"I've been back for so long, and this is the first time I slept so soundly."
At around six o'clock in the morning on New Year's Eve, Chu Heng lazily got up from the bed, completely gone as tired as he used to be every morning. His eyes were bright and his face was red, and he looked refreshed.
This is not because he has achieved results in fitness, but because he is preparing for New Year's Eve today. Xiao Ni and Qin Jingru were very thoughtful and gave this guy a holiday last night.
"Get up, don't you still have to write couplets?"
Xiao Ni also sat up from the bed at this time, quickly put on clothes, her beautiful face was full of confidence , getting ready to feed the baby.
"Yeah, it's time to get up." Chu Heng sat up and looked at the pretty daughter-in-law next to him who was only wearing a small vest, with her graceful and plump white body half-covered. His heart felt like still water, and he silently accepted He passed the clothes handed over by Xiao Ni and put them on one by one.
No matter how good the fish or meat is, you will get tired of eating it all the time, so it is necessary to occasionally go to places like clubs and foot-washing cities to eat some radish and pickles for a change...
Different meeting.
Little Ni, who got dressed first and put on her shoes, turned around and glanced at her husband, who was still grinding, and warned: "Go and write the couplet when you're done, and I'll finish feeding the child." Go help you.”
“Yes.”
Chu Heng nodded in agreement.
Ni Yinghong left behind a wisp of fragrant wind and left with a graceful figure.
After a while, Chu Heng also got dressed and came out of the bedroom. He went to the bathroom to wash up, and then ran to the study room to prepare to write a couplet with the character "福".
His house has a large yard and many rooms. According to custom, every door, door and window in the house must be pasted with couplets, the character "福" and other symbols, so this is a big project.
After Chu Heng entered the study, he went straight to the desk. He glanced at the stack of red papers on the table that he had bought in advance. He bent down and pulled out a sharp knife from the drawer and began to cut these papers. Cut the red paper into appropriate sizes one by one.
After being busy for more than ten minutes, my eldest cousin came over before Xiao Ni came.
“Come, let me help you, brother-in-law.”
Seeing that Chu Heng was still cutting paper, she immediately rolled up her sleeves and swung her long legs and quickly stepped forward to help. With cooperation, the red paper was cut out in a short time.
Chu Heng gathered the red papers together and put them on the side of the desk. Then he took out a bottle of ink and poured it into the clear mud inkstone from the Song Dynasty that he got from Zhang Yan on the table, and was ready to start. Write couplets.
“Have you finished writing the couplet?”
At this moment, Ni Yinghong and Qin Jingru walked in together. The girl was holding a pot of steaming paste that had just been cooked.
“Right away!”
Chu Heng quickly put the ink bottle aside, reached out and picked out a brush from the pen holder, dipped it full of ink, and put it on a cut red The paper began to splash with ink.
He hasn't been writing brush calligraphy for a long time, so he is not very good at it. It can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. No one will buy it for sale, but there is no problem in using it to write couplets.
I saw that Chu Heng was busy writing and quickly finished writing a Spring Festival couplet. Then he told the three young girls who were watching around him: "This is the gate."
The three of them immediately stepped forward, took the first and second couplets and the horizontal batch respectively, and the paste, and left the study chattering and laughing.
Chu Heng continued to play the role of a tool man, writing the Chinese characters "Fu" and couplets one by one.
They were so busy until around 7:30 that they put couplets and the word "Fu" on the doors and windows of each room in the courtyard. "Ouch, I'm almost exhausted. I won't do this job next year. I'd better spend some money to ask Uncle Yan to write it."
Chu Heng muttered and shook it off. He came out of the study with a sore wrist, looked at the yard covered with red paper, nodded happily, and said: "The flavor of the New Year is even stronger this time."
At this time, Yang Guizhi came in quickly from behind the moon door with a large tray of breakfast. When she saw him poking at the door of the study room with ink stains on his face, he couldn't help but feel happy and said: "Wash up quickly. , Dinner will be served soon.”
“Oh, come on.”
Chu Heng, who had been hungry for a long time, hurriedly turned to the bathroom, washed his hands and face, and hurried there. Enter the main room.
At this time, everyone else in the family came over and had already eaten.
If this scene were placed in the homes of the old and young before liberation, except for the two deaf old ladies and sisters, Ni Yinghong and others would be so high and low that they would be beaten by two big cocks!
But now in the new society, that’s all. Besides, Chu Heng’s status in this family is better than the two dogs in the kennel outside and the birds raised by Ni Yinghong in the wing, so he doesn’t dare to show off his prestige. , quickly came to sit down next to his wife, picked up the bowl and started to spin it.
After Ni Yinghong put a bun for her husband, she turned around and continued talking to the others about the topic: "If you ask me, our New Year's Eve dinner will be a mess."
" This is good, everything is stable, good luck." The deaf old lady nodded when she heard this, put down her chopsticks with a smile, and said with emotion: "I remember when I was a child, our family had only 44 and 16 dishes during the New Year. , but since the family broke up, I haven’t had such a rich meal.”
Old Mrs. Wu Xiumei said with a smile: “I also have an impression of this. I remember the fried glutinous rice dumplings and meatballs every year at that time, how delicious it was. , I’m drooling just thinking about it now!”
“Let’s do it later, I know how to do it. My grandma also did it when she was alive.” Ni Yinghong immediately volunteered.
"That's good." The deaf old lady said happily.
My eldest cousin is from the Northeast and doesn’t know much about the customs here, so she asked in confusion: “What is four-four bottoming?”
“It’s four cold dishes and four hot stir-fries. , four meat dishes, four soup dishes." Yang Guizhi explained to her with a smile,
"Oh!"
Duan Fengchun couldn't help but click his tongue after seeing this scene for the first time in his life. tongue.
Immediately, the women at the table, old and young, began to study the evening's menu again, preparing to cook a few special dishes each. Even Duan Fengchun enthusiastically signed up to make a pot of pork.
Chu Hengze didn’t say a word during the whole process. After eating breakfast quickly, he stood up and said to everyone: "You guys eat first, I will go get my second aunt and the others."
"Slow down on the road." Ni Yinghong turned to him and warned him, then went on to discuss the recipe.
“The godfather is gone.”
Chu Heng came up to the little Huniu who was sitting in my mother’s arms, and kissed her lovingly on the cheek. With bell-like laughter, he left the yard and drove towards his second uncle's house.
In fact, according to the rules, he should go to Chu Jianshe's house to celebrate the New Year. However, there were too many members of his family. If they all went, the second uncle's house might not be able to accommodate them, so he discussed with Chu Jianshe and let them come over.
Chu Heng drove at a fast pace, and soon he arrived at his second uncle's house in the family courtyard of the Grain Bureau.
As the No. 1 leader, Chu Jianshe has to lead by example, so he has to go to work today and can't go there until after get off work in the evening, so at this time, only his pregnant second aunt and two young children are at home.
When he entered the house, the three women were already dressed and were waiting for Chu Heng to pick them up.