Chapter 167 A Heartfelt Thought
There is also a kind of red envelope, containing one yuan, which is specially given to children in the courtyard whose families are in difficulty.
And the red envelope is still held in Ye Xin's hand, so there is no need to worry about confusion.
"Uncle Li, Aunt Ye, we are just here to pay New Year greetings. We don't want any red envelopes." The third sister and brother of the Sun family said quickly.
Before coming, their parents told them not to ask for red envelopes when they come here to pay New Year greetings.
"You three children, why don't you want a red envelope for New Year's greetings? This is unlucky, so you must accept it."
"Ah! This..."
"Okay, let's accept it." Just take it, if your parents want to tell you, just say I have to give it to you," Ye Xin said.
"I know, Aunt Ye." The three children took the red envelope.
The first day of the Lunar New Year passed quickly. On the morning of the second day of the lunar new year, the family started preparing things early in the morning.
Because I have to go to my grandparents’ house today, I was supposed to visit the elders yesterday, but yesterday was the first day of the Chinese New Year, so I didn’t go.
Today is the second day of junior high school. This is the day I must go back.
According to the customs here in the imperial capital, normally, you visit your parents on the first day of the new year, and go to your father-in-law’s house on the second day of the new year, that is, you go back to your natal family.
Unfortunately, Ye Xin no longer has any relatives, so Li Aimin went home to visit her parents, which basically meant she was away from relatives.
Grandpa, Old Man Li, had many brothers, but they were all gone during the war.
There are many nephews, but they all live in the same village, and they are the only ones who come to pay New Year greetings.
Cousins do not need to move around each other during the New Year. They basically come to visit each other on the first day of the new year.
This is the kind that does not require gifts, and it is only for the juniors to pay New Year greetings.
For example, Li Jiayi, normally, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he would go to the homes of cousins like Li Aimin to pay New Year greetings.
As for his cousins, of course they want to come to his grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings, because they are also juniors to Li Laogen.
Although Li Jiayi didn't go back in the first year of junior high school, there were still people there. Don't forget that there were still two of his cousins in the village.
After breakfast, the family hurried out of the house and got on the bus bound for Changping County.
To be honest, this is quite troublesome, but we still have to go.
Originally, Li Jiayi wanted to leave alone, but his mother did not agree and insisted on going together, which made Li Jiayi very depressed.
You must know that if he uses a sled, he will never delay eating at grandma's house at noon.
But if you take the bus, it will be almost dark when you get there.
At the same time, in Lijia Village, grandma got up early in the morning and began to look outside the gate.
"Okay, what time is it now! It's early!" Li Laogen said while smoking a cigarette.
"Do you think Aimin and the others can come today?" the old lady asked.
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely come.” Li Laogen said helplessly.
He said this countless times throughout the morning.
"No, I'm going to prepare things right now, and we can eat when they arrive."
"I said to you, even if they come, they will have to deal with it, you Prepare it now, who will eat it?”
After hearing what Li Laogen said, the old lady thought about it and it was true.
"You, just calm down. After lunch, go and call the boss and his wife over, and ask the eldest daughter-in-law to help you prepare. We will have a reunion dinner together as a family in the evening."
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"Okay! By the way, do you think the eldest grandson will come in advance? If he comes in advance, it will be much faster! It is estimated that he will arrive before noon."
Li Laogen took another puff of cigarette. Said: "Don't even think about this. If the whole family is here, I'm damn sure If you don’t agree, he can come here first.”
“Xiao Xin is serious, why don’t you let my eldest grandson come here first?”
Li Laogen didn’t accept this because he was very worried. It was clear that if he accepted these words, there would be a lot of words waiting for him later.
Hurrying quickly, we finally arrived at Liucun Commune before two o'clock in the afternoon.
In order to rush on the road, the family didn't even have lunch. Fortunately, they cooked a lot of eggs early and brought a dozen with them when they came.
Whoever is hungry will eat two cushions.
"Mom and Dad, let me go first to see if Grandpa Six's oxcart is here." As soon as Li Jia finished speaking, he ran to the west end of the commune.
After coming over, he found that Grandpa Six’s bullock cart was still there, which made him relieved.
“Happy New Year, Grandpa Six!”
"Okay, okay, happy New Year to little Jiayi."
"Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"
Li Jiayi quickly greeted the villagers again.
These people all come to the commune to do business, and some, like Li Jiayi, return to the village to visit their elders.
The only difference is that others are going back to their parents’ homes, while they are going back to their hometown.
"Jiayi! Why didn't you come back yesterday? I thought you were coming back yesterday, so I waited for you for a long time." Grandpa Six said at this time.
"Ah! Grandpa Six, thank you for your hard work. Wasn't yesterday the first day of the Lunar New Year! I was worried about not having a car, so I didn't come back."
Here Li Jiayi made a small splash A lie, to be precise, a white lie.
After all, nothing is more important than visiting your parents!
"So that's it! That's right." Grandpa Six nodded.
"By the way, Grandpa Six, did you also come to the commune yesterday, the first day of the Lunar New Year?"
"I have enough to eat alone and the whole family is not hungry, and there is nothing to do at home. Someone happens to be coming to the commune, so I will come over." "That's it! What did I think you were doing?" I will also take two days off.”
“I originally planned to take two days off, on my 30th and first year of junior high school, but if someone needs it, then I have to come.”
“Okay!”
Maybe it would be a good thing for Grandpa Six to be busy, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable watching other people's families get together.
Soon Li Aimin and Ye Xin came over with their eldest and second sisters.
Then there was another wave of greetings. Some people Li Jiayi didn’t recognize, but Li Aimin and Ye Xin both knew them!
After all, the two of them grew up in the village. Some of these married girls are about the same age as them, and some are a few years older than them.
After waiting for a while and making sure that no one was coming, Grandpa Six hitched the ox cart and drove towards the village.
Hurrying slowly, we finally arrived before dark.
Li Jiayi took out a large front door and two packets of peach cakes from his schoolbag and handed them to Grandpa Six and said, "This is for you, take it."
Grandpa Six He quickly waved his hand and said: "Little Jiayi! This can't be done, take it back quickly."
After all, there are too many people in the village, and they are all relatives, so we can't open our eyes, otherwise we will walk through them all, and there will be no A few people can afford it.
"Grandpa Six, this is for you and only you. No one else has it." Li Jia put something in his hand and said.
"Yes, Uncle Liu, just take it! This is the child's wish." Li Aimin said beside him.
At the same time, I also blame myself for why I didn’t think of this and let my son take the lead.
It is absolutely okay to bring gifts to Uncle Liu, and others will not say anything, because Uncle Liu is an old man living alone.
But other people’s families have children, and others can eat their children’s bread. Whose bread will Uncle Liu eat?
"Uncle Liu, take it! This is our heartfelt wish." After Ye Xin finished speaking, he handed over two bottles of wine.
I came here again and brought more wine, so two bottles less didn’t matter.
“Alas, you kids.” The corners of Grandpa Six’s eyes were wet and he didn’t know what to say.
Of course Li Jiayi knew what Grandpa Six was thinking, so he quickly went over and said, "Grandpa Six, this is my filial piety to you, and no one else will say anything."
"Okay. ! I'll take it," Grandpa Six said with a smile on his face.
Over the years, this year is probably the only year that impressed him! Because he also eats buns during the Chinese New Year.
After chatting with Grandpa Six for a while, we said goodbye, and then the family rushed to grandma's house.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of grandma’s house, I saw grandma standing outside and looking around.
Li Jiayi quickly ran over and hugged him and shouted: "Grandma, we are here? Why are you standing outside?"
"Oh, my eldest grandson, you are here Come on, come into the house with grandma.”
At this time, grandma only has her grandson in her eyes, and even her son and daughter-in-law have been forgotten.
Seeing this situation, both Li Aimin and Ye Xin could only shake their heads helplessly, and then led Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin into the house.
"Second brother, younger brothers and sisters, are you here?"
"Brother, why are you here?" Li Aimin asked in surprise.
"Didn't Mom say you are coming over today! She called us over and said we would have a reunion dinner together in the evening."
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yes! A family reunion, what could be better than this?
After arriving at the house, as soon as Li Jiayi and the others put down their things, the dishes were brought in one after another.
Needless to say, this is all done in advance and kept warm in the pot, just waiting for them to come over and eat.
This meal is very rich, and there is no shortage of meat at grandma’s house.
Li Jia sent some meat to his neighbors who were having a hard time. How could he not send some to his grandparents?
The first thing that was served was a big elbow. Seeing this big elbow, Li Jiayi and the three brothers had no reaction at all.
But the two cousins and cousin Li Jiafen almost drooled.
Whether it is grandma’s house or uncle’s house, although there is no shortage of meat, it will not make it difficult for children to cook.
This made the three brothers and sisters very hungry even though they were celebrating the New Year.
Soon the dishes were put out, and there were quite a few, more than ten dishes! It seems that grandma and aunt must have been busy all afternoon.
Grandpa said to Li Aiguo at this time: "Boss, go get two bottles of wine."
"Okay dad, I'll go right away."
"Wait a minute, brother."
As soon as Li Aiguo stood up, he was called by Li Aimin.
“What’s wrong, second brother?”
"Dad, brother, I brought wine here, let's drink this today!"
Li Aiguo turned his head and glanced at Li Laogen. When he saw Li Laogen nodded, he sat down and said, "Okay. . ”
Soon Li Aimin took out two special bottles.
Li Jiayi brought a total of five bottles to his house for special use. He drank two bottles on the evening of the 30th and one bottle at noon on the first day of the new year. He just happened to have two bottles left.
Of course, this was just prepared by Li Aimin, and the cigarettes and wine prepared by Li Jiayi have not been taken out yet.
Although he didn't bring a special gift for grandpa this time, he brought quite a lot of wine, and most of it was chrysanthemum white and Maotai.
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(End of this chapter)