The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 109 New Year's Eve
Taohualing Village is very small, with only about [-] households and [-] people.

In the first two days of the first and second grades, everyone's most important job is to pay New Year's greetings and play.

The customs of New Year's greetings are different in different places. Around Taohualing Village, during the first two days of the first and second grades, almost everyone in the village has to go to the twenty or so houses in the village that enshrine the family table.

Every family that enshrines the table in the family hall will place a wooden pole at the gate, commonly known as a dog-beating stick. After others see it, they will know that this family is enshrining the ancestors this year.

Not all families can set the family hall table. Generally, if there are parents, the parents will be responsible for setting the family hall table. If the parents are deceased, the eldest brother will be responsible for setting the family hall table.

If there are more brothers, and each family sets up a family table, it will appear disunity.

There are a total of more than [-] households in Taohualing Village. The Wu family and the He family are the common surnames, accounting for two-thirds of the population. The remaining Su family, Sun family, Ma family, Zhang family, Liu family, Zhou family, and Zheng family And so on are small households.Like Wang Shaodong and his family, there is only one family surnamed Wang in Taohualing Village.

Regardless of whether the family is big or small, when the Chinese New Year comes, everyone will drop by their door to pay New Year's greetings.

This year, the first person to come to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings surprised Wang Fumin's family. It turned out to be Wu Youguang, the village chief.Behind Wu Youguang, village accountant He Fakui followed.

Wu Youguang walked in with a smile, and Wang Fumin and Wang Shaodong rushed out to greet him.

"Happy New Year, Lao Wang!" Wu Youguang said loudly.

Wang Fumin laughed and said, "Happy New Year to the village chief, happy new year to the village chief, and everyone."

As Wu Youguang spoke, he strode into the main room of Wang's house where the family table was placed, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and He Fakui, who followed behind him, also kowtowed to him.

"Hurry up, hurry up, Dongzi will accompany you, the village chief."

Without waiting for his mother Zhao Shiling to order, Wang Shaodong knelt down with Wu Youguang.

To be honest, this custom of kowtowing at the door is not very comfortable. After walking around Taohualing Village, the test of the knees will be severe.

"Brothers and sisters, I have discussed it with Fakui, and I will eat at your house at noon today, hahahahaha." Wu Youguang said to Zhao Shiling as if joking.

"Brother Village Chief, if you can have a meal at our house, then our family will have a bright face."

"Auntie, don't hide the good wine at noon, your eldest nephew really likes this stuff."

Everyone knows that the Wang family has made a lot of money this year, so even the village chief pays special attention to the Wang family this year. The first one is early, and he came to the Wang family to pay New Year's greetings before eight o'clock.

"From what Fakui said, it seems that my aunt is afraid that you will drink up."

According to his seniority, He Fakui should call Wang Fumin an uncle. This guy is just in his early thirties and has been working as an accountant in the village since he was transferred from the army five years ago.

"Brother Village Chief, sit down quickly, you haven't had breakfast yet, I'll make dumplings for you."

"What? You haven't had breakfast yet?" Wu Youguang looked at Wang Fumin in surprise.

"The couple of us ate early, but Dongzi hasn't eaten yet. Brother Village Chief, have you eaten yet?"

"I ate it early, and Fakui ate it at my house. Our father and I each made a tea bowl in the morning."

All the laborers in the village have a tradition of drinking some baijiu to relieve fatigue at night, but not many drink in the morning.

"Hahaha, Brother Village Chief, you two are really in a good mood. Then you two sit down and drink some tea to soothe the hangover."

"No need, Fumin, let's take a stroll around the village first, and then go back to your house to drink your good wine. I heard from them that you have good wine in your house."

Years ago, Wang Shaodong bought a dozen boxes of Moutai, and many people in the village already knew about it.

Unexpectedly, the village chief invited Wang Fumin to visit the New Year together this year, which somewhat surprised Wang Shaodong.But again, it makes sense.

With the wealth gained from selling chickens at the end of last year, the Wang family has secured the position of the richest man in Taohualing Village. Next year, the Wang family will overhaul water conservancy projects and contract barren hills. The next step is that the Wang family's influence in Taohualing Village will definitely not be Small.Wu Youguang was the first to come to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings, which also proved that it was not easy for Wu Youguang to become the head of Taohualing Village.

Taohualing Village is a small village. When the commune used to belong to a small team under the Qingquanling Brigade, it didn't even have a brigade secretary.Later, after opening up, Taohualing Village became an independent administrative village and formed its own village committee. Then Wu Youguang served as the village chief and secretary, followed by an old accountant.Later, when the old accountant got older, He Fakui became an accountant.

Wang Shaodong remembers that until 2017, the duo in Taohualing Village had not been disbanded yet.

Therefore, it is also necessary to have a good relationship with these two people.

Seeing that his father hesitated a little, Wang Shaodong hurriedly said: "Dad, the elder brother of the village is here to invite you to pay New Year's greetings, why don't you hurry up and follow?"

Wang Fumin listened to Wang Shaodong's words very much now, and hurriedly agreed, put on clean clothes and followed Wu Youguang out.

Wu Youguang, Wang Fumin, and He Fakui went out on the front foot, and Ma Zhentang, He Jiaqing, and He Jiaxiang on the back foot came to Wang's house to pay New Year's greetings.

"Sister-in-law, where's Brother Fumin?"

Ma Zhentang kowtowed as soon as he entered the door, and Wang Shaodong next to him hurriedly knelt down to accompany him.

Ma Zhentang stood up, looked at Zhao Shiling and asked.

Zhao Shiling looked at Ma Zhentang in surprise and asked, "What's the matter? You didn't meet your Fu Min brothers just now? He just followed Wu Youguang and He Fakui to visit the New Year."

He Jiaqing hurriedly said: "Look at Brother Zhen, I just said that those three were Brother Fumin and the others, but you still said no."

Ma Zhentang didn't make any excuses, just smiled and sat down on the sofa of Wang's house, and said, "Sister-in-law, Brother Fumin is very powerful now, even the village chief has come to curry favor with him."

Zhao Shiling also smiled and said: "Look at what your cousin Zhen said, what is flattery? It means the village chief thinks highly of us."

"Yes, yes, yes, sister-in-law can speak."

Zhao Shiling put a plate of dumplings on the coffee table, then Wang Shaodong picked up the chopsticks and hurriedly said to Ma Zhentang and the others: "Uncle Ma, Uncle He, why don't you eat some together?"

"Eat, Dongzi, we are all full."

Wang Shaodong nodded, then buried himself in eating.

Before Wang Shaodong finished his meal, Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao came to Wang's house and wanted to visit Wang Shaodong to celebrate the New Year together.

Now Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao have become Wang Shaodong's determined attendants, and they almost believe that Wang Shaodong is their eldest brother in this life.

As the saying goes, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and men are afraid of marrying the wrong man. If they marry the right boss, men will never be worse in this life.

Wang Fumin has become the younger brother cherished by the elder brother of the village, while Wang Shaodong has such devoted younger brothers as Zheng Hui and Zheng Tao. The future of the Wang family in Taohualing Village looks bright.

(End of this chapter)