The water in the pot boiled for the third time, and the round, white and fat glutinous rice balls floated on the surface of the water. Zhou Mei took out the unburned firewood in the stove to prevent the cooked glutinous rice balls from being broken by too much firepower.

The glutinous rice is soaked a few days in advance. Yesterday afternoon, I took the time to grind it with a stone mill. The rice milk was put into a cloth bag, and the excess water was pressed on a grinding plate.The filling is made of brown sugar, sesame and lard, a very traditional way.When Chen Jianjun returned from his first family leave after going to the army, the big man almost cried while holding the glutinous rice balls cooked by Zhou Mei. This was the taste that had been carved in his bones for more than ten years.

Except for the two years of famine, the Chen family has never broken the custom of eating glutinous rice balls on New Year's Day. No matter how hard life is, we still have to look forward to a better future.

"Happy New Year, Aunt Zhou, and Happy New Year, Uncle Chen." Xu Kongshan was wearing the new clothes Chen Wan made for him. His waist was straight, his shoulders were wide, his shoulders were long and his legs were long. If he went outside, he would be surrounded by a lot of women and aunts asking if he was interested.

"Happy New Year." The appearance of Xu Kongshan made Zhou Mei's eyes brighten, "Dashan looks really energetic in this suit."

Chen Qianjin pulled the clothes on his body, the clothes he was wearing were also made by Chen Wan.

The glutinous rice balls served in the first round have to worship the ancestors first, Chen Qianjin emptied the Eight Immortals table, Zhou Mei shouted in the main room to eat the glutinous rice balls, people who were not awake got up one after another, don’t stay in bed on the first day of the new year, otherwise the next whole day Be lazy every year.

Before going to bed last night, Chen Wan vaguely felt Xu Kongshan move his pillow. When he woke up, he reached out and took out a sheet of Great Unity from underneath.

They wished each other a happy new year, and several people lined up to wash their faces and rinse their mouths. Xu Kongshan looked at Chen Wan nervously, wondering if the wound on the corner of his mouth had healed.

"Brother Shan." Chen Wan quietly stuffed something into Xu Kongshan's hand, "We each get half of the new year's money."

Xu Kongshan pinched Chen Wan's fingertips, and the upturned corners of his mouth showed his good mood.

After the ancestor worship, the glutinous rice balls became cold, and Zhou Mei scooped the hot ones out of the pot again.Chen Wan cut the glutinous rice balls into small pieces, as long as he controlled the arc of his mouth, there would be no pain.

"Wait for me to change your clothes." The sound of firecrackers sounded outside one after another. It was people who had finished breakfast and started to go to the grave. Zhou Mei put on a new cotton jacket and tied her hair behind her ears.

Xu Kongshan separated from the Chen family at the intersection. Although Sun Dahua and the others were not involved in personnel affairs, the graves of the ancestors of the Xu family had to be buried.Otherwise, no matter how reasonable Xu Kongshan is, some people will still gossip.

But it didn't take much effort to burn a joss stick and paper money, and Xu Kongshan got it done in less than half an hour.

Chen Wan paid homage to the graves of her original parents, grandparents, and other deceased, and then followed Chen Jinjin to her mother's house. Chen Yongfei and the others were young, and Zhou Mei was his wife, so they could stay at home.

The two brothers had lunch at the third uncle's place, and on the way home they met Xu Kongshan who was paying New Year's greetings to Uncle De.

The soles of Chen Wan's feet hurt from walking, and when they touched hot water while soaking their feet at night, they bounced like electric shocks.

"There's a blister, you need to pierce it with a needle." Xu Kongshan put Chen Wan's foot on his knee, and saw a crystal clear bulge under his white and tender sole.

Hearing that it was going to be pierced with a needle, Chen Wan shrank her feet subconsciously.Xu Kongshan grabbed his ankle, wiped it with a handkerchief, and then lit a match to burn the sewing needle: "Liu Er, bear with it."

Xu Kongshan's movements were quick and light, and Chen Wan hardly felt them, but the place where the skin was attached was a little tingling.

There was a coolness from the soles of his feet, Xu Kongshan blew on the place where he was bubbling, Chen Wan moved his feet twice, the round nails showed a light pink color.

"Hey!" Chen Wan's eyes widened in shock, Xu Kongshan actually kissed his toes.

It wasn't until Xu Kongshan finished kissing that he realized what he had done. He seemed to have been bewitched just now.

Chen Wan hid her feet under the quilt, afraid that he was doing something amazing.

I don't know who used their feet last time...

"Second Aunt Chen and the others will be back tomorrow." Xu Kongshan undressed and talked about tomorrow's affairs, Chen Wan gave a puzzled hum, Zhou Mei had mentioned this before.

"I'm afraid we can't sleep so many people at home." Xu Kongshan expressed his worry, the current four bedrooms of Chen's house happened to be fully occupied, "Why don't I go back to Xu's house to sleep."

Chen Wan thought about the past New Year's situation. Although there was no Xu Kongshan before, there was Chen Jianjun's family. When there were the most people, there were three people in each room, and then there were two vacant rooms in the old house.

"I can sleep well." Chen Wan dispelled Xu Kongshan's worries, "My third brother is not here this year, the eldest brother can sleep with Yong Yang and the others, and the elder sister-in-law is next to Chen Xing and the sisters, so that a room will be vacant. If my second sister If you and Fifth Sister come back alone, then they can sleep in the same room."

If Second Sister Chen and Third Sister Chen drag their families along, Zhou Mei will clean up the old house.So no matter what, it will not affect him and Xu Kongshan.

Chen Wan's hypothesis made Xu Kongshan feel relieved. He didn't dislike the conditions of Xu's family, but simply hated Chen Wan.

How can staying alone in an empty room compare to being warm, fragrant and nephrite in your arms.

Second Sister Chen and the others arrived after two o'clock in the afternoon. After traveling for half a day, both adults and children were tired.

"It's been hard on the road." The second day of junior high school was also the day when Zhou Mei returned to her natal home, but for Chen Qianjin's two younger sisters, she returned to her natal home on the fourth day of the new year every year.

"Brother, sister-in-law." Second Sister Chen and Fifth Sister Chen carried big bags and small bags. They came back with their husband and children. Second Sister Chen's eldest son, Jiang Yingjun, is more than one year younger than Chen Wan. Participated in the same college entrance examination as Chen Wan.

The girl who is about the same age as Chen Lu is Second Sister Chen's youngest daughter Jiang Yingying. She has a sweet personality and has two sweet dimples on her face when she smiles.

Fifth Sister Chen is seven years younger than Second Sister Chen, and her eldest daughter and youngest son are exactly the same age as Chen Lu and Chen Yongyang.

Zhou Mei and Fifth Sister Chen have been together for a longer period of time, and they had the coincidence of being pregnant twice in the same year, so she has a very deep relationship with Fifth Sister Chen, but she is not bad with Second Sister Chen, and her attitude is also very affectionate.

"Second Sister, Fifth Sister..." Chen Wan called people one by one, and the four children called him Uncle Yao, and Chen Wan each gave fifty cents for the New Year's Eve.Chen Yongyang gave them last night, and even Chen Yongfei, who was older than Chen Wan, had a share.

Who told him to be an elder, and Zhou Mei also gave him the New Year's money, which was a full two yuan, and the income and expenditure were balanced.Cough cough, fifty cents may sound a little less, but he compared it with the standard that Zhou Mei gave Chen Yongyang and the others.When he has more money, he will definitely pack a big red envelope for each of them.

"Liuer." The movements of the sisters taking out the New Year's money seemed to be familiar, Chen Wan had no time to refuse, and the money went into his pocket.The two five-yuan bills filled Chen Wan's purse immediately.

Zhou Mei went to the kitchen to cook glutinous rice balls for them, and the second sister Chen put down their things and followed closely behind.Fifth Sister Chen's husband, surnamed Peng, is a high school teacher, and many of Chen Wan's review materials came from him.

In the kitchen, Zhou Mei told the story of Xu Kongshan to the two sisters-in-law. After more than half a month, she still spoke angrily.

"Sun Dahua deserves to die!" Second Sister Chen was so angry that she dropped the tongs, if her child was treated like this, she would definitely find Sun Dahua desperately, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that Dashan lived in our house, why didn't you see anyone else? "

"He went chopping vegetables and will be back later."

In the yard, Chen Yongyang played with his cousin Peng Anzhi, and the little girls were looking at new clothes in the room.Peng Bigang was concerned about Chen Wan's review progress. He brought a full set of test papers for Chen Wan this time, and asked Chen Wan to find time to ask him if there was anything he didn't understand.

There are eight more people in the family at once, and there is no room for them to live here.While Second Sister Chen and the others were going to visit the grave after eating the glutinous rice balls, Zhou Mei and Chen Jinjin cleaned up the two vacant rooms in the old house.

Because it has been cleaned before, it only needs to make the bed.

"Fifth brother-in-law, I have finished the math test paper." Among all the test subjects, Chen Wan is most confident in getting high marks in mathematics and English, but English is not a compulsory test now, Yuan himself is very average.

Peng Bigang is a mathematics major. If he hadn't been in college, he would have just caught up with sports. With his ability, he might be able to become a scientist or something.

"So soon? Let me see." Peng Bigang took Chen Wan's test paper and sat down next to him. He was wearing a pair of glasses with thin metal frames, and he looked very educated.

Chen Wan was inspected by Peng Bigang, and he grabbed the Chinese test paper and started to do it. Thanks to the memory of the original body and the continuous review over the past month, he wrote very smoothly.

Fifth Sister Chen saw Chen Wan and her husband concentrating from the door, and shushed to the two little boys who were the loudest.

Others also spontaneously lowered the volume so as not to disturb them.

Peng Bigang hadn't read the questions on the test paper before, so he spent some time mentally calculating the answer, and finally wrote a big 98 points in pencil in the score column, out of [-] points.

He was both happy and regretful that this set of test papers was more difficult than the previous college entrance examination. If Chen Wan hadn't encountered a fever, he would definitely be able to enter the university.

Peng Bigang praised Chen Wan a few words, and helped him pass the question he made a mistake with knowledge points.

"How is it?" Fifth Sister Chen walked to her husband's side, and quietly glanced at Chen Wan who was busy writing the test paper.

"Liu'er has no problem getting into college." Peng Bigang's words made everyone smile, "You must work hard, handsome, your uncle scored 98 in math."

Jiang Yingjun did last year's college entrance examination paper and just passed the math.

Second Sister Chen patted her son on the back: "Did you hear what your uncle said, you still have to work hard."

"Understood, Mom." Jiang Yingjun wrinkled his bitter face, asking if he can stop learning from him during Chinese New Year.

Jiang Yingjun tried to sneak out to escape the nagging, but when he ran into Xu Kongshan who was carrying vegetables, he took a step back.

"Brother Dashan?" Jiang Yingjun's reaction to seeing Xu Kongshan for the first time was similar to Chen Yongfei's, he recognized him by his height, "You have changed a lot."

Not only Jiang Yingjun, but Second Sister Chen and the others were startled by Xu Kongshan's change.

Surrounded by them, Xu Kongshan felt a little embarrassed, Zhou Mei rescued him with a funny face: "I soaked some beans, if you want to drink soy milk or tofu, come and help me."

Grinding beans, straining bean dregs, cooking soy milk, ordering tofu, a set of procedures, until six o'clock in the evening.

Zhou Mei’s skill of ordering tofu is handed down from family. The marinated tofu that is congealed in the pot is rolled in the prepared chili oil, and it melts as soon as the mouth is swallowed, leaving a mouthful of aroma of beans and chili oil.

After eating and drinking, a group of people sat down and chatted in the main room. They hadn't seen each other for a year. Everyone had a lot to say, and the discussion about Chen Wan's clothes was naturally indispensable among them.

"Liu'er's brains are really different from ours." Second Sister Chen sighed as she touched the clothes made by Chen Wan. She had used the sewing machine for more than ten years, and the clothes she made were not as good-looking as Chen Wan, who took less than a month to learn.

"Mom, I want clothes made by my uncle." Jiang Yingying tried on Chen Xing's padded jacket just now, and she liked it so much that she almost didn't want to take it off.

"Yingying, didn't mom make you two new clothes before Chinese New Year?" Second Sister Chen softly taught her daughter, "Be obedient."

Jiang Yingying pouted: "But the clothes made by my uncle are more beautiful. If you don't believe me, if you ask Jiajia, she wants it too."

Peng Anjia blinked her big watery eyes, but did not deny it.

"This child." Second Sister Chen was helpless, and turned to Chen Wan, "The child is just joking, don't take it to heart, Liuer."

Second Sister Chen knew how hard it was to make clothes, and she didn't want Chen Wan to suffer.

"It's okay, Second Sister, I was going to make clothes for you." Although Chen Wan and Second Sister Chen didn't spend as much time with Chen Qianjin and the others, the kindness that sisters and brothers-in-law treated him was far from being able to repay him with just a few clothes. of.

His words caused the two sisters to decline in unison: "No need Liu'er, we are very satisfied if you have such a heart, and we will leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow, so there is no trouble."

"No trouble, I'll send it to you when it's ready." Chen Wan had been waiting for this day. He had made up his mind and would not change it because of their kindness.

Chen Wan took the tape measure, Second Sister Chen could stop Jiang Yingying but not Jiang Yingjun, the big boy looked excited: "Uncle, I want to be like my cousin!"

The four children had their sizes measured one after another, and Second Sister Chen was full of relief. She declined, but she was actually looking forward to it.

"I'll send you the ticket later, you take your time, don't worry." Of course, Second Sister Chen would not ask Chen Wan to pay for the fabric. She and Fifth Sister Chen gave Chen Wan another 20 yuan. They didn't bring the ticket with them, so they had to Take it home.

Chen Wan took the money, firstly because he really didn't have enough money, and secondly because he didn't accept the money, Second Sister Chen and the others wouldn't accept the clothes he made.

After measuring the size, Chen Qianjin sent Second Sister Chen and the others to the old house with a flashlight. Jiang Yingjun and Jiang Yingying stayed to sleep with Chen Yongfei and Chen Xing. Second Sister Chen and Fifth Sister brought Peng Anjia together, and Peng Anzhi followed his father and uncle.

According to the tradition in the countryside, a married daughter cannot share the bed with her husband in her natal home, otherwise it will affect the luck of the brothers.

Chen Qianjin and Zhou Mei didn't care much, but Second Sister Chen was more particular about these things.

The author has something to say: Chen Wan: I'm so busy!

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