Chapter 93

Whether you have money or not, shave your head for the New Year.

At this time, few people in the countryside have the habit of going to the barbershop, but the manual clippers, three or five families usually have one.

At this time, "Ordinary World" hadn't been published yet, and Hu Delu of Shigejie Commune hadn't designed a trendy hairstyle. The hair of the Li family was all pushed and cut by Liang Yumei.

Li Juan and Li Qiang also had new clothes, just waiting for the New Year's Eve to pass, and then change into them.

At this time, even if the family is poor and can't afford cloth to make new clothes, they will wash the children's clothes clean and try to wear clothes with fewer patches for the New Year.

With the approach of New Year's Eve, sporadic firecracker sounds can already be heard occasionally.

Li Qiang has been the most glorious child in the team for the past two days—Li Long dismantled the one hundred small firecrackers he bought in Wucheng, let him take a handful at a time, and then light a jasmine incense in his hand, and go out to set them off.

At this time, whether boys or girls, the pursuit of firecrackers is very persistent. The amount of medicine in those one hundred small firecrackers is very small, so Li Long dares to hold them in his hand and set them off, so he is not worried about being blown up.

On the contrary, the electric light cannons that need to be set off when making dumplings on the morning of the first day of the New Year are quite loud, so you still have to be careful at this time.

This New Year, many families are thinking about the goodness of the Li family—thanks to Li Long, many families in the team can add one or two more hard dishes to the table for the reunion dinner this New Year.

Whether it is wild boar meat, Mongolian gazelle meat, or mutton offal, including fish, they were rare in the past New Year. But now, more or less, they all have some.

Even if you go to the small sea to smash ice holes to catch fish, it was Li Long who started it first. Although other families don't go to sell, or dare not go to sell, at least they will eat fish, and have fish to eat.

Having a large carp on the table for New Year's Eve dinner is very decent.

There are also many young people coming to Li Long's place to visit in the past few days.

After seeing the leather jacket in Li Long's room, Xu Haijun envied it for a long time—this leather jacket costs more than forty yuan in the department store, which is a month's salary for an ordinary worker, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to afford it.

But the outside is otter skin, the inside is processed furry hair, plus a fur collar, it looks fashionable, and it is indeed warm.

"Little Long, you say you have changed a lot during this period." Xu Haijun sat on the kang and said with emotion, "Not to mention earning money, you have seen a lot outside, and listening to you talk is different."

Today Xu Haijun came alone, and he brought twenty bullets again to exchange for four jin of Mongolian gazelle meat.

Li Long naturally had no opinion, there was nothing else at home, just a lot of meat.

"Why say that trees move and die, people move and live?" Li Long said with a smile, "If you go out and go around, see more, naturally it will be different."

"Haven't been out, don't dare to." I go around the county town at most, unlike you, Wucheng, Shicheng, go around as you please."

"Then I pull fish, someone in Ma County catches me, what to do if I don't go to Shicheng? People are all forced out, if you don't force yourself, how do you know you can't?"

In this era, there are no other entertainment facilities, and Li Long can only read books to pass the time. This makes him miss the days of brushing videos and novels on his mobile phone in his previous life.

"By the way, I heard that Wu Shufen and Gu Ermao broke up again, didn't she come to find you to get back together?" Xu Haijun asked with a somewhat ambiguous tone.

"Get back together what?" Li Long waved his hand, "A good horse doesn't eat back the grass, it's impossible for her to come, and it's impossible for me to go."

"Why? She is so beautiful, you don't cherish her anymore?" Xu Haijun was a bit surprised.

"Then she is so beautiful, why don't you go after her?" Li Long asked back.

"She is beautiful, but her mother is also difficult to deal with." Xu Haijun now regards Li Long as a confidant and told the truth.

"My mind is not on this." Li Long shook his head, "Making money is the most important thing now. I have figured it out, as long as you earn money, whether you are a worker or a farmer, you are a hot commodity."

"You are really right." Xu Haijun said with a smile, "My sister-in-law has been saying that she wants to introduce a good partner to you for the past two days." "Forget it." Li Long smiled, "My vision is high now, I can't look at ordinary ones."

When Xu Haijun left, it was already dark. Li Long was clear that Xu Haijun was quite arrogant. He went to high school, although he didn't graduate, but his vision was different from ordinary young people in the team. There is always a kind of arrogance of "everyone is drunk and I am awake alone", and then he really went to be a soldier.

At this time, it was still March conscription. Xu Chengjun was the team leader, and Xu Haijun had gone to high school, and his body had no problems, so he was sure to be a soldier.

However, Xu Haijun's words reminded Li Long. For the past two days, his sister-in-law had also been saying from time to time that the aunts and sisters-in-law in the team were really organizing to introduce partners to Li Long, all of whom were their relatives.

Li Long had an impression of most of them, and he pushed them away without even seeing them. Although he is not a "face dog", at least he has to be able to look at them.

In the messy things, New Year's Eve arrived.

The Li family's habit is to sacrifice to ancestors on the thirtieth day of the New Year. He and Li Jianguo went to the main road outside, picked a crossroads, circled in the snow, drew an opening in the southeast, and then burned paper in the circle.

"When I was a child, I burned paper at the ancestral grave on the thirtieth day of the New Year, but now I can only be here." Li Jianguo sighed, "I don't know if the ancestors can receive it."

After burning the paper, the two brothers went home, and the thirtieth noon was dumplings.

Before eating dumplings, paste spring couplets.

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Because of Li Long's capability, the Li family wrapped wild boar meat and cabbage filling, and mutton and cabbage filling dumplings this year. Li Jianguo also found a few brand-new cent coins from the five-drawer cabinet, washed them clean, and Liang Yumei wrapped them in the dumplings, saying that on the first day of the New Year, see who can eat them.

After eating dumplings, Li Qiang couldn't wait to let Li Long dismantle a pocket of small firecrackers, and then took a branch of incense and rushed out.

"Look at his capability!" Liang Yumei couldn't help but say, "I don't know what's good to set off."

"Male dolls, it's nothing to run around." Li Jianguo said with a smile.

New Year's Eve dinner, according to Li Long's proposal, braised meat, mixed cold dishes, stir-fried hot dishes, the whole family was lively and talking and laughing. In this life, Li Long drank for the first time.

The famous wine sold here is Gucheng and Bai Yang. Li Long only drank two glasses and stopped. He still remembered to go out to set off the opening firecrackers at zero o'clock.

Li Qiang insisted on following. He barely followed Li Long to twelve o'clock, then put on new clothes, and followed Li Long to the door.

Li Long first lit a "two-kick" and threw it out. After hearing "bang—bang" outside, they walked out.

Li Long lined up four "two-kicks" in the courtyard and said to Li Qiang:

"You light the two on the west, I light the two on the east, you must light them, don't worry, it won't blow you up."

Li Qiang looked at such a thick cannon and was a bit nervous.

However, boys, you can't be cowardly at this time. He saw that Li Long had already gone to prepare to light the cannon, so he immediately went to the cannon on the far west, squatted down, nervously reached out, and used the incense in his hand to reach the fuse of the cannon.

It was hard to light it, turned around and ran, but saw Li Long lighting the second one, so he had to go back again.

"Bang—bang—bang—bang—bang..."

Continuous sounds exploded in the night sky.

The New Year has arrived.

Li Qiang looked nervously at the "two-kicks" exploding in the air, thinking that he could show off to his little friends tomorrow.

He actually set off such a thick cannon!

Li Long thought, he has been here for almost a month, I hope everything goes well in the New Year!

(End of chapter)