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When I got home, a large group of dolls had already gathered in the yard, all of them were waiting for Zhang Taiping's lucky money.

Seeing Zhang Taiping come back, Hei boy was the first to say: "Uncle handsome, you said yesterday that you would give us money, you don't know how to count your words?"

Zhang Taiping put Cai Yazhi down and said with a smile: "How can your uncle's words be ignored? I won't break my promise to you brats, I'll give it to you later."

"Oh, oh! It's loose money!" The dolls cheered.

Zhang Taiping took out the red envelope wrapped last night and said, "Should I show something?"

The dolls pushed and shoved, and in the end it was Hei who fell to his knees and shouted loudly: "Uncle handsome, I wish you New Year's greetings." He kowtowed his head.This is a custom. When children pay New Year's greetings to their elders, they kowtow, and once they kowtow, they will receive lucky money.

Zhang Taiping laughed loudly and said, "Okay, I'll give you a red envelope!"

With the first leader, the other children kowtowed and received red envelopes from Zhang Taiping.Zhang Taiping gave everyone 20 yuan, which is quite a lot of lucky money for children who are not relatives in the mountain village.

It was 20 yuan to open the red envelope, and all the dolls were smiling.You must know that the economic level in mountain villages is different from that in big cities. There is no such kind of extravagance that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. To receive 20 yuan is already a big sum in their eyes, and they all think about how to spend the 20 yuan in their hearts.

Seeing that all the dolls received red envelopes, Wukong's eyes lit up, and he stretched out a hand and squeaked twice, which was self-evident.

Zhang Taiping still had a few red envelopes in his hand, so he smiled and gave him a red envelope.

Wukong was so happy that he scratched his head, opened the red envelope and looked under the sun, his eyes rolled and pushed his companion to the front.

"You're really smart." Zhang Taiping smiled and gave the little monkey a red envelope.

But the little monkey's red envelope was not warm in his hand, so Wukong begged for it. The little monkey hesitated and gave it to Wukong.

Fan Ming laughed beside him and said, "This guy is really domineering!"

A group of dolls couldn't bear to stay any longer after receiving the New Year's money from him, and they all left after a while, rushing to the store to buy things, and Wukong also followed them out.

When we arrived at the store, most of the children bought snacks and firecrackers. Wukong also followed up the store. He looked at the novelty of the things on it, and pointed a lot of hands inside.

Wang Bajin's wife knew that it was a monkey raised by Zhang Taiping's family, so she didn't dare to ask for money from it, and said to Yaya: "Yaya, your little monkey stole money, you should take it quickly, later Don't lose it."

Wukong is very sensitive to the word "steal", he grinned at Wang Bajin's wife angrily, and snatched the 20 yuan she handed to Yaya.

Yaya said: "It's not Wukong who stole it, it's the lucky money my father gave Wukong."

"Your father is really generous, even giving lucky money to a monkey."

Wukong saw that the other dolls had opened the snack bags in their hands, but his own was still empty. He was already impatient with the woman's whining, and angrily hit the counter twice with his hands.This is because it has gained a lot of popularity after staying in Zhang Taiping's house for more than half a year. It doesn't have the wildness in the mountains, otherwise it would have jumped in to loot it.

"You've got a big temper." Wang Bajin's wife said, "Since it wasn't stolen, don't worry, you give me the money first, and then say what you want."

Wukong looked at the things in the hands of the dolls, then handed the money to the woman and ordered frantically at the counter.

Wang Bajin's wife took out the things Wukong ordered for him, and gave him three yuan in change.

Seeing that one card was exchanged for three cards, Wukong showed a smirk on his face, thinking he had taken advantage of it, he happily jumped away with his things.Stuffed three yuan into the clothes, and then took the snacks and shared them with another little monkey.

After leaving the store, the dolls began to release the box cannons they just bought. Unfortunately, Wukong only remembered to buy snacks, so he went back to the store to buy some cannons.This time it took out a piece of 20 yuan. Just now one piece was exchanged for three pieces and it bought a lot of things to make it think it was a bargain.

Sure enough, as it wished, after buying a few boxes of foreign cannons this time, I got back more change, a dozen of pieces one by one, which made it more cheerful.

On the first day of the new year, the first day of the new year, people are idle and do not do farm work, and some things are postponed for other times.Zhang Taiping also stayed at home. In previous years, he would play cards outside on this day, but this year he didn't go out, but stayed at home with his family.

In other places, on the day of the first day of the new year, the younger generations in the village will kowtow to the elders in groups from house to house. Although Wangjiagou has the same surname as Wang, it may be the same ancestor a hundred years ago or even decades ago. It is not an exaggeration to say that each family in the village has a little relationship with each other, but there is no such custom of visiting new year from house to house.So on the day of the first day of junior high school, there was a lot less excitement in the village.

Several women in the family gathered around a table of mahjong, Zhang Taiping did not participate, and no one came to ask him to play cards this year, so he started to prepare lunch.

Dinner is the most abundant in the south, but lunch is the most abundant in the north, especially at noon on the first day of the new year, which means a good start.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Zhang Taiping was already preparing to make lunch, and a group of people came to the house, all carrying gifts in their hands.

"This is." Zhang Taiping was a little puzzled.

"Haha, we are all here to pay New Year's greetings to the old man."

The old man is considered to be the oldest in the village, and in the past few decades, with his superb medical skills, almost no one in the village has been to the hospital outside.Now everyone knows the charging situation in hospitals outside, and the poor don't dare to go to the hospital at all, because even if the hospital can't go bankrupt, people's savings for several years will be wasted.From this point of view, the contribution of the old man to the villagers is not insignificant, so people remember the goodness of the old man. Every year during the Chinese New Year, no matter how light the gift is, they will always come here. The gift is light and the affection is heavy. heartfelt.

Zhang Taiping said: "Since everyone is here, don't leave, leave after lunch!"

Wang Laoqiang looked at Zhang Taiping's attire wearing an apron and laughed and said: "What else do big men do for dinner, let's go over and beat the drums, it's also lively."

Zhang Taiping didn't care about Wang Laoqiang's remarks, he didn't think there was anything wrong with men cooking, so he spread his hands and said, "No, I'm preparing to cook."

Wang Laoqiang said: "There are so many people in the family who can't go hungry without you, and we will lose a lot of energy without you."

Cai Yazhi said: "You go out for a walk, you don't have to worry about lunch, I'll call you when it's ready."

Zhang Taiping didn't insist either, he took off his apron and said: "Then you guys don't play cards for a while."

After leaving the yard, he asked Wang Laoqiang and Wang Peng, "We won't see you playing cards this year?"

Wang Laoqiang smiled and waved his hands and said helplessly: "The old uncle issued a card ban this year, and he went door-to-door to catch them. They are not allowed to play cards on the [-]th night and the first day of the junior high school. We can only beat the drums."

Some people say that the poorer you are, the more you love to gamble, and the more you gamble, the poorer you are.Zhang Taiping understood that it was the old village head who wanted to change the atmosphere of the village, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was his old man who worked so hard for the development of the village.

"Then stop fighting, it's not a good thing anyway." Zhang Taiping said with a light smile.

Wang Peng asked: "Brother, have you really quit playing cards?"

"Stop doing."

"How did you quit? Tell me about it too." Wang Peng was a little bit asking for a teacher.

Zhang Taiping can't do anything, but he doesn't have much interest in gambling by nature, so he said with a smile: "Don't you seldom play now?"

"I seldom play poker anymore." Wang Peng scratched his head and said, "But sometimes I can't help but want to play a few."

Zhang Taiping glanced at him and said: "It's simple, I just need to tell Zhuang Yu, I believe she will cure your problem."

"Don't, don't, brother, don't." Wang Peng quickly waved his hands and said, "Brother, don't let her know."

Seeing Wang Peng being so henpecked, the others all burst out laughing.