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Chapter 74 Chinese New Year

Huixin came to breastfeed the next morning, which was quite fast. The little baby finally ate his mother's milk. He didn't cry or make a fuss anymore. He ate the milk quietly and then went to bed.

Children during confinement are really different every day, making Chen happy to hold the child every day without letting go. When Xue saw it, she advised, "Mom, you can't hold the child so much, it's hard to change the habits of children. Huixin serves the child alone, but we can't be here for adults. If the child is used to being held by someone, won't Huixin suffer at that time?"

Chen knew that what his daughter-in-law was right, but she couldn't help it. She quickly put the child down, "I understand it in my heart, but I just couldn't help it. The last child I saw was Wenxuan. Now Wenxuan is seven years old. I haven't seen a little baby for these years, so I don't know how to like it in my heart. People really love the child the older they get. Now I see the little guy, and I want to hold him and not let go."

In a blink of an eye, the child was full of moon. This was the first child of Qingnian, so of course he had to hold a full moon banquet. Qingnian arranged a full moon banquet in the restaurant. The relatives of the Tao family and the relatives of the Xu family came, as well as the shopkeepers and friends of Renjitang, all got along well with Qingnian, and many people came. Everyone was having a good time together.

After eating the full moon wine, it is logical that we should move to the confinement period. It is already the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year is over, and the New Year is about to celebrate. Wenhan and his school have already had a holiday. In this way, everyone discussed it and said that we should just go down the mountain to celebrate the New Year together.

So Zhixin and the others went back to settle the yard and brought a lot of food to Qingnian's house. It was all this winter, Zhixin and Zhiming went up the mountain to catch prey without any trouble. There was no need to deal with it in winter. After packing it up, it would be frozen hard and hard when it was put outside.

Qingnian also cleaned up the west wing room, and then everyone lived there. Now Chen was busy preparing food for the New Year, while he could also look at his little grandson, and he was very happy every day.

The little baby also has his own name, Tao Jinghui. Now, in addition to eating and sleeping, the little guy can wake up and play for a long time every day. The wrinkled look at the beginning has long disappeared, but now he is white and fat, his arms are like tender lotus roots. Everyone likes this little thing very much. Everyone loves to hug him, which makes Huixin smile bitterly. If everyone leaves, how can he make this little fat man?

Frying noodles, steaming buns, steaming meat, and frying all kinds of fruits. As the Chinese New Year approaches, Chen, Xue and Zhu are busy with these things every day. Naturally, the children are also busy with work. Zhixin brought a large cart of firewood a while ago, and was working with Zhiming to help chop more firewood. Otherwise, if the New Year is always not at home, Huixin will get another child, how can he chop firewood? In fact, it is just that everyone is idle and uncomfortable. Wen Han and Wen Chengdu can chop firewood, which is how they came here before.

On the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, Zhide brought a few people to Qingnian's house. It turned out that Zhixiang sent someone to send New Year gifts to his family. Zhixiang was afraid that the people would not find the venue on the mountain, so he asked someone to go to the town to find Zhide and asked him to bring the New Year gifts to him. Zhixiang also wrote a letter and asked someone to hand it over to the old man. The letter mentioned his situation outside. Zhixiang's classmate was sent to a very wealthy place to be the county magistrate, and Zhixiang became a staff member and helped to handle some things. That place was a convenient place where land and land meet, and merchants came and went to dock and trade there, so even if the officials were not greedy, these merchants had enough money and goods to respect. Zhixiang helped the magistrate handle various affairs. People could understand at a glance that this was the right hand of the magistrate, so filial piety was indispensable.

The visitor brought all the New Year gifts in, and then Chen asked Zhixin to give a few red envelopes to these people. The visitors said they didn't want them, but in the end they couldn't persuade Zhixin, so they accepted them. "Old Master Xu, old lady, the young people are leaving now. We were taken by the magistrate from here. After finishing the errand, we happened to go home for the New Year. So we are not disturbing the old people here, the young people say goodbye." Several people bowed and left the Tao family.

The Xu family was stunned when they looked at the boxes on the ground. Unexpectedly, Zhixiang could only send back such things after half a year of going out. The old man was always worried, "Wenhan, look carefully at that letter to see if your uncle had committed anything there?" The old man was afraid that his son would go on a wrong path.

"Grandpa, don't worry, the young uncle said in the letter, these are just some specialties from the south, saying that they are very cheap there. The young uncle said that he is very good there, so you don't have to worry about it." Wen Han took Zhixiang's letter and read it to everyone again.

The old man was relieved and asked Zhixin to open the boxes and look at them one by one. There were all kinds of fabrics, cotton, erotic, and many brocades inside, all of which were excellent materials on the south. There were also some southern embroidery pieces, and the flowers, birds, fish and insects embroidered on them were actually vivid. There were several sets of four treasures of the study, all of which were famous in the south, so they were naturally for the boys. There were also some porcelain, lacquerware, bamboo carvings, wood carvings, and various ornaments and utensils, as well as some small gadgets, which were left for these children to play with. In addition, there was a small box where there were a lot of silk flowers and beads, which should have been prepared for several girls.

Jinghan looked at it and sighed at the care of her uncle. Everyone in the family had suitable gifts.

Chen divided all these things. She was Zhixiang's mother, so she naturally understood her son's heart best. Everything was divided just right, and it would not make people feel partial or anything. "Fourth brother, you should take these back, and these should be left to you by the fifth brother." Chen put Zhide's part in front of his son.

"Mom, I don't want these, you can keep them." Zhide refused.

"If you ask you to take it, you will take it. When did our family turn aside? This is Lao Wu's wish, you will take it." The old man said.

"Hey, since Dad said that, I'll take it. Dad, it's getting late, I'll go back first, and we'll go back to the village together when thirty." Zhide left the Tao family with his things.

Everyone also put up all the things they had assigned. In fact, it was just the part of Huixin that was left alone, and the rest had to be taken back to the mountain.

Finally, it was thirty years old. After breakfast, the old man took the man from his family back to the village to visit the graves of his ancestors, while Chen led his wife to make food together. Zhide and his wife were not here to join in the fun this year. After all, this is the Tao family, not the Xu family. And they are all in the town, not far away, so it is very convenient to walk around.

Since Qingnian and his wife came out of the Tao family, they have never had any contact with each other again, and Qingnian feels uncomfortable. Fortunately, their father-in-law and mother-in-law are here to celebrate the New Year this year. At least there are more people and it is bustling. Qingnian has not had enough time to be sad.

When Qingnian woke up in the morning, he went directly to the Tao family’s ancestral grave to visit the grave. If he went too late, he would probably meet the other end of the old house. Qingnian didn’t know how to face the Tao family’s old man, so he had to avoid it.

On the 30th day, I ate two meals during the day and another dumpling at night, so the second meal was the New Year's Eve dinner. Chen and the others were busy inside and out and cooked a lot of delicious food. When the old man and his team came back from the village, they took a rest for a while and then started to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

There were two tables in the room, with children and adults. Everyone sat around the table, looking at the table full of fish and meat. "Okay, let's start eating. This year we are celebrating the New Year here. This is also a rare time, and we can eat all of them." The old man sat on the kang, looking at the children at the table underground, with a smile on his face. "You young people, eat whatever they like, and this year they all work hard to eat more." As he said that, he picked up a chopstick dish.

The old man moved the chopsticks first, and everyone started eating the dishes. The children looked at the dishes on the table, letting go of their stomachs and eating hard. Fortunately, the children in the Xu family were all good at tutoring dishes, and they never competed for them, so they looked very civilized.

The adults on the kang naturally had to drink. In addition to Huixin's breastfeeding, even Chen and Xue each poured a glass of wine in front of each of them. The old man raised his glass and said, "This year is the most common year and the year with the greatest variables. We sold our houses and land, went up the mountain to see the venue, and then earned money and paid back the famine. Next year, we have to do our best like this year and try to buy a house in the town next year. In that way, it will be much more convenient for Wenhan and others to study. After we have finished watching the past few years on the mountain, we will talk about buying another house. Okay, I won't talk nonsense. Let's drink this wine together." As he said that, the old man raised his neck and drank all the wine in the cup.

Chen poured the second glass of wine for the old man, "I'm happy today. If you like to drink, drink two more glasses. We are celebrating the New Year here, and we are not outsiders. We can do whatever we want, it's okay."

After hearing this, the old man felt extremely comfortable, "Okay, drink whatever he likes. To celebrate the New Year, Dad has to thank you for letting us celebrate the New Year at your house. If you don't know this, don't you think we are coming to the door to catch Qiufeng? Hahaha, Dad is just kidding, come on, let's have some drinks. Their mothers are not good enough, and they have to make dumplings later, so they won't let them drink it." The old man raised his glass and drank this glass again.
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