"What is this for?"

"I don't know, my father and I just caught a goose, and she was still sitting on a small stool to watch it, waiting for us to tie the goose's wings and feet with straw. Dad took out the kitchen knife, and she suddenly screamed, and then rushed over and hugged the goose's neck, but fortunately I grabbed its head with gloves, otherwise I would have just nagged her. ”

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Xiaoxi with an inexplicable expression, and continued to hug the goose's neck and cry and scream, tears were already hanging all over his face.

"Can't kill in vain ~ my vain ~ "

"When did she have such a good relationship with the big white goose?"

Lin Xiuqing also felt confused, "I don't know either." ”

The old lady said happily: "It is estimated that he followed me every day to drive the goose back to the nest, and drove out the feelings, and was reluctant to let it be killed." ”

"In vain ~555 ~ Don't kill ~"

"Hurry up and take her away...... "Father Ye didn't know where to start with the knife, his face was full of crying and laughing, "If this is a few other children, they should be happy to scream that there is meat to eat, this girl is quite funny." ”

"Don't, don't~"

Ye Xiaoxi put one hand around the neck of the big goose, and with the other hand, he wanted to hit Ye's father, but he couldn't reach it, so he could only wave it several times in mid-air, his face was full of tears, how funny it was.

The adults on the side did laugh.

Lin Xiuqing stretched out her hand to hug him, but she hugged the goose's neck tightly with both hands, and she didn't let go.

"Don't make a fuss, kill it and stew it at night to give you meat."

"Don't eat for nothing ~ Don't eat it, harm (bad people) ......"

She stretched out her hand to hit Lin Xiuqing again.

Everyone looked helpless and funny.

"Just take it away, just don't show her......"

"Don't~Don't~" Ye Xiaoxi shouted again heartbreakingly.

Ye Yaodong looked at it with a headache, "How can you kill this?" Or kill chickens? The ducks all ran to the beach, and it was not easy to catch them when they returned to the nest at night. ”

"Don't, my cock ~ duck duck ~ "

"You're a girl, no cock." Ye Chengyang said next to him.

"My cock!"

"You can't kill any of them?"

Ye Xiaoxi was still holding the goose with tears in her eyes, looking up at Ye Yaodong and nodded, "You can't kill it." ”

"What then? Don't kill and there is no meat to eat at night. ”

"Can't be killed~"

Ye Yaodong looked at Lin Xiuqing and asked her what to do with his eyes.

"What do you want me to do? I don't have a problem, who told you to kill in front of her. ”

"I don't know if she'll be like this, she will cry like this when she kills a goose, and I don't know if she will cry like this when I die in the future."

"If you're dead, she'll cry like this, I don't know. Anyway, the green chick that Chenghu raised last year died, and they were still crying, and they found a place for it to bury it deliberately, and inserted three sticks of incense, saving their snacks and giving it an offering. Kill it or not, you can do it yourself. ”

Ye Yaodong looked at Ye Chenghu, Ye Chenghu also smiled, "Dad, you ......"

"Shut up, I didn't ask you."

He had already anticipated what Ye Chenghu was going to say, interrupted him in advance, and then looked at Ye Xiaoxi.

"Then don't kill it, can you kill other people's families?"

Ye Xiaoxi nodded quickly with teary eyes.

"Then you let go."

She willingly let go of her hand, but she still stood there vigilantly and watched.

"Shall I lock it up and play with you for a while?"

She nodded.

"Then you wiped all the tears and snot, and they were dirty."

She hurriedly stretched out her arms and wiped the tears and snot on her sleeves on her face, Lin Xiuqing couldn't stop it, so she looked at her sleeves shiny and full of disgust.

"Can't you just give her a rub?"

"How many hands do I have, am I still holding the big white goose? As soon as I let go, this big white goose will talk to me. ”

Father Ye looked at him speechlessly, "Then you really don't kill him?" What to eat that night? Chickens and ducks are not allowed to be killed, they will be spoiled for you, so a little big, if you say you don't want to kill, you won't kill them, and when they are bigger, you will ask for stars, and you will also climb the sky for her to pick. ”

"Ahem!" Ye Yaodong glanced at his father.

Delay! Father Ye squinted at him angrily, and then looked at the small one who was staring at him, so he had to carry the knife and go into the house.

Ye Xiaoxi was still staring at the spot, and he also obeyed her wishes, took the bamboo basket on the side, and directly covered the goose underneath.

"That's okay, right?"

Ye Xiaoxi nodded with satisfaction, "Yes." ”

He shook his head, also went into the house first, and then said to Father Ye: "Kill her later while she is not paying attention, or when she goes out to play." ”

"Hmm."

Lin Xiuqing also entered the house and continued to work.

Ye Yaodong came to her side and saw that she took a kitchen knife and began to chop the fish, "Do you want to make fish balls?" ”

"Yes, in the morning, Ah Cai brought two big mackerel over, I thought about making fish balls directly, making a pot and eating it for a few days, so as not to cook it at night and eat it, and there will be no fish to eat in the next few days, you can chop it if you are idle."

"Okay."

Ye Xiaoxi was also relieved to see that the big white goose was doing well, and then squatted in front of it and muttered, not knowing what to say, and patting the bamboo basket a few times from time to time.

It's almost the New Year, and the old lady is the most idle in the family, so she sits at the door and watches her.

It wasn't until she heard the sound of firecrackers from the children outside that she was drawn in, got up and ran outside, and then joined in the mad run.

The old lady hurriedly knocked on the window to ventilate the news, "Hurry up, hurry up, Xiao Jiu ran out to play, if you want to kill the goose, kill it quickly." ”

Ye Yaodong immediately wiped the fish paste on the surface of the knife, wiped it with a rag casually, and then came out with the knife, and quickly took the basket away with Ye's father, and then killed the goose and bled the goose.

During this period, the old lady kept standing outside the courtyard gate to let out the wind, and looked at Ye Xiaoxi by the way.

It's almost the New Year, it's normal to kill chickens, ducks and geese, every household is like this, but his family is like a thief, and he has to kill while the child is away, and someone has to watch the wind at the door.

"You guys be smart, the boiling water in the pot is boiled." The old lady craned her neck to watch the wind and urged the father and son in the yard.

Father Ye muttered helplessly, "It's like stealing other people's geese, and when it's served at night, don't you eat it anyway?" You may be able to eat it more deliciously than anyone else. ”

"That's different, I don't know what kind of meat it is if I don't see it, and when I come back and see it's gone, I'll take her to the back door to see, there are three more at the back door."

"Hurry up and take boiling water and scald it to pluck the hair, such a big one, it will take a while to pluck the hair, don't show her it, otherwise she will cry and roll on the ground."

The father and son are really like thieves, even plucking their hair together, fighting quickly, and listening to the movements outside with their ears pricked up.

Fortunately, their house has a small courtyard around it, and you can't see the inside from the outside.

When Ye Xiaoxi was tired of running outside and wanted to come back to find her mother, the father and son had already finished cleaning the battlefield, and the goose had also finished removing its feathers and putting them in the bucket, and slipped to the table to ensure that she could not see a little shadow.

"In vain?"

"My vain?"

"Ah Tai, what about it?"

Ye Xiaoxi rummaged all over the yard, looking everywhere, every basket had to be pulled and searched, and he didn't even let go of the kennel, grabbed the little black man inside and pulled out the dog's head, and put his head in to find it.

"At the back door, put it at the back door", the old lady smiled and slowly stepped forward to take her, "I'll take you to see it." ”

Ye Xiaoxi followed the old lady to the back door with puzzled eyes.

Ye Yaodong sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed and watched TV, watching her being deceived with a smile on his face.

She saw a few big geese at the back door wandering leisurely there, and she was really satisfied, and after taking a look, she ran out to play again, not knowing that one was missing.

It wasn't until she went to the table in the afternoon to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and was punctured by Ye Chenghu's sentence that the goose meat was really delicious, and she burst into tears again.

"No, in vain."

"There are five of them in our family, and my father killed one a few days ago, and he killed another one today."

"No~" Ye Xiaoxi retorted stubbornly with tears in his eyes.

Ye Yaodong glared at his eldest son, "I can't stop your mouth if you eat, which eye did you see us killing geese?" ”

"Really, I saw the goose feathers you picked up, and this pot on the table is goose meat."

Ye Xiaoxi cried out in an instant, but when the meat in her mouth was about to fall, she caught it with her hand and stuffed it back, bit it a few times and continued to cry.

"What are you crying about, you've eaten so much."

"Ye Chenghu, if you talk again, the New Year's money will be halved."

Ye Chenghu immediately covered his mouth and said vaguely: "I don't say it." ”

Lin Xiuqing also coaxed the little chubby dun in his arms, "Don't listen to my brother, this is someone else's goose, not ours, haven't you seen our goose?" It's still there. ”

Ye Xiaoxi shed tears while chewing the meat in his mouth, "Really? ”

"Really, eat it, it's bought."

She shrugged her shoulders, slowly put away her tears, and continued to eat the fragrant meat, finished all the meat in the bowl, and inserted two fish balls with chopsticks before leaving the table.

"You have to take the chopsticks back after eating, and you can't play with the chopsticks, you know?"

"Uh-huh."

Ye Chenghu also hurriedly put the chopsticks down, "I've finished eating too, what about my New Year's money?" ”

"I'll take a shower after eating, and I'll give you New Year's money after taking a bath."

"I'm going to have to wait until I get a shower...... I've been waiting for a day..."Ye Chenghu looked at his mother's eyes, he could only suppress his eagerness, and went to fetch water and take a bath first, he was afraid that if he protested for a while, the New Year's money would be halved.

Ye Chengyang also hurriedly put down his chopsticks and went to take a bath, and he hadn't put on his new clothes yet.

"Remember to bring the sleeve cover, if you roll on the ground again after taking a shower and stain your new clothes, you will wear torn clothes tomorrow on the first day of the New Year."

The two responded while playing water.

They eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner relatively early, and it is not dark after eating, Lin Xiuqing is afraid that the two children are too dirty to play, and they can't survive tonight, so they don't ask them to take a bath so early, and plan to let them wash after the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so that they may be able to survive tomorrow.

Ye Xiaoxi also put on a beautiful big saffron cotton jacket after taking a bath, tied a small tweet on the top of his head, and clamped a red hairpin, looking particularly festive.

It's just that she is still young, Lin Xiuqing is afraid that she will get dirty after following the eldest child for a while, and deliberately put a smock on her before she goes out, so that if it is dirty, it will only be dirty.

She only gave them 5 cents for the New Year's money, and Ye Xiaoxi only had 5 cents, which meant a little.

A few children next door came over to call Ye Chenghu after dinner, and she also gave each of them a dollar by the way, as usual, so as not to give it next door.

Before they went out to play, she also told them that if the aunts gave them New Year's money, remember to take it back and tell her that they couldn't put it in their pockets, because they would drop it if they ran around outside.

All three of them were fine, but no one came back until it was dark and they were about to go to bed.

Lin Xiuqing began to burn gold and silver treasures after dinner, and then busily cleaned up, and washed the family's clothes at night, so as not to pile up for the New Year, and he didn't have time to take care of a few children.

When she was done, the children were nowhere to be found, and her husband was gone, so she had to look for the children all over the village, and she was not idle for a moment.

Ye Yaodong patted his ass after taking a shower after dinner and went to play cards with friends, and did not come back until he went to the Mazu Temple at twelve o'clock at night to make incense.

As soon as she pushed open the door, Lin Xiuqing's crackling nagging sound rang out.

"I slipped away after eating, and I didn't know how many children I ran, and I didn't know how many children I saw."

"I slipped away before I finished eating, I took a shower before leaving, what do children want to see? It's good to play by yourself, whose children play and adults follow behind the buttocks? It's good to let them play on their own, and it's good to know where to go when you sleep anyway, and know where the door is opening. ”

As soon as he locked the door, he began to undress.

"Do you know where to run those nights?"

"Where?"

"They went to the dry toilet and set off firecrackers to blow up the, so I couldn't find it everywhere, but it turned out that other people's children found me and complained, saying that our group of children blew up other people's children."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but laugh, "Isn't this quite normal?" It's good if you don't blow yourself up, anyway, the is on others, at most drag them back and beat them, and take advantage of the New Year to tighten their skins, otherwise they won't be able to fight if they want to fight at the beginning of tomorrow. ”

"I play everything every day, but I am too big for the New Year, I have pocket money in every pocket, and the money I put in your daughter's pocket at night has been coaxed away by the two boys."

"That's really going to be fought."

"Even the eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law quietly hid the New Year's money they gave them at night, and they didn't come back to tell me, for fear that I would collect it for them."

"And then?"

He climbed into bed, glanced at Ye Xiaoxi, who was sleeping in the corner, and only after covering her with the quilt did he pull the quilt and cover it himself.

"I went to the dry toilet to bring them all back, and I didn't say anything when I asked, and ran upstairs to hide, and I just asked if your daughter had any red envelopes, and she said that my brother took it."

The two children ran upstairs to the stairs and threw down her two red envelopes, saying that they were kept for her, so that she would not lose them.

"When I asked them for their red envelopes, I didn't say anything, and I went upstairs to lock the door, and I didn't come down all night, which is to see that tomorrow the first day of the Lunar New Year can't be played."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but smile again, "I still have a lot of eyes, and I know how to get through tonight first." ”

"After a few days, I can save up and fight, and I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth."

"If you are brought back, you will be beaten anyway, so it is better to cover the New Year's money tightly."

Ye Yaodong has warm fragrant nephrite in his arms, and his hands are not honest.

Lin Xiuqing slapped his hand away and glared at him, "That's how you teach." ”

"How can I teach them, and they will understand for themselves."

"I was reluctant to take out my money to buy firecrackers, and I took the five cents in your daughter's pocket to buy it, but your daughter only said that her brother took it, and she couldn't say the specifics.

"That's going to be fought."

"Stop being a hooligan, I just finished yesterday......"

"Aren't you looking forward to the New Year's Eve cannon? Wouldn't you be disappointed if I didn't behave well at night? ”

"It's long past time, it's not a New Year's Eve cannon ......"

"That's okay, in previous years, it was a New Year's Eve cannon, this year it was changed to the first cannon of the New Year, the first day of the new year, of course, you have to fire the first cannon of this year, this is all 1985, cooperate well, and give full play to the temptation of your young wife......"

Lin Xiuqing can't hear the word young woman now, and the two words that were originally quite serious make people think about it when they say it to him......

The next morning, Ye Chenghu and Ye Chengyang swaggered downstairs to wash their faces and brush their teeth like no one, Lin Xiuqing's cold and fluttering eyes they all turned a blind eye, and their faces were still giggling and saying Happy New Year, Wishing you prosperity.

"You two will probably be able to laugh more than the fifth year of junior high school."

Ye Yaodong also squeezed the toothpaste and followed them to brush their teeth, and the father and son squatted neatly in a row.

"Dad, don't everyone say the first seven, can't make us happy for two more days......"

"Phew", he knocked directly on the hammer in the fifth watch, "Shut your stinky mouth, the bad luck of the New Year." ”

"What's wrong? I didn't do anything. Ye Chenghu covered his head and looked at his father blankly, he didn't know what he said wrong.

"If you had said that directly to your mother, you wouldn't have had to spend this year."

"Why?"

"You wait until after fifteen to ask your mother."

Ye Chengyang asked with some hesitation: "Dad, will my mother forget about the New Year's money in a few days?" ”

"Do you think she'll forget?"

Ye Chengyang blinked his eyes, his face full of sadness.

Ye Chenghu said vaguely with bubbles in his mouth: "Aren't we going to grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings?" You can go to your grandmother's house for a few days, and come back when school starts, your mother must have forgotten. ”

"It's pretty beautiful, who wants to keep you for a few days? These days, let's have a good time, and when the New Year's skin is over, it will be tightened, and I should be happy and happy anyway. ”

"Then I'll spend the money, and when the time comes, my mother wants to take my money to marry my wife, but I can't get it, otherwise I will be beaten in vain."

"Don't want a wife?"

"No, I'm going to use my money to buy firecrackers."

"Very good, don't ask me for money when you grow up, say you want to pick up girls."

"Hey, Dad, we're all wearing new clothes, are we going to take a group photo today?"

"Yes, wait a while for your grandfather and grandma to come over, and we'll take a group photo after breakfast."

Ye Chengyang hurriedly said: "Dad, I want to sit in the motorcycle and shoot!" ”

Ye Chenghu also hurriedly raised his hand, "I want it too!" I'm still going to stand next to the tractor and shoot! ”

"Okay."

Of course, the new big items added this year have to be photographed, if it weren't for the fact that the big boat couldn't dock, he would want to park all the boats at home and take a picture in a row.

But it doesn't matter, it's only two years since his ten boats are collected, and when all of them are collected, it will be better, more spectacular, and more shocking.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone is dressed brand new and neat, and their faces are full of joy, and it is best to take pictures.

After the meal, he also remembered it, and asked a few children to call Emi and Ah Guang over, this year can be regarded as a group photo, a family photo.

As early as a few days ago, there were people from photo studios in the village who came to take pictures, and many families took pictures last year, but they didn't take pictures this year.

However, those who didn't take pictures last year will choose to take pictures this year, especially those who have made a lot of money this year, and they have to take a few more photos of a single person for the whole family.

So when their family took pictures, many people watched, but they didn't think about asking Ye Yaodong to help them take pictures like last year.

When Ye Huimei came over, she also brought all the New Year's money to be given to them by the way, a red envelope for each person.

They were all so happy that they flew up, but not long after they grinned, they turned their heads and were ruthlessly confiscated after taking pictures.

"Brother Ahai, aren't you going to marry a wife? Why is there still New Year's money? ”

"Nonsense, I'm still a kid."

Ye Yaodong made fun of him, "Because he hasn't saved enough for his wife, he can't marry yet, and when he saves a little more money for the New Year, your aunt will marry him." ”

Ye Huimei also smiled and quipped, "When he saves enough money, marries a wife, and has a child, you will have to give his child New Year's money at that time." ”

"Huh? No way? ”

"Really? Why? ”

"Because when his child is born, you are the ones who will be uncles and aunts, of course you will have to give the child New Year's money." Lin Xiuqing also smiled and mended a knife for the children.

"That's not good, Brother Ahai, you still don't want to marry a wife, I don't have any money."

"I don't have any money, big brother, don't save it, don't marry ......"

"Yes, I don't have any money, you don't want to marry a wife......"

Ye Chenghai glared at the younger brothers and sisters who gathered around him, begging him not to marry his wife's younger siblings, "Get out." ”

After saying that, he pushed aside the crowd and hurried to run.

"Big brother, let's set off firecrackers together, don't be angry, it's useless for my wife to take it......"

"Brother Ahai, wait for me......"

One ran away, and the group behind them also followed, and they shouted at him not to marry his wife as he ran, so that the other friends almost thought that he was about to marry a wife, and almost jumped up in anger and beat them all.

The New Year is actually the most boring, from morning to night there is nothing to do, the work that should be done, the year before it was done, the rest is to walk the streets and alleys of all kinds of New Year's greetings to say compliments, after the worship on the card, the whole village is like this, regardless of men and women, either playing cards or playing mahjong.

From morning to night, I didn't walk a few steps in the village, but there was a small table set up.

It's the same when I go to my father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of junior high school, that is, I play cards and wait for food, and then go home after eating.

This is true for adults, and the same is true for children, which is equivalent to playing in another village, playing until the meal is time to go home for dinner, and continue to go out to play after eating, but it will have a few more freshness.

It's just that after dinner in advance, when they were about to go home, the children of the Lin family were reluctant to stand by the tractor.

"Uncle, didn't you say that we would go to your place for a few days when we waited for the New Year?"

"Yes, what you just said when you took Ah Yuan and them to the city, adults have to be counted when they speak."

"You said you wanted us to live in a building!"

"Huh? Did I say that? Ye Yaodong smiled and looked at the group of children surrounding them in front of him.

The group of children all nodded their heads, "yes, that's what you said." ”

"You're an adult, you can't talk and don't count."

"Aren't adults cheating on children?"

"Lying grows nose!"

Mother Lin scolded her grandson, "Don't make trouble, for the New Year, whoever has time to greet you can just play at your own house......"

Sister-in-law Lin also pulled the clothes of several of her children, "Be obedient, just play at your own house, otherwise you will be beaten during the New Year." ”

Ye Chenghu interceded, "Dad, will you let Brother Ah Yuan and them go to our house to play, they are so pitiful, they just said that they will go to the city to sell steamed buns in a few days, and they have never seen the sun." ”

Lin Guangyuan watched with a blank eye.

"We're going too, we haven't seen my sister-in-law and uncle's building!"

"Chenghu told Yangyang that they sleep in the building every day, sleep upstairs every day, and climb the stairs upstairs and downstairs every day, it's so cool!"

Second sister-in-law Lin also pulled a few of her own clothes and didn't let them come up, "There are so many of you, who can stand it?" ”

"We'll be good!"

"Good fart, I didn't finish the day yesterday, and I was blown up by firecrackers in my body, and everyone in the New Year wore new clothes, and you wore torn clothes."

Ye Yaodong smiled and looked at the group of children who were looking at him, and sighed in his heart, he could already imagine the days of chickens flying and dogs jumping in the next few days.

Lin Xiuqing smiled and said one step ahead of him: "If you want to go, then go to play for a few days, the New Year's Eve is also going to pay New Year's greetings everywhere, it's nothing to go to my house for a few days, and you have to go to your new home if you haven't been there." ”

"They're so noisy, if all seven or eight of them go to the house, the roof of your house will be lifted for them."

"Then see if they are well-behaved, listen to them or not, and if they are not obedient or disobedient, they will be sent back overnight, and they will not be allowed to sleep in the building." Ye Yaodong also said with a smile.

"We must be obedient!"

"Wow, my sister-in-law and my uncle said yes, we can go."

"We can go to my sister-in-law's house for a few days and live in the building."

"I'm going to ride a tractor! Finally able to ride a tractor! ”

"I still have a motorcycle at home, which is a side three-wheeler, and a cross-bucket, which can sit several people, but it is majestic, I sit ...... every day"

"Yes, yes, and motorcycles, great, can we also ride ......"

"If you want to be beautiful, then you have to agree with me."

When the children heard that the couple should come down, they jumped up for joy and were very excited.

"Don't be noisy, be obedient, don't break your sister-in-law's things, be well-behaved, or I'll bring you back overnight."

"Bring your own pocket money and spend it."

"Then mother, can you give me back my New Year's money?"

"Then don't go."

"Go!"

Ye Yaodong said with a smile: "My building has a building, but there is no bed upstairs, there are so many of you, if you sleep upstairs, you can only sleep on the floor, and if you sleep downstairs, there is a bed." ”

"Floor!"

"We're going to sleep on the floor, not the bed!"

"Let's go, then."