Chinese New Year's Eve is the last night of the year, and the last day of the year is called "year division", which means that the old year is divided here and replaced with a new year.

Early in the morning, Ye Yaodong got up and posted New Year's Red, sprinkled and cleaned the door with Lin Xiuqing, and then began to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, although there is only a family of four for the New Year this year, but there should be, there must still be.

"Ah Dong, there are three people in the old mansion now, do you either tell your father and mother not to prepare anything today, and come to us for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?" I bought a lot of food at home."

"I'll take a look."

His wife said before that this year is the first year for them to move to a new house, and they can't have a cold pot or a cold stove, they must start a stove in their new home for the New Year, otherwise they will ask everyone to go to their hometown to eat, which will be more lively.

His eldest brother and second brother's family did not have a good time this year, and the two couples did not have any thoughts about celebrating the New Year, and the family heard scolding from time to time, and it is estimated that they would not think of going to the old house to call someone for the New Year.

It just so happened that he went in time, and the old house had just finished pasting the New Year's Red, and his mother hadn't started preparing meals yet.

He opened his mouth and said that he would go to their new home for the New Year, and the old lady happily agreed, and his father and mother also agreed to come down when they saw this, otherwise how would the two of them cook?

At that moment, he took the opportunity to help the old lady back to the new house, let her sit at the door to bask in the sun, and by the way, he could be a little happier to see the children noisy.

When people are old, they like to be lively at home, since they all moved away, the old house has been deserted, there is no popularity, even after Ye Huimei got married, there is no junior around the old lady.

Ye Yaodong was helping to light the fire in the house, and he could hear the old lady shouting outside, slow down, don't fall or anything, listening to the loud voice, you can feel that the old man is very happy.

When his father and mother came over with the slaughtered chickens, it was not his turn to fight, so he went out to hang out.

The village is full of New Year's flavor, every household is decorated with lanterns, couplets are pasted everywhere, new lanterns are hung, and chickens and ducks are killed.

Everyone on the road was full of bright smiles, and the children were chasing me with firecrackers, playing, making noise, and laughing.

Every few steps he took, he could see a small table, where a group of men were playing cards or gambling for money, here and there.

The New Year, the villagers are taking advantage of the New Year to relax, all year round, and the New Year can have a good rest, at this time the women in the family will not care, the New Year is not like the New Year.

Ye Yaodong took a look at this stall, looked at that stall, there were those who gambled with dice, there were also those who opened the cover to gamble on points, and there were also those who gathered in twos and threes to play cards, and even more, they directly gambled on pai gow in the commissary.

The women basically prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home, and the chimneys of every house start cooking smoke and birds from the morning, and the fragrance is everywhere.

Wandering all the way, I met a few Ah Zheng, everyone was bored, hit it off, and went directly to the fat man's house to play cards, just his wife just marinated the large intestine and small intestine pork belly pig ears, and directly brought them out, atmospheric!

People play cards and eat melon seeds, but they are on a hard product, playing cards and eating marinade.

"No wonder you two in-laws eat one fatter than the other, the food is so good, it's like we can only eat seafood in the shell every day, and we can't grow meat."

"That's how important it is to have a good wife, and I can't envy it." The fat man is a little proud, these days, it is not easy to become a fat man, and it is not good to have no family background.

It wasn't until the meal was ordered that a group dispersed, and they made an appointment to fight again in the afternoon.

Ye Yaodong touched the few dollars he won in his pocket, and saw that the children on the road were playing with firecrackers there, and when he passed by the small shop, he also bought a few boxes of firecrackers, as well as the lines.

As soon as he took it back, everyone at the door of the house screamed excitedly, Ye Yaodong did not favor one over the other, and everyone of the eight children had a share.

"Be careful not to blow it up."

"Wow... Third uncle, I like you the most......

"There are firecrackers to play with......

"The third uncle is so good, when he asked my mother for money to buy firecrackers in the morning, he scolded him."

"It's okay, get through today, your mother won't be able to scold you tomorrow on the first day of the new year!"

The children

They all nodded, "It's good that the new clothes were made in advance, otherwise there wouldn't be any new clothes."

"Hurry back to the house to eat, and then come out to play after eating."

At noon, I simply fried a sweet potato vermicelli with fish ball soup, and the family was eating happily, but after a while, I heard scolding from next door.

Ye Mu suddenly frowned, stood up, and was about to go over to take a look, but she was still muttering in her mouth: "The sins I created, I still scolded the children all day long, and after so many days, I didn't stop, and everyone was scolded like quails, and they all had to be scolded for being stupid, and they had to be scolded for eating......

The old lady also sighed, and then beckoned to the two children who stopped, "Eat, eat, you eat yours, don't care about the next door."

After a while, the next door stopped, and Ye Mu also came back nagging.

There was Ye's mother to help all day long, and Lin Xiuqing was much more saving, at three or four o'clock in the afternoon, they lit incense for the stove mother, and then set off firecrackers to start the meal.

The sound of firecrackers for cooking also sounded in the village one after another.

As long as the New Year is celebrated, the meal is generally opened early, and the Chinese New Year's Eve rice fish is a must, and the head and tail must be left when eating, which is called more than every year.

There are more than a dozen hard dishes on a table, everyone eats with their mouths full of oil, and after the meal, Mother Ye helps clean up, while Lin Xiuqing goes to bathe the two children and change their clothes, and by the way, they prepare the New Year's money and pack it in a red envelope.

Not only the two children in the family, but also the six children of the two families next door, each with a dollar in the red envelope.

When Ye Chenghai got the New Year's money and saw the amount in it, his face suddenly collapsed, and he whispered, "Third aunt, the third uncle didn't tell you, just let you give half of it?"

Lin Xiuqing was surprised, "What do you mean by giving half? You're too much, aren't you?"

"It's not...... It won't fit into my pocket," he pouted into the room, "You know......

Ye Chengjiang also echoed, "Yes, third aunt, can you only give 8 cents, and the remaining two cents are secretly given to us, don't tell my mother and them."

This proposal was well received by the children.

Lin Xiuqing couldn't cry or laugh, "That's not good, it's less, what if your mother thinks I'm too stingy as an aunt?" In previous years, it was given a piece."

Several of the children were immediately depressed.

Ye Yaodong came out of the shower and saw it, and hurriedly asked, "What are you doing?" Still not happy about setting off firecrackers? Young, there is a New Year's money to take ......."

"Alas~ to be handed in, there is no ...... left"

I see, thinking that this kid was still a chicken thief yesterday and secretly pulled him, just let him give half of the New Year's money, and give the rest to him, he flicked his forehead with a smile.

"What a big deal, wait, wait for me to play cards later and win a little back, and get a few gross tickets for each of you to buy firecrackers."

"Hehe, then bless the third uncle, you win a lot, I'll go with you and be your bodyguard......

"Get out of the way!"

"If you go out, you will have to sleep before you come back......

It turned out to hit this idea.

"Go, go, the few boxes I just bought before the meal are enough for you to play for a while, what should I do if the money is decayed at this time, don't get in the way, I'll give it to you when I come back."

At this time, Ye's second sister-in-law also cleaned up and called a few children to take a bath, so they stopped surrounding him, and Ye Yaodong also hurriedly took the opportunity to boil.

As soon as he walked out of the house, he saw that small tables were set up everywhere in the village, and the men left it after eating and started gambling again.

He also saw his cousin-in-law, a gambler, blatantly teaming up with a few people from the next village to set up a stall on the side of the road to push pai gow.

This is the New Year, so there is no need to converge?

I don't know where the capital came from, thanks to having a good wife.

Small gambling is pleasant, big gambling hurts his body, he also has a scale in his heart, and it is good to play cards occasionally.

But he played this card until midnight, and he wanted to go home early, but he was pulled by a few friends to drink, and said that it was 12 o'clock, and he went to incense together when the bell of Mazu Temple rang.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is their custom to go to the Mazu Temple to incense, and the head pillar incense is not to think about it, the temple

When I get to the point, I'm the first to order.

But there are still a lot of people waiting for incense at night, and there is an endless stream of people in the Mazu Temple, Ye Yaodong came back from incense and began to set off firecrackers, and the sound of firecrackers sounded in the village one after another.

Tonight, the whole village is rarely brightly lit, and it is not necessary to keep the year, but every household must turn on the lights until dawn on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The children in the house were still asleep, but Lin Xiuqing was awake.

"Coming back so late?"

"Wait for the incense to come up at 12 o'clock, and when I come back, I set off a firecracker," he said, undressing and going to bed, "Why haven't you slept yet?" Wait for me."

"Woken up."

"Hard-mouthed."

After he lay down, he took her into his arms and touched her belly, "Are you tired today?"

"I'm not tired, I didn't do anything with my mother's help." She squirmed, finding a comfortable place in his arms.

"It seems that there is no time in the second year of junior high school, do you want to go back to your parents' house a few days later?"

"Wait until thirteen or fourteen to go back, right? My mother's village has a custom of making Lantern Festival, and it is very lively, so I just went back to see the excitement."

"Okay." While saying that his hands were not idle.

"It's a little far away, otherwise we can go back to the second year of the new year and make a Lantern Festival."

"It's too much of a toss for you to go back and forth like this now, if you want to go back next year, you'll go back a few more times."

"Well, let's talk about it, my parents are also tossing when I go back too hard", Lin Xiuqing grabbed his upper and lower hands, "Why do you always like to toss around in the middle of the night."

"It's inconvenient during the day, it's the New Year's Day, a New Year's Eve cannon? Removing the old and welcoming the new?"

"What? Three days and two heads say some strange ......."

Ye Yaodong turned over and bit his ears, and said sassy words in his mouth, "Hehe...... That's what the New Year's Eve cannon is...... When the firecrackers go off, the gold is ten thousand taels, and the fireworks are set off...... That's what it means...... Got it...... Hey...... Come on...... Celebrate the New Year......

Lin Xiuqing was angry and funny, and any serious words became indecent in his mouth.

"Stop holding your stomach down."

"I'm careful, do you go sideways? Effortless and not weighing on the stomach?" …