"Oh, how can this be? I still have to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner." Chen Liping waved her hand and said.
Su Yang turned around and smiled, "How about this, mom and I will do it together then."
“Haha, good!”
The three of them sat on the sofa drinking tea and chatting.
It was already half past nine in the evening, and the moonlight outside the window was just right.
Su Yang tilted his head to look at the full moon in the night sky and said, "Mom and Dad, let's go to the backyard to enjoy the moon."
"Okay, let's go."
The weather tonight is very good, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the night breeze makes the temperature feel just right.
The three of them went to the backyard and sat on the lounge chairs by the swimming pool, looking up at the moon which was a little bigger than usual.
"Oh, as far as I can remember, I seem to have only sat and watched the moon like today when I was a child." Su Dagang sighed.
Chen Liping smiled and said, "Really? But can't we see the moon at any time?"
"That's different. When I was a child, the moon was extra round and bright, even bigger than it is now."
“What a pity.”
"What a pity?" Su Yang asked with his head tilted.
"It's a pity that your grandparents are no longer with us. They didn't get to see their grandson become so successful now, nor could they enjoy the happiness with him." Su Dagang said lightly.
"Yes, and your grandparents are gone too. Otherwise it would be so lively for our family to be together." Chen Liping also followed.
Su Yang looked up at the moon without answering.
Indeed, with the lack of some people, I always feel like something is missing during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival.
Although my family was poor when I was a child, the whole family would get together during festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival.
No matter what was going on, it was very lively. At that time, Su Yang had not only his grandparents, but also his uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt and a lot of other people.
As his grandparents passed away one after another, without these elderly people, they gradually lost contact with their relatives who were scattered around the place.
We don’t usually get together, and only on New Year’s Eve do we get together to have the New Year’s Eve dinner.
So he always felt that the New Year in his childhood was the real New Year. The New Year atmosphere at that time was very strong, the streets and alleys were full of people, and it was very lively.
He started looking forward to the Chinese New Year even before it arrived. He looked forward to wearing new clothes and shoes on the day, the lively atmosphere on the day, and going out to set off firecrackers with his friends after eating the New Year's Eve dinner.
But he lost that feeling when he grew up.
In fact, it’s not that the festive atmosphere has faded. The Spring Festival is still the same Spring Festival, but there are fewer relatives celebrating the festival together, and I have grown up.
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