On the way home, Mu Yi sent a text message to Gu Yujiao: "What is Yujiao doing?" At this time, Gu Yujiao was busy playing mahjong with her classmates and had no time to look at her phone. Her luck was a bit bad today, and her classmates were all

It was a joke on her, we Yujiao are "proud in love but disappointed in the casino." Gu Yujiao did not refute, just smiled shyly...

She didn't receive a reply from Gu Yujiao, so she probably didn't look at her phone. Mu Yi went home smelling of alcohol. When he got home, everyone was there and he quickly said hello to his parents. The younger brothers felt a little surprised to see their eldest brother back.

Mother asked Mu Yi: "Why are you so drunk on the first day of the Lunar New Year? Have you eaten yet?"

Mu Yi: “I haven’t eaten yet.”

Mother: "Oh. We have all eaten. You can heat up some rice and eat it. Everyone will go down to pay New Year greetings tomorrow morning."

Father also said something for the first time: "On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I went to pay New Year greetings to your mother-in-law. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I went to pay New Year greetings to your grandfather. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, we went out. I bought four large cannons. I will take two Bings to your mother-in-law tomorrow.

Let go, where can your grandpa put the other two coins?"

Hearing what my father said, my mother became happy. "This old man has finally figured it out. Let's get up early tomorrow and go down early."

Father then continued: "Boss, please hurry up and heat up the rice and eat it. After dinner, I will have a good fight with you."

The two younger brothers were very happy when they heard about the card game. "Brother, please hurry up. We are still waiting to win your money."

Mother was mumbling again. She felt dizzy and boiled the rice to eat. Then she started playing "Fourteen" with everyone. But before playing cards, Brother Jun had something to say.

"Brother, have you forgotten something?"

"What's going on?"

Brother Jun stretched out his right hand, rubbed his thumb and index finger together, and made a gesture of "counting money." Mu Yi reacted immediately.

"Oh. I haven't given you the 'New Year's money' yet."

"Right, right."

Mu Yi took out the money and gave one hundred to Brother Jun. After giving it to Brother Jun, he gave another one hundred to Xiaojie.

Xiaojie said with some embarrassment: "Brother, I have worked and I can earn money by myself."

Mu Yi smiled and said: "Get it, get it. If it's given to you this year, it won't be given to you next year."

Only then did Brother Jun take the money.

For some reason, Mu Yi's luck wasn't very good. He was beaten by "three bundles and one". At eleven or two o'clock, everyone was exhausted. Then the game ended. After a rough calculation, Mu Yi almost lost again.

It cost more than one hundred yuan.

I woke up early on the second day of the Lunar New Year and opened my phone to see a text message from Gu Yujiao. "Sorry, dear, I was playing mahjong with my sisters. I didn't look at my phone. You must be tired from playing today. Go to bed early."

Miss you. Hehe."

Muyi replied: "Okay. It's the second day of the new year. Let's go and pay New Year's greetings first. Have a good time."

Soon I received a reply: "Same. Pleasure. Let's chat in the evening."

When the three brothers all got up, their mother had already prepared the "sacrifice" that she would bring to her mother-in-law for New Year greetings. They packed everything in a small basket and carried it on their backs. We went to the street and bought some more for our father-in-law.

After paying New Year greetings, I walked towards Xiatang.

When we arrived at my father-in-law's house in Xiatang, I put the cigarettes, wine, sweets, fruits, cakes and noodles that I had brought to my father-in-law for the New Year on the big table. As usual, my father-in-law was not at home, so he went to my mother-in-law's house. Everyone is used to it. My uncle's family is a family of three.

Together with my brother-in-law, I and Muyi's family took the "sacrificial offerings" they prepared and went to my mother-in-law's graveyard on the mountain to pay New Year's greetings to my mother-in-law.

Everyone burned incense and lit candles, and brought "sacrifice", including various kinds of cured pig livers, waxed pig hearts, waxed pig tongues, waxed belly strips, pig ears, sausages, bacon, fried tofu, boiled salted duck eggs, white wine, beer, fruits,

Drinks, vegetarian meals, etc. were placed one by one in front of my mother-in-law's grave. My father, uncle and uncle each took a bunch of plain white "wangqian" and tore them. After they were torn, they were tied to the grass stalks on the grave of my mother-in-law.

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Because there was a slight mountain breeze, and there were withered grass and yellow leaves all over the mountains and plains, everyone was worried that burning incense, candles, and paper money would cause a mountain fire, so they were very cautious. Some people broke some branches in their hands and held them, while some people kept them.

Beside the kettle, some people were intently observing the burning of incense candles.

All the preparations have been done, which is to set off the firecrackers. The firecrackers are hung on the branches of the apple tree, so that the sound of the explosion is particularly loud. Secondly, there is a process of falling to the ground, and it is relatively difficult to ignite the dead grass.

Yellow leaves.

As the crackling firecrackers sounded, the smell of gunpowder smoke spread in the wilderness. Basically, the entire mountain was filled with the sound of New Year's greeting firecrackers.

If there is a fallen firecracker that ignites the yellow leaves of the grass, everyone will immediately run up and put it out. After the firecrackers are set off, paper money will be burned. Everyone first cleans up the yellow leaves of the grass on the ground. Clear a piece

In a clean open space, they then knelt down in a circle, lit a fire from the burning incense candle and burned the paper money. They burned it carefully, in small amounts, while chanting something...

After all the paper money is burned, each family will leave a piece of paper money back, which means "follow-up". Qingming Festival is coming again. If any family does not keep any paper money, it is a big taboo. Therefore, before burning the paper money, adults usually

Leave a post in advance so that children can burn paper money for their "ancestors".

After burning the paper money, the adults took out a small part of each "sacrifice" and made it into a bowl of "water rice", and poured it out with all their strength, meaning that the "lonely souls and wild ghosts" who had no relatives could eat it.

I didn't have any special reaction when I saw this before. I don't know why, but today when Mu Yi saw this "water-splashed rice", his heart tightened and he was very touched. He actually thought of his classmate Wu Hua. Maybe he could only

Let's "eat" these things. If I don't get married and have no descendants, I'm afraid this will be the only thing I can do when I die.

Although it was just a fleeting thought, it still touched me deeply.

"The rice was poured with water", and everyone gathered around to eat the "sacrifice". This means that the ancestors did not eat late and left it for future generations to enjoy. It means that there is a long history and there will be successors. Everyone simply ate some. Check again,

To make sure that all the incense candles were burned out, all the sparks from the paper money were extinguished, and that there was no danger of wildfire, I just packed up my things and went down the mountain.

When we arrived at my brother-in-law's house, the adults' conversation could not only be about how the crops were doing, but also about the progress of the country and society. In addition to these common things, they also lamented the progress of the country and society. They said that the old Soviet Union's big brother's communism was "roasted beef with potatoes."

Now every household can afford to slaughter two New Year pigs. Even if you go out to work and don’t plant crops or raise New Year pigs at home, you won’t be short of meat. You can work for just a month and earn enough to buy one or two pigs.

The big fat pig... said that in the past, everyone's vision of society was "upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones, no cattle for farming, no oil for lighting lamps"... Now society is progressing too fast, let alone telephones, in the past only big bosses

Affordable "Big Brother" mobile phones are now affordable for everyone. In addition, every household is interested in large color TVs. Money is easier to earn than before, and life is more promising...

After chatting about household matters, the topic of "children's marriage" came up, but it was all irrelevant and extremely unpleasant. After rambling on, "playing cards" started again. Mu Yi didn't want to stay here any longer.

So I made an excuse and went back.

Gu Yujiao's family also went up the mountain to pay New Year's greetings. After paying their respects to the mountain, they naturally also went to her mother-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings. Uncles, aunts, aunts, uncles, cousins... the whole family gathered together, and it was so lively. Everyone couldn't help but make fun of Gu Yujiao again,

He said that he wanted to introduce her to a "boyfriend". She smiled and refused. Everyone knew that she already had a "sweetheart". They also asked her to bring it to everyone when the time was right. Everyone helped to "check it."

". She smiled again and said: "Let's talk about it later." Auntie and Gu's mother looked at each other. The meaning was very clear. Gu Yujiao was definitely acting like a friend.

The same goes for Wen Qingfeng's family. When Wen Bakong saw that Wen Bakong was already a father, she kept changing her ways of nagging in front of Wen Qingfeng all day long. It was really like the scene in "Westward Journey"

"Tang Monk". Wen Qingfeng was obviously "forced into marriage".

Zhao Mingyue's family is not as obviously "forced into marriage" as Wen Qingfeng's family. But Zhao's mother burned paper for Zhao Mingyue's father and said at the same time: "Dad Mingyue, I will give you a hard time for your daughter and son."

. Now the life at home is getting better day by day. Mingyue’s work is also going well, and she just needs to bring you a son-in-law. You have to bless her to find a good family..."

Jin Baihe’s father-in-law and mother-in-law are still alive. Every year, the three of them go to the county town early to pay New Year greetings, leaving only Jin’s father at home to look after the house. This year is a little different. Jin Lily signed up for herself, which means she can’t leave the door without taking a step outside.

, focusing on reading at home. She will try her best to give it a try. Because the exam is about ten days away, so this year only Jin’s mother and younger brother Yuan Kaiqing went to pay New Year’s greetings.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I went to the mountain to pay New Year greetings to my grandfather. When I came down from the mountain, with Sanjie Ruan at the door, Mu Yi finally saw Sanmu. He just thought that the long-haired girl with a bit dark skin and a bit thin body had completely transformed. Her skin had completely transformed.

She has become much fairer and has become more mature and charming. She is also holding a cute little beauty with two pigtails and babbling.

Mu Yi felt a little disappointed for a moment, but he soon felt relieved. He was happy for Miki, she finally had her own home.
Chapter completed!