I put down my luggage and put on a pair of old cotton shoes, and I was finally relieved. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the second aunt over there also settled down, there are no women at home, the second uncle went to the kitchen to cook a few poached eggs by himself, so that the second aunt can eat and rest. Then I went to the uncle's house next door with my uncle, grandfather, and father to have a reunion dinner.

It's said to be next door, but it's actually the closest house, and it's the kind that can't be heard when you stand at the door and shout on the other side, and it takes a few minutes to walk over. Because everyone builds their houses along the foot of the mountain on gentle ground, there is enough space in front of the house and behind the house to feed chickens, raise cattle, and grow vegetables...... Anyway, the place is very big, so there is no need to crowd together at all. Later, my father built the house and moved out, and the three brothers still lived next to each other. But if there is something to go to the eldest and second uncle's house, I have to take a breath and rest after running a lap. The funniest thing is that when installing WIFI at home, no one will set a password. Just kidding, if you don't have a neighbor who can receive your own WAFI signal, what's the need to set it up?

The eldest aunt has already prepared it, and when everyone gets home, she will start the fire and cook the vegetables. When they arrived, the table was full. At this time, in the countryside, eight dishes for the New Year's festival are already very rich. The uncle's family of five people, three strong laborers, life is much better. This year's Chinese New Year also killed a New Year's pig, and the uncle was full of ambition when he said it. Dad's house is not good, five people can work for two, but also for one student, the pig is fed one, and the grandfather sold it for money a year ago, to prepare for Dad's tuition.

During the Chinese New Year, it was rare to kill a chicken, stew half of it, and leave half for entertaining guests. A bowl of fish, which was divided by the commune years ago, was pickled and made into smoked fish. Leave a few New Year's fish, add spicy seeds and radishes to stew in a large pot, and serve them bowl by bowl. When you eat it, it becomes fish jelly, which is Yang Xiaobei's favorite food

A dish. The others are pork, a bowl of pork head, a bowl of sausage, a bowl of pork liver, pig heart, and a bowl of pig tongue and nose. These are all plated and put on the table to make up the quantity. This is also a rule derived from this era of scarce resources - the amount is very small, and your family can't eat a single chopstick. From the second day of the new year, everyone also has a very tacit understanding, and only the men who drink wine among the guests put a slice and drink a drink. In this way, it is close to the end, patchwork, and it will be insisted on until the end of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and then it can be eaten by your own family, of course, if there is any.

The remaining two dishes are pork stewed lotus root and pork stewed cabbage. Renovating such a table of meals is really a super luxury lineup, although the cooking skills of the aunt have always been not good, but as long as the ingredients are good, it is still a delicacy no matter how it is cooked. First, the ancestors were "called for rice", rice was placed on the table, chopsticks were inserted on it, and the grandfather poured wine while asking the ancestors to eat. Wait for the ancestors to eat well, burn the paper money, and then bring the food back to the stove to heat it, and then you can officially start the meal.

A string of firecrackers was set off at the door, and it was finally ready to eat! The four children of the uncle's family, the eldest brother Tao, was still very young when Yang Xiaomei disappeared, and the second uncle's sister, Rong Rong, who was only two years old, only expressed curiosity about Yang Xiaobei, and was immediately attracted by the food on the table. Today's Chinese New Year, the white rice is enough, the two meat dishes are eaten, and a group of children eat it is called a bold, Yang Xiaobei picked up the chopsticks and didn't start it, but he saw that everyone was in full swing, the adults were a little better, and the children were like fighting a war - they could enjoy eating meat today! Grandpa was in a good mood today, and asked his three sons to pour wine and have a drink together. The eldest aunt was very curious about Yang Xiaobei, and asked questions vigorously, in short, everyone was very happy, and the Yang family had the most comfortable year this year.

The lively New Year's dinner was well eaten, even if the New Year passed, the children went all over the village to pick up firecrackers for the first time. The woman should clean up the house, boil water, and let the whole family bathe and change into new clothes. Even if you don't have new clothes, you have to clean them up. When I was a child, every Chinese New Year's Eve, I looked forward to this moment the most, and my mother had already prepared new clothes and shoes, but she was not allowed to wear them, and she must wait until the New Year. After boiling water, bathing, and changing into new clothes, you can talk to your friends! What about the men? The livestock at home should also be fed to them. Pigs, cows, and sheep are fed rapeseed cakes, and dogs and cats are also fed white rice. Grandpa felt the most sorry for the cow, and when he fed it, he had to add some salt, touch its head and talk well.

It's all packed up, and it's getting dark. At this time, it is necessary to take out the paper cover that has been pasted a long time ago, prepare incense, paper, candles, and firecrackers, and go up the mountain to go to the grave of the ancestors. The old family is all buried, and after the old man dies, he is carried up the mountain by his descendants for burial. Every year during the Chinese New Year and Qingming Festival, the younger generations, including the married daughters, have to come back to the grave no matter how far away they are, in order to show that they will not forget their ancestors. Of course, the future generations are no longer so strict, everyone is from all over the world, and they can't come back at all.

Pack up and go up the hill together. As Yang Xiaomei, who has been lost for many years, Yang Xiaobei must go to the graves of the elders to kowtow this year to thank the ancestors for their blessing. She followed her father's graves one by one, and finally when they all came down the mountain, people who had basically come from afar also came, and the mountains were dotted with candlelight from a distance. Some people will feel panicked, but Yang Xiaobei always feels very romantic, look! The starlight on each mountain is connected, as if the Milky Way has fallen into the mortal world.

The three daughters of the Yang family have also arrived, except for the eldest aunt who married in the next village, the second aunt and the third aunt are married farther away, and when they came back, they heard from the entrance of the village that the little sister came back, and hurriedly went to the good grave to rush over, and the sisters inevitably cried again.

"Little sister! You don't know, you disappeared at that time, how badly my father beat us! I thought at that time, when you, a disobedient woman, come back, I must call back!" The second aunt was gentle and shy, but the third aunt was a pungent character, and her eyes were still red at this time, so she began to settle accounts with Yang Xiaobei.

Several aunts are very good, and the uncles are also good. When I was young, I often went to my aunt's house to play, because my aunts would try their best to make food for her, and maybe stuff a piece or two of pocket money before leaving. Later, I have been outside, and when I go home for the New Year, I have to go to my aunt's house, when they are old, my aunt is already in her seventies, and I don't want to bring them a little gift when I go every year, saying that she spends money indiscriminately, as long as I can go to see them, they are already very happy.