Chapter 131 Chinese New Year continued
There was nothing to do in the afternoon. Yang Xiaotao followed his grandfather and walked around, looking at the village and looking for childhood memories.
This rhythm is more festive than the New Year celebrations in previous lives.
The people walking around in the streets, the children shouting and the sound of firecrackers going off from time to time are much better than sitting at home watching TV and playing on mobile phones in the previous life.
Although I am poor and don’t have enough to eat, at least I don’t have to go to work as soon as I open my eyes, and I don’t have to calculate when to pay off my credit card or when my mortgage and car loan are due.
Here, the pressure in my mind is really not as great as in later generations.
As night fell, a bonfire was lit on the threshing floor of the village. The whole village, men, women and children were making noise, playing and laughing there.
Shy girls, unrestrained teenagers, and squealing children kept running around the fire.
Yang Xiaotao sat among the crowd, shouting and laughing along with the people.
At midnight, at the brigade headquarters, villagers lined up to pack the dumplings and take them home.
Fortunately, the weather is cold, and the dumplings are not afraid of being frozen. The dumplings are filled with half a catty of cabbage and pork. Although you can't eat them open, you can still eat some meat and try something new, which is a New Year.
Yang Dazhuang glanced at the old pocket watch, and then nodded to Yang Shitou.
Immediately, Yang Shitou pulled the rope, and a ding-dang bell rang throughout the village.
It’s twelve o’clock and the New Year has arrived.
Yang Xiaotao and Mr. Yang were sitting on the kang, while Shitou's wife and Wang Fang were still busy lighting the fire below.
This year, as usual, the three families spent it together.
This year is different from usual. There is one more person at the dinner table, and the dinner table is richer than before.
The three children stared at the braised pork on the table, and kept swallowing the saliva in their mouths.
Mr. Yang smiled happily, picked up the meat with chopsticks, and stuffed each piece of meat into his mouth. The three children were not afraid of burning it, biting it in their mouths, it felt more delicious than sugar.
Yang Xiaotao looked on and stretched out his hand to peel melon seeds for them to eat.
By the time Yang Dazhuang and his two men returned, the dumplings had been cooked and the New Year's Eve dinner had officially begun.
There is no custom that women do not come to the table. People sit at the table, the men drink, and the women take care of the children. It is just a lively celebration during the New Year.
When Yang Xiaotao was celebrating the New Year in Yangjiazhuang, the New Year celebrations also started in the courtyard.
Silly Zhu carried the deaf old lady to the uncle's house. He Yuyu looked at Banggeng. Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu sat at the table drinking tea. Auntie, Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu wrapped cabbage meat. Filling dumplings makes the house lively.
Si Zhu stood in front of the pot, looking at Qin Huairu who was helping. He felt indescribable excitement in his heart. He was stirring with a spatula in his hand, and he was even more energetic.
"Sister Qin, this Banggeng is so good."
Looking at the little Banggeng playing with his eyes wide open, Silly Zhu said happily.
"Oh, he's full. When he cried, there was no other sound from the whole family."
Qin Huairu rubbed his face and glanced at the stick, he was also happy Incomparable.
Jia Dongxu nodded at the table. He was proud of his son. He was better than Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, and even better than Yang Xiaotao.
Yi Zhonghai also praised Bangge who knows how to love people and will be promising when he grows up.
The Jia Zhang family on the side also became proud. Having an eldest grandson in the family seemed to have elevated their status in this courtyard.
Everyone was praising this awesome thing, but Silly Zhu focused his attention on Qin Huairu’s pair of big lanterns.
“Yes, this stick is really edible.”
In the backyard, Liu Haizhong and Liu Guangqi were sitting on chairs opposite each other, with a small plate of melon seeds, a small plate of peach cakes and a small plate of peach cakes in front of them. Small dish of peanuts.
The whole person ate freely and enjoyed the taste of the New Year.
In the kitchen, the second aunt was making dumplings stuffed with cabbage and meat, and there was a fish warm in the pot.
Liu Guangtian led Liu Guangfu to set off firecrackers at the entrance of the alley.
At Xu Damao's house, Lou Xiao'e was sitting on the bed swinging her legs, while Xu Damao was playing with the food he bought, his eyes turning to Lou Xiao'e from time to time.
They have not returned to their hometown these days, mainly because Lou Xiaoe is afraid of being forced to have children.
I looked at my daughter-in-law. She was in good health, but why couldn’t she farm?
Is it my own business?
Xu Damao remembered that he worked hard on the widows in the countryside. It seemed that no one got pregnant.
No, no.
Can those widows compare with their own wives? Do they dare to ask for it?
It's definitely not my fault, it's all this woman's and she can't give birth.
Xu Damao firmed up his thoughts.
On the other side, Lou Xiao'e looked gloomy. Every time during the holidays, relatives and friends would ask, when will she have a baby?
Don’t she want it?
Distressed, helpless.
Her man was such a quickie, she could only pray to God in her heart to take care of her, a poor woman, and give her a child.
In the front yard of Yan Fugui's house, the family is also making dumplings, but they are made with cabbage and eggs.
Yan Jiekuang was carried out by Yan Jiefang and played with the Liu Guangtian brothers, while Yan Jiecheng helped Yan Fugui pack up today's harvest.
At this time of year, the Yan family can receive a sum of money for writing.
Yan Fugui looked at the separated melon seeds, peanuts and candies with a proud face.
"Look, just a little bit of paper and ink can buy so many things."
"I don't have enough food and clothing. I can't calculate it, so I suffer from poverty."
" Boss, you have to learn more."
Yan Jiecheng nodded, thinking about how to plot against his family in the future.
Pa bang bang
Firecrackers sounded outside the door one after another, and Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen sighed, "Old man, I miss my grandson a little bit."
Uncle Chen sighed, "Just wait a little longer."
Chen The aunt also sighed after hearing this, "That's fine. , Anyway, there are in-laws taking care of her, so it’s okay. It’s just that the younger one is still young, and they won’t be able to take care of them when they go to school.”
“I know.”
"Let's talk about it after next year."
...
"Zhuzi, after the New Year, you should get married. You can't be single anymore."
Yi Zhonghai drank wine, his face turned red, and Silly Zhu also got drunk. , as for Jia Dongxu, who had already been helped back, there were only two people at the table.
"Master, please don't look for me anymore. Just Zhu Bajie and his second aunt will do. Everything else is easy to talk about."
Silly Zhu is still worried about the person he went on a blind date with last time.
Yi Zhonghai chuckled, "Then what kind of person are you looking for?"
Hearing this, Shazhu thought of a seductive and concave figure, and was about to spit it out, but in the end he stopped. live.
"Well, at least you have to be thinner."
"Otherwise, no one can afford it."
Yi Zhonghai saw what he was thinking and smiled. Nodding, "I'm lucky, then I'll find you something good-looking."
"Hey, this is the big man."
"One of us can go!"
The two of them ate the leftovers and drank for most of the night.
......
On New Year's Day, Yang Xiaotao got up early, and his grandfather was already up.
"Happy New Year, Master!" Yang Xiaotao greeted Mr. Yang, who took out a dime from his pocket and handed it over.
“Here, New Year’s money!”
“Ha, I still have New Year’s money when I’m so old?”
“Humph, I’m just a child before I get married. .”
"I really don't want it. Find me a granddaughter-in-law this year so that I can save the coffin book."
Yang Xiaotao chuckled and said, "I promise not to harm your coffin book."
" Brat, don’t just talk but don’t do anything.”
“Okay!”
Yang Xiaotao took out the clothes he bought, specially brought back for Mr. Yang.
The old man put on a new coat, thick cotton shoes, and a cotton hat, and he felt much more energetic.
“This outfit makes you feel warm when you put it on.”
Mr. Yang sighed with emotion.
"You, you can put it on long ago, you have to wait until the New Year to wear it."
"You, you are too young to understand."
At this time, Yang Shitou and his wife came over to pay New Year greetings, and they were busy again.
After tidying up the house, placing melon seeds and candies on the kang, he said hello to his grandfather, put on his military coat, and followed Yang Shitou out of the house to pay New Year's greetings to the elderly in the village.
Children in the village were running around, and the sound of firecrackers was heard from time to time. A few children exploded the ice particles on the roadside, causing everyone around them to burst into laughter.
After walking with the crowd for a long time, it was already noon when I returned home. Yang Xiaotao was invited to the house by Yang Dazhuang before Yang Xiaotao cooked.
With a piece of pork strung on a rope, Yang Xiaotao and Yang Shitou went to Yang Dazhuang's house.
After arriving, I found that the room was full of young people. Yang Xiaotao still had some memories of a few of them, but he could no longer name them.
Yang Shitou introduced at the side, and Yang Xiaotao then remembered, didn’t these people grow up together?
It’s just that my predecessor went to the city, and I am an impostor. Coupled with the ravages of life, the change in appearance is really hard to recognize.
When childhood friends are together, it is natural to have a lot of fun.
The meat brought by Yang Xiaotao also became the main course. Drinking sorghum wine, several people quickly started to eat it, talking about embarrassing things in their childhood, which caused more laughter.
The meal lasted until the afternoon. When Yang Xiaotao returned home, Mr. Yang went to another house to drink, made some food for himself and then lay on the bed to sleep.
......
Crack
The ax fell and a tree root was chopped into two pieces. Yang Xiaotao then picked it up and piled it aside.
Yang Xiaotao woke up from hunger in the morning and got up from bed ready to find something to eat.
He looked up and then remembered that he was in his hometown. He found a piece of toffee from the space and put it in his mouth to melt. His stomach calmed down for a while.
Then I glanced at the properties panel and was stunned on the spot.
Kerosene lighter?
Lucky charm?
Other items in the exchange column are normal, but this kerosene lighter is the first time it has appeared.
You can exchange it for one casually. The bronze-colored shell is as heavy as holding it in your hand.
There is a plum blossom engraved on the front, and there is no word on the back. It is impossible to tell which manufacturer it is.
"It saves trouble."
Ding dong
Open the cover, then turn the gear, make two stings, and then hit the sparks on the cotton rope, and then a A yellow flame rose from the windbreak.
Bata
The cover closes and the flame goes out.
“5 credits each, it’s a good deal.”
Yang Xiaotao held it in his hand. Although it was very cheap, he didn’t buy more.
This is obviously not a domestic thing. One of them is nothing, but if it becomes widespread, it will attract the attention of interested people.
"Lucky charm?"
"This thing is the same as the soul-catching charm last time."
Looking at the same introduction as the soul-catching charm at the back, 50 credits, there are 8 minutes left in the countdown , Yang Xiaotao is determined to give it a try.
"Maybe this thing can be used."
I thought to myself, mainly because I had enough credits, so I gritted my teeth and bought it.
After a moment, a palm-sized piece of golden talisman paper appeared in front of me. I touched it and it was smooth and smooth. There was a four-leaf clover embedded on it.
Yang Xiaotao looked at it for a while and found nothing special, so he put it into the storage space.
When I looked at the exchange column again, the lucky charm had turned gray and the items had not been refreshed.
Without looking again, he turned around and walked out.
After leaving the door, he saw Mr. Yang boiling water. Yang Xiaotao scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and went to the yard to chop up tree roots.
Click
Click
Behind him, a row of wooden sticks were neatly stacked together. Each piece of firewood was about the same length, neat and beautiful.
Ever since he found out that Yang Shitou was chopping firewood for his family, Yang Xiaotao didn't let him come again.
With him at home, why should he use others?
Chopping all the firewood while you are at home can be considered as a sign of filial piety.
What's more, with Yang Xiaotao's strength, this workload is no different from processing parts in the workshop.
Yang Xiaotao erected a thigh-thick piece of wood and used a little force with his right hand. Then the ax fell and with a click, the wood piece was separated from the middle. After being piled up around it, he picked it up and placed it behind him.
At this moment, I felt someone standing behind me, and at first glance, it was Mr. Yang.
"Master, why didn't you say anything?"
After seeing this, Yang Xiaotao continued to play with the firewood, but Mr. Yang remained silent.
Actually, Mr. Yang has been looking at him for a long time. From the beginning to now, most of the day has passed. At first, he thought that this child was just showing his filial piety and having a lot of strength.
And looking at his posture, it is obvious that he does not know the skills of chopping firewood. He just chops with brute force, spending three points of effort to do one part of the work.
He didn't say anything, he just wanted the boy to know how tired the banker was, so he kept waiting until he was tired, and then gave him some advice, which would be a great experience.
But who would have thought that this kid would still feel comfortable and relaxed after working for so long, without any strenuous effort.
Especially the piece of wood just now. If a man from the village were to chop it, he would have to stand up and swing the ax with both hands to chop it down. How could he sit on the ground like this, lift his arms and fall down, and it would become two halves.
And the scene before him made him even more confused.
How powerful this little guy is.
"Xiao Tao, are you tired?"
Mr. Yang tried to ask. It could be seen that there were no beads of sweat on his head, so he knew that he must not be very energetic.
Could it be that the work in the factory is relatively heavy and that it comes from training?
“I’m not tired!”
Yang Xiaotao said happily, his hands were not sore and his waist was not tired, he didn’t feel anything.
Well, the only thing I feel is that I'm a little hungry.
Mr. Yang walked up to Yang Xiaotao, frowned and looked at it, then stretched out his hand to pinch Yang Xiaotao's shoulder, then pinched his arm, and finally touched Yang Xiaotao's chest.
Yang Xiaotao's face was cautious. If it weren't for the solemn look on Mr. Yang's face, he would have ducked back.
(End of this chapter)