Chapter 52: One on the Flat Earth and One in the Sky
Zhang Wang and the two people in the Zhuangzi are busy with their own affairs, just as they don't know the things they are busy in the courtyard of the Zhang family, and the things they are busy with are not clear in the courtyard of the Zhang family.
Zhang Wang's family took people to prepare to go to the nearest and oldest Zhang Sheng's family first, the old man Zhang Sheng, who is fifty in his sixties today, has a son and two daughters in the family, his wife died early, and a nine-year-old grandson.
Zhang Wang's just wanted to go to him first and give him something, but before he could get to the place, a group of people appeared in front of him, and Zhang Wang's was not afraid, in Zhang's Zhuangzi wanted to hurt her, it was not so easy, waiting for the crowd in front to approach.
When they saw the people coming clearly, the people around Zhang Wang's family breathed a sigh of relief, just now they almost shouted to the entire Zhuangzi, as long as they shouted, someone would come out to help.
In front of him turned out to be Zhang Sheng, who Zhang Wang wanted to see first, and there were many people behind him, each of whom was carrying a lantern in his hand, which seemed to be quite a lot, and it was covered with red paper, and it was red.
The people on both sides met, and before Zhang Wang said that he wanted to go to Zhang Sheng's house, the old man Zhang Sheng waved his hand, and the people behind him came over with lanterns.
"Madame, where are you going?" Zhang Sheng asked, leaning over.
"Go and see the Zhuang household, I was originally going to go to Uncle Zhang's house first, I don't know ...... Uncle Zhang?" Zhang Wang's family was confused, how could these people get together.
"Madam, everyone receives the favor of the main family on weekdays, and there is no money to repay it, this is the fifteenth day of the first month, and one hundred and six people on our Zhuangzi will usually do some work, so each of them made a lantern for the main family, and I made two more old men, making up one hundred and eight, auspicious, no, it is just for the main family."
Hearing this, Zhang Wang stood there and was speechless for a long time, until the person next to him greeted softly, then he took a deep breath and said: "Uncle Zhang, it just so happens that there are no lanterns in my yard, thank you folks, what you gave to Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi received it, and now I want to give some things to the folks." ”
Zhang Wang spoke, and with a wave of his hand, the people in the courtyard took the things in their hands and sent them up, and the hundred or so people gave them first, and the others went from house to house.
"Uncle Zhang, these are the clothes and shoes of your family of six, this is a chicken, I picked the biggest one for you, this is a lantern and candle, and these are Lantern Festival and firecrackers, so many things, you can't take them, let's send them to you."
Xiaohong followed her wife out this time, and asked the person pushing the wheelbarrow behind her to step forward and give it to Zhang Sheng in the same way, only to find that people couldn't hold it, even if the lantern was a silk lantern that could be folded.
"This, this, these things, ma'am, are you going to send something to the old man?" Zhang Sheng has lived for so many years, and he still has this bit of knowledge, watching the people in the courtyard of the main house holding things and pushing the cart, and the things piled up on the cart are like a hill, and he immediately understands.
"It's not a send, it's a holiday, everyone is happy, on the side of the small bridge, there will be a lion dance when the time comes, and there are some things to sell, those things are cheap, and everyone will go to see the excitement, originally I wanted to tell one by one."
Zhang Wang's tried her best to control herself, try to make her tone calm, she has never seen a farmer take the initiative to send things to the master's family, in addition to paying grain, if you want the farmer to do things, you need people to find it, looking at the one hundred and eight lanterns in front of him, Zhang Wang's heart feels bright.
The surrounding farmers are also listening, and when they hear that there is a lion dance, they know that this is the money from the master's family, otherwise the lion dancers will come to this place? The roast chicken, the lanterns made of silk, the Lantern Festival, the clothes, etc., how much money does the Lord's family have to spend now?
The people on both sides didn't know what to say, they were all stunned, and the pomegranate who followed behind was calmer under the cultivation of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and said: "Madam, why don't we go to each house together, one hour is enough." ”
Zhang Wang glanced at the pomegranate, nodded appreciatively, and said, "That's better, folks, accompany me to each house first, and then send the lantern to the yard." ”
Under the guidance of Zhang Wang's family, a group of people thought about Zhang Sheng's house, put down their things and then went to the next one, and told these villagers to go to Xiaoqiao, and the villagers also had to kneel down and kowtow one by one.
It wasn't until the last one was delivered that Zhang Wang returned to the courtyard with one hundred and eight lanterns, and told the old lady and the old lady with emotion about what he encountered today.
Naturally, there was a queen mother on the Wang Zhuangzi's side, and at the same time, the cherries and tigers of the Zhangjia Zhuangzi were also followed, and the two Zhuangzi villagers seemed to have discussed it, and the Wang Zhuangzi villagers also sent one hundred and eight lanterns, which made the queen mother wipe a lot of tears.
When it was time to arrive, all the people on the two Zhuangzi came out, one carried a silk lantern, and all the people wore new clothes, as long as it was a woman, whether it was a little baby or an old lady, they were wearing pale green clothes, and the male was gray and white.
The clothes of the people in the two courtyards have also changed, the women are all red, and the men are white, which looks very dazzling.
Before the villagers came to the small bridge, the torches buried in the Zhuangzi were all lit, and the two Zhuangzi were bright, and the full moon in the sky was shining like stars, and the villagers with a heart also counted it, and finally counted it clearly, and found that these torches were the number of the two Zhuangzi people combined, seven hundred and ninety.
Waiting for these people to arrive at the place of the small bridge, what they saw was that the small bridge was also lit up, dancing with the wind, many stalls were placed there, and the lion dancers were ready.
This time it was lively, the farmers in new clothes were watching there, picking up the things they needed, and the sound of firecrackers also sounded, these firecrackers were paid by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and they were sent to each family, and they went back and put them again.
Zhang Wang's two families on this side of the river such a big movement, it is impossible for the Ge family Zhuangzi not to know, those people also want to come out at night and carry lanterns for a walk, but they see from a distance that the river side is as bright as day, and the sound of gongs and drums is also non-stop.
The people of Gezhuang were curious and walked towards the place of the small bridge, but when they arrived at the place, they didn't know what to say, the lion dance, there was a lion dance, and they hadn't seen it for many years.
Looking at the people on the two Zhuangzi over there, they were all wearing the same clothes, and the lanterns were all silk.
"Little San, do you see it, that is the Zhuangzi of the two families of Zhang Wang, it seems that in addition to the things given by the two main families for the New Year, the fifteenth is also sent, new clothes and new shoes, silk lanterns, and a torch on the Zhuangzi, hey~!"
One man spoke to the child next to him, and at the end he could only let out a sigh.
Xiao San nodded obediently, "I know, their life is better than ours, isn't the fourth dog over there, other people's families directly buy it with silver, when can our Zhuangzi be like this?" ”
The others looked enviously at the other end of the bridge, only looking, but did not dare to go over, and their hearts could be described as mixed.
"Wu family boy, Aunt Seven, you are all here, hurry up, I have made a market here, things are cheap, they are not profitable these days, you can buy whichever one you like, and there is a lion dance."
At this time, the four dogs in the eyes of Ge Zhuangzi came out, dressed in white silk clothes, with a crown hat inlaid with stones on his head, his waist was not as bent as before, and he was a little fatter from his face, and his smile never changed.
Holding the hands of a few people, while talking to the bridge to lead, these people didn't want to go over, can't stand the excitement over there and the enthusiasm of the four dogs, half pushed and half followed the four dogs to the other side of the bridge, after a while to get used to it, while watching the various performances, while looking at the stall to see if there is anything they want, just pick up something and ask, the price is really low.
With others taking the lead, other people from Gezhuang also came over, looking around, and suddenly saw that the heads of the Zhang and Wang families had all come out, laughing with the villagers.
The old lady of the Zhang family was sitting with an old lady from a village, looking at the lively conversation in front of her, laughing a few times from time to time, revealing the two missing teeth, which made people look ugly at all.
Ge Yingxi heard the sound outside, and wondered in his heart, he was enjoying the moon and drinking with his family, and ordered to a person next to him: "Ergou, go over there and take a look, what's going on?" ”
Ergou, who had been waiting for people, came out, he was also curious in his heart, and when he got to the place where he could see the situation over there, his mouth opened, and it opened wider and wider, it was so lively over there, he pinched himself vigorously, to see if it was a dream, and the pain made him understand that all this was true.
Is this still the most remote Zhuangzi in Sanshui County? Sanshui County may be like this, looking at Ergou's feet as if they were not controlled by their own bodies, moving forward little by little, and when they saw people on their Zhuangzi on the other side of the bridge, their legs moved faster.
"Ergou, you're here too? Quick, come here, I'm ready to eat, you see, today everywhere there is a sign of Zhang Wang's two families, all the snacks can be eaten as much as you want, come, let's drink a bowl, the wine money will be paid by yourself, I will come out. ”
The four dogs know the two dogs, usually not bad, as soon as he saw the two dogs coming, he hurriedly came over to pull the six roads and listened to the eight directions.
Ergou couldn't control himself anymore, and he was pulled to a small table by Xu Si in a daze, two benches were placed, and Xu Si pressed and sat down, and two dishes were placed on the table, he didn't know that these two dishes were called spicy pig ears and dried fried phoenix skin.