Time flies by quickly, and it’s New Year’s Eve in a blink of an eye.
Today is the last day of this year. Early in the morning, Xiao Chen heard the sound of firecrackers being set off. It was coming from the ancestral hall. The villagers of Xiaojia Village were going to pay their respects on New Year’s Eve and the second day of the Lunar New Year.
of sacrifice.
Xiao Chen and his master and his wife are from outside, so there is no need for them.
However, Xiao Chen knew that his master and his wife were also burning incense paper and money to give to their ancestors.
Tang Bing and Noila Mo couldn't sleep when they heard the sound of firecrackers. Fortunately, they went to bed early last night and both women are very energetic now.
When the two women got up to wash up, they found that it was so foggy outside.
"Xiao Chen, why is it so foggy?"
In fact, Xiaojiacun itself is usually very foggy in the morning, but today it is mixed with the smoke from firecrackers, making it even bigger.
"This is mainly the smoke from firecrackers. Do you smell a special smell?"
When I opened the window and took a look, it was true that the heavy fog smelled like firecrackers inside.
After the two girls got dressed and went downstairs to wash up with Xiao Chen, they saw that Xiao Cun's elder had already arrived.
"Village chief, what's the matter?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Little miracle doctor, I bought all the firecrackers and fireworks, as well as the lantern. Now I put it over there at the ancestral hall."
"Then I'll go take a look."
Xiao Chen and Village Chief Xiao went there. There was a lot of smoke along the way. In fact, the firecrackers burned a lot and really polluted the environment. However, it is once a year now, and it has been the same for thousands of years.
When they arrived at the ancestral hall, they saw many villagers worshiping their ancestors and leaving. However, when they saw Xiao Chen, they all called Xiao Chen to come to their house for dinner.
"Little miracle doctor, those firecrackers and fireworks are right here," the village chief said.
That's where the ancestral hall stores its sundries.
The most important thing about these firecrackers and fireworks is not to be ignited by the fire.
When Xiao Chen saw a lot of them, he was afraid that a Dongfeng car would bring them back, but now it was these villagers who brought them back.
"Fireworks and firecrackers are set off from the New Year's Eve to the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the rest should be set off for the Lantern Festival." In fact, there are so many here, so they should be set off separately to make it more lively.
"Little miracle doctor, I will make arrangements."
"If you still have these lanterns, let's divide them up one by one."
In fact, during the Chinese New Year, anyone who has some money will buy lanterns.
In big cities, you can directly use electric lanterns, but in rural areas, most of them use candles. In fact, candles are not bad, especially at night, they look particularly festive.
Xiao Chen took four back and hung two each upstairs and downstairs.
"Also, all the vegetables have been bought, including meat, vegetables and wine. Those who are alone have been notified. The village cadres will accompany these elderly people to celebrate the New Year here in the ancestral hall."
The house in the ancestral hall can be regarded as the best house in Xiaojia Village. It is also warmer and is not afraid even if it rains.
Moreover, the open space here is relatively large, which is better than that of the village committee.
"Village Chief, I'm sorry to bother you. I will have a big happy event to tell you tomorrow."
Big happy event?
What big happy event?
Village Chief Xiao didn't know, but he always felt that after the little miracle doctor came back from a trip to Binhai City, he was very different from before.
When Xiao Chen and Village Chief Xiao came out of the ancestral hall, Xiao Chen went to Widow Wang's house.
In fact, two days ago, Xiao Chen told Village Chief Xiao that after appointing Widow Wang as his sister, no one in the Xiao Village dared to discuss the rights and wrongs of Widow Wang behind her back. Instead, they began to envy Widow Wang for her good life.
Xiao Chen can actually be considered a sister.
Widow Wang thought Xiao Chen was just joking at first, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.
At that time, Widow Wang really had an unspeakable feeling for Xiao Chen.
In this world, one has always known what is good and bad. Widow Wang is also like this. After feeling the warmth and coldness in the past few years, she always feels that there is no one she can trust in this world.
Now, she discovered that it wasn't quite the case.
At least, Xiao Chen was not.
"Xiao Chen, you are here."
"Sister, I asked you to come over and have New Year's Eve dinner together this afternoon."
The so-called New Year's Eve dinner must be eaten together from afternoon to evening.
In the morning, the New Year’s Eve dinner was basically not started.
Before, Widow Wang lived alone.
It seems that I have long been accustomed to this kind of thing. It has always been like this from the first day of the new year to the end of the year.
Now, Xiao Chen actually asked her to have New Year's Eve dinner with his master and his wife, and Widow Wang was a little embarrassed.
"This, this is not good."
"There's nothing wrong. My master and my wife didn't say anything. They also sympathize with you, but they don't usually do it."
That’s just what I said.”
"Then me."
"After you finish your work in the morning, come over in the afternoon."
Although Widow Wang is alone now, she still lives in the house of her deceased husband, so today she also wants to go to the ancestral hall to pay her respects.
Otherwise, there would be no one to worship him except her.
Xiao Chen left and returned to his master and his wife.
After taking the lantern back, open it, put candles in it, and light it up at night. Now it is hung directly.
The workmanship of these lanterns is only average, not very exquisite, because the village chief asked people to buy many of them. Now, from the entrance to the end of the village, every household, ancestral hall, the end of the village, and even a small pavilion at the hot spring pool are all
There were lanterns hanging all over the place, and it looked really lively.
"Xiao Chen, what should we have for lunch?" asked the master's wife.
"Master's wife, let's have a simple lunch and make a richer New Year's Eve dinner tonight. I've asked my god-sister to come over and eat together in the afternoon."
Fuck sister?
Isn’t she the Widow Wang?
Mrs. Xiao Chen smiled.
After simply preparing lunch, Xiao Chen, Tang Bing, and the master and his wife ate together, and then went to Xiaojia Village in the afternoon. When other villagers saw Xiao Chen, they all seemed very enthusiastic and asked Xiao Chen to come over for dinner.
, However, Xiao Chen just responded that he would definitely not come to their house for dinner tonight.
That's how it is in the village.
Maybe it was just casual talk, but of course it was more because they knew that Xiao Chen and his master and wife were not simple, so they respected Xiao Chen so much.
"I wonder how my dad and the others are doing now?" Mo Xiaowan said.
In previous years, her eldest brother Mo Zhibai was still celebrating the New Year in Binhai City, and she was also in Binhai City. However, this year she followed Xiao Chen back, and her father and Butler Mo were the only ones left in the Mo family villa in Binhai City.
Mo Xiaowan missed her father a little, but there was no signal here at all, so she definitely couldn't call her father in Binhai City.
And Tang Bing just thought about her grandfather and had nothing to do with her parents, because she knew that her parents would definitely be in the United States and would never come back.
Therefore, Tang Bing felt a little sad knowing that his grandfather was celebrating the New Year alone in Binhai City.
"Sister Tang Bing, do you want to wait until your grandfather resigns and then go back to Xiaojia Village to celebrate the New Year together next year?"
"You asked my grandpa to cross mountains and ridges? I'm afraid his body won't be able to bear it."