Ordinary countryside reborn

Chapter 104
After the new year, every family began to prepare for the new year, making tofu, killing new year pigs, and they were very busy.

The pigs raised in Tianyuan’s family were kept for sale in previous years, just to raise tuition fees for the children. This year, Tian Zhi hired two helpers to kill the pigs himself. Most of the 200-jin pigs were pickled and hanged by Li Mei. On the top of the kitchen, a wood fire has been burning every day recently.

On the [-]th day, Tian Jing cut a lot of paper-cuts, and Tian Yu was in charge of pasting the glass windows. This is what Tian Jing learned from her grandma. In previous years, grandma used to cut paper. This year, grandma is gone, so Tian Jing took over.

Li Mei took out the red paper hidden under the closet and handed it to Tian Yuan, asking her to write Spring Festival couplets.

In her opinion, Tian Yuan went to high school and is the most educated in her family, so writing a Spring Festival couplet must be a no-brainer.

Tian Yuan reluctantly took over the task.

Fortunately, she can write brush calligraphy. As an art student in a vocational school, brush calligraphy is also a compulsory course. Although she uses a computer to draw pictures later on, and rarely takes brushes and brushes, she still has some basic skills.I found out the writing brush and ink I bought when I was in junior high school. The writing brush cost [-] cents. The tip of the writing brush is a bit sparse, so it can barely be used.

She typed up the manuscript on straw paper first, and when she was satisfied, she wrote it on red paper.Tian Zhi was in charge of pasting the written Spring Festival couplets on each door. Looking at the decorated house, this year was the most festive year.

Today is the last day of this year. The whole family took action to clean up the house, throw out the garbage, and then wash themselves clean to wash away bad luck and bad luck. The arrival of the new year.

In the evening, I have to watch the New Year’s Eve. I burn a big tree stump next to it in the kitchen. When cooking, I add firewood to make the fire hot. Usually, I only burn the big tree stump and let it keep burning.

In the evening, the whole family gathers together to have a sumptuous dinner. They cook a lot of dishes. Tomorrow is the first day of the first lunar month, so they don’t eat new meals.

After eating and washing the dishes, Li Mei found the wool again, and Tian Jing and Tian Jing tied up the sweaters.Tian Zhi didn't go out to visit the house either, so he stayed at his own home, kowtowed melon seeds, and ate his home-baked sweet potato chips; the light at home was too dim, and he didn't dare to write in the countryside, so he just chatted with his family The fire made people feel more drowsy, and Tian Yu had already sat in the corner and dozed off.

After finally staying up until midnight to set off the firecrackers, Tian Zhi and Li Mei took out the red envelopes they had prepared earlier and gave them to the three sisters before letting them go to sleep.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, there were still snowflakes in the sky.

Tian Yuan opened his eyes and looked out of the window, only to see a piece of snow-white.

As the first day of the new year, there are many rules on basic necessities of life.First of all, you can't sleep in. People have to pay New Year's greetings on this day, and no one sleeps in on the first day of the new year; you can't sweep the floor and take out the garbage, because it will sweep away the wealth of the family.

The family put on new clothes, went out to pay New Year's greetings after breakfast.

Together with the children in the village, Tian Yu went to the neighbors' houses in groups, carrying bags, and shouted: "Happy New Year!"

Every family stood up to welcome them, took out the snacks they had prepared and put them in the children's bags. Some children went home and put down their things when they were full, and quickly joined the New Year's greeting team. At the end of the day, they received a lot of snacks. I am so happy from ear to ear.

Each other went to other people's homes in the village to pay New Year's greetings, and the family had to leave a person in charge, waiting for others to come to visit for New Year's greetings.

The relationship is good. After drinking tea, you have to sit down and chat, warm up by the fire. Life is very leisurely and comfortable, and the relationship between neighbors is relatively harmonious.Now there are no smartphones in the village, there are only two landline phones in a village, and there are not even many TV sets. Everyone has a lot to say to each other, and the relationship is very good.

Li Mei stayed at home, Tian Zhi took Tian Jing and Tian Yuan to the neighbor Grandma Liu's house to pay New Year's greetings, sat for a long time before leaving, and walked to Tian Dafu's house.

Although I don't want to get in touch, we are a family after all, and the New Year's greetings process is indispensable.

Tian Zhi entered the door and called New Year's greetings, and the fire pit was full of people. When Tian Yuan entered, he saw the young third uncle and third aunt, who greeted them warmly.

Tian Jing and Tian Yuan shouted politely: "Grandpa, Uncle, Aunt, Uncle, Happy New Year!"

Tian Dafu sat in the innermost place, just glanced at them casually, said "um", and stopped talking.Tian Bing followed suit, and he wanted to sarcastically, but considering that today is the first day of the new year, he had to keep his words in his heart.

Tian Guan grabbed a handful of snacks and stuffed them into Tian Jing's pocket, and said with a smile, "Xiao Jing has become prettier again, right, she's a big girl now!"

Tian Jing didn't refuse, and opened the pocket a bit so that he could put more, and said: "The third uncle is still the same handsome, no, he is even more handsome than before!"

She looked at the woman making tea again, and her eyes began to light up, "Third Aunt is getting more and more beautiful, as good-looking as a star!"

He Meiying smiled when she heard her niece's praise, brought tea over, and said happily, "Xiao Jing is still so good at talking, Third Aunt is going to blush because of your praise."

He Meiying drew curved and thin willow-leaf eyebrows, which looked very classically beautiful, with makeup on her face and fashionable clothes, Tian Jing's eyes were glued to her body.

Tian Xiao sat with a boy who was very similar to her, wearing the very trendy new clothes brought back by He Meiying, he didn't look like the children in their village.

After filling Tian Jing's pockets, Tian Guan filled Tian Yuan's pockets again, and boasted, "Yuan Yuan has grown a lot this year, almost as tall as Xiao Xiao."

Tian Yuan: "No, it's better to be shorter."

She looked at Tian Xiao and the boy next to her, and said, "Xiaoxiao, Xiaohang, happy new year!"

Tian Hang is Tian Xiao's younger brother. Tian Guan worried that Tian Dafu would not be able to take care of his two children, so he sent the younger one to his mother-in-law to go to school.For this matter, Tian Dafu even got angry with Tian Guan for a long time. He originally wanted to take Tian Hang and let Tian Xiao go to her grandmother's house.It was Tian Guan who said that his mother-in-law's house was close to the school, so he could go to school and not have to eat pickles at school, which would be better for the children, so Tian Dafu had to let go.

Tian Hang has always liked Tianyuan very much. When he was here before, he liked to play behind her buttocks. Now when Tian Yuan asked him, he said happily, "Happy New Year, Second Sister, I thought you didn't remember me!"

"I don't remember you, it's because you have grown up, and you look better than before."

Everyone chatted affectionately, completely ignoring Tian Dafu and Tian Bing, their faces were livid, Tian Dafu stirred the dishes in the pot, and said: "You can eat, let's eat first, Tian Zhi, don't go to your elder brother's house to pay New Year's greetings ? You guys go first!"

(End of this chapter)