Chapter 63, the New Year
"Xiaoyi, you better take this money back, your father doesn't have any income this year, not to mention that you are also older, there are many places to use money, and we still have money for the New Year." Grandma stuffed the money back into Zhang Yi's pocket.
Zhang Yi hurriedly took out the money again, and put it in his grandmother's hand, "Grandma, my father made a little money this year, and he bought a lot of delicious food during the New Year, so you can take it." Although the money is not much, it is a little bit of Zhang Yi's heart, and he doesn't want his grandmother to take it back to him.
"Normally, your dad only gives it at thirty nights, why did it advance this year? And give so much at once? "Grandma, this is going to be the end.
"Dad said, give some to let my uncle buy New Year's goods first, and then give them at thirty, grandma won't be able to buy New Year's goods, so let grandma have a good New Year this year." Zhang Yi had no choice but to find a reason.
He knew that on the evening of the thirtieth night, his parents would take Zhang Yi and his younger brother to grandma's house for a reunion dinner, which was indispensable with their New Year's money, and his father wanted to give his grandmother hundreds of yuan for the New Year's money.
Grandma is still very happy to get the money, not happy for the money, which shows that Zhang Yi's parents are still very filial and have not forgotten her, as long as they have this mind, she is already very satisfied, and when she lives to this age where she already knows the destiny of heaven, she can see everything, as long as the children are doing well, everything is put down.
Seeing that there are old friends in the village, no one cares about raising four sons, and they can't see their sons when they have nothing to do, and they have to find a reasonable reason to think about them, it's really strange, it's not that the sons are not living well and have no ability to take care of them, but the sons are living so well that they don't think of them at all!
Zhang Yi was quite happy to see his grandmother accept the money, although he can't let his grandmother live a life without worrying about food and clothing, but it is also good to slowly improve his grandmother's quality of life.
Surprises should come slowly, one by one, not a big surprise all at once, this is not a surprise, I am afraid it will evolve into a fright, if you are not careful, scare your grandmother out of a bad way, you don't blame yourself to death.
Zhang Yi's family also began to buy New Year's goods, what melon seed candy, what drinks and fruits, what Spring Festival couplets and New Year's paintings, etc., as well as Zhang Yi and his younger brother's favorite firecrackers and fireworks, of course, vegetables and pork are also essential.
This year, my parents were very happy, I bought more things for the New Year, and my parents also bought a new dress for Zhang Yi and his younger brother without Zhang Yi and Zhang Cheng knowing, and the whole family was full of joy, the atmosphere was also happy, and there was a few more festive joys.
Calculate that the day will soon come to the Chinese New Year's Eve, today Zhang Yi's family is very busy, parents have to deal with a lot of dishes today, store them, and wait to eat for the New Year, Zhang Yi and his younger brother help clean up, paste the Spring Festival Lian Door God, and print some dark coins, and then go to the grave of grandpa!
After Zhang Yi finished lunch, he took the cigarettes, wine, incense, and the dark coins printed by him and his younger brother, called his uncle, and went to his grandfather's cemetery together, kowtowed to incense, burned paper and liquor, and burned all the things he took.
Zhang Yi knelt on his grandfather's grave, telling him that there were any happy events or unsatisfactory things in the family this year, and he told his grandfather that no one had ever known whether his grandfather had heard it or not, and there was nowhere to verify.
They burn what should be burned, pour wine and kowtow, these have always been the traditional customs of Zhang Yi's hometown, but some places still have firecrackers, and Zhang Yi's hometown does not have the step of setting off firecrackers.
But when you finally go home, you have to check if you have burned anything else, you must put out the fire, and you can't light the trees on the mountain, so the family should not spend this year.
When Zhang Yi returned home, his parents were preparing the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and there were red lanterns hanging at the door of every house.
It's not lively to set off fireworks and firecrackers, and from time to time in the kitchen, you will smell the aroma of meat, and leave my brother's little gluttonous cat like a waterfall, and I can't wait to catch it with my hands immediately.
When the dishes were all served, the whole family began to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, only to see cold dishes, peanuts, glutinous rice cakes and other samples on the dinner table, and the fragrance kept rushing into Zhang Yi's nose, making him salivate.
Eating and receiving red envelopes is a habit that has been handed down, Zhang Yi and his younger brother have a lot of money in their pockets, but they are all one or two yuan of change, this is the happiest time for children.
After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the children are also crazy, our family sits on the kang, watching the Spring Festival Gala, from time to time you can still hear the cheers of the children next door, the neighbors, sure they are still pressing the money, because only at this time, will you hear the sincere smile of the children, and only at this time, can parents feel that they are the happiest.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, every household began to set off firecrackers, some people also set off fireworks, this firecracker is like a happiness, joy, peace, these are passed to thousands of households, this sound of firecrackers, like a good memory, reminds us of many happy past, this sound of firecrackers, like a good blessing, blessings to relatives and friends in good health!
The Chinese New Year is a festive day, everyone is wearing new clothes, the elderly and children are beaming, this is the atmosphere of the New Year in the countryside, and when Zhang Yi grows up, I don't know why, I can no longer find the happiness and celebration of the New Year as a child.
On the first day of the first month of the first month, Zhang Yi was drooling and dreaming, when the sound of "crackling" firecrackers woke Zhang Yi up from his dream, and he saw that it was still dark outside, and the sky was not yet bright.
Today, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, on the day of the New Year, Zhang Yi felt a hint of the New Year's breath, rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist, snorted, and wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth.
I called my younger brother, who was still dreaming, and walked outside slowly, only to hear the sound of firecrackers everywhere, one after another, and after one family finished playing, the other family began to play again.
My brother and I also held firecrackers and were about to start setting them off, but brother, you are too ruthless, a string of 5,000 firecrackers, by him so lightly, it was reduced by one-third, and the sound that followed was much less.
Today, every household is dressed up in full swing, some people go to relatives and friends' houses to pay New Year's greetings, Zhang Yi used to like the New Year the most, because you can receive a lot of money, as long as it is the money in my hand, don't want to slip away from my hand.
But fortunately, now Zhang Yi has opened up, and his father took his younger brother to his relatives, which made Zhang Yi breathe a sigh of relief to avoid being too embarrassed, but he remembered that he went to his relatives at a complete loss, and some people actually said that they could still make money by leaving relatives, Zhang Yi didn't know how they went.
In the past few days of the New Year, the days are quite comfortable, eating, drinking and having fun are laughing, Zhang Yi has gained a few pounds all of a sudden, in this region of the northwest, every Spring Festival, the people in various villages spontaneously organize various social fire celebrations, which are dazzling and applauded.
The scale of the fire ranges from dozens of people to hundreds of people, including gongs and drummers, lion dances, etc., the masses set off firecrackers to meet the fire team, of course, others are not performing in vain, they have to give money, where the fire passes, the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums are noisy, the crowd is crowded, and the atmosphere is warm.
This kind of national performance has a long history, it can be said to be a unique folk art, belongs to a part of the intangible cultural heritage, once CCTV, specially to Zhang Yi's hometown, made several special reports, but also attracted some foreign friends to watch.
This ancient custom has been followed to this day, from the sixth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month every year, the northwest and other places should hold a grand, lively and extraordinary social fire activities, the social fire includes more than 20 kinds of social fire, car social fire, horse social fire, high-core social fire, lion dance and so on, the content is rich and colorful.
It has also increased the propaganda of the party's good policies, family planning propaganda, respect for the old and love for the young, these traditional virtues of publicity, and the same as the lanterns, are the biggest joy and joy of the New Year, people through the social fire, watch the social fire to tell the joy of the year's harvest, compare the spiritual morale of the people, pray for the coming year's wind and rain, the country and the people's peace.
Zhang Yi's village also has some such performances, but Zhang Yi has never participated, and he doesn't have that interest, but he can't dispel Zhang Yi's love of watching lively, and often goes to see how people rehearse, and that scene is much more enjoyable than when he actually performs.
"Zhang Yi, why are you here?" Zhang Yi was idle today, so he came to enjoy the funny folk art, and he heard someone calling him coldly, and turned his head to see that it was Zhang Chang and a few of his friends chatting there, everyone is from the same village, and it can be said that they are quite familiar.
"It's okay to come around, I just saw them practicing here, just take a look, why haven't you gone to work yet?" Zhang Yi walked over and said casually.
"It's still a holiday these days, and I'm going to work the day after tomorrow." Zhang Chang said with a smile, he still cares about the current job, it is much better than his brother, his brother went to work in the coal mine, that job is dangerous and dirty, and it is not something that people do at all.
"That's good, it's good to take a fake photo and get a salary." Zhang Yi jokingly looked at Zhang Chang's friends and chatted with them.
"It's good, have you ever written a song during this time!" Zhang Chang looked at Zhang Yi with a little expectation, the song last time was really good, it was targeted by many people, so he couldn't work, of course, it brought him a lot of benefits, and now he has a little intersection with those big stars.
"I don't have time, I've only been playing for this time, and I haven't remembered yet, how was that song last time?" Zhang Yi looked at Zhang Chang casually, as if to say that you haven't paid for the song last time, don't think about it this time, I won't do it again.
"You kid never suffers!" After Zhang Chang finished speaking with a smile, he introduced Zhang Yi to the friends he brought, Wang Qiang, Yan Jianming, Liu Longgang, Zhang Yi greeted them one by one, and saw that these people were all a little bourgeoisie, and they didn't look like they were from the countryside at all, and they spoke reasonably, giving people the first feeling that they were educated.
Zhang Yi also wanted to learn about the outside world, everyone chatted about the whole world, and at the same time there was a feeling rising in everyone's hearts, it was really late to see each other, and it was like old at first sight!
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