Chapter 167 A Thought

Chapter 167 A Thought

Chapter 167 A Thought

There is also a kind of red envelope, which contains one dollar and is specifically given to children from poor families in the institution.

Moreover, the red envelope was in Ye Xin's hand, so there was no need to worry about it getting mixed up.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Ye, we just come here to wish you a happy new year. We don't want red envelopes." The three siblings of the Sun family said hurriedly.

Before they came, their parents told them not to ask for red envelopes when they came here to pay New Year's greetings.

"You three kids, how can you not give red envelopes during the New Year? It's unlucky, so you must accept them."

"Ah! This..."

"Okay, just take it if I tell you to. If your parents say something to you, just say I forced you to give it to me," said Ye Xin.

"I understand, Aunt Ye." The three children then took the red envelopes.

The first day of the New Year passed quickly, and on the morning of the second day, the family started preparing things early in the morning.

Because I have to go to my grandparents' house today. I should have visited the elders in the family yesterday, but yesterday was New Year's Day, so I didn't go.

Today is the second day of the Chinese New Year, and this is the day I must go back.

According to the customs in the imperial capital, normally, one visits parents on the first day of the New Year and goes to father-in-law's house on the second day, which is also the mother's home.

Unfortunately, Ye Xin no longer has any family members from her mother's family, so when Li Aimin goes home to see his parents, he basically ends up visiting all his relatives.

My grandfather, Old Man Li, had many brothers, but they all passed away during the war.

I have quite a few nephews and nephews, but they all live in the same village, and it makes sense that they are the only ones who come to pay New Year’s greetings during the Spring Festival.

Cousins ​​do not need to visit each other during the Chinese New Year. They basically visit each other on the first day of the New Year to wish each other a happy new year.

This is the kind where no gifts are required, and only the younger generations go to pay New Year's greetings.

For example, Li Jiayi, normally, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, he would go to the homes of his cousins ​​such as Li Aimin to pay New Year's greetings.

As for his cousins, of course they had to come to his grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings, because they were also juniors to Li Laogen.

Although Li Jiayi did not go back on the first day of the new year, he still had people around. Don’t forget that he has two cousins ​​in the village.

After breakfast, the family hurried out of the house and got on the bus to Changping County.

To be honest, this is quite troublesome, but I have to go.

Originally, Li Jiayi wanted to go alone, but his mother disagreed and insisted that he go with her, which made Li Jiayi very depressed.

You know, if he used the sled, he would definitely not miss lunch at grandma's house.

But if you take the bus, it will be dark when you get there.

At the same time, in Lijia Village, grandma got up early in the morning and started looking out the gate.

"Okay, what time is it now? It's still early!" Li Laogen said while smoking.

"Do you think Ai Min and the others can come today?" asked the old lady.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely come." Li Laogen said helplessly.

He had said this countless times throughout the morning.

"No, I'll go prepare something now so we can eat when they get here."

"I say to you, even if they come, they have to come in the dark. Who are you preparing now? Who are you preparing it for?"

After hearing what Li Laogen said, the old lady thought about it and realized it was true.

"You, just be quiet. After lunch, go call the eldest brother and his wife over, and ask the eldest daughter-in-law to help you prepare. You can have a reunion dinner together as a family in the evening."

"Okay! By the way, do you think the eldest grandson will come early? If he comes early, it will be much faster! He will probably be here before noon."

Li Laogen took another puff of his cigarette and said, "Don't even think about it. If the whole family comes, his mother will definitely not agree to him coming alone."

"Xiao Xin is such a jerk. Why doesn't she let my eldest grandson come over first?"

Li Laogen did not respond to this because he knew very well that if he responded to this, there would be a lot of more words waiting for him.

After rushing, we finally arrived at Liucun Commune before two o'clock in the afternoon.

In order to hurry on their way, the family didn't even have lunch. Fortunately, they had cooked a lot of eggs earlier and brought a dozen with them when they came.

Whoever is hungry can eat two pads.

"Mom and Dad, let me go see if Sixth Grandpa's ox cart is there." After saying this, Li Jiayi ran to the west end of the commune.

After coming over, he found that Sixth Grandpa's ox cart was still there, which made him feel relieved.

"Happy New Year, Sixth Grandpa!"

"Okay, okay, happy new year to Xiao Jiayi too."

"Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"

Li Jiayi hurriedly greeted the villagers.

These people all came to the commune to do business, and some, like Li Jiayi, returned to the village to visit their elders.

The only difference is that others go back to their mother's home, but they go back to their hometown.

"Jiayi! Why didn't you come back yesterday? I thought you were going to come back yesterday, and I waited for you for a long time." Sixth Grandpa said at this time.

"Ah! Sixth Grandpa, you've worked so hard. Wasn't yesterday the first day of the Chinese New Year? I was worried that there would be no car, so I didn't come back."

Here Li Jiayi told a little lie, or to be more precise, a white lie.

After all, nothing is more important than visiting your parents!

"So that's how it is! That's right." Sixth Grandpa nodded.

"By the way, Sixth Grandpa, you also came to the commune yesterday, the first day of the Chinese New Year?"

"If I eat enough, my whole family will not be hungry. I have nothing to do at home. Someone happened to come to the commune, so I came here." "Is that so? I thought you would take a two-day break at least."

"I was originally planning to take two days off, the 30th and the first, but since someone needs me, I have to come too."

"All right!"

Maybe being busy is a good thing for Sixth Grandpa, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable seeing other families having reunions.

Soon Li Aimin and Ye Xin brought their eldest and second sisters over.

Then there was another round of greetings. Li Jiayi didn’t know some of the people, but Li Aimin and Ye Xin knew them!
After all, the two of them grew up in the village, and some of these married girls were about the same age as them, while others were a few years older than them.

After waiting for a while and making sure that no one was coming, Sixth Grandpa harnessed the ox cart and headed towards the village.

After rushing, we finally arrived before dark.

Li Jiayi took out a large front door and two bags of peach cakes from his schoolbag and handed them to Sixth Grandpa, saying, "This is for you, take it."

Sixth Grandpa waved his hands and said, "Xiao Jiayi! You can't use this. Take it back quickly."

After all, there are too many people in the village, and they are all relatives. We can't do this. Otherwise, if we go through everyone, few people can afford it.

"Sixth Grandpa, this is for you and only for you. No one else can have it." Li Jiayi put the thing in his hand and said.

"Yes, Uncle Liu, just take it! This is a little gift from the child." Li Aimin said from the side.

At the same time, I also blamed myself for not thinking of this and letting my son get there first.

There is absolutely no problem in bringing gifts to Uncle Six, and no one will say anything because he is an elderly widower.

Other families have children, and they can eat their children's buns, so whose buns should Uncle Liu eat?
"Sixth Uncle, please take it! This is a gift from us." After saying this, Ye Xin also handed over two bottles of wine.

I brought more wine when I came again, so it doesn’t matter if there are two bottles missing.

"Oh, you kids." Sixth Grandpa's eyes were wet and he didn't know what to say.

Li Jiayi knew what Sixth Grandpa was thinking, so he quickly went over and said, "Sixth Grandpa, this is my gift to you, and no one else will say anything."

"Okay! I'll take it." Sixth Grandpa said with a smile on his face.

In all these years, I guess this year is the only time he was touched! Because he also ate bao during the Chinese New Year.

After chatting with Sixth Grandpa for a while and saying goodbye, the family headed to Grandma's house.

As soon as I arrived at my grandma's door, I saw her standing outside looking out.

Li Jiayi quickly ran over and hugged her, shouting, "Grandma, we're here? Why are you standing outside?"

"Hey my eldest grandson, you are finally here, come into the house with grandma."

At this time, the grandmother only had her eldest grandson in her eyes, and even forgot about her son and daughter-in-law.

Seeing this situation, both Li Aimin and Ye Xin could only shake their heads helplessly, and then took Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin into the house.

"Second brother, sister-in-law, you are here?"

"Brother, why are you here?" Li Aimin asked in surprise.

"Didn't mom say you guys would come over today? She called us over and said we'd have a reunion dinner together in the evening."

"Is that so? I think it's good."

Yes! A family reunion, what could be better than this?

After entering the house, Li Jiayi and the others had just put their things down when the dishes were brought in one after another.

Needless to say, all of this is prepared in advance and kept warm in the pot, just waiting for them to come over and eat.

The meal was very sumptuous and there was no shortage of meat at grandma's house.

Li Jiayi even sent some meat to his neighbors who were having a hard time, so how could he not send some for his grandparents?

The first thing served was a big pork elbow. When seeing the big pork elbow, Li Jiayi and his three siblings did not react at all.

But the two cousins ​​and cousin Li Jiafen almost drooled.

Whether it is grandma's family or uncle's family, although there is no shortage of meat, they will not let the children have as much as they want.

This made the three siblings very greedy even though it was Chinese New Year.

Soon the dishes were all served, and there were quite a lot of them, more than ten! It seemed that grandma and auntie must have been busy all afternoon.

Grandpa said to Li Aiguo at this time: "Boss, go get two bottles of wine."

"Okay Dad, I'll go right away."

"Wait a minute, big brother."

As soon as Li Aiguo stood up, Li Aimin called him.

"What's the matter, second brother?"

"Dad, big brother, I brought some wine, let's drink this today!"

Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at Li Laogen. When he saw Li Laogen nodded, he sat down and said, "Okay."

Soon Li Aimin took out two bottles of special supply.

Li Jiayi brought home a total of five bottles for supply. He drank two bottles on the night of the 30th and one bottle at noon on the 1st. There were exactly two bottles left, so he brought them both here.

Of course, this was only what Li Aimin prepared. The cigarettes and alcohol prepared by Li Jiayi had not been taken out yet.

Although he didn't bring any special supplies for his grandfather this time, he did bring a lot of wine, and most of it was Chrysanthemum White and Maotai.

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