Time flies, and before I knew it, the Spring Festival came to China. Lu Li came out of Li Xiaoping's house, waved his hands with the father and son of the Li family with a smile, and rode his bike home. This was the last family that needed to visit before the New Year, but there was no chance to enjoy the next day - the third year of junior high school has to start business! Thinking of this, Lu Li couldn't help but curse, when will he live a truly comfortable, rich and leisurely life?

After returning home, the smell of braised pork had already floated out of the iron pot. Zhao Yunsheng, like a greedy pig, moved the cover on the pot, took a pair of chopsticks, lowered his head to pick up lean meat and ate it. When he heard the sound, the child was shocked. When he saw it was his uncle, he became happy again. The uncle loved him the most and would not be angry! "Uncle, eat."

"Be good, my uncle will put it in a bowl for you. Don't eat it by the pot like this. Do you hear that?"

"Oh." The child agreed obediently and stood aside, "Where is grandma?"

"Go to buy groceries."

Lu Li put a bowl of meat for him, picked up two steamed little hedgehogs and carried them into the house. Zhao Yunsheng followed his uncle like a small tail, "Uncle, eat!"

"I know, you little greedy cat!"

Zhao Jianguo and Liu Yifeng were sitting there. Without his wife, the second brother-in-law seemed to be brave enough. He smoked one by one with his brother-in-law. The ashtray was full of cigarette butts, "Hey, Xiao Lu is back? It's cold outside? Why are you doing?"

"Go to meet a few friends, is it considered to wish you a New Year in advance?"

"There is no such thing as greetings now, by the way, Xiao Lu, I told his grandma that I will spend this Spring Festival here, even watching TV. I don't have it at home."

"Okay. What did my aunt say?"

"His grandma said, I want me to ask you."

Lu Li was stunned. He didn't want his aunt to reply like this. Turning to look at Liu Yifeng, he was still smoking. Lu Li knew that he had worked very hard to take care of his second sister. Zhaodi usually didn't let him smoke. He is pregnant. The cigarette roll is even more banned. It is rare to have a chance, so he can't smoke very much. I really don't understand these people, what's the beauty of this thing? "Where is the second brother-in-law?"

"He also wants to leave a piece for the New Year."

"Okay, I have no objection. Make dumplings together, it's still lively."

"That, Xiao Lu, we don't know how to wrap it. Xiao Liu and I don't know how to roll the dough."

Luli sighed helplessly. He couldn't roll the dough and didn't wrap it, so he only had to eat it! It seemed that he was busy.

Sure enough, five more people were eating at home, Yu Fang was very busy, and both girls were erect. They couldn't work at all. The two sons-in-law were both hands-off managers; Lu Lize only knew the simplest way to cut vegetables and other things. Frying vegetables was not good at all, so naturally it was all up to the woman himself. Fortunately, when the dusk approached and the family was about to start making dumplings, Yang Shiguang rushed over and helped them together to make some free time.

Yu Fang moved a stool and sat at the door. He opened the door a little bit, and the wind blew in, blew away the light mist of the cigarette, "You guys, hurry up, I'll smoke a cigarette. Let's just pack one."

"It's okay, aunt, please suck it slowly, Teacher Yang and I can do it."

The junior brother rolled the dough and the bag one by one, but it was not slow. "How is Xiaowei's illness? I heard that you sent her to the hospital?"

"It's almost done. Pneumonia is not particularly serious. Now I've been home," Lu Li kept showing dumpling skins from scratch under the rolling pin, stacking them up on the panel. "She originally said that she would come together for the Chinese New Year this year, but later she asked me to persuade her to stop. After all, this is not in line with the rules, what do you think?"

"You got it, you've done fewer things that are not in compliance with the rules?" Yang Shiguang laughed, "I heard that you took her to Yangcheng last time? How were you playing?"

"I regret this. I'm a little nervous and careless about the consequences. You said, if it spreads out, I'm a big guy, but I'm a girl, hey... I'm pretty that anyway."

"Just understand. I didn't know in advance, otherwise I would have stopped you." She leaned closer and whispered: "You two are outside, there is no...what, right?"

Luli's face turned red and she shook her head urgently, "No, no! Real teacher, really not."

"That's fine, even if you know about it in the future, you can still take the initiative. I can tell you that you can't do such things, do you understand?"

The voice behind her was a little louder, and Yu Fang heard it, "What can't be done? Xiaoxiao, are you causing trouble again?"

The two of the junior brothers laughed at the same time, "What's wrong?"

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After wrapping the dumplings, the hot meals were served on the table. The two ingredients Zhao Jianguo and Liu Yifeng came out from somewhere, "Oh, thank you grandma, you have worked hard."

"Anyway, you're a dog lifting the curtain, so you're all dealing with it! Where did you hide when you're working?"

"No, go out and play chess."

The two sisters sleeping upstairs slowly climbed down the ladder. When Lai heard her husband's words, her feet didn't even fall to the ground, "You are just such a bad chess game, are you going out to play chess? Tell me, how many games have you lost?"

"No, I played very well today and won two games in a row. If you don't believe me, please ask Xiao Liu?"

Lai brother gave him a blank look, moved his increasingly swollen belly, and sat slowly on the stool, first pushing his son who came over to be intimate and intimate, "Do not to go, mom has a bad stomach, so go play with your uncle."

"Mom doesn't... suffer?"

"It's not that you don't feel bad, it's not that you feel bad. Oh, you're so stupid," Zhaodi joked about his nephew with a smile, "It's not as good as your uncle, good guy, how old your uncle was at that time, four or five years old? It's about the same age as you, and you can say it, the most fluent thing is cursing!"

The family laughed, "Mom, I have been cursing since I was a child, right?"

"What does it mean to learn from me? I haven't learned from your dad?"

Luli smiled bitterly and shook his head. He no longer remembered what happened when he was four or five years old. "Second sister, I can speak fluently? Then how can I start stuttering?"

"I really forgot, it seemed to start suddenly, Mom. Do you still remember?"

"It was on the first day of the year, when you went out to visit your grandpa, you didn't have to ask for anything. You made your grandpa beat him up and scold him again. It seemed that after that, you started to stutter, and it became more and more serious."

"Grandpa is the same, it's the child, but it's not like that. I want anything good to see? It's worth beating the child?"

After Yu Fang said this, Lu Li had some impression. It was the most difficult economic conditions at the Spring Festival in 1963. Wu Jihou rarely took him out to pay New Year's greetings. The other party was an old lady named Mei. The kiln sister (that is, a prostitute) before the liberation. Of course, he didn't understand these words, and he didn't dare to verify them with the adults. When he arrived at the place, Grandma Mei opened his eyes very much. In a depressed environment, Grandma Mei had hair oil on her head, wore a floral cotton jacket, sat on the kang. She wore a pair of small feet, sat opposite her grandfather to drink, and the food was the easiest way to cook peanuts and pickles.

The two of them ate and drank while talking. What impressed Lu Li the most was that Grandma Mei spoke sharply and was not forgiven at all on her tongue. I remember that at that time, Grandpa took out a few small-denomination bills and handed them to the other party, and said with a smile: "There is not much money. When I come back, I will bring you some paper money."

Grandma Mei pursed her lips and laughed. "Well, I think it's almost time for you to use that thing!"

Wu Jihou laughed! When the old man took the child out and passed by a water shop, Lu Li was probably very happy to see his grandfather and plucked up his courage to ask to go in and buy a green iron frog - he could hang and walk by himself. Unexpectedly, this sentence angered Wu Jihou, and cursed the four or five-year-old child on the street!

Luli was frightened on the spot, staring at her eyes that were clearly distinguished by black and white, and then speaking, she became stuttering!

"Hey, Xiaoxiao, drink, your elder brother-in-law poured it on you."

Yu Fang's words made Lu Li wake up from his memories, "Ah? Brother-in-law, what did you say?"

"I said, I heard from many people that you can drink very much. Today, we two brothers are going to meet you?"

"Where are you listening to their nonsense, I can't drink."

"What's not possible? People say that, come on, don't be polite, let's take a sip."

Lu Li raised his glass, touched the other party, and then drank it dry in one sip. Zhao Jianguo was startled, "Oh, why do you drink so quickly?"

"That's it, why, can't you?"

"Okay, why can't it?" Zhao Jianguo felt a little overwhelmed. He imitated him, raised his cup and poured it into his throat. The heat rushed straight into his stomach, making his face turn red in an instant. He covered his mouth with his hands and choked for a few times, "Can you still drink it? If you don't, don't drink it?"

Lu Li felt a little regretful. Zhao Jianguo had limited alcohol tolerance, so he should not drink him desperately. If you really want to do it, what should I do? "I don't drink it anymore. If you want to drink, let your second brother-in-law accompany you?"

Zhao Jianguo covered his mouth with his hands and burped repeatedly, "Don't, don't be there, Xiao Liu can't drink, then... let's have a meal."

Luli smiled, reached out to pick up the barrel, took another large teapot, and poured the wine over. He also intended to show off and took a big mouthful first, "You eat it, I'll drink some more."

Everyone in the family knew that he had a lot of alcohol, but no one knew how much he could drink. Now that he saw him pouring water, he was stunned, "Xiaoxiao, why are you so able to drink? This... don't get rid of your body when you come back?"

"No, aunt, don't worry. I had drunk more wine when I was in the merchant Lin and Yangcheng. Oh, this Sixi meatball is so delicious. Aunt, let alone, I have to taste your skills when I eat this."

The meal was until after nine o'clock. "The Man from the Atlantic Ocean" which began to be replayed on TV was about to end. Several people had finished eating, but Luli's wine had not finished. Before he knew it, two or three pounds of wine were put on his belly. Yang Shiguang was secretly surprised that his belly was not bulging at all. Where did the wine go?

Finally, Lu Li shook the bottom of the wine barrel and twisted the lid, "Auntie, I'm hungry, do I have dumplings?"

"Yes, come soon."

After eating the steaming three-fresh dumplings cooked by Yufang, Luli's wine is completely eliminated! His body is very magical in this regard. No matter how much wine he drinks, he can quickly digest it. "What time is it?"

“It’s past ten o’clock.”

"Should you wait a while, let's set off fireworks. Oh, the child is asleep? I have to scream later, don't disturb him."

"Let's talk about it later."

Lu Li turned his head and looked at it. It was a cool feeling. Zhao Jianguo and Liu Yifeng were no longer there, and they didn’t know where the two sisters had gone? Apart from him, there were only Yu Fang and Yang Shiguang. But the two women didn’t speak either. They just sat around the table and kept looking at him, “Where are people? Where are the sisters and the others?”

"I've been back, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to walk on the road later. Xiaoting went upstairs to sleep."

"It's all this, so let my elder sister and the others stay there. Why are you going back while it's dark?"

"I didn't celebrate the New Year at home that year. I heard from your elder sister that her mother-in-law was a little unhappy." Yu Fang lit a cigarette and said, "Her son is not good at it, and she blames her daughter-in-law on the other hand. How can you say that there is such a reason?"

"I agree with this sentence," Yang Shiguang said with a rare answer: "How is a wife? It depends entirely on her husband. Only those who have bad family traditions can have all kinds of wrong ways."

"That's right, that's right. Teacher Yang, you didn't see Xiaoxiao's family, good guy, it's so inappropriate! Xiaoxiao's father and brother are from Wuqing (county), guess his aunt said in front of us? He said, 'I'd rather marry a bastard than Wuqing (county)'! Tell me, are you talking about your own man? According to me, this is all his uncle is unpromising and cannot control his wife, so he left such a bad example!"

Yang Shiguang laughed at it. "Hey, aunt, my dad, how was my mom back then? Couldn't this be there?"

"Of course not, what does your mother say? Her man is a little... By the way, do you know who follows her? It's your sister! Good guy, he's a little lip-mouthed, and he can say it! Everyone has to pick a thumbs up when they see him. Your father doesn't like talking too much, it's similar to your uncle, but his hands are very clever - look at this big wardrobe, it's your father who helped him fight."

Luli really didn't know this, so he looked up and said, "This... has been available for a long time, right?"

"No, when I got married, there weren't any at home. There were only two five-lift cabinets, which were left by Xiaoting's grandfather before liberation. The things were pretty good, but our house was in a fashionable place and it was no longer available. These large wardrobes were helped to get them after your mother and your father were together."

"Hey, aunt, I remember something serious. Do you want to live in another place?"

"ah?"

"I mean, at least the less fashionable place is a little more spacious? I can make money now, so how about living in a different place?"

After Yu Fang was surprised, he immediately refused, "This is not OK. I have lived here for so many years, and I am familiar with the neighbors on the street. Are you changing it outright? Besides, you have money... that is for living in the future. If you really want to buy a house, you will wait for your marriage in the future and buy a new house."

"What about you? I'm getting married in the future. Don't you live with us? That's not possible? If that's the case, I'd just get married here."

"Don't talk nonsense, the house here is small, what should I do for the wedding? Where will you live then?"

"Then you also said, live with us in the future? What were you planning to do?"

"I think Xiaoting and I will move to the cellar when you get married."

"Don't make fun, how can this work? This is absolutely not! It's cold in winter and tide in summer, it's absolutely not!"

Yu Fang wanted to say something else, and Yang Shiguang persuaded her to stay, "The child is also filial, so don't refuse; if you don't have it, just find a move out of the alley and buy his house. Anyway, the closer you get, the better. Isn't this the best of both worlds? If it doesn't work, just listen to him and buy a larger house, and then you mothers and others live together - you don't know his temper, it's impossible to agree to this matter."

Yu Fang sighed and quietly wiped the corner of her eyes, "Teacher Yang, my little girl is really sensible, right?"
Chapter completed!