Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 251 The new journey of the first month
In the Northeast, this dumpling meal on New Year’s Eve is usually eaten after 12 o’clock in the middle of the night.

Before eating dumplings, firecrackers are set off to make the sound of firecrackers scare away the Nian beast.

It is also a time to bid farewell to the last year and welcome the New Year.

The firecrackers of Wang An's family are all serious, including small whips, marlezi, and two kickers. Of course, Wang An bought them before.

Wang An led Wang Yi and his two little sisters and played "crackling" for more than half an hour.

In fact, the firecrackers at this time were just audible and had no ornamental value at all. However, the four brothers and sisters had a great time playing.

After setting off the firecrackers, the family gathered around the table to eat dumplings. Wang An even took out the deer blood wine, and everyone except the children poured some.

Deer blood wine, in addition to nourishing yin and strengthening yang, is very beneficial to the body regardless of men or women, drinking less.

After all, the main function of this thing is to strengthen muscles and bones, resist fatigue, and increase the body's resistance.

However, you shouldn’t drink too much of this stuff, mainly because it will cause nosebleeds if you drink too much.

Thanks to Wang An's magic operation, 16 coins were put in the dumplings, so the whole family got money.

Especially Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli, their happy expressions when they got the money made the already laughing family laugh even more from ear to ear.

During the Chinese New Year, being happy is the most important thing!

At this moment, Wang An suddenly felt that his rebirth was definitely very meaningful to his family!

After finishing the meal and washing the dishes, Wang Dazhu, as the head of the family, pressed the pot himself.

This pressure cooker does not mean literally, but it puts dumplings, steamed buns, and rice cakes in a large bowl.

Of course, you only need three or five dumplings, one or two steamed buns and a few slices of rice cake.

Then put the bowl into the pot on the pot fork, and finally cover the pot.

Doing so is actually a yearning and expectation for a better life.

There is rice in the pot and rice in the bowl. This has been the highest aspiration of all farmers for thousands of years.

Of course, this is just a custom, so don’t over-interpret it.

Then, comes the most important part for children, getting lucky money.

In the Northeast, unmarried girls do not need to kowtow to their parents, but after getting married, they need to kowtow to their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to pay New Year greetings.

So Wang An led Mu Xueqing and Wang Yi to kowtow to Wang Dazhu and his wife for New Year greetings.

Although Wang Xiaomei and Wang Xiaoli do not need to kowtow, they still need to pay New Year greetings to their parents.

Then Wang Dazhu and his wife distributed the lucky money they had prepared to the five younger generations.

No more, no less, impartial, everyone has a piece of unity.

Wang An looked at the big unity in his hands, and a sense of happiness suddenly emerged.

Unless there are special circumstances, this will be Wang An's last time collecting new year's money.

Because this is Mu Xueqing's first year as a new daughter-in-law, starting from next year's New Year, Wang An and his wife will no longer be eligible to receive new year's money.

However, Wang Yi and his two little sisters didn't care at all about the amount of lucky money, because this lucky money is also called "lucky money."

After leaving the first lunar month, that is, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you have to return it to your parents.

In other words, the money will only be kept in your pocket for 15 days. On the sixteenth day, you will no longer have the right to store it.

Therefore, this new year's money is not as valuable as a piece of candy to a child.

Red envelopes are not fashionable these days, so lucky money is just money, naked money.

During the previous Chinese New Year, the four Wang An brothers and sisters each received one yuan or a few cents as lucky money, but this year, each received a big unity card.

No matter how you say it, you can tell how a family is living from the amount of New Year's money.

After collecting the new year's money, the whole family went to sleep on the kang.

Covering the Kang is actually spreading bedding.

Because of the low temperature, the heated kang in the Northeast is hot basically all day long, and when you put on bedding, the heat of the kang will be muffled.

But in this way, the quilt is very warm, and it is quite comfortable to sleep in it.

In such a warm bed, Wang An, who drank deer blood wine, was extremely brave.

After changing several positions, Wang An still felt unsatisfied.

And after a long period of exercise, Wang An still doesn't feel tired. In fact, Mu Xueqing also drank some deer blood wine while eating dumplings.

You must know that this thing is something that can strengthen muscles and bones and resist fatigue for anyone.

So Mu Xueqing is the same, she has very good physical strength, refuses to admit defeat, and is full of fighting power.

The two fought again and again. Because they were both young and tireless, neither one accepted the other's will.

But in this kind of thing, women have always had the advantage.

Some people compare men to cows and women to earth.

As the saying goes: There are only exhausted cows, but there is no damaged land.

After the last battle between the two, Wang An looked at his watch through the lantern.

Damn it, it’s almost 4 o’clock!

Wang An, who had just turned 20, started the new year in a battle with Mu Xueqing.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the family got up early to welcome the God of Wealth.

Although they didn't go to bed until 4 o'clock, neither Wang An nor Mu Xueqing felt tired at all.

To welcome the God of Wealth, actually means getting up early in the morning and setting off firecrackers.

After setting off the firecrackers and having breakfast, they began to kowtow to the families in the same village to pay New Year greetings. Of course, only men were allowed.

There are not many elders in Lao Wang's family, and the only ones who need Wang An to kowtow to pay New Year greetings are Wang An's eldest uncle Wang Dashu and his wife, and his second eldest uncle Wang Daliang and his wife.

As the new daughter-in-law, Mu Xueqing has to kowtow with Wang An this year, but she can do whatever she wants during the New Year in the future.

After paying New Year's greetings, many people will take a walk in the countryside. This is called getting rid of all diseases on New Year's Day.

In fact, it is also based on the homophonic meaning. To get rid of all diseases is to drive away all disasters, which is also people's vision.

Medical care in this era was very underdeveloped. No matter what the disease was, even a cold, if you got it, it was very likely to kill you.

When people in the village meet each other, they will pay each other New Year greetings and wish them a happy New Year.

But Wang An discovered that although everyone was smiling, the smiles on many people's faces were fake, especially many sheep-raising families, who looked sad.

This wolf disaster really caused a lot of losses.

It also echoes the old saying in the countryside: If a family has a lot of wealth, it does not count the hairy ones.

On the second day of junior high school, Wang An accompanied Mu Xueqing back to her parents' home and drank a lot.

In the third year of junior high school, Wang An and Mu Xueqing started to visit the houses. They also visited the elders, mainly to recognize the houses. In fact, there were only three houses, the aunt's house, the old aunt's house, and the old uncle's house. After all, Mu Xueqing was the new daughter-in-law, so she still had to go from house to house. Follow Wang An and kowtow to pay New Year greetings.

After all this was done, Wang An started wandering around and became the "shoulder wanderer" again.

During the day, I either drink or play cards.

There were quite a lot of "white dazzling sounds" with Shen Wei, and Shen Wei was killed each time.

In the Northeast of this era, mountaineers generally would not enter the mountains before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Because no killing is allowed in the first month, this is also a rule that many mountaineers abide by.

Although Wang An has never followed the rules, he will not deliberately break them.

There must be some truth to the traditions left by the older generation. Besides, Wang An is not short of money, so there is really no need to fight the wild animals in this first month.

Soon, the time came to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, February 1981, 2. In the countryside, the year was over.

This also means that this year's new journey has begun, and Wang An has a lot to do this year.

Hunting in the mountains, building a new house, panning for gold, lifting a stick, no matter what, it cannot be completed in a short time.

However, you have to eat the food one bite at a time, and do the things one by one. Take your time, don’t rush to get angry, chicken feathers are of no use!
On the morning of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Wang An loaded all the things that should be sold on the sledge and drove the sledge to the county seat.

This time there were more things being pulled on the sledge, including the five bear blind man gallbladders that Mu Xueli had fought with, and all of them were now dry.

There are also three complete blind bear skins, 26 complete wolf skins and 14 complete red dog skins.

The above-mentioned furs were all harvested while hiking in the mountains with Mu Xueli. After such a long time, they were finally dried in the shade and ready to be sold.

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