Chapter 57, around the Spring Festival
The general custom here is that Chinese New Year's Eve go to the ancestral grave in the morning and start pasting couplets when they come back.
Zhang Zhicheng took his cousin Zhang Zhiyi to kowtow a few times on his grandmother's grave, and the old man walked very fast and suffered a myocardial infarction.
Those who have this disease in rural areas will basically not even have the opportunity to be rescued.
Then there was the burning of paper on the graves of the elders who had no impression of him, followed by fireworks and firecrackers.
It's a couplet when I come back, Zhang Zhicheng's pen writing is good, and the brush words can only be said to be average.
Usually the year is written by grandfather Zhang Mingtang, but this year Zhang Zhicheng has a tendency to rise, and the couplets of the two families are all handed over to him.
Houses in the countryside are not like those in the city, which have just a few doors.
There are 5 tiled houses, and the kitchen side not only has to be pasted on the door, but also on the stove, as well as chicken sheds, duck sheds, tractors, although the pigsty has long been no longer raising pigs, and it can't be leaked, even the horns of the cows put by the uncle and grandfather are pasted on a picture.
There are also blessing words, all the best, abundant grains, etc., the amount of work is not small.
Zhang Wenbing just made a paste, and handed over the rest to the Zhang Zhicheng brothers.
It was only after the small half of the middle school that the two of them finished the couplet.
Zhang Zhicheng's next step was to send text messages to a few acquaintances in the Finance Institute, as well as a few female friends, and people from the Zhucheng society he knew.
In the countryside, the New Year is celebrated at noon.
After the morning was done, Zhang Zhicheng ran to the kitchen, he was greedy.
Zhang Zhiyi saw Zhang Zhicheng enter the kitchen, and he also followed, and he admired his cousin a little bit these days.
Liu Huizhen's marinated salted duck feet are particularly attractive.
"Auntie, brother steals food"
Zhang Zhiyi saw that Zhang Zhicheng was eating secretly, and swallowed a few mouthfuls of foam.
Grandfather Zhang Mingtang is still there, so every year the New Year is either at Zhang Zhicheng's house or at the second uncle's house, and the cousin is quite strictly managed by Zhang Mingtang.
"Mom, I'm not stealing food, or I'm trying my mother's craftsmanship and regressing?"
Zhang Zhicheng made excuses for himself while eating.
Liu Huizhen picked up the apron next to her and twitched Zhang Zhicheng's fart a few times
"I just ate it for myself, and I don't know how to give it to Zhiyi"
While eating, Zhang Zhicheng took a bowl to help Zhang Zhiyi sandwich a few duck gizzards and duck feet, the freshly marinated dishes were very hot, Zhang Zhicheng didn't care, the little cousin couldn't.
Sister Zhang Ting couldn't stand it anymore, "You two eat less, there are still a lot of dishes at noon."
The human touch in the countryside is much heavier than in the city, and the warmth of the family makes people feel more comfortable, but Zhang Ting's words were ignored, and the two brothers chose to ignore her.
Zhang Zhicheng couldn't bear it after eating a few, they were all dried salted goods, and if he ate them, he would be salty to death, and he wanted to drink water.
"Righteousness, do you want to drink water"
"Yes", Zhang Zhiyi's small bowl is almost bottoming out.
poured water, "Zhiyi, you can't eat it anymore, otherwise you will wait for discomfort in the afternoon."
There was still some time before eating, Zhang Zhicheng remembered the firecrackers he bought, and pulled Zhang Zhiyi to dismantle the firecrackers.
Zhang Zhiyi is now at the age when he is most interested in firecrackers.
This year's cannon Zhang Zhicheng bought a lot, in previous years, he watched people set off fireworks, this year he performed well, just fireworks to buy 20, and a few stars, even firecrackers are ten thousand sounds.
After dismantling the firecrackers, lunch was almost ready.
Zhang Zhicheng lit a cigarette, "Do you dare to put it?" ”
Zhang Zhiyi lit the fireworks, and he also played with firecrackers and wiping firecrackers, and the only thing he didn't light was firecrackers.
"Brother, why don't you come", Zhang Zhiyi was a little cowardly.
Zhang Zhicheng quipped: "Zhiyi, you are so daring, I'm afraid it will be difficult to pick up girls in the future."
Zhang Zhiyi is the treasure of his grandfather's palm, Zhang Zhicheng is very jealous, and he can only blame him for not being a child.
Zhang Zhicheng said a few words of agitation, and Zhang Zhiyi really gritted his teeth and took a cigarette from Zhang Zhicheng's hand.
After ordering the medicinal nature of the artillery battle, Zhang Zhiyi rushed to Zhang Zhicheng's back, he was really afraid.
Soon, the "crackling" explosion startled even the sparrows away from the nearby branches.
This series of firecrackers means that Zhang Zhicheng has drawn a perfect end to the half year of rebirth in 05.
The next day was the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Zhang Zhicheng got up at 6 o'clock on time, but someone in the village had already set off a cannon before him.
Last night's fireworks were all over, and he took a few photos when the sky was full of stars, and the yard was full of red cannon paper and the remains of fireworks.
The meaning of hanging firecrackers is that the new year begins with the sound of firecrackers.
In the morning, after eating the dumplings made yesterday afternoon, followed by Zhang Wenbing and Zhang Wenmin, Zhang Zhiyi was also retained, and the four of them began to go door-to-door, and after a while, the kung fu team became bigger and bigger.
This is the tradition of the countryside, to the elders of each family to say hello and say hello to the New Year, this traditional Qilu Province is the most solemn, and there is even such a practice as three hundred and nine knocks, followed by Li Xiaoting's Guangdong Province.
Zhang Zhicheng felt that the three hundred and nine knocks were a bit exaggerated, and the tradition of giving the family a hundred years on the first day of the new year should not only be preserved, but also carried forward.
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January 30th is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and I made an appointment with my sister-in-law not to come over on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and come back on the third day of the Lunar New Year, and then stay at Lao Zhang's house for a few more days, and then talk about the driving school.
Today is the day to visit my uncle, grandmother, and grandfather's house.
Zhang Zhicheng's car still caused heated discussions at his uncle's house, and the cement road through the village on their side is the earliest one in the entire Zhangqiao Town.
Arrived a bit late and spent a lot of time shopping mainly in town.
It's been a few years since my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother smoked, and Liu Huizhen meant that it was better to buy a few more emblems for such a good cigarette, and added a lot of small snacks that my grandmother could eat.
Uncle Liu Tao's family, first discussed that Zhang Zhicheng made money, and then Liu Huizhen began to repay the money, 1000 per family.
Originally, it was said that it would be repaid next year, but now Liu Huizhen is rich.
After watching Zhang Zhicheng spend money like water for so many days, she also saw it, not only did she pay back the money, but also gave her nieces and nephews 500 each, and when she gave it, she also said that this was not New Year's money, and it was a mess.
Zhang Zhicheng deliberately kept a low profile today, his mother Liu's family, including his uncle Liu Tao, was all farming, and he really couldn't find a place to help now, so he helped buy harvesters and other agricultural machinery, but it was meaningless.
And the uncle Liu Tao is the old Liu family is famous for gambling, playing mahjong and pushing pai gow fried golden flowers is proficient in everything, and being able to find Chen Yue's aunt is really a loss to the old Liu family's strong appearance genes.
In the afternoon, you said that on this occasion, if Liu Tao didn't push the two stubbles, Zhang Zhicheng wouldn't believe it, every year.
Zhang Zhicheng thought about it, went to the car and found a stack of cash and secretly stuffed it to his uncle, the aunt was in charge of the money, and he couldn't lose his uncle's face in the afternoon.
Zhang Zhicheng's relatives on both sides are just such a sister Zhang Ting and her aunt's little cousin Xia Zhiyuan, a rural girl can have 75 points of appearance without makeup, that is really beautiful.
He really cares about this little cousin, he married a scumbag in his last life, and his life was very unhappy, even so, he took 3W to Zhang Zhicheng.
"Yuanyuan is in the second year of junior high school."
Zhang Zhicheng took his grandmother and little cousin to bask in the sun, the other cousins were crazy, and Zhang Ting and her aunt Liu Yue were serving this big family in the room.
Few girls in rural areas love to learn, and the burden of the family and the phenomenon of preference for sons have greatly reduced the conditions for girls to study, and another reason is personal interest.
"Oh, brother, I don't know how you read the book, it's hard to die"
"Study hard, I will tell my aunt about the tuition fee, as long as you are admitted to high school, I will get you to study in the county, as long as you are admitted to university, you can choose the imperial capital Binhai"
Zhang Zhicheng knew that Xia Xinyuan disliked reading, and he needed to say something encouraging.
"Marina is not the one on TV "Beach"?"
"That's right, a big city like the imperial capital, the richest city in Great Xia"
Zhang Zhicheng's mind is to draw a big pie and let this beautiful little cousin improve herself, otherwise she won't be able to keep up with her vision in the future, she looks beautiful and has no opinions, and she is easy to be as unhappy as in her previous life.
After drawing a cake, Zhang Zhicheng asked his little cousin to call his aunt Liu Huining, he needed to talk to his aunt.
The content of the chat is nothing more than that Xia Zhiyuan must be allowed to study and go to school, and he can't waste his studies.
This is the case these days, Zhang Zhicheng is rich, he behaves like an adult, and he is thoughtful, there is no reason for my aunt not to let Xia Zhiyuan go to study under Zhang Zhicheng's promise.
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhicheng chatted with his grandmother again, who married his grandfather late and is now older.
In that era, getting married late would be looked down upon, so I suffered a lot in the early years, and my current health is much worse than that of my uncle and grandfather Fan Juyou.
After the death of my grandfather, if it wasn't for the birth of my little cousin Liu Kunpeng, it is difficult to say whether my grandmother would have survived until now, and she couldn't quit smoking and drinking.
Now the family's idea is to live for a few years, 72 years old, which is also the high life of this era.
The day of the second day of the Lunar New Year passed like this, Zhang Zhicheng sent the second aunt's family back to the village in front of him in the afternoon, which was very close, and sent the aunt's family back to the town, and finally his own family went back.
On the third day of the new year, my sister-in-law's family came over, and they didn't leave until the morning of the fifth day of the new year, and Zhang Zhicheng sent it to the county seat, and the 2 days were mainly to exchange things about the driving school.
In the next few days, Zhang Zhicheng began to be idle again, and successively received other relatives, and his life was very nourishing.
Liu Huizhen gave out a little too much money this year, she was a little distressed, and Zhang Zhicheng, who had no choice, made up 1W for her, so that Zhang Zhicheng served the family with delicious food and drink in the days before Zhang Zhicheng returned to school.
Zhang Zhicheng finally failed to hold out until after the Lantern Festival, and Jian Zhaowei urged him to hurry back to Zhucheng.
The first time he did business, although it was not a production industry, it was also the first step for him Jian Zhaowei to make money in a down-to-earth manner.
Zhang Zhicheng also thought that there were now more than 700W in the account, and he needed to change the agreement.
On February 8, 06, Zhang Zhicheng left home again and embarked on the road to Zhucheng.