The entire Panlong Dam was filled with the sound of firecrackers, it was so lively, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
This is the flavor of the New Year. As soon as the firecrackers are set off, every household comes out, picks up the bucket and rushes to the old well nearest to their home.
There are no flashlights right now, so everyone goes out with kerosene lamps.
The night was as dark as water. Liu Lihui and Liu Lixia were timid and did not dare to follow them, so they waited at home.
Liu Lixin followed his elder brother and left to help him hold the lamp.
With the faint light, the two brothers walked quickly, and soon they arrived at an old well.
Liu Limin knew at this glance that no one had been here yet, because the soil beside the well had not been wet.
I am the first to come, which is great. I have never won the first place in previous years. It seems that this year is different.
Liu Lixin also shouted excitedly: "Brother, we are the first ones here, hurry up and get water!"
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Don't worry, we have picked the best for this year's wealth, and no one will compete with us."
I don’t know why, but no one came to this well this year. Maybe they grabbed the first one and didn’t make a fortune, so everyone is not so anxious. No matter who comes first, they still get the same fortune.
Liu Limin picked up the claw hook, hooked the bucket and put it into the well, and soon brought up two buckets of sweet well water.
Only then did he see the dots of lights moving in this direction. Liu Limin smiled and said: "Young maknae, let's go home!"
Liu Lixin was jumping up and down all the way, as excited as a child. No, he was indeed still a child now. After all, he was only thirteen years old and was indeed underage.
As he walked back carrying the money, Liu Limin couldn't help but think of the rural customs and habits. As time goes by, many of them have slowly disappeared. For example, in the new century, there are basically no people carrying the money.
This was done because at that time every household had dug its own well, and there was no need to go to the old well of the production team to fetch water. Later, when tap water was provided in the rural areas, not to mention that there was not even an old well left.
What wealth?
The flavor of the New Year at that time was really weak.
People's living standards have improved, and many young people have gone to other places to work and do not even come back for the New Year. With a large number of rural people buying houses in the city, they live in high-rise buildings like birdcages and have New Year's dinner.
Just watching TV, playing cards, nothing else.
Liu Limin is a very nostalgic person. Thinking about this, he feels a lot of emotions in his heart.
Although living conditions in the countryside in the 1980s were very difficult, people were still spiritually rich and their sense of happiness was stronger than a few decades later.
Soon after returning home, the whole family was very happy. Liu Lixin chirped and said that our family was the first to make money. This made the Wang family and sisters Liu Lixia and Liu Lihui very happy.
Liu Lihui smiled and said: "Brother, our family will definitely get rich this year, and you can only be the one to get rich!"
Liu Limin smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether we make a fortune or not. The most important thing is that our family can be healthy and happy!"
After doing this, the family went back to the room and fell asleep each other. The weather was very cold, but there was a newly bought quilt, so the inside of the quilt was warm.
On the morning of New Year's Day, bursts of firecrackers rang out, waking up the entire Panlongba.
Every New Year's Day, it is a tradition in Dingxin Commune that every household does not eat rice.
What should I eat if I don’t eat rice? I’ll eat glutinous rice balls made of glutinous rice in the morning, and I’ll eat hand-cooked noodles and noodles at noon and evening.
The unfinished meals during the New Year must be saved until the second day of the Lunar New Year. This is passed down from the old people. As for why this is done, Liu Limin doesn't understand.
But the water-milled glutinous rice balls at this time are really delicious. They use the original glutinous rice and mix it with ordinary rice, then use a stone mill to grind them into rice paste, then wrap them in gauze and hang them under the table. After a night, the water
Most of the portion came out.
The weather was so cold that Liu Lihui and her three little ones couldn't even get up.
Liu Limin and his mother Wang got up early and started making glutinous rice balls.
The glutinous rice balls are stuffed with brown sugar, which symbolizes that this year will be prosperous and sweet.
The mother and son were making glutinous rice balls and chatting at the same time.
Liu Limin remembers that he loved eating this glutinous rice dumpling since he was a child, but he could only eat this glutinous rice dumpling on the first day of the Lunar New Year because his family was so poor that he could not even eat a full meal. Most of the time, it was just like a bowl of clear soup.
of porridge to satisfy one's hunger.
The hard days are finally over, and my life now is so many times better than before.
Liu Limin smiled and said: "Mom, who do you think has the best luck in our family this year?"
Mrs. Wang took out a coin and put it into the glutinous rice balls, and said with a smile: "That must be you, boss. In the past, if your second sister didn't eat this coin, or your third sister, this year it will definitely be you."
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In Dingxin Commune, when making glutinous rice dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household would take a coin and wrap it in a certain glutinous rice dumpling. Whoever eats it means good luck this year.
Liu Limin remembers that when he was a child, he seemed to have never had coins.
Could it be said that things will really turn around this year?
The glutinous rice balls were ready, and Mrs. Wang began to boil water. This big pot of glutinous rice balls was meant to be eaten comfortably. Each person was eight, which is a very auspicious number.
Liu Limin called up his younger brothers and sisters. On the first day of the new year, he had to go out and walk around more. After eating glutinous rice balls, he also had to go to the hospital to cure all kinds of illnesses.
In Dingxin Commune, many people will go to Yaowang Temple to attend the temple fair on the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is very lively.
There are even many villagers who come from nearby communes, so the Yaowang Temple Fair is very lively every year, even more lively than going to the market.
Who doesn’t hope that the whole family will be free from illness and pain throughout the year, so on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is always right to go to the Yaowang Temple to pay homage to the King of Medicine.
In Yaowang Temple, there is only one abbot and two lay people in charge of taking care of it. This temple is not big, but every time there is a temple fair or some festival, vegetarian meals and other things are prepared. When believers come, they can eat vegetarian meals here. It is said that
It was also very good to eat.
In that special era, Yaowang Temple was destroyed and few rooms were left. It was only in the past two years that it became popular again.
Liu Limin remembered that later, probably in the 1990s, someone paid for the Yaowang Temple to be renovated, and it was quite large at that time.
It is indeed just a small temple now.
The Yaowang Temple has a long history. It was first built in the Tang Dynasty. It is indeed not easy for it to continue to the present day. The Buddha enshrined inside is the Medicine King Bodhisattva, not the Medicine King Sun Simiao.
After dinner, it was time to go to Yaowang Temple, and the three little ones were very excited.
The fragrant brown sugar dumplings were served, and the family happily ate them.