129. Temple fair
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was hearty and tasted great.
Compared with the usual and eternal New Year's menu in the eyes of parents: chicken, duck, fish, and meat, this year's menu is extraordinarily rich.
There are hot pots, all kinds of seafood, and beef and mutton that the people of Zhejiang Province usually eat rarely.
Huang Shouzhen vaguely remembers that when he first went to college, his parents wanted to provide him with education, and the family's economic conditions were not optimistic, after all, the couple is now working in a wooden factory, and their daily salary adds up to more than 100 yuan, so the expenses during the Chinese New Year are actually carefully calculated.
But in the past six months, he has not asked the couple for living expenses once, so to a large extent, it has actually relieved their financial pressure, and during the Chinese New Year, the dishes at home can naturally be much richer.
In addition, my mother and his personality are completely opposite, the former is a person who cares about form and decency, and every time she celebrates the New Year, she always thinks that her family should be more arrogant.
Of course, this does not rule out that she wants to compare with her siblings, relatives and friends, after all, their generation has a better face in their bones, and they like to compare in the details of this life.
After the main meal, it was still early, only about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
This is the habit of the locals, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is basically eaten early, so that when it is about ten o'clock in the evening, you can eat another meal.
However, what made Huang Shouzhen suddenly a little uncomfortable was that because WeChat was not available at this time, he couldn't watch everyone post his Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the circle of friends.
But the good thing is that at this time, Y County has not banned fireworks.
Therefore, on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, after the sky was dark, the sound of fireworks sounded faintly in the county.
I have to say that after banning fireworks, although fire accidents have been reduced and air quality has been improved, the taste of the New Year has really been reduced by half!
Of course, people of Huang Shouzhen's age will no longer look forward to the New Year as they did when they were children, but will feel that the New Year is actually boring.
Because once people are busy and used to it, they suddenly become idle, and they really don't know what to do.
He definitely didn't have the interest in going to middle school reunions, playing cards, etc., and many of his high school classmates he couldn't even remember their names.
Therefore, Huang Shouzhen can only watch the Spring Festival Gala with his parents at home, and it just so happens that he hasn't watched TV for a long time.
As for the elder brother Huang Shoucheng, after eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, he went to the fifth uncle's house to play mahjong.
And just after the Spring Festival Gala began, Ma Xiaoxia and Huang Yuda smiled and handed over the New Year's money she had prepared in advance to Huang Shouzhen: "Son, Happy New Year, this is the New Year's money that your parents gave you." ”
Huang Shouzhen, who was eating peanuts, was stunned when he saw this.
The reason why he reacted like this is because he can't remember how many years he has confiscated New Year's money and red envelopes, but after his career stabilized, he would wrap a red envelope for his parents and grandmother every year.
However, after Huang Shouzhen hesitated for a moment, he still smiled and reached out to take it.
Although he is not short of money now, and even has a lot of money in his bank card, but in any case, this is from his parents' hearts after all, and it is also their New Year's wishes to him, of course he does not need to be hypocritical in this kind of thing.
It's just that after Huang Shouzhen opened the red envelope and saw the number inside, he felt stunned again.
Because of his parents, each of them gave him a thousand yuan.
This shouldn't be, how can they pack so much?
I clearly remember that in the past, they gave me New Year's money, but it was just a meaning, and it was over with a hundred yuan......
"Dad, Mom, you give the New Year's money, it's good to mean it, why do you stuff so much money into it? This is worth almost a month's salary for the two of you, I'll take a hundred each, and you can take back the rest!" Huang Shouzhen thought about it and said in a serious tone.
When Ma Xiaoxia heard him say this, she couldn't laugh or cry.
"Nonsense, how can there be a reason to come back after the New Year's money is sent out, you are not a child anymore, you quickly take it back and put it away, don't show it to your brother." ”
When Huang Shouzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be even more stunned, and asked, "Didn't you prepare New Year's money for your brother, isn't this okay?"
When Ma Xiaoxia heard this, she glanced at Huang Yuda, and then said with a strange face: "Of course I give, but I don't have so much of you, isn't he working, and he will have to rely on his own skills to support himself in the future, how can he rely on us anymore." ”
When Huang Shouzhen heard this, a wry smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he could only sigh silently in his stomach:
Mom, although what you say is the truth, in the final analysis, you are biased!
Hey, poor brother.
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Soon after the start of the Spring Festival Gala, as the singer of the tenth performance project: Faye Wong, took the stage to sing Li Jian's song "Legend" as scheduled.
And this means that after tonight, this song and Li Jian himself will be widely disseminated by people and become a household name.
However, Faye Wong's singing had just fallen, and Huang Shouzhen had already received a call on his mobile phone.
"Xiao Zhen Xiao Zhen, have you watched the Spring Festival Gala? Faye Wong sang Li Jian's legend just now, it is the legend you recommended to me, and she sings so well!"
Huang Shouzhen heard Zhou Linlin's excited surprise, and there was no emotional fluctuation in his heart.
He knew a lot about what was going to happen in the next ten years, so there were no surprises.
"Well, I watched it, Faye Wong does sing very well, and she can always sing other people's works with her own taste, which can be described as full of fairy spirit. Huang Shouzhen replied with a smile.
Immediately, he and Zhou Linlin chatted for a while, and after celebrating Happy New Year with each other, they hung up the phone.
They don't have time to hang out together tonight, and their parents won't allow them to go out, which is part of the local custom and the rule of their generation!
At around 10 p.m., Huang Shouzhen returned to the restaurant with his parents to enjoy the food again, and Huang Shoucheng also came back on time.
After dinner, the family began to set off fireworks in the yard in front of their house.
Immediately afterwards, dazzling sparks began to erupt in the night sky of the county, lighting up almost the entire night.
It is clear that the joy of the old and the new continues to rise to the peak with the sound of firecrackers and dazzling night sparks, and people will be immersed in this celebratory atmosphere for the next half month.
However, after Huang Shouzhen's family of four set off the fireworks, they got dressed again, and then walked out of the house with offerings in their hands.
Because every New Year, their family will rush to the temple fair closest to their home early.