The happiness of rebirth is knocking on the door

Chapter 22

Li Xiaohong knew that tonight, her parents would probably be very busy.Because it turns out that every night, she has to cook meat, stew bones, croquettes, and fried chicken nuggets. At this time of the year, she is almost busy until midnight.

It turned out that this was done because my family was not rich, and I was reluctant to make good food before that, so I made it on the night of the New Year’s Eve. My family ate it for a day on the first day of the new year, and the rest of the delicious mothers would put it away. Mostly for entertaining guests.

This year, I didn’t think about it. In fact, I’m getting better at living slowly. I don’t need to rush to do it all at night. Tiredness is secondary. The most important thing is that the coal is still burned now.

After buying the coal, because it is loose and has no viscosity, the soil and water are mixed with the coal in my hometown to use it on the earthen stove.Therefore, the heat provided by the fire is not enough. If my mother wants to fry something, she will add more firewood to the hearth.

My kitchen is an old-fashioned one, built very high, but there is only one small window, no skylight on the top, and no exhaust fan at this time. Gather throughout the house.

Li Xiaohong is short and smokes less in the lower floors, but she can't bear to stay in the house for a while, her eyes are sour and her nose is choking, so she hurried out.My mother is still tall, and the smoke in the upper part is thicker, so I don't know how to bear it.Maybe it's like this in rural areas now. After getting used to a certain way of life, I get used to it and feel that life is like this.

It seems that what needs to be changed in the future is not only the financial situation of the family, but also the habits and knowledge of the mother.The so-called insight, knowledge comes from seeing first, and knowledge will come naturally after seeing a lot.This is not urgent, you have to take your time, like the drizzle sneaking in with the wind, moistening things silently.

Leaving her parents busy in the kitchen, Li Xiaohong prepared to slip away shamelessly.There's no way, it's okay to cook some food at ordinary times, although with the conditions of the family, she would rather go to work in the fields than cook at home.This time I had to do so much work, and the room was filled with smoke, so I couldn't get used to it.

Before leaving, Li Xiaohong planned to take Li Xiaolu away as well.Li Xiaolu was used to her elder sister taking care of her, and when she heard that she was going to watch a big color TV at Wei's elder sister's house, there was no way she would not be happy.

"Dad, Mom, let's watch TV."

"Go, go, but don't come back too late, you have to get up early tomorrow morning. On the first day of the new year, if you wake up late for a year, you will be late."

"it is good."

When we arrived at Wei Lijun's house, there were already many people sitting in the room, all of them were children and some men from the neighborhood.Most of the men in the village don’t cook. If they cook, they will be looked down upon by others. The men have strong habits, so they have time to watch TV at this time.

From this point of view, my father is really good. Every year, the heavy work of the [-]th year and the lunch at noon on the first day of the new year are all made by my father.

In Dad's words: "Your mother has been busy at home for a year, and you have to take a good rest at the end of the year and the beginning of the year." Moreover, he is not afraid of people's words, but because he is a worker and has a superior status, he also needs to rest. No one gossips about him.The women in the village are very envious of their mother, which is one of the reasons.

The so-called gossip really depends on the person.

"Li Jun!"

"You guys are here, come and sit here!" Wei Lijun patted the seat beside him.

"Little talented girls also watch TV?"

"Come on, make it easy, let our little talented girl pass by."

"What kind of talented girl, if you are a rich girl, it's almost the same."

Besides, what kind of talented woman am I? She is only a little better than others in the village, Li Xiaohong thought to herself.Like someone in the later generations who has published a book before the age of ten, she is called a real talented woman. I am a little stronger, but I have more insights than others in this era, which is brought about by rebirth.

"Xiaohong, why doesn't your dad buy a TV for your family, so you don't have to travel so far if you want to watch it."

The people in the room greeted each other in a hurry.

Li Xiaohong responded with a smile one by one.

"Looking at other people's children, why are you so sensible?"

"A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse can make holes."

"Isn't that right? Brother Zhijun just read a lot of books and works outside, so the children he teaches are good."

"Stop talking, I can't even hear what's being said on TV."

"You brat, you have to be like Xiaohong. I will buy you a TV and tell you to watch it every day."

Li Xiaohong laughed secretly, never thought that in this life, she would become the child of that legendary other family.

Everyone fell silent. After watching for a while, Li Xiaohong just felt bored.

At that time, there was no wireless signal in the countryside, so I bought an antenna for more than a dozen yuan and put it outside. What I could see was the central station, the provincial TV station, and the local stations in several counties nearby. Besides, there were no future programs. Rich, TV drama costumes, plots and so on are very general.

"Oh, the signal is down again, and the picture has turned into a snowflake."

"Go and shake the antenna, it is estimated that the wind has blown the antenna crooked."

Someone hurried out, and the lights outside were turned on.After a while, I heard shouting: "Are you ready?"

"Not yet, try again!" The people in the room also shouted.

"What did you say? Can't hear clearly!"

Someone was standing at the door, acting as a microphone.

Finally, the picture was cleared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's the Spring Festival Gala soon, God bless you, don't have any more problems with the antenna."

"The antenna is still a small problem, we have to ask God not to cut off the power."

"You crow mouth, you must never say that."

"Yes, yes, it's just that it's easy to have a power outage in normal times. The country will take care of it during the Spring Festival, and there will be no power outage."

"Can you stop talking and go outside if you want to talk!" Xiao Lijun finally showed her power.

Also, at this time the whole main room was full of people, and the three rooms of Wei Lijun's house were actually the same as other houses in the village.The main room was full, and someone opened the curtain and sat in the bedroom.There are so many people, and if each person says a word, there is only a noise.

Everyone was silent.

There is only the occasional sound of knocking melon seeds, but it does not affect watching TV.

Seeing this, Li Xiaohong, who was in favor of buying a TV at home, hesitated because the information was very limited.At that time, television was still a rarity, and only a few households in the whole village could afford it. It took several years for such days in my memory before television gradually became popular.

If you have a TV at home, there will always be a large group of people at home, and it is not good to prevent others from watching it, and it will affect your reading and learning.Especially my sister, who is still so young, it is time to develop habits, can she control herself with a TV?

While watching TV, it does not hinder Li Xiaohong from thinking about things.

"Dear audience friends..." Zhao Zhongxiang looked very young at this time, with a peaceful smile on his face, and began to come out to greet everyone.

The Spring Festival Gala is about to begin!

I haven't seen it for many years.I don't remember the original show, and I have no other entertainment on New Year's Eve, so Li Xiaohong continued to watch it.In the early Spring Festival Gala, there were many programs that became popular all over the country and lasted for many years.

Especially the sketches, which are still very interesting to watch. In the first few years, it was Chen Peisi's world.Zhao Benshan is not popular now, remember that Zhao Benshan seemed to be famous for playing an old lady with small feet in his debut?
Thinking wildly like this, looking at Li Xiaolu in his arms, he couldn't help but dozed off.Her face was flushed, and when she pinched it with her hands, it was soft and smooth.

Li Xiaohong was about to take her back, and it was uncomfortable to fall asleep like this.Suddenly I heard the TV saying: "Now please come to the famous singer Fei Xiang from Taiwan to bring a nice song."

Fei Xiang, in my impression, he was the first Taiwanese singer to perform in the mainland. Since then, Hong Kong and Taiwan have imported a lot of culture from the mainland.In the future, the literary and artistic undertakings in the mainland will gradually flourish.

It turned out that the surprise was him.

In this case, Li Xiaohong planned to watch it before leaving. The first time he saw Fei Xiang's performance, he was extremely amazed.

"You are like that, a ball of fire, the blazing flame burned my heart!"

Fei Xiang is of mixed race, with a high nose and a deep and three-dimensional face. He is wearing a small red suit jacket at this time. The atmosphere at the party was on fire.

"Oh, there is such a hot one, why did the country let such a person come to power?"

Of course, it is not uncommon for those who are not used to watching it. Among the people watching TV on the spot, some people complained.

Surprise was also seen, and Li Xiaohong was worried about how to take her sister away. It happened that someone in the village was leaving too, so she helped her hold her and sent her home.

The child dozed off a lot, and Li Xiaolu didn't wake up. Looking at the time, it was getting late, and Li Xiaohong also washed up and went to sleep.

In the middle of the night, she could vaguely hear the sound of firecrackers, but it didn't wake her up completely.

Because of the holiday, there are new items everywhere in the house, and the quilt is taken outside to dry whenever there is sun every day, exuding a good smell, and the warm water bag at the foot is also warm.In a daze, she wanted to sleep really comfortably, but the quilt was too heavy, and this new quilt weighed about ten catties, not to mention that there were two quilts covering her body, it would be great if there was heating in the house.

When I woke up, it was the next day.Looking at the electronic watch in my hand, at 06:30 in the morning, I put on the new clothes I put on the bedside before going to bed at night, and got up.

"Why don't you sleep more, it's still early." Hearing the noise, Zhang Meiying asked.

"I'm used to it. Besides, Mom, didn't you say that you should get up early during the Chinese New Year?"

"You child, don't shout during the Chinese New Year. I'm not afraid that you will be late."

Talking and laughing, Zhang Meiying also got up.

After the mother and daughter washed up, they prepared to make dumplings together. The noodles were left over from last night, and they were fine.

At this time, there have been many firecrackers in the village.

"It's so much faster with you and me. In the past few years, I always wrapped the dumplings and put them on the pot on the night of the New Year's Eve. Otherwise, I would have to dress you and cook in the morning before it would be too late."

It took about half an hour to make a large pot of dumplings.

Li Zhijun, who was already up, took out a firecracker and hung it on a nail on the wall, took a burning stick and lit it.

There was a sound of "crackling", and red confetti fell on the ground.

There are hard-working children in the village running around, picking up people who have let off their whips, to see if there are any unexploded firecrackers on the ground, so they can pick them up and let them go.

"Okay, let's eat first and see when your sister wakes up."

After cooking, Zhang Meiying brought some water into the first bowl: "For the first bowl of dumplings, we must first respect the ancestors of heaven and earth, and bless our family with everything well."

Li Xiaohong remembers that when she was young, she had a confrontation with her mother because of this, saying that there are no gods in the world, and that death is like a lamp going out, so what's the use of asking ancestors.

Thinking about it now, I'm really ignorant, I don't know how to respect my personal beliefs, what's wrong with letting my mother keep that kind of thinking.Besides, my mother is not the same
I firmly believe that her actions are just a kind of awe of the world and the predecessors, and it is a good thing for people to have a kind of awe at all times.

This time, Li Xiaohong naturally didn't say anything, watching her father mutter a few words, and then pour some dumpling water on the ground.

"Okay, let's eat." Hee hee, Dad used to be a soldier, and he didn't believe it, otherwise he wouldn't be so perfunctory.

"Eat it again, I still think this year's dumplings are delicious."

"That's right, our girl is capable, and she can do better than others."

While talking and eating, I heard Li Xiaolu yelling in the room: "Mom, pee!"

"Mom, go and dress your sister, I'll make another pot of dumplings."

Li Xiaohong wanted to wash the dishes after dinner, but Zhang Meiying refused.

Li Zhijun said: "Don't argue, you have been busy for a year, let me come today."

Li Xiaohong saw that her mother's eyes were a little red, her mother was like this, she felt that she should do everything, and she couldn't stand others being nicer to her, and wished she could show her heart to them.

"Then Hong's father, remember that there is warm water in the big kettle on the stove, you wash it in warm water, don't freeze."

"Ok."

Zhang Meiying looked around at home again, and there was really nothing to do, so she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and went out.

(End of this chapter)