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The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year, and the Spring Festival couplets welcome the new year.

At half past four o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Su Chunfeng woke up from his sleep early, woke up his younger brother Xiaoyu, and then went out and turned on the lights in the living room, yard, and kitchen.

The customs and habits of the countryside in Jinzhou County are that there is a fifth watch on the first day of the New Year, and each house must be lit up.

And after eating the dumplings on the fifth day of the New Year, you have to go out of the house to pay New Year's greetings to the elders in the village, regardless of the surname, the relationship is good, and the seniority is not bad, you have to go to the elders of the other party's family to pay New Year's greetings, and you have to kneel, but you don't have to kowtow! If anyone is young in the village, they will almost have to go door-to-door to kowtow to the New Year.

When Su Chunfeng was standing in the yard washing without fear of the cold, her mother Chen Xiulan had already gotten up and went to the kitchen to cook dumplings for the fifth watch of the New Year.

And his father, Su Cheng, led the joyful and excited light rain to light a bonfire outside the main house door and under the platform on the west side.

In the dark night, there were already sporadic sounds of firecrackers and firecrackers.

After washing, Su Chunfeng stood on the platform outside the house, guarding the bonfire, reflecting the red light. Looking at the blazing bonfire, the fire was bright, mixed with black shadows, and sometimes the damp firewood made a crackling sound, bursting out countless flashes of sparks. Suddenly, he felt like a dream in his heart, and he was reborn...... This is the first Spring Festival that I am about to spend since I was reborn.

Looking back on the past, it is like a dream.

In his previous life, at this age, he almost didn't stay at home during the Chinese New Year, he ran out to play crazy every day, and he could play at other people's houses Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve nights until the next day, when he went home to eat dumplings.

Last night, he didn't go out.

With his parents and younger brother, he made stuffing, noodles, dumplings at home, and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

In a trance, I don't know how long I've been thinking about it, and I don't seem to think about anything. Su Chunfeng saw his father carrying a firecracker on the wire used to dry clothes in the yard, and then simply wrapped it around a few times. Younger brother Su Chunyu excitedly stood at the door of the house staring at the firecrackers, and at the same time raised his hand to cover his ears, while shouting loudly: "Brother, brother, our father is going to release the whip, you come into the house quickly!" ”

"Hey!" Su Chunfeng replied with a smile, turned around and walked towards the house.

Chen Xiulan stood at the door of the kitchen in the West House with a smile, still holding the basket for scooping dumplings in her hand - after putting this hanging whip, it was time to eat the dumplings.

Su Cheng held a cigarette in his hand and lit the twist of the firecracker, and then strode to the door of the house and turned his head to look back.

The rapid sound of firecrackers crackled and exploded in the small courtyard, and for a while, under the reflection of lights and firelight, smoke filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder filled the air—ten thousand firecrackers! In the countryside in this year, there are only a few households in the village that set off 10,000 firecrackers on the fifth watch of the new year.

The family of four listened and watched the firecrackers go off, and they all showed happy smiles.

Chen Xiulan turned around and went back to the kitchen to serve dumplings.

Su Cheng and his two sons each took a few two-shot cannons and picked their own positions in the courtyard. Su Cheng lit a cigarette, while Su Chunfeng and his younger brother Su Chunyu each pulled out a burning firewood stick from the bonfire.

Boom!

Trumpet!

The sound of firecrackers was deafening.

Su Chunfeng sniffed the smell of gunpowder in the sound of firecrackers, intoxicated, happy, and in love, and a few crystal teardrops flowed out of the corners of his eyes.

"Brother, why are you crying?"

"Nope." Su Chunfeng smiled: "I was choked by the smell of gunpowder just now......"

"Oh......"

At this time, the sound of firecrackers and firecrackers in the village intensified, and one after another deafeningly exploded into the dark night, and countless stars blinked their eyes curiously at the human world on the vast land.

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In winter, the days are short and the nights are long.

And the villagers wander around the village to pay New Year's greetings on the fifth watch, which is the darkest time at night. Fortunately, because of the Chinese New Year, the street lights in the village will rarely be lit for so many days at night. But under the dim street lights, the streets and alleys of the village are full of people, all of whom are New Year's greetings.

Su Chunfeng is naturally not vulgar. After following the people of his family around the village to pay respects, he went to the homes of his playmates who grew up together one by one to pay New Year's greetings to the elders of their families.

After this circle, the sky was cloudy.

As soon as he got home, his father Su Chengcheng asked, "Is it over?" ”

"Well, it's done." Su Chunfeng nodded.

"Come with me to Liu Jinming's house and kowtow to his mother to pay New Year's greetings......" Su Cheng sighed lightly and said: "Although the old lady used to have a bad heart, there is no big conflict with our family after all, and the relationship between me and Liu Jinming is reasonable." Now that the old lady has been paralyzed in bed for so long, we are neighbors again, and we can't say goodbye to the New Year. ”

Su Chunfeng replied without hesitation: "Okay." ”

The so-called man has gold under his knees, and everyone in the world knows this reason. But the people of Jinzhou County understand better, and they often joke: "In the days at the beginning of the first month, a man's knee is really not worth a few dollars, but just a few favors." "But then again, sometimes, it's really not about money.

Su Cheng led his two sons, and the father and son entered Liu Jinming's house together.

Liu Jinming happened to be smoking in the yard, and when he saw Su Cheng leading the two children in, he quickly showed a polite smile and said, "Chengzi is here." ”

"Hey, kowtow to my aunt to say New Year's greetings, a ...... once a year," Su Cheng said politely.

"In the back room, let's go." Liu Jinming warmly stretched out his hand to invite.

Su Chunfeng followed behind his father, and still felt that Liu Jinming seemed to be a different person now, which was unbelievable - since the old lady was paralyzed, every time he met on the street, Liu Jinming would be the first to greet Su Chunfeng. And when he was saying polite words just now, there was a trace of an abnormal look in his eyes when he looked at Su Chunfeng, as if he had palpitations.

Mrs. Liu lives in the west room of the main house.

In the dim light, the house was not yet renovated, with bare red bricks and gray cracks, but some old newspapers were pasted on the walls next to the bed.

Mrs. Liu, who was paralyzed in the bed, half lay down and half sat at the head of the bed, with a thick futon behind her, and cheered up her spirit to keep her head together at the beginning of the New Year (the older elders, waiting at home for the younger generations to come to kowtow to the New Year) For her now, keeping her head is also an extremely difficult task.

At this moment, the old lady looked sluggish and sleepy.

"Mother, Chengzi has led the two children to kowtow to you." Liu Jinming opened the cotton curtain and said, but he didn't enter the house - he was a junior, and of course he couldn't be next to him when people knelt.

Su Cheng and the two children walked in.

"Who?" The old lady opened her eyes groggily, and when she saw Su Cheng's father and son, especially Su Chunfeng who was standing behind Su Cheng's right, a pair of sleepy old eyes suddenly widened.

"Old lady, happy New Year, kowtow to you......" Su Cheng took the lead and knelt down.

Su Chunfeng and Su Chunyu followed behind and knelt on the ground.

"Don't, don't!" The old lady shouted in horror, her head trembling slightly, her body trembling slightly-it seemed that she wanted to get out of bed and reach out to block it, but at this time her limbs were paralyzed and could not move.

As he spoke, Su Cheng and the two children had already stood up.

The so-called kowtow to the New Year, a big Cheng dù is just like a formality, kneel, and then get up. It's not at all like the older generation said, if you want to kowtow to the New Year, you really have to kneel, and then kowtow. With the development of society, some traditional customs, whether good or bad, seem to be constantly decreasing, and slowly disappear in the long river of history like a small splash.

Now, kneeling has already knelt, and it can be regarded as a respectful New Year's worship.

Who would have thought that the old lady would have such a big boycott?

For a while, Su Cheng and the two children were a little embarrassed, and their expressions showed unconcealed anger - the neighborhood didn't look up and look down, where could there be such a disgusting person?

Seeing this, Liu Jinming hurriedly entered the house and reprimanded: "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? Chengzi took two children to kowtow to you for the New Year, why are you getting older and more ignorant? "It's no wonder that Liu Jinming would dare to reprimand his mother, as the saying goes, there is no filial son in front of the bedside for a long time, this old lady is paralyzed, not to mention, and even a large family is suffering and suffering, spending all the savings of several brothers, and someone has to stay in front of the sickbed every day to take care of her. Liu Jinming, who is already irritable, where is he still a little afraid of the old lady at this time?

Mrs. Liu looked frightened and grinned at the corners of her mouth that kept drooling: "That's not what it means, yes, I can't stand Xiaofeng's child kneeling, yes, it will be fatal." ”

Liu Jinming was stunned for a moment, and then he realized why his mother was so frightened.

And after Su Cheng heard this, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared. He understood that the old lady had always been superstitious, and when Xiaofeng persuaded her to remove the crockpot on the roof, she refused to dismantle it, and then became ill or paralyzed in bed inexplicably or coincidentally. Now that she has such an attitude, she should be overly superstitious, and she is afraid of what kind of star Su Chunfeng is this child...... In short, it is the old superstitious thoughts, so he said that he couldn't stand Xiaofeng kneeling, and he would kill her.

Su Chunfeng frowned, and secretly cursed in his heart, "Gong Hu, this old bastard!" ”

He judged that it was obviously not as simple as superstitious thinking to be able to scare the old lady of the Liu family into such a look.

Instead, Gong Hu Shiyou** told the old lady a deterrent words that were closer to magic, and it was even possible to tell the old lady directly: "That family, you can't afford to provoke it!" "The old lady who was originally superstitious, the cause and effect of this sudden illness paralyzed in bed is very weird, and then think about Su Chunfeng, the child, who advised and reminded her at a young age that night, it was more like a threat to her, and this kind of witchcraft would backfire if it was not good......

The old lady was scared by Gong Hu, if she wasn't afraid, then she would be really old and good.

The facts, of course, are closer to Su Chunfeng's speculation - although Gong Hu did not explicitly mention the mysterious "name" of warlock that day, which is not known to ordinary people, he really talked about a bunch of mysterious and mysterious things in a very serious way. He was originally in the profession of a god stick in Xishan County, and he was a serious Qimen warlock, so fooling ordinary and superstitious people like the old lady of the Liu family was definitely a piece of cake.

In this way, not to mention the old lady, even Liu Jinming, who was already suspicious, was so frightened that he trembled.

Because Gong Hu later said: "The person who casts the spell behind the back is obviously merciful, otherwise, old lady, you are not only paralyzed in bed now, but you are not the only one who has been counterattacked." ”

It's so scary!

Liu Jinming is not easy to say these words out of face.

So he could only explain embarrassedly: "Chengzi, I'm sorry for you and the two children, the old lady is often confused when she is sick, don't be like her." ”

"Hey, it's okay...... it's okay" Su Cheng smiled and shook his head without mind, and then led the two children out.