In the next few days, every day after breakfast, Didi went to the street to find someone to play. Grandma and mother spun cotton, Haohao followed his grandfather to herd sheep, and Youyou had to resign himself to leading him.

Even though it was winter, there were still a lot of people on the streets, and people gathered on the streets after eating, talking and watching the excitement.

The old man came out late, about ten o'clock in the morning, and the sun was shining before he came out. Bring yourself a small maza and sit in the sunny leeward of the street to bask in the warmth.

Most of the adults are standing, gathering together to watch the excitement. The women and men were piled separately, but not far away. Each of them talks about a topic of interest, and if there is something to communicate, they can be heard louder.

The children also play separately, with boys and girls and children separated, and older and smaller children separated. However, the children's playground is not fixed, running around, and their slapstick is everywhere. The noisy mother-in-law is annoying, "While playing, I can't say anything chaotic." ”

In Yoyo's view, everything in this era is novel, she secretly used a miniature camera to record everything she saw, and also learned about the customs and habits of this era.

In addition to the people in this village, they are people who go to relatives and friends in other villages. People in this era pay great attention to visiting relatives during the New Year, and adults and children wear clean and decent clothes and carry a "bun basket" in the shape of an ingot.

The "steamed basket" is made of peeled dustpan willow, and the lid on one side is open, and inside it is filled with 24 white masks, indicating the 24 solar terms of the year. Place one or two envelopes of fruit on the side of the opening and cover it with a novice towel on the outside.

Seeing away relatives during the New Year has almost become a kind of entertainment for the villagers. In fact, the main thing is to look at other people's bun baskets, and there are more things to pay attention to.

When people look at the basket of steamed buns, the first thing they pay attention to is which side the basket is deep. Towards the inside (the side that did not open the mouth) deviates, indicating that the family is real, and the basket of buns is filled to the end, and the tips of the ingots inside are stuffed with buns. The outward deviation proves that the family is hiding traitors, and the steamed buns are only filled with the bottom and outside of the basket, and the ingots inside are empty.

Look at the size of the opening of the basket, the big opening means that the steamed bun is big, and I took two envelopes of fruit, and the small opening means that the steamed bun is small, and I took a letter of fruit.

Everyone just looks at it, but also has to exchange their opinions with each other. The shrewd and honest all whisper their opinions, especially for those who are small, for fear that people will be embarrassed to hear it. You must know that in this era, some families are so poor that they can't even afford their relatives.

Everywhere there are "two-pole goods" who lack heart, and they often shout: "Look, whoever carries the basket of buns has their stomachs pouted." The man who shouted the basket hurried by, with his red face bowed his head.

Croppers usually do not have many opportunities to go out to socialize, and the relatives who should leave during the New Year must go again, and if they don't go, they will break off their relatives. By walking to the basket of bread carried by relatives, people can also get a general idea of the family's family situation and general behavior.

In this era, due to the inconvenient transportation, the range of people to make friends was also small, and most of them were in nearby villages. Neighboring villages, relatives and neighbors generally know each other.

The group exchanged their views and viewpoints with each other: who is doing well and who is poor, who is talking about things and being generous, and who is stingy and not being good. The reputation of each family was evaluated by people according to the steamed basket.

Therefore, each family attaches great importance to the basket of relatives. Usually save again, and the New Year's bun basket is also real. Whoever has no children will have a bad reputation, and their children's engagement and finding a partner will be affected.

There is also a reason for the order of relatives, and the more inappropriate the relatives, the earlier they go. When relatives come to the house, they leave only four steamed buns as gifts, leaving no fruits. Go home and add a few steamed buns to the next family, and finally go to your own relatives' house, and no one will compete (care) about how much is good or bad when you go home.

In the midst of people's discussions, Yoyo also heard a lot of jokes.

It is said that there is a family who is very shrewd, and goes to visit the old aunt early every year, and the basket of buns on the shoulder is filled with sticky bean buns, and a few jujube flowers are placed on the outside to cover it. His aunt knew what her nephew was thinking, and every time she secretly changed it to a white bun back. His family then used the steamed buns exchanged for other relatives to save a basket of steamed buns every year.

His aunt's daughter-in-law slowly saw the doorway, and one year she waited at the head of the village early, and when she saw him, she enthusiastically greeted him and took the basket, pretending to trip during her walk, and deliberately knocked the bun inside to the ground, and the sticky bean buns rolled around all over the ground, causing the crowd on the street to laugh, and the man was so ashamed that he ran away, and the basket was gone.

Every Chinese New Year, this matter is bound to be turned out to talk and laugh, and it has spread throughout more than a dozen villages, who is willing to be in-laws with such a family.

Watching and listening leisurely, the "steamed basket culture" produced in this special era and special background feels that people are talking about the topic with deep helplessness and bitterness.

In these years, not only relatives have to talk, but also treat guests with attention. Hospitality generally has to use white flour steamed buns, it doesn't matter if there is wine or not, there must be at least four dishes, of which there must be at least one bowl of meat, and finally each person has to have a bowl of stew, in fact, stew is the main dish.

There are more things to pay attention to as guests, and more attention is paid to new relatives and new relatives. There are rules for the position of eating and sitting at the door, and the words spoken for the New Year, and the most important thing is the rules on the dinner table.

When relatives come to the house, it is usually the man who heads the house alone, and the women and children do not serve at the table. It happens that the man is not at home, and he has to find a close disciple (no more than five generations of uncles and brothers) to accompany him.

Drinking began to be able to drink dry, although the wine cup used is one or two can go to eight cups of "bull's eye cup", but also little by little, not afraid of drunkenness, but in order to save wine for the main family, even if the rich people, the New Year will only play a pound of loose wine to entertain guests.

A glass of wine is served from the beginning to the end, and I don't know how many times it is served in the middle before it can be drunk dry. Therefore, in this era, it is rare to see "drunken people" (drunk people) during the New Year, unlike people in later generations who are not drunk and are not considered to be drinking.

Eating vegetables generally does not move meat dishes, and the owner can't move anymore, who knows if the upper layer of meat is still not meat underneath. Many families can't afford to buy meat, so they only cover it with a layer of meat, and look at the pointed bowl of meat, but in fact, only a few pieces on the top are meat, and the bottom is mated with vegetables. If the host really wants the guests to eat meat, they usually take the initiative to put the guests in the bowl.

Guests eat buns are generally broken and eaten, and you have to eat slowly when eating, and people say that you gobble up and haven't eaten in your life. Eat two buns at most, and if you eat too much, you will be said to be "stupid (kei)", lacking two hundred and five eyes.

When people get together during the Chinese New Year, their favorite croaking is "stupid", as if there are one or two in that village, and people compare each other with the "stupid" who eats more, and it is ugly.

The most famous seems to be a cook in the commune middle school, his father is a public teacher, so he gave birth to a son who lacks eyes, good (like) to eat and drink is not good to study.

went to the first grade for three times in a row, and didn't learn to write his own name, so he was given the nickname "Old Book". When he was older, it was difficult to find a partner, and his father retired early and let him take over, so he became a partner when he couldn't teach.

In those years, the staff who had a job to eat the national food was fragrant and sweet, and he took over and immediately found a handsome daughter-in-law, and after a long time, he was afraid that the woman would inquire about it, so he quickly married and returned home.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the new guest went to visit relatives, and his daughter-in-law was afraid that he would be embarrassed by eating too much at his mother's house, so he asked his father and mother to find someone who understood to help him.

Along the way, thousands of instructions were told not to eat like at home, as if grabbing food, eating vegetables and learning from the people who helped the guests, breaking the buns when eating, and putting chopsticks after eating, according to the rules, new customers have to put chopsticks first.

When he arrived at his father-in-law's house, he always pretended to be very good. Who knew that the chef he was looking for was slow, and it was two o'clock in the afternoon when the meal was served, and he was so hungry that he picked up a bun and ate it, forgetting to break it.

When the helper saw it, he kicked him with his foot, thinking that he was telling him to finish eating quickly and put his chopsticks and stuff them in his mouth. The helper was in a hurry, and kicked him again, and he ate faster.

The quicker he kicks, the faster he eats, and when he is full, he can put his chopsticks. Others didn't finish a bun, so he ate eight buns in one go. On the way home, he also complained about the helper: "I ate half a slice of food that you urged, and my stomach was full of pimples." ”

The child's world is always full of sunshine and happiness, and the Chinese New Year is every child's expectation and dream. In the minds of children, there are new clothes to wear during the New Year, money to spend on the New Year, meat to eat, and relatives can also eat a meal of white flour buns and good dishes that are not usually seen.

The New Year's is the welfare of the children's hearts to follow the adults to relatives, seeing the adults go to relatives, crying and making trouble to follow behind, and some are driven back by adults after going far from the village.

Only when they return to their parents' homes do they take all the children with them, and other relatives generally do not bring children. Because the children have no self-control, they can't keep their mouths when they see the good dishes and white flour steamed buns, and they can't say what makes it difficult for the main family.

It is often rumored that someone leaves a relative with a child, and the child eats a bowl of meat from a relative's house. Or the child who followed the relative, saying that the bowl of meat on his relative's was a lie, just one layer above, and the bottom was full of cabbage.