The strong fisherman in the courtyard

As soon as he arrived at the courtyard, he saw two people following him, Yan Fugui and Aunt Yan, who looked dazed and as if they had amnesia.

Judging from his appearance, I guess he just came back from watching the execution scene. Wow, he must have been quite shocked.

Li Ming took two quick steps towards his home. The other person was in a bad mood at the moment, and as an excellent and good neighbor of the courtyard house, Li Ming could not cause trouble to others at this time.

"You're back? Why are you buying more Mao Ke?" Mother Li asked as she watched her son come in with a bag of Mao Ke. "We still have some at home."

"Well, I thought we usually have a lot of people eating here. Just now I saw Yan Fugui and Aunt Yan coming back from outside. They looked distraught. I guess they went to watch the execution."

Li Ming picked out the topic that everyone was most interested in, and thus smoothly diverted everyone's attention and left successfully.

"Tsk tsk, their family is in trouble this year!" Father Li said happily while crossing his legs.

"Who can they blame? It's because Yan Fugui didn't teach his child well! Now that their own child has problems, can they blame others?"

"I feel so. At least Yan Fugui must have been very angry recently!" Li Ming shrugged and said, "Who knows if he will go crazy and cause trouble?"

"Just don't come to our house to bring bad luck, it's New Year's Day."

"By the way, Mingzi, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Why don't you go to the outer courtyard and call the two brothers over so that we can celebrate the New Year together."

"The two children have no one to rely on in this city. A few days ago, I saw those two boys helping you to stand guard." Mother Li suddenly remembered the two good boys in the front yard.

Li Ming hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll go over and ask now."

"If they come, we can celebrate the New Year together. It will be more fun with more people, right?"

"That's right, call those two guys over. Haha, let's have a drink together tomorrow!" This is the only time a year that Comrade Lao Li can drink with a clear conscience, so he is confident now and shouts "Li!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Li Ming nodded, put a handful of beans in his pocket and walked out.

The Mao Ke of that time did not have as many different flavors as in later generations. There was only one original flavor. Having said that, it was pretty good to be able to eat the original flavor now, and Li Ming was not a picky person.

Outer courtyard, Yan family.

"Xiaoxing, Xiaowang, are you at home?" Li Ming stood in the outer yard and howled carelessly. You know what, they are the only family in the outer yard now, and it feels different for him, Li Ming, to shout at the top of his voice, it feels so cool!

In the past, occasionally a waxy yellow head would pop out from somewhere, and to be honest, it really affected my senses.

"We are here! Brother Li, just come in quickly."

Yan Xing's voice came from the house, and Li Ming walked into the house slowly. This is also a matter of politeness, right?

"Brother, why are you here today?" Yan Wang held a roasted sweet potato and worked hard on it, not forgetting to pass one to Li Ming.

Li Ming put the Maoke directly on the iron stove, took the sweet potato, sat down on the stool pulled over by Yan Xing and joined the melon-eating team.

Sweet potato is also a melon!

Chapter 417 New Year’s Eve

After the three people finished their sweet potatoes, Li Ming burped happily and then spoke.

"You made these sweet potatoes really well! They are sweet and really good!"

"I bought it this time." Yan Xing said with a smile, "By the way, brother, what are you doing here?"

"Yes, my mother asked me to ask you where you will celebrate New Year's Eve tomorrow. If possible, they hope you can celebrate it with us this year." Li Ming threw a cigarette to each of the two brothers, then went to the stove and lit one himself.

The two brothers were silent for a while, and finally Yan Xing spoke.

"Brother, we have always celebrated on our own. We were planning to celebrate this year in another courtyard. If we go..."

"No trouble! The three of them can't wait to have a more lively time. That's settled!" Li Ming didn't even give Yan Xing a chance to finish his sentence. The two children had suffered a lot, so it would be nice for them to celebrate the New Year together this year!

The two brothers nodded in tacit understanding.

"Okay, then we'll go over there tomorrow after we finish putting up the couplets."

"Hey, that's right." Li Ming was satisfied. Otherwise, it would not be a good thing to let the two little brothers spend the New Year alone in the outer courtyard!

Although he has no sympathy or compassion for animals, he is different towards his own people!

"But you two should be careful these days. I just saw Yan Fugui and his wife coming back from outside with sullen faces. I guess they saw Yan Jiecheng for the last time."

"It's best to ignore that person during this period. He looks like a mad dog now!"

"Don't worry, brother, we both know it."

"Don't worry. Well, it's a little hot!" Yan Wang answered while attacking a piece of new sweet potato.

"Then I'll go home. You two brothers should go there early tomorrow!" Li Ming said and left. This trip was not in vain. He also got himself a pretty sweet roasted sweet potato. Not bad!

"Mom, I told the two brothers that they will come tomorrow morning after they finish making the couplets!"

"That's fine, I'll make more food tomorrow!"

"By the way, Spring Festival couplets?"

"Hmph, let's buy it! Don't worry, I feel that Yan Fugui may not write this year. What's more, even if he does, I guess no one in our courtyard will ask him to write, which is unlucky enough!" Comrade Li Weiguo said confidently.

He really bought it early. The relationship between his family and the Yan family was not good this year. Comrade Lao Li didn't want to save a few cents and make himself uncomfortable!

Li Ming gave his father a thumbs up, reliable!

. . . . . .

New Year's Eve.

The atmosphere of the New Year at this time is still quite lively. At least you can feel the word "New Year", which is different from later generations.

Before Li Ming traveled through time, New Year's Eve felt no different from any other time except that there were fewer cars and people on the streets!

How great it is now, early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers has already started, at this time, I can’t even sleep in!

Besides, few people want to sleep in on New Year’s Eve, so everyone gets up early!

After all, there are a lot of things to do on this busy day. The women are busy preparing lunch and the New Year’s Eve dinner, while the men in the family get up early in the morning to start setting off firecrackers and putting up Spring Festival couplets.

Buying and pasting Spring Festival couplets is not only to cater to the New Year atmosphere, but also to imply good omens for the new year. On New Year's Eve, it is best to post Spring Festival couplets between 6 a.m. and 12 noon. Tearing up the old couplets means breaking bad luck and getting rid of the old and bringing in the new. Pasting the couplets at the right time can also fill your home with more blessings and bring you endless good luck in the coming year.

Everyone knows what firecrackers mean, but for businessmen they have another meaning.

Setting off firecrackers on New Year's Eve is to bring great fortune in the new year. However, according to old customs, worshipping the God of Wealth should be the first, and setting off firecrackers should be the last. Therefore, if you want to get rich, the firecrackers should be set off last to show your sincerity.

Women have to get up in the morning to start worshipping their ancestors. At least they have to prepare all the supplies for worshipping their ancestors. New Year's Eve is a day for getting rid of the old and starting anew, reuniting with the family, and worshipping ancestors. It is one of the four major traditional festivals for worshipping ancestors in China, along with Qingming Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Double Ninth Festival.

The folks attach great importance to the New Year's Eve, getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. Every household is busy cleaning the house, hanging lanterns and decorations, welcoming the ancestors home to celebrate the New Year, and offering them rice cakes, three kinds of meat, rice, three kinds of tea and five kinds of wine.

Of course, there is also the well-known New Year's Eve dinner, which can be said to be the most important meal of the year. At the end of the year, no matter how far away they are or how busy they are at work, people always want to go back to their own homes and have a reunion dinner. Sometimes when they really can't go home, their families always leave a seat for them and a set of bowls and chopsticks to show their reunion with them. This New Year's Eve dinner is also called "family reunion", which is a family banquet that people attach great importance to.

The next step is to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. The custom of staying up all night has a history of nearly 2,000 years in China. The purpose of staying up all night is to pray for a long life. Because people stay up all night and have to stay awake, it is called "staying up all night" in northern dialect.

No matter what the family does at night, whether playing poker or mahjong, as long as they can stay up all night, it is best.

If it were in later times, there would still be a Spring Festival Gala. We also had one in the 50s, and at least the Spring Festival Gala had taken shape.

On New Year's Eve in 1956, the documentary "Spring Festival Gala" sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and produced by the Central News Documentary Film Studio was shown to the audience for the first time.

But who can afford to watch the Spring Festival Gala these days? That's ridiculous, so now people start staying up all night after eating the New Year's Eve dinner.

During the evening, we can play cards and have fun as an entertainment activity. As for the Spring Festival Gala, let’s wait and see!

"Brother, we have finished putting up the Spring Festival couplets!"

Before Li Ming saw the two brothers in the front yard, Yan Wang's loud voice had already reached Li Ming's ears.

"Okay, then hurry up and come here. I have to clean up this old house too. You two coming here is just the right time to get started!" Li Ming howled.

The two brothers of the Yan family just walked out from the hanging flower gate.

The two brothers had happy smiles on their faces. As expected, this year was the first time in so many years that they would have such a lively New Year's Eve.

The two brothers happily walked over to Li Ming and started to help, but they were also talking.

"Brother, I thought Yan Fugui was still writing couplets for others today!" Yan Xing said happily.

After all, the fact that Yan Fugui makes a little profit by writing Spring Festival couplets for others at the end of every year cannot be hidden from the residents in the hospital. Although they are newcomers, as long as they are not deaf or stupid, they can generally understand most of it.

Chapter 418: Continue Tenth Round

"Even if he is willing to write, none of us neighbors would be willing to let him write! The neighbors in our courtyard are not stupid!" Li Ming said happily.

"That's right, we should buy pairs in the future."

"Let's go, now that we're done, let's go have breakfast!" Li Ming jumped down from the stool and clapped his hands, calling on the two brothers to go home.

After breakfast, I still have to be busy all day long, so I have to eat more!

Central courtyard, He Yuzhu's home.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the entire Jia family, He Yuzhu's siblings, the old deaf man in the backyard, and Yi Zhonghai and his wife were all in the same room.

Even though He Yuzhu's main room is the largest room in the courtyard, it still looks full with all these people piled together.

"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to cook, you guys stay in the house and chat!" He Yuzhu put on an apron with a shy face and a mouthful of yellow teeth and walked towards the kitchen.

When Aunt Yi saw He Yuzhu get up to work, she hurriedly followed him. As for He Yushui, needless to say, she seemed extremely uncomfortable among this group of people, especially since Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady did not like her. She also followed He Yuzhu into the kitchen.

Yi Zhonghai treated the place as his own. He took out a bag of peanuts from the closet and gave handfuls of them to each of the idle people!

"Let's celebrate the New Year together this year, and have some fun! Come over to eat together in the evening!"

The deaf old lady had already started eating with her mouth which had more teeth than could be counted on two hands. "Don't worry, it's my grandson's cooking skills, how can an old lady like me not come and eat!"

"We're coming too. Huairu pickled a lot of pickles a few days ago. They taste great. Bring them here in the evening for everyone to try." Jia Zhang simply knocked the peanuts on the table into her pocket, then grabbed a handful and started to make them.

They were still bragging about sharing their home-made pickled vegetables with everyone!

Yi Zhonghai took a glance at her and thought, damn, even food couldn’t stop this old woman’s mouth!

"Dongxu, have a cigarette!" Yi Zhonghai took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes, threw them on the table, and handed one to Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu was almost smiling happily. He only smoked Daqianmen cigarettes a few times a year and usually lived on economic cigarettes.

"Hey, okay, Master!"

The middle courtyard maintains a rather strange and lively New Year atmosphere. Compared with the front and back yards, it is much more normal!

The sound of firecrackers in the old city almost never stopped and continued until the New Year’s Eve dinner. These firecrackers in the middle of the night ushered in the biggest explosion!

Li Ming was sitting on a stool at home, leaning against the stove, with the two Yan brothers sitting next to him. The three brothers were happily eating Maoke and roasted peanuts at home, and occasionally they would pick up a bottle of soda and gulp it down.

Father Li, Mother Li and the little girl Li Rui were at the Wu family next door. The noisy sounds from the Wu family could be heard from time to time. Not only could the three of them hear it clearly, but even the central courtyard could hear it very clearly.

Compared with their family, the atmosphere in the He family was a bit awkward at the moment. After everyone finished their meal, the men sat together smoking, and the women sat together in silence. It was quite a sight!

Front yard, Li's house.

"By the way, how is your black market business going these days? Are you used to it?" Li Ming threw a cigarette to each of them and began to care about his subordinates.

"Hehe, brother, you must be used to it! We two brothers have never made so much money!" Yan Wang took a sip and said happily.

"Not tired, really not tired. We work in the steel mill now and don't have to go there every day. We two brothers are used to it." Yan Xing also said.

It felt like they were afraid that if they said it too late, Li Ming would not let them do it.

"That's fine. If you have any questions, just tell me. The same goes for any good ideas."

"Of course, brother, just don't worry!"

By the middle of the night, Li Ming really didn't want to stay up late, so he simply went back to the second bedroom. The two brothers of the Yan family were also feeling sleepy at this time, and when they saw that Li Ming was going to bed, they simply went home as well.

After all, you are young now, so it is normal to sleep more!

"System, ten draws in a row!"

Li Ming started drawing the lottery directly while lying on the bed. He could sleep but he still had to draw the lottery. It was the right thing to do after drawing the lottery.

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