Beidiao Workplace Illustrated Book

Chapter 255 Winter 2020 (8)

On the day of New Year's Eve, Chen Mo and his mother sat at the table for lunch, and Chen's mother discussed how to spend the new year with Chen Mo.As usual, on New Year's Eve every year, Chen Mo's family and his uncle's family would gather at grandma's house to eat dumplings, but this year is different, Chen's father passed away, and his tablet was enshrined in the grandma's house In the main hall, Chen Mo saw that tablet when he went to his grandma’s house in the morning. On the family tree of the Chen family, it was filled with the names of those ancestors. It was posted by Chen Mo's uncle, with a few words crookedly written in black ink: The position of Chen Guozeng.

Mother Chen said: "Mo'er, I don't want to go to your grandma's house to eat dumplings tonight, and I don't want to see your father's memorial tablet." After Mother Chen finished speaking, the group burst into tears.

Chen Mo sighed: "Mom, we can do whatever you say, I'll listen to you. Mom, don't cry, we have to celebrate the New Year, we have to do what we want, we can live how you want."

Chen's mother wiped her tears: "Okay, when you go with your uncle and the others to pay New Year's greetings at night, you also go to your grandma's house and say something polite, saying that you will stay with your uncle to cook dumplings for your grandma, and be courteous to your uncle. , but he will definitely let you come back, and you will come back again."

"Okay." Chen Mo nodded.

This is the first New Year's Eve that Chen Mo's mother and son have spent after their father left.

On New Year's Eve before, the family of four could finally get together to celebrate the New Year.Since Chen Mo graduated from university, he can't go home several times a year, and only rarely goes back home for a few days during the Chinese New Year, so the family cherishes the time together.But since Chen Jing got married last year, the family of four has become a family of three, and the family has inevitably become much deserted.But this year, Father Chen left, leaving only Mother Chen and Mo Chen in the family.

The room is deserted and deserted, which makes people feel distressed.There is one person missing in this family, and without Father Chen's coming and going in and out of the house, the familiar and accustomed atmosphere of the whole family is missing.Especially in the atmosphere of bright lights and firecrackers on New Year's Eve, the more lively other people's homes are, the more bleak one's own home looks.

The custom in the village is that on the evening of the New Year's Eve, all members of the family will pay New Year's greetings to the elders together. After the New Year's greetings are over, they must agree on a unified time before eating dumplings.Chen Mo followed the people in the family to pay New Year's greetings to the grandparents' homes in the family, and then went to the grandma's house and returned to his own home. Chen's mother had already prepared the dumplings that had already been made, and would Chai Bao went into the house and had to wait until nine o'clock in the evening to cook the dumplings.

Chen's mother was lying on the kang, watching the Spring Festival Gala on TV. In the past, Chen Mo and Chen's father were sitting in the room watching the Spring Festival Gala, while she was busy in the kitchen.But now, she is not in such a busy mood, and can only kill and kill time by watching TV.

Chen Mo watched TV with his mother, neither of them spoke, their minds were not on watching TV, they both felt that there was one less person beside them.But whatever was in his heart, he didn't say anything. There was only laughter in the room from the TV, but it wasn't as happy as Chen Mo's mother and son.

After a while, there was the sound of an electric car parked at the door of the house. Chen Mo's uncle, aunt, and wife walked into the yard. Chen Mo hurried out to greet him. Chen's mother also got up and greeted his brother and sister-in-law to enter the house.

The uncle and aunt wanted to stay and help Chen's mother cook dumplings. They felt sorry for the younger brother and daughter-in-law, and they came to help because they were afraid that the mother and son would feel deserted.Chen's mother naturally rejected the kindness of her brother and sister-in-law, and Chen Mo also repeatedly declined: "Don't worry, grandpa and aunt, I'm here, and you all go back to cook dumplings earlier."

After exchanging pleasantries, the uncle and aunt got up to say goodbye. It is a courtesy to come to Chen Mo's house, as a brother and sister-in-law.

If no one in the family dies during the year, the dumplings are usually cooked at ten o'clock at night.This year, Father Chen passed away, so the dumplings should be cooked until [-] pm. This is a custom in the village. It is said that those who passed away this year, their souls will also go home to eat dumplings with their families, and finish eating earlier. It's better to go back earlier.At nine o'clock, Chen's mother quickly put the dumplings into the pot, and when the dumplings were cooked and out of the pot, Chen Mo set off a string of firecrackers in the yard. This was a firecracker to welcome his father home to eat dumplings, and it was also a sign of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new firecracker.He said silently in his heart, if his father's soul really came back now, then let's have a good meal with my mother and me.

He looked at the crumbs of firecrackers all over the floor, hoping that the firecrackers could drive away all the bad luck this year, and that everything would be better in the coming year.

As usual, every time the dumplings come out of the pot, Chen's mother will always make a small bowl of dumplings first, and then put them in a dustpan. Chen's father takes Chen Mo, and Chen Mo follows behind his father with the dustpan. The father and son come to the yard inside.To burn paper money at the gate of the yard, at the mouth of the well, and at the entrance of the house, Chen Mo didn’t know why at first, but Father Chen later explained to his son that there are gods inside and outside the yard, door gods at the gate, water gods at the mouth of the well, Let these gods eat the first bowl of dumplings that come out of the pan, burn some paper money for them, and bless our family to be safe and sound next year. This is a custom that must be carried on.

Chen Mo felt that this was a feudal superstition, so he didn't take his father's words seriously, and muttered: "This feudal superstition should be broken earlier, what should he inherit?" But now that his father is gone, he wants his father to continue to take him with him. In the yard, there is a dustpan filled with dumplings, and paper money is burned.

"Let's go, let's burn the paper." Chen's mother put the freshly made dumplings into the dustpan, and held a handful of paper money in her hand. Chen's mother was in front and Chen Mo was behind, just like he followed his father last year. Burn paper money in the yard.

Chen's mother lit a handful of burnt paper and said in her mouth: "God, it's the Chinese New Year. In the coming year, please bless us and my mother. Let's go smoothly and take good care of our orphans and widows."

Chen Mo was silent after listening, two lines of tears had already flowed down.

After burning the paper money in the yard, the two of them went back to the house and put on the bowls and chopsticks to eat dumplings.

The dumplings were eaten very quickly, neither of them had any appetite, so they just ate a few and then put down the bowls and chopsticks.Chen Mo and his mother cleaned up the dishes, put them in the back kitchen and went back to the house.According to the custom in the village, don't wash dishes, sweep the floor, or do any physical work on New Year's Eve, otherwise, you will have to work hard for a whole year in the coming year.

Mother Chen was still lying on the bed, with a haggard and exhausted face, and fell asleep unknowingly. At this time, an uncle and aunt of Chen Moyuan in Tianjin called the video, and wanted to wish Mother Chen a new year and chat. sky.Looking at his sleeping mother, Chen Mo couldn't bear to wake him up, so he immediately hung up the video, sent a New Year greeting to his uncle and aunt, took a picture of his mother sleeping, and told his uncle and aunt that his mother was asleep.

After sending the message, Chen Mo was afraid that his mother would catch a cold, so he covered her with a blanket, but woke up Chen's mother.She woke up and rubbed her eyes, then looked at the time again: "It's almost ten o'clock, it's time to go to bed."

The mother and son were about to insert the door to sleep, but Chen Mo's grandma appeared holding a flashlight. She was worried about her daughter-in-law and grandson, and walked all the way from the north of the village to Chen Mo's house in the cold night. , stayed in the house for a while, and finally went back with peace of mind.

All the family members are very concerned about the mother and son. They are not celebrating the New Year alone. There are many, many people who care about them.

This is how New Year's Eve passed, and the last day of the lunar calendar in 2020 passed like this.When the sun rises tomorrow, it will be a new day, and it will be a new year. In 2021, Chen Mo will be greeted with a new life, a life he has longed for and planned for a long time.

(End of this chapter)