Chapter 45: The Joy of New Year's Greetings

The warm breath circulated in the small bedroom, and the roar of firecrackers came into Xu Liuli's ears little by little, and he sank his head in discomfort, but he couldn't stop this annoying sound.

Angrily opened his eyes, tossed back and forth on the bed a few times, and saw that he really couldn't avoid the noisy sound, sat up and looked at the white fog outside the window, covering the house with one hand, and the old willow tree showing a bewitching demeanor, feeling happy and helpless to get up.

"New Year's greetings" is a traditional folk custom in China since ancient times, and it is a way for people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new and express their good wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "New Year's greetings" was the act of the elders to celebrate the New Year and the younger generations to visit the elders.

I also have to quickly clean up myself, and when I finish eating, I have to go to the door? I think that I can go to the house with a group of friends to ask for snacks, I think it's fun, this is their unique custom!

On the morning of the first day of the new year, after the younger generation gets up, they should first greet the elders and ask them to live a long and healthy life. After the elders are worshipped, the "New Year's money" prepared in advance should be distributed to the younger generations. After greeting the elders in the family, people should also congratulate the New Year with a smile on their faces when they go out, and say some auspicious words such as "Wishing you prosperity" and "Happy New Year" to each other.

In general, there is no need to pick up gifts during the first day of the new year, but only to visit neighbors or relatives and friends to visit each other or meet for drinking and entertainment. To put it simply, the first year of junior high school is to make everyone happy and enjoy their leisure time.

"Mom, Dad, Happy New Year, good luck!" Xu Liuli quietly came to the kitchen, squinting at her parents cooking together, and laughing and saying auspicious words.

"Happy New Year, Ali! This breakfast will have to wait for a while, you go watch TV first, and when the meeting is ready, you will be called to eat." Father Xu looked at Xu Liuli, who was one year older, and spoke gently.

"Okay, then I'll go to the hall and wait for the meal to begin. I'm not in a hurry, you guys cook slowly together. Xu Liuli looked at the pot and saw that the water was just steaming, and the water was not boiling, and walked towards the hall with a look in his eyes.

After arriving in the hall, I saw a mess on the ground, as if it had been robbed, not only the melon seed shells and sugar paper that I threw yesterday, but also some yellow paper that had not been burned, and my heart was a little fluctuating, and I had never seen my home so dirty.

Thinking that I had to exercise more, and the dirt on the floor was really unbearable, I thought that it might be that my mother was busy cooking and didn't sweep the floor when she got up late today, so she sensibly ran to the door and picked up the broom, ready to sweep away the garbage.

"Ah Li, don't move, don't sweep. Father Xu happened to come out of the kitchen and was about to go to the chicken coop in the yard to get eggs, but he happened to see Xu Liuli sweeping the floor with a broom, so he hurriedly stopped.

Xu Liuli's white and tender little hand was about to fall down with a broom, when he heard his father's deep voice, his puzzled eyes shot at his father, and his hand stopped in mid-air.

I saw Xu Qingping walking towards Xu Liuli quickly, gently took the broom in her hand, and put it in the original place without any mistakes, and then looked at Xu Liuli with his eyes, and explained in a serious voice.

"The first day of the Lunar New Year is a day of wealth, and this day is called the birthday of the broom. You can't use a broom on this day, otherwise you will sweep away your luck and ruin your fortune, and attract the 'broom star' and attract bad luck. On this day, you can't splash water outside and take out garbage, otherwise you will ruin your wealth. Do you know?" Father Xu told the reason why he didn't sweep the floor in the morning, and touched Xu Liuli's soft hair with his hand.

"Oh, and that saying. Are there any other precautions that can't be done?" Xu Liuli nodded as if she didn't understand, and continued to question.

There are also some others, such as avoiding porridge, meat and medicine for breakfast, avoiding calling other people's names to urge people to get up, and avoiding New Year's greetings with people who are still sleeping. Although these are superstitions, we still have to follow the ideas of the older generation.

Okay, you don't have to do anything now, just wait for dinner. I'll go to the chicken coop in the yard to get eggs, you watch TV well" Xu's father was telling Xu Liuli some taboo knowledge on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and suddenly thought that he was going to get eggs to cook, so he quickly ended the chat.

After the meal, Xu Liuli wore a cotton jacket with big pockets on her upper body and cotton pants with big pockets on her lower body, preparing to visit the New Year door to door, first looking for friends in the same yard, and several people laughed together.

Every time you go to a house, say some auspicious words, ask for a lottery, you can get a lot of melon seeds and candy, and then a large group of people march towards the neighbors below.

They are not really doing this for some food, in the backward era, there are no superfluous programs for play, so they can only think of some activities that are conducive to everyone's fun.

The people of this era have the most innocent hearts, kind eyes, neighbors help each other, and they worry about any difficult things together.

Xu Liuli walked by with a smile on her face, even though she was wearing such a heavy dress, the happiness that surged up in her heart moistened every meridian, and she was warm, so that she would not give herself the illusion that she was alone.

The morning was spent in a group of children greeting each other and playing.

Everyone's pockets are full of loot. Adults and the elderly like a lively and joyful atmosphere, knowing that there will be children to celebrate the New Year, they all put the snacks at home in advance, waiting for a laughing face.

Xu Liuli held the melon seeds and sugar in the bag because her pocket couldn't fit it, and happily returned to her home, and saw a group of children playing cards with their parents at her home, and joined the team with great interest.

The first day of the first lunar month is called "New Year's Day" in the Gregorian calendar, and "Spring Festival" in the lunar calendar, all because of the common name of the first day of the first lunar month "Sanyuan", "Three Dynasties", "Yuan Shuo", etc., which means that the first day of the first lunar month is the beginning of the year, month and day.

So on this day, they require that there must be rice balls for dinner, and it has the beauty of meaning "yuan".

A group of people play and have fun, whether it is plum blossom cards, or cards, or playing mahjong are all happy, adults will occasionally participate, and children play together, the distance between people is so narrowed, most people today are comfortable enjoying life.

The body is tired, but the heart is happy to run to his bed, bury his face in the soft quilt, rest quietly for a while, thinking that tomorrow will start a family to take gifts to the New Year, although it is a happy thing, but the body is really tired!

Everything cannot go as planned, no matter how good the plan is, it can't catch up with the changes, and there will always be something unexpected that interferes with our wishes.

Although some things are in the past, once the truth of the facts is revealed, it will also hurt us completely.

Every time I pay a New Year's greeting, I always ask a lot of things, and I feel so desperate when I think about it?

Forget it, let's go to bed first! If you dream without a trace, you shouldn't encounter so many things in your dreams, but who can say for sure in your dreams?