At this moment of family reunion, Ziqing is enjoying the joy of reunion in a strange time and space with a bunch of strangers, what can the parents in the previous life do to alleviate their pain of missing their daughter? Who can tell her? This night, Ziqing woke up like a dream in the constant sound of firecrackers, so clearly saw her parents in her previous life, and told her to live well, as long as she knew that she was happy, no matter what time and space she was, her parents would be pleased, because life is more important than anything else. When the figure of her parents gradually blurred, Ziqing cried bitterly, shouting "Dad, Mom", and there was a force in the dark towards Ziqing, "Go back, they will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and live a long and healthy life." ”

"Qingqing, what's wrong with you, are you having nightmares? Qingqing, you wake up, Qingqing. Ziqing opened her eyes, Zifu was anxiously hugging her and calling her, "It's okay, Qingqing is good, don't be afraid, big brother is by your side." Don't be afraid, it's sunny. ”

Ziqing hugged Zifu and cried, but she also knew that she was afraid of waking others up, so she didn't dare to make a loud noise, Zifu kept gently patting her back, and Ziqing fell asleep again in the murmur of her eldest brother and had a good night's sleep.

When I woke up early on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zifu had already put on new clothes, and brought over Zilu and Ziqing's new clothes and pants, and wanted to put them on for Ziqing, Ziqing's heart knot had been untied, and she had made up her mind to be a five-year-old child, so she stretched out her hand and looked at Zifu with a smile to help her get dressed, Zifu touched her head and asked, "Why is Qingqing so happy?" ”

"Well, because today is the New Year, because my brother is good to Qingqing."

"Qingqing is so good, so does Qingqing want to be good to her brother?"

"Yes, Qingqing must be good to her father, her brother, and her brother." After speaking, he kissed Zifu's face with practical actions, Zifu was stunned for a few seconds, Zilu also went over to kiss him, and the three of them laughed.

The three of them dressed up and entered Shen's room together, Ziqing saw a round cushion woven of straw on the ground, called a futon, which was probably intended to kowtow, and sure enough, Zifu knelt up first, "Zifu gives my father and mother a New Year's greeting, and I wish my father and mother a long and healthy life." Shen gave him a purse and said, "I also wish my son progress in his studies." Zeng Ruixiang nodded on the side, Zilu and Ziqing did the same, Lian Zishou also learned again, each got a purse, Ziqing saw that although the fabric was not the best, the workmanship was exquisite, I don't know when Shen did it. Ziqing fooled Zishou's purse, opened it and saw that there were five copper plates, and Shen explained: "Mother knows that several of you are sensible and caring, and this copper plate is also earned by yourself, so my mother will give you a few more this year." I hope our family's life will get better and better. At this time, Zeng Ruixiang spoke, "Let's go, it's not too early, it's time to kowtow to my father and mother, and I will go to the ancestral hall to set up wine in a while, and I want to give Zixi a family tree today."

So, the family arrived at the front room, the old man and Tian sat in the hall, waiting for the descendants to kneel and worship, first Zeng Ruiqing's family, then Ziqing's family, and then two aunts, Tian wrapped a bunch of red envelopes with red paper, and the grandchildren kowtowed and stood up and gave one casually, Ziqing retreated and opened it to see a copper plate, Ziping's obvious more, she also opened it, it was five copper plates, and waved towards Ziqing. It turned out that in order to balance the relationship, the Tian family got the same amount of the two families, not as many children. I didn't see how many red envelopes my aunt had. Next, Zifu took his younger brothers and sisters to pay New Year's greetings to Zeng Ruiqing and Zhou, still kneeling and bowing, and also got a copper plate. In the same way, Shen gave Ziping five copper plates. Because Xia Yu and Qiu Yu are unmarried, they don't need to kneel down, so they don't need to give red envelopes.

After tossing this, the family began to eat breakfast, breakfast is very simple, two dishes, the same tofu and a big dish (just a kind of green vegetable), meaning that at the beginning of the new year, there will be a lot of fortune and a lot of blessings. After eating, Zeng Ruiqing and Zeng Ruixiang took Zifu, Zilu, and Zixi to go out to greet the neighbors and people in the village. "Everyone enters the door with this sentence, Tian will grab a handful of peanuts and melon seeds when he sees a child. Ziqing didn't see anything new, so she went back to the room to still watch the child. Suddenly a burst of firecrackers and gongs and drums sounded, Ziqing hurriedly went out of the door, it turned out that the dragon dance team in the village came, the hall was too small, it couldn't be opened at all, the dragon head came in first, the follow-up came, turned around, and when the dragon head went out, the dragon tail had not been able to enter the house, and Tian sealed a red envelope. As soon as she left here, Xiao Xiushui came over to Ziqing to see the dragon lanterns, lion dances, and rowing boats, Ziqing also wanted to see it, so she entrusted Zixi to Xia Yu. Then Xiao Xiushui grabbed Ziqing's hand and ran out.

When the two came to the open space in the street, they found that there was a large circle of people, and there was nothing to see on the periphery, Ziqing saw a bunch of black thighs, fortunately, it was easier to squeeze in a small one, and the two of them drilled back and forth and finally squeezed in. Ziqing saw that it was really noisy gongs and drums, the dragon and lion leaping, the same as watching movies and television, most of the dragon and lion dances had a bit of kung fu, they were sensitive, jumping up and down, there were a lot of stools in the venue, there were also tables, there were stools on the table, the long dragon and the lion were fighting back and forth, jumping on the stool for a while, jumping on the table for a while, and even jumping on the stool on the table, Ziqing was shocked to see it, and there was a cheer all around, about half an hour passed, they went down to rest, and changed to a dry boat, the dry boat was colored paper paste, The six little daughters-in-law are dressed in red and willow green, with two people in the bow, stern, and middle, holding wooden pulp in their hands, singing while rowing, singing about local folk songs, Ziqing has never heard it before, but she thinks the tune is strange and good. After a while, the dry boat went down and changed to a male woodcutter, and the woman had a big clam shell on her back, one by one, and the two sang in duet, probably singing a primitive love, Ziqing didn't understand. This circle is estimated to be about an hour, Ziqing is worried about the younger brother at home, the Shen family is busy preparing the banquet in the ancestral hall, and he can't take care of it at all, so he dragged Xiao Xiushui out of the house, and when he returned home, Ziqing was still very excited, and learned from Xia Yu on chatter, Xia Yu said that Qiu Yu took Ziping out to play.

Originally, Ziqing also wanted to follow to the ancestral hall to see the ceremony of the younger brother entering the family tree, after all, she had not seen it before, but it was strictly forbidden for women to enter the ancestral hall here, so Ziqing had to give up. After a while, the old man brought his cousin uncle from the clan to the house to help cook and pass the dishes, Zeng Ruixiang also took the boy to the ancestral hall, Zifu carried a basket, which was red candles and firecrackers, Shen followed, Ziqing hurriedly followed. There are still five or six meters away from the gate of the ancestral hall, Shen Shi stopped, Ziqing saw that there was a patio in the ancestral hall, and a few tables of banquets were placed around, basically all of them were adults, and the ceremony was completed after a while, Zifu sent Zixi out, and Shen took the child outside and went home. The old man and the others waited until the banquet was over and the things were put together before going home, and it was already dark. The year is over.