Shen Chunshu stayed in the outer room for a moment, then walked out of the courtyard and was startled by Shen Weimin standing in the shadow outside the door.
"Dawei, what are you doing standing here? You're scaring me to death."
Shen Weimin's chest rose and fell. He looked at Shen Chunshu in the dark and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Dad, what do you think of Hu Zhiqing..."
Before Shen Weimin could finish his words, Shen Chunshu kicked him in the leg.
"Your mother is going crazy and you're going crazy too? Shut up! If this gets out, I'll break your legs!"
Shen Chunshu was really pissed off by this stupid eldest son.
He doesn't even look at where he is and just stands there talking nonsense?
It’s all because of that stupid woman. She taught the good kid to be as stupid as herself.
Shen Weimin didn't hear a definite answer, and he still felt uneasy. Despite his father's warning, he still asked without giving up: "Dad, just give me a definite answer!"
This time, Chen Chunshu didn't care whether he was outside or not. He took two steps forward and gave him two big slaps.
"I told you to go crazy, I told you to go crazy, get out of here."
Shen Chunshu grabbed Shen Weimin's ears and dragged him home.
Otherwise, he was afraid that this kid would really start yelling outside without caring about anything.
After returning to the yard, Shen Chunshu cursed Shen Weimin in his ear: "You bastard, you won't be satisfied until your father's reputation is ruined?"
"Let me give you a guarantee? What guarantee can I give you? Hu Zhiqing is old enough to be my daughter. What guarantee can I give you? You are as stupid as a pig."
At this moment, footsteps were heard at the gate of Shen's courtyard. Shen Chunshu thought that someone had come to pay New Year's greetings, so he quickly let go of Shen Weimin's ear and stood there pretending nothing had happened.
Unexpectedly, the person who came in from the door turned out to be Shen Siyue.
Shen Siyue had just returned from Shitou's house after having the New Year's Eve dinner. Shitou was going to pay New Year's greetings, and it was not appropriate for her to stay at his house alone, so she simply came back.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Shen Chunshu and Shen Weimin standing strangely in the yard.
Shen Siyue paused, glanced at the father and son, and then returned to her room.
Chen Chunshu was very nervous, wondering if this wild girl had heard his eldest son's nonsense.
Shen Weimin was a little regretful at this time. He shouldn't have been in a hurry to ask about this outside. He glanced at his father, turned back to the house with a stinky face, and called Shen Limin to go out to pay New Year's greetings together.
After Shen Siyue entered the house, she was the first to light the kerosene lamp, and then prepared to go to the yard to get firewood to light a fire and burn the kang.
She had nothing to do with the New Year's greetings on New Year's Eve, so she prepared to heat up the kang and go to bed.
According to the custom of celebrating the New Year in rural Northeast China, on the night of New Year’s Eve, close relatives of the same family will greet each other after eating the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Then people will stay up until the second half of the night before going to bed.
The highlight of New Year’s greetings takes place early in the morning on the first day of the new year.
This year's New Year's greetings not only include close relatives, but also all relatives or good friends will pay New Year's greetings to strengthen their relationships.
The Shen family is considered an outsider in Dongliang Village. Most of the families in the entire Dongliang Village are surnamed Liu, and only Old Man Shen's family has the surname Shen.
However, neighbors sometimes come to pay New Year’s greetings and visit each other like close relatives.
Moreover, only men are eligible to pay New Year’s greetings on New Year’s Eve.
Although there are women who pay New Year’s greetings on the first day of the new year, they are all married.
Therefore, people like Shen Siyue who are still unmarried don’t need to go out to pay New Year’s greetings to others during the Spring Festival.
At this time of year in previous years, the Shen family’s east room was particularly lively.
When Old Lady Wang was in charge, one of her main priorities was to say auspicious words on New Year's Eve, in order to bring good luck to the coming year.
But on New Year’s Eve this year, Shen Siyue looked at the quiet East Room, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Even if Old Lady Wang can no longer organize, what about Old Man Shen?
Why is the Shen family so lifeless this year?
But Shen Siyue didn’t investigate further, she picked up the firewood and went back to her room.
Old man Shen from the Shen family sat on the kang for a long time, but he didn't see anyone coming to the yard, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"Old Third, go out and take a look. Have people outside started celebrating the New Year?"
If someone comes to pay New Year’s greetings on New Year’s Eve, it is a symbol of prosperity for the family.
Especially for families like the Shen family, whose ancestors migrated here from other places, they especially want to integrate into the local big families during the Chinese New Year.
Chen Qiushu came to the gate with his hands in his pockets and looked around.
You can already see torches swaying on the road, indicating that New Year greetings have begun.
People passing by his house, seeing Chen Qiushu standing there, would also pay their respects, but they would not enter the yard to stay.
After staying for a while, Chen Qiushu felt it was too cold and had to go into the house first.
"Dad, the New Year's greetings have already started. Let's wait a little longer. Maybe Fuyou's kid has gone to someone else's house first?"
Old man Shen couldn't say that he was anxious, so he could only sit on the kang and wait.
But after waiting for a long time, until Shen Weimin and Shen Limin came back for a long time, no one came to the Shen family to wish a happy new year.
Now everyone's faces looked a little unhappy.
No one comes to wish you a happy new year. What does this mean?
It means that others don’t want to have a close relationship with you!
Old man Shen's face turned dark blue. He opened his eyelids and looked at the eldest brother and his wife.
At this time, Wang Huilian was like a rabbit seeing an eagle. She hid behind Shen Chunshu and didn't even dare to show her head.
It was not until there was no one walking around in the village that Old Man Shen's upright back slumped down.
He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Wang Huilian: "Eldest wife, you are a troublemaker. You are quarreling during the New Year and ruining the good fortune of our Shen family. If it wasn't the New Year, I would have made you kneel on the ground."
Wang Huilian was scolded so hard that she dared not move.
She knew that the old man was blaming her for the fact that others did not come to his house to pay New Year's greetings.
Wang Huilian felt very aggrieved. If anyone was to be blamed, should it be that vixen or her man?
But even though she tried her best to find excuses for her quarrel just now, Wang Huilian still began to feel a little worried.
She didn't know if God really blamed her for making so much noise?
Is that why no one came to the Shen family to pay New Year’s greetings this year?
Although the Shen family is a separate family with a different surname, it is normal for no one to come to pay New Year's greetings on New Year's Eve.
But there were people coming last year. Doesn’t this comparison make this year seem special?
In the east room of the Shen family, no one in the Shen family who were staying up to see the New Year dared to speak loudly, for fear of making old man Shen angry.
Hu Lili in the west room had already made her bed and was ready to go to bed.
As for everything that happened in the east room of the Shen family before, didn’t Hu Lili, who was hiding in the west room, know about it?
Of course she knows.
When Wang Huilian and Chen Chunshu were about to fight, Hu Lili was secretly watching through the door curtain?
But she wasn't stupid enough to run over and say something to prove her innocence.
At this time, you must run as far away as possible. Getting closer will only put you at a disadvantage.
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