my grandmother

Chapter 76
The night before the stove sacrifice, the Yueyang Preserved Egg Shop had a reunion, had a lively celebration banquet, received a generous bonus from the big boss Li Jinzhu, closed the workshop, and went home happily for the New Year.

The next day, Li Wenliang and Li Jinzhu went back to Lijiaji together. The five Li Jinzhu went to put their parents' graves first, and then they were very busy.

The entire Li family was busy.

During the year and outside, there are several important blessings and sacrifices in the county. In the past, they had nothing to do with the Li family. This year, the Li family cannot be missed.

For the Lantern Festival in the first lunar month, the Li family's lantern shed should also be added, and it would be better to have a lion dance team or something.

In Kunshan County, there are respectable families, either relatives or friends. During the first month, each family takes turns to invite the New Year’s wine. In the past, this matter has nothing to do with the Li family. This year, the Li family will go to each family to have the New Year’s wine, and they will also invite a round of New Year’s wine. .

Huang Xianzun will also hold two literary meetings, and Li Xuedong is invited to give a lecture at the county school.

The Li family also has two important in-laws: the Hong family and Mr. Gao's family.Before the year, we should give gifts, and after the year, we should pay New Year's greetings and eat New Year's wine.

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The Li clan went up and down, under the command of Li Shikuan and several clan elders, they were very busy.

Li Xuedong, the face and patriarch of the Li clan, was called out almost every day before dawn, and returned home in the middle of the night, exhausted and thin.

Sister Li Jinzhu had to deal with a lot of New Year's greetings after the new year, and got back a thick pile of family history from Li Shikuan. Li Jinzhu directly stuffed it to Li Xiaonan. She, Yuzhu and Yinzhu had too many things to do. This thick booklet Just let Ah Nan remember it, and she will mention it when the time comes.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, the small stage that was set up in the ancestral hall in previous years was moved to the opposite side of the ancestral hall. The shed craftsmen invited from Pingjiang City built a big stage with two bright floors and three dark floors. class.

The newly formed Li's lion dance team was invited by two neighboring family members to take a walk on the eve of the New Year's Eve and compete for a while.

Accumulated the joyful atmosphere of the twelfth lunar month, until the day of the New Year's Eve, from the morning, sporadic firecrackers broke the suppressed joy, the smell of meat and wine, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the shouts of children, mixed into one A strong sense of excitement and joy shrouded the entire Li family collection and the Li clan.

The New Year's Eve dinner for the five Li family siblings was not very rich. From Li Jinzhu to Li Yinzhu, they were too busy to take care of it.

After taking a few bites, Cuiye rushed in with a few clear and excited 'Sister Ah Nan'.

"You haven't finished eating yet, so I'll wait." Cuiye was wearing new clothes, her cheeks flushed with excitement.

"Sit here. Are you ready to eat? It's so early." Li Xiaonan signaled Cuiye to take a chair and sit down.

"I finished eating, but they are still eating. Tang Weng wants to drink, so they eat slowly." Cuiye stretched her head to look at the dishes on the table.

"Hey, can you all eat well after the New Year's Eve dinner?" Li Yinzhu was surprised.

She is learning the rules and etiquette recently.

"No! I told A Niang that I had agreed with Sister A Nan to go out to play earlier, but Dad glared at me, so Tang Weng said go ahead!" Cui Ye smiled.

Sister Anan has been at home for a month, and her little life is very happy.

She really likes her sister Anan!

"Have you put on your new clothes now?" Li Yuzhu reached out and touched the pomegranate red muslin padded jacket on Cuiye's body.

"I made four new clothes this year! Aniang said that these are new clothes for Chinese New Year, and three are new clothes for New Year's greetings, and those three are all made of silk!" Cui Ye's excited eyes sparkled.

"Why didn't you call Ai Ye over?" Li Xiaonan asked Cui Ye after finishing eating a spring roll.

"She's going to help the grandma get a profit, and tomorrow morning she has to help the grandma distribute the profit, and she can't get out.

"She said that this year she will pack a lot of New Year's money and fortune envelopes. She said that the fortune envelopes can be thin or thick, so you can't make mistakes when wrapping them, and you can't make mistakes when handing them out.

"For the New Year's money every year, my mother-in-law gave me a small silver coin, and my husband gave me another silver coin, but my mother took them away and said that I would save them for my dowry."

Cuiye was indifferent to the fact that the New Year's money was taken away. She had never had pocket money, nor had she ever spent it on anything.

Li Xiaonan quietly glanced at the elder sister.

Will she also get two dimes tomorrow?
If she got it, she would go to the county town with Cuiye and spend all the two dimes in one go.

It has been almost two years since she arrived here, and she has never had a penny, let alone spent a penny!

It's been an hour since Li Jiaji walked to the county seat, and she and Cuiye have already been there twice.

The sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and Cuiye jumped up, "Sister Ah Nan, hurry up! This is our family's lion dance! It's so beautiful!"

"Yeah, okay, okay!" Li Xiaonan stuffed half an egg dumpling into her mouth, waved to Li Jinzhu, stood up, and ran out with Cuiye.

"These girls are playing like crazy!" Li Yuzhu just frowned, then laughed again.

"Second Sister, don't worry! I'll go and look at them!" Li Yinzhu confessed, and before Li Jinzhu could speak, she had already run out.

"If you've finished eating, go watch the fun too." Li Jinzhu patted Li Xuedong lightly.

Li Xuedong was stretching his neck to look out, and nodded quickly, "Okay, I'm going!"

"Let's pack up and go take a look." Li Yuzhu laughed.

Li Jinzhu also laughed, stood up, cleaned up with Li Yuzhu, and rushed out to watch the fun.

Li Yinzhu caught up with Li Xiaonan and Cuiye, and squeezed into the crowd to watch the liveliness of the lion dance.

The three lion dance teams first showed off at the gate of the Li family's ancestral hall, then rolled and jumped along the main street, and went to the gates of several clan's hometowns to congratulate and ask for rewards.

The three of Li Xiaonan didn't dare to follow, besides, the big show was about to start, the lion dance only had a few moves, it was still a good show!

The night went by like the blink of an eye.

Just after dawn, Li Yinzhu dragged Li Xiaonan back home to change into new clothes.

The material for Li Yinzhu's new clothes was bought in the fine cloth shop next door to their preserved egg shop. This was the first time she bought fine cloth with copper cash to make clothes!

It took Li Yinzhu two full days to choose the color, and she didn't dare to cut it herself. Sister-in-law Yin asked someone to cut it for her. She tried it once when it was ready, and it looked great!

Li Xiaonan's new clothes were made for her by Li Shikuan's wife, Aunt Tang. The pomegranate red half-length jacket, the light green skirt, and the combination of bright red and green are very festive and beautiful.

Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu were weaving new coats and skirts, each with their own wealth.

As for Li Xuedong, he had to socialize for a first month, and his clothes were bought by the lobby uncle Li Wenliang from Pingjiang City.

Li Yinzhu and Li Xiaonan changed into new clothes before going to Cuiye's house.Cuiye's mother pushed her away before Cuiye finished speaking.

Those three silk clothes were worn as guests when they went out, and now they are not going out to be guests, so what can they exchange for!

Cuiye's sadness disappeared when she ate the first fresh meat gnocchi. This year's fresh meat gnocchi is really delicious!

The three ate fresh meat gnocchi at Cuiye's house and went straight to Li Shikuan's house.

Li Shikuan and Old Aunt Tang had changed into new festive clothes, and sat in the courtyard, accepting the bows and greetings from the juniors.

Li Xiaonan was holding two small red calico purses, walked out of the courtyard, and couldn't wait to open them.

In the purse that Li Shikuan gave was a not-so-small red-gold longevity fruit, and in the purse that Old Aunt Tang gave was a red-gold tiger, which was her zodiac sign.

Li Yinzhu is also a red gold longevity fruit and a little golden pig.

Li Xiaonan was holding the red-gold longevity fruit and the red-gold tiger, almost crying.

She dared to spend silver dimes, but she dared not spend gold!

(End of this chapter)