The night before the stove sacrifice, the Yueyang Preserved Egg Shop gathered together, had a lively celebration banquet, received a thick bonus from the big boss Li Jinzhu, closed the workshop and shop, and went home happily to celebrate the New Year. p>
The next day, sisters Li Wenliang and Li Jinzhu returned to Lijiaji together. The five Li Jinzhu sisters went to pay homage to their parents first, and then they were busy non-stop.
The entire Li family is very busy.
During and outside the year, there are several important blessings and sacrifices held in the county. In previous years, they had nothing to do with the Li family, but this year the Li family cannot be left out. These blessings and sacrifices are important events.
For the Lantern Festival in the first month, the Li family's lantern shed should also be added, and it would be best to have a lion dance team or something.
Well-known families in Kunshan County are either relatives or friends. During the first month of the year, each family takes turns to invite New Year's wine. In the past, this matter had nothing to do with the Li family. This year, the Li family will go to each family to have New Year's wine, and they will also have to invite a round of New Year's wine.
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Huang County Master will also hold two cultural conferences and invite Li Xuedong to give a lecture at the county school.
The Li family also has two important in-laws: the Hong family and Mr. Gao Cunji's family. They give boxing gifts before the new year, and celebrate the New Year and eat New Year wine after the new year.
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Everyone in the Li clan was very busy, being directed by Li Shikuan and several clan elders.
Li Xuedong, the face and patriarch of the Li clan, was called out almost every day before dawn and returned home in the middle of the night. He was exhausted and thin.
Sister Li Jinzhu had to deal with a lot of New Year's greetings after the new year. She got back a thick pile of family history from Li Shikuan. Li Jinzhu gave it directly to Li Xiaonan. She, Yuzhu and Yinzhu had too many things to do. This thick booklet
Just let Grandma remember it, and she will give you some pointers when the time comes.
On New Year's Eve, the small stage that had been built in the ancestral hall in previous years was moved to the opposite side of the ancestral hall. The shed builders invited from Pingjiang City built a large stage with two floors and three floors, and invited the famous Wu family
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The newly formed Li Lion Dance Team was invited by two neighboring families to travel around on New Year's Eve to learn from each other.
The lively joy of the twelfth lunar month has accumulated, and on the New Year's Eve, starting from the morning, the sporadic sound of firecrackers broke the held joy, the aroma of meat and wine, the pungent smell of gunpowder, and the shouts of children mixed into one
A strong sense of liveliness and joy enveloped the entire Lijiaji and the Li clan.
The New Year's Eve dinner for the five Li siblings was not very sumptuous. From Li Jinzhu to Li Yinzhu, they were too busy to take care of it.
Just after taking a few bites, Cuiye rushed in with a few crisp and excited "Sister A'nan" sounds.
"You haven't finished eating yet, so I'll wait." Cui Ye was wearing new clothes, her cheeks were flushed with excitement.
"Sit here. Have you eaten? It's so early." Li Xiaonan gestured to Cuiye to get a chair and sit down.
"I've finished eating, but they are still eating. Wengweng wants to drink, and they are eating slowly." Cui Ye stretched out her head and looked at the dishes on the table.
"Hey, you can also eat well during the New Year's Eve dinner?" Li Yinzhu was surprised.
She is currently learning rules and etiquette.
"No! I told my mother-in-law that my sister and I had agreed to go out to play early. My father glared at me, and he said, go ahead!" Cuiye smiled.
Sister A'nan has been having a great time at home this month.
She really likes her sister A-nan!
"Have you put on your new clothes now?" Li Yuzhu reached out and touched the pomegranate red muslin cotton-padded jacket on Cuiye.
"I made four new clothes this year! My mother-in-law said they were new clothes for the Chinese New Year, and there were three new clothes for New Year greetings, and those three were all made of silk!" Cuiye's eyes sparkled with excitement.
"Why didn't you call Ai Ye over?" Li Xiaonan finished eating a spring roll and looked at Cui Ye and asked.
"She wants to help the old lady collect the profit and seal, and tomorrow morning she has to help the old lady make the profit and the seal. She can't get out.
"She said that she would wrap a lot of lucky money and lucky money this year. She said that the lucky money can be thin or thick. You can't make the wrong one when wrapping it, and you can't make the wrong one when handing it out.
"Every year, for the new year's money, my mother-in-law gave me a small silver dime, and my father-in-law gave me another silver dime, but my mother-in-law took them all and said she would save them for me as a dowry."
Cuiye was indifferent to the fact that her New Year's money was taken away. She had never had any pocket money, and she had never spent money to buy anything.
Li Xiaonan quietly glanced at the eldest sister.
Will she also get two coins tomorrow?
If she got it, she would go to the county town with Cuiye and spend all the two coins in one go.
It has been almost two years since she came here, and she has never had a penny, let alone spent a penny!
It had only been an hour since Lijiaji arrived at the county seat, and she and Cuiye had already been there twice.
The sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and the green leaves jumped up, "Sister A'nan, hurry up! This is our family's lion dance! It's so beautiful!"
"Yeah, okay, okay!" Li Xiaonan stuffed half of the egg dumpling into her mouth, waved to Li Jinzhu, stood up, and ran out with Cuiye.
"These two girls are going crazy!" Li Yuzhu just frowned and then laughed again.
"Second sister, don't worry! I'll go and watch them!" Li Yinzhu confessed and ran out before Li Jinzhu could say anything.
"If you've finished eating, come and watch the fun." Li Jinzhu patted Li Xuedong.
Li Xuedong was craning his neck to look outside and nodded quickly, "Okay, okay, I'm going!"
"Let's pack up and go take a look." Li Yuzhu smiled.
Li Jinzhu also laughed, stood up, and together with Li Yuzhu, they packed up and rushed out to watch the fun.
Li Yinzhu caught up with Li Xiaonan and Cuiye and squeezed into the crowd to watch the lively lion dance.
The three lion dance teams first showed off at the entrance of the Li Family Ancestral Hall, and then rolled and jumped along the main street to congratulate and ask for rewards at the entrances of several tribesmen's hometowns. The team left the Li Family Collection and went to the next town with gongs and drums noisy all the way. p>
Li Xiaonan and the others did not dare to follow them. Besides, the big show was about to begin. The lion dance only had a few moves, but the show was still great!
This night went by as fast as the blink of an eye.
As soon as it got light, Li Yinzhu took Li Xiaonan and hurried home to change into new clothes.
The material for Li Yinzhu's new clothes was bought in the fine cloth shop next door to their preserved egg shop. This was the first time that she used copper coins to buy fine cloth to make clothes!
It took Li Yinzhu two full days to choose the color. She didn't dare to cut it herself. Sister-in-law Yin asked someone to help her cut it. When it was done, she tried it on once and it looked great!
Li Xiaonan's new clothes were made for her by Li Shikuan's wife, Aunt Tang. They include a pomegranate red half-length coat and a green skirt. The combination of red and green looks very festive and beautiful.
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu each weave new coats and skirts.
As for Li Xuedong, he has to entertain for the first month of the new year, and his clothes were bought and brought back from Pingjiang City by the lobby uncle Li Wenliang.
Li Yinzhu and Li Xiaonan changed into new clothes and went to Cuiye's house. Cuiye and her mother pushed her out before Cuiye finished speaking.
Those three silk clothes were worn when going out as guests, and I’m not going out to be guests now, so what should I change into!
Cuiye's sadness disappeared when she ate her first meat dumpling. This year's meat dumpling was so delicious!
The three of them ate fresh meat glutinous rice balls on New Year's Day at Cuiye's house and went straight to Li Shikuan's house.
Li Shikuan and Aunt Tang had already put on new festive clothes and were sitting in the yard, accepting the bows and New Year greetings from the younger generation.
Li Xiaonan held two small red muslin purses in her hands, walked out of the courtyard, and couldn't wait to pull them open.
The purse given by Li Shikuan contained a small red gold longevity fruit, and the purse given by Aunt Tang contained a small red gold tiger, which was her zodiac sign.
Li Yinzhu is also a red gold longevity fruit and a little golden pig.
Li Xiaonan almost cried while holding the Red Gold Eternal Life Fruit and Red Gold Tiger.
She dares to spend dimes, but she dare not spend gold!