Xiaojiaxiu

Chapter 318

Si Ya, who returned home, naturally told her mother and sisters about Liang Xiucai's request just now.Mrs. Zhao and Da Ya also sighed, and then promised not to mention this matter in front of the scholar's mother.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, although the mother and daughter sighed in their hearts about the matter of Liang Xiucai and Cuigu, but after sighing, they all packed up their mood and began to wait for the arrival of New Year's Eve.

The so-called "New Year's Eve" refers to the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar every year, which is connected with the first day of the first lunar month.

The word "Chu" in "New Year's Eve" means to go, change, and alternate, and "Xi" means to exhaust at night and twilight.The combination of the two characters means "the end of the month and the end of the year".At this time, people have to get rid of the old and usher in the new, and fire cannons to show the heavens that the old year will be removed and the new year will be replaced in the coming year.

Therefore, the activities during this period revolve around getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, eliminating disasters and praying for good fortune.
For this aspect, the Zhao family is well prepared.

As the saying goes, this year's work will be finished this year, and we will never drag it down and save it for next year, so Zhao Daniu also took Lao Xietou, Li Chen and others to brave the heavy snow, and planted all the vegetable seeds on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Fortunately, it was freezing and snowy outside, but inside the greenhouse was warm like spring, and the soil on the ground was also moist and soft, so the sowing of the seeds went smoothly.

When the vegetables were planted in the field, Zhao Daniu asked Lao Xietou and others to go home with their money bags.During this period, they are both busy selling vegetables and sowing seeds, so they can't treat them badly in terms of money.

After Li Chen got his salary, he only kept a small part of it with him, and handed over the rest to Mrs. Zhao, saying that it was to repay the debt he owed before.

Li Chen is so sensible, the Zhao family also sees it!The reason why he will work for his own family is also because he has the mentality of paying off the "debt"!Leaving aside whether it's a debt of favor or a debt of money, Li Chen's seriousness and diligence in doing things is already very rare!

The Zhao family also readily accepted Li Chen's money, and naturally wanted the Li family to live a good year without any apologies.

Seeing Mrs. Zhao accept the money, Li Chen smiled easily!
Putting the seeds into the ground means that the planting of the greenhouse this year is over, so this is also included in the removal of the old!

Mrs. Zhao brought her daughter to the house before New Year's Eve, and cleaned up the house well, throwing away what should be thrown away, and getting rid of what should be removed.

In fact, there is nothing to throw away at home, it is just to rearrange the things in that room, it can be regarded as a new look to welcome the arrival of the new year!
In this way, the family finally ushered in the last day of the year on the snowy morning.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Zhao woke up all the daughters in the family from their beds, and then began to prepare breakfast.

After breakfast, the family still has a lot of things to do!

Siya and the others also knew that today's task was heavy, so they didn't sleep in late, and got dressed energetically, and stood in front of their mother one by one, waiting for their today's task.

"Big ya, er ya, Xiao Lian, after the three of you had breakfast, you boiled hot water and prepared the paste!"

"Da Niu Sanya Siya, after you had breakfast, you hurried to the school to ask for the old master's couplet. You are late, so you don't know how long you will have to wait!"

"Five and six, your task today is to take good care of Xiao Zhaodi and Xiao Lele, and don't let them make trouble for everyone!"

... After the whole family arrived, Mrs. Zhao assigned tasks to the children one by one.

The children who received the task patted their little chests and promised Mrs. Zhao to complete the task.

Especially Zhao Daniu and Sanya and Siya, after breakfast, picked up the paper, pen and inkstone at home and rushed to the school in Qianwang Village!Naturally, Si Ya will not forget to bring some delicious snacks to the old master, which can be regarded as "bribery"!

When it was time to go to school, there were already several children surrounding the old master!Si Ya and the others are also glad that they came earlier at this time. In this situation, it may be later, and they are destined to go to the sea.

Sure enough, after a while, more and more children from the school came, presumably they were all sent by their adults to ask for the old master's calligraphy.

"Don't worry, everyone! Line up!" the old master said while writing, raising his head from time to time to order these children.

The old master writes well, but he writes very slowly, as if the noisy classroom has not entered his ears, and his voice is still calm, and he writes every word steadily.

Fortunately, although there are many children asking for words in the classroom, they are not in a hurry.

Si Ya looked at the timid children holding the paper with their arms, and then they laughed familiarly with each other while waiting to ask for words.There is really no eager expression on the face, but when the conversation reaches the cheerful point, there will be a few pleasant laughter from time to time.

In such a happy atmosphere, it is hard not to be in a good mood.

"Siya! Siya! You came so early!" Suddenly, Juan'er's voice came from outside the classroom door. It turned out that Juan'er was also sent by her parents to ask for couplets.

Wu Jia Da Lang and Er Lang stayed at home with their father to shovel snow early in the morning, while Wu Jia San Lang was sent here with his younger sister to ask for the old master's calligraphy.

"Slow down! Slow down!" Seeing Juan'er staggering and squeezing through the crowd, Si Ya kept reminding her because she was afraid that she would accidentally fall to the ground.

Finally squeezed through the crowd and came to Sanya Siya, Juan'er happily took their arms, shouted that the snow outside was coming, and asked Sanya Siya to touch her snow-wet face hair.

The three girls began to talk endlessly, and Wu Jiasanlang who followed squeezed over saw his sister chattering there, and laughed angrily.

Finally, after a while, it was Siya's turn.The old master glanced at Si Ya, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and smiled, then picked up the pen and ink she handed over and prepared to write couplets.

"Girl! What kind of couplet do you want, tell me, and I will write it for you!" The old master took the red paper from Siya's house, but asked first instead of writing immediately.

These people in the village asked for couplets, and they were just looking for auspiciousness!So as long as there are auspicious words on the red paper, they don't care about the specific words written on them.

The old master who has been writing for so many years is also clear in his heart!
But Si Ya is not an ordinary child, this point is also a mirror in the old master's heart!That's why I asked this question.

"It's all right! It's all right! Just keep reading and writing!" Siya heard the old master ask herself, and thought about it in her mind, but she really didn't think of a complete couplet, so she was a little guilty and pretended to be chic Said.

As for the couplets, Si Ya really didn't pay attention to them.

In the previous life, Siya's parents were divorced and then married again, and they had their own new families, so every year during the Chinese New Year, she followed her grandma to her uncle's house to celebrate the New Year.

Uncle obviously treats her more politely than close, and my aunt even smiles in front of everyone but winks behind her. So if it weren't for her grandma, she really didn't want to spend such a cold year at his uncle's house.

Couplets, firecrackers, fireworks, etc., she also watched her uncle and aunt's cousins ​​happily busy there, but she didn't even have a chance to do it.

To her, such a year meant nothing at all!So since her grandma passed away, every Chinese New Year, she only made dumplings stuffed with fennel for herself, one bowl (for) for her grandma, and one bowl for herself. This is the years of her and grandma.

So for Si Ya, whether it is in the present or in the previous life, the Chinese New Year subconsciously is just the dumplings stuffed with fennel and grandma.

She knows nothing about this so-called couplet!

"Okay! It's rare that you trust me so much, so I'll choose a pair and write it down for you!" The old master didn't know that Siya was so chic because he didn't know anything, so he thought it was because Siya respected him. This is the case, and my heart is naturally very useful.

"Jade trees and silver flowers, thousands of households look at Ruixue at the gate; singing and laughing, Xiaojia smells the beauty of the wine! Banner: Xiaojia is beautiful! Girl, what do you think?" The old master's rare joy, thinking about this year's snowy Ruixue, came up with this idea The couplet comes, so the tone is full of satisfaction.

"Xiaojiaxiuse! This is good! Really good!" Even though Si Ya knew nothing about couplets, she still felt an indescribably warm feeling when she heard the words Xiaojiaxiuse.

Seeing that Si Ya was also really satisfied, the old master also stroked his beard, looked at the sentence again in satisfaction, then nodded, picked up the red paper and wrote a few big blessings to Si Ya's family.

After all, there are quite a lot of people asking for couplets today, so the old master didn't chat with Siya too much. After handing over the couplets to Siya, he began to write couplets for the next family.

Just writing again, the old master had no doubts, and waved his hand to write down the vulgar and festive words and phrases that were already familiar in his heart.

Seeing that Sanya and Siya had already got the couplets, Juan'er was very reluctant to let them go home, and then continued to wait in line with her third brother.

Holding the couplets written by the old master, Sanya Siya and Zhao Daniu rushed home again, because they knew that their whole family was waiting for them to take the couplets back and paste them on their small home. !

On the way back, Siya tightly hugged the couplet in her hand, fearing that the floating snowflakes would fall on the couplet and wipe out all the words on the couplet!At this time, she really felt that she was closely related to the New Year.

"The couplet is here! The couplet is here!" Zhao Hua, who was shoveling snow in front of the door, saw Siya and the others coming back, and hurriedly shouted into the courtyard.

Hearing this, the big girls who were so sticky with the paste also smiled and no longer worried that the paste would cool down!
(End of this chapter)