Chapter 97: A Peaceful New Year
The dinner of the Ma family was very rich, and it was all the fruit of collective labor.
The division of labor when cooking is very clear: Toya is the commander-in-chief, only moving her mouth and not her hands; Aginai is the general logistics support, and he is short of firewood and less material to collect Zhang Luo; Naren Tuya is the chief cutter, cutting the meat and vegetables as required; Gao Wa is the chief chef and is responsible for cooking the dishes to make them taste......
Of course, Erdemutu can only be a "general escort chat", accompanying Bai Chao Lutian to chat in the north and south of the sea.
At dinner, Erdemutu made an exception and drank alcohol.
As night fell, through the glass window, six people were talking and laughing under the bright lights. This family, which has just experienced the "farewell of life and death", has a rare lively atmosphere and a happy house......
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Bai Chaolu and Gao Wa stayed overnight and then went back to the lantern Gacha, originally Erdemutu and Naren Tuya wanted to stay at their in-laws' house for the New Year in Sarentai, but the two refused, saying that they couldn't throw it away at home.
On the afternoon of the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the sky began to be gloomy, but there was no wind, it was not too cold, and in the evening, the snow began to fall one after another. The snowflakes are so big, it's like someone is throwing goose feathers down in the sky. In just a few minutes, everything in the yard, everything in the village, including everything on the Peacock Screen grassland, turned white. And this white is still "growing", constantly thickening.
Erdemutu sat on the hot kang and looked out, and said involuntarily: Bai Chaolu, this old guy's life is quite good, and when he arrives home, the snow will fall. Otherwise, he must be photographed on the road, and his "white stone" should have "white hair".
Naren Tuya couldn't hear what he was saying, Agina heard the sound that she couldn't squeak, and Toya just couldn't laugh when she heard it.
Erdemutu also said: "It's a loss that our family has sold all the sheep, otherwise the snow will be too big, and we will suffer in the pasture."
The family was silent again.
Snowflakes flutter to promote early spring. On the eve of the Spring Festival, it snows, and I believe that the vibrant spring will not be too far away.
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Chinese New Year's Eve has arrived.
The New Year's flavor of each village on the Peacock Ping grassland is unique.
Chinese New Year's Eve with snow is even more charming.
Sarentai Gacha was lively, and there were "two kicks" exploding in the sky from time to time, and the smell of meat wafted in the air. The children can't close the door of their sturdy homes, and everyone holds the most proud firecrackers and lights a stick of incense while running and putting it off. Some children get a thing called "sliding firecracker", and they are even more proud, they don't need to bring their own tinder, just like a match, the firecracker head is smoking, and quickly throws it out, and it is a "bang" sound for a while, which scares pedestrians and jumps......
According to the traditional customs on the Peacock Ping grassland, on Chinese New Year's Eve, sheep's heads are smoked, sheep's hooves are boiled, and a bonfire is lit in the courtyard. The whole family threw ankle bones, hooves, wine, meat, and dust from the dust swept up on the day of the New Year, and men and women, young and old, joined hands in a circle around the fire, patting their clothes as they turned. Men jumped from the campfire and went from house to house with wine and roasted sheep's heads and trotters to give their blessings to their neighbors, and the recipients came to thank them with the same gifts. After that, the family gathers to play games, play the matouqin or sihu, and sing toasts to celebrate good luck until dawn. On the morning of the first day of the new year, the younger generation presents a "New Year's bowl" to the elders, which contains wine or food, wishing the elders a long life. The elders wished the younger generations a happy New Year with beautiful eulogies and distributed auspicious cakes to the young children as a sign of blessings...... Relatives and friends walked around each other, greeting each other, and it was lively until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
With the development of the times, under the impact of new things such as television, mobile phones, and the Internet, traditional customs are also changing and streamlining.
Matoya's house is even more simple, with no bonfires, no piano sounds, and no long tunes. This year passed quietly in an unassuming manner......
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After the Spring Festival, Matoya's family began a peaceful life and struggle.
After being introduced, Bai Aginai got a "job" - to herd sheep at the pasture. It's hard work, but the income is stable, and it's still the old job. In order to make a living, he had to travel and work......
Toya dared to show her face in front of her family, but as soon as outsiders came, she immediately wrapped her scarf, and even didn't go out of the door or step out of the second door. After a while, I dared not use a scarf at home, and only relatives and friends who were particularly familiar with me could face it directly.
The weather is slowly starting to get warmer. Toya still has to wear a scarf and gloves when she goes out. She's afraid of the cold, and even more afraid - look.
Winter is coming to an end, and the grassland is still yellow, and there is still a thick layer of snow in the shade of the mountain beams, dotted with pieces of white. The sky was still cloudless, high and far away, but it was a little drier and colder than autumn. The aftermath of winter is still there.
Toya's ability to do work is limited to sweeping the floor, holding firewood, and everything that comes into contact with water, including laundry, washing vegetables, washing rice, etc., she can't do, especially when it gets wetted with slightly cooler water, the bones of her injured hands will hurt her heart. Of course, if washing your face is a job, it's the only thing Toya can do herself, and the premise is that the water is hot.
Agina is not home, and Toya starts trying to do some chores outside the house. Erdemutu's health is gradually getting better, and he still needs Naren Tuya's support to go out of the house and go to the toilet, otherwise he will easily fall down even if he is on crutches.
Toya knew that it was the catastrophe at home that hit her father hard, so he never recovered. The family is now fine, with the care and donations of the government and all walks of life, the cost of treating burns has been basically solved, and the house is bought by the government, but the old man's heart is still thinking about his old house, thinking about the sheep he sold, and thinking about his departed grandson......
From autumn to winter, Erdemutu struggled. Fight against life, fight against life, fight against yourself!
From winter to spring, Erdemutu began to sow hope and was full of longing for life.
Toya, who was afraid of the cold, armed herself and carried a broom to sweep the yard.
The yard should be cleaned at least once every two days, otherwise there would be no place to put your feet. Toya is a clean person.
The big black dog "Hari" went with Agina, and the big yellow dog "Xiri" became "lonely" again. It's still so obedient, as soon as Toya comes out of the house, it will always follow her around, like a loyal guard. It's just that "Xiri" has never given birth to a puppy, and the things that Xiaoshan and Xiaoling are looking forward to may really be yellow.
Since her fingers and arms were not very flexible, Toya's movements were clumsy. She swept very carefully, and one after another, she wanted to sweep out a new world.
The yard was swept and clean, and Matoya felt her body sweating slightly and itching, so she hurried into the house.
Matoya's physical strength is much worse than before......