The sound of firecrackers.

The courtyard under the tall wooden trees had been cleared before the New Year's Festival, and round tables were set up from outside the courtyard to the living room, and there were crowds of people coming and going to help.

Today is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and it is also a good day for uncle Ye Mingwang to get married.

The customs here in Xiushui County generally have several days of weddings, the first night is the banquet, the second day is the main wine, and the third day is the door. Among them, the main wine is generally the woman's house at noon on the day, and the man's side at night. On the third day, both parties had a treat.

And this kind of feast is a flowing water seat, rich in dishes, although it is not a big bowl or the like, but there are generally two beef and mutton main pots on the table, and then there are snacks of peanuts and melon seeds, there is also sweet soup, chicken, duck and fish and the like are not lacking, in addition to some stir-fried side dishes, as well as Xiushui's special dishes egg skin swallow, meat swallow soup, egg mushrooms and the like, there are always one or twenty dishes on a table.

It's custom, and it's pomp.

The people who came to drink the wine were all relatives and neighbors and friends, and the careful calculation was accompanied by a bride price, and the whole family of seven or eight people of all ages went into battle, and even ate and took it.

Fortunately, whether it is relatives or neighbors, there are always many people who help, a happy event, everyone greets someone to come, from managing the account to collect gift money, to shopping for groceries, kitchen help, borrowing tables and stools, serving dishes, washing dishes and cleaning up, there can be dozens of people around a wedding.

In addition to the chef's master chef who needs to give some hard money, the other neighbors who helped, that is, after the three-day wedding, invited someone to have an extra meal, which was considered a thank you.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, after standing in front of the house and just finishing a small string of firecrackers, Ye Qin spread a large bundle of firecrackers on the side of the road, holding incense with ignition in his hand, poking his neck left and right, waiting for the vehicles that appeared on the road in the distance.

"Brother Ye Qin, Brother Ye Qin, let me set off the firecrackers!"

A young man who followed Ye Qin looked at the incense in Ye Qin's hand with some greed, pulled the corner of his clothes and shouted again and again.

"Okay, here you go." Ye Qin looked at the thin black boy who was pestering him behind him, and gave him the incense in his hand for ignition a little helplessly, and then instructed again, "Su Ju, don't mess around, remember to light firecrackers when your brother-in-law and them arrive." ”

"I see, don't worry!" The thin black boy grinned.

Ye Qin looked at the young man's joy, and his heart was actually slowly happy. It's been a long time since the house has been so lively. The boy is the son of his sister-in-law, that is, his cousin, three years younger than him, in the third year of junior high school in Yangxin Middle School, I heard my sister-in-law say that his grades are not bad, and he should be able to go to middle school, but like him, he is also a person who loves to run and jump.

On the Xiushui side, at noon, the bride's house is the main banquet, and the groom will also attend there to meet his father-in-law, mother-in-law, relatives and friends.

After noon, the bridegroom and his companions return to the bridegroom's house with the bride and a number of guests, and the groom is feasted in the evening. When the bride and groom are about to arrive at the door, they will set off the largest string of firecrackers, which can be regarded as welcoming relatives, and wealthier families will also put flowers at night.

Ye Qin's task was originally to set off firecrackers when he was married, but after this job was taken over by his cousin Su Ju, he didn't want to be idle, his uncle got married, and he thought that he could help a little more. Squeezed through a large group of children who followed behind his ass and ran straight to the kitchen, asking himself if there was anything else he could do to help.

As soon as the man entered the kitchen, he heard laughter inside.

Grandpa and grandma didn't cook today, they were the most senior elders, sitting in the hall and greeting and talking to relatives and friends of the previous generation, in the kitchen, in addition to the uncles and aunts who came to help, several aunts were there, and they were busy arranging the dishes for the evening feast.

From time to time, a few aunts and chefs, as well as aunts who help choose dishes, laugh and gossip.

"Sister-in-law, is there anything I can do to help?" As soon as he entered the kitchen, Ye Qin asked his sister-in-law who was taking out the dishes from the cauldron and putting them on the plate.

"Go, go, don't get in the way here." Sister-in-law Ye Mingmei saw Ye Qin probing his brain in the kitchen, and hurriedly waved her hand to blast Ye Qin out, "How can there be anything you can do in this kitchen." ”

"Sister-in-law, I have nothing to do now, let Su Ju set off the firecrackers!" Ye Qin said with a smile, in fact, all aspects of the uncle's marriage are arranged by the elders, and there are very few places where he can contribute, and the family doesn't want him to do any trivial things.

"Nothing to do?" Sister-in-law Ye Mingmei heard Ye Qin's words, smiled, suddenly rolled her eyes, and said: "Ye Qin, if you are bored, you will go to the intersection outside and wait, I estimate that your uncle may not be so smooth to bring the bride to the house, by the way, take the cigarettes in the drawer, and when someone will make it difficult, you will give people cigarettes." ”

There is no door blocking game for the groom to pick up the bride here, of course, giving red envelopes is indispensable, and more after the groom picks up the bride, some people will block the road before entering the door to ask for red envelopes and cigarettes.

The customs are not bad, and the vices and shows that expose the whole network in later generations are not touched.

The object of the trick is the groom, which means that the groom has to go through some hardships if he wants to marry his daughter-in-law. The car will be stopped about a few hundred meters before the door, the bride can not land on the ground before entering the house, and the groom will pull the tricycle from the board, or hold or back, in short, it will take a lot of hard work. At this time, Ye Qin and the younger generation need to help, or smoke to make the people who block the road raise their noble hands, or block the groom to make less effort.

"Ye Qin, this kid is sensible, I heard that he also went to participate in sports competitions?"

"Yes, yes, that kid in my family said that Ye Qin is still on TV."

"Ye Qin's parents are here too, right?"

"here, sitting alone in the hall, how can Ye Mingwang's black-hearted man have the face to run here, I'm really not afraid that Uncle Guandi will beat him."

"What the third aunt said is that Brother Ming Wang doesn't know what to think, a good son, throw it to his parents and brothers, if it weren't for Ye Qin going to school, Ming Cheng would have gotten married a few years earlier, and the boys in the family might have run all over the ground."

"Don't talk about this on a good day, it's good for Ye Qin to compete for energy, it's bright, I heard that Ye Qin made money in the competition? My girl said that there are red banners with Ye Qin's name hanging at the entrance of No. 2 Middle School, which is really promising. ”

"I heard that Ye Qin's teacher also gave him a red envelope."

"Third aunt, I don't know if Ye Qin is making money or not." Ye Mingmei listened to several neighbors gossiping about family matters, smiled and shook her head, she was familiar with the neighborhood, many uncles and aunts and sisters-in-law who knew her when she was a girl, and it was not only the family that had opinions about his eldest brother Ye Mingwang, but also others.

As for Ye Qin, she also heard her man mention what sports competition Ye Qin went to participate in and won awards, as if he had also gone abroad, but there was no fanfare, and her son Su Ju was also going to practice sports, and her man was no longer as strongly opposed as before.

But she doesn't know if she earns money or not, and when she goes home to help her brother Ye Mingcheng prepare for the wedding, her parents don't leak their tone at all, but the tuition fees that Ye Qin borrowed from school last year have been repaid.

Moreover, she also asked Ye Qin about his teacher's red envelope, Ye Mingcheng went to the school to find Ye Qin, invited a few people to dinner, and invited them at that time.

But in the end, it is separated by one layer, and it is the Spring Festival, each family has something to do, and the distance has not come, but Rao is so, everyone gave a red envelope, which is considered to be a special face for his nephew.

Going to school allows the teacher to give the student's family a marriage companion, but Ye Mingmei has never seen this treatment before.

It can also be seen that his nephew is really promising.

After so many years of hard work, I finally see that life is getting better, so it's good!

There was a bustle, from three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and then at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the guests gradually dispersed, leaving only their relatives to help clean up the trivialities.

When the bride toasted the elders, Ye Qin also saw her aunt, a rather generous peasant woman, who met her uncle while working outside, and the time was actually a few years, but the family conditions were poor before, and the bride price, the banquet and the like were all troublesome, and the uncle also refused to say it from the family.

"Ye Qin, don't be busy yet."

Outside the small courtyard, there are still guests at the round tables tomorrow and they have not been put away, but the wine is set up at night, and all kinds of residues on the ground are quite messy, Ye Qin is cleaning up with his sister-in-law and cousin Su Ju, when he heard his sister-in-law Ye Mingmei walking out of the room.

"What's wrong, sister-in-law?" Ye Qin put down the broom in his hand and looked up and asked.

Ye Mingmei pouted in the direction of the hall, "Your mother wants to talk to you." ”

"No, I have something to say to her." When Ye Qin heard this, he simply shook his head neatly, uncle's wedding, there was still someone in the family, but "that person" didn't dare to come, but his stepmother Wu Fengqin came.

"Go ahead." Ye Mingmei also seemed to expect Ye Qin's reaction, and then said, "Your grandparents are here." ”

"That's good." Ye Qin put the broom in his hand aside, although he didn't want to pay attention to Wu Fengqin, but his grandparents were there, and he didn't want the old man to be embarrassed.

"Mom, I'll go too." On the one hand, Su Ju, who was caught by Ye Qin and his father to work together, jumped up all of a sudden. He had already stared at the boxes of ceremonial flowers that Ye Qin had placed in his house, and he had the patience to clean up the tables and chairs honestly.

"Where are you going, clean up the yard with your dad." Ye Mingmei glared at her son, turned around and walked towards the kitchen. Although there are neighbors to help, but her brother is married, it is always difficult for her to stand by and watch, and she always has to follow the cooking.

Entering the hall, Ye Qin saw his grandparents sitting in the middle of the hall and Wu Fengqin below them.

Today, it is rare for the second elder to put on two new clothes, if Ye Mingcheng is the happiest to get married, there is no one more than the old man, the marriage of this youngest son has always been a difficult problem, and the grandson can't ignore it.

But this year, after the two leaders of Ye Qin's school came to visit his home, Ye Qin was able to earn money, and the second elder actually didn't know much about Ye Qin's competition, but his grandfather Ye Guandi probably understood that the first time Ye Qin won the prize on behalf of the country, and then gave the bonus. The second time was when Ye Chin represented the province in the competition, and he also won the prize and gave the bonus.

The money Ye Qin got back except for repaying some of the tuition fees he had borrowed before, even if his youngest son got married, he didn't move, but with this money in hand, no matter what, people are always much more relieved. They can also see that Ye Qin is on the right path, and there will be a way out in the future.

Moreover, the second elder doesn't understand other reasons, but he still knows that his wealth is not exposed, Ye Qin's bonus they have never talked to outsiders, even the youngest son only knows the approximate, did not say the specific amount, but in the village where a little thing can make a disturbance, some things can't be hidden.

After all, in the county, the banner at the entrance of Xiushui No. 2 Middle School has been hung, and the City Games competition at the end of October is on TV, and there are more or less children in each family who have gone to junior high school and high school, so it is impossible not to have a little wind coming back.

Ye Guandi looked at Wu Fengqin, the eldest daughter-in-law who came to the door when her youngest son got married, and she had been thinking about what she wanted to do.

"Ye Qin, come and sit." As soon as Wu Fengqin saw Ye Qin enter the hall, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly beckoned Ye Qin to sit beside her.

She came here in the morning, and the family had a bad reputation and didn't want to come, but she wasn't afraid. And compared to others, she knows more about reading and literacy than these mud-legged relatives.

Not to mention anything else, what is the concept of a national champion in the City Games, others don't know, she still knows a little bit. There are also some changes in Xiushui No. 2 Middle School, which have caused a sensation in the education system of Xiushui County.

In the past, when Ye Qin was in junior high school, she had heard that Ye Qin loved to run and jump, and she just thought that it was like that when she went to a second middle school, but who would have thought that this kid could have such a good talent in sports.

"Sit down."

Ye Guandi, who was sitting at the top, looked at Ye Qinjinmen, and didn't pay attention to Wu Fengqin's words, but the old man still opened his mouth and pointed to the side.

"Ye Qin, are you training hard at school? Is it good to eat? As soon as Ye Qin sat down, Wu Fengqin reached out to grab Ye Qin's hand and asked with concern.

"If you have something, just say it." Ye Qin watched the other party's movements, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said with a cold expression.

Looking at Ye Qin's movements, Wu Fengqin's expression was slightly embarrassed, but she still smiled and covered up the past, "In a few days, the family will have a New Year's treat, your uncle and aunt are newly married this year, and they will have to sit at home." It's also rare for you to be at home, and when the time comes, you can eat together at home. Your dad hasn't seen you in over a year, and he's always talking about it. ”

"Not available!"

Ye Qin stood up suddenly, simply refused, and then said to Ye Guandi and Liu Lanzhi, "Grandparents, I'll go back to school soon, the coach asked me to go back to training early, and I will go to Linzhou to have a game in a few days." ”

"Feng Qin, Ye Qin has something to do, I'll talk about it later." Ye Guandi picked up the dry chimney on the table at hand and knocked it, and said to Ye Qin, "Ye Qin, you go and move the fireworks out of the room, Su Ju has been calling there for a long time." ”

Wu Fengqin wanted to say something next to her, but looking at this posture, she didn't know how to say it for a while. Liu Lanzhi, the grandmother next to her, said that she wanted to see her new daughter-in-law and let Wu Fengqin follow.

Ye Qin nodded to the second elder, turned around directly and greeted his cousin outside, and took out two boxes of fireworks from the room and put them in the open space outside the courtyard.

The sound of ignition, ignition, and swishing gunpowder fuel sounded, and flames erupted from the cardboard box, flew high into the air, and exploded suddenly.

The fireworks lit up the dark night.

Ye Qin watched the fireworks bloom brightly, dazzling, and the little thing about Wu Fengqin was left behind, he didn't want to care, he didn't want to pay attention to it, and he wouldn't forgive.

The uncle got married, the second elder was happy, the family was no longer worried, the fireworks in front of him were in full bloom, and his future was never clearer.

He already wants to go back to school, back to the track, back to the field.

He knew he had changed something, and what those changes were about.

The hardships and twists and turns brought by life gradually disappeared when he ran.

When I stood on the runway, I knew where my life was!

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