Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and all the store employees are on holiday today. Although the store does not require her to sit in the store, it makes her feel relieved that the store is on holiday.

It feels like I finally took a vacation after working hard for a year as a social worker.

After dinner in the evening, the family worked together to count the cash. The family sat in the living room and cut window grilles. Xiang Yisen cut red paper, found ink and a brush and started writing Spring Festival couplets.

Only Xiao Zhuzhu was restless when she saw everyone was busy, and always wanted to pull the red paper.

Qiao Jun still acted like an uncle, patiently holding red paper and accompanying her to make origami airplanes and frogs, which really put her at ease for a while and let her uncle and nephew play together.

Yu Qing tried to cut out a double happiness character, and it was still legible, but not as good-looking as the ones bought in later stores.

"Mother-in-law, I think you look like a master of paper-cutting. What kind of pattern are you going to cut?" Seeing her scissors flexibly shuttle between the red paper, I wonder what kind of pattern it will be when unfolded?

Han Xue lowered her head and kept moving, while smiling and pretending: "You will know later."

Yu Qing knew that she couldn't make complicated cuts, so she could only put down the scissors in her hands and watch her mother-in-law cut paper.

After a while, Han Xue put down the scissors, slowly unfolded the red paper, and cut out a window grille with the word "spring".

"Look, do these window grilles look good?" Han Xue raised the unfolded window grilles with both hands and looked at everyone hopefully.

Yu Qing looked at the word "spring" hollowed out on the red paper and applauded: "It's beautiful. It looks like it was cut out by a machine."

After hearing this, Han Xue looked left and right to admire her masterpiece: "Really?"

Yu Qing nodded and praised without hesitation: "Really, the window decorations you cut are so beautiful, you can even set up a stall on the street and sell them for money."

Han Xue laughed out loud: "It seems that I still have some skills in making a living. Well, next time if there is no food to eat, I will try setting up a stall on the street. Maybe I can really make a lot of money."

"I'm afraid you won't have a chance."

Yu Qing shook her head in a funny way. She was not a cutter of window grilles, so she stood up and watched Xiang Yisen write Spring Festival couplets.

In later generations, few people write Spring Festival couplets by themselves. Most people directly buy all kinds of exquisite couplets mass-produced by manufacturers in the market. Large characters like this, written in black on red paper, look more down-to-earth.

Xiang Yisen straightened up after writing one and looked at her with a smile: "Do you want to try writing one?"

Yu Qing shook her head, with an expression of indifference: "Forget it, compared with the vigorous and powerful calligraphy you wrote, my calligraphy is embarrassing to others, so I won't show my shame."

Seeing that she really didn't want to write, Xiang Yisen unfolded another pair of red papers.

While watching Xiang Yisen write a couplet, Yu Qing asked Han Xue: "Mother-in-law, we have a New Year's Eve tomorrow. Uncle Zhou is alone at home, do you want to ask him to come over and celebrate the New Year with us?"

"ah!?"

Han Xue did not expect that her daughter-in-law would remember Zhou Yalun, she would hold the scissors in her hand, and look up at her in astonishment: "You want to ask him to come over and celebrate the New Year together?"

"Yes, is he in the city?"

Han Xue glanced at her son who was immersed in writing couplets: "I don't know. How about asking Yisen to drive over tomorrow to see if he is at home?"

New Year's Eve.

There was movement in the small courtyard at dawn.

Xiang Yisen went to pick up Zhou Yalun early. After everyone had breakfast together, they started to get ready.

Today, Qiao Jun didn't want to take care of Xiao Zhuzhu. He followed Xiang Yisen and was busy behind him, helping to put up window grilles and couplets. Finally, he hung red lanterns at the entrance of the courtyard and under the eaves. The courtyard was decorated in a prosperous way.

Full of flavor.

Yu Qing put out the New Year's fruit plate. As soon as Xiao Zhuzhu saw the plate full of melon seed candies and fruit cakes, she pointed at the table and babbling, as if to say, I want to eat, I want to eat.

Han Xue pinched her little face with a smile and took a biscuit to grind her teeth.

"Girl Qing, take care of Zhuzhu while I go to the kitchen to prepare the dishes for lunch."

"Okay, leave this to me and you go."

After Xiang Yisen and Zhou Yalun posted the couplets, they entered the kitchen together and drove Han Xue out who was busy in the kitchen.

Han Xue, who was kicked out, sighed to Yu Qing: "In so many years, this is the first time I have something to eat during the Chinese New Year without having to do anything. It seems that it was right to leave that home."

"Mother-in-law, we women are lucky if the men in the family are willing to enter the kitchen. If they let you out, you can just wait and eat the ready-made food."

After a busy morning, we finally prepared a table of dishes before twelve o'clock, and the reunion dinner was very lively.

Everything was busy in the morning, and I had a little free time in the afternoon. Apart from taking care of Xiao Zhuzhu, it was very comfortable for the family to stay at home.

During the Chinese New Year, she just ate and drank. After staying at home for two or three days, Yu Qing felt that she had gained four or five pounds.

On the third day of the junior high school, Xiang Yisen soaked some fungi, mushrooms, dried cuttlefish and other dry goods as soon as he got up. Today he was going to entertain guests, so he soaked these dry goods and used them as garnishes.

It is said that their family has few relatives and friends in the city. Like ordinary local families, most of them have many relatives and friends who visit each other during the first month of the year to pay New Year greetings. Treating guests to dinner is an arduous task.

Yu Qing slept a lot during pregnancy. After she got up and washed herself, Chen Yuzhu entered the courtyard accompanied by Qiao Daming as soon as she finished breakfast.

"Yu Qing, I'm here to wish you a happy New Year!"

Xiang Yisen held Xiao Zhuzhu in his arms and opened the door to the living room. He saw the young couple coming hand in hand and said with a smile: "Happy New Year. I've been waiting for you for a long time. It's cold outside. Come in and sit down."

Yu Qing pulled Chen Yuzhu to sit on the sofa and said with a smile on her face: "You are the loudest in greeting me with your New Year greetings. It seems that I have good luck this year."

Chen Yuzhu smiled happily and said: "You have good luck this year. If good things happen, don't forget me."

Han Xue brewed the tea and greeted everyone with a smile: "It's cold outside, please drink tea to warm up."

"Thank you, Auntie, please sit down too." Chen Yuzhu took the tea and thanked her with a smile on his face.

Xiang Yisen patted Qiao Daming, asked him to sit down and drink tea, and asked about their New Year celebrations in the city.

Knowing that they were well prepared and that living in a small courtyard in the suburbs was quiet and quite adaptable, he nodded, feeling happy for them.

He could see that Chen Yuzhu was not very virtuous, but his heart was not bad. He used to like to fight against Yu Qing, but he was very experienced in handling the relationship between husband and wife, and he and Qiao Daming also had a good relationship with each other.

Qiao Daming noticed Xiao Zhuzhu in Xiang Yisen's arms and put a longevity lock on Xiao Zhuzhu's neck, a gift he had prepared earlier.

"Be careful and don't dislike it. I wish my little niece a bright and long life."

When Yu Qing heard this, she couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, pursed her lips, smiled, and chatted with Chen Yuzhu about their respective current situations.

Around noon Lu Jinzhong arrived.

Xiang Yisen saw him entering the yard and frowned slightly: "Can you be more lazy and get up at this time?"

Lu Jinzhong scratched his head and smiled: "Brother Sen, how can singles like us be too lazy to sleep?"

"You are already a grown man. It's time to find a partner this year."

Xiang Yisen didn't say much and asked him to go inside to drink tea while he went into the kitchen to cook.

(End of chapter)
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