252. Welcoming and sending off the New Year
There are many customs for the New Year in rural China, such as going up the mountain to burn paper to worship ancestors, and taking their souls to their homes for the New Year, which is called "welcoming the New Year".
On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the family changed into new clothes, the mother was a dark green cheongsam, and the father was a Tang costume.
My mother also bought a 30,000 yuan fur, which was easy to wear when she went out to pay New Year's greetings.
Li Yu is a caring person, she tailored a set of leather robes for each of her two daughters and daughter-in-law, and the three girls were very happy when they saw it.
Kaibi is pale pink, and foreign women wear cheongsams with a unique flavor, and it is a perfect combination of East and West in her.
Early in the morning, she coiled her hair like a little daughter-in-law who had just passed the door, a little less lively and a little more mature and elegant.
The cheongsam customized by my mother for my little sister is blue, and it looks good when she wears it, but how does Emperor Wu look at it and feel like Chunli who has lost her calves, she is just two pigtails.
The elder sister is beige, which is suitable for her to be a wife and mother, but it does not conform to her big grinning character.
Mom told the eldest daughter, be gentle in the future, don't bully Li Qiang at every turn, it is a blessing to find a man who tolerates you, and you must be more considerate of Li Qiang's child.
Dad looked at the energetic appearance of the family, and felt that he had not lived in vain for half his life, but he had more face when he went out now.
Taotao's New Year's dress is a landlord's fashion, as well as a landlord's hat, and Wu Dite, a descendant of a farmer, wants to beat him.
Emperor Wu's New Year's clothes are a burgundy Tang suit, which was specially selected by Kaibi, and Emperor Wu didn't pay much attention to wearing it, so it completely became Kaibi's hanger.
At noon, firecrackers began to be set off, and my father said that we would set off the first cannon this year. As soon as it was half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, the courtyard in front of the villa crackled with firecrackers.
Not long after, the sound of firecrackers sounded below, and the smoke of cooking rose from the red-tiled houses, and everyone began to cook.
"Is it time to start the Chinese New Year? I'm so excited. Kaibi in a cheongsam was particularly charming, so that Emperor Wu couldn't help but laugh and straighten her out on the spot.
"It's a start, let's go, go home for dinner!" Emperor Wu led the bouncing Kaibi back to the house.
The elder sister celebrates the New Year at her mother-in-law's house, and when she is in the second year of junior high school, she returns to her parents' house the day after tomorrow.
A family of five prepares for lunch in the restaurant, which is the appetizer of the Chinese New Year, and the highlight is in the evening, which is a thorough meal.
After eating, you have to make dumplings, the filling is prepared in advance, and you can wrap it after rolling the skin.
Puliang County is a place with a heavy taste of the year, with the development of society, the taste of the year is getting lighter and lighter is a common phenomenon, many cities prohibit fireworks, the original lively festival suddenly became very quiet, most people are at home watching TV, the paper is not burned, eat a meal of dumplings and string a door is considered the New Year.
Fortunately, Dongning Village retains a lively New Year's flavor, and people attach great importance to this festival.
"Xie will go up the mountain with your father to welcome the New Year. Mom instructed.
Emperor Wu's grandparents died early, and the countryside paid attention to burial, so they were buried together in the back mountain and built a tomb.
"Can I go?" asked Cepi.
This Emperor Wu really can't answer him, and he doesn't know some customs and traditions, such as women are not allowed to go up the mountain to welcome the New Year.
Although my mother is exquisite, she is not superstitious, she said that it is a good thing to bring Kaibi, so that Emperor Wu's grandparents can see such a handsome grandson and daughter-in-law.
This involves another problem, Emperor Wu's grandfather has three sons, Wu Jianjun is the second, his eldest brother died early, there is no male in the family, and the third family has been messing with the matter of dividing the land, and he has not moved since the last time.
In previous years, when they went up the mountain to welcome the New Year, they were two brothers together, plus the two sons of Emperor Wu and the uncle's family.
They were all raised by a mother's father, and Uncle Wu Jianmin was definitely unwilling to reconcile, and his wish to divide the land had not yet been achieved.
Speaking of the uncle's family, Li Yu sighed for a while, now only the eldest sister-in-law and a little daughter are left in the family, and it is very pitiful.
Usually, Li Yu can help as much as she can, and send money to her sister-in-law's family, but they don't want it, so Li Yu buys things and sends them over.
When they went up the mountain, they changed into sweatshirts, because there would be firecracker skins flying all over the mountain.
Cabi covered his ears all the way, and the sound of firecrackers was deafening, some sounding like bombs, and the whole hill was shrouded in choking smoke.
This feels a bit like the war years, when the heroic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army stubbornly resisted the devils on the mountain.
Although they didn't set off together, they still saw the uncle and his two sons in front of the grave of Emperor Wu's grandmother.
The two families didn't speak again after saying hello, and they did their own things as if they didn't know each other.
What made Emperor Wu angry was that the two sons of the uncle's family didn't call him brother, and they hurt them in vain when they were young.
When he was going down the mountain, Kaibi asked Emperor Wu, isn't that your father's own brother?
Emperor Wu told her the whole process of the two families breaking up.
After hearing this, Kaibi was very angry, there is such a person in the world, and he doesn't even want family affection for money.
When I got home, my mother asked about going up the mountain.
"The third family still doesn't speak?"
"Well, it seems that it is still a matter of dividing the land. Dad nodded, and then said earnestly: "Either give him that piece of land, and we won't plant it anyway." ”
Emperor Wu resolutely objected to this, he still remembered how the uncle played tricks in the old house on the day he just came back from Australia, and the uncle's daughter-in-law was simply a shrew.
Although Emperor Wu poured Shennong brand herbicide into his vegetable field last time, this matter cannot be left as it is.
It is half past four in the afternoon to welcome the New Year from the mountain, and there will be two meals on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the first meal is six o'clock, and the second meal is dumplings starting at ten o'clock in the evening.
When eating dumplings, you have to set off firecrackers, that is, to send the New Year, the ancestors should leave after eating dumplings at home, they still have a lot of things to do.
Starting from the afternoon, the central set began the warm-up program before the Spring Festival Gala, which will continue until the end of the Spring Festival Gala.
When he saw Cini's Chinatown on TV, Kaibi excitedly pulled Emperor Wu and Youyou over to watch it together.
The outdoor host interviewed several overseas Chinese friends, and they sent their blessings to the people of the country.
As soon as the camera turned, the host said that he would interview several foreign friends to see if they had anything to say.
When the interview reached the fourth place, Emperor Wu almost vomited blood, and what appeared on the TV screen was actually Tex's rough face.
Emperor Wu called everyone to the living room to watch live TV.
"Isn't that the young man?" Dad was the first to react.
Mom also didn't forget this big man who loves to laugh.
Little Lily also appeared in the camera, she was held in Karina's arms, waving her little hand to greet all the Chinese!
"I used to be a soldier, now I'm a cowboy, my boss is Chinese, he's very nice to us......"
After a bunch of talking, Tex began to reveal his true nature.
"Hey BOSS, are you watching TV? The Budweiser beer in the refrigerator has all been dried up by a few of us, haha, and those dozen catties of beef!"
"Turks hasn't changed at all. Emperor Wu spread his hands.
After the interview, Wu Di called Tex and praised him for his demeanor just now, not embarrassing the South Australian cowboys.