Chapter 125 The New Son-in-law Returns
For the Hakka people in Bobai, the second day of the Chinese New Year is really a very important day.
This day is not only a day to visit relatives, but also the day when the new son-in-law who got married the previous year returns to his parents' home.
Even if it is not the first year of marriage, generally speaking, a married daughter will choose to take her husband back to her parents' home to visit relatives on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
After breakfast, Deng Shirong took out two carrots and tied them to the back seats of the two bicycles at home.
Before tying the Guluo, tie two square wooden sticks first, so that the Guluo will be more stable and will not fall off no matter how it shakes.
After tying it firmly, put the braised pork under one of the glutinous rice rolls, then cover it with greaseproof paper and put a layer of newspaper on it. Then put bags of candies, biscuits, dried fruits, candied fruits, melon seeds, cakes and other New Year's goods in it. The whole glutinous rice roll is basically full.
The other basket had the big basket and the ash water basket at the bottom, and the hair basket on top, and the stack was also half full.
Of course, there is also the indispensable garlic.
"Suan" (garlic) and "suan" (calculate) have the same pronunciation. In the eyes of the Hakka people in Bobai, bringing a handful of garlic when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year represents a good deal, which is a good omen.
Because garlic is an indispensable item when visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, the price of garlic soared to 20 or 30 yuan per catty one year in later generations, and it was more expensive than meat.
In addition, a large cloth bag was tied to the horizontal bar of the old bicycle, which contained Deng Yuntai and Zhang Xiuping's washed clothes, towels, toothbrushes, etc. They would stay at home for at least two or three days before returning, so they had to take all these with them.
After tying up the things, Deng Shirong said, "Okay, it's getting late, you guys should leave quickly!"
Zhang Xiuping held onto the bicycle, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go!"
Deng Shirong warned, "Sister Ping, you should be careful when you ride your bike. If you see that the slope is too high and you may not be able to ride up, you should get off the bike and let Yuntai push the bike up for you. Don't be stubborn, okay? Yuntai, you should watch over your wife. It's okay to ride slowly. Safety comes first."
Zhang Xiuping hummed and said, "I understand, Dad."
Deng Yuntai also nodded to show that he understood.
Then, the couple said hello to their other brothers and sisters and rode their bicycles towards Poxin Village.
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At Deng Yunqiang's home, the couple also prepared a load of gifts for their eldest son Deng Changfu and eldest daughter-in-law Guan Yongying, including a few pieces of pork, candies, biscuits, ash water dumplings, big dumplings, hair dumplings, rice dumpling, and the indispensable garlic.
After preparing all the gifts, the couple gave some instructions, and then Deng Changfu carried the load and walked with his wife to her parents' home.
At the same time, Deng Changwang also carried a load of gifts similar to those of Deng Changfu's family and walked towards her parents' home with his wife Dai Fanglan.
Last year, only three people got married in the entire Naye village: Deng Yuntai, Deng Changfu and Deng Changwang. As the new sons-in-law returning to their parents' homes, they naturally brought a lot of gifts.
The other young wives who did not marry into Naye Village last year also brought their husbands back to their parents' home to visit relatives. The gifts they brought were basically pork, various kinds of rice dumplings and garlic, but in much smaller quantities.
The young wives in Naye Village all bring their husbands back to their parents' home to visit relatives, and the married aunts and sisters from Naye Village will naturally bring their husbands back to their parents' home to visit relatives.
In short, on this day, almost every household in the entire Bobai County was visiting relatives, either having relatives come to visit or going to relatives' homes.
In those days, when relatives came over, the host would first boil a pot of tea, then fry a few plates of ash water dumplings, big dumplings, hair dumplings, etc. for the relatives to eat while drinking tea, and then the host would start killing chickens and cooking.
We Chinese are actually the most face-conscious people. When relatives or friends come to visit, no matter what the situation at home is, we will do our best to entertain them.
Even families who are reluctant to kill a chicken for food on New Year's Eve will still kill a chicken to entertain relatives when they come on the second day of the New Year.
Therefore, there is a saying in Bobai County: Chickens are afraid of the second day of the New Year, and ducks are afraid of the fourteenth day of July.
Deng Shirong's family also had relatives come today. The third sister's family, including the married niece Bu Dafang, came with her husband, and the two brothers-in-law also came with their families. In addition to bringing various snacks, they also brought a few chickens and ducks.
As for pork, I won’t bring it.
After all, the pork for their families during the New Year was given by Deng Shirong. It would be really unnecessary to keep some of it and bring it back.
So, they all caught chickens and ducks.
"Q Gong (Hakka, meaning uncle), Happy New Year!" As soon as the third sister's children arrived, they greeted Deng Shirong.
"Happy New Year, Daguchang (Hakka people call father's brother-in-law Guchang, with their rank in front of it, and call father's brother-in-law Guye, with their rank in front of it as well)," this is how the children of his two brothers-in-law greeted Deng Shirong.
Deng Shirong's children also greeted their elders.
Jiang Dehu has been married to Bu Dafang for more than three years. He has met his wife's husband several times, but this is the first time he has come to his husband's house with his wife. When he saw the big blue brick and tile house that his wife had talked about countless times in front of him, he was still shocked even though he was mentally prepared.
In front of the current uniform mud brick houses, this row of brand new blue brick and tile houses really stands out.
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I wonder how many years it will take for them to be able to live in such a beautiful house.
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On the way to Posim Village.
Zhang Xiuping and Deng Yuntai were riding bicycles one after the other.
Seeing that his wife was riding a little too fast, Deng Yuntai, who was following behind, immediately reminded her: "Pingmei, ride slower!"
Zhang Xiuping glanced back at him with a smile on her face: "How can this be fast? When you rode with me before, you rode much faster than you are now."
Deng Yuntai laughed and said, "That's because I want you to hold me. Otherwise, I wouldn't ride so fast!"
"Humph, I knew you had bad intentions."
"How could I have bad intentions? You were holding me and I felt very comfortable!"
"Bah, you are so shameless!"
The couple rode their bikes and bickered with each other, and before they knew it, they arrived at Poxin Village.
Seeing the place where she grew up, Zhang Xiuping couldn't help but cheer up. She rode her brand new Phoenix bicycle and passed through the village entrance in high spirits with her husband who rode a Forever bicycle. When she saw acquaintances, she did not forget to say hello and wished them a happy new year.
Today, all the married women in the village brought their children and husbands back to their parents' home to visit relatives. Zhang Xiuping and her husband each rode a bicycle back to her parents' home, which naturally caused a huge sensation along the way.
After all, these days, when visiting relatives, nine out of ten people walk. People who ride bicycles are extremely rare, let alone riding two bicycles, and they are the highest-end bicycles such as Phoenix and Forever, which is extremely cool.
(End of this chapter)