There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The dumplings in the first grade of junior high school, and the noodles in the second grade of junior high school.

After eating the dumplings, the noodles from the second grade of junior high school were brought out of a small bowl from Aunt Zhang Guoqing's hand.

The thin noodles made Zhang Guoqing couldn't help but glance at everyone.

A taciturn uncle, a gentle and cheerful younger uncle, two smiling aunts, and a room full of kind cousins. This is his natal family and his relatives.

They entertained Lao Zhang's family with the best food, and warmed the room with simple words.

Zhang's family, especially Zhang's father, he knows his father-in-law's family too well.

He smiled and asked the children to eat quickly. This trip every year, he has learned to accept it calmly, not as disturbed as the next generation. While eating the noodles in the bowl, he recalled his father-in-law.

Father Zhang was not the only one caught in the memory, but Zhou Jiao was the one who touched him the most.

With the background of this family in front of them, the Lin family has become even worse than scum. After all, character education and status knowledge have nothing to do with each other. The most simple and sincere people are the common people with their feet on the ground.

After confirming the return date, the Zhang family dropped the gifts and hurried home as if fleeing for their lives. Halfway there, the two uncles could no longer be seen. The whole family looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

It's rare to send a gift to the Zhang family in such a mess.

In the first day of junior high school, they worship their ancestors, in the second junior high school, they worship their aunts, in the third junior high school, they sweep the poor ghosts, and in the fourth junior high school, the married women leave their natal homes.

Every year on the fourth day of the lunar new year, it is the day when the three families of the old Zhang family get together, and this day is also the day when the daughter of the Zhang family returns to her natal home. This rule has been subtly influenced since Grandpa Zhang was alive and has become the tradition of the old Zhang family.

The daughters-in-law of the old Zhang family want to go back to their natal homes, and the earliest they have to do is the sixth day. According to Zhang's mother, the old man once said that no matter what happened on the fourth day of junior high school, he had to put it down and come to the family gathering.

Therefore, everyone flocked to Uncle Zhang's house on the fourth day of the lunar new year. Fortunately, the courtyard of the eldest Zhang Qingshan's house is large, before noon, the main room and the east and west rooms were full of people.

How hard it was in the past, today is the family gathering of the old Zhang family, and the three-room ability can make up a few tables of wine and food, especially when Grandpa Zhang was alive, no matter how lacking the staple food on the table, the Feilong soup that can be flown up the mountain, roasted Venison, stewed wild boar, everything was lacking. But now Uncle Zhang can only smile wryly.

He is the vice-captain, and he takes the lead in setting an example. If all the old Zhang family went to the cafeteria, it is estimated that the remaining food in the team would be emptied.

If it weren't for outsiders, how would the old Zhang family's son be good? Zhang Qingshan, the eldest son, led the younger brothers and began to act separately. After a while, several families raised game, dried vegetables and other food and began to bury the pot for cooking.

The ingenious family gathering was perfectly improved by the younger generations of the old Zhang family. The two large stoves in the yard were gurgling, and the aroma seduced everyone to swallow their saliva.

Early in the morning, Zhang Meili's four cousins ​​accompanied her husband with a bag of candy, and the children returned to their natal home one after another.

Today, the four sons-in-law wanted to bring sorghum burn together, which made the Zhang family man laugh happily. The candies brought by Zhang Meili's four sisters were also distributed to the elders and neighbors of the clan by Zhang's mother and three sisters-in-law. The children were also happy to get the New Year's money and started playing with firecrackers around.

Until the sun was three poles, the old Zhang's family finally looked forward to the arrival of the old Zhang's aunt Zhang Dani and Liu Dazhuang and his wife with their two grandchildren.

Four tables were set up in the main room, and as the stew was served, there were bursts of firecrackers outside and inside. Everyone didn't need to greet, as soon as the men took their seats, the women and children began to find a seat and wait for Uncle Zhang to speak.

On the main table in front of the kang in the main room sat the three brothers of Zhang's father, the old uncle Liu Dazhuang, four uncles, and Zhang Qingshan, the grandson of the old Zhang's parents who was in charge of pouring wine.

In Lao Zhang's house, the eldest son and grandson have a special status. For example, Father Zhang and Uncle Zhang never had the chance to speak first. For example, no matter how better Zhang Guoqing is than Zhang Qingshan, he has no right to surpass the eldest grandson and be the first to worship the ancestor instead of the eldest grandson. After the death of the father and the children, Zhang Qingshan is the well-deserved boss in the old Zhang family.

As Uncle Zhang picked up the chopsticks and said start, there were bursts of clinking sounds from the chopsticks. The adults looked over and smiled knowingly.

Zhang Guoqing's generation of young people has enough brothers, but the next generation of Ming people has more brothers. There were two tables full of grandchildren and grandchildren of the old Zhang family, and their grandchildren were crowded together. This man is really prosperous!

When Uncle Zhang saw a group of radish heads, they stopped uneasy, and quickly laughed, Eat as much as you want, and go out to play after eating.

The children looked at the faces of their parents, and stood up happily to pick up the food.

From this moment, it is easy to see the characters of the children and the education of the parents to the children.

In a lively place where a bunch of children are pushing each other, Xizi and Ziwen take care of their younger siblings very steadily, showing their elder brother demeanor. The younger brothers and sisters below are also very polite and do not participate in the grabbing of food, and sit quietly in their seats, sipping the food caught in front of them.

Uncle Zhang glanced enviously, but he didn't want to blame his grandchildren. He is well aware that different families have different educations for their children.

Many people have paid attention to this scene, and each person must have a different way of thinking. But in the New Year, no one can bear to say a few words to their children.

The children were happy, and so were the adults, and they quickly moved on to homework. The honest and loyal old uncle Liu Dazhuang was warmly received by a dozen nephews and nephews, and finally collapsed from alcohol.

After half a round of drinking, the children had enough to eat and drink, and began to run out holding the New Year's money tightly.

Unable to control Ping An in Zhang Guoqing's arms, he grabbed his father's arm, smiled flatteringly, and pointed to a group of brothers and sisters who were leaving.

Seeing this, Zhang Guoqing quickly hugged his son, slipped out of the yard, and called a group of children home. He bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks just to bring his son to play together. Now is the time to seize the opportunity.

An older child was holding a milk doll and playing firecrackers with a group of children. Such a grand occasion brought the children of the village to flock here. It finally ended after the eldest child accidentally blew up his wooden barrel with his Erlang leg.

After the family banquet, Po Wu was ushered in.

In the early morning of Po Wu, Zhang Guoqing and Zhou Jiao started to clean up the garbage, lighted firecrackers, and finished eating the broken dumplings. From this day on, Zhou Jiao doesn't have to worry about Chinese New Year taboos.

The constant comings and goings of guests made the family suffer from severe sleep deprivation.

She didn't care about her mother-in-law telling her to start sewing first, and she couldn't care about paying attention to others. After closing the door, the whole family lay on the kang and fell asleep soundly.

It was already the sixth day when I woke up again. In the early morning, the family of three began to rush to the provincial capital to pay New Year's greetings with luggage and gifts.

In the provincial capital there are Zhao Chuanguang and his four uncles, Huang's and Zhao's. They are rushing to the breakfast banquet, having dinner, and going back and forth between each house non-stop.

Two days later, the family of three returned to the county seat with a bag full of red envelopes. It was too late to take a breath, and then I visited the elders and units of various places.

I haven't experienced the holiday yet, and it's time to go to work. This busy Spring Festival is coming to an end for Zhang Guoqing, and for Zhou Jiao and Ping An, every day is Spring Festival.

Clan worship, relatives and friends get together. With the sound of firecrackers and laughter, time passed day by day, and the Spring Festival of 1959 just left quietly.