Chapter 51

Before the Spring Festival, Tang Weishan sent back a lot of things to Ye Qiu, not only some food, but also a thick military coat and a large bag of wool.

Ye Qiu gave the coat to his father-in-law Tang Chuanhe.As for the wool, Ye Qiu and Tang Guizhi each knit a sweater.For the rest, Ye Qiu hooked up a pair of shoes and a vest for the unborn baby.

The [-]th day of the new year is coming soon, and it is a day of reunion.

The Tang family lives together every year, and this year is no exception.

Just after dawn, Zhou Ju got up and got busy, Yao Xiaolan and Xia Meihua fought, Ye Qiu sat in front of the stove door, pumping the bellows with one hand, and sending firewood into the stove door with the other.

Zhou Ju first took some glutinous rice flour from the previous grinding, poured water and stirred it, and kneaded it evenly.

Two daughters-in-law, one grinds a few sesame seeds, the other peels peanuts, and then smashes the peanuts in the jar.Finally, add brown sugar to the sesame and peanut powder.Stir well and place it as a filling for big glutinous rice balls.

But because there are not many fillings with sesame, peanut and brown sugar, it has to be served after the Chinese New Year.So Zhou Ju just made a big dumpling for everyone.The remaining glutinous rice flour is kneaded into small glutinous rice balls.

When Tang Chuanhe came down from upstairs, he saw that the glutinous rice balls boiling in the pot had already floated on the water.Hastily walked out of the house, and yelled at Tang Weitian in Diba, "Third brother, third child."

"Dad!" Tang Weitian came out of the house, still holding the child in his arms.

Seeing Tang Weitian, Tang Chuanhe said in a low voice, "The things I brought back from your third grandfather's house last night, take them out and get them."

Tang Weitian just remembered that he still had something to do.He hurriedly carried the child to the old house to look for Xia Meihua, but saw that she was busy.So he handed it to Tang Guizhi, who was relatively idle, "Sister Yao, hug first."

Then he turned and went back to his house.

New Year's Eve is a reunion day, but the reunion is not only for the living, but also for the dead.As for the deceased ancestors, they used to rely on talismans to invite them back.

It was only at the beginning of this movement, because of the activity of destroying the four olds.Talisman paper and burning incense belong to feudal thought.was strictly prohibited.

Therefore, during the Spring Festival, moving mountains to fill the sea, digging ditches, overhauling water conservancy and building terraces have become one of the highlights of the Spring Festival.There are red flags waving everywhere, and the flow of people is like a tide.And some radicals will post a couplet saying "Never stop fighting at thirty, and persevere on the first day of the junior high school".And resolutely implement the five principles of prohibition, that is, no firecrackers, no burning incense and worshiping Buddha, no dragon and lion dance, no eating and drinking, extravagance and waste, and no gambling
But as time passed, everyone's deep-rooted thoughts emerged again.Ancestors are ancestors after all, who will forget the traditions of thousands of years.One year, three years, five years passed, and slowly, some people would worship their ancestors behind their backs.The villagers who saw it also began to follow suit.

When these silent worshippers discovered that they had not been reported, they were not as strict as they were in the first few years.As a result, the villagers gradually let go of their courage.The talisman paper also began to spread quietly among the same clan.

The person who writes the talisman paper is generally an elderly person with each surname, and of course someone who can read and write calligraphy.Now it is Tang Chuanmu's third uncle who writes talisman papers for people surnamed Tang.

But everyone is afraid of this era, and they are very careful.Tang Weitian took the red paper to the third grandpa's house last night to write the talisman.Of course, Tang Weitian also saw many people surnamed Tang coming out of the third grandpa's house on tiptoe with their belongings in their hands.Everyone didn't ask or say hello, and left quickly without saying anything.

The content of the talisman paper actually has a routine, but it is good to change the year every year.Tang Weitian took the talisman paper from a corner of the room, quietly carried it in his arms, and left the room.Then he arrived at the old house very quickly, and hurriedly said after entering, "Brother, brother, close the door quickly."

Tang Weishi quickly fastened the door.

At this time, the glutinous rice balls made by the Tang family are also ready.Zhou Ju filled six bowls.

Tang Weitian pasted the talisman paper on the wall, and the dining table leaned against the wall pasted with the talisman paper.The edge of the table just blocked the talisman paper.Even if ordinary people enter the house, it is difficult to see it.

Seeing Tang Weitian's arrangement, Yao Xiaolan and Xia Meihua quickly put the bowl of glutinous rice balls on the table, grabbed a handful of chopsticks and put them on the bowl.

Tang Chuanhe found the ghost paper from the corner and lit it, then took Tang Weitian, Tang Weishi, and his grandson to bow to the paper.He muttered, "Tang Chuanhe, the unfilial son of the Tang family, invites all the ancestors of the Tang family to go home and have a reunion." Then he put the burning paper under the table.

During the ceremony, Zhou Ju, Yao Xiaolan and her daughter, Xia Meihua and her daughter Tang Guohua, Yaomei Tang Guizhi and Ye Qiu were all standing by the stove.Only men participate in this kind of invitation to ancestors.So, the women of the Tang family watched the men pray.

After the ghost paper under the table was burned out, it took a while.Tang Chuanhe took his son and grandson to clean up the dishes on the table, and said, "Everyone, the ancestors, go slowly, and come back as soon as possible after the next meal."

The returned glutinous rice balls must be returned to the pot, and the bowls must be washed before scooping up and eating again.

When the whole family eats glutinous rice balls together.Tang Chuanhe looked around the family, but thought of Tang Weishan, and couldn't help sighing, "It would be great if the fifth child was here."

Ye Qiu originally felt a little uncomfortable seeing Tang Weishi and Tang Weitian, his wife and children together because of the New Year's Eve.After hearing Tang Chuanhe's words, Ye Qiu suddenly wanted to cry for some reason.

Zhou Ju gave Tang Chuanhe a kick, and comforted him, "The fifth child may be on vacation for Chinese New Year now. Maybe he will be back soon."

Ye Qiu lowered his head and nodded, without saying a word, he ate the glutinous rice balls in a muffled voice.Tears welled up in his eyes, after eating in a hurry, Ye Qiu said, and went back to his room.

"Look at you, which pot should not be carried." Zhou Ju stared at Tang Chuanhe bitterly.Pregnant people are inherently sensitive, so Ye Qiu can't feel sad seeing her family reunited but she is the only one alone?

Tang Chuanhe also knew that he had said something wrong, Zhou Ju didn't say anything when he scolded him, and concentrated on eating his glutinous rice balls.

Yao Xiaolan and Xia Meihua were originally envious of Ye Qiu, after all Tang Weishan would send a lot of things back every month.Seeing this scene now, I suddenly no longer feel envious.

Each has its own difficulties.

On New Year's Eve, the brigade also has to go to work.Build water canals, dispatch volunteers, and build a road from Jianjian Village to Wudu Town.

Volunteers are provided by family units, and Ye Qiu does not have a separate family, so the Tang family only has three volunteers.So when the afternoon came, Tang Chuanhe, Tang Weishi, and Tang Weitian went together.

All the women of the Tang family stayed behind.Then get busy for lunch.

It was only Zhou Ju who tied the front and back doors, and even blocked the cracks of the door with clothes, and then started to take out the things and start cooking.

This year the village had a bumper harvest, and the pork was divided among them. The people of the Tang family weighed eight catties. Ye Qiu traded the grain for a pig's head and ten ribs on the black market.So Zhou Ju started eating bone soup.

Because Ye Qiu has space, the Tang family has no shortage of rice.I made white rice today.Later, Ye Qiu grew potatoes and various vegetables.Then the day before the Chinese New Year, Ye Qiu pretended to buy it from the town.In addition, there are canned beef sent back by Tang Weishan and so on.

Zhou Ju reckoned that this meal should be the most sumptuous meal the Tang family has ever felt.Of course, except for Zhou Ju, after all, she has eaten a lot of delicious food since she was born.

And Ye Qiu didn't come out in the afternoon.

In fact, it wasn't that Ye Qiu didn't want to come out to help, but that she cried as soon as she got back to the house.After crying, I didn't know why I cried. When I wanted to come out, I found that my eyes were red and swollen.In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, Ye Qiu stayed at home and read.

After Zhou Ju, Yao Xiaolan and Xia Meihua cooked the meal, they secretly stored it in the cellar.

After Tang Chuanhe brought his son back from voluntary work, he made simple porridge to fill his stomach.

Then the trumpets in the village sounded, calling for all commune members to assemble at the ancestral hall.

This kind of activity is experienced every year, and soon everyone came over with a bench and sat down.Ye Qiu also followed the Tang family, and because he vented in the morning, Ye Qiu figured it out himself.

She had thought of such a day when she married Tang Weishan, so there was nothing wrong with her.Instead, she has to live every day happily.Otherwise, if I feel uncomfortable, the rest of the Tang family will also feel uncomfortable seeing it.

When all the members of the commune came together, the cadres above said a quotation first.Then he began to criticize those who steal, rape, play tricks, and grind foreign workers among the members.Then I call on everyone to remember the bitterness and think about the sweetness, and talk about the bitterness of the evil old society, so as to compare the beauty of the new society.At the same time, the villagers listened to the ballet "The White-haired Girl", "The north wind blows..."

All of a sudden, everyone's emotions were brought into that era of exploitation.

When Yikusitian is over.

The advanced elements of the village began to speak, thanking the village cadres, thanking the party for its correct leadership and so on.Then every household criticizes themselves and each other.Finally, they sang "Sailing the Seas Rely on the Helmsman" to end this meeting.

After the meeting, the villagers quickly returned to their homes.

After the Tang family returned, Zhou Ju gathered the whole family behind the old house, taking advantage of the moonlight from the window to take out the prepared food.

Tang Chuanhe immediately invited his ancestors with his son and grandson.

After the ancestors ate, they took the whole family and began to eat quietly.Even a few children were precocious and did not make a sound.And it is understandable for the Tang family to be so careful, after all, at that time they paid attention to simplicity and opposed extravagance and waste.They will be criticized if caught.With the food the Tang family eats today, they will definitely be criticized.

After eating in the dark, everyone went home to rest.

The first thing in the morning on the first day of the new year, the members rushed to the ancestral hall.

In the past, the village used to bring sacrifices and go up the mountain to meet the ancestors on the first day of the new year.It’s just that it’s been canceled now. After breakfast, the folks started talking to each other for a hundred years, and the blurted words are no longer Gong Xi Fa Cai or the like, but “I wish you new achievements in **** this year!” etc. Wait for the words linked to the revolutionary cause.

After the New Year's Eve, I will be volunteering again in the afternoon.This time the volunteers have been working until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.And in the early morning of the second day of junior high school, Tang Weitian took the talisman paper from home and burned it on the way to the cemetery in the dim night.

The second day of junior high school is the time for my daughter to go home.

After Tang Chuanhe came back after burning the talisman paper, he saw Tang Guifang came back with her daughter.So he said hello, but Tang Guifang's expression was a little grim.

After eating, Tang Guifang talked about the reason for her coming back.

It turned out that Mrs. Li was so jealous that when Tang Guifang took her children and her husband to the old house, things were thrown out.Tang Guifang became the master of the house for a period of time, not only felt at ease, but also became much stronger.Seeing this, he took the child and left.It's just that Li Weiguo didn't follow.

Several people hurriedly advised her not to be as knowledgeable as Mrs. Li, and Tang Guifang's brows gradually relaxed.Once the melancholy was over, everyone began to care about the pregnant Ye Qiu.When it came to Tang Weishan gradually, everyone sighed, Ye Qiu was not easy.

This time, Ye Qiu didn't have anything to worry about, and started talking to everyone with a smile on his face.Seeing this, everyone enjoyed themselves happily.Everyone also lamented Ye Qiu's self-cultivation.However, at the end, Tang Chuanhe sighed and said, "Fifth daughter-in-law, our old Tang family was able to marry you, it is really good deeds in the previous life. Next time the fifth child comes back, I advise him to come back professionally."

"Dad, let's talk about it later, it depends on Brother Tang's wishes." Ye Qiu still wants to focus on Tang Weishan's future journey.It's just that living apart in two places is not a good thing after all, Ye Qiu was thinking about how to shorten the distance between them.

Everyone agreed with Ye Qiu's meaning.

The Spring Festival time passed quickly.When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, the village slowly starts to get busy again.

(End of this chapter)

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