The first day of the Lunar New Year is a day for people in the village to greet each other, and it is customary to get up early.

But Niu Tiangou and Huang Chunying were "sticky" and "tired" for half a night last night, and they were still lazily lying on the bed.

Huang Chunying was in good spirits and got up early. After my parents got up, they didn't urge him.

Seeing that Huang Chunying also got up so early, my mother asked with a smile: "What do you pay attention to on the first day of the first lunar month?" ”

Huang Chunying thought for a while and said, "Hmm...... When we open the door on the morning of the first day of the new year, we have to open the door three times...... Eat shredded cakes, balls, and longevity noodles for breakfast, and take the meaning of high ascension, reunion, and longevity, well...... Also, you can't borrow fire or other things from your neighbors, you can't lend things to others, and you can't say unlucky things...... Sweeping the floor is not allowed to sweep out from home, for fear of sweeping out the 'wealth', you can only sweep it from the outside in......"

She said this and smiled: "These are the old rules, and they may not be in vogue now." ”

"Huh. Mom laughed when she heard this, "The customs are similar everywhere. Then he told his father to put a whip outside the door.

As soon as the firecrackers fell, the second and third brothers brought their nieces and nephews to visit the New Year early.

With the voice of the nieces and nephews "Congratulations to my father and mother-in-law, congratulations to my uncles and aunts", my mother happily took out the "New Year's money" and gave the granddaughters and grandchildren a 10 yuan bill each, Huang Chunying also smiled, and hurriedly gave the nieces and nephews a 50 yuan bill each, and stuffed a handful of candy into their small pockets, so happy that they ran out of the door and rejoiced.

The second brother and the third brother smiled, said "Congratulations to sister-in-law", greeted their parents twice, and then asked "Big brother hasn't gotten up yet" and came out. Because they know that the eldest brother is not used to paying New Year's greetings in the village one by one since he was a child, and the New Year's greetings for the elders of his clan and the elders in the village are all done by them.

After a while, the brothers and nephews of the clan and the young people of the village also came to visit the door one by one to pay their respects. Dad happily entertained the adults with cigarettes, and Huang Chunying also accompanied her mother to distribute candy and melon seeds to the children.

The brothers of their clan were shocked when they saw Huang Chunying, and when they came out, they were smoking cigarettes and discussing:

"Uh, why didn't you see Sister-in-law Lijun?"

"Yes, in previous years, it was Lijun's sister-in-law who gave candy to the children, could it be ......"

"Shouldn't Brother Tiangou and Sister-in-law Lijun divorce?"

"Don't be foolish, Brother Tiangou is honest, will he do this?"

"yes, why haven't we heard of it?"

"Now there are a lot of such things outside, and Lijun's sister-in-law has been outside for a long time, so I can't guarantee that this thing is still true."

"Not to mention, that woman is really eye-catching, beautiful and smooth, she looks like a beauty, like a movie star, and she is covered in the village. Hehe, no matter how honest Brother Tiangou is, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ensure that he doesn't bother. ”

"Don't guess, just ask your uncles and aunts in a few days."

“……”

……

After Niu Tiangou got up, Huang Chunying helped her mother to order noodles.

After breakfast, my mother asked, "I heard you're leaving tomorrow?" Why not stay at home for a few more days? ”

"Hmm." Niu Tiangou knew that Huang Chunying must have told his mother about this, and he had thought of talking about it at dinner, so as not to nag his mother, "Over there...... The school is also busy, and I have to change someone else on duty. ”

"Since that's the case, I can't stop you." My mother knew that she couldn't stop it, so she paused for a moment, so she had to order, "It's not easy to come back, you can go and pay a New Year's greeting to your uncle and aunts today, and your aunt and aunt have to forget it, just let your second brother and third brother go." ”

"Okay."

"You two going together?" Mother obviously wanted Niu Tiangou to take Huang Chunying to meet her uncle and aunts.

Niu Tiangou thought for a while and said, "I'll just go, let Chunying accompany you at home, lest they ask this and that again." He thought that as soon as the aunts saw Huang Chunying, they would definitely ask about Teresa Teng, and he had to explain for a long time, besides, Huang Chunying was embarrassed to listen to it; Second, Huang Chunying went, and the aunts had to prepare red envelopes, besides, the second uncle's health has not been very good over the years, and the third uncle and fourth uncle's family is not rich, so he doesn't want his aunts to break the bank.

"That'll do fine." Mom probably thought of this as well, and nodded, "It's not too late to let them know when we get married." ”

……

Earlier, when Niu Tiangou and the second and third brothers came to pay New Year's greetings to their uncles, they always went to the fourth uncle's house first, because the grandmother lived with the fourth uncle, and later the grandmother died, so they first went to the second uncle's house (the eldest uncle was far away in Shanyang County, and they generally did not go), and then went to the third and fourth uncle's house.

When he came to the door of the second uncle's house, Niu Tiangou said: "Uncle, aunt, I have a New Year's greeting for you!" Then come in and put the wine and snacks on the table.

The second aunt came out of the room when she heard the voice, and hurriedly handed over cigarettes and poured tea to greet Niu Tiangou, saying that the uncles went to an old relative's house early in the morning to "Xinxiang". "Xinxiang" is an old custom in the countryside here, if a family died a few years ago, the relatives and relatives and friends of the family will bring firecrackers to burn paper on the first day of the first month of the new year, which is called "Xinxiang".

After the second aunt finished speaking, she beckoned again: "You sit down first, I'll fry a few dishes, and then drink some wine." Niu Tiangou was just about to stop it, but the second aunt had already gone to the kitchen to work.

After a while, the sound of stir-frying in the kitchen sounded, and Niu Tiangou went to the house of the third and fourth uncles with the remaining wine and snacks.

As soon as he sat down at the fourth uncle's house, the second aunt came to shout for drinking, and Niu Tiangou had to stand up and say hello to the fourth aunt.

Niu Tiangou had just finished drinking at the second uncle's house, and the second uncle and they came back.

After chatting with the second uncle for a while, seeing that he was in good spirits, he asked him about his physical condition again, and then when he was about to say goodbye, the third uncle sent his son to call Niu Tiangou to eat.

Niu Tiangou really couldn't eat, so he had no choice but to sit at the table and chat with the third uncle for a while, and then came to the fourth uncle's house to say goodbye, but the fourth aunt didn't let him go, saying that he only came once a year, and he had to stay for dinner before leaving, otherwise she would be angry.

It's still early for dinner, so Niu Tiangou had to sit down and chat with his fourth uncle and aunt.

chatted and chatted, and talked about the uncle. The fourth uncle said: "Your uncle is going to move back from Shanyang County this year. ”

"What's wrong? Isn't he doing well there? Niu Tiangou recalled that his uncle told his cousin Narcissus to the son of a tax director in Shanyang County, climbed into a "official relative", got some light, and got some benefits.

"Ahem......" The fourth uncle sighed, and stopped talking.

"What a ghost!"

The fast-talking fourth aunt pursed her lips and said, "It turns out that your uncle told Narcissus to the tax director's son that he wanted Narcissus to become a city person, and then let the director help Narcissus's younger brother find a job in the city." But later, after Narcissus got married, the tax chief immediately separated from his son, and he didn't even ask about Narcissus's younger brother.

Soon, the tax director was accused of corruption and playing with Xiao sister, and was not only removed from his post and fined, but also imprisoned for two years. This is good, not only did he not find a job for Narcissus's younger brother, but the job that Narcissus was assigned was also cleared, so he could only rent a stall on the street and barely make ends meet. ”

Speaking of this, the fourth aunt said disdainfully: "Those who are officials now, there is no good thing!" ”

"Ahem, can't you say a few words?" The fourth uncle hurriedly stopped, "Hurry up and stir-fry and cook." ”

After the fourth aunt entered the kitchen, the fourth uncle said: "Your uncle's original idea is good, but people are not as good as heaven." It's good that he's coming back now. A 'stranger', there is no relatives, life is lonely, besides, after they come back, the father and son will find some temporary jobs in the factories around us, which is better than nesting in the ghost mountain col in Shanyang County......"

Alas, my uncle's wishful thinking this time came to naught. Niu Tiangou sighed secretly.

Tax commissioner of this shitty day! Niu Tiangou couldn't help but curse secretly with hatred in his heart.

It seems that the flower of cousin narcissus has been completely inserted into the pile of shit!

……

Niu Tiangou came back from the fourth uncle's house full of wine and food, it was getting late, Huang Chunying was chatting with her mother, probably listening to her mother talk about the troubles he had in his childhood, and she laughed secretly.

Mom's face was very good, and it seemed that the two were chatting happily.

"Okay, you guys go wash, hurry up and go to bed, we have to hurry tomorrow." Seeing that Niu Tiangou came back with a red face, her mother glanced at Huang Chunying, got up and urged.

Huang Chunying hurriedly went to the kitchen to fetch hot water, brought it to the room, and asked Niu Tiangou to wash his feet.

When he came to the room, he saw that Huang Chunying had already helped him pack his luggage.

"Hey, what are you doing with a light raincoat in your bag?" Huang Chunying asked casually.

Raincoat? Niu Tiangou was stunned.

Ah, cowhide heavenly clothes! She must have seen the cowhide gown when she was cleaning up!

"Oh...... On rainy days, I wore it occasionally, and I got used to it by taking it with me. Niu Tiangou was taken aback and hurriedly covered up. He didn't want others to know about bobbin nails, and of course he didn't want others to know about cowhide clothes.

This is an eternal secret in his heart, and even his mother didn't tell him, otherwise, people wouldn't treat him as a monster and an alien? How else can he experience the real life on earth?

After speaking, Niu Tiangou hurriedly changed the topic quietly, squeezed out a smile on his face, and asked, "I packed up my trip so quickly, why, I returned to my heart like an arrow?" ”

"Who is like an arrow? I don't want to go. Fortunately, Huang Chunying didn't dwell on the matter of "raincoat", put her travel bag aside, looked at Niu Tiangou's face, and didn't blink her eyes, "Or, we won't leave tomorrow?" ”

"Why?" Niu Tiangou sat on the edge of the bed, took off his shoes and socks, and put his feet in the basin.

"Because ......" Huang Chunying thought, as if a kind of melancholy from the past suddenly came to her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, but silently glanced at him secretly, and said, "Because after leaving tomorrow, we will never be able to be together like this unrestrained again." ”

Suddenly, hearing Huang Chunying say this, Niu Tiangou's heart "clicked", and he was also a little melancholy and lost in his heart.

Alas, Huang Chunying has indeed behaved impeccably in the past few days, truly regards himself as his daughter-in-law, not only gets along well with his family, but also coaxes his mother so happily, and sees that his mother's spirit is getting better and better, which is what he wants to see the most.

She did give herself a "long face", even if Teresa Teng came back, she might not be able to do as well as her.

It's really hard for her.

Thinking about it again, it is not easy to come back by himself, as long as he makes a phone call to Xue Yunfei to explain, he can stay at home for a few more days, he can pay New Year's greetings to his aunt and other relatives, and he can also accompany her more.

However, he has been going to the Royal Hotel for half a year, except for the 5 months lying in the hospital, the time he is really on duty in the hotel is only one month at most, and he has not done anything for the hotel, some affairs of the hotel have always been Xue Yunfei and they are busy, and now they are still on duty in the hotel, and they have not been back for many years, if they don't go back to change them, he feels guilty.

Seeing that Niu Tiangou didn't squeak for a long time, Huang Chunying seemed to be comforting himself and comforting him, pretending to smile lightly, and said, "Okay, I talked to you just now, we can still meet every day in the future." Dry your feet and go to sleep. ”