Worshiping sweets during the New Year is a traditional custom here. Young children will come out to pay New Year greetings. They travel in small groups to several nearby villages. Whether they know someone or not, they all come to say a word.
"Gong Xi Fa Cai", people will give candies or other things.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, children are the happiest, because they can harvest a year's worth of candies in one day. How happy are you?
Ling Xiaowei finished eating the glutinous rice balls and was ready to go out. She had made an appointment with Qin Lili before and they would meet on the bridge at the entrance of the village.
It was dark outside the house at the moment, and the firecrackers were rumbling non-stop. Ling Xiaowei put on her gloves and went out. She wanted to go to her uncle and aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings first, and also to pay New Year's greetings to her grandma.
I ran to my uncle and aunt's house in the dark. There was a pagoda incense burning at the door of my uncle's house. Burning incense is also one of the New Year customs. Her family didn't burn it because she didn't have money to buy it.
Next year, she will be able to burn incense at her home.
The door of Auntie's house is open, and the lights in the house are brightly lit. At this moment, a group of children are paying New Year greetings at Auntie's house. The room is full of childish voices wishing you good luck and good fortune. There are also blessings for good health, uncle.
The uncle and aunt happily distributed candies to the children.
Ling Xiaowei first went to pay New Year greetings to her grandma in the hut. Her grandma was wearing a new coat, which was the same thing she wore during the New Year last year. She was very happy when she saw Xiaowei coming to pay her New Year greetings, and led Xiaowei in.
She walked into the house, took out persimmons, big cakes, and New Year's money from the coffin she had made long ago, stuffed them into Xiaowei's hands, and said happily: "We, Xiaowei, are so beautiful today!"
After wishing her grandma a happy New Year, she went to the main house to wish her uncle and aunt a happy New Year. When the uncle and aunt saw Ling Xiaowei, they were stunned for a moment and thought, is this a relative of that family? When she looked again, it turned out to be Ling Xiaowei!
"It's Xiaowei! Wearing new clothes, the uncle almost didn't recognize her! Come here, uncle, I'll grab some candies for you!" The uncle grabbed a handful of candies and gave them to Ling Xiaowei, and then gave Ling Xiaowei two yuan as lucky money.
Ling Xiaowei happily accepted the lucky money!
"Uncle, Chunxia and Jiabao, have they gone out to pay New Year greetings?" Ling Xiaowei asked.
Ling Chunxia shouted in the room: "Ling Xiaowei, wait for me, I'll come out!" As soon as Ling Chunxia finished shouting, she came out wearing her new clothes, dressed like a flower fairy.
Pink cotton coat, pink trousers, and big red leather shoes! So happy! She even wore a red silk gauze flower headband on her head.
"Ling Xiaowei, look at my new... clothes..." The smile on Ling Chunxia's face gradually solidified, and her voice became smaller and smaller, because she felt that the person in front of her did not look like Ling Xiaowei. When she took a closer look, it was Ling Xiaowei.
wrong.
But, how can she have new clothes! They are better than her new clothes!
When I went out to pay New Year greetings before, she was the prettiest, and Ling Xiaowei only wore her old clothes.
"You bought new clothes!" Ling Chunxia said sourly.
"My dad made this for me. It looks good!" Ling Xiaowei knew that Ling Chunxia was thinking about Xiao Jiujiu, but she didn't tell her. He is a child! His thoughts are written on his face, and he gets angry in three minutes.
Finished.
Three minutes later, we were able to play together again.
"Tch, it turns out it was made by your father. How can the clothes he made be compared with the clothes he bought?" Ling Chunxia felt much better. No matter how beautiful the clothes are, they can't be as good-looking as the clothes she bought!
Ling Xiaowei didn't respond. It was pointless to argue with a child. In her heart, the clothes made by her father were the most beautiful in the world.
When they set out again, they formed a team of three, Ling Chunxia and Ling Jiabao.
The three of them worshiped from the beginning of the village to the end of the village in a straight line. They also went to Ling Xiaowei's house on the way. Ling Chunxia and Ling Jiabao wanted to pay New Year's greetings to Ling Guoqiang, and each of them received a red envelope.
After the New Year greetings, all I got were candies, and some gave me seeds and peanuts. Not everyone was in a good situation and could afford candies.
Then meet Qin Lili and the others on the bridge.
The small team of three quickly turned into a team of five, this time heading further afield to pay New Year greetings.
After worshiping most of the village, the sky gradually became brighter. The dark sky gradually turned blue, and the visibility became higher and higher, but the sound of firecrackers was still there.
The road is full of children carrying bags and wearing new clothes. The youngest is three or four years old, the eldest are teenagers, and many are several older children with a group of small children. Every time they go to a house, a group of children surround them.
When we went up, people kept talking about congratulations on getting rich. This family was also happy, and there were people scattering candies and peanuts and melon seeds.
Paying New Year greetings is like an adventure. I have never been to many families in this village, and I don’t know them either. Some of them have dilapidated houses, and some of them have no one at all.
But every time you go to a house and send a blessing, the people in that house are very enthusiastic, and some people even ask whose child you are.
After walking around for a while, I finally recognized most of the people in the village, so I no longer have to meet people who don’t know what to call them.
Ling Xiaowei and a group of people met several waves of New Year greeting teams on the road, and everyone formed several teams in the process. In the end, Ling Xiaowei and her group became a team of six. In addition to Qin Lili and her sister, Wang Haohao also joined.
and Ling Xiaoqiang, and Ling Xiaoqiang’s younger brother.
Ling Chunxia and Ling Jiabao ran away with others.
"Ling Xiaowei, let's go to Xiaowei Village!" Qin Lili suggested.
"Okay, let's go to Xiaowei Village." Ling Xiaowei saw a look of expectation on Qin Lili's face when she talked about Xiaowei Village. What was she expecting? Ling Xiaowei was also a little curious.
To go to Xiaowei Village, you have to pass through a river and a mass grave. That place is the scariest. In fact, taking this road to go to school is the closest, but because she is afraid of the mass grave, Ling Xiaowei has never walked there.
"Hey! There are several families over there. Let's go to pay New Year's greetings." Ling Xiaowei saw three scattered families in a deserted field. Children nearby would take a detour when passing by, and no one was willing to go to pay New Year's greetings.
During the Chinese New Year, who wouldn't want to ask for auspicious words? Looking at this almost isolated family, she was filled with love and wanted to send blessings.
Ling Xiaowei left as soon as she said it, and the others followed closely. Now she was obviously the leader of the group of children. Wherever she said she wanted to go, everyone agreed. This feeling was not bad. In her previous life, she was just a follower.
When I passed the first house, the door was locked and no one was there!
There were people in the second family. There were four people in the family, but their clothes were all shabby. Two old people were sitting at the door. When they saw a group of children coming, they grinned happily and said congratulations and auspicious words for a happy new year. Inside the house
The couple was very happy when they saw a group of children coming to pay New Year greetings, but there was nothing good at home, so they grabbed a handful of peanuts for everyone.