There is not much difference between New Year's Eve in Baimei County and other places. Post Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, and eat New Year's Eve dinner - the reason why it is not called New Year's Eve dinner is that the New Year's Eve dinner in Baimei County is often eaten at noon. After dinner, the children set off fireworks and firecrackers together, the adults play mahjong together, watch the Spring Festival Gala, and go to the temple fair to watch the bell ringing later-

Although these simple but not very special traditions are almost the first time Lu Xiaorou has experienced a novelty.

"I'm sure, soak these for free in water, stir and heat them on the pot, and then it becomes very sticky..."

Lu Xiaorou looked at Su Mo's rice paste in the kitchen, with curiosity and admiration written on her face, "Is there any special meaning of this? Grandpa used to paste it with glue or tape."

"It's the meaning... Anyway, it's the tradition we have inherited a long time ago." Su Mo put the boiled rice paste into a basin, Lu Xiaorou handed over the brush, and Su Mo stirred it with the brush, and a smell of wheat came towards him.

"Brother Su Mo, it smells so good..."

"Yes, but it can't be eaten."

Su Mo scared Lu Xiaojudo, "When I was a child, I took a bite because I was so angry, and then my intestinal adhesions were stuck. Later, I had surgery to repair it."

Lu Xiaorou opened her mouth wide in surprise, but after seeing Su Mo's expression change, she immediately showed an angry expression, "Brother Su Mo, please lie to me... treat me as a child."

"You were a child..."

Su Mo gently pinched Lu Xiaorou's nose.

"Ah, it's stained..." Su Mo used his little fingers that were not sticky to rice to wipe the tip of Lu Xiaorou's nose.

"I, I'll wipe it myself."

Su Mo quietly looked at Xiaorou's posture of wiping her nose with her hands, and she felt an indescribable love in her heart.

I really want to get up and take a bite.

Su Mo moved the ladder to paste Spring Festival couplets outside the door, and Lu Xiaorou helped to support the ladder, and checked if there were any stickers.

"Is this OK?"

"A little more...left, left."

Su Mo and Xiaorou were clinging to Spring Festival couplets. The neighbor next door saw it. He immediately smiled and said hello to Su Mo, "Su Mo, you are such a good boy. You are a good boy. You are good at studying and are also strong when you go to college. Why did you bring your girlfriend home so quickly?"

"Ahhh, no...I'm his sister..."

Lu Xiaorou responded embarrassedly, and the aunt smiled, "Haha, the aunt is not young, so don't use this excuse to fool the elders..."

"Auntie Su, will Brother Fei go home for the New Year this year?" Su Mo directly changed the topic.

"Hey, don't mention that kid... I'm 28 this year. When will I find a wife for me?"

"Soon, auntie." Su Mo smiled, "I bet with you that you will be able to hold your grandson next year."

"Haha... Why did you become so good at speaking after you went to college? It's better for college students... If my Ah Fei had worked hard to study hard back then, it wouldn't have been..."

Brother Su Mo originally left a relatively introverted nerd, but in Lu Xiaorou's opinion, it was not like this.

He is a very talkative person, just like Sister Yili, completely different from himself...

Su Mo and Lu Xiaorou finished their Spring Festival couplets and started to help their family prepare the New Year’s dinner again.

What is rare today is that Su Dad is in charge of the chef, and Su Mo’s mother is working on it. Su Mo’s kitchen is not big, so naturally there is no room for Lu Xiaorou to help.

"You go watch TV or go out to play. There is nothing to do here, and you have to cook it in the afternoon."

"Yeah, OK-"

When Lu Xiaorou returned to the living room, she turned around and wanted to enter the room, but was stopped by Su Mo.

"Hey, don't you want to do your homework today, do you?"

"Ah...I, I'm used to getting into the room..." Lu Xiaorou was a little at a loss, "Then... will I watch TV with Brother Su Mo?"

"What's the best thing about TV? Come out with me for a walk. It's interesting to be outside now."

"Ah... OK."

On New Year's Eve, there will always be a deafening sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded, and almost all the shops on the street were closed, and the empty streets felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness.

Su Mo held Xiaorou's hand and ran the road together. Lu Xiaorou seemed a little silent while walking on the street, and she kept lowering her head as if she was thinking about her worries.

"Well... you actually want to stay at home, right? "

Su Mo felt that his invitation was a bit abrupt, "Are you... accommodating me?"

"No, nothing is wrong..." Lu Xiaorou hurriedly denied, "As long as she is with Brother Su Mo, she will be happy no matter where she goes."

Moreover, if you go shopping outside, you can hold Brother Su Mo's hand...

"What I like most when I was a child was the streets during the Chinese New Year. Because I usually see too many noisy streets, and occasionally like this... Every household is closed, and there is a feeling that the whole street belongs to me."

"Well...yes." Lu Xiaorou said softly, "I feel like I can yell unscrupulously... or something."

"Don't Xiaorou usually do that?" Su Mo said with a tilted head, "When we were in the third year of high school, if we had a lot of pressure to study, we would take the initiative to run exercises after self-study, and then yell on the playground. In the past, there were some grade directors who would catch them."

"We have it too." Xiaorou agreed with Su Mo's point of view, "But I... the pressure is actually okay, I'm not that high."

"It's worthy of our Xiaorou, I'm very confident in the college entrance examination..."

Su Mo gently stroked Lu Xiaorou's head, and she was still enjoying being touched like this as before.

"It's not that sure, it's just..." Lu Xiaorou looked up at Su Mo, "It's... she has a better mentality now."

"Haha... Is there any credit for me?"

"Oh, of course!" Lu Xiaorou said seriously, "It's all...it's all the credit of Brother Su Mo--"

However, as soon as she said this, she felt a little hesitant, "Also, there are also the contributions of Sister Yili, Sister Yueling, and other people around me who have taken care of me... I will repay them after I graduate and find a job."

"Don't always think about repaying others. The original intention of others to help you is not to count on your reward."

"Well, I know." Lu Xiaorou nodded, "But, because I have always been accepting help from others. If I can help others, it will make me feel...well, very relieved."

Lu Xiaorou's voice revealed a lot of tenderness, and she held Su Mo's hand tighter, "Especially... Brother Su Mo needs me."

"What are you saying... I always need Xiaorou-"

"Not that kind..." Lu Xiaorou said softly, "I hope one day, in some places and at some times, I can only need me alone."

I can only...I need Xiaorou...

Su Mo and Yili have always been a couple who rely on each other and support each other in their previous lives.

But now Lu Xiaorou only needs him unilaterally. Xiaorou is not "necessary" for him, and it is natural to lack such a sense of security...

At this moment, a still-open store appeared in front of Su Mo and Lu Xiaorou.

"I said... Xiaorou."

Su Mo looked at the fireworks and firecrackers wholesale shop opposite and said, "Do you want to set off fireworks together tonight?"
Chapter completed!