Every year, firecrackers are sold in the village, and the children are the most enthusiastic. I feel that firecrackers and Erkiji are the boys' favorites, and they only look forward to this day all year round.
The original owner spoiled his son. As long as Li Heng wanted to buy something, she would never refuse. In addition, Mr. Li Fang used the banner of "ethnic learning" to make firecrackers here every year.
Firecrackers and two kicks alone cost a lot of money every year, which makes people speechless. Cheng Xue will definitely not buy it for the family this year. As for the family...
He took out the money and gave it to Li Hui, telling him:
"Calculate the days when you need to set off firecrackers, and just buy two extra ones for the kids. Don't buy too much. There will be a lot of money at home after the new year."
"Got it."
Li Hui took the money, counted it with his fingers, dressed Li Tian and Li Huai in thick clothes, and carried each of them out with Yan Yixin.
Today we have fried meatballs, fried fish, and fried meat at home, so we can’t put more burden on the main force.
Li Tian saw his brother when he was far away, struggled to get out of his father's arms, started in second gear, and quickly ran to Li Heng's side. Luozi also brought his cousin Trini today, and the two little girls got together.
I quickly went to play nearby.
When Li Wanping saw Li Hui, he rushed over excitedly, cupped his hands and said:
"Uncle Hui Zi."
Li Hui understood instantly and told Yan Yixin to take good care of his younger brother and younger sister, so he went to talk to him.
As long as this kid sees him, he always has endless questions to ask. He also tells everything he knows and talks endlessly. It is rare to meet a child who loves to learn and ask questions.
Every time around this time, Li Wanping's parents eat food, just like now.
"Shanzi, look, someone who didn't know better would have thought Huizi was his father."
When Li Qingshan saw this, he said "hehe..." and joked with a smile:
"Why don't you take the time to ask your son if he wants to change his father?"
Li Qingyi hurriedly shook his head after hearing this——
"It's better to pull him down, I am self-aware. You said this man's fate is really strange. Why is my son so proud of him?"
"Then why don't you tell me why your son doesn't like you?" Li Qingchuan asked.
Li Qingyi rolled his eyes and did not want to continue this topic.
What else could be the reason? Because he doesn’t know Chinese characters and people don’t want to talk to him. They say that a dog doesn’t think the family is poor, and a son doesn’t think the mother is ugly. This son of his was raised in vain.
Li Zheng took the people to set off firecrackers and hadn't come back yet, so everyone took this time to chat and take a rare break. I don't know who mentioned the Spring Festival couplets, and many people immediately went to look for Li Hui.
Writing Spring Festival couplets is not free, most people in Wanghe Village use eggs as payment.
In the past, Li Fang could collect hundreds of eggs every year when he wrote couplets, and his attitude was particularly bad. Li Qingnian also pretended to be powerful and always put on airs.
Even so, no one came to see Li Hui. Of course, this was due to Li Fang’s suppression.
In ancient times, Li Hui didn't care about this. In addition to writing to his own family every year, the rest was written to a few families who were familiar with him. He couldn't compare with Li Fang.
But this year is different, it is estimated that they will be evenly matched.
Li Hui roughly counted the number of people, thought about it and said:
"We all live in the same village, so I can't ask for more. A pair of couplets, two characters for "Fu", and five eggs, okay?"
"Okay!" Li Wanping was the first to speak, "Uncle Hui Zi is so generous. In previous years, he asked Grandpa Second to write couplets. One couplet would cost five eggs, and he wouldn't even give me a single blessing word."
"No, Brother Huizi is interesting." Li Qingshan agreed, "My family wants a third mate, so bring my brother's."
Li Qingyi, who originally wanted to bargain, saw his son's support and nodded speechlessly, saying:
"We need two pairs at home."
"I have one at home."
"My home..."
"..."
After gathering the number of people, Li Hui handed the money to Yan Yixin and said:
"Buy the quantity I just said, and be optimistic about Tiantian and Tiedan."
After saying that, he hugged Li Huaifeng and ran home in a hurry.
There are so many couplets and the characters "Fu", but I don't know if I have enough red paper at home. When I got home, I first moved a big basin, put Li Huai in it, and then started looking for the red paper left over from last year.
I have to say that the original owner's wife was really generous with the things he used. A thick stack of red paper was enough to write as many couplets as possible with the Chinese character "福".
Total the number of people, fold paper, cut paper...
Li Huai was bored in the basin, so he slowly pulled the basin out, then climbed to the desk, stood up holding on to the table legs, and slowly moved to Li Hui's side.
"Ah ta... ta ta... ta ta ta..."
Li Hui looked down and saw a little Gadou, talking to him while cutting paper.
"Are you bored?"
"Ta-ta-ta...ta-ta-ta..."
"Just be good and play by yourself for a while. Dad is busy earning eggs for you."
"Ta-ta-ta...ta-ta-ta..."
"We can't go to your mother, she's too busy."
No matter what he says, the little guy always responds with "ta da".
Holding on to the legs of the table, he moved little by little. Occasionally, he sat down on the ground with a "thud". Seeing that no one paid attention to him, he got up and continued to move with his hands.
Finally, when he got the chance, he grabbed a piece of red paper and tore it up.
The sound of tearing paper made him curious, and he kept laughing while tearing it.
Li Hui didn't care about him, as long as he was honest and didn't make trouble, that would be fine.
After cutting out one-third of the red paper, Li Heng's voice calling "Mother" finally came from the yard. He had always thought his son's voice was loud and noisy, but at this moment he felt it was extremely pleasant.
"Tiedan—come to the study room."
When Li Huai heard his brother's voice, he hurriedly crawled out. He suddenly jumped into the air, then turned around and bared his teeth in a smile.
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..." He pointed excitedly at the door.
Finally, Li Heng opened the door and came in. He was confused when he looked at the scattered red papers on the ground.
"Dad, what's wrong? Sidan couldn't have torn it apart, right?"
"Hurry up and take your brother away. Dad has something to do. Have you bought any firecrackers?"
"I bought it." Li Heng nodded, "I bought the Bagua whip, two bundles and two kickers. I still have money left, and my brother gave it to my mother."
Just as he was talking, Yan Yixin came over with firecrackers.
"Uncle, aunt said they should be placed in this room."
Li Hui handed the son in his arms to Li Heng, took the firecrackers and said:
"Brother Xin, come in and help me. Tiedan's mission today is to look after his brother and sister. Your mother and your sister must not go to the outhouse to fry things, do you understand?"
"Don't worry, dad, I remember."
Li Heng seems unreliable, but he is still very reliable when the family is busy.
The courtyard door was hung up, and I took my younger brother and younger sister to play in the courtyard. When they were done playing, they brought them inside to keep warm, and then came out to play again.
Cheng Xue saw it in her eyes and felt warm in her heart. She will be seven years old after the new year, and she is becoming more and more like an older brother.
"Tangtang, pick up a few meatballs and give them to them. You are so good, eat more. And give some to your father."
People work hard for the eggs at home, so they should be rewarded no matter what.
After frying a pot of noodles, put the battered pork into the pot and deep-fry it. This is reserved for making pot-wrapped pork and pork slices. For the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow night, they plan to make six dishes, which means Liuliu Dashun.
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After the meat was fried, the sweet potatoes were fried, and when it was time to fry the fish, Li Laosan's voice came from outside——
"Would Huizi's wife stay at home? I have something to do with you!"