A few days passed in a blink of an eye, and soon it was the New Year's Eve they had set.
Lin You got up early in the morning and put the dumplings made by the three of them last night into the pot.
Now Bai Guo can get up and dress by herself, brush her teeth and wash her face by herself, and when Lin You came out of the kitchen, she was already sitting at the table shaking her calf and doing puzzles, waiting for breakfast by the way.
"Good morning baby." Lin You kissed her and conjured up a red envelope, "This is a gift for you."
There is no need to circulate currency now, and it is easy to be eaten by ginkgo if you give the crystal nucleus directly, but how can children not have lucky money. Lin You thought for a long time, and finally dug out the memories of her teenage years, and made a "Any Wish Can Come True" coupon.
When Bai Guo opened the red envelope and saw this, she said "Wow", "Sister Yuzu is amazing!"
Lin You: "...it's not that powerful."
In Ginkgo's bright eyes, Lin You belatedly realized that she seemed to be boasting.
Children's thinking is always very wild, she is really afraid that Bai Guo will make requests such as wanting the elf in the story... Well, if that is the case, then ask Xiao Xiao for help.
The zombie king should know a few mutant creatures that look like elves...
Fortunately, Bai Guo held the wish coupon with her small hands and thought about it, but she didn't seem to think of any whimsical ideas that needed to be realized urgently, so she put it away for the time being.
The third one who came out of the bedroom with a yawn was Zhao Cai.
It leaned over to rub against the two of them. The New Year's money that Lin You gave it and Jin Bao was a simple and rude bag of crystal nuclei, and it was ready to visit Raccoon Dog and Xiaoqing Xiaobai's family tomorrow. As for Xiaohong's, it can only be saved until next spring when it wakes up.
Of course, the Zombie King is even more indispensable.
Xiao Xiao, a limited household with difficulty getting up in winter, was the last one to come out of the bedroom. Lin You smiled and sent her a red envelope: "Mr. Xiao Xiao, your lucky money."
"Well, thank you Yuzu."
Xiao Xiao heard about the wish coupon while inside, so she used her subjective motivation to break free from the warmth of the blanket.
She opened it and saw that there were a few leaf bookmarks inside the red envelope. The work is very detailed and beautiful, the veins of the translucent leaves are clearly visible, and the simple ink painting is drawn with translucent colors, mainly in festive red, and sprinkled with thin gold powder, which has a very Chinese New Year atmosphere.
It's exquisite, but...
Xiao Xiao asked: "Why, is it different from Guoguo's?"
Lin You replied naturally: "Mr. Xiao Xiao is already an older child, so you don't need a wish ticket." Actually, she was afraid that she would use it in strange places and make strange wishes.
Xiao Xiao accepted this setting: "Then, I'll give it to Sister Yuzi. Well, I'll give you a coupon for 'You can do anything'."
Lin You: "... Thank you so much."
What are you expecting her to do
Now that everyone is up and breakfast is cooked, Lin You starts to share the dumplings.
Everyone has different tastes, and Jinbao doesn’t eat with them. Gingko and Zhaocai are pure meat pies, and they share the same pot. Lin You likes three delicacies. Fortunately, Xiao Xiao is easy to feed and can eat anything, otherwise she would make breakfast It takes three pots.
After dinner, today is also a day without Xiaohong, the zombie king can only wash the dishes by himself.
Lin You opened the door. It didn't snow last night, and the ground that was swept yesterday was still empty, saving them the trouble of sweeping again. She took out the small firecrackers that Xiao Xiao made herself two days ago and set them off. There were only a small string, and in the crackling sound, the ground was full of fine red confetti.
After the sound subsided, Xiao Xiao and Bai Guo, who were covering their ears, exhaled at the same time.
Lin You smiled and touched their heads one by one: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let's just let it add to the New Year's atmosphere. Happy New Year's Eve!"
Xiao Xiao: "Happy New Year's Eve for pomelo too."
"Sister Yuzu, happy New Year's Eve." Bai Guo had already been educated by Linyou about the meaning of New Year's Eve two days ago, but she was still very puzzled, "Why did you release this...this one on New Year's Eve?"
She pointed to the scraps of paper on the ground, but didn't remember what the firecrackers were called, so she could only use "this" instead.
"Well, it's because..." Lin You didn't know how to explain to Bai Guo that she wanted to find the lively feeling of the New Year in the past, so she could only use folk stories to deal with the curious little girl, "Well, there used to be a monster called 'Nian' …”
"Oh oh oh-"
Bai Guo opened her golden eyes wide in surprise in her embellished narration.
Xiao Xiao also listened to the magic version of the Nian Beast story, and while Bai Guo was pestering Lin You to ask questions, she went back to her bedroom and took out the New Year picture that Lin You had asked her to draw, and was going to paste it on the wall of the lobby.
Lin You racked her brains to deal with ginkgo's endless problems. When she saw the above content inadvertently, she took a breath and jumped up to stop her: "Wait, Xiao Xiao! What are you drawing?"
Xiao Xiao stopped what she was doing, turned her head in doubt, and tilted her head to look at her: "New Year's picture?"
She really didn't feel anything was wrong! Lin You looked at the contents of the painting and was speechless: "... there shouldn't be a custom of painting yourself on New Year paintings, right?"
"It's not me. I drew pomelo." Xiao Xiao solemnly held the portrait of Linyou kicking the shuttlecock. "In the types of New Year pictures, there are also pictures of beauties, no problem."
Beauty... cough.
Lin You, who was naturally praised, paused, but still vetoed: "That's not okay!" Who would want to post his own portrait in the living room as a New Year picture
Xiao Xiao stared at her silently, as if she still wanted to work harder: "But, I have been drawing for a long time, does Yuzu think it is not good-looking?"
"It's not a question of whether it looks good or not." There was no room for negotiation, Lin You refused, "No - you can't see me that way, absolutely not! Change it to something else, and redraw it now."
"… Well."
Ok.
Seeing Lin You's firm determination not to agree, Xiao Xiao had no choice but to draw a new one with regret. This time, Lin You supervised the whole process, and she was relieved to see her use Xiaohong as the background and draw Lucky Fortune on it.
Anyway, it's not about her, I can draw anything, cats and fish look auspicious.
Now that the paper and pens have been laid out and the New Year pictures are painted, I also wrote the couplets by the way.
Neither Lin You nor Xiao Xiao had ever learned brush calligraphy, but compared to Lin You's ink blobs that would clump together no matter how hard he tried, at least Xiao Xiao's handwriting after practicing a few times was still correct, so she was the one to write.
What to write is a problem. Lin You thought for a long time, but couldn't think of a word.
In the end, Xiao Xiao wrote the two famous sentences: the sky increases, the years increase, and the life increases, and the world is full of spring and happiness. Criticizing her for a while, she still mentioned Sui Sui's safety.
Lin You directed the enthusiastic Baiguo to stick the couplets on the door, and smiled slightly at Hengpi.
Xiao Xiao probably wrote out his feelings and insisted that the door of the bedroom should also be posted, so he wrote another pair: the old year will pass away and the auspicious ceremony will be held at an auspicious time, and the new year will usher in the spring. This time I didn't write a horizontal batch.
After Lin You, who has no literary background, read it, she always felt that there was something subtly wrong: "Is this also a Spring Festival couplet?"
Xiao Xiao's expression remained unchanged: "Yes."
Since Xiao Xiao was so sure, Lin You no longer struggled.
After pasting up the couplets, they hung lanterns in the yard and under the eaves, using the same batch of old things as before. Then, the bare branches and grape trellises were decorated with red silk and colored paper fluttering in the wind, and Lin You also pasted a bright red blessing on Xiaohong who was hibernating.
The morning was spent slowly in the decoration. After lunch, the three of them sat on the sofa and cut window grilles while eating nuts and snacks.
Holding the small scissors used for needlework, Bai Guo cut out simple symmetrical patterns according to the lines drawn by Lin You. When she looked up and saw the paper-cutting of the twelve zodiac signs that Lin You had completed, she opened her mouth in amazement, "Sister Yuzu is amazing!"
After a long absence, Lin You picked up the paper-cutting technique that she had learned out of interest, and found that she did not regress a lot, and she was very happy: "Of course, my sister has learned it for a long time. Do you want to learn it, Guoguo?"
"I want~"
When Lin You was teaching Bai Guo, Xiao Xiao had already found the trick without a teacher and produced finished products.
Xiao Xiao carefully unfolded the paper-cut in her hand. After Lin You had taught the little girl, she turned her head and looked... The one celebrating the Chinese New Year was not "Fu" but "Pomelo", with a circle of patterns around it, which looked decent.
She understood Xiao Xiao's obsession to stick her on the wall.
"It's beautifully cut..."
Under Xiao Xiao's expectant eyes, Lin You watched it carefully, praised her without hesitation, then decisively confiscated it, and kept it properly for herself: "But, now, just cut some traditional ones."
Xiao Xiao: "..."
She lowered her head in disappointment and cut out a traditional window grille.
Lin You wanted to laugh a little, but she held back. She looked at Bai Guo, and while the little girl was lowering her head to fiddle with the scissors, she turned around and kissed Xiao Xiao quickly on the lips, then quickly withdrew, coughing lightly and told her: "Be good~"
"… Well."
Zombie King is really easy to coax. The air around Xiao Xiao's body was warm and spring blossomed immediately, and he expressed his enthusiasm for the paper-cutting business. He obediently cut a very traditional, red paper-cutting paper-cutting.
Xiao Xiao held up the huge "囍" character and said seriously: "I want to marry Yuzu."
Lin You: "..."
When Bai Guo heard the unfamiliar words, she raised her face and asked curiously, "Marriage? What is it?"
Xiao Xiao: "It's just..."
Before she could finish popularizing science, Lin You ruthlessly confiscated this piece of happiness, and put it together with the word pomelo, urging her even more ruthlessly: "Don't make trouble for me, hurry up and cut the window grilles."
"… Oh."
The marriage proposal was coldly rejected, and the zombie king obediently cut up the decent New Year's window grilles.
And Lin You lowered her head again, staring at the scrapped window grilles with shaking hands, and remained motionless for a while, not knowing what to do next. She always felt that maybe the brazier was burning too hot, or the body temperature of the fluffy Zhao Cai at her feet was too high, making the room stuffy with heat.
She pressed the back of her hand to her cheek, and it was really hot.
It must be too hot, Lin You stepped on Zhao Cai for no reason, the big cat who took a nap turned his head, and said blankly: "Meow?"