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Today is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and God seems to know that today is a good day, so it is sunny.When Gu Dong woke up in the morning, he ran out to make a snowman to play.

As usual during the Laba Festival, Laba porridge is cooked and Laba garlic is pickled.Originally, Laba porridge should be cooked with eight ingredients, but in the countryside, it is not so particular.Before Lin Dashan went to the city, he had already bought some red beans, peanuts, red dates, etc. for preparation.

Gu Qiu had already soaked the peanuts in water yesterday, this morning he put the mixture of yellow rice, red beans, peanuts, and red dates into the pot, added enough water, and boiled it on the stove.Now that the new year is approaching, the weather is getting cold, and Lin Dashan has nothing to do so he helps Gu Qiu light the fire. "I'll watch the fire, you go to rest, don't be too busy."

After hearing Lin Dashan's words, Gu Qiu thought for a while and said, "Why don't I take my sewing work here to do it. It's bright here, and the fire is very warm. I can work here and take care of the heat on the stove." Porridge can talk to big brother again."

Lin Dashan said straightly: "Okay, okay."

Gu Qiu moved a stool and sat in front of the window making clothes, while Lin Dashan lit a fire by the stove, the aroma of food slowly overflowed, and the whole kitchen was filled with fragrant and warm air.

Lin Dashan watched Gu Qiu sitting under the window, stitching his clothes stitch by stitch, and felt that this scene was extremely beautiful.Gu Qiu's slender and white fingers are extremely dexterous, and a small embroidery needle seems to come alive in his hand, looking at him can't help but be a little crazy.

Maybe he looked at it for too long, maybe Lin Dashan's eyes were too hot, Gu Qiu only felt that he was extremely uncomfortable being watched, his face was a little hot, and the movements of his hands slowly stopped.

"Brother Lin, how is the fire going?"

Lin Dashan's face turned red when he heard Gu Qiu's words, he suddenly lowered his head, not daring to look any more, and replied: "Fire, the fire is burning very well", and he kept blaming himself for being so frivolous!Gu Qiu also put down the things in his hands, got up and went to the stove to stir the porridge in the pot.An awkward atmosphere suddenly spread in this small space.

Lin Dashan looked at Gu Qiu's slightly red and beautiful cheeks, and finally couldn't help but said: "My brother said that he would come to see you and Xiaodong today."

When Gu Qiu heard this, he was both surprised and happy, "Well, that's it, then should we prepare something?"

Lin Dashan hurriedly said: "No, no, don't worry."

Ever since hearing the news that Lin's elder brother was coming, Gu Qiu couldn't calm down, always thinking about what he should do and how he should answer when the time comes.My heart is in a mess.

Wrapped like a cotton ball, Gu Dong "rolled" in from the outside with a chill in his body, his red face was either cold or happy, "Brother, I made a big snowman, come over and have a look. !"

Gu Qiu added some brown sugar to the porridge, stirred it with a spoon, and said to Gu Dong: "The porridge is about to be cooked, let's drink the porridge first."

"Hey, what a delicious porridge."

The three sat around and drank a bowl of warm porridge.After eating the porridge, Gu Dong took Lin Dashan out to see the snowman.Gu Qiu was thinking about something, so he said that he wanted to pickle Laba garlic and didn't go out with him.

While sitting and peeling garlic, Gu Qiu was thinking about things in his mind.Before he could figure it out, Lin Yuer came.

Gu Qiu heard the conversation between Lin Dashan and his brother getting closer and closer outside the door, and felt annoyed in his heart. The smell of garlic in his body really made him lose his image at all, how can he be seen by others!Before they had time to wash their hands, the Lin brothers and Gu Dong pushed the door open and walked in.

Lin Yu'er was good-looking and kind. When Gu Qiu saw him, he felt a lot more at ease.When Lin Yu'er entered the door and saw Gu Qiu, she felt somewhat confident.My younger brother still has some discernment, this Gu Qiu can be seen as a down-to-earth and capable person, and he is also good-looking.And looking at him like this seems to be interesting to Dashan.If my younger brother can marry him, he will definitely live a peaceful and beautiful life in the future.

Lin Yuer looked at Gu Qiu and said with a smile: "This is Gu Qiu. A few days ago when Dashan came to see me, he said you were here, so I just wanted to find a time to come and see you. It happened that the snow stopped today, and I Just come over."

Gu Qiu subconsciously touched the unruly black hair on his head, "It's true that my brother came to see me in such a cold day."

"What's the matter? I happened to take a car on the way here. I was wearing a lot of clothes and it wasn't cold. But you, your face is still a little haggard now. You need to take care of it. Oh, there is nothing wrong with me coming I brought some eggs over here. Although it’s not a good thing, eating some eggs is good for my brother. Dashan, I also made you a dress. You are a man who didn’t marry you. There is no one to make the clothes." He said, and he handed the package in his hand to Lin Dashan.

"No, Gu Qiu is helping me make clothes these few days," Lin Dashan retorted when he heard Lin Yuer's teasing words.

"It's really ignorant, Gu Qiu is just right, and it makes people tired." Lin Yu'er gave Lin Dashan a blank look.

Gu Qiu hurriedly said: "It's okay, I've been healed a long time ago, sewing clothes is nothing. Have you eaten, brother? We just made Laba porridge, why don't we have a bowl."Lin Yu'er came along the way, and was about to drink a bowl of porridge to warm her body, so she agreed with a smile.Gu Qiu was about to serve porridge, but Lin Dashan hurried over.

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Just now Lin Yu'er deliberately sent Lin Dashan and Gu Dong away.Gu Qiu stayed alone with Lin Yu'er, even though he had already guessed a bit in his heart, he was still extremely uneasy.

Lin Yu'er glanced at Gu Qiu and smiled, "Look at you nervous, we're just chatting together." Seeing that Gu Qiu's complexion improved a lot, he continued, "A few days ago our family came to Dashan. Look at me, I just talked about you. He is honest and can't hide his words. I think he likes you a little bit in his heart. He is not young anymore. Marriage, now that he told me that he likes you, I, as a brother, have the cheek to talk to you. I don’t know what you think in your heart. I think so. If you have feelings for my stupid brother If you're distracted, I'll help you get things done, and if you don't mean it, then don't force it. I myself have suffered from this marriage, so I can't force anyone. "

Gu Qiu kept his head down, and raised his head after listening to Lin Yu'er's words, and said with determination: "Brother, if you can speak so clearly, I won't be so shy, Brother Lin is a very good person. Good man, although I haven't known him for a few days, I still admire Brother Lin very much. Me, me too."

Yu'er smiled and took Gu Qiu's hand, "I understand what you mean. Brother's family is inevitably a little shy. Dashan is not young, I think it's best to get married in the spring of next year. It's done My brother's life will be considered complete after we get home and have children."

Gu Qiu blushed, "Hey, what brother said is true".

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After Lin Yu'er told Lin Dashan about Gu Qiu's heart, Lin Dashan was so happy that he couldn't know what to do. He stammered and asked what to do next, which amused Lin Yu'er, "Hehe, look at how happy you are. Now you are still happy. It's early, the wedding will only be held in the spring of next year at the earliest, so you don't have to worry about it this year, just spend the new year well. After the new year, you can talk to Li Zheng about the two of you. For the wedding, you can talk to Jiang Tao and Jin Yun is helping to manage it, and I will also help."

Lin Dashan nodded obediently.Lin Yu'er went on to say: "But you have to pay more attention to family matters." "I understand, brother, don't worry, I will take care of it."

As a married brother, Lin Yu'er couldn't stay at her mother's house for long, so she took a ride back when it was getting dark.

In the next few days, Gu Qiu and Lin Dashan always felt a little embarrassed when they met each other.However, the two of them live under the same roof, so it is inevitable that they will encounter each other, but fortunately there is the naughty and lovely Gu Dong, and under his mediation, the two of them will not feel so uncomfortable.

In a blink of an eye, it will be the Chinese New Year in two days, and the things at home have not been prepared yet. Tomorrow is the last day of the market in Liushu Village. Lin Dashan borrowed a car from Zhengli's house, and decided to have Jiang Tao and his family in the morning. Go to the market together and buy things for the New Year.

Before it was dark in the morning, Gu Dong got up early to urge Gu Qiu to get up, causing so much trouble that Gu Qiu had to get up again.The sky was still dim, and a group of people were already driving to Liushu Village in the car.

Liushu Village is not too far from Jiangjia Village where Lin Dashan lives, and everyone arrived in about two hours.Although it was the last day of the market, the excitement was not diminished at all. There were already many people on the street early in the morning.

Lin Dashan took the car to an acquaintance to store it. Everyone came out early and before breakfast, Jiang Tao led a group of people to find a shop to buy breakfast.Li Jinyun was originally from Liushu Village, but later married into Jiangjia Village. He knew Liushu Village very well.

A group of people went straight to a noodle restaurant. The store was small, but the business was very good. There were people sitting at the tables in the store, but there were empty seats after a while. At this time, Lin Dashan also came back.

Today, Jin Yun was in a particularly good mood, and happily said to Gu Qiu: "Don't look at this small shop, it has a long history. It is said that the century-old shop has been passed down for several generations. Their noodles are really good." I ate it. Their signature dishes are secret beef noodles and noodles with meat sauce. Of course, the others are also delicious. Every time I go back to Liushu Village, I will come to have a meal. Look at the sign on the wall and see what you want to eat ?”

Gu Qiu looked at the menu on the wall. The price of beef noodles and pork ribs is really not cheap. They are both eight yuan a bowl, which can buy a catty of meat. Gu Qiu was still hesitant, but Lin Dashan said to buy Beef noodles, this is delicious.So I ordered six bowls of beef noodles.

As expected of a century-old shop, the amount of noodles is very large, there is a big bowl full, several pieces of stewed beef are spread on it, sprinkled with emerald green green onions, no matter it looks or smells, it makes people salivate.Gu Qiu added some spicy peppers, drank a mouthful of the noodle soup, and was immediately overwhelmed by the delicious taste, so he ate hard.After a while, there were only six empty bowls left on the table, and even the seven-year-old Gu Dong ate the noodles dry and his belly was round.

After paying the bill, a group of people walked slowly on the street, eating while shopping.The street is more lively, with stalls covering both sides of the road, selling everything, such as spores, pheasants and other wild animals hunted by hunters from the mountains, some people ask butchers to kill pigs, and set up their own stalls to sell meat. People next to the river caught fish and sold them, as well as stir-fried melon seeds and chestnuts with sugar. The aroma attracted many people waiting to buy them.Not to mention those who sell stove candy, fried rice, rice noodles, fabrics, and needlework sweat towels.The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the farmers have worked hard for a year, and they are waiting to enjoy it before the year. At this time, they will not pick up the money in their hands, and they will all go to the market to buy things, not to mention that this is the last time of the market. one day.So the street is really crowded.

With Jin Yun in his arms, Jiang Tao carefully protected him and walked slowly.But Gu Dong was making a lot of noise and going on a rampage, so everyone left separately, agreed on a time and place to meet and separated.

As soon as Gu Dong was on the street, it was like a fish in water. Looking at those snacks, he couldn't hold back, and went straight to the crowd.Lin Dashan doted on him very much again, and after a while, he already had bags of fried chestnuts with sugar, fragrant melon seeds, large bunches of crystal clear candied haws, frozen persimmons and frozen pears, etc. shop side.

Gu Qiu tugged Lalin Dashan's sleeve, "Don't spoil him, he bought all these things."

Lin Dashan smiled honestly, "It's okay, anyway, there are no New Year's goods at home, so just buy some if the child likes it. Besides, twist is also needed."

Hearing Lin Dashan's words, coupled with Gu Dong's pitiful eyes next to him.Gu Qiu had no choice but to agree, "Boss, this twist is sold like this?"

"Five yuan a catty, my twist is the best, and there are sesame seeds on it, it's very crispy." The person from the twist candy handed a piece to Gu Qiu to taste.

Gu Qiu tasted it, and it tasted good, fragrant, sweet and crunchy, "This twist is pretty good, the boss is cheaper, eight dollars, let's get two catties."

The person who bought the twist smiled and said to Lin Dashan: "Haha, brother, you really know how to live and know the goods. Today is also the last day of the market. It's enough for two catties and nine dollars. I'll add more to you." Two." The mahua seller wrapped the mahua, tied a rope for Gu Qiu to carry, and gave Gu Dong another one to eat in his hand.

Gu Qiu has lived a hard life, and he always lives frugally, not to mention how much Lin Dashan will spend on getting married in the next year, so he ordered the big and small not to buy anything randomly.

Under Gu Qiu's leadership, the next thing will be much faster.The butcher shop is always the most popular during the Chinese New Year. Gu Qiu went to the butcher shop first and bought a big elbow. He saw that the pork was light red in color and suitable for fat and thin. Anyway, he would always use it later, so he bought five catties at a stretch, and bought more pork. After buying some bones, the butcher shop owner saw that he bought a lot and gave away half a piece of pork liver.

You must eat fish during Chinese New Year. If you eat fish, there will be fish every year.Gu Qiu's hometown is in a water town in the south, where fish and shrimp are his specialty.He picked a grass carp and planned to show it off during the Chinese New Year.

In addition to meat and fish, I also bought a few catties of white noodles, tofu, various seasonings, shrimp skins, Spring Festival couplets and firecrackers for the New Year.Gu Qiu originally planned to buy a live chicken, but Lin Dashan said that someone in the village raised chickens, and he would buy them when he returned to the village.After buying these, it's almost done, but Lin Dashan insisted on going to the pastry shop to buy another pack of white sugar osmanthus cake.

After buying everything they wanted, the three of them went to the original noodle shop. Just now they agreed to meet at the entrance of the noodle shop.When he arrived at the door, Gu Qiu was startled. Jiang Tao bought a lot of things. He even bought a sheep.

"Brother Jiang, why did you buy a sheep?"

Li Jinyun looked at Jiang Tao helplessly after hearing this, and Jiang Tao said with a smile: "Isn't this Jin Yun pregnant? I will buy a ewe, and it will give birth in more than three months, and the child will have milk to drink." .Hehe. Dashan, go and get the car, let's go back, it's just the right time to go back now."

So, a group of people came empty-handed and returned with a full load.