There is still a difference between the Chinese New Year on the Loess Plateau and other places.

Pay attention to the first day of the new year, do not go out, only walk around in the village to pay New Year's greetings. In the second year of junior high school, I went to my relatives and returned to my parents' home, and in the third year of junior high school, Yangge started and became popular.

However, in the new era, the new atmosphere, many old customs and habits naturally seem out of place.

Except for the item of going to relatives, everything else is omitted.

For Wang Manyin, it's even simpler.

Three generations of his family were passed down, and his grandfather smoked a lot of cigarettes and ruined the family business. 's father was a well-known second-rate son in the front and back villages, and he died in the second year after giving birth to Wang Manyin.

Wang Manyin didn't have an uncle or aunt as a relative, and later with the death of his mother, he became completely alone.

There is a brother on my mother's side, because the distance is too far, in my memory, the two sides do not interact much.

Especially after the death of his mother, the two families broke off contact.

When Wang Manyin got married, he didn't inform his uncle at all. So now except for the orchid mother's family, there are almost no serious relatives.

In this way, it is much easier.

Today, on the second day of junior high school, he originally planned to eat and go to Shuangshui Village with Orchid early.

It's just that I didn't expect that the Kung Fu sales point for cooking in the morning began to get busy.

Most people are ready to go to relatives today and come over early to buy pastries and sweets.

In this year, the price of goods is not allowed to be increased privately, and the supply and marketing cooperatives and consignment points have a price. three cents for a pound of biscuits, plus eight taels of food stamps; peach crisp five cents a pound, six taels of food stamps; Chicken cake half a pound of food stamp......

As for where the food stamps in people's hands came from, Wang Manyin didn't care.

Of course, those who can come to buy pastries and sweets basically belong to the wealthy families of the three villages. When they give gifts, they naturally have to be generous.

More people go to relatives and bring some home-fried oil cakes, or buy a few white-flour steamed buns at the supply and marketing cooperative.

There are also children who get New Year's money and come to buy candy and firecrackers.

In this era, rural people don't give much money to their children for the New Year, basically one dime or two cents, less, and five cents. The broken baby who can get five cents to press the New Year's money definitely attracts the envy of the surrounding friends.

The consignment point is also a record today.

Two hours of hard work, selling for twenty dollars.

Seeing that it was almost noon, and there were no more customers coming to the door, Wang Manyin hurriedly locked the door and rushed towards Shuangshui Village with orchids.

His own family is a sales agency, and Wang Manyin is naturally not stingy in giving gifts to his father-in-law's family. Two packets of peach crisp, a bag of fruit candy, and Orchid also brought some home-fried oil cakes and meatballs.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Shaoping and Lan Xiang standing on the side of the cave and looking at it from a distance.

Seeing the two of them appear, they rushed to ......

"Shaoping, buy good things for you and Lanxiang." Seeing Sun Shaoping, Wang Manyin immediately took out a few comic books that he had bought a few years ago.

The little guy is a year older, and he knows how to say "thank you, brother-in-law", and then happily takes it.

As a new aunt, when he came to the door for the New Year, he was naturally warmly welcomed by the Sun family.

In order to show his grandeur, Sun Yuhou specially called his younger brother as a guest.

They had just chatted for a while when a hot meal was served.

A bowl of rabbit meat, a large bowl of sauerkraut, a plate of cold tofu, and a plate of fried oil cake and meatballs. If this meal is a little shabby in the future, in this era, it is definitely very rich.

Wang Manyin felt a little flattered.

The old custom here on the Loess Plateau is that the mother-in-law and children do not eat when entertaining guests. When the guests are finished, they clean up the table and find an inconspicuous corner to eat some leftovers.

The last time Wang Manyin came to Sun's house, he mentioned that the family didn't need to pay too much attention to it, and they would sit together for a lively meal.

As a result, Mr. Sun vetoed it on the grounds that "men talk and drink, but women can't interject".

At that time, Wang Manyin came to the door for the first time as a new aunt, and he didn't say anything more.

Today, when the meal was served, Orchid and her mother-in-law hid in front of the stove again.

He suddenly couldn't help but speak: "Orchid, Mom, don't be busy, hurry up and eat some hot dishes." There are also Shaoping and Lan Xiang, let them also sit at the table. It's all a family, not so much exquisite! ”

"It's okay, Manyin, you drink...... Orchid and I can just eat whatever we want. Liu Erni waved her hand again and again.

"Man Yin, don't pay attention to them, we have the old rules here, and my mother-in-law and aunt don't serve on the table." Sun Yuting also said.

"Second father, the new society and new atmosphere, how can you pay attention to the old rules. Besides, it's not an outsider......" Wang Manyin shook his head and still insisted.

If it's in someone else's house, forget it, this is my old father-in-law's house.

Seeing that his mother-in-law didn't even have the qualifications to eat at the table, Wang Manyin was of course uncomfortable.

He came from a later generation, and his views were very different from those of this era.

Women are used to pet.

What bullshit old traditions, it should have been thrown into the garbage heap a long time ago.

Sun Shaoan seemed to understand his brother-in-law's thoughts, and said helpfully: "Dad, second father, brother-in-law is right." We are all our own families today, so we don't need to pay so much attention, let my sister and mother have a meal together. ”

In this way, Orchid and Shaoping finally sat on the earthen kang.

There wasn't much of a stir during the meal.

Probably because he was scolded by Wang Manyin once last time, Sun Yuting's performance was also honest, and he didn't sing any high-profile songs during the banquet.

went to the old father-in-law's house, and the relatives of Wang Manyin's family were completely gone.

It's just that he didn't expect that his family would have relatives coming the next day.

The person who came was Liu Qingli, who came directly with two bags of pastries.

For Liu Qingli, Wang Manyin also felt grateful in his heart.

This is the network resource left by his predecessor......

Because he saved the other party's life, Liu Qingli didn't say anything to him.

No matter how big or small, as long as you can help, people have never shirked.

Wang Manyin couldn't find a chance to give it back, so he could only send some pheasants and hares to express his heart.

Today, when the other party comes to the door, he naturally wants to have a good drink.

While they were chatting, Orchid fried half a pheasant, plus a plate of eggs, a plate of large meat noodles, and fried oil cake meatballs.

This time at his own house, Orchid still sat on the clay kang as a guest.

Liu Qingli belongs to young people and doesn't care.

Wang Manyin didn't expect that after three rounds of drinking, the other party said an important message.

"Brother Man Yin, didn't you ask me last time, when will the supply and marketing cooperatives recruit temporary workers, and now the opportunity has come!"

"When I went back to the city two days ago, I heard my dad say that our former Xixian County is going to carry out the 'Agricultural Dazhai Movement' in the next step, engage in farmland infrastructure construction, and promote grain production and income increase......"

"In order to respond to the call, our county supply and marketing system is ready to open a bacterial fertilizer training course. Each commune had to recruit two poor middle peasants to participate in training in the county. Of course, after training, the status still belongs to the farmer, but the work is linked to the supply and marketing cooperative, and the supply and marketing cooperatives also pay wages, which is considered 'both workers and farmers'. Brother Man Yin, if you want to go, you have to seize the opportunity......"

When the orchid heard this, her eyes also sparkled.

But she didn't dare to talk, and everything was left to the man to decide.

However, Wang Manyin groaned for a while, and said to Liu Qingli: "Qingli, tell you the truth." It's good for me to open a consignment at home, this work is very leisurely, and I am not tired. The last time I paid attention to you, it was mainly for my brother-in-law. Life in the countryside is too hard, so I want to find a chance for him to jump out......"

The orchid was stunned.

She also didn't expect that the man was not thinking about himself, but wanted to find a way out for his younger brother.

This made Orchid's heart suddenly become conflicted.

On the one hand, she felt that the opportunity was rare.

The so-called "both workers and farmers" means that they still belong to farmers, who usually work as workers in factories, mines, enterprises and other units, and return to the countryside to work in agriculture during the agricultural season.

Most of the money I earn needs to be handed over to the production team to buy work.

Although this is not as good as a regular job, it is also a rare opportunity for farmers who dig in the soil. It belongs to one foot out of the farm.

From the bottom of her heart, Orchid is of course willing to do this errand with her own man, rather than working the production team to earn work.