The custom here is that the children who come to the house on the evening of the thirtieth day are called congratulations, and the children who come to the house on the morning of the first day of the new year are called New Year's greetings.

Every child will carry a cloth bag with him, and when he goes to a house and shouts auspicious words at the host's house, the host will stuff them with a handful of melon seeds or peanuts, and those who are in good condition will give them cookies or sugar cubes.

Unless the family is too poor, the big guys are leaving the door open, waiting for the children to come, teasing them to talk, and the children are not only here to send congratulations, but also to send blessings to each family, and to block the children is to block the blessings from the door.

When I was a child, Yu Ling was also looking forward to such activities, in the early years, I could only pack some melon seeds home, but in the years of eating less and wearing less, a handful of melon seeds is also a rare snack, and now, after the conditions of every household are good, I can basically fill the cloth pocket with a circle in the village, and if I go to my relatives' house, I will receive special preferential treatment, more candy than other children, or two more biscuits.

On the thirtieth day, children under the age of ten prepare cloth bags early, starting from the neighbor's house, and then send congratulations by the way to take away the neighbor friends who did not have time to go out, the team gradually expanded, and finally basically mighty, each team has at least a dozen children.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the first batch of children who came to send congratulations had come, a biscuit for each person, everyone carefully put it into the cloth pocket, after sending the biscuits, Xi'an was taken away by the neighbor's young lady.

The older children will take care of the younger ones carefully, and Yu Xiling is not worried when Xi'an is taken away.

Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu were also happy, in previous years, the family was poor, and when they reached thirty, they all closed the door early, for fear that the children would not be able to ask for anything at home, which would disappoint them.

As for whether it is blessed or not, the old couple has nothing to look forward to.

This year is different, Grandpa Yu and Grandma Yu personally guarded the biscuit bag, waiting for the little doll to take the biscuits from their hands, and then said a sweet auspicious word, and their hearts were as sweet as eating honey.

The little ones are well-informed, and they will exchange messages when they meet the big guys in the team, which one sends candy or biscuits, they will give priority to that one, the biscuits prepared by Yu Xiling are very popular, and the congratulatory children have come wave after wave, fortunately, she is well prepared.

At five o'clock, Yu Xiling got up and prepared to go to the village entrance to pick up Yu Xi'an.

Children under the age of five do not walk again after walking through the two nearby villages, and their pockets are full because they are too young to do so, and children under the age of five and eight will send their younger siblings back, unload the snacks they have begged for, and continue to the villages farther away, often not returning home until eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

Before it gets dark, every household has lit up the light bulb early, and they are not afraid of electricity consumption, but only look forward to a prosperous and bright future in the coming year.

The children who returned to the village in advance have already walked two waves, and they have not yet seen Yu Xi'an's physical influence, and Yu Xiling's brows have tightened unconsciously.

"Sister." Yu Xi'an was hugged by Qiao Zhiliang, and saw Yu Xiling from a distance, waving at her excitedly, the small cloth hanging on her chest was bulging, and it seemed that she had gained a lot.

Qiao Zhiliang strode towards Yu Xiling, with a faint joy in his eyes, "Come to pick up Xi'an?" ”

Yu Xiling nodded and took Xi'an from his arms, Yu Xi'an took out a big apple from it with his small pocket, "Sister, the apple given by my aunt." ”

Auntie? Where are the aunts from, the village is full of uncles and grandmothers, and several of Grandma Yu's sisters have passed away a long time ago, and their cousins are not in the local area.

"It's Wei Kang's aunt, he heard you say congratulations, and he insisted on coming to the countryside for the New Year." Speaking of this, Qiao Zhiliang was embarrassed to speak, Wei Dare didn't count it by himself, he dragged him not to say anything, and dragged him to follow a group of little dolls from house to house.

Fortunately, when he met Xiao Xi'an, he hurriedly found an excuse to come back, otherwise with Wei Dang's strength, he might have to follow the older children until the evening before he could return.

Yu Xiling saw Wei Dang following behind him, and when Yu Xiling saw her, Wei Dang embarrassedly hid the pocket in his hand behind him, grinning at her.

Like a fool!

"Go to my house and sit down." Yu Xiling couldn't bear to look at her face directly, she had arrived at the door of the house, and she had to invite someone into the house to sit down.

Qiao Zhiliang wanted to see the environment in which Yu Xiling was living now, some time ago, Ye Nuannuan had already told him everything when he returned to Qiao's house.

Of course, it was to add fuel and vinegar to say that Yu Xiling was not good, including Yu Xiling's confrontation with Ye Tingfang, and Ye Nuannuan also told him and his grandfather very angrily.

Thinking of the events of these years, Qiao Zhiliang sighed slightly, not long after his mother took away his sister, the news of his father's sacrifice came, and he also complained about Yu Jianguo at that time.

But he also knew in his heart that Yu Jianguo's sacrifice could not be blamed on Yu Jianguo, defending the motherland and shedding blood and sacrificing for the motherland is the mission and honor of a soldier.

He is not protecting Yu Jianguo, and his comrade-in-arms, this person is not Yu Jianguo, but someone else.

What's more, for so many years, Yu Jianguo has been doing his best to take care of their mother and son.

Xiling was forced to leave home, probably because of them, in fact, he persuaded his mother not to rely so much on the help of the Yu family, but it was useless.

Qiao Zhiliang only hopes that he will grow up soon and be able to take on the responsibility of supporting his family as soon as possible.

"Zhiliang, we have to go back quickly." Wei Dang squeaked in the back, he came excitedly, and he was quite excited when he made a fuss with the child, and he didn't feel ashamed.

The villagers are also very enthusiastic, knowing that he is out of town for the holiday, and he is not old, and he deliberately gave him more food, obviously at the beginning his idea was to sit at his aunt's house and make snacks to feel the festive atmosphere.

This will meet Yu Xiling and really feel embarrassed, this little girl shouldn't be laughing at him in her heart!

If you go to Grandpa Yu's house and be known by the old man, you will feel even more embarrassed.

I almost forgot that there was a Wei Dang behind him, Qiao Zhiliang smiled, and looked at the time again, he had to rush back to the county to reunite with his grandfather in the evening, "I will go again next time I have a chance." ”

Wei Dang hesitated for a few seconds, and quickly stepped forward and stuffed the cloth pocket he had hidden and hidden into Yu Xiling's arms, "Where, these are for An An to eat, you are a sister, you help her keep it, An An, goodbye." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Yu Xiling to respond, and pulled Qiao Zhiliang to run away as if he was burning his buttocks.

"Xi'an said, goodbye Brother Wei Dang." Yu Xiling couldn't help but smile and held Yu Xi'an's hand to teach her, Wei Dang rubbed the ground, the tips of his ears turned red, and his steps were a little faster.

"Wei Dang pigeon, goodbye."

Yu Xi'an's voice was soft and glutinous, Wei Dang couldn't hear it anymore, and he was so impatient that he wanted to plunge into the frozen river.

"It's all your fault, I said that I would send the children in their village back, but now I was bumped into by Xi Ling'er, I will definitely be laughed to death." Wei Dan felt that he had never been so embarrassed, and patted his hot face, "Oh, forget it, I've seen it all, and now Xi Ling'er refuses to call my brother even more." ”

"......" Qiao Zhiliang.

Yu Xi'an went out with a cloth bag, hung two full cloth bags and went home, no one had as much as she had gained, and the big apple she was holding was also the first one among the children.

"For grandma." The first thing Yu Xi'an did when she got home was to stuff the apples to Grandma Yu, and then dragged her pocket to share the candy with Yu Xiling.

Grandma Yu was stunned, and did not hide the apple again, but cut half of it with Grandpa Yu and ate it, leaving the remaining half for Sister Yu Xiling.

She followed her to the second child's house during the day, and before she could speak, she listened to a lot of sour words from her second daughter-in-law, blaming them for being partial, she wanted to give the candy to her little grandson, but she was also rejected coldly and hard by the second daughter-in-law.

Later, she finally told Yu Xiling that she asked her second uncle to help, but the second daughter-in-law didn't believe it at all, yin and yang were weird, but she didn't say that Xiling asked her second uncle to do day work.

Just when Xiling went out, the old man also told her a lot, Grandma Yu wiped her eyes, her cloudy eyes were full of water, her son and daughter-in-law were unreliable, and she and the old man would probably only rely on Xiling's child in the future.

The son and daughter-in-law let them chill, she can't let Xiling chill.

"Xiling really asked you to work for her?" On the other side, Second Aunt Yu asked Second Uncle Yu, who was smoking with a sullen face.

Second Uncle Yu glanced at her and nodded.

"You're a dead man! Why didn't you remind me when your mom was here! Aunt Yu's nose was about to be crooked, she thought it was the old woman who coaxed her, but she didn't think about it, but she thought about it seriously, "How much salary did you say?" ”

Work is work, anyway, the wage can not be lower than selling couplets, seven cents a day, there are about 20 yuan a month, no money to eat at home, this is pure income, plus the hundreds of dollars that sell grain every year, you can save the bride price money in less than two years.

Second Uncle Yu led Yu Xirong to work in the county, a person can't earn so much money in a month, and he needs money to eat in the county, and he doesn't have work every day.

"I'm not going, I don't have that face." Second Uncle Yu turned his face and ignored her, he is still angry in his heart now, no matter how partial his mother is, it is also his mother, this mother-in-law is simply lawless.

"You're not going, are you?" Aunt Yu was so angry that her eyes were red, she pulled Yu Zhuangzhuang, who was peeling peanuts next to her, and walked out with a hug in her arms, "You don't go, I'll go!" Yu Er, you said that I would let me live a good life before I married you, but look at the fact that I have been married to you for so many years, have I lived a good life with you? ”

Second Uncle Yu got up and pulled her, "Today is the New Year!" Can you not make trouble? ”

"I'm making trouble?" Aunt Yu pounded her chest, "Am I making trouble for myself?" As far as you Yu Jianye want face, I, Yao Yuanzhen, will be shameless, if it weren't for you and Xirong, would I give up my face and let others step on it? ”

Aunt Yu is really sad now, she hugged Yu Zhuangzhuang and left the house without saying a word, the old Yu family couldn't tolerate her, and she couldn't go back to her parents' house.

Anyway, Xihua is here at home, and she can't starve their father and son, as for her...... Second Aunt Yu held the ignorant Yu Zhuangzhuang, and walked towards her mother's house with a cold wind blowing on Chinese New Year's Eve, tears falling in strings.

Second Uncle Yu held his head and didn't know how long before he pulled out his legs to chase after him.

When Yu Xiling knew about Aunt Yu's return to her parents' house in anger, it was already ten o'clock in the night.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, I was supposed to watch the Spring Festival Gala around the fire, but the only electrical appliances in the house were the flashlight that Yu Xiling had just bought, and the newly installed 100-watt bulb in the house.

There are a few families in the village that have televisions, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, people's homes must be crowded with their own families, so they don't go to join in the fun.

The family simply gathered around the fire to listen to Grandpa Yu talk about the past, and by the way, they kept the New Year.

When Grandpa Yu arrived at the second uncle's house, the house was deserted, the charcoal fire in the hall was extinguished, and Yu Xirong and Yu Xihua brothers and sisters sat opposite each other in a daze.

Knowing that Second Uncle Yu had gone to chase someone, Grandpa Yu didn't say anything, and pulled the two back to the house.