Li Mo and Gu Changlin woke up at seven o'clock on the morning of the New Year's Eve, and the family members also woke up one after another. I had sticky bean buns for breakfast. My sister-in-law took out the frozen bean buns from the snow outside and warmed them up.

After having breakfast, the family locked the door and went to Gu Shou's house in mighty force. There are too many people in the family. A few years ago, Gu Shou specially called a few brothers and built a big house in the yard together. I usually pile things up, and it happens to be a New Year meal for everyone during the Chinese New Year.

For the New Year's meal, every family brought some grains, meat, and vegetables to Gu Shou's family per capita.

The men sat in the house and chatted over the fire, the women made lunch in the kitchen, and the children were outside playing in the snow and eating sunflower seeds.

Three generations of women were busy in and out of the kitchen together, and Li Mo was assigned a good job as a new wife. Burn the fire in front of the stove, there are two stoves in total.

The women of my aunt and his generation are responsible for cooking and cooking, while the daughters-in-law of Li Mo and his generation wash and cut vegetables.

Some of the daughter-in-laws of the next generation take their children, and some come to help in the kitchen. As for the young girls who are not married, they help out in the kitchen.

The Gu Tietou couple and the Gu Fu generation ate at an ordinary table on the kang, and the juniors ate at two large round tables made by Gu Fu. Today there is no distinction between men and women, and couples sit together.

After the New Year dinner, everyone sat in the room and listened to Gu Tietou's words. After that, the radio at home came in handy, and even the children stopped making noise and listened attentively.

This radio has been bought for a long time, and it was bought from Nanjing when Gu Changlin was in college. At that time, the free market hadn't officially started yet, and the free market had disappeared.

Gu Changlin worked hard to find a radio ticket, spent all his savings, and borrowed a lot of money from his classmates to buy a radio for Gu Tietou.

Gu Tietou couldn't cherish it, and he wouldn't let anyone move. He has to follow him when he comes to borrow the radio in the village. This radio is still like new now.

After listening to the broadcast for an hour, everyone went out to play, and the old men and old ladies swarmed in groups.

Gu Changlin took Li Mo around the village to let her know the people in the village and familiarize her with the scenery of the village.

After he left, Li Mo was unfamiliar in the village alone. How pitiful he was thinking about it.

"Momo, you see there is also a river in our village. When I was a child, I used to catch fish here. There were not many fish here, and it seemed that they didn't grow up. Once I caught a triple-double crucian carp. I was very happy. "

Li Mo imagined the scene. The naked Gu Changlin ran home happily after catching a fish in the river. How ridiculous.

"What happened to this fish then?"

"I took this fish to find grandma. Grandma made a big pot of fish soup and we ate it as a family."

After walking for a while, he saw an old ginkgo tree again. Gu Changlin told Li Mo, "We often come here to play when we were young, especially in spring when the ginkgo tree bears fruit, we will go back to make soup and drink. Adults are not allowed to pick more. In autumn, the ginkgo will be ripe. Take it back and fry it and it's very fragrant when you peel it off."

Li Mo had never eaten ginkgo fruit. Ginkgo was planted on both sides of the road in the place where he used to live, but no one wanted to pick the fruit.

Hearing Gu Changlin said that Li Mo wanted to eat too, she said, "I haven't eaten it before."

Gu Changlin touched her head and said, "Let Yuzawa and the others pick more in autumn. Mom's craftsmanship is so good, let her make ginkgo stewed chicken soup for you. And the sweet ginkgo soup made by my sister-in-law is very delicious, let her make it for you then. ."

Gu Changlin said that Li Mo's saliva was about to flow out. After arriving here, Li Mo just started to hire too many educated youths.

It's not easy to eat anything delicious, but when I came out, I didn't dare to eat anything delicious.

She only cooks a lot of meat when people in the village eat meat, and she stays in the space and occasionally eats some.

There is a mountain at the west end of the village, and Gu Changlin took Li Mo to the mountain. As he walked, he said, "You don't want to go up the mountain by yourself. It is not safe on the mountain."

"I won't go up by myself, don't worry."

Gu Changlin told Li Mo about his childhood. He said, "When I was not in college, I especially liked to go to the mountains with my grandfather to catch prey."

"In 1960, there would be nothing to eat and I was very hungry. I ran to the mountain and shot a small wild boar down, scaring my family to death."

Li Mo was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Ah? What a wild boar? You are really amazing. Are you injured?"

No one came from the mountain, and Gu Changlin took Li Mo's hand and said, "The wild boar is only a few jins. I killed it so badly. I didn't feel much better. I couldn't tell whether it was the blood of the wild boar or my own."

Li Mo looked at Gu Changlin and said, "Aren't you scared at the time?"

"I was scared at the time, but I was really hungry and wanted to eat meat. Fortunately, I didn't meet a big wild boar. I killed the little wild boar and ran home."

"I'll take you to a place. I found it before. There is a pond in a valley with many apple trees around. No one found it here. I discovered it accidentally in 63 years."

Li Mo followed Gu Changlin around for seven times, got down a pit, and walked in for about two hundred meters before he saw the entrance of the cave.

After leaving the cave, Li Mo saw a large pond with withered het leaves. There are many trees around that should be apple trees.

"What does the Changlin apple tree look like?"

Gu Changlin said, "There are white and pink ones, layered on the branches. There used to be many apple trees in the village, but they were all chopped down. Later, I will take you to the mountain to see."

It's time to go home after visiting the whole village and start preparing New Year's Eve dinner. I prepared a lot of dishes at noon and only heated it at night, so there was nothing wrong with Li Mo.

The children in the family are very interesting, especially the youngest daughter of Gu Changlin and his second brother, Ning Ning, who is very cute.

Ningning was only two years old and Bai Xing held her and taught her to call her aunt Li Mo. Ningning screamed milkily, "Auntie."

Li Mo is very happy, she has always liked cute children, cute and milky. Li Mo took out a piece of candy from his pocket and handed it to Ning Ning, which was bought during the previous marriage.

Ningning happily took Tang and said thank you, Li Mo said to Ningning: "Aunty, OK?"

Ningning thought for a while, probably thought Li Mo was a good person? So he stretched out his hand towards Li Mo and begged to hug him. Li Mo happily hugged Ning Ning and sat on the kang amused Ning Ning.

Ningning seemed to like her aunt too, and refused to leave after eating. In the end, her father took her away.

On New Year's Eve on New Year's Eve, Li Mo took Gu Changlin back, and she prepared the New Year's Eve money for the children. After twelve o'clock, distribute the red envelopes to them.

Li Mo asked Gu Changlin, "How much money does Changlin give to your children?"

Gu Changlin thought for a while and said, "There are more children in the family. I remember my sister-in-law used to give it a half and a dime. Or let's just let it go two cents, and another dime next year."

"Okay, how many children are there in the family?"

"Let's prepare fifty red envelopes first. Children over fifteen years old don't have red envelopes. The eldest sister and the second sister will be back in their second year, so we have to give them too."

"Changlin, should we give our grandparents the filial piety money?"

"It seems that parents went to give their grandparents a living allowance and food a year ago. But our heart is ours, this year one person will give a five-yuan red envelope."

Li Mo went to the cabinet to get the change and said to Gu Changlin by the way: "You go to the cabinet and take the red paper and knife out and cut it into small pieces."

Fifty red envelopes cost ten yuan in total. Li Mo found only seven yuan in the change box.

After thinking about it, the money box that she wanted to lock was full of whole money. While Gu Changlin didn't pay attention to it, she secretly took out five yuan tickets from the space and threw them into the box.

This was changed when Xiao Da Xiaocao was in business before, and she never changed it. Take out a ten-yuan ticket and two five-yuan tickets and walk to the edge of the kang.

Gu Changlin has already cut out a lot of red paper. Li Mo began to pack the red envelopes and wrapped the red paper into an envelope shape.

Since he came back, Li Mo asked Gu Changlin to wash up first. When he came back at 12 o'clock, so many people would have to wait in line for boiling water.

After they finished washing, they filled the boiling water bottle with boiling water, so that other people could save some time when they went home.

There is nothing to do during the Chinese New Year in the countryside. Everyone is busy all year round, and finally take a two-day break for the New Year.

People who have no means of entertainment have a bigger fire than someone else's main house. It's been heard that the more prosperous the fire, the better the life will be in the coming year.

The second uncle Gu Li is very good at burning fire. He burned the torch to illuminate the hall as if it were daylight.

The okay people sit by the fire and doze off by the way. Children wander around the village tirelessly, having fun in groups of three or five.

Li Mo hadn't stayed up all night when he came, and he couldn't hold it anymore. At ten o'clock, his eyes kept fighting. Gu Changlin put her in his arms and asked her to sleep in a comfortable position.

The fire is especially hot and warm, so you don't have to worry about catching a cold when you fall asleep. Li Moan fell asleep peacefully.

Li Mo was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. People here set off firecrackers at 12 o'clock. Regardless of whether they have money or not, the people here will buy a little firecrackers and come back to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

Li Mo got up from Gu Changlin's arms in a daze. She asked, "It's twelve o'clock?"

"Yes, wake up, we will go home later."

At this time, the children who had been playing wildly outside also came back. They were so excited that they knew that there were red packets available.

Bai Xing and his generation don't give out red envelopes anymore. Now it is Gu Changlin's generation who give out red envelopes. Every child can receive thirteen red envelopes. In this way, each child can receive more than one dollar.

Li Mo first gave grandparents and grandma a red envelope, and each person wrapped five yuan to be regarded as her and Gu Changlin's filial piety.

"Grandpa and grandma, this is what Chang Lin and I prepared for you. Each person has a red envelope. I wish you a long life."

Zou Jing waved his hand and said: "Recover the money. Our old man and old woman have no money. We are very happy if you have filial piety. It is not easy for you young couple. It is better to have a great-grandson for me next year than anything else."

Li Mo looked at Gu Changlin helplessly, still a little bit shy, and didn't know what to do.

Without waiting for Gu Changlin to speak, the grandfather said: "Changlin and Changlin's wife, you two take the money back, and you two will support each other and live your life well. Your grandma and I don't lack anything, just hope your group of children will live well. "

Gu Changlin replied, "Grandpa, we will live a good life."

Li Mo also responded, "Yes, grandpa."

Zou Jing pushed the red envelope into Li Mo's hand and said, "Just put it away, or grandma will be angry."

Li Mo had to put away the red envelopes, and turned around to give out red envelopes to many nephews and grandchildren in the family.

The boys opened the red envelope and saw that it was Ermao, which was very happy.

When the girls saw the beautiful red envelopes, they were reluctant to open them, and the other elders in the family gave them the money directly.

Finally I can go back to sleep, Li Mo feels that he can sleep until tomorrow night. After Li Mo brought the kettle to Bai Xing, he was driven back to the room to sleep.

Li Mo and Gu Changlin are going to Lihua Village to celebrate the New Year's Day. This was discussed before.

After getting up in the morning, Li Mo found that his sister-in-law was already making breakfast, so she hurried over to help.

When Yu Wen saw Li Mo coming over, he smiled and said, "Momo, you are up, go and wash up. I don't need to help here. I just heat up the sticky bean buns and fry a pumpkin."

"Sister-in-law, have you cut the pumpkin? Let me cut the pumpkin."

"It's all set, I will fry the pumpkin when the sticky bean buns are almost hot."

"Sister-in-law, you're so quick, you'll be done in a while."

"It's the same if you practice more in the future. If you want to help, please give me a fire, just to boil some boiling water."

Li Mo was sitting behind the stove and making a fire. My sister-in-law had already made a stove and boiled beanbags, and the rest of the fire made good.

Li Mo quickly made the fire, and the fire-making technique was learned at the school of educated youth after coming here. I have practiced the skill of burning fire for several years.

When the pumpkin was ripe, the sister-in-law drove Li Mo to wash. Li Mo got up and went to wash when he saw that there was nothing wrong.

Gu Changlin got up early in the morning without incident. After running two laps in the village, he went to fill the water tank at home.

Knowing that Li Mo had finished washing her second sister-in-law before leaving the room, Li Mo didn't know what was going on, she didn't understand anything in this house.

Li Mo greeted Miao Erni and teased Ningning for a while.

"Sister, you like children so much, hurry up and give birth to one yourself."

Li Mo was so embarrassed that she called "Second Sister-in-law."

"What's so shy? Let's not talk about it. By the way, you don't have to get up so early in the future. The day it's your turn to cook, you just get up early to cook."

Li Mo looked at Miao Erni with a puzzled look. She knew that she might take turns cooking, but no one told her when and how to turn.

Seeing her puzzled, Miao Erni immediately said: "Momo, you just didn't know when you first came here. Our family's cooking is one cycle every day. Whoever gets up during the New Year's Day will cook breakfast and dinner together. After the New Year, we It's about to turn."

Li Mo hurriedly responded, just cooking. She should still be able to do it. I used to cook big pot rice for some time at the educated youth point, but Chen Dan and Wu Pingxia helped.

After breakfast, many good children come to visit the New Year, Bai Xing has prepared small snacks and put them in the hall. Gu Changlin and Li Mo were about to leave for Lihua Village, but they still walked over.

It was already ten o'clock in Lihua Village. Gu Changlin and Li Mo went to Liu Zhishu's house to pay a New Year's greetings, and by the way, they told Liu Zhishu the answer.

Wang Ailan left Li Mo for dinner. Li Mo refused. She left after giving the children a dime to the family.

I have to go to Baili's house and give Baili a New Year's greeting and talk about the house by the way. Bai Li was a little moved and thought it was not good, so she refused.

Li Mo was not surprised, and told Bai Li that he would come to her if needed.

Xia Mei knew that her daughter and son-in-law were back today, she had been waiting at the gate long ago, and she would have seen it as soon as people arrived. Gu Changlin and Li Mo hurried forward to say hello to Xia Mei.

Gu Changlin said, "Happy New Year, Mom, it's so cold outside, go in and have a fire."

Xia Mei smiled and said: "All go in, your father is sitting in the hall, you go quickly, I'll cook."

Li Mo said, "Changlin, go talk to dad, and I'll help mom cook."

Things in the kitchen Xia Mei has almost prepared, just waiting to cook rice and stir fry. Li Mo sits by the stove and burns the fire.

Xia Mei asked, "How is their family? Is it good to you?"

"Very good, my mother-in-law is very good, isn't I here to be a teacher without distinction and no allowance? My mother-in-law still allows me to be a teacher."

"Just be nice to you, you have to be careful, don't be silly. Getting along with your mother-in-law is a kind of knowledge, and you still have to learn."

"My mother-in-law is not the kind of grandmother, no matter how bad it is."

"You kid, you all say that mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies. There is always some truth to this. And don't let them have anything to say when you act in front of the wives and wives, and do everything equally. If you don't understand, you can ask your grandma Wang."

"Mom, I know. By the way, we will come over tomorrow evening and take you to the train the next morning."

"Come over for dinner tomorrow?"

"No, just eat there to avoid trouble for you. You can bring back the grain left in the barn."

"You can save it for yourself, your dad and I can't handle it. You can come here to eat occasionally at noon."

"Speaking of lunch, I didn't discuss it with my mother-in-law, but maybe we have to go back. Some of our wives have to take turns to cook, and they have to have ideas if I don't go back."

"Then you go back, we didn't buy you a car, and it's not easy to get a ticket now."

"You don't need to buy it. Changlin has bicycles. I can borrow them when I want them."

"It's not a day or two. It's better to buy one. My dad and I went back to find someone to change it. Maybe we can get tickets."

Li Mo didn't refuse. She thought for a while if she had to come back at noon every day, then there would be insufficient time, and she could take a break on her own if she had a bicycle.

She said: "You and my dad are paying attention, and don't need to change it specially. My teacher may not be able to do it for long."

Li Mo meant that the college entrance examination was about to take place in 1976, and she could be a teacher for at most two years, and she would resign starting in 1976.