Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 107: Year 3

Jiang Yu laughed, "Will the old village chief's wife accept it?" Although Yang Lijuan is a treasure in their family, the sons are not weeds either, and the old lady of the Yang family is definitely not a pushover.

Xue Li waved his hand, "What if you don't accept it? The second son's wife's family is from the town. She is marrying down, and several brothers in the family support her."

No wonder, this sister-in-law is confident and well-founded, so naturally her voice is loud.

The two of them chatted about the old village chief's family. It must be said that winter is a perfect time to eat melons. Once they started chatting, they didn't even have time to eat or sleep.

In the end, Xue Li spent the whole night on Jiang Yu's kang. Fortunately, both of them were thin, otherwise they might not have been able to fit in.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the festive atmosphere in the village gradually becomes stronger.

The yards of those who made sticky rice dumplings, those who made rice cakes, and even those who could write calligraphy were all trampled out by the people passing by.

Jiang Yu and his friends did not take couplets seriously, but were very interested in paper-cutting. It was not convenient for the male students, but the two female educated youth quickly went to the home of the aunt who was the best paper-cutting artist in the village to learn new skills.

At first, the two did not use red paper to cut patterns, but used newspapers. Later, when they became more proficient, Jiang Yu also started to use red paper to cut.

Xue Li learns a little slower, but she knows how to take shortcuts. The aunties rely on practice to get perfect at paper cutting, but Xue Li draws on the paper where she wants to cut, and then starts working. Although it's a little slower, she can still cut out the desired patterns.

Facial masks, butterflies, and snowflakes.

The two of them learned some things on their own, and also exchanged red paper with their aunt for a lot of exquisite window decorations, and then returned to the educated youth site with a lot of gains.

The male educated youth exchanged the red paper-cuts with the two of them and pasted them on the windows of their own houses. The red window decorations, reflected by the snow outside, indicated that the New Year was approaching.

On New Year's Eve, Wu Aiqing got up early, took a dozen sticky rice dumplings from the shelf under the eaves outside, and started preparing breakfast.

It was around 9 o'clock when Jiang Yu and Xue Li woke up. They went to the room over there and ate two sticky rice dumplings for breakfast. Then they followed the male educated youth to prepare various dishes for the day.

Fu Biao got a fresh carp from somewhere. He often went to Yi Chi to play recently, so Xue Li guessed that they must be breaking ice to catch fish.

The others contributed meat and eggs, and all kinds of seasonings were put together. Wu Aiqing also fried a large pot of tofu balls for the boss. From time to time, several people pinched one and stuffed it into their mouths, eating until the corners of their mouths were greasy and the fragrance was intoxicating.

Jiang Yu exchanged a piece of bacon for a plate of meatballs, went back to the house to get the two meters of dark blue cloth he had exchanged with Xue Li, and went up the mountain while every household in the village was busy.

Yi Chi was also preparing his own New Year's Eve dinner, but since he was alone, it was relatively simple, with cabbage and pork stewed with vermicelli, braised fish, and a plate of stir-fried red sausage that he had just made the day before.

"Awoo~" Tuanzi suddenly shouted in a coquettish voice towards the door.

Yi Chi glanced at it, then reacted. He put down the kitchen knife in surprise and went to open the door. He leaned over to look outside and saw that it was Jiang Yu who came over.

Jiang Yu heard a call from afar and guessed that it must be Tuanzi who heard her coming. She couldn't help but smile, "Tuanzi is really alert." Her walking noise was obviously not loud, but it was still able to detect her in advance from such a distance. It was amazing.

"Yes, it usually pricks up its ears when birds fly by outside. It's very smart." Yi Chihe came to the door, took a few steps forward and took the basket she handed over.

Jiang Yu followed him into the house and explained what he had brought. "The meatballs are freshly fried. Wu Aiqing said they can be steamed or stewed. The cloth is a New Year's gift for you." The concept of New Year's gifts was proposed by Xue Li. Their small group had already agreed to exchange gifts with each other in the evening.

Yi Chi was overjoyed. He was already overjoyed that Jiang Yu could come up the mountain to see him today. He didn't expect that she had also prepared a New Year's gift. Yi Chi felt a little dizzy and was so happy that he seemed to be floating. His round eyes curved into crescent shapes and he grinned unconsciously.

Jiang Yu found his look a little funny, so she quickly turned her back and reached out to touch Tuanzi who came to greet her.

Tuanzi's tail stood up like an antenna, and his big head was pressed against Jiangyu's palm, making a snoring sound.

Yi Chimei stared at him for a while, then looked around the room to see if there was anything she could give as a return gift.

Jiang Yu didn't stay long because the educated youth center might start serving dinner at any time.

Yi Chi was in a hurry and stuffed all the books he had found before into the basket, as well as candies, snacks and other things. Finally, he packed a lunch box of pork stewed with vermicelli for her. "I will give you the New Year's gift tomorrow." Yi Chi was still emphasizing this when he sent Jiang Yu out.

"These are enough." Jiang Yu quickly refused. Yi Chi gave her too many things.

Yi Chi shook his head, "No way! I have to prepare a return gift. You should go back soon, it's so cold outside." Yi Chi didn't even wear a coat, and he was shivering as soon as he came out.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu stopped pushing him around and urged him to go into the house, while he quickly carried his things down the mountain.

The small group's lunch is relatively simple, and the most important New Year's Eve dinner is of course held in the evening.

However, in the afternoon, they still gathered in Wu Aiqing and Fu Biao's room. Xue Li was knitting a sweater, while Chen Jinghan, with tenderness in her eyes, was holding a book and couldn't turn a page for a long time.

Jiang Yu was still playing with the wire, Fu Biao and Xiong Lijin were playing chess, and Wu Aiqing was concentrating on reading a medical book that he had gotten from somewhere.

The door of the room was locked tightly. No matter how strong the cold wind was outside, it had nothing to do with the people in the room.

In the afternoon, a few people took out the snacks they had hidden, ate some sweets together, drank red date tea, and because they were free, they talked about the latest hot topic in the village.

"I saw Xiaolu yesterday. He had changed into new clothes." Fu Biao took a sip of the cold can of oranges. Oh my god, it chilled me to the bone.

"That's good. This child finally has his happy ending after all the hardships he's suffered. Children without mothers all have a hard time." Wu Aiqing said with emotion.

Suddenly, the others looked at him with strange eyes.

??? Wu Aiqing was puzzled. What happened?

"Wu Daizi, you really should stop staying in the room studying your books every day. Go out and see the world more!" Xiong Lijin sighed. It was obvious that he was out of touch with information. He didn't even understand the cause and effect of the matter, so he would say that.

Then, adhering to the principle of not letting any member eat an incomplete melon, his friends went through the whole story from beginning to end for him.

Wu Aiqing smacked his lips when he heard this. "Well, well, well... Let's not talk about anything else for now. Anyway, Xiaolu's life will be better in the future."

"That's true." Xue Li nodded. No matter whether Yang Lijuan would divorce Zhuang Mingde or not, Xiaolu was the only child in her life. Even if she wanted to consider her retirement in the future, she had to train this child well.