In the hearts of most country people, eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is the beginning of a new year.
The significance of New Year's Eve is far greater than that of the Gregorian calendar year. It should be said that the Gregorian calendar year is simply incomparable.
After eating the dumplings, the twelve o'clock bell rang. Xu Shi took the lead and led everyone to pay New Year's greetings to the two elders.
Xu Haibo waited for the baby to get even better, and knelt down and kowtowed. Xu Haibo was young, but he followed suit in a decent manner.
Everything the children do is interesting and makes everyone laugh.
Xu Chenghou quickly took out a few red envelopes from his pocket and distributed them to the children.
There isn't much money in it, just two cents per person. During the Chinese New Year, I have to support my children.
Zhou Guilan also took out two red envelopes from her pocket and gave them to Su Anying and Wu Qiuyan.
"It is our family's rule that a new daughter-in-law should be given red envelopes for the first year after she enters the house.
Don't be too little for both of you, this is something your father and I want, and it was the same year your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law came in."
In the red envelope are two brand-new one-dollar coins, which means good things come in pairs, which means it is auspicious.
Originally, Su Anying and Wu Qiuyan didn't want to receive red envelopes. How old are they? Can they still be like little babies?
But when my mother-in-law said that it was a rule in the house and that all the sisters-in-law had it, they naturally accepted it.
"Thank you, Mom."
It is said that people should stay up all night on New Year's Eve, but most people can't stand it.
The first few babies had slept a while ago, and now they were nodding their heads one by one.
Not to mention Su Anying and Wu Qiuyan, they were already sleepy and yawning all day long, so Zhou Guilan asked the wives to coax the children to sleep without having to watch them.
The men, on the other hand, gathered together to eat melon seeds and chat. They were so sleepy that they found a place to sleep crookedly.
The old rule is that you cannot lay out bedding when sleeping on New Year's Eve, otherwise the chickens at home will love nesting in their nests.
So no one took off their clothes and slept like this all night.
What is the Chinese New Year? The Chinese New Year means that all the delicious food that has been saved for a year is eaten in those few days.
During the New Year, people who have been busy for a year can finally rest, eat and drink all day long, and visit relatives and friends for leisurely chatting.
From the first to the fifteenth day of junior high school, there was almost no work to do, just eating, drinking and having fun.
According to local rules, on the first and second day of the lunar month, you visit relatives and friends to pay New Year greetings. Only after sending off the New Year in the evening of the second lunar month or in the morning of the third lunar month, the daughter who has left home can return to her parents' home.
So on the third day of the Lunar New Year, all the married sons of the Xu family accompanied their wives back to their parents' homes.
Even Xu Chenghou accompanied Zhou Guilan back to the Zhou family in Daying.
Originally, Xu Shiyan didn't want Su Anying to go out again. After all, Su Anying is now a month old, and there are many people going out during the New Year, so if something unexpected happens.
Later, Zhou Guilan said that they would also go back to the camp together, and there would be someone to take care of them when they went together. Xu Shiyan agreed.
So Xu Shixiang, who was studying for the exam, was left to look after the house, and the whole family went out.
Xu Shiyan accompanied his daughter-in-law back to her parents' home. Qin Meiling, who happened to be married to Hunjiang, and her husband Sui Hongzhi also came back, holding their daughter Sui Xiaoling for several months.
In addition, Su Anzhen's date a few years ago was also called here, and the whole family was quite lively.
Living in Daying until the sixth day of the lunar month, Xu Shiyan was thinking about buying a house and could no longer live there.
Su Weizhong and his wife repeatedly tried to persuade them to stay, but Xu Shiyan only said that he would come back when he had time, so he led his wife back to the big house.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Xu Shiyan went out with some things on his back. First he went to Songjiang River to deliver some frozen fine-scaled fish to Guo Shouye, and then he went to Donggang and found Zhou Changhe.
"Oh, brother, I've been waiting for you to come.
Your sister-in-law has found a house for you, and the price is pretty close to her, would you like to go take a look?"
When Zhou Changhe saw Xu Shiyan, he mentioned nothing else but the house first.
Xu Shiyan immediately smiled and said, "Second brother, happy New Year." No matter where you are, no matter how anxious you are, you have to say New Year greetings first.
"Second sister-in-law, have a great New Year. Thank you, second sister-in-law, for working so hard and hard on my affairs."
"Happy New Year, three brothers.
Why are my brothers so polite? Brother, when you come today, you can't just sit there for a while and then leave. You have to have a meal at home."
Zhou Changhe's daughter-in-law, Ms. Li, is a cheerful and generous person who is considerate and generous in dealing with people.
Xu Shiyan brought things with him several times, which made her feel bad. She had to leave Xu Shiyan at home for dinner today.
"Okay, I'll bother my sister-in-law, I'll eat here today.
By the way, sister-in-law, there are two fine-scaled fish in the basket on my back. I broke a hole in the ice to get them out a few years ago. They were frozen very solid, so I kept them at home for eating."
The Zhou family sincerely helped, but Xu Shiyan was embarrassed to come empty-handed.
Exactly two years ago, he broke into a hole in the ice and took out the fish that had been hidden before, leaving two for the Zhou family.
When Zhou Zhang and his wife heard this, they couldn't help but say a few words to Xu Shiyan, because they thought he was too outspoken.
Xu Shiyan only responded with a smile, which made Zhou Zhang and his wife have no choice but to accept the fish.
"Changhe, please accompany the three brothers to see the house. The other end is urging me.
If you like it, then make a decision as soon as possible, I'll look at that place and it'll be fine."
Mrs. Li urged Zhou Changhe to take Xu Shiyan to see the house, while she was busy at home cooking and entertaining guests.
The Zhou family lives opposite the middle school, which is close to the center of Donggang Commune.
The Martyrs' Tomb is in the north, near the woods.
Walking from Songjiang River to Donggang, as soon as you enter Donggang, there is a crossroads, and the Martyrs' Tomb is to the northeast of the crossroads.
Donggang used to belong to the fifth district, and the martyrs' tomb commemorates the then district chief.
Therefore, most people also call the tomb of the martyrs the Tomb of the Chief of the Royal District.
In 1946, the traitor Jiang Yongqing colluded with the Yufu gang and killed District Chief Wang.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a martyrs' tomb was built locally to commemorate the martyrs. The tomb was made of masonry and arched, with a cement plaster surface and a tombstone in front.
Many people say that there are actually no corpses in the tomb of the martyrs, it is just an empty tomb.
Anyway, no one was afraid, and there were many children playing nearby.
The house Zhou Zhanghe mentioned is the second building east of the Martyrs' Tomb. It should actually be considered to be on a small hill.
Behind are woods, and to the east is a hillside with a ditch and pond at the bottom.
The open space to the west is quite large, and then there is a small hillside, separated from the house at the west end by a small ditch and pond.
The three adobe houses are also covered with that kind of "thatched roof". The houses are quite upright, and the yard is neatly tidied.
The vegetable garden is very large, and there are some fruit trees planted on the hillsides on both sides. It seems that there is also a garden behind the house.
In such a spacious place, it would be absolutely comfortable to live in a few large tile-roofed houses.
Xu Shiyan was quite satisfied with the house. He also heard from Zhou Changhe on the way that he was eager to move out and finally negotiated four hundred yuan.
It also comes with a barn and a big stack of firewood behind the house.
"Brother, what do you think of this place? If you think it's okay, we'll go in and discuss it with him.
If you are not optimistic about it, then wait and ask your sister-in-law to help you feel it again.
Look for the middle place, it's still a little off."
In Zhou Zhanghe's opinion, the price of the house is okay, but the location is a bit out of the way.
"Second brother, it's very nice here. Let's go in and ask." Xu Shiyan was very satisfied with this.
Because he knew that this place was later demolished.
In such a big place, when the time comes, he will build more houses and build a processing factory. Not to mention other things, he will also be able to provide some money for demolition.