For this feast, the uncle used his privilege for the first time to buy a variety of out-of-season vegetables in a greenhouse on the outskirts of Linshui.

Out-of-season vegetables in this era, but expensive things, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, celery, leeks, peppers and zucchini, caused children to salivate, from time to time at the kitchen door probing their brains.

At today's banquet, no one moved the big fish and meat, and the green vegetables became a rare dish, and they were eaten by the children when they were served on the table.

Many people said: "In the past, no one could believe that we could eat cucumbers and beans in the New Year, but now we are indeed eating them."

Not to mention, these vegetables are really better than meat in winter. I didn't expect to eat meat every day, and there was a day when I wanted to eat. How many lifetimes of happiness have been enjoyed by us. ”

The bright and watery greens not only attract children, but also become the topic of conversation for big guys. Uncle Yuan Chao is an expert in this regard, and everyone revolves around him to inquire about growing vegetables in winter.

In particular, Han Yufeng, the son of the "old mule", is just 50 years old this year, honest and hardworking, and is an expert in growing melons and vegetables in the village.

He asked the most carefully, and finally proposed: "Han Zhishu, let's build a greenhouse in our village, I will go out to learn technology after the New Year, and people near the water can plant, and we are not bad."

If nothing else, just for these children in our village, it is convenient to plant two sheds and eat by yourself. ”

Everyone listened and applauded in unison. Of course, my uncle and grandfather agreed: "Okay, Brother Yufeng, as long as you learn it, we will build it, and let the aid court contact you about learning." ”

When the dishes were served, Aimin and Liu Ran toasted next to each other, and the wine they toasted was Moutai, which Liu Ran's family specially asked her to bring back.

Everyone knew that Liu Ran's family members were all officials, and when they saw Liu Ran respectfully coming to toast, everyone drank very happily, and there was not a drop of wine left.

Everyone in the village knows that Moutai is a good wine, and even money can't buy it. Even the "high school junior" who likes to play around doesn't say a word and drinks quickly.

"Love the people, the people in our village have drunk Moutai when they touch your light, and I heard that the county officials only drink it once a year, and we will not lose it. ”

After saluting from table to table, the six catties of Moutai wine were poured, but fortunately, the Moutai brought back by Liu Ran was a box.

This wine drinking is much more lively than when Uncle Aimin and they got married. The people of Hantun Village, in the past few years, have become more and more comfortable, and everyone has a happy day with the wedding banquet of Uncle Aimin.

The guests left early, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, they all took their leave. With their departure, the news that Secretary Han's family had foreign friends spread quickly.

Jiatang shaft

On Chinese New Year's Eve, before ten o'clock in the morning, there were 51,000 firecrackers in the village, crackling non-stop.

During the Chinese New Year this year, each family not only invited various gods, but also openly invited their ancestors home. Some people even hung up the hidden "family hall shaft".

The "Jiatang Axis" is a huge wall chart with ancestral hall buildings and ancestral tablets, 5 ponds wide and 7 feet long. It is simply printed on a thick piece of paper, and the more elaborate ones are drawn on white cloth.

The "family hall axis" depicts the hall, tablet, courtyard wall, and gatehouse. The placement of the "tablet" follows the traditional pattern, with the position of the ancestor in the middle of the highest and most prominent hall. The tablets of the ancestors of the next generations are listed in the hall and the side hall according to the generation.

The space from below the hall to the gatehouse is a row of spare space tablets. Later, if there was a newly deceased clansman, it was written directly on it.

Generally, a family (one) clan cultivates a "family hall axis", and most of them are the ancestors of the fourth generation of Gaozu as the "Lord" (people call the "Jiazhuang" of the Pillar) and fill in the name of the highest tablet.

All those of the same generation should be filled in the same row, and they should be arranged from the inside to the outside according to the rank of brothers. If you are one generation lower, you will have to go down one row, and so on. All those who have died three years after their death must have their names written on the "family hall axis".

Those who have passed away less than three years ago cannot enter the "family hall shaft", and can only make a tablet out of yellow paper and enshrine it on the door of their own hall.

The "family hall shafts" made of cloth are usually drawn and sold by folk painters, and the paper is printed on wood.

Painting "Jiatang Shaft" does not say painting but "repair", and buying "Jiatang Shaft" does not say buy but "please" to show respect and love for ancestors.

After "please" to the "family hall axis", it is necessary to invite a person who can write well with a brush to fill in the name of the ancestors at home, and when writing, his descendants should kneel in front of him to show filial piety.

When the Chinese New Year's Eve gets up early, the family with the "Lord" in the family organizes the people of the sect to go to their own woodland (cemetery) with incense, candles, paper money and other sacrificial supplies, and invite their ancestors home for the New Year.

Burn paper foil, set off firecrackers, kowtow and pray in front of the grave: "Please go home for the New Year." "After praying one by one at the grave of my ancestors, I went all the way home without looking back.

When you get home, you will invite the "family hall axis" out and hang it on the door of the hall (the north wall of the hall facing the door). In the morning, after making offerings to the gods, we then went to the "Lord" to make offerings.

From the "family hall axis", it can be seen that the families in the village are close and far apart, which also increases the cohesion of each family.

Just like Han Yuchen's family, their "family hall shaft" is hung in his aunt's "old mule" house, no matter how unhappy his mother is, she has to take her children and grandchildren to her sister-in-law's house to kowtow to her ancestors.

There are two "family hall shafts" hanging in Yoyo's house, one is from grandpa's family and the other is from Yoyo's family.

His own "family hall shaft" was painted by his grandfather himself, and he has studied this area a lot.

Different from the black and white "Jiatang Axis" of other people's houses, the "Jiatang Axis" painted by Grandpa, the courtyard wall and gatehouse are all colored, carved beams and painted buildings, rich and noble, and the people in the village saw it and praised it in unison.

The ancestor of both families is from the crossroads of the village west, and please return home. Grandpa took the whole family to burn paper foil at the intersection and prayed for the souls of their ancestors.

Aunt Wu Xin'er, kneeling at the crossroads, once again let out a loud cry, and grandma also cried. David didn't understand very well, so he asked in a hurry, "What's wrong?"

When the question was understood, David helped Xin'er up and comforted her: "Don't cry, go back to Kyoto, I will accompany you to the cemetery to pay respects." ”

The custom of celebrating the New Year in the village aroused David's great interest, and he held a video recorder and led a group of children to go out of this house and into that house, recording videos everywhere.

This year's Chinese New Year, the village is particularly lively because there are more foreigners. David has a strong talent for language, and is now able to have simple conversations with the villagers, and in many regional dialects, he speaks quite slippery.

"I'll discuss something for you, can you say it again slowly?"