See you again at the Spring Festival Gala

I watched the Spring Festival Gala for about two hours last night. I don’t know if I am being too picky or if I am multitasking. There seemed to be no impressive programs.

When I was a child, on New Year’s Eve, after the New Year’s Eve dinner, my family would sit around the fire, eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Spring Festival Gala. They were eating melon seeds and making comments, but everyone was engrossed for fear of missing the highlights.

In those years, there were Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in the sketch world. They were both good and evil, and they were funny and humorous. Chen Peisi's bowl of noodles back then was so delicious that he ate it so happily. The cross talk show between Niu Qun and Feng Gong was brilliant. They made people laugh when they appeared on stage. I can’t remember how many Spring Festival Galas they have accompanied us. The Spring Festival Gala without them always feels like it lacks the soul.

At that time, Zhang Delan's song "Spring Beauty" was extremely popular for a while. Today, when I take a walk in the park, this song is often played repeatedly, and the melody is still beautiful and beautiful. The one that is most popular all over the country is Fei Xiang's "A Fire in Winter". This fire is absolutely popular. At that time, many young girls would pass by and the words "Your big eyes are bright and twinkling" would float behind them.

Later, when I got married, I would dive into the kitchen on New Year's Eve. inside. My father-in-law and mother-in-law live in the countryside, and every year they turn thirty, they expect my daughter-in-law to be filial. All the food I buy requires my own hands. Fried cooked food is used to make dumplings, and after the meal is cleaned up, the meat is quickly washed and stewed. There is a custom here of chewing big bones on New Year's Eve. In the kitchen on the west side, I worked alone until late. Therefore, I have hardly watched the Spring Festival Gala for ten years.

Later, my father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away one after another. On New Year's Eve, several members of the family went to the second sister's house to fight. There are many people, but cooking is time-consuming and labor-intensive. As a young person, I am the main force. After dinner, it was already nine or ten o'clock when everything was ready. After sitting tight and wanting to watch the Spring Festival Gala, everyone started handing out red envelopes non-stop, grabbing the red envelopes, and grabbing the red envelopes. A group of people talked and laughed. As for what was going on in the Spring Festival Gala, no one knew.

Last year, my second sister had a grandson, and she had planned to spend a quiet New Year’s Eve at home. However, the plan changed. My friend invited us to have New Year’s Eve dinner together, eat, drink and have fun. Before we knew it, we arrived. at night. So, I didn’t watch the Spring Festival Gala at all.

Counting on my fingers, I only watched half of the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve this year. It seemed very difficult, but I still couldn’t help myself. I was checking my phone for a while, replying to messages, and watching the fireworks. .

Fireworks and firecrackers are allowed here this year. At 12 o'clock last night, I stood in front of the window on the 29th floor, watching the fireworks near and far, and the sound of firecrackers kept ringing in my ears. It was very lively, and I couldn't help but sigh with emotion. I used to think the sound of firecrackers was too loud, but after experiencing the epidemic, the sound actually became pleasant.

Setting off firecrackers not only represents joy and farewell to the old and welcomes the new, but also has the connotation of exorcism, warding off evil spirits, and eliminating disasters. I hope that in the Year of the Tiger, tigers and tigers will be powerful, drive away diseases, and restore openness and purity to the world.