"Ma Dabao was drunk and was busy returning home. He just felt that the sky was turning around and the earth was turning around. Why did the sun set on the east mountain and the moon rise due west and the sky became bright? Oh, the sky became bright..."
Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the taxi is traveling quickly on the winding road in Yunmeng Mountain. Compared to last year, Peng Bo was still a student at Tongqi, this year he is already a reporter for the National News Agency, and a real estate and entertainment industry
Bang Ye, who is well-known in the industry, also bought a house in the city of Shanghai and registered a company, so he has his own home and business.
Peng Bo couldn't help but feel more homesick while singing Shanhai Province's famous couple's opera. This is an opera that his father liked to hum when he was drunk. It left a deep impression on him since he was a child.
As we get closer to Peach Blossom Stream, the village monument erected at the entrance of the village gradually becomes clearer. Under the village monument, I don’t know who set off firecrackers here. The cold wind blows, and red confetti and snow particles are blown away by the wind.
Tourism has been launched in the village in recent years. Cherry picking in the spring and grapes all over the mountains in the autumn make this small mountain village extremely prosperous. Stepping on the newly built cement road, Peng Bo felt at ease in his heart. All the memories about his hometown are here.
All are resurrected.
"Dabo."
He was looking at his feet, and then he suddenly raised his head. His younger sister Peng Bing was running towards him with a smile. Behind her, his father Peng Changyuan's hair was already gray, and his beard was half black and white. Under the warm sun, his whole body was covered with blood.
All shrouded in warm light.
Peng Bo smiled. His smile was more sincere than ever, and brighter than any vanity fair. Tears seemed to well up in his eyes for a moment, "Dad...I'm back."
"Well, it's been a smooth journey. Well, I've gained a lot of weight in the past six months." Peng Changyuan smiled and took his luggage, but his eyes still stayed on his son.
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Along the way, my younger sister, who is already a senior in high school, chattered non-stop, talking about her parents, studying, and things at school. She also talked about Shanghai, where she would start classes again tomorrow, and how much time she spent with Peng Bo.
Only half a day and one night.
"Dad, I want to apply for my little sister's household registration in Shanghai." Along the way, I kept saying hello to people in the village. According to the custom on Yunmeng Mountain, today is the day to pay New Year's greetings to my aunt. I have four uncles, but
They are all in their own village in Taohuajian. The brothers and sisters have already paid New Year greetings to their mother Jiang Li on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Today they have dinner at home at noon.
"As far as Shanghai?" Peng Changyuan dragged his suitcase and lit a cigarette.
"It works. Shanghai City has launched a great benefit. Buying a house will give you a blue-printed household registration, which can solve the problems of children's education and employment. I want to move my sister's household registration there. When the time comes, the college entrance examination will be taken in Shanghai."
"Is this possible?" My father has been growing grapes and cherries all his life, but he is not good at household registration and college entrance examination.
"Dad, don't worry, the house has been bought. I will do it after the Chinese New Year." Shanhai is a major college entrance examination province. If candidates from Shanhai want to be admitted to the same school as candidates from the capital city of Shanghai, their scores will be at least higher.
More than a hundred points higher than them.
My younger sister Peng Bing's scores in school are not bad. If her household registration is transferred to Shanghai, she will be more confident.
Peng Bing looked at him with a smile, "Brother, then I will take the exam and retake the exam. Tongqi is also fine. Hucai, I'm not interested."
"Let's talk about it then, there's still half a year left." Peng Bo smiled.
When we arrived at the door of the house, the familiar fragrance wafted out again, "Mom, my brother is back." Peng Bing shouted loudly into the house. The door opened immediately, and his mother Jiang Li greeted her with a smile while wiping her hands with a loincloth.
Coming out, the fiery red couplets, the golden sunshine, the sumptuous meals and the reunited family, everything now in Peng Bo's eyes, this is happiness.
"Have you had breakfast? Are you hungry?" Jiang Li was also looking at his son, "He has lost weight. He has lost weight in the past six months. He must be very tired."
Peng Bo and Peng Bing both laughed, "Mom, my dad said my brother is fat, and you said he has lost weight. Is he fat or thin?"
"Let me take a look," just as he was saying this, more than a dozen brothers and sisters-in-law walked in, all carrying things in their hands. Plus there were two big tables for the children. Peng Bo hurriedly greeted his brothers and sisters-in-law and turned around.
The head took out the red envelopes from his pocket and distributed them one by one.
There was another burst of laughter in the yard. Peng Changyuan smiled and lit a cigarette, but kept looking at his children. Well, the family is reunited, and this year is called the Chinese New Year!
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At noon, each table has four cold dishes and twelve hot dishes. Her mother, Jiang Li, started preparing them at dawn. She has a prosperous family, which is something she is very proud of.
At night, according to the rules of Yunmeng Mountain, it is the day to welcome the God of Wealth. The firecrackers were set off louder than last night, with sky-piercing monkeys, sky-shaking thunder, and sky-blasting cannons... The fireworks lit up the entire Yunmeng Mountain.
"Mom, I really can't eat anymore." In the evening, there were still sixteen dishes as usual, but there were three big tables, plus my grandparents and my three uncles and aunts, and I also called my grandparents and four uncles over.
Give yourself some wind.
The whole family is full, Lao Peng's family and Lao Jiang's family are all together, and the population is prosperous. In the eyes of Shanhai people, this is the greatest wealth!
For a moment, the yard was filled with the laughter of children and the sound of firecrackers, and the sound of adults clinking glasses and playing guessing games.
My younger sister Peng Bing ate very quickly, but the words in her mouth were still popping out like stars. Eating and talking did not affect each other.
A quick-talking girl may not be a good thing in the eyes of people in her hometown, but no one in school or in the village can speak highly of her. She is neither naughty nor trouble-making, and specializes in reasoning with others. Those aunts and wives in the village talk
I have to call her sister-in-law when I get up.
Because of this, Peng Bo talked about her a lot when she was a child, and even suspected that she had ADHD, and once mobilized her parents to take her to a large hospital in Qinwan for a check-up.
She is quick-tongued and easy to talk back and be stubborn. She was often beaten by Peng Bo when she was little. Other people's sisters would cry when they were beaten. As for her, she not only didn't cry but also reasoned with you. She made Peng Bo's head grow bigger by talking to him.
She ran away first, and when she saw that she couldn't find her brother, Peng Bing began to burst into tears and look for her brother who had just been cruel to her.
Slowly, the two brothers and sisters grew up, and then Peng Bing felt aggrieved and ignored Peng Bo. But when he saw something delicious in Peng Bo's hand, he immediately lost his face and ran over in a hurry.
Instead, he apologized to Peng Bo.
Thinking of that time, Peng Bo laughed. Peng Bing was picking up a piece of pig head meat and put it in his mouth. When he saw his brother, he immediately picked up another piece and walked around the table, insisting on stuffing it into his brother's mouth.
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The whole family was noisy until twelve o'clock in the evening, and then they dispersed.
"That's for you." Peng Bo took out a red envelope and three paper boxes.
"What is this?" Peng Bing immediately became happy and took out the banknotes from the red envelope, "Brother, U.S. dollars?"
Peng Bo smiled, and Peng Bing immediately came over, "Brother, after all, he is my brother, but he is different."
Mother Jiang Li had been busy all day and was already tired. She asked worriedly, "How many red envelopes did you give out today?"
"One hundred yuan for each child is not too much. My uncles and uncles are too crowded, so I didn't buy anything. Each of them is 500 yuan, and grandpa and grandpa are 2,000 yuan each."
"It's quite a lot." Peng Changyuan makes a living with his face facing the loess and his back to the sky. It feels a little distressing to have so much money out now, "Don't you have a monthly salary of just over a thousand? You should spend money sparingly and use it in the future.
There are too many places. If you don't stay here, you will have to spend money on everything in Shanghai... What are these?" He saw the three small boxes.
"Mobile phone! Dad, if you have a mobile phone, those customers who buy grapes and cherries can find you at any time." Peng Bo took out his mobile phone, "These two belong to my mother and Da Bing."
"She is still a student, what kind of mobile phone does she have?!" Her mother Jiang Li immediately objected, prompting Peng Bing to try to reason with her again, but her mother had a way to deal with her, "Just say it again, and I'll come over and wash the dishes.
"Peng Bing stopped talking immediately.
Lying comfortably on his mother's hot kang, with the briquettes burning in the stove, Peng Bo charged up his cell phone, only to find that there were two missed calls and a text message——
"I'm celebrating the New Year in Shennan, and I'm going to Qinwan on the third day of the Lunar New Year. There's a dinner party. Can we attend it together?"