Shan Liang carried the thirty yuan and one pound of anise he bought, walked to the side of the single father and single mother, and stuffed the bag into the shopping cart pulled by the single father, and Shan Liang took the small cart and pulled it himself.

The single father saw Shan Liang coming back and asked, "How is it, how much did you buy the star anise?"

Shan Liang said solemnly: "The man asked for thirty yuan a catty, I still paid for fifteen, he asked for twenty-four, I repaid twelve, and he said to give me a catty." ”

Hearing Shan Liang's god bargaining, the corners of Shan Liang's mouth twitched and asked, "Then this is a gift from someone?"

"No, I bought it for 30 yuan a catty, for the New Year, just kidding. Shan Liang said with a smile in his hand, and then pulled the car and walked forward.

"You're going to tease you, stinky boy. The single father said with some tears and laughter.

Shan Liang, who had witnessed the conversation between father and son throughout the whole process, was already amused at this time, looking at Shan Liang's back and asking his wife expectantly: "Old man, has Ah Liang's mentality changed back?"

The single father looked at his smiling wife, naturally very aware of his wife's expectations, sighed lightly and said: "I know that you are worried that Ah Liang will become uncannibalistic, no matter whether it changes or does not change, Ah Liang is our child, and our children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, as long as we take care of our bodies to accompany him for a while longer, old woman, don't think too much, ah." ”

Shan Liang's mentality has indeed changed, when he first took refuge in Qinghui Mountain, his mentality became indifferent step by step; Later, when he found that Lingqi was about to return, he tried his best to improve his cultivation and prepare for the future, and his mentality began to become eager with a hint of excitement; Yes, for practitioners, Lingqi's return is a prosperous era with uncertainty, and now, after Shan Liang went down the mountain, he accompanied his parents to catch up with the big gathering, seeing the prosperity and excitement of the world, Shan Liang's mentality began to become calm again. Passion unique to nature and young people.

After a few days of busyness, the preparation of the New Year's goods this link finally came to an end, at this time it was already the 28th of the lunar month, and then began to concentrate on haircuts, bathing, although Shan Liang did not have an uncle, but he still followed the saying of "not shaving his head in the first month, shaving his head and killing his uncle", although this sentence is a fallacy without any scientific basis. But now this sentence has been valued by everyone in the local area, and it will even cause conflicts between relatives, especially between uncles and nephews, and Shan Liang will naturally not be maverick.

The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, also known as Chinese New Year's Eve, is also the busiest day. From the morning, it is necessary to prepare Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, paste Spring Festival couplets, make dumplings, invite family first, and so on, and even start cooking meat and stewed chicken from the night before.

Unlike other people's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which starts at night, Shan Liang's home starts at noon. After a busy morning, the noon dinner table is full of ribs, stewed chicken, fish and shrimp and so on a total of eight dishes, usually do not drink much single father also opened a bottle of good wine, Shan Liang drank drinks to accompany the father, it is worth mentioning that this stewed chicken is Shan Liang in Qinghui Mountain to raise chicken, now Qinghui Mountain running chicken is all served to the table of eight brothers.

After lunch, Shan Liang's family of three began to work again, Shan Liang is responsible for pasting Spring Festival couplets, window flowers and blessing characters; single mother is responsible for making dumplings and playing paper money; single father is responsible for preparing a series of preparations for inviting the family, first prepare a special card, this is to take two steamed buns as the base, thin sorghum pole as the shelf, a piece of red paper folded into the style of the tablet set on the shelf, the red paper tablet is written on the "single ancestor of the three generations of the spirit of the ancestors".

In the evening, the single father with a single beam with a dustpan on the ancestral tablet, the single mother played paper money and some sacrifices to the downstairs to the direction of the ancestral tomb began to burn paper money worship, single Liang watched his father's actions to do it together, after burning the paper money, the single father whispered a few words and then began to walk back with the tablet, single Liang followed the single father in the single father into the house after the door put down the barricade, the tablet worship on the offering table to light incense, after placing the offerings, please complete the ceremony first.

After doing this series of things, all that remains is to watch the Spring Festival Gala and eat dumplings, although today's Spring Festival Gala is becoming more and more criticized, but I have to say that the Spring Festival Gala is still the best program for Chinese people during the Spring Festival.

Although the Chinese New Year's Eve has the custom of vigil, but now this is not very valued, most people are after twelve o'clock in the morning even if it means vigil, Shan Liang's family is no exception, single father and single mother are old and do not have the energy to keep vigil, Shan Liang is not interested in this, so the family rested after twelve o'clock in the morning.

In the past, before the ban on fireworks, whenever there was a ban on fireworks, it was necessary to set off a whole hanging firecracker at this time, which was called a pull bar locally, and then I heard the continuous crackling sound of firecrackers and colorful fireworks, and now the Spring Festival without fireworks makes the New Year taste much less lively, so the entire Chinese New Year's Eve ended in a hurry in a calm.

On the first day of the new year, to relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings, the single mother called Shan Liang to get up early and set off for the New Year, before going out to pay New Year's greetings, the single father quietly came to Shan Liang and took out a big red envelope, Shan Liang saw the single father's actions and couldn't laugh or cry, "Dad, how old am I, how can I still ask for your New Year's money." ”

The single father looked at Shan Liang, who was crying and laughing, and said solemnly: "Ah Liang, this is not a red envelope for your New Year's money." ”

Shan Liang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the single father say this, so he looked at the single father curiously, waiting for the single father's answer to the meaning of this red envelope.

The single father knew what he meant when he saw Shan Liang's expression, so he very solemnly stuffed the red envelope into Shan Liang's hand before Shi Shiran said: "This is a single dog condolence fund specially prepared for you, you think, you will definitely see a pair of small couples going to visit the New Year, so your mother and I have taken into account your feelings for a while, and specially prepared this single dog condolence money, take it well, even if it is a little comfort from our parents." ”

Looking at the single father and mother who couldn't hold back their smiles anymore, Shan Liang suddenly felt that it was a very stupid decision to go to the New Year, and he also had a bad premonition in his heart.

This day is quite an embarrassing day for Shan Liang, every time I go to a relative's friend's house to pay New Year's greetings, I will be asked by the elders how about work, whether I am looking for a girlfriend and so on, every time I am asked about Shan Liang will be very embarrassed, I can't say that I am practicing on the mountain, so every time Shan Liang is embarrassed to answer "Yes yes yes, you are right", "work is good", "I am working hard" and so on, so that the head of Shan Liang is bigger in a circle, and I can't immediately go back to Qinghui Mountain to hide.

After the embarrassing first day of the new year, Shan Liang also began to be idle, there are not many relatives in his family, and there are fewer relatives to be sent to, which makes Shan Liang very relaxed, so he often gets together with the seven brothers to drink tea and play cards. Shan Liang, who changed his mentality, began to become lively, which made all seven brothers have a feeling that Shan Liang before the coma is back!

On the fifteenth day of the first month, after Shan Liang accompanied his parents to eat the Lantern Festival, watched the dragon lanterns, and enjoyed the lanterns, this Lantern Festival ended, and with the end of the Lantern Festival, this whole set of New Year's Eve will also end.

Now there are only seven days left until the day when the second dragon raises its head in February!