Chapter 115 Celebrating the New Year(1/2)
Fangyuan rubbed her ears, tilted her head and asked, "Mom, are they human?"
"Bad boy, what did you say?" Wang Lin quickly looked around.
I guess I'm afraid of being heard by others! Fortunately, everyone has left, and at most, only the family can hear it.
"I said they are not human, because humans can't do this, so they put everything on my head."
"You brat, why are you talking so openly? You can just say this at home, but don't say it when you go out." Wang Lin knocked Fangyuan on the head and said.
"Don't worry, Mom, I'm not stupid. How could I say it out there?"
"It's good to know."
Fangyuan didn't take it seriously for her mother's caution. It's not six or six years later, so it's still relatively relaxed at this time.
This matter has passed like this. Of course, this is only talking about this matter, and the previous matter with Cao is far from over.
The time soon came to the thirtieth day, and Fangyuan was very busy that day. It started after eating in the morning.
First, he went to Director Jin's house. Of course, he didn't go empty-handed. Instead, he carried half a bag of white flour, two bags of peach cakes, a pound of candy, and a pound of peanuts and melon seeds.
Peanuts and melon seeds are hard to buy. If you don’t have a ticket, you can only buy a little for a family, which is probably not enough for everyone.
"Fang Yuan, what are you..." Aunt Qin asked in surprise when she opened the door and saw Fan Yuan knocking on the door.
"Isn't this the Chinese New Year! Come and see you and Uncle Jin."
"Ah! Come in, come in." Aunt Qin quickly took the white noodles from Fang Yuan's back.
Ever since she knew that Fangyuan could get food outside, Aunt Qin didn't say anything when Fangyuan brought food over.
Of course, although I didn’t say anything, I kept it in my heart. You must know that food is life!
After arriving at the house, he did not see Director Jin. Fangyuan asked, "Uncle Jin isn't here?"
"Uncle Jin, go and have a look at the office. You'll be back in a minute. You sit down and drink some water first."
"No need, Auntie, I have to go somewhere else, so I won't wait for Uncle Jin."
Fangyuan is right, he does want to go somewhere else. Today is New Year's Eve, so he has to go to every door he should visit.
He didn't know what was going on in the imperial capital, but in his previous life, it was like this in his hometown of Zhongyuan Province.
I go to see my elders on New Year's Eve, mainly to see my elders and give them something. After the New Year, I visit relatives.
Of course, if it is a child, the adults will take it with them when visiting someone else's house. They will eat peanuts and melon seeds as much as they want, and they will have to pack some when they leave.
But this is about the past life. We don’t have this condition now. Don’t pretend to be a little bit when you leave. Even if you eat casually, you won’t be satisfied.
Hearing that Fangyuan wanted to go out, Aunt Qin thought he was going somewhere else to see his elders and said, "That's it! Well, let's put some candy on it."
Aunt Qin brought over a porcelain plate on the Eight Immortals' table and handed the peanuts, melon seeds and candy cubes to Fang Yuan.
Needless to say, this is the Chinese New Year, so I bought it specifically for the Chinese New Year.
"Thank you, aunt."
Although Fangyuan had no shortage of these things, and even gave them quite a few when he came over, Fangyuan still grabbed a handful and put them in his pocket.
This is polite. No matter how much he has, it is his, and it is different from this.
After coming out of Director Jin's house, Fangyuan went to Li Wei's country again, and also delivered thirty kilograms of white flour, two packs of peach cakes, one kilogram each of peanuts, melon seeds, and sugar cubes.
After leaving Li Wei's country, it was almost noon, and Fangyuan went home directly.
Originally, Fangyuan should go to the little fat man's house again, but it's daytime now, so we should wait until night.
Anyway, it’s relatively close, so it’s no problem to go there after dinner in the evening.
In the past few days, Fangyuan would go out every day, and when he came back he would bring a lot of things, including meat, white flour, rice, peanuts and melon seeds, candies, and even some fruits.
Let’s put it this way! Even if we eat these things that Fangyuan brings back on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, we may not be able to finish them all.
On the evening of the 30th, my mother and elder sister cooked a table of dishes together, including fried pork with fungus, fried pork with mushrooms, and fried pork with radish.
There is also a piece of braised fish, which Li Weiguo sent over in the afternoon.
In addition to these, there is also an egg soup, which can be said to be very rich.
The steamed buns I ate today were not mixed with sorghum flour, they were pure white flour steamed buns. Not only that, each steamed bun also contained a red date.
Even the second sister wanted to drool when she saw the dishes on this table.
Although the Fangyuan family is not short of food now, this is the first time for such a sumptuous meal as today.
"Okay, stop watching and eat." Mom said at this time.
With mom's permission, the second and third sisters had already taken action. Each of them grabbed a steamed bun without stopping with their chopsticks.
Seeing them like this, my mother shook her head, picked up the steamed buns and started eating.
Fangyuan was also ready to eat, but stopped just when his hand was about to grab the steamed bun.
"Son, what's wrong?" Mom asked when she saw him like this.
"Mom, have we forgotten something?"
"Forgot something? No!" Mom thought for a while and said doubtfully.
"We didn't set off any firecrackers."
"Uh!" Mom was stunned for a moment and said, "Forget it, we've all eaten."
In previous years, the family did not buy firecrackers, so everyone forgot about this matter.
As for Fangyuan, let alone that, because future generations will not allow cannons to be set off, even during the Chinese New Year.
"It's okay, I'll go and put it away right now." After finishing speaking, Fangyuan stood up and ran outside.
The Chinese New Year is just for fun, and future generations won’t be able to do anything about it, but now, if I don’t set off some firecrackers, I feel like something is missing.
Of course, Fangyuan didn't set off too many firecrackers. One hundred firecrackers were lit and thrown out.
This is not to say that Fangyuan doesn’t want to play more, but that he can’t. Others are like this. If you play a thousand rings, what will others think?
After setting off the firecrackers, Fangyuan returned to the house, washed her hands, and then sat down to eat. By this time, the third sister was almost full.
"Eat quickly! It will cool down after a while." The eldest sister handed Fangyuan a steamed bun and said.
I cooked a lot of food today, and I won’t say anything about finishing it. Not to mention that there are only five people, even two or three people at most can’t finish it.
Today is Chinese New Year, and neither the little girl nor the little fat man came, so I definitely can’t finish the meal.
"Son, why are you going?"
After eating, Fangyuan was ready to go out, but at this time his mother called him.
"I'm going to play with the fat man."
"Wait a moment." Mom said while clearing the dishes.
"Oh!"
Mom quickly put away the dishes, then took out four red envelopes wrapped in red paper from her pocket, first handed one to Fangyuan, and then gave one to each of the three sisters.
Fangyuan didn't feel much about this, and the eldest sister was about the same. Only the second sister and the third sister's eyes lit up when they saw the red envelope.
"You two pretend to be for one night, then give it to me tomorrow. I will put it away for you, and I will give it to you when you grow up."
When my mother said this, the second sister and the third sister were like eggplants beaten by frost. The second sister said: "It's boring."
"Thank you, Mom!" Fangyuan said, kissing the red envelope.
"Mom, I also prepared a red envelope for you." After speaking, Fangyuan packed up the red envelope given by her mother, then took out another red envelope and handed it to her mother.
It was normal in later generations for children to give red envelopes to their parents or elders, but in this era, there is no such thing.
So Wang Lin froze there, not knowing whether to answer it or not.
Fangyuan grabbed her mother's hand, put the red envelope directly into her hand and said, "This is a red envelope, you can't give it up."
After saying that, the boy ran out. Originally, he wanted to give it to him when he had a rest at night, but his mother had already taken it out, so he took it out too.
"This child." Wang Lin shook her head, glanced at the door and said.
The eldest sister was also stunned for a moment, then handed over the red envelope that my mother had just given and said: "Mom, this is the red envelope I gave you."
"No, just keep it yourself."
The second sister and the third sister looked at each other, handed the red envelope to their mother and said, "Mom, this is our red envelope."
Wang Lin rubbed their two heads and said, "You should keep it yourself first."
"Oh!"
"Mom, open it and see how many red envelopes my brother has given you." The second sister came over at this time and said.
"Why are you looking at this?" Mom said, patting the second sister on the head with another red envelope.
The reason why she didn't look at it was because she knew there were a lot of red envelopes inside, and the red envelopes were very thick. Even if they were all worth one yuan, they would still cost more than a dozen yuan.
In fact, the money Fangyuan put into the red envelope was sixty-six yuan, just for good luck. Now the family basically has no expenses, so my mother’s salary can’t be spent.
Because most of the family's expenses are spent on Fangyuan, my mother is no longer so obsessed with money.
To be continued...