The small courtyard in front of this row of townhouses in Xinghuayuan Area B is not lively.

Liu Ming, who wore a chef's hat, set up a large pot in the small courtyard and made a pot of braised potatoes and beef.

The heat rises at the mouth of the pot, and the fragrance wafts through the small courtyard.

The beef is an organic cow from Grandpa Bahati's family, and the potatoes are organic potatoes from the vegetable field of Miaomiao's orchard.

In front of the small courtyard of Bahati's house, Huang Yu was cooking pot meat on the oven with a big belly.

On the small one-meter-long oven are six enamel jars, the meat of which is as delicate as the one she is.

She said that Lulu had yet to eat the meat in the jar, which was her specialty.

In the small courtyard of Miao Miao's house, the black panther and a dozen geese have all been moved to the vegetable garden in the backyard.

Under the balcony in front of the villa is a large oven in the shape of a tripod.

Bahati sits on a natural round bench in front of the oven and kebabs.

On the right side of his right, the roots of a giant plate-shaped poplar are placed with cumin, spicy noodles, salty salt, and other spices.

Miao Miao and Rong Sen also sat opposite each other on a round bench made of poplar roots, each holding a skewer of roast lamb kidneys and eating them in large gulps.

Rong Sen gave a thumbs up to Bahati, "Bahati, I ate your barbecue last time, and I was hungry, so I won't mention it, I'll eat barbecue for lunch today, and I won't eat anything." ”

Mrs. Yi walked to the courtyard with vigorous steps.

Since the twenty-third year of the Lunar New Year, she has lived in Miao Miao's villa.

Bahati hurriedly took out five skewers of barbecue without spicy noodles from the oven and handed them to Miao Miao.

He shouted at Mrs. Yi: "Grandma, I didn't put any spicy noodles on your old man's barbecue." ”

Miao Miao walked towards the house, "Grandma, let's go back to the house to eat, it's still cold outside." ”

Bahati held up the 50 skewers of barbecued meat and shouted to Liu Ming, who was turning the braised beef with a shovel: "Brother Liu, don't be busy yet, come and take away your barbecue, Buai Xiamu was so hungry just now that he drooled, what about her?" ”

Liu Ming put down the spatula and walked over, and said happily: "She is in the house to give everyone cold lamb belly and noodles and lungs." Brother Rong, you can taste the noodles and lungs made by my daughter-in-law, a must! Save some stomach and eat some noodles and lungs. ”

Huang Yu, who came to the door, took the roast mutton that Bahati had specially made for her, sat on the round stool at the entrance of the small courtyard and ate it.

The poplar roots brought back by Miao Miao and Bahatira were made into suitable round stools or small round tables by carpenters, which were arranged in a staggered manner in the small courtyard in front of the four villas.

These natural poplar roots, tables and stools have become a unique scenery of this row of villas.

Bahati admired his and Miao Miao's works, and proudly showed off: "Miao Miao, the day before yesterday, the head of a villa in Area A came to ask me if these stools made of poplar roots were sold for 300 yuan. I don't sell, people sit on the ground and increase the price, no way, I gave him the smallest small tree root in my yard, do you say I lose or not? ”

Huang Yu also helped: "Just our four round stools, many neighbors asked where they bought them." ”

Miao Miao smiled from ear to ear, "I knew that if we did more, we would pull down the community and sell it, maybe we would make a lot of money." ”

"That's, it's sure to make a fortune, but it's a pity that we only left 32, 8 for each family, and I knew how many more each family would keep." Bahati shook his head in regret.

Rong Sen saw the sound of "zizi" from the barbecue in the oven, and reminded anxiously: "Don't think about making money from the roots, don't roast the barbecue." ”

Bahati quipped, "Don't worry, your meat won't be baked." ”

"What do you call my meat, what do you say?" Rongsen retorted unhappily.

Bahati folded his hands and apologized: "Little brother's slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, it's the roast mutton that Brother Rong invited our big guy to eat." ”

Rong Sen shook his head helplessly, "You naughty guys, I like it." ”

The old lady of the Yi family sat on a rattan chair on the balcony and slowly ate barbecue, looking out the window at the scene of young people talking and laughing.

The old man reminisced about the old days.

She said to Lulu, who was caressing her abdomen: "What is the New Year's flavor, look, the New Year's flavor is there, in the people's pots, in the happy gathering of relatives and friends, in the earth-shattering cannonballs." In the past, I brushed the house on the twenty-third of the New Year, fried fans, twist flowers and oil fruits on the twenty-fourth, and made new clothes on the twenty-fifth, at that time, I stepped on the sewing machine to make clothes, and your grandfather poured me a cup of hot tea for me to drink. ”

Rong Sen, who was standing in the small courtyard, was eating barbecue, looked at the Han Wen family next door, and said regretfully: "Han Wen has no mouth, it's a pity." ”

Bahati smiled and said: "Brother Rong, Han Wen may be being criticized in front of the old father-in-law, I heard that Xin'er ran around with him when she came back from vacation, which annoyed the old father-in-law." ”

Rong Sen was amused, "The day before yesterday, he took Xin'er to send me some New Year's goods, and he left without even taking a sip of tea, it seems that he is really busy." ”

The old lady of the Yi family walked out of the house with Miao Miao and commanded Miao Miao: "Miao Miao, you set off artillery on the sidewalk, let's clean it up in a while." ”

Bahati looked at the disc-shaped red firecracker in Miao Miao's hand, "Miao Miao, did you set off the firecrackers and notify your daughter-in-law?" Don't freak out the pregnant woman. ”

Miao Miao bent down to pose for the firecracker and glanced at him, "You still need to say, are you worried about the yellow rain in your house?" Sister Huang Yu, come into my house and hide, Lulu is calling you. ”

Huang Yu turned her face to see Lulu standing on the balcony on the first floor waving to her.

Miao Miao reminded Liu Ming to the east: "Brother Liu, I'm going to set off firecrackers, you go and tell Buai Xiamu, let her be mentally prepared, don't let the sound of firecrackers frighten you." ”

Liu Ming replied: "It's okay, you can let it go, my house is a little far away from your house, I can't be scared, besides, my daughter-in-law is not as squeamish as Lulu and Huang Yu, she, she is really skinny." ”

Bahati, who was grilling meat, joked with the old lady of the Yi family: "Grandma, these firecrackers cost you a lot of money, right?" ”

Mrs. Yi's body is very tough, and she said with full of energy: "Now the price of these firecrackers is sky-high, the 10,000 rings of 430 yuan, I bought two firecrackers and cost me 860 yuan, for the sake of celebration, it is also worth it." In 2020, for the sake of environmental protection, I didn't buy firecrackers, and you see, there was a virus in 2020. Set off more firecrackers this year to drive away and scare away this monster. ”

Liu Ming laughed out loud and joked with Mrs. Yi, "Grandma, it's been a long time, this virus came last year, and your old man didn't set off firecrackers to make a fuss?!" ”

Mrs. Yi, a retired teacher, gave Liu Ming and others a traditional lesson with a straight face, "Children, don't be unconvinced, our old tradition has to pay attention to it, the New Year and the New Year are to drive away evil and avoid evil, legend, the year is a monster, every new year, the ancients knocked on the pots and bowls to drive away the bad guy, and slowly developed into a firecracker for the New Year, this firecracker, should be put or put off." ”

Liu Ming came over with a pot of braised potato beef, "Grandma, this firecracker is going to be released, and you have to eat more of the braised beef I cooked." ”

Mrs. Yi invited, "Xiao Liu, have two drinks with grandma?" ”

Liu Ming walked towards the entrance door with a basin, "Grandma, tomorrow I will bring my daughter-in-law to give you a New Year's greeting, let's drink again." ”

Miao Miao put a firecracker into a "?" shape, he lit firecrackers, and the sound of firecrackers in front of the townhouse sounded crisply.

"Crackling", the time has come to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

Mrs. Yi smiled at the red confetti flying on the ground, smiling sweetly like an innocent child......

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the community is full of lights, and a variety of flowers bloom in the night sky.

In this row of townhouses where Miao Miao and her friends live, every house is hung with flaming lanterns and posted couplets, and the smell of Chinese New Year's Eve is wafting from every household.

In this villa, where the sound of firecrackers is posted, "One year old in the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu", the crowd is full of people.

The "Year of Peace" on the banner shows the owner's expectation for a better life in the year.

The TV in Miao Miao's living room played a soothing "Serenade", which seemed warm and peaceful.

Lulu and Mrs. Yi were fiddling with massage chairs purchased online on the balcony.

Rong Sen was chatting with Miao Miao's mother on the sofa about the anecdote of dealing with the grassroots people.

Miao Miao's father and her mother-in-law Kong Jia were busy stir-frying the last dish in the kitchen.

The male host, Miao Miao, placed dishes and chopsticks and wine glasses.

The table is filled with delicacies, a hodgepodge of Shanghainese and Xinjiang cuisine.

Steamed fish, pepper sesame chicken, lobster, sizzling squid, braised beef, called flower seeds to eat dead crab, sweet and sour pork ribs, pot meat, mutton skewers, old fritter beef, fried eggs with skin and teeth, fungus, fried shrimp with leeks, cold lamb tripe, noodles and lungs, cold broccoli, whole grains......

The fragrance is wafting and mouth-watering.

Rong Chang walked into the house with an idea, and he didn't have time to change his military uniform.

The old lady of the Yi family hurriedly greeted her, "Lulu's father, look at you, it's not easy for you soldiers!" ”

Rong Chang put on his slippers and reached out to put down his arms around Mrs. Yi, who was healthy in her bones, "Auntie Happy New Year, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, I come back at this point, today is considered early, it is better to come early than to come coincidentally, just go to the table to eat." ”

Mrs. Yi was full of praise for Rong Chang and said, "Lulu's father, Lulu's mother is really capable, beautiful and virtuous, and she basically cooks the meals at this table." I can taste it, it has all the taste, and it is as high as my daughter-in-law's level. ”

Rong Chang grinned and looked affectionately at Kong Jia, who was busy in the kitchen.

On this Chinese New Year's Eve night when Miao Miao was 24 years old, he was drunk.

In his words at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

On Chinese New Year's Eve last year, he was a bachelor with nothing.

From this Chinese New Year's Eve onwards, there is a girl who will accompany him through every future Chinese New Year's Eve.

He had a baby with him for the rest of his life.

There are more and more relatives in him, and the warmth of enjoyment is getting stronger and stronger.

He was happy and sweet, but at the same time he felt a heavy sense of mission, responsibility and pressure.