The Spring Festival is the most lively festival in the countryside. Zhang Ping'an's house is not lively. On Chinese New Year's Eve, there were only three people in the father and mother themselves. The woman who marries out spills the water. The daughter was reunited at the man's house. The second sister of Ping An will come to the house to take a look after the New Year's dinner at her mother-in-law's house, and she is going back again. It's not a reunion.

According to local customs, the first day of the first lunar month is to worship the New Year, and it is the neighbors who walk around each other. Young people are young, so they should pay New Year's greetings to the elderly and those who are older. These people invite gangs to form gangs, and the village is large, and there will be many people gathered, and there is a leader in the group. For example, when you arrive at the door of a certain house, the leader will shout: "New Year's greetings!" "The younger ones will kneel, and they really have to kneel on the ground and kowtow. And if he is of high seniority, even if he is not old, he will not go out, just wait for others to worship him at home. Those who are of high rank and older even sleep in bed, which is not called lazy sleep, but enjoyment. He was waiting for people to come and bow down. The hilarious scene cannot be described. But the procession does not enter the door, but only at the door of the worshipped; Second, if you don't go out of the village, it's just an activity of your own clan and your own village. In the past, this New Year's greeting was called "wearing the sect", which means to wear the feelings of the entire sect people together and unite as one. You can only change into new clothes after the New Year (if there is a new one), because kneeling on the ground will stain your clothes.

The second year of junior high school is to worship new spirits. Those who died last year are called new graves if they have graves. The spiritual tablet is for the table at home (special), between relatives and friends, some come to worship, and those who do not can come to worship, rest at home.

It was the turn of the daughter and son-in-law to take their nephew back to their parents' house to pay New Year's greetings on the third and fourth days of junior high school. The Zhang family agreed that the daughter and son-in-law would come to the fourth day of the new year, and for the Zhang family, the fourth day of the first year was the real family reunion.

Zhang Pingxin and Huang Ximao came early. First, the road is near; The second is that there are no children to drag down. Huang Ximao's heart is thinking that he will be the king first, and then he will be the minister. Although he is a little son-in-law, he is the eldest of himself. In addition, the gifts are placed on the left side of the square table in the hall (to go out to set the left and right), and the left side is the east side of the hall. This is the way of the courtiers. He felt that Wen was bigger than Wu. Again, he wants to be magnified.

Zhang Pingping came late. There are nearly 20 miles from the mine to Zhangjiaqiao Town, plus children, just rely on Wu Youtian's old bicycle to carry two people, is it not too late? Let's be a little later. Wu Youtian is also called Wu Youtian, "Tian" and "Tian" are Yin Ping and Shangsheng, he thinks that everything is determined by Tian, you decide! But the surname is not angry, the surname is Wu. Wu Ke's mouth is in the sky. It can be understood that people with the surname Wu will brag and say big things. But Wu Youtian didn't think much, he said that his mouth was in the sky, so he wanted to talk less, and watch it one day! As the saying goes, "If you say too much, you will lose!" "It's better to say less, I don't know if he doesn't want to say more, or if he won't say it, anyway, he has very few words. You see that as soon as he put the gift away (it can only be placed on the right side of the table), he only shouted: "Daddy! "Mother!" will not be silent, as for the sister-in-law, he will not take the initiative to say hello, because he is the boss, and if he doesn't speak, where is the qualification! But the two of them never shouted "brother" or "brother-in-law". Huang Ximao originally looked down on coal control, and he wouldn't shout. Wu Youtian was not ashamed of him, he had nothing to say to him, so he had to go to work in the kitchen. Zhang's mother didn't let him, so he took his son to go shopping. The little boy followed his father, and when he entered the door, he shouted "grandpa" and "grandma" under the guidance of his mother. My grandparents liked it very much, so I gave him the New Year's money and a lot of food, so I went out with Wu Youtian to play.

Zhang Yifu is the head of the family, and during the Chinese New Year, he will also stop working on holidays, and he will do things after the "upper seven". Today is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and his daughter, son-in-law and nephew have come to pay New Year's greetings to them, and he is very happy on the day of their family reunion. Sitting at the top of the table, leaning back against the back of the chair, while sipping tea, chatting with Huang Ximao. Zhang Pingping asked his father: "Dad, what did you do with the matter that my mother asked me to investigate last time!" ”

"What to do, this is your brother's business, let him handle it himself!" Zhang Yifu pushed one clean.

"Call me to see, you can still talk about it, I only glanced at it from a distance in Zhaozhuang that day, that girl is so beautiful, there are not many girls who are so beautiful in the city!" Zhang Pingping commented.

"Beautiful, just beautiful can't be eaten as a meal, can you afford it?" Huang Ximao usually doesn't do much in politics. I don't know why today to the eldest sister (he never calls the eldest sister, first, he is more than a year older than the peaceful age; Second, calm is to follow Wu Youtian to be snubbed. My brother-in-law doesn't shout, and my sister doesn't shout either). It's hard to start.

"Huang Ximao, I'm talking to my father, do you need you to teach me a lesson?" Zhang Pingping has always been unaccustomed to Huang Ximao's style. What's the big deal! Looking down on this, looking down on which, isn't it just a small secondary school student? She thought that her husband was digging coal, but the salary was not lower than that of Huang Ximao (the wages of miners were relatively high, and there were bonuses, which were much more generous than the treatment of ordinary workers), Huang Ximao looked down on her husband, that is, she looked down on her, she must be Pingxin's sister, Pingxin called her sister, and Huang Xiaomao did not shout. Today he actually talked about her on behalf of his father. If it weren't for the New Year, she would definitely teach him a few lessons. But she still dropped a sentence: "It's not that I want you to raise, what kind of hollow are you!" ”

Huang Ximao was so angry that he wanted to open his mouth to push back. But in front of his father-in-law, he didn't dare to confront his daughter, so he kept his mouth shut. But he was not convinced, so he only comforted himself, good men do not fight with women.

"Sister is right!" Zhang Pingxin was the sister of Anding first. Then he played a round and said, "Fine Hair also makes sense. "Is this half a catty?" Looking for the object is not looking for a vase, the vase is good-looking, and you can smell the fragrance of flowers, but it is not easy to serve! You have to water and fertilize it, and you have to keep it from frost and rain. Anyway, it takes careful care in order to bloom bright flowers! But the object is to live with himself, and if he doesn't get it right, something will happen. ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Ping'an didn't understand.

"Brother, haven't you heard of the 'three hearts'?"

"Nope!" Ping An replied simply.

"Alas! Nerd! I don't even know what the 'three hearts' are! Tell you about it! It's sad to think of, to see disgusting, and to rest assured at home! Zhang Pingxin's words were too straightforward, how could Zhang Ping'an not understand. But he said: "If I am looking for such a partner, I would rather be single!" ”

"Who wants you to find such a partner, I just said that a beautiful girl like Zhao Jinju is not easy to wait, and a nerd like you is afraid that there will be vinegar in the future. If you don't do it well, you'll be cuckolded! "Zhang Pingxin is not afraid that her father will be in the hall, so she will humiliate her younger brother." However, I mean there are too many elderly people in her family, and the burden is heavy, I'm afraid you can't afford it! ”

Zhang Pingping said: "Today's only child will grow up and become a family in the future, and there are elderly people on both sides, and the burden is quite heavy. Zhang Yifu affirmed his daughter's calm words and said: "This sentence makes sense!" ”

"This is a social problem, and the government will think about solving it then." The yellow fine hair that had closed his mouth for a long time spoke again. It was as if he were the spokesman for the government.

"The government is going to solve it, which is a distant matter, no one can tell, let's talk about the immediate matter!" Zhang Ping'an felt that the opinions of the family in front of him were different, most of them did not advocate talking, only the eldest sister still had a little support, but the reason was not sufficient. It made him uncertain. If you don't talk about it, it's hard to give up, and if you talk about it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After arguing for a long time, I couldn't come to a conclusion. This kind of thing is responsible. The sisters are not good at coming to a conclusion, and their parents can't make a decision, so they are going to have dinner. Wu Youtian also came back with his son, and the family had a polite and lively meal, the first reunion dinner of the New Year.

Soon after, Zhang Ping'an received a notice from the school asking him to return to school immediately.