329. Years (1)
Ao Muyang originally wanted the couple to live in a small building, but Wang Xia refused. She thought it was unlucky to live in his new house during the New Year after she had surgery. When she learned that he had an old house empty, she wanted to live in the old house.
Zhong Cang didn't want to take his wife to trouble Ao Muyang, and he was also willing to live in the old house.
As for the old house that had not lived in two months, he cleaned it up in a few seconds.
Since this is the case, Ao Muyang no longer insisted, mainly because he was not stubborn Wang Xia. This woman looked very similar to Song Qiumin, and she had a strong personality under her gentle appearance.
According to custom, in the afternoon, I went to the ancestral tomb to pay homage to my ancestors.
Ao Muyang went to his parents' grave to set off firecrackers, and after he returned home, the New Year officially began.
He met Ao Fugui at the door, and Ao Fugui said, "Yangzi, can't I come to eat tonight? Let's eat ancestor soup together?"
This ancestor soup is the New Year’s Eve dinner. Ao Muyang waved his hand and said, “I have prepared the meal at home. There are a lot of people here tonight, and it’s quite lively.”
Ao Zhibing and Zhong Cang and his wife, this is much more lively than usual.
Especially the general, head of state, queen and overlords, the fight together can add more fun to the building.
There were sounds of fraud everywhere on the street, and some children changed into new clothes and played on the street.
A child sang while setting off firecrackers: "The New Year is here, it's so lively. The little boy's new shoes are slaughtered, the little girl's new flower rosary, the Mao Niang comes to stir-fry Japanese beans, and the Awang Ostel is carrying rice cakes..."
When I heard this familiar nursery rhyme and smelled the dense smell of gunpowder in the air, the atmosphere of the New Year suddenly came.
This made Ao Muyang feel very comfortable. Going back to his hometown was indeed the right choice. The taste of New Year in his hometown is much stronger than in Beijing, and this is the New Year he remembers.
The four of them watched the Spring Festival Gala and drank and ate. Ao Muyang and Zhong Cang chatted occasionally. Most of the time they were teasing the general and the young master's intelligence, which made the four people laugh.
New Year’s Eve passed, and I ate rice cakes and dumplings on the first day of the New Year, and I ate rice cakes and dumplings every year.
In addition, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household in the fishing village would like to pay New Year's greetings.
Ao Muyang had few families leaving, and his family had no relatives, and his uncle's family didn't come back for the New Year. In this way, fewer elders would like to pay New Year's greetings, and even fewer people would pay New Year's greetings to his family.
He slowly made dumplings, which had to be made freshly and delicious. However, because the villagers pay attention to some customs, they would make them one night in advance.
Ao Muyang doesn’t care about these customs. He also has time on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he packs it and eats it right away.
Dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year are very particular. In some places, steel stews are put into them, and they are named "Yuanbao". You can't say that you eat dumplings in the morning, but you have to say that you eat ingots.
The surrounding area of Qiantan Town is that when making dumplings, the dough is not rolled into a round shape, but fan-shaped. The dumplings made in this way can be pinched into ingots, also called "eating ingots", which means that the New Year brings wealth and wealth is abundant.
As a result, he had just made dumplings and put them in the pot, and Ao Daguo came over to greet him with his son.
"Longtou, good New Year, good New Year, make a fortune." Ao Daguo said enthusiastically with his son and brothers at home.
This was beyond Ao Muyang's expectations. The two had no direct kinship. It is logical that Ao Daguo didn't have to come to pay New Year's greetings.
But it was even better when we came. Ao Muyang brought out the snacks and cigarettes, and poured tea for everyone one by one: "Happy New Year, good New Year, we will all make a fortune this year."
As soon as this wave of people sat down, Ao Mudong, Ao Mupeng and others came again, and the same words came in: "Longtou, good New Year, I wish you all the best this year and all the best!"
"I wish Longtou to solve his lifelong affairs this year and find us a Dragon Sao."
Ao Muyang smiled and said, "I am still young. I'm busy with my career first. Come on, sit down and have tea together."
Seeing that someone came again, Ao Daguo and his party left first, Ao Muyang sent them out, and then Ao Qianwen and others came again.
Logically speaking, these people have higher seniority than him, so he should have come to pay New Year's greetings on his own initiative. As a result, these elders came, which made Ao Muyang very embarrassed.
Ao Qianwen and others were embarrassed. Their intention to greet New Year's greetings was very clear, just to show their presence in order to gain Ao Muyang's favor.
No one is asking about the poor in the downtown area, and no one is asking about the rich in the deep mountains and have distant relatives. This is true.
In order to cover up the problem of face, they all let their children go ahead. In theory, they brought their children to wish Ao Muyang a New Year, so that they would look good in terms of face.
In contrast, the doorstep of the village chief Ao Muzhi's house is much deserted.
Ao Qianxi, the son of Ao Muzhi who works in the city, was puzzled and said, "Dad, why are there so few people here to pay New Year's greetings to us this year? This is not right, I'll go out and have a look."
"Go out and see together." Ao Muzhi said.
He went out with a gloomy face. When he saw many people walking towards Ao Muyang's house, he immediately understood what was going on. He was so angry that he kicked the door: "It's all his mother's ungrateful wolf, it hurts so much!"
His house is an old wooden door with iron nails on the threshold and nails exposed. As a result, he didn't see clearly and kicked it up and pierced his shoes.
Hearing him screaming, the villagers passing by at the door said, "Village Chief, it's a good New Year, what's wrong with you?"
Ao Qianxi said angrily: "What a f*ck, didn't you see my dad's foot bleeding the nail?"
Ao Muzhi said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, why are you bleeding? This is called joy, go out and see joy!"
The villagers curled their lips and turned their heads and left. What a bad temper? Who should I show you the New Year's Day? I went to Ao Muyang's house to pay New Year's greetings. I heard that Ao Muyang's house has good cigarettes and tea.
There are endless people who wish Ao Muyang New Year, and there are more children.
He was not short of money, and his family happened to have red envelopes, so he prepared some red envelopes and gave one to a child.
In this way, after the children learn about it, they will go to greet him regardless of whether they have any relatives or not:
"Happy New Year, Uncle Yang, I wish you good health and a fortune in the New Year."
"Happy New Year, I'll pay you a happy New Year. I wish you a smooth sailing trip this year, a smooth relationship and a smooth career!"
"Happy New Year, uncle, I will take my brother to greet you."
Ao Muyang smiled and distributed the children with a red envelope. After receiving the red envelope, the children were all happy.
He also has to prepare red envelopes, which are prepared for the Carp Lantern Team.
In some places, dragon and lion dance are dancing during the Chinese New Year. The tradition of red ocean is to dance carp lanterns. The lantern team went out in the dark early in the morning, walked from street to village to show off and sell lanterns.
Carp has auspicious meanings in various cultures, such as carp leaping on the dragon gate, lying on ice to seek carp, etc., so buying a carp lantern has the meaning of praying for blessings.
In addition, the members of the carp lantern dance team are often five-guarantee households in each village. They usually have no income, so they tick carp lanterns before the New Year, and then go to sell them from house to house in the first month. The money they earn is the money they will live in the future.
Chapter completed!