Great Power Army Reclamation

Of course, these jobs were all done by women. Ye Yuze was kicked out of the kitchen by his grandma when he tried to intervene. It is a rural rule that men do not enter the kitchen and women do not serve at the table. But this means that when there are guests, the family cannot eat if the woman does not come to the table.

Grandma now has three daughters-in-law. The most concrete manifestation of the team's growth is that she can use her mouth but not her hands. Only when you think your wives are stupid will you demonstrate it yourself.

But the younger daughter-in-law is pregnant now, and her belly is bulging. She can no longer do strenuous work. After the old aunt enjoyed this special treatment, her belly became more and more full.

On the mute window next to the stove are the statues of the Kitchen God and his wife. In front of them is a plate of sugar balls made from boiled sweet potatoes. This kind of sugar is not very sweet, but very sticky. This is said to be used every year on the 28th day of the year when the Zao Prince goes to heaven to meet the Jade Emperor. In order to prevent him from speaking ill of his family, he uses this kind of candy to stick his mouth with sugar melons.

Ye Yuze is also one of the happiest people now. Because as soon as his parents forced him to read, grandma immediately scolded him: "What book should I read? My grandson knows everything without reading. What should I do if he becomes stupid while reading?"

Ye Yuze was moved to tears, this Empress Dowager is wiser than the Queen Mother! Seeing his mother being a little daughter-in-law with a low eyebrow, Ye Yuze felt that it was better to go back home, with a straight back!

It was men's business to go to the grave in the afternoon. After lunch, they put up the couplets and stayed up until about four o'clock. Dad, brother three, brother Ye Yuze, four, plus uncle's little boy Ye Yuwang who had just learned to walk, eight The man set off firecrackers in the cemetery for three hours. They didn't go home until there was no movement at other people's cemeteries.

Although grandma was at home, she could clearly hear the movements on the cemetery. Knowing that her family was the best among the others, she felt relieved and waved her hand: "Have New Year's Eve dinner!"

The custom in my hometown is to eat steamed buns on New Year’s Eve night, but it refers to the staple food being steamed buns. With the current conditions of the Ye family, how can they lose their share? A table of chicken, duck and fish was laid out.

The fourth child also made a large bowl of homemade barbecue. The little guy was selfless and contributed today. I haven’t forgotten to give grandma a piece. How can grandma chew this? He rolled it in his mouth a few times and then swallowed it, then kept praising how delicious it was.

The saying that people stay up late on New Year's Eve does not mean staying up all night, but staying up past twelve o'clock, so that they can welcome the New Year. But most people don't sleep because they want to pay New Year's greetings.

In the village, the earlier the better, the better. This means that the family is diligent, so people started paying New Year greetings at three o'clock in the morning.

The most enthusiastic about this matter are the children. One by one, they changed into new clothes early and waited for the adults to issue the order to pay New Year greetings. Although they were so sleepy that they almost kowtowed, they never gave in.

The main reason is that you can give lucky money when you pay New Year greetings, but more distantly, you can get some delicious food without giving lucky money. No matter how stingy someone is these days, they still have to act generous.

There was just one rule that Ye Yuze couldn't adapt to, that was, no sweeping the floor or going to the toilet. Sweeping the floor is okay, but this toilet can't stand it!

It turns out that before the sun comes up, there is a kind of god that appears in the toilet, called the Pimple God. If you meet this god, you will get pimples all over your body. Although Ye Yuze is not afraid, he can't make grandma uncomfortable? So when he had to urinate urgently, he had to lead his brothers to drain the water outside the gate. He didn't know how the women would solve the problem.

After dinner, people began to gather together in twos and threes. Mahjong was not popular in the north at that time. Men gathered together to play Pai Gow, the kind of black tiles with black and red dots engraved on them that were larger than mahjong but much thinner. .

There are two ways to play this kind of cards, one is called Gong Niu and the other is Push Pai Gow, which means comparing the size of dots.

A group of women came to the house and asked grandma to play long cards, which are colorful cards similar to mahjong. This kind of cards is usually played by women.

The men gathered in the old uncle's room to play Pai Gow. The old man did not gamble and did not play any other games. Ye Yuze joined in the fun with his old uncle, but after playing for a while he lost several dollars. It turned out that he could only count points, but these were four cards that he had to match by himself. There were four types of cards: heaven, earth, human, goose, what about three diamonds and six sets? , the emperor's devil, made Ye Yuze confused.

You can only follow others' pressure. If others pick up money, he will pick up money. If others lose money, he will lose money. But Ye Yuze found this kind of gameplay unsatisfactory, that is, when the dealer dealt the cards, he would limit the amount of money. The dealer called the pot, that is, there was only so much money in the pot, and everyone watched and bet. If there was not enough money, he would not care. But whoever comes up to the pot always pays five or ten yuan, how can he have the patience?

Just ask the old uncle to deal the cards. He sits on the bank and directly puts a dozen RMB in the basket: "There is no limit on bets, you can bet any way you want! You will pay no matter how much you bet!"

Unexpectedly, he was lucky, and he killed all these people in a short time. Ye Yuze wanted to return all the money to everyone, but his uncle stopped him. They said they would just play for a few days during the Chinese New Year, and no borrowing was allowed at the card table. You give it back to them and they continue to play, taking your money to beat you, which is no fun.

Grandma's card table doesn't close until nearly twelve o'clock. In some places, dumplings are eaten at twelve o'clock, but there is no such custom here. You have to get up to eat them.

At three o'clock, the sound of firecrackers began to sound in the village. The sound of the firecrackers was to tell everyone that the dumplings were cooked. After eating, they began to celebrate the New Year. Every household also hurriedly cooked dumplings and fired firecrackers, otherwise they would be laughed at if they didn't knock on the door when people came to say New Year greetings.

People in this village get up before dawn to pay New Year's greetings, because after dawn they start going to relatives' houses in other villages to pay New Year's greetings. This number is not based on distance, but on closeness. The closer the relative is, the earlier the day of departure is.

In the past, Ye Yuze really didn't know that his family would have so many relatives, such as aunts, uncles, uncles and aunts.

In rural areas, New Year greetings are always done in the morning, but not in the afternoon. They all play cards at home. And close relatives need to stay with them to eat. Originally, Ye Yuze wanted to prepare more snacks and wanted to put some at each house. As a result, I had two boxes of snacks in my hand after several days of transfer, but I didn’t know how many times I had changed them.

It turns out that during New Year greetings here, relatives are not allowed to leave empty-handed. They either take what they brought with them and leave, or they accept yours and then give you a box for you to take and continue shopping.

At that time, a New Year's greeting was a real New Year's greeting. When you arrived at someone's house, the elders would all sit on the kang. After you entered the door, you had to shout: "Grandpa and grandma wish you a New Year. Then kneel down with your back to the old man and kowtow three times to the north."

Of course, in ordinary families, the younger generations will stop you and prevent you from really knocking. But some families have elderly people at home, so you have to really knock on this end. Others will deliberately make you bump into someone without stopping you. Anyway, Ye Yuze's knees are sore every day, and the ground is too hard.

Where is the ticket? Why can't I see it?