Chapter 423 Today in Previous Years
"Hey! Qiangzi, you're here!"
When Liang Xianglian saw Li Guoqiang walking in from outside, she was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up and walked forward with a look of great joy.
Erniu jumped down from the fire pit, then leaped and pounced on Li Guoqiang.
Only the third child stood there with an excited look on his face, not knowing what to say.
In fact, after spending more than half a year together and with Li Guoqiang's unreserved care and love, as well as the special relationship between Li Guoqiang and Liang Xianglian, he had already regarded Li Guoqiang as both a father and a brother.
And on this New Year's Eve, what he wanted most was for Li Guoqiang to come and spend it with him.
Unfortunately, he waited and waited for most of the night, but Li Guoqiang never came.
This made him very disappointed.
He originally thought that Li Guoqiang would not come.
But surprises often come so suddenly.
Just when he was thinking about whether he should kowtow to Li Guoqiang and wish him a happy new year, a bright red red envelope suddenly appeared in front of him.
Looking at the red envelope, he was slightly stunned, then quickly raised his head to take a look.
In an instant, Li Guoqiang's handsome face with a warm smile came into his eyes, making him feel warm in his heart.
"Hey!"
Li Guoqiang looked at the slightly red eyes of the third child, and felt happy. Then he laughed and said, "This is the New Year's money for you. You must keep it well."
"Well, thank you, Brother Qiangzi!"
Upon hearing this, Sanwazi nodded vigorously and spoke.
After saying that, he reached out to take the red envelope, put it in his pocket, and then patted his pocket hard, as if he was worried that he would drop it.
"Come!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then turned around and looked at Liang Xianglian and Erniu, and greeted them softly: "Don't stand, sit on the kang first!"
"Hey!"
When Liang Xianglian heard this, she nodded and agreed quickly. Then she seemed to have thought of something and said quickly, "Well, there are some dishes hot in the pot. I'll bring them up right away."
After saying that, she hurried towards the outer room.
"I'm going to help!"
Seeing this, Erniu immediately chased after him.
Li Guoqiang didn't say anything about this. He just climbed up the fire pit by himself, then waved his hand, signaling Sanwaizi to come over.
When Sanwazi saw it, he immediately walked over and sat next to Li Guoqiang.
"How's it going?"
Li Guoqiang reached out and rubbed Sanwazi's head, then asked softly, "Did you play with the fireworks I brought you earlier?"
"no!"
The third child shook his head, then said aggrievedly: "My mom and my sister wouldn't let me play with it, saying I can only play with it after you come!"
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Li Guoqiang was delighted, and then he laughed and said, "How come you are so obedient, kid! If they don't let you, you won't secretly take it to play with it, right?"
"I can not!"
When Sanwazi heard what Li Guoqiang said, he quickly shook his head and spoke.
He looked like a punching bag.
And this is indeed the case. Although his character is quite tough as he was brought up in the mountains, otherwise he would not have wanted to confront Li Guoqiang head-on.
However, only in front of Liang Xianglian and Erniu, especially when facing his elder sister Erniu, he was like a mouse seeing a cat.
Perhaps this is the legendary blood suppression!
"okay!"
When Li Guoqiang saw Sanwazi's expression, he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Look at you, you look so useless. I'll take you out to play later. Is that okay?"
"Row!"
When Sanwazi heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded hurriedly and cheered, "This is simply amazing!"
After saying this, he was already imagining in his mind how he would have more fun playing later.
You know, he has never played with fireworks in his life!
At most, he had seen other people's children playing during the Chinese New Year when he followed his dead father to Zhao Liming's home to pay New Year's greetings.
God knows how envious he was at that time. He even plucked up the courage to act coquettishly to his father, wanting him to buy him something to play with.
Unfortunately, his father kicked him without saying a word and scolded him for being useless.
From that time on, he never had any more extravagant hopes.
Who would have thought that today, he would have the opportunity to realize his original wish.
Just when he was feeling very happy about this, Liang Xianglian and Erniu came in each carrying a plate of food and placed it on the kang table.
Afterwards, they took out the aged wine that Li Guoqiang had sent them earlier, poured it into a wine pot, and placed it on a charcoal stove to warm it.
When the wine and food were ready, they sat on Li Guoqiang's left and right, and drove Sanwazi to the opposite corner.
Fortunately, Sanwazi has already gotten used to this, otherwise he would have to ask Liang Xianglian whether he is her biological son.
"Come!"
After a while, Liang Xianglian picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine for Li Guoqiang, Erniu, and herself. Then she raised the wine glass and said, "Qiangzi, the three of us are where we are today thanks to you. This glass of wine is in your honor!"
After saying that, she tilted her head back and drank all the wine.
Seeing this, Erniu didn't say anything, but immediately picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
However, since she didn't drink very often, she was soon choked by the spicy taste of the wine and started coughing.
"Ha ha!"
When Sanwazi saw this, he couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing laughing?"
Erniu heard the laughter and immediately glared at Sanwazi in anger, then began to teach him a lesson: "You have no respect for your elders. If it weren't for the New Year today, I would have given you a good beating!"
Hearing this, Sanwazi couldn't help but shrink his neck immediately, then hurriedly lowered his head and picked up the food with chopsticks to eat.
At the same time, he kept thinking in his heart.
In his opinion, Erniu is a little tigress who is usually very fierce. He doesn't know what Li Guoqiang likes about her?
Little did they know that it was precisely because of Erniu's wildness that Li Guoqiang looked up to her and even enjoyed it.
Otherwise, with his ability, he could have as many women as he wanted, so why would he accept Erniu, a country girl?
Seeing Sanwazi's bullied look, Liang Xianglian couldn't bear it after all, and hurriedly spoke up to help: "Okay, your brother didn't mean it, you as a sister, don't always bully him." "Oh!"
Upon hearing this, Erniu glanced at Li Guoqiang, and then did not argue with Liang Xianglian, but just nodded and agreed.
Then she picked up the wine jug and refilled Li Guoqiang, Liang Xianglian and her own glasses with wine.
"correct!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang suddenly remembered that when he came here just now, he saw no movement in Zhao Limin's house next door, so he hurriedly asked: "Have Old Zhao and his wife gone back to the village to celebrate the New Year?"
"Ok!"
When Liang Xianglian heard this question, she nodded quickly and answered, "The couple went back yesterday afternoon and said they would come back after the fourth day of the New Year.
Besides, he left all the guns for us to defend ourselves because he didn’t know if you would come over.”
"That!"
Li Guoqiang didn't feel surprised when he heard it.
After all, it was the New Year, and they couldn’t let the couple stay in the mountains. They had to go back to reunite with their children and visit their relatives.
As for the apiary and the safety of Liang Xianglian's family, it is not a big deal.
On the one hand, it was because it was New Year and basically no one would come to this deep mountain. On the other hand, he had already given Liang Xianglian and Erniu several guns for self-defense.
What's more, he would come to visit from time to time, which was enough to ensure that no accidents would occur.
Soon, as we ate, drank and chatted, time passed and it was already past three in the morning.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Guoqiang did not waste any time and directly took the third child to the yard to play with fireworks.
"call out!"
"boom!"
"So beautiful!"
As gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the sky, Sanwazi, Erniu and Liang Xianglian all looked amazed.
Fortunately, this is deep in the mountains, otherwise, the noise might really attract some people.
They played like this for quite a while, and finally Sanwazi had enough. Then, without waiting for him to pester Li Guoqiang and ask to play again in the next few days, Erniu sent him back to his little house.
Li Guoqiang couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and then he pulled Liang Xianglian and Erniu into the house, one on each side.
Next, it’s time for the most popular part.
When the sky was already beginning to lighten, Li Guoqiang glanced at the two people who were already fast asleep, and then used teleportation to return to his home in Jinshanbao.
At this time, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others were still asleep and had no idea that Li Guoqiang had gone out.
Only Qu Yinfeng had gotten up and was lighting a fire in the outer room to warm the kang, boiling water, kneading dough and picking vegetables for breakfast.
According to the rules, people have to fast and pray for blessings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Therefore, people generally stop eating meat after midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Soon, while listening to the noise coming from the outer room, Li Guoqiang crawled into the warm bed and fell asleep.
When he woke up, he found that Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others were no longer on the kang. Only the two little girls, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, were lying on the end of the kang, muttering to themselves and shaking their little feet.
When they saw Li Guoqiang wake up, they couldn't help but cheer, and then pounced on Li Guoqiang from the left and right.
Fortunately, Li Guoqiang's physical fitness is good enough, otherwise, he might really be overwhelmed.
"Big brother, you finally woke up!"
"What's the matter?"
When Li Guoqiang heard Xu Dani's complaint, he raised his eyebrows and asked with some confusion.
"It's almost nine o'clock now, and we haven't gone to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Fu and Grandpa Lu yet!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Dani immediately began to explain.
"Ah!"
Li Guoqiang looked at the little girl's serious expression and felt happy. Then he laughed and joked, "I think your wish to wish a happy new year is fake. You really want to get a red envelope!"
"Whee!"
Xu Dani didn't feel embarrassed when her little secret was exposed. Instead, she smiled with some anticipation.
You know, in previous years she stayed at home during the Chinese New Year and didn't dare go out to see anyone, for fear of bringing bad luck to others.
But now, Li Guoqiang has helped her get rid of the bad reputation of a little disaster star. Of course, she really wants to experience the feeling of visiting other people's homes to wish them a happy new year and getting red envelopes.
"okay!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang glanced at Zhu Caixia who was also looking forward to it, then nodded and said with a smile: "You guys get up and wait for me first, I'll go wash up and then take you to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Fu."
"Okay!"
When Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia heard this, they immediately nodded happily and agreed, then they got up and waited obediently by the side.
Li Guoqiang put on his clothes and walked out of the house.
"Qiangzi, get up!"
At this time, Xu Yuping just came out from the west room. When she saw Li Guoqiang, her eyes lit up slightly. Then she hurriedly greeted him and ran to the washstand to prepare a towel, hot water, toothpaste and toothbrush for Li Guoqiang.
"Ok!"
Li Guoqiang nodded slightly in agreement, then walked forward, took the hot towel and wiped his face, feeling relaxed all over.
Then he took the cup of water and toothbrush, opened the door and walked out, squatted under the eaves, and brushed his teeth while looking at the scenery in the yard.
I saw that the red firecracker confetti that originally covered the snow had been covered by the snow at some point, leaving only some traces of the fireworks and firecrackers.
In addition, because of the custom of not working on the first day of the new year, the snow in the yard was not cleared, and only rows of footprints were left on it.
Seeing this situation, Li Guoqiang quickly turned his attention to the stable in the next yard, intending to let the sika deer pull the sled and carry them to the village to pay New Year's greetings.
Otherwise, with the thick snow on the village road, it would be difficult to walk for a while.
Soon, he brushed his teeth, making them as white as snow. Then, as soon as he got up and returned to the house, Xu Yuping handed him a hot towel, which was extremely thoughtful.
With this standard of living, it should be unique not only in Jinshanbao or in the old city, but also in the whole country.
"Come on, let's go inside and eat!"
When Xu Yuping saw that Li Guoqiang had finished washing up, she hurriedly pulled him into the west room and let him, the head of the family, have the first meal of the New Year with the women.
When Li Guoqiang walked into the room, he found that Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others, as well as the two little girls Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, were already sitting on the kang. They had all changed into new clothes and looked very bright and charming.
This immediately made a word come to his mind: it really is a new year, a new atmosphere!
(End of this chapter)
"Hey! Qiangzi, you're here!"
When Liang Xianglian saw Li Guoqiang walking in from outside, she was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up and walked forward with a look of great joy.
Erniu jumped down from the fire pit, then leaped and pounced on Li Guoqiang.
Only the third child stood there with an excited look on his face, not knowing what to say.
In fact, after spending more than half a year together and with Li Guoqiang's unreserved care and love, as well as the special relationship between Li Guoqiang and Liang Xianglian, he had already regarded Li Guoqiang as both a father and a brother.
And on this New Year's Eve, what he wanted most was for Li Guoqiang to come and spend it with him.
Unfortunately, he waited and waited for most of the night, but Li Guoqiang never came.
This made him very disappointed.
He originally thought that Li Guoqiang would not come.
But surprises often come so suddenly.
Just when he was thinking about whether he should kowtow to Li Guoqiang and wish him a happy new year, a bright red red envelope suddenly appeared in front of him.
Looking at the red envelope, he was slightly stunned, then quickly raised his head to take a look.
In an instant, Li Guoqiang's handsome face with a warm smile came into his eyes, making him feel warm in his heart.
"Hey!"
Li Guoqiang looked at the slightly red eyes of the third child, and felt happy. Then he laughed and said, "This is the New Year's money for you. You must keep it well."
"Well, thank you, Brother Qiangzi!"
Upon hearing this, Sanwazi nodded vigorously and spoke.
After saying that, he reached out to take the red envelope, put it in his pocket, and then patted his pocket hard, as if he was worried that he would drop it.
"Come!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then turned around and looked at Liang Xianglian and Erniu, and greeted them softly: "Don't stand, sit on the kang first!"
"Hey!"
When Liang Xianglian heard this, she nodded and agreed quickly. Then she seemed to have thought of something and said quickly, "Well, there are some dishes hot in the pot. I'll bring them up right away."
After saying that, she hurried towards the outer room.
"I'm going to help!"
Seeing this, Erniu immediately chased after him.
Li Guoqiang didn't say anything about this. He just climbed up the fire pit by himself, then waved his hand, signaling Sanwaizi to come over.
When Sanwazi saw it, he immediately walked over and sat next to Li Guoqiang.
"How's it going?"
Li Guoqiang reached out and rubbed Sanwazi's head, then asked softly, "Did you play with the fireworks I brought you earlier?"
"no!"
The third child shook his head, then said aggrievedly: "My mom and my sister wouldn't let me play with it, saying I can only play with it after you come!"
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Li Guoqiang was delighted, and then he laughed and said, "How come you are so obedient, kid! If they don't let you, you won't secretly take it to play with it, right?"
"I can not!"
When Sanwazi heard what Li Guoqiang said, he quickly shook his head and spoke.
He looked like a punching bag.
And this is indeed the case. Although his character is quite tough as he was brought up in the mountains, otherwise he would not have wanted to confront Li Guoqiang head-on.
However, only in front of Liang Xianglian and Erniu, especially when facing his elder sister Erniu, he was like a mouse seeing a cat.
Perhaps this is the legendary blood suppression!
"okay!"
When Li Guoqiang saw Sanwazi's expression, he couldn't help but said with a smile: "Look at you, you look so useless. I'll take you out to play later. Is that okay?"
"Row!"
When Sanwazi heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded hurriedly and cheered, "This is simply amazing!"
After saying this, he was already imagining in his mind how he would have more fun playing later.
You know, he has never played with fireworks in his life!
At most, he had seen other people's children playing during the Chinese New Year when he followed his dead father to Zhao Liming's home to pay New Year's greetings.
God knows how envious he was at that time. He even plucked up the courage to act coquettishly to his father, wanting him to buy him something to play with.
Unfortunately, his father kicked him without saying a word and scolded him for being useless.
From that time on, he never had any more extravagant hopes.
Who would have thought that today, he would have the opportunity to realize his original wish.
Just when he was feeling very happy about this, Liang Xianglian and Erniu came in each carrying a plate of food and placed it on the kang table.
Afterwards, they took out the aged wine that Li Guoqiang had sent them earlier, poured it into a wine pot, and placed it on a charcoal stove to warm it.
When the wine and food were ready, they sat on Li Guoqiang's left and right, and drove Sanwazi to the opposite corner.
Fortunately, Sanwazi has already gotten used to this, otherwise he would have to ask Liang Xianglian whether he is her biological son.
"Come!"
After a while, Liang Xianglian picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine for Li Guoqiang, Erniu, and herself. Then she raised the wine glass and said, "Qiangzi, the three of us are where we are today thanks to you. This glass of wine is in your honor!"
After saying that, she tilted her head back and drank all the wine.
Seeing this, Erniu didn't say anything, but immediately picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
However, since she didn't drink very often, she was soon choked by the spicy taste of the wine and started coughing.
"Ha ha!"
When Sanwazi saw this, he couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing laughing?"
Erniu heard the laughter and immediately glared at Sanwazi in anger, then began to teach him a lesson: "You have no respect for your elders. If it weren't for the New Year today, I would have given you a good beating!"
Hearing this, Sanwazi couldn't help but shrink his neck immediately, then hurriedly lowered his head and picked up the food with chopsticks to eat.
At the same time, he kept thinking in his heart.
In his opinion, Erniu is a little tigress who is usually very fierce. He doesn't know what Li Guoqiang likes about her?
Little did they know that it was precisely because of Erniu's wildness that Li Guoqiang looked up to her and even enjoyed it.
Otherwise, with his ability, he could have as many women as he wanted, so why would he accept Erniu, a country girl?
Seeing Sanwazi's bullied look, Liang Xianglian couldn't bear it after all, and hurriedly spoke up to help: "Okay, your brother didn't mean it, you as a sister, don't always bully him." "Oh!"
Upon hearing this, Erniu glanced at Li Guoqiang, and then did not argue with Liang Xianglian, but just nodded and agreed.
Then she picked up the wine jug and refilled Li Guoqiang, Liang Xianglian and her own glasses with wine.
"correct!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang suddenly remembered that when he came here just now, he saw no movement in Zhao Limin's house next door, so he hurriedly asked: "Have Old Zhao and his wife gone back to the village to celebrate the New Year?"
"Ok!"
When Liang Xianglian heard this question, she nodded quickly and answered, "The couple went back yesterday afternoon and said they would come back after the fourth day of the New Year.
Besides, he left all the guns for us to defend ourselves because he didn’t know if you would come over.”
"That!"
Li Guoqiang didn't feel surprised when he heard it.
After all, it was the New Year, and they couldn’t let the couple stay in the mountains. They had to go back to reunite with their children and visit their relatives.
As for the apiary and the safety of Liang Xianglian's family, it is not a big deal.
On the one hand, it was because it was New Year and basically no one would come to this deep mountain. On the other hand, he had already given Liang Xianglian and Erniu several guns for self-defense.
What's more, he would come to visit from time to time, which was enough to ensure that no accidents would occur.
Soon, as we ate, drank and chatted, time passed and it was already past three in the morning.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Guoqiang did not waste any time and directly took the third child to the yard to play with fireworks.
"call out!"
"boom!"
"So beautiful!"
As gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the sky, Sanwazi, Erniu and Liang Xianglian all looked amazed.
Fortunately, this is deep in the mountains, otherwise, the noise might really attract some people.
They played like this for quite a while, and finally Sanwazi had enough. Then, without waiting for him to pester Li Guoqiang and ask to play again in the next few days, Erniu sent him back to his little house.
Li Guoqiang couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, and then he pulled Liang Xianglian and Erniu into the house, one on each side.
Next, it’s time for the most popular part.
When the sky was already beginning to lighten, Li Guoqiang glanced at the two people who were already fast asleep, and then used teleportation to return to his home in Jinshanbao.
At this time, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others were still asleep and had no idea that Li Guoqiang had gone out.
Only Qu Yinfeng had gotten up and was lighting a fire in the outer room to warm the kang, boiling water, kneading dough and picking vegetables for breakfast.
According to the rules, people have to fast and pray for blessings on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Therefore, people generally stop eating meat after midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Soon, while listening to the noise coming from the outer room, Li Guoqiang crawled into the warm bed and fell asleep.
When he woke up, he found that Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others were no longer on the kang. Only the two little girls, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, were lying on the end of the kang, muttering to themselves and shaking their little feet.
When they saw Li Guoqiang wake up, they couldn't help but cheer, and then pounced on Li Guoqiang from the left and right.
Fortunately, Li Guoqiang's physical fitness is good enough, otherwise, he might really be overwhelmed.
"Big brother, you finally woke up!"
"What's the matter?"
When Li Guoqiang heard Xu Dani's complaint, he raised his eyebrows and asked with some confusion.
"It's almost nine o'clock now, and we haven't gone to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Fu and Grandpa Lu yet!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Dani immediately began to explain.
"Ah!"
Li Guoqiang looked at the little girl's serious expression and felt happy. Then he laughed and joked, "I think your wish to wish a happy new year is fake. You really want to get a red envelope!"
"Whee!"
Xu Dani didn't feel embarrassed when her little secret was exposed. Instead, she smiled with some anticipation.
You know, in previous years she stayed at home during the Chinese New Year and didn't dare go out to see anyone, for fear of bringing bad luck to others.
But now, Li Guoqiang has helped her get rid of the bad reputation of a little disaster star. Of course, she really wants to experience the feeling of visiting other people's homes to wish them a happy new year and getting red envelopes.
"okay!"
Seeing this, Li Guoqiang glanced at Zhu Caixia who was also looking forward to it, then nodded and said with a smile: "You guys get up and wait for me first, I'll go wash up and then take you to pay New Year's greetings to Uncle Fu."
"Okay!"
When Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia heard this, they immediately nodded happily and agreed, then they got up and waited obediently by the side.
Li Guoqiang put on his clothes and walked out of the house.
"Qiangzi, get up!"
At this time, Xu Yuping just came out from the west room. When she saw Li Guoqiang, her eyes lit up slightly. Then she hurriedly greeted him and ran to the washstand to prepare a towel, hot water, toothpaste and toothbrush for Li Guoqiang.
"Ok!"
Li Guoqiang nodded slightly in agreement, then walked forward, took the hot towel and wiped his face, feeling relaxed all over.
Then he took the cup of water and toothbrush, opened the door and walked out, squatted under the eaves, and brushed his teeth while looking at the scenery in the yard.
I saw that the red firecracker confetti that originally covered the snow had been covered by the snow at some point, leaving only some traces of the fireworks and firecrackers.
In addition, because of the custom of not working on the first day of the new year, the snow in the yard was not cleared, and only rows of footprints were left on it.
Seeing this situation, Li Guoqiang quickly turned his attention to the stable in the next yard, intending to let the sika deer pull the sled and carry them to the village to pay New Year's greetings.
Otherwise, with the thick snow on the village road, it would be difficult to walk for a while.
Soon, he brushed his teeth, making them as white as snow. Then, as soon as he got up and returned to the house, Xu Yuping handed him a hot towel, which was extremely thoughtful.
With this standard of living, it should be unique not only in Jinshanbao or in the old city, but also in the whole country.
"Come on, let's go inside and eat!"
When Xu Yuping saw that Li Guoqiang had finished washing up, she hurriedly pulled him into the west room and let him, the head of the family, have the first meal of the New Year with the women.
When Li Guoqiang walked into the room, he found that Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others, as well as the two little girls Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, were already sitting on the kang. They had all changed into new clothes and looked very bright and charming.
This immediately made a word come to his mind: it really is a new year, a new atmosphere!
(End of this chapter)
