Chapter 252: New Year's Eve

When Wang An dragged this white wolf that died with its eyes open home.

Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan had already dragged all the dead wolves outside the gate into the yard.

Counting the one Wang An dragged back, there were 13 wolf corpses this time; if you count the wolves and red dogs killed before, there were 30 in total.

It was just that when Wang An dragged this white wolf into the yard, the female wolf suddenly howled in the cage.

It could be heard that this howl was full of sadness.

And the female wolf's sudden howl made the dogs in the house bark wildly again.

The family didn't know why, only Wang An vaguely guessed the reason.

Wang An felt that this dead white wolf and the female wolf in the cage might be a couple of wolves.

Because wolves are monogamous.

Of course, there are many such animals, such as leopards, foxes, and many birds, all of which are monogamous.

These animals raise their offspring together, unlike bears, big claws, and many other animals, which are raised by the mother alone.

Wang An heard the female wolf's sad howl, recalled the direction the white wolf was looking before it died, and suddenly knew why the white wolf died with its eyes open.

It is very likely that the white wolf knew the location of the female wolf and was about to rescue the female wolf with its companions, but was tragically killed by his family.

Although Wang An had no psychological burden at all for catching the female wolf and killing these wolves, he still had to admire the love between wolves.

Wang Dazhu lit two large bonfires in the yard. Wang An looked, this is to peel the wolf skin overnight!

So Wang An immediately stopped it: "Dad, can we talk about these things in a few days? It's New Year's tomorrow, why are you in such a hurry?"

Wang Dazhu looked at Wang An and then at Liu Guilan: "Is this something I can decide?"

Liu Guilan said unhappily: "What if I say so? Are these things easy to clean up when they are frozen hard? Just do your work."

Wang An sucked his teeth and helplessly started working.

30 wolves and red dogs had already been peeled by Wang Dazhu and the three of them when Wang An was patrolling; now there were 24 left.

And the reason why Wang An was attacked by wolves when he went home, and the three of them could support Wang An quickly after hearing the gunshots, was because they were all busy peeling the wolves and red dogs.

Otherwise, it's really hard to say what the result would be for Wang An.

When the whole family finished peeling all the wolves and red dogs, Wang An looked at his watch, and it was already past 4 o'clock in the morning.

The New Year's Eve of 1980, Wang An's family started by killing wolves and peeling wolf skins.

It must be said that it was genuinely quite commemorative.

The whole family threw the wolf carcasses and red dog carcasses on the table outside at will, and after a simple wash, they went to sleep on the kang.

Wang An, lying on the kang, sighed to Mu Xueqing: "Wife, you say our family isn't short of money, but the life we live, there's not a moment of leisure. You say we work so hard every day, what for?"

Mu Xueqing didn't answer when she heard Wang An's complaint, but stuffed her head into the quilt and laughed "giggle, giggle."

The whole family had been tossing from the first half of the night until now, and neither of them had the desire to be intimate, so they hugged each other and entered their dreams.

Waking up, it was already past 8 o'clock in the morning. Except for Wang An, the whole family had already gotten up.

If Wang Yi hadn't led the two little sisters to set off firecrackers in the yard, making a crackling sound, Wang An might have slept for a while longer.

However, although the whole family was busy, no one took the initiative to wake Wang An up.

The whole family thought that Wang An was the most tired person in this family.

Of course, only Wang An had never thought so, because Wang An really didn't feel tired; compared to the "fence" in his past life, this life was simply the difference between heaven and earth.

After getting dressed, folding the quilt, brushing his teeth, and washing his face, Wang An sat at the dining table with his family.

In the Northeast, on the morning of New Year's Day, they generally eat noodles, implying that life will be long and lasting.

And the dishes in the morning are mostly stir-fried celery with vermicelli and stewed tofu.

Celery and vermicelli take the homophony of "celery" and "vermicelli," which is "diligent."

Huaxia's thousands of years of civilization all have a common cognition: only diligence can fill the stomach. "Tofu" also takes the homophony, "arriving at fortune," which is fortune arriving.

A family with fortune will definitely not be wrong.

The food and dishes in the morning should be made more, because everyone has to eat their fill, and there must be leftovers.

Even if it's not a wealthy family, they can't finish it, they have to leave some.

In fact, it's not just the morning, but every meal of this day can't be finished, they have to leave some.

Implies that life will have leftovers year after year.

After breakfast, Wang An led Wang Yi to start pasting couplets.

Wang An looked at the couplets he wrote and asked Wang Yi: "Xiao Yi, how is your eldest brother's writing?"

Wang Yi looked carefully for a while and said: "Better than Uncle Sun's."

Wang An laughed loudly when he heard this: "Okay, younger brother has vision. When you go to junior high school, eldest brother will buy you a bicycle."

"Eldest brother, I'm going to junior high school next year? Can you get a bicycle ticket?" Wang Yi asked incredulously.

Wang An rolled his eyes at Wang Yi: "Why say that? Is there anything your eldest brother can't do? Just a bicycle ticket, is that a matter?"

Wang Yi looked at Wang An and said: "Then can you let mother make me a schoolbag?"

Wang An guessed what his mother's attitude would be, and felt that if this was said, his mother might become unfriendly.

So he said to Wang Li: "Why look for mother, look for your sister-in-law, let your sister-in-law make it for you, such a small matter."

Wang Yi said with a smile: "Thank you, eldest brother."

After the brothers finished pasting the couplets, Wang An lay on the kang and slept again.

Waking up again, it was time for the afternoon meal, and the table was full of meat.

Of course, chicken and fish are indispensable, as well as tofu and raw food.

The staple food is steamed buns or New Year cakes.

The chicken was exchanged by Liu Guilan in the village for bear meat, and the fish was chiseled by Wang Dazhu and Wang Daliang in the river, and then the fish jumped out of the ice hole by itself.

In Heilongjiang, eating fish in winter is really a very simple thing; you don't need to fish, you don't need a net, you just need to chisel an ice hole.

Fish that can jump jump up by themselves, and those that can't jump, just use a big strainer or a landing net to scoop them out directly in the ice hole.

In fact, "chicken" and "fish" also take homophony; chicken is "lucky," and fish is "surplus."

Living a life, you have to have good luck, everything goes well, and you have to have leftovers year after year, with ten thousand *dan* of surplus grain.

There is also "raw," which implies that the whole family, whether it's people or wealth, must be endless.

And steamed buns and New Year cakes are steamed, implying "steaming day by day."

Of course, New Year cakes also mean one year is higher than the next, and one year is stronger than the next.

After lunch, Wang An and Wang Yi cleaned the yard with Wang Dazhu. This is also a custom. No matter how clean the yard is usually, on the afternoon of New Year's Day, you have to sweep it with a broom.

Wang An didn't know what the saying was.

Time flew by, and it was night. The whole family listened to the radio and started wrapping dumplings.

Normally, there is only one dumpling with money in it, but Wang An had a sudden idea and found 16 one-cent coins in total.

It's New Year's, how uncomfortable it is not to eat money; the feeling of biting money is called cool!

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