"Wok, you're auspicious." Niu Ye walked quickly to his grandmother, stood with his hands down to his grandmother, and lowered his head and sang.

(oke) woke is the Manchu term for aunt and uncle.

And this ceremony of Niu Ye is a standard Manchu greeting ceremony, also known as inviting Xiao An.

After the Xinhai Revolution, the Manchurians were renamed Manchus. Manchu people respect their elders, pay attention to etiquette, meet elders on the road, bow sideways, bow their hands to salute, and wait for the elders to walk by; Not only should the younger generation greet the elders, but also the younger ones should greet the older ones when they meet them. When relatives and friends meet, in addition to shaking hands and greeting each other, some even hug their waists and greet each other. Prostration is commonly seen in subordinates to superiors and juniors to elders. Expressions of respect, service, and pleading, or New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, all bow to the head. When saluting, take off your hat first, kneel on your left knee, then kneel on your right knee, flick your horseshoe sleeves, land on the ground with both hands, and kowtow three times in a row. This custom has existed since the time of the Jurchens in Jianzhou.

Men have three kinds of etiquette: "greetings", "beating a thousand children", and "kowtowing". Women also have "squatting and anliting" and "lalali".

Seeing Grandma Anli, who saw Niu Yexing, was stunned at first, and then looked at Niu Ye.

After a while, the grandmother tentatively said, "You're a calf." ”

Niu Ye heard his grandmother call him "Little Calf", and his expression was also a little excited.

He grabbed his grandmother's hand and said a little excitedly: "Auntie, I'm a calf." ”

"We haven't seen each other in years." Jiang Yan let Master Niu to his grandmother's side, and grandma asked.

"We haven't seen each other in thirteen years since '43."

Grandma was also infinitely emotional when she heard Niu Ye's words.

"I haven't seen each other for thirteen years, it's been a long time."

"Auntie, when I was 43 years old, I heard that Brother Chengqing participated in the government army to fight a small day, I was afraid that something would happen and I went to see you, but I didn't expect that your house was empty."

"Hey! That's not Chengqing and Yanzi, both of them joined the government army, they were afraid that Xiao Ri in Sijiu City would know that they would retaliate against me, so they arranged me to go elsewhere, and I didn't return to my home until Xiao Ri surrendered. ”

Niu Ye stopped at grandma's words, slapped his thigh, and said with a little annoyance: "I thought you had suffered a misfortune, and I was sad for a while!" Aunt Chengqing and Yanzi are the two of them! ”

Hearing Niu Ye ask his two children, grandma's mood became low.

"In 44 years, they died in the battles of Zhongtiao Mountain and Changsha respectively."

When Niu Ye heard his grandmother's words, he also fell silent.

At that time, I often played with my uncle, and when I had time, my uncle would bring Chengqing and Yanzi, and the relationship between them was quite good.

Now that he closed his eyes, he could still recall the faces of the two people, and it was a little unacceptable to hear that these two people died in the hands of Xiao Ri Breakup.

"It's a goddamn little day."

Seeing Niu Ye like this, Grandma patted Niu Ye's hand.

"Okay, it's all over, both of them are heroes, I'm proud of him, home and country, country and country, there is a country and a home."

Niu Ye heard grandma's words and gave her a thumbs up.

"It's still a high level of aunting. But auntie, what I don't understand is how Cai Quanwu and Xu Huizhen became relatives of our family. ”

After Niu Ye praised his grandmother, he asked his grandmother with questions.

Seeing that Niu Ye was a little puzzled, grandma looked at him and laughed.

After laughing, he said, "Do you remember the cook in our house before?" ”

"Remember! The Lu cuisine and Sichuan cuisine he makes are quite good, as well as some of his Tan family dishes, which makes me drool when I think about it. ”

"He's the son of the cook from before. His father and Cai Quanwu are brothers. Grandma pointed at He Yuzhu and opened her mouth.

Then he pointed to Jiang Yan who was sitting next to him.

"He is the grandson I recognize, his name is Jiang Yan, and he is now working as an engineer in the rolling mill and went to SL to study."

Grandma's face was full of pride when she said this, as if she was showing off her good things.

After introducing Jiang Yan, grandma pointed to He Yuzhu and Xu Damao, who were sitting at another table, and said: "A few of them, also called me grandma, I also recognize them as my grandsons, they all work in steel rolling mills and automobile factories. ”

Grandma said this, Niu Ye also understood.

"I mean, feelings are really the thing!"

However, Niu Ye is also a person who often mixes in Sijiu City, and he understands by looking at the position where he sits that there is no difference between this grandson and his grandson, and I am afraid that his aunt values Jiang Yan who is sitting here the most.

Jiang Yan, who was sitting there, also felt incredible when he looked at Niu Ye, the world was really small, and after turning around, he found that they were all relatives!

However, Jiang Yan has no ill will towards Niu Ye, before Jiang Yan watched the TV series "Little Women Under Zhengyang Gate", he had a very good impression of this Niu Ye.

In addition to drinking a little wine, this Niu Ye walks birds and fights crickets every day, which is a typical style of the children of the Eight Banners. But he is a person who is very particular about face, and he is also very righteous, a typical old Sijiucheng person, unlike Mr. Xu and Fan Jinyou, who go around making stumbling and doing some immoral things.

"Master Niu, I respect you." After Jiang Yan finished speaking, he picked up the wine jug and poured a glass for Niu Ye.

"No, man, I have my own." After Niu Ye finished speaking, he said hello to He Yumei on the counter, and He Yumei brought over the things he had ordered before.

Seeing what Niu Ye ordered before, the old lady was slightly angry.

"What's the matter, you don't like my wine! Or my grandson doesn't deserve to pour you wine! ”

Stopping at grandma's words, Niu Ye smiled and said: "Auntie, no, I don't mean that, it's too late for our children to toast me and be happy!" It's not like it's a waste if you don't drink it before, no. ”

"Yes, yes, it's the calf who said the wrong thing, and he will punish himself for a drink."

When Jiang Yan heard Niu Ye's words, he quickly touched a glass for him, drank it with him, and then filled the wine glass that Niu Ye put down with a very good eye.

"Gentlemen, we are all our own people, from where the aunt is, we are really relatives, we can't be called lord, uncle. Got it? ”

"Understood, Uncle Niu, I respect you." Jiang Yan raised the wine glass and touched it for Niu Ye as he spoke.

After Jiang Yan put down the wine glass, Niu Ye asked Jiang Yan.

"I heard my aunt say that you are an engineer in a rolling mill, but I don't know which rolling mill it is."

"It's the third rolling mill outside Dongzhimen, also called the Red Star Rolling Mill."

"Yo! Awesome! I've heard that there are probably 10,000 fewer workers in this Red Star Rolling Mill now! I heard a while ago that he was still recruiting! Many children in our alley have signed up, but few of them can get on. This assessment is very strict. It's also a great thing that you can be an engineer in such a big factory, and you went to study with Big Brother, which is even more remarkable, and if my children have half of you, I will wake up laughing in my dreams. ”

Jiang Yan stopped talking to Master Niu, his heart moved, and he asked, "Uncle Niu, I don't know where my two brothers in your family work." ”

When Niu Ye and his grandmother were chatting just now, Jiang Yan heard that Niu Ye had two boys in his family, both of whom were older than Jiang Yan.

Looking at Niu Ye's faction, you can know that his tutor is very good, and you can see from the later TV series that if the two of them don't have good jobs, Jiang Yan doesn't mind helping out.

Niu Ye is quite good at antiques, and if you have a good relationship with him, it will definitely be useful later.

(End of chapter)