See you in the world

Chapter 436
It's the end of the year, and the snow and ice in the sky are already beginning to melt, and it won't be long before all things will reveal new buds and lead to recovery.

The previous year seemed extremely long to Yunjing. He went out to study and experienced too many things, but for the whole life, those encounters seemed insignificant.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, Yunjing's family put on new clothes, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, it must be festive.

Grandpa Yunlin is killing chickens and sheep. Now that the living conditions are better, it is natural to spend extravagantly on the most important festival of the year. Thinking back to the days back then, Yunlin sighed inwardly. Speaking of killing chickens and sheep, it would be nice to have two kinds of meat dishes, but at that time there was no way, every family was poor, and the hard days were over.

Even Yunlin still clearly remembers that there was a period of time when the family had to eat a catty of oil for a year. Now that I think about it, I don't know how I got through it.

Obviously everyone is hardworking, but why did the days get poorer and poorer?Yunlin still hasn't figured out what the reason is.

Mother-in-law Jiang Susu and aunt Jiang Xiaoxi were preparing meals in the kitchen, and by the way, said some personal things about their daughter's family.

Jiang Xiaoxi lives alone and has no other relatives, how can she be left alone, this festival will naturally be celebrated at Yunjing's house, and one more person can make it more lively.

As for Yun Dong and Yun Xi, they had gone somewhere to play in the village for a long time. They were at the age that they loved to play, and no matter how sensible they were, they had to relax a bit during this festival.

Anyway, on this day, the entire Xiaoxi Village was filled with children's laughter.

No matter what the previous days were like, on this day, every family forgets their troubles and celebrates the new year happily...

Yunshan is hanging lanterns, big red lanterns, just two lanterns, Yunjing really doesn’t understand why his father has to hang it for so long, hang it up, look at it, adjust it, and so on, the smile on his face disappears stopped.

In fact, Yunjing really didn't understand Yunshan's mood. Two red lanterns were hung on the door, which showed that there were two male descendants in this family. Apart from decoration, the lanterns were also sending such a signal to the outside world.

The Yunjing family, counting from his father Yunshan's generation up, has been passed down for several generations, and now it can be said that it has flourished here in his Yunshan, can you show off, of course, the object of the show is the ancestors, you see Have you arrived? There are two boys in the family, and the family is getting stronger and stronger.

Grinning and looking at the two red lanterns, Yun Shan was thinking in his heart, his two sons, the eldest and the second will have more children in the future, and a row of lanterns will be hung outside the house at that time, it will look festive...

In fact, the main purpose of lanterns is decoration. It is just a small local custom to convey information about the family male. After all, sometimes there is no male at home, or when the male is the base, what is the problem?Hanging a single one is not symmetrical...

So there is no need to worry about this kind of problem, just be happy.

Yun Jing set up a table in the yard, and wrote pairs on the cut red paper with a pen, which was pasted on the door to celebrate.

There is also a custom of posting couplets in this world, and it was not Yunjing’s first. Once the family was poor, paper was very expensive, and almost no one in the village could read. Naturally, this kind of thing can be saved as much as possible. Now, if conditions permit, it is natural to do so. operational.

Of course, even when everyone was poor, there were always relatively well-to-do families in the village. They couldn’t write pairs themselves, and they would spend money to buy and post them in the town. Life at home is going well.

People with small doors and small households actually have a lot of minds, but this kind of mind is not malicious and has nothing to do with the good and evil of human nature.

Yun Jing's handwriting is nothing to say, after all, with his master's standards, he can barely meet people, and the well-written couplets look better than those specially bought in the town.

"Father, don't look at the lantern, you won't see a single flower if you look at it again, help me to post the pair." Yun Jing wrote a pair and looked at Yunshan who was still looking at the lantern at the door and said.

Only then did Yun Shan walk over and say, "Come on, come on, what are you urging, are you the father or am I the father?"

"You are the father, you are the father, or I will forget it myself," Yun Jing said speechlessly.

Yun Shan said: "Let me do it. You write other people's pairs first and send them away. If it's a big festival, please help, and don't make people wait too long. Tsk, scholars are good, and you can have them at home." Earn money, it’s incomparable, it’s Lao Tzu’s seed after all, and he has a bright face.”

"I know", Yun Jing responded, lowered his head and continued to write pairs.

More than a dozen families have asked Yunjing to help write pairs. If they are busy, they have spent money. It doesn't matter how much it is. A penny for the touch-up fee.

To be honest, ten or so copper coins can't even buy back the red paper for writing pairs, but Yunjing doesn't want to make money from this, as long as everyone is happy.

To put it bluntly, a painting of Yunjing can fetch several million taels of silver, and his writing is worth a thousand dollars, right?If that's the case, there's no end to it.

When he lowered his head to write the pair, Yunjing couldn't help muttering in his heart, after all, he felt a little missing, and he didn't know when the fire-powder would flood in the Dali Dynasty, so that the firecrackers would be brought out, and then it would be called a taste of the new year full.

The New Year festival can also be called the Chinese New Year...

Time flies quickly when you get busy, and when Yunjing delivered the pairs from house to house, dinner was ready at home.

"Xiao Dong, Xiao Xi, where are you two going crazy? You haven't seen anyone since morning, do you want to eat?" Yun Shan stood at the door and shouted at the top of his voice.

In this day and age communication relies on shouting, Yun Jing finds it quite interesting to hear his father calling his brothers and sisters like this.

After a while, Yundong and Yunxi came back, but the new clothes they changed in the morning were all dirty, and they were scolded by their mother Jiang Susuhao. The warm nagging at home made people feel very cordial.

"Why are you sticking around? Why don't you go serve the food?" Seeing that Yunjing was laughing foolishly alone, Yunshan suddenly lost his temper. What's the matter, how did he know that Yun Jing didn't know how much he enjoyed this peaceful feeling.

How is it like the previous life... Forget it, don't mention it, there was no sense of the year at that time.

Yun Jing shrinks his neck, his father is the head of the family, he will do whatever he says, and he will do as he pleases.

Unexpectedly, when Yunjing turned around, Yunshan suddenly said: "By the way, Xiaojing, you will be 17 years old after the Chinese New Year, and you are [-] years old. Is it possible to get married?"

At this moment, Yunshan thought of the lantern at the door, and then thought of asking the children to work harder to spread the branches and leaves of the family, marrying the daughter-in-law back earlier, the family can have children earlier, one child a year, six children It's almost seven years...

"Father, don't worry, I have discussed with Xiao Yezi that I will marry her when I am 20 years old. After all, I am still young, and she is two years younger than me," Yunjing said with a twitching corner of his mouth.

What kind of thing is this? I was urged to get married during Chinese New Year. Strictly speaking, I am not 17 years old. Should I be in such a hurry?I am still a baby of two years and more than 100 months...

No, I haven't heard that there is a tradition of urging marriages during the Chinese New Year in this world. Could it be that this kind of thing didn't happen before?
"What the hell? You and Xiao Yezi made an agreement to marry her 20 years old. When did you make the agreement? How come I don't know? Did I agree? Why don't you discuss it with me? I'm still thinking about marrying you in the past two years The marriage has been fulfilled." Yun Shan immediately quit, feeling that his authority as the head of the family had been challenged, how could his son not tell him such an important matter?

"It's been agreed a long time ago. Anyway, I have a sense of proportion in this matter, so don't worry about it, Dad." After leaving such a sentence, Yun Jing ran away resolutely, and then broke down to death of depression.

Yun Shan murmured: "Our elders need to know about this kind of thing, brat, don't think that your wings will become hard after studying and gaining fame. Your father and I are still your father. Forget it, 20 years old is 20 years old. Anyway, the daughter-in-law can't run away, and besides, the in-laws heard that they practiced martial arts, so they are very strong, so I guess it's hard to talk..."

In a joyful atmosphere, a large table of sumptuous meals has been served.

Of course, there must be a process before the meal, which is to pay homage to the ancestors. The ancestors eat this meal first, and then it is their turn.

To worship the ancestors is to burn joss sticks, Yunjing's family respectfully offered incense and kowtowed to pray for the blessings of the ancestors.

Uh, there is one thing to say, it is not easy to be an elder, even if you die, you have to bless the younger generation who is alive, as an elder for a day, you don’t have to worry about death...

Offering incense to ancestors and burning paper money to ancestors are the affairs of men in the family. Unless there are no men in the family, women are not qualified to worship ancestors. There is no way. The atmosphere of the times is like this.

Then you have to toast the ancestors. When the ancestors are "happy to eat", a bowl of water and rice is poured out, and the process is almost over.

Then it was the turn of the real meal.

"With such a big table, I guess I'll have to eat leftovers tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." After serving the table, Yun Jing couldn't help muttering to himself as he looked at the table full of food. Although the family conditions are better now, the frugality engraved in the bones is not allowed to be wasted .

Yun Jing is now an adult and can drink. Under Yun Dong's envious eyes, he picked up a glass of wine, respected his grandfather first, got up, knelt down respectfully, and said: "Grandpa, Happy New Year, I wish you a long and happy life , every year has today, every year has today”

Longevity is Yunjing's greatest blessing. With him here, saying that he can live a hundred years is purely cursing his grandfather. Even if his grandfather can't practice martial arts to increase his life, but under the nourishment of Yunjing's spiritual energy, his grandfather will live more than 100 years old. The same thing, in the future, if you get life-prolonging treasures, it is not impossible for grandpa to live hundreds of years.

Yunlin gleefully drank Yunjingjing's wine, his face was flushed, his family's conditions are better now, his grandson is also promising, the family is prosperous, this life is worth it.

After drinking, he helped Yun Jing up and said, "Grandson, get up quickly, the ground is cold, okay, grandpa received your wish, here, here is a red envelope, take it, don't be polite to grandpa"

As Yunlin spoke, he took out a red envelope and handed it to Yunjing, who happily accepted it and put it away.

The red envelope is really a red envelope, a little money wrapped in a small piece of red cloth, and Yunlin wrapped it in silver, which is estimated to be two taels. Now that the family conditions are better, it is not bad. In the original words, a copper coin means a heartache , If you take out two taels of silver, you will kill your family.

After all, today is different.

Then Yunjing made a toast to his father, still kowtowed and knelt down, saying something nice to win the prize, then his mother, and then his aunt Jiang Xiaoxi.

Yunjing can receive a red envelope for every respected person. It doesn’t matter how much money is, it’s a kindness from the elders. When the family is happy, so is he.

"It's my turn. I wish grandpa good luck like Donghai and Shoubi Nanshan..." After Yunjing finished paying respects to his elders, Yundong couldn't wait to yell. It must be known that this is a rare opportunity to ask for pocket money. He is still young and not as sensible as Yunjing. Although his family conditions are better, Yundong usually does not have much pocket money.

He paid New Year's greetings one by one, and then Yunxi, the elders and the younger are orderly. Although the family is small, there are still such tutors.

At the end of the round, the family enjoyed themselves happily, and Yunjing even wrapped a red envelope for his younger siblings.

Although Jiang Xiaoxi was very happy during the process, she was still somewhat melancholy in her heart. She used to have such a happy family, but... well, fate was too harsh on her.

Fortunately, it's not too bad now. Although Jiang Susu is her cousin, she is also a family. She regards Yunjing and the others as her juniors, and she also has family members, so she won't be wandering alone like in previous years.

Jiang Xiaoxi never thought about the issue of getting married again, even if Jiang Susu mentioned this matter to her many times, even if there were many people who were interested in her, her feelings and love were all buried in the past with her husband's death. There is no room for anyone else.

Now practicing martial arts to improve herself and protecting Yunjing's family has almost become Jiang Xiaoxi's everything. She doesn't think there is anything wrong with it, it's better than the past when she didn't even have any goals.

After family members pay New Year's greetings to each other, they eat, drink and feast.

No matter how happy they are, the family members are not drunk, because they have to go to the grave after dinner, and worship the ancestors. On such a day, they have to go to the grave to pay New Year's greetings to the deceased relatives.

In the afternoon, the family ate and drank enough, and then went to the grave with a basket of sacrifices on their backs. There were quite a few people doing this, and the whole village was mobilized. The festive atmosphere may be felt by the deceased relatives.

Coming to the grave of the grandmother who passed away early again, Yunjing's family first repaired the grave, and then placed offerings and kowtowed incense.

At this time, Yunlin was obviously very sad, his eyes were a little red, he reached out to caress the mottled tombstone, and said some thoughtful words to his deceased wife.

"Damn it, you've been away for so many years now, and now your family conditions are better, and you don't have to go hungry or cold anymore. It's just because of you, you didn't have a good day with me, and you ended up starving to death. , I’m sorry for you, you’re lonely over there alone, don’t be in a hurry to reincarnate, wait for me, wait for the children to get married, and when I’m too old to walk, I’ll go to accompany you, you must wait Me, when you left, you said, if you will marry me in your next life, remember what I said at the time, what would you do if you will marry me in your next life? In a word, if you have a family like this in your next life, you can marry me again, marry me and enjoy the blessings, okay, if I am poor in the next life, don’t marry me. I have suffered so much in this life, what will happen in the next life? I still have the heart to hurt you..."

Maybe it was because of the alcohol, but Yunlin couldn't hold back his chatterbox when he opened it, and he kept talking and talking until his voice choked up and tears streamed down his face.

Looking at the grave of his deceased wife before him, Yunlin felt uncomfortable. Grandma Yunjing used to have a bad life with him, but now life is better, but his wife can't enjoy it anymore. She can't even see herself. What does her grandson look like? Now that his grandson is promising, if she knows, she will be very happy, right?
In this life, Yunlin owed Grandma Yunjing too much. Not only was he not lazy back then, but he also worked so hard, why couldn't he fill his stomach?
Yun Jing and the others didn't bother Yun Lin, and asked him to talk with grandma for a while, so that grandma would not be alone.

The worship was almost over, Yunjing and the others said goodbye to grandma, and then went to other graves to pay New Year's greetings to the deceased elders, burning some paper and sticking incense, which was somewhat distracting.

They paid homage to all the graves in the back mountain of the village. Finally, Yunjing and the others returned to grandma's grave. Grandpa Yunlin had calmed down. It was getting dark, and the family went home together.

There is no Spring Festival Gala in this era, especially in the countryside, where there are almost no entertainment activities. Of course, if you are a wealthy family, you will either invite a theater troupe to your home to have fun, or go to a romantic place to have fun, or find someone to drink and drink. not bad.

In previous years, the big guys went home after visiting the grave, and they would go to a certain family to drink, drink and chat together if they couldn't be free. Such things as playing cards, gambling and entertainment hardly existed in the countryside, because every family was poor, and there was no place to be willing to spend money. If you lose to others for nothing, then you will die of heartache.

But now, the conditions of each family have improved, and some entertainment is still possible, but gambling is still not advocated, even if it is just entertainment, not many people are interested.

However, this year, Xiaoxi Village was extremely lively, and the villagers who had completed the burial gathering gathered in the center of the village. Gein, the villagers raised funds to invite a small theater troupe, which was considered extravagant.

A small theater troupe doesn't cost much, five taels of silver is enough, and it's only a few dozen copper coins distributed to each family. Everyone is not bad at this.

There were only three people in the theater troupe. It was obvious that a master brought two apprentices to make a living, and they had to come out to work during the Chinese New Year. Life was actually not easy.

A bright bonfire was lit in the middle of the village, and the villagers gathered around the crude stage, all stretching their necks with great interest. It must be known that for the villagers, watching a theater is a luxury.

Now the village can invite opera troupes, and it is also face-saving to talk about it, and it has been a long time to brag with other villages. Our village is getting richer.

On the stage, the three masters and apprentices of the opera troupe took turns to play, beating gongs and drums, and singing festive programs. Not to mention how good they are, but at least they are full of charm. After all, people rely on this for food, and they still have two brushes of.

It's just that the two young apprentices suffered a little, the costumes were thin, and they were so cold that sometimes their voices were out of tune.

Living is not easy for anyone, and the villagers are not unreasonable, so they prepared hot tea to warm them up.

The troupe sang a few plays, and performed a few juggling and little magic tricks. Tsk, there was a lot of work, and I guess it was because of the talent.

The bustle lasted till midnight, and the troupe ended the performance while the villagers were still unsure, and then went back to their respective homes. This year passed like this.

After the performance, the troupe stayed at the villagers’ homes. After all, it was not easy for them to go back at night. The villagers who stayed overnight understood and warmly entertained them. However, if it was more than ten years ago, the villagers would not be so enthusiastic. Anyway, it's very realistic.

"Without fireworks, it's a bit less interesting." On the way home, Yun Jing couldn't help thinking to himself, of course, he didn't plan to make any noise, anyway, that's it.

Fire-powder itself has been created in this world, and I don't know when it will naturally develop fireworks...

On the second day after the New Year's Eve, the year has turned, and a new year has ushered in. Year after year, the days have passed, and there seems to be no change.

As Yunjing expected, the family ate leftovers from the previous day on the second day of the New Year Festival.

There is still some time before the snow completely melts, and the busy farming season has not yet arrived. On the first day of the new year, every household starts to visit relatives to pay New Year’s greetings. If you don't go, you will become unfamiliar.

The Yunjing family is no exception.

But the difference is that there are actually not many relatives in his family who can leave. Jiang Susu's natal family has no one left, and there is nowhere to go. In Yunshan's generation, he is the only one, not even siblings.

Fortunately, there is Jiang Xiaoxi who can pay New Year's greetings, but in a village...

After all, the family situation is not personal, the family has no place to go, but the three brothers and sisters of Yunjing have nothing to do. They are studying in the town, and the relationship between the master and Mr. needs to be maintained.

In short, this person lives in the world, and in the process of growing up, he will always build up his own personal connections little by little, and these relationships need to be maintained by himself.

Yundong and Yunjing don't know about it, but Yunjing himself has been paying New Year's greetings everywhere since the morning of the first day of the new year. First of all, his wife's house is the first place to go, and he brought some gifts. , Yunjing got a big red envelope.

The senior brothers and sisters also came back, Yun Jing stayed at the teacher's wife's house for a day, and got along well with the teacher's wife and the others. From the next day, he went to the homes of the former teachers to pay New Year's greetings.

Every gentleman’s home is very lively. After all, he has taught many students for many years, and the peaches and plums are scattered. They will come to visit during the New Year. I have already graduated from the school, but when we meet again, there is not much unfamiliarity, but I am somewhat emotional, and I will never go back to the time when I was carefree in the school.

The gentlemen walked around the house for a while, and then Yunjing went to the homes of Wang Bolin and his friends to pay New Year's greetings. Then, within a few days, Wang Bolin and the others went to Yunjing's house in Xiaoxi Village together to celebrate the New Year, which made the family lively for a moment.

It is already the middle of the first month of the new year after finishing these trivial matters of human relations.

The snow has melted, and the farming is busy again.

The younger siblings returned to the town to study, and Yunjing helped out at home.

"It seems to be free, but in fact there are a lot of things to do. It takes time to help the family, and I have to find time to go to the relief agency to apply for road repairs. By the way, Mr. Liu gave me the key, and he put the things the capital gave me. I haven't tidied up yet, and then Xiaobai will take time to get together, and Xiaoye's house, I have to walk around when I have time, what else is there, um, it is different now, there are not so many Worry about it, it's time to change the farming tools, farming is no small matter, but it is a great merit..."

Thinking about it this way, Yunjing realized that his life was actually quite fulfilling.

Others are jealous, but I am full of trivialities, tsk...

(End of this chapter)