The procedure of worshiping ancestors is not as cumbersome as usual. When it comes to the end, the great grandfather holds a wine and writes: "The position of the emperor of the Zhu family's government is flowing easily. The rain and dew are wet. When I look at the tomb, I am overwhelmed with admiration... Dare to The wine is only used to recommend annual events, to marry a certain government official, to marry a certain person, to confer a family name, and only to eat and enjoy." After saying this, he poured the wine on the ground and burned paper money.
My uncle and grandfather repeated the actions of my grandfather one by one, except that they no longer had to read the words. At this point, the ancestor worship ceremony was over, and everyone returned to the Zhu family compound.
A sumptuous lunch had already been prepared in the Zhu family courtyard. A total of three large tables were arranged. The largest table was for men, and the remaining two tables were for women and children. The meals were almost the same.
The bowls are deep and the dishes are generous, including stewed native chicken, braised pheasant, braised fish, cold fungus, steamed rabbit meat, braised rabbit meat, and some home-cooked vegetables. There are also a few pots of old wine on the table, which is also a good choice. People are drooling.
It really echoes the ancient poem: Don’t laugh at the farmers’ wine, which is thick with wax and wine. In the good years, there are enough chickens and dolphins for visitors.
When the three families ate together, the difference was quite obvious. The grandfather's family and the aunt's family obviously ate much better than their own family.
Adults won’t talk about it, just look at the children and you will know that Zhu Pingjun from the uncle’s family has a runny nose and eats the sea stuffing, and his mouth makes a squeaking sound, as if he hasn’t eaten for dozens of days, and he even removes food from the plate with his hands. Eat meat... Grandpa's children are obviously much better, especially the cousins. They eat very politely and look beautiful.
After dinner, when the adults gathered together, they realized that the grandpa's family was about to move to the south, so why not treat it as a New Year reunion in advance and give out lucky money to the children and have fun.
New Year's money, Zhu Ping'an didn't know why, maybe it was his body that caused his mood to become a little childish, and he became inexplicably excited.
Since he came to this world, he has never touched a penny at all. Now that he can receive money, it would be strange not to be excited. Only when you have money in your hand can you not feel panic.
"Happy New Year to grandma and grandpa." Zhu Ping'an took advantage of his sweet mouth and cupped his chubby hands to greet his elders. Although kneeling is inevitable due to feudal customs, for elders, kneeling is also a beautiful tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young.
Because of his sweet talk, Zhu Pingan received a lot of extra New Year's money from his eldest grandfather and aunt's family, especially his eldest uncle and aunt each gave him an extra silver bean. Zhu Pingan secretly observed that his eldest grandfather and aunt seemed to only give What you have is a handful of silver beans, and everyone else is a handful of copper coins. Only you have this benefit.
Grandfather and grandmother were still partial. Zhu Pingan saw with his own eyes that his grandmother gave Zhu Pingjun a penny more than himself...
After going around in a circle, Zhu Ping'an's little pocket was already filled with lucky money.
I saw Mrs. Chen walking over at this moment, with a smile like a wolf grandmother.
At this time, Mrs. Chen's mentality was as follows: This little slick guy saw that you just received a lot of extra New Year's money and some silver beans, haha, your son is awesome, please give it to your mother.
"Hey, dear, come here. Mom will collect the New Year's money for you first. It's safest to leave the money with Mom. When you want to buy candies, come and get them from me." Mrs. Chen walked up to Zhu Pingan and rubbed him. The little head said with a smile, and then stretched out his hand.
ha?
Seeing the smile of Grandma Chen's Wolf, Zhu Ping'an had a dark look on his face.
Those who were defrauded of their New Year's money by their mothers in those years, this trick was made out of nothing. Think about how many innocent children were defrauded of their New Year's money by their mothers every year using this trick. The essence of this trick is that I help
You keep it, this trick of creating something out of nothing has been used countless times by countless mothers, but so many innocent children still fall into the "trap" every year.
However, Zhu Ping'an obviously does not belong to this kind of simple naughty child.
His answer was different, his refusal was original, "No, I still want to save up for a wife."
Zhu Pingan's words made all the seven aunts and eight aunts present laugh. They all laughed at Zhu Pingan for thinking about saving money for his wife when he was just a little bigger.
Mrs. Chen had a dark look on her face. It didn't make sense. This bastard had been deceived by him for so many years. Why didn't it work this time? How could he think of marrying a wife at such a young age? Who taught him? He turned and glared at Zhu Shouyi.
Zhu Shouyi, who was drinking, was lying on his back, causing his wife to stare at him and choked on the wine. He waved his hands repeatedly to show that he was not the one who taught him.
Something went wrong out of nothing, and Chen used another trick to fish in troubled waters. He couldn't do a bad job with a red face.
"Do you know it's dangerous for a child to take so much money? It's a good boy to hand it over voluntarily." Mrs. Chen put her hands on her hips and raised her voice deliberately.
If he were an ordinary naughty kid, he would just say with tears in his eyes that I was wrong, and then hand over the lucky money.
Unfortunately, Zhu Pingan is not.
"I will put away the money for my wife's marriage soon and won't take it with me." Zhu Ping'an waved his fat paw, saying that he would put it away without bothering you.
Mrs. Chen was disappointed again.
Now the aunt and others gathered around with interest. After all, almost all the children's New Year's money had just been defrauded by their parents in various ways. Zhu Pingan was the only one who could not be defrauded, so
All curious.
Zhu Ping'an also noticed that almost all his brothers and sisters had their New Year's money defrauded by their parents using various means.
Just now, Zhu Pingjun was deceived by his aunt by saying, "Mother will keep the money for you, and I will buy new clothes for Jun'er later." As a result, Zhu Pingjun happily handed over the new year's money.
Xiao Yu'er was also deceived by her third aunt, saying, "Good boy, Yu'er, I'll use two handfuls of melon seeds and peanuts in exchange for a handful of your lucky money. Don't exchange one handful for two handfuls. It's not too cost-effective."
"Okay, thank you, mother." Xiao Yu'er nodded cutely, looking like she had earned it.
Although Zhu Pingan feels that he should "cheat" the New Year's money from his parents like other naughty children, money is very important to him, whether it is education or capital to make money, even if it is there for emergencies, it is necessary, so for the time being.
You cannot hand over the lucky money.
Seeing that everyone was watching, Mrs. Chen was too embarrassed to coerce Zhu Pingan's red envelope anymore. She thought of waiting for her relatives to leave before asking for Zhu Pingan's red envelope.
"Well, then you put it away yourself. I won't hit you if you throw it away." Mrs. Chen settled the matter and went to chat with her sister-in-law.
However, this scene still made many people remember Zhu Pingan in their hearts. This little guy with a tough head and a tough brain was interesting.