freenovelworld Chapter 213 New Year’s greetings
Chapter 213 New Year’s greetings
With Gu Qingqing's heart-touching words of comfort, Li Xin suddenly felt enlightened. He had previously thought that although his uncle and aunt had taken him in, he was not a native of Niutoushan Village after all.
He also wanted to join in the New Year's greetings, but he felt that it would seem out of place if he went to greet everyone.
After hearing what his aunt said, he suddenly realized that this place was not exactly the "home" in his heart!
"Uncle and aunt, I'll go with you." Li Xin said loudly.
Since everyone in the family went out, Dahei naturally wanted to follow them, but Wen Wuyan ordered him to stay at home and not to follow.
They went to Old Yang's place first.
Three children ran in front of him and shouted, "Grandpa Yang, we are here to wish you a happy new year!"
Old Yang stood in the morning light and waved to the children, "Haha, you're here, come in and sit down, Grandpa Yang has prepared some candies for you, put a bag in each of your pockets."
"Hey, hey, it's good that you're here. No need to bow. Get up quickly." Old man Yang, who was about to get the candy, saw the children running up to him and kneeling down, so he quickly raised his hands to help them up.
"Grandpa Yang, Happy New Year." The three little ones shouted in unison.
Old Yang's eyes narrowed into slits with joy, "Okay, okay, Happy New Year to you too. Come and have some candy." The three children happily ran into the cabin and saw that Grandpa Yang had prepared some candies and rice cakes.
They didn't take much, just a piece of candy and a piece of rice cake each.
Old Yang was not willing to let them take so little, so he grabbed some candies and stuffed them into the children's hands.
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing, who arrived later, also knelt down and performed the ceremony of worship.
They told Old Yang that they would come over to his house for dinner later, but he refused and agreed to come over tomorrow.
Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing didn't stay here for long, and immediately took the children to Niu Zhanghe's house.
Niu Yuzhu, Luo Meihua and the two children were not at home. I guess they went to the village to pay New Year's greetings to their uncles and aunts.
Only Niu Zhanghe and Niu Li were there.
"Qingqing is here. It's cold outside, please come in and sit down. Grandpa, please quickly put the candy you prepared in the child's pocket."
"Uncle and aunt, we won't go in. When we just came here, we saw someone behind us who was also coming to your house. We will wish you a happy new year and then leave! Happy New Year, uncle and aunt!" Wen Wuyan said to them while standing in the yard.
As he finished speaking, the whole family bowed again.
Niu Zhanghe and Niu Li were so busy that they didn't know whether to pull the smaller one first or the larger one.
After taking care of both of them, Wen Wuyan and Gu Qingqing got up by themselves.
"Happy New Year! Come inside and rest for a while. We have prepared food for the children. You can't just leave like this. Come on, go inside with grandma and get some food."
Niu Li was holding a flower in each hand. She turned around and saw that Li Xin had not followed her. She smiled and called out, "What are you doing standing there, kid? Come with grandma."
Li Xin subconsciously looked at Gu Qingqing, and heard Gu Qingqing say with a smile, "Grandma asked you to go, why are you looking at me? Go! Grandma must have prepared something good, go and take a look."
Li Xin then followed him into the house.
After a while, several children came out of the house with smiles on their faces.
Because Li Xin was old, he walked fast. When he got to Gu Qingqing, he raised his hands in front of her and opened them. There were three wine-soaked dates in each hand. "Aunt, let me give you a taste."
Gu Qingqing didn't hesitate to pick one up from his hand. The wine-soaked jujube still looked like a fresh jujube, with a faint smell of wine. However, it didn't taste as crispy as a fresh jujube.
However, it is still quite pleasant to be able to eat dates that are almost freshly picked in this season.
Dahua and Erhua, who followed closely, also held the wine-soaked dates in their hands in front of Gu Qingqing. She took one from each of the children, making sure that everyone was treated equally.
After paying New Year's greetings, the family said goodbye. It was because it was too early in the morning on the first day of the new year to see groups of people coming and going in the village.
Look, before they even left the yard, other people had already arrived.
After they came out of Niuzhang River, they prepared to go back.
Because Wen Wuyan didn't have any uncles or grandpas who wanted to leave.
"Daxin, are you taking Dahua and Erhua to the village to play? Or are you going home with us?" Gu Qingqing asked at the intersection.
"Mom, I don't want to go. I want to go home and play." Dahua said first.
Daxin didn't want to go out to play when he saw Dahua didn't want to go out to play.
He knew some people in the village, but he didn't want to play with them.
"Mom, I don't want to go either." Seeing that her sister was not going, Erhua also felt that there was no point in going.
Gu Qingqing looks like a child of the lively and playful age. It would be fine if he doesn’t play on weekdays, but he doesn’t want to go out and play during the New Year. What’s going on?
You can't be mean to children on New Year's Day, even if you pretend.
Gu Qingqing smiled happily, "Go, go, go to the village to have some fun during the New Year, find your friends, and pay New Year's greetings to those familiar grandparents, uncles, and aunts. If you really don't want to go anywhere else, go to your Uncle Zhao Dong's place. If nothing else, you can earn some peanuts and candies! Otherwise, what are you doing staying at home?"
After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, she looked at Li Xin and said, "Da Xin, you are a boy, take Da Hua and Er Hua out to play and run more."
Li Xin straightened his back instantly, as if he had received a military order, "Got it, Auntie."
"Don't play too long. Come back and eat when you've had enough fun." Gu Qingqing said again.
Dahua didn't want to go at first, but when her mother told her that she wanted them to go out and earn peanuts, she became excited. Because in the past, they would earn a lot of peanuts by visiting every household during the Chinese New Year, and sometimes they would also get candies or cakes.
But after we get home, grandma will pick out the good ones and take them away, saying that the family has given away so much today, and the money you little ones earn is to supplement the family!
After sending the children to the village, Gu Qingqing carried Sanhua and Wen Wuyan home.
After Dahua and the others came back with a bag of snacks, she started to boil water to cook the dumplings and Yuanxiao she had made last night.
"Whatever dishes do you want to eat from last night, just heat them up and eat them today." Gu Qingqing asked.
"Aunt, I'm not picky," Daxin said.
"Mom, I want to eat jelly." said Dahua.
"Mom, I want to eat braised duck." Erhua said.
"Okay, I'll eat what you said."
"Aunt, let me keep watch over the fire." Daxin stepped forward to help.
After a while, dumplings and Yuanxiao were served on the table.
Gu Qingqing called them, "It's time to eat. Today there is a copper coin in each of the dumplings and Yuanxiao. Whoever can eat it will definitely make a fortune this year."
Wang Wang Wang ~
Dahei also came over at this time.
Gu Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay, there are some for you too. One dumpling and one Yuanxiao. Whether you can find a copper coin depends on your luck. If you can find a copper coin, I will let you eat rice soaked in meat soup for the next half month."