Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 58 New Year's Eve

On the night of the New Year's Eve, although the year is not very good, the Zhao family's New Year's Eve dinner this year is very sumptuous, a table is full, and the family is eating happily.

Fish is indispensable on the table. After all, there is more than enough every year, and no one is willing to ask for a favor during the New Year.

Eating started, the third brother seemed to have forgotten something, when the fish was almost half eaten, he had to turn the fish over.

The sister patted his hand beside him, and he reacted, and hurriedly stopped the chopsticks in his hand.

"Mom, haven't I been fascinated by the delicious food? For a while, I forgot to eat fish and can't turn it over." The third brother scratched his head and quickly admitted his mistake, although it is not allowed to beat and scold children during the Chinese New Year.

But can he not know about his own mother? During the Chinese New Year, children are not allowed to beat and scold, but the mother will keep accounts, and they will settle accounts after the New Year.

Seeing his attitude of admitting his mistake, Zhang Guifang's face softened, but she still warned with some uneasiness: "Not only can't turn over, but the tail must be left."

"I know this, it's more than enough every year!" The third brother who knew that he had made a mistake struggled to express, hoping that his mother would forgive him for this mistake and not settle accounts later.

After a while, my sister brought the dumplings in and said with a smile, "Eat quickly, there are surprises inside."

Zhang Yu was eating the dumplings and was about to praise my sister-in-law for how well the dumplings were made when his teeth were suddenly bitten and he covered his mouth: "There is something inside the dumplings."

"I put a few coins and a few pieces of candy in the dumpling today, it seems that Xiaoyu got it, good luck!"

As soon as my sister's words fell, Zhang Yu spat out a coin from his mouth: "It seems that I am lucky this year, and I will be lucky in the next year."

Hearing Zhang Yu and Xiaogu's words, the rest of the people couldn't help but speed up eating dumplings, and they all wanted to eat coins.

Zhao Feng ate two large plates of dumplings in a row, and finally he couldn't eat any more, so he put down his chopsticks, and said aggrievedly, "Why can't I eat it?"

The whole family just laughed at his words, but didn't say anything.

After dinner, when everything was packed, Zhao Wenzhuo went out for a walk, and then brought back a pack of sesame straws, and spread the sesame straws from the outside to the door of the house.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was stunned for a while, he didn't react for a while, and asked involuntarily: "Uncle, what are you doing with this thing? Do you want to light a fire? Then why did you put it at the door?"

"You child, you forgot that you stepped on it during the Chinese New Year last year, didn't you? Later you go to step on it, stepping on the new year."

Zhang Yu recalled it carefully, only to realize that there is indeed such a custom, but he was a little embarrassed to let him jump on it with a group of children, he was already so old.

Seeing that Zhang Yu couldn't go there, Zhang Guifang gave him a push and motioned him to go quickly.

"Go, go! Step on it more, children step on sesame straws, they can grow taller, and they won't get sick in the coming year, and they will go to Xie Chong." Thinking of the successive injuries of his nephew this year, Zhang Guifang felt that his nephew should step on it more and more.

After all, Zhang Yu couldn't bear to ignore his sister-in-law's kindness, so he walked up to the sesame straw and stepped on it several times.

My sister-in-law and uncle turned on all the lights inside and outside the house. Zhang Yu knew this custom. On New Year’s Eve, all the lights in the house must be turned on, and they must be turned on all night, so that the coming year can be prosperous.

Then it was the family's turn to sit on the kang and watch the new year. I don't know where my sister-in-law took out the mahjong, so the family happily played.

Zhang Yu doesn't know how to play mahjong very much, so he just watched them play mahjong from the sidelines and drank a sip of tea from time to time to refresh himself. After all, he has been in this world for half a year, and now he has developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, staying up late It's really not working.

Now staying up and staying up late is all supported by the strong tea in the cup.

During this period, Zhao Feng lost too much. Seeing that there was only half of the money left on his table, and then looking at Zhang Yu next to him, his eyes flickered and he said, "Xiaoyu, come, let me teach you how to play mahjong."

Zhang Yu smiled and refused: "No, brother, you can play, I don't like to play this game." Compared with playing mahjong by himself, Zhang Yu prefers to see the expression of his brother who has lost nothing.

Of course, it is impossible to play big games by yourself, but my sister-in-law put everyone's New Year's money on the table, and how much of this year's New Year's money can be left depends on their own luck.

Seeing that the younger cousin was not fooled, Zhao Feng turned his attention to his younger sister, and Zhao Xiaoping keenly sensed the malicious intent in the older brother's eyes, and quickly waved his hand to refuse: "Brother, don't try to trick me, I won't be fooled. I'm not greedy, I think my mother has already given me a lot of lucky money this year, and I don't need any more, I just need the original lucky money."

Seeing that he couldn't even fool the two best cheaters, let alone the others, he had no choice but to keep fighting. In the end, it was his little uncle who saw how pitiful he had lost, and gave him part of the money in front of him.

Zhao Feng took the money, turned around and took a book, and looked at it pretendingly. Anyway, he will no longer participate in playing mahjong, and whoever wants to play can go.

In the end, it was Zhao Xiaoping who took over his position. I don't know if it was because his position was not lucky today, or because Zhao Xiaoping was not lucky today. As soon as she got up, she lost five or six games in a row. After spending half of the New Year's money, he quickly got off the mahjong table.

In the end, it was Zhao Wenzhuo who felt sorry for his daughter. Seeing that her daughter was not happy all the time, he gave Zhao Xiaoping all the capital and winnings in front of him.

Zhao Xiaoping looked at the several times the money in her hand, and sat next to Zhao Wenzhuo: "Father, you are so kind!"

Zhao Wenzhuo didn't say anything, just watched her smile, and smiled himself.

Zhao Feng looked at the money in the younger sister's hand, and then at his own, feeling even more pitiful.

Facing Zhao Feng's resentful gaze, father and daughter Zhao Wenzhuo turned around and chatted to themselves, pretending they didn't see it.

The performance of the three made the whole family laugh out loud, and finally stopped laughing because of Zhao Feng's pitiful expression.

"You've watched it all, don't you want to give me some rewards? Anyway, I also put on a show, which amuses you." Zhao Feng stretched out his two hands towards the family.

"Okay, okay! The performance was good, here is your performance fee." Zhao Lei narrowly took out five cents from in front of him, and placed it in Zhao Feng's outstretched hand.

The entire family laughed again, Zhao Feng put the five cents in his pocket indifferently, no matter how little it is, it is still money.

While talking and laughing, the time to watch the New Year suddenly became very fast. Before I knew it, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Zhang Guifang looked at the wall clock on the wall, and said: "Time flies quickly, it's already twelve o'clock, and it's time to set off firecrackers, who of you go out and set them off?"

　I was confused just now. It should have been 57 chapters, but it was written as 58 chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)