There are more Fu family members this year, and they bought more things than in previous years.

At the end of every year, there are markets in many places. Although buying and selling here is also illegal, no one will report it.

So this market is still very lively.

Fu Xiao came here once with Li Xiufen. There were all kinds of things for sale. Many hunters went up the mountain to hunt and sold their prey at the market. Some of them were exchanged for food.

There were several older brothers here this year and they bought a lot of firecrackers.

Fu Sui also told them about the great things he had done with firecrackers in the military region in previous years.

I heard him say that he once used firecrackers to blow up the toilet of someone he hated.

Fu Xiao was a little surprised. It turned out that this way of playing existed in this era.

In her previous life, she used this method to tease the people in the orphanage who bullied her.

The village was very lively on the eve of the Chinese New Year.

Several workers from the county town went home for the holidays.

Fu Yu and Fu Weilun finally returned home the day before the Chinese New Year.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores are crowded every day, fortunately there are many members of the Fu family.

We buy New Year’s goods relatively early and have prepared everything that needs to be prepared.

On the 23rd, the Fu family did a thorough cleaning.

Almost the whole family went out to clean the house thoroughly inside and out.

On the 24th, those who have the conditions start to stew meat, fry tofu, etc...

Those with worse conditions just don’t have any meat dishes, but they all have some fried food at home.

The fragrance wafted from the Fu family's kitchen all day long.

In addition to stewing meat, Li Xiufen also made a lot of fried twisted dough sticks and hemp leaves this year.

After all, there are many children and they all like to eat.

On the 27th, he slaughtered two more hens at home.

On the 28th, we started to make the dough and steamed buns. We added a lot of cornmeal to the steamed buns.

I also made a big pot of buns stuffed with radish and tofu.

The weather was cold so the buns were not easy to go bad, so I steamed three whole pots of steamed buns made from the two-grain flour.

If you keep it in the kitchen, you can basically eat it until the first month of the lunar year.

New Year's Eve.

The sound of firecrackers popped everywhere, and the Fu family was filled with the sound of laughter and chatter all day long.

We had dinner very early. After eating dumplings, we lit a fire in the yard and the family sat around it chatting.

Grandpa Fu looked at the younger generations who were laughing and playing nearby, with a kind smile on his face.

Fu Weilun and Fu Weibo, who were sitting next to him, smiled and said, "Happy New Year, Dad."

Grandpa Fu's eyes narrowed with joy. He turned his gaze to Fu Weilun and asked, "Third brother, you should go to work in the city after the New Year."

Fu Weilun smiled softly on his clear face, "Dad, the handover will take quite some time. It will probably take until May next year before we can go to the city."

"Then how did you arrange it for Ayu?"

Hearing Grandpa Fu's question, Fu Weilun's smile deepened. He turned his gaze to his eldest brother and asked tentatively, "If I take him to the city, my eldest brother and his wife won't have any objections, right?"

Fu Wei Bo smiled and waved his hand, "No problem, we can feel more at ease with you leading us."

"Yes, third brother, we'll leave this child to you. We are very confident in his care." Li Xiufen also echoed.

Fu Weilun looked at Grandpa Fu, "Dad, then I will take A Yu with me when the time comes..."

Grandpa Fu was silent for a moment, then said, "Then you should ask the child for his own opinion."

"Don't worry, I will."

It is customary to stay up all night on New Year's Eve.

But Grandpa Fu was old and couldn’t hold on any longer, so he went to sleep.

Fu Weilun and Fu Weibo moved a small table and chatted while drinking.

Several children basically did not sleep all night and it was past midnight.

In the early morning, Fu Xiao, who couldn't hold on any longer, leaned on Fu Yu's shoulder and closed his eyes for a while.

After another two or three hours, the villagers began to visit each other to wish each other a happy new year.

Fu Xiao and Fu Kai were in a group with Li Xiufen, and the other brothers were in a group with Fu Wei Bo.

I paid New Year's greetings to several older people in the village.

Most of the children who come to visit give their families some mountain products that they have picked up from the mountains.

Some people also grabbed a handful of melon seeds and got a few pieces of rock candy after walking around.

After daybreak, they finished paying their New Year's greetings and went home to bed to catch up on some sleep.

The Mu family is thousands of miles away.

Today, many people came to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Mu.

Most of them were his old subordinates, and some people of the same generation as Mu Lianshen in the military district, who brought their children for a visit.

Mr. Mu originally had an older brother, who died in the Anti-Japanese War battlefield, so he didn't have any other relatives.

After seeing off the people who came to pay New Year's greetings, the Mu family fell completely quiet.

Mu Lianshen looked at the somewhat exhausted old man and said softly, "Dad, go to sleep for a while."

The father and son hardly slept last night and just drank tea and chatted all night.

With his help, Mr. Mu returned to the room and said tiredly, "Lian Shen, you have to go to the military area and pay New Year's greetings to your masters."

"Dad, I know, you take a rest, I'll go right away."

Looking at Mr. Mu lying on the bed, Mu Lianshen tucked the quilt under him and then left the room.

After walking out of the Mu family’s gate, he first came to the Zhai family and wished a happy new year to the old man of the Zhai family.

Afterwards, he visited several houses that had good relations with the Mu family.

Then they drove to the home of the master who had taught them.

I met Zhai Jiu and Wu Chengfeng coming out of the door.

Seeing him, Zhai Jiu's eyes flickered but he didn't say anything. Wu Chengfeng greeted him enthusiastically: "Are you here?"

"Well," Mu Lianshen nodded calmly, "I'll go in first."

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