Crossing the green wheat ears

On the day of the Chinese New Year, the family got up early and had a simple breakfast. Grandma and Xiyuan Niang began to prepare for the rich Chinese New Year meal at noon.

Xiyuan took Wei Cheng and Xi Wei to paste the window grilles cut by grandma on the windows. Xi Wei and the others didn't know how to do it at all. Rang Tie is not happy.Xiyuan had no choice but to stick together with them.

After pasting the window grilles, the three of Xiyuan decorated the small pine tree that grandpa and father had cut back. In fact, they used the leftover colored paper that grandma cut the window grilles to stick to the branches.This only needs to be glued on, no technical content is required, so Xiyuan let Xiwei and Weicheng do it.The two children were very busy and very excited. Xi Wei felt it was strange because he had never done it before; it was the first time for Wei Cheng to actually participate in the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year when he was so old. He used to watch other people busy. No one in the family regards him as a member, and everything about the Chinese New Year has nothing to do with him.

"Brother Cheng Zi, put one here, one here." Xi Wei was brushing paste on the small bunting (named by Xiyuan), and talking to Wei Cheng loudly.

"Okay." Wei Cheng's face was flushed with excitement, and he took a colored flag and pasted it on the location designated by Xi Wei, and then took another colored flag and brushed paste on it.

"Xiao Wei, post it here." Wei Cheng didn't forget to focus on two things.

"Look at my family, Chengzi and Xiaowei, who can help with the housework." Grandpa was arranging the lanterns to be hung on the tree at night, and Xiyuan helped grandpa.

"That's right, it doesn't matter whose family the child is!" Xi Yuan was not stingy in complimenting her.

When the two fools heard this, they worked even harder, with their chests straight and tall, as proud as the big rooster raised by grandma in the yard.

Grandpa and Xiyuan couldn't hold back their joy.

After finishing the decoration, grandpa and father tied the small pine tree to the gate stake next to the gate of the courtyard, and hung up the lantern at night. Squat under the lantern pole, so you have to tree a lantern pole and light a lantern during the Chinese New Year.Xiyuan heard it funny, but Xi Wei and Wei Cheng listened with gusto, chasing grandpa and asking what happened later, "later, later Jiang Ziya squatted under the lantern, otherwise we could make lantern poles and light lanterns at night Well." Grandpa replied. "Grandpa must not know what happened afterwards." Xiyuan thought to himself, and he could foresee that Xi Wei and Wei Cheng would definitely come over to see if Jiang Ziya was there at night when they were free.

After finishing all this, it was almost noon. Xiyuan cleaned up the two ugly children and put them on new clothes for the New Year. People rely on clothes and horses on saddles. As soon as the two children put on the new clothes, they immediately cheered up. What a couple pretty doll.

This year’s New Year’s Eve dinner is an unprecedented six dishes: stewed pheasant chicken with potatoes, hot and sour bean sprouts, vinegared Chinese cabbage, boiled white meat with sauerkraut, homemade cold salad and frozen tofu with vermicelli.Of course, the hot and sour bean sprouts, vinegared Chinese cabbage, and vermicelli tofu stew here are all Xiyuan’s creations. Xiyuan’s mother and grandma prepared the things, and Xiyuan directly spooned them into the frying pan, so it was not troublesome at all.

Firecrackers are set off before dinner as usual, but there are few families here who set off whole whips like modern ones, just set off a few to get a meaning.When you can hardly even eat enough, everything else has to be left behind.Xi Wei and Wei Cheng act bravely, they must set off the firecrackers at home this year, Xiyuan took the fire, lit their hands one by one in turn, and then ran back holding them.

"This Xiaoyuan can get used to my younger brother." Grandma nagged while serving dishes on the table.

"Mother, why do you think Xiaoyuan is so patient with Xiaowei and Chengzi?" Xiyuan's mother smiled cheerfully.

"You can't find Xiaoyuan who treats my brother so well in the whole village." Grandma stroked the bun on the back of her head.The wooden hairpin on the bun was bought by Xiao Yuan when he was in the last episode. The elders in the same village envied his grandson for his filial piety, and his grandson was not only good to his younger brother.

The whole family sits at the table. It's Chinese New Year. Grandpa and father can relax. The wine cups in front of them are filled with wine.Grandpa is extremely satisfied with a sip of wine and a bite of food.Although there is one more person in the family this year, this year is a comfortable one!The others had no wine or drinks, so they started directly and ate vegetables.As usual, two chicken legs, Xiwei Weicheng, one for each person. Xiyuan picked a piece of meat from the chicken without bones for each of his grandparents, and each of his parents also honored a piece for each of them—no way, four elders plus two children, at least Anyone who takes care of them will feel bad. Xiyuan thinks about it and feels so sad.

After dinner, Xi Wei couldn't stay at home anymore. He put the five-spice melon seeds fried by his brother in his pocket and ran out with Wei Chengcheng--today's Chinese New Year, Xiyuan doesn't want Wei Cheng to be in the house anymore, children love to join in the fun .

Grandpa and father drank, and after dinner, they shared a room alone, and took a nap, and Xiyuan came to take a nap with him when he had nothing to do.Grandma and mother are in the kitchen, preparing dumplings for the evening.Amidst the occasional crackling firecrackers, Xiyuan fell into a dream.

In winter in the north, it gets dark early. According to the modern time, the sky starts to get dark around four o'clock in the afternoon. Before it was completely dark, Xi Wei and Wei Cheng came back with few melon seeds in their pockets. There are more peanuts and the like. During the Chinese New Year, adults will put some snacks in their pockets wherever the children go.

"Brother, brother." Seeing that Xiyuan was sleeping, Xi Wei turned around twice on the ground in a hurry, lay down on Xiyuan's side, and tapped Xiyuan's nose with his fingers.Xiyuan actually woke up a long time ago, deliberately pretending to be asleep and ignoring Xi Wei.

"Brother, brother," too!Wei Cheng also lay on Xiyuan's head and poked Xiyuan's face with his finger.

"Snore, snort," Xi Yuan pretended to be soundly asleep.

"Why isn't your brother awake?" Zhu Zi asked who came back with Xi Wei and Wei Cheng.

"Don't make noise, my brother is sleeping." Well, the two of them poked for a long time before they found out that his brother was sleeping.

Xiyuan stopped teasing the two rascals, got up and found two pieces of candles, and lit a little lantern for them.The frame of the small lantern was made by Xiyuan under Xiyuan’s instructions. Ximingwen made it out of wooden strips. Xiyuan pasted the four sides with colored paper from window grilles cut by grandma. It’s actually very simple, but it’s very simple for the children in the village. It's more "luxury".

The children here are raised loosely, and the adults only want to feed them enough to keep them from being hungry or cold, so there is no time to make something for the children.I only buy a few candles at home during Chinese New Year to brighten the room. I usually light kerosene lamps, or I don’t even want to light kerosene lamps, and I go to bed as soon as it gets dark.So who is willing to play with candles for children?

The children in the village were very curious that Xi Wei and Wei Cheng "bragged" that his brother had made a lantern by himself.The people who entered the house with Xi Wei and the others were Zhu Zi, who often played with Xi Wei and had a good relationship (of course, this is judged according to Xi Wei's standards). If you don’t come to Xi’s house, you don’t dare to enter the door. You wait outside the gate, and you also want to see the magical lantern that Xiyuan made that you can carry.

When the lantern is lighted, the two little radish heads can't wait to go out to show off, Xiyuan doesn't care. During the Chinese New Year, the adults of every family have to watch the night. After the adults are busy, they sit at home and chat with melon seeds. Running around, even though it is night, the village is still safe.

Xiyuan poured a bowl of boiled water for himself and his grandpa. Grandpa just woke up after a nap. Grandma was tired after a busy day, so she leaned on the kang to take a nap.The grandpa and grandson chatted while drinking boiled water and knocking melon seeds.

With a sound of "creak", Xiyuan heard the door of the courtyard, it was Chinese New Year at home, the courtyard door was not locked, but after a long time, no one came into the house, there would be no thieves during the Chinese New Year, right?Xiyuan got off the kang, took a fire stick by the stove, and quietly opened the door.A small black figure stood by the gate of the courtyard under the lantern pole erected by grandpa. You didn't need to look at Xiyuan to know that it was Wei Cheng.

"Chengzi, why don't you come in?" Xiyuan walked into Wei Cheng and asked.

"Brother," Wei Cheng called out. Brother pouted, stood there silently, how did Xi Yuan think that something was wrong with this child.

"What's the matter, come on, tell brother, is someone bullying you?"

"..." Wei Cheng pursed his lips and refused to say anything.

"It's okay, tell brother, brother doesn't blame us for being a son." Xi Yuan kissed Wei Cheng on the cheek.

"The lantern is broken." Wei Cheng took out his hands behind his back, and took a look from the west. No, the paper on all sides of the lantern was broken.

"How did you do it? Did it get too dark and fell down? Did you fall?" Xi Yuan said while carefully looking at Wei Cheng's body from the big lantern hanging on the small pine tree, and touched it with his hands.

"Ugly girl, ugly girl snatched my lantern and pushed me..." Ugly girl was Xiyuan's nickname for Wei Cheng's half-sister, who was one year older than Wei Cheng.

"Did she hit you?" Xi Yuan became anxious when he heard it.

"I fell down and the lantern my brother made broke! I beat her and made her cry." Wei Cheng felt sorry for his brother's lantern.My brother said, don't be afraid if you meet an ugly girl again, just hit her, there is a brother.

"She didn't hit you?" Xiyuan asked, he was still worried that Wei Cheng would be bullied.

"No, as soon as I hit her, she cried and said to go back to find her mother." Wei Cheng was also afraid of causing trouble to Xiyuan.

"It's okay, baby, as long as we are not bullied, we have a brother, that dead woman dare not do anything." Xi Yuan encouraged Wei Cheng.Damn it, if that woman or Wei Er Er dares to find bad luck for the New Year, he is not a vegetarian.

"The lantern is broken!" Wei Cheng burst into tears again when he mentioned the lantern. This was made by his brother, and it is also his favorite thing.

"It's okay, let's go, let's go into the house, my brother will repair it for you, it's even more beautiful than before." Xiyuan took Wei Cheng's hand and entered the house.

"Come on, Chengzi, sit next to grandpa and drink some water, are you just busy playing, are you thirsty?" Grandpa reached out and hugged Wei Cheng to his side and sat down.

Wei Cheng was still really thirsty. While drinking water, he watched his brother repair the lantern.There were no large pieces of colored paper at home, so Xiyuan had to put together pieces of various colors to make a whole surface, and then paste it on the lantern.

"Brother, brother, is Brother Cheng Zi back yet?" Xi Wei yelled loudly as soon as he entered the courtyard, Xi Yuan couldn't figure out why he had to speak so loudly, and he didn't feel tired and flustered.

"I'm back, I'm back. Come in quickly." Xi Yuan replied.

Xi Wei ran into the house "Deng Deng Deng", he just showed off the lanterns with Zhu Zi and the others, and the melon seeds in his pocket, spiced ones, and no other children.He didn't know that Wei Cheng was being bullied by the ugly girl until the other children told him.

"Brother Cheng Zi, did the ugly girl hit you?" Xi Wei asked.Wei Cheng shook his head.

"I made an agreement with Zhuzi, we will beat her up tomorrow." Xi Wei clenched his fists.

"Hehe, can you still beat someone?" Xi Yuan teased Xi Wei.

"Hmph! Who told her to snatch Brother Zi's lantern." Xi Wei shouted.

"I can beat her too." Zhu Zi chimed in.Xi Wei said that whoever helps beat the ugly girl will carry the lantern all night.

"Okay." Xiyuan didn't dissuade him either, his family Wei Cheng is not like before, he can bully anyone he wants.

"I'll beat him!" Wei Cheng stopped drinking.snort!When he saw the ugly girl tomorrow, he beat and cried her to see if she dared to snatch his lantern.

"Well, fine. We're not afraid of him, neither are his father and brother, why are we afraid of her ugly girl." Xiyuan was very afraid that his past life would leave a shadow on Wei Cheng, so no matter whether the method was right or wrong, Xiyuan supported it.

"Brother, brother, this lantern is so beautiful." Xiyuan made a large sheet of colored paper and pasted it on the lantern, and pasted the small ones left over from the window grilles cut by grandma, so it looks better than the original one. Monochrome ones are even more beautiful, Xiyuan lit candles inside, and Wei Cheng didn't let go of them.

"Brother, brother," Xi Wei yelled from the side, he straightened up and down in a hurry, and at a glance, he saw Wei Cheng's lantern.

"Come on, I'll put up two window grilles for you too, see which one you want." Xi Yuan coaxed Xi Wei, not wanting to wrong Wei Cheng.

"I want this, I want this." Xi Wei was also easily satisfied.

After finishing the lantern, Xiyuan was not lazy anymore, and took his two younger brothers to play with a bunch of little kids. In fact, according to Xiyuan's physical age, Xiyuan is not very old. There are several older than him in the village. One or two-year-old children are still running and playing all over the village.

Hi!Who made us mentally old?

"Yo! Xiaoyuan is here." When Xiyuan and the children go to someone's house, the adults in the family will say something, seeing that Xijia Xiaoyuan is different from other children in the village, and the villagers also say what is the difference. I don't know, maybe it's because Xiyuan and Dr. Li studied books?

"Happy New Year, Auntie." Xiyuan also greeted sweetly, but his eyes never left Wei Cheng and Xi Wei who were playing, he didn't want what happened just now to happen again.

"Wei Cheng, what's on this lantern of yours?" Other children also wanted to pick up Wei Cheng's beautiful lantern, but Wei Cheng couldn't carry it for him, so he could only find a way to get closer and reach out to touch it.

"It's a magpie, my grandma cut it." Surrounded by a group of children enviously, Wei Cheng was very proud.

"I'm a swallow." Xi Wei also raised his own lantern high.

"Chengzi, Xiaowei, let's go, we have to go home and eat dumplings." Seeing that it was getting late, Xiyuan called the two little guys.The big dumplings here are eaten early, so you don’t have to wait until midnight.

"Go home." Xi Wei and Wei Cheng followed behind Xi Yuan with a lantern in their hands. The two bumped into each other, bumped into each other, and then ran a few steps to chase after brother.

The sound of firecrackers for the New Year's Eve dinner crackled again. Accompanied by the sound of firecrackers for the New Year, Xiyuan led Wei Cheng and Xi Wei on their way home.