The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 115, New Year's Eve

Time flies by and it’s New Year’s Eve soon.

It snowed heavily last night, covering the entire imperial capital in a layer of snow-white attire.

Although the weather is cold, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the people for the New Year.

Early in the morning, every household got up early, and they were all busy removing dust, sweeping snow, and cleaning.

On the opposite side of Li Weiguo, the Third Master Yan Fugui moved out an Eight Immortals table from his home early in the morning and put it in the center of the yard, and then put red paper for Spring Festival couplets, brushes, ink, paste and other equipment.

As soon as Li Weiguo opened the door, he saw the third master splashing ink, and walked over curiously.

"Third uncle, have a great New Year. Hey, have you laid out everything here?"

"Happy New Year, happy New Year, haha, that's right, it's better to post Spring Festival couplets as early as possible. By the way, Weiguo, your family hasn't prepared Spring Festival couplets yet. How about I write you one? Not too much, just give me fifty cents. Just the retouching fee, hahaha."

The third master will not let go of the opportunity to make money. As long as there are more than a dozen families in the courtyard, as long as they do business with three or five households, they can also earn a few dollars.

Li Weiguo smiled, and didn't care about the three melons and dates. He just didn't prepare Spring Festival couplets, so he said, "Okay, then write one for me. It should be festive and auspicious, otherwise I won't pay the embellishment fee."

"Okay, please do it. I guarantee your satisfaction. After writing it, I will ask Jie Cheng and Jiefang to paste it up for you."

Winning the first order of business in the morning, the third uncle was instantly overjoyed and received one-stop service directly to his home.

"Success, then I will trouble you."

If there is money to make, the third master is agile, and he wrote a couplet for Li Weiguo.

The first line: everything goes well and good luck every year; the second line: everything goes well and everything goes well; the horizontal line: auspicious stars shine brightly.

Not to mention, the third uncle is quite reliable and his handwriting is decent. Li Weiguo doesn't understand calligraphy, so he just makes do with it. Anyway, he is better than those of them who have never touched a calligraphy brush.

He didn't ask Li Weiguo to help, and after finishing writing the third master, he greeted Xie Cheng and Jiefang brothers, and posted it directly to the door.

Since the third master took care of all the posting of couplets, Li Weiguo didn't care about it anymore, just paid the money and let the third master arrange it, while he picked up the broom and started cleaning the house.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Weiguo got on his bicycle and went out. Today is the New Year's Eve, and he has to pick up his master, Mr. Wang, to celebrate the New Year with him and have a New Year's Eve dinner.

Master Wang Zhenhai's home is not far from here, and it can be reached in a few minutes. As early as [-], Li Weiguo had made plans to have Master eat at his place on New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year, so that the old man would not be alone. Deserted.

When I came to Master Wang Zhenhai's house, I didn't knock on the door, just opened the door and went in. As soon as I entered, I saw Wang Zhenhai sitting there with a big horse and a golden knife, already waiting.

"Master, let me invite you to my house for dinner."

"Stinky boy, the New Year's Eve dinner is in the evening, why go there so early."

Come on, this old man just likes to pretend, it seems that you have been waiting here for a long time, and you still dislike me for coming early, Li Weiguo secretly rolled his eyes.

"If you go early, you can chat with your neighbors, isn't it? It's better than drinking tea here and looking at the sky alone. How boring. Let's go, Master."

Hearing what Li Weiguo said, old man Li stood up and said, "Okay, take that bag, let's go."

Looking at the large package of things at Wang Zhenhai's feet, Li Weiguo said: "Master, there's no need for this! I have prepared all the things for the New Year, including fish, meat, chickens and geese, there is no shortage of everything. "

Although he didn't know what was in the bag, based on Li Weiguo's understanding of his master, it was definitely not simple. Old man Wang was like this. Even if he went to his apprentice's house for dinner, he would not go empty-handed.

"Let you just take it, there's so much nonsense."

"Uh, okay then."

There was no other way, so Li Weiguo had no choice but to go over and pick up the bag, and then follow the master out.

The thing was still a bit heavy, about forty to fifty catties, Li Weiguo directly swept it with his mind, and he could see clearly what was inside.

Good guy, the old man is quite willing, two catties of pork belly, one white striped chicken, ten catties of white noodles, and various dry goods, candies, biscuits and other non-staple foods. A lot of New Year's goods were brought out.

After leaving the gate, Wang Zhenhai turned around and locked the gate, and then went home with Li Weiguo.

"Master, from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year, why don't you live with me directly? My house is not small, so there is room to live."

"Forget it, I have something to do in the first few days of junior high school, so I have to go out, so I won't go to your place."

"Oh fine."

Where old man Wang was going, Li Weiguo didn't ask, he would naturally say what he wanted to say, but most of the time from the first day to the seventh day of the new year was to visit relatives and friends, maybe old man Wang was going to a friend's place.

Because they were relatively close, Li Weiguo drove his master Wang Zhenhai back to the courtyard in less than 5 minutes.

Back at home in the front yard, Li Weiguo first put the bag brought by Master on the dining table, then took a big sack prepared in advance from the corner of the cupboard, threw it on his shoulder, and led Master Wang Zhenhai Zhuna house.

From New Year's Eve to the eighth day of the New Year, Li Weiguo will eat at Shazhu's house, so you can just go to Shazhu's house with the food, there is no way, only good things, poor craftsmanship, if you don't want to feel wronged, you can only give out up.

It is now around three o'clock in the afternoon, and every household in the courtyard has already begun to get busy. They have begun frying lard, making dumplings, steaming steamed buns, and preparing for today's New Year's Eve dinner. The whole courtyard is full of joy.

People in this year are relatively frugal and don't want to waste electricity. They eat dinner before it gets dark. Because the New Year's Eve dinner will be more sumptuous and requires a lot of preparation, everyone starts early.

The aunts, aunts and daughter-in-laws in the yard all gathered at the water tap in the middle yard, and they were very busy.

The children in the yard also knew that there would be lucky money and delicious food soon after the Chinese New Year. They were all as excited as eating honey, running around, and the whole courtyard was filled with laughter and laughter.

Arriving at the main room of the central courtyard, as soon as I led my master Wang Zhenhai into the room, I saw the old lady and the uncle chatting here, while the brother and sister Shazhu and the eldest mother were busy boiling water and plucking the chicken.

Because the four families lived together, the chickens of the uncle and the old lady were raised together at Shazhu, and they would be killed and eaten together during the Chinese New Year.

Today's New Year's Eve dinner, kill one first, and save the other three for the first to third grade of junior high school.

In addition to poultry, the four families also put together the New Year's goods they bought during the New Year, and left them all to Shazhu to handle them.

(End of this chapter)