The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households exchange old talismans for new peaches every day.
It’s Chinese New Year.
Firecrackers are lit, Spring Festival couplets are put up, new clothes are put on, good health, all the best, family joy, happy reunion, may you have abundant wealth, may all your wishes come true...
Well, it’s just fun anyway. Children are running around in new cotton-padded jackets with pockets full of melon seeds and candies, cracking cannons and cracking whips. On Jiang Chen’s side, the four of them didn’t go anywhere. They were just shoveling snow at the door.
,Make a snowman.
The game is almost the same. I light a fire in the kitchen, set the table next to the fire, prepare snacks and drinks, and play mahjong while warming up the fire.
In the afternoon, the sun comes out, the ice and snow melt, the ice quietly melts under the eaves, and the crystal water drops fall, tick, tick.
Tang Wan got up and boiled water, while Tang Xiao found some clothes and pushed Jiang Chen to take a bath.
I won’t wash it even if I don’t want to.
Either wash it yourself or help wash it.
One of them washed, and the next three continued. After finishing a pile of clothes, they washed them before it got dark, and started eating the second meal of the day.
This meal was more casual, because I didn’t finish what I prepared in the morning, and there was still a lot left.
Under such circumstances, not to mention now, even in the next twenty years, it is impossible to waste it and just don’t want it.
But it’s true that I didn’t eat much. Firstly, I wasn’t very hungry, and secondly, the night was still long.
After the meal, according to custom, they visit the grave again, burn incense and paper money, and kowtow.
It was almost time to return. According to the plan, the four of us started skewering mutton skewers, skewering small potatoes, skewering leeks, and skewering freshly killed live fish...
When the sun set and darkness completely enveloped them, Jiang Chen brought out three large fireworks and lit them first as a sign of respect.
It is these three fireworks that light up the night sky, and the gorgeous fireworks bloom in the night sky, attracting countless eyes and quietly conveying endless good expectations for the new year.
At this time, the children in the village also started to play. Although they could not afford such expensive and beautiful fireworks, they had sky cannons and small stick-shaped fireworks.
There is nothing better than this on the happiest day of the year. Even if there is only a stick-shaped firework worth one yuan or a few cannons worth ten cents, it is enough to make the children dance with excitement.
In this situation, Tang Wan, Tang Xiao Ningrui also ran out soon.
Don’t think that only boys like fireworks. In fact, girls also like them.
Just because of the limited conditions, they had no chance in the past, especially Ning Rui, she never let it go since she was a child.
Unfortunately, there were a lot of these things. Jiang Chen pulled a tractor full that day and emptied several small shops.
Except for a small number of expensive tubular fireworks, the rest are basically sky cannons, stick fireworks, and rope whips. There is no end to the small single-person fireworks like this.
So I distributed it to the children in the team, and adults who were interested could also take some.
I won’t watch the party.
I didn't think about it at first. As a latecomer, Jiang Chen didn't think of that at all.
Secondly, I didn’t even think about watching it, because I didn’t even move the TV set back, so the family only had the most traditional and original entertainment at this time.
When you have had enough of fireworks, you can have a barbecue, and then set off fireworks while having a barbecue, play with musical instruments from time to time, and sing to keep the year old.
We stayed until 12 o'clock in the morning. As the fireworks bloomed again and the firecrackers sounded again, 1995 was completely over and 1996 finally arrived.
"Brother Xiaochen, Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year to all three classmates!"
"Be healthy and all your wishes will come true!"
"Study and progress, the longer you grow, the more beautiful you become!"
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happy.
Amidst the gorgeous fireworks and beautiful wishes, Jiang Chen spent the first Lunar New Year in this era with satisfaction.
The next day is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
That day, the old Zhang family had another quarrel because Zhang Hai brought something to the door again.
What should I say about this? If you think about it carefully, it is quite difficult for Zhang Hai. If you don’t come back, there is a saying that you are an unfilial son. He won’t come back to pay homage to one throughout the New Year. If you go back, you will be angry again and won’t curse him.
uncomfortable.
Jiang Chen also had a quarrel here.
It's not him, it's mainly Tang Wan and Tang Xiao.
Because today is the first year after their parents passed away, according to custom, a mourning hall should be set up at home, the children would wear sackcloth and pay filial piety, and relatives and friends would come to pay their respects.
This is called New Year's greetings, but it is for the deceased, and it is a memorial ceremony, rather than a New Year's greeting in the traditional sense.
Because of this incident, no Spring Festival couplets were posted at home. Jiang Chen and Ning Rui also wore mourning hats and poured water and handed cigarettes to the villagers who came to pay their respects. Tang Wan and Tang Xiao were responsible for kowtowing in thanks.
It was fine at first, but I was just sad, but my mother's family, with whom I had had almost no contact in recent years, suddenly showed up, saying they wanted to pay New Year's greetings and express condolences, but in fact they were chatting and laughing without even the most basic respect.
They also said some disgusting words hypocritically, acknowledged their relatives, and said that from now on, their business is their business, and they will never sit idly by and ignore them.
The two sisters were offended on the spot and turned against each other immediately, because the purpose of these people and Sima Zhao's intentions were known to everyone on the road.
They're just here to take advantage.
If Jiang Chen hadn't been rich, if they hadn't been in a good situation following Jiang Chen, they would never have shown up in this life.
After finally coaxing these people away, the two sisters hugged each other and cried again. This year, it is really interesting to say that it is interesting, and it is really uncomfortable to say that it is uncomfortable.
The good thing is, it's fine at the end of the day.
We don’t have any relatives, so we don’t need to go to pay New Year’s greetings.
Make it by yourself, eat it by yourself, eat whatever you want, sleep until whenever you want, in one word, it's great.
During this period, Xu Yue, Tan Bing and others also called, saying they wanted to come over to pay New Year greetings, but Jiang Chen declined.
Don't come here. I've finally felt comfortable for a few days. Don't cause trouble for me.
So much so that starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, I was completely in a state of herding sheep, either eating or on the way to eat every day.
I feel like my whole body has gained weight.
In my free time, the marinated pork and fish that had not yet been eaten were further processed. I specially found pine and cypress branches and added various spices to make bacon and fish.
A sow gave birth to twelve piglets. Although the scene was not pretty, the newborn piglets were actually very cute and had great potential as pets.
The cry is also nice, clear and loud, which is the first beauty of life.
On such a day, quietly, the company went to work.
Whether it's early or officially starting work, anyway, the groundbreaking ceremony was held on the seventh day of the lunar month. After a good meal like the previous year, the new year's production work officially kicked off.
All departments are also in place at this moment.
Except Jiang Chen.
He fainted until he was fifteen, visited the grave for the third time, ate Lantern Festival, and then returned slowly after celebrating the Lantern Festival.
Even so, he first sent Tang Xiao to school, then personally sent Tang Wan Ningrui to the provincial capital to get on the train, and finally returned to the company.
It was already the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, so according to the solar calendar, it was March 4th.
The pressure is a bit high.
The order of more than three million units is fully booked, but less than one-tenth has been delivered so far.
The deadline for delivery under the agreement is less than two months.
At this time, various parties were urging us. The dealers were anxious, and so were the cities where we had settled down years ago.
In addition, copycat imitations have also appeared...