Almost everyone at Tang Jiancheng's table was drinking. You took a toast, I took a toast, and the atmosphere gradually became lively.
A meal took almost two or three hours to finish.
Then, the whole family played cards and chatted. At this time, there was no TV or mobile phone. Everyone gathered around the kitchen to warm up by the fire, and then let the children perform shows.
When this stage comes, the children will hide behind their parents, laughing and unwilling to perform.
Tang Jiancheng drank a lot of wine, told his family, and fell asleep on the bed.
I slept until it was dark in the afternoon, and then got up when I was called to eat. After washing my face with cold water, I was completely awake. Then the whole family continued to eat and drink. I drank a little too much at noon, and drank again at night. , Tang Jiancheng became drunk quickly.
He had no memory of how the show ended after that. When he woke up, it was already the next morning.
He took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was still early, only about five o'clock in the morning.
But he was no longer sleepy.
Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. As the saying goes, "The first day of the Lunar New Year is for a son, and the second for a girl." It means that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, you should pay New Year greetings to your parents, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, you should go to pay New Year greetings to your father-in-law and mother-in-law.
In the past, Tang Jiancheng remembered that he and Liu Fangfang only went to celebrate the New Year during the first few years of their marriage. Later, after Liu Fangfang gave birth to four daughters in succession, he never went to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year. As of this year, it has been almost seven years. It's time!
I shouldn’t even think about not going to pay New Year greetings for seven years!
This year it would be reasonable to go to pay New Year's greetings no matter what. In fact, my father-in-law is quite good to his family. Although he did not go to pay New Year's greetings, he still comes every year, although he only sits there for a while and then goes back. But at least it comes every year.
My father-in-law's family is so poor, so every time he comes to pay New Year's greetings, he never forgets to bring something to his family.
Even during festivals or when there is a good harvest, his father-in-law will send some to his family.
Such a father-in-law is really impeccable!
Thinking of this, Tang Jiancheng quickly climbed out of bed, and then began to prepare New Year gifts for his father-in-law and mother-in-law's house.
"Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. Why did you get up so early?" Liu Fangfang asked in a daze.
Tang Jiancheng smiled and said, "Let's go to your house to celebrate the New Year! It's freezing and snowy. If we go to your house, we have to walk for more than two hours. If we don't prepare early, we won't be able to come back at night."
"Ah? Come to my house to pay New Year's greetings? Haven't you not been there for many years?"
Liu Fangfang suddenly woke up and looked at Tang Jiancheng in surprise.
"Hey, that's all because I'm young and ignorant! Plus my family is poor, so I'm embarrassed to go. I have to go to everything this year."
Tang Jiancheng took out a large piece of wild boar meat, about twenty kilograms, and took out a few hares and pheasants, and three fish, each weighing almost seven kilograms. They looked so big!
On a snowy day, these things are frozen solid!
"Bringing so many things? Are you going alone?" Liu Fangfang asked.
"Are you going?" Tang Jiancheng asked.
Liu Fangfang really wanted to go back to see her parents. She hadn't been back for many years. "I...I...but Xiaojiu has only been one month old not long ago..."
"If you want to go back, let's go back as a family. Wrap Xiaojiu in thick clothes and put a towel on her face. It should be fine." Tang Jiancheng made the decision, "I'll go get the children and we'll try to leave early. .”
"okay."
Liu Fangfang smiled happily, and then started to dress up.
"Children, get up quickly! We are going to our grandparents' house today to pay New Year's greetings! We have to walk more than two hours on a mountain road, so we need to start early!"
Tang Jiancheng walked to the small room next to the kitchen and shouted inside.
"Dad, where are my grandparents' house?"
"Dad, what do grandparents look like?"
"Dad, is it fun at grandma and grandpa's house?"
"Dad, can we walk there? Can't we take a car?"
"..."
The children had many problems, and Tang Jiancheng felt sad. The children have grown up, but they still don’t know what their grandparents look like. This is his own fault!
It took almost more than an hour of fussing to get everything done.
Tang Jiancheng picked out a pair of baskets and put the New Year gifts on them, while Xiao Ba and Xiao Qi sat on the other side.
Liu Fangfang was wearing a sling and carried Xiao Jiu on her back. Xiao Jiu was wrapped thickly and had a towel on her face, so she wouldn't catch the cold at all. She seemed to know that she was going to her grandparents' house, and she seemed very excited. , babbling.
The eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, the fourth sister, the fifth sister and the sixth sister were holding hands and walking in front.
The family walked in the morning light at seven o'clock in the morning to Xigou Village, twenty miles away.
Xigou Village is even more remote than Daping Village.
The mountains are high and the ridges are big.
The traffic is very inconvenient!
The more than 20-mile mountain road requires walking, and it is very difficult to walk on a snowy day.
It was originally a journey of more than two hours, but it took the family almost four hours to arrive.
From a distance, you can see that Xigou Village is located between two mountains. Dozens of families are nestled among the trees. It looks very quiet and has the unique simplicity of rural areas.
Maybe it's because it's between two big mountains, so there isn't much snow here, but the road is wet, muddy, and even harder to walk on.
"Dad, haven't you arrived yet?"
The children are tired from walking.
Tang Jiancheng was also exhausted and sweating profusely. He panted and said, "It's almost time to climb over this slope. Let's find a dry place here and take a rest."
"Fangfang, the gifts we brought should be enough, right?"
Putting down the basket, Tang Jiancheng asked a little uneasily.
Liu Fangfang counted her fingers and counted: "In my father's generation, there were five brothers and three sisters. The five brothers all lived in the village, and an aunt was also married in the village, and the other two aunts were married to other villages. You can go again later, so this time, in the village, my father’s generation will need seven gifts.”
"Then there are twelve brothers and sisters of my generation! There are five families that have been separated, four that have been married, including me, and three that have not yet married."
"If you want to get gifts, they are five brothers from separate families and two sisters married in the village. These are also seven gifts!"
"How many servings in total?"
The third sister immediately answered, "A total of fourteen copies!"
Tang Jiancheng glanced at the gifts in the basket and counted them. There were almost eighteen gifts, which was completely enough.
"Let's go, we will reach my grandparents' house after climbing this slope. Come on!"
Tang Jiancheng then picked up the basket again.
At this time, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were about to come down for a walk, and Tang Jiancheng felt much more relaxed.
The children were yelling and chasing each other, and soon they reached the top of the hillside. Tang Jiancheng repeatedly told them to slow down, but it was of no use.
"Grandpa and grandma, we are here to wish you a happy New Year!"
From a distance, Xiao Qi shouted.
"Grandpa and grandma, we are here!" Xiao Liu also shouted.
"Grandpa and grandma!"
Xiaoba staggered and shouted excitedly.
Liu Fangfang's father and mother heard the sound and hurriedly walked out of the house. When they saw it was Liu Fangfang's family, a flash of doubt flashed in their eyes, and then a layer of mist appeared in their eyes.
