Chapter 426 Another Spring
“It’s much more than I thought.” Father Lin was a little surprised, “What’s going on?”
“It’s word of mouth. "I heard from Wang Zhou that many people from the next town come to sell mountain products and buy things," Lin Heng explained.
"That's it, no wonder." Father Lin suddenly realized.
He became happy, smiled and patted Lin Heng on the shoulder.
"Let's go see if there's anything cheap to buy. If not, let's leave." Lin Heng looked at his father and said.
"Okay." Father Lin nodded in agreement.
Lin Heng turned to look at Wang Zhou and said: "You can go back now. There is no need to be busy here. Let's open the store after the first month. This month is a holiday. You can get half of it during the holiday. "
Wang Zhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Thank you, Brother Lin."
He didn't expect that in addition to the year-end bonus, there would be paid leave, which was incredible.
"Go ahead, you deserve this." Lin Heng waved his hand and said, he would not treat those who followed him badly.
After Wang Zhou left, he took his father to go shopping on the street. Normally, the prices of some things would suddenly drop at this time, but this time he did not buy them because they were not what he needed.
Because of the snow, the market ended very early today. Father Lin looked around and patted Lin Heng on the shoulder: "Go home, son."
"Yeah " Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them drove back, picking up a few people from the same village along the way.
The light snow has been falling, and now the sky and the earth are white.
After returning home, Lin Heng pushed the car into the house, walked quickly into the house and warmed himself by the fireplace.
"It's frozen." Xiulan handed him a cup of hot tea that she had just made.
“It’s snowing like this, so I won’t be able to go to Lushui County the day after tomorrow.” Lin Heng said with emotion as he took a sip of tea.
Xiulan smiled and said: "It's okay. It will be the same after the snow melts in a few days. I have prepared lunch, let's eat."
"Okay. Lin Heng nodded.
I had a quick lunch and spent the afternoon bored at home watching the snow falling outside.
In the evening, snow has covered the hills, and the sky and the earth are white.
Although it is lightly snowing, it can’t stand it and keeps falling.
Go to bed early and keep the fire burning in the fireplace, Lin Heng said.
Lin Heng woke up early the next morning and glanced at Xiulan next to him.
"Oh, don't move, the wind is coming in."
Xiulan muttered, hugged him tightly and wrapped him in the quilt. Although it was not cold, the wind was still very uncomfortable when it entered the quilt.
"What time are you going to get up at?"
Lin Heng looked at her and asked. Xiulan's body was hot and soft, and hugging him tightly brought an unparalleled touch.
"I've packed up everything I need to prepare. Let's rest for a while." Xiulan whispered. She didn't sleep well last night and was still dozed off now.
Lin Heng looked at her face and lay quietly, not moving a finger, just feeling the feeling she brought.
At half past eight, Xiulan was finally asleep. She opened her eyes and looked at Lin Heng, her expressions conveying affection.
"Get up."
She sat up, picked up the black lace bra from the pillow and put it on, then turned her back to Lin Heng and let him button it.
After getting dressed, the two of them walked out together and opened the backyard. The air-conditioning hit their faces. As expected, it was snowy white outside.
"It must have snowed all night. I hope it won't snow today." Lin Heng said with emotion.
"It shouldn't fall." Xiulan said, looking at the sky.
“Let’s shovel the snow first.”
Lin Heng said, took two shovels and shoveled the snow together with Xiulan.
The snow was not too thick, but it was still more than 20 centimeters. After the two of them shoveled the snow in the front and backyard, they felt hot all over. They took off their cotton-padded jackets to exercise together.
After the exercise, Lin Heng lit the fireplace in the main room, and then went to milk the cows and make breakfast with Xiulan.
After breakfast, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain first.
When he came over, his parents and Caiyun were already preparing to put up Spring Festival couplets.
“You guys move so fast.” Lin Heng said in surprise.
"Son, you and your sister will stick together. Your mother and I will go get fodder for the cattle and sheep. After we finish, we can go there." Lin's father waved to him and said.
"Okay."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement and came over to post Spring Festival couplets with Caiyun.
Father and Mrs. Lin took a pair of couplets to the cattle and sheep pen. They wanted to paste a couplet there to get a good fortune.
Lin Heng quickly finished pasting all the Spring Festival couplets and door paintings, and Caiyun went into the house to pack some things.
He took the net and went to the mountain stream, caught a grass carp, and took it back to eat later.
He came back after catching grass carp and warmed himself by the fire in the house for a while. After Lin Heng and his mother finished feeding the cattle and sheep, they walked in and said, "Let's go over there."
"Okay." Lin Heng carried the fish and the The parents returned to the village together.
It was windy and cold outside, and the four of them hurried back to the yard.
“Auntie, I’ll give you something to eat.”
Xiaoxia saw Caiyun coming and handed the sugar orange in her hand to Caiyun.
Lin Heng has been at home for a long time, and he is no longer very attached to him.
"Thank you Xiaoxia." Caiyun smiled, picked her up and kissed her.
"Xiaoxia, I also want to eat oranges." Mother Lin looked at her granddaughter and said with a smile.
"Give it to your grandma."
Xiaoxia got off Caiyun and took two oranges and handed them to Mother Lin and Father Lin respectively.
"Haha, what a good grandson I am." Mother Lin smiled happily.
Father Lin teased his granddaughter and then went to see the twin grandsons who fell asleep after breakfast.
He now has a family full of children and grandchildren, and his life is enviable.
After warming up the fire for a while, Father Lin stood up and said: "Your mother and I went to the old house to shovel the snow first. You finished pasting the couplets and came over to help."
"I understand. , Dad, please remember to inform my brother to come over for dinner." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
"I know." Father Lin waved his hand.
When their parents passed by, Lin Heng and Xiulan Caiyun posted couplets together, while Xiaoxia jumped around and watched.
"Mom, I also want to post couplets." Xiaoxia said aloud.
“Here, post a blessing, you will be full of blessings.” Xiulan said holding a paste-stained blessing character.
Lin Heng picked her up and motioned for her to stick the word "福" on the door. Although it was a little crooked, it didn't matter, as long as she was happy.
"It's so fun, I want to post it again." Xiaoxia cheered.
"Wait a moment." Lin Heng didn't stop her. It was already a good thing that the child wanted to help. There was no need to reject her because she was clumsy. Everyone had been clumsy before. Taking his daughter with him, Lin Heng quickly posted the couplets and hung up the lanterns. Suddenly, the room felt a little more joyful.
“I’m going to cook.” Xiulan said after posting the couplet.
Caiyun also said: "I will help my sister-in-law. Second brother, please take Xiaoxia to the old house and post couplets."
"Okay."
Lin Heng took the things and pulled Xiaoxia towards the old house, following the two of them in a domineering manner.
My parents have already cleared away the snow in the old house. Xiaoxia ran in and started to take credit: "Grandpa and grandma, I just posted the couplets. Dad said I did a good job."
"Really? Then I'll take a look too." Father Lin touched her head and held her in his arms to paste the couplets.
A few people were busy, and soon the couplets on the old house were posted. After tidying up a little, they went back to the house to warm themselves by the fire.
Although there is a fireplace, Lin Heng still lit a charcoal fire today. This thing is very warm. What needs to be paid attention to is to guard against Xiaoxia.
Not long after they sat down, they heard the crackling of firecrackers in the village. Father Lin went out to take a look and said, "Wang Jin's house has been busy this year, and everyone has started to have a reunion dinner now."
"Hurry up, let's take our time and don't rush." Mother Lin said in the kitchen.
At this time, firecrackers sounded in the yard next to it, and Lin Yue's family came over soon.
“Second father, grandpa!”
Lin Wei, who had a loud voice, ran in first. He was very happy. He achieved good results this year and his parents rewarded him with a toy.
"Brother and sister-in-law, come in and sit down." Lin Heng also walked out to greet him.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded, stretched out his hand and held his shoulder and said, "Let's go over and eat tonight."
"No problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded in agreement.
As soon as we entered the house, it became lively as there were more people. The children were playing in a ball next to them. They went out to have snowball fights and made snowmen and had a lot of fun.
The adults took out playing cards and started playing, chatting while playing cards.
At around eleven o'clock, Xiulan shouted in the kitchen: "The dishes are ready, move the table for dinner."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and asked his father to move the square table over and put it on In the middle of the main room, he then went to the utility room at the back and took a large round table top and placed it on it.
This large round tabletop was custom-made by him from Liang Carpenter. The family placed it on the square table just enough to form a circle. After cleaning it, they could serve the dishes.
The Lin Heng family’s reunion dinner this year can be said to have a rich menu. In addition to the regular chicken, fish, and pork, there are also stewed sika deer ribs, stir-fried black bear meat, and braised golden chicken, muntjac, and wolf. Meat etc.
Twelve dishes of various sizes were laid out, and there were many that were not served.
“This year’s dish is delicious, it’s all meat.” Father Lin said with a smile.
Mother Lin also said: "Isn't that right? There are more than last year. The children are so capable."
"It smells so good. Come on, let's set off the firecrackers and eat, Second Dad." Lin Wei sucked Xiang couldn't help but say.
"No problem." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, went to get the firecrackers and sky cannons and set off the firecrackers at the entrance of the yard.
"Eat, eat."
Lin Heng ran back shortly after the firecrackers went off. The firecrackers his family bought this year were quite long and they had to go off for a long time.
“Come on, let’s have a drink first.” Lin Heng raised the cup filled with rice wine and said.
Everyone has something to drink today, hot milk for the children and rice wine for the adults.
After taking a sip, everyone started to feast and enjoy the delicious food. The adults chatted while drinking, and from time to time took care of the children who couldn't reach the food.
They chatted about this year's harvest and issued a new outlook for next year, hoping that the coming year would be better than this year and that everyone would be healthy.
After eating one meal, everyone, including adults and children, including Lu Mingdu, was too full to eat, and there were still many dishes on the table.
“Come, pack your things and let’s play cards and chess.” Lin Heng said with a smile, not that he likes playing cards, but that the game is very simple and everyone can participate.
"Auntie, let's play checkers." Lin Wei held Caiyun's arm and shook it.
“Okay, let’s play checkers.” Caiyun agreed with a smile.
"Then I'll go back and prepare dinner first." Liu Juan stood up and said.
"It's still early. Let's play here for a while before leaving. We'll also play a few games of cards." Mother Lin grabbed her and said.
"That's good." Liu Juan agreed with a smile.
After playing for half an afternoon, the laughter in the whole room did not stop. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone went to the eldest brother's house and continued playing cards.
In the evening we had another New Year's Eve dinner at my eldest brother's house. After playing for a while, Lin's father and Lin's mother Caiyun went back to Hongfeng Mountain.
Lin Heng and Xiulan took their children home and burned the house alive. The so-called fire at night on the 30th means the hotter the better, which means a prosperous life in the coming year.
"I'll help you dad." Xiaoxia said as she handed the firewood to Lin Heng.
"Okay." Lin Heng took it with a smile, looking at the raging flames in the fireplace, Xiaoxia clapped her hands.
Xiulan replaced all the beds with new leaflet quilts, and then signaled everyone to go to bed and rest.
Lin Heng told the children tonight the story of the Nian beast and the origin of the twelve zodiac animals. Xiaoxia listened with great interest, while Lu Ming and Du Heng fell asleep soon after.
The next morning was the real first day of the Lunar New Year. Lin Heng and Xiulan woke up before dawn. They each changed into new clothes, and then put their children into new clothes too. red envelope.
“Wow, I like big red envelopes.”
Xiaoxia was not happy to be woken up at first, but she suddenly woke up when she saw the big red envelope.
The two sons were different. They kept crying when they were woken up, and they didn’t understand what the red envelope meant. The two finished changing their clothes, and Xiulan reluctantly fed them some milk and put them to sleep again.
"Mom, let's go and kowtow to our grandparents for the New Year." Xiaoxia pulled her mother and said excitedly. She wanted to collect a lot of big red envelopes and save them.
"Wait a minute." Xiulan pulled her, and they lit a fire first and warmed up the main room. Then they took the square table and went out to bring out the stars, burn the incense and set off the cannons.
After the greetings, Father Lin and Mother Lin Caiyun came over. Xiaoxia was the first to rush out and hug them: "Happy New Year to my grandparents and aunts, and I wish you good luck."
After finishing speaking She looked at the three of them with wide eyes.
"Happy New Year to Xiaoxia." Lin's father hugged her, smiled and took out a red envelope and handed it to her. Lin's mother also handed her a red envelope.
"Wow, thank you, grandparents." Xiaoxia happily kissed them both.
Caiyun smiled and said: "Xiaoxia and I are both children. We both accept red envelopes instead of giving them out."
"Okay." Xiaoxia kissed her aunt anyway.
Lin Heng and Xiulan also paid New Year greetings to their parents and gave them red envelopes. The two elders also prepared red envelopes for them. After talking, they took red envelopes to their two grandsons.
What happened next was like previous years. They wrapped the children in blankets, Lin Heng and Xiulan each held one. Caiyun took Xiaoxia, and then called the eldest brother and his family to go to the temple of Guanyin Mother. Incense and prayer.
"Are you planning to go to your third father's house or your grandma's house for New Year greetings soon?" Mother Lin asked curiously as she walked on the road.
"Go to my grandma's house. It's quite far away. Where are you, brother?" Lin Heng looked at his brother.
Lin Yue said with a smile: "I'm the same as you. Let's go together to save my aunt from cooking twice. She is pregnant and tired now."
"Okay, our whole family will Go over there." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
Father Lin shook his head and said: "No, your mother can just follow you. If we are all gone and someone comes over to pay New Year's greetings, they won't even be able to enter the house."
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