Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

In order to be homesick and happy, Gu Erlang was not worried that his mother would not be able to suppress his daughter-in-law, but he was afraid that his daughter-in-law would not get along with her younger siblings and would make a fool of herself like those in Da Lang Sanlang's family.

Today he is praising his wife for having a eldest sister-in-law who protects her younger siblings. Tomorrow he will use this incident to point out how much his younger siblings care about their eldest sister-in-law.

Ma Shan was able to get along well with Zhou Banxia, ​​and he really contributed a lot to it.

It was getting late now, and my son, who was very energetic just now when he was talking, covered his mouth and breathed, then fell asleep obediently next to the little pillow.

He also quickly coaxed his wife to close her eyes. On the first day of the first lunar month, there was no reason why they should be treated as juniors and wait for his parents to call them up.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people wear new clothes and worship the heaven and earth, worship the ancestors’ tablets and pray for blessings, and the head of the family opens the door and firecrackers to pray for the good year.

There was no need for Gu Erzhu to wake up early the next day. Gu Erlang, Ma Shan, Gu Wenxuan, Zhou Banxia, ​​Gu Baoya, and Xiao Changsuo kowtowed to him and his wife first to pay New Year greetings.

Everyone happily received the New Year's money. Even Uncle Cai's family of five kowtowed to pay New Year's greetings, and then the whole family went to the old home to pay New Year's greetings to their elders.

Each room in the old home also prepared some food, including peanuts and melon seeds, walnuts and chestnuts, dried fruits and sweet potatoes, and pastries.

The former are basically produced at home or bought from the mountains, and are prepared for the dolls in the village to visit to pay New Year greetings. The quantity of the latter cannot be said to be small.

Mrs. Gu was always thrifty. The preserved fruits and cakes placed on the Eight Immortals table in the hall were not enough for each of her children and grandchildren, and the New Year's money given to her was no more than ten coins at most.

There was nothing they could do about it, unlike her second son and his wife, they received "filial piety" from their two sons and daughter-in-law on New Year's Eve, so they still had to accept it.

Ma Shan and Zhou Banxia said that on New Year's Eve, they were their daughter-in-law's filial parents, and their parents would not be short of their New Year's money on the first day of the first lunar month.

Mrs. Gu can only give no more than ten cents to her juniors. She has many grandchildren, so the total expenditure is a huge amount.

Furthermore, the old couple could not make more money every day than they did before they separated. Except for the 200 yuan pension for one of their sons, they had no income at all.

Mr. Gu would like to give each son more pension money a year, but he can't help but that the patriarch Gu and Mr. Gu also accept this much from each son.

To borrow a saying from Patriarch Gu, you won't have to worry about food and clothing. One son is two hundred cents, four sons is eight hundred cents, how many coppers can you two spend at home?

This is true.

Not counting the grandchildren, the four sons and two daughters, apart from how much the eldest son gave him, he received a lot of filial piety during the New Year.

For example, even though Gu Erzhu deliberately didn't give the couple more money for their retirement, he still spent almost a tael of silver to buy a silver hairpin for Mrs. Gu.

I brought it today, and in front of the whole family, I put it on Old Mrs. Gu’s head, and talked and laughed so that Old Mrs. Gu could go out and show off.

Zhou Banxia, ​​who was present, couldn't help but laugh and almost had a stomach ache, but when it came to the old lady's sons and daughters-in-law, who was filial, her father-in-law and mother-in-law were the most filial.

What the second elder is wearing today, from the inside to the outside, you can't see what is worn underneath, but from the outside you can see that everything from head to toe is the filial piety of her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Xiao Changsuo didn't care how many words were in the red envelope. He was dressed in festive red like a red envelope. As long as his white and fat little hands took the red envelope, his little mouth never closed.

The happiest people today are these children. After receiving the red envelopes, they can continue to go to various houses in groups to pay New Year greetings. They also get New Year's money, and some of them carry around with endless food.

Zhou Banxia's New Year's gift to her eldest nephew included two large red cloth bags with blessing characters, specially prepared for him to go out today to pay New Year's greetings and collect snacks.

At this time, no one was seen stuffing food into his red cloth bag, so the little guy's eyes were pointed at the table, which made Gu Wenxuan so happy that he reached out and grabbed a handful of walnuts and chestnuts.

Before he could get his big hand back, the little guy had already raised the red bag. Upon seeing this, Gu Laosi immediately entered the room and came out with a fruit plate.

It wasn't that he hid the things in the house intentionally, but he was used to Mrs. Gu preparing these things every year, so he didn't react for a while.

As for his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fang, it was more or less rare that her elder sister-in-law actually brought all the dishes into her kitchen last night. The third sister-in-law, Mrs. Wang, didn't bring anything out this morning, so she was too lazy to bring it out.

After all, they still live together, and her family only has one room. When guests come, they can only stay in the main room, and they are busy handing out new year's money, so they don't notice for a while.

"More, more."

Gu Wenxuan saw that when he made a move, not only his uncle and aunt were busy stuffing snacks, but also his third uncle and aunt and others were stuffing the little boy's red bag, and he quickly helped his eldest nephew to decline.

When I woke up this morning, the little one was very curious about these two red cloth bags with the word "Fu". He never forgets to take them with him when he goes out. If it's really going to burst, the little guy will definitely cry.

After leaving the old home, there were even more people. Even Mr. Gu had to go out and took the whole family to the home of Uncle Gu and Mr. Gu to pay New Year greetings.

After leaving Mr. Gu's house, there is no need for the female family members to go to the village to pay New Year's greetings. Mrs. Liu, for example, takes her two daughters-in-law and daughter back to her own home to entertain the children who come to pay New Year's greetings.

Compared to Zhou Banxia, ​​Gu Wenxuan was already gone.

I walked around the village at least three times.

On the first trip, Gu Erzhu took his two brothers and Xiao Changsuo to pay New Year's greetings to the elders of the clan. After that, they and the two brothers went to pay New Year's greetings to all the elders in the village.

Regardless of whether they are from the same family or not, including the Zhou family and other families, as long as they can call Erzhu an uncle or above, the two brothers must visit the house to pay homage to the new year.

It is said that on this day, in addition to showing respect for the elderly, there is also a conflict between someone and someone. Visiting today means reconciliation.

Gu Wenxuan stayed far away from the courtyard where Zhou Daniu and his wife lived, which made Gu Erlang so happy that he just wanted to tease him about whether his wife wouldn't let him take a step over there.

On the way, we visited each other and wished each other new year. By the time there was only one family in the village, we had visited all the elders’ families.

After confirming that nothing was missing, it was already noon when the two brothers returned home.

At this time, the waves of children who came to Gu's family to pay New Year's greetings were also fewer. When the time came, everyone was eager to go home and eat dumplings. Zhou Banxia finally understood.

The so-called "no fire, no use of the stove, no cooking" from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month is a misunderstanding.

It’s not that we don’t turn on the fire, but that we don’t start the meal, which means that we can’t cook rice, noodles, or lettuce.

Not using the stove means not repairing the stove, changing the pot, or moving the pot. Not cooking is the same as not using the knife. The fear of the pot breaking does not mean that you are not allowed to heat food.

Making dumplings, buns, steamed buns, croquettes, etc. all year round are for eating "leftovers" from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month, which means having more than enough every year and having leftover wealth every year.

She just said that many of the dishes in the cold weather were frozen to a solid state, so if you don't turn on the stove and don't turn on the stove, you can't heat them up. The family doesn't want to eat anything in these five days.

Gu Wenxuan said that his daughter-in-law was so amazing that he knew it even before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

After eating a meal of leftover dumplings, he was not idle. He could not use the knife, but he could write and continue to review books. He took a break early in the night and had to get up early the next day to start the new year.