Chapter Twenty-Three: The New Year

And she can't eat dumplings at all, just hold them, and then bite them with her tooth stems, with the smell of meat, and the rest is eaten by her mother Huang Lihua, compared to other children, Xiao Yiyi can bite through the dumplings one by one, which is already very remarkable.

It's time to eat frozen pears after Chinese New Year's Eve!

Due to the cold weather in the Northeast, some fruits have a different taste after they have been frozen. The most common are ice pears and frozen persimmons. It is understood that the purest is the frozen autumn pear, there is a kind of pear called autumn pear in the north, this kind of pear is sour and astringent when it is just picked, so people pick this pear directly under the tree, cover it with a layer of leaves, after the freezing of the autumn pear is sweet and sour, the juice is sufficient. Frozen pears should be thawed in water before eating, and eating this pear after a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner can relieve hangover and relieve oiliness.

It's just that in this era of lack of food and clothing, it is not easy for a family to eat a frozen pear, basically two or three children eat one, but this is enough for the children to be happy, this is the helplessness of the era!

This night, the old Liu family spent a warm New Year's Eve, the fourth brother and son all stayed by Liu Changhe and Huang Chengfang's side, and they all said that both children and daughters, both children and daughters, Huang Chengfang is short of a girl in this life, so it is very rare for the daughter, but the daughter of the second family is raised by the little family, she doesn't like it very much, so she loves this little one to the bone!

Early the next morning, all the children came out to pay New Year's greetings to their grandparents, and Old Man Liu and Old Man Liu prepared a red envelope for each child.

Don't underestimate this dollar, you can buy a pound of pork for this dollar, and other people may only have a dime or two cents, and a dollar is a huge amount of money!

"Thank you, grandparents!"

Several children are happy, the most anticipated during the New Year is the red envelope, although the red envelope will be handed over to the adult in the end, but the adult will always give them six cents and two cents, and you can also buy a bag of candy to eat, can they not be happy!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there will be various activities such as stilts, Yangge twisting, and ice lanterns in the county, and Xiahe Village needs at least an hour to get to the county, but during the New Year, everyone wants to see a lively, not to mention that this day is the day that the children are most looking forward to, parents will not stop, and will take their children to the county to see the excitement!

Early this morning, after breakfast, the old man Liu and Mrs. Liu's family took their children to the county to watch the activities, last year because the little one was just two or three months, so I didn't go, this time the little one wrapped like a round ball, went to the county to see the lively!

"Dad, hurry up, you won't be able to see stilts when it's too late!"

Liu Yihan's children shouted a little unhappily, it's too slow, Brother Bolt and they are gone, they can't see a good position no matter how late they are, Liu Yihan likes the stilts in the county town the most, the first time he saw it was when he was five years old, last year because the little sister's family didn't go, this year can't be missed!

"I'm going to go right away, what's the hurry, you can still run on stilts, you turtle calf!"

"Defend the country, you give me a stop for the New Year!"

Mrs. Liu's face turned sideways, Liu Weiguo didn't dare to say anything, who made her mother the last big boss!

"Hey, I see, tease him!"

"Poof!"

Liu Weiguo looked at his youngest son and wanted to smoke him, but looking at the mother next to him, he didn't dare to move, this old lady!

As early as more than 500 years BC, stilts were popular. The performers not only walk with long logs tied to their feet, but also can jump and dance with swords, and there are three kinds of stilts, stilts and stilts, with the highest being more than one zhang. According to ancient books, ancient stilts were made of wood, and a support point was made in the middle of the planed wooden stick so that the feet could be placed, and then the legs were tied with ropes. Performers step on stilts and can dance swords, split forks, jump stools, cross tables, twist Yangge and other movements.

In the stilt Yangge in the north, the characters played include fishermen, matchmakers, silly sons, little second brothers, Taoist aunts, monks, etc. The performers are funny and can arouse great interest in the audience.

On the contrary, the stilts in the south mostly play roles in opera, such as Guan Gong, Zhang Fei, Lu Dongbin, He Xiangu, Zhang Sheng, Hongniang, Ji Gong, immortals, and clowns.

They sang and sang as they acted, lively and lively, laughing and amusing each other, as if they were walking on the ground. It is said that the form of stilt walking was originally developed by ancient people in order to collect wild fruits from trees for food, and tied two long sticks to their legs.

Stilts prevail in the Northeast, in the whole black province, although Tonghe County is only a small county town, but Tonghe County's stilts Yangge is famous for being good and fun, its form is complete, the performance is standardized, at the beginning of the first to "take the elephant" (stacked two-layer modeling) to sing Yangge, meaning "Taiping has an elephant", and then run the big field to change the formation pattern, and then group performance of double dance, "fluttering butterflies", "fisherman fishing" and playing folk plays.

In the past, every first lunar month, a team of stilts would walk through the streets to the percussion music of waist drums, small gongs, and large and small hairpins. The number of stilts in a group is uncertain, usually more than a dozen. Those who are tall step on stilts, and those who are short step on stilts. The performers are dressed in traditional costumes. Hit the head by the road opening stick, and then there will be artistic images such as Sean, White Snake, Tang Seng, Ugly Woman, Jiang Ziya and so on. Because of its witty and funny, rough and pleasant, emotional voice, and sometimes musical, it has always been loved by people.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there will always be people from all over the world who come here, because this day is not only the end of the previous year, but also the beginning of the new year, on this day everyone will relax their mood and welcome the best tomorrow!

Liu Weiguo hugged Liu Yiyi's children, Pineapple led Liu Yihan's children, and Liu Yiyue and Liu Yiming had already run to the front, and before they entered the county, they heard the gongs and drums inside, and everywhere was filled with the joy of the Spring Festival!

"Yiming, look at your brother, Yiyue, you slow down, don't get separated, there are many people in the county today, and there must be a lot of abductors, you pay attention to me, be careful of your milk beating you!"

"Mom, don't worry, it's okay, my little uncle isn't here, there is an uncle from the People's Liberation Army, I see that those abductors are not allowed to walk with us, you can rest assured!"

"You stinky boy!" Huang Lihua said a little uneasily, "Be careful with me!"

Looking at the second son who had already run away, Huang Lihua frowned, and Liu Weiguo on the side was smiling, "Don't worry, that stinky boy is rare to kidnap him, a ghost and a ghost, and there is a Ming here, a Ming is mature and steady, and it will be fine!"

"Why are you so big-hearted!"

"Sister-in-law, I'll take a look, you don't feel at ease with me!"

"Then thank you, fourth brother!"

Liu Aimin was reluctant to kiss Xiao Yiyi's face, and then thought about Liu Yiyue and Liu Yiming's direction to chase, the two stinky boys turned around and disappeared, no wonder his sister-in-law was worried, thinking that it was not particularly peaceful recently, Liu Aimin couldn't help but be a little anxious, these two stinky boys, when they find it, they will definitely be beaten!

"What's wrong?"

When Mrs. Liu caught up, she found that her eldest daughter-in-law's face was not very good, and as soon as Huang Lihua heard her mother-in-law ask, she told her about the two stinky boys just now!

Old Mrs. Liu was not very anxious when she heard this, but comforted her and said, "Don't worry, Yiming is steady, and that stinky boy is also smart, it will be fine!"

"Besides, don't the peasant children have a lot of strength, maybe who will suffer when the time comes?"

Huang Lihua nodded, she naturally knows what her two sons are like, and the little uncle has already chased after her, and nothing can happen, since she has arrived in the county, then she will have a good visit today!

The second and third rooms acted separately as early as they entered the county, and in this way, Liu Yiyi's children's trip to the county officially began!

The queue of stilts adopts a single column of long snakes in a single line in the street, and a double formation in the busy and crowded area. The step is changed to a figure-eight. During the performance, there are difficult and dangerous actions such as small whirlwinds, flower arms, harrier turnovers, and big splits.

The art of stilts is still rehearsed in some rural areas during winter leisure. Therefore, the stilts of the Spring Festival are exceptionally neat, and there are various styles!

Twisting Yangge pays attention to neatness, and the colorful Yangge clothes are eye-catching: all red shirts, green pants, or all peach, and a bright big flower on the head, not to mention more energy. In order to attract the audience, some Yangge teams also invited Tang monks and apprentices - make the costumes of Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng, and let the four Yangge team members wear them and play them. With this trick, many children will follow the Yangge team out of Erlidi.

Liu Weiguo looked at the little girl's smiling appearance, his little hands clapped the rhythm, and he couldn't take his eyes off the team of stilts and Yangge twisting, his eyes were focused as if he had seen some kind of food, which was greedy!

"Baby, isn't it good-looking?"

"Beautiful!"

Liu Yiyi's children nodded hard and looked good, and there were those strange people, who looked really strange, fun, even more fun than walking around the village, Liu Yiyi's children wanted to struggle to touch the clown on stilts!

This kind of excitement is not seen before, although these people are painted with poor makeup, but the smile on their faces can not be concealed, the jubilant festival makes people involuntarily indulge in it, although this place is backward, although poor, although closed, but there is a peace and tranquility that they can't think of before, there is everything that the last days don't have, thank God for letting me feel happy again.

Maybe what grandma said is right, she is really God's daughter, thinking of this, Liu Yiyi can't help but feel grateful, and she is grateful to everyone.

For the first time in decades, this is the first time that Liu Yiyi has thanked God for making him feel happy again, return to his parents, and feel the warmth of home.