Chapter 30 The first day of the new year (please collect and recommend)
The first day of the new year is full of joy.
Children will come to visit their elders early in the morning to pay New Year greetings and kowtow, and the elders will also give their children red envelopes to express their happiness.
But, does the money you get have to be yours?
Zhang An has been deceived by this sentence for many years.
As soon as the red envelope Xiao Zhang An received returned home, Wang Fang said she would keep it for him, fearing that he would lose it.
After being given to Wang Fang for safekeeping, the money seemed to have grown legs and never came back.
There are quite a lot of Zhang An’s family in the village. Because the surname Zhang is considered a common surname in Changqing Village, there are quite a lot of children coming to visit every year.
They are all those children under ten years old. When they are as old as Zhang An, they will definitely not go to every household to pay New Year greetings and ask for red envelopes. At most, they will kowtow to a few older grandparents. Say hello to my two uncles at home.
Children will not come to Zhang An to pay New Year greetings and kowtow, but to Zhang An’s parents.
But in fact, you don’t need to give many red envelopes like this. Usually, you give a 30-50 cent red envelope, which is considered auspicious. There are also one or two yuan for more.
As for the children of Zhang An’s two uncles, they definitely have to give more, usually three to five yuan, which is already a lot.
You must know that someone in the village is hosting a banquet, and the gifts given by everyone are only ten yuan and twenty.
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang must have prepared red envelopes for their children long ago. Except for the year they first got married, since they had no experience, they prepared them every year thereafter.
After getting up early in the morning, open the door and wait for others to come. It is commonly known as welcoming the God of Wealth on the first day of the new year.
Zhang An also carried some things and took them to his second grandfather and fourth grandfather’s house in the village before leaving.
Zhang An’s grandfather had four brothers, and the only ones who are still alive are his second grandfather and fourth grandfather.
And the fourth grandma also passed away a few years ago.
First we came to the second grandpa’s house, where the second grandma was making noodles and preparing to make glutinous rice balls.
The second grandpa’s family has five sons, but they are all at odds with each other. They always say that the two elders take better care of whose family they take better advantage of.
In the end, we had no choice but to separate the families, and no one would get involved and no one would care.
Anyway, the second grandfather and the second grandmother are now in their early sixties and in good health.
I usually grow some crops and raise some chickens, chickens and ducks, and I don’t rely on anyone’s subsidies for my living.
But when the two elders are not in good health in the future, each family that should pay child support must pay enough, and those who should provide for the elderly must fulfill their responsibilities.
These were all witnessed in front of several village elders and village chiefs in the village.
It is said that raising children will protect you in old age, but there are too many brothers in the countryside who are jealous of each other and guard against their insults.
Zhang An’s second grandfather likes drinking very much and drinks some every day, but unlike others, he only drinks a small cup every day.
Later generations Zhang An remembered that as he got older, other old people in the village grew old one after another.
During that epidemic, many elderly people failed to resist.
But Grandpa Zhang An still drinks a small glass of wine every day as usual, and the more he drinks, the more energetic he becomes.
A saying that often comes to his lips is that wine is the essence of food, and the more he drinks, the younger he becomes.
Later, Zhang An found out that what he drank was medicinal wine made by himself, which contained Chinese herbal medicines such as Polygonatum, Gastrodia elata, and wild ginseng that he dug in the mountains.
This really corresponds to that sentence, the wealth is huge, not as much as Huang Jing's one tael.
"Second Master and Second Mistress, I'm here to see you."
Second Master Zhang is actually very kind to Zhang An's family, and will always come forward to help with anything.
Because Zhang An’s grandparents passed away early, the remaining three brothers were not very sensible and relied entirely on the second and fourth grandfathers to take care of them.
"Come here as soon as you come. We are all a family. We are just like outsiders. What should we bring?"
The second grandma pretended to teach Zhang An a lesson. Regarding this eldest grandson, they The two old people felt it was a pity. If they had been admitted to college last year, the Zhang family would have had a college student.
“My second wife didn’t bring anything with me. My friends brought her here, so I left it at home. My dad doesn’t drink much now, so he might as well give it to my second grandpa to enjoy himself.”
In addition to two bottles of wine, Zhang An also brought several bottles of cans. The cans were for his second mistress.
"You're such a smart little guy. Even if I try to persuade him to stop drinking, you still bring it home."
Zhang An put the things he brought on the table and kneaded them respectfully to the second elder. Headed up.
The second elder also took a red envelope and handed it to Zhang An, who accepted it with a smile.
Lao Zhang is very happy now. His eldest grandson brought him two bottles of good wine, which is even happier than giving him money.
After chatting with the second elder for a while, Zhang An left. Originally, the second elder wanted to keep Zhang An for lunch, but Zhang An said he wanted to see the fourth grandfather, so he left.
Grandpa Zhang An’s fourth grandfather’s family has only one uncle but three aunts.
Now the three aunts have been married for many years, and the fourth grandma is gone, so the fourth grandpa lives with that uncle's family.
“Fourth Grandpa, I’m here to kowtow to you.”
As soon as he entered the door, Zhang An put down his things, kowtowed to Fourth Grandpa, and to the uncle and aunt in the room. Amused.
In the past, Zhang An was very naughty when he was a child, but when he grew up, he became a little quiet and reticent. The way he is now is really unaccustomed to him.
As usual, I accepted the red envelope prepared by Fourth Grandpa. Now I didn’t have to run away. With the urging of Fourth Grandpa and my uncle and aunt, I had to stay for lunch.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in Changqing Village, meat is prohibited and everyone becomes vegetarian.
So I make glutinous rice balls and dumplings for lunch, and I also eat stir-fried vegetables at night, but they are fried with vegetable oil.
Tangyuan is stuffed with brown sugar and primer, which is the seeds of perilla.
Zhang An didn’t give any new year’s money to his brother-in-law’s children because Zhang An didn’t have a family now.
Here, if you get married, you have to prepare lucky money for the children of relatives, or they are older, in their twenties or thirties.
Today's sun is not stingy, as if after the New Year's Eve, a burst of firecrackers dispersed the dark clouds in the sky.
The sky is blue, with few clouds visible, but it doesn’t feel too hot.
As the spring breeze blows, the fields where rapeseed is not planted have become a paradise for children.
Children in the village were flying kites in the fields. Some of them went to the canteen to buy them with money, and some of them didn't want to part with the money and made them at home with white paper and bamboo strips.
Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing, and I don’t have to worry about being scolded when I go home at night, let alone getting beaten.
Because of taboos on New Year’s Day, adults will not scold or hit children.
However, this does not prevent some mothers from keeping it in mind and settling the matter together another day.
Most people as old as Zhang An like to go to the town to play. There are many people in the town during the Chinese New Year, so naturally there are more people selling things.
Once upon a time, Zhang An also liked to go, but now Zhang An is past that age.
Back home, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were not at home, they must have gone out to visit.
The ducks also went to the river early in the morning. In the past, there were people who wanted to hunt the ducks on the river, but after they found out that they were raised by Zhang An's family, no one took action, at least not openly.
The three puppies have now grown into big dogs, lying down and taking a nap in the yard.
Seeing Zhang An back, they all crawled over and surrounded Zhang An.
Zhang An took out the cherries from the space and fed them a few in turn.
Not only do they eat cherries, they also spit out the pits.
In the afternoon, Zhang Tie came to see Zhang An.
"Brother An, please take us to the town to play." Zhang Tie said to Zhang An expectantly.
"Why do you have to go to the town? It's such a long way." Zhang An actually didn't want to go out.
“Because there are a lot of fun things over there, and there are people selling food, so just take us there.”
“You can go by yourself, I don’t want to move.” Zhang Tie Hearing that Zhang An didn't want to go, he made a sad face.
"Brother An, my mother said she won't let us go. If you take me there, we can go. You can take us there."
Look Seeing that Zhang Tie couldn't move Zhang An, Zhang Yan became a little anxious.
Zhang Yan is wearing new clothes today and has two long hair braids, which is really cute.
Zhang An would not spoil his cousin, but when it was the cute little Yan'er who asked him, he still couldn't bear to refuse.
"Oh? Our little Yanzi wants to play."
Zhang An pinched Zhang Yan's little face and said with a smile.
"Brother An, please don't pinch my face. My mother said that it will make me drool after pinching it, which is not good-looking. Of course I want to go. They said that many people are playing in the street, and some people are selling toys. Food.”
When it comes to toys and food, Zhang Yan starts to get excited.
“But these things all cost money. Do you still have money?”
“We still have it. Brother An, my mother didn’t know about the five yuan you gave me. It’s on me, just take me to play.”
Zhang An decided not to tease this little cutie anymore.
"Okay, I'll take you there, but you have to go back and give the money to your mother and tell her that I'm going to take you to play on the street. Do you hear me?"
Because I'm afraid. The third aunt will not be able to find the Zhang Yan brothers and sisters later. It will be urgent when the time comes, so this must be notified first.
"Okay, then I'll go tell my mother and we'll come find Brother An again." The little guy got Zhang An's reply and went home happily, swinging his pigtails.
Zhang An went into the house and changed his clothes and shoes.
Not long after the meeting, the third aunt came to Zhang An's house with two little guys.
"Xiao An, Yan'er said you took them to the town to play. I'm afraid they will run out on their own, so I'll ask."
"Yes, Third Aunt, the town There was a singing competition, so I wanted to go and see it. It was very lively, and two little guys happened to want to go, so I took them to play.”
There are too many people kidnapping and trafficking children these days. .
At this time, a common saying that adults use to scare children is, there is an old man carrying a baby outside. If you cry again, he will carry you away.
So the family has a tight control over their children.
Even in later generations, there are still many people who kidnap and traffick babies.
So, the children at home should not let them run too far.
Especially now, the woods in this rape field are so deep. Sometimes, if a child is alone on the road and is stared at, he will be blindfolded and taken away, making it difficult to find him.
"By the way, Zhang Tie, go call your second brother and the two of them."
When you go out to play, you must call the two sons of your second uncle's family. Otherwise, if your second aunt finds out later, there will be someone else. Other ideas.
After a while, Zhang Tie came with two brothers, Zhang Bin and Zhang Xing.
Zhang Bin is sixteen years old this year and will take the high school entrance examination in June or July.
Zhang Xing is much younger, only one year older than Zhang Tie.
When leaving home and walking on the mountain road, Zhang An carried Zhang Yan on his back. Zhang Tie and the others must have walked on their own.
When they reached the asphalt road, Zhang Yan wanted to get off by herself.
Zhang An held his hand obediently along the way, unlike Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing, who would run to the front and look at the roadside, like monkeys.
Zhang Bin was older and more sensible. Anyway, he just talked to Zhang An along the way, chatting about studying in school, and took the initiative to ask Zhang An what high school was like.
In fact, Zhang Bin's grades are not very good. He may not be able to go to high school even if he takes the high school entrance examination. It is very likely that he will go to a vocational school.
But Zhang An did not say these words out loud, he just encouraged him to prepare well for the exam in case he performed exceptionally.
I walked too slowly with two children. It took me more than an hour to reach the town.
But there are really a lot of people, and there are many stalls on the street here to have fun.
The singing competition was built on a stage where rice was sold. It was originally a basketball court and the outside area was very large.
There is also a banner "1996 Hongyan Town New Year Singing Contest" on it.
Most of the people on the stage were young people in their twenties, and there were also people in their twenties and thirties.
There seemed to be prizes in this singing competition, but Zhang An didn’t care.
He himself has mastered all four of the five tones, so he doesn’t go up to show off his skills.
Brother and sister Zhang Tie came to the street and were quickly attracted by the stalls on the roadside.
The maids set up stalls on the roadside selling fried potatoes, fried tofu and ham.
Look at the two little guys without blinking.
Zhang An bought a portion of potatoes mixed with tofu and a piece of fried ham for one person.
"Brother, fried potatoes are enough for us. Ham sausage is too expensive and we don't want to spend so much money."
Hey, Zhang Tie can still save money.
It turned out that when they went out, the third aunt did not take back the New Year's money given by Zhang An to the two of them, and left it to the brother and sister to spend by themselves.
The Zhang Bin brothers also brought their own money. In previous years, the New Year's money would be taken back. Unexpectedly, Zhang An took them out to play this year, and their family generously gave them money.
But how can I let my younger brothers and sisters spend money when we go out to play? This makes me look down on my eldest son, Mr. Zhang.
"You can eat as long as I buy it for you. Your brother will ask you to pay for it." Mr. Zhang paid for today's consumption.
There were too many people, so Zhang An could only keep holding Zhang Yan up and told Zhang Tie and his brothers to follow him.
Really, when other people see her like this, they think Zhang Yan looks like Zhang An’s daughter.
I don’t usually feel that way, especially today when the little girl dressed up and washed her face, she looked like a doll.
And the faces of the three siblings are somewhat similar in outline.
Just after buying food, Xiao Yaner saw the stall selling masks again.
There are various plastic masks on it, including Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and so on.
Children like this kind of thing the most.
One person bought one he liked and hung it on the back of his head, because now he has to keep it in his mouth for eating and cannot wear a mask.
Zhang Bin didn't ask for it. This thing was not suitable for him to play with. Zhang An held Xiao Yanzi in his arms and took the initiative to look at his two younger brothers.
In the square, I heard several people come on stage to sing the songs they submitted. Some of the girls looked good, but they still need to learn how to sing this song.
After playing for almost a while, Zhang An was ready to go back.
I originally wanted to go to Li Hongbin's house, but the first year of junior high school was not very good, and I also brought several younger brothers and sisters with me, so I didn't bring anything with me, so it was difficult to go to the house.
So after Zhang An shouted, the brothers and sisters went home.
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