"Then tomorrow I will go to the house to protect the judge and see what he has to say," Mrs. Meng snorted, "If you don't give me food on Chinese New Year's Eve, force me to sit here hungry and split up with you, this is my good son." ”

Meng Fu and Meng Gui glanced at each other, both of them were a little embarrassed, although they cared more about that little interest in their hearts, but they didn't pay attention to Mrs. Meng at all, so when they heard this, they were a little embarrassed.

"Mom, we listen to you," Meng Gui couldn't help but look at Jiang Yan and agreed.

Meng Fu glanced at Zhang Guiqin, hesitated, and nodded, "Mom, listen to you." ”

There have been too many things that have happened in the Meng family in the past half a year, and one by one has already refreshed the three views of the people in the village, and there is nothing they can't think of, only the Meng family can't toss.

No, and the daughter who is still studying asks for money to support the children born to the queen mother, and the Chinese New Year's Eve does not eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner but sits together to discuss the separation, which is a small matter in their opinion.

It's good to divide it, save yourself from making trouble every day together, and several neighbors who live next door are already afraid, and the cries and scoldings every now and then make their ears big and can't be cleaned for the New Year.

In her opinion, although Zhang Guiqin is lazy, she is a shrewd person, and she is used to meeting the wind and rudder, so after Meng Gui married Jiang Yan, after knowing that Jiang Yan is not as easy to handle as Wu Qingmei, sooner or later she will make trouble to break up.

The key is that Mrs. Meng is getting older and more confused, and if there is no majesty in charge, this family will naturally be scattered.

"Well, this is the New Year's money for you, I hope you will have a safe and healthy new year," Wu Qingmei took out two red paper bags and said with a smile.

In previous years, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the person who gave out the New Year's money was Mrs. Meng, each granddaughter was a dime, and Meng Xiaorong was a dollar, but this year, it was impossible for Mrs. Meng to give them the New Year's money, so Wu Qingmei naturally had to make up for it.

Not only does she have to give, but she also gives a lot, and she thinks that it would be good to make up for the New Year's money for more than ten years to her two daughters.

Meng Youyou didn't expect that she would be able to collect the New Year's money when she was so old, so she took it with a smile and pinched it, "Mom, why do you give so much?" ”

It's swollen inside, and although I haven't opened it to see it, I know that it's definitely not the face value of a dime.

Wu Qingmei stopped them from wanting to return it, and said, "I still have a lot of money in my hand, so you can keep it as pocket money." ”

The money from the sale of pigs a few years ago has not been touched there, and I think that I will use it to buy piglets and feed when I go back, and I usually don't need to spend any money at home, so it doesn't matter if I give them this money.

As for the money that Meng Youyou gave her before, Wu Qingmei returned it again, she didn't have the ability to earn money for her daughter, and she didn't want to rely on her daughter to support her so soon.

"Thank you, Mom, we will give you New Year's money for the Chinese New Year next year," Meng Youyou stuffed the red paper bag directly into his pocket, held Wu Qingmei's arm, and said affectionately.

Meng Zhenzhen also nodded, "Yes, we will send it to you next year, and you will not accept it when the time comes." ”

Wu Qingmei smiled, but didn't take the stubble, only said, "It's not too early, let's go quickly." ”

There is no need to go to relatives today, they discussed when they had dinner last night and went to the nearby Long'an Temple to burn incense after breakfast today.

Long'an Temple is halfway up the mountain, twenty or thirty miles away from Mengjiawan, but fortunately they have bicycles, and Lu Yizhou sold his car to her cheaply when he left, so two bicycles for three people is just right.

There is a clear spring at the bottom of the mountain, the spring water is sweet and delicious, many people who live nearby will always take a wooden bucket to carry water home to drink, I heard that it has the effect of prolonging life, but it is impossible to find out how it is.

Meng Youyou is not interested in the spring water, but has a lot of ideas about the popcorn sold not far away.

There is an old-fashioned popcorn machine, which can be heated by lighting a flame underneath, and a black container on top, and the uncle keeps turning the handle, and when the popcorn is ready, and then let go of the gas inside, it will make a loud "bang".

Meng Youyou remembered the scene when she pestered her mother to let her take the family's rice and corn out of the popcorn sticks and popcorn when she was a child, and at that time there was always a group of children watching by the side.

"There is a temple fair today, there should be a lot of things to sell, you can buy some if you want to eat," Wu Qingmei said when she saw that she had been staring at the popcorn seller.

Today is a special day, and people wearing red armbands will not go here to check, so some of the bold will think of coming here to set up a stall, and there will be someone at the foot of the mountain to help watch the wind, just in case.

A dime a pack, no tickets, she directly bought two packs, and stuffed them into their hands, "Eat." ”

Meng Youyou took it and stuffed two pieces into her mouth, the fragrance of corn was very strong, and saccharin was added to it, which tasted sweet and silky, and she missed it a little.

Looking for the uncle and asking for a paper bag, he poured half of it out and stuffed it to Wu Qingmei, Meng Youyou carried half a bag of popcorn and walked while eating, saying that it was a temple fair, but in fact, it was far from being as lively as in later generations, because there were not many people selling things.

Money is important, but life is even more important, unless the family is really poor and can't open the pot, otherwise ordinary people don't dare to take risks at this time.

Meng Youyou picked up and bought a few gadgets for girls, the things are not expensive, but the style is good-looking, and I want to give them to Nan Nan when I go to Wu's house tomorrow, as a New Year's gift for her.

Walking all the way up, I didn't feel that the road was difficult, but when I looked back, Meng Youyou couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect the road to be quite steep." ”

Wu Qingmei believes in gods and Buddhas, and every year she takes time to come to the temple to worship, asking for not much, just hoping that her two daughters can be safe and healthy, and that they will not go hungry when they are full, and that is enough.

Meng Youyou followed her and bowed inside, and when she knelt down and kowtowed, she was in awe in her heart, she could come to this era inexplicably, maybe it was because of something.

Wu Qingmei took Meng Zhenzhen to ask for a signature, while Meng Youyou walked out and walked outside, standing in front of the incense burner, looking at the pool in front of him There were a lot of coins of one cent and one cent, and he also threw a few coins into it, bowed his head and folded his hands, closed his eyes and made a wish.

"Do you still have a wish to make?"

Meng Youyou opened his eyes, turned his head sideways, looked at the person next to him, and said lightly, "It shouldn't be as much as you asked." ”

"Can't we get better?" Meng Xiaoping choked, she mustered up the courage to come over, but she didn't expect that after so long, she still liked to make things difficult for herself.

Meng Youyou was a little amused, "When are we going to have a good time?" ”

"Yo, you two sisters can still have such a good time chatting?" Hu Tingting took a few steps closer and said sarcastically.