I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 284

After the New Year's Eve banquet, it was still more than two hours before the time to light the firecrackers. It was boring for the family to stay at home.

It happened to be a good night outside, and there were children playing and laughing, so Li Xiuju suggested going out to visit. As soon as she went out, she went straight to Hongmei's place. When she arrived, she never thought of bumping into Zhou Huilan's family who were also visiting. With.

Two more younger brothers and sisters came to Hongmei's family. A group of old and young people sat in the yard talking and laughing. Occasionally, a few children broke in to play hide and seek, which was very lively.

Zhou Chenyu saw that there were many young people here, and he didn't want to hang out with the old people and talk about family affairs, so he proposed to have tea instead of wine and play with them the game of ten, fifty, fifty, fifty, twenty, that day in the Tang Mansion.

For a while, the old people gathered around chatting together, the children played hide-and-seek and firecrackers in the yard, and the young people played games and drank tea. Unconsciously, it was late at night. First, the sound of firecrackers from Chenjia Village next door rang, followed by Luo There were also one or two families in our village who were setting off firecrackers. When they heard the sound of firecrackers, everyone reluctantly interrupted their chat and hurried back home.

After returning home, Baoyu placed the purchased firecrackers in front of the courtyard door. Holding a stick of smoking incense in his hand, he threatened: "I'm going to light firecrackers. You should cover your ears in fear. Otherwise, cover your ears." I don’t care if I scare you.”

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu stood at the door. They had long been frightened by the sound of firecrackers elsewhere and covered their ears. Huang Dou was even more frightened and didn't know where to hide in the house.

On New Year's Eve in the past few years, Li Xiuju looked at the lively sound of firecrackers in other homes, which made her own home even more lonely and desolate.But this year, things finally got better this year. She stood in front of the door and listened to the sound of other people's firecrackers, which was like a sweet song. Not only did she not feel scared, but she felt that she couldn't get enough of it no matter how much she listened.

She grasped her hand excitedly and said with a joyful smile: "Okay, okay, Baoyu, hurry up and remember not to hurt your hand."

"Mom, okay. Then I'll light it. Mom, sister, you all step back." Baoyu took a step back, holding the incense in his hand, igniting the firecracker's medicine string. Instantly, sparks appeared from the medicine string and then touched the ground. The firecrackers above made a crackling sound, and the exploding firelight splashed around, reflecting on everyone's happy faces.

After the firecrackers at home were ignited, the sound of firecrackers from Zhou Shuqing's house continued. Dozens of other households in the village responded by lighting their own firecrackers one after another, and the firecrackers lit up the dark night.

Everyone was immersed in the joyful smiles of the firecrackers soaring into the sky. Looking at this scene, Zhou Chenyu couldn't help but think of a poem.

With the sound of firecrackers a year old, the spring breeze sent warmth to Tusu.

After this night, tomorrow will be a new year.

Last night, in order to set off firecrackers until midnight, everyone endured not going to bed until midnight.

This was also the first time Zhou Chenyu went to bed so late when he came to this place. He went to bed late and woke up a little later.

It was quiet outside the room, even the sounds of chickens, ducks and geese had disappeared.

Zhou Chenyu got dressed and got up and opened the closed window. Although it was still a bleak winter scene outside, it looked very festive because of the decorations of burned firecrackers.

She closed her eyes, stretched, and said to herself, "Happy New Year."

After standing by the window and blowing the cold wind for a while, Zhou Chenyu became more awake. He opened the door and walked out. He thought that no one was up, but Li Xiuju and Wan Qiu were already in the kitchen.

"Sister Chen Yu." Wan Qiu shouted happily. "I thought I got up the earliest." Zhou Chenyu smiled lightly. Hearing the sound of the oil pan sizzling, he saw Li Xiuju kneading the white dough in one hand and scooping it up in the oil pan with chopsticks in the other. Making sugar and oil glutinous rice cake.

"Didn't I say today that we must eat vegetarian food and not eat meat?"

Li Xiuju glanced at her and smiled: "These sugar and oil glutinous rice cakes are all made of flour, and the oil is not lard, so why doesn't it count as fasting?"

"Is this okay?" Zhou Chenyu didn't want to be exposed to the smell of cooking fumes early in the morning, so he slipped out of the kitchen early and walked outside the courtyard door.

The debris from last night's firecrackers were still spread on the ground. She couldn't bear to see how dirty the door was. She turned around and went into the house to get a broom, but was stopped by Wan Qiu: "Sister, have you forgotten? We not only have to eat fast on the first day of the first lunar month , and you can’t sweep the floor. Especially the red firecrackers, which are all blessings. If you sweep them out, won’t you sweep away the blessings too?”

I have to eat fast, but I can't sweep the floor.

What else can't be done?
Zhou Chen circled Yu Meng, patted his forehead, and smiled, "Yes, yes, I almost forgot about this."

"Hahaha, mother, sister, look what good stuff I found under the pillow?" Baoyu, who had just gotten up, had not put on his clothes yet, holding a package of things wrapped in red paper, and ran out with a bang. With a happy face, he said, "Look, how thick it is. There must be a lot of silver in it."

Zhou Chenyu originally wanted to ask if there was such a thing as a New Year's red envelope in this era. When he saw the red paper package in Baoyu's hand, he must have had it.

Li Xiuju saw Baoyu eager to open the New Year's money, and quickly stopped him. Remembering that today was the first day of the first lunar month, and it was not easy to have an attack, she softly persuaded: "Baoyu, have you forgotten? This New Year's New Year's money cannot be opened until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. It cannot be opened." Open it now."

"Mom, I didn't open it." Baoyu stopped, saying it was just for fun and did not intend to actually open the new year's money. However, as soon as Li Xiuju turned around, he immediately pulled Wan Qiu into the house.

The two secretly opened the red paper in their hands and exclaimed: "Sister Wan Qiu, sixty coins, sixty coins, that's great."

Zhou Chenyu stared at their mumbling figures, returned to the room, and sure enough found a packet of New Year's money wrapped in red paper under the pillow.

She touched the unique new year's money, raised her lips and smiled. She quickly found a piece of red paper, took out another hundred cents, put it in it and wrapped it. She took it and walked to the kitchen, while Li Xiuju's hands were busy. When you are desperate, put money into her pocket.

Li Xiuju was startled, lowered her head and saw the red corner, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, the new year's money is given to children by adults. You don't need to give the money to your mother, just keep it for yourself."

"I don't." Zhou Chenyu lay on her shoulder and smiled lightly: "I have to pamper my old lady. You have to have what others have. You have to have what others don't have."

"This?" Li Xiuju narrowed her eyes and smiled. When she heard this, she was even happier than earning a tael of silver for nothing. "Okay, okay, since this is the New Year's money given to me by my daughter, I can just keep it."

Zhou Chenyu smiled brightly, "That's right."

(End of this chapter)