The Chinese New Year is just five or six days away. Lin Mo's food shop had closed a few days ago. Chen Qing and Chen Mu lived in the yard over there and looked after the shop by the way.
Lin Cheng also changed the opening hours of the store to the afternoon and closed on time at 5 pm.
This year, the Lin family did not plan to return to the village for the New Year. On New Year's Day, there was an ice lantern festival in the town. It took too long to get from Daling Village to the town, and the road was now covered with snow.
As the Chinese New Year approached, Lin's father and mother went out to buy New Year's goods, while Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan returned to Daling Village to get a few bags of husked rice and various bacon they had stored for the winter.
Mrs. Lin and Lin Mo and the others started cleaning the courtyard, but with two children and a brother, they couldn't do much. The official start of the New Year's cleaning was also when Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan came back.
On the day before the New Year, Lin Xing and Lin Chen were wearing thick cotton jackets and sweeping the snow from the ground in the yard, piling it against the wall. Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan pasted all the red paper window decorations that Lin's mother had bought, and hung two large lanterns outside the door.
Mrs. Lin and her mother cleaned the house inside and out. Lin Xiu was writing couplets in the study. After he finished writing, he took them out and pasted them for them.
Taking into consideration Lin Mo's physical condition, Lin's father and mother did not let him come out to help, so Lin Mo is the most idle person in the Lin family now. He only needs to stay in the room to look after Xiaonan and Xiaoya.
"Uncle Four, Uncle Five, are they playing in the snow?" Lin Xiaoya stood on the bed, leaning on the window sill and looking out.
"Yeah, they're making a snowman." Lin Mo tilted his head to take a look and said.
"Is it fun to make a snowman? Xiaoya wants to play too." Xiaoya turned and looked at her fourth uncle.
"It's too cold outside for the children to go out."
"But Second Uncle also said that Fifth Uncle was a child." Xiao Nan thought for a moment and said.
“…It’s too cold outside.”
"My brother and I have Fluffy, so we're not afraid." Xiaoya ran to the side and picked up her clothes, saying.
“……”You are not afraid of the cold, but I am.
"You can only play for a short while." Lin Mo looked at the expectation in their eyes, was silent for a long time, and finally compromised.
"Great, Fourth Uncle is the best!" Xiaoya cheered and started to put on clothes.
After Lin Mo helped them both put on their clothes and shoes, he began to put on his own clothes. After being fully armed, Lin Mo led them out.
Although he was already wearing enough clothes, Lin Mo still subconsciously shrank his neck when he opened the door and felt the cold wind blowing in his face.
The snow in the yard had been swept into several piles by Lin Xing and Lin Chen. Xiaoya and Xiaonan ran towards Lin Xing and the others as soon as they went out, not at all frightened by the cold wind outside.
Lin Mo tightened the plush scarf around his neck and made sure his hat was properly on before walking towards them.
"Fourth brother, are you out playing too? Do you want to make a snowman?" Lin Xing patted the snowman's body and asked when he saw his fourth brother coming over.
"Is this... a snowman?" Lin Mo asked in confusion. This thing with an irregular body and scattered in a pile is a snowman? Although he has never made a snowman, at least he has seen one.
"I can't make it round. There's nothing I can do. Just pile it up and it will become a snowman. That's how everyone else in the village makes them." Lin Xing patted the snowman's body to make it tight.
"Okay, I'll come too." Lin Mo walked to another pile of snow. Perhaps it was time to let them see what a real snowman looked like.
"Huh? Then my brother and I will make one too." Seeing that her fourth uncle had also started playing, Xiaoya quickly pulled her brother to a small snow pile.
After the others had finished cleaning the house, they saw several children playing in the snow in the yard. Not far away, Cheng Yan saw Lin Mo's nose was red from the cold, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he hurried over.
"Hey~ What are you guys doing?" Lin Xiu stood in front of the greenhouse door, feeling the warmth inside, and shouted at them.
"Momo, why did you come out?" Cheng Yan walked over and touched his slightly red nose with his hand.
Cheng Yan's hands were very warm. Even if he stayed outside for a long time, his hands would not be cold. Lin Mo was very envious of this. Lin Mo threw away the snow in his hands, took off his gloves, and stretched his hands in front of him.
Cheng Yan reached out and held his cold hand, "Why don't you stay in the house?"
"My fourth brother and I are having a snowman-building competition. Do you want to come, second brother?" Lin Xing responded loudly after hearing Lin Xiu's words.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yan looked at Lin Mo with some confusion, and then glanced at the snow pile in front of him that was of unknown shape.
Lin Mo understood Cheng Yan's expression: "..."
When did he say we were going to have a snowman-building contest?
Obviously, Lin Mo had selectively forgotten what he had just thought about, which was to show them what a real snowman looked like.
"And my brother and I~" Xiaoya looked up at her second uncle, waved her hands and shouted loudly.
"Oh...it seems quite fun, so let me try too." Lin Xiu also went over and found a pile of snow and started fiddling with it.
Seeing that they were having a lot of fun, Lin's father, mother, and Lin Cheng and his wife thought that they had finished their work, so the four of them joined the game as well.
Lin Mo: “…” This is really not a competition.
"What do you want to do?" Cheng Yan asked after warming his hands, taking out gloves from his pocket and putting them on him.
“Make a big ball and a small ball, then put the small ball on top of the big one, and use other things as eyes, nose and hands.”
"You stand aside, I'll do it." Cheng Yan listened to Lin Mo's description, thought of a rough shape in his mind, asked him to stand aside, and then started to work.
"Hmm... remember to make the snowball firmer."
After Lin Xiu had formed a rough shape, he looked up and around, and discovered something that made him a little upset. His parents were a pair, his eldest brother and his wife were a pair, and Mo Ge'er and Cheng Yan were another pair. Even the brothers Lin Xing and Lin Chen and the siblings Xiao Nan and Xiao Ya formed a team, so he was the only one here?
Lin Xing was halfway through the snowman when he looked up at his fourth brother and found that his snowman was different from theirs. After thinking for a while, Lin Xing put down the snow in his hand and ran over. Lin Chen tilted his head to look at him, then continued to finish his strangely shaped snowman.
"Fourth brother, how did you make this snowman? Why can you make it so round?" Lin Xing asked.
"Ask your brother Cheng, he made this." Lin Mo was putting eyes and a mouth on the snowman, he glanced at him and said.
Lin Xing nodded and ran to Cheng Yan. After getting the method, Lin Xing went back to discuss it with Lin Chen, and then modified it based on their original snowman.
After piling up the snow for a long time, Xiaoya was still a pile of snow. She was a little disappointed and looked up at other people's snowmen. When she saw the snowman in front of her fourth uncle, her eyes lit up and she ran over.
Xiaonan, who was struggling with the pile of snow, saw his sister running away. He looked up and saw his fourth uncle's snowman. After thinking for a while, he threw away the snow in his hand and walked over there.
"Uncle Four, this snowman is so big and beautiful!"
"Really? I think so too." Lin Mo said with a smile.
"Go find your Uncle Cheng and ask him to build you a small one."
When they had almost finished playing, the sky gradually darkened. Occasionally, they could hear the sound of fireworks from other families. From time to time, fireworks exploded in the sky, making the surroundings brighter.
Fireworks are a rare and precious thing, and every household will only buy some during the New Year and set them off for festive occasions.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lin's mother and sister-in-law also went to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. After Cheng Yan helped others pile up the food, he took Lin Mo back to the house.
After finishing her sumptuous dinner, Cheng Yan routinely brought a basin of hot water for her husband to soak his feet.
After finishing all the work, Cheng Yan went back to the room and got into bed, waiting for Lin Mo to come close and hug him. It was the last night of the New Year, so the courtyard was brightly lit. Every household also had lights on.
Lin Mo lay on top of Cheng Yan, couldn't help but yawn, and then rubbed his face against Cheng Yan's half-exposed chest. Cheng Yan half leaned against the head of the bed, his hands on his waist.
"Go to sleep if you're tired. I'll watch over you." Cheng Yan said, touching his hair.
"No, I want to go with you." Lin Mo murmured in a low voice with his eyes half closed.
Just when he woke up after falling asleep for the third time, Lin Mo finally couldn't bear it anymore. He really had to do something to cheer himself up.
Lin Mo supported himself on Cheng Yan's chest with both hands, slowly moved up, and then put his hands on Cheng Yan's neck.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan carefully supported him and asked puzzledly.
"Well... do something meaningful." Lin Mo said, then leaned over and bit Cheng Yan's mouth.
Cheng Yan's eyes darkened, and the hand around his waist suddenly tightened, then he took the initiative, turned over and pressed him down on the bed.
At this time, we should really do something meaningful.
When the intermittent panting in the room gradually became quieter, the New Year's Eve vigil time was over. Lin Mo fell asleep on Cheng Yan. Cheng Yan reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, took out a red bean from the bedside, flicked it, and turned off the light.
The sound of fireworks outside rising into the sky and exploding from time to time was heard in his ears. Cheng Yan turned sideways, put Lin Mo on the bed, then hugged him and closed his eyes to sleep.
On the first day of the new year, no one got up early, and everyone stayed in bed. It was almost nine o'clock, and Lin's mother got up to cook the glutinous rice balls she had prepared yesterday for them.
After the dumplings were cooked, the others were almost up. Mother Lin took the big basin of dumplings to the greenhouse, and the children washed up and went to the greenhouse to eat dumplings and chat.
Cheng Yan woke up and heard the noise outside. Seeing that it was getting late, he woke up the person in his arms.
When Cheng Yan and Lin Mo finished washing up and went to the greenhouse, the children were eating happily.
"Happy New Year, Fourth Uncle! Happy New Year, Uncle Cheng!" Xiaoya scooped up the glutinous rice balls with a wooden spoon and was about to put them into her mouth when she saw someone at the door out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw that it was Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng, calling them in a baby voice.
"Happy New Year, Xiaoya. Here's the New Year's money from Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng." Lin Mo walked over, took out the red envelope he had prepared early in the morning and gave it to her. He rubbed her head and said with a smile.
Seeing this, the other children also wished Lin Mo and Cheng Yan a Happy New Year. After receiving the New Year's money, they happily continued to eat.
Cheng Yan served Lin Mo a bowl of glutinous rice balls and then sat next to him to eat together.
"There's an ice lantern festival in town today. Do you want to go and see it at noon?" Cheng Yan asked in a low voice.
"good."
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