Jiaohua Growth Guide [Rebirth]

Villagers don’t have as many rules as big ones. Relatives, friends and neighbors have to hand out postings for New Year’s greetings. Basically, there are customary rules in the village. Every household will have someone at home on the first day of the new year, but every household must first worship the gods and gods in the morning. Old Ancestor, after this matter is over, relatives, friends and neighbors can walk around with each other.On a day like this, regardless of whether the relationship is good or bad on weekdays, when you come to the door, you will be greeted with a smiling face.

At the end of the hour, led by the patriarch, first worship the gods of heaven and earth, and then go to the ancestral hall to kneel down to worship the ancestors.Usually only the men of the family can participate in such important events of worship, and women are not qualified to participate.

When someone outside was beating gongs and drums to get the households to gather, Gu Ci sent A Bao there. In such an occasion, no one should tell him. People in the clan will help take care of each other, so Gu Ci is not worried.

When Abao was not at home, the two sisters opened the door, and they went to sit on the kang and eat melon seeds.

In the first lunar month, as long as the owner is at home during the day, the gate cannot be closed, because children in the village will come in groups to pay New Year greetings to everyone and ask for food. It is a custom not to keep people out.

Jiaojiao had a good sleep last night and got up early this morning, nestled next to Gu Ci, chatting with her casually, and the sleepy bug came up after a while.

"Sleepy?" Gu Ci put the peeled melon seeds in a bowl, seeing her sleepy eyes, it was a little funny, "Then go to bed and sleep for a while."

"No." The little girl suddenly opened her eyes when she heard the words, "Who, who is sleepy, I am not sleepy."

"Okay, okay, you're not sleepy." Gu Ci knew that the little girl's clinginess would come up again, and he hugged her reluctantly to let go, "Then you can lean on your sister for a while, and when Ah Bao comes back, After lunch, we will go out to pay New Year's greetings."

According to the custom, on the first day of the first lunar month, in addition to worshiping the gods and ancestors, those who have elders, first go to worship the elders, and then go to the neighborhood.

This worship of gods and ancestors is a ten-year-old worship, and it is a small worship on weekdays. Just go through the motions and put incense sticks on it.

In less than an hour, they separated. Children like Po are mostly playful, and they don't like such solemn occasions. Once the patriarch announced that they were separated, a group of children did not even return to their respective homes. The relationship was better. , in groups of three or five, one by one went straight to the rich people in the village.

"Gong Xi Fa Cai, bring melon seeds and peanut candies." This is the mantra of children's New Year's greetings. When they arrive at a house, they just shout like this when they enter the house, and then the host will stuff some food into their pockets.

Dried sweet potatoes and fried rice are common things that are available in every household. Children are not curious about them. Candy is a rare thing. If you can get one, you will be happy for a long time.

A Bao was a little shy at first, and he was embarrassed to run after him, but Fat Dun kept pestering him, pulling him to twist and turn to follow Li Zheng's youngest son, Tian Lei, and the children went to Li Zheng's house first.

Lizheng's family is also a big family in the village, with some family background, the wife he married is a down-to-earth poor school girl named Xiao.Xiao's is not good-looking, but she is the kind of woman who looks better the more she looks, plus she has read books, she has a bit of a bookish air, gentle and generous temperament, and she is popular in daily life, but she doesn't get along with Aunt Six. My aunt always dislikes Xiao's pretentiousness.

Mrs. Xiao had known for a long time that this group of children would be the first to come to their house, so things had been prepared there, and he said hello to them with a pleasant face, and then each of them took a handful of melon seeds and peanuts, plus a piece of sugar and two pieces of dried longan.

For many children, this candy and dried longan are rare things, and they can't eat them all year round. After receiving the things, each little cleverness said a basketful of good words for the New Year to Xiao's.

Xiao was patient, listened to what they said, touched their heads one by one, and when she got to A Bao, she gave him two more candies from the fruit plate, and when she looked at the expectant eyes of the other children around, she smiled, "This is Abao's reward from my aunt. Although Abao is slow to start, Master praises him as the most motivated child. If any of you are praised by Master in the first month of next year, then I will reward two more candies."

The child was a little bit jealous, and when Xiao's words came in, he cut it unwillingly.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xiao took another handful of dried longan from the plate, "However, birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. You have a good relationship with Abao, which shows that you will also study hard in the future. This dried longan is just to watch." For the sake of being Abao's friends, the rewards for you are also what my aunt expects from you, so you have to study hard."

Of course, everyone nodded hurriedly. The little fat man wiped his nose, raised his face and asked, "Auntie, I'm the younger brother. Brother Abao's, I want more sugar."

Xiao Shi doesn't like Liu Shi's aggressiveness and vulgarity more than Liu Aunt, and he is not so enthusiastic about Fatty, "It will be the same when you study hard."

A Bao used to be afraid of making Gu's second brother, Liu Shi, unhappy when he was at home. When he was young, he would read his words and demeanor. Seeing Xiao Shi's expression, he quickly pulled A Bao back, "Brother, I will give you these two, don't be greedy."

"My brother has one, and I have one too. Don't be greedy anymore." Fat Dun just envied his brother to have two more, but his brother would give it to him, and he was not willing to let his brother have less than himself.

After comforting Fatty, Ah Bao looked at Xiao Shi again, a little embarrassed, "Fatty is big-eyed, so don't take it to heart, auntie."

Shaking her head, Xiao patted his head again, and said softly: "Although life in this mountain is comfortable, good men have their own ambitions. Auntie sees that Abao is also promising, but don't be arrogant. "

Although Ah Bao didn't understand why she said this suddenly, he also knew that what Auntie said was for his own good, and his face was serious, so he nodded seriously, "Auntie, I can save it."

Xiao withdrew his hand, and smiled at the group of children again, "Since you like Auntie's place, let's all come in and sit down, don't crowd at the door, it's freezing."

"No, we still have to go to the patriarch's house." Her son took the lead, and ran out after hearing the words, and the children who followed behind also ran away. Looking at them, he nodded to her again, "Thank you, auntie."

Xiao Shi waved his hand, "Run slowly, don't fall."

A group of people are like a swarm of bees, one family sings a few good words, another family sings a few good words, each and every one of them is full of pockets, picky fools like Fatty, if they don’t fit, they don’t eat well Find a place to throw away the sweet potato sticks and melon seeds.

After running around several big households in the village, the group was still full of energy, discussing which one to go to next, A Bao is a small money fanatic, although he has sugar, dried longan and red dates at home, but these things are very precious, and my sister He is a generous person, but he can't take this group of little robbers with him, pursing his lips and making no reply.

Pangdun, a kid who likes to join in the fun, "Go to my house, my house, my mother bought a lot of candies..."

When Ah Bao heard this, his heart skipped a beat, but before he could say anything, everyone rushed to Gu Laoer's house like a swarm, and he didn't want to follow at all. Some melon seeds and peanuts, and behind the scenes they said they were a group of debt collectors, and asked him to go and collect more.

However, Pangdun, a little fat man, was born with a lot of strength, and he would not let go of him, like a calf, and ran home while dragging him.

The door was not closed, the little fat man rushed in first, and shouted at the back room: "Gong Xi Fa Cai, bring melon seeds, peanuts, and sugar."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the children behind him also shouted loudly, but no one came out for a long time, and they knocked on the door one by one.

"Don't knock." It was Ma Lingling who came out, and brought out a bag of dried sweet potatoes, and each of them grabbed some and handed it out, "Here."

Seeing that there are only dried sweet potatoes, a group of children are a little unhappy. Tian Lei is also a naughty one. His father is Li Zheng, and he is usually a king of children. Frowning, he looked at Pang Dun, "Didn't you say that your house also has a lot of sugar?"

"Yes, girl Ling, we don't want this, we want candy." Although he is a child, he knows how to save face, the little fat man puffed up his face, "Mother bought a lot of candy, we want candy."

This loser's thing...

Ma Lingling was almost pissed off by him, she stomped her feet angrily when she saw none of them reaching out to pick them up.

Seeing that she couldn't get off the stage, Ah Bao pursed his lips and said, "Sweet potato strips are also good, sister Lingling give it to me."

Ma Lingling is having a hard time at home now, and she puts everything on Gu Ci and A Bao's head in her heart. She is so angry that she hears A Bao's words, but she can't take it seriously on the first day of the new year. Seeing this group of middle-aged and middle-aged people say nasty things, he took a look at A Bao and entered the house with his things.

Gu Lao Er went drinking and chatting with the men in the clan, and Liu's was the only one in the room, so he naturally knew what was going on outside. Seeing Ma Lingling coming in with her things dejectedly, he felt annoyed, and pointed at her forehead, holding back , just suppressed the phrase "useless things", "I can't even get rid of a group of children."

"Then go and get rid of it by yourself." Gu Laoer was not at home, so Ma Lingling acted presumptuously in front of Liu Shi, peeled a candy from the table and put it in her mouth, snorting coldly: "That bastard over there is here , Fatty is being used as a gun by him, pointing at candy to take it."

"Unlucky." Mrs. Liu took a sip, unable to hold back the swearing, "This is a thing that has mothers but not mothers, even Fatty is useless."

While talking, she stood up and went out with dried sweet potatoes, and smiled at the child who was still standing at the gate, "Come, come, eat dried sweet potatoes, happy new year everyone."

Many children in the village are afraid of Mrs. Liu, mainly because Mrs. Liu's usual image is too aggressive, and she can swear for an hour without repeating it. The two children looked at each other in blank dismay, and they all reached out to take it.

Pang Dun was a little unhappy, he didn't understand why his mother didn't give it to him when he had candy at home, and was dissatisfied, A Bao quickly grabbed him, and whispered: "Go to my sister's house, my sister's house has it."

Children are easy to coax, and Fatty reluctantly accepts the dried sweet potatoes handed over by his mother.

Ah Bao was the last one to give it. Seeing the last two dried sweet potatoes that Liu Shi handed over, he took it with both hands, and said with a smile, "Happy New Year, Stepmother."

Liu Shi looked at him with a bland smile, "When I didn't see you, I was fine, but when I saw you, how could it be fine?"

The smile on Ah Bao's face faded, he looked down at the two dried sweet potatoes in his hand, and followed everyone out silently.

Fat Dun naturally followed, and Liu Shi helped him take out all the things in his pockets, and didn't hold him back, but only told him to slow down and not fall.

After leaving the door, a group of children immediately changed their faces, threw away the dried sweet potatoes they had just received, took a sip at each other, and looked at Fatty together, "You little liar, we will never talk to you again!" played."

"I didn't..." Ah Bao hurriedly covered Fatty's mouth, "Don't blame Fatty, everyone."

"You two brothers are the same, and I won't play with you in the future." A child who was older than Abao immediately said, and then looked at Tianlei at Lizheng's family flatteringly: "My mother said, their mother You are a stingy fart, and the two brothers must also be stingy, brother Tianlei, don't play with A Bao in the future."

Tianlei still likes Abao very much. Every time he is punished by his master to stay in class to do his homework, Abao will accompany him to do the homework.

However, Mrs. Liu really hates it. Others gave melon seeds and peanuts even if they had no sugar, but she only gave me sweet potatoes, which is too stingy...

"You are the ones who are stingy, fart, you are..." Fatty was unhappy, but he was still young after all, and when he was in a hurry, he stuttered and didn't know what to say for a long time.

Abao is also at war with heaven and man in his heart. He doesn't want everyone to dislike him, especially brother Tianlei, who secretly gives him all the delicious food on weekdays. He wants to be friends with him, but he wants to take him home, so... …

He was hesitating, when his cousin Gu Jingzhi came over, "A Bao, Fat Dun, what are you all doing standing at this intersection?"

"Second brother, they scolded me and brother Abao for being petty farts..." Fat Dun didn't care about his closeness, he only knew that this was also his brother, so he immediately ran over to complain, "They all scolded us..."

Gu Jingzhi looks gentle and gentle. He has just turned 15 years old. He is studying in a school in the town and is rarely at home. He heard his mother tell a story about Gu Laoer, his uncle's family, and felt that his uncle was confused. A Bao was praised by his master for studying, but he liked A Bao a little bit. He looked at the slug fat man and ignored him. Instead, he looked straight at A Bao, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"It's not a big deal, Second Brother, don't worry." A Bao smiled at him, "Second Brother, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Ah Bao." Gu Jingzhi patted his head, glanced at the dried sweet potatoes thrown on the ground, and caught a glimpse of the dried sweet potatoes in A Bao's hand. The pockets of other children were bulging, so Chubby's pocket was flat, and he understood after a little thought, after all, he also came from such a child, "Come on, follow me to my house."

"Is there any sugar? We won't go if we offer dried sweet potatoes again." The older child said loudly, "Don't be like a fat man, saying that his family has sugar, but gave dried sweet potatoes instead."

"There's sugar." Gu Jingzhi smiled, "Come with me."

When the group arrived at Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Da Li warmly welcomed them out. Gu Jingzhi also helped to give candy, and said while giving, "Two for each person, and the one with more is for Abao and Pangdun's second brother to help them." The two gave it, so we can't say they are stingy."

How can a child hold grudges like this, nod happily while taking two candies at a time, and spread good words for free.

After the group of children had left, Mrs. Da Li looked at Gu Jingzhi: "The children in this village are the most ghostly spirits. Today I know that our family has candy, and I am afraid that they will not be able to live in peace for a few days."

"Let's just save some food." Gu Jingzhi didn't take it seriously either.

Da Li seems to be a difficult person to get along with, but after all, she is a village girl who can be regarded as rich and well-off. The youngest son is now studying in the town school, so she has a little heart, "I don't see you taking care of these things on weekdays. Why did you bring everyone here?"

"I also saw that group of children bullying Abao and his two brothers. Although Abao didn't say anything, I guessed a little bit from the situation. I'm afraid they went to my uncle's house to beg for food, but they didn't get any candies. My aunt gave dried sweet potatoes, and some children were scolding them for being stingy."

"Ms. Liu is the one who can only get in and out..." Da Li snorted, and sighed again thinking of Abao, "Abao is a good one, and now with the eldest sister, a girl who can't get married probably can't afford it. What kind of family... Hey, let's see, if the eldest sister is a knowledgeable person, we will pay more attention to their siblings in the future."

"Eldest sister seems to me to be interesting." Gu Jingzhi replied without saying anything about it, "Mother, I'll go back to the house to read a book, and call me when father and brother come back."

"Go." Mrs. Li waved at her, and sat at the table alone, thinking.

On the other side, a group of children probably got bored at Liu's place, and they were not too excited, so A Bao said he wanted to go home, but Pang Dun hesitated for a while, and said he wanted to go back with him.

A Bao didn't refuse, and took him home. Pang Dun saw Gu Ci and Jiaojiao, and said hello loudly. Gu Ci smiled at him, gave him a handful of sugar and red dates, and asked him to sit at home. After a while, I personally sent him down the slope and asked him to go home for lunch.

As soon as Fat Dun left, Ah Bao immediately got into Gu Ci's arms, took out the two sweet potato sticks from his pocket, and threw them outside the door.

"A Bao? What's the matter?" Gu Ci was taken aback by him. A Bao has always been well-behaved and sensible, never throwing things around.

"Don't eat what your stepmother gave you." In the past, when he was wronged and had nowhere to complain, he endured it all, but now that he has support, Ah Bao feels that he can stop it, "If it wasn't for Fatty pulling me, I wouldn't Go to her house to beg for food, give me two dried sweet potatoes, and even kill me. Sister, I don’t like her, and I won’t call her mother anymore, nor stepmother.”

Before Gu Ci said anything, the little girl who guarded the shortcoming immediately lit the fire, jumped down from the kang, picked up the two sweet potato sticks at the door and threw them outside, "I knew, I would give the little fat man candy, my sweet potato If you don't even give it...the one who celebrates the Chinese New Year will be a murderer."

The little girl doesn't know how to swear, and she was filled with righteous indignation for a long time without saying any harsh words. Seeing that A Bao was still dropping golden beans, she became angry again, and pulled up her sleeves to help him wipe it carelessly, "You too, everything at home Yes, you still have to go to her to beg for something to eat, well, now you have suffered this anger for nothing..."

"Abao has been wronged, so you should try to comfort him." Gu Ci also had a headache holding the little girl, and went to comfort Abao, "Your sister Jiaojiao didn't mean to blame you, she was just angry that the National People's Congress scolded you during the New Year. "

Ah Bao is not angry, the angry sister Jiaojiao is good-looking and warm, "Sister Jiaojiao is right, it's all because of Abao's fault, just join in the fun."

"You've learned a lesson." The little girl snorted, took a candy from the table, peeled it off, and put it in his mouth, "It's not sad if it's sweet."

Ah Bao was very happy to see that sister Jiaojiao, who always wanted to be served, offered to feed herself candy, and she was already very happy.

Of course, from the little girl's point of view, it's purely her son who has been wronged, and she, who will be like a mother in the future, needs to be coaxed.