After the things within the game were over.
Wu Jun didn’t bother to undress and went straight to bed.
The next morning.
Wu Jun woke up early, took a look at his mobile phone, a bunch of New Year’s greetings on WeChat.
After replying to the text messages and pulling open the curtains, Wu Jun saw that it was already white outside.
Last night’s snow has been falling until now.
Above the vermilion courtyard wall, the snow has been nearly ten centimetres thick.
In the snow, a large and a small silhouette were piling up snowmen.
The small one is Wang Tao, the big one is Ma Si Yu, the whole family is only so childish.
Wu Jun found a set of clothes from the wardrobe and changed into them, pulling open the door to go out of the bedroom.
New Year, new clothes, the family also changed into new clothes.
Mum and little aunt were making dumplings in the living room.
Dad and Uncle Two were loading things into several big pockets.
There is a habit of ancestor worship on the first day of the New Year in the old family, Wu Jun knows that the two of them are preparing the things for ancestor worship.
Only, this year, there are a bit too many things to bring to the ancestors.
“Xiao Jun, good new year.”Hu Yanmei took the initiative to greet Wu Jun after seeing him.
“Jun ah, get up, good new year.”
“Good New Year for second uncle and second aunt.”
Ma Dongmei waved her hand and said, “Quickly go and wash your hands to prepare for dinner, the dumplings are almost ready to be cooked, you are the one who got up the latest, a big lazy egg.”
“Mum, good new year.”Wu Jun went up, gave his mum a stamp on her forehead, and said good new year to his dad, before he went out with a smile.
“Stinky boy also not shy, how adult still come to this.”
Ma Dongmei’s face overflowed with laughter.
“Really envy sister-in-law ah ……” Hu Yanmei suddenly very touching said, “I have, for a long time have not hugged my own mother, Xiao Jun and Xiao Yu can still be like a child with you so close, really enviable.”
“The two of them, that’s all they’re good for.”Ma Dongmei looked at her son and little sister outside the door, her mouth was disgusted, but her heart was sweeter than honey.
At seven o’clock in the morning, the dumplings were cooked, and the family sat around the table.
After dinner, it was just half past seven.
Wu Jun and his father, the second uncle with Wang Tao, the old, middle-aged and young four men to go to the ancestors.
Filial piety is the first thing to do, even if the snow is heavy, it can’t stop the footsteps of going to the grave.
Besides, this year’s snow is not too big.
The main road in the village has been trampled out.
Wu Jun remembered that one year when it snowed heavily, knee deep, he was carried to the grave by his second uncle ……
“Mr Wu, Uncle Guangqiang, Uncle Guangkun, good New Year!”
“Good New Year.”
Along the way, there were constant greetings.
When I arrived at the grave, it was already more than eight o’clock in the morning.
Dad took a tree branch and drew a big circle in the snow around the four graves, leaving an opening in the south-east corner.
The second uncle put the offerings on the plate, mouth reciting: “Master, milk, father, mother, New Year’s Eve, son and grandchildren come to see you ……”
This year, although the control of fireworks and firecrackers is a little stricter, but not prohibited to burn paper on the grave.
After the ceremony, Wu Jun and Wang Tao kowtowed three times.
After kowtowing, they helped to burn the yellow paper and money.
After the ancestor sacrifice was done, they hit the road back home.
“Quickly come quickly, Wu Jun hurry to wash his hands, three missing one.”
As soon as Wu Jun entered the door, Ma Si Yu greeted him.
In the New Year, playing mahjong and fighting the landlord has quickly become the traditional entertainment in the village.
Every family almost has a deck of mahjong or poker.
Mum, Ma Siyu, Hu Yanmei have already sat on the card table.
As in previous years, the table is a piece of five yuan, ten yuan of change, even a hundred can not see.
Wu Jun shook his head and refused, “I’ll only play one hundred million floating one billion, your kind of petty little games, better forget about it.”
Ma Siyu rolled her eyes, “Still one hundred million floating one billion, I think it’s you, Wu Jun, who are floating!”
“Hahaha ……”
The dialogue between the two amused the family.
Ma Dongmei couldn’t help but say, “You two live treasures, don’t go to act two-man-rotating condescending, should have sent you two to the Tieling Academy of Performing Arts to go to school.”
“Wu Lao Er you come.”Wu Guangqiang does not know how to play cards, Ma Si Yu greets Wu Guangkun on the table.
“Okay, then I’ll play with you guys.”Wu Guangkun smiles and gets on the table.
Wu Jun turned into the house, and Jiang Yi and Xu Fei, at the same time, started chatting, busy.
The days at home on New Year’s Day always fly by.
You feel like you just finished breakfast not a moment later, it’s time for lunch.
The snow outside hasn’t stopped, and there’s not much place to go, so you can only stay at home.
After lunch, the family went back to their respective houses for a short lunch break.
In the afternoon, the four mahjong players continued to play mahjong.
Wu Jun took Wang Tao to play games for the afternoon.
When it was time for dinner, Li Guilan, the village’s Li Auntie, came to the house.
Seeing Auntie Li arrive at the door, Wu Jun and Ma Siyu looked at each other and had a bad premonition in their hearts.
Li Guilan is a famous matchmaker in the village.
Without any matter, she came to the door this time, either to introduce an object to Wu Jun, or to introduce an object to Ma Siyu.
“Xiao Mei ah!Cooking so early?”Li Guilan entered the door and greeted Ma Dongmei first with a smile.
“Xiao Jun and Xiao Yu are also here, yo!This is Lao Er’s daughter-in-law, isn’t it, she’s so handsome!”
“This is the oldest two family kid ah, little doll looks with mum, looks this good.”
“I’m telling you, the oldest is beautiful, the oldest is sure to have a girl, hurry up and get one, the country has now liberalised the two-child policy, the family conditions of our family to have three or four is not a problem.”
“Boss ah, I see your face, this year can also be a grandfather.”
Li Guilan, as a matchmaker, greeted the family like a machine gun after entering the house.
When he heard Li Guilan said that he could be a grandpa this year by looking at his dad’s face, Wu Jun had a black line.
The matter of whether dad can be a grandpa or not is still up to him.
“Big sister Guilan, why are you here, please come in, please come in.”After Li Guilan finished, only then Ma Dongmei was able to interject and greeted her into the house.
Stretching his hand without a smile, although Wu Jun was well aware of Li Guilan’s purpose of coming here, he was also too embarrassed to shoo people away.
“Third sister, I …… remembered, I agreed with Wu Xiaoxia to go to her house to play.”Seeing this, Ma Siyu hurriedly found an excuse to bolt.
Li Guilan busily said, “Xiaoyu you don’t go, this time ah, big mother looking for you have something.”
Ma Dongmei also said: “Wu Xiaoxia will only return to her mother’s home on the third day of the lunar month, you give me a good stay, don’t want to slip away.”
“Third sister, we did not say 30, I’m only 28 this year ah, it is still small, I have not done a good job to start a family with the intention of it.”Ma Siyu went forward and hugged Ma Dongmei’s arm for a while.
Ma Dongmei said: “and did not let you get married immediately, the first object also line ah, can not be thirty randomly pull a person on the certificate.”
“Brother-in-law ……” Ma Siyu turned, pitifully towards Wu Guangqiang for help.
Wu Guangqiang softened his heart and said, “Or else ……”
“Don’t you say anything,” Wu Guangqiang didn’t finish a sentence and was interrupted by Ma Dongmei waving her hand.
“Mum, if there’s nothing for me to do, I’ll …… point to the door with a gloating face,” Wu Jun said.
Li Guilan busily said, “There is there is there, Xiao Jun you also don’t go, good things come in pairs, this time ah, I’ll introduce one to you and Xiaoyu.”
Wu Jun: “……”
God damn good things come in pairs ah!