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Chapter 251 New Year’s greetings

Wang Shu’s parents are farmers who farm in the countryside, and his grandparents are also farmers in the countryside.

The farmland at home is not much, only a few acres in total, not the dozens of acres of land that farmers in the city think they have.

Because there is so little land, a migrant work boom began in Wang Shu's hometown as early as the 90s.

Most men either apprenticed themselves as masons or carpenters.

Wang Shu's father did not follow this path, but farmed.

The corresponding family conditions are much worse than those of mason families or carpenter families.

This is also the reason why relatives and friends have little contact with Wang Shu's family.

The conditions are really bad.

Originally, Wang Shu's father found someone and planned to take him to become a mason's apprentice and plaster walls at the construction site in the future.

It was only because Wang Shu was determined to go to the capital that he gave up.

Wang Shu's father's name is Wang He, and his four brothers and sisters are Wang Jiang, Wang Juan, and Wang Xiu.

Wang Jiang, Wang Shu's uncle, now opens a fruit shop in the urban village of Jiangcheng, the provincial capital, and is living a good life.

Wang Jiang has a son and a daughter. He stayed in his hometown for two or three years when he was a child, and then he was taken to live in the provincial capital.

Nowadays, except for Wang Jiang who goes back to his hometown every New Year's Day and Qingming Festival, the family rarely comes back.

Wang Juan is Wang Shu's eldest aunt. She graduated from a higher vocational school and is the most highly educated among the four brothers.

The family lives in the city and the family conditions are very good.

Wang Juan and Wang Shu's uncle also have a son and a daughter, who are similar in age to Wang Shu.

However, in the past twenty years, Wang Shu's two cousins ​​came to his home less than three times.

Of course, since Wang Juan and her husband Chen Zhipeng are the daughter and son-in-law of Wang Shu's grandparents, they still come to pay New Year's greetings on one of the second or third day of the Lunar New Year every year.

However, his children rarely came, less than three times in Wang Shu's memory.

Therefore, Wang Shu had no impression of his cousin.

Wang Xiu is Wang Shu's aunt, and her husband is a contractor. He also lives in the city, and his family situation is also very good.

He also has a son and a daughter who rarely come to Wang Shu's home.

Of course, Wang Shu's uncle, eldest aunt, and little aunt move around relatively closely, and only Wang Shu's family is outside.

Wang Shu's family was really poor. Before he sent money to renovate the house, his family still lived in a mud house.

Most of the other masonry and carpentry families in the village have built buildings.

Wang Shu's parents farm at home, with little land and little land, and the undulating terrain is difficult to plant. They barely make much money in a year.

His family never had the money to renovate the house.

Until Wang Shu became famous in the capital.

Since Wang Shu became famous, relatives such as his uncle, aunt, and aunt have come to his home significantly more often, regardless of the distance or inconvenience of traveling from the city to the countryside.

During this Spring Festival, I even called to tell me that I would bring my children to join us in the fun.

In addition, many relatives and friends came to Wang Shu's home to borrow money from Wang Shu's parents.

There are still many people borrowing money.

Wang Shu's parents informed him on the phone about borrowing money, which was why Wang Shu wanted to bring his parents and grandparents to the capital.

There are so many people who are related to each other. As long as one person borrows money, there will be a steady stream of them.

Moreover, people who borrow money will find various reasons to continue borrowing before paying back the money.

If you don't borrow it, there will be some weird energy.

Because Wang Shu is a big star and must have money.

Not borrowing = stingy.

And borrowing is almost the same as not saying anything about it. If the person borrows or refuses to borrow, he will still feel resentful, gossip, etc. It is inevitable.

Furthermore, borrowing money is just one of them.

More often than not, people of the same generation as Wang Shu's parents or grandparents would come to ask Wang Shu to introduce their nephews to jobs, or even ask Wang Shu to help their nephews join the industry and become stars.

Wang Shu's parents also mentioned this when talking to him on the phone.

Regardless of whether his parents agreed or not, Wang Shu refused them all.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the family sat indoors and watched the Spring Festival Gala.

There are also people in the village who will get together in the teahouse to play cards after the New Year's Eve dinner.

Wang Shu's parents and grandparents basically refused to go because their families were poor.

At this moment, the Spring Festival Gala has reached the third column, the cross talk program "Things in Our Village" performed by Feng Gong and Li Zhiqiang.

Wang Shu's mother Tian Yufang watched the program for a while and couldn't help but ask: "Shu'er, when will you attend the Spring Festival Gala?"

"Uh"

This was a good question, and Wang Shu was caught off guard when asked directly.

Originally, he was not interested in the Spring Festival Gala, which was becoming an increasingly unsociable program, so he never thought of participating.

Now when I heard my mother ask this question, I suddenly realized that this was something that would make the family more proud.

Wang Shu saw that the whole family was looking over, so he could only say: "Maybe you will invite me in two years."

Although Wang Shu didn't really want to go to the Spring Festival Gala, the reason why he didn't go to the Spring Festival Gala was because Yangshi didn't invite him at all.

Of course, given how busy Wang Shu is, he would reject the invitation even if he received it.

He didn't have time to rehearse at all.

"Two years later? Your grandma has been sitting in front of the TV last year, just waiting to see you appear, but she didn't see you from the beginning to the end." Tian Yufang said regretfully.

"." Wang Shu smiled awkwardly when he heard this.

During the Chinese New Year last year, he didn't say this when he was on the phone with his family. Unexpectedly, his family was waiting in front of the TV to watch his Spring Festival Gala program.

Unfortunately, Yang Wang didn't invite him.

Wang Shu saw the expressions on his family's faces and thought that even if he didn't like the Spring Festival Gala, he would have to participate once he received an invitation in the future.

For no other reason than for the sake of my family, I had to go through this.

"I wasn't famous before. They didn't look for me at the Spring Festival Gala, but they will probably look for me in the future." Wang Shu explained.

Wang Shu's grandma heard this and said cheerfully: "Then I'll be waiting for you to attend the Spring Festival Gala."

"Haha, grandma, I will definitely stand on the Spring Festival Gala stage in two years at most." Wang Shu knew his grandma was joking and said with a smile.

The family sat and chatted for a while. Wang Shu was a little sleepy after a long day's journey, so he went to bed first.

He went to sleep on the second floor, and many people came to his house.

Wang Shu lay down on the bed upstairs and vaguely heard the people who came to visit saying: New Year, good luck and good fortune. Is Wang Shu back? Why didn't he see anyone, etc., and his parents said that he had not rested well after traveling all day, etc.

After receiving the news, the visitors did not stay much and left one after another.

However, this wave of visits ended, and soon another wave of people came to visit.

Similarly, first there were blessings for the New Year and good fortune, and then there were those who asked why Wang Shu was missing, and Wang Shu's parents replied that they were asleep.

Apparently, the news that Wang Shu had returned to the village had spread in the village.

Previously, as the New Year's Eve dinner was approaching, every household was busy posting couplets, preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner, and other busy things on New Year's Eve. After the New Year's Eve dinner, we came to visit.

After this group of people left, someone else came.

Some women and children even sat down directly at Wang Shu's home to chat and watch the Spring Festival Gala with Wang Shu's parents and grandparents.

As time goes by, there are more and more people in the family.

Wang Shu secretly rejoiced that he managed to go to the second floor to sleep. His parents also told him that he had not had a good rest after a long day's journey. In addition, he drank some wine with his family during the New Year's Eve dinner and fell asleep.

Otherwise, we have to socialize downstairs.

They are all from the village, with the same surname and clan, so it is impossible not to give them face.

Otherwise, Wang Shu would not return to Beijing tomorrow morning after paying New Year's greetings in the village.

Downstairs, Wang Shu's parents brought out a lot of fruits, snacks, cigarettes, etc.

Every man who enters the house is given a packet of Huazi.

Women and children are free to eat fruits and snacks.

These things were all brought back by Wang Shu.

He knew the process of the Spring Festival, and he was now considered to be a little wealthy. If he didn't even give out Chinese flowers when he went home during the New Year, he would be looked down upon.

The people in the village were very happy to see Wang He and Tian Yufang being so generous.

The only pity is that I didn't see the big star Wang Shu this time.

Of course, some people curled their lips.

Because the Chinese New Year is the time to spend money.

Wang Shu's family is so rich, but they don't borrow money, which is very stingy.

Isn’t it just a pack of Huazi?

Ha ha.

Early the next morning, Wang He and Wang Shu took the lead in starting the New Year greeting mode without waiting for Wang Jiang to come back.

There are more than 140 households in the village, and more than 20 households did not go home to celebrate the New Year.

Wang Shu and Wang He got up early and started paying New Year greetings at dawn.

However, since the village knows that there is a custom of greeting each other during the New Year, someone from every household gets up early and opens the main door.

"Third grandpa, third grandma, uncle and aunt, I wish you good health and all the best."

Wang Shu and his father Wang He walked to the main room of his third grandfather's house, bowed towards the shrine, and then shouted loudly.

The gesture of bowing does not need to be standard, but if you want to shout it out, you must let the owner of the house know that someone is coming to pay New Year greetings.

The first ones to get up at the Third Grandpa's house were the Third Grandpa and the Third Grandma. They greeted Wang He and Wang Shu happily, picking up cigarette boxes and handing out cigarettes, and picking up melons and fruits to hand out.

Wang He was a smoker, so he immediately took a cigarette from the cigarette case.

If a smoker politely refuses to take a cigarette at such a time, it is equivalent to looking down on the owner of the house, so it is usually polite to take one.

For non-smokers, feel free.

Wang Shu did not smoke, so his third grandfather and third grandmother gave him a hard-boiled red egg.

The aunt who was still sleeping in heard the voices of Wang Shu and his son and immediately stood up to entertain them.

Wang He just exchanged a few polite words with him, and then he and Wang Shu went to the next house.

The Spring Festival is in winter, the weather is cold, and many people will sleep in for a while.

Especially on New Year's Eve, people usually sleep late, and someone needs to keep changing the burning incense candles on the shrine incense burner.

It is a custom in Wang Shu’s hometown to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner on New Year’s Eve.

The first step is to wait for the free-range chickens to return to the nest, and then paste the couplets.

The chickens have not returned to the nest and cannot stick.

The second step is to set up the Eight Immortals table in the main room, place fish, meat, vegetables, wine and other tributes, then close the door and the main room door, then light incense and candles on the shrine incense burner, and finally kowtow and burn paper under the Eight Immortals table to welcome the ancestors home for the New Year's Eve dinner.

After the burning paper money is out of flames, firecrackers are set off to send the ancestors off.

During this process, Wang Shu's mother Tian Yufang cannot be present. She usually either prepares the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen, or waits in the room with the door closed after the New Year's Eve dinner is ready.

In short, the main room is where ancestors come to eat on New Year's Eve and cannot be disturbed.

As long as there are doors and windows in the main room, they need to be closed.

Moreover, there could only be Wang Shu, Wang Shu's father, and his grandfather in the main room.

Neither Wang Shu's mother nor his grandmother could be present.

After the firecrackers are set off, the tributes on the Eight Immortals' table are removed, and then the prepared New Year's Eve meals are brought to the Eight Immortals' table.

The family eats New Year's Eve dinner together.

The incense candles on the shrine cannot be extinguished all night from the moment they are lit.

Therefore, one needs to pay attention to the incense candles on the shrine in the main room at all times and replace them with new ones in time to prevent them from going out.

In this way, someone will not sleep well.

For example, in Wang Shu's house, Wang Shu's father, Wang He, was doing this all night long.

Another example is that at the home of Wang Shu's third grandfather who has come to pay New Year's greetings, his uncle who has not yet gotten up is doing this.

On the night of New Year's Eve, not only do many people want to sleep in during the cold winter, but also because it is New Year's Eve and they go to bed relatively late, plus there are other things that require them to keep an eye on their sleep.

Many people will get up at dawn and start paying New Year greetings to each other.

There are people like Wang Shu and his son who have a bright sky, but they are relatively rare.

In normal years, Wang He would wait for Wang Shu's uncle Wang Jiang to come back and the two brothers would celebrate the New Year together.

In terms of time, it will be after dawn.

This time, in order to avoid the situation where everyone in the village was already up after dawn, Wang Shu started to pay New Year greetings at dawn.

No, I went to several houses in a row. Some houses just opened the door, and people were still lying on the bed to warm themselves.

As soon as the father and son shouted, the owner of the house quickly put on a coat and hurriedly came to entertain them without even wearing any clothes.

When Wang Shu and his son saw this, they also said a few polite words and then went to the next house.

If it were broad daylight, if the owner and his family had all gotten up and washed themselves, they would definitely chat with Wang Shu for a while, and then gather a lot of people to pay New Year greetings, stay with him for dinner, etc.

But now, while everyone is still lying in bed, they are finishing it quickly one by one.

As time went by, Wang Shu and his son finished the New Year greetings for more than 100 households in the village. Wang Shu returned home and ate a bowl of dumplings.

Then he ran away.

When the people in the village started to celebrate the New Year and came to Wang Shu's home excitedly, they found that Wang Shu had already left.

"Uncle He, why did Wang Shu only stay one night on New Year's Eve and then leave?" Someone couldn't help but ask, and then added, "It's hard to come back, why don't you play for a few more days?"

When Wang He heard this, he first sighed, and then said helplessly: "Shu'er, he is busy with work. He said he signed a contract with another company and needs to rush back."

"Otherwise, if you miss the time, you will be in breach of contract and you will have to pay compensation."

(End of this chapter)