After dinner, Sun Xiu, Li Mei and others cleaned up the table.
Then take out snacks and pastries such as peanuts, melon seeds, etc.
Even though everyone’s stomachs are full, it’s still okay to eat these things to fill the gaps.
Now it was time for Li Ping and his friends to kowtow to Li Jiakang and his wife and bid farewell to the old year.
Everyone took turns to come forward and kowtow, and then said a few auspicious words.
Li Jiakang and his friend also distributed New Year's money to everyone.
At the same time, two copies were given to Hu Guilan, saying that one of them was for the baby in her belly.
Next, everyone ate snacks in the house, and Li Chen took Li Ju to the yard to look for the firecrackers that had not exploded just now. After picking them up, the two of them set them off.
After a while, many children appeared on the street.
At the same time, there were sporadic sounds of firecrackers and children's laughter.
Li Chen came into the room and told everyone that he wanted to take Li Ju out to play.
No one said anything, just asked him to take good care of Li Ju.
Li Chen responded and ran out.
Then everyone brought out the traditional program - playing poker.
Don't think that this thing is rare nowadays.
It’s just that everyone is busy and the year is bad, so they don’t have the interest to play.
In this era of lack of entertainment, this is one of the few forms of entertainment.
In Tang County, it can be said that most families will play these tonight.
There’s nothing we can do about it, who told us to “stay up all night to celebrate the New Year”?
How can you make it through the night without some fun?
Since there were 6 of us, we all played Fried Golden Flower.
Even though Li Mei doesn't have a job, she has a lot of pocket money.
No one plays big, just one or two points, just for fun.
After playing until around 9 o'clock, Li Chen and the other guy ran back excitedly and watched the game from the side.
I don’t know what’s going on, but Hu Guilan has the best luck with cards tonight.
When it was 12 o'clock, everyone did the math and found that everyone had lost, except Hu Guilan, who had won more than ten yuan.
Then everyone went out to set off a string of firecrackers, washed their hands, offered sacrifices to welcome the Kitchen God, and after sticking the Kitchen God picture in the kitchen, they continued to play.
Everyone played all night and their eyes were bloodshot the next morning, but they were still in high spirits.
Li Chen and Li Ju also couldn't hold on and fell asleep in the middle of the night.
After a night, unexpectedly, the big winner was still Hu Guilan, who won more than 30 yuan by betting one or two points.
It's outrageous...
The ones who lost the most were Li Xu and Li Jiakang, who both lost about ten yuan.
The two looked at each other, wondering how they lost so much.
Hu Guilan was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, and kept saying that it was the child who brought her luck.
Finally, the money will be returned to everyone.
Naturally, everyone refused. This amount of money was nothing to them.
Seeing that no one wanted it, Hu Guilan happily accepted it.
Then everyone went back to the house and put on the other new set of clothes they had made earlier. Although they were wearing them inside, it was still considered wearing new clothes.
After waking up Li Chen and the others, Hu Guilan and Sun Xiu went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
He opened the door again and set off a string of firecrackers to signal the beginning of the new year.
After eating dumplings for breakfast, Hu Guilan was forced to go back and rest by others.
After all, everyone is worried about her because she is pregnant and hasn't slept.
There are many rules on the first day of the New Year, such as not sweeping the floor, taking out the trash, or hitting children.
So after breakfast, we had nothing to do, so we all started playing mahjong again...
This time Li Mei did not play, but the other four people did.
Li Mei was there serving them tea, water and snacks.
From time to time, you can hear sounds like "bang", "bang", and "give me money".
It wasn't until after 10 o'clock when the children of the uncles from the Sun family came to pay New Year's greetings that everyone stopped.
Although the custom is to visit your uncle's house on the first day of the New Year to pay New Year's greetings.
But each family’s situation is different, and some do not follow this.
For example, the two brothers of the Sun family live together, so their children kowtow to several elders together on the night of the Spring Festival to say goodbye to the old year.
This morning I went to my aunt Sun Xiu's house to pay New Year's greetings, and then in the afternoon I went to Sun Xiu's sister's house.
After everyone arrived, they asked Li Jiakang and the other man to sit down, then they kowtowed and said some auspicious words before standing up.
Sun Xiu gave everyone red envelopes again.
Li Mei also took out some melon seeds and pastries and handed them to them.
But they were all embarrassed, so in the end Sun Xiu stepped forward and grabbed a handful for each of them before taking it.
Then Sun Yizhu and Sun Erzhu also presented holiday gifts.
Sun Xiu naturally accepted it.
Then everyone chatted together, and after a while they also said goodbye.
Sun Xiu took out some fried candied corn cakes that she had prepared at home and gave them to eat on the way.
As for the return gift, I will pick it up when I go there tomorrow.
In the afternoon, Sun Xiu's family locked all the doors and asked their neighbors to help keep an eye on them. Then the family went to Li Jiafu's place.
In fact, under normal circumstances, it should be Li Jiafu and his family who came here, but Mr. Li and his wife were still there, so it was Li Xu's family who went there.
Since there were only two bicycles and they couldn't accommodate so many people, everyone just walked there.
After arriving at the place, the first thing everyone did was to kowtow to say goodbye to the old year.
Then the elders distributed New Year's money, and then the brothers Li Jianguo and Jianjun took Li Chen and Li Ju out to play.
Everyone also praised Li Jiafu's house for being well renovated. The yard, roof and other things had all been renovated, and it looked much cleaner and more spacious.
Because it is still early for dinner.
Everyone started playing poker again.
They kept fighting until dinner time.
Originally, Li Jiakang and others should have brought food with them for dinner, but Li Jiafu had specifically instructed them not to bring any.
So Li Jiakang and his family only brought gifts.
Everyone finished the meal in a lively atmosphere, and Li Xu's family took the return gifts and went back.
Because they hadn't slept the night before, they went to bed as soon as they got home.
The next morning, the whole family took gifts and food to go to Old Lady Sun's house again.
Uncle Sun and the others were quite unhappy, "Didn't the kids tell you yesterday that you don't need to bring food here?"
Sun Xiu also hurriedly explained, "I have said it, but you don't have much food left now, so we think it's better for you to bring your own."
Old Mrs. Sun’s house is different from Li Jiafu’s.
Most of the food here was donated to the clan members, and there was not much left, but Li Jiafu's family still had more food.
"Even if there's not much left, it's enough for your family to have a meal."
Seeing that Old Lady Sun also looked unhappy, Sun Xiu tried to persuade her again.
In the end, the old lady was coaxed into smiling.
After a while, Sun Xiu's younger sister Sun Min and her family also arrived.
They didn't bring any food.
I think Sun Yizhu and the others also mentioned this matter when they went to pay New Year's greetings yesterday.
Li Xu also looked carefully at his aunt Sun Min.
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