In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

In the early morning, everything has just woken up, but the sound of firecrackers in the small town has sounded from the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve to the first day of the first lunar month.

With thick dark circles under her eyes, Li Xiaoyue prepared to go to the Taoist temple to pay New Year's greetings to her grandmother after washing. Li Chunliang's car had been waiting downstairs for a long time, and after Li Xiaoyue went downstairs, she opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot. "Happy New Year!" After respectfully saying goodbye to her father and stepmother, Li Xiaoyue stopped talking.

"Brother~Brother~~" At the signal of his stepmother, Li Chenhui (Li Xiaoyue's younger brother), who was only a little over two years old, shouted. Although the speech is not very clear, it can be seen that it has been adjusted.

"Really good~" Li Xiaoyue touched her brother's head, and then hugged him from the back seat and sat on her lap. "After all, children are innocent, and adults should let them solve their own affairs." Although she still has some resentment towards Li Chunliang in her heart, Li Xiaoyue is still very good to her younger brother, and every time she goes, she will buy some toys or snacks for him.

"Take it, don't drop it!" Li Xiaoyue took out a small toy pistol from her pocket and handed it to her younger brother, and touched his head dotingly.

Looking at the brand-new toy gun, Li Chenhui's eyes lit up, and he began to play with the small gun after taking it. "Thank you, brother!" Maybe there is the temptation of a toy gun, and this brother screams very kindly.

After a while, the car drove to the foot of Menghua Mountain, only to see that there were many pedestrians and vehicles at the foot of the mountain, and the bluestone staircase of Menghua Mountain was overcrowded. The sound of firecrackers and cheers rang out in one piece, so it was not lively.

"Yueyue~~" As soon as Li Xiaoyue got out of the car, she heard a sweet and pleasant voice. When he heard the sound, he saw a girl dressed in flowers and branches running towards him, and he saw that it was his cousin Li Nianchu.

"Sister!" After seeing Li Nianchu coming over, Li Xiaoyue called sweetly.

I remember when I was a child, because Li Nianchu was only three years older than Li Xiaoyue, the two studied in the same school. When he was in school, Li Nianchu came to play with Li Xiaoyue every time after class, and then he could see that under the envious eyes of the boys in the school, a junior boy followed a group of senior girls. Although the big sisters would buy him a lot of delicious food every day, this also caused Li Xiaoyue to not make a few male friends in the first few years of elementary school.

"Let's go see Grandmother first!" As he spoke, Li Nianchu took Li Xiaoyue's arm and prepared to go up the mountain.

"Daddy (Uncle) didn't they come?" Seeing that her cousin was going to take her up the mountain, Li Xiaoyue asked. After all, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and if the uncle is here and doesn't go to pay a New Year's greeting, it will be rude.

Seeing Li Xiaoyue ask, Li Nianchu thought of his faux pas, nodded a little awkwardly, and then took Li Xiaoyue to find his father.

After searching in the crowded crowd for a while, Li Xiaoyue saw her eldest father and aunt standing under a big tree and looking around, and there was a young man similar to her eldest father standing next to him, who was Li Xiaoyue's cousin Li Xiancong.

"Dad, Happy New Year, Auntie, Xiaoyue has a New Year's greeting for you!" Li Xiaoyue walked over with a smile and kowtowed to the two of them. Then he smiled and said to his cousin on the side: "Happy New Year, cousin, when will you bring a sister-in-law home!" ”

"Hehe~" Li Xiancong nodded at Li Xiaoyue and smiled mysteriously.

At this time, the aunt took out a red envelope from her bag and stuffed it into Li Xiaoyue's pocket, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyue is one year older again!" Auntie wishes you academic progress......"

"Hey~ Auntie, don't be like this, I'm about to become an adult, how can I still collect your New Year's money!" Saying that, Li Xiaoyue took out the red envelope and was about to return it to the aunt, but the aunt dodged it.

"Take it!" The eldest father on the side saw that Li Xiaoyue was going to return the red envelope, so he spoke.

"This~~" Just when Li Xiaoyue was at a loss, Li Chunliang and his stepmother with his younger brother came over, so Li Xiaoyue cast an inquiring look at Li Chunliang. Who knew that Li Chunliang ignored him, and just chatted with his brother (Li Xiaoyue's father).

"Mom and Dad, second uncle and aunt, Yueyue and I went to see my grandmother first!" Seeing that the greeting was over, Li Nianchu dragged Li Xiaoyue, who was standing in a daze, away.

"This kid!" The aunt couldn't help but shake her head when she saw Li Nianchu dragging Li Xiaoyue away, and then shouted to the two of them with a concerned face: "Pay attention to safety!" ”

"Got it!" Li Nianchu's echo came from the sea of people.

Because they still had to wait for the uncle's family, the eldest father and the others did not leave, but continued to chat with Li Xiaoyue's father, Li Chunliang.

On the bluestone steps, a young man and woman are walking on it. The handsome man and the pretty woman are like a little couple made in heaven, attracting the attention of passers-by. "Sister! Isn't it good for us to do this? I'm all grown up now! Li Xiaoyue felt a little embarrassed after being seen by passers-by, and her face couldn't help but turn red.

Who knew that Li Nianchu didn't care about this, he glanced at Li Xiaoyue and said: "No matter how big it is, it's my younger brother, what do you think of others!" After seeing the pedestrians on the road staring at the two of them, not only did they not send their hands away, but raised their heads and snorted disdainfully.

"Okay......" Li Xiaoyue saw that her cousin refused to let go, so she had no choice but to continue climbing.

After about 20 minutes of straight stairs, the two finally reached the top of the mountain. I saw a vast and majestic Taoist temple on the top of the mountain, like a palace. There is a lifelike phoenix on both sides of the door, and under the phoenix statue stands a row of young men dressed as Taoist priests, and the plaque on the gate has two characters written on the dragon flying and phoenix dancing - Meng Hua.

"Eldest Miss, Second Young Master! The old lady told you to go directly to the inner hall when you arrived. A young man in the lead said respectfully to the two.

"Hmm~" Li Nianchu didn't pay attention to the person after answering, but Li Xiaoyue smiled and said good New Year to the group before going in with her cousin.

"The second young master is really personable, approachable...... and easy" After Li Xiaoyue left, everyone discussed it softly in private.

After hearing someone talking in private, the man who took the lead at this time drank with a serious expression: "Cheer me up, stand guard well!" Unexpectedly, the man was quite dignified, and after the reprimand, everyone really didn't dare to make any more noise, and they all held their heads high.

The square inside the door has already been crowded with people, although there are many people, but there is no noise sound, looking at them holding incense in their hands and sincerely placing the solemn Sanqing in the hall (Sanqing, that is, Yuqing, Shangqing, Taiqing, is the highest in the Taoist heavenly realm, the lord of Yuqing is the Yuan Shi Tianzun, the lord of Shangqing is Lingbao Tianzun, and the lord of Taiqing is Taishang Laojun. Li Xiaoyue couldn't help but shake her head, muttering in her heart: "Feudal superstition kills people!" ”

Although Li Xiaoyue didn't believe this, she didn't dare to say it at the moment, in case she provoked the crowd to attack her, even if this mountain was their Li family's property, Li Xiaoyue couldn't resist it.

"Miss, Second Young Master, please here!" After entering the door, a middle-aged man in a cyan robe gave the two of them a look, and then led them through the crowded front hall to the back hall. The apse is not open to the outside, and only a few young men in Taoist robes patrol and stand guard, so it is in stark contrast to the front hall.

Coming to a quiet courtyard, the middle-aged man waved at the two of them again and said, "Please wait a moment, take me to inform the old lady first!" After saying that, he left the two of them into the courtyard alone.

"Etiquette or something is the most troublesome! ...... "After the man left, Li Nianchu began to think about it in pieces, and he had no ladylike temperament on his body, which couldn't help but make Li Xiaoyue worry about his brother-in-law in the future, if someone married his cousin, I don't know if he would be annoyed to death.

After a while, the man came out, and after telling them that they could go in, he withdrew.

Li Xiaoyue and Li Chunian tidied up their instruments a little, and then walked in with a smile.

The door was open, and a kind old woman sat on the Taishi's chair and looked at the two of them, nodding and laughing.

"Greetings to Grandmother! Grandson, I wish my grandmother happiness such as the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan! After the two entered the room, they knelt down and greeted the old woman in unison.

"My precious grandson, get up quickly!" After seeing the two of them kneeling down to say goodbye, Zhao smiled and made a gesture to signal them to get up.

After getting up, Li Xiaoyue respectfully walked to Zhao's side, while Li Nianchu trotted to Zhao's side, shook her arm and called her grandmother a few times, which made Zhao happy for a while, and gave her a small jade weapon in his hand.

After some greetings, Li Chunliang and others also came over.

"The son greets his mother, and the daughter-in-law greets her mother-in-law......" said Li Xiaoyue's father, father, and uncle, along with his wife, knelt down to greet his grandmother. After seeing the fathers asking for peace, two more teenagers knelt down and said solemnly: "Grandson asks grandmother for peace...... These two people are Li Xiaoyue's cousins Li Xiancong and Li Jing.

"Good~Good~Good~~" After Zhao saw that everyone had come, he said three good words in a row with satisfaction, and then let them get up.

Because Li Xiaoyue's younger brother Li Chenhui was still young and didn't know his etiquette, he didn't kneel down. However, his mother taught him to call him grandmother.

After another greeting, the women and children retreated, and only Li Chunliang and the three stayed, not knowing what they were discussing with the Zhao family inside.

And Li Xiaoyue and the others did not go out after retreating, but stayed in the small courtyard. First, it is to have lunch here as a family reunion, and second, after all, there are many pilgrims today, and it is not good to go out and cause some gossip. Anyway, everyone on Menghua Mountain has walked around thousands of times, and it is like that if they go again, it is better to sit down and chat, after all, everyone has their own jobs, and it is rare to get together a few times a year.

"Li Xiaoyue!" After going out, Li Jing patted Li Xiaoyue on the shoulder and greeted him with a smile. Li Jing, this kid, is obviously one year younger than Li Xiaoyue, but he never refuses to call him brother, and the two have to fight as soon as they meet when they are young, although Li Xiaoyue as an elder brother almost always lets him, but there are also a few times when he can't bear it anymore and fights Li Jing, and almost blinds one of his eyes.

Later, Li Xiaoyue, who was scolded by her family because of this incident, was very unconvinced, and she didn't eat for a day. In recent years, I don't know if the two have grown up and become sensible, so they have never fought again. However, Li Jing still didn't call Li Xiaoyue brother, and Li Xiaoyue didn't want to force others, so she didn't care what he called him.

After nodding to Li Jing, several brothers and sisters also got together to discuss. You adults have something for adults to talk about, and of course we children have something for us to talk about.

As soon as I arrived at noon, the kitchen made a table of fasting dishes and sent them over, and the family sat in the small courtyard to eat a reunion dinner. Although it is possible to eat meat in Taoism, the elderly grandmother still prefers vegetarian food, and everyone is already tired of eating meat, and a table of fragrant vegetables is eaten with relish.

After eating the reunion dinner, everyone said goodbye to the Zhao family after a short rest, and went down the mountain one after another.