If there is a solution, we will not pull down our faces and go down the street to ask for food, because we are not asking for food after all. However, people are poor, horses are thin and long, people are hungry, except for stealing, all that is left is to ask.

The four of them were divided into two groups, I was with Silly Niu, and Qiang Shun was with Chen Hui.

This town is not very big, it looks like a town, but in fact it is about the same as our largest village there, and it is not rich, there are very few buildings, the town is full of those big red tiled houses, and the main street is not very wide, except for the shops on both sides of the street, there are residents.

I walked south with the stupid cow with the bowl, Qiang Shun and Chen Hui went north with the bowl, at this time, the door was open, we went door to door, standing at the door of the house and shouting, and I didn't dare to shout loudly, for fear that the noise would be loud and noisy, and make people unhappy.

This town, I feel that it should be in Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Xuchang, the junction of the three cities, this is my own feeling, I don't know where it is. The people in the town were not bad, and when they saw us standing at the door of their house for food, they all took pity on us, brought rice and meat from home, and poured them into bowls for us, although they were all leftovers and a little cold, but this was enough for us to be content.

Leading the stupid cow, the two of us want to eat one by one, and then ask for it after eating, I don't know what is going on at the time, I may not have eaten such a good meal for a long time, but I can't eat enough, my stomach is full of food, and I have to continue to eat, as if I am going to finish all the meals in this life in one go.

This way to pass, the two of us actually asked for more than a dozen, each of us ate at least seven or eight bowls, in the end, the food was really unbearable, the road was almost unable to walk, so we stopped. Although our pig's head meat was taken away by the dogs, this Chinese New Year's Eve, we ate much more hearty than the pig's head meat, and we ate so full.

Chen Hui and Qiang Shun ate well, but Chen Hui kept telling Qiang Shun to eat enough, and he didn't let him eat so much stupidly like the two of us.

That night, we stayed in the town because we had eaten too much at noon and had a lot of oil and water, so we didn't ask for any more food in the evening.

The next day, it was the Spring Festival of 1997, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and several people woke up early in the morning, and the first thing they did was to be hungry again.

According to the customs of our hometown, dumplings must be eaten on the morning of the first day of the new year, the first bowl of dumplings fished out of the pot, put some dumpling soup, put at home for the gods, and the second bowl of dumplings for their parents to eat.

At this time, a few of us took bowls again and asked for them from house to house. The dumplings on the first day of the new year are all wrapped in the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but they don't cook much in the morning because they are not very hungry. Of course, just because they're not hungry doesn't mean we're not hungry either, this time, we're separated, I'm going east with Silly Niu, and Qiang Shun is going west with Chen Hui.

It's still door-to-door, because each family doesn't cook a lot of dumplings, and we can only have half a bowl at most, and we can only ask for a few if we eat it, and we will be hungry again.

When they were about to get to the east end of their town, there was such a family, looking at the house was very ordinary, ordinary people. An old man came out of this house, about seventy years old, and when he saw us, he didn't say a word, but turned back to the house and brought out a small basin.

I looked into the basin, and there was a pot full of dumplings, and the old man said to us, he has several sons, and each of them brought a big bowl of dumplings early in the morning, and they couldn't eat so much, so they should eat it in your bowl.

The stupid cow and I immediately thanked the old man for their kindness, divided the dumplings in the basin into the bowl, divided the two bowls, and did not finish the distribution, the two of them gobbled up at the door of the old man's house, planning to eat the bowl after eating, and then divide the old man's basin into the bowl and continue to eat.

At this time, the old man asked us where we were and why they didn't come home for the Chinese New Year, and came to them to ask for dinner.

I told the old man while eating, we are from Xinxiang, in fact, we don't want food, we are from home to help people, now the New Year, there is no restaurant open, and we have no money on us, so we have to ask for food.

When the old man heard this, he asked where we live now, where can we ask for food for the New Year, and when their family has prepared a meal at noon, they will send us a little.

At this time, before I had time to discuss with Chen Hui, I told the old man that we were under the big tree in their town, and that we had slept there for two nights. The old man nodded, full of pity.

When the dumplings in the bowl were almost eaten, the old man poured all the rest of the bowl into the bowl for us, and the stupid cow and I thanked the old man again for their kindness.

Leaving the old man's house, we took the bowl and ate while walking to the place where we slept. I hurriedly called the silly cow and hid more on the side of the road, everyone was wearing new clothes, so let's not get into the scenery if we are dirty.

While gobbling up dumplings, I hid from the side of the road and walked forward, almost all of them cast surprised glances at us on the road, I buried my head lower, do you know what I was thinking?

I'm thinking, my ancestors are also a well-known family on both sides of the Yellow River to exorcise evil spirits, and my descendants actually ask for food along the street on the first day of the Lunar New Year, where did the proud bones passed on to you by my family go? Do you want to lose the face of your ancestors? I can't put into words what it felt like in my heart.

After joining Chen Hui Qiangshun under the big tree, we still didn't leave the town, because we were afraid that after leaving, if there was no more village or town in front of us, we would really starve to death. According to Chen Hui's meaning, the people in their town are quite kind, stay here for a few days for the time being, wait for those stores to open, buy enough dry food, and then move forward, the three of us nodded when we heard this, and this is the only way for now.

At noon, a few people took the bowl again, and were about to ask for food again, but I didn't expect that the old man who gave us dumplings to eat in the morning came over with a small steel pot, and he really came to bring us food to eat.

Chen Hui and Qiang Shun didn't know what was going on, and I never told them, and the two of them looked surprised. The old man came to a few of us, looked at us, and looked very surprised, the old man mainly saw Chen Hui dressed up, wearing a broken Taoist robe, so he asked Chen Hui, are you a Taoist priest?

Chen Hui nodded blankly, and the old man immediately said "oops", saying that we, since we are Taoist priests, why do you sleep here, there is a temple in the south of the town, this is the New Year, the temple is open every day, you go there, there is a house for you to live in, many people in the town will go to the temple to burn incense, and when they see you, they will give you something to eat, to ensure that you are not hungry.

When we heard this, we looked at each other, and to be honest, we came from the north of the town, and we hadn't been to the south of the town, and we didn't know that there was a temple in the south of the town.

The old man poured the food from the steel pot into the bowl for us, urging us to go with him, I glanced at Chen Hui, Chen Hui didn't say a word, several people packed their bags, and followed the old man to the southernmost part of the town.

Far away, we saw a big courtyard on the east side of the road, and looked at the courtyard wall and the houses inside, which seemed to be some years old, earthen walls and gray tile houses.

Chen Hui was a little hesitant at this time, he was afraid that it was a Buddhist temple, and he was a Taoist, so it was impossible to enter the Buddhist temple. However, when we arrived at the front to see, it was a Taoist Niangniang Temple, the place was quite large, five or six halls in the big courtyard, for many Taoist ancestors, and the first one to offer was a few Niangniang, specifically those few, I don't remember clearly, it seems to be one of the twelve old mothers.

Follow the old man inside, it was noon at this time, and it was like he had just eaten, and many people who had already eaten were burning incense and kowtowing inside, and there were still many people.

There is a temple blessing in the temple, and the old man seems to be quite familiar with the temple wish, and he said something to the temple wish. This temple is an old woman, look older than Chen Hui, with a crutch, very kind, she led us to the back of the main hall, there are two small earthen tile houses behind, it seems that the years are longer than the previous halls, the old woman said, this is the old hall in the past, when the four old were broken, the statues inside were smashed, and then there was no more to the statues inside, and the temple was rebuilt in front, if you don't dislike it, live in it. When we looked at it, how could we dislike it, it was stronger than the cold wind blowing on all sides under the big tree.

The four of them lived in an old hall, and when we put away the luggage and set up the bed, we finished the work, put on the clean clothes that Liu Xiaofeng had washed for us before, followed Chen Hui to the front halls, and kowtowed to the immortals in the hall one by one, Chen Hui was also pulled by the old woman who watched the temple and chatted a few words, and the afternoon of the first day of the new year passed like this.

In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and the old man came again, and brought us some food, and after a while, many people brought us food, and some of them, seeing that we were wearing thin clothes, asked us if we wanted old cotton jackets and old coats. On this cold day, we not only need food, but also thick clothes, and we can't ask for it. Some people went back to their homes and brought us some thick clothes, although they were all old, they were still warm in their clothes, and at that moment, I felt that there was still warmth in the world, and there were still good people in the world.

The night of the first day of the new year is not as good as the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, but it is also quite lively, especially in the temple, people come and go, there are many people burning incense, and at the same time, the street is crackling, everywhere is the sound of children or adults setting off firecrackers.

I led the stupid cow Qiangshun and walked around the street, watching the people in the town set off fireworks and guns, smelling the smell of gunpowder from the artillery battles on the street, and I finally felt a trace of the smell of the New Year.

Chen Hui didn't do his homework until late that day, maybe the noise of the pilgrims and the sound of cannonballs made him unable to meditate.

When he finished his homework, the three of us came back from the street. Chen Hui called the three of us to him, smiled and said to us, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and we Taoists are not interested in giving New Year's money, but I have prepared a gift for the three of us.

When the three of us heard this, we were both surprised and happy, but we didn't expect that this stubborn old man could still think of preparing gifts for us during the New Year.

Chen Hui said as he put his hand into his arms and groped for it, groped for a while, and took out an object from his arms......

What kind of gift is this?

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