Chapter 80

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Qiulai woke up just after dawn, but he didn't wake up Fang Yumin.It snowed heavily last night, and the air today is quite fresh, but also quite cold.Last night, the family of four played poker while watching the new year, and went back to bed very late.

Lin Qiu came to the kitchen to boil hot water and serve dumplings.The first bowl of dumplings on New Year's Eve was to be sent to the ancestral hall. Lin Qiulai picked up the dumplings and put them on the stove.Then he brought hot water into Xiaoyang and Xiaoming's room, and woke up the two children. They had to go to the ancestral hall to worship with dumplings.

When Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang came out fully dressed, Lin Qiulai had already served the dumplings and ginger silk vinegar on the table.

The two children are also different from the casualness of the past. They pulled their clothes and saluted Lin Qiulai: "Happy New Year, Daddy."

Lin Qiulai hurriedly stopped him and said, "Xiaoming, Xiaoyang, Happy New Year, don't be too polite, come over and eat dumplings. We have to go to the ancestral hall after eating."

"Yes, Daddy." Xiao Ming walked over and took Lin Qiulai's hand and said, "Then Daddy, you sit down first, we will kowtow to you before eating."

Xiao Yang also walked over and took Lin Qiulai's hand and said, "Yes, Daddy, sit down quickly."

"No need now." Lin Qiulai bowed his head and kissed Xiao Ming's forehead, then smiled at Xiao Yang and said, "When your mother wakes up, you can kowtow to us together."

Xiao Ming grinned, "Okay."

After the father and son ate the dumplings, Lin Qiulai put away the big bowl of dumplings in a food box, and put incense candles and ingots inside.So I took Xiaoyang and Xiaoming out.

Fang Yumin was still sleeping soundly curled up in the warm blanket.Before Lin Qiulai went out, he added charcoal, and the fire ground dragon was burning vigorously, making the whole room warm.What's more, Fang Yumin was covered with a chicken feather quilt, so it was even warmer, and Fang Yumin slept more soundly.

Lin Qiulai took Xiaoyang and Xiaoming to worship and chatted with the villagers for a long time before returning home. Fang Yumin was still sleeping in the house.

Lin Qiulai took off his cotton-padded jacket, went to the kitchen to scoop up hot water for Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang to wash their faces and hands, and then he smiled and said to Xiao Ming: "Xiao Ming, go and wake your mother up. God eats the dumplings before going to bed, and the children will come to the door in a while."

"Okay." Xiao Ming responded, took off his coat, and rushed into Fang Yumin's room.

Xiaoyang helped Lin Qiulai take out the nuts, pastries and small twists and put them away one by one. As for the crispy peppers, because there are not many of them and everyone loves them, Lin Qiulai just wanted to ask Fang Yumin if they wanted them. Don't take it out too?

The custom here is that only close relatives give red envelopes to children, but on the first morning of the new year, all the children in the village will go door by door to congratulate and say some auspicious words, and then the parents will give each child a handful Candies and snacks are eaten as snacks.The first day of the new year is full of joy and excitement. The adults are happy, and the children are even happier.

Lin Qiulai and Xiaoyang prepared everything, and the soup in the pot was boiled.But Xiao Ming has been in the room for so long but there is no movement, not only Fang Yumin did not come out, even Xiao Ming did not step out of the room.

Lin Qiulai and Xiaoyang looked at each other puzzled, and Lin Qiulai murmured, "Xiao Ming fell asleep too, didn't he?"

Xiao Yang smiled: "It's possible, everyone slept very late last night, and I'm a little sleepy because the house is warm."

"I'll go take a look, this kid must be asleep." Lin Qiulai walked into the room as he said.

The room was very quiet. The balm that Fang Yumin applied every day had a light smell, but it was strong in the warm air, but it smelled very comfortable.

Lin Qiulai walked gently to the bed and lifted the curtain, only to see Fang Yumin lying on her side with Xiao Ming in her arms.The two breathed evenly and regularly, and they seemed to be sleeping extremely soundly and soundly.

Lin Qiulai held out his hand hesitantly, but stayed there for a long time, he didn't have the heart to wake up the mother and son, but when the children arrived, Xiao Min would go out to give them pastries, so they couldn't sleep anymore.

In the end, Lin Qiulai still bent down to pat the quilt, and said softly, "Xiao Min, Xiao Ming, don't sleep, get up and eat dumplings."

Xiao Ming frowned, Fang Yumin twisted her body twice, and muttered: "Don't disturb me to sleep."

"Get up, the sun is shining on your ass." Lin Qiulai continued his gentle policy, but it was a pity that neither of the people on the bed liked him.

With a cruel heart, Lin Qiulai touched Fang Yumin's and Xiao Ming's feet directly into the warm bed with his cold hands after washing, and gave them two frozen tangerines to eat.

Sure enough, the mother and son jumped up and shouted at the same time: "Ah, it's so cold, so cold!"

Seeing Lin Qiulai grinning widely, Xiao Ming couldn't help but coquettishly said, "Daddy, you are so bad!"

Lin Qiulai patted Xiao Ming's head and said with a smile: "Get up quickly, the children are coming to our house to congratulate. Xiao Ming also asked you to come in and wake up your mother, but you fell asleep with her."

Xiao Ming smiled embarrassingly: "I originally called mother, but mother said to sleep with her for a while and then get up, ha ha."

"Okay, okay, let's get up now." Fang Yumin yawned, stretched and said to Xiao Ming: "Son, get out of bed after getting dressed, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Got it, mother." Xiao Ming reached out to get the clothes, and Lin Qiu came to help Xiao Ming put them on.

Looking at Fang Yumin's flushed face just after waking up, Lin Qiulai really wanted to go up and kiss him, but because his son was in the way, he could only say: "Xiao Min, hurry up, I'll go make dumplings right away."

Fang Yumin looked up at Lin Qiulai, and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

When Fang Yumin came out fully dressed, Lin Qiulai took her arm and sat on the top seat together, and accepted Xiaoyang and Xiaoming kneeling and kowtowing with a smile: "Xiaoming (Xiaoyang) wishes father and mother a happy new year and good health."

"Good boy." Fang Yumin said with a smile: "Father and mother also wish you to grow up quickly and make progress in your studies. Come, mother will give you red envelopes, take them."

"Thank you, mother."

Lin Qiulai was also smiling. He took out a red envelope from his pocket and gave it to them: "Daddy only wants you to be healthy and healthy, and our family will live happily together. Come, here is the red envelope from daddy."

"Thank you dad."

"Okay, get up, get up, it's cold on the ground, let's eat dumplings."

"it is good."

Lin Qiulai quickly set the table in the living room, and the five kinds of meat-filled dumplings made last night were also on the table.Fang Yumin is weak and afraid of the cold, she has to go through the yard to go to the dining room, it snowed last night, the ground was covered with a thin layer of ice, Lin Qiulai couldn't bear to freeze his wife, so she ate in the living room.

Dumplings with five fillings are sauerkraut pork filling, cabbage pork filling, kimchi pork filling, leek pork filling and mushroom chicken flavor filling.Wontons are heavy on soup, while dumplings are heavy on ingredients.The filling of this dumpling was made by Fang Yumin, and the pork skin was also frozen in, so it was delicious and juicy.Eat it with shredded ginger vinegar, or some chili sauce, it's so fragrant, you can't stop eating it!

The family was eating happily, but there was knocking on the door and loud laughter from children outside.Fang Yumin smiled at everyone embarrassedly: "It's so cold, I didn't expect children to get up so early."

Lin Qiulai looked at Fang Yumin helplessly and said, "Hurry up and eat, I'll open the door."

"Forget it," Fang Yumin stood up and cleaned up the dishes, and said to Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang, "Sons, let's go greet the children now, and have a dumpling hot pot for lunch, okay?"

"Okay." Xiaoyang and Xiaoming also helped Fang Yumin clean up. After all, it's not good to be eating dumplings when someone comes over.

Lin Qiulai waited for Fang Yumin and the others to put the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen before opening the door.

Wow~ There are so many little radish heads. This means that all the children in the village are here, right?

When the children saw Lin Qiulai, they greeted Lin Qiulai loudly with smiles: "Hello Uncle Qiulai, I wish you a happy New Year, good health and good luck in everything!"

Lin Qiulai said with a smile: "Thank you, happy new year everyone, come in quickly, it's cold outside."

A group of children rushed in, but Lin Qiulai didn't close the door, maybe there are still children coming.

There are children in the house, it is lively, Lin Qiulai has not even entered the living room, the children's laughter like silver bells, surprise calls, and chirping voices have already been heard.

Lin Qiulai looked happy. When he walked into the living room, he saw Fang Yumin took out the crispy peppers and poured them on a plate for everyone to eat.The children stared at the fragrant red crispy peppers. They wanted to eat them but were afraid that they would be too spicy. They hesitated: "Auntie, can I eat so many peppers?", or asked: "Xiao Ming, is this not spicy?"

Fang Yumin threw one into his mouth and bit it loudly, and said with a smile: "This looks very spicy, but it's actually only a little bit spicy. Come on, try it, this is called Crispy Pepper, and it's delicious."

Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang also picked it up and ate it: "My mother made this, it's delicious."

There is no lack of boldness among country children, let alone in ancient times when materials were so scarce.Seeing Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang grab the bright red chili and throw it into their mouths to chew, the boys immediately grabbed one and ate it, and the others followed suit.

The living room became quiet for a while, only the sound of chewing and chewing remained, and occasionally someone said "it's delicious".If you eat too many crispy peppers, you will get angry, but if there are too many children, Fang Yumin will finish the plate of crispy peppers in one go.

Xiao Ming hasn’t played with so many children like this for a long time. In the past, people didn’t play with him. Later, he had to go to school, and he had to help feed the rabbits when he got home. His home was a bit far from the village, and there was an extra brother Xiaoyang. , I seldom play with the children in the village.

But children are happiest playing with children, just look at Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang's never-ending smiles.

Some of the children ate all the peppers in their hands, others tasted only a little and put them in their pockets.According to the customs here, Fang Yumin shared a handful of other nuts, cakes, twists, etc., and the children were so happy that they could see their teeth and see their eyes.

After a lot of excitement, the children said goodbye and went to the next stop.Under Fang Yumin's instigation, Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang also picked up their oilcloth bags and joined them.Before going out, Lin Qiulai gave Xiaoming and Xiaoyang firecrackers to let them play with the children, which was cheered by all the children.

Fang Yumin sent the children out, closed the door and was about to tidy up with Lin Qiulai when he came back, but he stopped him.He held Fang Yumin's waist with one hand and gently massaged it with the other, and said softly: "You didn't sleep much last night, go to sleep again. I'll call you when I eat."

Who did it?Fang Yumin's face was a little red, she raised her head and glared at Lin Qiulai, but she didn't know that her shy look made her look even more charming.

"Xiao Min." Lin Qiu's heart was itching to see that look that seemed angry and tender, and he couldn't help but bring her into his arms with his hand on Fang Yumin's waist.

"What are you doing?" Fang Yumin pushed Lin Qiulai, and this guy was in heat in broad daylight.Could it be that he has given him too much recently?
Lin Qiulai hugged Fang Yumin even tighter, and he said, "It's cold, let's go in to catch up on sleep, shall we?"

Fang Yumin raised her eyebrows, was it to make up her eyes or sleepy?

Lin Qiulai yawned and said, "I got up before dawn today, and I'm so sleepy now."

"We're all going to sleep, what if others come to visit?" Fang Yumin pushed Lin Qiulai away a little.

Lin Qiulai pulled Fang Yumin back into his arms again: "It's okay. Only the children are here today. We all started to pay New Year's greetings to each other on the second day of the Lunar New Year. Tomorrow we are going to pay New Year's greetings to our father and mother."

"Oh. Then I'll go and unlock the door, otherwise Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang won't be able to get in after falling asleep."

"No need, they are still going to play with firecrackers. It will definitely last for a long time, and I will wake up by then." Lin Qiulai said while pushing Fang Yumin into the room to sleep.

Fang Yumin felt something was wrong, and turned her head to stare at Lin Qiulai: "Don't mess around in broad daylight."

Lin Qiulai looked innocent: "How can I be messed up?"

Fang Yumin looked disbelieving, but Lin Qiulai took her to bed.

"..."

(End of this chapter)

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