Taohualing Village is very small, with only about 80 households and 300 people.

In the first and second days of the new year, everyone's most important job is to pay New Year's greetings and play.

The customs of New Year's greetings in different places are different, around Taohualing Village, on the first and second days of the new year, almost everyone has to run over the more than 20 families in the village who have enshrined the family hall table.

Each family worships the table of the family hall, will put a wooden pole at the gate, commonly known as the dog stick, after others see it, they will know that this family is worshipping the ancestors this year.

Not all families will set up the family table, under normal circumstances, if there are parents, the parents are responsible for setting the family table, and if the parents are deceased, the eldest is responsible for the family table if the brothers are deceased.

If there are more brothers, and then each family has a family table, it will seem to be disunited.

There are more than 80 households in Taohualing Village, the Wu family and the He family are the big surnames, accounting for two-thirds of the population, and the remaining Su family, Sun family, Ma family, Zhang family, Liu family, Zhou family, Zheng family and so on are all small households. Like Wang Shaodong's family, in Taohualing Village, there is only one family surnamed Wang.

Regardless of whether it is large or small, when it comes to the New Year, everyone will visit the door to pay New Year's greetings.

The first one to come to Wang's house this year to pay New Year's greetings surprised Wang Fumin's family, and it turned out to be Wu Youguang, the village head. Behind Wu Youguang was followed by the village accountant He Fakui.

Wu Youguang walked in with a smile, and Wang Fumin and Wang Shaodong hurriedly greeted him.

"Happy New Year, Lao Wang!" Wu Youguang said loudly.

Wang Fumin said with a smile: "Happy New Year for the village chief, happy New Year for the village chief, good for everyone." ”

Wu Youguang said as he strode into the main hall house where the Wang family had a family table, and knelt down and kowtowed three times, and He Fakui, who followed behind him, also knelt down and kowtowed with him.

"Hurry up, Dongzi will accompany your village chief and uncle."

Wang Shaodong didn't wait for his mother Zhao Shiling's instructions, and knelt down with Wu Youguang.

To be honest, this custom of kowtowing at the door is not very comfortable, and after taking a turn in Taohualing Village, this knee test will be great.

"Brother and sister, I discussed it with Fa Kui, and I will eat at your house at noon today, hahahahaha." Wu Youguang said to Zhao Shiling as if he was joking.

"Brother Village Chief, if you can have a meal at our house, then our family will have a light on their faces."

"Auntie, don't hide the good wine at noon, your eldest nephew is a good thing."

Everyone knows that the Wang family has made a fortune this year, so even the village chief attaches great importance to the Wang family this year, and the first one came to the Wang family to pay New Year's greetings before eight o'clock.

"Look at what Fa Kui said, it seems that my aunt is still afraid that you will drink it all."

He Fakui should call Wang Fumin uncle according to his seniority, this guy is just in his early thirties, and he has been working as an accountant in the village since he transferred from the army five years ago.

"Brother village chief, sit down, you haven't had breakfast yet, I'll make dumplings for you."

"What? You haven't had breakfast yet? Wu Youguang looked at Wang Fumin with a surprised expression.

"The two of us have eaten early, but Dongzi hasn't eaten yet, have you eaten the village chief?"

"I ate early, Fa Kui ate at my house, and the two of us made a tea bowl in the morning."

The laborers in the village have a tradition of drinking some liquor in the evening to relieve fatigue, but not many people drink alcohol in the morning.

"Hahaha, big brother village chief, you two are really in a good mood. Then you two sit down and take a sip of tea to relieve hangover. ”

"No need, rich people, let's go to the village for a walk first, and then go back to your house to drink your good wine. But I heard them say that you have good wine in your house. ”

A few years ago, Wang Shaodong brought more than a dozen boxes of Moutai, and many people in the village already knew about it.

Unexpectedly, this year, the village chief actually asked Wang Fumin to go to visit the New Year, which was somewhat surprising to Wang Shaodong. However, it makes sense.

With the wealth harvested from selling chickens at the end of last year, the Wang family has secured the position of the richest man in Taohualing Village, and then the Wang family will overhaul water conservancy projects next year, contracting barren mountains or something, and the influence of the Wang family in Taohualing Village will definitely not be small in the next step. Wu Youguang was the first to come to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings, which also proved that it was not a simple matter for him Wu Youguang to become the village chief of Taohualing Village.

Taohualing Village is a small village, and when it was originally a commune, it belonged to a small team under the Qingquanling Brigade, and there was no secretary of the brigade. Later, after it was opened, Taohualing Village became an independent administrative village and formed its own village committee, and then Wu Youguang was the village chief and secretary, followed by an old accountant. Later, when the old accountant was older, he let He Fakui become an accountant.

Wang Shaodong remembers that until 2017, the duo in Taohualing Village had not been disbanded.

Therefore, it is also necessary to have a good relationship with these two people.

Seeing that his father was a little hesitant, Wang Shaodong hurriedly said: "Dad, the eldest brother of the village chief came to ask you to pay New Year's greetings, why don't you hurry up?" ”

Wang Fumin listened to Wang Shaodong's words very much now, hurriedly agreed, put on clean clothes and followed Wu Youguang out.

Wu Youguang, Wang Fumin and He Fakui went out on the front foot, and Ma Zhentang, He Jiaqing and He Jiaxiang came to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings.

"Sister-in-law, where is Brother Fumin?"

Ma Zhentang kowtowed when he entered the door, and Wang Shaodong next to him knelt down to accompany him.

Ma Zhentang stood up, looked at Zhao Shiling and asked.

Zhao Shiling looked at Ma Zhentang with some surprise and asked, "What's wrong?" Didn't you just run into your rich brother and them? He just followed Wu Youguang and He Fakui to pay New Year's greetings. ”

He Jiaqing hurriedly said: "Look at Cousin Zhen, I just said that those three are Brother Fumin, but you still say no." ”

Ma Zhentang didn't make an excuse, sat on the sofa of the Wang family with a smile, and then said: "Sister-in-law, Brother Fumin is so powerful now, even the village chief has come to slap him." ”

Zhao Shiling also smiled and said: "Look at what your cousin Zhen said, what is it called, it is the village chief who can afford us." ”

"Yes, yes, or sister-in-law can talk."

Zhao Shiling put a plate of dumplings on the coffee table, and then Wang Shaodong picked up the chopsticks and hurriedly said to Ma Zhentang and them: "Uncle Ma and Uncle He, can you eat some together?" ”

"Dongzi, you eat, we're all full."

Wang Shaodong nodded, and then buried his head in eating.

Without waiting for Wang Shaodong to finish eating, Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao came to Wang's house and wanted to follow Wang Shaodong to pay New Year's greetings.

Now Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao have become Wang Shaodong's hard-hearted followers, and they almost believe that Wang Shaodong is the eldest brother in their lives.

As the saying goes, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, men are afraid of following the wrong person, and if they follow the right boss, men will not be bad in this life.

Wang Fumin has become the little brother of the village chief's eldest brother, and Wang Shaodong has desperate younger brothers like Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao, and the future of the Wang family in Taohualing Village looks bright.