jdhmnovel Chapter 308 Major Events on New Year's Eve
Chapter 308 Major Events on New Year's Eve
The most important thing on New Year's Eve, and also the most important thing on this day, is to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.
The two sisters can now happily announce, with satisfied burps, that it's a perfect ending!
After dinner, the two tidied up the table and kitchen, digested their food, and went back to their bedroom to sleep until nearly evening before waking up.
Even though it's getting dark, they still have a tough battle ahead of them.
The second most important thing on New Year's Eve: taking a bath.
It symbolizes washing away the dust and bad luck of the previous year and welcoming the new year cleanly.
Before taking a bath, the two sisters scrubbed all the peaches clean.
Having been pampered with baths and showers before, they are already familiar with the process. They tilt their heads back, spread their wings, stretch their legs… all these actions are done consciously and proactively.
They cooperated perfectly with their owners throughout the process, quickly finished washing, and then sat by the stove to dry themselves.
But a fool who has never been forced to come into contact with hot water over such a large area before can't accept it!
It was the last one to go, and it was coaxed into the bathhouse.
As soon as I entered, I saw a basin of hot water in front of me, and peaches and other plants, their fur still wet, warming themselves around the stove.
It suddenly had a gut feeling: Oh no, there's danger!
Without a second thought, he took off running out the door, so fast that two people couldn't stop him...
"You idiot! Get down here! You're going to take a shower today, no matter what! You have to!" Lin Lanshan chased after him out the door, stood under the osmanthus tree, put her hands on her hips, tilted her head back, and shouted at the tree.
On the osmanthus tree, there was a gyrfalcon with gray and white feathers, its claws gripping the branches high up, its head tilted to the side, motionless, pretending not to hear.
Just kidding, it grooms its beautiful feathers meticulously every day, so it's very clean!
Going into the water? Absolutely not!
Faced with this kind of pet that only responds to firmness and refuses to cooperate through non-violent means, Lin Lanshan said she would never indulge it!
She glared at the obnoxious bird in the tree that was completely ignoring her, gritted her teeth, and then said in a sinister tone:
"Sister, take the whip and tie it down for me. If you strangle it to death, it's on me! It likes to perch in trees anyway, I'll just bury it under this tree in a bit."
The figure in the tree seemed to shake its fur.
"That's not a good idea~" Lin Chunyi hesitated for a moment before taking the whip out of her waist and flicking it to the ground.
A cloud of dust rose up on the ground, leaving a deep, long trail.
"Whoosh!" A sudden gust of wind came down from above, heading straight for the two sisters, and then a gray-white shadow flashed before their eyes.
Upon closer inspection, the fool was no longer in the tree.
The two looked down to search, while the fool was walking nonchalantly toward the bathhouse.
Seeing that they didn't move, he turned his head and glanced at them: Weren't you going to groom me? Come on!
Then, with an air of impending doom, he went into the house...
Although the bathing process was a little bumpy, at least in the end everyone, from the pet to the person, was cleaned!
So, we come to the third important thing on New Year's Eve: a thorough cleaning before the first day of the Lunar New Year.
All the trash and water stains in the house must be cleaned up. This symbolizes clearing away the bad luck and misfortune of the old year and welcoming good luck, wealth, and blessings in the new year.
Furthermore, after New Year's Eve, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, one should not clean, sprinkle water on the ground, or litter. Otherwise, one will take away the wealth and good fortune that have entered the home.
The fourth important activity on New Year's Eve is staying up late and making dumplings.
All the chores at home were done, and it was now the hour of Hai (9-11 PM).
At this time of day, the two sisters would usually be fast asleep. But today was different. They were still sitting in their bedroom, with an oil lamp lit and the stove fire burning, making dumplings for tomorrow morning.
Because they have to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year!
It means staying up all night by the light until the first day of the Lunar New Year. This generally represents driving away the mythical beast Nian, bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new, family reunions, and praying for longevity.
Lin Lanshan held a dumpling wrapper in one hand and used chopsticks to pick up the filling with the other. Before she even touched the bowl, she yawned: "It's been a long time since I've slept this late, I'm still a little unaccustomed to it."
Lin Chunyi lowered her head, pinched the dumplings in her hands into the shape of cabbages, tossed them onto the bamboo mat beside her, then sighed and said, "The main problem is there's not much entertainment. Just sitting here making dumplings is really boring."
For example, wouldn't it be great to make dumplings while watching the Spring Festival Gala?
Since they arrived here, they have been busy most of the time. Growing vegetables, hunting, practicing martial arts, and so on... their lives can be described as quite fulfilling.
So they've gotten used to life without electronic devices.
It's when they've finished some really tiring work, and they've given themselves a few days off, and are feeling particularly bored and have nothing to do, that they sometimes think of:
How wonderful it would be to lie in bed during your rest time, eating potato chips and spicy snacks, drinking cola and milk tea, and watching TV dramas or comedy shows!
"How about we play some games? I'm afraid I'll fall asleep while I'm all wrapped up," Lin Lanshan suggested.
Lin Chunyi spread out her hands, which were covered in flour, and said, "What are we going to play? We can't free our hands, and it's just the two of us."
"Speaking it out loud is fine too, like a word chain game..."
Lin Chunyi interrupted her sister, who was about to continue, "Then let's play a word chain game! You go first, I go first?" She also desperately needed something to pass the time while she could only quietly make dumplings tonight.
"Wait! Just playing idioms is no fun, we need to come up with a way to play."
"What do you mean?"
Lin Lanshan used her clever little brain and said:
"When you can't keep thinking, you have to set a time limit, like... like the time it takes to wrap one dumpling! You start counting from where you ended up, no slowing down or cheating! And there has to be a penalty for losing!"
"Okay, what kind of punishment? Tell me."
"It's the Lunar New Year, so let's not play too hard today. Let's do something auspicious... If you lose, you just have to compliment the other person with something nice, but you can't repeat yourself."
After she finished explaining the punishment, she excitedly added, "I'll start!"
It wasn't really harsh, but praising too much could be nauseating... Nevertheless, Lin Chunyi nodded in agreement.
Something to do is better than nothing, right?
"Hehe~" Lin Lanshan chuckled lewdly, then, seeing her sister almost finished wrapping the dumplings, she quickly said:
"Do whatever you want!"
Lin Chunyi looked at the dumpling wrapper in her hand that already had dumpling filling on it, "..." No wonder she was just standing there grinning foolishly and not saying anything for so long, so that's what she was waiting for.
Damn it, I put the dumpling filling in too early.
Lin Lanshan said smugly, "Hurry up and wrap them, sis! You promised you can't go back on your word!"
Lin Chunyi squinted, thinking: If I had known she would pull this trick, I should have just thrown a dumpling to shut her up and then asked her the question first.
They just started doing whatever they wanted... That's really mean!
The key issue is that in such a short time, she really couldn't immediately think of another idiom that starts with "为".
All I could do was grit my teeth and say, "You're such a clever little thing! I'm done praising you!"
“I think so too, hahaha~” Lin Lanshan let out an arrogant laugh.
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