January 24, 2009, Saturday, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the Wuzi year of the lunar calendar, the day before New Year's Eve. Mu Yi and Jin Lily took Xiao Lele to their grandparents' house to play for a while. The main purpose was actually to tell them from a side perspective.

, starting from this year, I haven’t been to Datang on New Year’s Eve.

It's just that when Mu Yi and the others were saying this, maybe everyone was busy, right? No one took it seriously. Mu Deqian laughed happily while watching the wonderful TV show. Hai Wanqiu was busy teasing

The daughter of Brother Jun's family, Mu Haiyue. Naturally, Brother Jun and Liu Yujie also have their eyes on their precious daughter.

Seeing their happy family, Mu Yi and Jin Lily felt an indescribable feeling in their hearts. They consciously took Little Lele away so as not to disturb the joy in the room.

Mu Yi's family left Watang in a wise manner and walked towards Jin's main road...

When their family appeared on Jinjia Road, Jin Chongming, Zhang Xuefen and Yuan Kaiqing all felt a little surprised. Zhang Xuefen hurriedly asked: "Have you eaten?"

Such a simple and ordinary greeting actually caused endless ripples in the hearts of Mu Yi and Jin Lily.

Jin Lily was about to say, "I haven't eaten yet." Then she heard Mu Yi say, "Oh, Mom, we just ate."

Jin Lily naturally understood why her husband said this. It was not because of his fragile self-esteem. He did not want his father-in-law and mother-in-law to know that his family came from his parents' house and had not even had a meal.

"Have you eaten? Still haven't eaten? If you haven't eaten, I will go to the kitchen to heat up food for you. Everything is ready-made."

Jin Lily also quickly changed her tune and said, "Mom, don't go and heat it up. We just had it from grandma's house in Xiaolele's house."

When Mu heard Jin Lily say this, he cast a grateful glance at her.

When Zhang Xuefen saw that her daughter and son-in-law had already eaten, she did not go to the kitchen to heat up the meal.

"Mom. You don't have a sports car today?"

"Well. I didn't run today. The car was taken to the repair shop for maintenance."

"If you take good care of it, you can make money during the Chinese New Year."

"Well, business is good during the Chinese New Year. Don't make any mistakes with your car. Otherwise, not only will you not make any money, but it will also be unlucky."

"I heard that fares will increase during the Chinese New Year. Is it true?"

"Yes. The price will increase starting tomorrow. It usually costs one yuan per person, but it will increase to two yuan per person starting tomorrow."

"Oh. That's a good deal."

"Yes. The price of gas is the same as usual. The profit has more than doubled."

"Tomorrow, your mother and I will go sell tickets together. One will sell at the front door and the other at the back door. Otherwise, it's really impossible for one person to win."

"What about New Year's Eve dinner?"

"It's New Year's Eve dinner. You guys should come up and cook it early. It's New Year's Eve after all. We ran to collect the car and came back after 4 p.m. The chef also has to go back for New Year's Eve dinner."

Seeing that his mother-in-law said this, Mu Yi couldn't say anything and said that he wouldn't come over tomorrow. He looked at Jin Lily. He wanted to see her opinion.

Jin Lily understood what her husband meant. In fact, she also wanted to spend New Year's Eve at her own home. However, seeing her parents so busy, she really couldn't speak and couldn't say anything. She thought about it and said this.

"Dad, Mom, you see, we just moved to Longzhong. We still have to pay attention to the New Year. You are busy with your work tomorrow. Mu Yi and I will come up early to make New Year's Eve dinner. When you collect the car and come back to have New Year's Eve dinner, we

Let’s go back to Longzhong. We still need to make a New Year’s Eve dinner for our ancestors. We can’t wait for them to come to our house, there will be nothing.”

In the traditional customs of Xigui, on New Year's Eve, the ancestors and ancestors who have passed away at home will come to the house to play together. When the New Year's Eve dinner is ready, the ancestors should be invited to enjoy it first. After paying respect to the ancestors, they will make another meal.

Bowls of "water and rice" are thrown outside the house, so that those lonely ghosts who have no descendants can also get some light. Then the family sits down to eat New Year's Eve dinner, sum up the past year, and look forward to the upcoming new year.

Year.

When Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen heard what their daughter said, they nodded and showed their understanding. After playing for a while, Muyi's family's stomachs were really hungry, but they were embarrassed to say they were hungry.

Fortunately, Jin Lily suddenly said: "I haven't eaten fried potatoes for a long time. How about some fried potatoes?"

When she said this, Yuan Kaiqing also agreed. "That's right, that's right, it's been a long time since I came back from vacation and I haven't eaten fried potatoes. I heard from my mother that your family also sells fried potatoes."

When it came to selling fried potatoes, Mu Yi quickly smiled and said, "Don't mention it. The business has already gone bad."

"Brother, you are going to make the dipping dish today. I want to taste it."

After hearing her daughter say she wanted to eat fried potatoes, Zhang Xuefen immediately went to pick up the potatoes and peel them.

Jin Lily got up and went to the kitchen to heat a pot and pour oil. Mu Yi followed her and cut potatoes.

Yuan Kaiqing saw that his sister and brother-in-law were busy in the kitchen, so he followed him to join in the fun. Zhang Xuefen took another piece of tofu, a piece of konjac tofu and two small white melons from the refrigerator, and took out one lotus root.

Eat fried.

As soon as Mu had cut the food, he let Golden Lily fry it. He quickly made chili noodles for dipping.

After eating fried potatoes, Muyi and his family were full. Everyone sat around in the main room to bake on the electric stove and watch TV.

Jin Chongming told everyone about the fact that Kailiangjia also bought a bus. In fact, he said that this is not the main thing. The main thing is to tell everyone that the bus has increased from 880,000 to 920,000 yuan, an increase of 40,000 yuan.

.The implication is that my investment of 440,000 yuan has now earned 20,000 yuan.

Hearing Jin Chongming say this, Mu Yi and Jin Lily were happy for them.

Then Mu Yi also told everyone what Li Sixi said: The apartment upstairs in the shopping mall next to their home had increased to 176,800.

Neither Jin Chongming nor Zhang Xuefen believed this. They thought it might have been said casually by Li Sixi himself? The purpose might be to hype up his own house, creating an illusion that house prices are rising rapidly, so that everyone would hurry up and buy their house.

house.

Seeing that his father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't quite believe this, Mu Yi couldn't continue talking. Anyway, facts speak louder than words. As for whether housing prices have increased or not, only time will tell whether it is true or not.

Mu Yi and Jin Baihe asked Yuan Kaiqing again: "Xiaoqing will graduate in the next semester? Do you have any plans?"

Yuan Kaiqing smiled shyly. "I don't have any plans. I basically won't have classes after the Chinese New Year. From what the teacher said, we may be asked to go to Chongqing for internship."

"Then how will the work be implemented?"

When it came to Yuan Kaiqing's work, Jin Chongming felt a little heavy and looked a little bad.

"Sigh. At first I said I would enroll in a normal school, but I didn't. It's hard to find a job now. What should I do if I don't have a job after graduation? I heard that the state's investment in education in Jingshan in recent years is a

It’s quite big. Not only teachers from all kinds of normal colleges have been assigned jobs, but the teacher gap is still very big. We also need to recruit teachers for special posts from outside.”

In fact, when Yuan Kaiqing filled out his application for the college entrance examination, Jin Chongming did not express his position because no one dared to be responsible for Yuan Kaiqing's future. In the end, it was Mu Yi who suggested that Yuan Kaiqing go to the school he once attended.

.Mu Yi is considered Yuan Kaiqing’s senior.

Seeing his father complaining a little, Yuan Kaiqing also looked a little unhappy. There seemed to be some slight disharmony between the two father and son.

This is understandable. On one side is a father who loves his son eagerly, and on the other side is his confused son who is about to enter the society. Mu Yi can't express any opinions. He can only encourage Yuan Kaiqing to seize the opportunity and try his best.

.Really don’t want to develop outside? Come back and take the civil service exam. The employment situation in this major is very good. Now the country is vigorously promoting urbanization.

"Yao Yao. I've boiled the water. Come and catch two chickens and beat them up. Later you will go back and take one to celebrate the New Year? We'll keep one for the New Year."

Zhang Xuefen summoned Mu Yi and the others to kill the chicken. Mu Yi quickly got up and went out. Jin Lily and Yuan Kaiqing also got up and went out. Xiao Lele also ran out after them.

Mu Yi was afraid that Little Lele would get pecked in the eye by the big rooster if he got too close. He quickly asked Jin Lily to hold Little Lele away.

After the two big roosters were cleaned up, Zhang Xuefen went to get some sausages and bacon. He asked Muyi and the others to burn the bacon skins, and then washed them with hot water. He gave Muyi and the others half of the bacon and half of the sausages.

The work here is almost done, and they want to go back early to clean up the house. Mu Yi and Jin Lily took Xiao Lele and went back to Longzhong.

Zhang Xuefen found Xiao Jia Bei and filled it with chicken, sausages, bacon, some radishes, cabbage greens, and garlic sprouts, and let his daughter and son-in-law take it down for the New Year.

Mu Yi carried a heavy load of meat and vegetables, and Jin Lily held Xiao Lele's hand. Zhang Xuefen and Yuan Kaiqing sent them out. They happened to catch up with the bus in which Jin Chongming's family owned half of the shares. The family was able to ride free of charge.

, went back to the dragon.

After returning home, Mu Yi and Jin Lily put down their things. They hurried to Longzhong Street to buy door god couplets and window grilles. Then they started cleaning the house. The two cleaned the small home until the windows were bright and clean.

The next day, I got up early and put up the door-god couplets on my window grilles. In an instant, the New Year atmosphere came out.

The Mu Yi family went to the vegetable market and bought two fish, one large and one small. They took the small fish home first and put it in a basin to feed. Then they took the big fish and drove them to Jinjia Road.

When we arrived at Jinjia Road, Yuan Kaiqing was the only one at home. Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen went to drive a car. Muyi and his family went into the house and put the fish in the basin to feed. Jin Lily went to make breakfast.

After breakfast, Mu Yi and Yuan Kaiqing began to clean up the old door gods and couplets. Jin Lily scooped out some flour, put the flour into a pot, added an appropriate amount of water, and boiled it on the stove until it became a paste.

After taking it down, let it dry for a while. Once it was no longer hot, I took it and pasted new door-god couplets on Mu Yi and Yuan Kaiqing.

After posting the couplets of the door gods, Yuan Kaiqing took Xiao Lele to play, and Jin Baihe and Mu Yi began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. They took the time to finish the New Year's Eve dinner, and Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen just picked up the car and rushed home.

The family happily ate the New Year's Eve dinner. Jin Chongming and Zhang Xuefen gave "New Year's money" to Xiao Lele. Mu Yi and his family went back to Longzhong.

Back at Long Zhong's house, the fish in the basin were still very energetic. Jin Lily turned on the TV and the heater at the same time. Little Lele felt much freer when she returned home. She watched cartoons and played by herself.

Mu Yi and Jin Lily were busy cooking their own New Year's Eve dinner.

After a lot of work, when the meal was almost ready, Jin Lily suggested that the New Year's Eve dinner would not be complete without wine, and that it was better to buy a bottle of wine and drink it back. Mu Yi ran out, bought a bottle of wine and a row of Shuangwai Waiwai and came back.

A sumptuous meal was placed on the table. Liquor, wine... were poured.

Mu Yi burned incense and lit candles, and Jin Lily imitated her mother's example and muttered invitations to her ancestors for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Mu opened the door and set off a bunch of firecrackers in the corridor. The "cracking" sound of firecrackers rang in the corridor. The original sound and the echo were mixed together and seemed very loud... The entire corridor was filled with the smoke of firecrackers.

Jin Lily quickly opened all the windows and let the wind blow away the smoke in the house.

"Fortunately, it's just our family that lives here now. If everyone moves in, I'm afraid I'll make everyone unhappy if I set off firecrackers like this." Mu Yi said to himself.

"That's all you know. We won't put them in the corridor from now on. It's the same thing if we put them downstairs in front of my store."

"Okay. I'll put it in front of the store from now on."

"However, when it's time to catch the sky, let's put it on the roof."
To be continued...