On the first day of the first lunar month in 2009, 0:00.

Fang Nian's family went out happily and set off two barrels of fireworks.

In the sound of 'bang bang~', fireworks rose into the sky, illuminating the field in front of Lao Fang's house.

Fang Xin is the happiest.

As early as the afternoon, I took a shower and changed into new clothes, and this time even the pants were festive red.

Lin Feng took it to Tongfeng to buy it, which is a bit foreign.

Jumping on the porch, wah-wow-oh oh ~ shouting, giggling and laughing.

After a few minutes of fireworks, they went home, went to bed, and got up again at five o'clock to ask for money.

The old Fang family is like this every year, and they will ask for wealth on the morning of the first day of the first month of the first month every year.

According to some information on the basis of do's and don'ts, this year's financial time is the middle hour, that is, from 5 to 7 o'clock in the morning......

Fang Nian went upstairs to his room and fell asleep at the end.

On the last day of the lunar calendar in 2008, Fang Nian's classmates were a little tired.

The screen of the mobile phone in the pocket of the jacket lights up from time to time and then turns off.

And so on several times.

Fang Nian, who had already fallen asleep, did not have the slightest consciousness.

Because......

The sound was turned off.

It must be mentioned here that Apple's physical mute key design is really good and convenient.

The good routine cultivated in the past half a year made Fang Nian, who felt tired before falling asleep, still wake up at 5:30.

Get up and get dressed and go downstairs.

Pictured auspicious for the New Year, Fang Nian still changed into a casual single suit and dark slacks bought in Shencheng.

However, the use of this single west will not be too long, about the morning of the first day of the first month.

In front of the dressing mirror in the wardrobe, Fang Nian looked left and right and nodded with satisfaction.

It's not a formal suit, it's not the same black, it's a young light-colored casual style.

Should I say it or not, Guan Qiuhe's vision is still very good.

"Yo! where did this handsome guy come from!"

This was the first sentence of the New Year that Lin Feng said when he saw him after Fang Nian went downstairs.

Fang Nian: "......"

Then Fang Zhengguo: "Bah, I didn't pay attention to this hanging, and it looks quite foreign when I wear it." ”

Fang Zhengguo prefers gray suits, and today is no exception, and he is ironing more than ever.

Fang Xin, who was dressed in red, ran over: "Brother, brother, you are wearing a suit like your father......"

“......”

My own family members are not particular about saying Happy New Year.

After washing, according to the process of previous years, Fang Zhengbin and Fang Zhengguo, the two men in charge, rubbed the bright sky together to seek wealth and worship God.

There are different aspects to this.

For example, this year, the square table for eating was brought to the opposite side of the hall of the old Fang's house, and the red candles of chicken, duck, fish, meat, and fruit incense burners were placed.

Supplemented by paper money and incense sticks for wealth.

After the paper money is burned, it is for money.

After that, they have to set up a table next to the table under the altar of the gods in the hall to worship the gods.

At this time, when the paper money is burning, it is necessary to set off fireworks.

The sounds of 'crack~' and 'bang~' sounded one after another.

This time, the remnants of fireworks and firecrackers are all festive.

There is an apt name, it is called Full House.

Today's breakfast is also the most formal, with twelve dishes on the table, implying that the month is smooth.

There will also be a few more chairs and a few dishes and chopsticks.

There is also chicken, duck and fish.

It also means that there is more than enough every year, and the New Year is happy.

Breakfast was served before seven o'clock.

Unlike the Chinese New Year's Eve, breakfast on the first day of the first lunar month usually ends before 8 o'clock.

Ms. Lin Feng couldn't stop her mouth and said a few words looking forward to the future.

Breakfast is followed by a formal tradition.

There are two links in total, which can be carried out in parallel.

The first is to walk the streets to pay New Year's greetings.

The second is to go up the mountain to worship ancestors.

At the beginning of the century, the area around Maoba was relatively poor, and the scope of New Year's greetings was relatively large, not limited to the Maoba villager group, but would go to one or two neighboring villager groups, mostly begging for candy and cigarettes.

The smell of the New Year is stronger than it is now.

In Fang Nian's memory, he was relatively happy, and he had to spend most of the morning on this matter.

Now it is no longer like this, but in the Maoba village group to walk the street to pay New Year's greetings, and then bring paper money, incense sticks, firecrackers up the mountain, starting from the mountain behind the house and walking downstream.

Originally, just after walking, I just went down the mountain to the neighboring villager group.

In the large area of Tangli, until 2021, burial is still practiced, and there is no cemetery.

Because every household has mountains, fields, and land, basically the newly established cemetery will be placed in the mountains allocated by the state and set up tombstones.

Generally speaking, on the first day of the first lunar month, all the ancestors must be walked up the mountain to worship the ancestors.

The biggest ancestor of the Lao Fang family, everyone called Taizu.

It is said that this Taizu is the common ancestor of the vast majority of people with the surname Fang in several nearby village groups.

If you follow the order of the eighteen generations of ancestors, Fang Nian's Taizu is the seventh ancestor, that is, the grandfather of Fang Zhengguo's grandfather, which is already quite winding.

But every year on the first day of the first lunar month, when they go up the mountain to worship their ancestors, the three brothers Fang Zhengbin, Fang Zhengguo, and Fang Zhengliang will focus on introducing this ancestor when they talk to Fang Nian's juniors.

"This Taizu is our ancestor, because we can't count how many generations, so we also call Taizu, your grandfather is still called Taizu, and our grandfather is still called Taizu. ”

Therefore, in addition to remembering the graveyard of his grandparents, Fang Nian remembered the grave of this ancestor most clearly.

Although the tombstone of Taizu's grave is not large......

............

............

At eight o'clock, according to the number of etiquette, Fang Nian and Fang Xin followed Fang Zhengguo out and walked into Fang Zhengbin's house to pay New Year's greetings.

"Happy New Year, aunt and uncle. ”

Fang Nian shouted with a smile with Fang Xin.

“......”

Fang Zhengbin hurriedly got up and smoked, while his aunt made tea and poured wine.

Because Fang Zhengguo happened to be the middle of the three brothers, he would sit at Fang Zhengbin's house for about ten minutes, chatting until he finished drinking a cup of tea before leaving.

According to tradition, all married women today do not go out of their homes to entertain guests who come to pay New Year's greetings.

Fang Zhengbin looked at Fang Nian and said, "Nian Bao, your suit is handsome. ”

On the first day of the first lunar month, everyone's name will come according to generation.

A title like 'Habao' with a little bit of a 'cheap name' will never appear.

Either shout the name, or shout Nian Nian, Xin Xin, or Nian Bao, Xin Bao.

Fang Nian had a hunch that there would be a lot of people who said he was handsome today.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, when Fang Zhengliang took Fang Fenfen and Fang Hai to Fang Zhengbin's house to pay New Year's greetings, there was another round of praise.

Fang Fenfen's eyes lit up even more: "Brother Nian, your suit is very different from what you saw on Tongfeng Street, it is very handsome......"

According to the etiquette, after Fang Zhengliang drank tea at Fang Zhengbin's house, he went to Fang Zhengbin to sit down.

In the end, the three families went to Fang Zhengliang's own house together.

After that, led by Fang Zhengbin, New Year's greetings were greeted according to relatives, ages, and generations.

There will always be a little more walking.

Every household in this village group is like this.

As early as the 90s, New Year's greetings required a real kowtow, of course, only for the highest seniors.

For example, at that time, Fang Nian's grandfather was still alive, and Fang Nian wanted to kowtow to his grandfather, etc., and this traditional ritual in the 21st century suddenly disappeared......

...... After returning home from the villagers' group, Fang Nian changed out of his suit and put on yesterday's down jacket.

Fang Nian was still quite happy in his heart.

Everyone's vision is really good.

The next thing is to go up the mountain to worship the ancestors, and if you have to walk from the woods and grass, the suit is very inappropriate.

But...... Comrade Fang Zhengguo does not pay attention to these things at all, he is still wearing a suit.

The team of worshipping ancestors on the mountain is very strong, in addition to the three brothers of Fang Zhengbin with their sons and daughters, there are also four brothers of the Fang family with their sons and daughters.

In addition, there are relatives between the four brothers of this Fang family.

is about the same age as Fang Zhengbin's three brothers, and the relationship with Fang Zhengbin's branch is the same.

The grandfather of each of the four brothers is a cousin of Fang Nian's grandfather's father.

So the generations are different, Fang Nian called these four brothers all called brother.

The four brothers called Fang Zhengbin their uncle.

Ever since Fang Nian had a memory, it has been like this, and it has not changed......

...... When the three brothers of Fang Zhengbin prepared paper money, incense sticks and other things for worshipping their ancestors.

Fang Nian also happened to touch the mobile phone in his pocket.

Only then did I see that there were many missed calls and unread text messages.

The earliest missed call time was 0:00, and Lin Yuchun called, about a dozen.

Then there was a missed call at seven or eight o'clock in the morning.

The text messages also started from zero o'clock, and people sent them one after another.

When I was about to reply to the text message, the phone came first, and it was still Lin Yusong.

"Happy New Year. ”

"Happy New Year. Fang Nian said with a smile.

"The phone was muted in the pocket, I didn't see it. ”

Lin Yuchun didn't care much, and said twice: "I wish you academic progress in the new year~"

"You too, peace and joy. Fang Nian said.

Lin Yuchun had something to say, but in the end he just paid a New Year's greeting.

“......”

When we set off for the mountain, the marimba bell rang again, this time it was Liuyang's.

Fang Nian also said, 'peace and joy'.

As soon as the call was over, just up the mountain from the mountain road, the phone rang again.

This time it's Zou Xuan's.

When the winding mountain road of less than 200 meters arrived in front of Grandpa Fang Nian's grave, it was already the fifth phone call, Li Xue called.

“......”

Fang Fenfen couldn't help but quip: "Brother Nian, you have too many New Year's calls." ”

"Just a few steps up the hill from your house, I answered five phone calls. ”

Fang Zhengbin quipped: "Nian Bao is tall and mighty, and he must be popular outside." ”

Fang Zhengliang also smiled and said: "Fenfen, if you know how to read like your brother, there will be many people who will give you New Year's greetings." ”

On the contrary, Fang Zhengguo didn't speak, although he was also surprised, but he really didn't know what to say for a while.

Fang Nian just smiled and snorted: "The classmates are more enthusiastic. ”

Along the way, the marimba bell always rang once in a short time.

On the first day of the first lunar month, after all, there is no such thing as not answering the phone.

Fang Nian didn't know how there were so many calls, the classmates of class 174, the classmates in the next class, there were one or twenty calls.

After returning from worshipping his ancestors, Fang Nian received a call from Guan Qiuhe at the door of his house.

"Happy New Year, Xiaofang. ”

Guan Qiuhe said in a relaxed tone.

Fang Nian smiled and said, "Sister He, Happy New Year, peace and joy." ”

"Peace and joy. ”

Guan Qiuhe said with a smile: "I wish you academic progress in the New Year and be admitted to Fudan." ”

“......”

After a few gossips with Guan Qiuhe, after the phone hung up, the phone happened to be automatically turned off when the battery was low.