i have a mountain

Chapter 135

When the game was almost three o'clock, the sound of firecrackers outside became more and more intense, and even the air inside the house was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.

The third uncle pushed the card and said: "I won't play anymore, go home and go to the fifth watch."

"Don't." Aowei said, "Isn't it still a long time before dawn?"

Let's count him winning the most tonight. Of course, I don't want the game to fall apart at this time.

The third uncle stretched his waist and said, "That's no longer a beating. It's incomparable to you young people. Now I just need to stay up late and feel bad the next day."

"Okay, it's almost time." Shanfeng glanced at the time and said, "If you want to fight, continue tonight."

Seeing that it was all over, Ao Wei reluctantly nodded in agreement. As soon as the third uncle went out, he excitedly took out all the money in his pocket and started counting it.

Whoa!This kid had a bumper harvest today. In addition to repaying the 500 yuan he borrowed from Yu Fei at the beginning, he also won 600 yuan.

"Brother, look at this..." Ao Wei said pitifully to Fei while clutching the money he won.

"That's all right, all right, put away your set, I don't share your money anymore, you can keep it yourself." Yu Fei said.

Ao Wei put the money into his pocket without hesitation, and said with a smile: "I knew that my brother is a social person, and he would not covet such a small advantage of his brother."

"Don't put a high hat on me, just don't make my fifth uncle and aunt angry again when you go back, okay, go back and set off the cannons, and come to my house after drinking soup, let's go out to celebrate the New Year together." Yu Fei said.

"Okay, I'll come to pay New Year's greetings to grandpa and aunt first." Ao Wei ran away after speaking.

Shan Feng also returned to his home in the front yard. He needed to offer incense and worship God at home, and after firing the cannons, he brought his family to the backyard for soup.

After tidying up the house, Yu Fei went to the kitchen to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then poured the used water into the bucket his mother had prepared long ago.

During the five shifts together at the beginning of the new year, the used water cannot be dumped randomly. It needs to be poured into a fixed bucket. It can only be dumped at will after the second meal in the morning. The specific reason, Yu Fei also I don't know, these are the rules passed down from generation to generation.

After washing up, I found a very small firework from the utility room, the kind with only three rings, no brilliant flashes, only bursting explosions, the name on it is quite domineering, Zhen Tianlei, commonly known as the door-opening gun , which has become popular in recent years.

There was no such kind of fireworks before, only the kind of handmade firecrackers, in the middle and at the end of the firecrackers there would be a few relatively large firecrackers, Yu Fei and the others called Leizi when they were young, about an inch in diameter, and they were particularly loud.

At that time, when buying firecrackers, the seller would send a few thunderbolts as a door opener. I remember that when I was young, my brother would click on one and run back. It was only when he grew up that he took over the task that he realized that he ran fast. It turned out to be the experience of being bombed out.

I remember one year when the door cannon was released, the first two fuses were a little late, and he thought that the fuses were at this speed, but he didn’t expect the third fuse to burn so fast, he only had time to turn his face to the firecracker. It exploded.

The result was that it took a long time for my ears to roar before I recovered, and from then on, I learned to run when I let go of the door cannon.

Now it is much more convenient. The door opener is designed in the style of fireworks, which only needs to be ignited once, and the lead wires of fireworks are relatively slow, which greatly improves the safety.

After three sounds of "Tom, tom, tom", three fireworks hit the sky. After three sounds from the sky, Yu Fei officially opened the door and turned on all the lights in the courtyard to welcome the arrival of the first day of the new year.

Yu Fei's father also got up at this time, and went to the kitchen to light the first fire of the year, burning sesame sticks, implying that life is steadily improving.

After a while, Yu Fei's mother also got up, followed by a dangling Guoguo, who looked like she was not awake, and when she saw Yu Fei, she jumped into his arms.

Yu Fei saw that his daughter was lying in his arms and still wanted to sleep, so he pinched her nose and said, "Don't sleep, Dad will take you to set off fireworks later, the kind that is enlarged, let you light the fire too, okay?"

When she heard that she was asked to light the fire and set off fireworks, Guoguo immediately became more energetic: "I want to order two."

"Okay, you can order as many as you want." Yu Fei said dotingly.

Glancing at his parents who were busy, Yu Fei said to Guoguo: "You sit on the bench for a while, and I'll help grandparents, okay?"

Guoguo nodded, sat obediently on the chair, and watched her father and grandparents busy together.

Whole chicken, whole fish, fried meatballs, hemp leaves, bean curd rolls, etc. are all placed on the plate, and one or two spinach that was washed yesterday is placed on top, and they are served in the main room one by one. Served on the table.

Mother took out a few more big steamed buns from the cabinet, and after Yu Fei took them, he put two on the altar table in the main room and one on the altar table in the back room. Just as he was about to turn around, he felt bumped into someone and jumped away , seeing Guoguo standing behind him holding two boxes of fruit.

"No, grandma asked me to give it to you."

Yu Fei took the fruit, kissed her on the face and praised: "Guo Guo is awesome."

The little girl yawned with her mouth wide open and said, "Grandpa told you to light the incense quickly, and you're about to kowtow."

Yu Fei smiled, this little girl called worshiping God as kowtow, but her movements were correct, she rubbed her head lightly and said: "I see, you go and play."

After Shi Fei lit all the red candles on the altar, he began to light the incense. At this time, his father brought Zaoshan over and put it in the innermost part of the altar, and gave him a sideways glance.

I forgot the most important thing, no wonder my father would stare at me. Fortunately, it was Chinese New Year, and if it was going to rest, the training would have started long ago.

Yu Fei inserted the lit incense into the incense bucket in the main room, and then plugged each doorway. Mother had already prepared the offerings of the Stove Lord, and after filling the incense bucket in the kitchen , Yu Fei's father led the family to worship God.

The father in front ordered a yellow watch, muttered something, and then led the whole family to kowtow, just like this, the main room, the back room, the door god, and the kitchen god were respected one by one.

Yu Fei lit the firecrackers that had been laid on the ground for a long time, and there was a burst of crackling sound. This set of firecrackers is relatively large, so it took a little longer to burn. After the firecrackers were finished, Shan Feng brought his family to the backyard.

"Big, big, set off the fireworks, I want to set off the fireworks." Guoguo jumped and shouted. At this time, there were firecrackers in all directions. If you speak softly, others will not be able to hear what you are saying.

"Okay, set off the fireworks." Shan Feng also shouted.

After speaking, he led the bouncing Guoguo to the utility room, and Lele and Kaixin followed behind them. Although the fireworks were set off for a long time yesterday, the children basically didn't step aside. Today Excited to be able to get up close and personal.

Yu Fei went to the kitchen to help. This was the first meal of the new year. Although there was nothing else but dumplings, there were still a lot of trivial things to do.

Not long after, the sound of fireworks sounded outside, and there were cheers from several children, especially Guoguo, who was the loudest.

Following his mother's long-drawn-out soup, his father asked Yu Fei to set off a small plate of soup cannons, and they finally ended the fireworks game.

……

"I'm not hungry." Guoguo glanced at the dumplings in the bowl and said to Fei.

"You have to eat something even if you're not hungry," Yu Fei said.

Unable to discuss with his father, Guoguo coquettishly said to Yu Fei's mother: "Grandma, can I just eat one, I really can't eat it."

Yu Fei's mother said dotingly: "Okay, you can eat one, remember to save some bottom of the bowl."

The first meal of the new year is not allowed to be eaten clean, you must leave a little in the bowl, even some leftover soup is fine, so Yu Fei has been slandering in his heart all these years whether it was really just eating a bowl during the Chinese New Year Soup, but after life got better, dumplings were put in it.

"Grandma is the best." Guoguo greeted Fei's mother and at the same time gave her father a sideways glance.

Yu Fei suddenly felt an arrow hit his knee. I said you have to eat a little, but I didn't say you can't just eat one.

At this time, Yu Fei's father put down the bowls and chopsticks and said: "Later, your mother and I will go to the temples at both ends of the village to burn incense. You guys will watch your children at home first. After burning incense, I will take your uncles with you." Go to the cemetery to pay New Year's greetings."

Yu Fei glanced at the sky and said, "I'll go to the farm to have a look later. There are a lot of cannonballs during the Chinese New Year today. I'm afraid the cows will be shocked. Then Uncle Zhang can't handle it alone."

Yu Fei's father thought for a while and said: "Old Zhangtou has also raised cattle for many years, so he should have been prepared for this, or else you can go to the farm after your mother comes back from burning incense in the temple. Anyway, she doesn't have to go to the graveyard with her."

"Okay then." Yu Feijue's father was reasonable, so he followed his arrangement.

……

After the parents went out with the incense and the yellow watch, Yu Fei and his brother and sister-in-law watched the children playing in the house. Maybe the excitement had passed, and the spirits of the three children were a little sluggish.

It's also Ang, I played until about ten o'clock yesterday, and woke up again at three or four o'clock this morning, so it's no wonder I'm not sleepy.

Yu Fei remembered one thing, the New Year's money has not been given to the two nephews yet. The rule in his hometown is that as long as there are close relatives with children, the New Year's money given later will be doubled than the first one.

What does that mean?For example, if Yu Fei first gave Lele and Kaixin one hundred each, then Yu Fei's brother and sister-in-law would give Guoguo two hundred, but if Yu Fei's brother and sister-in-law gave Guoguo one hundred first, then Yu Fei would give Guoguo two hundred. You have to give Lele and Kaixin two hundred each.

But on this premise, the established rule is that brothers and sisters pay the lucky money to the elder brother and sister's children first. Even if the older siblings have fewer children, they still follow this rule. Sorry to bring this up first.

Yu Fei took out two new one-hundred-dollar bills from his pocket, and gave Lele and Kaixin one each. The two children happily said that they would kowtow to him for the New Year, but Yu Fei hurriedly stopped them. I will knock myself old.

(End of this chapter)