Chapter 227 The Most Beautiful Fireworks in Hongfeng Village
After returning home, Lin Heng first turned on all the lights in the house and lit the fireplace.
Finally, a lot of charcoal was obtained and a lot of fire was burned, which symbolized prosperity.
He used to think these customs were meaningless and could be omitted, but later he discovered that life still needed some rituals, otherwise it would be even more boring.
Life just passes slowly like this. After recognizing the essence of life, you still love life. He only understood this when he got old.
"As the saying goes, the fire on the 30th night is bright and the lights on the 15th night are bright. Tonight must be prosperous."
After lighting the fire, Lin Heng began to tell Xiaoxia the story of the Nian beast. This was the story his parents had told him when he was a child, and now he was telling it to his daughter.
After hearing what Lin Heng said, Xiaoxia tilted her head and said, "Dad, let's go set off firecrackers to scare the Nian beast away!"
"Okay, I'll show you some fireworks."
Lin Heng said with a smile, and went into the house to get out a box of fireworks. It was already dark outside, so it was a good time to set off fireworks.
Place the fireworks near the door outside the yard gate, use a lighter to light the fuse, quickly close the door and run into the yard.
“The fireworks are coming!”
Lin Heng picked up Xiaoxia, and with a loud bang, the fireworks shot up into the sky and exploded with a bang, like a blooming flower.
This kind of patterned fireworks are more expensive, even the most common ones are very expensive. The ones bought in the village are the kind that make a loud noise and only explode without scattering colorful patterns. They are usually called sky rockets.
Therefore, seeing the beautiful fireworks released by Lin Heng, many people raised their heads to admire them.
"Look, what beautiful fireworks."
“So beautiful!”
"This must have been put there by Lin Heng's family. It's great to have money."
Accompanied by sighs, most people in the village raised their heads to appreciate the fireworks show. There was no fireworks show in the village, so this year it all depended on Lin Heng.
In the yard, Lin Heng was holding Xiaoxia, Xiulan was leaning against him, and the three of them were also watching the gorgeous fireworks.
“Isn’t it nice?”
Lin Heng asked while watching the fireworks.
"nice!"
Xiaoxia nodded vigorously.
Soon the fireworks were over, and Xiaoxia and Xiulan were still not able to react.
"Do you want to see more?" Lin Heng asked with a smile. There were seven large boxes of 49 fireworks in the room.
"I want to see it." Xiaoxia said, leaning against Lin Heng's face.
Xiulan also nodded. Who doesn’t want to see the beautiful scenery?
"Then let's see."
Lin Heng went into the house and took out another box. Soon the fireworks rose into the sky. The children in the village cheered again, and Xiaoxia was also very happy.
After setting off this box, Lin Heng stopped setting off fireworks and took out a firework stick for Xiaoxia. After lighting it, she ran happily in the yard with it.
Lin Heng lit one for himself, and Xiulan also lit two to play with. They liked to draw circles in the air or simply watch the fireworks burn out quickly.
When there were no fireworks when I was a kid, I liked to light sticks in the air and make all kinds of patterns in the house. But I would always get scolded by my mother for playing with fire and wetting the bed.
He was very confused at the time. Why didn't they allow him to play on the night of the 30th? Later he found out that this was an excuse not to play with fire.
When their fireworks stopped, other families started setting off firecrackers and sky rockets. The sound was deafening and it was very lively.
Xiaoxia was tired from playing and went into the house to talk to Jinbao, while Lin Heng and Xiulan sat by the fire to warm themselves.
“Boom boom boom!”
"Second father, my meal is ready, come and eat."
It was almost eight o'clock when the voice of my eldest nephew Lin Wei was heard outside.
"Let's go."
Lin Heng did not refuse and pulled Xiaoxia and Xiulan out. With Xiongba at home, they just needed to lock the gate to the yard.
“What a feast!”
Lin Heng looked at the ingredients on the table and said with a smile, "This dish definitely took a lot of thought."
"It's not anything delicious. Cook it quickly and I'll bring another one over." Liu Juan said with a smile and turned back to the kitchen.
"Hey, someone in the village is lighting a bonfire. It's so big."
Lin Heng sat down for a while before Lin's father walked in from outside.
"I was wondering why there was a flame rising to the sky over there. It turned out to be a bonfire." Mother Lin said with a smile.
When everyone was seated and the wine and drinks were poured, Lin Yue said, "Mom, Dad, and my brother Xiulan, let's start!"
After drinking a glass of wine, everyone ate and chatted. There were fried sweet potato balls made of sweet potato and glutinous rice flour on the table. Xiaoxia liked them very much and ate one after another.
Lin Heng was very interested in the fried stream grouper. His sister-in-law was a person who could save things. The stream grouper should have been from the summer and had been dried and preserved until now.
During the Chinese New Year, they could be full by eating only a ton of vegetables, and by the time they finished their meal, it was already half past nine.
I returned home burping. I will stay up late tonight to celebrate the New Year. The main reason is that there are firecrackers everywhere and I can't sleep.
There was a big fire burning in the bedroom fireplace, and there was a charcoal fire in the main room outside.
Lin Heng and Xiulan brought in a bathtub and boiled water. The three of them took turns taking a bath. Naturally, they also had to take a bath to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
After taking a shower, there was no TV to watch or radio to listen to, so Lin Heng took a book and read to the two of them.
In fact, now that we have electricity, he can buy a black and white TV or a radio, which does not require the Internet, and the TV only needs a TV dish.
But he thought it would be better to wait until later, as reading these books by himself was much better than those books. He planned to wait until around 1990 before buying a TV or something.
"Dad, I'm sleepy."
After eleven o'clock, Xiaoxia couldn't listen anymore and started to act like a spoiled child.
"We'll be able to rest soon, so let's play something else for a while."
Lin Heng thought for a while and said, it’s almost twelve o’clock.
I played with Xiaoxia until twelve o'clock, and then put her on the bed. I didn't even need to continue telling her stories. She fell asleep soon after.
"Let's go to sleep too. We have to go to Tianxing tomorrow morning."
Xiulan dozed off even though there were fireworks going off outside.
"good."
Lin Heng also nodded, added some firewood to the fireplace, and went to bed to hug Xiulan to rest.
As it approached midnight, it was quiet outside for a while, but I had just slept for less than three hours when I heard the sound of cannons again. Someone was rushing to be the first to go out of the sky.
The two slept for another hour. At four o'clock in the morning, the sound of firecrackers outside came one after another. After a while, they heard their parents start setting off firecrackers.
"It's time to get up."
Xiulan rolled into Lin Heng's arms, patted his face and said with a smile.
"Give me a kiss and then get up."
Lin Heng chuckled, hugged her and kissed her for a few minutes.
Then the two of them turned on the lights and got dressed. It was natural to wear new clothes in the new year, so they changed into new clothes from head to toe.
Lin Heng put on a black coat, brown trousers and black boots.
Shirley wore a white turtleneck sweater inside, a brown wool coat that she had never worn before, black trousers, and brown mid-calf boots with a fur collar.
After getting dressed and washing up, she sat in front of the mirror and drew delicate eyeliner, applied foundation, and put on lipstick. When she turned around, Lin Heng was stunned. She was so beautiful that it was beyond words.
In particular, her temperament is very dignified, she looks elegant, serene, gentle and quiet. She doesn't look like a rural woman, but a beautiful young intellectual woman.
Seeing Lin Heng in a daze, Xiulan stretched her head in front of her and asked playfully, "Do you think I should tie my hair into a high ponytail, or should I keep it loose like this?"
Lin Heng looked at her and said, "Let your hair down. I think your look today is more suitable with your hair down. It looks soft and elegant when it's down, and neat and clean when it's tied up. It depends on what kind of temperament you want."
"Then put it on."
Xiulan thought for a moment and said that she had had her hair cut the last time she went to the city, so it didn't look messy when she let it down.
"They all look good anyway." Lin Heng smiled and reached out to smooth down a few strands of her hair.
After a pause, he suddenly bowed and said, "Happy New Year, my dear. I wish you everlasting youth, good health, and all the best."
"You are so sweet. I'll give you a red envelope."
Xiulan smiled gently, took out a red envelope and put it in Lin Heng's pocket.
Then she smiled and bowed, "Happy New Year, husband. I wish you good health and success in your career."
"You guys are not willing to wish me to become more and more handsome." Lin Heng pretended to be angry and said while holding the red envelope.
Xiulan tilted her head and blinked: "No need to be handsome, so that others won't miss you. It's good enough that you are mine alone."
As she spoke, she took the red envelope from Lin Heng's hand, stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the mouth, and also put some lipstick on him.
"Okay, put some more red envelopes in, I'll help Xiaoxia get dressed."
She said as she tidied Lin Heng's clothes.
"good."
Lin Heng licked his lips and went to prepare many red envelopes, some for the children and some for the parents.
Xiaoxia was woken up and kept crying until Lin Heng said he would give her a red envelope with which she could buy a lot of candy.
"If you say Happy New Year today, you will get a red envelope and you can buy a lot of candies." Xiulan also touched her little face and comforted her.
Xiaoxia rubbed her nose and said in a crying voice: "Happy New Year~"
"Here, this is given to you by your mother. She told your father there is more." Xiulan handed her a red envelope with five dollars in it.
"Happy New Year, Dad~" Xiaoxia looked at Lin Heng and said in a baby voice.
"Happy New Year, my dear baby. I hope you will be healthy from now on."
Lin Heng also handed him a big red envelope.
Xiaoxia was wearing a northeastern-style cotton-padded jacket with lots of peony flowers printed on it today, and she looked like a little lion.
By the time she got up and washed her face, it was already half past five, and it was still dark.
"It's snowing so heavily." Lin Heng said in surprise as he walked out and opened the door.
Although it was still dark, the white snow outside was so clear.
"It snowed yesterday, and it actually snowed today. This is a good sign."
Xiulan took Xiaoxia to the door and said with a smile.
"Yes, auspicious snow means a good harvest, let's go out to shoot the stars."
Lin Heng smiled and nodded, then went back to the house, took out a square table and went out to worship heaven and earth, worshiping towards the southeast direction which was auspicious for today.
The door was opened, yellow paper was burned and incense was lit, and five thousand firecrackers and a box of forty-nine fireworks were set off. This is also called opening the door to wealth.
After all three of them have kowtowed and paid their respects, they can go out.
The first place we went to was naturally his parents’ place. There was still a little snow in the sky, but it did not affect everyone’s mood.
"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma."
With the experience of getting red envelopes just now, Xiaoxia learned it on her own and took the initiative to bow to the two elders and ask for red envelopes.
"Happy New Year, Mom and Dad!"
Lin Heng and Xiulan also greeted them.
"Thank you, my dear granddaughter."
"You're so sweet."
Lin's mother was extremely happy. She gave Xiaoxia a red envelope, and gave one each to Lin Heng and Xiulan.
After Lin Heng received the red envelopes, he gave one to each of his parents and said with a smile, "This is to honor you during the New Year."
"Thank you, son." Lin's mother was not polite at all and accepted it with a smile.
The same goes for Lin's father. The red envelopes on New Year's Day are all festive, so of course he has to accept them.
"Happy New Year, brother and sister-in-law. I wish you good health and a strong bond."
Caiyun also hurriedly said on the side.
"Of course there's one for you, Caiyun." Xiulan gave her a red envelope.
"Thank you, sister-in-law. You are the best person. You will definitely stay young forever." Caiyun said happily while holding Xiulan's hand.
Just when she was happy, a childish voice sounded beside her: "Happy New Year, Auntie!"
Caiyun touched her little face and said with a smile: "I, your aunt, am not married yet and I am still a child. I don't give out red envelopes during the Chinese New Year."
Xiaoxia continued to bow: "Happy New Year, Auntie, give me a red envelope~"
Caiyun had no choice but to run back to the bedroom, and after a while she took out a red envelope and gave it to her: "I'm so scared of you. I'm giving you the first red envelope in my life. You must be healthy and smart."
"Thank you, auntie." Xiaoxia laughed and kissed Caiyun.
"Happy New Year, Grandpa and Grandma. I wish you good health and all the best!"
After a while, Lin Wei and Lin Tao ran in one after another. They knelt down and kowtowed, asking for red envelopes with a smile.
After bowing to Lin's father and mother, he turned to Lin Heng and Xiulan and said, "Happy New Year, Dad and Mom!"
"For you." Their red envelopes were naturally prepared.
After Suo Lin's father and mother and Liu Juan and Lin Yue had given each other red envelopes, Lin Heng said, "Okay, it's time for us to go out and pay New Year's greetings to Mother Guanyin, and pick up some fortune."
The old mother Guanyin is naturally a deity. The temple is located on a hill at the junction of Hongfeng Village and Shimen Village. It is an ancient temple that has existed since Lin Heng was a child. Every year during the New Year, every household would go there to burn incense and worship.
"Yes, it's time to go. It's six o'clock."
Mother Lin nodded.
Everyone took incense and set off for the temple with firecrackers.
It was just getting light in the sky at this time, and everyone was moving forward with flashlights. There were already groups of people on the road, all holding flashlights and incense sticks to worship Guanyin, the goddess of mercy.
Lin Wei, Lin Tao and others were playing with snowballs and setting off firecrackers. All the children on the street were doing the same.
"Lin Xu'an, Happy New Year."
"The year is with you."
On the way, Father Lin was also wishing others Happy New Year.
Lin Heng held Xiaoxia, Xiulan and Caiyun's hands, and everyone was talking and laughing. Everyone in the village knew each other and greeted each other when they met.
By the time they reached the temple, the sky had already brightened up. They expected the sun to come out soon, but it was snowing today so they would not be able to see the sunrise.
There are a lot of people visiting the Guanyin Laomu Temple. Every year, not only people from their two villages, but also many people from the Baima Village below come up to worship.
The temple of Guanyin Laomu is not magnificent. From a distance, it is just a stone house standing on the top of a hill. The only beautiful thing is a hexagonal money-burning furnace next to it, which is extremely simple and solemn.
Lin Heng and his friends waited for a while and finally walked into the temple. By this time, the sky had finally brightened and they could see the road clearly.
The person who looks after the temple is a sixty-year-old man from Shimen Village. Lin Heng and others greeted him with a smile, and then began to light incense and worship Guanyin Mother in groups.
(End of this chapter)
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