Fengcheng old events

Chapter 178
After the year is over, it is only the third day of the Lunar New Year. Adults should go to work, do things, and everything will return to the original state.

In addition to the children who are still intoxicated by the taste of the new year, that is, when everyone meets and greets each other, it means that the new year is still there and has not gone far.

Children who always have bad eyesight are getting carried away these days, so new and old debts must be settled together, and the crying and howling spread far away, reminding the bear children of other families: It is impossible not to be beaten.

Relatives, friends and neighbors began to walk around, saying happy new year with sincerity and smiling faces, and bringing blessings.We all believe that good intentions will be rewarded, and we hope that we will live well, and that others will also be well.

Zhangjiabao.

Zhang Jingyi's home.

There are red lanterns at the head of the room, red couplets with the word "Fu" at the entrance of the courtyard, and red paper spring strips pasted on the pigsty, chicken shed, duck rack and granary, hoping that the five grains will be plentiful and the six animals will prosper in the coming year.

Although there are many old traditions for rural people to celebrate the New Year, it is not as lively as in the city, nor is it so grand.The key is to be poor and have no money to toss about.

A few old people didn't keep the New Year's Eve either, and went to bed as usual, but the lights were not turned off this night.

Zhang Wanli moved to the North Kang in the east room, but there was nothing he could do because there were guests in the west room.

It has been several years since the educated youth returned to the city, and I don't know why the team suddenly brought in an educated youth, still an older youth.

Although 120 of the three elderly people are not happy, there is no reason to object. Although the educated youth movement has essentially ended and the policy of returning educated youth to the city has been implemented for several years, the relevant arrangement policy for educated youth has not changed or been withdrawn.

In recent years, people have almost forgotten the term "educated youth".

I don't know what's going on with this older youth, and he doesn't return to the city. He just takes a lot of books, wears thick glasses, and reads in the West Room every day.Cooking is a meal without a meal.

With the things sent by Zhang Qingzhi, the three elders have passed a good year.

Zhang Wanli is getting old, and now his body is not as good as before, and he rarely goes up the mountain.I can't climb anymore.The old man is over 70.

This resulted in a large loss of income and meat for the family. In previous years, he relied on him to go up the mountain from time to time to get something to supplement.Fortunately, he is good at craftsmanship, and in the past two years, he mainly relied on weaving some soil blue baskets to sell in summer and autumn.

In the past two years, the girl was hospitalized first, and then she worked day and night to earn money, and had no time to come back, that is, Zhang Qingzhi would carry back with large and small packages twice a year, and then take some food away.

The boy is busy with work, and it is rare to come back, and the grandson, brother and daughter are even less visible, and the three elders just live in peace.

Zhang Jingyi was a very preoccupied person, and would miss his son, daughter, and grandchildren from time to time, so he went to the side of Kanshang Highway with a cigarette in his mouth, in a daze.What.

Mainly in the rural areas of the Northeast, there are too few things to do in winter. Apart from going up the mountains and collecting firewood, they just stay at home and eat three meals a day.

"If you think about it, go there, it's convenient to take a car now."

Zhang Jingyi was a little moved, but after thinking about it, he shook his head: "Tossing. Forget it, the place over there is too small to be crowded. The houses in the city are only as big as the buttocks. Besides, it would be troublesome to go there. The winter camp over there There are many things in heaven."

"Then you go into the castle, ask Mr. Zhang to write a letter, and don't worry about asking about the situation." Zhang Wanli respects scholars very much, and always calls the teacher Mr. Zhang.

Zhang Jingyi packed up his parcel and went out to the fort to ask Zhang Qingge to write a letter.

The snow is thick and the wind is strong. It is really hard to go out in the countryside in winter, but nothing can stop the missing of loved ones.

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"Guess, what are my grandma and the others doing now?" Zhang Xingjun asked Zhang Xinglong lying on the edge of the kang, unconsciously kicking his legs behind him.

"Chop firewood, feed the chickens. Also, cook rice. Warm wine and drink."

"Do you think Grandpa and the others have played pine cones this year?"

"To fight. There are also pheasants."

"What is a pine cone?" Zhang Xingbing leaned over and asked.

"Why do you ask if you don't even know Songta? We're talking, I won't take you."

"Don't take me, I, I will sue you when Dad comes back at night, saying that you bullied me." Zhang Xingbing has a magic weapon in his hand.

Zhang Xingjun curled his lips: "Tell me, can mice starve to death in winter? What if the snow is so thick that cats can't catch mice?"

Zhang Xinglong thought about it for a while: "In winter, the mouse is in the cat's hole and can't come out. The cat catches birds and eats them in winter." In rural areas, dogs eat pigs and cats are raised by nature. Few people feed cats specially, and they go out to catch food by themselves. Son.

So living in the countryside is really tiring, and even the master has to do it himself.

The two brothers go to grandma’s house every year, but they didn’t go this year. Now they are thinking about that place, after all, they can fill the yard and mountains over there, and no one cares about their madness. In the city, they can only stay in a small house Doing homework, I panicked.

The third child, Zhang Xingbing, had never lived in his grandma's house, so he didn't have this thought, and he didn't understand what everyone was talking about.

"Grandpa also said that he would lead me to catch roe deer, and it's meaningless to set up rabbits."

"It's like you've put it on."

"Why haven't I been caught before? I've caught worms and picked out birds."

"Swallow's nest? Did my dad cut it that time?"

"No, I dug it out on the mountain."

"I don't know, is there such a thing?"

"There are also bird's nests under the eaves of our house." Zhang Xingbing finally encountered a topic that he could understand.

"I can't pick that one out, it blinded my eyes. If you don't believe me, go get it, and see if my dad comes back to cut you?" Zhang Xingjun is very experienced.

The legend of scaring children in the Northeast, blinding eyes by stabbing bird's nests, and rotten fingers pointing at graves.In fact, they think that swallows are auspicious birds, and building a nest at home will bring good luck, and they are afraid that the children will dig it out.After digging out, the swallows never came again.

As for the rotten fingers on the grave, it is out of respect for the dead.

"Go out to play?" Zhang Xingjun pouted Zhang Xinglong.

The two of them are almost tall and can play together. Zhang Xingbing is too young, and he cries. When he cries Zhang Xingjun, he has to be beaten.It was Zhang Xinglong who resisted the toss, no matter what he did, he would not cry or complain.

Zhang Xinglong shook his head, he was playing with Zhang Xingjun while he was watching.boring.

Moreover, they didn't have anything to play, and Zhang Qingzhi didn't do anything.Another Zhang Xinglong's balance is really bad, even if he borrows a toy, he can't play with it, he will fall when he gets up.

"Oh, you're so honest today, didn't you go crazy?" Liu Guixin opened the door and came in, patting the snowflakes on his body and saying.

"Nothing, I just go out to watch other people play, and my dad won't let me do it." Zhang Xingjun muttered in a low voice.

"Second, go to the ground and clean up, let's eat. After eating, go to your father's factory to take a bath."

In winter, I couldn’t wash clothes at home, so I took advantage of the time to bathe my children and took them to the factory to wash them. Workers from a team took turns.

(End of this chapter)