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  Chapter 140 The flavor of the new year is strong

  A New Year’s Eve dinner, although there were a few small episodes, it is precisely because of this that it becomes more precious and unforgettable.

  After leaving the table, Liu Shikui, who was very excited, took his wife and sat on the kang, taking money out of his pocket.

  The little old man had sharp eyes and exclaimed excitedly: "Grandpa is handing out lucky money!"

  After shouting, she dragged Lao Wu onto the kang, knelt down in front of her grandparents, kowtowed three times in a row.

  The little mouths were still shouting together: "Grandpa and grandma, Happy Chinese New Year!"

   Zheng Xiaoxiao, who was next to him, was stunned: "Kowtow really."

  Liu Shikui smiled happily, and took out two brand-new banknotes and handed them over. Grandma stretched out her hand and touched their little heads respectively: "There is no disease or disaster, and you are healthy."

   New Year's money, copper coins were used in ancient times, and it was used to suppress evil spirits and bless children to grow up healthily, and later it became an unchanging custom.

   "Thank you Grandpa."

   "Thank you grandma."

  The two little guys got off the bed cheerfully, and put the New Year's money in their pockets, and put it under the pillow at night.

  The youngest and fourth child winked: "Grandpa is really generous this year. He gave a card of great unity. Last year, he only gave me 50 cents."

   "Come, come, the children come to receive the New Year's money. When you are older, you don't need to kowtow."

  Liu Shikui waved his hand again, and distributed a card of great unity one by one.

  Although everyone didn't kowtow, they paid New Year's greetings to the old man and the old lady.

   "I have it too?"

   Zheng Xiaoxiao was a little surprised when he saw the Great Unity in his hand.

  Zheng Hongqi glanced at his sister with his eyes, as if to say: Didn’t I see my brother?

  Liu Shikui looked very happy today, and said cheerfully: "In our eyes, you will always be children. We really hope that we can give you lucky money every year."

  Hearing this, Liu Qingshan's eyes were a little red, and he muttered to himself: I must let my grandfather enjoy a few more years of blessings.

   "Old Liu, are you done, it's time to change."

  Professor Wang and Grandma Wang quickly took the positions of the old couple Liu Shikui and called the juniors to come and collect the lucky money.

  Liu Shikui wanted to stop it. After all, it would be a bit expensive for nine people to receive lucky money.

   Before he could speak, he was stopped by Professor Wang with his eyes, and then he said cheerfully:

   "Old Liu is now a rich man, we can't compare, it is more or less a blessing to the children."

  So, Grandma Wang held a stack of steel workers and handed them out one by one.

   The two small ones still made three thud thud thumps, but the others were exempted.

  Yeah!

  The dumb grandpa also gestured to give lucky money to these juniors.

  Liu Qingshan guessed that this was the first time Master gave lucky money to others, so of course he would not stop it.

  He was just about to open the cabinet to get money for Master, and he has always been in charge of the dumb grandpa's dividends.

  But seeing the master wave his hand, he took out a handful of things from his pocket and put them on the kang.

  He stretched his fingers around again, and finally pointed to the little things on the kang mat, indicating that he can choose whatever he likes.

  Everyone leaned over to take a closer look, and saw some small pendants that seemed to be carved from stone, most of which had a small round hole, which seemed to be used for threading a rope.

  Liu Qingshan touched his chest subconsciously. There is also a similar object here. It was given to the apprentice by the dumb grandfather when he was apprenticed, but it was much bigger than these.

   "Why does it feel like it's so old?"

  Professor Wang also came up, picked one up and looked at it for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly. After all, he is engaged in agronomy, not archaeology.

   "I want this, it looks like a big eagle."

  The youngest and fourth child choose one first.

   "This ear is so big, it's an elephant, I want it, thank you grandpa!"

  Zheng Xiaoxiao also chose one, holding it in her hand happily.

  Liu Qingshan's lips moved twice, and finally he didn't make a sound, he just muttered in his heart: Your fat head and big ears are obviously a pig, okay?

  Everyone quickly finished the selection, and there were two left, and the dumb grandpa didn't take it back, so Lin Zhi put it away.

   Then Liu Jinfeng found red thread, twisted it into a rope, distributed it to everyone, and hung it around their necks.

  Liu Qingshan already had one, so he didn't take it this time, and Zheng Hongqi and Gao Wenxue probably weren't used to hanging things around their necks, so they put them in their pockets.

   After the New Year's money is distributed, Grandpa and Professor Wang are going to sleep for a while, while the dumb grandpa leads the little bear back to the mountain.

  As a ranger, he naturally had to go back for the night.

   "Master, I will deliver dumplings to you in the middle of the night."

  Liu Qingshan couldn't bear it in his heart. It must be very uncomfortable for Master to celebrate the New Year alone on the mountain.

  The dumb grandpa smiled and waved at him, made a few gestures, and then drifted away.

  Master's meaning, Liu Qingshan understood: Linzi is my home.

  Watching Master go away, Liu Qingshan also felt relieved: Linzi is Master's home, of course we have to celebrate the New Year at home, the animals in the mountains, are they equivalent to family members?

  At this time, the sky was getting dark, Liu Qingshan saw a large group of little dolls coming from the street, and they all eagerly lit up their little lanterns to look for Caifeng and Shanxing.

  In the end, these little kids in the village basically had to get together, and then walked from the east house to the west house, and went from house to house.

  The small candles in the canning jars exude a faint yellow halo, just like children's childhood dreams.

   "Here we come, here we come!"

  The fourth and fifth children also ran out with lanterns, followed by Zheng Xiaoxiao, with envious eyes.

   But these are all dolls in their teens, and she is really embarrassed to get involved.

   "Come on, eat candy."

  Liu Yinfeng brought out a plate of candies from the house and distributed them to the children one by one.

  Tonight is probably the happiest night for the children, because everyone's pockets are full.

   "Don't run away, I'll give you firecrackers."

  Liu Qingshan also took out the small whip that had been disassembled a long time ago, and a group of little hands grabbed it all quickly.

   "I haven't caught it yet, woohoo!"

  As soon as he heard the cry, Liu Qingshan knew that it was Ermangzi, the bear, and the name of the little mangniu, Baixia, and it was just right to be called Crying Bajing.

  So I went back to the house to get some small whips for him, and also took out half of the flowers and magic bullets I bought.

   "Fireworks!"

  The children cheered in unison. The colorful fireworks are probably their favorite, the kind that can be dreamed of in their dreams.

   There are more hand-cranked flowers, so Liu Qingshan gave each of them one.

  Put the front end into the candle in the canning jar, and after lighting it, it will make a squeaky sound.

  One by one, the little ones swung their arms vigorously, making brilliant circles of all sizes.

  The hand-cranked flowers sprinkled down little by little, causing the children to shout and scream, and all of them were crazy with joy.

  Liu Qingshan was shocked to find that Zheng Xiaoxiao was also holding a hand-cranked flower in each hand, shaking his wrist vigorously.

  The light and fire reflected a festive little face.

  Hehe, I'm still a child who hasn't grown up yet.

  Liu Qingshan gave the above evaluation.

   After the flowers were extinguished, Liu Qingshan started to release magic bullets.

  It was dangerous for this child to set off the fire, so he asked the children to watch. He, Zheng Xiaoxiao, second sister Liu Yinfeng, and elder sister Yang Hongying held the fire with their hands.

   Bang bang bang, colorful **** pierced the night sky, causing the children to cheer one after another.

   Even many adults came out of their homes and looked up to watch.

  The paper tubes that were put away were all snatched by the children, and they were used as golden cudgels in their hands, and they had a lot of fun.

  After the fireworks were over, the boy scouts began to run from house to house, and along the way, crackling and crackling, sprinkled the sound of firecrackers all the way.

   "This is the atmosphere that Chinese New Year should have."

  Liu Qingshan grumbled, and then he was also going to go to his friend's house.

  Seeing Zheng Xiaoxiao standing there, staring at the boy scouts going away in a daze, Liu Qingshan greeted her.

  Zheng Xiaoxiao hesitated, but still followed behind Liu Qingshan.

  In the small mountain village during Chinese New Year, every household carried lanterns, which looked very bright, and there was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.

  Liu Qingshan sucked his nose twice, and muttered: "This is probably the taste of the New Year?"

  I went to the old branch secretary’s house in the front yard first, but everyone in the room was watching TV, so I didn’t squeeze in. I went for a walk to a few more houses, and finally arrived at Er Biaozi’s house.

  In his family, only Er Biaozi and his father Zhang Lianxi are making dumplings at home, and the other children are probably squeezed into someone's house to watch TV.

   "Yo, Qingshan, you are here, sit on the kang and eat melon seeds."

  Zhang Lianxi let them sit on the edge of the kang, and then Er Biaozi brought melon seeds from the cabinet cover and a plate of loose sugar.

  Liu Qingshan saw that there was an orange-yellow orange petal candy in it, so he pinched one, stuffed it into his mouth, and said to Zheng Xiaoxiao: "Eat it if you want, in the village, no matter who it is, you are welcome."

  Zheng Xiaoxiao doesn't pretend, she doesn't like sweets very much, so she eats Shanlihong in a pot and picks up a pear with flower cover.

  There is no fresh fruit here in winter, so they are all frozen, such as frozen pears, frozen persimmons, and frozen Shanlihong.

  When eating, take a basin from the barn into the house, put cold water in the basin, slowly soak it, and it tastes special.

  Liu Qingshan rattled, chewed the orange petal candy in his mouth, and then picked up a frozen pear egg.

  The outer skin of the frozen pear was originally yellow, but after freezing, it became black and looked like an iron ball at first glance.

  Don't look at the humble appearance, take a bite, it is cool and refreshing, sweet and sour, especially Huagai pear and frozen Qiuzi pear, which taste the best.

   "Biaozi, this year's plow is not very sweet."

  Liu Qingshan muttered something, and then was despised by Zheng Xiaoxiao: "You just finished eating candy, it would be strange if you can taste sweetness."

   Hey, forget about that.

   After chatting for a while, Liu Qingshan got up to say goodbye, and was about to go home to make dumplings. Before leaving, he said: "Uncle Xizi, I will go to my grandfather's house with Er Biaozi to watch TV in a while, and there will be a party inside."

   "Tell Biaozi to lead his brother, I will stay at home and watch over."

  Zhang Lianxi smiled, during the Chinese New Year, it’s not a good idea to have no one at home.

  Liu Qingshan and the others also went home, the dumplings were already wrapped, Liu Qingshan washed his hands, and replaced the second sister who rolled the dumpling wrappers.

   Not long after, the fourth and fifth children finished their stroll with their friends and ran home excitedly.

   Seeing the dumplings being made, the fourth child took out a few penny steel coins from nowhere, washed them with water, and said with a smile:

   "Put your wallet in the dumplings, whoever eats them will be the luckiest this year."

  Lin Zhi put her hand on her forehead: "I really forgot about this this year, thanks to the cleverness of our Sifeng."

  The little fourth child was giggling, and he and Shan Xing took two small dough pieces, and kneaded them back and forth.

  Liu Qingshan glanced inadvertently, and saw that his mother had made a dumpling with a steel iron and placed it on the curtain. The fourth child quietly stretched out his little hand, and squeezed the dumpling twice, apparently to mark it.

  Hey, you little brat, you've already learned how to cheat, right?

  (end of this chapter)