To write Spring Festival couplets, one had to stick them up. Yang Yi kept the stack of Spring Festival couplets for the whole night. The next morning, taking advantage of the warmth of the sun outside, he prepared to take the curious baby Xi Xi to the gate of the villa to start pasting the Spring Festival couplets.
Of course, before that, he had to apply paste.
"Look, Dad. Dip it in paste and brush it around this area." Yang Yi instructed his daughter, and then handed the small brush to Xi Xi. "You can brush the remaining couplets and the horizontal couplets with paste. Be careful not to brush too much, and not too little …"
Xi Xi had long wanted to help her father work, although in her mind, this work was not tiring, but to try new things and help her father.
The little girl stood on the small stool, her left hand on the table, and her right hand holding the small brush. Fortunately, Yang Yi noticed his negligence and quickly came over to pull the paste closer to Xi Xi.
"Eh, it's so strange!" Xi Xi saw paste for the first time. The sticky feeling made Xi Xi feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay. After this paste is applied, the couplets will be firmly stuck to the wall after it dries." Yang Yi said.
Xi Xi brushed for a while. After all, she was small and weak. After brushing the whole couplet, she had to turn around, but accidentally, her left hand pressed on the paste that she had just brushed.
"Aiya, aiya!" Xi Xi saw that her little hand was sticky as if she had touched the porridge soup. She clenched and loosened her hand, feeling very uncomfortable. She could only look at her father pitifully and ask for help, "Papa, what should I do? There's so much paste. "
In fact, it was okay to get a little paste on it, and it would be fine after washing it. However, Xi Xi's reaction was a little big, so Yang Yi had to take her to wash her hands. After being washed by the warm water, the little girl's little hand became red and tender again.
It was more comfortable to be clean!
Although she didn't like paste, Xi Xi's work attitude was not ambiguous. She continued to help her father with the Spring Festival couplets. Finally, she finished.
Yang Yi brought Xi Xi to the entrance of the villa to put up the Spring Festival couplets. "Put the first couplet on the right side and the second couplet on the left side. Daddy told you yesterday which is the first couplet. Do you still remember?"
"Hehe, I know that there are steamed buns, woof, woof, woof, which is the first line of the couplet." Xi Xi followed behind her father and said while jumping up and down. She remembered that when her father said this, he even made a small joke. Because of this, Xi Xi remembered it especially clearly.
Steamed Bun wagged his tail and ran to the side of everyone. He was the happiest one to come out for some fresh air. However, when he heard his little master call his name and bark, the smart yellow dog slowed down and turned his head to look over in confusion.
However, no one gave him an explanation.
Yang Yi carefully placed the other Spring Festival couplets on the low wall with the paste on them. Then, he picked up the couplet that read, "Happy to live in a treasured land that thrives for a thousand years" and stuck it on the top, which was the direction of the right side.
"Help Daddy hold the bottom of the couplet. Let's aim at the four corners so that it can be stuck vertically." Yang Yi instructed Xi Xi to help.
"Okay!" The little girl happily ran over and helped her father hold the bottom two corners. This way, even if she wasn't tall, she could make the best use of her body.
Xi Xi still didn't like paste, so she used her fingers to carefully press on the red paper. She didn't dare to press her whole hand on it, for fear that the paste would get on her hand again.
After pasting the couplet on the courtyard entrance, Yang Yi and Xi Xi went to the entrance of the villa. At this time, Murphy left Tong Tong on the small cradle that she could see and walked to the entrance with her camera.
"Xi Xi, Daddy, look at the camera and smile!" Murphy wanted to take a photo of Yang Yi and his daughter.
"Hehe!" The little girl helped to press the couplet and turned her head back with her bright eyes.
Although she was wearing winter clothes, the little girl was full of vitality and in high spirits. Her cheeks were slightly rosy under the bright sunlight and the red paper of the Spring Festival couplet. It was as if the spring breeze was blowing and the flowers were blooming ten miles away.
"Kacha!" Murphy captured this scene and froze it.
After Mo Fei took a few photos and came back with satisfaction, Little Momo, who was lying in the cradle, began to babble. Mo Fei didn't know if it felt that it was a little bored.
"You also want to play with your sister, right? You also want to help Daddy work and take photos with Mommy, right? " Murphy smiled. She held Tong Tong's armpits with both hands and carried him out of the cradle. She held him upright in front of her and talked to him intimately.
As if this was a fair conversation, Tong Tong looked at his mother in confusion for a while. Finally, he opened his mouth and laughed. He didn't know why he was so happy!
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The eve of the Spring Festival was busy and fulfilling. After all the preparations were done, Yang Yi took out a string of red firecrackers and hung them on a tree in the courtyard in the evening.
"Daddy, let's not set off firecrackers, okay? I'm scared … "When Xi Xi saw the firecrackers, she remembered that when her father set off firecrackers at her grandfather's house last year, she was worried that her father would be blown up. Moreover, the firecrackers this time were so big that she was even more scared. She grabbed her father's clothes and begged him bitterly.
Yang Yi looked back in surprise and saw his daughter's tearful face. It seemed that she would cry if he didn't give up the idea of setting off firecrackers.
Yang Yi couldn't help but feel happy. He smiled and touched Xi Xi's little head and said, "Little fool, look at what Daddy is holding. Are these real firecrackers? "
Yang Yi pulled Xi Xi's little hand over and let her touch the red firecrackers. The little girl immediately felt the hard plastic texture of the firecrackers.
"This is fake. It's just a model. After we plug it in and turn on the switch, it will crackle like firecrackers, but it's not real firecrackers," Yang Yi explained to Xi Xi.
"Won't it explode?" The little girl asked doubtfully.
"Of course not. It's just the sound of firecrackers. We are celebrating the Spring Festival with such an atmosphere. Only then can it be called the Spring Festival, right?" Yang Yi said with a smile.
It was not that Jiang City prohibited firecrackers and fireworks. The main reason why Yang Yi didn't buy real firecrackers was that after the firecrackers were set off, there would be a strong smell of gunpowder. He was worried that the smell would choke his Tong Tong, so he used fake firecrackers.
Only then did Xixi feel relieved. After getting down from her father's arms, she not only smiled through her tears, but also circled around the fake firecrackers curiously, asking her father to show her how the firecrackers sounded.
Yang Yi pulled out a socket and plugged it in. The big red firecrackers hanging on the tree flickered with red light and made crackling sounds of firecrackers exploding.
At first, the sudden appearance of the red light and the sound gave Xixi a fright. The little girl hurriedly hid behind her father, looking for her most trusted shield. But soon, she found that there was only movement and no threat at all. The little girl gathered her courage and stuck out her little head.
It turns out that it really doesn't explode!
However, under the gradually falling curtain of night, the flickering fake firecrackers were quite beautiful!
Xi Xi blinked her big eyes and pulled her father's hand, letting him come closer to take a closer look.
At this time, a dark figure ran into the yard. Only when he got closer could he see Steamed Bun's yellow fur under the light of the yard.
"Woof, woof!" Steamed Bun seemed to be frightened by the sound of the firecrackers. He bared his teeth and barked at the firecrackers.
"Steamed Bun, don't bark!" Yang Yi scolded. He was worried that Steamed Bun would scare the child.
"Hehe, Steamed Bun thought they were real firecrackers!" Xi Xi smiled and bent down. She hugged Steamed Bun's neck and comforted him, "Steamed Bun, don't be afraid. These are fake firecrackers that PaPa bought. They're not real."
It turned out that Steamed Bun was just a fox pretending to be a tiger. Just now, when he was beside Yang Yi, he barked at the firecrackers, but in his heart, he was very scared.
When Xi Xi hugged him, the little guy turned his head and drilled into Xi Xi's arms. He whimpered in a low voice, as if he was wronged.
Yang Yi inexplicably thought of a sentence, "Who isn't a baby?"
On the contrary, Tong Tong was a lot bolder in the house. Although the sound of the firecrackers was blocked by the door, the little guy didn't seem to be afraid at all.
It must be known that other children were afraid of firecrackers!
However, Tong Tong was still calmly drinking milk in his mother's arms and enjoying his New Year's Eve dinner.
After the firecrackers went off for a while, Yang Yi pulled out the lights so that they wouldn't disturb the people. Of course, the big red firecrackers were still on the tree. They could be used in the early morning and tomorrow.
"Happy New Year!" Although it was just a family dinner for the four of them, there were Dad, Mom, Little Brother who was nibbling on his fingers, and Xixi, who had helped out for the whole day, so the New Year's atmosphere was very good. Xixi couldn't stop smiling happily. She raised the small glass of soda with her parents and gave each other their blessings.
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