On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing to do is for the village children to visit each other's homes to offer New Year's greetings, and then the villagers exchange New Year's greetings with each other.
The children come with bags, and all they need is some of their own food.
Adults visit each other to exchange New Year's greetings, without bringing gifts. They simply visit elders or acquaintances to sit and chat for a while.
He then went out to visit relatives and friends.
Yan Qiuxing got up early, opened the courtyard gate, and waited for the village children to come and wish their mother and father a Happy New Year.
Take out the candied hawthorns that your mother prepared and arrange them.
The candied hawthorns were prepared well in advance of the Lunar New Year, ten for each child.
When they were little, they would visit each household to offer New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year. However, the families in the village would never give them candied hawthorns; instead, they would usually give them a small handful of roasted broad beans, peas, or soybeans.
Even so, it's still a great snack for them.
However, Grandma always prepared very little food. When she ran out, she would take food from their bags, leaving them with very little in the end.
Jiang, He, and Hu set off early in the morning with cloth bags.
The family has plenty of food now, but the three younger brothers still like to join in the fun.
Before long, groups of children from the village came chattering over.
Once inside the clean and spacious courtyard paved with tiles, the previously noisy children shut up on their own and walked forward uneasily.
His eyes kept darting left and right, filled with envy.
"What a beautiful house!"
"The ground is cleaner than when we first moved in."
"Are you stupid? How many people came to see it the day we moved in? How could the floor be clean?"
"Won't we get the ground dirty?"
Upon hearing this, the other children, who had already raised their feet, were at a loss for what to do.
The courtyard, paved with tiles, was spotless. Their straw sandals, covered in mud, had indeed dirtied the yard as they walked.
"It's alright, go inside quickly, my father and mother are waiting," Yan Qiu said with a smile, trying to comfort her.
Upon hearing that Uncle Fan and Aunt Fan were waiting, the children's innocent faces immediately lit up with big smiles, and they cheered as they ran into the main house.
In the main house, Shuiqing was woken up early by her two daughters. She had stayed up late the night before and found it extremely difficult to get up in the morning.
After finally managing to tidy myself up, I still kept yawning as I sat in the main seat of the hall.
In contrast, Fan Jin, who was also staying up all night, had clear and gentle dark eyes, a warm and gentle smile, and was extremely refined and clear-headed.
Shui Qing: ...People are different!
"Happy New Year to my second uncle and aunt!" came the lively greetings and the sound of everyone kneeling in unison.
Looking at the little radish heads kneeling on the ground in front of her, Shui Qing's sleepiness vanished instantly!
Isn't that an exaggeration?
Do we still need to kneel when offering New Year's greetings?
She turned her head in surprise to look at Fan Jin sitting next to her, only to see that the latter had a calm expression, as if it were a common occurrence.
"Yanqiu, Xinghui, quickly distribute the candy balls to them," Shuiqing called out.
Upon hearing the word "sugar ball," the children on the ground looked up, their eyes filled with confusion and disbelief.
When the ten candy balls were actually lying in my palm, the atmosphere instantly became exciting!
"sugar?"
"It's sweet! It really is sugar!"
"So sweet!"
A group of children beamed with joy as they looked at Shui Qing and Fan Jin, who sat in the main seat, with even greater affection than if they were seeing their own parents!
"Thank you, Uncle and Aunt!"
Another chorus of thanks followed.
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