Rural people live a hard life, and one of the phenomena brought about by poor days is that there are many unfilial children. The husband and wife finally jumped out of the farmhouse, so they hoped to do their filial piety in front of the old man and not be pointed at by the people in the village. Son Li Liang proposed to buy a TV set for his grandparents, so that Li Shuangzhu and Wang Xiulan were in the limelight in the village, and the people in the village said that the old Li family had a good family style, and the children raised were promising, and the most important thing was filial piety.

Needless to say, the eldest son of the Li family usually gives money and things to the old couple, but this year he even bought a television set and came back to honor the old man; the second son's family took the old man to eat and live together, and the villagers could see that he did his best to support the elderly; as for the third child, he also had a good life, and being able to be admitted to the national civilized Yat-sen University was the greatest filial piety to the old man.

Li Liang can fully understand the mood of his parents, after Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, captured Xianyang, some people persuaded him to set the capital, but Xiang Yu was anxious to return to the east, saying: "Wealth and nobility do not return to their hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night, who knows!"

The mentality of Chu Bawang is somewhat similar to the thoughts of his parents.

The family talked and laughed, and the hand of time quickly pointed to the position of 12 o'clock.

It's time for Li Shuangzhu to seal the door of wealth.

According to the custom of Hek County, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the family must observe the New Year until late at night, and after paying homage to the gods, they must fire firecrackers to close the gate - the so-called "closing the door of wealth", which is intended to seal their own wealth, send away the old year, and then rest the whole family.

Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, generally at three or four o'clock, the male host has to get up and open the door again, and set off firecrackers after worshipping the gods, which means "opening the door of wealth" - meaning to welcome the new year and start his own financial luck.

As soon as this pass was opened, the rolling wealth was sent into the home with the New Year, and it was auspicious to attract wealth and treasure.

After sealing the door of wealth, before opening the door of wealth, except for the male host, everyone else must stay in the room and cannot come out.

After Li Shuangzhu and other wives and children seized the time to go to the toilet, they began to clean their hands and worship the gods, and then took out a roll of large firecrackers from the house.

Li Liang stripped off and went to bed, and in the sound of firecrackers rising and falling near and far, Li Liang slowly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Li Liang woke up to the sound of firecrackers one after another.

Eat a vegetarian diet on the morning of the first day of the new year. After Wang Xiulan waited for her husband to open the door of wealth, she seized the time to wash up and prepare to cook and stir-fry.

There are many rules in Hek County, according to the rules, the well cannot be moved before noon on this day, and the water used to wash face, vegetables, and teeth is stored in a bucket the night before. Moreover, the dirty water used to wash face, teeth, and vegetables must also be packed in a bucket and not disposed of until after the afternoon of the first day of the new year.

According to the older generation, this is called receiving money!

Li Liang didn't know where these rules came about, but he only knew that he accidentally spilled water when he was a child, which attracted his parents' mixed doubles. Since then, Li Liang has a long memory, and he is at home on the first day of the new year, and the rules must be followed.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Xiulan fried four dishes, fried vermicelli with celery, fried tofu with vegetarian vegetables, fried taro slices, and fried yuba, all of which were exquisite.

Celery means diligence, tofu means innocence, taro means more than every year, and yuba means abundance. People use simple dishes to pray for an ideal life.

After eating, it's time to start the most important event on the first day of the new year, New Year's greetings.

Wang Xiulan will make the prepared snacks and put them on a candy plate, melon seeds, peanuts, candy, raisins, frozen rice candy, orchid roots, oranges, apples and other snacks to decorate the candy plate.

New Year's greetings are a traditional Chinese folk custom, which is a way for people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year and express good wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "New Year's greetings" was to congratulate the elderly on the New Year, including prostrating to the elderly, congratulating them on a good New Year, and greeting them with a good life. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year's greetings has been constantly added with new content and form.

In later generations, in addition to following the previous New Year's greeting methods, telephone New Year's greetings, text message New Year's greetings, Internet New Year's greetings, etc., but Li Liang always felt that when he was a child, every household visited the door to pay New Year's greetings, which could best reflect the taste of the New Year.

"Dad, my son has given you a New Year's greeting, and my son wishes you good health, career progress, high spirits, and Ryoma spirit!"

"Mom, my son has given you a New Year's greeting, I wish you good health, eternal youth, and more and more beauty!"

Li Liang preemptively greeted his parents for the New Year, such a good life in his previous life did not last long, a few years later, his sister's misfortune, so that the atmosphere of the New Year at home has been shrouded in shadows, so many years, Li Liang feels that this year is the best year.

"Well, my parents also wish you success in your studies, and hope that you will be physically and mentally healthy in the new year, make progress in your studies, and be a useful person to society in the future. Come on, come on, give you a red envelope!"

Wang Xiulan took out a red envelope that had been prepared a long time ago from her pocket and stuffed it to Li Liang. Li Liang took the red envelope and happily showed off to his sister Li Meng.

"Liangzi, what about me?" Li Meng said with a smile.

"Sister, brother, I have a New Year's greeting for you, I wish you a smooth work, more and more beautiful, and find me a good brother-in-law as soon as possible!" Li Liang said with a smile.

Li Meng blushed shyly, and also took out a red envelope from his pocket and gave it to Li Liang.

After the New Year's greetings at home, Li Shuangzhu led Li Meng and Li Liang out of the house and began to pay New Year's greetings to the nearby neighbors, while Wang Xiulan stayed at home and waited to welcome other neighbors who came to pay New Year's greetings.

Li Shuangzhu and Wang Xiulan bought this small courtyard on this land when they got married, although it is not an old household here, but it has been living here for almost 20 years, and it is very familiar with the surrounding neighbors.

"Dad, let's go to Uncle Qingxiang's house to pay New Year's greetings first!" Li Liang proposed.

New Year's greetings also pay attention to relatives near and far, and most people will go to other people's homes in the village to pay New Year's greetings to their parents, brothers and sisters. The Li family has no relatives here, so Li Liang proposed to pay New Year's greetings to the closest Zhang family first.

Before I got to Zhang's house, a group of people came to the mouth of the alley to pay New Year's greetings. The two groups of people greeted each other, Li Shuangzhu took out a pack of Hongtashan from his pocket, and kept distributing cigarettes to others, while harvesting the cigarettes handed by others.

New Year's greetings are like this, walking on the road of New Year's greetings, whether you know each other well or not, you will say some auspicious and blessed words to each other.

When I came to Zhang's house, Zhang's family had just finished eating, and Zhang Qingxiang was preparing to take a group of children out to pay New Year's greetings.

"Uncle Zhang, we have a New Year's greeting for you!"

"Chenchen, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year to Aunt Chunhua!"

"Happy New Year, Sister Xin!"

"Happy New Year, Sister Jiajia!"

"Happy New Year, Brother Meng!"

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There are many Zhang family members, shouting auspicious New Year's greetings to each other, and Li Liang feels that his cheeks are about to be sour.

Chen Chunhua smiled and said to Li Meng and Li Liang, brother and sister: "Mengmeng, Liangzi, Auntie also wishes you a smooth and healthy New Year, come, this is Auntie's red envelope!"