Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 219
Let off the firecrackers, it's the new year.

Standing in the yard, Cheng He looked at the bursts of fire in the distance, and listened to the sound of firecrackers, feeling quite emotional.

There used to be a common saying in their place: Children look at the New Year, adults look at farming.

Children look forward to the New Year because there will be good things to eat during the New Year; adults look forward to farming, so naturally they hope to have more varieties, more harvests, and more food for the family.

Adults don't like Chinese New Year, because after a year, you will be one year older.

Now, he really is a year older.

Slightly melancholy.

At this time, the mobile phone started ringing non-stop, and there were all kinds of New Year greetings in various groups.

He looked at the list of friends, he had a good relationship, and sent a New Year's red envelope to each of them.

They pay attention to early New Year greetings here.

When I was young, I was pulled out of bed by my parents before dawn, and went out to pay New Year's greetings, and sometimes I couldn't see the way clearly.

He even saw other people, because they left too early, and some older people hadn't gotten up, and the door hadn't been opened, so they wrote a note on the door, writing who was coming to celebrate the New Year, and by the way bless.

Now, with a mobile phone, you can celebrate the New Year in the middle of the night.

Jiang Qian, Jiang Yutong, Yu Fei, Zhao Sizai, these are not from the village, and he also gave out red envelopes.There are also students like Tang Wei and Liang Zhong.

That's what it means.He just sent some of them, and others sent him another one.

Before he finished posting, his mobile phone was beeping, and someone was sending him blessings.

Open it to see that it was sent by Wen Xue.

Wen Xue sent a red envelope and a voice message.She and her younger brother each said: "Uncle, Happy New Year!"

Neither Wen Xue nor Wen Qingsong slept. Their parents came back. Except for their grandfather who was older and went to bed early, the four of them were all staying at home to watch the new year without sleeping.

The four of them just gathered a table of cards and played.This is a rare gathering.

After the firecrackers were set off, Wen Xue also swiped the red envelopes with the students, talked about the group and so on.Thinking of Cheng He, I also wished him a new year by the way.

So, Wen Qingsong also came to the side and said something by the way.

Cheng He replied to them with a smile, and also gave them a red envelope - two hundred each.

Wen Xue didn't have any money in her cell phone, so she just sent him a few dollars just now, just to make fun of it, now I feel embarrassed to see him return such a big red envelope.

She blushed and told her parents.

In fact, after her parents came back, they also heard from her two siblings that Cheng He had helped them many times and bought a lot of things for their grandfather in their name, and they were all grateful.

Not only this, but also their house. In a few months, the family will be able to live in a new house, which they never dared to imagine before.

What they do outside is just some scattered odd jobs, and they have no education or skills. They can only sell some strength, and the wages are not high.

They relied on saving food and money to provide for their two children to go to school, and it was not enough. Wen Xue had to work part-time to earn living expenses.

But even without money, they know how to be grateful.

Wen Xue's father said: "Well, I get it, I'll wrap it up for her when I meet his girl tomorrow."

Of course, the red envelopes for New Year greetings cannot be refunded, and it is enough to wrap them back again.

Wen Qingsong saw the red envelope in her sister's mobile phone, and said with a smile: "I want money too, half of it is mine."

Wen Xue said in embarrassment: "How can I give it to you? My mobile phone can't print money. I have to transfer it to the bank card and then go to the bank to withdraw the money."

Wen Qingsong wailed with a "very hurt" face, and then lay on her sister's lap, squeezed to look at her mobile phone.

In fact, when he asked for money, he just said it casually. He grew up so big, but he didn't even own the denomination of ten yuan.

Wen Xue's father then said: "Xiaoxue, you can save up this money and see whether to buy books or homework. Don't spend it foolishly, you know?"

He didn't go to high school.And because of the gap between the times, in his impression, the cost of going to school is still "buying books and homework books".

As for buying clothes, buying daily necessities, treating each other to dinner among classmates, and even some books now costing hundreds or even hundreds of dollars a book, they can't imagine it.

In other words, their world cannot touch these.

Like girls who grow up, they can't dress so shabby, or they will feel inferior, they don't even think about it.

Even Wen Xue's mobile phone was bought by her part-time job.

Wen Xue never talked about the hard work involved, and they didn't know what the child had to endure when he went to school.Of course, they've taken all they can.

They have no culture, no technology, and they can't make much money, which also restricts their knowledge.

Wen Xue listened to her parents' nagging, without any impatience, she nodded and said, "I know, money will not be wasted."

Having said that, my grandfather made some bamboo weaving in the second half of the year, and he earned no less than the couple working outside.

The family fell into consideration again.

After the new year, do you still want to go out to work?

Otherwise, stop going out and learn how to make bamboo weaving at home?
When they called back this fall, they heard that they had made money. They didn't know how much money they could make or how long they could make it, so they didn't come back at that time.

The old people can't farm the land, they have already rented out the land, and they can't do much when they come back, and they can't help much.

But it’s different now. Years ago, I heard that they received orders from abroad, and the delivery time for the orders was long. They can help make bamboo weaving at home.

This is more stable than working outside!

The family discussed it, and after a few days, they will take back the rented land and plant it by themselves in their spare time.

Anyway, the lease of the land is also rented once a year, and there is no breach of contract.

The couple have been wandering outside for more than ten years, and they are almost unaccustomed to the life of farming. They suddenly made this decision, and they are not used to it.

I never thought that doing things at home can also make money.

It is obvious that Taohua Village is not the only one who thinks like them.

Many families have decided not to go out after the new year, but to do things at home.

In my free time, I help with bamboo weaving, and in busy farming, I manage the fields.

The happiest thing is probably those children.If the parents don't go out, they are not left-behind children.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve, many people have already planned their plans for the coming year.

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On the first day of the new year, Cheng He was woken up again by the deafening sound of firecrackers.

The firecrackers on the morning of the first day are to welcome the God of Wealth.

Cheng He also got up quickly and set off the firecrackers first.

Then, put a few tributes directly above the house, light the incense, and bow.This is worshiping ancestors, begging their ancestors to bless their descendants for a year of peace.

When he was young, he was urged by his parents at this point, and then went door to door to pay New Year's greetings.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he had done these things since he came back.

Cheng Xinxin slept until dawn, and at this time she was almost asleep, and was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.When I opened my eyes, my father was not on the bed.

The little girl ran out of the bedroom in her pajamas and saw her father busy.

She called out in a daze, "Dad."

Cheng He had finished worshiping his ancestors, when he heard the voice, he looked back and saw that the child was still wearing pajamas.

He hurried over to urge her: "Put on your clothes quickly, it's so cold. Dress nicely today, and Dad will take you to New Year's greetings later, okay?"

"Dad, what is a New Year's greeting?" Cheng Xinxin was urged by her father, and asked while running to the bedroom.

Cheng He pointed to a pile of new clothes and said, "Put it on quickly, put it on quickly, Dad is waiting for you."

Cheng Xinxin looked at the pile of colorful new clothes, and immediately smiled, and forgot the question just now, and threw herself on the new clothes with a smirk.

It seems that no matter how young a girl is, no matter how many clothes she has, as long as she sees new clothes, she will be happy like this.

Cheng He looked at her dotingly.

It seems that even in order to satisfy her clothing, I have to make more money.

Cheng Xinxin smirked at the new clothes for a while, then picked up a pile of clothes, ran to Cheng He, and said coquettishly, "Dad, can you help me get dressed?"

"Baby, what did Teacher Wang say?" Cheng He squatted down, looked at her and said.

"Teacher... The teacher said... that the good baby needs to dress himself." Cheng Xinxin stammered a little guilty.

Cheng He stroked her head lightly, and said, "By the way, my baby is the most obedient. Of course he has to dress himself, right? Come on, tell Dad, which one do you wear first?"

Then she started touching her clothes, turning the conversation to "what to wear" instead of "who wears it".

This is the experience he has summed up after fighting with children for a long time.You must not follow the child's topic, but take her thinking away.

Well, maybe each child has a different personality, but this is how he "deals" with his own children.

Let the child do what she can do by herself; if she really can't do it well, then help her.

When the four-year-old child can dress by herself, he lets her do it by herself.

Here, there is no such thing as coddling.He can give her the best, but she must learn to do her own affairs.

Seeing Cheng Xinxin's slightly clumsy but serious appearance in getting dressed, Cheng He thought, when he was his age, he seemed to be wearing it himself.

Well, the female inherits her father's business.

After she finishes dressing, help her tidy up a little bit, and then the father and daughter wash up and set off quickly.

The yard was full of red firecracker paper left over from last night's firecrackers.The custom here is that these firecracker papers that symbolize wealth cannot be swept away, at least after the third grade of junior high school.

Therefore, it can be expected that after walking out from here, every house will be covered in red, as if a red carpet has been laid.

The air is full of the smell of gunpowder after firecrackers.

Cheng Xinxin was led out by her father, she said anxiously, "Dad, where are we going? We haven't eaten yet."

Every morning I eat breakfast before going out, why don't I eat today?
Cheng He said with a smile: "We don't have to eat at home today. Let's eat at someone else's house."

Cheng Xinxin asked puzzledly, "Father, whose house are we going to eat?"

Cheng He said, "Just follow Dad!"

　Thanks to [zhaoxianbin]] and [Eagle Doesn’t Bath] for their support.Thank you for the support of the monthly tickets of [Drunk in the Lamp] and [Li Zhentao], and thanks to my friends for the support of the recommended tickets!So what... I just ordered a small cake, and I will pick it up tonight.Alas, I am really looking forward to the sweetness of the cream cake, and at the same time feel melancholy that I am one year older.Alas, by the way, do friends have any good solutions for Yingnian hair loss?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)