Today is New Year's Eve, the day when every household puts up Spring Festival couplets and hangs New Year pictures.

Liu Xiaojun slept without any dreams all night and didn't get up until ten o'clock.

He rubbed his eyes, opened the door and went to the middle courtyard to wash up. He was done with his work today, but he still had tasks to complete.

He wants to study the problem with the parts of this Butterfly brand sewing machine.

"Xiaojun, you finally got up?"

The three aunts came over with a basket and prepared to wash the vegetables.

"Third Aunt, why didn't I see my Third Uncle today?"

Liu Xiaojun was puzzled as to why these three uncles stood at the gate of the courtyard like door gods every morning.

He's either cleaning his fishing rod or playing with flowers and plants. Why aren't you here today?

The three aunts looked very happy:

"Didn't your third uncle learn that painting of two fish playing with pearls from you yesterday? Today he's setting up a stall in Wangfujing selling couplets!"

Liu Xiaojun: "Oh, no wonder."

According to the third uncle's personality, he asked him to learn a painting of two fish playing with a pearl. Not only did he give him two pots of flowers, he also took in the two children and fed them a few meals.

If we don't find some money back, we will suffer a great loss.

It’s New Year’s Eve and everyone has almost prepared their New Year’s goods. Can Third Uncle’s couplets be sold?

But this is not what Liu Xiaojun should care about.

He took out toothpaste and toothbrush and prepared to start brushing his teeth. As he squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush, Liu Xiaojun suddenly had an idea.

I always felt that the toothbrushes of that time were different from modern toothbrushes, but I never figured out what the difference was until I thought of the one on the fishing rod of the third uncle, and then I suddenly understood.

The pendant used on the third uncle's fishing rod is made of toothpaste skin.

The material of toothpaste these days is different from that of modern ones. Modern ones use plastic shells, but the material of toothpaste these days is mostly tin-aluminum alloy, which is very suitable for use as a pendant on a fishing rod.

It is said that Liu Xiaojun's family had such a fishing rod before, which was said to have been passed down from his grandfather's father.

Not only that, most floats these days are made of foam, or you can just find a wooden core that floats easily and tie it to the fishing line to fish.

It’s not like now, you don’t catch many fish, but you have a lot of fancy fishing equipment.

There are countless things like scoop nets, fish guards, fishing umbrellas, bait bowls, fish buckets, fish rulers, fish clamps...

After washing up, he went to the kitchen and took out the breakfast that Liu Huizhen had left for him.

He heated up some noodles and an egg, ate one bite of noodles at a time, and closed the door with his foot.

I started lying on the bed, eating and thinking about the modification of the parts.

I pondered over it until noon, and even when Liu Huizhen came back to cook, I still had no idea what to do, as if my brain was blocked.

Is it necessary to relax the brain so that you can come up with better results?

Liu Xiaojun has seen many speeches by famous people, and it seems that most scientists discovered something remarkable by accident.

How about going fishing in the afternoon?

Maybe you’ll find inspiration while fishing?!

So Liu Xiaojun decided to go fishing in the moat after dinner. With this 28-inch fishing rod, any distance is no problem.

Besides, there must be a fish in the New Year’s Eve dinner, and it must be a carp, which symbolizes good luck and abundance.

Some families also make dumplings to worship gods and ancestors. Liu Xiaojun remembers that at the beginning of "Love in the Courtyard", Yi Zhonghai asked the whole courtyard to contribute money to make dumplings!

People who are particular about the occasion will also prepare meatball hotpot, which symbolizes family reunion and prosperity. They will also serve a plate of shredded radish, commonly known as "cai tou", which has a simpler meaning, that is, the hope for good luck in the coming year.

Then there are the candied apples, which are used to wish for peace and sweetness in the days ahead. However, apples are very precious these days and are only available to people of status. It is difficult for ordinary people to buy them even if they have money.

When Liu Xiaojun went fishing at noon, he also planned to go to the black market to prepare these things.

Although the money I have now is still a little tight for opening a rabbit shop, I can't let this year be difficult.

He only spends a dozen dollars at most on buying New Year's goods, which is worth it if it allows his family to have a warm and rich New Year!

Besides, as long as the problem with the butterfly disk sewing machine parts is found and solved, the bonus alone will be one thousand yuan, so these ten or twenty yuan will not be a big deal.

Sha Zhu ate in the cafeteria at noon. There were only Liu Huizhen, Liu Xiaojun, Tangtang and Yu Shui eating lunch together.

Since the end of this year, Shazhu and Yushui have been eating at home all the time.

But there is no such thing as a lazy person at home. Yu Shui helps feed the rabbits and take care of Tang Tang, Sha Zhu is responsible for making dinner and helps find hay for the rabbits from time to time.

For one meal, Liu Huizhen steamed eight large pieces of white noodles and a large pot of bacon, tofu and boiled cabbage, which the four of them ate with relish!

After dinner, Liu Huizhen took out the clothes and shoes she had made by sewing on the sewing machine late at night.

"Life at home is exceptionally good this year. We wear new clothes for the New Year, and the rain is for you."

Liu Xiaojun looked at the pattern on the cotton-padded jacket and could only hold back his laughter.

Isn’t this the modern legendary “Northeastern cotton-padded jacket” outfit?

The big red flower pattern, red peony, big red flower, with a bright green background, is very popular these days.

Yu Shui took the cotton-padded jacket in disbelief and said in a trembling voice:

"Aunt Huizhen, is this for me?"

"Of course, we are already grown-up girls at the beginning of the Rain Water Year. I don't know which stinky boy will be lucky enough to get her so pretty."

As he said this, he glanced at Liu Xiaojun inadvertently.

But Liu Xiaojun was busy fiddling with his fishing rod and didn't notice.

Yushui: "Auntie, why don't you let Tangtang wear it first? What I have on now is fine for me."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Everyone has it. You are the same as Tangtang in my heart now. I treat you as my daughter."

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