Speaking of posting couplets about the door gods and the New Year's Eve dinner, my father seemed to have suddenly come to his senses and quickly made arrangements.

"Boss and second brother, you two brothers should quickly carry the table and benches, clean the door, stir some paste and paste the door gods and couplets on it. Youngest brother, follow me to the street to buy a fish and some other vegetables. Wanqiu, you will

I’ll just make some breakfast for everyone to eat, and we’ll make New Year’s Eve dinner and try to have it earlier this year.”

Mother did not answer what Father said. But when Father and Brother Jun were about to step out of the courtyard, she ran out of the main room. She shouted loudly: "Don't forget to buy a few firecrackers and come back."

There is scented wax and some money paper at home."

Father: "I understand."

Mu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart that had been hanging around was finally relieved. This is how the New Year should be.

Mu Yi called Xiaojie, and the two picked up brushes, steel wool, and kitchen knives, took out the table and bench, and started to "do it hard." While doing it, Mu Yi thought. Doesn't this mean "protect your head in the first month and protect your head in the twelfth month?"

"Tail"? Then you are posting couplets about the door gods and cooking New Year's Eve dinner, so you are not moving this and that? What kind of knife, brush, and steel ball are all used? I don't know if this is considered a "crime"

Quarrel"? If counted, everyone probably committed it. If not counted, then this "rule" still seems a bit unreliable. However, he just thought about it in his heart and did not dare to really

Say it. After all, people who are celebrating the Chinese New Year are afraid of violating "taboos".

Some places were glued too tightly and couldn't be fixed. I asked Xiaojie to get some water, dip a handkerchief in the water, and then wet the glued parts as much as possible until they were glued firmly.

The piece of paper was soaked in water, and it will be much easier to clean it later.

…

Before Mu Yi and the others could clean up, Brother Jun had already ran back happily carrying the fish. As he ran, he said, "Fortunately, Dad, we got there in time. If we were late, we would buy it if we had more time."

There are no fish left." As he said this, he stretched out his hand and made a small gap with his thumb and index finger.

My father followed behind and came back, holding large and small plastic bags in both hands. On one side, the items that looked heavier should be firecrackers and scented wax. On the other side, there should be some things he bought.

Dishes and the like.

Father went back to put things away and then came out to watch brothers Mu Yi and Brother Jun tidy up.

With their father as their "supervisor", the two brothers worked even harder. The door panels and door frames, which had been exposed to wind, rain and dust, were cleaned by the two of them. It felt like a man with an unshaven beard.

The sloppy man suddenly looked like he had a shave.

The family lives in harmony and divides work and cooperates. Soon the new door god couplet was posted. Since my mother is not at home this year, the family neither raises pigs nor feeds chickens. Therefore, this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner is no longer like previous years.

We cook the same pig heads, pork butts, pig feet, etc., and there are no sausages. Instead, there are some simple dishes. The most outstanding one is "fish every year". The others are nothing more than some fungus meat slices

, fried tofu, crispy peanuts, cold folded ear root and so on. However, it is still on the table.

After the New Year's Eve dinner was laid, Mother began to apologize to the ancestors. "My ancestors are more ancestors, so I can't forgive you. We are all working outside this year, and we didn't slaughter the pigs during the New Year at home. We can't bring out any big dishes."

You guys. If you come to my house to celebrate the New Year, just make do with it. Don’t worry about us..."

Mother said "I'm sorry". Father lit incense candles and said, "I can't help you this year. If there is no change in the general direction of the country next year and society continues to be prosperous and stable, then our working conditions will definitely be better than this year."

, I will buy a New Year pig first and slaughter it. When you come next year, you will have sausages and bacon."

This is a report to the "ancestors and ancestors" about the family's situation in the past year, and it is also an expression of expectations for the coming year. It is not only for the "ancestors and ancestors", but also for myself.

After the adults completed a series of rituals of "respecting gods" and "respecting ancestors", according to the arrangements of the adults, the three brothers each sat on one side, and the parents sat on the remaining side.

"Wan Qiu, why don't you come and sit down to eat?" His father saw that his mother was not sitting down, so he asked her to take a seat.

Mother: "I sit next to the boss."

Father: "We don't want to sit next to his three brothers. Let them sit on their own side and do their own thing. As we grow old, we still have to sit next to each other."

This sentence seemed very ordinary at the time, but I didn't expect that it would actually become a reality later.

Mother: "I won't sit next to you. When I get old, I will sit next to each other. When it's my turn, I won't follow you."

Father: "If you don't follow me, I'll follow you. You can go to any of the three brothers' houses. I'll just stay in this crappy room of mine. If you get tired of it, why don't you come back and stay there for a few days?"

"I'm tired of living here, so you go again. It's up to you to do whatever you like."

Mother then sat down happily.

His father made an exception and poured Mu Yi a glass of white wine. Mu Yi did not refuse and respectfully accepted the glass of wine his father poured him.

Father: "The boss has grown up. My ancestors have blessed him and he has successfully joined the work this year. I won't worry about the future. You have to work hard and listen to the leader. I know my children well."

Yes, you are a person who is not afraid of hardship and hardship, so work hard! I believe your days will become more and more prosperous in the future."

Mu Yi: "Thank you, Dad. I will definitely work hard."

Mother: "Boss, you must cherish this hard-won job."

Father finished talking about the oldest child and started talking about the second child. "Second child, you are the one that my father has worried about the most since you were a child. You are thin and small. My father is afraid that he will not be able to bring you up. Fortunately, our ancestors have blessed you and you are still not sick."

It hurts that I have grown so big. I am almost as tall as my dad. Work hard! Work harder. Work hard. This is the last half year. I will try to get into a good school. Then I will learn skills well. In the future

Ah, regardless of whether they allocate work or not, if society wants to develop, it will always need talents."

Xiaojie: "Dad, I understand. I will try my best."

Xiaojie's answer was not "confident" enough. He could only answer "I will try my best", but he could not answer "certainly" because he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer change the situation of unsatisfactory academic performance.

. Just like the saying goes, "If you build a house without laying a solid foundation, you won't be able to build the house high." The same goes for learning. Elementary school is the foundation of junior high school, and junior high school is the foundation of high school or technical secondary school. High school is the foundation of high school or technical secondary school.

It is also the foundation of university. You really can’t learn this thing with any pretense.

Mother also commented: "My second brother is too thin. You need to eat more to grow taller and stronger." After saying that, she gave Xiaojie a chopstick of meat.

Xiaojie quickly said: "Thank you, mom."

"Yao'er, you have been naughty and mischievous since you were a child. Now your father is most worried about you. Your two brothers are older and more sensible. Dad is not in the house, and he is beyond his reach to discipline you. You have to rely on yourself to realize it.

.You must stop fooling around with the children of those powerful families. After a while, their parents will think of ways to give them a bright future. It won't be until you hang around for a while that you can't get out of the way. What's the situation in the house?

You know something, and you can see it. Dad only has this ability. I can only tell you where you read it, and I will support you there even if I risk my life. As for the rest.

As a father, I don’t dare to give you a ‘guaranteed vote’.”

Brother Jun lowered his head and said a little aggrievedly: "I haven't followed anyone. I have been studying very hard. It's just that I really can't get into it."
Chapter completed!