The excitement of New Year’s Eve

The entire Wangjiaba Village was brightly lit. Although the candles and kerosene lights were limited, they could not withstand the huge number. They made the quiet mountain col a lively place. It was like a star left by the Milky Way in the mortal world.

Stars, glowing with deep light.

There is a big camphor tree in front of the second master's house. I don't know how old it is. According to the old people in the village, it is more than two hundred years old, but not much more.

The second master likes to sit under the camphor tree and smoke yellow tobacco. He used to grow his own tobacco leaves, but now he no longer grows them, so he buys them and smokes them. Almost all the money he has is spent on smoking.

"You old man, it's late, isn't it cold sitting here?" Zhou Chunhe saw a dark shadow under the tree from a distance, and when he got closer he saw that it was the second master.

The second master raised his eyes and looked over, but it was of no use. His eyes could no longer see clearly. It was such a groggy night again.

"Who is there?" The second master knocked on the cigarette pole. He also made the cigarette pole himself. He used the familiar bamboo whip to make a hole in the head of the whip, and then hollowed out the entire bamboo pole.

The second master's cigarette rod has been used for many years and is already coated with pulp. It is an old item.

"You can't even hear my voice?" Zhou Chunhe asked.

The person was already approaching, and the second master also saw his figure, "Why are you here for the Chinese New Year?"

"Of course I'm here to drink your wine, come in quickly." Zhou Chunhe urged.

The second master smiled, stood up, and was startled, "Why is there another one?"

"My wife, I told you." Zhou Chunhe said with a smile. Only when Jiang Lu was mentioned, this demon king who defied heaven and earth showed a little shyness.

"Is that the one with three hundred yuan?" The second master approached Zhou Chunhe.

He thought he had already whispered very quietly, but because his ears were not very good, he did not feel that his voice was loud, so every word came into Jiang Lu's ears so clearly that it was difficult for Jiang Lu not to hear it.

"Second Master, please keep your voice down, my wife can hear you." Zhou Chunhe reminded.

"Ah, she won't blame me."

"Second Master, I don't blame you." Jiang Lu suddenly said, looking at the two people in front of him with a smile.

The second master choked and closed his mouth.

Jiang Lu could tell that the second master was already very old, and all the organs in his body were deteriorating. What else could a person want after living at this age? It was just doing whatever he wanted, how could she deprive him of it?

And what they said is true.

Zhou Chunhe smiled like a fool on the sidelines. He finally introduced his wife to someone he respected very decently.

After entering the house, Jiang Lu finally saw what it means to live in a house with only four walls. In comparison, Lao Zhou's house is already considered top-notch. How can there be a hint of Chinese New Year atmosphere in this house? The four-legged table is the most luxurious furniture in the house.

There was not even a kerosene lamp on, but the moonlight poured in and slipped in through the window. Fortunately, the moonlight does not dislike the poor but prefers the rich, otherwise the whole room would have been a black hole.

Zhou Chunhe didn't care so much, took out the match from his pocket and lit the oil lamp.

"Second Master, let's have some drinks. No, let's have a good time tonight." Zhou Chunhe didn't ask Second Master what he had eaten during the Chinese New Year. Jiang Lu guessed that it wasn't because he was careless, but because he was careful, that the question came to him.

When she walked into the house, she guessed that the second master had not celebrated the New Year yet.

The pot is cold and the stove is cold, and there is no smell of food in the room.

"Daughter-in-law, there are two eggs in your pocket." Zhou Chunhe said to Jiang Lu.

Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Oh, I'll fry you some eggs and drink them with you."

"It's a waste to scramble eggs. It would be great to have these peanuts." The second master said.

"No, it will go bad if you don't eat today." Jiang Lu said it almost without thinking.

Zhou Chunhe glanced at her, and the second master also glanced at her.

"Well, what I said is true. This egg was accidentally picked up. It may have been lying in the nest for how many days." Jiang Lu added.

"Yes, everything you said is right." Zhou Chunhe grinned and strongly agreed.

Jiang Lu rushed into the kitchen, her face as hot as the fireworks in every household.

While Jiang Lu was cooking scrambled eggs, Zhou Chunhe helped the second master light the fire in the house.

According to the ancestral custom of Wangjiaba Village, on the night of New Year's Eve, after the New Year's Eve dinner, a fire is lit, commonly known as a strong fire. As the name suggests, the brighter the fire, the better.

The second master didn’t have a brazier at home, so Zhou Chunhe simply started burning it on the mud floor of the main room. Large pieces of sun-dried wood met a spark, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the fire was red and the flames were so high.

, Er Ye's simple house suddenly became brighter. The fire light illuminated the whole room, and also illuminated Er Ye's face, and even his body warmed up.

"Isn't this great? We have to make the house very cold during the Chinese New Year." Zhou Chunhe said. The wine had been poured, the peanuts had been put on the plate, and the two of them were enjoying themselves.

The kitchen of the second master's house is at the back of the main room. Half a wall separates him and he can hear everything. Jiang Lu heard that Zhou Chunhe was about to spar with the second master, but he lost two fists to the second master in succession. The second master laughed so hard that he burst into tears.

But in the third round, Zhou Chunhe won, and the second master drank happily.

Jiang Lu carefully fried the two eggs, not daring to add more or less salt. This was the second master's most precious New Year's Eve dinner, and she couldn't mess it up.

When she brought a plate of scrambled eggs to the table, she looked slightly apologetic and said, "It was a bit overcooked and a little burnt."

"It's okay, the second master likes to eat old food." Zhou Chunhe said on behalf of the second master.

"Exactly. Although the second master only has three or four teeth left, Egg really likes to eat the old ones." The second master said happily.

With the help of the strong fire, Jiang Lu saw that the second master had taken off his outer cotton-padded coat. There was a sweater underneath, but it was already in shape and could not tell what color it was. There were signs of loose threads on the chest and sleeves.

I tied the knot myself and at least stopped it from getting worse.

There was a plate of peanuts on the table. Er Ye picked up one tremblingly and it took him a long time to swallow it. The look of his withered lips chewing reminded Jiang Lu of his grandfather. He looked away and couldn't bear to look at it.

"Second Master, today is the Chinese New Year, and I would like to pay you a tribute." Jiang Lu picked up Zhou Chunhe's wine bowl and presented it to the Second Master.

The second master's hand holding the bowl became more and more trembling, "Second master must drink this wine."

After one bowl, the second master showed no ambiguity at all. Zhou Chunhe's Adam's apple rolled and his eyes turned red.

He glanced at his wife, his eyes full of approval.

"You drink, I'll warm myself by the fire." Jiang Lu said.

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, and the room is getting warmer and warmer. Jiang Lu is sitting on the small bench, feeling a little sleepy. He should have brought the wool over for knitting. Even though it was just a sip of wine, Jiang Lu's face turned red.

When she got up, she touched it with her hands and found it was hot.

"Second Master, do you still have the sewing machine in your house?" Zhou Chunhe remembered this and asked quickly.

"What?" The second master couldn't hear clearly.

"Is the sewing machine still there?" Zhou Chunhe raised his voice.

Jiang Lu, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up.

"It's stored in the woodshed. Take it away if you want." The second master waved his hand.

"Then I'll pick it up tomorrow."

"You just have to decide for yourself. Any day will do. It will save trouble if you pull her away. It will be in the way."

Zhou Chunhe had a few more glasses of wine with his second master and finished all the scrambled eggs. Zhou Chunhe barely moved, but he ate a lot of peanuts. It was getting late at night.

"You guys wait, I'll get something." The second master suddenly said.

"What are you taking?" Zhou Chunhe helped him up.

"Just come." The second master entered the back room.

"What is the second master doing?" Jiang Lu also asked.

"He said he wanted to get something, it was mysterious, this old man."

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