It wasn't eleven o'clock yet, and there was a crackling firecrackle outside.

Xu Chenghou heard the movement outside and couldn't sit still.

"Otherwise, let's send the paper earlier? The children eat early, and after eating and playing for a while, they should be sleepy. ”

Xu Chenghou turned his head and asked Zhou Guilan.

"Okay, let's do it early. Then you lead your sons to hand out paper, and I will cook dumplings. ”

Zhou Guilan looked at the clock on the wall, it was only ten forty-five.

Okay, it's okay to be early, the wonderful sketches are behind, I cooked the dumplings early, and I just went back to the house to watch the sketches.

In this way, Xu Chenghou led his sons and carried the table out, with steamed buns, chicken, fish, and meat on them.

There is no incense burner bowl at home, so the second bowl that is not usually used is filled with plant ash and pressed to be solid.

Xu Chenghou was busy working outside with his son, and Zhou Guilan led his daughter-in-law to work in the kitchen.

There was already a fire in the kitchen and hot water in the pot.

At this time, add some more dry wood to the bottom of the pot, and the fire will be lit at once, and the water in the pot will be turned over in a short time.

"The water is boiling." Zhou Guilan shouted outside.

Outside, Xu Chenghou instructed his eldest son to light firecrackers, and here he lit three sticks of incense and plugged them in, and then lit a large pile of printed burning paper.

"Come, you all come here and kowtow. Xiaobo, lead your brother and them over. ”

Xu Chenghou greeted his children and grandchildren, followed him, and all knelt down and kowtowed.

After that, the children lit a lot of firecrackers in the yard, and Xu Jinfeng and the others also got some fireworks that didn't move and lit them to watch the excitement.

Xu Jinping sisters are a few sisters, and they are still holding the tendons in their hands and lighting them all over the place.

The dogs in the family are all old, and the firecrackers once a year can no longer affect them.

Several dogs are lying in the nest peacefully, as loud as they like outside, and as much as the children like, they don't even say a word.

Xu Chenghou looked at the children and grandchildren in the courtyard, and his happy mouth couldn't close.

"Isn't there still a lot of artillery at home? Take it out and put it on, it just so happens that the children are there, take it out, and it's lively. ”

The old man saw that the children were having fun, so he urged Xu Shiyan to go back to the house and take out all the artillery battles.

Xu Shiyan didn't say anything else, and went into the house and brought out half a basket of fireworks and small cannons.

The boys grabbed the artillery fight, the girls grabbed the fireworks, and anyway, the yard was big and did not interfere with each other.

Now the yard is lively, the jingling over there, and the colorful fireworks here are a lot brighter.

The children were jumping and jumping in the yard, and the cold wind on Chinese New Year's Eve did not affect them in the slightest.

At the same time as the firecrackers were set off outside, the dumplings in the kitchen were also cooked.

When the children have put the firecrackers and fireworks off the ground, the dumplings in the pot are cooked, fished out, and served to the table.

"Alright, let's all come back to dinner."

The temperature on Chinese New Year's Eve was low, and the children were outside for a while, and their faces were red from the cold.

As soon as I heard my grandmother shouting to eat dumplings, a large group of hula ran into the house.

After entering the house, they took off their hats and coats, and the boys jumped directly on the kang, and the older girls all went to the kitchen to help serve dishes and take fast plates.

The hot dumplings were served, and the whole family sat down.

Zhou Guilan looked at the people in this room, and she was also very happy.

"Okay, let's eat quickly, there are several kinds of dumplings today, you can eat them as you like."

According to the old rules, dumplings are still wrapped in coins, peanuts, dates, and sugar.

Where are the children to eat dumplings, just to eat the money inside, one by one staring at each other, to see which dumpling is like.

In order to eat a few more money, these children ate dumplings one by one, and in the end, they all ate their stomachs until they couldn't eat anymore.

Today I cooked dumplings early, I ate early, and after eating dumplings, there is still a while before twelve o'clock.

So I quickly packed up and sat down to watch TV.

When the bell rang at twelve o'clock, Xu Haibo and Xu Jinfeng, leading their younger brothers and sisters, knelt down in front of the kang.

"Grandpa, grandma, and Grandpa Chu have a good New Year." The children greeted the New Year in unison.

"Hey, good, good, all good, all good."

The old man was so happy that he couldn't wait to laugh at the back of his head.

Quickly get the children up, and then take out the red envelopes prepared in advance and hand them out one by one.

The old man finished sending it, and Xu Shixian and others over there also took out red envelopes.

This time, it doesn't matter whose children it is, each person has a share.

The children received a lot of red envelopes at once, and they were happy now, even jumping and jumping.

Seeing the children jumping and jumping, everyone couldn't help laughing.

"I'm glad I don't do anything when I look at these kids. It's so good, it's so lively for the New Year. Zhou Guilan muttered contentedly.

After eating dumplings and greeting the New Year, the new year arrived, and from this time on, the children grew another year.

The big guys laughed for a while, and then the children got a little sleepy, so they each looked for a place to rest.

Anyway, it won't be long before dawn, and I don't have to take off my clothes, so I just sleep casually.

When I woke up, it was more than seven o'clock in the morning on the first day of the new year.

So he hurriedly lit the fire, boiled the three-covered curtain dumplings left last night, and put a whip outside.

After breakfast, the family is lively, and neighbors, relatives and friends all come to pay New Year's greetings.

Xu Haibo and others, under the leadership of Xu Haiyuan, also went to the surrounding people to go around and pay their respects to the New Year.

"Grandpa, grandma, let's go to Grandpa Su's house for a New Year's greeting.

After a while, I went directly to Grandpa Han's house to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Han and his sister-in-law and uncle. ”

The children came back from a walk outside, and Xu Haibo talked to Xu Chenghou and them.

On the first day of the new year, go to relatives and friends, this is how it should be.

In previous years, they didn't celebrate the New Year here, and they didn't go to pay New Year's greetings, but since they were here this year, then these relatives had to go over to their homes.

Especially these juniors, none of them are easy to fall behind.

"Oh, okay, let's go, that, be careful on the way."

Xu Chenghou nodded and waved his hand to let the children go.

The descendants of the old Xu family are prosperous, with six boys, six girls and twelve children.

With such a large group of people going out, it's good that they don't bully others, and there is no need to be afraid that someone will dare to bully them.

Permission was given, and the children came out of the house rejoicing.

How can these bear children walk in a proper manner? They found all the plows in the house.

The girl sat on the plow, and the boy ran with the plow.

Nowadays, no one has cleaned up the snow on the road, and the hard shell of ice and snow on the road is hard to step on, and the plow is running on it.

At this time, the children were wearing thick, big cotton jackets and cotton pants.

Boys have big cotton shoes on their heads, and girls have thick scarves on their heads and cotton boots on their feet.

Both boys and girls carry cotton hand stuffiness, which is a necessary equipment for going out in winter.

Dressed thickly, the children are not afraid of the cold, and they are laughing and running on the road.

When passers-by saw it, they all smiled, and if they met someone they knew, the children would stop to pay their respects and then continue running.