After staying up until about 11 o'clock in the evening, a group of nephews and nieces finally couldn't stand it anymore, yawned one after another, and went back to their homes to look for their mothers.
And Mrs. Zhou Yan had already gone home before half past eight o'clock.
After sending a group of juniors away, Zhou Yan switched the TV channel. Although the Spring Festival Gala was no longer interesting, he turned on the TV and the screen was full of gold and red, which looked festive.
He looked back at his wife who was slumped on the sofa and nodded, smiled and shook her head: "If you are sleepy, you can go to bed first..."
"not sleepy!"
The cooked duck was only chewy.
Walking over, bending down, reaching out to pick up Qin Ruoshu: "Go to bed early and get up early, we have to visit tomorrow morning..."
"Yeah!" Qin Ruoshu shrank into Zhou Yan's arms and closed her eyes simply.
After settling his daughter-in-law, Zhou Yan took a look at the weather forecast on his mobile phone. On the first day of the new year, it turned from cloudy to light snow.
"Auspicious snow heralds a good year!"
Snowfall is a good thing, but it falls on the first and second day of the first lunar month, which is quite unfriendly for visiting friends or visiting relatives.
After reading the news for a while, Zhou Yan also fell into a dream.
The sound of firecrackers spread from the first half of the night to the second half of the night and never stopped. The sky was reflected into a red mist because of the lights, which made it look slightly festive amidst the sound of firecrackers.
It is impossible to sleep until you wake up naturally.
It was just past seven o'clock when my mother's phone call came in: "The dumplings are already cooked, come over and eat them quickly!"
Halfway through the first breakfast of the New Year, there was the sound of a large group of people moving outside the door.
A few seconds later, Aunt Zhou Yan led a group of cousins and nieces into the courtyard.
"When did you have New Year's Eve dinner?"
"Dumplings for Chinese New Year are the same in the morning and evening!"
Zhou Yan's family didn't care, but the new daughter-in-law Qin Ruoshu was stared at by a group of outsiders, and she was a little embarrassed to use chopsticks.
The only option is to use a trick.
"Auntie, sit down and eat together?"
Just like serving tea to see off guests, the New Year's Eve Detachment of Women quickly left.
He glanced at Qin Ruoshu, who was immersed in cooking: "You stay with our mother for a while, or with me..."
Qin Ruoshu looked at Zhou Yan's wife, then at Zhou Yan: "How about I go with our mother..."
"You decide for yourself, I won't go out in the morning..."
Back at his new house, Zhou Yan put the hot dishes that had not been used on New Year's Eve on the steamer to keep them warm, and turned on the TV to watch the financial news.
Before my butt was still hot, I led the women's army to fight. At this time, Zhou Yan remembered that to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he basically went wherever he went.
Among the ladies in the army, there are many times when it is the first time for Mrs. Zhou Yan to show off and show her around, introducing the equipment at home.
"The gas is delivered from the pig farm, and the biogas produced there can't be used up by both families..."
Although the gas heating furnace in the new house has a power of 30 kilowatts, the biggest consumer of biogas in the house is actually the pig farm.
Although the exterior walls of the pig farm are insulated, in order to keep the temperature of the pig house at 20 degrees, in addition to the heating connected to the solar water heater, the father also installed emergency high-power gas equipment to cope with rain and snow.
And Lian Yintian.
Even so, there is still a considerable surplus of gas at home, so much so that Mr. Zhou plans to install a small combined heat and power boiler generator set.
The women's army turned around and marched elsewhere.
Just when I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, my father arrived again with a large army of pure men.
It was also a visit, but the men were more down-to-earth. Seeing Zhou Yan bring out the wine, they all found their own seats to sit down.
"Brother," my cousin was a little surprised when Zhou Yan took out Fenjiu, "How many boxes of counters have you bought?"
"What kind of family still drinks on the table?" Zhou Yan was a little speechless, "Two or three thousand bottles of Fenjiu can buy several boxes of Fenjiu. Besides, how many of us here can get used to the aroma of soy sauce?"
"That's right, third brother, it would be nice to have Fenjiu..."
It's not that he can't afford the table, but that Fenjiu is more cost-effective. If he wasn't worried that it would be inappropriate to drink people under the table during the Chinese New Year, Zhou Yan would rather buy Laobaigan, burn knives, or suffocate the donkey.
Because there are so many cousins, the number of drinks during the New Year celebrations is basically two or three drinks. If you drink more, you will be suspected of overturning.
Two large waves of troops have come, and the rest are fellow villagers who have good relations with each other.
Near noon, snowflakes suddenly began to drift in the already gloomy sky, and in just half an hour, they covered the ground.
"Hubby, it's snowing!"
Qin Ruoshu, who had returned from participating in group activities, rushed into the living room with excitement on her face.
"The snow won't stop until tomorrow," Zhou Yan rolled his eyes helplessly, "But don't forget, we have to go to your house tomorrow..."
"Ah?" Qin Ruoshu then remembered that she had to go to her parents' house tomorrow, "What should I do?"
"Snow tires, snow chains!" Zhou Yan smiled, "What else can we do?"
After lunch, the snowflakes gradually made a sound as they fell to the ground. The sky and the earth were completely white, and the Fuyun Mountain not far away was already covered in white.
Heavy snow closed the door, and the young couple could only watch TV at home.
Zhou Yan is a person who enjoys snow and tea. He is arty and elegant, but his conditions are limited. There is no pavilion or a small mountain villa.
On the contrary, Qin Ruoshu discovered new activities: building snowmen and having snowball fights.
"Zhou Yan, watch your move!"
Qin Ruoshu was like a big snowball when she walked in and went straight to her husband.
"Break the TV, fix it yourself..." Zhou Yan caught the snowball steadily with one hand and looked at Qin Ruoshu with a smirk on his face, "Watch the trick..."
At this time, Qin Ruoshu realized that he was a real person and raised his hand: "I surrender!"
"By the way, with so much snow, we should be able to ski, right?"
"The snow melts quickly here and won't last for a week." Zhou Yan threw the snowball into the trash can. "If you want to ski, at least you have to go north from the capital. I will take you to the Ice City later and have a good time."
It’s snowing for a while…”
"This is what you said..."
Seeing that it was getting dark and the snow had no intention of stopping, Qin Ruoshu became a little anxious: "If it continues like this, tomorrow..."
"Okay," Zhou Yan smiled and patted Qin Ruoshu's shoulder, "I'll add the anti-skid chains later, and you can pass the tools to the side, okay?"
"no problem!"
When the ball came back from seven, Zhou Yan had already considered the slippery road conditions in the snow, so he changed to snow tires in advance and had anti-skid chains ready.
As for replacing snow chains...
Use a jack to raise the wheel and wrap it with anti-skid chains.
The young lady in charge of handing over the tools only handed over the Allen wrench once...
With the addition of anti-skid chains, a worry was solved, and the two of them went to eat with their parents.
As soon as I entered the door, I met the "red-faced" uncle. Judging from his posture, he was rushing to get the kilo. Father Zhou Yan was a thief, and he probably didn't drink more than a few drinks all morning.
"Shitou, it's snowing, why don't you go to Qing'an tomorrow?"
"The anti-skid chains have been put on," Zhou Yan handed the leftovers in his hand to his mother, "From now on, we won't cook anymore..."
"You are lazy..." I rolled my eyes, "By the way, I will bring more jujube flowers tomorrow for my in-laws to try..."
"knew!"
He looked back at his confused uncle, then at his calm father, and asked with a smile: "Comrade Zhou, have you tricked my uncle again?"
"It's nothing..." The smile on Dad's face disappeared, "Your cousin at Third Grandpa's house wants to be the total contractor for Shanhou's project, and he even choked you a few words."
"Zhou Shengfang?" Zhou Yan frowned, "He is just a contractor who gets paid by his head. Where does he get the contracting qualifications?"
"He said he could borrow it..."
"Who dares to lend it to him?" Zhou Yan snorted disdainfully, "Our company has regulations. If you falsify your bidding qualifications, you will be blacklisted and will never be hired..."