Regardless of whether the night of the 30th day of the lunar month was a party all night long, they had to get up early the next morning and go from house to house to worship the New Year.

No, before seven o'clock this morning, my mother and I were pulled out of bed, dressed in new clothes, and dressed up carefully.

While helping me button my padded jacket and add a red scarf to me, my mother told me and my brother: "Don't make a mistake about the order of New Year's greetings later." Remember to go to the little grandmother's house first, then to the uncle's house, then to the second and third uncle's houses, and then to the other neighbors' houses. ”

I hadn't woken up yet, yawning and wiping tears from my eyes, nodding my head to show that I understood.

My brother grabbed a handful of raisins from the pastry box, and while eating, he promised my mother, "Oh, okay." Mom, don't worry. It's like this every year, don't worry, you can't go wrong. ”

I followed Ling Ming with confidence, he was familiar with the roads in the village, and when it came to interpersonal communication, his mouth was sweeter than mine, and he also liked the people in the village.

Therefore, it will not be wrong to follow him in the matter of New Year's greetings.

The first one is the little grandmother's house.

The reason why I am called Little Grandma is because my grandfather is the second oldest among all the brothers, they are three brothers, the younger grandfather is the youngest, and there is a big grandfather, who lived to be 99 years old in the early years and died at the end of his life.

The grandparents are still there.

Her family lives at the end of the village, next to my family's old house. My brother Ling Ming and I walked for a while before arriving.

Every year the first day of the new year is a sunny day, and this year is no exception.

The warm sun basks my heart, and it warms my heart.

There were a few small benches in front of the little grandmother's house, but there was no one.

My brother strode into the house, and I followed. He cleared his throat and shouted, "Grandma, we're here to greet you." ”

The voice of the little grandmother came from the house: "Hey, I'm boiling water." Ming, Yue, Happy New Year. ”

After the little grandmother finished speaking, she smiled kindly and grabbed a handful of small citrus for each of Ling Ming and me.

I happily said, "Happy New Year Grandma, thank you, Grandma."

The little grandmother said, "Hey, Happy New Year." Quick, don't stand, go sit in the courtyard and bask in the sun. I'm going to pour hot water that has just been boiled and make you tea. ”

Ling Ming and I obediently came outside the house, each of us occupied a small stool, and sat lazily in the sun.

Ling Ming pointed to my family's old house next door and said, "Old sister, do you know. In 98 years, there was a big flood, and the water in our house was almost one meter high. In the middle of the night, the whole family slept in bed. You're so big. ”

I anxiously asked, "How did we get saved?"

Ling Ming took a sip of tea and continued: "My parents hurriedly brought basins and buckets to scoop water outside the house, and I picked you up and slept in the shaker, found a stool, and climbed onto our dinner table. Mom and Dad were there scooping water all the time...... But the mud house is like a brick house, there is no water at all, and the wardrobe at home is all soaked in water......"

I looked at Ling Ming, his expression was light, and he was telling me these things as if he was telling someone else's story.

I peeled an orange and handed it to him, and said with a smile, "Thank you, brother, for saving your life back then."

He took the orange, stuffed it into his mouth, and said proudly, "You're welcome." After all, I owe you a favor back then. ”

I asked curiously, "What kind of favor?"

He got up, walked to a cement stalk in front of the little grandmother's yard, and said, "Come and see."

I looked at the dirt road on the ground and asked, "What are you telling me to see?"

He touched his head and said embarrassedly: "When you were three months old, I was only six and a half years old, and I couldn't hold you at a young age." When I was holding you, my mother told me not to run, I was too naughty, I had to run, and I fell here......

You flew straight out of my arms right there......"

I looked at him in disbelief and said, "That's it, I could have scored 100 points in my brain, but now I can be in the 90s...... However, my life is so big, I rolled so far without breaking my arm or leg......"

My brother smiled and said, "When you were three years old, you didn't speak, and my parents thought I had made you stupid that time, and they were going to take you to the hospital for a check-up."

Good guy, one day you pointed at your dad and suddenly shouted 'Daddy', and you spoke very fluently, so I shouldn't have fallen stupid at you......"

Me: "......"

The little grandmother brought out the tea, put it on the bench, and shouted with a smile, "Children, come and drink tea." ”

When Ling Ming and I sat by the tea, the little grandmother took out a bag of pastries from her pocket, stuffed it into Ling Ming and said, "I wish Ming to rise step by step, and the title of this year's college entrance examination gold list is ha." ”

Ling Ming took the pastry with a smile: "Hey, thank you, grandma." ”

The older generation, just the grandparents, can love their grandchildren, but never their granddaughters.

Even if the New Year's greeting, a small matter of a pastry, left a small pimple in my heart.

In rural areas, many girls do not wait until puberty, when they have physical characteristics, to learn that there is a difference between men and women.

Instead, from the differential treatment of the older generation in the family, the little heart fell into ashes: I am a girl, not as good as a boy. When you grow up, you want to get married, and one day you will become a different family......

Because of this, if many brides give birth to a daughter in their first child, their mother-in-law's face will be much uglier. What's even more unfortunate is that some families have given birth to several girls, and they have to continue to give birth to them, and they will not give up until they have sons......

If I were to change the birth order with Ling Ming, I couldn't guarantee that I would be able to get so many favoritisms now.

After basking in the sun for a while, a few more children came here, who were the grandchildren of the little grandmother.

My brother and I said goodbye to her and went to my uncle's house.

The uncle has been lonely for many years, and the aunt went early. Suicide by drinking pesticides.

At that time, many people died of poverty, and perhaps they could not afford to buy suicide medicine, so they only used pesticides to grow crops to kill themselves.

However, my cousins and cousins all came back for the Chinese New Year, and a few of them who were twenty years older than me came back with their children in their arms.

The uncle's house was not lively until the Chinese New Year.

After eating some sweets, drinking a cup of tea, and congratulating the New Year, Ling Ming and I went to the second uncle's house next door to pay New Year's greetings.

My second uncle and second aunt had a son and a daughter, who were more than a decade older than me.

Both of them were admitted to the university and were envious of others. As soon as my parents educate me and my brother, they will use the two of them as model pacesetters for us.

It's been years since I said it, and my ears have heard calluses coming.

But the king is the king, and my brother and I, who are still bronze, have to be respectful when we see these two cousins.

The two of them are not on marriage leave, and there are no little children at home, and the New Year is not as lively as the uncle's house.

Say goodbye to the second uncle, next door is the third uncle's house.

There are so many uncles, I think my dad and the third uncle look the most similar, and their temperament and personality are also similar.

The third uncle also became a grandfather two years ago, and his eldest granddaughter was eleven years younger than me.

As soon as I ran into his house, the little girl ran over and grabbed me and kept calling me "Auntie".

A two- or three-year-old child is the most likable, a bag of biscuits can coax her for a long time, and she still learns when you talk.

I've been visiting three or four houses, and my stomach is stuffed.

I really can't eat it now. After sitting at the third uncle's house for a while, my brother and I went to the house of a nearby relative.

In this way, half of the room was circumvented, and the two people who were poured with tea and wanted to vomit, swallowed melon seeds and hiccuped, and couldn't beat the tongue that said good things, paced home.

New Year's greetings are a trivial matter, and if you are not careful, you will be prone to indigestion.