Chapter 34: Father's Teachings Before the New Year's Day (2)

Tian Limai nodded.

In Tian Limai's impression, his father Tian Hezhuang has never told him any big truths, his father Tian Hezhuang is a disabled person, stubborn personality, and sometimes even a little paranoid, Tian Limai has been sensible since he began to think in his heart, maybe his father's body is like this, and his personality is a little mutated!

But now it seems that my father is not what I imagined, and my father's heart is bright!

Tian Limeng listened carefully, and his father Tian Hezhuang continued: "The earth is not connected, the sky is yang, the earth is yin, also, hieroglyphs, you also learned it when you were studying, that is the meaning of the female nephew, you must match yin and yang, and you can't mess up the gangchang!"

When his father Tian Hezhuang said this, he paused and looked at Tian Limai with two eyes, which means: Mai'er, you understand, right?

"Dad, I get it!" Tian Limai saw his father's eyes and said softly.

"And said, 'Jun doesn't speak', Mai'er, the gentleman is not 'talking but not moving', that is a ridiculous saying, the real gentleman is not casual to speak, not to act at will, humble gentleman, studious and progressive, the pillar of the country, the original meaning of 'the gentleman does not speak' is for the monarch, can not open his mouth at will, not that he can't speak, to say that he will act, words must be done, and actions must be fruitful!" Father Tian Hezhuang pressed and said.

Tian Limai looked at his father and listened attentively.

At this time, the grandfather was already sitting on the top of the table, because of the help of the second aunt and her mother Yang Meizhen, and her sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yumei, the work of serving dishes, drawing chopsticks, and placing wine glasses was carried out in an orderly manner, and grandma also sat on the table with grandpa!

Father Tian Hezhuang saw his grandfather and grandmother sitting on the table, so he glanced at his grandfather and grandmother, and wanted to pause, but his grandfather saw it and said: "He Zhuang, after speaking, let the grandchildren listen!"

Father Tian Hezhuang nodded, and continued: "'Don't close your eyes', Mai'er, you don't know this truth, when you see relatives, relatives, relatives and friends, don't put your eyes on the top of your head, pretend not to see, ignore them, take care of them more, look at them with wide eyes, pay attention to them, treat your relatives equally, whether they are rich or poor, if a person doesn't even take care of his relatives, pay attention, then what is there to talk about paying attention to people who have nothing to do with you, to pay attention to this society!"

Father Tian Hezhuang saw that many dishes had been served on the table, so he hurriedly said, "'The teacher does not wear a hat', 'hat' is a decoration on the top of the head in ancient times, as a teacher of people, there must be a teacher's watch, the head does not need to be decorated, to show people, of course, my teacher said, there is another meaning, that is, to see the teacher to salute, when saluting must take off the hat on the head, it is also said that the student saw the master to bow, the master also took off the hat on the head and bowed. Mai'er, either way, is true!

"'Position is not stilted', it is easy to explain, in ancient times, it was said that there was a standing statue, sitting on a sitting statue, sitting on the sitting position, do not put the feet up, especially in front of the elders can not stilt the legs, to sit with the knees together, and later there was a new explanation, that is, a person can not get any position in the rich field, whether it is a high-ranking official position, or a sesame official position, do not get carried away, put the feet up and swing one by one, you must be diligent and clean, and work hard!"

Tian Limai stood in front of his father Tian Hezhuang and listened carefully, and when his father Tian Hezhuang finished speaking, Tian Limai hurriedly said: "Dad, can you go and sit?!" and stretched out his hand to help his father Tian Hezhuang.

Father Tian Hezhuang sat down on a seat next to the dinner table, the seat was fixed, and the seat that father Tian He sat on when he had a reunion dinner every year, that is, the second vacant seat near his grandfather's right, the first vacant seat was that of Uncle Tian Muzhuang!

After his father Tian Hezhuang sat down, he looked at Tian Limai and said, "Mai'er, today is the Chinese New Year, you didn't bother your father when your father told you this!?"

Father Tian Hezhuang's tone is full of warmth, this is rare, there have been in the past, but less, maybe today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, right?!

"Dad, why am I annoyed? Tian Limai hurriedly said.

"Mai'er, it may be a little early for Dad to tell you this today, but as long as you remember, it will always be beneficial!" Father Tian Hezhuang said.

At this time, the eldest uncle Tian Muzhuang, the second uncle Tian Shuizhuang, the eldest uncle, the second uncle and mother Yang Meizhen, as well as Tian Liyun, sister Tian Liyu, and Tian Yimei were all standing at the table, and grandpa, grandmother and father Tian Hezhuang also stood up from their seats!

The dishes on the table are: two soup pots and one dry pot, stewed wild ginseng with pig's trotters, fried shredded lamb with shredded sour radish, Stewed roasted chicken with mountain fungus; four steamed vegetables, steamed glutinous rice buckle with pork intestines, steamed salt vegetables with fatty meat slices, steamed pork with cedar and meatballs; six bowls of dizzy vegetables, pig blood sausage, stir-fried sausage slices with rice dumplings, stir-fried lean meat with pickled bamboo shoots, fried bee pupa, stir-fried pork belly with sour peppers, pork head meat cuts; four plates of braised vegetables, shredded pork ears, pork tongue slices, kelp shreds, pork fat sausages; three bowls of vegetarian vegetables, stir-fried cabbage, stewed shiitake mushrooms, green coriander; in addition, there are six ones, a bowl of sparse pork baba, a bowl of tofu fruit, a bowl of tofu, a plate of peanuts, a plate of bean tar, a plate of dried potato chips. A total of twenty-six dishes. The dishes are all made up by the uncle's family, the second uncle's family and Tian Limai's own family, but every year it is still dominated by the eldest uncle's Tian Muzhuang family, and the second uncle's Tian Shuizhuang family and Tian Limai's family make up one or two things a year, all of which are not owned by the big uncle Tian Muzhuang's family, and now Tian Limai's family has taken out mutton.

The dishes on the table are all raised or planted by the family, or dug and picked in the mountains, and the meat dishes are mainly pork, which is almost the basic recipe of the Wuling Mountain people during the New Year, of course, the people with a slightly better family background will buy some beef, fish and other things!

Grandpa ordered to pour a little wine into the wine glass on the table, the matter of pouring wine is generally done by the eldest uncle Tian Muzhuang, and ordered to give each empty bowl a little meat dishes, this matter is generally completed by the second uncle Tian Shuizhuang, and then ordered to put the chopsticks horizontally on the bowl with the vegetables, this thing is generally done by the father Tian Hezhuang, after these are ready, the grandfather said loudly: "Ancestors, three hundred and sixty days a year, every day is a good day, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve night, please go home to the New Year!"

After Grandpa finished speaking, Tian Limai and his brother Tian Liyun began to go to the courtyard to set off firecrackers, and when Tian Limai and his brother Tian Liyun returned to the hall after setting off firecrackers, the whole family sat on the table and began to eat meat and drink!

For drinking, there is "Thirty nights of drinking, do your best!" Therefore, Tian Limai and Tian Liyun, the elder brother of the second uncle's family, also drank wine, although Tian Limai poured very little wine! The younger sister Tian Liyu and Tian Yimei did not drink, and the mother Yang Meizhen did not drink because of the cough, and the grandmother, the eldest aunt and the second aunt also poured a small half glass of wine and drank it slowly. Since there was only one bottle of Shi Nanchun wine brought by his uncle Yang Bairong, his father Tian Hezhuang did not bring it from home, and drank single-grain bud grain wine!

After three rounds of wine, pushing glasses and exhorting each other, his father Tian Hezhuang said to Tian Limai: "Mai'er, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you give your grandfather, grandmother, uncle, uncle, second uncle, second uncle, toast a tour, you will immediately take the high school entrance examination, please the elders a good word!"

Tian Limai Yiyan stood up and walked down to his grandfather and grandmother, and said, "Grandpa, grandma, have a good New Year, I wish you a long and healthy life!"

Grandpa and grandma laughed, laughing very happily, and grandpa said: "Okay, Sun Wa, I wish you progress in your studies and the top student in the high school entrance examination!"

Grandpa and grandma took a sip of wine!

Tian Limai came to Uncle Tian Muzhuang, looked at Uncle and Uncle Niang and said, "Uncle, Uncle, you have worked hard, I wish you a happy new year!"

Uncle Tian Muzhuang and Uncle Niang took a sip of wine, however, after Uncle drank the wine, the tears in his eyes couldn't stop rolling down!

"Uncle, what are you β€”β€”?" Tian Limai didn't know what happened to the uncle!

"Nephew, your uncle is bitter in his heartβ€”β€”," Tian Limai's question made Uncle Tian Muzhuang feel sad from his heart, Uncle Tian Muzhuang had already drunk, choked up and wanted to vomit, Uncle Tian Muzhuang said intermittently: "Nephew, your two elder brothers, have been out for several years, not to mention how much money to send home, and they won't even come back for the New Year, they have forgotten this home, forget your uncle and aunt!"

When Uncle Tian Muzhuang said this, the eldest aunt sitting on the other side of the table suddenly burst into tears!

The cry of the eldest aunt made all the people on the table stunned, this New Year's dinner was supposed to be happy, but I didn't expect the eldest aunt to cry sadly!

The eldest uncle, the second aunt and the mother Yang Meizhen were sitting next to each other, and when they saw the eldest aunt crying, the second aunt and mother Yang Meizhen quickly stood up and went to persuade the eldest aunt!

At this time, grandpa and grandma were unhappy, grandpa put down his chopsticks, and looked at the eldest aunt with a blue face, although grandma did not put down the chopsticks, but she was also looking at the eldest aunt with an extremely ugly face!

The eldest aunt cried, which made the somewhat sad uncle Tian Muzhuang startled: "When you are on your back, why are you crying? Uncle may have eaten the New Year's dinner, and the aunt cried and was a little angry, and she didn't pay attention to what she said, and even said the word "howl", which is the biggest taboo!

The already angry grandfather listened to the word "howling" said by the eldest uncle Tian Muzhuang, and he was even more angry, he waved his hand and roared loudly: "Tian Muzhuang, get your howling right guest out, our family is in the New Year, there is no mourning, let her go outside to howl!"

All the people listened to Grandpa's words, they were stunned, and Grandpa Jing also said that there was no dignity, and said that the eldest aunt was the eldest uncle's "howling right guest", and the word "right guest" could only be called by his own man!

It seems that grandpa is so angry that he can't do it, but fortunately, no one at the table cares, but grandma glared at grandpa fiercely!