Moonlight on the Meng River: Eighteen, a joke hurts people, and two pieces of silver are in tears

And so it ended, without even a word of farewell, it was over. Chen Sinong was really a little unconscious, muttering in his mouth, and he didn't know how he got home.

As soon as he got home, he lay straight on the bed, tears gone, sighs gone, and his mind went blank. Wan Changgen and Guo Hongxiu's engagement, he couldn't believe it was true, but Huang Dalong's words made him have to believe it.

He regretted that he had said bad things to her, what wandering, what would go crazy, which made her completely cold. Suddenly, he remembered what Liao Xiaohua said in anger, saying that Guo Hongxiu is a person who loves one, and Wan Changgen will not be able to chase her for a long time, and she will still like someone better than him. At that time, Liao Xiaohua said angry words, but unfortunately it has come true now.

He blamed himself for his incompetence, and had nothing but whining and sentimentality. He secretly thought: Guo Hongxiu considered his future life, and it was undoubtedly right to choose Wan Changgen, what kind of vows and mountains and the earth are desolate, isn't it all coaxing children.

Aunt Tian saw that Guo Hongxiu hadn't come for a long time, so she came to ask Zhou Yue'e: "The girl you are talking about seems to have not been here for a long time, how are they talking now?"

Zhou Yue'e was busy frying fried tofu and preparing ingredients for the New Year, and said: "Tian family, don't ask too much, we don't understand the affairs of young people, and we can't control them." If she comes, I will boil two eggs for her to eat, and if she does not come, I will not be able to drag it. ”

"Yes, parents can only do their parents' business. Aunt Tian couldn't ask about the specific situation, and she felt quite uncomfortable. She walked to the door of Chen Sinong's room again, looked in through the gap between two fingers in the door, and saw him lying quietly on the bed, and couldn't help but sigh: "As the old saying goes, there is no grass in the world, why bother to love a flower, alas......"

Chen Sinong, who was out of love, couldn't sleep, couldn't eat well, and couldn't be interested in anything.

It's almost the Chinese New Year, and my brother Chen Siming no longer goes out with his uncle to learn crafts, and prepares New Year's goods with his parents at home. The Chinese New Year's Eve Spring Festival must be posted, and Chen Sinong's culture at home is a little higher, in previous years, the Spring Festival was written by him, but now he has not moved his pen, and he has not gotten up to cut red paper several times, which is really a headache.

"Si Nong, I don't want you to do anything else, you get up and write red paper. Chen Siming walked to the bed and lifted the quilt covering Chen Sinong's body and said, "Why are you the same as before? ”

"I'll write later. Chen Sinong didn't open his eyes, and covered the quilt again.

"The red paper in other people's houses has been pasted, how long will it take?" Chen Siming accentuated his tone, "You were hurt by that woman, what is there to be sad about, it's not that our family is poor, the more you have to fight for it, and live a life to show her." Hurry up, hurry up. ”

Chen Siming didn't care about 3721, dragged Chen Sinong up from the bed, and encouraged him: "You like to write articles, don't you publish another article now? How many villages have I walked through, and I haven't heard of anyone who has this ability, this is something to be proud of, why feel sorry for yourself?"

"Okay, you cut the red paper and I'll write it. Chen Sinong rubbed his eyes and said.

At the table of the Eight Immortals in the living room, one of the brothers cut red paper with scissors and the other wrote. Put the written couplets aside and wait for the ink to dry before pasting them.

When the ink on the red paper was dry, each of the brothers took a small brush tied with straw, dipped it in the paste made from rice flour at home, painted it on the back of the red paper, and pasted it on the door frames and walls. Chicken coops, pig pens, cattle pens, stoves, windmills, etc., each place should be pasted with auspicious words of red paper, what golden rooster annunciation, water and grass longevity, six animals prosperous, careful fire candles and so on. The two of them were busy all morning, and finally pasted all the places where the red paper should be pasted, and the whole house changed and became red, which is called the prosperous New Year.

Pasting red paper is not over, Zhou Yue'e grabbed a croaking red-haired rooster and cut a small cut in the chicken's neck with a kitchen knife to make the chicken's blood ooze out. She carried the rooster and rubbed a little chicken blood on each piece of red paper, making the chicken cluck in pain. This is a custom that has been inherited for thousands of years, called the sacrificial door, and hopes for a good future in the coming year.

The whole family should be happy during the New Year, and everything unhappy must be hidden, otherwise, there will be no good luck in the coming year. From childhood to adulthood, his mother Zhou Yue'e has educated Chen Sinong in this way, and he seems to believe in this thing, and decided to put aside all his troubles and pains and have a good New Year.

In the past, Granny Zhu ate alone for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and did not come to Chen Houren's house or Chen Houde's house. This year, Chen Sinong decided to take Granny Zhu to his home for a reunion dinner. Granny Zhu didn't like to be noisy, and said: "Si Nong, it's not good to wait for grandma to go to your house for Chinese New Year's Eve, and not to go to your uncle's house." Chen Sinong said: "My father is the eldest and my uncle is the second, how can he have an opinion when you go to my house?"

Since the morning of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers in the village has not stopped. The family sat at the table of the Eight Immortals and enjoyed the sumptuous delicacies that can only be enjoyed throughout the year, and their faces were filled with the joy of the New Year.

has a grandson who loves herself, Granny Zhu is happy, and she also drank a few sips of Gu Shochu. She said to Chen Houren: "Houren, I think our family's good luck is coming, the second child is willing to accept Siming as an apprentice, and Sinong has a particularly sensible girl who takes a fancy to it, good luck is really coming, and good days are coming." ”

Speaking of Guo Hongxiu, everyone didn't intervene, and they were afraid of arousing Chen Sinong's pain. However, Granny Zhu didn't know the truth, and said to Chen Sinong: "Sinong, I think that girl is really good, you must not bully her, treat her well, and let her do a little bit of everything." ”

Chen Sinong nodded no, shook his head no, fortunately, Granny Zhu didn't say anything about giving two pieces of cash to Guo Hongxiu, otherwise, Zhou Yue'e would definitely be angry when she heard it.

"Okay, what's good, don't mention her again in the future, I always remember her when I give you two hundred yuan. Zhou Yue'e couldn't care about anything, and she didn't allow Granny Zhu to mention Guo Hongxiu again.

Guo Hongxiu gave Granny Zhu 200 yuan, which no one knew about at first, but she said it herself. Granny Zhu saw that Zhou Yue's face was wrong, and she didn't let her mention Guo Hongxiu, her face was full of doubts.

Chen Houren was straightforward and said bluntly: "Mom, that girl doesn't look down on Sinong again, and she is engaged to someone else, don't mention her in the future." ”

"That's right. "Granny Zhu regretted giving Guo Hongxiu two pieces of Xianyang, because it was an ancestral thing, how could it be passed on to outsiders. However, she didn't dare to say it, looking at Chen Sinong, she slowly stretched out two fingers, meaning: What about the two pieces of Xianyang given to Guo Hongxiu? Can you come back?

Zhou Yue'e thought that Granny Zhu wanted to return the two hundred yuan to Guo Hongxiu, and said: "She gave it to you herself, not what you asked her for, if she has the face to ask for it, you will return it to her." ”

Granny Zhu shook her head, still looking at Chen Sinong.

"Grandma, forget it, just treat it as lost, don't want it. Chen Sinong had to say, but he didn't make it clear.

"That girl is very good at dressing up, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to raise if she marries, and if she loses it, she loses it, there is no pity. Chen Houren said helplessly.

Those two pieces of Xianyang are the net worth of Granny Zhu's life, and if she wants to pass it on, she will pass it on to the relatives she thinks are the dearest, but she didn't expect it to go into someone else's pocket. She felt deceived, feeling sorry for the two pieces of Xianyang that had been treasured for many years, and tears fell.

"I knew that she was going to return it to my grandmother, so I took it. Chen Sinong also regretted it in his heart, but he didn't say it.

Now that Granny Zhu is still in tears for the two pieces of Xianyang, Chen Sinong doesn't know what to do.

Granny Zhu trembled and took out the two hundred yuan that Guo Hongxiu gave her from her pocket, put it in front of Chen Sinong, and said, "You go and return it to her, she is not from our family, and I will not ask for any money from other people's families." ”

"Forget it, I can't see her in person, how can I return it to her?" Chen Sinong grabbed the money and stuffed it into Granny Zhu's pocket.

"Don't, don't. Granny Zhu took out the money again and said, "I'm old and have difficulty moving, so you have to find a way, and the money must be returned to her." ”

Chen Sinong thought to himself, grandma didn't want Guo Hongxiu's money, the purpose was to get back the two pieces of cash, which was difficult to do.

The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the two brothers, Chen Sinong and Chen Siming, went to pay New Year's greetings to their elders, and came back after the New Year's greetings to bring out the family's cattle to feed.

On the first day of the new year, the cattle are also particular, to put a hanging firecracker behind the cow, the cow will be scared to run when it hears the firecracker, and the faster it runs, the faster it proves that this year's ploughing will go fast. If the cow still does not run in place after releasing firecrackers, it proves that the cattle will not be very neat in plowing the field this year, which will affect production. These are of course superstitious statements, but everyone still holds the attitude of "rather believe what you have, not believe what you don't", otherwise, how can this year be lively.

Chen Sinong was ready to set off firecrackers, and Chen Siming put the cow rope on the cow's back to facilitate its run. As soon as the firecrackers sounded, Chen Siming was afraid that the cow would not run, so he added a whip to its buttocks, and the cow ran fast.

Chen Siming went to chase the cow, and Chen Sinong returned home and sat by the stove to roast and eat sunflower seeds.

There is a saying: The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve is almost late, and the first day of the new year is almost early. No one will work on the first day of the Lunar New Year, even if the ground at home is dirty and can not be swept, save it for tomorrow and sweep it again, at home is to eat and play, especially comfortable.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, everyone has to be a nephew and pay New Year's greetings to grandparents, uncles and aunts, so the first day of the new year will be chosen for walking between old classmates and friends. Now, Chen Sinong doesn't want to go anywhere, and there is nowhere to go, because the good Huang Dalong and Liao Xiaohua are engaged, Wan Changgen and Guo Hongxiu are engaged, and there is only one Yang Xiaoli left, but people are repeating, so it's not good to bother. Right now, he Chen Sinong is hanging in the shadow, which is really a little sad.

When Chen Sinong was boredly eating melon seeds by the fire, Wan Changgen and Huang Dalong came and asked him to go to Taiping to play.

Seeing Wan Changgen, although Chen Sinong did not reach the point where the enemy met and was extremely red-eyed, he was also extremely uncomfortable. He didn't want to go to Taipingguan, he went somewhere else.

"Several beauties are in Taipingguan, where do you want to go if you don't go there?" Wan Changgen asked puzzled.

"I don't want to go. Chen Sinong stretched his waist, and didn't bother to ask Wan Changgen if he was really engaged to Guo Hongxiu.

"Go, what's there? Huang Dalong also came to persuade Chen Sinong.

Chen Sinong thought about it and decided to go. He wanted to see if Guo Hongxiu would return the two pieces of Xianyang, if she wanted to return them, then he would take them, so that he could give an explanation to his grandmother.

The weather was beautiful, the sun was shining overhead, and the three of them rode their bicycles straight to Taipingguan.

They first made an appointment with Yang Xiaoli and Liao Xiaohua, and then arrived at the door of Guo Hongxiu's house. Chen Sinong hesitated, not wanting to enter the door.

"Nerd, what are you doing here? "Wan Changgen came to urge.

Chen Sinong swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, and finally said what was in his heart: "Changgen, Hongxiu and I used to be good, but now that the two of you are engaged, it's really embarrassing for me to go in and meet her, or don't enter, I'll leave first." ”

"Who did you listen to? inexplicable!" Wan Changgen looked puzzled, looking like he couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's still false, Dalong told me, don't take me for a fool. Chen Sinong was about to leave after speaking.

"Don't go, I'll call Hongxiu over now, ask him face to face, and see if there's such a thing. Wan Changgen pulled his neck and shouted, "Hongxiu, Hongxiu, come out quickly." ”

Guo Hongxiu ran out of the house, not knowing what was wrong.

"Hongxiu, the nerd said that I was engaged to you, and said that Dalong told him, is there such a thing?" Wan Changgen's face turned red to prove his innocence.

"No, how can Dalong say that?" Guo Hongxiu was so angry that he couldn't help it, and called Huang Dalong out again to question.

Huang Dalong flatly denied it, saying that it was just a joke with Chen Sinong.

"Brother, what kind of joke is not good, this kind of joke, really. Wan Changgen waved his hand at Chen Sinong, "Go in." ”

Chen Sinong shook hands with Guo Hongxiu's parents one by one to greet the New Year, and then sat down with everyone to drink boiling water and eat snacks. He found that Guo Hongxiu's father was better, and her mother chatted happily with everyone, but she didn't talk to him. He was on pins and needles, wishing that someone would offer to go outside together.

"It's a good day, so let's not sit in the house and go for a walk in the street. Wan Changgen drank two glasses of boiling water, felt that his mouth was dry, and made a suggestion.

"Yes, a lot of people are walking outside, don't stay at home on the first day of the new year, you have to exercise. Yang Xiaoli was the first to stand up.

The gongs and drums in the bazaar were noisy, and the performers were boxing and playing knives there, and many people were watching. They walked there quickly, and they were afraid that they would finish the trick when they were late.

Chen Sinong stood on tiptoe and looked into the field, only to see a master shirtless, with a strip of red cloth tied around his waist, and a set of punches. Then, someone brought two tables of eight immortals, which were about to jump off the table.

Just as Chen Sinong was fascinated, he suddenly heard something in his pocket falling in, clanging. He touched his pocket with his hand, it was two pieces of Xianyang, and then turned his head to see that Guo Hongxiu was standing behind her. He was about to speak, but when he saw her wink and shake her head at him, he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth.

This kind of performer will not perform for a long time, because he has to go to the next one. Onlookers don't have to pay, mainly by Murakami to give red envelopes, more bags and less at will.

After watching the juggling, Wan Changgen was still unsatisfied, and said with his hands dancing: "I think that fat man's boxing is quite good, huhu, haha, the black tiger digs out his heart, and pulls onions on the dry land." He imitated it while talking, which made people laugh.

"Yes, you're better than that fat man. Huang Dalong applauded.

"There is a misunderstanding between the nerd and Hongxiu, and it was all caused by you, Huang Tai Sin. Let's go to other places and let them solve the misunderstanding. Wan Changgen said and walked towards the alley, followed by the others.

Chen Sinong and Guo Hongxiu were left in the center of the market, and the two smiled at each other, but in front of the public, it was not a place for private chat.

(To be continued.) Plagiarism is strictly prohibited!)