At around ten o'clock in the morning on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Lin Fang returned to Xishan City's Fenshui Village. This was a place he had only visited once, but it was a place he could never let go of in his life.

Here, the spirit of the New Year is still not over. As soon as I got off the car, I saw many people on the road carrying several members of the family on bicycles to relatives' homes to pay New Year's greetings.

The cold wind blows on their faces, but it can't cover the joy in everyone's heart, especially the children. Every one of them has a bright smile on their face looking forward to delicious food and lucky money. Their red little faces always make people feel full of joy.

hope.

It has also snowed here, but the snow on the road has basically melted, and there are still large areas of snow in the wheat fields on the roadside.

The wind was very cold, so Lin Fang wrapped himself in a military coat and walked home carrying a small luggage bag.

"Lin Fang is back!"

"Why didn't you celebrate the New Year at home this year?"

"Is this work so busy? I don't even go home during the Chinese New Year. It's really hard to do anything!"

"..."

Ever since I entered the village, people kept saying hello.

Although everyone has different thoughts in their words, there is still a kind of kindness in their eyes.

Lin Fang smiled and responded to everyone with different words, and then walked all the way to the door of his house.

Some children in the village had already rushed in to tell the news. At this moment, Lin Fang was suddenly filled with a whole family in front of him.

In addition, there are two uncles and aunts, as well as a group of cousins.

Lin Fang's mother, Lu Yuxiu, is the second eldest child. She has a sister, Lu Yulan, and two uncles, Lu Yuquan and Lu Yuhe. There are four siblings in total.

In my memory, I seem to have heard that there were actually two uncles, but they were not raised and died young.

Lin Fang was stunned for a moment when he saw so many people, and then he immediately reacted.

According to the custom in my memory, a daughter should pay New Year greetings to her natal family and older sister before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. This is called the order of elders and children, while the brothers and sisters will return the gifts to their older sisters after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Lin Fang's uncle's family has many relatives, so every year the centenary day for Lin Fang's family is set on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Under normal circumstances, the girl's relatives or the boy's relatives who can agree to go there on the same day will each agree on a date that is suitable for everyone. This is something that is agreed upon after the daughter gets married, and it basically becomes a constant schedule for the next few decades.

, it is basically determined which house we will go to on which day.

"Auntie, uncle, second uncle, you are all here!"

Lin Fang hurriedly said hello to the elders.

He originally wanted to ask his mother first, but his memory told him that the custom here is to take care of outsiders first, while his own family members are put behind to show respect, so he did not break the custom and did not greet his mother.

Then he said to his mother Lu Yuxiu: "Mom, I didn't come back in time for the New Year, and I couldn't tell my family. Don't be angry!"

In fact, in Lin Fang's memory, there was no need for such deliberate politeness at home, otherwise it would seem unfamiliar. But today, with so many relatives here, Lin Fang must let his mother be respected.

Lu Yuxiu was obviously a little embarrassed by her son's politeness. She laughed and scolded: "Just come back and act like a relative. Why don't you come in quickly!"

Sister Lu Jianmei immediately came over and caught the luggage bag from Lin Fang's hand, and said with a smile: "Brother, please go in first and wash your face, then change your clothes and smell your clothes, they all stink!"

Lin Fang really didn't care about the condition of his clothes. He smelled it now and it seemed that it did have some smell.

"Okay, I'll change it when I get back!"

Lin Fang also saw his younger brother Lin Jiangang, but his younger brother did not come over immediately. He just stood behind the crowd and smiled at him and winked.

Lin Fang understood and knew that something must have happened at home these days.

He didn't call his brother immediately, but said hello to his cousins ​​first, and then entered the door surrounded by everyone.

The aunt, two uncles, and an aunt were all asking Lin Fang why he came home just now. The large group of people seemed very lively!

When Lin Fang entered the room to change clothes, his younger brother Lin Jiangang followed him in and reached out to pick up the military coat that Lin Fang had just taken off.

But as soon as I took it into my hand, I immediately felt that something was wrong in my hand, and I suddenly felt stacks and stacks of paper things inside.

Lin Jiangang's eyes suddenly widened.

"Brother, this..."

He didn't dare to ask, after all, there were a bunch of people next door, and there were people even outside the door. If he hadn't changed clothes, they would have come in by now.

Lin Fang smiled and said: "Fold it and put it in the box. It's cold and I have to wear it, so I won't wash it for now!"

Lin Jiangang understood immediately and knew that this was not the time to talk, so he hurriedly carefully stacked them neatly and put them into a wooden box in the corner of the kang, which was specially used to store clothes for the brothers.

Lin Fang took out a new set of clean clothes, put them on, took out some change from his bag and walked out.

There are all cousins ​​here. As for the cousins, they are all married. Now they all have their own relatives who need to leave, and they no longer care about coming to Lin Fang's house today.

Lin Fang went out and waved to a group of cousins: "Come here, whoever calls me brother will get lucky money!"

At the same time, he raised a stack of five-yuan bills in his hand.

In everyone's mind, he is a high-level intellectual who has secured an iron rice bowl. It is a symbol of a wealthy person, so he cannot be stingy.

He originally wanted to give each person a solidarity note, but think about how much an ordinary worker earns per month. There are five younger brothers and sisters on site, not counting his younger brother and younger sister. If this continues, this month's salary will basically be lost.

, everyone will see that something is wrong.

So, he temporarily changed it to a five-yuan denomination.

And this, at this moment, Shiliba Village is definitely second to none.

If you are given five yuan as a new year's gift, how rich you are!

It’s not because you get paid more, but because you earn less!

As soon as they saw the red five yuan, the eyes of the five brothers and sisters suddenly lit up. Fortunately, they came today, otherwise such a windfall would have been lost!

You know, the elders in other relatives' families only get 5 cents each, and some even get 2 cents, which is 5 yuan!

"elder brother!"

"Strong brother!"

"Brother, I knew you were the best!"

Almost all of a sudden, the five younger brothers and sisters all turned into little puppies, shouting with joy!

Lin Fang also smiled and handed out a banknote to each person, very satisfied.

Seeing his sister Jianmei next to him, he was a little envious. He immediately walked over and rubbed her hair and said, "Brother, I will definitely give it to you. I'll give it to you later!"

Lin Jianmei was immediately happy and nodded heavily.

Because in everyone's habit, the best thing is to stay at the end. What you give openly is definitely not as much as what you give in private. This is the consensus!

Although Lu Chaoren, the cousin of the second uncle's family, is the youngest and is only twelve years old this year, he seems to have guessed this because he is a brat. So he asked with a smile: "Brother Qiang, how much new year's money are you going to give Jianmei?"

Lin Fang smiled and said casually: "100!"

"Wow! Brother Qiang is too biased. He wanted to give Jianmei 100, but only gave us a few five yuan!" Lu Chao suddenly shouted.

This immediately shocked the adults in the next room, and they all looked at Lin Fang in shock.

"Qiangwa, you have made a lot of money, why do you give so much money to a child?" Uncle Lu Yuquan asked.

Lin Fang laughed and said, "Uncle, I'm just teasing Xiao Chao. As for the five yuan as a new year's gift, I can still afford it, so you don't have to worry about it!"

In fact, many people thought that Lin Fang was joking. If he gave his sister 100 yuan as a new year's gift, wouldn't his brother also get that much money?

How much filial piety money should I give to my mother? Shouldn’t it be at least 200 and up?

This is a big deal. No matter how high Lin Fang’s salary is, it can’t be four hundred. If he pays out so much, what else will he spend on himself?

Based on this calculation, the salary must be at least 500 a month, which is absolutely impossible.

So everyone believed that Lin Fang was deliberately teasing the children.

Lu Yuhe scolded his son a few words, then turned around and went into the house.

Lin Fang smiled and said that what he planned to give to his sister was really 100 yuan. As for others, believe it or not.

It's not that he doesn't want to give too much, but he's worried that too much money will spread and cause trouble, so that's all.

Definitely a lot!

In fact, he had already thought about these things when he was on the train. Each of his brothers and sisters received 100 yuan, and his mother gave him 200 yuan. That was all for the time being. He did not dare to pay more.

After all, I had only given 3,000 yuan before. It had only been a few days and it was too much. This would be troublesome to explain.

After that, Lin Fang played with his younger brothers and sisters for more than half an hour, and then went to talk to his uncle and aunt.

"Qiangwa, you are too busy to go home during the Chinese New Year. Are you so busy at work?" Uncle Lu Yuquan asked.

Regarding this matter, he had already thought of the reason: "Oh, I originally wanted to come back years ago, but I encountered some technical issues in the factory and needed to go to Shanghai on a business trip, so I went to Shanghai, so I

return!"

In this way, he made his trip to Shanghai public, and it would be easy to explain even if someone exposed him!

"That's no wonder. I heard from your mother that your factory director made a special trip to your house twice to pay New Year greetings and gave you a lot of things. It seems that your leaders think highly of you!

Since the leader thinks highly of me, I should work hard, do my best to do my job well, and my position will be promoted quickly!" the uncle praised.

Turning around to see his son Ma Yingjie, he immediately straightened his face and said, "You bastard, did you hear that? Your brother Jianqiang went on a business trip to Shanghai on behalf of the company. The leaders of the factory personally came to celebrate the new year. If you can learn from Jianqiang's example,

I’ve learned a thing from Brother Qiang, so I don’t have to worry anymore!”

Ma Yingjie's face froze, he quickly retracted his head from the gap in the door curtain, turned around and ran away.

Lu Yuquan was so angry that he cursed several times.

However, the second aunt Wei Qiaoyun's attention was obviously not here, and she asked: "I went to Shanghai. It is a big city. I have always heard people say that I don't know if I will have the chance to go there once in my life!"

Lin Fang smiled: "It's definitely possible. Life will get better and better, and the money will get more and more. My second aunt will definitely have the opportunity to go shopping in the future.

The economy in Shanghai is more developed, with more high-rise buildings, more units, and more job opportunities.

However, economically developed places naturally spend more money, which can be considered pros and cons!"
Chapter completed!