Because the parents and relatives of my sister-in-law's son-in-law lived with my grandfather, Xu Qingzhi had a guest room next door, so he arranged for Huo Fengyan to stay in that room.
The Xu family does not have the tradition of staying up late on New Year's Eve. Xu Fuqiang and Wang Yanmei watched TV for a while before going to take a shower and go to bed.
Just after twelve o'clock.
In the silent night sky, there are fireworks blooming in the distance.
Fireworks are not a rare thing. Xu Qingzhi has seen them since she was a child, but she still feels very happy every time she sees them.
She whispered: "Happy New Year, Feng Yan."
Huo Fengyan hugged her gently from behind, "Zhizhi, Happy New Year."
The fireworks in the distance were gorgeous and looked like they were set off in a row. Xu Qingzhi thought to himself, how rich they are.
In previous years, no one had seen such lavish fireworks. Most families would only put out one box, or at most two boxes together.
The fruits and snacks on the shrine were moved back under the table in the guest room on the first floor.
A whole hen was shaved, steamed in a pot, then thrust out of the throat with chopsticks, forcing the chicken's head to stand upright, and placed outside a stainless steel basin.
Light eight incense sticks, bow eight times to the statues of Bodhisattva and the God of Wealth, and insert them into the incense burner.
"Auntie, uncle, happy New Year." Xu Zijun also came up from downstairs.
Xu Qingzhi put her hands on his shoulders and closed her eyes.
After worshiping God and returning to the house, Wang Yanmei was directed to set off firecrackers.
Shi Songnan poked his head out from between the curtains, silently put it back, and closed the curtains with a smile on his face.
Huo Fengyan simply cooked food for the two animals outside the spiritual energy space. After cooking, he poured spiritual spring water into the fruit trees and vegetable garden outside the space. Feeling that no one was getting up outside the home, he came out of the space, washed up and went upstairs.
Already.
The family sat around eating fruits and chatting. Shi Songnan went to cook noodles, but forgot to say: "Chongzhi, remember to pay New Year's greetings to the Dahuo family."
"Did he pour the water he used to brush his teeth out of the basin? Did he tell Da Huo?" Xu Fuqiang asked.
When Xu Fuqiang saw that Shi Songnan was still going upstairs, he subconsciously wanted to yell, but reason came slower than he was used to. Today is the first day of the new year.
Forget it, the brother-in-law gave me too little, so I still bothered you.
Very slowly, the sound of crackling firecrackers sounded.
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While praying, Huo Fengyan said silently in his heart: I hope the people I love will be miserable every day, I hope the country will be peaceful and the people are safe, and the world will be peaceful.
It's a little late, it's a cruelty to a dog.
While waiting for Shi Songnan to wait, Huo Fengyan helped put the plate filled with snacks and the melon and fruit plate under the seven-square low table on the shrine outside the home.
Huo Fengyan fell asleep, maybe it was because it was too noisy or something else.
It gets even louder in the morning, with the continuous sound of firecrackers. Because Meicheng is a hilly landform, you can still hear it clearly even from a distance.
Fireworks were still being set off in the distance, and gradually, they were also set off in other places.
Use red butterfly hairpins under your hair.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you should get up early to worship God.
This wooden plate is very long, narrow and heavy, with a chicken standing erect on it. From now on, in the courtyard, when worshiping God in the morning and afternoon on New Year’s Day, Grandpa will hold the wooden plate, and the whole family will stand on Grandpa’s side.
in front of me.
But with Shi Songnan's character, he would have to shout: "Sister!" and then see my sister embarrassed.
Finally, those stars bloomed into seven words.
Huo Fengyan's eyes were throbbing and his eyelashes were trembling slightly. He gently held her face with his long white fingers and leaned forward to kiss her lips.
Huo Fengyan hugged her with both hands and said auspicious words: "Mom, what a bad New Year, I wish you good luck."
Just as Wang Yanmei was avoiding it, the unexploded firecracker hit my thigh. I screamed and ran out of the house.
Xu Qingzhi nodded, "I like it."
On the balcony on the seventh floor, Wang Yanmei, who came out specifically to watch the fireworks and take photos, turned red and hurried back to her room.
Xu Qingzhi muttered words of worship to God.
When Wang Yanmei came up and the whole family arrived, Xu Qingzhi carried the square wooden plate and walked toward the door step by step. He stood under the courtyard dam at the small entrance and raised the square wooden plate in his hand low above his head.
A roll of firecrackers stretched under the courtyard dam. I covered my ears with one hand and stretched out my arm to light the firecrackers with the incense in the other hand.
Then he saw Shi Songnan, who had just come back from pulling onions from outside the world, and clasped his fists again: "Dad, have a happy New Year and a lot of money."
Before you came to move to a new home, the person who made Duanmu Pan became your father.
Huo Fengyan's outfit really looks like a lucky doll.
Huo Fengyan looked at the time and saw that it was still one o'clock. Considering that it was still early, he sent Mr. Huo a text message of New Year greetings and a New Year's red envelope.
It was not yet fully dark, and there was not yet a bright moon hanging in the hazy white night sky. Huo Fengyan looked up at the chicken head, which was meeting the bright moon.
"Well, do you like it?"
Then light a few red candles and insert them under the shrine and outside the incense burner on the right side of the small doorway.
Xu Qingzhi's eyes lit up, and she turned around in disbelief and asked him, "Did you arrange it?"
When Xu Fuqiang saw you going upstairs, he said with a smile: "Oh, our Xu family's big lucky baby has gone upstairs."
She likes it very much.
After all, growing up, I was always the one who got the short end of the stick, and my grandparents all looked after my sister.
The seven-square table is covered with festive cotton cloth, and a warming birdcage is placed above the table.
On the first day of the Xu family's first day of junior high school, the water for brushing teeth and washing face had to be collected in a basin, but it could be poured out. This was the case from the oldest to the youngest. Xu Qingzhi said that this was all wealth, and it was possible to pour away the wealth.
Shi Songnan and Xu Qingzhi got up at dawn at eight o'clock.
When I put it under the wooden end plate that had been used for decades, the ancient purple-red paint underneath had not yet fallen off a little. It was clear that the original paint color was clear, but it felt a bit ancient after being stained.
Shi Songnan immediately lifted the quilt and got up, took a breath of hot air, shivered and answered while putting on his clothes: "I know, Mom, come up soon."
A red woolen lining, with a circle of white rabbit fur around the edge, and a knee-length red woolen skirt on top.
In the sky filled with fireworks, two wildly beating hearts gradually got closer.
In short, it probably does not mean that the new year will be a time of loss of wealth.
It was like that on the first day of the Lunar New Year in previous years. Once seventeen o'clock passed, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers would stop for a while. After a while, no one would start setting off again.
Wearing new clothes in the New Year means Huo Fengyan is wearing something festive today.
It’s like this every year, and I keep all my petty thoughts away. I hope that in the new year, I will have a happy life, good weather, earn less money, and have my family in good health. I sincerely pray to God for a good life in the new year.
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Huo Fengyan nodded, "I've said it, worry about it, mom."
"Xu Qingzhi, Happy New Year."
You went downstairs and knocked on the door. Your voice was less gentle than usual: "Zijun, get up and go upstairs to worship God. Take it easy, the whole family is waiting for him."
Of course Huo Fengyan believes in those things, but you are willing to abide by those customs.
The fireworks rise slowly, reach a higher point and then bloom, like stars twinkling in the sky.