Love lasts a lifetime

New Year's Eve is very lively and busy, and every family is busy celebrating the New Year. In front of He Yu's house is a river that flows through the city from Yang Zonghai, and the water is clear. Since early in the morning, adults and children have been busy washing vegetables in the river.

There is a custom here. On the night of New Year's Eve, both rich and poor families have the habit of cooking Chinese cabbage.

Use whole vegetables, cabbage, scallions, garlic sprouts, a little ginger, strawberries, and star anise, and cook them together in a large pot. Rich people put chickens in it and cook them together. It's fragrant, sweet, and delicious. Only in this way can it taste like the Chinese New Year.

My family was poor and had no chickens, so I just cooked vegetables with a little oil and salt and ate them.

Once boiled, it becomes a big pot. Eat until the eighth day of the first lunar month.

As for He Yu's family, they have a big rooster sent by Xiao Qian's family this year, so they must cook a lot of cabbage.

In the morning, he and his two girls carried two wooden benches, placed them in the river, and started washing vegetables.

The one or two kilometers long river that flows through the city is almost filled with long and short stools. The bottom of the river is covered with mossy sand and gravel, and many children are running around and playing in the river.

This New Year atmosphere is really spectacular, and it looks like a lively and joyful scene.

In the afternoon, He Yu killed his chicken, plucked its feathers and disemboweled it, and then hurried to Xiaoqin's house.

Xiaoqin and his mother were at home, and his mother used water from the well to wash vegetables. Xiaoqin could only sit on a stool and watch her mother wash. Compared with He Yu's house, it seemed deserted and simple.

He Yu thought deeply:"Although his family is poor, because there are many younger brothers and sisters, and Xiaoqian's family has sent so many annual gifts this year, it still seems very lively and happy." '

After He Yu saw it, he quickly went over to take the fucking knife and fetch water.

"Auntie, you are so old and the bucket of water is heavy. Please fight less."

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! I was able to fight, but Xiaoqin's foot was injured again, and her sister was busy buying clothes."Xiaoqin's mother said.

He Yu rushed over as he spoke, took the bucket and hurriedly fetched water. After fetching the water, he was busy helping his mother wash the vegetables.

Xiaoqin looked at him sideways and said,"You Why didn't you come earlier? It’s not like you don’t know that my foot is injured? He also pretended to say that my mother is old, why does she still come to fetch water?"

"I'm really sorry, I have a lot of things at home, so I was delayed!"

After He Yu fetched the water, he quickly went to boil the water and prepare to kill the chicken.

Because he had a small family, he just washed the vegetables bought by He Yu and put them in a small sieve, which seemed pitiful.

"If you have a large family, you must be well prepared and lively enough."Xiaoqin's mother said to He Yu

"Yes! Auntie. This year my family was quite lively. There was a big basket of vegetables just for washing. The three of us, sisters, carried two long stools and placed them in the river for washing."

He Yu deliberately praised Xiaoqin.

"Strange! How amazing. It’s not like Xiaoqian’s family sent New Year’s goods to your family, otherwise what would your poor family be able to afford?" Xiaoqin said

"That Xiaoqian?"Xiaoqin's mother asked

"She was a classmate of our class who lived in Taohua Village. She fell into the water with Xiaoqin that night, and I rescued her.

In order to thank me, his family sent some New Year’s goods to my family."

"This family is nice and grateful. But our family not only didn’t send anything to your family, but instead asked you to send New Year’s goods to our family. It’s so inappropriate. I’m so sorry."

"They didn't give it to you for free, so what's the point of being grateful? There is a purpose."Xiaoqin said to He Yu with her mouth raised.

"What purpose? He Yu saved his girl, so it's only natural to give him some New Year's goods."

"Auntie, don't listen to her nonsense," He Yu said

"What He Yu gave to our family was not like what Xiaoqian's family gave to his family. They were willing to do so. Am I right?"Xiaoqin looked at He Yu sideways and said

"yes! You're right, it's done willingly."

The two of them were just bickering, and the boiling water had already boiled.

He Yu filled a bowl with a little water, and put a little salt in the bowl.

Then he hugged the chicken, knelt at the door, and kowtowed three times.

The neighbor next door saw this and asked,"Is this young man holding a chicken and kowtowing to his head his uncle?"’

‘Haven't you heard of it? Why did you come to the door?’

‘What a handsome young man, he may be Xiaoqin's best classmate. Grandma Li is so lucky!’

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It’s true:

New Year’s Eve is very lively, and the scene of washing vegetables in the river is spectacular.

If you kill a chicken and kowtow before you get married, the neighbors next door will praise you.