In Yuanxing, I had two dinners on New Year’s Eve. The first meal was a dinner and the second meal was the New Year’s Eve dinner.

Dinners focus on the large amount of dishes and drink the main focus. After dark, dinners from each family began. Everyone eats and drinks, has fun, and when they have enough food and drinks, they start preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The main food for the New Year’s Eve dinner is noodles, and the food is dumplings. Slimness is called "peaceful noodles". Because it is a noodles that seek peace, you cannot use a knife and can only stretch it with your hands. The noodles should be slender and long for a long time. The dumplings are more casual, and the dumplings are all made of dumplings, steamed dumplings, and there is no regulation on the type of stuffing. However, the filling of dumplings must be large and the belly should be round in order to be round.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, we say blessings to each other and then go to bed. When we get up the next morning, we will say blessings to each other, and then bring gifts to visit each other to wish you New Year’s greetings.

Children's New Year's rewards are also given on this day. In Yuanxing, the annual rewards are not simply New Year's money, but also the elders' evaluation of their children's performance last year. The better the performance, the more they are given. If the performance is too poor, there is even no penny. Because of the special nature of the annual rewards, only direct elders, such as parents, grandparents, and grandparents, can't give them to other people's children in the New Year's rewards. It is also very impolite to do so.

If you want to take care of other people's children, you can bring some food and food for your children, or take them out to play. For example, I used to take the Hong family's children out to play and buy them food for them. In this way, the other party will not only not be unhappy, but will also remember your love.

The children of ordinary families have fewer annual rewards, usually only three or five cents, and even a cent is a lot. Since the shops are not open, they can’t spend money even after taking the money, so they can only save it. Generally, they have to save until after the New Year to have the opportunity to spend it.

"Oh... why can't peers receive annual rewards?"

On February 7th, the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, Gun Jie, who brought me a wash water, said half-jokingly.

"If my peers can reward each year, I will be rich this year."

"Wow, are you thinking about me now?"

"That's not." Gun Jie pouted, "Brother, if you give me a New Year's reward, it will definitely not be less than one, right?"

"One piece? Why are you so greedy?"

I flicked Gun Jie gently and Gun Jie said with a "yo" sound, pouting her mouth and saying.

"You are still greedy for one piece? You are wearing a big green military uniform. It's not too much for two pieces. I only want one piece. Do you still say I am greedy for that?"

"The two pieces are also given to my children, and you have nothing to do with you."

"Then I have to go out to play too! Please eat!"

"Look at what you said, it's like I didn't take you out for fun and didn't invite you to eat."

I bent down, washed my face twice, and wiped the water off my face. While taking the soap, I asked Gun Jie.

"Uncle Second, how much do you reward me?"

"Three points. Mom scored three points, grandpa scored three points, grandma scored one point."

"This is not a lot." I put the soap on my hands and rub it evenly. "When I was young, I only received five cents at most once."

"I didn't think it was too little either! It was just that my grandma was a little too much this time, so she gave a point!"

"One point is indeed a little less." I rubbed my face with my hands, "How much is the gun thick?"

"Six points. Grandma alone gave six points. My brother still got three points! She gave me one!"

"Your brother got three points? Why did you give one?"

"What else can I do? Because I didn't listen to her the day before yesterday!" Qian Jie said angrily, "I don't understand. What's wrong with my brother's place?"

When Gun Jie said this, I was rubbing my face and couldn't speak for her to be rude. When I could speak, Yumi's voice appeared in the room.

"Eh? Xiaojie? Why are you here? This is..."

I hurriedly grabbed the towel, wiped my face dry, turned to look at the door, and saw Yumi standing at the door with a basin of washing water on her face, looking unexpectedly. I looked at Kit-ji with inquiring eyes, Kit-ji stuck out his tongue and said to Yumi with a smile.

"I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry or something...that..."

"Hehe, I'm just here to complain to my brother, and leave now! I won't bother you anymore!"

Before Yumi could speak, Gun Jie smirked at me. I was about to raise my hand, but this guy had already rushed out. When she arrived at the door, she turned sideways and squeezed out from the gap between Yumi and the door frame like a loach.

"Don't forget to take me out for fun!!"

"This crazy girl..."

Because Yumi was still standing at the door, I couldn't even see Gun Jie's back, and I could only see Yumi's red face. I looked at the wash water on the basin shelf, then looked at Yumi and the steaming basin in her hands, and smiled slightly at her.

"Come in." I picked up the basin on the rack of the basin, "The water is a little cold. I'll pour the water and wash it with yours."

I didn't lie. The water was indeed cold. It probably came directly from the well. Gun Jie didn't come here to give me a face wash water. She just wanted to find a reason to complain to me about the New Year's greetings. It was impossible for me to boil water. But I had long been used to washing my face with cold water. This temperature was not a problem for me, so I washed my face with the flow.

The water brought by Yumi is steaming, which means that she has burned hot water, so I can't waste her intentions. Besides, in this winter, with hot water, who would still be willing to wash her face with cold water?

"Oh, don't!" Yumi walked into the room quickly, "Put the water on the ground and I'll pour it. Wash it quickly, the water will be cold in a while."

In order not to let me go out to pour water, she did not go directly to the basin rack, but blocked my way. Seeing that she was unwilling to give in, I could only put the basin on the ground and return it to the basin rack. Yumi put the basin on the rack, and then turned around to get the basin on the ground.

When she came back from pouring the water, I had already washed my face. This was the second time. Because there was hot water, I washed it very carefully and wiped my neck and ears with a towel. Yumi saw that I had finished washing my face, and wanted to pour water. I stopped her, took her hand, and took her to the bedside.

"Li, Brother Li?"

She looked at the open door in panic, then looked at me again, and said shyly.

"That...it's morning now...and the door is still open..."

"Hi...what do you think?" I smiled bitterly, "I just want to chat with you. It's winter, and the chairs are cold, so I pulled you to sit by the bed."

"Well...yes...yes...yes..."

Yumi lowered her shoulders in disappointment and sat on the edge of the bed with some grievance.

So, do you want to do things or don’t?

I smiled bitterly again, sat next to Yumi, and her arms naturally wrapped around her waist. Yumi was startled by my bold movements, but soon recovered and leaned her little head against my arm.

"Yumi, is there anything unusual about your sister recently?"

"Hmm?" Yumi obviously didn't expect me to suddenly raise this topic, "Anomalous?"

"That is, is there anything wrong with her?"

"What's wrong... well... there is." Yumi nodded, "Since she always goes out alone at night. She goes to the kitchen before moving, and goes to the yard after moving. I went to see it secretly. She was crying, and she was so sad that I was also very sad. Last night I asked her why she cried, but she refused to say that, which made me feel stuck now."
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