After the ancestor worship is over, the sound of firecrackers in the village is still continuous and deafening. Driven by this cheerful and lively atmosphere, the old lady finally had a smile on her face, and began to laugh with her two great-grandchildren again.

At this time, the steaming dumplings had been cooked, and before the dumplings were fished, Zhou Dingguo, a member of the family, stood in the outhouse and shouted happily: "Have you earned the dumplings?" ”

Everyone should say, "Earned!" (meaning to earn money in the new year).

Then Zhou Dingguo shouted again: "Is the day up?" ”

The whole family replied at the same time: "Get up!" ”

After finishing this ceremony, the two women laughed and began to scoop dumplings.

After two small bowls of dumplings were placed on the table, the whole family sat on the big kang and began to eat the hot dumplings.

This dumpling is not just a dumpling to please the gods, because the appearance resembles an ingot, so eating dumplings is equivalent to the New Year's "ingots".

Huzi is a good guy, the first dumpling to eat a bag of sugar, Wang Guilan smiled and said that his coming year must be sweet. Not long after, the old lady ate a rice cake, which made everyone happy, and the old man ate the dumplings with rice cakes, which is a symbol of Fulu's long life.

While eating, Zhou Yu discovered an interesting phenomenon, when his parents and three uncles and three aunts eat dumplings, they always use chopsticks to pick them up first, and they feel soft and eat them. So Zhou Yu couldn't help laughing, these four elders were so interesting, it was only because he was afraid that he would eat the dumplings wrapped in blessings, so he was careful to be like this. Wholeheartedly, I will first give this beautiful blessing to the old man and the child.

Who is that, old lady? Looking at the two grandsons and granddaughter-in-law, he smiled and said, "I said that the four of you don't have to do this, right?" Temptation comes and goes, and I look tired.

What's the matter, you want to let our grandfather eat all the good things? So what do you do? We're family. What's the use of just getting better? ”

"Hehe, master, the four of us have you, Huzi and Xiaoyu, as long as you are healthy and long-lived, and the two children have a successful career and live a sweet and beautiful life, isn't that our blessing? So, these good things are best eaten by you. We are happy when you are well. ”

The old lady nodded, and no longer persuaded her, so she picked up a dumpling and ate it again. The whole family laughed and ate along.

Wang Guilan's words seemed to have been heard by the gods from all walks of life, and it was very magical, almost all the rice cakes in the dumplings at night were eaten by Taigong, and almost all the dumplings wrapped with money and candy were eaten by Zhou Yu and his brothers. Although Zhou Dingguo and Zhou Dingbang didn't eat anything. But seeing the smiles on their faces is definitely happier than eating them.

After the family finished eating the dumplings that symbolized reunion. It was almost eleven o'clock, and at this time, Wang Yunhai took Wang Zhijiang's family over to pay New Year's greetings to the old lady. The family surnamed Zhou in the village began to come to worship the ancestors one after another, generally the three generations of the old and the middle and the middle school came at the same time, and after kowtowing to the ancestors in the outhouse, they came to the big house to kowtow to the grandfather, and then everyone sat in the house and chatted happily.

Wang Guilan and the third aunt hurriedly cut the watermelon and washed the big cherries, but because there were many people, they simply didn't pay attention to it so much, and put it directly into the big basin and served it. This big watermelon and big cherry around the Chinese New Year are good things. Who can afford this? Seeing the upper end of the owner's house, everyone also knew that these were all planted by two dogs. You're not welcome, pick up a piece of cool watermelon and eat it.

Almost everyone came over after eating the dumplings at home, and then eating such a piece of dry and cool watermelon, not to mention how comfortable it was, the atmosphere in the room was even stronger.

Big cherries are children's favorite, seeing the children dealing with the big cherries with one mind, Wang Guilan smiled and came to the back room with a bunch of plastic bags, grabbed the big cherries from the basket and put them in the plastic bags, and then returned to the big house with bags of big cherries, and each child gave a bag, and these little guys were so happy that they called the second aunt or the second grandmother.

The crowd came and sat for a while, and then came and went, and there was no time to stop the flow until it was nearly twelve o'clock.

When Zhou Zhi finished kowtowing to Taigong, he hurriedly entered the house, and before he even had time to eat the big watermelon, he hurriedly said to Zhou Yu and Zhou Hu: "I said two dogs and three donkeys, now the courtyard is crowded with people, when will you two go over to set off fireworks?" Don't tell me you two stinky boys, are you fooling people? ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Eighth uncle, do you really dare to say that our brothers are no longer things that can't fool the whole village for the New Year, right?" Just now, the two of us were on the phone to greet the New Year, and now it's over, so let's leave immediately. ”

Zhou Yu was telling the truth, seeing that it was about to reach zero o'clock, so he began to call for New Year's greetings, first his girlfriend and the mother-in-law of the prospective father-in-law, then Qingqing's grandparents, second uncles and aunts, and some good business friends such as Liu Yunfei and Guo Yunliang and Zhang Qiang's family. And then there are my former colleagues and good buddies who got along well in college, and this worship is almost the same.

And after I finish worshipping myself, the Qingqing family and those friends have to pay a New Year's greeting to their parents, so isn't it almost twelve o'clock after this pass? It's no wonder that Zhou is in a hurry.

Hearing Zhou Yu say this, everyone didn't care about chattering, they all put on thick cotton jackets and followed the two brothers out of the house and ran to the yard.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers in the village has almost stopped, the red lanterns of every house are still hanging high, the sky is dark, and the air is red with a strong smell of firecrackers.

When everyone walked quickly to the courtyard, they found that the huge courtyard was already crowded with people, and everyone was chatting happily, and when they saw Zhou Yu and his brothers, they stopped, and urged them to set off fireworks and salutes quickly.

The brothers didn't dare to slack off, and led a few young people into the small warehouse to bring out all the fireworks and salutes they bought in the afternoon. Good guys, it takes up a large part of the yard.

Look at the piles of fireworks that I've never seen in my life. Mrs. Liu asked loudly: "Ergouzi, are these firecrackers the kind of thing you see on TV that can shoot big flowers when they rise to the sky?" I said, it's going to cost a lot of money, right? ”

"Mrs. Liu. You're right, these are the kind of things you see on TV, called fireworks. These add up to a total of 100,000 pieces. This is not my second dog brother's harvest this year is good, in order to thank my father and fellow villagers, I specially bought these things to make everyone happy, and everyone will have to open their eyes later, I will tell you. This thing looks good. Zhou Hu said half-truthfully.

The crowd is boiling, this is a fireworks of 100,000 yuan, you have to take a look. But the second dog is atmospheric.

The brothers first held six or seven fireworks and put them in the middle of the courtyard, and the younger brothers excitedly lit the fuses of the fireworks......

"Bang ......"

Six or seven fireworks soared into the sky, and grains of golden sand shot out and bloomed proudly in the air. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Everything. The night sky is decorated beautifully and gracefully, and the earth is illuminated as day.

The fireworks that rise and bloom in the air sometimes bloom like golden chrysanthemums and peonies; Sometimes like colorful butterflies fluttering and dragons soaring; Sometimes it is like a fire tree, and the rainbow dances; Sometimes it is like a nine-day jade girl dancing all over the sky fairy plum, the flowers are exquisite, and the petals are gorgeous.

The night sky is like a hundred gardens, colorful fireworks are as dazzling as crystal stones, and colorful fireworks are like colorful silk.

The ever-changing fireworks gracefully unfold smiling faces of light yellow, silver white, washed green, light purple, clear blue, and pink. Too many beautiful things. Huge fireworks burst into the air with petals raining down. Falling one after another, people seem to be within reach......

When the fireworks burst into the silent night sky, they bloomed with colorful beauty, and the villagers applauded excitedly, but their eyes still stared at the sky without blinking, for fear of missing this wonderful moment, and even their hands were red and they didn't know it.

The people in my village are stupid, what I see on TV and what I really see are definitely two different things, this is simply beautiful. And the person who set off the fireworks was even more excited, and he didn't wait for Zhou Hu's arrangement, after putting off the fireworks in his hand, he hurriedly ran over and hugged two more to light them, and the mood was absolutely good.

"Bang!" A large red fireball rose from the ground. It flew into the air, and with a "snap", it turned into thousands of small sparks and splashed out, dragging its long, shining tail and falling slowly, like a fluttering butterfly, whirling down from the sky; It is like a dandelion blown away by the wind.

The last small spark has not disappeared, a beam of dazzling light flew into the sky again, "pop pop ......" that beam of light suddenly exploded, golden, silver, red, green, blue, star-like flowers flew around, like a glittering chrysanthemum, dazzling.

"All of them!" "Snort!" Bright, colorful flames dragged their long tails, scrambling to be the first, one after the other, jumping into the night sky; In the sky, there were "Heavenly Maidens Scattering Flowers", "Peacocks Opening the Screen", and "Bombarding the Sky Full of Stars......

There are a lot of fireworks for 100,000 yuan, but there are so many people who can't stand it? At first, it was only seven or eight people, but everyone was crazy when they looked at it, especially those guys in their twenties and thirties, who all wanted to experience it for themselves, so they rushed to pounce, picked up two of them and went to the middle of the yard, and put them up one by one.

The villagers of Zhoujia Village enjoyed a good fireworks feast tonight, and everyone had never seen fireworks up close, which was really eye-opening and enjoyable.

There are many types of fireworks set off in the later stage, including red, yellow, green, lavender, and pink...... Sometimes it's full of flowers, sometimes it's just a dark golden rain, and sometimes there is a moment when the sky is as bright as day, and then there are countless oncoming stars, and then they disappear quickly, and the curtain is gorgeous......

Zhou Hu was really anxious, seeing that so many fireworks were about to be snatched up by a large group of people, this guy quickly picked up four vertical barrels and quietly put them aside and hid them, and waited until the fireworks were about to run out before taking them out and lighting them.

After the four loud bangs of "bang, bang......", four small red round lights appeared in the sky, and unlike other fireworks, these four small round lights dangled in the sky for a long time and did not dissipate.

Wu Lao Er's eyes were hot, and he ran over to Zhou Hu and said, "Three donkeys, what did you put away just now?" You're not going to hit a star in the sky, are you? ”

Zhou Hu glared at Wu Lao Er fiercely, this guy was the happiest to grab tonight. set off more fireworks than himself, and the 100,000 yuan fireworks this guy can at least release more than 10,000.

So he said angrily: "Wu Lao Er, Wu Lao Er, just the kid knows how to grab the fireworks." Don't even know what to do? Listen up. This thing is called a signal light, it can float in the sky for a long time without falling, with this thing you illuminate, you kid will never fall into the dung pit when you go to the hut at night. ”

"Haha......" The surrounding villagers laughed.

After the fireworks, everyone went home to celebrate the New Year, and it was already past twelve o'clock and had entered the new year.

When Zhou Yu was keeping the New Year at night, he went to the space to take a look at his animals, through such a long time of getting along. Zhou Yu already regarded them as friends, so on this Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhou Yu also wanted them to improve their food. Cooked and raw pheasant food and hare meat have long been prepared in the space. And Zhou Yu also took out good things such as large watermelons and rhodiola for them to enjoy. All the animals in the space also had a happy New Year.

Although there is a "stay up for thirty nights, you can go the first day of the New Year." But Zhou Yu couldn't stand it until three o'clock in the middle of the night, leaving Huzi and his parents back in the back room and falling asleep with his grandfather.

The sound of firecrackers on the morning of New Year's Day is still one after another. In particular, Zhoujia Village is still in a terrain surrounded by mountains on three sides. Therefore, the sound of firecrackers is even more outrageous, and if the person can still fall asleep at this time, the nerves are too big. Very helplessly, Zhou Yu yawned and got up on the kang.

The family had already gotten up, Dad was lighting the fire in the stove pit, Mom's dumplings were almost cooked, and the grandfather was scalding wine on the stove with a small glass wine jug.

"Oh, Xiaoyu, are you finally up? I still want to go to the back room and call you when I'm done cooking the dumplings. It's the first day of the Lunar New Year, and there are a lot of people who will come to the house to pay New Year's greetings later, and I'm afraid that you will be blocked in the quilt by others.

By the way, hurry up and go to the floor of the innermost room to get a plate of whips and put it away. Look at the neighbors who are all gone, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. We have to pay attention to a good fortune. Seeing her son come out, Wang Guilan urged while cooking dumplings.

Zhou Yu agreed, took the firecrackers and put them in the courtyard, and then began to wash. After eating the dumplings later, I have to go to the New Year.

Breakfast is mainly to eat dumplings, cabbage and pork stuffed with large dumplings bite a bag of meat, can simply kill people. Since the princess wanted to drink, Wang Guilan warmed up a few of last night's dragon carp and other leftovers, and then put a plate of pig's trotter jelly that had been boiled yesterday morning on the table, and the family happily ate breakfast.

While eating, Zhou Yu opened his mouth and asked, "By the way, Dad, didn't Huzi accompany Taigong to celebrate the New Year at our house last night?" I remember that this kid was still there before I went to bed, why did he disappear early in the morning? ”

"Hehe, Xiaoyu, Huzi still has important activities today, and he went home to sleep last night." Zhou Dingguo said with a smile.

"Huh? What important activities can he have during the Chinese New Year? Zhou Yu really didn't believe it, and asked casually.

"Why are there no important activities during the Chinese New Year? Huzi has been coming back every day since he was in his twenties, following you, Uncle Zhang and Da Kui

Rehearse stilt walking and Yangge twisting. It's not that you don't know that our village has always had such a habit, and it will be lively on the first day of the new year. ”

"Hahaha, the tiger will step on stilts? I haven't seen him step on it, but Uncle Kui, Uncle Zhang, and my eighth uncle are good at stepping on stilts, and I really miss it after I haven't seen it for a few years. ”

"Hahaha, that's, but Huzi's stilt-stepping skills are still very good, this kid will have a few exaggerated movements every year, and I don't know who he learned from him. But Xiaoyu, you are quite famous in our village now, and you still have money, it is estimated that the stilt team Yangge team will be able to come to our house to walk a few laps later, and you will have to reward it then. ”

Zhou Yu knew this custom, in the past, when his village was poor, there were also stilt teams and Yangge teams, and after the performance in this village, he would go to other villages to perform, and he would perform at the gate of the people who had a face in the village.

After eating the dumplings, Zhou Yu returned to the back room and took out a thick stack of money, and looked at the shelf with thirty or forty thousand. For this New Year, Zhou Yu prepared 200,000 yuan in cash, saying that he is now a little rich, isn't the New Year just a fun? So the flowers have to be spent.

Seeing Zhou Yu take out such a stack of money, the three elders were obviously taken aback, and Zhou Dingguo asked in surprise: "Xiaoyu, what are you doing with so much money?" ”

"Oh Dad, what do you say I can do with the money for the New Year? Of course, it was given away. Didn't you say that the Yangge team and the stilt team could come to our house later? Folks, we can't give less face like this.

Also, there will be no shortage of people who will come to my grandfather to pay New Year's greetings later, and if you have children, you will be given New Year's money today. There are a total of 40,000 here, of which 10,000 are reserved for the Taigong to be used for the children, and the remaining 30,000 yuan will be given to the stilt team and the Yangge team. Let them not go to other villages, and perform in the village today, so that everyone can be happy. ”

"Do children give New Year's money? It's really fresh, but since you kid has such an idea, then let's give it, anyway, I, an old man, really haven't given a child New Year's money. In the past, I was poor and really didn't have money to give, but now we have one, then we will be angry, and we will give a hundred for a child.

Haha......"

The old lady was really happy, laughed and took the 10,000 yuan in his hand, and then counted them one by one.

As for Zhou Yu taking out 30,000 yuan to pack the Yangge team and the stilt team for a day, everyone has no objection, Zhou Yu has paid so much for the villagers this year, how can he care about the 30,000 yuan? What's more, today is still the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it is more important than anything else to let everyone have fun. So Zhou Dingguo excitedly put away the 30,000 yuan, ready to be angry later.

At this time, Wang Guilan took out a few big tickets from the closet and said to Zhou Yu with a smile: "Xiaoyu, this is the New Year's money that my father and I gave you, although you have money, but you have to carry this New Year's money in your pocket, and you can bless you with no shortage of money to spend this year." ”

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said with a grin: "Mom, I'm so old, forget about the New Year's money, right?" ”

"How old are you? Tell me how old you are? Besides, as long as you are still a child before you get married, your mother will have to give you New Year's money. ”

There was no way, Zhou Yu had no choice but to take 500 yuan and put it in his trouser pocket in the smiling eyes of his grandfather and father.

After a while, people came to the house one after another to pay New Year's greetings, and the voice of "Happy New Year" was shouting from the yard to the house. After staying at home for a while, Zhou Yu also had to go to pay New Year's greetings, in addition to the seven grandfathers, there are many grandfathers in the village, and those uncles and uncles of Zhou Yu's own family also have to go from house to house, so this morning is really not easy.

Zhou Yu first went to his uncle's house, after paying New Year's greetings to his grandfather and aunt, the brother and sister also greeted each other, and the aunt took out 500 yuan to press the waist of his nephew, because of the experience in the morning, Zhou Yu accepted it with a smile, and then took out 10,000 yuan in his heart pocket and stuffed it to his sister.

The New Year's money of 10,000 yuan is too much, and Wang Zhijiang's family doesn't want to shirk it, but where will these people be Zhou Yu's opponents? After saying two things, his uncle and aunt didn't shirk it, and Zhou Yu winked at his sister proudly and continued to pay New Year's greetings.

The second stop of the New Year's greeting was naturally the third uncle's house, but after arriving at the third uncle's house, I found that the third aunt was alone at home, and the third uncle and Huzi went out after eating dumplings in the morning, saying that they were busy stepping on stilts and the Yangge team.

Today's weather is good, the sky is cloudless and the sun is in the sky, the wind is not strong, the village road is full of people, the old men of the family are together with their children, young people and young people are together, all dressed neatly and neatly, and go to different people's houses with a smile.

Zhou Yu smiled after seeing the villagers, but there were too many people he met, and when he came to the fifth master's house, his voice was a little hoarse. The fifth master's daughter-in-law and sixth aunt saw Zhou Yu like this, and quickly poured a cup of tea to let him moisten his throat.

"Oh, two dogs, why did you come out to pay New Year's greetings? Didn't they go on stilts with Huzi Wu Laoer? I think almost all the young people in their twenties in the village have gone. Aunt Six asked enthusiastically.

"Aunt Six, how can I do that? I've been out all these years, but unlike Huzi and Wu Laoer, they can still practice at home. By the way, when will their show start? Zhou Yu said with a smile. (To be continued......)