On New Year's Eve.

He smiled early and followed the busy couplets.

Grandma held a large white bowl, and the inside was made of paste made of white flour. Dip it with a brush, then evenly apply it on the couplet, and then paste it on the wall, which was very firm.

Now the times have changed. Even in rural areas, few people are handwriting Spring Festival couplets, so what He Xiao posted today was bought in advance, with two pairs in total, one on the door and one on the front door.

I have to say that the weather is particularly cold today, with snowflakes falling from the sky, and my hands were frozen early in the morning.

He Xiao took off his down jacket, took off his precious watch, changed into a military coat, and a dog-feather hat. He completely changed from Tony in the city to Ergou in the village.

He and his father were in charge of the door of the yard, and He Jin and his mother were in charge of the door of the room.

"Dad, give me the word "Fu" and hurry up, it's too cold this day! Frozen hands!"

As soon as He Xiao spoke, he exhaled a white breath from his mouth, his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he said to his father who was squatting on the ground and smearing paste on the word "Fu".

He Jiandong looked up at him, then pointed to He Jin's direction and cursed: "Boy, you can't stand the cold now? Look at your sister, you don't even say cold when you wear less clothes than you!"

While speaking, he handed over the word "Fu" that had been painted.

He Xiao took it and looked at He Jin. He saw that his sister was really not afraid of the cold. She was still the white down jacket, without zipping, and not wearing big cotton shoes under her feet, but with her heels exposed. The cold wind blew and her clothes were fluttering.

But they didn't react at all. They put the word "Fu" in a row on the door.

How do you say that? A tough life does not need to be explained.

There is no comparison with a werewolf like He Jin. He Xiao honestly accepted his character as a fighter with Wushao, wrapped his clothes tightly, pressed his hat and shrank his neck, only a pair of small eyes were exposed, and then he trembled the word "Fu".

The corners of the four sides were smoothed, He Xiao glanced back and squinted and saw that it was okay, but it was not crooked.

He Jiandong put away the paste and saw He Xiao following him tremblingly, he couldn't help but slam his forehead, "I'm really wrong. Your sister asked to be a boy, and you asked to be a daughter!"

He Jin is indeed not like a girl. She doesn’t like wearing skirts or red makeup. She sits cross-legged like a young man and climbs trees and walls.

When I was hitting the pine tree tower in the past, when I went into the mountains, I looked at the pine trees standing tall, and I was so scared that I couldn't get up. However, He Jin, like a flexible monkey, held the tree trunk and opened his bow left and right, rushed up in two steps, and could even climb to the top of a tree that was more than ten meters high.

He Xiao looked down and was frightened, afraid of falling and falling. You should know that there is no defensive measure, so it is too dangerous to climb to such a high place.

Fortunately, nothing happened to He Jin, but she would not dare to climb so high in the future, so as not to worry her family.

He Xiao also had a comprehensive understanding of his sister's combat power at this time. It was so fierce and realistic. Except for the movies, this scene can be seen in the city.

When I returned to the house, the stove was burning strongly and the heating was very comfortable. My grandma squatted in front of the stove and was filling in the fire, and the noodles for breakfast were eaten.

"Son, go to the chicken coop and pick two eggs, and I'll beat egg braised."

My mother was also busy working in the kitchen with her apron. After preparing the ingredients, she saw that there were no eggs, and she said to He Xiao.

"Okay, I'll go now."

He Xiao nodded and walked towards the warehouse on the side of the house under the snow.

Grandma's house is backed by a mountain and covers a large area. It has two vegetable gardens in front and back, like two small playgrounds. The house in the middle is made of mud, and it has not been repaired for more than 20 years.

The main reason is that there is no need to rebuild it. He Xiao’s family does not live in the countryside, and grandparents are unwilling to waste money to repair the house. Now that He Xiao has made money, there is no need to repair it. Then, just take his grandparents to the city to live.

There are chickens and dogs in the yard. The chicken coop is in the warehouse on the side of the mud house, which is considered a chicken coop. Because the wall is against the kang, the warehouse is not cold, ensuring a certain temperature, so that native chickens can lay eggs in winter.

When He Xiao was a child, he would come to take out the chicken coop if he had anything to do. If he touched it, he would be very happy, so he was familiar with it. After entering, he stretched his hand in. The chicken coop was still hot, with about seven or eight eggs inside. He Xiao couldn't help but smile a mysterious smile on his lips.

He took out all the eggs and put them in a small basket and felt very happy. Men are all children who cannot grow up, and their childlike taste has never been erased for them.

"Go away the rhubarb!"

The old yellow dog stuck out his tongue and waited for him at the door. When he saw him coming out, he immediately called out twice.

The dog recognizes people, even if he hasn't seen each other for two or three years, he still remembers the smell of He Xiao. He knows that its little owner is back, and runs around intimately, rubbing against his trouser legs, and his tail shakes violently.

He smiled and touched the dog's head. He Xiao opened the door and went back to the room, and Dahuang followed in.

"Mom, I'll put this egg for you."

Putting the eggs in an iron bowl, He Xiao yawned back to the east room, lying on the kang and staying still.

There are people living in both the east and west rooms. When they come back, the family of six is ​​living in the east room with He Xiao and his grandfather and father, while his sister and grandmother and mother live in the west room.

The west room is usually uninhabited and is very deserted. It took a long time to burn the kang before it gets warm.

However, the west room carries a lot of childhood memories of He Xiao and He Jin. Many childhood toys were piled in the west room, and a hemp rope was hung on the beam of the west room to make a simple swing to play.

The rope is still there, but He Xiao dared not get on it. He is a man in his twenties and twenties, afraid that the house will collapse.

After dinner, He Xiao and He Jin drove back to the county town and bought some ingredients they used for the evening, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, etc. They didn't prepare it before, because it was convenient to have a car, so they couldn't use it for an hour when they returned to the county town.

The supermarket is open as usual on New Year's Eve. The siblings went in and took a walk twice and bought a whole car.

"Brother, help me get two boxes of crisp rolls."

He Jin stood in the snack area, holding two bags of potato chips in his hand, but looked at He Xiao in the cold fresh area and waved to shout.

Crisp rolls are a fried food. The main ingredients are flour and cream. They taste pleasant. When fry them in a pot, they will be crispy and delicious. They are also a good side dish.

He Xiaocai was generous and picked up two bags of crispy rolls, a total of thirty yuan.

After leaving the supermarket, it was almost noon and drove back to the village.

...

At 11 o'clock in the evening, there were crackling sounds of firecrackers and fireworks rising from the sky outside the room, and the New Year's Eve dinner began.

He Xiao and his family were sitting at a big table, watching the Spring Festival Gala on TV while having the New Year’s Eve dinner.

In addition to dumplings, there are too many dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner, including all kinds of big fish and meat, eight crabs and one big lobster. After a rough calculation, there are twenty-eight dishes.

These dishes can’t be finished. He Xiao can already foresee that the food in the next few days will be basically left over New Year’s Eve dinner, which can support them from the first day of the lunar month to the seventh day of the lunar month.

"Sister Jin'er, come out and set off fireworks!"

A call came from outside the window, it was her cousin He Wan. She was wearing an ear bag and a thick cotton jacket and shouted excitedly at the room.

"Oh, I haven't given Xiaowan a red envelope yet." After seeing her, He Xiao remembered this incident, quickly put down his bowls and chopsticks and walked out quickly. He first hugged He Wan enthusiastically, and then handed out a big red envelope with a thousand yuan.

"Thank you brother!"

He Wan pinched the thick red envelope and knew that the money was indispensable, and she smiled and spent it on her face.

"Didn't my aunt come?"

He Xiao looked behind He Wan and didn't see his aunt.

"My family has finished the New Year's Eve dinner long ago, and my mother went to the supply and marketing cooperative to make money." He Wan replied crisply.

He Xiao nodded and invited He Wan into the house to eat lobsters, but the little girl He Wan insisted on setting up fireworks first. She bought a lot of firecrackers, including those particularly loud black cannons and some sniffling flowers.

Chihua is a name in the Northeast region. It refers to a firework similar to a fairy stick, which can be held by hand. As long as it is ignited, it will immediately emit dazzling sparks, but it will ignite quickly and burn quickly, and the sparks will burn out quickly and extinguish.

Because "squeezing flowers" are very beautiful and cheap, "squeezing flowers" is a kind of firework that children in Northeast China must set during the Chinese New Year.

He Wandu has graduated from university, but she is still keen on scenting flowers, which shows her strong childlike innocence.

When He Jin saw these gadgets brought by He Wan, he was extremely excited. He took out a "fairy stick" and held it in his hand to draw circles, leaving beautiful arcs after beautiful in the dark night.

He Xiao looked at this scene as if he saw the New Year when he was a child. The long-lost atmosphere came back a little in a moment.

Looking up again, a beautiful firework rose high in the dark sky and exploded. The gorgeous fireworks looked like a childhood that never returned.

"Happy New Year, nephew!"

At twelve o'clock in the evening, He Wan's father also came to find his elder brother He Jiandong to drink and talk about the past.

The juniors at home were having fun. He Jin and He Wan were laughing, and two beauties, one big and one small, narrowed their eyes into crescent shapes, gossiping about some celebrity scandals.

He Xiao squatted in front of the stove pit and cooked potatoes with the hot charcoal that was about to be extinguished. After about twenty minutes, he picked out the potatoes buried in the hot charcoal. The skin was burned black and placed on the ground to knock it down. The gray skin fell, then opened it, revealing the golden inside. He took a bite with satisfaction, and the fragrance immediately spread throughout the mouth and soaked into his bones.

"Hiss...ha... delicious, hiss..."

He Xiao grinned so much that his hands were covered with black charcoal, and black marks were stained on his mouth, but he still enjoyed it.

After a while, He Jin and He Wan also smelled the fragrance, ran over and played, snatching his potatoes to eat.

This year can be regarded as the most lively year that the old He family has had. The elders are having fun, the younger generations are all back, and the star He Xiao is in charge of the venue, so the atmosphere has been very good for several days in a row.

...

On the fifth day of the lunar month, the weather was clear. The old He family was preparing to have a meal. He Xiao was setting off firecrackers outside because he was going to welcome the God of Wealth today.

When the God of Wealth celebrates his birthday, everyone has to pay attention to the fortune of the year, and it is not careless.

As soon as He Xiao finished setting off the cannon, an uninvited guest came to the courtyard at home.

A Volkswagen, more than 200,000 yuan, stopped at the door, and a man wearing a sable, goatee and sunglasses, had a decent cigar in his hand, and a younger brother was following him.

"Yeah, Brother Xiao is setting off firecrackers?"

The man spoke with confidence. After seeing He Xiao, he was not as restrained or nervous as other people saw celebrities, but was a little ridiculous.

"Wang Xiding? Why are you here?"

He Xiao looked up at him, a little surprised, but his tone was neither cold nor indifferent.

Wang Xiding has never dealt with him since he was a child, and the old Wang family and the old He family had fought a war before, so the specific reasons cannot be investigated. It happened more than ten years ago, but everyone in the village knew that the Wang family and the He family had become strangers since then.

Wang Xiding has been showing off since he was a child. When He Xiao saw him driving, he even brought a younger brother to show off and guessed what this guy was about.
To be continued...