After taking care of this patient, Liu Limin thought that he could finally live a good year.
On the morning of New Year's Eve, many families have already started setting off firecrackers. No matter how poor they are, these firecrackers are indispensable.
Liu Limin's family does not have this habit. They still have to wait until after twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve and the New Year's bell rings before they start setting off firecrackers. Of course, another activity is to go out to pick money.
This year's New Year's dinner is prepared from the morning. In southern Sichuan, the New Year's Eve is the official meal at noon, and the leftovers from lunch are eaten in the evening. This is different from the north.
In the morning, Liu Lixin was clamoring to wear new clothes and new shoes, but it was not yet the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Liu Limin laughed and scolded: "My youngest, why don't you just wear the cloth shoes we made? Tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year, put on new clothes and new rubber shoes, and you will feel energetic when walking!"
Every member of the family wears cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles given to them by their mother. In fact, these cloth shoes are so comfortable to wear that Liu Limin is reluctant to wear them at ordinary times. He either goes barefoot or wears straw sandals.
Only when I go to the commune will I put on my mother's cloth shoes.
This year is no exception. My mother made a pair of cloth shoes for all four children. Liu Limin plans to wear cloth shoes when he goes out tomorrow.
In fact, the rubber shoes I bought are not as comfortable as the cloth shoes made by my mother. After all, the rubber shoes smell very bad after being worn for a day. Cloth shoes are much better because they can absorb sweat.
Making cloth shoes is one of the essential skills for rural women, and they must learn this skill before getting married.
To make handmade cloth shoes, you first need to find bamboo shoot shells, then put your feet on them and draw the edges of the soles. Next, use scissors to cut off the excess parts, and then add the rags layer by layer to make them.
The sole is about one centimeter thick, which is called a thousand-layer sole. In fact, there are not as many thousand-layer soles.
However, making the uppers is made of white cloth on the inside and black cloth on the outside. This requires skill and skill, otherwise the cloth shoes will feel awkward when worn.
Liu Lixin was embarrassed when his elder brother said this, so he could only put on his old cloth shoes.
Today is New Year's Eve, and every household is filled with smoke, which makes me very unhappy.
The five members of Liu Limin's family have all taken action. Chicken, duck, fish, rabbit, crispy meat, and cake meat are all indispensable. No matter what, they have to make nine large bowls.
It would be bad if you finish all the food on New Year's Eve. You must have more than enough left over. This is called having more than enough every year.
After working for a long time, a large table of sumptuous New Year's dinner is finally ready. Just smelling the rich aroma makes people feel a joy rising from the bottom of their hearts, which is extremely refreshing.
The family happily sat around the table and prepared to eat.
Liu Limin brought a bottle of Luzhou Laojiao Daqu to the table. He wanted to drink two taels of whatever he wanted today.
My mother can also drink, but only my three younger siblings still don't know how to drink.
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Second sister, third sister, and youngest, the three of you should drink a little today. It's a Chinese New Year, so it would be boring if you don't drink."
Although drinking alcohol is said to be harmful to the body, this is also true in the view of traditional Chinese medicine, but it refers to the kind of people who drink frequently and drink a lot. During the holidays, drinking a small amount of alcohol will not affect your health.
Liu Lixin said with a smile: "Brother, I will drink as much as you want, how about it?"
Liu Limin said: "That's not possible. You are still young and are growing. Just drink a few sips. My eldest brother is a doctor. You have to listen to your eldest brother!"
Liu Lixin said helplessly: "Okay then!"
In fact, this little guy really likes drinking. He wants to try everything, including smoking.
Everyone poured a small glass of wine. Liu Limin picked up the glass and said: "Come, let's have a toast to my mother. My mother, this life is not easy. She has brought us up, and now we have to let her live."
Have a good life!”
The four brothers and sisters toasted their mother with a glass of wine. This moved Mrs. Wang to tears. It was really not easy for her children to be orphaned and widowed when their father was gone.
Now that the eldest brother has finally made his mark, the whole family has hope.
Today is a real tooth festival, and the whole family is well fed.
After lunch, Liu Limin took out a deck of playing cards and said with a smile: "We are not going anywhere this afternoon, we will just play cards at home!"
Liu Lixin, Liu Lihui, and Liu Lixia were extremely happy.
Poker is something new and interesting. Liu Limin laughed and said: "Let's play upgrade. Two of our opponents work together. If you hit 60 points, you can upgrade to one level. If you score 85 points, you can upgrade to two levels. If you hit 85 points, you can upgrade to three levels.
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Liu Limin explained all the rules, and the three children all found it very interesting. The four of them sat together and started fighting.
Mother Wang was watching the battle.
The two brothers Liu Limin and Liu Lixin, and the two sisters Liu Lixia and Liu Lihui, fought fiercely and fiercely. You were promoted to one level and I was promoted to two. The time passed very quickly. The days in winter are already short.
So after two rounds, it was time for dinner.
It's getting dark, so the New Year's Eve dinner is simple. Just heat up the lunch dishes and continue eating. It's still very rich, and you won't be able to finish it all at night, and there will be a lot left over.
After dinner, Liu Lixin said happily: "Brother, let's continue playing, just in time to stay up late!"
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Okay, let's just burn the midnight oil and fight!"
Playing cards under a kerosene lamp is a test of your eyesight. At this time, there were no electric lights in the countryside, let alone TV, so there were no entertainment activities at night.
It's different during the Chinese New Year, every household has to keep the New Year's greetings.
When the Lunar New Year bell rings, firecrackers are set off, which means that it can drive away all the bad luck from last year and usher in good luck in the new year.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, firecrackers are actually a good way to get rid of all kinds of disease-causing evil spirits. From a scientific point of view, firecrackers contain things like sulfur, which can kill a lot of them.
Bacterial viruses.
If there is no smell of gunpowder smoke in the air during the New Year, there will be no New Year flavor.
Liu Limin remembers that it was like this before he was reborn. Because fireworks and firecrackers were banned everywhere, the New Year atmosphere was much lighter.
Not many people go to watch the New Year's Eve anymore, and these good traditional customs have faded away.
In addition to setting off firecrackers, there are many customs in Dingxin Commune. For example, whoever picks the first water from the old well on New Year's Day will be very lucky and get rich.
Therefore, every New Year's Day morning, that is, just after twelve o'clock in the morning, every household would pick up the kerosene lamp and go out to fetch water from the old well.
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So this year, Liu Limin is also well prepared and must be the first to fetch water.
The four of them started playing cards and lost their sleepiness. Soon it was twelve o'clock in the evening. As soon as this time passed, Liu Limin picked up a cigarette pot and lit the firecrackers.