Big Golden Feather had been running around for a long time. Now, he was lying on the sofa and taking a nap.
He was a child after all. Lin Xiaole leaned on the sofa and knocked his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
Lin You also noticed the child's behavior. She gently hugged Lin Xiaole and let him rest on her body.
Li Xu took a thick blanket and covered Lin Xiaole with it. Although the living room was a little noisy, it was better to let such a young child stay by his mother's side than to let him rest alone now.
When it was close to midnight, Li Xu's phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was Lin Yuqing.
"Hello! Lin Yuqing, why are you calling me now? "
"Hmm?" Lin Yuqing was stunned. She didn't understand Li Xu.
"You should call me after midnight, but I'll definitely call you first. What are you doing now? Watching the Spring Festival Gala? "
"There's a power outage here."
Hmm? Why does this sound so familiar? Lin Caichang seemed to be brushing her friend off like this just now.
"Then I'll dictate the program to you? They're performing a singing performance now. It seems like a few actors are singing 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky'. But I don't know these people. "
"Li Xu."
Lin Yuqing interrupted Li Xu's chatter. If she let him continue, he could talk for the whole night.
"Hmm?"
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
• • • • •
Just as he hung up Lin Yuqing's call, Xue Rou's New Year call came in.
The two of them were still in contact on WeChat. Originally, Xue Rou wanted to entertain Li Xu and thank Li Xu for taking care of her in Korea. Unfortunately, Incheon Airport had a direct flight to Chengdu, so she didn't need to transfer at Beijing. Also, Li Xu's holiday this time wasn't long, so she could only accept it.
After hanging up the phone, Li Xu moved a chair to the balcony on the second floor. Lin Caichang felt that the program was boring, so she also moved a chair to sit outside.
Although firecrackers were not allowed in the city, the light show in the distant building was equally dazzling. The two of them did not play with their phones and quietly watched the light show in the distance.
Finally, after the countdown to the end of the year, the New Year's bell rang.
Li Xu was lost in thought as he looked at the bright lights in the distance. His long and narrow eyes reflected the dazzling light.
Happy New Year, Li Xu!
A message notification sounded. Li Xu looked at it and saw that it was a New Year greeting message from Lin Caichang. It was the kind of message that was forwarded without sincerity.
Li Xu rolled his eyes. "Why are you texting me so close?"
Lin Caichang didn't care. "Isn't it customary to send blessings during the New Year?"
"You turned on your phone?"
Just as Lin Caichang was about to speak, her phone rang.
Glancing at her phone, Lin Caichang answered the call helplessly, "Yiyi! Have you been calling me all this time? "
"We just turned it on, but the electricity came back again. Haha, it's true. It seems to be a problem with the wiring."
• • • • •
The next day was the first day of the New Year. No matter how late they played last night, they couldn't sleep in today.
At six o 'clock, Lin Caichang brought the excited Lin Xiaole upstairs to wake Li Xu up.
"Uncle, Uncle, wake up." Lin Xiaole gently shook Li Xu awake.
Li Xu opened his eyes in a daze. "Xiaole! Why are you up so early? A child who doesn't sleep in isn't a good child. Let Uncle sleep a little more. "
Lin Caichang, who was standing behind, was speechless. "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't lead Xiaole astray. Hurry up and get up. We still have to visit Grandpa and Grandma's graves today. "
"Sleep a little more. Xiaole, take your aunt away. Don't let her disturb Uncle."
Lin Xiaole hesitated. Looking at Li Xu on the bed, and then at Lin Caichang. "Aunt, why don't we go down and let Uncle rest a little more."
Lin Caichang was angry. This guy was lazy and would lead Lin Xiaole astray sooner or later.
"Don't sleep anymore. Why are you so lazy? It's because you sleep in every year on the first day of the New Year. "
"Sleeping is an art. Don't stop me from pursuing art." Li Xu's eyes were half open as he spouted nonsense.
Lin Caichang rolled her eyes. "If sleeping is an art, you are already a master. You don't have to pursue it anymore."
Lin Caichang pulled Li Xu's blanket with all her strength. Li Xu reflexively wrapped himself into a ball with the blanket, resisting Lin Caichang's tugging.
Seeing that he was about to be dragged to the ground, Li Xu could only surrender.
"Okay, okay, okay. I'm up. Don't pull my blanket."
The listless Li Xu finished washing up and slipped downstairs to the dining room. Everyone was already sitting at the dining table.
However, except for Lin Xiaole who was the most energetic, everyone else was listless. They all slept late last night. The mahjong table was even more so until three in the morning.
In front of everyone was a bowl of glutinous rice balls with two eggs. This was the standard breakfast on the first day of the New Year. Regardless of whether one ate anything else, glutinous rice balls were a must. It symbolized a happy reunion.
After breakfast, the family drove to their hometown in the countryside. Grandfather and grandmother were buried in the mountains behind their hometown.
Mother Li and Aunt Li first gave the surrounding neighbors New Year's gifts to thank them for taking care of their old house. Then, they gave red packets to the elderly and children.
Li Xu and Li Caichang rarely lived here since they were young. They did not know the people around them, so the two of them decided to walk around.
"Uh, Cousin Lin You, we're going for a walk. Do you want to come?"
Lin You shook her head. "I'm not going."
Perhaps it was because of her special life experience. Although Lin You was of the same generation as them, she was much more mature and had a much colder personality.
"Then, can we bring Xiaole along?"
Lin You looked at Lin Xiaole's eager eyes and nodded.
"Then I'll go with Uncle. Bye, Mom!"
Lin Xiaole happily skipped behind Li Xu and Lin Caichang. The two of them brought Lin Xiaole around.
Lin Xiaole, who was born in America, was curious about everything. She asked about everything she saw.
"Uncle, what's in this field? Why is it all water? "
Li Xu took a closer look. "This should be a pond."
Lin Xiaole was a little skeptical. "Isn't the pond too shallow?"
"You don't understand. This is not a fish farm. It's a loach farm. Have you eaten loach before? It's very delicious. "
"Oh!"
Lin Caichang was speechless. "Can you not pretend to know? This is a paddy field."
Li Xu was stubborn. "Of course I know this is a paddy field. Can't a paddy field raise loach? Do you see rice growing in there? If you call it a paddy field, will it answer? "
Lin Xiaole was also confused. "Then why isn't there any rice growing in there?"
"Because everyone has gone for the New Year. No one has time, so no one is planting it."
"Oh!"
Lin Caichang rolled her eyes. "Xiaole, don't listen to your uncle's nonsense. Rice doesn't grow in this season. We have to wait until March to start sowing."
Fortunately, Lin Caichang kept correcting Li Xu's mistakes. Otherwise, Lin Xiaole would have been led astray by Li Xu.
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