On the night of New Year's Eve, although the year was not good this year, the Zhao family's New Year's Eve dinner this year was very sumptuous. The table was full and the family ate happily.
Fish is a must on the table, after all, there is plenty every year, and who wouldn’t want to ask for a favor during the Chinese New Year?
The third brother seemed to have forgotten something when he got excited about eating. When the fish was almost half eaten, he had to turn it over.
His sister-in-law patted his hand beside him, and then he realized what he was doing and hurriedly stopped the chopsticks in his hand.
"Mom, wasn't I so dazzled by the delicious food? I forgot for a moment that I couldn't turn the fish over." The third brother scratched his head and quickly admitted his mistake, even though children are not allowed to be beaten or scolded during the Chinese New Year.
But how could he not know that his own mother is not allowed to beat or scold her children during the Chinese New Year, but her own mother can keep accounts and settle accounts after the New Year.
Seeing his good attitude in admitting his mistake, Zhang Guifang's expression softened, but she still warned with some worry: "Not only can't you turn over, but you also have to keep your tail."
"I know this, I have more than enough every year!" The third brother, who knew that he had made a mistake, tried to show off, hoping that his mother could forgive him for this mistake and not settle the score later.
After a while, the food was almost finished. My sister-in-law brought the dumplings in and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, there is a surprise inside."
Zhang Yu was eating dumplings, and when he was about to praise his sister-in-law for how well the dumplings were made, his teeth were suddenly hit. He covered his mouth and said, "There is something in the dumplings."
"I put a few coins and pieces of candy in the dumplings today. It seems that Xiaoyu got them. He's lucky!"
As soon as the sister-in-law finished speaking, Zhang Yu spit out a coin from his mouth: "It seems that I have good luck this year, and I will have good fortune in the next year."
After hearing what Zhang Yu and my sister-in-law said, the other people couldn't help but speed up eating dumplings. They all wanted to eat coins.
Zhao Feng ate two large plates of dumplings in a row. In the end, he couldn't eat any more, so he put down his chopsticks and said aggrievedly: "Why can't I eat it?"
The family just laughed at his words but said nothing.
After dinner and cleaning up everything, Zhao Wenzhuo went out for a walk, then brought back a bag of sesame straw, and spread the sesame straw from outside to the door of the house.
Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a moment, and asked involuntarily: "Uncle, why are you holding this thing? Do you want to light a fire? Why did you put it at the door?"
"You kid, have you forgotten that you also stepped on the New Year's Eve last year? You guys will step on it later and step on the New Year's Eve."
Zhang Yu recalled it carefully and then remembered that there was indeed such a custom, but he was still a little embarrassed to let him follow a group of children jumping up there. He was already so old.
Seeing that Zhang Yu couldn't pass, Zhang Guifang pushed him and signaled him to go quickly.
"Go, go, go! Tread more. Children can grow taller by stepping on sesame straw, and they will not get sick in the coming year. They also go to Xie Chong." Thinking of her nephew being injured one after another this year, Zhang Guifang felt more and more that her nephew should step on it.
Zhang Yu finally couldn't bear to brush off his sister-in-law's kindness, so he walked to the sesame straw and stepped on it several times.
My sister-in-law and uncle lit all the lights inside and outside the house. Zhang Yu knew this custom. On New Year's Eve, all the lights in the house must be turned on, and must be turned on all night, so that the coming year will be prosperous.
Next, it was the family's turn to sit on the kang and watch the New Year's Eve. My sister-in-law took out mahjong from nowhere, and the family started playing happily.
Zhang Yu is not very good at playing mahjong, so he just watches them playing mahjong. From time to time he takes a sip of tea to refresh himself. After all, it has been half a year since he came to this world, and now he has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, staying up late.
It really doesn't work anymore.
Now I can stay up late and stay up all night, relying solely on the strong tea in my cup.
During this period, Zhao Feng lost so much that he looked at only half of the money left on the table, then looked at Zhang Yu next to him, his eyes flashed and said: "Xiao Yu, come here, I will teach you how to play mahjong."
Zhang Yu smiled and refused: "No, brother, you go ahead and play, I don't like playing this." Compared to playing mahjong himself, Zhang Yu preferred to see the expression on his brother's face when he lost without leaving a single point.
Of course, it’s impossible to play big at home, but my sister-in-law put everyone’s New Year’s money on the table. How much money they can have left this year depends on their luck.
Seeing that his little cousin was not fooled, Zhao Feng turned his attention to his sister again. Zhao Xiaoping keenly felt the malicious intent in his elder brother's eyes, and quickly waved his hand and refused: "Brother, don't try to trick me. I won't be fooled. I won't be fooled."
I'm not greedy either. I feel that the New Year's money my mother gave me this year is already quite a lot. I don't need more. I just need the original New Year's money."
Seeing that he couldn't even deceive the two people who were best at cheating, let alone a few others, he could only continue to fight. In the end, his uncle saw that he was really a pitiful loser and gave him part of the money in front of him.
Zhao Feng took the money, turned around and took a book, and looked at it pretendingly. Anyway, he would no longer participate in playing mahjong, and anyone who wanted to play could go.
In the end, Zhao Xiaoping took over his position. I don't know whether it was because his position was not having good fortune today, or because Zhao Xiaoping was not very lucky today. As soon as she took up the position, she lost five or six games in a row and looked at the young man with a grimace.
After receiving half of the new year's money, I quickly got off the mahjong table.
In the end, Zhao Wenzhuo felt sorry for his daughter. Seeing that her daughter was not very happy, he gave all his capital and winnings to Zhao Xiaoping.
Zhao Xiaoping looked at the money in her hand that had doubled several times, and sat next to Zhao Wenzhuo: "Dad, you are so kind!"
Zhao Wenzhuo didn't say anything, he just looked at her and smiled, and smiled himself.
Zhao Feng looked at the money in his little sister's hand and then at his own, feeling even more pitiful after comparing them.
Facing Zhao Feng's resentful gaze, Zhao Wenzhuo and his daughter turned around and chatted to themselves, pretending they didn't see him.
The performance of the three people made the whole family laugh. In the end, they stopped laughing because Zhao Feng's expression was so pitiful.
"You've all seen it, why don't you give me a reward? Anyway, I also put on a show and made you laugh." Zhao Feng stretched out his hands towards the family.
"Okay, okay! You performed well. This is your performance fee." Zhao Lei narrowly took out five cents from in front of him and placed it on Zhao Feng's outstretched hand.
The whole family burst into laughter again, and Zhao Feng put the five cents into his pocket nonchalantly, no matter how little it was, it was still money.
As we talked and laughed, the time to watch the New Year's Eve suddenly became very fast, and before we knew it, it was almost twelve o'clock.
Zhang Guifang looked at the clock on the wall and said, "Time flies very fast. It's already twelve o'clock, and it's time to set off firecrackers. Who among you can go out and set off some firecrackers?"