When a new day comes, the time comes to the last day of the year 1979, the Chinese New Year.
Su Yun woke up a little earlier than usual today, but despite this, the people who came to celebrate the New Year at their home have already arrived. Needless to say, Zhao Meiyu and his wife who live opposite, Lao Hu and his wife have also arrived.
Su Yun held on to the handrail of the stairs and stepped downstairs carefully step by step. She said she was a guest at their home, but she was already busy at home.
In their family, there is no saying that men cannot work in the kitchen. Neither does Zhao Meiyu's family or Wang Yufen's family, so the men in the kitchen are all busy in the kitchen.
Mrs. Xiao took Zhao Meiyu and Wang Yufen to do some simple tasks. When they saw Su Yun coming down, they immediately said hello. Su Yun also smiled and greeted Wang Yufen.
Wang Yufen and Zhao Meiyu were pregnant with children one after another, and their bellies were also slightly bulging.
Old Mrs. Xiao originally wanted Zhao Meiyu and Wang Yufen to rest, but they were both used to working, so it was impossible for them to say that they would just do nothing and wait for the elderly to work because they were two or three months pregnant.
They washed their hands and helped make Yong Tau Foo together. This job was not too tiring, so the old lady did not order them to rest.
Everyone was busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner in the afternoon, so we just ate a little breakfast. After finishing the preparations for the New Year's Eve dinner, we could have breakfast.
After breakfast, Xiao Lin took out the red paper, brush and ink he bought in advance and asked Gu Jinnian to write couplets.
Gu Jinnian's handwriting is undoubtedly the best among them, so he deserves to be asked to write couplets. While Gu Jinnian was writing couplets, Mrs. Xiao took out scissors and red paper and asked them to
A pregnant woman with physical inconvenience helped cut the window grilles.
Several people were chatting while cutting.
"Will Yinyin come to the capital to celebrate the New Year this year?" Zhao Meiyu asked Su Yun.
Su Yun shook her head, "Probably not. Her children are still young, so it's not convenient to take a car so far away."
Song Yinyin gave birth to a son two months ago. On the day she gave birth, she called Su Yun and cried, asking if someone had replaced her precious daughter? Otherwise, how could it have happened to her son?
Su Yun really thought that the doctors had made a mistake at first, and was still thinking about what to do? But she heard from Li Wei that she had given birth to a son, but Song Yinyin couldn't accept it for a while...
Su Yun:......
"Oh, it's a pity, otherwise it would be even more lively."
Zhao Meiyu said regretfully and her expression became normal. She tilted her head and looked at the paper-cut in Su Yun's hand, "What are you cutting?"
"you guess?"
Zhao Meiyu turned over and looked at it carefully, "I couldn't guess this, how come it looks like three animals?" She had never seen such paper-cuts, so she really couldn't guess.
"Half of a guess is right." Su Yun stopped after making the last cut, then opened the stack of papers in her hands, and a dragon, a tiger, and a big bird appeared in front of her eyes.
The three animals stood in a tripartite posture, surrounded by a huge group of flowers.
"What's this?"
Zhao Meiyu recognized the animals, but she didn't understand why Su Yun cut them like this. You must know that the paper they cut during the Chinese New Year meant auspiciousness. In Zhao Meiyu's knowledge, there were no three animals appearing together.
A pattern on a piece of paper.
Su Yun burst into laughter.
"Have you forgotten the dream I had before?"
It was because she dreamed about them that she found out she was pregnant. Su Yun thought that maybe the child in her belly was transformed from these three animals? So she had an idea and cut out these three shapes.
After Su Yun's reminder, Zhao Meiyu naturally remembered it. She nodded, "Then I always dreamed of a lot of peaches when I was pregnant. Should I also cut a peach tree?"
Su Yun:......
"Hey, Sister Wang, what did you dream about before?" Zhao Meiyu did not forget to ask Wang Yufen on the side.
Wang Yufen smiled and said, "I dreamed about everything."
"Then you have a tough task. You have to cut out everything."
Su Yun:......
They finished the paper-cutting, and Xiao Lin also took out the couplets written by Gu Jinnian and pasted them on the door. Gu Jinnian wrote the couplets for the three families in one breath. Their house was opposite, so after writing, take them
Just post it in the past. As for the old Hu family's, I will take it back and post it after the New Year's Eve dinner.
Gu Jinnian's calligraphy was very good. As soon as his couplet was posted, his neighbor next door saw it and immediately asked him for a couplet. Gu Jinnian thought that everyone was a neighbor, so he wrote a couplet for his neighbor without hesitation.
Who would have known that from this beginning, everyone on the street would know that Gu Jinnian’s calligraphy skills were worthy of being called a master of calligraphy. Each and every one of them carried small gifts they had prepared, and brought special ones they had cut themselves to use for writing.
Couplets on red paper came to my door asking for couplets.
Gu Jinnian was extremely busy.
After writing continuously for an hour, the couplet was finally finished. After sending away the satisfied neighbors, Gu Jinnian's table was also filled with gifts left by the neighbors.
Zhao Meiyu laughed at Su Yun from the side and said, "Looking at how good my Jinnian is, in the future, if there is no food to eat, he can go to the street to sell calligraphy."
Su Yun hummed, what Zhao Meiyu said makes sense!
After writing the couplets, the time came and went until the afternoon, and at one o'clock in the afternoon they started cooking and frying their New Year's Eve dinner.
There were a lot of people eating, and the economic conditions this year were much better than last year, so Xiao Lin bought a lot of dishes, including chicken, duck, and fish. When all the dishes were ready and put on the table, there was a big table for eight people.
The round table is filled with cooked and steaming delicacies.
Mrs. Xiao took out the incense candles and paper money and asked Xiao Lin to burn some for his father.
In previous years, they would burn paper for grandpa and dad together, but no one thought that grandpa was still alive, and it would be unlucky to burn paper for grandpa again! So Xiao Lin had no choice but to burn it for his dad.
His father is really no longer alive, so it is natural for him to burn some paper money.
Xiao Lin nodded in agreement, took the things and walked to the backyard.
"Brother Lin..." Su Yun stopped him.
Xiao Lin stopped and looked back at Su Yun, "What's wrong, wife?"
"It's okay, take some more and tell your mother-in-law that you are going to be a father."
She knew that Mrs. Xiao would definitely give more to Xiao Lin, but she also knew that if she didn't let go, neither Xiao Lin nor Mrs. Xiao would burn paper for Ye Wan openly.
After all, in their hearts, she was the person whom Ye Wan felt sorry for the most. The two of them fully respected her, so during the holidays, they never stated that they wanted to burn some paper money for Ye Wan.
Now that she has spoken, Xiao Lin naturally knows what she means.
No, after hearing what she said, both Xiao Lin and Mrs. Xiao had a relaxed look on their faces.
"Okay, wife, I'll go right away."
"Well, go ahead."
Xiao Lin turned around and left, his back clearly relaxed a lot.
Maybe it was because the big stone that had been weighing on her heart was gone, so she showed such a relaxed state? Su Yun felt like laughing when she thought about it. Why did she feel that her family was a little afraid of her?
Xiao Lin came back from the backyard soon, and after he came back, his eyebrows were softer than before.
He came to Su Yun and helped her up and asked her to sit down at the table. "My wife, wait for me here. I'll set off the firecrackers and we'll have dinner."