The Spring Festival in 2004 is unusual. January 22nd is the first day of the first lunar month, and the first day is both New Year's Eve and Great Cold. New Year's Eve is the last night of the year, and Great Cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms.

It is not easy for these two to meet each other in the end. It is said that it only takes once every few decades. But grandma said that this is a very bad day, so she had to make a noise before having the New Year's Eve dinner so that there would be disasters for the past year and would not leave.

Hong Tao didn't ask where the old lady came from. Even if he found out, the result must have been said by a certain elder in the village when his grandmother was a girl, and there was no place to go to verify it.

In fact, there is no need to verify this. Isn’t it just a little noise? It’s easy to deal with, just set off firecrackers. It’s prohibited to set off? It’s also necessary to set off! Compared with a fine of several thousand yuan, the old lady’s mood for a year is more important. Otherwise, if there is something unpleasant at home this year, she will definitely complain that the old year has not been delivered.

The people are just having fun, how can they live if they are all banned? The Brazilian Carnival parades make the city like garbage dumps every year. The German Beer Festival has caused many public security incidents because of drinking too much, but they still don’t ban it. Is it still called a festival if it is banned?

This year, the New Year’s Eve dinner at my grandma’s house was particularly lively because there were many people coming, not only my uncle and my husband and younger uncle, but also two more women and Paul’s family.

This was specially arranged by Hong Tao. There are two main purposes for asking Paul and his family to come to his grandma's house for New Year's Eve dinner. One is to cover up Zhang Yuanyuan and his daughter, so as not to let outsiders make random suspicion. In this way, Zhang Yuanyuan and Hong Qi can reunite with their family on New Year's Eve, otherwise they will have to be loyal and filial. Should they be with their grandma to watch the night or to welcome the New Year with their daughter-in-law and children?

In addition, with Ma Chao and Hong Qi, the two children, wandering in front of her grandmother, Hualei can come to the door with her uncle. Even if her grandmother doesn't like her, she won't say anything to outsiders in front of her, and she won't let her get out of Taiwan on the surface.

Hong Tao's idea was deeply appreciated by his uncle. He patted his chest and promised Hong Tao that as long as he had a breath, his uncle and aunt would not say anything unpleasant to Zhang Yuanyuan.

In fact, Hong Tao and his uncle were both worried. Grandma held Xiao Hongqi in her arms and hugged Xiao Ma Chao next to her. Her eyes were full of kindness. She talked very well with Zhang Yuanyuan. She said everything about the child, and she didn't mention a word of other words, let alone how Zhang Yuanyuan and Hong Tao planned to live in the future. It seemed that there was no need to ask this matter at all. Zhang Yuanyuan and Hong Qi were her family.

It was Huali's turn, and the old lady really asked a lot, starting from the family ingredients to the individual, and then starting to introduce her uncle's situation. Whether you know it before or not, the old lady has to say it again.

This is the life philosophy of their generation. No matter how good they can do it or not, they must explain it clearly in advance. As a hometown, you cannot deceive others. A child will not be able to live a bad life after marriage, and will blame your parents-in-law and say ugly things first.

Fortunately, my uncle's family situation is not very bad. My brothers and sisters have all started a family and he is a young man. He wants a house to have a house and needs a deposit to have a deposit. Of course, these deposits are basically not deposited by him, but are saved by his grandmother bit by bit from the living expenses given by his children every month. Then let each family sponsor some, which is enough for my uncle to get married and have a banquet and buy furniture.

My daughter-in-law's jewelry has also been prepared, but the style is older. She wore it when she was young, but it may be passed down from the previous generation. Don't say that the style is not good-looking, but the jewelry is not given to my grandma, but it is specially kept for the young daughter-in-law.

If you want to talk about boys over girls, it is not that the elderly really don’t like their daughters, but that it is determined by the social environment at that time. Raising children to protect themselves from old age means that the youngest son in the family will live with the elderly after getting married until he sent them away.

If the daughter has no son, she will get married. If she gets married, she will be from someone else's family. No matter how filial she is, she will not be able to run to her parents' house all day long. Then no one will take care of her son-in-law's family. Unless she has the ability to recruit a son-in-law to marry back, but getting married in the past was a very despised thing, and any man who can have a way would not choose this path. Therefore, there must be a son at home. Without a son, it means that no one will take care of her when she is old. Raising a son is to pay pension insurance in a sense.

Grandma was not picky, so naturally she would not be evil people. Even if she had different opinions in her heart, she had to endure it. In fact, they had no objection. They had no jurisdiction over Hong Tao's affairs, and they had no right to make decisions about uncles affairs. You and I were all good. Everyone is happy to have a New Year's Day, which is better than not.

Hualei was still very nervous before coming, for fear that her grandmother would not look down on her, an older woman who did not have a Beijing household registration. Unexpectedly, the old lady was not too picky in this regard, and only mentioned a hard condition that she had to live home.

As for the cost of getting married, Hualei and her uncle have long since stopped calculating their grandma's savings. They cannot be said to be rich, but they have entered the middle class. As long as their grandma does not object, they will go back and forth to hold weddings ten times, decorate the house five times, and buy three sets of furniture without worrying about it.

"You child is just not worry-free. You will do such a big thing quietly. How can you tell others when the girl from the Jin family comes back?" Grandma didn't have any idea. She just sensible and unwilling to mention it in front of outsiders. When the women all went to the kitchen to prepare meals and there were men and children left in the room, she still had to blame Hong Tao for a few words. By the way, she also wanted to give advice to her grandson and teach her life experience. This is called a family. It's different to say right or wrong. You can't turn your elbows out.

"That's right, I don't learn well at a young age! If the Jin family knows that they can't poke the backbone of our family, we will all follow you and be scolded!" My uncle never liked Hong Tao, and of course there was nothing good to say.

"You can't blame Xiaotao for this. It's been several years since I went out. Which man can stand it? You go to the kitchen to help your wife. They both came here and may not be able to cook." Grandma was very unhappy with her uncle's attitude. She complained that it was useless. You should help you come up with some ideas! Don't have any ideas, right? Just go cool down while you don't have any ideas.

In fact, my uncle is a very good person. He is not as slick as his uncle and Hong Tao. One is one, the second is not very good at turning. But, the more honest a person is, the more he is, the more he is, the more he is not allowed to smoke. Not only can he be promoted at work, but he will not be liked by his parents when he returns home.

It’s my uncle and a child like Hong Tao who is full of lies are even more powerful. This is not only in my grandmother’s house, but also in many families. It’s not only at home, but also in society. Honest people suffer losses, while slick people take advantage of it.

"Hehehe... I've thought about it all. When Hong Qi grows up, she will let the mother and daughter go abroad." Hong Tao did not make up lies and fool grandma this time, and tell the truth.

"Send it away at such a young age! That's a hard time... Why don't you let me go first, and say you're helping my nephew in my hometown to watch it." It would be better to make up lies. When my grandma heard that she was going to send Hong Qi away, her arm immediately tightened and hugged the little girl, as if she was afraid that someone would rob her and wouldn't bear to let her go, so she took the initiative to make up lies for Hong Tao.

"Mom, this child was born in the United States and is considered a foreigner. He has no household registration here. In the future, he has no place to collect school and can't borrow it." The uncle broke his promise and immediately repaid his compliments and helped Hong Tao do the old lady's ideological work together. He had sufficient reasons and directly cut off his grandmother's thoughts from the root.

"This, why are you a foreigner... You can't come back? You said that this big American is too domineering. If you occupy Wanwan, you won't give it to us. Even the children will be robbed!" Grandma immediately became indignant when she heard that Hong Qi was an American.

In her mind, America is a hell on earth. Except for capitalists, they are all slaves. In the past, they were suffering and exhausted. But she really couldn't control this matter. The country had no choice but to take the Americans. What else could a housewife besides complaining?

"Mom, is it served?" Just as the old lady was angry at the big American snatching her granddaughter away, the old lady shouted in the kitchen that the New Year's Eve dinner could be opened.

"Let's have a meal, Xiao Ming, open a bottle of good wine, and mom will take a few sips with you." Although the big American couldn't avenge the revenge, grandma was still very happy. The family lived together for four generations, and the youngest son found a wife again, which is worth celebrating.
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