There are still five or six days before the Chinese New Year, Lin Mo's gourmet shop closed a few days ago, Chen Qing and Chen Mu live in the yard over there, and visit the shop by the way.
Lin Cheng also changed the opening time of the store to the afternoon, closing on time at 5 pm.
This year, the Lin family doesn't plan to go back to the village for the New Year. On New Year's Day, there will be an Ice Lantern Festival in the town. And it took too long to get from Daling Village to the town, and now the road is covered with snow.
As the New Year approached, Lin's father and Lin's mother went out to buy new year's goods. Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan went back to Daling Village to get a few bags of husked rice and all kinds of bacon they had stored for the winter.
Mrs. Lin and Lin Mo started to clean the compound, but two children and one elder brother couldn't do anything. The official start of the New Year's cleaning is also waiting for Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan to come back.
On the day before New Year's Eve, Lin Xing and Lin Chen wore a thick padded jacket and cleaned the snow from the ground in the yard and piled it up against the wall. Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan pasted all the red paper window grilles bought by Lin's mother, and hung two large lanterns outside the door.
Aunt Lin and Mother Lin cleaned the inside and outside of the house, and Lin Xiu wrote couplets in the study, and took them out for them to paste after finishing.
Considering Lin Mo's physical problems, Lin's father and Lin's mother didn't let him come out to help, so Lin Mo is the one who has the most leisure time in the Lin family, and only spends watching Xiao Nan and Xiao Ya in the room.
"Fourth Uncle, Fifth Uncle, are they playing with the snow?" Lin Xiaoya stood on the bed and looked out with her hands on the window sill.
"Well, I'm making a snowman." Lin Mo glanced at him and said.
"Is it fun to make snowmen? Xiaoya wants to play too." Xiaoya turned to look at Fourth Uncle.
"It's too cold outside for kids to go out."
"But second uncle also said that fifth uncle is a child." Xiao Nan thought for a while and said.
"...it's too cold outside."
"My brother and I have fluff, don't be afraid." Xiaoya ran to the side and hugged her clothes, and said.
"..." You are not afraid of the cold, but I am.
"I can only play for a while." Lin Mo looked at the expectation in their eyes, was silent for a long time, and finally compromised.
"Great, fourth uncle is the best!" Xiaoya cheered, and then began to put clothes on her body.
After Lin Mo helped the two of them put on their clothes and shoes, he began to put on clothes on himself. After being fully armed, Lin Mo took them out.
Although he had worn enough clothes, when he opened the door and felt the cold wind blowing in front of him, Lin Mo still shrank his neck subconsciously.
The snow in the yard had been swept into several piles by Lin Xing and Lin Chen. As soon as Xiaoya and Xiaonan went out, they ran towards Lin Xing and the others, not scared by the cold wind outside at all.
Lin Mo tightened the plush scarf around his neck, and made sure that the hat on his head was on before walking towards them.
"Fourth brother, are you coming out to play too? Do you want to build a snowman?" Lin Xing took a photo of the snowman's body, saw the fourth brother approaching, and asked.
"This is... a snowman?" Lin Mo asked puzzled. Is this round body scattered into a pile a snowman? Although he has never built a snowman, at least he has seen it.
"It can't be round, there's no way, anyway, it's a snowman in a pile, and everyone else in the village piles it up like this." Lin Xing patted the snowman's body and patted it tightly.
"Okay, I'll come too." Lin Mo walked to another pile of snow. Maybe it's time for them to see what a real snowman looks like.
"Huh? Then my brother and I will make one too." Seeing that Uncle Four had started playing, Xiaoya hurriedly dragged her brother to a small snow pile.
After other people finished the inside and outside of the house, what they saw was a few children at home playing in the snow in the yard. Not far away, Cheng Yan saw Lin Mo's nose was a little red from the cold, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, so he hurried over.
"Hey~ what are you guys doing?" Lin Xiu stood in front of the greenhouse door, feeling the heat inside, and shouted at them.
"Momo, why did you come out?" Cheng Yan walked over and touched the tip of his red nose with his hand.
Cheng Yan's hands are very warm, even if he stays outside for a long time, his hands will not freeze. Lin Mo is very envious of this. Lin Mo threw away the snow in his hands, took off the gloves on his hands, and stretched out his hands in front of him.
Cheng Yan easily reached out to hold his cold hand, "Why don't you stay indoors?"
"My fourth brother and I compete to build a snowman, second brother, do you want to come?" Lin Xing responded loudly when he heard Lin Xiu's words.
When Cheng Yan heard this, he looked at Lin Mo with some doubts, and then glanced at the snowdrift of unknown shape in front of him.
Lin Mo who understood Cheng Yan's expression: "..."
When did he say he was going to compete in making a snowman
Obviously, Lin Mo has selectively forgotten what he just wanted to show them what a real snowman looks like.
"And me and brother~" Xiaoya raised her head and looked at her second uncle, shaking her hands and shouting loudly.
"That's it...it feels very fun, so I'll come too." Lin Xiu also went to find a pile of snow and started to play with it.
Lin's father, Lin's mother, and Lin Cheng's couple saw that they were having a good time, and thought that they had finished their work, so the four of them also joined the competition.
Lin Mo: "..." This is really not a competition.
"What do you want to do?" Cheng Yan asked after warming his hands, took out gloves from his pocket and put them on for him.
"Make a large and small ball, and then put the small one on top of the big one, and use other things as eyes, nose and hands."
"You stand aside, I'll do it." Listening to Lin Mo's description, Cheng Yan thought of a rough shape in his mind, asked him to stand aside and started to do it.
"Well... remember to make the snowball tighter."
After Lin Xiu made a rough shape, he looked up and looked around, and found something that made him feel a little bit stuck. Parents are a couple, elder brother and sister-in-law are a couple, and Mo Geer and Cheng Yan are another couple. Even brothers Lin Xing, Linchen and Xiaonan Xiaoya formed a team, so he is the only one here
Lin Xing piled up halfway, looked up at the fourth brother's place, and found that the snowman of the fourth brother was different from theirs. After thinking about it, Lin Xing put down the snow in his hand and ran over. Lin Chen turned his head to look at him, and then continued to complete his strangely shaped snowman.
"Fourth brother, how do you make this snowman? Why can it be so round?" Lin Xing asked.
"Ask Brother Cheng, he piled it up." Lin Mo was adding eyes and mouth to the snowman, glanced at him, and said.
Lin Xing nodded and ran to Cheng Yan's side. After getting the method, Lin Xing went back to discuss with Lin Chen, and then made modifications on the basis of their snowman.
It was still a pile of snow after piling up for a long time, Xiaoya couldn't help feeling a little discouraged, and looked up at other people's snowmen. Seeing the snowman in front of Uncle Fourth, Xiaoya's eyes lit up, and she ran over.
Xiao Nan, who was struggling with the pile of snow, saw his sister running away, looked up, and saw Uncle Fourth's snowman, thought for a while, threw away the snow in his hand, and walked over there.
"Fourth uncle, this snowman is so big and beautiful!"
"Really? I think so too." Lin Mo smiled.
"Go to your Uncle Cheng and ask him to make a small one for you."
When they were almost done playing, the sky gradually darkened. Occasionally, they heard the sound of other people setting off fireworks. From time to time, fireworks exploded in the sky, illuminating the surroundings brighter.
Fireworks are rare and expensive things, and every household will only buy some during the New Year, and put them up for celebration.
Seeing that it was almost time, Mother Lin and Mrs. Lin also went to the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. After Cheng Yan helped the others pile up, he took Lin Mo back to the house.
After a hearty dinner, Cheng Yan routinely brought a basin of hot water to soak his husband's feet.
After finishing everything, Cheng Yan went back to the room and got into bed, and hugged Lin Mo when he came over. On the last night of the new year, we have to watch the New Year's Eve, so the yard is brightly lit. Every house is now lit with lights.
Lin Mo lay on Cheng Yan's body, couldn't help yawning, and then rubbed his face against Cheng Yan's half-exposed chest. Cheng Yan half leaned against the head of the bed, with his hands on his waist.
"Sleep when you're sleepy, I'll watch over him." Cheng Yan stroked his hair and said.
"No, I want to be with you." Lin Mo squinted his eyes and muttered in a low voice.
Just after he fell asleep for the third time and woke up again, Lin Mo finally couldn't take it anymore, and he really wanted to do something to refresh his spirits.
Lin Mo supported Cheng Yan's chest with both hands, slowly moved up, and then put his hand on Cheng Yan's neck.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yan carefully supported him and asked in confusion.
"Well... Do something meaningful." After Lin Mo finished speaking, he leaned over and licked Cheng Yan's mouth.
Cheng Yan's eyes deepened, and the hand around his waist suddenly tightened, and then he turned around and pressed him on the bed.
At this time, it is indeed time to do something meaningful.
After the intermittent panting and breathing in the room gradually subsided, the time for watching the New Year's Eve was over. Lin Mo fell asleep lying on Cheng Yan's body. Cheng Yan reached out to gently wipe away the tears at the end of his eyes, took out a red bean from the bedside, flicked it casually, and turned off the light.
Hearing the sound of fireworks rising into the air and exploding outside, Cheng Yan turned sideways, put Lin Mo on the bed, and then hugged him to sleep with his eyes closed.
On the first day of the new year, no one gets up early, and everyone sleeps in bed. It was almost nine o'clock, and Lin's mother got up to cook them the glutinous rice balls they made yesterday.
After the glutinous rice balls were cooked, other people almost got up. Mother Lin brought a large basin of glutinous rice balls to the greenhouse, and the children went to the greenhouse after washing up, chatting while eating glutinous rice balls.
After waking up, Cheng Yan heard voices outside, and it was getting late, so he woke up the person in his arms.
When Cheng Yan and Lin Mo washed up and went to the greenhouse, the children were eating vigorously.
"Happy New Year, Uncle Si! Happy New Year, Uncle Cheng!" Xiaoya scooped up the glutinous rice balls with a wooden spoon in her hand, and was about to put them in her mouth when she saw someone at the door from the corner of her eye. She turned her head and found that it was Uncle Fourth and Uncle Cheng , the childish voice shouted humanely.
"Happy New Year, Xiaoya, the lucky money given to you by Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng." Lin Mo walked over, took out the red envelope prepared early in the morning and gave it to her, rubbed her head, and said with a smile.
Seeing this, the other children also wished Lin Mo and Cheng Yan a Happy New Year. After getting the lucky money, they happily continued to eat.
Cheng Yan served Lin Mo a bowl of glutinous rice balls, and sat next to him to eat together.
"There is an Ice Lantern Festival in town today, do you want to go see it at noon?" Cheng Yan asked in a low voice.
"good."