The water on the brazier was also boiling at this time, and Gui Shuzhen urged Shen Fang's sister and brother to quickly fetch water and take a bath.

After taking a bath, you can change into new clothes for the New Year, and every time it comes to this moment, it is the happiest and happiest time for every rural baby.

After the two sisters and brothers washed and then put on new clothes, although Shen Fang was already a twelve-year-old girl, her heart was still full of joy.

Shen Chi also put on Sun Fuqiang to buy him new clothes. The dress was a denim suit printed with a little yellow duck pattern, it looked good, it was too cartoonish, and Shen Chi felt very awkward when he first put it on.

When the family had finished washing, it was almost time for dinner, Shen Changlin made a simple and hearty Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the family gathered around to eat happily, while Shen Changlin took out the chicken that had been cleaned up in advance, chopped it into pieces and put it in the hanging of the simmering soup, planning to simmer it for tomorrow.

This chicken was fed by the Hu family before, and Shen Changlin kept it in the grove behind the house was a little small, and it was not yet time to be slaughtered.

When the family sat down until ten o'clock, the Hu family went to sleep, and then Shen Changlin said to Shen Chi and them: "You guys go to sleep too, I'm here to watch." ”

Chinese New Year's Eve has the tradition of keeping the year, a stay is an all-nighter, at this time there is no power outage, the lights are not turned off, and they are on all night.

Gui Shuzhen also went to sleep after the Hu family, leaving only Shen Changlin and Shen Fang in the hall.

Shen Chi went back to the room and took a book and said, "I'll stay until twelve o'clock before going to sleep." ”

Seeing that he was still reading at the Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Changlin couldn't help but persuade: "Xiao Chi, it's a good thing to love learning, but you also have to combine work and rest." ”

"I know, Dad." Shen Chi replied without raising his head.

Seeing him like this, Shen Changlin, who was celebrating the New Year, couldn't say anything about him, so he had to go.

When I was reading, I didn't feel that time was difficult, and when Shen Changlin simmered the soup, it was almost time to turn the clock, and the village was bursting with firecrackers one after another.

Shen Changlin hurriedly took out the firecrackers and put them away, then closed the door, and surrounded the charcoal around the hanging to let the small fire in the pot simmer slowly, seeing that Shen Chi was still reading, Shen Changlin urged him to go to sleep quickly.

"Dad, I'll stay with you until dawn." Shen Chi said.

"I'm guarding, I don't need you here, go to sleep." Shen Changlin said in a deep voice.

Shen Fang couldn't stay up and went back to the room to sleep, and Shen Chi was also driven back to the room, so he had to strip and go to bed.

In fact, I didn't sleep for two or three hours before the firecrackers rang off again.

This is someone who wants to go out, and going out on the first day of the New Year is called "going out", and it is also going to set off firecrackers. At this time, the traffic is inconvenient, and it is necessary to go out early to pay New Year's greetings, so someone gets up at three o'clock and goes out.

It was so noisy that he couldn't sleep, so Shen Chi had to get up and read, and it wasn't until five o'clock that Shen Changlin opened the door and "went out" and put the firecrackers.

Everyone got up one after another, Shen Chi's family moved from other places, there are no relatives in the local area, the first day of the new year routinely to the village to pay a New Year's greeting, but this year's situation is special, is hesitating to visit the whole village as in previous years, Hu said: "Xiao Chi came to worship when he was drinking, and we didn't have to take a hot face to stick to someone's cold buttocks." ”

Shen Changlin listened to Hu's words, so he only gave Grandpa Yuan San and a few other families to worship, and the rest of the village did not go.

After a while, the people who worshiped came to visit back and forth, Gui Shuzhen greeted them with cigarettes and candy, and Sun Fuqiang took Sun Tao to pay New Year's greetings to Shen Changlin at about seven o'clock.

Liu Cuihua didn't come, there were many people greeting each other at this time, and there couldn't be no one at home.

Sun Fuqiang's parents have passed away, and according to the rural parlance, he "took off his hat", while Shen Changlin came to pay New Year's greetings first because the Hu family was still there and there was a "master".

Gui Shuzhen took a small red envelope for Sun Tao, and kept the father and son to eat a bowl of chicken noodle soup. After sitting for a while, he took his leave and went home.

When Sun Fuqiang had just left, Shen Changxi came back with his daughter Shen Ping, Hu and Shen Changlin each gave Shen Ping a red envelope, and Gui Shuzhen gave them in the kitchen.

The family chatted happily together, Shen Changxi left after lunch, Shen Chi's family did not have many relatives, and Shen Changxi would come on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there were basically no guests after he went back.

I didn't sleep well last night, and in the afternoon, Gui Shuzhen and Hu stayed in the hall to entertain guests, while Shen Changlin and Shen Chi went to sleep.

The first day of the new year passed peacefully, and on the morning of the second day of the new year, Shen Changlin took Shen Chi to pay homage to Sun Fuqiang.

When Sun Fuqiang came, he also brought something to the Hu family, and when Shen Changlin returned to worship, in addition to sugar and wine, he also took a can of malt milk essence and two bottles of canned oranges in the Hu family's room and added them.

When they arrived at Sun Fuqiang's house, Sun Fuqiang took Sun Tao out to pay New Year's greetings, leaving only Liu Cuihua at home to greet the guests, Shen Chi When they arrived, Liu Cuihua was busy entertaining guests, and Shen Changlin didn't stay long before saying goodbye and leaving.

"Stay and finish your meal before leaving." Liu Cuihua tried her best to keep it.

"No, there are still guests at home." Shen Changlin declined with a smile.

Liu Cuihua saw that Shen Changlin insisted on leaving, so she had to take out a red envelope from her body and stuff it to Shen Chi and said, "I'm really embarrassed that I didn't even drink a sip of tea." ”

"Go back and greet the guests, we won't talk about these politenesses." Shen Changlin said.

Shen Chi took Liu Cuihua's red envelope, and thanked Mimi with a smile: "Thank you, godmother." ”

This "godmother" made Liu Cuihua excited.

When the two returned home, they planned to pay New Year's greetings to their father-in-law and mother-in-law, and asked Shen Chi if they were going, but Shen Chi didn't open his mouth but Shen Fang refused: "I'm not going." ”

Shen Chi's grandparents have a very serious patriarchal mentality, they like their sons and don't like girls, and they like their grandsons and don't like their grandchildren.

In the past, when Gui Shuzhen was busy with farming, she once took Shen Fang back to her parents' house to help her parents plant the fields, and brought Shen Fang with her, and one day there was a fried popcorn, Shen Fang was clamoring to eat, and was reprimanded by her grandmother: "A dead girl woman is always delicious, what are you doing so delicious?" It's good to stay at home. ”

Since then, Shen Fang has never gone to her grandmother's house no matter what the New Year's holidays are.

Shen Chi thought about it and didn't go, his grandparents' partiality was not hidden at all, and the New Year's money was only given to a few cousins in front of Shen Chi, he didn't have any points, what was delicious to eat and drink was always kept for their grandchildren, and several uncles lived close to each other, and it was difficult to ensure that everyone was not embarrassed when they pestled together.

Since the two children refused to go, Gui Shuzhen didn't say much, and went back to her parents' house with Shen Changlin.

Less than half an hour after they left, Shen Chi's two aunts brought their uncles to their family to pay New Year's greetings.

"Mom, second brother and sister-in-law, let's give you New Year's greetings."

As soon as they entered the courtyard, Shen Chi's two uncles shouted at the same time.

"Eldest aunt, second aunt, my parents went to pay New Year's greetings to my grandfather, and they just left." Shen Chi said to the two uncles, and when he saw the aunts who entered the courtyard again, he shouted, "Auntie, second aunt." ”

"Come inside." At this time, Hu Shi also came out.