Xu Zhiqiang took off his old padded jacket and put on new clothes, and the old lady patted Xu Zhiqiang here and there: "It's good, it fits." ”

"Lan Xiu's craftsmanship is getting better and better, and this style is also doing well."

Xu Zhiqiang's body is warm, and his heart is even warmer, so it's better to be his mother.

The old lady said, "Okay, take it off." ”

Xu Zhiqiang was moved, "Mom, what are you doing with this, just wearing it like this, it's very warm." ”

The old lady glared at him: "Ming'er is just celebrating the New Year, and the new clothes are kept for the New Year." ”

"Take it off!"

Xu Zhiqiang looked at how the old lady looked at it at this time, and even his mother stared, he felt that it was a deep maternal love.

He took off his new clothes and put on his old padded jacket, and suddenly saw a large ham on the square table in the room.

Xu Zhiqiang leaned over, and the trademark "Jinhua Ham" was still pasted on it.

"Mom, where did this come from?"

The old lady hurriedly showed, "The New Year's goods that Sissi bought for me and your father were bought in the overseas Chinese store in the capital, and they cost dozens of yuan!" ”

Xu Zhiqiang sighed, "So expensive? ”

"Susie, their family is really willing to give her money!"

The old lady snorted, "Whatever you know, it's all Sissi's own money." ”

Xu Zhiqiang said in surprise: "Where does she make money?" I don't think she's very good at farm work. ”

The old lady waved her hand, "You know what." ”

"Sissi has the ability."

"Forget it, it's not appropriate to tell you."

Xu Zhiqiang was still looking at the ham, "Mom, let's eat this tomorrow." ”

The old lady said: "Okay, just eat, I can't give away this good thing." ”

When Susie and the others were eating in the evening, they didn't see Yu Xue come out to cook.

Susie only felt that Yu Xue was self-inflicted, but if she was kind to Xu Zhiqiang, now Xu Zhiqiang must have cooked all the food for her.

While eating, Susie remembered that she hadn't bought New Year's goods yet, "Let's go to the county seat today, we have to buy some New Year's goods." ”

She wrenched her fingers, "I have to buy a chicken, I have to buy a fish, I have to eat fish for the New Year, so that there is more than enough every year." ”

Zhao Tingting said beside her: "We don't have chickens, what else do we buy?" ”

Susie shook her head, "No, they have to keep the eggs and buy an old hen." ”

Zhao Tingting said again: "We have to eat dumplings in the north for the New Year, why don't we buy some flour dumplings?" ”

Zhu Zhicheng and Qiao Mu both nodded.

Susie said, "Where is the meat?" This Chinese New Year, I'm afraid that meat tickets won't be available in the black market. ”

Zhao Tingting grinned, "Tomorrow the team will share the meat, and everyone will have a share." ”

Susie's eyes lit up, "Really, that's okay, then let's make dumplings." ”

"But you have to buy chickens and fish, and by the way, you have to buy firecrackers, let's have a lively New Year."

After breakfast, several people quickly packed up and went to the side of the highway to take a ride.

It didn't take long for a bus to arrive, and when it stopped, the doors opened, and Susie was stunned as she looked at the full number of people.

Zhao Tingting stepped into the car with an arrow step, and pulled Susie up with her hand, and Qiao Mu and Zhu Zhicheng followed and squeezed in.

Four people stood by the car door, huddled with their chests pressed against their backs.

After walking a short distance, the car stopped again, and Susie hurriedly shouted: "Master, don't stop, this car really can't fit in it." ”

The driver looked behind him and couldn't see anything, and there were people in the aisle blocking his vision.

The driver opened the door anyway, and a man and a woman came up. There are almost no gaps in the carriage.

The car continued to move on.

It was easy for the car to arrive at the county seat, and several people got off the car and felt the atmosphere of the New Year before they got out of the station.

There are a lot more stalls on the street, and no one checks and no one cares about it at this time.

A few people wandered around, and finally bought all the things they wanted to buy.

Susie also bought a bottle of white wine to drink for the New Year.

After walking for a while, I saw a couplet written on the street, Susie said to Zhao Tingting: "Let's buy a pair and stick it on the door, this is the atmosphere of the New Year." ”

The old man took a thick brush, dipped it in ink, and the pen walked away from the dragon and snake, and after a while there was a pair.

Several people squeezed over, and Susie said, "Old man, we want a pair of Spring Festival couplets." ”

The old man took a pen and wrote on the red paper, "The days increase and the years increase the longevity of the people - the spring is full of blessings." ”

Horizontal batch "Vientiane update".

The ink of the couplet that had just been written had not yet dried, so Susie gave two cents, picked up the fan on the table and fanned it for a while, and when the couplet was dry, she carefully rolled it up.

Just as she was leaving, Susie saw that there was still a cut blue paper on the big table, "Ah, haven't you seen this color for a long time?" This color is also quite beautiful. ”

Zhao Tingting hurriedly pulled Susie away, and walked a few steps before whispering: "That kind of couplet was posted when someone in the family was gone." ”

"If someone dies in a year, you can't put a red couplet on the door, you have to stick this blue one."

Susie stuck out her tongue, she really didn't know about the custom.

They didn't post couplets much during the Chinese New Year at that time, and it was troublesome, at most they would post a blessing word on the door.

After buying the things, Susie said very experiencedly: "Let's go to the station to take the car, we won't be able to get up at all halfway." ”

When I arrived at the station to buy tickets, several people were very clever and carried things to get on the train first.

When the train left the station, it was only full, and slowly there were more and more people on the train.

Soon the carriage was crowded again.

It was easy to get to the horn production team, and a few people struggled to squeeze out of the car.

Back to the collective household, the fish were raised in buckets, the old hens were put in the chicken pen, and the white-faced firecrackers were mentioned in Zhu Zhicheng's house.

After buying the New Year's goods, I went to divide the meat the next day.

The production team raised more than a dozen pigs, and ten pigs had to be handed over every year, and the remaining pigs were killed a few days before the New Year, and the whole village was killed to share the meat, and everyone had meat to eat during the New Year.

When she arrived at the threshing floor, Susie felt that the entire production team was here, in addition to the screams of the pigs, there were also the laughter of the aunts, the cries of the children, and the bragging voices of the men.

After a while, Susie felt that her ears were dying.

Looking at it again, the blood was flowing on the ground, and the entire threshing floor was still filled with a fishy smell, Susie couldn't bear it anymore, "You help me get the meat, I'll go back." ”

As soon as she was about to leave, she saw that Yang Laosan was also crowded in the crowd, and she should have also come to receive meat.

One of Yang Laosan's eyes was removed, his eye sockets were empty, he was wearing a shabby cotton jacket, his hands were shrunk in his sleeves, his back was hunched and his head was hanging, and he had completely lost his former vitality.

On such occasions as usual, Yang Laosan ran around, either touching this ass or eating that tofu, but now the whole person is completely wilted.

Qiao Mu also saw Yang Laosan, his eyes swept over carelessly, and then walked to Susie's side, "I'll send you back." ”

Susie smiled, "What is there to give away in such a few steps." ”

Qiao Mu didn't speak, just walked silently next to Susie, he saw Boss Yang in the crowd just now, Boss Yang's eyes were gloomy and compassionate, so he had to be on guard.