Chapter 426 Another Spring
"It's much more than I thought." Father Lin was a little surprised, "What's going on?"
"Word of mouth has spread. I heard from Wang Zhou that many people from the neighboring town come here to sell mountain products and buy things." Lin Heng explained.
"Is that so? No wonder." Father Lin suddenly realized.
He became happy and patted Lin Heng's shoulder with a smile.
"Let's go see if there's anything cheap to buy. If not, let's go." Lin Heng said to his father.
"Okay." Father Lin nodded in agreement.
Lin Heng turned to look at Wang Zhou and said, "You can go back now. You don't have to be busy here. You can open the store after the first month of the year. This month is a holiday, and you can get half of your salary during the holiday."
Wang Zhou was stunned at first, then nodded quickly: "Thank you, Brother Lin."
He didn't expect that in addition to the year-end bonus, he would also receive paid vacation, which was incredible.
"Go, this is what you deserve." Lin Heng waved his hand and said that he would not treat those who followed him unfairly.
After Wang Zhou left, he took his father for a walk on the street. Usually, some things would drop in price at this time, but this time he didn't buy anything because he didn't need it.
Because of the snow, the market ended early today. Father Lin looked around and patted Lin Heng on the shoulder: "Go home, son."
"Yeah." Lin Heng nodded, and the two of them drove back, picking up a few people from the same village on the way.
The snow has been falling, and now the sky and the earth are completely white.
After returning home, Lin Heng pushed the car into the house, walked quickly into the house and came to the fireplace to warm himself by the fire.
"You must be frozen." Xiulan handed him a cup of hot tea she had just made.
"If it snows like this, we won't be able to go to Lushui County the day after tomorrow." Lin Heng said with emotion after taking a sip of tea.
Xiulan smiled and said, "It's okay. It will be the same if we wait for a few days until the snow melts. I have prepared lunch. Let's eat."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
I had a simple lunch and spent the afternoon at home boredly watching the snow falling outside.
By the evening, the snow had piled up all over the hills, and the sky and the earth were all white.
Although it was a light snow, it kept falling.
Go to bed early and keep the fire in the fireplace burning, Lin Heng said.
The next morning, Lin Heng woke up and glanced at Xiulan beside him.
"Hey, don't move, the wind is coming in."
Xiulan muttered something, hugged him tightly and wrapped herself in the quilt. Although it was not cold, it was still very uncomfortable to feel the wind blowing into the quilt.
"What time are you going to get up?"
Lin Heng looked at her and asked, Xiulan's body was hot and soft, and the tight hug brought him an incomparable touch.
"Everything that needs to be prepared has been packed up. Let's rest for a while." Xiulan said softly. She didn't sleep well last night and was still sleepy now.
Lin Heng lay quietly looking at her face, not moving a finger, just feeling the sensation she brought.
It was half past eight when Xiulan finally fell asleep. She opened her eyes and looked at Lin Heng, her eyes conveying affection.
"Get up."
She sat up, picked up the black lace bra beside the pillow and put it on, then turned her back to Lin Heng and let him button it.
After getting dressed, they walked out together, opened the backyard, and the cold air blew in. As expected, it was snowing white outside.
"This snow must have fallen all night. I hope it won't snow today." Lin Heng sighed.
"It shouldn't rain." Xiulan said, looking at the sky.
"Let's shovel the snow first."
Lin Heng said something, took two shovels and shoveled snow with Xiulan.
The snow was not too thick, but it was still more than 20 centimeters. After they shoveled the snow in the front and back yards, they felt hot all over. They took off their cotton jackets when exercising together.
After exercising, Lin Heng lit the fireplace in the main room, then went to milk the cows with Xiulan and made breakfast.
After breakfast, Lin Heng went to Hongfeng Mountain first.
When he came over, his parents and Caiyun were already preparing to put up Spring Festival couplets.
"You guys are so quick." Lin Heng said in surprise.
"Son, you and your sister stay here, your mother and I will go feed the cattle and sheep. Once we're done, we can go over there." Father Lin waved at him and said.
"good."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement, and came over to put up Spring Festival couplets with Caiyun.
Lin's father and mother took a pair of couplets to the cowshed. They wanted to put up a pair there as well to bring good luck.
Lin Heng quickly finished pasting the Spring Festival couplets and door paintings, and Caiyun went into the house to pack up some things.
He took a scoop net to the mountain stream, caught a grass carp, and took it back to eat.
He caught some grass carp and waited by the fire in the house for a while. Then Lin's father and mother finished feeding the cattle and sheep and walked in and said, "Let's go."
"Okay." Lin Heng carried the fish and returned to the village with his parents.
It was windy and extremely cold outside, so the four of them quickly returned to the yard.
"Aunt, here's something to eat for you."
Xiaoxia saw Caiyun coming and handed the tangerine in her hand to Caiyun.
Since Lin Heng has been at home for a long time, he is not as clingy to him as before.
"Thank you, Xiaoxia." Caiyun smiled, hugged her and kissed her.
"Grandma wants to eat oranges too, Xiaoxia." Mother Lin said with a smile as she looked at her granddaughter.
"For your grandma."
Xiaoxia got down from Caiyun, took two oranges and handed them to Lin's mother and father respectively.
"Haha, you're really a good grandson." Mother Lin smiled happily.
Father Lin teased his granddaughter and then went to check on his twin grandsons who had fallen asleep after breakfast.
He now has many children and grandchildren, and his life is enviable.
After sitting by the fire for a while, Father Lin stood up and said, "Your mother and I will go to the old house to shovel snow first. When you finish pasting the couplets, come and help."
"I understand. Dad, remember to notify my brother to come over for dinner." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.
"I know." Father Lin waved his hand.
After their parents came over, Lin Heng and Xiulan Caiyun put up couplets together, while Xiaoxia jumped and watched beside them.
"Mom, I also want to put up couplets." Xiaoxia said aloud.
"Come on, put up a "Fu" character and be blessed." Xiulan said, holding a "Fu" character covered in glue.
Lin Heng picked her up and motioned for her to stick the word "Fu" on the door. Although it was a little crooked, it didn't matter, as long as she was happy.
"It's so fun, I want to paste more." Xiaoxia cheered.
"Wait a moment." Lin Heng did not stop him. It was a good thing that the child wanted to help. There was no need to refuse just because she was clumsy. Everyone has been clumsy before.
With his daughter, Lin Heng quickly pasted up the couplets and hung up the lanterns, and the room suddenly became more festive.
"I'm going to cook." Xiulan said after putting up the couplet.
Caiyun also said, "I'll help my sister-in-law. Second brother, you can take Xiaoxia to the old house to paste the couplets."
"good."
Lin Heng took the things and pulled Xiaoxia towards the old house, and Xiongba followed them happily.
In the old house, my parents had already cleared the snow. Xiaoxia ran in and started to take credit: "Grandpa and grandma, I just put up a couplet. Dad said I put it up well."
"Really? Then I'll come and take a look too." Father Lin touched her head and carried her over to paste the couplets.
Several people worked hard and soon the couplets on the old house were posted. After a little tidying up, they went back into the house to warm themselves by the fire.
Although there was a fireplace, Lin Heng still lit a pot of charcoal fire today. This thing is quite warm, but the thing he needed to be careful about was to be on guard against Xiaoxia.
Not long after they sat down, they heard the crackling sound of firecrackers in the village. Father Lin went out to take a look and said, "The Wang Jin family is doing it quickly this year. They are already having the reunion dinner now."
"It doesn't matter if it's quick. We can just take our time and there's no rush." Mother Lin said in the kitchen.
At this time, the sound of firecrackers was heard in the yard next door, and soon Lin Yue and his family came over.
"Second father, grandpa!"
The loud-mouthed Lin Wei was the first to run in. He was very happy because he had achieved good results this year and his parents rewarded him with a toy.
"Brother and sister-in-law, please come in and sit down." Lin Heng also walked out to greet them.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded, stretched out his hand to hold his shoulder and said, "Come over to eat tonight."
"No problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded in agreement.
Once we got into the house, it became lively as more people came. The children were playing around in a group, having snowball fights and making snowmen, having a lot of fun.
The adults took out playing cards and started playing, chatting while playing.
At about eleven o'clock, Xiulan shouted from the kitchen: "The food is ready, move the table and eat."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and asked his father to move the square table to the middle of the main room. Then he went to the grocery room at the back and got a large round table top and placed it on top.
He asked carpenter Liang to custom-make this large round table top. With so many people in the family, they can sit around the square table in a circle. After cleaning, they can serve the dishes.
The reunion dinner of Lin Heng's family this year can be said to be rich in dishes. In addition to the usual chicken, fish, and pork, there are also stewed sika deer ribs, stir-fried black bear meat, and braised golden chicken, deer, wolf meat, etc.
There were twelve dishes of various sizes, and there were still many that had not been served.
"The vegetables are delicious this year, they're all meat." Father Lin said with a smile.
Mother Lin also said: "That's right, there are more than last year, the children are so capable."
"It smells so good, let's set off the firecrackers and eat soon, second dad." Lin Wei couldn't help but say as he inhaled the aroma.
"No problem." Lin Heng nodded with a smile, and went to get the firecrackers and sky rockets to set off at the gate of the yard.
"Eat, eat."
Lin Heng ran back shortly after the firecrackers went off. The firecrackers his family bought this year were quite long and would last for a while.
"Come on, let's drink first." Lin Heng said, holding up the cup filled with rice wine.
Everyone had something to drink today, the children had hot milk and the adults had rice wine.
After taking a sip, everyone started to eat heartily and enjoy the delicious food. The adults drank and chatted, and occasionally took care of the children who couldn't reach the food.
They talked about this year's gains and expressed new prospects for next year, hoping that the coming year will be better than this year and that everyone will be healthy.
After the meal, no matter adults or children, including Lu Mingdu, everyone was so full that they couldn't eat anymore, and there were still many dishes on the table.
"Come on, pack up and let's play cards and chess." Lin Heng said with a smile. It's not that he likes playing cards so much, but the game is very simple and everyone can participate.
"Aunt, let's play checkers." Lin Wei hugged Caiyun's arm and shook it.
"Okay, let's play checkers." Caiyun agreed with a smile.
"Then I'll go back and prepare dinner." Liu Juan stood up and said.
"It's still early. Let's play here for a while before leaving. Let's play a few cards." Lin's mother held her back and said.
"Okay then." Liu Juan agreed with a smile.
After playing for half an afternoon, the laughter in the whole house never stopped. At about 3 pm, everyone went to the eldest brother's house and continued playing the cards they had just played.
In the evening, they had a New Year's Eve dinner at their eldest brother's house. After playing for a while, Lin's father and mother Caiyun went back to Hongfeng Mountain.
Lin Heng and Xiulan took the children home and lit the fire in the house very brightly. It is said that the brighter the fire is on the night of the 30th, the better, which represents a bright future.
"I'll help you, Dad." Xiaoxia said as she handed the firewood to Lin Heng.
"Okay." Lin Heng took it with a smile. Looking at the raging flames in the fireplace, Xiaoxia clapped her hands in approval.
Xiulan replaced the beds with new leaflet covers before signaling everyone to go to bed and rest.
Lin Heng told the children the story of the Nian beast and the origin of the twelve zodiac animals tonight. Xiaoxia listened with great interest, but Luming Duheng fell asleep after a while.
The next morning was the real New Year's Day. Lin Heng and Xiulan woke up before dawn. They each changed into new clothes, and then put new clothes on the children and gave them big red envelopes.
"Wow, I love big red envelopes."
Xiaoxia was unhappy about being woken up, but she suddenly woke up when she saw the big red envelope.
The two sons were different. They started crying when they were woken up and didn't understand what the red envelope meant. After the two changed their clothes, Xiulan fed them some milk helplessly and coaxed them back to sleep.
"Mom, let's go kowtow to grandpa and grandma and wish them a happy new year." Xiaoxia pulled her mother and said excitedly that she wanted to collect a lot of big red envelopes and save them.
"Wait a moment." Xiulan pulled her, and they first made a fire and warmed up the main room, then took the square table out to cast the stars, burn incense, burn yellow paper and set off firecrackers.
After the greetings, Lin's father, mother, and Caiyun all came over. Xiaoxia was the first to rush out and hug them: "Happy New Year, Grandpa, Grandma, and Auntie. Wish you good fortune and prosperity."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the three of them with her eyes wide open.
"Happy New Year, Xiaoxia." Father Lin hugged her, smiled and took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to her. Mother Lin also handed her one.
"Wow, thank you Grandpa and grandma." Xiaoxia kissed them both happily.
Caiyun smiled and said, "Xiaoxia and I are both children. We both accept red envelopes instead of giving them out."
"Okay then." Xiaoxia still kissed her aunt.
Lin Heng Xiulan also greeted her parents and gave them red envelopes. The two elders also prepared red envelopes for them. After they finished chatting, they gave red envelopes to their two little grandchildren.
What happened next was the same as in previous years. They wrapped the children in blankets, Lin Heng and Xiulan each held one, Caiyun held Xiaoxia, and then they called their eldest brother and his family to go to the Guanyin Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.
"Are you planning to go to your third uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings first, or to your grandmother's house?" Mother Lin asked curiously as they walked on the road.
"Let's go to my grandma's house. It's quite far away. What about you guys, brother?" Lin Heng looked at his eldest brother.
Lin Yue smiled and said, "I'm the same as you. Let's go together so that my aunt doesn't have to cook twice. She's pregnant and tired now."
"Okay then, our whole family will go over there." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
Father Lin shook his head and said, "No, your mother can just follow you. If we all leave and someone comes to pay New Year's greetings, they won't even be able to enter the house."
(End of this chapter)
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