stonecrandall Chapter 186, New Year's Eve
Chapter 186, New Year's Eve
As soon as you open the leaves, you can smell a fragrance.
"Wow wow...it's ready." Qiao Mingyong's voice was heard by everyone in the courtyard, and a group of children who had just eaten sweet potatoes and eggs gathered around to beg for food.
Aunt Qiao felt a headache when she heard her son's voice.
Before the dumplings over there are wrapped, the kiln chicken here is cooked. Each of the two chickens tore a piece. Everyone has eaten just now, and their stomachs are still full at the moment.The adults couldn't eat anything anymore, only a group of boys and children at home kept their mouths open and kept eating.
This year is the most abundant and abundant year they have lived in these years.
As long as they work hard, the days to come will definitely get better and better, and the good days are yet to come.
As the sky gradually darkened, the light of the lanterns hanging in the courtyard became brighter and brighter, illuminating this lively and joyful small courtyard.
Although it doesn't snow here in winter, it is very cold at night. There is frost and strong wind at night, so everyone turned back to the house from the outside.
After making the dumplings, everyone was ready to go back to their respective homes.
"Brother, sister-in-law, we are going back."
"Go back, come back tomorrow morning."
"Well, well, well, take your things back, don't miss them."
"Take it and take it."
"Father, we are going back."
"Back."
After their dumplings were made, Aunt Qiao brought some bags, packed some for the two aunts, and kept some for home.It wasn't long after they had dinner, and this group of boys made so much food again, they really didn't have the stomach to fill dumplings at the moment.
After we discussed it, we said that we would not cook the dumplings. The family took the dumplings home and cooked them if they wanted to eat them.
"Brother, you take Xiaobao back to wipe himself, he may be going to bed." Qiao Xiaohui is going to take the younger sisters back to the second uncle's mother's house. They live in the second uncle's mother's house, and they will go back to the second uncle's mother's house to sleep at night.
Although they also wanted to live in Uncle Wu's house together, she knew that Uncle Wu's house didn't have so many rooms.
"Well, good, you go back to Erniang's house and go to bed earlier." Qiao Minglang looked at the child lying on his shoulder, knowing that he was sleepy, raised his hand to pat the child's little buttocks, and shouted: "Don't sleep, you haven't showered and put on new clothes yet."
Hearing the new clothes, Qiao Xiaobao opened his eyes for a moment, and opened them with the strongest willpower, still thinking about wearing new clothes.
Qiao Minglang found it funny again.
"Understood." The brothers and sisters followed the two uncles, and Qiao Xiaohui took the two uncles to the second uncle's natal house.
Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao had several daughters, and the daughters were all married, and spent the Chinese New Year at other people's homes, and could not return to their own homes, and they would not return to their parents' homes until the second day of the new year.During Chinese New Year in previous years, they were the husband and wife who guarded the empty house together.
But this year is okay, several nieces live in their house, it seems that they have returned to the time when the daughters were still at home.
"Let's go home with Erniang." Qiao Erniang raised her hand and touched her niece's head. When she saw her niece, who was only half a little old, she was about to bring a few younger siblings. Over the years, I know that life is not easy.
Qiao Erniang also liked these nephews and nieces.
It's just that the husband and wife are both good people, but they are too busy for life on weekdays, running outside every day, exposed to the wind and the sun, and only during this new year's day will they rest at home for a few days and spend a good time. Year.
"Hey, okay, Erniang." Qiao Xiaohui looked up at their Erniang, and could feel the elders' care for them in her heart.
Qiao Minglang took his two younger brothers and went back to Uncle Wu's house. The houses of the two families lived close to each other, with only two steps between them.
It was dark outside.
A pair of red lanterns are hung at the door of every household in the small village. The wind is blowing at night, and the hanging lanterns are shaking gently, giving off a dim light at night.
They were all at the uncle's house just now, and they had to boil hot water to take a bath when they came back.
After the hot water was ready, Qiao Minglang went to fetch the hot water and came back. Seeing that the children on the bed were already asleep, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.After washing two towels, I went to wipe the child's body, hands and feet, and stuffed the child under the quilt to sleep.
Being tormented by his brother like this, the sleeping child didn't wake up in a daze.
"Brother." Qiao Mingcheng shivered when he returned to the house from the outside.
"It's cold outside, why don't you wear an extra coat? Come here and lie down on the bed. Xiaobao is already asleep, so be careful not to disturb him." Put the towel in the basin and twist it twice After washing it with water, he hung the towel on the rope in the house, and Qiao Minglang walked towards the door with the washbasin in his hand, "Help me open the door."
"Oh." Qiao Mingcheng hastily opened the door.
Qiao Minglang went out to pour water, and came back with a set of clean clothes to take a shower.
Seeing that his brother was going to take a bath, Qiao Minglang pulled off the outer clothes, threw off the quilt and went to bed, grabbed his sleeping brother and hugged him in his arms, the warm sleeping brother could be used as a hand warmer.
The child who was already asleep was shivering from the cold of his elder brother's hands and feet, and wanted to run in his sleep, but he had no chance to run because his elder brother held him tightly in his arms.
When Qiao Minglang came back from the outside, he saw that the two children in the room were asleep. He stood by the bed and looked at it, with a smile flashing across his face.
When I was going out just now, my aunt met him and told him to keep the lights on in the room until tomorrow morning and not to blow them out. He went over and turned down the oil lamp on the table so that it would not be too bright.
After getting into bed and pulling the quilt over his body, the boy stared at the roof with his eyes open.
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Zhou family
It was the Chinese New Year, and Zhou Xingcai came home from outside.
The family has had dinner, and the TV in the living room is on. Everyone is sitting here watching TV and drinking tea.
Zhou Xing was sitting on a chair in the corner, playing with his fingers with his head down, with a sullen face, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I look at this in my belly, maybe it's still a son, just like when I was pregnant with Ruirui, he's a naughty one, tossing and turning in my stomach all day long..." Xu Haimei's stomach was already several She is one month old, and her protruding belly can be seen in thick clothes. The woman is touching her belly with a happy face, and her husband and eldest son are on the left and right.
"I wish it was a little girl. We already have two boys in our family, so we only need a little girl." Zhou Jianguo sat beside his wife. smile.
After sitting for a while, Mr. Zhou got up, leaned on his crutches, and went into his own room. After a while, he came out again, holding two red envelopes in his hand, and called his two grandsons over, "My dear grandchildren, come here. Grandpa will give you lucky money."
"Ruirui, hurry up, grandpa is giving you and your brother the lucky money." Seeing her son sitting here watching TV without moving, Xu Haimei pushed her son and asked her to go and collect the lucky money from grandpa.
Zhou Rui raised his head, saw the red envelope in his grandfather's hand, ran over, and shouted "Grandpa" happily.
Seeing his grandfather looking at him, Zhou Xing got up and walked towards him.
"Come on, this belongs to the eldest grandson." Mr. Zhou gave a large lucky money to the eldest grandson, and gave another red envelope to the younger grandson, and said, "Both of you brothers, you should study hard in the future and get a good grade in the exam." University, our Zhou family still depends on you."
"Thank you, grandpa." Zhou Rui got the lucky money, shouted loudly, and ran over to his mother when it was over, "Mom, mom, grandpa gave the lucky money."
"Put it in your pocket, don't lose it." Seeing her son happy, Xu Haimei was afraid that her son would be too happy, and she would not know where to throw the lucky money.
"Thank you, grandpa." Zhou Xing looked at his grandpa, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
After seeing her father hand out the New Year's money, Xu Haimei took out the New Year's money that she had prepared earlier from her pocket, distributed two to her son, and took two more to Zhou Xing, "Auntie and your father will give you a New Year's money, take it, Auntie and your father both hope that you will be more sensible when you grow up and make progress in your studies."
Does that mean he is ignorant?Zhou Xing looked at the woman and said nothing.
Seeing that Zhou Xing refused to pick it up, Xu Haimei directly took Zhou Xing's hand and stuffed it into his.
"I don't have to watch the New Year's Eve this year... It's getting late, I'm a little tired, so I went back to sleep in the house. You guys also go back to sleep earlier, so you don't have to keep watch." Mr. Zhou glanced at his grandson and shouted: "Ah Okay, come and help grandpa go back."
Zhou walked over and helped the old man back to his room.
"Ruirui, go upstairs to bed." Seeing her son still running around in the living room, Xu Haimei called her son over, ready to take her son to take a bath and go to bed.
In previous years, their family would watch the New Year's Eve until very late, but the old man's health has not been good in the past two years, and she is now pregnant and can't stay up late, so Xu Haimei wants to go to bed early to rest.
"I don't want to sleep, I don't want to sleep." Zhou Rui was still running around the sofa in the living room, having fun by himself.
Xu Haimei glanced at her husband, her face was a little helpless, there was nothing she could do with her biological son.
Zhou Jianguo called out, "Ruirui, come over to Dad."
Hearing that it was his father calling him, Zhou Rui stopped and obediently walked up to his father.
Zhou Jianguo took his youngest son by the hand and took his youngest son and his wife upstairs.
When Zhou Xing came out of his grandfather's room, he saw that there was no one in the living room. He looked up at the upstairs and walked towards the door.Seeing that their young master was about to go out, the steward hurriedly stopped them and asked, "Where are you going, young master?"
"The old man told you to spend the new year at home. It's already dark outside. You might as well stay at home for two nights, so as not to make the old man feel sad when he gets up and can't see you."
Turning his head to look at the butler who stopped him, Zhou Xing took a deep breath.The two confronted each other for a while, one wanted to leave, and the other refused to let him go.
In the end, Zhou Xing turned around, walked towards the stairs, and went upstairs.
Seeing that their eldest and young master gave up going out, the butler sighed and asked the servants to turn off some lights, leaving only a few small lights in the living room.
Immediately, the whole Zhou family fell silent.
The wind was very strong at night, and the strong wind was blowing. Zhou Xing was sitting on the guardrail outside the window sill, with a bottle of red wine beside him. He held a glass in his hand, drinking one after another, thinking about him. teenager.
On this New Year's Eve night, I don't know where the fireworks are set off in the distance.
Fireworks rose into the night sky, bloomed in an instant, and soon fell again...