Ordinary happy life

Chapter 96 New Year's greetings

On the first day of the new year, children will go to every house to ask for food to bring happiness, so no one will visit the house on the first day of the new year, lest no one opens the door to welcome the children when they come.

Lin Qin was also worried that he would wake up late and leave when the children came, so he got up early and poured the melon seeds and peanuts he bought on a plate and put them in the main room to wait for the children to come. Then he brought in the frozen dumplings from the yard, counted how much he and Zhang Dayong ate, and cooked them.

Lin Qin likes to eat soup dumplings, while Zhang Dayong likes to eat dry ones, so Lin Qin took two bowls, poured some boiling water into one bowl, added some vinegar and chili pepper, and added a few drops of soy sauce and sesame oil to smell the fragrance. . When the dumplings are cooked, spoon them into two bowls. Of course, the bowl without soup will have more.

First, he took out the two bowls of dumplings, then went to the kitchen to get a small plate and poured some vinegar into it. He also added some dried chili peppers and a few drops of sesame oil for Zhang Dayong to eat with it.

After everything was arranged neatly, Lin Qin went to the bedroom to wake up Zhang Dayong.

Lin Qin waited for Zhang Dayong to wash up and walk out of the bedroom before picking up chopsticks and starting to eat dumplings.

"This is fragrant with sesame oil added." Zhang Dayong picked up a dumpling, dipped it in a vinegar saucer, bit into it, and the juice flowed out. It was so delicious.

Lin Qin didn't say anything but nodded heavily. In the past few years, the Lin family had to plan to eat pork dumplings with sesame oil and even vegetarian dumplings. If it were not necessary to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, the Lin family would definitely be reluctant to make them.

The Zhang family is located in the middle of Zhuangyuan Village, and the children usually start walking from the end of the village, so more than an hour has passed since breakfast time when they arrived at the Zhang family.

"Happy New Year to Uncle Dayong, Happy New Year to Uncle Dayong, and Happy New Year." A group of children ran into the main room, with smiles on their faces. As soon as they saw Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin, they handed over their hands and said good things.

Lin Qin always liked children, and he liked them even more after losing his child before. When he saw children in the village, he couldn't help but hug them. At this time, he saw a group of children as young as three and as old as seven or eight standing in front of him and saying auspicious words. He couldn't hold it in anymore. He reached out and touched the faces and heads of several children, and then said, "Okay, okay, you guys." Happy New Year. Uncle has prepared peanuts and melon seeds for you. You can catch them yourself. You're welcome."

"Thank you, uncle." Most people in the village fry some peanuts for the occasion, so when you see melon seeds and peanuts The children's voices of thanks were louder at the end.

However, although the children were happy to get melon seeds and peanuts, they did not rush to grab them, but lined up one by one. Even everyone only grabbed a handful of peanuts and melon seeds, and refused to take more. The oldest child was only seven or eight years old, and his hands were as big as they could be. Seven or eight peanuts in one handful were not enough to eat.

Lin Qin wanted to let the children take more, but no matter how Lin Qin persuaded the children, they refused. In the end, Zhang Dayong directly used his big palm to grab more for each child.

The younger one couldn't help but eat the melon seeds after getting them. Lin Qin watched the children happily eating the melon seeds and said to Zhang Dayong with a smile, "These children are so cute and sensible." "

Yeah." Zhang Dayong hugged him Lin Qin's shoulder responded.

The children ate a few melon seeds to satisfy their craving and refused to eat any more. They carefully protected the small cloth bag containing the snacks and sweetly said Happy New Year to Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin before jumping to the next house. Ran away.

At first he didn't feel that the room was quiet, but as soon as the children's laughter dissipated, Lin Qin suddenly felt that the room was a little too quiet. I made a lot of dumplings yesterday and didn't have to cook at noon. I thought for a while and said, "Brother Dayong, let's go for a walk. Suddenly I felt that the house was a little too quiet."

If it weren't for the rule that he could only return to his parents' home in the second year of junior high school, Lin Qin would definitely have I took Zhang Dayong to Lin's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Zhang Dayong nodded. Just now, a group of children were chatting and laughing. Although it was a bit noisy, it was lively. Suddenly, it was too quiet.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, you don't have to visit relatives, and you have nothing to do at home. Many villagers hang out in the village together. Regardless of whether they are on good terms or not, they all say Happy New Year with a smile on their faces. No matter how bad the relationship is, they will not get into trouble during the New Year, so as not to ruin their luck in the new year. People in the village still take taboos during the New Year very seriously.

"Dayong, happy New Year." Li Si saw Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin walking hand in hand, and a trace of envy flashed in his eyes.

"Happy New Year, Fourth Brother." Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin said Happy New Year in unison.

Zhang Dayong also saw the envy in Li Si's eyes. What could he say except sighing silently in his heart. Li Si is older than Zhang Dayong and has been married for several years, but has never had any children. It's not that there is any problem between the couple, but that the relationship between the two is not very good, or Li Si's wife unilaterally dislikes Li Si and often quarrels with him. It is strange to have children under such circumstances.

Li Si's daughter-in-law is from Qingxi Village next door. It is said that Li Si fell in love with her during a big gathering and invited Aunt Zhou to be a matchmaker. The other party didn't like Li Si and refused to marry him, but the bride price given by Li Si's family was high, so his wife's parents agreed.

Li Si originally thought that after getting married, he would treat his wife better and live with him with peace of mind. Who would have thought that the better Li Si treats his wife, the more mischievous his daughter-in-law will be, which will make her very upset. Li Si now also regrets why he wanted to marry someone back because of beauty, which made the family restless.

Li Si and Zhang Dayong didn't interact much on weekdays. After saying Happy New Year, they didn't know what to say. In addition, Li Si had something on his mind, so they exchanged a few simple greetings and said goodbye.

"It's better for the fourth brother to get divorced now and marry someone who is willing to live with him while he is young, otherwise it will be difficult to have children when he gets older." After Li Si left, Lin Qin sighed to Zhang Dayong.

"It can't be that simple. Although the fourth brother and his wife are noisy now, nothing serious has happened after all. How can they suddenly agree to divorce each other? Although divorce sounds better than divorce, it will also damage the woman's reputation. It's about that." Zhang Dayong replied.

Lin Qin also knew that he just felt pity for Li Sida when he was wandering around the village during the Chinese New Year.

Neither of them wanted to get into a bad mood on the first day of the New Year, so they quickly put away their pity for Li Si and continued walking around the village talking and laughing.

There were many villagers wandering around the village on the first day of the new year, and you would bump into one within a few steps. Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin lived smoothly after their marriage. Rumors about his destiny in the village had almost disappeared. The villagers are no longer as afraid of him as before, and are willing to say hello to him when they meet him.

Zhang Dayong is not a carefree person. Whenever someone greets him, he will stop and return the greeting and say a few words.

Lin Qin felt extremely happy when he saw more and more villagers greeting Zhang Dayong. He himself didn't pay much attention to the rumors about Zhang Dayong's fate, but Lin Qin always cared about it. When they first got married, Lin Qin felt uncomfortable when he saw that everyone in the village was avoiding Zhang Dayong like the plague. Now that everything is over.

Zhang Dayong and Lin Qin didn't go home until noon to cook dumplings for lunch. After lunch, they didn't go out. They just sat in the main room chatting. Worried about being bored, Lin Qin also took some cloth left over from making clothes and planned to give them to Zhang Dayong makes a wallet.

According to custom, the second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married women and husbands return to their parents' homes. Although they can see each other from time to time in the same village, Lin Qin still prepared some New Year greetings according to custom and took Zhang Dayong to the Lin family to pay New Year greetings.

"Father, eldest brother, second brother, sister-in-law, second brother." Lin Qin happily greeted everyone one by one after arriving at Lin's house.

Zhang Dayong also called out, and then handed the New Year's greetings he prepared to Lin Dazhu and told him to put them away.

The village is not so particular. They usually prepare some home-made eggs or cut some meat for New Year greetings. Zhang Dayong did not prepare anything too much, just some bacon. It was not too much but not too much. After cutting five kilograms of bacon, you can see it. .

"Brother Qin, the hairpin on your head is the one Dayong bought you when we got engaged!!!" As soon as Lin Qin came in, Li Mo saw the silver hairpin on Lin Qin's head and said slightly curiously.

Lin Qin subconsciously touched the hairpin on his head and said, "Yes, that's the one. I used to have to work every day and worry about where to drop it. Plus, silver hairpins are expensive and I couldn't bear to wear them. It's just for the past few days during the Chinese New Year. In addition, no one will notice if you dress well for the Chinese New Year."

"This hairpin was bought for others to wear. If you leave it there without wearing it for a long time, it will get old." Zhang Dayong refused to Lin Qin. The hairpin he gave me was very complaining, and I couldn't help but complain a few times.

"What Dayong said is right. This silver hairpin will turn black if you don't wear it for a long time. If you want to clean it, you have to go to a jewelry store and use the potion they prepare. It is said that one wash costs more than ten copper coins." Bai Xiuniang said with a smile, not knowing who she had heard it from before.

When Lin Qin heard that the hairpin would turn black if left unworn, and that it would cost more than a dozen coppers to wash it with potion, his face suddenly showed a look of shock and fear, and he murmured, "Why don't you return such an expensive hairpin?" It's going to get hacked, so I'd better wear it. A dozen copper coins are too expensive."

Lin Qin's complicated look and murmur made everyone burst into laughter. Zhang Dayong saw that Lin Qin was finally willing to wear it. Wearing a hairpin every day showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

Living in a village, the Lin family knew very well how Lin Qin was living, so Lin Han did not ask how Lin Qin and Zhang Dayong were living, and whether there were any conflicts, as elders would usually ask.

Lin Han pulled Zhang Dayong and talked about the fields, asking him to prepare the wheat seedlings early, and wait until the snow has melted before planting the wheat seedlings. The weather is still relatively cold in the first month, and rice is too delicate to be planted. However, it is not a problem for the fields to be empty all the time, so the villagers will plant some cold-resistant foods, such as potatoes, corn, and wheat.

Zhang Dayong was still relatively new to farming, so he listened very carefully. Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu also chimed in from time to time.

Husbands usually don't interrupt when men are talking, so Li Mo and Bai Xiuniang took Lin Qin with their children to the house where he lived before to talk privately.