This time, Li Ruoyu decided to change it with his mother, so he pushed the bowl of rice balls in front of him in front of Huang Shuying, and then said: "Mom, there are too many rice balls in this bowl, I can't finish eating them, let me change them with you!" As he spoke, he unceremoniously snatched Huang Shuying's bowl of rice balls.

The family is very strange, what's wrong with this Li Ruoyu, it's not usually like this! Probably only Huang Shuying saw it, she understood that her son had guessed it, and the coins he ate every year were deliberately put by himself, because the glutinous rice balls where the coins were put were marked, that is, a little brown sugar was made on the surface of the glutinous rice balls. Therefore, Huang Shuying had to shake her head secretly, it seems that in the future, the coins in this rice ball can only be eaten by who is lucky, and the son is as good as the mother!

Li Ruoyu really didn't guess wrong, this time her mother ate the coin that represented good luck, and the family happily tasted the delicious rice balls, as well as the day's arrangement. At noon, it is naturally still a traditional copying hand, that is, something similar to the northern wonton, which is a very popular snack in the southwest region, and it is also a must-eat food for every household in Rongzhou at noon on the first day of the Lunar New Year. In the evening, it is the noodles, that is, some minced meat is added to the noodles, which is fried from pork belly and mixed with various condiments, so this noodles are also very fragrant.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, almost all men, women and children have to go out and go to the market to go around, which is called a hundred diseases. That is to say, on the first day of the new year, you should not stay at home, but go outside and swim away all kinds of filth on your body, so that you will not get sick at the end of the year. Of course, this is just a good wish, no one can guarantee that they will not get sick for a year, but this custom is very good, how can you hide at home and not go out in the new year.

After eating the rice balls, the bowls could not be washed, so my mother took the bowls to the kitchen. Then everyone washed their faces with hot water, of course, this washing water can not be poured, and even on the first day of the new year, all the water can not be poured, nor can it be swept away, because in the traditional customs, these water, garbage, and other things have become wealth on the first day of the new year, and they must not be swept out of the house, otherwise this year will be ruined!

The family was ready to hit the streets, and everyone put on a new set of clothes, as well as cloth shoes made by Huang Shuying herself. In the 90s, the rural areas of Rongzhou can be said to be very poor, ordinary people buy a new set of clothes every year, and the clothes they usually wear are mended and mended, all of which are worn for I don't know how many years of shabby clothes, only on the first day of the Lunar New Year, people will wear new clothes and go out to travel all kinds of diseases. Of course, the shoes are also made of their own cloth shoes, which are sewn by hard-working Chinese women, although they are not too soft and comfortable to wear, but to be able to wear a new pair of cloth shoes to go out, it is a very happy thing. This is not the case in rural areas, where men and women, young and old, mostly walk barefoot and sometimes wear straw sandals, even in winter.

Li Ruoyu's family went out like this and walked to the machine farming road leading to Shuangshi Town in the village, of course, at this time, Shuangshi Town is not called a town, but Shuangshi Township, but more people call it Shuangshi Commune. The village is not big, just a street a few hundred meters long, and there is a market. From Lijiawan to the countryside, the distance is about three kilometers, and there are no motor vehicles at this time, and even bicycles are relatively rare, and most of the people are walking.

As soon as I arrived at the machine farming road, I met many acquaintances. There were people all along the way, and people from several nearby villages had to take this road to the countryside. Li Ruoyu met several of his elementary school classmates, so he greeted his family and walked with them. I hadn't seen each other for a long time, and a few people chatted enthusiastically.

Li Ruoyu's three elementary school classmates are also from a neighboring village, and the village is called Badou Village, and I don't know how the name came from. At that time, there was a primary school in Badou Village, and the children of farmers from several nearby villages came to go to school here. Li Ruoyu still remembers that the primary school was renovated from an original big landlord's house, and the classrooms were all decades old houses, although they were wooden, but the quality was really good! It's been well preserved for decades, and the high wooden threshold to enter the classroom has been fine for decades.

There are more than a dozen hundred-year-old ginkgo trees on the campus of Badou Primary School, each of which is so thick that several people are surrounded by several people, and countless ginkgo leaves and ginkgo fruits will fall to the ground every autumn, and ginkgo biloba has become the favorite thing for elementary school students to find. The teachers in the school are also some private teachers, of course, unlike the later primary school teachers, the highest education of these teachers is only high school, and even most of them graduated from junior high school. These teachers are also farmers, and they have to go back to work on the farm after class, but these teachers are very serious and responsible, and the quality of teaching is certainly not very good, but Li Ruoyu can't help but sigh every time he thinks of his past in Badou Primary School!

A few old classmates talked very happily along the way to the countryside. Li Ruoyu also learned from them that two of them stayed at home to farm, and the other one went to Guangdong to work, saying that the income was not bad, and there were about 200 yuan a month.

The three old classmates all asked about Li Ruoyu's work, and they all knew that Li Ruoyu was the only talent who was admitted to college in Badou Primary School, and they also heard that his salary was more than 2,000, so they were all very curious about Li Ruoyu's work, what kind of work he did, there would be such a high salary, college students are college students, and ordinary people are different! Li Ruoyu couldn't help but laugh for a while, and explained to them for a long time, but they didn't understand what kind of factory this concrete batching plant was. This can't be blamed on them, after all, this is the early nineties, and the concrete batching plants in the country may be counted with one hand, and how many people know? Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, most people didn't know what a concrete batching plant was, only that it was a place with ashes, but few people could say what it looked like, because it was not until 2005 that the concrete batching plant was gradually promoted from large cities to small and medium-sized cities. Li Ruoyu still remembers that the first concrete batching plant in Yandu was built in 2005, and the first concrete batching plant in Rongzhou was only built in 2010.

When I arrived at the countryside, a few old classmates said to go and drink tea, otherwise the streets of these hundreds of meters would not have turned around. Of course, Li Ruoyu also thinks so, because he has never liked shopping, basically he buys things and leaves, and visiting the market is probably the favorite of women and children, and the old men generally go to the teahouse. Make a cup of fragrant jasmine tea, talk about life ideals, talk about various interesting things, talk about recent events, the day can pass quickly, and this tea is cheap, a cup of jasmine tea is only a dime, you can sit in the teahouse for half a day.

A few people sat down in a teahouse on the street, asked for four cups of jasmine tea, and chatted while drinking. Now not only is the street very lively, there are dragon lantern and lion dance teams walk through the street from time to time, the lion man wearing a play face and a red belly pocket will ask the merchants for a happy money, that is, it is very lively in the teahouse, people rarely take advantage of this New Year to have a good rest, because after the fifteenth day of the first month, the work in the field comes out again.

As soon as he sat down for a while, Li Ruoyu felt someone pat him on the shoulder, and with a burst of fragrant wind, he turned his head to look again, but found that a pair of big eyes as bright as stars were looking at him with a look of surprise. This is a very beautiful girl, although not powdered, but with a natural girl's body fragrance, wearing a flower jacket that looks earthy in later generations, but in the early nineties it looks very eye-catching, the girl's face is also exquisite and impeccable, a pair of big eyes are extremely clear, the skin can be blown and broken, and her face has a faint glow in the winter sun, which looks even more charming.

The girl said in surprise: "Li Ruoyu, don't you remember me?" I'm Wu Mengyao! ”

Li Ruoyu only remembered at this time that the owner of this beautiful face was Wu Mengyao, the school flower of Double Lions Middle School! Back then, this Wu Mengyao didn't know how many young middle school students were goddesses, and the person who had a crush on her might be able to line up from the east end of Shuangshi Street to the west end! The most important thing is that this Wu Mengyao's family is also a well-known wealthy businessman, although people in this era do not have the idea of climbing to Bai Fumei, but who doesn't want to struggle for a few decades? This Wu Mengyao is the only daughter in the family! However, this Wu Mengyao didn't seem to be interested in any boy back then, and all the boys could only have a crush, and the young men and women of that era were very pure!

Li Ruoyu still remembers that this Wu Mengyao often asked him questions, but he didn't seem to pay much attention to it, and every time he quickly explained the question to her, he didn't notice anything unusual about the school flower. Although four or five years have passed, the school flower has become more beautiful, fading away from that kind of greenness, and adding a sense of maturity!

Li Ruoyu stood up and said with a smile: "Our school flower, how could I not remember!" I didn't expect you to become more beautiful after a few years of not seeing! What a surprise to be able to meet you on the first day of the new year! ”

Wu Mengyao also looked at Li Ruoyu with a smile and said, "Hey, our great talent, I heard that you have made a fortune!" I thought you wouldn't recognize me, I thought you didn't even want to look at me at the beginning, how can you be called beautiful! Hehe, we can meet on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which shows that it is very fateful! ”