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What is New Year's Eve?

My mother has always said that the current year is getting more and more boring, and then she will endlessly recall her childhood.

At that time, the sky was very blue, there were many children at that time, and all the houses were bungalows at that time, and everyone would hear you if you shouted.

So what you celebrate during the Chinese New Year is your popularity.

Now there are many people, but the popularity is gone.

Years, there will be no taste.

But this year my family's New Year is quite different. I don't know if it's because there is one more person. My mother is smiling all day long. In the past, even if she was thirty, she would get angry and ink me if she wanted to.

But today, her good mood has always been with her, even though she has been busy in the kitchen, she didn't see any complaints.

Of course, Brother Gao and I are also very discerning, helping my mother while chatting with her.

So very quickly, the New Year's Eve dinner that used to take a long time to prepare was ready before noon.

"It's really a lot of people working hard!"

Seeing my mother lying on the bed contentedly, Brother Gao and I looked at each other in blank dismay.

To be honest, the arrival of Brother Gao really added a lot of fun to my ordinary New Year. For the first time, I felt that preparing for the New Year was also such an interesting thing.

"Brother Gao, do you have something to put in your stomach at noon?"

"What," Gao Chi asked me with a confused face, "what's in your belly?"

"I'm just asking if you want something to eat, so as not to miss dinner."

I smiled and explained, it seems that even our dialect here is still incomprehensible to him.

"Auntie eat?"

"No, today is the only day my mother doesn't eat lunch."

"Then I won't eat anymore, Xiao Fei, you can eat."

"I don't eat either, so let's have some drinks."

As I said that, I took out two drinks from the box, lay down on the sofa with Brother Gao and watched TV.

"When does Xiao Fei's family have New Year's Eve dinner?"

"I usually eat around three o'clock." I replied, "I don't eat at noon, so I eat early in the evening."

"Oh, I see someone is setting off firecrackers right now."

As if to cooperate with him, there were bursts of firecrackers outside again.

"Yeah," I nodded, "Actually, I've always wondered who eats so early."

"Now you can go out to watch the ice lantern after dinner."

"That's right." I suddenly realized, "Brother Gao, do you want to see it? We don't have one here, but there should be ice lanterns in the parks in the city."

"Don't bother, you have to toss around to go out," Brother Gao waved his hand, "For such a lamp, it's not worth it."

"Who said, Brother Gao, have you seen the ice lantern?"

"Saw it on TV."

"Then I have to take you to see what I say tonight," I immediately became interested, "I have to take you to our night market once I come to Northeast."

"Okay?"

Seeing Brother Gao's tangled look, I nodded and said, "Of course, if you come to the Northeast and just work in my house, I'm too sorry for you."

"Ok."

"And the two of us can escape making dumplings too, hehe."

"Xiao Fei, send the noodles on, so I can make dumplings in the evening."

"Ok."

I shrugged and got up helplessly to go to work.

After taking a break, I have to get busy again.

Chinese New Year is really tiring.

But this is the first year that I have been tired and happy. Looking at Brother Gao who is standing by my side and accompanying me, I am motivated even to have a face-to-face meeting.