The village kitchen chimney never went out after noon.

Mao Xiaosui cooked the chicken and went to sit in the room. Li Ankang and Li Ruyi sat on Li Yunshan's lap, and Li Yunshan looked helpless.

"What's wrong?" Mao Xiaosui asked.

Li Yunshan said, "They want to set off cannons."

"I think they want to be beaten." Mao Xiaosui asked with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of explosions?"

Li Ruyi hesitated for a moment, but Li Ankang replied loudly, "I'm not afraid."

Mao Xiaosui was a little surprised, "You are quite brave."

Li Yunshan looked helpless, "If he dares, I wouldn't dare either."

"Is the line long?"

Li Yunshan took one from the wooden box on the shelf and showed it to her. It was almost as long as his hand.

"Let him go, it's quite long."

Li Yunshan glanced at Li Ankang again, "Are you sure you want to let go?"

Li Ankang nodded decisively.

"Okay." Li Yunshan found a dry branch and lit it in the fire and led him to the door.

Put the cannon on the ground, hand him the branch, "Light it and run."

Mao Xiaosui also took Li Ruyi and stood closer. She just wanted to see if Li Ankang was afraid or not, so she told Li Ruyi to "plug your ears."

Li Ankang squatted down with the branch, lit it, and ran away without hesitation. Mao Xiaosui was surprised by his boldness.

Li Ruyi is lively, Li Ankang seems to be well-behaved, and his boldness can be regarded as another advantage of him.

She asked Li Ruyi, "Want to order some?"

Li Ruyi shook his head.

This cannon blasted out many people. Li Mei stood at the door and asked, "Cousin, was it your family that set off the cannon?"

Li Ruyi shouted, "This is my home."

Wang Shi ran up and Mao Xiaosui asked him, "Do you dare to let Shi'er go?"

Wang Shi didn't let it go, but he was eager to give it a try and asked softly, "Can I let it go?"

Li Yunshan put one on the ground and signaled him.

Li Ankang gave him the branch.

Wang Shi approached with a branch, shivering for a long time, but still lit it.

He didn't laugh until it rang.

Mao Mingzhu and others were also standing at the door and said with a smile, "Your family bought artillery this year. Was it also your family this morning? I thought I heard it wrong."

"I bought a few." Li Yunshan said to Wang Shi, "Okay, let's not put them away. Let's go home and warm them up."

Wang Shi went back.

After entering the room, Li Ankang was still smiling, looking really happy.

It was almost time to finish cooking the chicken, so she made half a bowl of chicken soup for everyone, and then steamed the rice first.

After finishing the chicken soup, I started to put away dinner. This year there was no live fish, so I had to soak the dried fish and fry it and stew it. The other things were also quick to make.

Mao Xiaosui was about to stir-fry cabbage and meat when Li Ruyi walked in and said, "Mom, I want to eat eggs."

"Let your dad get it."

Mao Xiaosui dug out some lard, and when the oil was hot, Li Yunshan also brought the eggs. Mao Xiaosui fried two and gave them to Li Ruyi and Li Ankang to eat.

It was getting dark quickly at night, and the vegetables and rice were cooked. She dug them into the basin and took them to the house, and then tidied up the kitchen.

After cleaning up, it was completely dark. Li Yunshan lit the oil lamp in the room, the food was laid out, and there was still half a jar of wine on the table.

Mao Xiaosui went into the inner room and changed into new clothes, while Li Yunshan was pouring wine.

Say "It's another year."

Mao Xiaosui also felt a little emotional. From being frightened at the beginning to now, it seems to have been quite easy along the way.

This is easy because Li Yunshan is a good person.

Thinking of this, she smiled even more happily, clinked the wine glass with him, and said, "We will be better in the new year."

Li Yunshan also said, "You are right."

Mao Xiaosui laughed, "You are so perfunctory."

After drinking the wine, they started to eat. The reason why they didn't eat much rice was that Li Ruyi and Li Ankang ate very seriously.

Mao Xiaosui gave them a chicken leg each, gave Li Yunshan a rabbit leg, and ate one himself.

After dinner, the mother-in-law from the village came to the house at the usual time. The kang in the side room had been set on fire since last night. Li Yunshan took Li Ankang to the side room.

Several women came in and praised the clothes Li Yunshan bought as usual.

After not waiting for a while, there was another sound at the door. Mao Xiaosui opened the curtain and saw that almost all the women in the village were here.

Li Xiao was among them, still holding Wang Qiang.

As soon as she entered the door, Mao Mingzhu said, "Don't let him have a weak hand."

Mao Xiaosui said nothing and looked at Li Ruyi, "Would you like to go to the side room to see your father?"

Li Ruyi opened the curtain and went out. After all, Wang Qiang was an older child and couldn't hold him all the time. Li Xiao put him down.

There were not enough stools at home so everyone stood up. After saying a few words, Su Qiu asked, "What do you have for dinner at home?"

"Stir-fry and rice."

"What kind of food?" Su Qiu asked.

Mao Mingzhu said, "Why do you ask so clearly?"

Su Qiu glared at her, "I just want to ask what's wrong?"

"Why are you so curious?" Mao Xiaosui glanced at her, "Why are you always asking questions? I don't want to say anything unpleasant because of the Chinese New Year, so just don't owe me anything, okay?"

Su Qiu was extremely annoyed. After all, she didn't leave, she just stopped talking.

Li Lianxin changed the subject and asked Zhang Zhi, "Why didn't you bring Qi Cai up to sit with you?"

Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll fall if I'm blind."

Zhang Zhi also asked her, "Can your Li Mei find her husband's family?"

"It's almost here." Li Lianxin sighed, "I'm so worried."

Mao Xiaosui also asked, "Does Auntie have someone you like?"

Li Lianxin laughed, "There are many good people, but they may not like us."

There are very few women in the village who go to the man's house to ask for his hand in marriage, so it's hard to say which family they really want to fall in love with.

A few people were talking, but then Wang Qiang disappeared. Mao Xiaosui lifted the curtain inside and saw that he was playing with the vegetable seeds and dried flowers in the jar by the window. The dried flowers had been crushed and thrown all over the floor.

Mao Mingzhu got angry at the first sight and said fiercely to Li Xiao, "Is that how you look at him?"

Li Xiao was choked and a little unhappy. After all, he didn't dare to speak, so he went over and dragged Wang Qiang to beat him.

Mao Mingzhu observed Mao Xiaosui's face and found that he had completely lost his temper, so she couldn't help but blame Li Xiao.

"Come out." Mao Xiaosui shouted.

Li Xiao pulled the crying Wang Qiang out, and Mao Mingzhu said seriously, "Both Ruyi and Ankang know how to be obedient. You are my brother after all, so why are you rummaging through other people's things?"

In his heart, Li Xiao complained a little about Mao Xiaosui's fuss, but he still smiled and said, "The kid couldn't hold it back."

Mao Xiaosui didn't tolerate her, and said bluntly, "Is it reasonable to just stay at my own home if I can't help it, and go to other people's homes to rummage through things?"

Li Xiao was humiliated by her and her face was pulled down. She picked up Wang Qiang and said, "Let's just leave."

"Who invited you here?"

Mao Mingzhu's face was also ugly. She stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

After Mao Mingzhu left, Li Lianxin whispered, "Why did Li Xiao become more and more unruly after the separation of the family?"

Su Qiu still remembered what happened before, and now she became angry: "She is your cousin-in-law after all. Even if you don't care about her, you have to care about Mao Mingzhu. So many people are embarrassing her, I still I really think you two have a good relationship..."

"That's right... Your family is so rich and you don't even know how to help his family. I think it's all just an act, right?"

Others also looked at Mao Xiaosui with curious faces, and Yang Cui also stared.

Mao Xiaosui looked directly at her, "It's important for people to be self-aware. Do you know what this sentence means? It means that as a person, you have to clearly understand your identity. Worrying about other people's things all day long will make you look cheap."

"Are you a beggar? When you see other people's things, you want to take advantage of them."

"I didn't mean it, I was talking about your aunt." Su Qiu glared at her.

"What's wrong with my aunt?" Mao Xiaosui asked her, "Did I borrow something but not return it or something? My family's things are also earned by us. You can't even take care of your own family's affairs and you still want to interfere with my family's affairs." ? A lot of people will be annoying when they are old, and those who are older than the New Year have to be beaten, right? "

Li Lianxin also said, "What does other people's things have to do with you? Why do you always say such nasty things?"

Su Qiu's neck choked, and Mao Xiaosui sneered, "You are so virtuous. You come all the way here and still want to cause trouble. As long as you can control your troublemaking mouth, I will look down upon you." "

Su Qiu remained silent this time and leaned against the wall as if nothing had happened.

Mao Xiaosui stared at her, "When I go out, the first time I give you face is to give you face. You are shameless to give face."

"Don't show off to me as your elder, you can't do that."

Seeing that she still didn't move, Xiao Sui stood up and walked towards her.

When Su Qiu saw it, she immediately opened the curtain and ran away.

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