Weird Farmhouse

Chapter 68 Drunkenness

After eating hot pot at noon, Hu Jiu said: "Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, have you prepared all the things for the Chinese New Year?"

It was the first time for Wu Tong to celebrate the New Year of human beings. Feng Qi used to be a widow and lonely family. He just found a place to stroll around during the New Year. He had no experience in celebrating the New Year at all. Both of them were a little at a loss: "What do I need to prepare?"

Hu Jiu snapped his fingers: "Eat, drink, wear, and use are all needed. There is only one Chinese New Year every year, so of course you can buy whatever you want. The New Year's Eve dinner is perfect, let's prepare ten dishes. I have to make dumplings, have you prepared the flour? You also need to prepare sweets and snacks, otherwise the guests will stare at you when they come? For drinks, I brought over wine. There are white and red ones. You can go to town if you want to drink Buy online. For the new year and new weather, you have to wear new clothes and new shoes. Also, you have to decorate your home, and you have to buy Spring Festival couplets and lanterns. There are also fireworks and firecrackers. Firecrackers cannot be set off in urban areas, but they can be used in the countryside, right? Only when there are fireworks and firecrackers can there be a taste of the New Year."

Wu Tong was dumbfounded when he heard this. There are so many things to pay attention to during the Chinese New Year. He looked at Simo and said, "Did you prepare for the Chinese New Year like this in previous years?"

Si Mo coughed lightly: "It's about the same, I have to prepare more or less."

Feng Qi said: "Then let's go to the street to buy, or we can go to Chengdu to buy, I'm afraid the town is not complete."

Hu Jiu said, "I'll lend you the car, you guys go buy it. I just came from Chengdu, so I don't want to run away."

Simo said: "There's no need to go so far, just go to Qionglai to buy it. I'll go with you, Hu Jiu, you stay at home and take care of the house."

Hu Jiuyi heard that he was going to be left alone: ​​"I don't look after the house, I'll go with you."

So the four of them went to Qionglai together.In the past, when Wu Tong and Feng Qi went to the street together, passers-by would always look sideways and peek at them, but they would definitely not be watched blatantly like now. In the final analysis, it was not only the reason for the four handsome guys appearing at the same time, but also Mainly because Hu Jiu's long hair is too eye-catching.Wu Tong heard someone whispering more than once: "Is that a man? He's so tall, but his hair is so long, longer than a woman's hair, and he looks better than a woman."

Feng Qi didn't like being surrounded by people like this, so he pulled Wu Tong and said to Hu Jiu and Simo, "Let's go shopping separately. I'll make a list of what we need, and we'll go shopping separately."

Hu Jiu said: "What's the point? Do you know what's good and what's not? We, Momo, are the best at living, so let him pick and choose."

Si Mo dismantled him: "But I don't want to go with you either. When will you cut that hair of yours? It's too eye-catching!"

Hu Jiu bit Simo's ear and said, "That's not what you said on the bed."

Simo's face turned red instantly, and a few words came out from between his teeth: "Can you pay attention to the occasion when you speak?"

"As long as you don't ask me to cut my hair!" Hu Jiu said triumphantly.

Both Feng Qi and Wu Tong pretended not to hear their whispers, Feng Qi said: "Since they are all left to Simo to choose, what do you want us to do?"

"I want you to experience the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. Learn how to buy new year's goods, and you will know how to do it when you celebrate the New Year." Hu Jiu's words always make Feng Qi unable to refute.

Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year, and the shopping mall is crowded with people, food and drink are being moved into carts like they don’t need money.Hu Jiu is simply a player in his life. What he is best at is eating, drinking and having fun. He always chooses the most expensive and best things.Simo, on the other hand, is obviously much more pragmatic than him. He always chooses the most cost-effective items, and only buys the right ones, not expensive ones.

Wu Tong experienced the New Year for the first time, and he was already dazzled by the dazzling array of Chinese reds in the shopping mall. Feng Qi leaned into his ear and asked, "What do you think?"

Wu Tong came back to his senses: "Well, it's very festive."

Feng Qi said: "There are too many people, watch your own things, there are more thieves during the Chinese New Year."

"Ah, oh." Wu Tong came to his senses.

The two carts were quickly piled up under the sweep of Hu Jiu and Simo, with everything from ingredients to snacks.They waited a long time in line to get the bill.When he came out after shopping, Feng Qi said: "You guys move your things over there first, I'll go do some shopping."

Wu Tong glanced at him, didn't ask him what to buy, and helped move the things to the car.After about ten minutes, Feng Qi finally came back. He bought several pots of narcissus, and two large bouquets of flowers, a bouquet of roses, and a bouquet of lilies. The shop assistant helped to deliver the flowers.Wu Tong looked at those flowers, a little funny: "Why do you buy so many flowers?"

"You need to decorate your home during the Chinese New Year. Cantonese people buy flowers and put them at home during the New Year. Beijingers also buy narcissus to display during the New Year. In the past, this was called Sui Chao Qing Gong, which means happiness and auspiciousness." Feng Qi explained.

"People buy New Year's oranges, peach blossoms, and plum blossoms for Chinese New Year. What do you buy roses and lilies for?" Hu Jiu looked at the two big bouquets of roses and lilies, and couldn't help but take out one from the rose bouquet, and handed it to Si Mo, "Borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and give roses to loved ones."

Si Mo took it, put it to his nose and sniffed it: "It smells so good." Then he put the rose under the windshield of the car.

Feng Qi stuffed two bouquets of flowers into Wu Tong's arms: "I'll give you all."

Wu Tong hugged the flowers in some embarrassment, because passers-by around him were looking at them, he blushed and quickly got into the car: "Okay, let's go."

Hu Jiushi calmly got into the driver's seat: "Tsk tsk, Feng Qi, a man of science and engineering, actually understands romance. It's really rare."

Wu Tong blushed even more: "Don't you still have to buy fireworks? I haven't even bought the Spring Festival couplets and lanterns yet."

"Go to the town to buy those." Hu Jiu said, "I bought pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Let my family write Spring Festival couplets and blessings in ink. He is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting."

Simo hurriedly said: "Don't brag, what am I good at?"

Hu Jiu smiled smugly: "Anyway, he's much better than us."

Wu Tong said: "Si Mo's handwriting should be very good." After all, it is an inkstone, and he has been dealing with calligraphy and painting all his life.

"Barely able to read." Si Mo said modestly.

Feng Qi tidied up the newly bought daffodils, and then got into the car: "You can go. Have you bought all the things?"

"It's almost there, do you still need to go shopping for clothes?" Hu Jiu asked.

"No, I've already bought it in Beijing." Wu Tong replied quickly, he really didn't like buying clothes.

"Then let's go, go back and see what's missing, and go to town to buy what's missing."

After shopping for the new year's goods, Simo began to prepare the materials for the New Year's Eve dinner, because there are some hard dishes that must be prepared in advance, otherwise they will not be able to eat them tomorrow.Wu Tong went to work, caught chickens and ducks and came back to slaughter them. This is what he will use to become a Buddha jumping over the wall tomorrow.Feng Qi put the daffodils he bought back in pots, and placed them in eye-catching places one by one, adding a bit of spring color to the house. Separated the roses and lilies, put one bunch in Wu Tong's room, and the other in the living room downstairs .Hu Jiu cut the red paper and prepared for Si Mo to write couplets.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Wu Tong and Feng Qi went to the street and bought a fat carp, which was the highlight of the New Year's Eve dinner—Nian Nian Yu Yu (fish).When he came back, Simo had already stewed Buddha Jumping Over the Wall. This dish was so famous that even Wu Tong had heard of it.Si Mo took his own pig's trotters, pork belly, ham, lamb knuckles, hens, ducks, and shiitake mushrooms, as well as fish lips, sea cucumbers, abalone, scallops, cuttlefish, and pigeon eggs bought yesterday. The pot is stewed, simmered slowly for a whole day, and it will be served at the New Year's Eve dinner.

After finishing all this work, Simo began to write Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters, and Hu Jiu helped him. Not to mention, Simo's handwriting was really good, and all his Spring Festival couplets were made up by himself. He is a cultured fairy.Feng Qi and Wu Tong were in charge of pasting up the lanterns, Spring Festival couplets and blessing sheets.With these red embellishments, the home suddenly looks lively and festive, with a strong New Year flavor.

Hu Jiu didn't think it was festive enough, so he grabbed the kitten and dyed its white fur red with red paint. Even Xueyu couldn't escape, and the gray-white fur on his forehead was also painted red.Under the coercion of the Nine-Tailed Fox, Xueyu dared not scratch her, so she ran to Wu Tong to complain, and even used her paws to wipe the red paint on her forehead with saliva.Wu Tong touched it and said with a smile: "No need to wipe it, it looks good. Human children also have red dots on their foreheads during Chinese New Year, which is auspicious." Sure enough, Xue Yu stopped rubbing the red dots on her forehead.

Feng Qi listened to him talking nonsense with Xue Yu, and did not correct him.In fact, Wu Tong didn't know if it was true or not, he saw that the children on the New Year pictures were all lit with red dots.

After writing the couplets, Simo began to show off his skills to cook the New Year's Eve dinner, and Wu Tong helped.Hu Jiu and Feng Qi were assigned to chop meat and prepare dumpling stuffing.The sound of "boom, boom, boom" chopping meat in the kitchen has been incessant, sometimes mixed with the sound of "stabbing" of frying things in the oil pan, and various scents are mixed, showing the abundance of the year.

The sky gradually darkened and began to snow.Feng Qi turned on the lights in all the rooms, and the whole farmhouse was brightly lit, making it look very warm and bright.The dishes are served on the table one by one, which not only looks good, but also has auspicious meaning and tastes good.

Hu Jiu took out a bottle of Moutai and poured four glasses of wine: "This is my collection for many years. Today is a rare and good day, so we should celebrate it with good wine. Speaking of it, I really have to thank Feng Qi and Wu Tong, without you, Mo Mo and I probably wouldn't know each other, so you can be regarded as our indirect matchmakers. Come, Mo Mo, let's toast them together. "

Seeing this, Wu Tong and Feng Qi stood up with their drinks in their hands, and the four of them clinked glasses.The small glass for the wine was not big, Wu Tong thought it was not much, so he sat down in one sip. The wine has a strong sauce aroma, sweet in the mouth, and the taste is quite good.After he finished drinking, he found that several other people were looking at him in surprise, and he asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"

Simo smiled and said, "This wine is nearly 40 years old. Although it looks delicious, it has a lot of stamina. You'd better drink it slowly."

Feng Qi quickly brought him some food: "Eat some food quickly, don't drink on an empty stomach."

Wu Tong didn't have many opportunities to drink, and he used to drink some beer. This was the first time he drank baijiu, but he thought baijiu tasted better than beer, so he didn't take it seriously.After finishing that glass of wine, he drank two more glasses slowly, and after drinking the third glass of wine, double images began to appear in front of his eyes, and he said with a smile: "There are two phoenixes."

Feng Qi turned his head when he heard the words: "Wu Tong, are you drunk?"

Wu Tong hiccupped, his eyes were a little dazed, and he looked at Feng Qi with a smirk.

Hu Jiu said, "It's over, he's really drunk. How's his wine?"

Feng Qi shook his head: "I don't know. I haven't seen him get drunk before."

Hu Jiu turned to tease Wu Tong: "Wu Tong, who do you think is the most handsome among us?"

Wu Tong looked around, pursed his lips and smiled without saying a word.

Hu Jiu said: "I know, it must not be Feng Qi, Feng Qi is the ugliest among us."

Wu Tong quit immediately: "You are the ugliest!"

Hu Jiu's eyes widened: "Hey, you are a little heartless, you turn your elbows outward, you and Mo Mo are good friends, and I am Mo Mo's husband. What is Feng Qi? He is an outsider."

"You are the outsider!" Wu Tong stared straight at Hu Jiu, and retorted firmly.

Feng Qi was overjoyed to hear it, and Wu Tong was honest and honest when he was drunk.

Hu Jiu said, "Then who is he to you?"

Wu Tong hiccupped, looked at Feng Qi, just smiled and didn't speak.

Hu Jiu said again: "I think you're not young anymore, you're all single, it's pitiful, so let's do this. I'll call some friends over tomorrow, and I'll give you a blind date."

"No blind date!" Wu Tong interrupted Hu Jiu with a wave.

"Okay, if you don't have a date, then don't meet. Then meet Feng Qi. Feng Qi, shall we go on a blind date tomorrow?" Hu Jiu said, winking at Feng Qi desperately.

Feng Qi just laughed and didn't say no.Wu Tong stood up suddenly, rushed towards Fengqi, and threw him to the ground: "You are not allowed to have a blind date either!"