As night fell, the occasional sound of firecrackers could be heard from a distance. It may be that some children can't wait and start trying their own firecrackers in advance.

Xu Lihong sat in the passenger seat with a happy face, and Wang Youcai, who was driving the car, kept explaining to him the matters that should be paid attention to as a daughter-in-law, especially in their old Wang family, they should know the rules better.

"Okay, I'm not an alien, I haven't eaten pork and I haven't seen a pig run. In a few days at your house, I will definitely do a very good job to make your family happy to spend the year" Xu Lihong interrupted Wang Youcai's verbosity and said with a smile.

Wang Youcai couldn't help but glance at this woman, after dressing up, this Xu Lihong couldn't tell that she was a dusty woman. He couldn't help but laugh, he didn't expect that he couldn't even mix up a wife, it was all crooked melons and rotten dates, making a dusty woman a daughter-in-law.

Chen Yueqin made dinner, and when she didn't see Wang Youcai come back for a long time, she was inevitably a little unhappy. Wang Youfa, who was sitting in the chair, was probably hungry, and he said coldly: "He won't come back, let's not wait for him."

"Who said I wouldn't come back" With a sound of footsteps, Wang Youcai walked into the hall with Xu Lihong.

Wang Youcai's sudden move caught Chen Xiaoju a little off guard, and even Wang Degui, who was lying on the kang, sat up straight suddenly. Wang Youfa was even more dazed, it seems that his younger brother is a little stronger than him, and he can get a woman back with a little effort, but he can't.

"This is Lihong, my girlfriend. This is my dad and my mom. and this is the eldest brother" Wang Youcai finally put on a top hat and learned the insights of the people. He smiled and introduced everyone in the room to each other.

Xu Lihong hurriedly smiled and said, "Aunt Shubu is good!" Big brother is good."

"Good, good! Hello everyone, sit down, waiting for you to come back for dinner? Chen Yueqin laughed and hurriedly jumped off the kang. But she didn't forget to look at Xu Lihong twice, and she found that this woman didn't feel stranger to their family at all, so she couldn't help but shake her head. This old man's vision is still very powerful, anyway, she thinks that this Xu Lihong is not much different from Chen Xiaoju who has been here before.

The person who comes is a guest, not to mention the girlfriend brought back by her son, so even if she doesn't like it in her heart, she still has to pretend to be very happy on her face.

"Lihong! Go and help your mother work, don't stand stupidly" Wang Youcai said, giving Xu Lihong a look. Xu Lihong, who came back to her senses, answered and ran to the kitchen.

may be the reason why there was a woman in the house, during the meal, Wang Youfa did not quarrel with Wang Youcai again, which made Wang Degui very happy. He smiled and said: "Tomorrow is the new year, our family's hygiene has been almost done, tomorrow morning up, let's paste couplets, one person to the old ancestors to write paper"

"Oops! It's just you who writes the paper, and you still expect the two of them? There is money to post couplets, and you will clean the yard again to see where it has not been cleaned up, and I will cook meat with Lihong and make things to eat on the first day of the new year" Chen Yueqin arranged it with a smile.

Suddenly, Wang Youfa raised his head and asked Xu Lihong, "What kind of work are you doing in Pingdu?" How do I feel like I've seen you somewhere, it feels so familiar"

"Oh! I work as a cashier in Meihua Supermarket, and I see a lot of people every day, maybe we have met," Xu Lihong said with a slight smile.

Fortunately, Wang Youcai made arrangements for Xu Lihong in advance, otherwise Wang Youfa's question, Xu Lihong would really show her feet if she didn't get it right. However, her answer just now was very calm, so that people couldn't see any flaws.

Chen Yueqin, don't look at her age, sometimes she looks quite unreasonable, in fact, she knows very well in her heart that this Xu Lihong is by no means a woman from a good family, so she smiled and said: "You can't say anything else, the first time a girl came to our house, ask this and that, how rude"

"It's okay aunt" Xu Lihong said with a smile, how did she know that Chen Yueqin was helping her to relieve the siege, but at this point, even Wang Youcai, who was a son, did not understand the old lady's thoughts.

After finishing dinner, Wang Youcai, who was on a whim, hugged a big gift, put it in the middle of the courtyard, and lit the lead. Wang Degui, who was sitting on the kang, shook his head helplessly and said, "I won't release it until tomorrow night, why can't you help it?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a whooshing sound, followed by a deafening explosion. With these sounds, a lot of beautiful fireworks exploded in the sky.

Xia Jian, Zhao Hong, and their parents sat on the big kang and chatted together, Sun Yuejuan's New Year's things had been packed up, so everyone had nothing to do, chatting while watching TV.

Suddenly, the sound of a few salutes alarmed Xia Zecheng, he put on his slippers, ran outside the door and looked at it for a while and came back and said: "This is the ceremonial flower put by Wang Degui's family, and it has not yet begun to show off before the New Year." You bought so many flowers, and you also went down to respond to one" Xia Zecheng said with a serious face.

"Oops, Dad! What's the response to this cannon, it's not a war," Xia Jian said, sitting on the kang and not moving.

Zhao Hong gently pushed Xia Jian and said, "Uncle Xia asked you to let you go, why are there so many things" Zhao Hong said, quietly stretched out her foot from under the quilt, and kicked Xia Jian.

"Good! Then I'll respond to one" Although Xia Jian was a little helpless, he couldn't make the old man angry, so he jumped off the kang, put on his shoes, hugged a salute and walked out of the door.

Seeing that her son was about to release the flowers, Sun Yuejuan pulled Zhao Hong out as well. Xia Zecheng was even happier like a child. When the ceremonial flowers rushed into the sky and shot out one flower after another, Xia Zecheng's face carried an indescribable sense of pride in addition to a smile. After so many years, their old Xia family finally dared to compete with the old Wang family.

As soon as he returned to the kang after the ceremonial flowers, Xia Jian's mobile phone rang, and when he saw that it was Chen Erniu calling, he connected it, only to hear Chen Erniu laugh on the phone: "What's the matter, this hasn't started the New Year yet, and the two of you will do it?" ”

"Hey! What to do. I didn't mean to put it at all, but my father had to let me put one, so I had to obey my fate, but according to my speculation, this Wang Youcai will put another one immediately" Xia Jian's words were not finished, and the sound of fireworks exploding was heard in the sky.

Chen Erniu smiled on the phone: "I really asked you to guess correctly, but I think you should not let it go again, if you let it go again, your two families may have to fight until dawn, and the people of Xiping Village don't want to sleep."

"It's not as exaggerated as you say, if you really put it, you can buy this salute, and you can put it all in less than an hour. Don't think about letting it go again for the three days of the New Year" When Xia Jian said this, his eyes secretly glanced at Xia Zecheng who was sitting on the chair, and he said this to him.

Xia Ze didn't let Xia Jian put flowers again. After a little more chatting, we started to get ready for bed. Zhao Hong said that her kang had already been heated, so she wanted to go back, so Xia Jian had to send her over.

Since Zhao Hong's in-laws were not at home, the two swaggered into the front yard. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, Xia Jian took care of the courtyard gate by himself and inserted it from the inside.

"What? You really don't plan to go back," Zhao Hong asked knowingly.

Xia Jian didn't speak, but explained with actions, and as soon as he bent over, he hugged Zhao Hong horizontally. They walked in the dark and kissed each other. It was only now that Xia Jian felt that Zhao Hong's choice to run back to sleep was correct, no matter how big a movement they had, they would not alarm their parents.

The next day was Xiao Nian, so Xia Jian didn't dare to snooze, so he got up with Zhao Hong early. They went back to Xia Jian's house together, Sun Yuejuan was already busy in the kitchen, and she wanted to steam steamed buns for everyone to eat.

Zhao Hong didn't speak, but took the initiative to join in. Xia Jian returned to his house, tidied up the house, and killed two chickens with his father. When he was done, he began to paste couplets and give the old ancestors a ticket. This is what he often did during the Chinese New Year when he was a child, and now he has a different kind of fun to do.

In winter, it is bright and late, but it is dark early at night, so when I get up again at dawn, it is already more than eight o'clock, and if I eat some breakfast or something, I don't think it will be noon.

For lunch, I ate dumplings made by Sun Yuejuan and Zhao Hong, and the taste was really amazing. What is the taste of home, maybe this is the taste, anyway, Xia Jian understands it this way.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the village has begun to sound intermittent artillery battles, this is a family with children, children can't wait, they are looking forward to the New Year more than adults.

Xia Zecheng divided the incense wax and yellow paper into several stacks, and then said to Xia Jian: "Go to the God of Wealth Temple to burn incense, and also chat with the people in the village.

Sun Yuejuan glanced at Zhao Hong and said, "You can also go with Jian'er!" Burn incense to make peace, and besides, you are the leader of our Xiping Village, so it's good to go out and have a look."

Zhao Hong glanced at Sun Yuejuan gratefully, hurriedly wiped her hands, and followed Xia Jian out of the gate. At this time, Xiping Village has been shrouded in a strong New Year's flavor. Couplets have been pasted on the doors of every house. Moreover, each family cleaned the alley outside the gate, giving Xiping Village a different spiritual outlook.

When passing by the village committee, Zhao Hong asked Xia Jian to wait for her, and then she opened the door and went upstairs directly. In a few moments, the sound of joyful music was heard on the radio.

This makes the whole Xiping Village seem more festive. The mountain temple in Xiping Village is halfway up the mountain outside the village, and below it is the God of Wealth Temple and the family temple in Xiping Village.

When Xia Jian and Zhao Hong went up, there were already a lot of people around. The two drums are written on the big Xia character and the king character respectively, and the two drums are separated, and the children of the two families of Wang and Xia are surrounded respectively. They had already begun to shout, and the drums and gongs were already ringing out.

As soon as Xia Jian and Zhao Hong appeared, Chen Erniu and Xia Sanhu came out of nowhere, and the two of them laughed: "You guys are late, it should be the last group of people in the village to burn incense."

"Really?" Xia Jian laughed, knelt down, and according to the customs of the villagers, lit yellow paper and incense wax. He recited the blessings of the year deeply and silently several times.

When Xia Jian just got up, he saw Wang Youcai walking over with Xu Lihong and Wang Youfa.

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