First entry into the workplace

Lan Yipeng felt that he hadn't slept for long, and was woken up by the sound of firecrackers again. It turned out that the family members got up to light firecrackers.

One after another, many people got up and set off firecrackers.Although some families have already set off firecrackers at twelve o'clock, there are still many people like Lan Yipeng's family who only wake up to set off firecrackers in the morning of the first day of the new year.

People who get up early are rushing to make glutinous rice balls, and then take them to the ancestral hall to worship and offer incense. Everyone wants to burn incense.This stick of incense is the first incense stick of the new year. It is said that this stick of incense has the greatest virtue and can receive the best blessings and blessings. It will be a round, smooth, and safe reunion throughout the year.

Lan Yipeng still slept until eight o'clock before getting up.After washing up, he came to the kitchen. Today's breakfast is glutinous rice balls, which his parents had already eaten.

His father is busy tearing off the old couplets at the door of the house, the entrance of the hall and in the hall, and pasting the newly written couplets last night.His mother tore off the old red paper on the windows and every door and replaced it with new ones, and came over from time to time to help his father straighten the couplets.

After Lan Yipeng finished his breakfast, his parents were also busy.His parents each took out a red envelope to give to Lan Yipeng, and Lan Yipeng took the red envelope and said New Year greetings respectively.

In the village, as long as there is no family, the elders of the family will give red envelopes on New Year's Day, not to say that you have to congratulate yourself first before you can get red envelopes.On the contrary, it was the elders who gave the red envelopes, and the younger generation would say blessings, at least Lan Yipeng's family has always been like this.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Lan Yipeng's grandma came over and gave Lan Yipeng a red envelope. Lan Yipeng said the same congratulations, and then gave his grandma 100 yuan. After all, he came out to work. Even if there is not much money, it still has to be given to the elderly.His grandma took the money and went back, as if she didn't want to stay any longer.

Grandma Lan Yipeng lives with his uncle, which is still some distance from Lan Yipeng's house.Normally, his grandma would never come to Lan Yipeng's house if he had nothing to do.Naturally, Lan Yipeng rarely went to his uncle's house, and he was not welcome when he went there.

Although he doesn't like Lan Yipeng, he is his grandson after all. As an elder, he still has to give red envelopes for the New Year.

Lan Yipeng went back to the room and opened three red envelopes. Sure enough, they were all one yuan and ten cents. After so many years, they have not changed.He would have cared about this before, after all, other people's children were discussing that there would be dozens or hundreds of red envelopes this year, but he had always paid three yuan and three yuan.

When I was young, children would get up early, and then a group of children would visit the house and say all kinds of good things. Some family members would give red envelopes, and some would give some candy and melon seeds to eat.

Lan Yipeng hadn't been there, because his brother wouldn't let him go, saying he didn't want to play with him, and the children in the village didn't like to play with him either.

But today's children basically don't go to the house to ask for things during the New Year.

Lan Yipeng typed the code in the room and heard the sound of gongs and drums. It seemed that he was about to start the lion dance again.

This lion dance is a traditional program in the village. Every New Year's Day, the villagers will dance the lion and pass it on from generation to generation.The first is to dance at the temple at the east end of the village, then the ancestral hall in the village, and then the whole family takes turns to dance.

A group of people, including middle-aged people and young people, are all men.Some danced in the lion's head, some held the lion's tail on the lion's tail, some carried drums, some played drums, some played gongs, etc., and a group of adults and children followed and watched, lively and mighty. .

Every time a family arrives, the family will put fruits, biscuits, candies, etc. on a tray in the hall, and put a red envelope on it.When the lion comes, the lion will dance and take some food and red envelopes from the living room. When the lion leaves the house, the owner will set a firecracker at the door.

Not long after, the lion dance team arrived at Lan Yipeng's house.But there is nothing wrong with Lan Yipeng, his parents have already prepared it in the living room, and Lan Yipeng just needs to stay in the room.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lan Yipeng spent it in his room almost the same as in previous years.He thinks this is very good, just play with his own, don't have to do any work.His father cooks the dinner, and his mother washes the dishes, because no one will go out to work on this day, and the whole family is at home.

When it comes to the second day of the new year, it is almost the same as usual, the only difference is that there is no need to sweep the floor, and Lan Yipeng still has to do other housework.

However, every year on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lan Yipeng's elementary school classmates, who are all from the village, would come to Lan Yipeng's house to get together.As for why he came to Lan Yipeng's house, it was naturally because Lan Yipeng didn't go out anymore and couldn't even scream.

There are not many families in the village, and there are usually three to six students in each class. There were six students in Lan Yipeng's class, four boys and two girls.Then, because of the small number of people, the primary school in the village only goes to the fourth grade, and after that, they have to walk four to five 10 minutes to go to school in another village.

In Lan Yipeng's class, all the girls are naturally married, and the remaining four boys are all single.Among this group of students, one went to a junior college, Lan Yipeng went to a bachelor's degree, and the rest went out after graduating from junior high school.

Three male classmates came to Lan Yipeng’s house today, one is Lan Yifa, who graduated from a junior college, and now works in City N; the other is Lan Yiqiao, who graduated from junior high school and went to work in City D, Province D; One is Lan Yichao, who came out of junior high school and studied maintenance with his uncle.

The four of them chatted while watching TV in the living room, they all talked about their respective jobs, and how their former classmates were doing now...

It was almost twelve o'clock in the chat, and the four of them saved each other's mobile phone numbers again, because Lan Yipeng changed his number after graduation, and then basically did not contact each other, and then broke up.

On the third day of the new year, according to the customs of the village, today is the beginning of the new year.The beginning of the new year is the beginning of a new year. On this morning, every household will go to temples and ancestral halls to worship gods.After worshiping God, you can sweep the floor.

Therefore, after Lan Yipeng got up and washed, he had to start sweeping the floor.In the living room, in the corridors and in the courtyard, there are old red papers and firecracker papers all over the floor. It is not easy to clean up this pile of garbage that has been piled up for two days and two nights!Lan Yipeng cleaned for a long time by himself before finally cleaning up.

After sweeping the floor, eat breakfast, then wash the dishes and clothes.

Starting today, people in the village have started visiting relatives.Generally, the married daughter returns to her natal home first, and then the natal family goes to her daughter's home.

Therefore, Lan Yipeng's younger sister will go back to her natal home today, and it is said that his brother will also go home today.Lan Yipeng's parents bought meat, picked vegetables, tidied up his brother's room, and waited at home.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, Lan Yipeng's brother-in-law drove his sister to their home on a motorcycle.They got out of the car and brought in a box of apples, a bunch of candy and biscuits, and two chickens.

Lan Yipeng's mother greeted him happily when she saw him.The two put their things in the living room, sat down, and returned to their own home. Sister Lan Yipeng was not polite, and poured water by herself.

Lan Yipeng also came out of the room, greeted them, and then sat and chatted with them.In fact, there is nothing to talk about, and there is no common topic.But Lan Yipeng's parents are in the living room, so there is no need for Lan Yipeng to entertain guests.

After everyone sat for a while, Lan Yipeng's mother helped to share the things brought by his sister, and asked his sister and brother-in-law to take them to the uncle's house.

Then his father went to the kitchen to kill chickens, and his mother also went to help and prepare a big lunch for the guests.If there is nothing wrong with Lan Yipeng, then go back to the room and type the code.

Now the transportation is relatively convenient, and those who visit relatives don’t stay overnight, and usually come back on the same day.In the past, visiting relatives would have to stay for one night before going back, because the walking is long and tiring, and it is not enough to go back and forth in one day.

Therefore, Lan Yipeng's younger sister and brother-in-law were ready to go back after lunch, and there was still a child to take care of at home.But Lan Yipeng's brother hasn't come home yet, so it's rare to go home, it's not good to see his elder brother, and his brother is said to be home after one o'clock in the afternoon, so he can only wait.

Fortunately, after waiting for a long time, Lan Yipeng's brother packed a van and returned home. He also unloaded several boxes of food from the car, such as fruits, candies, biscuits, sausages and bacon, and put them in a large pile in the living room. , his parents happily helped unpack the box.This chartered car came in, and the journey took about [-] minutes, and it cost [-] Ruanmei coins!

If it was Lan Yipeng, he would definitely be scolded, it's really different!When his brother came back from shopping, he was filial and sensible. When Lan Yipeng bought it, he was spending money recklessly and not knowing how to live.His brother chartered a car to come back, that is the scenery, it should be, his brother has not walked home since he entered junior college, if he walks, his mother will feel so distressed, and Lan Yipeng, if he chartered a car to come back, that would be Wasted, extravagant!

The whole family was chatting in the living room, and his mother asked his brother why he didn't bring the child home to have a look?His brother said that the child is still young and has just learned to walk, so he will bring it back next year.As for Lan Yipeng's sister-in-law, she won't come to this village, needless to say everyone understands.

While chatting, his mother took out some of the things in the box, took them back to his sister, and brought some to his uncle's house.

In this kind of occasion, Lan Yipeng is actually an audience, as usual, he has no sense of presence, and the topic will not turn to him, and he is used to it.If the topic came to him, he would blush nervously instead.

After dividing the things, he sat for a while, and then his sister and brother-in-law went back.His brother went to his uncle's house with his things, so he had to go see grandma.His parents continued to organize those boxes of things in the living room, and Lan Yipeng naturally went back to his room to type codes.

His brother will stay at home for two days, and will go back to N City on the fifth day of the lunar new year.In the evening, Lan Yipeng still washes the dishes, cooks, and cooks. His brother doesn't have to do any work, even his mother does the laundry for him.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Lan Yipeng's aunt and a group of people came to visit relatives again.Lan Yipeng's grandmother had five children, three daughters and two sons.Among them, his father ranked second, while his uncle was the youngest.

I don't know if it's because of Lan Yipeng, these three aunts are not very kind to Lan Yipeng's family.Every year when I visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, I put my things in the living room of Lan Yipeng's house, and then go back to Lan Yipeng's uncle's house, and basically don't stay long.

Usually, if there are any good things, I will bring them to my uncle's house. For example, a cousin of Lan Yipeng repairs electrical appliances. From time to time, he will bring an old TV, old refrigerator, etc. to my uncle's house.As for Lan Yipeng's family, there is only this kind of human etiquette of visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.

When Lan Yipeng was young, his uncle had no children and his grandmother was still in good health, so he would take Lan Yipeng's brother or sister to his aunt's house to visit relatives. to go.

So Lan Yipeng basically didn't know his cousins, even if he met them on the road, he wouldn't recognize them.But what does that matter? Even if they are family members, the relationship is not so good, it is just a blood relationship.

Every year when his aunts come to visit relatives, they always make an appointment on the same day. There are a lot of aunts, cousins ​​and cousins.

But this day, Lan Yipeng is playing with himself in the room, because it has nothing to do with him, and no one will mention him, and this year is no exception.

Lan Yipeng's father and brother went to meet and chat with the three aunts and some cousins.