My village can't be like this

Chapter 329 You Listen To My Explanation

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Changqing was even more lively than in previous years.

Although it is not yet early spring and March, it is not yet suitable to go out for an outing.

But Chang Qing's reputation had already been spread last year.

Many people are bored at home, so they naturally come over to join in the fun.

Many people came over, and they all came to Zhang An's house first, wanting to make a reservation for lunch, and then take their family for a walk and come directly for dinner.

Most of them are repeat customers who have been here before, and they still miss Zhang An’s family’s food.

But Zhang An's house is closed this year because Su Ying's parents are here, and Zhang An's aunt and her family are coming over tomorrow.

When the time comes to entertain guests at home, it will definitely be inconvenient to open the door for business.

In this regard, Wang Fang explained it to everyone, and everyone can understand it.

On the contrary, it added a lot of business to the restaurants of Zhou Yang's family and Zhang Jianzhong's family.

Of course, there are also some other restaurants opened in the village, which are all snack shops and noodle shops.

To a large extent, it has helped alleviate the difficulty of dining in the village.

In the afternoon, the whole family went up the mountain to pay New Year's greetings to Zhang An's grandparents as usual.

As the daughter-in-law who just entered the house, Su Ying will definitely go with her. No matter what, she must let the second elder meet her grandson-in-law.

"You go ahead, I'll stay at home."

Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen were at home, so Wang Fang planned to stay at home with them.

Zhang An and his son also arranged this. After all, if you have guests at home, you have to ask someone to accompany them, otherwise it doesn't make sense.

"You can go with your parents-in-law. It's just like home here. Why should we accompany you? We won't be polite to you, but you don't want to be polite to us either."

When Wu Qiuping and Su Shaowen first came here, they were a little polite.

But after staying here for a few days, I became quite familiar with Zhang An's parents, and I have long regarded my daughter's home as my own.

In Zhang An's words, we are so close and we have to come here more often in the future. It's not okay to be so polite all the time.

If it's something else, it would be nice to have someone stay at home and talk together.

But going up the mountain to offer sacrifices to the elderly is a major family event and a sign of filial piety.

It takes at most two hours to go up the mountain. The village is so lively and there are so many people.

They will go out for a walk here and there later, and Zhang An and the others should be back from the mountains.

"Yes, we are not outsiders, and we want you to stay with us. Go quickly. I will make dinner for you when you come back."

"That's it, in-laws, you can go out for a walk. We will be back from the mountain in a while."

After hearing what Wu Qiuping and his wife said, Wang Fang did not continue to be polite.

The family carried the sacrifices on their backs and went out to the gravesites of Zhang An's grandparents.

Along the way, you can also meet many people, they are all going to Guanyin Cave.

It seems that after last year, the Guanyin Cave in Changqing has still been spread, and many people have come to ask for children.

Although spring has already begun, the weather is still gloomy.

It's just that the wind is slightly gentler than the previous days and not so freezing.

The weeds and wild trees beside the road are all starting to have their young leaves.

They don't care what month it is now, they only know that they will start sprouting after the beginning of spring.

After driving for several hours, we finally arrived at the gravesite of Zhang An’s grandparents.

Zhang Jianguo and Zhang An, father and son, took sickles and hoes to clean up the surrounding weeds.

Because the family has come to offer sacrifices over the years, and they come frequently, there aren't many weeds.

Wang Fang and Su Ying took out the sacrifices from their backpacks and arranged them, waiting for Zhang An to cut down some grave markers.

Grave markers are usually made of green bamboo. If you can't find it, you can use a budded sapling.

Originally, it was impossible to have bamboo in this kind of mountain, but Zhang An did it for convenience.

Once when I was hanging paper during the Qingming Festival, I dug up a clump of golden bamboo and planted it next to it. Now it has grown into a big one.

Take a good look at the grave marker and hang the white paper flag on it. Zhang Jianguo is responsible for inserting the grave marker on the grave.

Zhang An was responsible for burning incense and wax below, and lighting lamps and offering incense to the elders.

These things can generally only be done by the men in the family, and women are not allowed to touch them unless there are some special reasons.

"Xiao An, Xiao Ying, burn some paper money for your grandparents."

Hearing this, Zhang An took Su Ying and knelt in front of the two elders. He took out the old man's hand and began to burn it and give it to the two elders.

"Dad, Mom, Xiao An has grown up and has already married a wife. You two can rest assured down here."

"This is Xiaoying, your granddaughter-in-law. Today is the Chinese New Year, and we are all here to pay New Year greetings to you two elders."

The whole family expressed their longing to the second elder, burned and gave away all the paper money they brought, and finally took turns kowtowing to the second elder.

Of the sacrifices brought, half should be taken home for the family to eat, and the remaining half should be placed on the altar.

After lighting the cannon and disposing of the open flame candles and incense sticks, the family went down the mountain and went home.

With this kind of sacrifice, everyone's mood will not be too heavy.

Because we want to tell the late family members about the joy of the New Year and the current situation of the family.

"Hey, Zhang An's family moved very quickly. They have already returned from visiting your grandparents for New Year greetings."

On the way down the mountain, Zhang An's family met many villagers who went to the mountain to pay New Year's greetings to their deceased family members.

"You have to go sooner or later anyway, so go early and come back early."

Along the way, Wang Fang looked around, thinking about finding some wild vegetables to take home to eat.

But it is still early this year, and the wild vegetables are still hidden in the soil. It will take at least a month before they emerge.

Because the beginning of spring comes too early, there will definitely be cold spring weather in the coming months.

Many flowers and plants on the mountain are very smart and will not appear until the climate stabilizes.

"Zhang An, Jianguo, come to my house to have dinner together tonight."

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I happened to meet my old uncle Zhang Jianwen who was coming back from the mountain.

"Uncle is looking for a drink. Maybe he has something to say."

Zhang An thought, maybe the old uncle had something to say.

He has a habit of calling people to his house to have a drink together every time he has something to discuss.

But Zhang An was a little curious as to what was so urgent.

In the past, even if you wanted to talk about something, you had to wait until the end of the New Year or after the fifteenth day.

"I have something to discuss with everyone. Remember to come by yourself tonight, don't ask me to invite you at home."

Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. Unless there are special circumstances, you cannot go to other people's homes to invite people.

"Please do whatever you want, we will go there ourselves when the time comes."

Since there was something to discuss, Zhang An naturally agreed readily.

There should be a lot of people there at night, so bring two bottles of wine with you.

Back home, Zhang An found a lot of people surrounding the fence in the backyard.

Zhang An took a look and saw that the door of the house was locked. His father-in-law and mother-in-law were not at home. They probably went out to watch the fun.

Opening the door to the backyard, Zhang An found two black-necked cranes eating in the fish pond.

And those people outside the fence were watching the couple.

There were so many people gathered outside the fence, it looked like a zoo with everyone gathered around the fence.Zhang An is not surprised that so many people like to see black-necked cranes.

After all, this thing looks like a crane, and it is rare to see it in this area.

It is estimated that many people outside the fence still saw live cranes.

Even next door, the wetland park has not been built yet, so you can't see them.

"Brother, don't come too close. You'll scare the crane away later."

As soon as Zhang An arrived in the yard, there was a girl about his age outside the fence, reminding him in a low voice.

It seemed that they were afraid of Zhang An's approach, so they scared the couple away.

But it was just a reminder, and he didn't say anything to ask Zhang An to leave.

Zhang An can open the door. They all know that this is Zhang An's house. There is no reason for outsiders to let the host leave.

"It's okay. They're both very shameless. They won't fly unless you get close to them."

Zhang An smiled and said to everyone outside the fence.

"Ah? Is this crane raised by your family?"

Hearing what Zhang An said, the girl thought that these two cranes were raised by Zhang An's family.

"Hey, you can't say that. You can't keep these two things privately, otherwise you will have to eat the food of the state."

Zhang An quickly clarified that it would be troublesome if someone reported him later.

Although Zhu Yuliang said he would put up a sign for a temporary rescue station here, that will not come until next year.

"They are not cranes, but black-necked cranes. They are just similar to red-crowned cranes. They are national first-class protected animals."

Zhang An didn't have anything to do, so he started to popularize science with everyone and explained to everyone what happened to these two couples.

At this time, Zhang An was like a commentator in a zoo.

Everyone outside the fence was like tourists watching, listening to Zhang An's explanation.

While Zhang An was chatting with everyone, the two black-necked cranes seemed to be full.

When they saw Zhang An in the yard, they spread their wings and flew over.

Like a child, he surrounded Zhang An, looking a little flattering.

When the people around saw this scene, they immediately said "Wow".

The two black-necked cranes were a little dissatisfied with this group of impolite people.

But because Zhang An was here, they didn't fly away.

Seeing their fawning looks, Zhang An reached out and stroked the sparse feathers on their heads.

As Zhang An stretched out his hand, the scene became quiet for a while.

Because these two black-necked cranes were actually rubbing their heads against Zhang An's palm.

It seemed that being touched like this by Zhang An would feel very comfortable.

"No, didn't you just say that you didn't raise them? It looks like you are their biological father."

The girl's tone of voice made her feel as if she had been deceived by Zhang An.

She originally believed what Zhang An said, but now.

Zhang An just nakedly performed a drama of unresolved love for everyone present.

It seems that it can be said that if you have milk, you are a mother, and if you have space and spring water, you can naturally be a father.

"Listen to my explanation. They rely on me. How could I dare to raise a Bodhisattva like them?"

Zhang An is so angry, why does no one believe the truth?

"I think Brother Zhang is not lying. I came here many times last year and never found them."

There was a young man's voice in the crowd, and he sounded like someone who came here often.

"Everyone who has been here knows that Brother Zhang especially likes animals."

"Yes, yes, those deer and beautiful birds in the orchard just now belong to Brother Zhang's family. Who in the right mind would dare to keep them free-range?"

As soon as the guy opened his mouth, he attracted a lot of repeat customers.

When Zhang An heard this, he felt that there were still discerning comrades among the masses.

"Brother, where is your goshawk? Can you come over and take a look? My son came here specifically to see your goshawk this time."

This time it was an old man who spoke, and Zhang An still had an impression.

He was a fishing friend who used to come here often. At that time, he always liked to come to Zhang An's house to borrow the toilet.

This time when I came here, there was a little boy with me, who looked about eight or nine years old.

"Hahaha, what's wrong with this?"

Zhang An whistled, and the flower heads on the roof were notified and immediately jumped out of their nests.

An eagle's cry broke through the sky and suddenly exploded in the air, and everyone only saw a very broad figure appearing in the sky.

There is no doubt that it is Huatou. This guy's wingspan is more than one meter wide, and it is very huge.

Finally, it rushed down from the sky and landed firmly on Zhang An's shoulders.

Two sharp eagle eyes scanned the crowd, and then looked at the two black-necked cranes next to them.

Huatou despises these guys who come to ask for food.

But with Zhang An here, he didn't do anything to them, otherwise a fight would be inevitable.

"You see, Brother Zhang really likes animals. Such a ferocious eagle actually combs his hair."

Huatou stood on Zhang An's shoulder and used his sharp eagle beak to comb Zhang An's hair on his temples.

This action will surprise everyone again. Is this still the proud goshawk?

But no one had any doubts. After all, when Huatou first appeared, the sound that pierced the sky was not small.

"Uncle, can I stand next to you and take a picture."

The son of the fishing friend looked at Zhang An expectantly.

"Of course, let's go to the front. It's not convenient here."

Zhang An smiled. As long as the request was not too unreasonable, Zhang An would try his best to satisfy it.

Finally, Zhang An walked to the road in front of the yard, with his back to the orchard behind him.

"Dad, come on, come on, take a picture of me."

The little boy stood beside Zhang An very excitedly and urged his father.

"Okay, okay, I'll take the photo for you right away."

The fishing friend smiled and took out his camera and took several pictures in a row.

Huatou has long been accustomed to the flash, and it has always held its head proudly.

After the little boy took the photo, other children in the crowd were very envious and clamored to take pictures.

But many people don't have cameras. After all, this thing is quite expensive now, and most people really don't spend this money.

In the end, the children became so noisy that the parents discussed it with the fishing guy and borrowed his camera to take some pictures.

Of course, the old man agreed generously, and his camera did not use film, but a digital camera that had just appeared on the market.

Ever since he came to fish, Zhang An discovered that this old man's home was unusual.

After all, in this era, not many people can drive a car to fish. This digital camera also proves the strength of the family.

(End of this chapter)