357 families are happy and happy, and the year is safe

In ancient villages, there were many customs that spread during the New Year.

For example, on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, no family can dry their pants. Drying pants, eagle mouthing chicken. This means that if someone bries their pants on this day, the eagle will take away his chicken.

On the first day of the first month, you can't take a needle and thread, and if you take a needle and thread, it will harm your eyes; You can't take scissors, the rat will smack your clothes.

On this day, I heard that if any family wants to go to the well to fetch water to eat, they must bring incense paper and burn it at the well, so as to worship the water dragon king.

Before the third day of the first lunar month, parents are not allowed to beat or scold their children. On the day of the beginning of spring, you can't pour water on the ground, otherwise it will rain and so on.

When Li Banxia heard these customs at first glance, his eyes were about to fall in shock.

The ancient Chinese New Year is no more than the modern one, and there are more conventions and rules, only what Li Banxia can't imagine, there is nothing they can't do.

Ma couldn't understand Li Banxia's surprise, this Dongshan her daughter-in-law, why she was surprised by what she said, as if she didn't know these things. The village comes over like this every year, so what's so strange about it. But remembering that Li Banxia had broken his head before, it was not surprising that this happened.

As soon as I finished lunch, I immediately started preparing dinner.

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, if you ask which day has the most hearty meals, it is Chinese New Year's Eve. Huanzi hadn't eaten for two meals, and only drank a little soup, just to empty her little belly and wait until the evening to eat a big meal.

Although Angelica and Tian Tian did not say, the amount of rice was significantly reduced. Even Li Banxia. I also secretly empty my belly with a big horn!

Liu Dongshan's dumplings, under unanimous opinion, did not go down at noon, and went down a little at night. Save the rest for two days before eating. Why? There are so many delicious foods today that I can't eat much of the dumplings, so I still keep them and eat them slowly and carefully.

In order to welcome the New Year, Ma also specially made sesame balls and kept them for New Year's Eve to eat. Huanzi is the best round, don't look at his small size, he can eat many at a time.

Originally, I was going to make steamed pork, but since I had eaten too much that night, I kept the rice noodles. After a few days, people come home to pay New Year's greetings and then steam and eat.

The life of the Liu family is getting better. I also bought big fish during the Chinese New Year. It's not the kind of small hairy fish, but a big fish the size of a plate, and five of them are brought back at a time.

There is a fish pond in front of the village. There are a lot of fish in the fish pond, which belongs to Uncle Zhang's family. Whoever wants to buy fish in the village only needs to go to his house, which is convenient.

After eating, Ma ordered a small stove, squeezed out the five fish together, and put them on the outside wall to expose to the sun. In fact, if you want the fish to be delicious, you have to buy it a few days in advance, so that the fish can be marinated for a while and let it bask in the sun. In this way, the fish is delicious. Like this kind of freshly bought big fish, it won't be delicious when squeezed out, and it is easy to break when fried.

But there is no way, the fish in winter are already relatively tight, and it is already very good to be able to buy fish, where can I pick the time?

By the time the New Year's people came, it was almost over, and the fish had been dried for so many days, and the smell was coming. That is, tonight, the taste will be a little off. But the children don't think so, it's already a beautiful thing to be able to eat big fish, where does it matter if it will break or not, whether the taste is out of shape?

It was the other children, when they passed in front of Liu's house, they saw so many fish hanging on the wall of Liu's house, but they were all greedy.

It can be said that for this New Year, the Liu family has really spent a lot of money. This year has been full of ups and downs, and after a year, this year has to be lively, and I believe that the Liu family will have a better life in the coming year.

Li Banxia had just been free, and was about to sit down for a cup of tea and rest, when Liu Lingzhi came over in a hurry.

"Big tongue, my brother wants me to tell you, don't forget to wrap us in red envelopes at night-"

"Red envelopes?" This can be had, which child does not have a red envelope for the New Year. Li Banxia nodded very negotiably, even if he didn't say this, she would take care of it. But......

"Huanzi, who said that?"

"Brother." Liu Lingzhi's face was not red and his eyes were not blinking.

Will Angelica Liu say this? Li Banxia didn't believe it. Looking at the little thing in front of him who was young but had a stomach full of "bad water", Li Banxia gently twisted Liu Lingzhi's ears.

"Okay, little ghost, if you want a red envelope, just say it, and actually say that it was your brother who said it~~"

"Ahh

This little guy, what did you say, as soon as his ass was snapped, he knew that he was pulling ......, ahem. She can't see this kind of thing?

However, this kind of thing is not only done by Liu Lingzhi, many children have done it. If you look closely, you will see that this is a small trick that children are used to. It's a little uninteresting, but sometimes it's really funny.

"Yay! Big tongue, don't twist it, parents can't beat and scold their children during the New Year~~" The little guy shouted righteously.

"I didn't hit you, I'm tickling you~~" Pulling over the little guy's round head, Li Banxia rubbed it vigorously before letting the little thing go.

Looking at the direction of Liu Lingzhi, it is a bamboo forest, and Liu Dongshan is there.

"Dad, brother wants me to tell you, don't forget to give us a red envelope at night-"

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The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year,

Celebrate the New Year with joy.

When the first ray of twilight enveloped Dayang Village, every household could light all the lamps lit, the sound of firecrackers outside, and the inside was very lively.

Xishan took a few red candles and a few cardboard boxes to the mountain to send lamps to the ancestors. The custom of sending lamps has been passed down for thousands of years, and until now, many rural areas send lamps to their deceased ancestors every Chinese New Year's Eve. There are many theories about why the lamps are sent.

The ancients believed that setting off firecrackers and lighting lamps could eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, and send lamps to their ancestors to prevent them from being disturbed by foreign objects. And some people believe that sending lamps to their ancestors can light their way home and welcome the New Year with them.

There are many other things to pay attention to, such as the fire that is lit by the lamp, which needs to be brought by home. It is inappropriate to ask someone to borrow a fire or to go with several people, and to light a fire from someone else's candle, and the ancestors will think that his descendants are not having a good time.

Candles should be red rather than white. White has the meaning of a light pole, and if you light a white candle, you may be a light pole commander in your next life, and you will not be able to marry a daughter-in-law. Although these things may sound a bit suspenseful, since they are customs that have been left over for thousands of years, everyone will not question anything, and just do it.

Plates of dishes are brought to the table, and the aroma of rice wafts out, which makes people appetizing and appetizing.

In addition to the indispensable fish and meat, dumplings, there are also some duck tongues, pork kidneys, hoofs, diced tofu, and chicken feet. By the way, chicken feet can't be called chicken feet on this day, it also has another name, called money hand.

As soon as Li Banxia said a word about chicken feet, Ma immediately corrected her, Li Banxia saw that the name was very novel and interesting, and then decisively shouted that chicken feet are called money takers.

In fact, there are still money grabbers in many places in modern times, but Li Banxia just hasn't paid attention to it.

There are a lot of copper coins stuffed in the balls and dumplings, and one can be stuffed originally, but there are too many children, and a copper coin is not noisy? It's still fun to put a few more.

So, eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls became eating copper coins, Liu Lingzhi grabbed a money hand in his left hand, held a hoof in his right hand, and was still chewing dumplings desperately in his mouth.

He had already eaten two copper coins, and only a third of the dumplings and balls had eaten, and there were still many copper coins waiting for him.

Tian Tian is better than her brother in terms of eating meat, and relatively speaking, she prefers copper coins, so she focuses on dumplings and balls.

Although Liu Angelica didn't say anything in the morning, the chopsticks were also frequently stretched into the dumpling basin and round bowl, and now he and his sister have won a copper coin.

According to Li Banxia's whispering, she stuffed a total of ten copper coins into it, and everyone who knew the inside story snorted and held their stomachs even more open.

Food is hard to come by and cannot be wasted, and a popular saying at that time was: wasting food will thunder and thunder. Ma Shi said first, everything in the bowl must be eaten, otherwise there will be no such thing to eat next time. The children are very obedient, and the dumpling wrappers dare not be wasted. In fact, even if it is a dumpling skin, it is a good thing for those children who usually have a low standard of living and have encountered no rice in the pot.

There was wine and tea on the dinner table, Liu Shenjiang and Liu Dongshan and Liu Xishan father and son drank some wine, and the women and children replaced the wine with tea, and gave the elders wine in turn and said auspicious words.

After a heavy meal, Liu Dongshan asked the three children to stand up and have a drink with their grandparents.

"I wish my grandparents good health and all the best. There is also a happy home, and the years are safe-" Liu Lingzhi staggered to his feet, holding a small wine glass to toast Liu Shenjiang and Ma's "wine".

"Good-" Ma rubbed Liu Lingzhi's little head, took out a small red envelope from his arms, and handed it to Liu Lingzhi. Liu Lingzhi took it happily and looked at his grandfather again.

Grandma has wrapped red envelopes, what about grandpa? Grandparents are husband and wife, and it's okay to wrap one person, but the little guy doesn't agree. Not only do grandparents have to pack two portions, but dad and big tongue also have to pack two portions after a while. plus uncle and aunt, he can receive many red envelopes?

After sending these adults, Liu Lingzhi turned his mind to his brother and sister again. He is the youngest in the family, and his grandparents, uncles, and fathers are wrapped with a big tongue, so should his sister and brother also give him a red envelope? If that's the case, then he's going to get rich—

Liu Shenjiang was stared at by his little grandson for a long time, and happily took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to his little grandson.

I already knew that Xiao Huanzi would not give up, and he had been preparing for it for a long time. Huanzi has it, so Angelica and Tiantian should be the same, both have red envelopes.

Liu Shen Jiang looked at this big family happily, the red envelope is a trivial matter, I hope it is really like what the child said, good health, all the best. Home and happiness, years of peace——