As the Chinese New Year draws closer, the festive atmosphere in the village becomes stronger and stronger. When Jiang Cheng goes out for a stroll, he can see children running around and playing.
Song Tingzhi was very nervous when he saw so many children surrounding Jiang Cheng and looking at his belly, fearing that one of the children would accidentally bump into Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng looked at so many children surrounding him and asking him questions non-stop, but he didn't feel annoyed. Instead, he patiently answered their questions.
Jiang Cheng also asked the children to guess whether the baby in his belly was a boy or a man. Everyone guessed differently, so Jiang Cheng made a bet with them to see who was right!
Jiang Cheng stayed outside for a while, and then Song Tingzhi took him back.
When they got home, they saw Xu Sanniang rummaging around looking for something.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Jiang Cheng walked over and asked.
"I remember Tingzhi had several cotton-padded jackets that he couldn't wear. I had planned to alter them and make some small clothes for Doudou after the Chinese New Year. How come I can't find them now?" Xu Sanniang said as she rummaged through them.
She clearly remembered taking out her cotton coat, so how could she not find it?
"Maybe he didn't pay attention to where he put it! Maybe he can find it if he looks for it again." Jiang Cheng echoed from the side.
Xu Sanniang nodded and continued looking.
However, Song Yu heard the conversation between his mother and Jiang Cheng outside and felt guilty, so he quietly ran away.
Jiang Cheng heard some noise outside and looked out, only to find that the person was gone.
Xu Sanniang searched for a long time but couldn't find it, so she simply gave up looking. "Forget it, forget it. Maybe the cotton-padded jacket will appear when I stop looking!"
Seeing that Xu Sanniang had given up, Jiang Cheng followed her out.
After Song Yu ran away with a guilty conscience, he stopped after a while, hugged Xiao Hui and patted his chest.
"Xiao Hui! My mother won't find out, will she?" Song Yu held Xiao Hui's head and whispered, "She definitely won't find out!"
Song Yu secretly cheered himself up, and then took Xiao Hui back.
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On New Year's Eve, Song Tingzhi got up early and posted the couplets written by Song Tao on the door.
Song Tao has a beautiful handwriting. Today, many people came to him to ask them to write couplets, and Song Tao was too busy to handle them all.
Seeing that his father was extremely busy, Song Tingzhi simply went into the house, woke up Jiang Cheng, helped him put on his clothes, and took him out.
Jiang Cheng was shocked to see so many people in the yard.
"Why are there so many people?" Jiang Cheng asked in a low voice close to Song Tingzhi's ear.
While talking, Jiang Cheng also responded to the person who greeted him.
"Dad has an education and has beautiful handwriting, so many people come to him and ask him to help write couplets!" Song Tingzhi said in a low voice.
"I remember no one came to our house to write couplets last year?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Dad was not in good health in the past few years, and there was always a smell of medicine in the house. How could anyone come? Now Dad's health is getting better day by day. From time to time, he goes out to play chess with others. This year, someone came to the house!" Song Tingzhi explained to Jiang Cheng.
"So that's how it is!" Jiang Cheng understood. It must be the tradition of this village to ask Song Tao to write couplets during the New Year. It's just that no one came because he was sick in recent years. Now that he is well, someone comes again!
Jiang Cheng didn't disturb Song Tao from writing couplets. He walked around the crowd and went into the woodshed to have breakfast.
Song Tao didn't finish writing couplets until almost noon, and Xu Sanniang's meal was ready at that time.
"I haven't written for a long time, and my hand is quite sore from writing!" Song Tao rubbed his wrist and said to Xu Sanniang.
"You are just idle, who can you blame?" Xu Sanniang rolled her eyes.
Song Tao used to do the same. He would help write couplets during the Chinese New Year. He was happy even though his hands were sore!
"Since we are fellow villagers, I have helped you. My calligraphy will only be useful during the Chinese New Year!" Song Tao said with a smile. He was not angry at all because of Xu Sanniang's rolling eyes. He sat down and prepared to eat.
"Stop it!" Xu Sanniang stuffed the chopsticks into Song Tao's hand and asked him to eat.
Jiang Cheng and Song Tingzhi watched their parents bickering, unable to get a word in, so they could only sit by and eat in silence.
Song Yu took advantage of Xu Sanniang's inattention and threw a piece of meat to Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui was smart and ate the meat as soon as it fell to the ground.
"Song Yu, how many times have I told you not to throw the meat on the ground for Xiao Hui to eat! It's so dirty!!" Xu Sanniang saw Song Yu's actions out of the corner of her eye and shouted at him.
Xu Sanniang also didn't understand this child. There was clearly a special bowl for Xiao Hui to eat from, but he had to throw it on the ground! It was so dirty!
"Mom, how could I?" Song Yu argued cunningly.
Xiao Hui lay at Song Yu's feet, shrinking his body into a small size to prevent Xu Sanniang's anger from being directed at him.
"Okay, Sanniang, don't scold the child during the New Year!" Song Tao pleaded for Song Yu.
Seeing that Song Tao said so, Xu Sanniang gave up and called the children to come for dinner.
Seeing that Xu Sanniang didn't care anymore, Song Yu started to quietly pick up some food for Xiao Hui to eat!
Xu Sanniang saw it all and wanted to scold him but was stopped by Song Tao.
Jiang Cheng also saw all this and quietly pleaded with Song Yu to ask him to be more restrained.
Song Qian was also there to cover up for Song Yu!
Song Yu got the hint and started eating properly!
After a lively meal, Song Yu looked forward to setting off firecrackers in the evening.
At night, Song Yu knocked on the door of Song Tingzhi's house and asked Song Tingzhi to take him out to set off firecrackers.
Song Tingzhi originally wanted to stay with Jiang Cheng in the house, but Jiang Cheng also wanted to go out to watch the firecrackers. For Jiang Cheng's sake, Song Tingzhi accompanied Song Yu to set off firecrackers.
Jiang Cheng sat under the eaves and watched Song Tingzhi and his younger brothers and sisters set off firecrackers.
"Doudou, when you grow up, ask your dad to take you to set off firecrackers!" Jiang Cheng said expectantly, touching his belly.
It seemed that Doudou heard his father's expectations and moved a few times in Jiang Cheng's belly.
Jiang Cheng felt Doudou's movement and touched it happily.
After setting off the firecrackers, Song Tingzhi took Jiang Cheng back to the house to rest.
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