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Chapter 221, the sun shines on the earth
The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is a small year in the south.

Xiaonian usually refers to the days of sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves, and is regarded as the beginning of a busy year.

The snow on the ground had melted, and it was an unwritten custom for Lu An to follow the people at the crossroads into the mountains early in the morning to cut firewood and use the new firewood to sacrifice to the stove.

Seeing that he was not as sharp as Song Jia and Jingjing, Wei Fangyuan said: "Can you do it, you can't talk all your skills, right?"

How can a man say no?
Lu An didn't say anything, chose a catalpa tree that was as big as a rice bowl, and hacked it 30 times in one breath, and finally the tree fell down.

After chopping off the branches and leaves, he asked the branch secretary who was smoking next to him: "How much does this tree weigh?"

The branch secretary glanced at it: "It's about 80 catties, you man should get a hundred catties anyway, so you won't be ashamed when you walk."

His tone was full of disdain.

Lu An was speechless, and called Song Jia and Jingjing: "I will divide the tree in two from the middle, and each of you will carry a section."

Song Jia said: "Brother, don't be brave, 80 catties is enough, anyway, Uncle Wei married Sister Fangyuan to you again, so he can look down on Bian if he likes."

Jingjing chimed in: "Second brother, why don't you chase Sister Fangyuan and make Uncle Wei mad."

Lu Ann looked at the big-eyed and small-eyed father and daughter, shook his head, searched for a 110-jin tree.

In fact, he is not trying to show off, but wants to see how his current physical strength is?

As a result, from the mountain to the intersection, about 2 miles of mountain road, he changed his shoulders a few times without stopping.

It's okay, he is quite satisfied with his foundation.

Brother and sister Liu Yang came in the afternoon and not only sent a leg of mutton, but also left an IOU of 4000 yuan at home.

After the people left, Lu Yan held the IOU in both hands, like a baby, with a smile on her face. She was not laughing at the money, but was happy with her eyes.

Song Jia secretly said to Lu An: "Brother, it's terrible, look at the big sister's eyes are full of honeycombs."

Lu Ann reached out and patted her: "What kind of metaphor are you talking about?"

Song Jia covered her head: "What kind of metaphor, the honeycomb is full of holes, how can people live in it? I think the eldest sister is very stupid, and Liu Yang's family is so poor that they can't pay back a penny. What's the practical point of making an IOU?"

Lu An couldn't help knocking her again: "I owe you a big sister who arranges behind the scenes. Although you can't afford it now, you can't be poor all your life. If you have this kind of heart, you will be successful."

Song Jia pouted, she still looked down on Liu Yang very much.

Everyone has their outlook on life and values. He didn't forcefully correct the younger sister's thinking. Instead, he was very relieved that with this girl's temper, she wouldn't have to worry about being abducted by men in the future.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the old Lu's family made glutinous rice cakes. On this day, Meng Wenjie brought Meng Qingshui and brought some gifts.

After pouring a glass of water for the two, Lu An asked Meng Wenjie, "Are you guys on vacation?"

Meng Wenjie was a little thirsty, so he drank half a glass in one gulp: "No, we're going to the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. If I'm free this morning, I'll come back to pick up grandma and go to Baoqing to celebrate the New Year."

Seeing that Lu Yan was going to cook, he hurriedly shouted: "Sister, don't be so busy, we will leave later, we are in a hurry."

Seeing Meng Qingshui staring at him without saying a word, Lu An felt a little guilty, and thought for a while and asked, "They are all busy, and it's not fun for you to be alone at home. If we don't stay here for a few days, I'll see you off on the 29th." Back to Baoqing?"

Meng Qingshui was a little moved, but after glancing at Song Jia who had hid on the road, he shook his head lightly: "Auntie's daughter is waiting for us in the town. If I stay, she will have no one to accompany her."

Seeing this, Lu An didn't say anything more, and personally sent the two of them to the town.

It was the first time for my aunt's daughter to see real Lu An, and she took a good look at her.

Before getting into the car, Meng Qingshui walked up to him, really wanted to say "Lu An, let's make up, okay", but swallowed the words again, looked at him quietly, turned and left, went to took the shuttle.

The bus started, and seeing the familiar woman waving goodbye to him, Lu An, who had been flirting all his life, suddenly felt uncomfortable.

If it wasn't for Sister Qingchi, he would actually be very willing to be nice to her. Although he was a bit shrewd, he had nothing to say to himself, and he owed her too much in his previous life.

But I owe more to Sister Qingchi.

Back home, Lu Yan, who was immersed in love, didn't notice that something was wrong with her second brother, but Song Jia looked concerned: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

LuAnn said, "It's fine."

Song Jia asked: "Then why are you unhappy?"

LuAnn said nothing.

After a while, Song Jia took out a glutinous rice cake from the stove that had just been baked until golden on both sides, and offered it to him like a treasure: "Brother, my craftsmanship is pretty good, and there is no dust on it. You can eat it."

Lu Ann took it, broke it apart, half of each person.

The two brothers and sisters didn't speak, just started eating in the stove like that, one of them didn't talk much, looked at each other, and shared the food with the other.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, when fishing in the reservoir, Lu An specially bought three large grass carp, each weighing more than 5 catties, and gave one to the two aunts, and kept one for himself.

The next three days are cleaning, making fish tofu, killing chickens, meatballs, washing bacon, chopping firewood for Chinese New Year, frying melon seeds and peanuts, and going to the town to buy some loose sugar. All these tasks have to be done.The three brothers and sisters are busy up and down every day. They are so busy that they have a lot of chores. Things come one by one. If you don't pay attention, it will be New Year's Eve.

In the afternoon, he received a call from Li Meng.

She asked, "Xiao An, when did you come out?"

Lu Ann asked, "Auntie, are you okay?"

Li Meng said: "We temporarily decided to go to Changshi to celebrate the New Year this year. If you come out early, you can come to Changshi directly to find us. If it is after the fifth day of the lunar new year, we will almost return to Baoqing."

Lu An thought about it: "Well, then I won't bother my uncle's house, and come back after the fifth day."

Li Meng guessed that this would be the case, and the reason why he called was to tell him that he was afraid that he would go to Baoqing in advance and make a fool of himself.

There was nothing serious about the two of them. Before they had spoken for 5 minutes, someone asked him to write Spring Festival couplets.

As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. He basically wrote the Spring Festival couplets at the entire crossroads.

The New Year's Eve in 92 was extremely cold, the north wind blew, and the rain kept falling. Lu An put on a plaid scarf and asked Na Juan to take some photos.

"Then sister, take pictures of our house."

"Help us take pictures of the Xuefeng Mountains behind us."

"Help me take pictures of the tea mountain across the river."

"Help me photograph the reservoir."

"Are you tired? Come on, I'll take a photo with you and reward you."

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Using the elder sister next door as a servant, I took a series of 360-degree panoramic photos with the intersection as the center.

Najuan pushed him away: "If I don't take a photo with you, my partner will be jealous when he sees it."

"Is there an object?"

"I'm already 25, what eyes do you have? Why, do you have an idea?"

"Uncle, sister asked me if I had any thoughts about her?"

The owner of the commissary grinned and didn't answer.

Na Juan asked: "I left in the second year of junior high school, where will the photos be sent?"

"Send it to my school," LuAnn said.

Na Juan took out a pen and paper and gave him: "Write down the address."

LuAnn wrote the address.

Na Juan stretched out her hand: "Give me the money for the film, registered mail, and stamps. It's 52 yuan in total."

Lu An exclaimed: "It's so expensive? Why don't you grab it?"

Na Juan said: "You took more than 10 photos. According to the price of the photo studio, I have already discounted it. I know you are a rich man. You don't need this money. Bring it."

Lu Ann walked home with his back turned: "Oh, no more."

At this time, the dishes had been laid out on the table, Lu Yan was burning paper, and Song Jia was burning incense.

Lu An went to the gate to light a big firecracker, and amidst a burst of crackling, 92 years passed.

While chatting, Song Jia suddenly said to the elder sister: "Sister, help me to ask if my father is still there?"

Lu Yan raised her head with a flustered expression: "Little sister, those who celebrate Chinese New Year are not allowed to say such things."

Song Jia let out an oh in disappointment.

Lu Ann looked sad.

He knew that my younger sister had been waiting for a letter from her uncle all these years, but unfortunately every year she was looking forward to it, but every year it failed.

He originally wanted to comfort her, but the little girl was stubborn and extremely assertive, so she wouldn't listen to such empty talk.The more comforting it may be, the more sad it may be.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Lu An warmed up a pot of shochu and said, "Our brothers and sisters haven't had a good drink for many years, let's have some tonight."

Song Jia was afraid that her brother and sister would be upset by what she said just now, so she immediately took a bowl of wine happily: "I can drink, I want to drink half a bowl."

Lu An didn't dare to really give half a bowl, but stopped after dipping the bottom of the bowl: "Drink it first, and pour it later if you want to drink it later."

Lu Yan is a wine addict, so she ordered a big bowl full, and the three of them happily finished the New Year's Eve dinner while toasting frequently.

In the middle of the night, Lu An got up to go to the bathroom, but unexpectedly ran into Song Jia asking the gods under the altar with the hexagram.

But she doesn't know how to play hexagrams, three consecutive hexagrams are negative.

What does the Yin hexagram represent?
Represents the hexagram of the dead.

She burst into tears instantly, but covered her mouth and dared not cry out.

Lu An sighed, picked up the hexagrams on the ground, "Ancestors, you show your spirits, see if my uncle is still alive? Make a holy hexagram if you are alive, and I will burn more money for you tomorrow."

After speaking, the hexagram was thrown high into the sky, and it was indeed a holy hexagram when it landed.

Relying on his skills, the ten hexagrams on his face are all holy hexagrams, which stunned the younger sister.

Lu Ann turned back: "Are you relieved now?"

The little girl burst into laughter without asking why, and smiled brightly.

Lu An is a man who keeps his promises, and he will fulfill the promises he made even on his knees.

The next day, during the first meal of the new year to worship the ancestors, he burned two bundles of paper money in a row, which made Lu Yan feel stupid.

Lu An explained: "I dreamed about my mother last night, and today I will burn more for her old man."

He didn't lie, he did dream about his deceased mother last night, she sat on his bedside, looked at himself and said: I miss the three brothers and sisters.

Song Jia said: "I dreamed about my uncle, who was hanging on the beam, and was frightened awake.

LuAnn was taken aback.

Lu Yan frowned.

After dinner, Song Jia quietly said to the elder sister: "After the fifth day, elder sister, please invite a sorceress to your house to make a fool of yourself. I always feel that the house is not clean."

Lu Yan nodded, "Okay, I also dreamed about it last night."

After finishing speaking, the two sisters looked at each other, feeling a little bored.

Lu An overheard the conversation between the two, and he was thinking that the reason for this was that the scene hit the three brothers and sisters so hard that they would never forget it for the rest of their lives.

On the first day of the lunar new year, Lu An didn't pay attention to the traditional rhetoric of "the first grader, the second son", and went directly to the two aunts' houses in the morning.

In the afternoon, I kept calling, calling the Meng family.

Call Yu Guanzhi, Chen Quan, Chen Weiyong, Hu Yue, and Zhou Jingni.

At the same time, he also received many New Year greeting calls, such as Qing Shui, Ye Run, and Huang Ting.

And all the employees of the company, one by one, gave him a New Year greeting.

Somewhat unexpectedly, I received a call from Li Mengsu.

After asking, I found out that she had just talked with Ye Run on the phone, and then asked for his home number by the way, and called him.

But the two of them didn't say much, after all, they were in the canteen, so how could they say more, they were all so busy.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I walked through the relatives of my family in the village one by one, and then went to the branch secretary's house and asked Wei Fangyuan, "I'm going to Baoqing tomorrow morning, will you go?"

Wei Fangyuan didn't ask why, and replied very simply: "Go, I'm so moldy at home, I just go to accompany my eldest sister."

Lu Ann asked, "Why didn't your eldest sister come back for the New Year?"

Wei Fangyuan said: "She was unlucky and got the lottery on duty."

"Then you pack up and leave at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning to catch the 6 o'clock bus."

"So early?"

"There are few people in the morning, and you can't meet right and wrong people."

LuAnn is a little jealous of this.

I don't know if it was a coincidence in my previous life, I have witnessed many such superstitious things.

For example, a male neighbor went out to do a side job. As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he met an old man picking up dog poop, a hoe, and a dustpan.

This is very taboo.

The old man said that the best way to deal with this kind of bad luck is to go back home and not go out.Because the standard equipment for digging graves is these two.

But the male neighbor didn't believe in evil, so he left and greeted the old man.

The old man felt uneasy in his conscience, and advised him to pick a day before leaving, and he stopped picking up shit for a while.

The male neighbor didn't listen and went out.

Then he came back half a month later, but this time he was carried back, covered with a white cloth, and was beaten to death by a tree while logging on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)