Rebirth 84, starting from fish farming

Chapter 418 New Year's Eve
February 1996, 2, Sunday, New Year's Eve.

On this day in Beining, the streets and alleys were deserted.

People who should go home should go home, and people who should be guests should be guests.

The purchases for the New Year have already been made a few days earlier.

Those who are rushing to buy new year's goods are either working overtime or have just returned from other places.

The merchants stretched their necks one by one and looked at the sparse pedestrians on the street. They kept wondering whether to wait a little longer or close their doors in preparation for the New Year.

The occasional explosion of firecrackers on the street and the smell of gunpowder in the wind bring out the flavor of this year.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, people also prepared new year's goods.

But at that time, we were poor, and every family was happy if they could weigh two kilograms of meat.

If you can buy new clothes for your children, that is what they look forward to the most.

If you can prepare a small whip for the children, it will be a paradise for the children.

If there are many children in the family, the adults will dismantle the small whips, and you will share them equally with me.

These small firecrackers have become the treasures in the hearts of children.

He is reluctant to let go, but waits for the rich to let go first.

When someone went to have New Year's Eve dinner, a large group of children swarmed in and rummaged through their red confetti.

You can always find a few firecrackers that have not been set off.

At this time, those who picked up the firecrackers will laugh happily, while those who did not find them will be extremely disappointed.

So everyone ran to the door of the next house.

The children are like scavengers, looking for red confetti one by one. Some children will pick up a pocket full of firecrackers if they have the right time.

In order to pick up firecrackers, I sometimes have conflicts with the host's children.

But even so, it did not reduce the children's desire to pick up guns at that time.

What now?
After the reform and opening up, life has become better for every household.

There is some money left over.

I am not willing to spend money on food, clothing, and entertainment.

Take Beining for example.

Let’s not talk about the vendors doing small business in Bac Ninh, let’s just talk about working people.

Employees of Changhe Group used to have high wages, but what about now?There are even more dividends.

That will drive local consumption.

Every household will buy a few firecrackers.

When I was poor in the past, the most I could buy was a 100-ring small whip, but now most people buy a few 1000-ring large whips.

The so-called big whip not only refers to its quantity, but also its quality.

A big firecracker is usually inserted into the big whip after 10 ordinary firecrackers.

Especially loud, the Northeast is commonly known as "Mareizi".

Its regular sound is like this, "Crack, crackle, crackle~dang! crackle, crackle, crackle~dang!"

Some people are used to being poor. After they get rich, they still retain their original habit of taking apart the big whip and setting it off.

At this time, the older children in the family will collect "mareizi."

Children only dare to set off ordinary firecrackers. The explosive effect of mareizi is too strong and the sound is loud. Sometimes they will jump to their hands accidentally.

The "solo" firecrackers you hear on the street are basically children setting off the firecrackers.

If you hear a whole bunch of firecrackers going off, it means dinner is ready.

Firecrackers exploded in Beining City, and there were also children setting off firecrackers in the three-point court.

There was a group of children in the Lu family having a great time.

Sheng Wen and Sheng Qing took apart a large whip, collected all the "marle seeds" inside, and put them in his pocket.

Nuomi and Hu Leshengyu only received small whips, ten each.

Each person holds a fine incense, with a red fire that flickers on and off on the head of the incense.

"Oooh, ooh, let's set off the cannons~"

All the children, big and small, ran out of the yard like a swarm.

Fireworks started on the street at the door.

In the Lu family's house.

This year, all these old men and women have joined hands to work together.

In the kitchen, Lao Lu was frying various foods in the pot.

Wang Yao sat on a small bench and lit a fire.

East House.

Zhao Yan took the lead in making dumplings.

Mother Lu and Mother Wang followed suit.

Mediterranean and Wang Dejiang are getting frozen fish, chickens, ducks and geese from the warehouse.

They need to use cold water to ease these things out.

Lu Changhua also came out of the warehouse. He ran quickly into the kitchen holding vermicelli and dried mushrooms, which also had to be cooked with water.

Lu Changzhong was standing in the yard holding an iron basin.

Frozen pears and frozen persimmons are being put into pots from woven bags.

The whole family is preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The Han family next door.

This year Han Ying will not come back until the second grade of junior high school.

Lao Lu invited several times, but Han Jianhua just refused to come.

He has his own ideas.

"Lao Lu, I appreciate it. But I still have to have the 30th New Year's Eve dinner at my own home. Let's get together later."

Old Hu's house.

Hu Dagui and Wu Yue also started working.

Lao Hutou and his wife were busy stewing chicken and goose.

"Did Hu Le go to Lu's house again?"

Wu Yue asked.

"Just go, it's the same everywhere."

Hu Dagui said nonchalantly.

"You, your children have run wild."

Wu Yue complained a little.

There is a reason for saying this.

When the couple came back, Xiao Hule said hello and ran away without being intimate with his parents. This is not wild!
Whose child is this?
"Oh, the kid is having fun, so just let him be. Besides, who of us will be watching when he's at home?!"

Aunt Hu muttered.

The old bearded man grinned and laughed.

"The child is looking for a companion. He is too lonely at home alone. Dagui, how about you have another child?"

When Hu Dagui and Wu Yue heard this, they quickly shut up.

Wu Yue is unwilling to live again even if she wants to die.

It hurts!

"Dongdang~"

"Clap~Clap~"

The explosion of firecrackers rang from the Lu family in the east to the door of the Hu family.With a creak, the door was pushed open.

"Dad, Dad, quickly take out the firecrackers."

Xiao Hule ran in with sweat all over his head.

"What are you doing?"

When Hu Dagui saw his son looking like this, he knew that the child was having fun.

Well, he had that moment too.

"Nuomi and Sheng Yu told me to trade firecrackers with them."

"Haha, they are not stupid either."

Hu Dagui was very happy.

"Firecrackers can only be set off during meals."

Wu Yue shouted sharply.

"Dad~"

Hu Le blinked and looked at Hu Dagui.

Hu Dagui looked at his son in embarrassment.

He didn't know whether to satisfy his son or listen to his wife's words.

"Oh, let's play it now, children are playing, what are you afraid of?!"

The old lady spoke.

Wu Yue looked at her husband and stopped venting her anger.

Hu Dagui then entered the room and took out a small whip.

"Son, let's play with it. Keep it away from your eyes."

"understood."

Hu Le ran out jumping up and down.

It was quiet outside for a while, and then there was crackling firecrackers again.

It spread from the Hu family to the Lu family in the east.

Time passed in the laughter of the children.

It's getting dark.

Every household smells delicious food.

Occasionally, when someone opens the door, there will be the sound of a pot exploding, and the fragrance wafts in the wind, and everyone in the house can smell it.

At this time, if people meet each other, they will say "Happy New Year!"

Some people even go out of their way to say, "Best wishes for a good year."

The Lu family's dining table was filled with all kinds of dishes.

This year, the Lu family purchased their New Year’s goods early.

A month ago, Lu Changhua and his wife started bringing vegetables to their home.

Nowadays, the rarest thing is not big fish or meat, but all kinds of fresh vegetables.

In recent years, greenhouse vegetables from Shandong have occupied the dining tables of Northeastern people.

Most of the cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants and peppers come from Shandong.

There are also fresh fruits.

In the past, it was extremely difficult to eat fresh fruit in winter.

Nowadays, apples and pears from Shandong are not uncommon.

However, people in Northeast China are still used to eating frozen food.

Frozen pears, frozen persimmons, frozen flower reds, frozen hawthorns, etc.

Anything that can be frozen will be frozen for you.

This has become a special way of eating during the New Year in Northeast China.

No, the Lu family has already prepared a large pot of frozen pears and frozen persimmons.

"It's time to eat. Call the child back."

Lao Lu spoke.

Just as Lu Changhua was about to get up, Wang Yao said, "I'll go."

He hurried out the door.

The sky outside was dark and hazy.

"Nuomi, Sheng Yu, come back for dinner!"

Wang Yao shouted several times, but when no one responded, she left the courtyard and came to the street.

"Sheng Wen Sheng Qing, go home for dinner!"

Seeing that there was still no response, Wang Yao became a little impatient.

Where have these children gone?
She looked left and right, but there was no one in sight.

Naturally, he walked to Hu's house.

With a "bang", the door of Hu's house was knocked open.

A group of laughing children ran out from inside.

"Sheng Wen Sheng Qing, it's time to eat!"

Wang Yao shouted to these children.

"I'm coming."

"Mom, mom, I'm here."

Little Nuomi ran towards her mother first.

Sheng Yu also followed.

"Don't run, it's dark and the road is slippery..."

Wang Yao hasn't finished speaking yet, "Hey~"

Sheng Yu fell down behind him!

"Mom~"

Sheng Yu quickly asked for help.

Wang Yao hesitated for a moment and stopped wanting to take a look.

"Get up by yourself."

Just as Sheng Wen and Sheng Qing were about to help him, Wang Yao stopped him and said, "No, let him get up by himself."

When the two children saw the old aunt speaking, they did not dare to help her.

Xiao Nuomi turned around and shouted: "Brother, get up yourself, you are the man of our family!"

Xiao Shengyu shrieked on the ground for a while, then got up on his own.

I walked towards my mother very aggrieved.

"Mom~"

"Come, my good son, you have to learn to be brave, you know? If you fall, you have to get up by yourself. You can't lie down and pretend to be dead."

"I know~"

Although Xiao Shengyu was extremely aggrieved, when he heard his mother's encouraging words, he suddenly felt that he was really a man.

"Let's go home for dinner."

"Aaaaaaa, let's go home for dinner~"

The children ran home with thunder clap again.

(End of this chapter)