On New Year's Eve, in the farmyard filled with red lanterns, Ji Ma, wearing a dog-skin hat and a double-layer mask on his face, was manipulating a noisy blowtorch to skillfully blow the big pig's head hanging on the toon tree.
Hair removal service is in progress.
Not far from him, the Katenka sisters, each wearing a bright red cotton coat, cotton trousers and slippers bought at a shopping mall, with a blue apron tied around their waist, and floral sleeves on their arms, were looking neat and tidy.
Slaughtering the chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, turtles, fish, lambs, etc. that were waiting in line.
Although the two sisters moved as skillfully as if they had gone to the slaughterhouse for training, their rustic country clothes and their terrifying origins prefixed with a k really made the guards who were busy boiling water in the middle of the yard prepare to wash vegetables.
Burning with bouts of dizziness.
In the vegetable greenhouse in the center of the two courtyards, Suisui, Lola and Maya were busy picking various vegetables while talking and laughing, each carrying a wicker basket.
On the other hand, in the warm room, two elderly families were sitting cross-legged on the hot bed, playing long cards around a small table. Wei Ran, Suisui and Jima's parents were chatting and preparing for the evening.
Sitting and preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Speaking of which, Ji Ma once again became quite popular on the Internet in China this year. Especially this year, he really kept his promise and brought his parents to China, and recorded his parents with his camera.
After the ordinary old couple from the Russian countryside have various views on China, coupled with Maya who accidentally showed her face several times in the camera, it almost satisfies the interests of all kinds of serious and non-serious people.
Of course, there is also Aunt Fu who can do crosstalk in Russian and Jinmen dialect. Such a strange combination, plus all the jokes and even good things that happened after Aunt Fu accidentally explained the meaning of "chickens with fat eggs"
The reporter unearthed two movies that Ji Ma has acted in. All of these have attracted enough attention and topics for him.
As for Jima's parents, they were also very satisfied with the trip - except for being a little missive about the hens and dogs at home and the two goats that were still producing milk.
While everyone was busy talking and laughing, as night fell, the aroma of the New Year's Eve dinner gradually spread in the restaurant with two large round tables. As the young people shuttled back and forth, one after another Chinese dishes,
Slavic dishes and even Kazakh dishes made by Maya were brought to the table one after another. Grandpa Suisui also took out a few bottles of good wine that Wei Ran had sent back and opened them, letting the youngest Lola help everyone.
They all poured a full cup.
Amidst the laughter and laughter, this large courtyard became extremely lively on the last day of the year. Colorful fireworks also exploded outside the double-glazed windows.
"One last meal." At the table belonging to young people, Anfisa, whose face had become a little rounder, made her decision while holding a small wine glass.
"Start losing weight tomorrow!" Anfiya, who had also gained some weight, vowed to pick up the cup and clink it with her sister, then raised her head and drank it all.
"this is delicious!"
Lola, who had also gained some weight from eating, had already picked up a piece of honey twist with amazing calories and stuffed it into her mouth while she was talking.
Before she could take this bite, the Katenka sisters, Maya and Suisui, who were still determined to lose weight just now, all stretched out the tachyon like a swarm of swarms.
However, Suisui, the chicken thief, only took a small bite and handed the remaining big bite to Wei Ran. Then he held back his anger and asked deliberately, "How much fat have you gained?"
"Aurora!"
Maya, who had also gained some weight, took a hard bite of the brushed honey twist, and said with a slurred mouth while chewing, "It is a crime to bring up such a topic in front of delicious food, and it is a major crime that will be taken away by the FSB.
.Also, I removed the battery from your scale yesterday."
"Believe me, the FSB has no way of arresting people here."
Ji Ma and Wei Ran, who were holding the cups, clinked them, drank them all, exhaled forcefully, picked up a piece of pig head meat, smelled it vigorously, then ate it in one bite, and said with confidence, "Even if those idiots come,
You have to put down your weapons and drink three glasses of wine first. Lola, hand me that beautiful wine bottle quickly. This kind of wine seems to taste better than the green bottles in Victor’s house!”
"What the hell is Third Brother's ass!"
Wei Ran, dumbfounded, glanced at the white porcelain bottle that Lola tiptoed and handed to Jima's hand across from him. He suddenly felt that giving him more than two thousand bottles of good wine was a waste like a cow chewing peonies.
While everyone was pushing cups and changing cups, when the sound of firecrackers outside the window completely covered up everyone's chatter, Professor Alexei, who had been holding back for a whole year, was the first to stand up, calling for Wei Ran and Ji Ma's help.
All the fireworks and firecrackers stored in the vegetable cellar were brought out.
Without any instructions, Ji Ma loaded his share into the cargo compartment of the small cart, and like a diligent mule, he happily pulled the cart, familiar with the familiarity of Wei Ran and others.
Surrounded by a group of children who had "cooperated" last year, they walked lively to the lotus lake outside the village.
Behind them, Jima's parents also sat around the mahjong table at the invitation of Zhou Shujin, and once again started the entertainment that they had only learned in the past few days but had become somewhat addictive.
This lively activity of keeping up the New Year's Eve continued until the arrival of the new year. After clearing out all the inventory at once, everyone went home together with unsatisfied feelings. They lined up to receive the red envelopes prepared by the elders in advance, and went back to their rooms to rest with satisfaction.
Recharge your batteries for the next morning’s activities.
However, some people sleep soundly, while others naturally suffer from insomnia.
In the room belonging to the Katenka sisters, although the two girls were lying on their own beds, they each held the thick stack of red envelopes in tacit understanding, looked up at the ceiling and fell into deep thought.
"Do you miss your mother?" Anfisa asked softly.
"Yeah," Anfiya responded in a murmur, and then said after a moment of silence, "The boss is right, it's very safe here."
"It's really safe. We can even get drunk, even if we don't have to stay awake." Anfisa let out a long breath, "Those things are also delicious."
"I have gained two kilograms," Anfiya said with some distress.
"Sister Aurora said there will be delicious food tomorrow."
"Then just eat one more day!"
"The last day!"
“Then lose weight!”
While the two sisters were once again adjusting their weight loss plan, next door to them, Lola, who was in the same room as Maya, was even more miserable. This girl who was still a few months away from adulthood was also clutching the stack of red envelopes that belonged to her, but The tears falling from the corners of her eyes had already wet the pillow embroidered with peonies.
"Do you miss your mother?" In the dark room, Maya asked in an almost affirmative tone.
"No" Lola sniffed, "I haven't even seen her, I'm just a little envious."
"Aurora?" Maya's tone was still extremely certain.
"And Jima and you." Lola showed a bitter smile that only she knew. "Of course, there are also the boss and Katenka sisters."
"sleep early"
As Maya spoke, she threw the pack of tissues on the bedside to Lola, "I heard from Jima that there is still a chance to get a red envelope tomorrow, and there will be a lot of delicious food, but the premise of all this is that you have to afford enough. morning."
"Um!"
Laura nodded vigorously, took out a few tissues, blew her nose vigorously, pressed the stack of unopened red envelopes under the pillow, wrapped the quilt tightly and closed her eyes.
In the room next to them, Jima, who was alone in the room, looked at the crooked pug lying under his feet, sighed with regret, and once again began to think about what kind of excuses he should use to make him Maya agreed to sleep in the same room and even the same bed as her.
In contrast, the second generation, who is almost as bad as this guy, is still sweating profusely in the hotel and busy exchanging various information on biogenetics with international friends on this New Year's Eve of family reunion, completely ignoring the table The cell phone above me has been ringing continuously for more than half an hour, and the phone below me has also been ringing continuously for more than half an hour.
His eyes were drawn back from the warm southern island to the farmyard in Baiyangdian in the north. After his girlfriend, who loved food and drinks, fell into a deep sleep, Wei Ran gently took out his arm and moved away the thigh that was pressing on him. Then he helped her cover the quilt gently, until he was sure not to wake her up, then he picked up the clothes and went out quietly. After getting dressed, he left the big yard alone and walked towards the entrance of the village with his hands in his pockets. That wooden viewing platform deep into the lotus lake.
"It will definitely be a new song this year"
Wei Ran groaned to himself and rubbed the tattoo on the tiger's mouth. He sat down on the stone bench in the center of the observation deck until he was sure that no one was looking at him, and there were no extra cameras. , waved his hand and took out the piano case and placed it on the table in front of him.
As expected, when he opened the box and touched the tight strings, the familiar but uncomfortable feeling of brain shutdown came over him, and his whole body shivered uncontrollably.
When he returned to normal, Wei Ran shook his head vigorously, took out the Guqin Yaoguang, put it away, and gently placed his hand on it.
Just like in previous years, on this cold and windy winter night, the wisps of piano sound spread farther and farther as the fingertips plucked the strings, and were eventually completely covered up by the occasional fireworks exploding in the distance or the occasional sound of firecrackers.
Until he finished playing such a piece of music that he had never heard before based on muscle memory, Wei Ran's face was blank because he had no idea what he had learned this time.
"Forget it, love is what it is!"
Wei Ran muttered as he collected the guqin and its matching case. Nowadays, he is no longer the novice who goes to and from the battlefield, and the opportunities to use the guqin are becoming less and less.
In other words, his heart has become stronger and stronger with those experiences that he has no way to mention to others. For him, playing the piano has truly become a hobby for self-cultivation in his spare time.
But when I think about my small and pitiful habitat, this hobby has already become a thought that has been put on the shelf.
