Wen Shuo walked to the pile of gifts, took the largest one out, opened it on the table, and said with a relaxed smile: "Sister-in-law, there are a lot of persimmons this year, and they have been eaten in the box until now, and now they are all ripe, so I brought some down to eat with the family." ”

"You have a heart, I'm thinking about persimmons."

"Then I'll be able to bring it well." Wen Shuo laughed suddenly, obviously feeling that he had matured and become ten points of trouble, so he looked a little stupid again.

"Of course, thank you for your kindness." Lin Piao said with a smile.

Lin Piao went up the mountain a few times, persimmon Shen Hong and Ergou have taken him to eat a lot, a few times before he also brought a lot of it down to the second aunt and them to eat, but the family is unevenly divided, one person can't eat two and it's gone, and now he has brought such a big box down, but he can eat it twice more.

Several people stood up and helped take out the persimmons and set them up, and when it was time to serve the food, Han Xiu rolled up the cufflinks and walked up to pick up the food.

The second sister-in-law grabbed the plate and said that she wouldn't let him serve it: "Sit quickly, sit down, this dish is very hot, don't burn your hands." ”

Han Xiu had no choice but to get out of the way, turned around and brought up the two pickled dishes that had been prepared on the small table on the stove.

Wen Shuo and a few other classmates also tried to come up to help, and the family gathered around in a hurry, but in a chaotic order, they put the two tables together to form a large long table, and in a short time the meal was all laid out, and two large plates of persimmon pastries were also loaded.

Lin Piao prepared some rice wine and fruit wine for them at home in advance, so that they could have two drinks on this day.

Several of their classmates sat next to each other, their families sat next to each other on the other side, and Shen Hong and Lin Piao sat in the middle, greeting the people on both sides respectively.

There is no need to say anything more about such a lively atmosphere, and it is joyful to put the meal on the table, talking and laughing with joy on the face, as if the events of the past year have disappeared, and the dark clouds that have pressed on the head have also disappeared, only the present reunion and happiness, there is no struggle and power here, only food and wine, family and friends, and the steaming meal is filled with fireworks, in the smile of everyone's eyebrows and eyes.

After eating, everyone chatted, drank some fruit wine, and when they had almost rested, they removed the food plate and brought the cake.

Lin Piao considered that there were many people, but the mold was not large, and the larger cake embryo might not be baked thoroughly, so he made two cakes, both of which were red noodles, one with cream written 'Shen Hong's birthday joy' and the other with peace and health.

Blowing out candles is not friendly in the current cultural context, generally people go out of the lights, blow out the lamp and pull out wax and other words, Lin Piao canceled this link, took out a clean and brand new knife to cut the cake, and then one person divided a piece, as if eating a longevity peach to share the blessing of the atmosphere.

Han Xiu sat in front of the cake, and today they promised Shen Hong not to discuss anything related to the imperial court or Shangjing in his house, so they ate slowly and methodically, and after swallowing the food, he raised his eyes from time to time to look at several classmates, and said with a smile a few interesting things about being reprimanded by the ancestors.

He occasionally looked at Erzhu, except for Lingyue and Lin Piao, the people in Shen Hong's family were all the first time he had seen everyone else, especially this young man called Erzhu, he had always thought that Shen Hong's family should all be scholars, but Erzhu looked like a martial arts practitioner, and he felt quite unique when he stood in the crowd.

Han Xiu looked at Shen Hong: "This brother of your family is a martial artist?" ”

"Yes, he recognized his master in the martial arts training ground, and he often practices martial arts over there, and he is going to take the exam this year."

Han Xiu nodded, he had heard that there was a martial arts training ground in the county government, but what he heard was all from the family nursing home or the dart, and he was a little surprised to hear Shen Hong say this, and praised: "It is very good to have high ambitions and serve the country loyally." ”

Erzhu was still holding a plate of dazzling cakes.

Seeing this, Shen Hong said: "It is not easy to take the exam now, and it is not easy to make achievements no matter where the forces are entrenched. ”

Han Xiu nodded in agreement: "Indeed. ”

The martial arts examination is not like the literary examination, and because the royal family attaches great importance to the literary examination, although there are many people who engage in favoritism and irregularities, there is a limit to the number of places that can be occupied, even if it is for the sake of looking good, and there are still places reserved for truly talented people.

The martial arts examination is different, and when you see the real chapter on the stage, they are all fought with one punch and one kick, and the martial arts are bloody and brave, and they are also common to seek revenge in private.

Han Xiu thought for a moment: "I do have an elder I know, let him take care of it when the time comes, so that he will not suffer a loss in the exam." ”

"Thank you, Brother Han, it's so reassuring."

Lin Piao listened, turned his head and looked at the seat in the distance.

Erzhu was still holding a plate of dazzling cakes.

Another piece of dazzling.

Alas, fools have foolish blessings.

After finishing the meal and going to the big house for recreation, almost two hours had passed, and the carriage that had come to pick up Han Xiu and the others had already stopped at the door, and since they had gone down the mountain, they were bound to go home to see their families, and then they made an appointment to go back to the study together at night.

Shen Hong and Ergou stayed at home, sat with them, and talked and chatted with the whole family.

The dishes were all packed up in the big basin next to the stove, and the second aunt planned to ask someone to do the work to clean up all the things later, and after they stayed with the family for a while, they had to go to Tongxi Lou to count the goods and ingredients, and there was still work to be done in the afternoon.

The big basin for mixing cream was still on the edge of the stove, and Erzhu went to take the basin and found the remaining leftovers, intending to stir them in and dip them in the cream to get rid of all the leftovers.

Seeing this, Lin Piao's hand itched, his fingers wiped the edge of the cream basin, and turned around and wiped it on Shen Hong's face.

The slippery feeling and the skin with body temperature swept across his cheeks, Shen Hong was startled, leaned back slightly, and looked at him with a smile when he saw that his sister-in-law was doing a prank.

"Happy Birthday!"

The people at the table saw Shen Hong's rare teasing, and seeing his stunned expression and the cream marks that slid from his cheeks to the tip of his nose, it was the first time they saw Shen Hong's stunned expression, and they all laughed.

"Sister-in-law......"

Shen Hong didn't expect Lin Piao to make such an arrogant move in public, but fortunately, the courtyard was full of his own family, and no one else saw it.

"Sister-in-law, don't mess around all the time." He said softly.

Lin Piao saw that his expression was not angry at all, and he was still gentle, but his words were rare to say about himself, so he said: "Okay, okay, I know, don't worry, I'll go get you a veil." ”

Lin Piao got up and went to get a handkerchief for him, and then stood beside him, Shen Hong stretched out his hand to pick up the handkerchief, the handkerchief did not fall on his hand, directly covered half of his face, Lin Piao reached out and wiped it off directly for him, and then leaned over and took a closer look, seeing that there was still a trace on the bridge of his nose, and wiped it again.

"Alright, it's clean."

Shen Hong silently withdrew his hand, sat quietly on the stool, looked down at the melon seeds in front of him, raised his hand and peeled the melon seeds slowly.

Sister-in-law came over to see if his face was wiped clean.

Some are too close.

Shen Hong frowned slightly, and the emotions that appeared almost instantly disappeared on his face.

Should he remind his sister-in-law not to continue like this?

Such an unruly and evasive intimacy.

It made him feel something strange.

He couldn't tell, but ...... Not necessarily a good thing.

After Lin washed the veil and returned to his seat, Shen Hongzheng was sitting with the family peeling melon seeds and eating them, and all of them were placed on the table.

Lin Piao reached over and stole the melon seeds he had peeled.

Shen Hong looked at the hand that suddenly stretched out in front of him, under the cuffs of the fur was the back of the snow-white thin hand, the fingers were slightly curved, and he grabbed the melon seeds, it was cold in winter, and the already fair skin was even paler under the cold, and the bruised veins were looming under the skin.

Shen Hong glanced at Lin Piao helplessly.

Eat, eat.

Sister-in-law is a child's temper, white and old.

Fang Cai's thoughts dissipated in an instant.

Lin Piao originally wanted to tease Shen Hong, on such a good birthday, it was a little meaningless not to tease today's protagonist, but Shen Hong's eyes looked at it, as if he was naughty, and there was no complaint and anger that a child should have.

Lin Piao felt that he had really made a mistake, how could a young and old man like Shen Hong get angry and complain about these little things.

"Come, you're half and I'm half." After Lin Piao divided the melon seeds into two and returned half to him, everyone sat and continued to chatter.

Lunch was late, and the meal time lasted for a long time, and when it came to dinner, except for Erzhu's family, they were basically not hungry, Lin Piao loaded Shen Hong and Ergou with some cake embryos cut into pieces, in order to facilitate the belt, cut them in the middle, smeared a layer of cream, and filled the food boxes one by one: "You will take this away later, you can eat it in the evening and night." ”

"Sister-in-law is bothered."

Ergou was surprised: "Thank you, sister-in-law!" He had a mediocre feeling for sweets, but the cake did taste good and smooth, and now he saw that his sister-in-law had prepared so many more for them to take to the mountains to eat, and his heart was full of pride and happiness.

"It's okay, now that you are all growing your body, you must remember to say what you want to eat when you come back, how long your body is and how long your brain is, this is a big matter."

When it got dark, Han Xiu, Wen Shuo and the others gathered, and Shen Hong and Ergou also went back to the academy together.

In the middle of winter, in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the New Year, Ergou wrote a letter back, asking his father and mother to come to the county government for the New Year, he had already booked an inn for his father and mother in advance, and wanted them to come to the county government to have a lively time and enjoy the blessings.

In winter, the snow was thick, and the letter was sent out early, and it was not until two days before the New Year that the second dog father and mother rushed from home to the county government.

Xiaoyue and Juan'er teamed up, got Lin Piao's New Year's gift bag, brought needlework and embroidery bandages and some fabrics back, they wanted to go home to embroider something for their parents to use, and also asked the family to see how they had learned their craft in the past year.

Lin Piaotuo sent them home safely for the New Year, and it was not easy to end the year, so they could go home for a reunion on such a big day.

The cubs in the family are a lot more mature than last year, like Ergou and Da Zhuang, they don't need others to help them do things to worry about, they arrange things inside and out of the house properly, how to deal with all kinds of affairs is also clear, especially Ergou, in the reception of his father and mother, the posture is very mature and sensible, his father and mother sent to the inn after some entrustment, and then use silver money to make a little two, so that he always has hot water towels and charcoal basins, together with the operation of the clouds, see the two of them are simply tears, It feels like the son they sent to the city to study has grown up and become so capable in a blink of an eye.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Hong wrote a couplet for his family, and the red paper and black letters were pasted on the door, and the taste of the year became stronger.

Lin Piao and the second aunt had a disagreement about the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the second aunt felt that in the past there were no conditions, and the New Year could not be stressed, but now that the conditions are good, the New Year must be well paid, and the biggest one is that the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner should be cooked more, and it should be eaten from the 30th to the 15th of the Chinese New Year's Eve, so that it can be called a surplus every year, and only then can it be regarded as money not earned in vain.

And the winter vegetables will not be bad, and it will not be in the way to make more and eat them slowly.

Lin Piao resolutely said that he could eat one meal for three days, but not for 15 days, and that every meal should have some fresh vegetables.

At Lin Piao's insistence, the second aunt thought about it and looked at Lin Piao with a sudden understanding.

"Piao'er, let's talk about this for a long time, we are thinking too much, there are two pillars here, and no matter how much we do, there is no reason to eat from the first day of junior high school to the tenth and fifteenth."

Lin Piao: "......" turned his head to look at the second pillar sitting on the side.

Reasonable.

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal consists of 18 dishes, of which 10 are meat dishes, and the remaining eight dishes are basically semi-vegetarian dishes, vegetarian dishes, dim sum, and so on.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, they went to see the place where the county government had set up lanterns, bought a few and hung them under the eaves, in fact, there was nothing to play here for the New Year, and the biggest fun was to put a firecracker and take a look at the lanterns that had not changed in style.

The only thing that can make this year interesting is only in their own hall, burning a hot stove, lighting a charcoal basin to dry their hands, keeping the New Year together, barbecue, eating snacks, and making a lot of jokes, because they are all familiar, and they don't have so many scruples when they talk, Ergou and Erzhu rarely live together for so many days, and they don't laugh at each other when they get together.

The most annoying thing about Erzhu is that Ergou sleeps like boxing, and when he falls asleep, he can dance from the head of the bed to the end of the bed.

Erzhu was naturally happy when he heard this, and he naturally pulled back a little bit when he spoke to Ergou.

Lin Piao looked at the gray sky, carrying a warm hand warmer in his arms, he was used to staying up late after going to bed early, and he couldn't open his eyes, especially when he was eating all the time, he was too full and especially wanted to sleep, so he lowered his head in a daze and leaned on the hand warmer, thinking before he fell asleep.

It's fast, another year has passed.

Lin Piao followed, suddenly woke up by the sound of firecrackers, raised his head and looked around, saw the excited expressions of the family, and knew that it should be early in the morning, and set off the cannons to scare away the Nian Beast.

Erzhu also walked out with a firecracker, Ergou picked up a piece of charcoal with tongs, Lin Piao and the family followed to the door, and saw that Erzhu hung the firecrackers with a bamboo pole, and Ergou went up to light the fuse.

Lin Piao stood under the porch, and a few flying firecracker slag hit him, so that he covered his ears and turned around and ran into the house.

Soon Shen Hong followed, and the firecrackers outside were still crackling, and when the loud sounds disappeared, the whole world finally quieted down.

Shen Hong looked at him: "Sister-in-law, be healthy in the new year." ”

Lin Piao looked at him with a light smile: "You too, be healthy in the New Year, the firecrackers are over, go to sleep." ”

"Yes."

Lin Piao stood up, rubbed his eyes sleepily, and went back to his room to sleep after a simple wash with the hot water on the stove.

After the third year of junior high school, the second aunt and Uncle Qiu returned to Tongxi Building, and there were many people in the county government who ordered dishes for the New Year, and some people went back to eat the whole table, even if they were usually reluctant to go to the restaurant, they would come to order two dishes to take back to add flavor to their own dinner table.

At first, they were worried about money, and they said that they had to go back to the third day of the Lunar New Year, and the two dogs did not know what they were talking to them, so they let them live in the county government until fifteen, and they saw and had fun with everything that should be eaten and played, and then they returned to the village with the big bags and small bags that the two dogs had prepared for them.

After fifteen, the school resumed, Xiaoyue and Juan'er returned from the village, and everything returned to normal.