Daily life in the courtyard

Chapter 129 Meeting the Same Sunshine

Shou Sui on New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year is the day when people pay most attention to reunion.

On this day, post couplets and cook meals early in the morning.

Because shops in the capital are closed for five days, every Chinese New Year, New Year's Eve is the last day of the old year, and the family needs to prepare meals from the first day to the fifth day of the new year.

Of course, the first thing to prepare in the afternoon is the most grand New Year's Eve dinner.

In the evening, a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner is placed on the table of the Eight Immortals, and the family sits together to celebrate the New Year together.

The New Year's Eve dinner is also particular.

For example, the New Year's Eve dinner cannot entertain outsiders, only family members can serve it.

No matter how close friends are, in addition to the New Year's Eve dinner, the dumplings on New Year's Day are the same.

Wei Ping'an's family, with the exception of his sister-in-law Ai Mulin.

Ai Muzhen is a widow, and was brought up by Mrs. Zhang, so she has long been regarded as her own granddaughter.

Ai Muzhen has been calling grandma with Zhou Wen, and even went straight here when he returned to the capital.

In the heart of the old lady, this is already the closest granddaughter.

In the past few years, Ai Mulin has been a member of this family and celebrated the New Year together.

Instead, it was Wei Ping'an who left for more than five years.

However, every year on the dinner table, there will be Wei Pingan's bowls and chopsticks.

This is another aspect of New Year's Eve dinner.

The New Year's Eve dinner pays attention to even if the family members do not rush back, the family members must reserve a place for him, and put a pair of chopsticks and a bowl to show that the whole family is gathered together.

Therefore, in the past five years, although Wei Pingan has not been able to participate in person, he has been with everyone in another form.

Far away in the military compound in the XC area, Lao Li's family is also preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The military New Year is different from ordinary courtyards.

There is a cafeteria in the army compound. Every year during the day of New Year’s Eve, the cafeteria organizes some activities. There are many activities this year.

Recreational activities with prizes—guessing lantern riddles, which is to paste riddles written by someone in advance on a long line of lead wires nailed on both sides of the cafeteria, and get points for guessing correctly;

Hold up the table tennis racket, put table tennis balls on it, and then either rotate or run around the table, and get points according to time and distance;

There are many more, such as those who throw chopsticks into the wine bottle with the net vertically, and those who touch objects blindfolded, that is, drawing faces on the blackboard, blindfolded three meters away, touching the nose and mouth...

In the afternoon, Lao Li took Xiaomi to play.

Because Li Lu brought Xiaomi with her these past few years, she deliberately avoided many friends. She stayed at home without moving, and Mama Tian stayed with her.

When I get home at night, I will also prepare a table of New Year's Eve dinner at my own home.

When Li Lu was arranging the dishes, she subconsciously placed an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks, and Mother Tian was so distressed that she was about to cry.

Lao Li also saw it, and silently took a sip from his wine glass.

The daughter also followed him in dealing with feelings.

As he gets older, he will always think of the heroic woman who was tied up on the gate of the city...

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Wei Ping'an's home.

The New Year's Eve dinner is being delivered to the table.

The New Year's Eve dinner in the old capital pays attention to four cold dishes, four hot dishes, four meat dishes, and four soup dishes.

Now that materials are scarce, the difficult time has just passed, and the lives of ordinary people have not completely eased, so the four cold, four hot river, four meat and four soup dishes are confused.

For example, stewed pork vermicelli is not only a soup dish, but also a meat dish, and it is still a hot dish...

In the end, the New Year's Eve dinner at Wei Ping'an's family, with four dishes and one soup, talked about five blessings.

Hmm... This word is so delicate, it seems that I have known each other before.

Those who celebrate the new year don't want outsiders, let alone Yan Bugui who is poor and calculating.

The food was served, and the family of six reunited to have a big meal.

Wei Dabao sat on his exclusive children's dining table and chairs, feasting and eating with great joy.

I had a lot of fun with my uncle in the afternoon.

In the end, Zhou Wen, who was a mother, came out, otherwise she wouldn't be able to call back.

That's it, I'm still crying.

But the boy is tough, Wei Dabao has not been beaten once or twice.

After the beating, I took it home, and after a while I was happy.

The attention shifted quickly, and Wei Pingan guessed that his son had amnesia of negative emotions.

In layman's terms, it is heartless.

After dinner.

After the meals are packed, the ones that should be taken out and frozen are frozen.

There is no need for a refrigerator in this season, put it outside in the yard, take a basin and buckle it, and it will freeze in a while.

Put away what should be put away.

Because the leftovers of this meal will be served with dumplings for five or six days.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, it is "New Year's greetings".

The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders.

The old lady is the happiest and happiest person at this moment.

In her opinion, the greatest happiness in life is to sit in front of the hall on the last night of each year, with a little doll kowtowing to her in front of her.

This means future generations prosper, not alone.

Therefore, the old lady sat in the middle of the room, Wei Pingan was on the left, and Ai Mulin and Zhou Wen were on the right.

Zhou Zimo took the lead in proofing, took two steps forward, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed loudly, this is also the rule.

Straighten up and say congratulations: "I wish grandma a happy new year and good health."

The old lady would be so happy from ear to ear at this time, especially this year, after all, the grandson-in-law is back, which is a real family joy.

"Okay, grandson, come, grandma will give you a red envelope."

Mrs. Zhang's red envelope is the money she saved herself.

Wei Ping'an had told Zhou Wen about this before, so they could wrap up red envelopes and ask grandma to give them to them.

But the old lady disagreed.

The women in Northeast China are all honest, and the old lady's ability to give is her own ability. She is happy when she gives less and more, and she doesn't like to engage in deceitful activities.

Well, the old lady called the behavior proposed by Wei Ping'an a scam.

It can be seen that it is really repulsive.

Zhou Zimo got up happily after taking the red envelope and stepped aside.

After praying tonight, the little whip will be available again tomorrow.

Wei Dabao staggered forward, knelt down on the ground, and kowtowed.

I felt a little dizzy when I got up, and forgot the congratulatory speech my aunt taught just now, but the little guy was also quick-witted, and immediately said: "I wish my grandma to live to be a hundred years old..."

"Okay, okay, Dabao, get up quickly, here, here is your red envelope. Hey, look at this little head, it's all red."

"Dabao is true and sincere, take a look, don't smash the floor tiles in the house."

Amy said jokingly.

The whole family roared with laughter.

The two most solemn events on New Year’s Eve are over, and the rest is to sit around, eat mixed food, eat melon seeds and peanuts, and chat about movies until 12 o’clock arrives.

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Military compound.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Li Lu accompanied Tian's mother, Lao Li held Wei Xiaomi, and the whole family walked into the cafeteria.

The activities there are still going on, and it is more lively.

Although Lao Li has a bad temper, he is very popular.

Especially after Director Li and Deputy Commander Wang's family "moved out" here, the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Kong Er's family is also there. Five or six children belong to the huge team. There are also many children in the old Zhao family, but the eldest son is 11 years older than the youngest daughter.

It was the first time for Li Lu to make an appearance in the old Li's family in recent years. In the past two days, she has been nourished by love and thought, and her mental outlook has changed a lot.

It's a bit like a little girl in a big courtyard again.

He also smiled and greeted the little sisters who hadn't been in touch for a long time, and the little wild boy who followed them at the beginning, and now he has grown up, still calls her Sister Li Lu and Sister Lulu.

Some of them were in a trance for several seconds before she recognized them.

Boys are also very changeable.

Many men of the right age in the crowd are quietly looking at Li Lu.

This legendary girl.

The characters are legendary, the experience is legendary, and the development process of things makes them amazed when they listen to the story.

Today, this person actually appeared in the cafeteria of the compound with the child in his arms.

appear in front of them.

Wow! So beautiful.

Sister Li Lu has a good temperament.

Li Lu looks better than before, so beautiful.

What's the use of being beautiful, I didn't see that people have children.

I heard that I have never seen the child's father...

It's not your turn, look who is that?

"Li Lu, Uncle Li, Aunt Tian..."

"Oh, it's Kaiming, how is working at the police station?"

"Very good, I haven't seen Xiaolu for a long time, this is Xiaomi, so cute..."

In the past three to five years, the wind vane has changed a bit. After the incident, the party that had been giving way before became extraordinarily tough.

Wang Kaiming is the last direct member of the Wang family who stayed in the capital. With the idea of ​​not putting all eggs in one basket, the old father still called his eldest son who wanted to go to Fujian to join his father, so he gave up the idea of ​​leaving the capital.

In the past few years, he has consciously gotten close to this group of people, but there are not many opportunities, and at present it is just a greeting and a few words.

Seeing Li Lu by accident today and seeing the girl next to her, Wang Kaiming thought this might be an opportunity.

For a moment, he was ready to sacrifice himself to feed the tiger and marry this woman with the oil bottle.

It's so beautiful.

For the age group in the military compound, the daughter of Old Uncle Li's family, if it is said to be ranked third, there must be one in the top two.

"Hello, Uncle Wang."

"Happy New Year Xiaomi, your headband is so beautiful..."

Wang Kaiming is a policeman at the police station, so he has a way of dealing with children.

"Well, thank you uncle, this is given to me by my father, I like it..."

The corner of Wang Kaiming's mouth twitched, and he immediately laughed twice to show his embarrassment.

"Oh, Li Lu, your partner is back?"

"Well, I'm back, thank you for your concern."

Lao Li turned his neck to look into the crowd, this was quite embarrassing.

At the beginning, in order to let his daughter find someone to start a new life again, he was spreading the word.

But after all, several years have passed, and I didn't expect that there were still people who didn't give up.

There were quite a few people who came to the house back then, and the threshold of his old Li's house would have been broken through. If it wasn't for this, Li Lu wouldn't have gotten so angry with Lao Li, and wouldn't have moved out in a fit of anger.

Time has passed, and Lao Li regretted it, but he still has to pay for what he said at the beginning.

Mother Tian glared at Lao Li.

"Ahem, old Zhao, old Zhao..."

Lao Li quickly raised his neck and shouted, picked up Xiaomi and slipped away.

Knowing how to advance and retreat, Wang Kai smiled and greeted politely before leaving again.

Li Lu held Mother Tian's arm, and continued to look left and right at the hanging riddles that had not been solved yet.

Mother Tian patted the back of her daughter's hand.

"Mom, it's all over. Brother Wei is back too."

"It's all over, it's all over. Mom just wants you to be happy and live happily every day."

"It's already, Mom, I'm very happy now, really."

"That's good."

Time flies.

The chef class in the cafeteria has been withdrawn from the hall, apparently returning to the back kitchen to cook dumplings.

Xiaomi wasn't sleepy at all, but she didn't sleep less in the afternoon, just for the clock to strike 12 o'clock.

"Grandpa, grandpa, let's go home. I want to get my little lantern and change into the little leather shoes my grandma bought..."

The little daughter of the old Zhao family is not much older than Xiaomi, she is considered the same age, and she made an appointment to wait for the bell to ring, put on new shoes, and go to the square with a lantern to watch other people set off fireworks and firecrackers.

In fact, the two little guys met each other when they were three years old, but they forgot it not long after.

Now that she is over four years old, the memory can be preserved. The two adults are the closest comrades-in-arms, and the friendship between life and death has made them become little girlfriends again.

Military families don't discuss seniority, just come and play.

Lao Zhao's old daughter is a spoiled little padded jacket.

Fortunately, Lao Zhao is an intellectual, and he has the sense to pet his daughter.

Moreover, the daughter of the Zhao family, who is protected by her elder brother, does not seem to be a stable master in the future. Among the group of friends, it is said that the number of people who are pulling their hair and crying cannot be counted with two slaps.

Not counting those who slap and cry, those who talk make people run and cry...

Old Zhao, are you sure this is your seed?
The bell rang at 12 o'clock.

Wei Xiaomi was holding a small bamboo pole, with a red pleated round lantern hanging in front of it, and a small flame was lit inside, illuminating a round area wherever he walked.

Not far away, the sound of firecrackers came and went, as if he suddenly woke up, with a vigorous momentum.

Having played enough and tired of playing, the little girl Zhao Liang took Wei Xiaomi and ran to the cafeteria.

They also want to eat dumplings for the first meal of the new year.

Dumplings, jiaozi, the first pot of dumplings on the first day of the new year, is a very good meaning.

The two little girls don't understand these things, but they are tired from playing and hungry.

"Old Zhao, I've actually wanted to ask you for a long time. Why did you name your daughter this name, it looks like a boy."

"Don't mention it. When the wheat was growing, you had a meeting for two days and two nights. When he got home, the child had already come out. At that time, it was just dawn, and Lao Zhao casually named him this."

"Hey, Lao Zhao, this is really your character, you don't bother to use your brain when you're tired." Kong Er foolishly joked.

A few old guys were chatting and laughing, drinking, reminiscing about the past and looking forward to the future. Before they knew it, it was early morning, and the families and children of several families had already gone back to sleep.

They drank until the morning and witnessed the first ray of sunshine on the first day of the new year together.

"Happy New Years, old folks."

"Happy New Year. Congratulations, Lao Li."

"Yes, Lao Li, congratulations, congratulations on your wonderful son-in-law."

"I said Kong Er is a fool, if you can't speak, talk less... No one will think you are dumb."

"See, Old Zhao, your old partner is still the one who got cheap and behaved."

"Go to hell."

……

Wei Pingan stretched his waist, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and the hot air instantly atomized, giving Wei Pingan the illusion of three flowers gathering on top.

He just kept watch all night and saw the first ray of light in the morning.

There was a rustle in the room, Zhou Wen, or Sister Ai woke up.

This night, they slept together.

Wei Pingan just listened to the bottom of the wall for half the night, not to mention, it was quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)