Golden Fishing Village

Ao Muyang wanted the couple to live in the small building, but Wang Xia refused. She thought it was unlucky for her to live in his new house during the Chinese New Year after having just undergone surgery. When she learned that he had an old house that was vacant, she wanted to live in the old house.

Zhong Cang didn't want to trouble Ao Muyang with his wife, and was also willing to live in the old house.

As for the dust in the old house that had not been lived in for two months, he cleaned it up in no time.

In this case, Ao Muyang no longer insisted, mainly because he couldn't be stubborn with Wang Xia. This woman was very similar to Song Qiumin, with a strong character under her gentle appearance.

According to custom, in the afternoon, they went to the ancestral tomb to pay tribute to their ancestors.

Ao Muyang set off firecrackers at his parents' graves, and after returning home, the Chinese New Year officially began.

He met Ao Fugui at the door. Ao Fugui said, "Yangzi, are you really not coming to eat tonight? Let's eat the ancestral soup together?"

This ancestral soup is the New Year's Eve dinner. Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, "I have prepared the food at home. There are many people here tonight, and it is quite lively."

Ao Zhibing, Zhong Cang and his wife, this is much more lively than usual.

Especially with the furry children such as generals, heads of state, queens and queens, their play together can also add a lot of fun to the building.

The streets are full of fake firecrackers, and some children put on new clothes and play on the streets.

Some children set off firecrackers and sang: "The New Year is here, so lively, the little boy has new shoes, the little girl has new flowers, the mother of A Mao is here to fry Japanese beans, and the ostrich of A Wang is here to push the rice cake..."

Hearing this familiar nursery rhyme and smelling the thick smell of gunpowder in the air, the atmosphere of the New Year came all of a sudden.

This made Ao Muyang feel very comfortable. Going back to his hometown was indeed the right choice. The flavor of the New Year in his hometown was much stronger than in Beijing, and this was the New Year in his memory.

The four of them watched the Spring Festival Gala together, drank and ate. Ao Muyang and Zhong Cang occasionally chatted a few words. Most of the time they were teasing the general and his children. The general and the head of state were smart and made the four people laugh constantly.

After New Year's Eve, they ate rice cakes and dumplings on the first day of the New Year, and they were getting taller every year.

In addition, on the first day of the New Year, every household in the fishing village had to pay New Year's greetings.

Ao Muyang had few families to go to. He didn't have many relatives at home. His uncle's family didn't come back during the New Year. In this way, he had fewer elders to pay New Year's greetings, and even fewer people to pay New Year's greetings to his family.

He slowly made dumplings. These dumplings had to be made fresh to taste good, but because the villagers paid attention to some customs, they would be made the night before.

Ao Muyang didn't care about these customs. He had time on the morning of the first day of the New Year, so he made and ate them fresh.

The dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year are very particular. In some places, steel coins are put into them, named "ingots". In the morning, you can't say "eating dumplings", but "eating ingots".

In the vicinity of Qiantan Town, the dough is not rolled into a round shape when making dumplings, but a fan shape, so that the dumplings can be pinched into the shape of ingots, also known as "eating ingots", which means to attract wealth and prosperity in the new year.

As a result, just as he finished making the dumplings and put them in the pot, Ao Daguo came to him with his son to wish him a happy new year.

"Dragon head, happy new year, happy new year, make a fortune." Ao Daguo took the initiative to say enthusiastically with his son and brothers at home.

This was beyond Ao Muyang's expectation. The two had no direct relationship, so Ao Daguo didn't have to come to wish him a happy new year.

But it's better if they come. Ao Muyang brought out snacks and cigarettes, and then poured tea for everyone one by one: "Happy New Year, Happy New Year, let's all make a fortune this year."

As soon as this group of people sat down, Ao Mudong, Ao Mupeng and others came again, and said the same words when they entered the door: "Dragon Head, Happy New Year, I wish you all the best this year!"

"I wish Dragon Head to solve his lifelong event this year and find us a Dragon Sister."

Ao Muyang smiled and said: "I'm still young, I'll focus on my career first, come on, sit down and drink tea together."

Seeing that there were more people coming, Ao Daguo and his party left first, Ao Muyang sent them out, and then Ao Qianwen and others came again.

It stands to reason that these people are older than him, and he should take the initiative to go to the door to pay New Year's greetings, but these elders came, making Ao Muyang very embarrassed.

Ao Qianwen and others were also embarrassed. The meaning of their coming to pay New Year's greetings was very clear, just to show their presence, in order to gain Ao Muyang's favor.

It's true that the poor are not asked in the downtown, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

In order to cover up the face problem, they all let their children walk in front. In theory, they brought their children to greet Ao Muyang, so that they would look good.

In contrast, the door of the village chief Ao Muzhi's house was much quieter.

Ao Zhiyi's son Ao Qianxi, who works in the city, was very puzzled and said, "Dad, why are there so few people coming to greet us this year? This is not right, I'll go out and take a look."

"Let's go out and take a look together." Ao Zhiyi said.

He went out with a gloomy face and saw that many people were walking towards Ao Muyang's house. He immediately understood what was going on and kicked the door in anger: "You are all ungrateful bastards - ouch, it hurts me to death!"

His house has an old-fashioned wooden door with iron nails on the threshold, and the nails are exposed. As a result, he didn't see clearly and kicked it and pierced his shoes.

Hearing him yelling, the villagers passing by the door said: "Village chief, Happy New Year, what's wrong with you?"

Ao Qianxi said angrily: "What the hell, didn't you see that my father's foot was bleeding from the nail?"

Ao Zhiyi said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, what bleeding? This is called going out for good luck, go out for good luck!"

The villagers curled their lips and turned away directly. What a bad temper, who are you showing off to during the New Year? I went to Ao Muyang's house to pay New Year's greetings. I heard that Ao Muyang's family has good cigarettes and tea.

There is an endless stream of people paying New Year's greetings to Ao Muyang, and there are even more children.

He was not short of money and happened to have red envelopes at home, so he prepared some red envelopes and gave one to each child.

In this way, after the children learned about it, regardless of whether they were related or not, they all ran to pay him New Year greetings:

"Happy New Year, Uncle Yang. I wish you good health and great fortune in the New Year."

"Happy New Year, brother. I'm here to wish you a happy New Year. I wish you all the best in your career, love and career this year!"

"Happy New Year, uncle, I'll bring my brother to come with you to greet you."

Ao Muyang smiled and distributed red envelopes to the children. After receiving the red envelopes, the children were all grinning with joy.

He also had to prepare a red envelope, which was for the Carp Lantern Team.

In some places, dragon and lion dances are performed during the Chinese New Year. Hongyang’s tradition is the carp lantern dance. The lantern team goes out in the dark early in the morning, walks through the streets and houses, and goes from village to village to perform lanterns and sell lanterns.

Carp has auspicious meanings in various cultures, such as carp leaping over the dragon gate, lying on the ice to pray for carps, etc. Therefore, buying carp lanterns has the meaning of praying for blessings.

In addition, the members of the carp lantern dance team are often members of the five-guarantee households in each village. They usually have little income, so they put up carp lanterns before the Chinese New Year, and then go door-to-door to sell them during the first month. The money they earn can be used for future living.

Therefore, most people will not be stingy at this time. After all, carp lanterns are not expensive. Each lamp only costs ten yuan, and it can be hung at the door to brighten the room for several days.