As soon as the middle-aged man entered the house, he knelt down with two and a half children to kowtow to his grandmother and Cao Peiyu, and the oldest old man bowed to his grandmother and Cao Peiyu although he did not kowtow, and the number of rituals was very sufficient.

It was certainly not the first time they had come, because they knew the Guo family well and the Guo family was very welcoming to them.

After the guests finished paying New Year's greetings to the host's house, Zhien pulled Zhili and Chunyang to bow to the old man and the middle-aged people. The old man happily took out three plates of pendants made of shiny walnuts from the pocket of his padded jacket and gave them to the three of Zhien, and explained: "It's not a valuable thing, it's for children to play with." I didn't know about the big girl before I came, this one is for her, this year I will give this little girl first, and I will bring something else to the big girl next year. ”

Look carefully at the pendant to know why the old man wants to explain so clearly, it turns out that the pendant on the red lanyard under the knot is the shape of the zodiac, the zodiac of Dongyang is different from the zodiac on the lanyard, not to explain clearly but not good.

In addition to a delicate zodiac knot, there is also a big money with a square hole in the middle, the old man said that there is no money at home, and a few big money are dug out when the ground is plowed in the spring, which should be used as the New Year's money for the three children.

No one has a hard time, they don't have any money on hand, not to mention that people think of the New Year's money, but they don't mention it, it's already very good to come all the way to pay New Year's greetings.

Grandma said that they were too polite, don't bring anything when you come back in the future, just come over to report safety.

The middle-aged man said straightforwardly: "Then what's the matter! Brother Guo almost put his life into it in order to save these two boys, this is a great grace to save lives, and we can't do anything else, so let's come to see the aunt and sister-in-law during the New Year, but if there are still people in our old Zhang family, we can't cut off the contact." ”

The middle-aged man said that his feelings were sincere, his eyes were faintly red, and the people who listened to it also had a sour nose.

Grandma probably thought it was not good to let the children cry together during the New Year, so she waved her hand and asked the children to go out to play first.

There was nowhere to play outside, and the five-and-a-half-year-old children were chatting under the eaves of the squatting house.

The two children of the Zhang family are named Zhang Wenjun and Zhang Wenfu, Zhang Wenjun is the same age as Zhi'en Zhili and is sixteen this year, Zhang Wenfu is one year younger than Chunyang and is fourteen this year.

Zhien and the two brothers of the Zhang family had a special chat, from crops to mountain goods, and from mountain goods to large gatherings, they could talk about ordinary little things very happily.

Chunyang also figured out the relationship between the Zhang family and the Guo family from their conversation.

Back then, Guo Houze was sent to the brigade here, and the brigade arranged for him to herd cattle and sheep. One winter, the cows that were released to graze by themselves came back one after another, and when Guo Houze counted, he found that there was one missing, so he hurriedly reported the situation to the brigade and went into the mountains to find it.

What he entered was not the mountain behind the Guo family, it was a higher and more dangerous mountain, and he couldn't meet a fierce beast that would eat people.

Before encountering the beast, Guo Houze first met the Zhang brothers who were naughty and caused trouble, and were beaten by their father and left home in a bad mood.

The grandfather and father of the Zhang brothers are both forest rangers in the forest area, and the little brothers are also bold, and they run away from home and do not go to crowded places to drill deep in the mountains and old forests.

Guo Houze was about to send the two brothers home, but he was unlucky and encountered an injured wild boar on the way.

The two brothers of the Zhang family did not know whether they were alive or dead, thinking that they could collect the wild boar, and they went home with the spoils, maybe they could save a beating from their father and grandfather.

The wild boar was injured, it was also a wild boar, and the brothers who were not yet ten years old were not a child at all, but at the critical moment, Guo Houze stepped forward, holding the two brothers to climb the tree to hide from the wild boar, and he fought with the wild boar with a sickle.

In the end, the boar was knocked down by him, and he was also injured. Fortunately, the injury was not serious and did not delay the journey.

When Guo Houze and his two children used mats made of branches and dead grass to pull wild boars to find the Zhang family, the grandmothers of the Zhang brothers were about to faint from crying, and the rest of the Zhang family also scattered to look for people.

The grandfather and father of the Zhang brothers came back to thank Guo Houze for their kindness, I heard that he came to find the cow without saying a word and mobilized relatives to help, it was a lot of effort, the cow was finally found, Guo Houze did not have to take responsibility, and he also formed a good fate with the Zhang family.

Since then, the Zhang family has been looking for gifts to the Guo family every New Year, and Guo Houze has never been interrupted when he died.

After talking, half of the children somehow talked about the future.

The Zhang brothers asked Zhien what he wanted to do in the future, and Guo Zhien said that he would grow up to herd sheep, and the mountains and fields would be full of sheep.

His ambition was mercilessly ridiculed by the Zhang brothers, and Zhang Wenjun told Zhien quite proudly: "My uncle is a soldier in a distant place, and he drives a tank, but he is majestic." He wrote back and said that he was going home to visit relatives in the summer, and my parents asked us to play more with my uncle, and in a few years, when we were old enough, we would go to the army like my uncle, and we would be as majestic as him. ”

Being a soldier is really a good way out, there is such a person in Xishan Village, he made a meritorious service when he was a soldier, and after he was discharged from the army, he was arranged to work in the county seat, and he served an iron rice bowl, and in less than two years, he took all his family to the county seat to live, and now people who know about it are still envious.

Zhien was also envious, but he felt that he had no fun being a soldier.

Zhang Wenjun's mind was quite fine, and he seemed to see Zhien's loss, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Zhien, if you want to, we will take you to be a soldier together, let's do a big job in the army together." ”

No one knows what will happen in the future, but it's fun to think about it now.

However, this joy did not last long, the Zhang family drove the carriage to take the trail over, the road from the river to the Guo family was not easy to walk, they tied the horse to the river, and could not leave the people for too long, the Zhang family stayed for less than an hour, and they had to leave without even eating.

Seeing off the Zhang family, Cao Peiyu began to sort out the things that the Zhang family brought.

They are all mountain goods, hazelnuts, pine nuts, walnuts or something can be used as snacks. In addition, there are hazel mushrooms, frozen mushrooms, monkey's man, small yellow mushrooms, fungus...

What makes the Guo family most happy is a large piece of frozen meat, which can really be eaten for a long time.

"Dumplings, dumplings..."Zhili said vaguely as he looked at the meat flowing.

Cao Peiyu stroked nonsense on Zhili's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, eat dumplings, let's eat dumplings today." ”

The promise was good, but the dumplings were not eaten in the end.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1986, the Guo family became a pot of porridge, and for many years to come, Chunyang recalled this day and couldn't help but have a sour nose and red eyes.

It's really hard for people to live.