Chapter Twenty-Six: The Barber with the Bowl

After many years, the family of seven was finally reunited, and Lin Yang hadn't seen each other for a long, long time since such a reunion.

According to the local folk customs, the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month should be swept away, which is the year-end cleaning.

In this era of blue sky and clear water, the global climate has not become much hotter, and the impact of the greenhouse effect is far less terrifying than twenty years later, this winter, like previous years, is a common cold winter.

The black tiles on the roof of the old house were covered with snow-white frost flowers, and under the sunlight, a light mist rose up.

Winter should have the appearance of winter, Lin Yang likes this kind of weather, this cold hometown, desolate but lively, as if the smell in the air is so familiar, so nostalgic, but also makes him cherish it, let him be grateful for all the happiness that has been lost in front of him.

Early in the morning, the sun had just shown his forehead.

Lin Yin got up early and entered her younger brother Lin Yang's room, she lifted half of the quilt on the bed, and said with a smile: "Brother, the sun is all drying your buttocks, why don't you hurry up and help my sister carry the table."

Lin Yang, who was enjoying a good sleep, heard his sister's soft call, he reluctantly got out of the quilt with his little head, yawned, and was still confused, rubbed his sleepy eyes, barely squeezed out a smile on his face, and said, "Got it, sister, you go out first, I want to change my clothes."

Lin Yin said angrily: "Just change your clothes, you are still afraid that your sister will peek at you?"

There is no way, Lin Yang is a person who has been reborn in the future, and many of his characteristics, including good and bad, are habits accumulated over more than 20 years in his previous life, and they cannot be changed lightly.

Lin Yang had no reason to give his sister an eviction order, so he could only get up and change his clothes obediently in front of his sister Lin Yin.

Lin Yang and Lin Yin are very diligent, the sisters and brothers work together to move all the big furniture in the house to the yard, and then use the newly bought broom to sweep the house from top to bottom, splash water in the house, sweep the floor and wipe the glass through the chimney, and then move the big furniture back and scrub it all. After that, I washed the curtains, washed the sheets, and quilted covers, wrung them all out and hung them in the yard to dry, trying to dry them before dark.

Zhushi Village belongs to the town center of Anliu Town, but unfortunately the so-called town center of Zhushi Village is just a false name, it is a small village that has been left out in the cold, and there is no market for New Year's goods.

If the villagers want to buy New Year's goods, they must go to Hanjiang Town (the town next door to Zhushi Village), Hanjiang Town has the last market before the year, and all kinds of things at home must be made up on this day, and there is no need for Lin Yang to worry about eating and drinking. In the previous life, buying firecrackers has become the only purpose of Lin Yang's gathering, at this time the types of firecrackers are not much, the price is also cheap, buy less firecrackers, buy more firecrackers and thunder, more than 100 pieces are enough to put on the fifteenth day of the first month.

What's bad is that Lin Yang is no longer interested in firecrackers, he is only interested in one kind of cannon now, the kind of cannon that can be lit in bed.

In the past few days ago, except for Lin Yang's sister Lin Xiaochun, who had no work tasks, other family members had their own things to do.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, there are two major events, writing couplets and haircuts.

Regarding the writing of couplets, as an old teacher, Lin Hanchi, began to study calligraphy since he was a child, he is a well-known "calligraphy master" in the whole Anliu Town, Zhushi Village has a lot of people looking for him to write couplets, and if you want to buy couplets, you usually need to make an appointment with him a few days in advance.

Lin Hanchi's calligraphy, like himself, is the same as the inside and the outside, peaceful and natural, the gestures are tactful and subtle, and the beauty is beautiful.

In his previous life, Lin Yang also thought about learning calligraphy with his grandfather, but due to his "three-minute heat" personality, he chose to give up halfway and play after learning for a few days, and in the end, he didn't even get the skin of calligraphy on it.

When writing couplets, some red paper is relatively long, and the ink will be difficult to dry for a while, in order not to travel cuò, Lin Hanchi is responsible for writing, Lin Yang is responsible for pulling next to him, and the partners of the grandfather and grandson are quite tacit.

There were two tables with red paint brushes in the courtyard, a dozen red papers were cut according to size, the ink was poured into the sea bowl, the big wolf soaked it in white wine, and Lin Hanchi started writing it after thinking about it slightly.

In Zhushi Village, each family has its own situation, write couplets should also have a meaning, in addition to the door sticker, but also write a large number of small posts, high place paste "look up to see joy", the door post "go out smoothly", dog kennel paste "six animal prosperity", chicken pen paste "egg full warehouse", charcoal pile paste "charcoal salary full pile", but also prepare the fire dragon on the paste "prosperous fire".

The couplet at the gate is a gold-lettered signboard, not only to write well, but also to add gold powder to the ink, and to open the writing is a golden big letter, with style.

Grandpa's handwritten couplets are really in demand, Lin Yang is only responsible for pulling on the side, and he also feels a sore back all day.

According to local customs, a haircut is another major event a year ago, because the uncle who died in the first month of the haircut, if you miss the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, you need to wait until February when the second dragon raises its head to get a haircut, so on this day, no one in the family can escape, and it must be cut! Cut short for long hair, shaved flat for short hair, and ...... for flat hair

There was originally a young barber named "Li Zhenyao" in the village, who was ingenious and had the best barbering skills in Anliu Town, but he couldn't bear the loneliness when he was young and frivolous, and he chose to go south to do business in the past two years, and the barber shop had to close its doors.

The only barber in Zhushi Village has gone to the rivers and lakes with a golden basin and a smile, there is no one else in the village who is a full-time haircut, there is a barber named "Rongqing" in the next village who is already eager to try, Lin Yang only knows that his name is Rongqing, I don't remember what his surname is, Rongqing saw the business opportunity, took a box full of tools, and went door-to-door to cut people's hair, and he could earn a dollar and a half for a haircut.

Rongqing's haircutting level, compared with Li Zhenyao, is really a heaven and a place.

"Lin Yang, hurry up and cut your hair." Lin Shizhong urged Lin Yang.

Lin Yang had no choice, so he had to walk over and sit on the small stool for haircutting silently.

"Little brother, don't move, uncle will give you a pretty haircut." Rong Qing soothed with kind words, picked up a ceramic bowl and gently buckled it to Lin Yang's head.

With a bowl of haircuts, not only is the assistant hairdresser quick to operate, but the texture of the cut hair is also very neat, and if the barber's movements are fast enough, a customer can be dealt with in two minutes.

"It's cut, is the little brother satisfied?" The barber Rong Qing asked quite confidently, and took a mirror and dangled it in front of Lin Yang very professionally.

"Satisfied......" Lin Yang looked in the mirror, his hair was cut like a winter melon, he wanted to cry, but he couldn't help laughing.

This middle-aged man named "Rongqing" is the only barber whose name Lin Yang still remembers in his last life, and he is also the only barber he has ever seen who has a haircut and a bowl, so he is particularly impressed.

P.S. Have a great weekend everyone.