855. Bei Wu: Interlude on the New Year's Eve of the Prospective Parents' Argument
When Qin Jian put down his cell phone and came to the living room, He Jing had just come out of the bedroom.
The two siblings, wearing the same pajamas, sat on the sofa in the living room.
"Sister, have you given any red envelopes to your parents this year?"
"It's covered."
"How many."
"Counting the six of us including grandparents, grandma and grandpa, each of us has three thousand, what about you?"
"Then let's unify and I'll guarantee three thousand, too."
"You don't have to worry about me, you can pack as much as you want."
"No, we are both the same."
"That's okay."
"Hey sister, this year I plan to change my grandpa's glasses to a pair of spectacles. Mom said last time that it's time for grandpa's glasses to be changed. In addition, I also want to buy a massage chair for grandma and grandma. What do you want to buy for grandpa?"
"I brought my grandpa a hearing aid back from New York."
"Yes! How could I forget this?"
"It's okay. Let's take grandpa to Nanshi in a few days."
"Yes, sister."
"Um?"
"Do you like that bag?"
"Did you pick it?"
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Early the next morning, Qin Jian got up as soon as the alarm clock rang.
In the kitchen, Fang Xuehua and He Jing were already steaming jujube steamed buns, and Qin Gang was sorting out the couplets.
Qin Jian thought he was the first to get up, but when he came out, he saw that he was the last to get up.
Fang Xuehua: "Go wash your face and brush your teeth, eat something and post couplets with your dad."
Qin Jian: "okok!"
After washing his handsome face, Qin Jian came to the kitchen and looked at a pot of fried meatballs. He grabbed a handful and was about to feed it to his mouth. Fang Xuehua stopped him with a rolling pin and said, "Put it down! You haven't worshiped God yet!"
Qin Jian let go of his hand in embarrassment and saw He Jing laughing at the side.
Fang Xuehua said: "There is bread in the refrigerator."
Qin Jian ate a few mouthfuls of bread, and then he and Qin Gang started posting couplets.
The two men opened the door and were about to take action when the door opposite also opened.
"Happy New Year's Eve"
"Happy New Year's Eve"
"Happy New Year's Eve"
"Happy New Year's Eve"
This traditional greeting belonging to the Chinese people can only be said on this day.
The two families were standing next to each other when the sound of people climbing up the stairs was heard in the corridor.
After a moment a figure appeared.
"Happy New Year's Eve, Master!"
"Happy New Year's Eve, Uncle Qin!"
Fang Xiaoyu was dressed in festive new clothes, carrying a wrapped box in his left hand and two gift boxes in his other hand.
"The little fish is here."
Qin Gang put down what he was doing and greeted Fang Xiaoyu, "Come and sit in the room."
Qin Jian positioned the character "福" in the middle of the door frame and followed him in.
Fang Xiaoyu entered the house and put down the things in his hands, wished Fang Xuehua and He Jing a happy new year respectively, and then left.
Qin Jian: "Why are you panicking? Just drink some water before leaving."
Fang Xiaoyu said hurriedly: "Master, my father is waiting for me downstairs. We have to go to grandma's house to post couplets."
Seeing this, Qin Jian no longer wanted to stay. He was about to collect a red envelope when he saw that Xuehua had already taken out a red envelope. There was Fang Xiaoyu's name on the red envelope, "Come on, Xiaoyu, I wish you all the best this year. By the way,
Bring good news to our family for us."
"Thank you Aunt Fang, thank you Aunt Fang," Fang Xiaoyu only moved her mouth and didn't know whether to take it with her hand. Qin Jian said with a smile: "Here you go, just take it." After that, he gave himself to Fang Xiaoyu.
I also took out the red envelope I had prepared.
When Fang Xiaoyu saw there were two red envelopes, he quickly took the one in Fang Xuehua's hand, bowed and ran away.
"Goodbye, master, uncle, aunt, and teacher!"
After Fang Xiaoyu left, Fang Xuehua smiled and sighed: "What a good kid."
"Mom, I see Xiaoyu's name is written on your red envelope. You have already prepared it." Qin Jian asked.
Qin Gang continued: "Your mother knows that Xiaoyu will definitely come today."
Fang Xuehua: "You have been abroad basically this year, but you don't know that every big and small festival, Xiaoyu's family will definitely come to give us things."
"Sometimes she comes, sometimes her father comes."
"We have always felt sorry for ourselves, but it is not easy to reject someone's intention in person."
"So this is the Chinese New Year, so your dad and I will give the child a red envelope together."
Qin Jian nodded, "Okay."
Then the family continued their busy work
After posting the couplets, Qin Jian drove to pick up the four old people.
Qin Gang fried fried pancakes and chopped dumpling fillings, while Fang Xuehua cooked the pan to worship the gods.
Since Qin Jian is not here, the task of kowtowing to the Lord of the Land this year naturally falls on He Jing.
The couple stood aside when He Jing was kowtowing. They still remembered that Qin Jian was competing to be the first to kowtow when he was a child.
After our teacher He kowtowed, he received the first red envelope, which came from the couple.
"Thank you, Teacher Qin, thank you Aunt Fang."
After making dumplings in honor of the Kitchen God.
The three of them were busy here, and Qin Jian had already taken his grandfather and grandmother home.
Then he set off to pick up his grandparents.
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Mr. and Mrs. Qin still live in Zhuangzi, about 20 kilometers away from Yangcheng.
All the way to the west, the urban scene is gradually replaced by abandoned factories and sandy green plants along the way.
After passing the gas station at the intersection, Qin Jian saw two large stone pillars standing on the side of the bare roadside from a distance.
There are two large crooked characters carved on the stone pillar.
"Er Zhuang."
When Qin Jian was approaching the entrance of the village, he saw a group of children gathering under the stone pillar on the left to set off cannons.
He slowed down.
Seeing the car coming, the children scattered to avoid it, and then curiously looked at the slowly approaching car.
Cars are no longer novel to them, but at this time of day, they really want to know which family this is from.
At this time, a dark-faced little guy looked at the car logo and rolled his sly little eyes back and forth. Suddenly, he shouted a Zhuangzi dialect: "Uncle Qin is back!"
As he said that, he started running after the car,
As soon as they heard Uncle Qin's name, the other children also excitedly ran behind the car.
Qin Jian saw this scene through the rearview mirror and slowed down the car even more.
Entering the Zhuangzi Trail, the mud houses on both sides of the road were no longer the ones in his childhood memories.
The slogans of "Family Planning" are no longer painted on the courtyard walls of various new brick and tile houses, and have been replaced by "Building a New Socialist Countryside".
Reminiscing, Qin Jian stopped in front of a large iron door. There was already a large lantern hanging on the bare jujube tree next to the door.
He knew that grandpa had already posted the pair.
As soon as he got out of the car, the children who were following him didn't dare to surround him when they saw that it was not their Uncle Qin.
Only the dark-faced guy looked at Qin Jian's face and looked at you carefully for a while, then shouted: "Brother Jian, you are back!"
Qin Jian had some impression of this little boy who was about twelve or thirteen years old, but it was a little vague.
However, a dialect that could only be heard here still made him feel more at home.
At this moment, the iron door of the old mill opposite was pushed open, and then a middle-aged peasant woman came out carrying a basin.
When the peasant woman saw Qin Jian beside the black car, she was startled at first, and then she shouted in a friendly voice: "Jianzi, why did you come back? Where is your father?"
This peasant woman Qin Jian is very familiar with her. According to the saying in Zhuangzi, he has to call her, "Second aunt, have a good year. My dad is working at home. I'm here to pick up my grandparents."
The second aunt smiled: "You are celebrating the New Year in the city this year."
Qin Jian nodded.
The second aunt asked: "Do you want to have lunch?"
Qin Jian: "If you don't want to eat, sit down for a while and then leave."
The second aunt nodded and poured the water basin toward the far door, "Go in quickly, the second father and mother are waiting for you."
Qin Jian said, "Okay."
After the second aunt returned to the hospital, he took out several red boards from the side pocket of his coat.
The children around came over without any invitation.
Qin Jian dealt two cards alone.
"Set firecrackers and pay attention to safety."
The children dispersed in a hurry again.
Only the dark-faced guy held the money and stayed put.
moment.
Gazi bared his white teeth and said with a smile: "Uncle Qin gave me an electronic keyboard last time."
Qin Jian: "Can you play?"
Gazi: "Uncle Qin taught me, and I know how to do it."
Qin Jian smiled: "What can you play now?"
Gazi: "Little Star."
After saying that, Gazi turned around and ran in the direction of a group of children, swinging his arms, full of vitality and vitality.
With each passing day, Erzhuang under the mountains is still like a paradise far away from the secular world.
Qin Gang left here when he was twenty years old. At that time, there was no electronic keyboard in Zhuangzi.