Chapter 235 New Year’s greetings
On New Year's Eve, the villagers will wait until after midnight before going to bed, because after midnight they will set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year. The sound of firecrackers will last for nearly an hour before it stops.
Rural people go to bed early, and many of them are afraid of not being able to wait until midnight, so they gather together to gamble after eating the New Year’s Eve dinner. This is how Luo Yaozu got into the bad habit.
Some people go home to sleep after setting off firecrackers, while others will gamble until dawn.
Many people lose all the money they have saved over a year during the New Year, and some even end up in debt. Many couples quarrel and fight over this issue during the New Year, and it is a lively scene every year.
After the sound of firecrackers completely disappeared, Luo Yue fell asleep.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, children who stay in bed will be pulled out of bed by their parents and driven out to pay New Year's greetings. They can receive candies and red envelopes. This is the favorite festival for many children, but Luo Yue hates the arrival of this day.
She would be kicked out of the house early by her parents and take Luo Yaozu out to visit relatives to wish them a happy new year.
No matter which house they went to, they would just give the red envelope to Luo Yaozu, and she could only watch and still say thank you.
Luo Yaozu was given handfuls of candy, which kept falling through his fingers and filling up his trouser pockets.
When it was her turn, he had to count out five candies and give them to her, for fear of giving her one too many.
Three and four are unlucky, and one and two are too few, so people usually count five candies.
After the New Year's greetings, she had a lot of candy, but she felt very sad. If Luo Yaozu got hurt on the way, she would be beaten and scolded when she got home, even if it was New Year's Day.
Later, everyone's life became better. Although she no longer counted candies, she has never received any red envelopes to this day.
Luo Yue turned over in bed.
Luo Yaozu has gone to jail, and she is the only one visiting for New Year’s greetings this year. Will she get a red envelope?
The village was poor, and the red envelopes were only five or ten yuan. She didn't care about this little money at all, but she just wanted it.
He sat up, dressed and washed, and went out to pay New Year's greetings empty-handed.
In the past, people had to bring some things when visiting relatives during the New Year. Luo Yue is like an orphan now. She is still in school and not yet an adult. She did not bring any things when visiting relatives, wanting to see how these relatives would react.
He headed to the nearest Luo Laosan's house with ease.
As soon as she entered the door and saw no one, she shouted: "Uncle San and Aunt San, I'm here to wish you a happy new year."
"Xiaoyue is here? Come sit down." Zhou Juying warmly invited Luo Yue to sit down and stuffed a handful of candy into her hand, "Xiaoyue, have some candy."
Luo Yue put the candy back and took a piece of fruit candy and slowly peeled off the colorful candy wrapper, "Aunt San, why can't I see Uncle San?"
"He's not up yet."
"Oh." Luo Yue responded casually and put the candy into her mouth. A burst of fruit fragrance exploded in her mouth. She stood up and looked at Zhou Juying with a smile, "Aunt San, I'll go first. I haven't gone to pay New Year's greetings to Grandpa and his family yet."
"Then I won't keep you here. Go quickly." Zhou Juying watched her disappearing back with a smile, and the smile on her face also disappeared suddenly.
The second stop was at Aunt Wu's house. As usual, she shouted "Happy New Year" as soon as she entered the courtyard before she saw anyone.
"Xiaoyue, have you had breakfast? Come, have a bowl of dumplings." Gao Yunfeng put down the big bowl in her hand, called Luo Yue to the kitchen, and personally served her a big bowl of dumplings.
The two people ate and talked.
Luo Yue: "Aunt Wu, why don't you see Uncle Wu?"
Gao Yunfeng's eyes were filled with a hint of disgust: "I played mahjong with your uncle and his friends all night last night, and I just went to bed."