The children ran to Lin Fan's side and saw the lit incense and the small whip in Lin Fan's hand, and their running footsteps stopped.
Then he showed a look of longing, looking eagerly at the small whip in Lin Fan's hand.
Looking at the longing children in front of him, Lin Fan seemed to be back to the way he was when he was a child.
When Lin Fan was a child, his family was not wealthy. For a while, the family only had more than 100 yuan to spend during the Chinese New Year, so they could only eat one delicious meal.
If we didn't have some land to grow some vegetables at home, we might not even have anything to entertain people.
Although Lin Fan has never lived a life of real hunger, Lin Fan has a deep understanding of the hard times.
"Want it?"
Lin Fan took out a few Cuban candies from his pocket and said with a smile.
The children looked at the candies in Lin Fan's hand with surprise on their faces, even the sticks were the same.
Banggeng subconsciously touched the bitter candy in his pocket. Although the Cuban candy was cheap, it was much better and sweeter than the candy in his pocket.
He knew that his mother had never bought Cuban candy, and he wanted to eat it.
"Here, one for each person."
He smiled and gave the candy in his hand to several children, most of whom were from the courtyard house.
Since it is the Chinese New Year, let the children be happy.
On weekdays, these children don't have pocket money like the children of later generations. They can only take advantage of the Chinese New Year to put up lanterns at home and get them a small one and a windmill.
This will make them happy for a long time, because they can only play with these during the Chinese New Year.
Children's happiness is sometimes very simple, and even Lin Fan was infected by the innocent smiles on the children's faces.
Therefore, Lin Fan has always liked children (excluding naughty children). Even after he has grown up, gone to college, and got a job, he is still willing to play with children.
Take them to set off cannons and play some games with them that only children can play.
At that time, he felt that this was real happiness, and he could completely take off the mask he wore at work.
Seeing these children eating Cuban candies with happy faces, Lin Fan couldn't help but take one.
Well, it's a bit bitter, but still very sweet.
The kind that's sweet to the core.
Lin Fan took out all the small whips in his pocket, put them on the ground, and said, "Do you want to put them with me?"
"Uh huh huh!"
Ergouzi, Sanwazi, Bangge and the others nodded crazily.
There are so many small whips that they can lay them down for a while.
"Hahaha~ Okay, let's go, let's put it together and get it quickly."
With an order, several children quickly divided up all the small whip melons on the ground, and each person got a dozen or so.
Then, under the leadership of Lin Fan, the whole alley began to sound sporadically with the sound of firecrackers and the laughter of children.
After a while, the sound of cursing came from the toilet again.
It's just that this time the voice was less vicious and more teasing.
Seeing Lin Fan happily playing with the children, smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
It’s Chinese New Year.
"Boom~~"
"Hahaha~"
Hearing the huge noise of the cannon and seeing the children being frightened, Lin Fan laughed happily.
It's so cute.
Just like him before, he would be frightened for the first time when he suddenly saw such a small cannon with a violent explosion.
Lin Fan was very satisfied with his prank.
They led the children crazy in the alley to blow up this and that. Basically everything on the ground was blown up by them.
Snowdrifts, dog poop, discarded papers on the ground, old clay pots.
The explosion was a mess everywhere.
Although some adults could not help but murmur a little in their hearts, most of them smiled.
This is what the New Year should be like. The sound of firecrackers is so nice.
The whole morning passed happily, and Lin Fan had a great time.
The small whip in their hands and the Cuban candies in their pockets were gone, and the children all showed expressions of unfinished expression.
They all expressed to Lin Fan that they wanted to play again next time.
"Okay, everyone, please go back first. That's all for today. I'll take you to play again tomorrow."
Lin Fan said to the reluctant children.
It's already noon, it's time to have lunch.
Lin Fan felt a little hungry after feeling his stomach. His stomach was already growling after being crazy for so long.
With a smile on his face, Lin Fan walked into the courtyard, and the aroma of a lot of food penetrated his nose.
Food preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner have already begun in the yard, and everything is filled with the smell of steamed buns and bean buns.
It’s New Year’s Eve, so of course you have to prepare the New Year’s staple food in advance.
Looking at the busy people coming and going in the yard, Lin Fan kept saying festive words such as "Congratulations on getting rich" and "Happy New Year".
In this era, people usually make coarse and fine grains, and it is rare to see meat and fish. On New Year's Eve, it is rare to use white flour and Fuqiang powder to make some dumplings, which taste particularly fragrant.
If you open different doors at night, the dishes on the table are all very similar.
In this era, the furniture and furnishings of every home were very similar, and so were the people's clothing, which was a characteristic of this era.
Moreover, the New Year's Eve dinner was not made in one day. Lin Fan was not busy with the New Year's Eve dinner because someone else was cooking it.
'Twenty-five' freezes the tofu, 'twenty-six' goes to buy meat, 'twenty-seven' slaughters the rooster, 'twenty-eight' makes the dough, and 'twenty-nine' steams the steamed buns.
This is the biggest benefit of Chinese New Year, it relieves cravings.
Although many of the above foods cannot be cooked yet, there are no such conditions.
But most of the people in this yard are employees of the steel rolling mill. The factory will give each person an extra two taels of oil and half a catty of meat. Each household will also be given two more catties of Fuqiang powder, one catty of soybeans, and one catty of peanuts as tickets.
New Year’s goods.
The New Year's dinner on New Year's Eve is the most important and sumptuous meal here. Every household will prepare a fish even if the conditions are not good, which means that they can have more than enough every year.
"Wear new clothes and set off fireworks", the Spring Festival is also the happiest day for children.
The cloth coupons saved for a year will turn into blue-gray corduroy or small floral cloth, and the women in the family will sew new clothes one by one stitch by stitch.
"Master, happy New Year."
When he arrived at the middle courtyard, Lin Fan saw the uncle and said hello.
"Happy New Year Xiaofan, don't forget the New Year's Eve dinner tonight. Your aunt has already gone to help."
Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.
"Of course I won't forget it. I've wanted to try Auntie's cooking for a long time. I will go there on time."
After greeting Yi Zhonghai a few times, Lin Fan returned to the backyard.
Although you don’t need to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner, you still need to prepare a few things. You can’t miss the New Year etiquette of visiting your home.
In the backyard of Xu Damao's house, Xu Damao went out to work for a while and came back and saw that nothing was moved on the table. He said to Lou Xiao'e: "Ezi, you two have divided these things. Let's go home today to celebrate the New Year."
Hearing this, Lou Xiao'e said: "I don't care, if you want me to do it, then I will divide everything among the people in the courtyard."
"You really think about it, how long have I been saving this thing? I just waited for the Chinese New Year to take it back to our house and bring it to your house." Xu Damao said.
"My dad and mom won't want it! Don't take it. My dad has ideas about you, and he has a small-scale peasant mentality of opening his mouth and shutting up." Lou Xiao'e reminded.
"Who do you think is not a farmer? Besides, who can compare with your family? Before the public-private partnership, your family was a rich man!" Xu Damao said.
In response to this, Lou Xiao'e said proudly: "Oh, why didn't I marry you blindly?"
Hearing this, Xu Damao was unhappy. He frowned and said, "No, this is the New Year's Eve. Are you looking for trouble?"
Lou Xiao'e was not afraid of him and said directly: "Anyway, I don't want to go to your house to celebrate the New Year. Your mother doesn't want to see me for anything else."
Then, she imitated Xu Damao's mother's tone and said, "Are you pregnant? Do you want to eat sour food recently?"
"I'm so annoyed. It's as if it's my responsibility to be pregnant or not. It's really unreasonable!"
Xu Damao had no choice but to agree to Lou Xiao'e's request. He didn't want to embarrass himself too much during the Chinese New Year.
Lin Fan didn't expect to see this scene as soon as he returned to the backyard.
There is no way. It's not that Lou Xiao'e can't conceive a son, but that Xu Damao is a desperate man.
But it is also due to some ignorant ideas in this era, which believe that it is the woman's fault that she cannot have children.
If Xu Damao could go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time, he might be cured and the two of them would have a child.
This is the fate of fate. Only when Xu Damao does all the bad things will the old Xu family be extinct.
