LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 29 The first day of the new year
After all the children at home ran out to play, the old lady took out another red envelope from her pocket. It was larger and thicker than the other children's.
"This is a red envelope for our Hanlin family."
"Mom, Hanlin is so young, why does he need a red envelope? You gave it to three children, that's enough." Tong Xiaying quickly declined when she saw this.
"That's wrong to say. Is Hanlin our child?
All the children in our family have red envelopes, how could Han Lin be left behind?
Besides, Han Lin is our family's little lucky star. If there is no big red envelope to hold, I'm afraid the little lucky star will be unhappy, right? Grandma's good granddaughter? "The old lady said with an unhappy look on her face, and she smiled only later.
It was because Su Hanlin smiled at her and said, "Ah, my little granddaughter agrees with what I said. As a mother, you have nothing to refuse. Besides, this red envelope is not for you. You first Help Han Lin keep it, and when Han Lin grows up, you can give this red envelope to the child."
Tong Xiaying looked at the people in the Su family. Neither of the two sisters-in-law's children had received such a big red envelope.
Her daughter felt really bad about receiving such a big red envelope.
"Oh, third brother and sister, don't think too much, just take what mom gave you.
Besides, this is for Han Lin, why are you refusing? Are we two sisters-in-law arguing with the child? "
“We also prepared New Year’s money for Han Lin.
As the old saying goes, for a newborn child, the red envelope must be heavy in order to suppress her blessings and prevent the blessings from running away. "
With that said, the two sisters-in-law also took out two big red envelopes from their arms, the thickness of which was not inferior to the old lady's.
"Here, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law, Han Lin has a child, no matter how hard she can keep it, you all love her." Tong Xiaying was happy but tangled in every possible way.
"Take it, didn't Hanlin call me aunt? When I get old, I will be happy to let her be filial and filial to me."
"I'm happy too. Having such a daughter will make me laugh out of my dreams."
Tong Xiaying had no choice but to accept the red envelopes from three people. She held three big red envelopes in her hands and felt warm in her heart.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one in the village got up early. They all nestled in their beds and lay comfortably.
According to New Year's custom, you have to sleep until you wake up naturally on the first day of the New Year, and you are not allowed to wake others up.
Otherwise, after the beginning of the new year, people will keep urging people to get up, just like donkey Danzi in the growth team.
Symbolizing a year of hard work.
Eating on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year is also very particular. You have to eat tofu and green vegetables to symbolize innocence, or eat glutinous rice balls to symbolize reunion.
It’s sweet all year round.
This tofu is not easy to store. After the people in the village make the tofu in the mill, they fry the tofu in oil and sprinkle a thick layer of salt on it, which is beneficial to preservation. However, as the salt takes in the flavor, it becomes It's salty.
It can be kept for about half a month.
No one in the old Su family likes to eat pickled fried tofu, so they simply change it to glutinous rice balls. The glutinous rice balls stuffed with sesame and peanuts are round and round in the pot, not to mention how pleasing they are.
The whole family started the new year with a bowl of simple glutinous rice balls.
After dinner, it’s time to go out to pay New Year greetings.
In addition to the wives and mothers, all the men in the family take their children to the village to pay New Year greetings from door to door.
There are more than 100 households in the village, and they have to go at least until the afternoon.
Come back after lunch at noon and continue walking in the afternoon.
The villagers in Datong Village have many surnames, more than 30 in total, and many of them are migrant households.
Most people in this village have the surnames Su, Qin, Bai, Zhang, Liu...
Most of the migrant households are victims of famine in the past two years who have fled from other places and have now taken root in their village.
It is a custom passed down from our ancestors to pay New Year greetings to people in the village during the Chinese New Year. Whether you are from out of town or from your own family, you must maintain this custom, otherwise you are not worthy of staying in the village.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I usually go to my grandma’s natal home to pay New Year greetings. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I usually go to my mother’s parents’ house to pay New Year greetings. On the fourth and fifth days of the Lunar New Year, I rest at home. On the seventh and eighth day of the Lunar New Year, my relatives and friends gather at my home. .
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, it is considered the end of the New Year.
Begins a year of work or labor.
Defeating Su Sanzhu ruined the Su family's reputation. Everyone in the village felt that the Su family was unlucky, so they always asked people at the door if they wanted to come in and sit down.
He was afraid of getting involved with the Su family, and it was the same today.
After Mrs. Su finished breakfast, she led her three daughters-in-law to wait at the entrance of the courtyard. She held a dustpan in her hand with peanuts, melon seeds, and fruit candies in it.
Mrs. Su knew that people in the village did not want to enter their house, so she simply stood at the door of the courtyard, received their New Year blessings, and stuffed them with some peanuts and melon seeds.
This shocked everyone in the village.
When did the Su family become so generous? They could actually afford New Year's goods.
Everyone in the village knew that the old Su family was being held back by Su Sanzhu, which was really embarrassing.
Did you feel relieved so quickly?
Then I thought of the fifth and sixth sons of the Su family. These two brothers and sisters were in the army, and their monthly allowance was only seventy or eighty yuan. It would not be so miserable for the Su family to send some at home.
Mrs. Su must have given birth to two worthy children, otherwise the entire Su family would have been defeated by Su Sanzhu.
Mrs. Su doesn't have that much free time to think about this.
Busy giving out fruits to young people and children who come to visit my home for New Year greetings.
Children won't care so much about you. As long as there are candies, melon seeds, and peanuts to take, their little mouths will be like smeared with honey.
This wave followed one after another, and it spread quickly among children in private.
If anyone in the village has delicious New Year's goods, they all greet each other and go there together.
Mrs. Su no longer needs to be at the door, she can directly distribute fruits to her children in the yard.
The courtyard was packed with people inside and outside. It was packed with people. The old Su family had never been so popular.
The three sisters-in-law each held a fruit basket, and each child grabbed a handful of peanuts, melon seeds and fruit candies.
Old man Su bought more than ten kilograms of fruit and consumed most of it in one go.
Some children stayed directly in the Su family, waiting for the Su family's children to come back and play with them.
Children are also snobbish, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and act according to the prevailing circumstances.
After visiting half of the houses in the morning, Old Man Su took the children home.
As soon as I entered the yard, I heard the sound of children laughing and joking. It was so lively.
As soon as they saw the children of the Su family, all the children in the village gathered around them and kept chattering, "Your family has so many fruits, and there are also fruit candies."
"You are wearing new cotton-padded clothes and new cotton-padded shoes. Isn't this great for you?"
"Let's play together."
"It's spacious outside, let's play with 123 Wooden Man..."
Throughout the morning, the latest situation of the old Su family spread throughout the village.
The children of Lao Su’s family not only wear new cotton-padded clothes and trousers, but also new cotton-padded shoes. Among the New Year’s goods of Lao Su’s family are fruit candies!
The people in the village had nothing to do, and they were talking about the situation of the Su family, starting from Su Sanzhu, Su Sizhu, to the fifth and sixth sons of the Su family in the army.
"Let me tell you, it's all the fifth and sixth sons of the Su family who have sent stipends to the old couple.
Otherwise, how could the Su family have lived so well this year?
Recently, I can still smell the smell of meat from their house from time to time. They have three meals a day, and I haven't missed any of them. "
The people in the village were all talking about anything.