Back to 90s small fishing village

For the place where Xu Caimei's family is located, the Chinese New Year has a unique custom that is different from other places - on the second day of the Lunar New Year, you are not allowed to visit other people's homes unless you have visited this family on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Moreover, here, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is equivalent to New Year's Eve, and the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is equivalent to the first day of the Lunar New Year, but the process is simpler than the "right master".

In general, it is equivalent to living one more year than others.

This seemingly extraordinarily happy New Year custom is actually to remember a dark history of local invaders who brought suffering to the local area during the New Year.

For Xu Caimei and others, after two New Years, everyone has a chance to repair the New Year atmosphere that was ruined by Xu Pingya.

On the night of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, considering the tight schedule for the next two days, Xu Caimei did not show off, but said goodbye to Xu Pingan early and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, Xu Caimei cooked two bundles of noodles and invited Xu Pingan to come and eat.

This New Year’s noodles are also very particular about how you eat them – when you wake up in the morning on the first day (and the fifth day of the Lunar New Year), you must eat noodles. Eating noodles is equivalent to growing one year older.And don’t drink soup in the first bite. It is said that if you drink soup, it will rain when you go out.

After eating noodles, Xu Pingan went to the door and fired a cannon.

"Have you prepared all the ingredients for tonight? Shall we start cooking from now on?" Xu Pingan asked.

"Don't worry - are you going to Uncle Jin Fu's house for a banquet at noon?" Xu Caimei asked, "If you don't go, we can prepare it later."

"If I don't go, I still have to pay as a gift. It's too expensive." Xu Ping'an said with a smile.

At noon, listening to the sound of several firecrackers in the village, Xu Ping'an, who was washing meat in the courtyard, said: "The banquet is about to begin."

"Look at you, your heart is flying away when you are here." Xu Caimei joked.

"Where can I fly while you are here?" After Xu Pingan finished speaking, he blushed first.

In the evening, just after dinner, they heard the sound of a gong on the road.

"The trip is about to begin." Xu Caimei said, "Let's take everything to your house quickly."

Xu Caimei prepared four or five dishes for tonight, in two copies, one for herself and the other for Xu Ping'an.

Around early in the morning, listening to the sound of firecrackers and noise, Xu Ping'an and Xu Caimei said hello and returned to their homes first.

The outing team arrived at the door of Xu Caimei's house. Xu Caimei picked up the three incense sticks that had been lit in advance, inserted them into the incense burner held by Xu Pingli in the outing team, and exchanged them for three sticks of incense.

Afterwards, the Taoist Priest in Taoist robes read a congratulatory message that Xu Caimei could not understand.

After he finished reading, the ceremony was over. Everyone entered Xu Caimei's house, put down the things in their hands, and followed Xu Caimei to the table.

In preparation for the banquet, Xu Caimei set off firecrackers and ate with everyone.

After having a simple meal, everyone took their things and left Xu Caimei's house and went to Xu Ping'an's house.

After seeing them off, Xu Caimei tidied up quickly and raced to bed.

Early the next morning, she got up, washed her face and brushed her teeth, and then went to find Xu Pingan.

The two got in the car together and went to the city.

When I arrived at the examination center responsible for this exam, it was almost ten o'clock. The results had been released and the surroundings were crowded with candidates looking at the results.

Xu Caimei squeezed into the crowd, looking for her name among the lists of names and results.

"Here, here, Caimei, your name is here." Xu Pingan, who was beside her, pulled her and pointed to somewhere on the list.

"Passed!" Xu Caimei looked at the list of results again and again, and jumped up excitedly.

"Really! That's great!" Xu Ping'an was also happy for her, "What will happen after that?"

"Waiting at home for the transcripts and academic certificates to be sent to your home." A young girl with a pink face next to her said, "Didn't you fill in your address when you signed up? They will be sent to you in about a month."

"That's it, thank you." A big stone fell to the ground in her heart, and Xu Caimei felt particularly comfortable.

"Okay, you don't have to worry anymore." Xu Ping'an said with a smile, "It's rare to come to the city and it happens to be such a happy event. Let's go somewhere for a walk or have something to celebrate?"

"Let's go somewhere, Xiaoxiaoshi, I almost vomit after eating greasy food these days." Xu Caimei said with a bitter smile, "I feel like I don't want to eat meat this year."

"Really? I feel like I haven't eaten enough." Xu Ping'an scratched his head and smiled, "It's up to you, let's go for a walk somewhere."

So the two of them walked to the bus stop and looked at the stop sign.

"How about going to the amusement park? We have never been there before." Xu Pingan asked, pointing to the bus stop sign.

"It's too expensive, forget it."

"It's Chinese New Year, spend money to have fun, let's go, let's just treat it as a date." Xu Ping'an looked at it and saw that the car going to the amusement park was coming, so he pulled Xu Caimei into the car.

When we arrived at the entrance of the amusement park, we saw a long queue of tourists at the ticket office.

"It seems that everyone wants to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to have fun." Xu Caimei stood on tiptoe and looked at the endless queue.

"There are so many people." Not far behind, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind. Xu Caimei looked for the voice, and it turned out to be an acquaintance, "Chun Yu!"

Xie Chunyu was talking to the man next to her. When she heard someone calling her, she turned to look.

"Caimei! You're safe!" She was also particularly surprised, "You guys come here to play too!"

The two held hands and started chatting, but the topic unconsciously turned to the man next to Xie Chunyu.

"This is -" Xu Caimei asked.

"Hello, my name is Lin Liqiang." The man named Lin Liqiang stood upright, stretched out his hand to shake Xu Caimei's hand, and showed a well-trained demeanor in every move.

"Hello, my name is Xu Pingan, and this is Xu Caimei." Xu Pingan grabbed Lin Liqiang's hand before Xu Caimei could and introduced him.

"Didn't I go to the police station before? That's where I met him." Xie Chunyu approached Xu Caimei and said, "How is it? Isn't he handsome?"

The two immediately talked about the whispers between sisters, laughing together from time to time.

"How about it, do you want to go to the amusement park together?" Lin Liqiang interjected at the right time between their topics.

"To be honest, I don't want to go. It's hard to meet friends I haven't seen for a long time. It's better to find a place to chat." Xie Chunyu said.

"Same feeling." Xu Caimei nodded.

So the four of them changed their targets and walked towards the park not far away.

Walking on the path in the forest, Xie Chunyu suddenly took Lin Liqiang's arm and said to Xu Caimei and the others with a smile: "Caimei, Ping An, I have good news for you - we are getting married!"

Xu Caimei and Xu Ping'an looked at each other with complicated emotions, but still smiled and sent their blessings.

I'm just afraid that someone will be sad.

　These days, the update is from 3 to [-]rd every day.

　　Thank you to His Highness Qiongxuan and His Highness Pistachio 360 for their ten recommendation votes;

　　Thank you to His Highness Jin Xixi for the four recommendation votes;

　　Thanks to book friend 20231130106AC for his two recommendation votes.

　　Thank you again for your support of this article, and please continue to witness the entrepreneurial life of "Queen of Pearls" Xu Caimei!
　　thank you all!

　　(End of this chapter)