"Brother, why don't you get up yet? Hurry up and eat, today I am going to my grandmother's place to pay New Year's greetings, and grandma said to let you go to my uncle and grandfather's place to pay New Year's greetings!"

In his sleep, Li Yichen suddenly heard the sound of Li Xinyuan urging him to get up outside the door.

"Oh no, why is it so late!"

In a daze, Li Yichen slowly opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, Li Yichen was startled by the bright light in front of him.

At this time, it was already sunset, and the sun shone through the east window, and the whole room looked bright.

"What's the matter today, why did you sleep so hard and didn't wake up until now? No, I have to go to my uncle's house today, I have to get up quickly." ”

Since he can remember, every morning, whether it is windy or rainy, Li Yichen gets up early and persistently exercises, and there has never been a situation where he woke up so late as today.

"Got it, you go and tell your grandparents or let them go to your uncle and grandpa first, and I'll come over by myself. ”

Li Yichen, who opened his eyes, quickly sat up and responded loudly to Li Xinyuan outside the door.

As the custom of the whole Tangjiang Town, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is mainly all the people of the family who gather together to worship their ancestors.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, they have to go to their grandfather and grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings to the elders, and Li Xinyuan's grandmother's family lives near Tangjiang, so their family of three is going to her grandmother's house today to pay New Year's greetings to the elders. And Li Yichen's grandmother's house is really far away from Tangjiang, so there is no way to go over to them today to pay New Year's greetings, so Li Yichen's family had to go to Li Chuanrong's grandmother's house with his grandparents to pay New Year's greetings.

Although Li Chuanrong's grandfather and grandmother have long passed away, there is only one uncle in the family, which is Li Yichen's uncle and grandfather, and Li Chuanrong's uncle is younger than his mother's age and is the youngest in the family, but the so-called thunder in the sky and uncle in the ground are the most noble in the family, so you must be the first to go to him to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year, which is also the rule.

"Then we won't wait for you, you remember to come over quickly. ”

After hearing Li Yichen's answer, I thought about my uncle's and grandfather's house, which is in Luwu Village on the edge of the town, and it is not far from home, and Li Yichen has no problem walking over alone, so he is ready to run to the front hall to tell his grandparents that they don't have to wait for Li Yichen.

After Li Xinyuan left, Li Yichen got up.

After getting out of bed, Li Yichen stood firmly on his feet and slowly walked a few steps along the side of the bed. After so many days of recuperation, although all the meridians in the body are still in tatters, and there is no way to practice luck at all, the injuries in other parts of the body are almost healed.

After walking a few steps, Li Yichen found that although there was still some dull pain in his legs, and he felt weakness in his legs when he walked, which was caused by the damage to the meridians in his legs. But Li Yichen felt this pain carefully and found that it was still within the range of what he could accept.

Since he was able to endure the pain in his feet, Li Yichen decided to wait until he went to his uncle and grandfather to pay New Year's greetings or no longer bring these two crutches to the past, after all, this is still the New Year, and it is not a matter to go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings and still bring crutches.

After getting dressed, Li Yichen pushed open the door.

Standing outside the door, the late winter sun shines on the body, making people feel warm all over.

Standing in the courtyard, Li Yichen felt that the entire courtyard was quiet everywhere, only a few whispers and the sound of closing the door came from the front yard in the distance, which should be the family going out to go out to pay New Year's greetings.

As soon as he walked into the kitchen, Li Yichen saw a large celadon bowl on the stove covered in a turquoise sarong.

Walking forward, Li Yichen opened the sarong and saw that the bowl was a special breakfast around Qiancheng, called hot skin silk.

This hot skin silk is soaked in water with good rice, ground into a pulp, steamed in a steaming drawer, and then cut into thin strips and dried in the sun for easy preservation.

Every time you want to eat, put the hot skin shreds in boiling water and cook for a while, then put them in the broth, and then add oil and salt according to your taste.

Seeing the snow-white hot skin, the red soup with scattered oil flowers, a few green vegetables placed on the hot skin, and a golden fried egg next to it, plus a little green onion for garnishing, not only makes people's mouths and appetites increase.

Seeing that this hot skin silk still emitted a little heat, Li Yichen quickly dipped some green salt with wicker, carefully wiped his teeth, and then rinsed his mouth with water and washed his face.

After washing, Li Yichen picked up the bowl on the stove, picked up the chopsticks next to him, took a little hot skin silk in the bowl and sent it to his mouth, his teeth bit gently, the hot skin silk was smooth and melted in the mouth, and after the entrance, a faint fragrance of rice filled the entire mouth, which made people have an endless aftertaste.

Without waiting for the hot skin in his mouth to be swallowed, Li Yichen took another bite of the soup in the bowl, the thick broth with natural umami, the spicy taste of dogwood in the soup made people feel the warmth coming out of the stomach in this cold weather, the fragrance of green onions and the freshness of green vegetables and the fragrance of fried eggs were mixed together, leaving between the lips and teeth, lingering for a long time, unforgettable.

After three bites and two bites, Li Yichen ate the big bowl of hot skin silk to the bottom, and even drank the soup in the bowl cleanly.

After eating this bowl of hot skin, Li Yichen touched his stomach with satisfaction, took out a sweat towel from his arms and wiped the hot sweat on his forehead next to his mouth.

After eating this breakfast containing love, Li Yichen simply cleaned up the kitchen, washed the dishes and chopsticks he had eaten and put them in the cupboard, and then prepared to go out to his uncle's house.

After closing the heavy gate and locking the two knockers together with a lock, Li Yichen walked on the bluestone road in the town.

Starting from home, the distance to my uncle's house is not very far, even if it takes less than half an hour to walk, and although this will be three poles in the sun, as long as I can catch up for lunch at my uncle's house, it will be too early, so this will be considered to be too early, so Li Yichen is not in a hurry, strolling on the street, and even having a leisurely and elegant way to observe the pedestrians who come and go around him.

Under the warm sun, most of the pedestrians on the road walk together in groups of three or five, including men and women, adults and children. There are also some newlyweds walking together in pairs, and they are newly married couples at first glance, and their faces are full of happiness and sweet smiles.

These men carried a few things in their hands, the few were a piece of meat, a fish, and two jars of wine, and a few of them were fish, meat, and wine, and some delicate pastries. As soon as I saw these people, they were all preparing to go back to their parents' homes to pay New Year's greetings.

Since the market does not open until the seventh day of the new year, the shops on both sides of the street are closed. There are fewer people shopping, and the streets are full of relatives, so the whole street is a little empty than before.

Walking through the street and through the alley, Li Yichen came to the top of a small slope. This is the junction of Tangjiang Town and Luwu Village, as long as you walk down this slope, you can enter the boundary of Luwu Village.

"Yichen, so early? Are you going to your uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings?

As soon as he walked to the bottom of the slope, Li Yichen heard an old woman waving to him in the pavilion on the right.

"Yes, Grandma Fuying, it's the New Year, I have to hurry up to pay New Year's greetings to my uncle and grandfather. My grandmother had already passed first, and there was something going on at home just now, so I came later. ”

Li Yichen was embarrassed to say that he overslept and caused a person to go to his uncle's house, so he had to lie that he was late because of something at home.

"Tell your grandmother later, so that she can come to my house for a meeting. ”

Hearing Li Yichen's answer, the old woman didn't say anything, but just told him to ask his grandmother to go to her house to sit down. This old woman is about the same age as Li Yichen's grandmother, and she can be regarded as a friend who grew up with Li Yichen's grandmother since childhood, so she invited Li Yichen's grandmother to her house to play.

"Okay, I'll talk to my grandma later. Grandma Fuying, come to my house to play when you have time. Happy New Year, Grandma Fuying! ”

After a few simple words with this Fuying grandmother, Li Yichen was ready to leave.

On the right side of Li Yichen is a pavilion built with stones, the pavilion is covered with thick green tiles, and in the center of the pavilion there is a raised octagonal well platform surrounded by large bluestone, this well platform knows that the history is relatively long at a glance, and these large stones surrounding the well platform are ground into a series of grooves by the hemp rope for taking water.

The ground under the well platform is also paved with large bluestones, and around this well platform, some women fetch water, laundry, and vegetables.

This well is called the octagonal well according to the shape of the well, which was built by the Lu ancestors when they just moved to Tangjiang, and it can be said that the entire Lu family was raised.

Next to this octagonal well, that is, directly in front of Li Yichen is a pond, because spring has not yet come, so there are only some withered yellow lotus leaves floating on the water in the pond.

After saying goodbye to the old woman, Li Yichen walked a few steps to the left along the gravel path by the pond and turned right. Following this path, after passing through the middle of the two rows of houses, a small bluestone bridge appeared in front of Li Yichen's eyes, the river was flowing quietly under the bridge, because it was still the dry season, the river in the river was not very full, and from the bridge, you could see clearly the sand and gravel under the clear river water. (To be continued.) )