Chapter 12 Cheating New Year's Money
The procedure of worshiping ancestors is not as cumbersome as usual. Near the end, the great grandfather held a wine and said: "The emperor of the Zhu family's government protects the Zhu family. The kindness and rain moisten the family, and I am overwhelmed with admiration when I look at the tomb... I dare to drink wine and recommend the new year's events. Drinking on the ground and burning paper money.
My great-uncle and my grandfather repeated the actions of my grandfather one by one, but there was no need to read the words anymore. At this point, the ancestor worship ceremony was over, and everyone returned to the Zhu family compound.
The Zhu Family Courtyard has already prepared a sumptuous lunch. There are three large tables arranged in total. The largest table is for men, and the remaining two tables are for women and children. The meals are almost the same. of.
The bowls are deep and the dishes are generous, including stewed local chicken, braised pheasant, braised fish, cold fungus, steamed rabbit, braised rabbit, and some home-cooked vegetables. I also made several plates and served them on the table. A few jugs of old wine will also make people drool.
It really echoes the ancient poem: Don’t laugh at the farmers’ wine, which is thick with wax and wine. In good years, there are enough chickens and dolphins for visitors.
The three families eat together, and the difference is quite obvious. The grandfather's family and the aunt's family eat much better than their own family.
Adults won’t talk about it, just look at the children and you will know that Zhu Pingjun from the uncle’s family has a runny nose and eats stuffing, and his mouth makes a squeaking sound, as if he has not eaten for dozens of days. They even eat meat from the plate with their hands... Grandpa's children are obviously much better, especially the cousins, who eat much more gracefully and look beautiful.
After dinner, when the adults gathered together, they felt that the grandpa and his family were going to move to the south. It was better to have a New Year reunion in advance and give out lucky money to the children and have fun.
New Year's money, Zhu Ping'an didn't know why, maybe it was his body that caused his emotions to become a little childish, and he became inexplicably excited.
Since coming to this world, he has never touched a penny at all. Now that I can receive money, it would be strange not to be excited. Only when you have money in hand can you not feel panic.
"Happy New Year to grandma and grandpa." Zhu Ping'an took advantage of his sweet mouth and cupped his chubby hands to greet his elders. Although kneeling according to feudal customs is unavoidable, elders also respect the old and love the young when kneeling. Beautiful tradition.
Because of his sweet mouth, Zhu Ping'an received a lot of extra New Year's money from his grandfather and aunt's family, especially the grandfather and aunt each gave him an extra silver bean. Zhu Pingan secretly observed that the grandfather and aunt's family It seems that my aunt only gave me silver beans, and everyone else got a handful of copper coins. Only I have this benefit.
Grandfather and grandmother are still partial. Zhu Ping'an saw with his own eyes that his grandmother gave Zhu Pingjun one penny more New Year's money than he did...
After turning around, Zhu Ping'an had all the New Year's money in his little pocket. It's heavy.
I saw Mrs. Chen walking over at this time, with a smile like a wolf grandmother.
At this time, Mrs. Chen's mentality is like this: Little slippery boy, I saw that you just received a lot of extra New Year's money, and there are also silver beans, haha, your son is awesome, please give it to your mother.
"Hey, dear, come here. Mom will collect the New Year's money for you first. It's safest to leave the money with Mom. When you want to buy candies, come and get it from me." Mrs. Chen walked to Zhu. Ping An rubbed his little head and said with a smile, then stretched out his hand.
Huh?
Looking at the smile of Grandma Chen’s Wolf, Zhu Ping’an had a dark look on his face.
Mothers cheating their children out of lucky money seems to have been inherited for thousands of years. The standard name of the trick used by mother Chen is "making something out of nothing". It is simple but the most effective. Think about how many innocent children are cheated by their parents every year. Mom used this trick to defraud her of the new year's money. , the magic touch of this move is that I help you collect it. This magic touch is like the finishing touch, making this move come alive all of a sudden. How many simple naughty children were willingly deceived by their mother's trick, and took the initiative to hand it over. Lucky money.
However, Zhu Ping'an obviously does not belong to this kind of simple naughty child.
His answer was different, and his refusal was original, "No, I still want to save up for a wife."
Zhu Ping'an's words made the seven aunts and eight aunts present at that time They all laughed, laughing at Zhu Ping'an who was thinking about saving money for his wife when his butt was just a little bigger.
Ms. Chen had a dark look on his face. It didn’t make sense. This bastard had been deceived by him for so many years. Why didn’t it work this time? How could you think of marrying a wife at such a young age? Who taught you? He turned to glare at Zhu Shouyi.
Zhu Shouyi, who was drinking, was lying on his back. His wife choked on the wine and waved his hands repeatedly to show that he was not the one who taught him.
Creating something out of thin air failed, Chen used another trick to fish in troubled waters, and he couldn't do a bad job with a red face.
"Do you know that it is dangerous for a child to take so much money? It is a good idea to hand it over voluntarily." Chen put her hands on her hips and raised her voice deliberately.
If you were an ordinary naughty kid, you would just say with tears in your eyes that I was wrong, and then hand over the lucky money.
Unfortunately, Zhu Pingan is not.
"I will put away the money for my wife's marriage soon and won't take it with me." Zhu Ping'an waved his fat paw, saying that he would put it away without bothering you.
Ms. Chen was in trouble again.
Now the aunt and others gathered around with interest. After all, almost all the children's New Year's money had just been defrauded by their parents in various ways. Those like Zhu Ping'an could not be defrauded. There was only Zhu Ping'an, so they were all curious.
Zhu Ping'an also noticed that almost all his brothers and sisters had their New Year's money defrauded by their parents using various means.
Just now, Zhu Pingjun was deceived by his eldest aunt, "I will keep the money for you, and I will buy new clothes for Jun'er in the future." As a result, Zhu Pingjun happily spent all the money. The pockets will be full of body temperature and the new year's money will be handed over obediently.
Xiao Yu'er was also deceived by her third aunt, saying, "Good boy, Yu'er, I'll use two handfuls of melon seeds and peanuts in exchange for a handful of your lucky money. Don't exchange one handful for two handfuls. It's not too cost-effective."
"Okay, thank you, mother." Xiao Yuer nodded cutely, looking like she had earned it.
Although Zhu Ping'an felt that he should "cheat" the New Year's money from his parents like other naughty children, money is very important to him, whether it is to educate himself or to make money, even if he keeps it there for emergencies It’s necessary, so I can’t hand over the New Year’s money for the time being.
Seeing that everyone was watching, Mrs. Chen was embarrassed to coerce Zhu Pingan's red envelope any more, thinking that she would wait until her relatives left before asking for Zhu Pingan's red envelope.
"Well, then you put it away yourself. I won't hit you if you throw it away." Mrs. Chen settled the matter and went to chat with her sister-in-law.
However, this scene still made many people remember Zhu Ping'an in their hearts. This little guy with a tough head and a tough brain was interesting. (End of this chapter)