Chapter 94 New Year
"Uncle, carry me, carry me."
Siyu appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the corner of Lu Ping'an's clothes and shaking him, blinking his eyes.
Lu Pingan glanced down and asked reluctantly: "Where's your father?"
"Grandpa asked Dad to get the meat."
"You carry Siyu. I can see from this gap that he is so small. Don't let him get stepped on."
Lu Ping'an could only put Siyu on his shoulders.
"Can you see it?"
"I can see it, little aunt, it's our turn!"
"Wow! It's so big!"
The Lu family has more laborers and receives more pork.
As soon as he brought the meat back, Wu Qingyun planned the use of the meat clearly.
"This piece of meat has a lot of fat, so we'll use it to make lard. This piece has too many bones, so we'll use it to make soup. This piece is good, with some fat and some lean meat. Xiaoyue wants to eat fried meatballs, so we'll use this piece. Ping An, chop it up."
This will be Shen Xiaoyue's first real New Year in the Lu family. She looked at the busy family and felt a little dazed.
Maybe people feel lonely when they are in a lively environment.
She stood at the kitchen door and suddenly felt a little at a loss.
She hasn't recalled spending the New Year at the Shen family for a long, long time.
After being together with Lu Ping'an, she returned to Dahe Village to celebrate the New Year. Because Sixia Siyu had to go to school in the city, there was almost no chance for the family to prepare for the New Year together.
This was the first time that the whole family had gathered together to prepare for the New Year, and she could hardly tell whether she was in a dream or reality.
"Wife, what are you standing there for? Do you want to add sweet potatoes or water chestnuts to the fried meatballs? Or both?"
Lu Ping'an looked at her standing stupidly at the door, and suddenly felt very far away from her.
This feeling made him very uncomfortable. His heart tightened and he couldn't help but move closer to break the atmosphere.
Lu Ping'an held a sweet potato in his left hand and a horseshoe in his right hand. When Shen Xiaoyue came back to her senses, she saw a handsome face very close to her.
She couldn't help but pinch it.
"hiss."
Lu Ping'an cried out in pain.
"Wife, what's wrong? Are you missing home?"
Although he knew that Shen Xiaoyue's family treated her badly, the strong reunion atmosphere during the Chinese New Year always made people feel homesick.
"If you miss home, ask Dad to write a letter of introduction after the New Year so we can go visit my parents-in-law."
"No, I was wondering what flavor of meatballs I wanted."
Shen Xiaoyue shook her head.
She really doesn't want to.
I never went back in my previous life, and I've gotten used to it.
But she had never prepared for the New Year in such a lively manner, so she felt a little uncomfortable.
Lu Pingan kissed her: "It's okay, wife, I'm here."
He didn't quite understand, but that didn't stop him from comforting her.
Shen Xiaoyue smiled: "Yeah."
Her emotions came suddenly and went away quickly.
"I want to eat water chestnuts. You chop the meat and I'll peel it. When the time comes, you can slice the sweet potatoes. They're sweet."
"good."
After several days of preparation, on New Year's Eve, the entire Lu family looked brand new.
The outermost window paper-cut is in the pattern of rich peonies, a design that Wu Qingyun came up with this year.
The windows of Lu Ping'an's room were also decorated with lotus-shaped window grilles.
Even the big tree in the yard was decorated with double happiness pattern window grilles.
The table for meals was usually filled with cakes and candies, as well as some dried fruits made by Wu Qingyun himself.
Except for the two little ones who were sitting on stools and eating candies secretly, everyone else was busy in the kitchen.
"Okay, okay, last dish."
Lu Jun brought his braised pig's trotters and placed them in the middle.
The whole table was filled to the brim.
"Where are Ping An and Xiao Yue?"
"He was just here. He must have gone to his room. Siyu, go call your uncle and aunt. It's time for dinner."
In the room.
"Wife, let me kiss you for a while longer."
Lu Ping'an lowered his head and coaxed him.
Shen Xiaoyue covered her mouth and pushed him: “It’s time to eat.”
"No, we're going to stay up together later, so we won't have time to kiss. This is the first New Year we've spent together, so let's kiss now and then, after New Year's Eve, we'll be sweet and happy for the rest of the year."
Lu Pingan didn’t really believe in these things, but the implication was so good that he couldn’t refuse it at all.
Shen Xiaoyue paused, said nothing, and just moved her mouth closer.
Lu Ping'an smiled, lowered his head and kissed her again.
"Uncle, aunt, it's time to eat!"
When Lu Siyu saw that the light was on in the room, he slammed the door, which made a loud noise, scaring the two of them.
"Alright, alright, let's go. Don't keep Siyu waiting anxiously."
Shen Xiaoyue moved her head away first.
Lu Ping'an curled the corners of his lips contentedly, and wrapped his big hand around Shen Xiaoyue's hand: "Let's go, wife, take your puppy to celebrate the first New Year."
Because we have to stay up all night, the meal on New Year’s Eve is eaten especially late.
The radio was turned up very loud, playing opera and crosstalk. The whole house was bustling with activity at a time when people usually washed up and went to bed.
"Brother, let's not go home until we are drunk tonight."
As soon as Lu Yong finished speaking, Wu Qingyun slapped him on the back of his head: "I see you're already drunk without drinking much, and now you're sitting at home, where do you want to go? Don't drink too much, and you and Xiaojun will go set off firecrackers later."
Lu Yong looked aggrieved: "Mom, I said go back to the room! Go back to the room!"
"Besides, my brother and I are not safe, let alone setting off firecrackers. After we finish drinking, we will perform a dragon tail swing for you."
Tan Li couldn't help it anymore and slapped him on the back of the head: "That's what you said last year. You almost set Siyu's clothes on fire with your dragon tail swing."
Last year, Lu Yong insisted on performing a dragon-shaped tail show, holding firecrackers in both hands and setting them off while spinning around. Si Yu stood beside him and applauded him, and he almost got burned.
Lu Yong smiled guiltily: "Mistake, mistake, if you stand farther away this year, you will definitely succeed."
"Brother, how could you take the rabbit leg when I wasn't paying attention? I want it too!"
Lu Jun sneered: "I gave this to Siyu."
"It hurts, it hurts, Mom, why are you twisting my ears?"
Wu Qingyun was speechless: "The eldest brother knows to pick up a rabbit leg and give it to his son to eat, but you are still here fighting with the child for it. How can you set a good example for Ping An?"
Lu Yong refused to accept the fact. He thought Ping An was always eager to snatch things from him, so how could he be better than Ping An?
"Come here, my wife, you like roasted food, I roasted this leg specially for you."
While picking up the food, Lu Ping'an glanced at Lu Yong with disdain.
The past is the past, and the present is the present. I am not like some people who are still so ignorant even after they have wives.
Lu Yong, who was despised by everyone, angrily took a big mouthful of rice.
After they finished their meal, when it was almost midnight, Lu Jun and Lu Yong stood out with firecrackers in their hands.
The family greeted the neighbors who were also preparing to set off firecrackers.
"Oh, Uncle Zhang, this year's firecrackers are quite big."
"That's right, you are not allowed to sleep today!"
"Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year!"
Lu Jun placed a large roll of firecrackers on the ground, struck a match, and covered his ears with his other hand.
"Ping An, see the time!"
"Three, two, one..."
The whole Dahe Village was filled with the sound of crackling firecrackers.
The sky was full of smoke and flames, and the sound of firecrackers was so loud that nothing could be heard, but everyone was congratulating each other with joy on their faces.
Lu Ping'an held Shen Xiaoyue's hand tightly and pulled her. When Shen Xiaoyue looked at him, he shouted at her in an exaggerated manner: "Wife, Happy New Year."
Shen Xiaoyue smiled. Everyone was staring at the firecrackers and no one paid attention to them.
She quickly kissed Lu Ping'an on the face, and looked at him and said word by word: "Hubby, Happy New Year."
After setting off the firecrackers, everyone went back to their own rooms.
Lu Ping'an locked the door and kept his hands in his pockets.
"Wife, there have been firecrackers going off all night tonight."
Shen Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows: "So?"
"So, can I redeem my reward now?"
Lu Ping'an laughed softly and took out the perfect test paper he had just received yesterday from his pocket.
The curtains next to the desk were drawn tightly, making it airtight.
Lu Ping'an put the things on the table neatly on the chair.
Because of the big cleaning before the New Year, the table top was spotless.
I rested my palm on the window, and even though there was a layer of curtain between us, I could still feel a slight chill in my palm.
The rising body temperature melted away the slight coolness.
Shen Xiaoyue sat on the table and shivered from the cold.
Lu Ping'an took off his clothes and used them as padding for her.
The two were very close, so close that if they blinked their eyelashes would get tangled together.
Before they kissed, their warm breaths touched each other.
Lu Ping'an looked at her, his eyes moving across her face inch by inch.
It seems like I can never get enough of it.
Shen Xiaoyue's entire field of vision was occupied by him, and she could only concentrate on staring at his trembling eyelashes and the faint mole at the end of his eye.
She doesn't want to be too passive. Since it is a reward, she should be the leader and the one giving the reward.
She sat up straighter, pinched his chin with one hand, leaned down, and kissed the little mole with her pink lips.
Then he moved slowly down and sucked hard on her lips a few times.
Lu Ping'an's breathing suddenly became heavy.
"Puppy Lu, since it's a reward, let's add some fun to it."
Shen Xiaoyue unbuttoned his shirt with her fingers and tapped his chest.
The fair and firm chest matches the red color very well, and Shen Xiaoyue thought of the red ribbon used to wrap gifts a few days ago.
The ribbon was beautiful and bright in color, so Shen Xiaoyue washed it, dried it, and put it away.
I didn't expect it would come in handy at this moment.
Lu Ping'an's voice was hoarse: "...What fun is this."
She leaned close to Lu Ping'an's ear and whispered a few words.
Lu Ping'an lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, his face gradually heated up, but he didn't speak.
She thought Lu Ping'an couldn't accept it and was about to say forget it.
It turned out that the drawer at the bottom had been opened at some point, and it was the one where the ribbons were placed.
Shen Xiaoyue chuckled.
Lu Ping'an turned his head away, looking up at the sky and down at the ground, but he didn't look at her.
Shen Xiaoyue gestured with the ribbon, tying her arms to the chair.
Lu Ping'an pursed his lips: "Wife, I can't move my hands anymore."
Shen Xiaoyue stroked his temples: “Be good, it will be fine in a while.”
Lu Ping'an's throat was dry. Even though the temperature around him was so cold that it froze everything, sweat broke out on his forehead: "...Wife, do you want this too?"
"Not feeling well..."
Is this a reward? Why is it more painful than a punishment?
Shen Xiaoyue kissed his cheek: "Right away, right away."
Lu Pingan choked: "You just said that."
Why did he feel like a lamb to be slaughtered...
"alright."
Shen Xiaoyue looked at her "work" with satisfaction.
Lu Ping'an looked like a beautifully wrapped small gift box.
She held Lu Ping'an's shoulders, raised her chin, frowned slightly, and bit her lip: "It's a bit difficult..."
"Wife, stop playing..."
The red ribbon is a little darker.
The veins on Lu Ping'an's forehead twitched repeatedly, exhausting his patience completely.
Twisting her wrists, she laboriously untied the bows one by one.
"Oh, that doesn't seem to work."
Shen Xiaoyue was in a dilemma and straightened up.
Lu Ping'an's patience reached its limit.
The ribbon was soft and elastic, but after a few more struggles, it fell to the ground.
He hugged Shen Xiaoyue's legs and stood up while holding her.
The sudden movement startled her and she threw her white arms around his neck.
He blinked confusedly.
Lu Ping'an put her on the ground, patted her butt, and motioned for her to turn around.
"Wife, the table is no longer cold."
"So, lie down."
The kerosene lamp in the corner was swaying alone, casting the overlapping shadows of the two people on the wall.
I don’t know how much time passed.
"Wife, don't bite your lips. No one can hear you."
Shen Xiaoyue could hardly stand.
"Lu puppy, you!"
Shen Xiaoyue turned her head, but before she finished cursing, the sound of firecrackers rang out from outside the house, crackling and inaudible.
Lu Ping'an pretended not to hear and kissed her lips.
"Wife, pay attention."
…
On the first day of the New Year, we have to get up early to pay New Year’s greetings.
"Wife, get up, get up, the sun is about to burn your butt."
The moment Shen Xiaoyue climbed out of bed, she began to regret why she had recruited him last night.
"Lu Xiaogou, I want it!!!"
The first thing I did when I opened my eyes was to kick him.
Suddenly remembering that one must avoid prophecies on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Xiaoyue quickly covered her mouth and just stared at him with her dark eyes.
Lu Ping'an came over and kissed her with a satisfied look.
"Wife, let's kiss on the first day of the new year, and it will be sweet from the beginning to the end of the year."
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, just give you a kiss and it'll be over."
Two sentences successfully silenced an angry woman.
She grabbed a pillow and tried to hit him in the face.
I found a red paper under the pillow, with something wrapped inside.
"Wow, my wife is amazing. She found the lucky money when she woke up this morning."
Shen Xiaoyue's eyes lit up and she raised the corners of her mouth: "Can it be dismantled?"
"sure."
Shen Xiaoyue took it out and saw that it was a big unity card.
"Who would give 10 yuan as New Year's gift?"
Lu Pingan was pleased: “Are you shocked? That’s right, I want to shock you.”
"Should I give one each to Siyu and Sixia?"
"I'm ready, my wife, pack up and go to pay New Year's greetings to my parents."
Lu Pingan rushed Shen Xiaoyue to wash up.
Si Xia rubbed her eyes and walked out: "Grandma, I'm so sleepy. I didn't get much sleep last night because we set off firecrackers all night long."
Siyu covered his legs, his mouth twitching: "Sister, if you were not asleep, who kicked me?"
Si Xia blinked her eyes: "I don't know, brother."
Lu Jun and Lu Yong looked at each other guiltily.
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