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Chapter 30 New Year's Day (Please collect and recommend)
On the first day of the new year, we are full of joy.

The children will come to the door early in the morning to kowtow to the elders, and the old people will also give the children red envelopes to be happy.

However, the money you get must be yours?
Zhang An has been deceived by this sentence for many years.

As soon as Zhang An received the red envelope back home, Wang Fang said he would keep it for him in case he lost it.

As a result, after Wang Fang took care of it, the money seemed to have grown a foot, and it never came back.

There are quite a lot of Zhang An's family in the village, because the surname Zhang is considered a common surname in Changqing Village, so there are quite a lot of children who come to the house every year.

They are all the kind of children under the age of ten. As Zhang An is so old, he will definitely not go to every household to ask for red envelopes. At most, he will kowtow to a few older grandparents. The two uncles in the family.

The children will not come to Zhang An to kowtow to pay New Year's greetings, but to Zhang An's parents.

But in fact, there is no need to give too many red envelopes. Generally, it is a little bit of money, which is regarded as auspicious, and there are more than one or two yuan.

As for the children of the two uncles of Zhang An's family, they must be given more, usually three to five yuan, which is already a lot.

You must know that there are people in the village who hold banquets, and everyone's gifts only cost ten yuan and twenty.

Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang must have prepared red envelopes for their children long ago. Except for the first year of marriage, when they had no experience, they prepared them every year thereafter.

After getting up early in the morning, open the door and wait for others to come, commonly known as welcoming the God of Wealth on the first day of the new year.

Zhang An also brought some things, and went to the homes of his second and fourth grandfathers in the village first.

Zhang An's grandfather had four brothers, and the only ones who are still alive are their second grandfather and fourth grandfather.

And the fourth grandma passed away a few years ago.

First came to the second grandpa's house, the second grandma was making noodles and preparing to make glutinous rice balls.

The second grandfather's family has five sons, but they are all at odds with each other. Every time they say that the two elders take care of which family more, and which family takes more advantage.

In the end, the family can only be separated, and no one will touch the other and no one will care.

Anyway, Second Grandpa and Second Grandma are in their early sixties and healthy.

I usually grow some crops and raise some chickens and ducks, and I don’t rely on anyone’s subsidies for my life.

But when the health of the two elders is not so good in the future, each family must pay the support that should be paid in place, and those who should provide for the elderly must fulfill their responsibilities.

These were all witnessed in front of several village elders and village chiefs in the village.

It is said to raise children to guard against old age, but there are too many brothers in the countryside fighting against the wall to defend against their insults.

Zhang An's second grandfather likes to drink very much, and he has to drink some every day, but unlike other people, he only drinks a small cup every day.

Later generations Zhang An remembered that as they got older, other old people in the village grew old one by one.

During that epidemic, there were also many elderly people who could not resist.

But Grandpa Zhang An still had a small glass of wine every day as usual, and the more he drank, the more energetic he became.

A saying that often hangs on his lips is that wine is the essence of food, and the more you drink, the younger you will be.

It wasn't until later that Zhang An found out that what he drank was medicinal wine made by himself, which contained Chinese herbal medicines such as sealwort, gastrodia elata, and wild ginseng that he had dug from the mountains.

This really corresponds to that sentence, the wealth of a family is not as good as that of Huang Jing.

"Second master and mistress, I'm here to see you."

In fact, Zhang Erye is very kind to Zhang An's lineage, and will come forward to help with anything.

Because Zhang An's grandpa and grandma left early, the remaining three brothers were not very sensible, and they were completely taken care of by the second and fourth grandpas.

"Come here, we are all a family, and we are still like outsiders, what should we bring?"

The second grandma pretended to teach Zhang An a lesson. For this grandson, the two old people felt a little pity. If they had been admitted to university last year, the old Zhang family would have given birth to a college student.

"Second Mistress, I didn't bring anything with me. They were all brought by my friends, and I kept them at home. My dad doesn't drink much now, so it's better to give my second grandpa a good time."

In addition to two bottles of wine, Zhang An also brought a few cans, which were for the second grandmother.

"As long as your little guy is smart, I can't persuade him to quit drinking, and you still take it home."

Zhang An put the things he had brought on the table, and respectfully kowtowed to the elder.

The second elder also touched a red envelope and handed it to Zhang An, who accepted it with a smile.

Lao Zhang is very happy now, his grandson brought him two bottles of good wine, which is happier than giving him money.

After chatting with the second elder about the family life, Zhang An left. The second elder wanted to stay with Zhang An for lunch, but Zhang An said he wanted to see the fourth grandpa, so he left.

Zhang An's fourth grandpa's family is the opposite of the second grandpa's family. The fourth grandpa's family has only one uncle, but three aunts.

Now the three aunts have been married for many years, and the fourth grandma is gone, so the fourth grandpa lives with that uncle's house.

"Fourth Grandpa, I'm here to kowtow to you."

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang An put down his things, kowtowed to the fourth grandfather, and made the uncles and aunts in the room laugh.

In the past, Zhang An was very naughty when he was a child, but he became a little quiet and not talkative when he grew up. Now he is really not used to this appearance.

As usual, I accepted the red envelope prepared by fourth grandpa, and now I have no choice but to run away. With the help of fourth grandpa and my uncle and aunt, I have to stay for lunch.

In Changqing Village, meat is forbidden on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and everyone is vegetarian.

So I make glutinous rice balls and dumplings at noon, and eat stir-fried vegetables at night, but they are fried with vegetable oil.

The glutinous rice balls are stuffed with brown sugar pounded with Yinzi, which is the seed of perilla.

Zhang An didn't give money to his uncle's children because Zhang An didn't have a family now.

Here, if you get married, you have to prepare lucky money for the children of your relatives, or you are older, in your twenties and thirties.

Today's sun is not stingy, as if after the New Year's Eve, a burst of firecrackers dispelled the dark clouds in the sky.

The sky was blue and there were few clouds, but it didn't feel too hot.

With the spring breeze blowing, those fields without rape became a paradise for children.

The children in the village are all flying kites in the fields. Some bought them at the canteen with money, while others made them with white paper and bamboo strips because they didn’t have the money.

Anyway, I had fun playing, and today I don't have to worry about being scolded when I go home at night, let alone being beaten.

Because of the taboo on New Year's Day, adults will not scold or beat children.

However, this does not affect some mothers to keep it in their hearts and settle it together another day.

Most people who are the same age as Zhang An like to go to the town to play. There are many people in the town during the Chinese New Year, so naturally there are more people selling things.

Once upon a time, Zhang An also liked to go, but now Zhang An is past that age.

Back home, Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang were not at home, they must have gone out to visit.

The ducks also went to the river early in the morning. Some people used to want to shoot the ducks on the river, but after they found out that they were raised by Zhang An's family, no one did it, at least not on the surface.

The three puppies have now grown into big dogs, dozing off in the yard.

Seeing that Zhang An was back, they all crawled over and surrounded Zhang An.

Zhang An took out cherries from the space and fed them a few in turn.

Not only do they eat cherries, but they also spit pits.

In the afternoon, Zhang Tie came to look for Zhang An.

"Brother An, take us to play in the town." Zhang Tie said to Zhang An expectantly.

"Why do you want to go to the town? It's such a long way." Zhang An actually didn't want to go out.

"Because there are a lot of interesting things over there, and there are people selling food, so you can take us there."

"You can go by yourself, I don't want to move."

When Zhang Tie heard that Zhang An didn't want to go, he had a bitter face.

"Brother An, my mother told us not to let us go. We can go if you take me there. Take us there."

Seeing that Zhang Tie couldn't call Zhang An, Zhang Yan became anxious.

Today Zhang Yan is wearing new clothes, with two long braids, she is really cute.

Zhang An wouldn't spoil his cousin, but he still couldn't bear to refuse if the cute little Yan'er asked.

"Oh? Our little swallow wants to play."

Zhang An squeezed Zhang Yan's small face pocket and said with a smile.

"Brother Xiao An, don't pinch my face. My mother said it would make you drool. It's not good-looking. Of course I want to go. They said that there are many people playing in the street, and some people are selling toys and food."

When it comes to toys and food, Zhang Yan gets excited.

"But these things cost money, do you still have money?"

"We still have it. My mother doesn't know the five yuan you gave me, brother An. It's still on me. You can take me to play."

Zhang An decided not to tease this little cutie anymore.

"Okay, I will take you there, but you have to go back and give the money to your mother, and tell her that I will take you to the street to play, do you hear me?"

Because I am afraid that the third aunt will not be able to find the two brothers and sisters Zhang Yan later, and it will be urgent, so this must be notified first.

"Okay, then I'll go and tell my mother that we'll come find Brother An again." The little guy got Zhang An's reply, and happily went home with his braids twitching.

Zhang An entered the room and changed his clothes and shoes.

After a while, the third aunt brought the two little guys to Zhang An's house.

"Xiao'an, Yan'er said you take them to the town to play, I'm afraid they will run out by themselves, I'll ask."

"That's right, Third Aunt, isn't there a singing competition in the town? I just want to go and see it. It's so lively, and it happens that the two little guys also want to go, so I'll take them to have fun."

There are too many people abducting and trafficking children these days.

At this time, the words that adults usually use to scare children are, come outside, the old man who carries the baby, if you cry again, he will carry you away.

So the family has strict control over the children.

Even in later generations, there are still many people who kidnap and traffic babies.

Therefore, the children at home should not let themselves run too far.

Especially now, the forest in this rapeseed field is so deep, sometimes a child is alone on the road, if someone is watching, he will come up and cover you up and take him away, it is not easy to find.

"By the way, Zhang Tie, go and call your second brother and the two of them."

If you go out to play, you must call the two sons of the second uncle's family, otherwise the second aunt will find out later and have other ideas.

After a while Zhang Tie came with Zhang Bin and Zhang Xing brothers.

Zhang Bin is 16 years old this year, and he will take the senior high school entrance examination in June and July.

Zhang Xing was much younger, only one year older than Zhang Tie.

When going out from home, Zhang An carried Zhang Yan on his back when walking the mountain road, Zhang Tie and the others must have to walk by themselves.

When they reached the asphalt road, Zhang Yan wanted to get down and leave by herself.

Along the way, he was obediently held by Zhang An, unlike Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing, who sometimes ran to the front and sometimes looked at the side of the road, like a monkey.

Zhang Bin was older and more sensible. Anyway, he talked with Zhang An along the way, chatting about his studies in school, and asked Zhang An what high school was like.

In fact, Zhang Bin's grades are not very good, and he may not even pass the high school entrance examination, and he may go to a vocational school.

But Zhang An didn't say these words, but encouraged him to prepare for the exam well, in case he performed exceptionally.

It was too slow to walk with two children, and it took an hour or so to reach the town.

But there are really a lot of people, and there are many stalls on the street who come to play.

The singing competition was set up on the dam where the rice was sold. It used to be a basketball court with a large outside area.

There was also a banner "[-] Hongyan Town New Year Singing Contest" on it.

Most of the people on the stage are young people in their twenties, and there are also people in their 20s and 30s.

There seemed to be prizes for this singing competition, but Zhang An didn't care about it.

He himself has all five tones and four tones, so he doesn't go up to show off his skills.

Brother and sister Zhang Tie came to the street and were quickly attracted by the roadside stalls.

Those ladies on the side of the road set up stalls selling fried potatoes, fried tofu and ham sausage.

He didn't blink the eyes of the two little guys.

Zhang An bought a portion of tofu mixed with potatoes and a deep-fried ham sausage for one person.

"Brother, it's enough for us to eat fried potatoes. Ham sausage is too expensive, so we don't want to spend so much money."

Yo, Zhang Tie can still save money.

It turned out that when they were going out, the third aunt did not take back the New Year's money given by Zhang An to the two of them, and left it to the siblings to spend themselves.

The two brothers Zhang Bin also brought their own money. In previous years, the New Year's money would be taken back. Unexpectedly, Zhang An took them out to play this year, and the family gave the money generously.

However, how can you let your younger siblings spend money when you come out to play? This makes you look down on me, Mr. Zhang.

"I bought it for you and you can eat it. Your brother will let you pay for it." Mr. Zhang paid for today's consumption.

There were too many people, so Zhang An could only hug Zhang Yan all the time, and told Zhang Tie and his brothers to follow him.

Really, when others saw it like this, they thought Zhang Yan was like Zhang An's daughter.

I usually don't think so, especially today the little girl has dressed up and washed her face, looking like a doll.

Moreover, the three brothers and sisters look somewhat similar in appearance and outline.

Just after shopping for food, Xiao Yan'er saw a stall selling masks again.

There are all kinds of plastic masks on it, including Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and so on.

Children, I like this kind of thing the most.

One of them bought one he liked and hung it on the back of his head, because now his mouth is reserved for food and he cannot wear a mask.

Zhang Bin didn't want it, it wasn't suitable for him to play with. Zhang An hugged Little Swallow, and he took the initiative to look at his two younger brothers.

In the square, I heard several people come up to the stage and sing the songs they reported. Some younger sisters are still good-looking, but they still need to learn how to sing this song.

After playing for about a while, Zhang An was ready to go back.

I originally wanted to go to Li Hongbin's house, but the first year of junior high school was not very good, and I had a few younger brothers and sisters with me, so I didn't bring anything, so it was not easy to come.

So after Zhang An yelled, the brothers and sisters went home.

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