Chapter 67 Lucky Money
With anticipation and brewing, New Year's Eve finally arrived. Every family in Kuangshantun sets lights and every household is decorated with colors. When you wake up early in the morning, the fat man pastes Spring Festival couplets and keeps money, and has been busy for a while.
The couplets on the door are very special. The first couplet: Thirty years of Hedong, I have been busy and mediocre; the second couplet: Thirty years of Hexi, I have a life without regrets. It can also be regarded as a portrayal of the fat man's inner heart.
"Crack--Boom----" Various firecrackers were launched one after another, and the smell of fire immediately spread throughout the mountain village, and New Year's Eve officially kicked off.
As soon as the firecrackers sounded, the fat man's family suffered. Weiwei's two little ears drooped, and he lay on the edge of the kang and did not dare to look up. He was completely devoid of his former domineering aura. A Zi, who was originally squatting on the tree, turned into a purple light and entered the warehouse, but never dared to come out again. The big flowers also ran around, almost going crazy.
The only calmer person is Maomao. This guy is the most treacherous and knows how to cover his ears with his claws.
While comforting these pets one by one, Qiqi said, "No wonder there is a firecracker set off during the New Year, which can really scare the monsters away."
The fat man was about to cook, when the old girl from the boss of the car came over and said, "Brother Fat, my dad is asking you to have a meal." This girl is still fifteen or sixteen this year. According to rural customs, she is almost at the age of getting married. However, in the fat man's eyes, she is still as young as a little girl.
The fat man was not polite either. He carried a jar of wine and followed Qiqi. Since they were greeting him during the New Year, it was sincere.
When I entered the door, I saw that there were still many people: Although the eldest son and second son of Boss Che were both married, they were together during the Chinese New Year, and the whole family was more than ten.
The fat man first wishes everyone a New Year's greeting, and then takes out two dollars to the car boss's eldest grandson and younger granddaughter: "It's the New Year, and the fat uncle gives you New Year's money."
"You guy is not there, you guy. If you had known this, you wouldn't have asked you to come." The owner of the car had shaved his beard and seemed to be several years younger.
The food was ready, and there was a table on the kang and a table on the ground. The men and white wine, the women drank wine, and the children only ate vegetables. Throughout the year, they had enough food and drink in the past few days, so these little guys shook their chopsticks and ate more and more.
Even Qiqi was driven, and followed them to grab it, and ate it tightly, eating a lot more than usual.
The fat man held the wine cup and chatted with the owner of the car with the two sons who had married, and then he saw the bottom of the house with a squeak.
"I have worked hard for two years, so I will try to buy four wheels." The owner of the car also did a cup of tea.
"It's good to have a chance." The fat man praised, then stared at the dish plate, picking up a very bright and trembling frozen jelly: "How is this boiled, like glass?"
Put it in your mouth and chew it, and the smell of fish is revealed in the strength, which is definitely different from the frozen seeds made with pork skin before.
"I'll eat it for the first time. This is fish scale jelly. Put the fish scales into a pot and steam them for a whole night. Finally, I'll use a sliver to pick up the fish scale jelly when it cools down. I'll cut a piece for you to go back, and it's best to put wine." The car boss's wife happily introduced the fat man.
The fat man picked up another piece: "Isn't this a way to eat and take it?"
"Fatty, if you try this again, you probably haven't tasted it." The owner of the car pointed to another plate.
After picking up a chopstick and putting it in his mouth, the fat man couldn't help but nodded: "What's this thing? It seems to be a pig's intestine, and it doesn't have that smell. It's a fish's intestine, right?"
"Okay, your boy is quite clever. You don't eat any fish in winter. The fish intestines are the cleanest. Just wash them twice. It's delicious and nourishing." The boss of the car seems to be very proficient in diet. Waste materials like fish scales and intestines can be turned into treasure.
After dinner, the fat man took Qiqi home, holding a piece of fish scales in his hand, trembling as he walked.
After arriving at home, I started to chop the noodles and prepare to make dumplings. There are some specialties in eating dumplings in this place: eating a meal in the middle of the night is considered to bid farewell to the old; eating a meal in the morning of the first day of the lunar month is considered to welcome the new year, and you must make it out in advance.
Fortunately, the fat man is already greedy and is quite good at cooking and cooking. He is proficient in making dumplings, stuffing, rolling dough, and making dumplings.
Qiqi also worked hard, using the dough to pinch a puppy and make a small stool. Finally, she took out a one-cent steel stool: "Fat uncle, put this bag in and see who can eat it, and whoever eats it will be blessed."
The fat man also played this trick when he was a child, and he had never eaten it once. After hearing what Qiqi said, he was very happy and wrapped the steel steak into a dumpling.
After a while, people came out one after another, all of whom were half-aged and half-aged. They were all wearing new clothes, and they looked like they were a little bitch, and they were much more energetic than usual. As soon as the second fat man entered the door, he shouted to the fat man: "Uncle Fat, I wish you a New Year." After that, he kowtowed three times to the fat man.
The fat man was confused by this situation: since he grew up to be so old, no one has ever kowtowed to him.
Looking at Erfeizi's expectant eyes, the fat man finally woke up in time and quickly took out a dollar from his pocket: "Stupid brat, just say a few auspicious words to greet New Year. Don't kowtow, I will still give you New Year's money."
Erfeizi took the money happily, put it carefully in his pocket, and covered it with one hand: "Uncle Fat, you are so bright. My uncle and the others only gave me 20 cents of New Year's money last year. Hehe——"
Before the fat man could handle the matter, several more came up next to him, and he whispered fat uncle, so he had to pay for it, one dollar each person, and when he finished sending the snot baby, he was already over twenty.
When these guys dispersed, the fat man thought about it. It was probably because the boss of the car owner's eldest grandson leaked the news, which attracted a bunch of little wolves. So he shouted to Qiqi: "You go to each family to pay New Year's greetings now, and earn some New Year's money back."
"I don't want it. It turns out that my New Year's money is at least 500." Xiao Qiqi said with confidence.
As soon as he finished speaking, Erya came again, and with a small hand, he brought a dollar to the fat man. Erya was obviously a little surprised: "Fat Uncle, my grandfather told you to go to have the New Year's Eve dinner tonight."
Dizzy, it turns out that this is not here to pay New Year's greetings, but Erya's New Year's money was already in the plan, so the fat man didn't feel sorry for him at all.
After making dumplings, he was about to go to the captain's house to have a meal when Wang Sanpao's house called again. The fat man patted the back of his head and said, "I'll just open my mouth."
To be honest, the fat man's heart is really warm. After spending half a year together, he is like a family. For the fat man who has been together for thirty years, he has never experienced such a simple relationship.
After sending Wang Sanpao's son away, the fat man felt a little excited and couldn't help but mutter: "It's really the right thing to do--"
"Fat Uncle, let's not go back to 2009, just stay here. After thirty years, or if it doesn't take thirty years, Qiqi will be able to see her mother again."
The fat man couldn't help but be stunned: "Qiqi, do you know everything? But by then you will be as old as your mother."
"If I had known it, there would be a story about going back to the past in the Doctor Cat." Qiqi directly ignored the issue of age.
The fat man was sweating in his head: "You little monkey spirit."
Chapter completed!