Chapter 11: The First Day of the Lunar New Year

As soon as it was dawn, there was a knock on the door in the courtyard.

Visit relatives and friends on the first day of the Lunar New Year to bring New Year blessings to relatives and friends.

In Xiaoxi's village, the first thing to do on the first day of the Lunar New Year is to visit the temple fair.

At half past five in the morning, my mother got up and began to cook the first breakfast of the new year, rice balls.

At six o'clock, everyone got up one after another, and Xiaoxi also woke up to the sound of everyone's footsteps.

Everyone sat around and began to eat rice balls, and as soon as they finished eating, "We are ready to go to the temple fair." Mom said as she cleaned up the dishes.

As soon as Xiao Xi walked out of the house, he found that at some point, the huge red lantern jumped up the tall building, naughtily shaking the fat body in the wind, and the couplet that flashed with this golden light, competing to see who was more talented......

The Spring Festival is coming!

The first major event of the Spring Festival ----- visiting the temple fair

Everyone talked and laughed, and finally came to this beautiful mountain village with cheerful steps, and this town has an annual temple fair.

Xiao Xi heard the cries from afar. When I got closer, I was dumbfounded, and I saw people in bright costumes moving through the narrow streets.

Since you're here, you can't buy anything with the mind of a child. "Uncle, how do you sell this Chinese knot. ”

"This, this one is so good-looking, buy one to hang at home to keep your life safe, it's very cheap, five yuan a piece. Let's buy a few little girl!"

"Let's get cheaper, how about four yuan for one, uncle, I'll buy two, everyone will get rich!"

"Okay, see that your little girl is smart and cute, sell you at a loss, come back next time!"

"Uncle, here are some strings of rock sugar gourds!"

"Okay, the rock sugar gourd is good-looking, red like fire, and it will be prosperous in the coming year!"

"Big brother, try a few slices of stinky tofu!"

"Okay, good, stinky tofu, ten miles of fragrant ......"

Xiaoxi couldn't bear the excitement in her heart, and left her mother and grandparents far away, and bought things alone with the New Year's money.

At the temple fair, not only can you shop, taste snacks, and take what you need, which is very lively.

What's more, you can enjoy folk storytelling and shadow puppetry. The storyteller wears a big red cotton jacket, and tells you the classical masterpieces in a colorful way.

Sometimes happy and sometimes sad, sometimes tight and sometimes loose, attracting the audience full of applause. The shadow puppet show is quite interesting. Several villains shouted at each other, kicking and bowing, as if to give blessings to the audience......

Everywhere is filled with the joy of the new year, whether you had a good time last year, this moment is replaced by laughter.

Everything at the temple fair is filled with a strong local cultural atmosphere.

After visiting the temple fair, it was noon, and the New Year's dinner was eaten at noon.

Xiaoxi and her mother, grandparents, and others returned home to start the New Year's dinner.

Before twelve o'clock, the sound of artillery was everywhere. It's time to eat, and among the delicacies on the table, two things are indispensable.

First, there are fish every year, which indicates that the whole family is rich and auspicious.

The second is the rice balls for family reunion, which indicates the sweetness of family reunion.

On a special large group table, relatives sit around. Xiao Xi had a hasty meal and rushed out to set off firecrackers, and those relatives and friends who had not seen each other for a long time also congratulated each other at this time.

"Well, I wish you a happy new year, all your wishes come true, cheers".

"Dad, I toast you, I wish you more and more strong bones in your old body"!

"I wish you success in your career and more than one year after another"...... On the group table, the sound of crisp and loud wine glasses indicates the prosperity of the coming year.

The hearty laughter and warm wishes of the adults heralded a brilliant year ahead.

During the meal, every household set off firecrackers again, and the deafening sound of firecrackers became a continuous piece, and at this moment, the atmosphere of the New Year was even stronger.

After the New Year's dinner, grandparents and others went home one after another, leaving Xiaoxi and her mother to stay at home.

Xiaoxi obediently helped her mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and it could be seen that Xiaoxi was very happy.

"Xiaoxi, tomorrow morning we will burn incense and worship our ancestors, we will go to my grandmother's house, and we will also go to my father's ancestors. ”

"Go to bed early tonight, and you have to get up early tomorrow!" said the mother who touched Xiaoxi's head.

"Well, mom, I know," Xiao Xi nodded, and after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Xiao Xi went out to set off some fireworks.

Then I obediently returned home and got ready for bed.

I had such a good day, I don't know how my dad is doing.

Although Xiao Xi hated her father's abandonment, she was still worried, and before she knew it, Xiao Xi fell asleep again.

Xiaoxi didn't know whether to blame her father or not, because she knew that her father didn't mean to abandon her.

Because he has his own reasons, he will be so resolute, so decisive, of course, it is not that he does not blame, but he may have some hardships.

Xiaoxi had a dream in which she dreamed of herself.

It's not me now, and it's not me after me.

A person, a woman, sighed deeply for some reason, shook his head vigorously, his head was still muddy at this time, his memory was a little confused, and a few fragmented pictures flashed in his mind from time to time.

Xiao Xi didn't notice that her eyes seemed to have undergone some strange changes again, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, seven colors kept changing.

She dreamed of a woman lying in a pool of blood, surrounded by her parents, and sitting up by herself...... A strange man stared at her closely......

Everything that happened to this family was shocking, it was really sad and lamentable, Xiao Xi was an outsider at this time, and he couldn't help but have a sad feeling of impermanence in his heart.

Her thoughts did not return to the present, thinking of her father's helplessness when he repeatedly ran into a wall and did not dare to return to his home when he broke into society, and the scene of his own white eyes, wandering around, helpless, and almost desperate in these days.

At this time, Xiaoxi, deep in her heart, couldn't help but have a lot of strange emotions for that woman at this moment.

She always felt as if this woman was herself, and then she was even more afraid that this moment would come.

Raindrops were pouring down The slightly cool glass irritated the skin, and Xiao Xi muttered to herself, "What does this mean, or what does it portend?"

No one answered her, no one.

"Perhaps, the only thing I can do is to watch my mother well, protect my mother's side, and then let my mother live a good life!"