There are differences between celebrating Chinese New Year here on the Loess Plateau and other places.

It is important not to go out on the first day of the Lunar New Year and only visit the village to pay New Year greetings. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I visit relatives and return to my parents' home. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, I have a lively Yangko dance.

However, in the new era and new trends, many old customs and habits naturally seem out of date.

Except for visiting relatives, all others are omitted.

For Wang Manyin, it's even simpler.

His family is a single generation of three generations, and his grandfather smoked cigarettes and ruined the family business. His father was a well-known second-rate son in the front and back villages. He died the year after Wang Manyin was born.

Wang Manyin didn't have any uncles or aunts as relatives. Later, when his mother died of illness, he became completely alone.

There was a brother on my mother's side of the family, but because they were too far apart, in my memory, they didn't have much contact with each other.

Especially after the death of my mother, the two families lost contact.

When Wang Manyin got married, he didn't notify his uncle at all. So now except Lanhua's natal family, there are almost no serious relatives.

This saves a lot of trouble.

Today was the second day of the lunar new year. He originally planned to finish his meal and go to Shuangshui Village with Lanhua early.

I just didn't expect that the sales outlet would start to get busy while I was cooking in the morning.

Most people are planning to visit relatives today and come over early to buy pastries and candies.

These days, commodities are not allowed to increase the price without permission. Supply and marketing cooperatives and consignment outlets have the same price. A pound of biscuits costs 30 cents, plus 80 taels of food stamps; peach cakes cost 50 cents a catty, plus 60 taels of food stamps; chicken cakes cost half a catty of food stamps...

As for where the food stamps in people's hands come from, Wang Manyin doesn't care.

Of course, those who can come here to buy pastries and candies are basically from the wealthy families in the three villages. They naturally have to be more generous when giving gifts.

When more people visit relatives, they will bring home-fried fried cakes or buy some white-flour steamed buns from the supply and marketing cooperative.

There were also children who got lucky money and came to buy candies and firecrackers.

In this era, the New Year's money given to children by rural people is not much, basically 10, 20 cents, and even less, 5 cents. A broken baby who can get 50 cents as a lucky gift will definitely attract the envious eyes of the children around him.

Today’s sales volume can be considered a record.

In two hours, it sold for twenty yuan.

Seeing that it was almost noon and no more customers came to the door, Wang Manyin hurriedly locked the door and rushed towards Shuangshui Village with Orchid.

We are a consignment shop, so Wang Manyin was not stingy in giving gifts to his father-in-law. Two packs of peach cakes, a bag of fruit candies, and Lanhua also brought some of his own fried cakes and meatballs.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Shaoping and Lanxiang standing on the edge of the cave dwelling from a distance, looking around.

Seeing the two people appear, they ran over quickly...

"Shaoping, I bought a good thing for you and Lan Xiang." Seeing Sun Shaoping, Wang Manyin immediately took out a few comic books he had bought years ago.

The little guy is one year older after all, and he knows how to say "Thank you, brother-in-law" and then happily take it.

As a new uncle, when he came to visit during the Chinese New Year, it was natural that he would be warmly received by the Sun family.

In order to show the grandeur, Sun Yuhou specially called his younger brother to accompany him.

They had just chatted for a while when hot food was served on the table.

A bowl of rabbit meat, a large bowl of sauerkraut, a plate of cold tofu, and a plate of fried cakes and meatballs. If this meal was a little shabby in later generations, it was definitely considered very rich in this era.

Wang Manyin felt a little flattered.

It is an old custom here on the Loess Plateau that when entertaining guests, the mother-in-law and children do not eat at the table. After the guests have finished eating, they will clear the table and find an inconspicuous corner to eat some leftovers.

The last time Wang Manyin came to Sun's house, he mentioned that the family didn't need to pay too much attention to it, just sit together and have a lively meal.

As a result, Mr. Sun rejected it on the grounds that "men talk and drink, and women can't get in the middle of the conversation."

At that time, Wang Manyin came to visit her for the first time as her new uncle, and she had nothing to say.

When the food was served today, Lanhua and her mother-in-law hid in front of the stove and were busy again.

He couldn't help but said: "Lanhua, Mom, don't be busy, come over and have some hot food. There are also Shaoping and Lanxiang, let them sit at the table. We are all a family, there is no need to pay attention to it!"

"

"It's okay, Man Yin, you guys have a drink... Lanhua and I can just have something to eat later." Liu Erni waved her hands to refuse.

"Man Yin, don't pay attention to them. It's the old rule here. Mother-in-law and aunts don't even come to the table." Sun Yuting also said.

"Second dad, in the new society and the new atmosphere, how can we stick to the old rules? Besides, we are not outsiders..." Wang Manyin shook his head and still insisted.

It doesn't matter if it's at someone else's house. This is my old father-in-law's house.

Seeing that his mother-in-law was not even qualified to serve at the table, Wang Manyin certainly felt uncomfortable.

He comes from a later generation, and his views are very different from those of this era.

Women are meant to be pampered.

What a bullshit old tradition, it should have been thrown into the trash heap long ago.

Sun Shaoan seemed to understand what his brother-in-law was thinking, and spoke to help: "Dad, second dad, what my brother-in-law said is right. We are all members of our own family today, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it. Let my sister and mother have a meal together."

Just like that, Lanhua and Shaoping finally sat down on the earthen bed.

Nothing happened during the meal.

Probably because he was criticized by Wang Manyin last time, Sun Yuting behaved honestly and did not sing any high-profile words during the dinner.

After a trip to my old father-in-law's house, Wang Manyin's relatives were completely gone.

But he didn't expect that relatives would come to his house the next day.

The visitor was Liu Qingli, who came directly to the door with two bags of pastries.

For Liu Qingli, Wang Manyin also felt grateful in his heart.

These are the human resources left to him by his predecessor...

Because he had saved the other party's life, Liu Qingli didn't say anything to him.

No matter how big or small it is, as long as I can help, I will never refuse.

Wang Manyin couldn't find a chance to give something back, so he could only give some pheasants and hares to show his appreciation.

The other party came to visit today, so naturally he wanted to have a drink.

While they were chatting, Lan Hua fried half a pheasant, a plate of eggs, a plate of large meat vermicelli, and fried fried cake balls.

This time at my own home, Orchid is still sitting on the earthen bed as a companion.

Liu Qingli is a young man and doesn't take it seriously.

Ling Wang Manyin did not expect that after three rounds of drinking, the other party would tell him an important piece of information.

"Brother Man Yin, didn't you ask me to find out last time when the supply and marketing cooperative would recruit temporary workers? Now is the opportunity!"

"When I returned to the city two days ago, I heard from my dad that our Yuanxi County is planning to carry out the 'Agricultural Learning from Dazhai Movement' in the next step, to carry out farmland infrastructure construction, and promote grain production and income..."

"In response to the call, our county supply and marketing system is preparing to open a bacterial fertilizer training class. Each commune will recruit two poor and lower-middle peasants to go to the county to participate in the training. Of course, after the training, the status will still belong to the farmers, but the work will be linked to the supply and marketing cooperative, and the supply and marketing team will

The wages paid by the society are considered to be both workers and farmers. Brother Man Yin, if you want to go, you must seize the opportunity..."

When Orchid heard this, her eyes also shone with light.

But she didn't dare to say anything, leaving everything to the man to decide.

However, Wang Manyin pondered for a moment and said to Liu Qingli: "Qingli, let me tell you the truth. It's good for me to open a sales agency at home. This work is very leisurely and not tiring. The last time I asked you to pay attention, it was mainly for my brother-in-law's consideration.

Life in the countryside is really hard, so I wanted to give him a chance to escape..."

Orchid stood there stunned.

She also did not expect that the man was not thinking about himself, but wanted to find a way out for his brother.

This made Orchid suddenly become conflicted.

On the one hand, she felt that the opportunity was rare.

The so-called "worker and farmer" means that the identity is still a farmer, usually working as a worker in factories, mines, enterprises and other units, and returning to the countryside to work in farming during the farming season.

Most of the money I earn needs to be given to the production team to buy work points.

Although this is not as good as a regular job, it is still a rare opportunity for farmers who dig in the soil. It is a step out of farming.

From the bottom of her heart, Lanhua would of course prefer her man to do this job, rather than work for the production team to earn work points.
Chapter completed!