New Year's Day, that is, the New Year, is no different from last year, Lan Yi's family still listens to the sound of firecrackers outside the window on the kang, and only gets dressed at dawn and puts firecrackers to cook dumplings.

Yu'er and the two went around the village to pay New Year's greetings, and Lan Yi and Jia Shi also opened the door and burned the house hot, waiting for a child to beg for candy. Different from last year, there are more children this year, except for Dafu, Niu Dan, Zhao Xiaopang, Sanwazi Zhou Feiyu, etc., most of the others are children who came to Jia's doctor for medicine last winter.

Although the people in the village don't know a few big words, most of them are simple, and they know how to repay their kindness, and although they don't say much about receiving benefits from others, they will keep it in mind carefully, and they will take the initiative to help if the family has any big things in the future. Therefore, when people in the village build a house or encounter a red and white happy event, the more people come to help, the better the family's popularity, only those who "settle down at the door of death", everything is careful, and when there is something at home, except for the clansmen who must arrive, no one else will come to help, which is very deserted.

Lan Yi is a widow, she should have closed her door to live, and it is normal to be cold. This year's excitement was beyond her expectations, and the dried fruits were quickly eaten by the children, and Jia added them several times. Among these people, the two who make Lan Yi the most strange are Zhao Zhongxuan and Zhou Xingzu.

Zhao Zhongxuan's family and Wang Linshan's family are not of the same clan, not in-laws, just neighbors, although he is not married, but he is also over sixteen adults, it is said that he should not go to Lan Yi's house to pay New Year's greetings. But he was very formal, wearing a new suit, and brought two followers, the leather monkey and the fat man, to greet Lan Yi for the New Year.

"Sister-in-law Wang, my little brother has come to pay you a New Year's greeting." Zhao Zhongxuan bowed down in a regular manner, and the round-faced fat man and long-faced skin monkey behind him also followed his example. Say auspicious words.

"Thank you, third brother," he came to the door. Lan Yi lifted the curtain and invited them into the house to sit. "It's cold, come in and sit. The leather monkey and the fat man also came in and sat down. ”

Looking at Lan Yi's smiling face, Zhao Zhongxuan wanted to go in and talk to her for a while, but he still shook his head, "Sister-in-law Wang, we have to go a few more houses, so we won't go in." ”

The leather monkey stood up from behind Zhao Zhongxuan with a grin, "Sister-in-law Lin Shan, I heard from the children that there is a little macaque with a scarred face living in your greenhouse. Shall we go and see? ”

Of course this is okay," I ran here a few days ago, but I don't know if I was scared away by the sound of firecrackers," Lan Yi walked ahead and took them to the greenhouse, today is the rainy season, and the vegetables in the greenhouse are growing much better, especially cucumbers and big red fruits, and there are a lot of hanging fruits. It's pleasant to look at.

The scar monkey is not in the greenhouse, and the skin monkey and the fat man are disappointed. Zhao Zhongxuan stared at the big red fruit, which was famous in various restaurants, and took a few deep looks.

"Sister-in-law Wang, this is the big red fruit, right? It's the first time we've seen it. ”

This year, I planted big red fruits. Except for Lan Yi, it is the greenhouse of Second Uncle Wang's house and Xiao Qi, which is indeed difficult to see. Lan Yi nodded, "Yes." I'll pick a few for you to taste, and the taste is sweet and sour. You can still eat it. ”

The fat man licked his lips and nodded, "Sister-in-law, just pick a small one, we just want to taste it." ”

Zhao Zhongxuan turned around and slapped him on the back of the head, "You kid is a foodie!" Do you know how much this thing sells for? You can eat a pound of pork in one bite! ”

While speaking, Lan Yi had already picked three ripe big red fruits and rinsed them with the water in the greenhouse bucket, "The ones that are planted indiscriminately in my yard are originally to add vegetables to eat, you can taste them." ”

It was hot in the greenhouse, and the three of them rarely came out with the big red fruit and took a bite gently. Zhao Zhongxuan and Pi Monkey Acid grinned, only the fat man ate with relish, and swallowed it in two bites.

"This smell - enough to rush!" Zhao Zhongxuan pondered for a long time and finally picked a suitable word.

Lan Yi smiled, "The big red fruit is sweet and sour, but these are not ripe yet, and they are not delicious until they are red." If it is used for stir-frying, the taste is better. In two days, I plan to have more acres of seedlings, and everyone in the village can move them to the fields, and in a few months, every family in our village will have them, and they will be able to eat them openly. ”

When the fat man heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Sister-in-law, is this true?" "Big red fruit seeds are a rare commodity sold in the Qingshan grocery store, and the people in the village have to weigh and weigh if they want to plant, Lan Yi said that the seedlings are planted for everyone, which is a great thing.

Lan Yi nodded, there were still a lot of seeds she bought last year.

The fat man wiped his mouth and smiled like Maitreya Buddha, "Sister-in-law, I'll order ten trees first, no, no, five trees?" ”

The leather monkey also smiled and stretched out five fingers, Zhao Zhongxuan saw that they were unproductive, and regretted bringing them over, but he couldn't help but stretch out a slap, "Sister-in-law Wang, I also want five, hehe." ”

Lan Yi nodded, "It's all done." ”

The three of them smiled in unison, and the fat man clenched his fists happily, "Great, I'll talk to grandma." ”

After Zhao Zhongxuan and the three left, the housekeeper of Zhou Cai's family accompanied Zhou Xingzu to come over to pay New Year's greetings, and when they came late, Lan Yi had already brought an apron and pulled some fresh grass from the greenhouse to feed the lambs.

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The housekeeper entered the door with auspicious words, praising Lan Yi to the sky but not feeling exaggerated and uncomfortable, Lan Yi smiled on her face, and her heart was inexplicably wonderful, "Uncle, Xingzu, Happy New Year, come in and sit." ”

Zhou Xingzu is the old son of the rich man of Zhou, the same age as Yu'er, he is chubby and stocky, and he is a circle older than Yu'er, "Sister-in-law, happy New Year, this is heavy snow and small snow, it's so good-looking." ”

The two lambs were also talked about by Yu'er and Wenxuan, and there was a way for the children to exchange information with each other, and Zhou Xingzu had also heard about the big and small creatures of the Lan Yi family. After saying that, he was also curious to look at the greenhouse, wanting to see the scar monkey.

Lan Yi saw his little eyes, and he didn't understand what he was thinking, "Xingzu, the scar monkey was startled away by the sound of firecrackers for our New Year, and I don't know when I will come back." ”

Zhou Xingzu gnawed his fingers in disappointment, "I must have been scared away by the hundred cannons released by my father!" I was also terrified at home. ”

The housekeeper hurriedly stopped: "Second young master, the louder the firecrackers, the more auspicious it is, the little monkey has run away, and he will come back in a few days." Sister-in-law Wang, your home is really a treasure of feng shui, and even the monkeys in the mountains can attract it. ”

Lan Yi smiled, but thought in her heart that the monkey is not a phoenix, and it has something to do with feng shui?

"Although my wife lives in a simple house, she admires you very much. On the evening of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the old house of the Zhou family hung lamps and sang operas, and my wife specially told me that you should take your children to watch the play together. ”

"Okay, I'll take the kids with me." The filling of the rich man's house is very mysterious, she has not seen it for two years, but she didn't expect to send Steward Zhou to invite her officially this time. (To be continued......)