have been prepared for a long time, even if he can't give it out for Christmas, he can also take a red envelope for the New Year.

The money he brought was all spent, but Nana Hoshino has always sent him out to do things recently, so naturally she wants to give him funds for activities. Although the management is still very strict, he gives as much as he uses - he has a problem with his life style in Hoshino Nana's senses, and he has always been afraid that he will drink too much money (with a criminal record) or simply go to the flower street to be merry (prevention is better than prevention), but after all, he has money in his pocket, and it is no problem to buy hundreds of dozens of grams of silver and some gadgets.

Miki Momonomiya gently stretched out her fingers to touch the bracelet, only to feel a cold feeling on her fingertips, listening to Naoto Yoshihara say that it took a lot of work, her face was hot again, she quickly lowered her head and hid her face, and thanked her a little shyly: "I bothered you." ”

Naoto Yoshihara smiled, took out two more small boxes and handed them to Nana Hoshino and Yayoi Satsuki, who were watching from the side: "You have it too." ”

Satsuki Yayoi only realized at this moment that it turned out that this was not at home, and the gifts were to be given to each other, but she only cared about following Nana Hoshino during this time, and she started to tutor her homework again, where did she have time to prepare gifts.

She was a little embarrassed, touched the hat on her little head and whispered, "I'm sorry, uncle, I didn't prepare a gift for you...... So is Miki-san. ”

Naoto Yoshihara always felt that Satsuki Yayoi was very stupid, and he was particularly eye-catching, if he was lucky enough to give birth to a daughter in the future, he would definitely give birth to Satsuki Yayoi like this. He reached out and flicked the fluff ball on Satsuki Yayoi's hat, and said with a smile: "You are still young, now you can only accept gifts!"

Satsuki Yayoi smiled shyly and took the box to open it, Nana Hoshino reached out and pressed the box, and said, "Don't worry, I'll see it when I get back to our room." ”

"Ahh Satsuki Yayoi smiled sweetly and put the box away with Nana Hoshino.

Naoto Yoshihara glanced at Nana Hoshino, not knowing what she wanted to do, but Nana Hoshino was very careful, and he was a little used to it, so he smiled: "Don't have too high expectations, it's just two gadgets." ”

He made three small pieces of jewelry at once, Nana Hoshino was a fantasy style, Yayoi Satsuki was cute, and Miki Momomiya was a spiritual comfort wind.

Nana Hoshino avoided this topic and said no more, and instead asked Miki Momonomiya and said, "Sister Miki, it's about to be the New Year, what do we have to prepare?"

There is a tradition of Dongying New Year, eat plain before the year, and have a big meal after the year, and there is a special name called "Yujie cuisine", that is, the New Year's dish, and in order to let the housewives who have worked hard for a year get full rest during the New Year, they don't have to be busy in and out of the kitchen, and they can also enjoy the atmosphere of reunion, so basically all cold dishes, which must be prepared before the year.

Uesugi Xiang is busier than the average working woman, and the mother and daughter used to make do with the New Year, and Naoto Yoshihara is a foreigner, and Satsuki Yayoi asked in vain, and Nana Hoshino can only ask Miki Momonomiya when she encounters this kind of thing.

Momomiya Miki was still bumping into the deer in her heart, she didn't expect Naoto Yoshihara to be able to make a bracelet for her, and the front color was blushing and thinking about whether there was a special meaning in it, such as the name of this large string of pattern pendant buckles did not clip homophony, hidden head poems and other things, and was called a few times by Hoshino Nana before she came to her senses: "Ah, New Year? Yes, prepare for the New Year...... I'll make a list right away, vegetable sauce. ”

Nana Hoshino instructed: "You don't need to save this time, Sister Miki picked it up...... After the New Year, let's save our lives, and we can't spend money indiscriminately, except this time. ”

Then she said to Naoto Yoshiwara: "You take Yayoi to go shopping, and I'll stay and clean the house, is that okay?" Recently, Naoto Yoshiwara has worked hard, and Nana Hoshino wants to give him a chance to smuggle a few bottles of wine back.

Of course, this is just the reason for the New Year, she still opposes Naoto Yoshiwara smoking and drinking, not to mention that he will die early if he wastes money, she doesn't want Naoto Yoshihara to hang up early, but Naoto Yoshiwara has never forced her under the banner of being good for her, and she can't force him to change his bad habits under the banner of good health for him, and she is extremely aggrieved when she thinks about it.

Naoto Yoshihara had no problem - it was better to stay at home and mop the floor than to go out and move things - and when Miki Momonomiya had sorted out his shopping list, he led Yayoi Satsuki out with a new hat.

He didn't ask Hoshino Nana for money, before the bank vacation, Hoshino Nana asked him to gather funds to share and prepare for dividends, and also raised a sum of cash for the New Year, and now it's all on him.

The New Year is a big event, especially Nana Hoshino made up her mind to have a good New Year - she thinks differently from normal people, she thinks that the better she lives, the more relieved her mother is, and crying is not filial piety - the four people in the family are immediately busy.

Miki Momonomiya took out eighteen kinds of martial arts, soaked in the kitchen to steam, cook and fry, full of tricks, and was very busy!

Nana Hoshino worked hard for two days to clean the house spotlessly, and then found the stove to wipe it down, ready to use it on the day of the day, and also found out the tableware to be used for the New Year to disinfect and clean it.

Imperial festival cuisine is a traditional festival cuisine in Dongying, the tableware requirements are relatively high, in order to meet the requirements of the festival must be festive and solemn, so large boxes, small boxes, large bowls, medium bowls, small bowls, flat dishes, round dishes, hexagonal dishes, long chopsticks, short chopsticks, long spoons, short spoons, iron pots, copper pots, and a lot of pans. Basically, old-fashioned families have a whole set of these tableware specially used for the New Year. She also has it at home, but it is only in a state where it is only used once every few years, and it is not good to disinfect and clean it up.

Naoto Yoshihara took Satsuki Yayoi to shop one by one, from ingredients and drinks (by the way, a box of wine was smuggled in) to fireworks, from incense and candles to adding two sets of new clothes to everyone, and running in the wind and snow, running so much that his tongue sticked out.

Time flies in the busy, and in the blink of an eye, it is Chinese New Year's Eve.