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  Chapter 730 Set off firecrackers to celebrate the new year

   It was not yet eleven o'clock, and there were bursts of crackling firecrackers outside.

  Xu Chenghou couldn't sit still when he heard the commotion outside.

   "Otherwise, let's distribute the papers earlier? The children eat earlier and play for a while after eating. They should be sleepy."

  Xu Chenghou turned his head and asked Zhou Guilan.

   "Okay, then go early. Then you lead the sons to distribute papers, and I will cook dumplings."

  Zhou Guilan looked at the clock on the wall, it was only ten forty-five.

   All right, it’s better to be early, the wonderful skits are coming later, I cooked the dumplings earlier, just in time to go back to the house to watch the skits.

   Just like that, Xu Chenghou led his sons, carried the table out, and put steamed buns, chicken, fish, and meat on it.

  I don’t have an incense burner bowl at home, so I put two bowls that I don’t usually use, filled them with plant ash and pressed them firmly.

  Xu Chenghou took his son to work outside, and Zhou Guilan led his daughter-in-law to work in the kitchen.

   There was already a fire in the kitchen, and there was hot water in the pot.

   Now add more dry firewood to the bottom of the pot, the flames are lit up, and the water in the pot will be overturned in a short time.

   "The water is boiling." Zhou Guilan shouted towards the outside.

  Outside, Xu Chenghou ordered his eldest son to light firecrackers, and here he lit three sticks of incense, and then lit a large pile of printed burning paper.

   "Come on, all of you come over and kowtow. Xiaobo, lead your brother and the others over here too."

  Xu Chenghou greeted his children and grandchildren, followed behind him, and all knelt down and kowtowed.

  Afterwards, the children lit a lot of firecrackers in the yard, and Xu Jinfeng and the others also lit some silent fireworks to watch the excitement.

  Sisters Xu Jinping and the others were still holding the ground tendons in their hands and lit the whole place.

  The dogs at home are all old, and setting off firecrackers once a year can no longer affect them.

  Several dogs are lying safely in the nest, making as much noise outside as they want, and the children can jump as much as they like, without even making a sound.

  Xu Chenghou looked at the children and grandchildren all over the yard, and couldn't close his mouth with joy.

   "Don't you have a lot of firecrackers at home? Take it out and let it go, just as the children are there, take it out and let it go lively."

  Seeing that the children were having fun, the old man urged Xu Shiyan to go back to the house and take out all the firecrackers.

  Xu Shiyan didn't say anything else, and went into the room and took out half a basket of fireworks and small cannons of various colors.

  Boys grab firecrackers, girls grab fireworks, anyway, the yard is big, so they don't interfere with each other.

   Now the yard is bustling with jingle sounds over there, and the yard illuminated by colorful fireworks here is much brighter.

  The children were jumping and jumping in the yard, and the cold wind on New Year's Eve did not affect them at all.

  While the firecrackers were going off outside, the dumplings were also cooked in the kitchen.

   Wait until the children set off the firecrackers and fireworks, and the dumplings in the pot are cooked and taken out, and served on the table.

   "Okay, let's all come back to eat."

  The temperature was low on New Year's Eve, and the children's faces were flushed from the cold while they were outside.

  As soon as grandma called out to eat dumplings, a large group of hula la ran into the house.

   Entering the house, taking off their hats and coats, the boys jumped on the kang directly, and the older girls went to the kitchen to help serve dishes, chopsticks and small dishes.

  The hot dumplings were served, and the whole family sat down.

   Zhou Guilan looked at the people in this room, and she was also very happy.

   "Okay, let's eat with chopsticks, today's dumplings have several fillings, eat whatever you want."

  According to the old rules, the dumplings are still filled with coins, peanuts, jujubes, and sugar.

  The children are not here to eat the dumplings, they are just to eat the money inside. They stare at each other to see which dumpling looks like.

  In order to get more money for food, these children kept eating dumplings, and finally ate all of them until their stomachs became round, until they couldn't eat any more.

   Today, I cooked dumplings early and ate them early. After eating dumplings, it’s still a while before twelve o’clock.

   So I quickly packed up and sat down to watch TV.

  When twelve o'clock rang, Xu Haibo and Xu Jinfeng, leading their brothers and sisters, knelt down in front of the kang.

   "Grandpa, Grandma, and Grandpa Chu, Happy New Year." The children greeted the New Year in unison.

   "Hey, good, good, all good, all good."

  The old man is so happy, he can't wait to smile all over the back of his head.

   Hurry up to get the children up, then take out the red envelopes that were prepared in advance, and distribute them one by one.

  The old man finished handing out red envelopes, and Xu Shixian and others over there also took out red envelopes.

  Don’t worry about other children this time, everyone has one, and everyone has a share.

  The children received a lot of red envelopes at once, and they were very happy now, jumping up and down and having fun.

  Seeing the children jumping and jumping like this, everyone couldn't help laughing.

   "Looking at these children, I'm happy to just do nothing. It's great, how lively the Chinese New Year is." Zhou Guilan muttered contentedly.

   After eating dumplings and paying New Year’s greetings, the new year is coming. From then on, the children are one year older.

  The big guys chatted and laughed for a while, and then the children got a little sleepy, so they each found a place to rest.

   Anyway, it's not long before dawn, so I don't need to take off my clothes, so I just deal with it casually and sleep for a while.

   When I woke up, it was past seven in the morning on the first day of the new year.

  So he quickly turned on the fire, boiled the three gailian dumplings left over from last night, and put a hanging whip outside.

  After breakfast, the house is full of excitement. Neighbors, relatives and friends all come to pay New Year's greetings.

  Xu Haibo and others, under the leadership of Xu Haiyuan, also wandered around these houses to pay New Year's greetings.

   "Grandma, grandma, let's go to Grandpa Su's house to celebrate the New Year.

   After a while, I will go directly to Grandpa Han's house and pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa Han and my sister-in-law. "

  The children came back from wandering around outside, Xu Haibo talked to Xu Chenghou and the others.

   It is the right thing to visit relatives and friends on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

  In the past, they didn’t celebrate the New Year here, so it’s fine if they don’t go to pay New Year’s greetings. Since they are here this year, these relatives’ families must go there.

  Especially those of the younger generation, no one will be left behind.

   "Oh, okay, let's go, that, be careful on the road."

  Xu Chenghou nodded, and waved the children away.

  The descendants of the old Xu family are prosperous, with twelve children of six boys and six girls in the younger generation.

  When such a large group of people go out, it’s good if they don’t bully others, so don’t be afraid that someone will dare to bully them.

   was allowed, and the children came out of the house happily.

  How can these brats walk in a proper manner? They found all the sledges at home.

  Girls are sitting on the sledge, and boys are running while pulling the sledge.

  Nowadays, no one cleans up the snow on the road. The road is covered with a hard shell of ice and snow, and the sledges can slip on it.

  At this time, the children are all wearing thick, cotton-padded jackets and cotton trousers.

  Boys wear leather hats and big cotton shoes, and girls wear thick scarves and cotton boots.

   Both boys and girls wear cotton gloves, which are necessary equipment for going out in winter.

  Wearing thickly, the children are not afraid of the cold, so they ran on the road laughing and making noise.

  People passing by saw it, and they all laughed. If they meet someone they know, the children will stop to say New Year greetings, and then continue to run.

  (end of this chapter)