Because in the winter in Sijiu City, it gets dark relatively quickly, and it’s basically almost dark at five o’clock.
It's getting dark, so naturally it's time for dinner.
Auntie and Qin Huairu worked together to make dumplings, and Shazhu also cooked several dishes himself.
Lin Fan brought candies, peanuts, and all the pig waste from home.
These many things add up to three or four yuan, which is the New Year's Eve dinner prepared by Lin Fan tonight.
When Lin Fan came out of the house, he saw Yi Zhonghai helping the old lady out.
"Old lady, how's your New Year?"
Lin Fan said: "Are the old lady's legs and feet feeling better?"
The deaf old lady looked at Lin Fan and said with a smile: "Xiao Fan, it's a good New Year. My legs are almost inseparable, and the sprains on my feet are lessened."
Then I saw He Yuzhu running over nervously, looking at the old lady and shouting: "Old lady, why are you leaving?"
After a happy conversation, He Yuzhu directly put the old lady on his back, and heard the old lady shouting happily: "My grandson is celebrating the New Year!!!"
Lin Fan followed and looked at Yi Zhonghai, and both of them laughed.
This feels so good!
The old lady is so cute!
The deaf old lady was carried by He Yuzhu, and a total of eleven people from the five families gathered at Qin Huairu's home.
The meal is almost ready, but it is a rule to wish the elders New Year's greetings before eating.
The older generation in Sijiucheng have always been strict about rules.
He Yuzhu: "The six animals are prosperous and the grain is plentiful."
He pointed at Banggeng casually and said: "Banggeng, kowtow to my wife."
Banggeng walked over, bowed, and shouted: "I wish you a long life, Mrs."
The deaf old lady said hello and gestured to Yi Zhonghai to give him a red envelope. After receiving it, Bang Gang said excitedly: "Thank you, madam."
He Yuzhu: “Layered terraces and canals.”
Pointing at Xiaodang, he said: "Come, Xiaodang, give my wife a New Year's greeting."
Xiaodang took two steps forward, bowed to Mrs. Long and said, "Thank you, madam, for the new year's money."
Several children paid New Year greetings to the deaf old lady with the auspicious words of He Yuzhu and He Yuyu, and they all received their favorite red envelopes.
After the three children paid their New Year's greetings, the elder said: "Look at how well Huairu has brought up these three children. Each one is more popular than the other."
When a group of people heard this, they also smiled and thought that the first man was right.
Qin Huairu smiled and replied: "Master, please don't praise me. I can't resist praise."
Lin Fan didn't say anything at the side. Looking at this harmonious scene, this stupid Zhu learned a lot of tricks.
After paying New Year greetings, the next step was the New Year's Eve dinner, and everyone sat down one after another.
The dishes on the table are very rich, including two kilograms of pig head meat brought by Lin Fan, two lunch boxes left by He Yuzhu from the cafeteria, meat bought by Yi Zhonghai, and white flour dumplings prepared by Qin Huairu's family.
Although there are not many meat dishes, they are rich and full of flavor.
After changing glasses, Lin Fan, Yi Zhonghai, and He Yuzhu drank. The other female relatives only poured the first glass of wine. It was enough that the New Year's Eve dinner was just what they wanted. There was no need to drink so much, as they had to stay up late next year.
A table of eleven people ate happily. Near the end of the meal, it started to get lively outside, and the sound of children playing, setting off firecrackers, and adults wishing each other New Year's greetings began to be heard in the yard.
The Banggeng children all looked at the door with longing expressions. The deaf old lady saw that the New Year's Eve dinner was almost done. She was old and it was impossible to stay up late, so she said, "It's almost done."
Everyone started to leave, and at the end, Lin Fan, Yi Zhonghai, and He Yuzhu all gave each of the three children a red envelope, which was regarded as lucky money for the New Year.
I don't know how much Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu gave, but Lin Fan included ten one cents in three red envelopes. It was considered a celebration.
Even a dime is not much, and he would not pay a large amount to cover a dollar.
Just have a dime to celebrate.
After wishing each other a happy New Year, everyone began to go back to their homes. Lin Fan returned to the backyard with the three Banggeng brothers and sisters.
Opening the door, Lin Fan took a hundred firecrackers and a handful of Cuban candies from home and gave them to the three children, letting them play by themselves.
Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e are not at home, they seem to have gone back to their parents' house to celebrate the New Year.
Lin Fan took out a thousand firecrackers from home and lit them, and suddenly there was a crackling sound in the yard.
The sound of firecrackers attracted many people. Seeing the long string of firecrackers at the door of Li Fan's house, everyone came to the door of Lin Fan's house, saying Happy New Year and wishing you good luck.
Lin Fan was not stingy either. He invited everyone to sit at home and took out the third brother's tray, which contained peanuts, melon seeds and candies.
After chatting until eight or nine o'clock, everyone started to leave and go back to their homes to watch the New Year.
The sounds outside began to disappear, and the courtyard returned to silence.
The third uncle's house.
Yu Li: "The voice is too quiet, please speak louder."
The third uncle adjusted the volume and said angrily: "It sounds so loud that it wastes electricity."
Several children did not pay attention to the radio, but all focused on the peanuts and candies in front of the radio.
Yan Jiecheng swallowed his saliva and said, "Dad, everyone is waiting."
The third aunt said from the side: "Hurry up and give it to them."
The third uncle thought the same thing, and stood up with an enamel basin and a shovel: "One person, one shovel."
Yan Jiecheng wanted to eat the peanuts as soon as he got them, but Yan Er stopped him and said, "Don't eat them yet, otherwise Dad will be unfair."
Yan Bugui said angrily: "If I were unfair, then there would be no fair people in the world."
Yan San took the peanuts and candies and said, "There will be candies for the Chinese New Year this year."
Yan Bugui said proudly: "That's right. It doesn't matter who your father is. This is your father's writing fee for writing Spring Festival couplets."
Everyone knows that Yan Bugui brought these back when he was writing Spring Festival couplets today, but we just don’t know who was so generous and gave such candies.
After staying up until 12 o'clock, Lin Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was alone and had no TV to watch. It was really hard to stay up late.
In the past, Lin Fan had not kept up the New Year's Eve. After all, it was the first New Year's Eve in the 1960s when he came to Forty-Nine City. Lin Fan also followed the local customs and kept up the New Year's Eve.
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New Year's Day.
Early in the morning, Banggan took Xiaodang and Sophora japonica to He Yuzhu's house and woke up He Yuzhu who was still sleeping.
Because He Yuzhu told them last night that he would take them to receive the new year's money today.
He Yuzhu immediately climbed out of bed as soon as he thought about it. It was the first day of the new year. He had already thought about it. With three children, he could better manage the third uncle and Xu Damao.
An energetic He Yuzhu took Banggian and his three children to the backyard and quietly arrived at the door of Xu Damao's house.
Close to the door, He Yuzhu felt that it was quiet inside. He Yuzhu felt happy, knowing that Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were not up yet at this time.
