The next day, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, is also known as "Little Chinese New Year's Eve".

Today, the workers of the engineering team will leave the village, and all kinds of construction equipment will be transported one after another, and the second phase of the farm will be completely completed.

At yesterday's banquet, Li Fan said goodbye to Wang Qian and the workers of the engineering team.

And for the villagers of Sansheng Village, there is a very important thing to do today.

Among the traditional customs, there is a very important custom today, that is, "go to the grave to ask the ancestors".

The so-called "going to the grave to invite ancestors" is to invite the deceased elderly in the family and the ancestors to come home for the New Year.

In the early morning, all families take firecrackers, incense sticks, money paper, offerings and other items out of the house, go to the graves of the deceased old people, and invite the old people to go home for the New Year.

Li Fan's family is naturally no exception.

Li Fan, Dad, Mother, Su Qing, Qin Yulin, as well as the third uncle, Sanniang, and the little girl, also took the corresponding items and went to the graves of the old people who had died at home, and invited the old people to go home for the New Year.

Su Yilin and Qin Lie also followed.

This is the second time that Su Qing has "gone to the grave to invite ancestors" in Li Fan's house, and on the 29th of December last year, Su Qing also participated in "going to the grave to invite ancestors".

And Qin Yulin participated in the "Tomb Invitation to Ancestors" for the first time, and while he was in awe, he also felt very interesting.

She used to spend the New Year in Qin Yuewan, although she was not in the city, but she didn't have this kind of exquisiteness, and it was much more interesting to celebrate the New Year here.

The process of inviting ancestors is not much different from the usual ancestor worship, but the words chanted are different.

In front of the old man's grave, light incense candles, burn money paper, chant to let the old man go home for the New Year, and then kowtow and set off firecrackers.

They went to the graves of several old people who had passed away, and after inviting them one by one, Li Fan and his party returned to the outside of the courtyard.

At this time, at the gate of the courtyard, it is necessary to burn the money paper again and set off firecrackers again.

And he waved towards the gate, which means: the old man in the family is going home for the New Year, please give way to the door god.

After that, you will be able to enter the gate.

After entering the gate, you also need to place a peachwood stick horizontally at the door, called a "barricade".

It means that those fierce gods and evil spirits are stopped and not allowed to enter the door.

Then, a pair of bright candles need to be lit in the hall and will not be extinguished all night.

At this point, the entire "Tomb and Ancestors" is completed.

You only need to wait until after dinner on the second day of the first lunar month, and then burn candles and paper outside the village again to "send the New Year" to the old people.

After the completion of "going to the grave to invite the ancestors", there was nothing else to do today, and time passed in a blink of an eye, and the next day, the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Except for a few families who celebrate the New Year in advance, most families choose to celebrate the New Year today.

The first time he spent the New Year at Li Fan's house, Qin Yulin seemed very excited, and after getting up in the morning, he had been helping his father and mother prepare the noon New Year's dinner in the kitchen.

Li Fan walked around the village and came back, the time was slowly approaching 12 noon, and the noon reunion dinner was ready.

Li Fan ran out for a stroll and didn't help at home, which made Qin Yulin roll his eyes for a while, Li Fan smiled and didn't care.

By around 12 noon, as in previous years, the village was filled with the sound of firecrackers.

In the courtyard of the third uncle's house next door, the sound of firecrackers was also heard.

Li Fan saw that the time was almost up, and also lit the firecrackers in his yard that had been prepared a long time ago.

The sound of "crackling" explosions instantly filled the entire courtyard, and another New Year came.

After the firecrackers were set off, the family sat down around the table, which was already full of sumptuous dishes, and the reunion dinner officially began.

About an hour later, after the New Year's dinner was finished and the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, Li Fan took Su Qing and Qin Yulin to the village to visit around, which was very good.

In the evening, after dinner, the family stayed in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

It was getting late, and by 12 o'clock in the evening, the New Year's bell was already ringing.

The new year is finally here again!

The sound of "crackling" firecrackers was heard again from all over the village, and Li Fan also lit the firecrackers again and placed them in the courtyard.

The red and dancing firelight reflected the whole courtyard red.

As soon as the firecrackers were set off, there was the sound of footsteps and laughter outside the courtyard.

Li Fan smiled, he could naturally hear the voices of Fengzi, Taozi and others, these guys obviously had no intention of sleeping.

Of course, according to traditional customs, you shouldn't sleep today, because you have to keep the New Year all night.

"Boss Li, Wishing you prosperity, bring the red envelope. Coming in from the gate of the courtyard, Fengzi, Taozi and others shouted that these guys were here to "blackmail" the red envelopes.

Li Fan naturally wouldn't let them succeed, and directly "blasted" a group of guys out of the yard, and then ran out with Su Qing and Qin Yulin's two daughters, and together with a group of guys, after going around the village for a while, they returned home to turn off the lights and go to sleep.

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There was no word all night, and the next day, the first day of the first month.

Today is the first day of the new year, everything is a new beginning, and the village has a new number of tourists.

For many people, today is a day of travel, and the same is true for Li Fan.

He, Su Qing and Qin Yulin took the little girl to play in the county for a day, and only returned to the village when it was dark.

The night passed again, and it was the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Starting today, Li Fan's "good days" will come to an end for the time being.

Because, from today onwards, there will be people who will continue to come to Sansheng Village to visit Li Fan.

Everyone who comes is a guest, no matter who comes to visit, Li Fan will receive him with courtesy.

By noon, Li Fan had already received several waves of visiting guests, and after a few waves of guests, Li Fan's mobile phone rang, and it was an unfamiliar number from the capital.

"Who?" Li Fan muttered, then connected the phone, and after saying "Hello", a hearty laugh came from the phone.

After the laughter, it was a middle-aged man's voice, "Mr. Li Fan, Happy New Year, I'm very sorry to disturb you, I'm Wang Xuejun from the Ministry of Education, does Mr. Li Fan still have an impression?"

Wang Xuejun of the Ministry of Education? That should be the vice minister of education Wang Xuejun, Li Fan was slightly stunned, this call made him a little surprised.

He and Wang Xuejun have never met, so they are not familiar, but the two also have some intersections.

In the late Spring Festival last year, Li Fan launched the Mengtong enlightenment book "Three Character Classic", and a few months ago, the couplet "The book mountain has a diligent path, and the sea of learning is endless", which made the entire Ministry of Education very happy, and Wang Xuejun also contacted Li Fan.

"Happy New Year, Minister Wang, to be honest, I was a little flattered by Minister Wang's call. Li Fan said with a smile.

"Mr. Li Fan doesn't want to say that, to be honest, I called Mr. Li Fan, in addition to the New Year's greetings, there is another thing I want to discuss with Mr. Li Fan. ”

"Minister Wang is polite, if there is anything, Minister Wang just said. ”

"That's ......"

It turned out that Wang Xuejun was asking Li Fan if he had any plans to publish another work that would be helpful for children's education?

In the late Spring Festival last year, Li Fan's "Three Character Classic" made Wang Xuejun very happy, and he wondered if Li Fan could launch another work that would be helpful for children's education during the Spring Festival this year?

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