20 years of spring breeze

Chapter 276

Xiaowei and Xiaohong Liu Hongliang also finished eating, and sat there pouring a bowl of hot water to accompany the old juncture.

Xiaowei's mother said, "What are you doing today? Clean up the whole courtyard? What about the houses at these two ends?"

Aunt Wang patted Xiaowei's mother and said, "That's the school over there, and this is the factory. What are you doing cleaning it up? Let the workers clean it up by themselves in the afternoon, and we'll just clean it up. Oh yes, there is also the yard, why don’t you clear the snow?”

Xiaowei's mother looked out of the window and said, "This courtyard is big and comfortable, but the snow is so worrying."

Xiaowei said: "When the weather is warmer, I will add a row of sheds between the garage and this side, and leave it alone in the middle, as long as you can walk and drive."

Aunt Wang nodded and said, "It is necessary to add a shed, or it will rain heavily in summer, so you can't go inside the house, without any shelter."

Xiaowei's mother stood up and took the soup bowl in front of the old juncture and said: "Don't drink this, I'll give you a hot bowl, I said this old man has to eat cold food every day, right? Don't cook in the future. Here, at least eat something hot. Do you hear me?" A bowl of hot soup was placed in front of the old man.

Lao Guan nodded, took a sip of the hot soup and said, "Your family are all good people. I'm just afraid of being annoying, and I'm tired of getting old when I'm old."

Aunt Wang said: "Xiaowei will go buy whips in a while, couplet door stickers, and window grilles. I bought them all today. Xiaohong will remove the dust with us, and remove the quilts that should be removed and wash them."

Xiaowei said: "It's only been used for a few days, why don't you take it apart?"

Aunt Wang said: "Children don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This is the rule of the young year, don't you understand? Ashes, cleaning, unpacking, laundry, and replacing all used ones with new ones, let the Stove Lord see that the family is diligent and clean. In the afternoon, I will take a shower and cut my hair, and send it to the Stove Lord in the evening."

Xiaowei's mother said: "No, I still have to take a bath. It would be nice if I could take a bath in this courtyard."

Xiaowei said: "When the weather is warmer, change the boiler room into a small bathroom, so that you can wash in winter and burn the boiler in summer?"

Aunt Wang said: "It's good to be able to wash in winter, and it's not too cold to go out for a walk in summer."

Liu Hongliang said: "I'll take you to my factory for washing by car. The hall is not open in the morning, so just a few of you do the washing, so you don't have to squeeze with everyone."

Xiaowei asked, "Can it work?"

Liu Hongliang said: "Okay, I always go to take a bath when the house is not open."

Xiaowei stretched out his hand and slapped Liu Hongliang on the head and said, "Then why didn't you say it earlier? You don't know that I'm going back and forth to squeeze the hall."

Liu Hongliang touched the place where Xiaowei took pictures, and said with a smile: "You old men, what are you afraid of crowding around, I am concerned about my two aunts and Xiaohong."

At that time, bathing was done in the lobby, a large room, and a huge cement pool in the middle, where everyone soaked and washed, and when there were many people, they could squeeze down and stand in the water, so they had to be careful when lifting the water.There are showers around the wall in better conditions, but most of them don't.There is no lockable box like the current one for undressing, it is just a shelf, most people just put it in disorder, and things like losing shoes and clothes often happen.

After 93, small private saunas began to appear, but they were very small, and the sanitation and bathing conditions improved a little. After 95, large bathing centers entered the lives of ordinary people.In this aspect, prefecture-level cities lag behind Fengtian by at least five to eight years, which is determined by consumption power.

In the early 90s, the area of ​​residence determined the speed of information acquisition.People at that time habitually lived a life of seclusion in front of the house and behind the house, and they were generally out of touch with society to a certain extent, which was actually determined by the degree of information accessibility.

After Mr. Guan finished his meal, everyone tidied up, and the people from the school and food factory outside were coming soon.

The two mothers led Xiaohong to start cleaning and tidying up the inside of the house. Xiaowei, his father, Liu Hongliang and Hao Xiaodong gathered the snow in the yard.The garage, the gates on both sides, and the front of the house must be cleared out. The snow will be piled up in the middle of the yard, directly burying the whole five-cornered flower bed, and the soldiers will wear hats to make trouble. I don't know where I forgot.

Fortunately, this is not a rural area, and there is no need to worry about the snow falling on the house, or it would not be finished all day today.

After eating at noon, Liu Hongliang drove Xiaowei's parents, younger brother Aunt Wang and Xiaohong to take a bath, and Xiaowei drove to do shopping by himself.

Firecrackers, Spring Festival couplets, couplets, blessings on window grilles, pig feet and pork ribs, buy clothes for Xiaodi and Xiaohong, underwear, shirts and socks for everyone, buy melons, pears, peach candies, peanuts and melon seeds, stuff the trunk Full back to the yard.

Fortunately, there are no people born in the year of birth, otherwise I would have to buy red underwear, shirts, red socks and red belts.The shopping mall is crowded with people these days, Xiaowei really doesn't want to squeeze in anymore.

Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, during Chinese New Year Chinese New Year will spend money that they are usually reluctant to spend on big purchases, to live a relatively prosperous year, and hope that there will be a good sign in the new year, and that they will be able to get rich and prosperous in the coming year.

Sending off the Stove God here in Liaodong is at four o'clock in the afternoon. The family prepares a sumptuous family banquet, offers three fruits to the Stove King, smears honey in the mouth, then lights firecrackers, and burns the Stove King statue. This is sending the Stove King to heaven. .The so-called God said good things, and returned to the house to bring auspiciousness. I hope this great god can bring new weather and luck to my family.

Then until midnight on New Year's Eve, the Stove Lord had to be welcomed back on time.During the few days from Xiaonian to Thirty, there are folk legends that there are no gods in the family, and the gods have gone to heaven for meetings, so there are no taboos these days, and there is no need to pay attention to taboos about marriage. Get things done quickly in the past few days, so as not to have to think about the feelings of the gods everywhere.

As the saying goes, "Suiyan is busy with marriages in the countryside, and the posts in Yichun amuse the spring. The sisters in front of the lamp whispered to each other, and this year is the bridal chamber of Shou Sui." Now many places in rural areas still have the custom of chaotic marriages.However, these old customs have disappeared in the city, and they have all gone to Christmas Eve to play Christmas Eve. A group of Chinese people don’t even understand the meaning of Christmas Eve, so they make a fuss for foreigners to celebrate.

The 28th of the twelfth lunar month, NO.91 of February 12 in the Gregorian calendar, the eighth day of the beginning of spring, and eight days away from the rainy solar term.

At this time in the south, the spring breeze is blowing, the grass is green, the trees are green, the twigs are sprouting, and the flowers are bearing stamens, but in many places in the northeast, there is light snow on this day.Before and after the Spring Festival are always the coldest days in Northeast China, without exception.

Today, except for the billiard hall, all stores and the food factory in the training center are closed.Xiaowei distributed Spring Festival benefits to all workers, each with a barrel of oil, a bag of rice, and a bag of noodles, ten catties of pork and ten catties of apples.In fact, public units have year-end benefits this year, but Xiaowei feels that each is different, and the factory is paid by the factory. They all work at home, and he can't be too picky.

In addition, Xiaowei from each unit also gave a carload of apples, and the total cost was less than 1 yuan, showing his heart and attitude.

The most surprising thing was the four little girls in the training center. It was the first time for them to carry benefits from work to home, and they sang and danced happily.

(End of this chapter)