The procedure of worshiping ancestors is not as cumbersome as usual. When it comes to the end, the great grandfather holds a wine and writes: "The god of the Zhu family's government protects the Zhu family, nourishes the family with kindness and rain, and visits the tombs. I am extremely grateful... Dare to The wine is only used to recommend events of the year, to marry a certain government official, to confer a family name to a certain person, and to eat only to enjoy the meal." After saying this, he poured the wine on the ground and burned paper money.
My great-uncle and my grandfather repeated the actions of my great-uncle one by one, but they no longer had to read the words. At this point, the ancestor worship ceremony was over, and everyone returned to the Zhu family compound.
A sumptuous lunch has been prepared in the Zhu family courtyard. There are three large tables arranged in total. The largest table is for men, and the remaining two tables are for women and children. The meals are almost the same.
The bowls are deep and the dishes are generous, including stewed native chicken, braised pheasant, braised fish, cold fungus, steamed rabbit meat, braised rabbit meat, and some home-cooked vegetables. There are also a few pots of old wine on the table, which is also a good choice. The people are drooling.
It really echoes the ancient poem: Don’t laugh at the farmers’ wine, which is thick with wax and wine. In good years, there are enough chickens and dolphins for visitors.
The three families ate together, and the difference was quite obvious. The grandfather's family and the aunt's family obviously ate much better than their own family.
Adults won’t talk about it, just look at the children and you will know that Zhu Pingjun from the uncle’s family has a runny nose and eats stuffed rice, and his mouth makes a squeaking sound, as if he hasn’t eaten in dozens of days, and he even removes food from the plate with his hands. Eat meat... Grandpa's children are obviously much better, especially the cousins. They eat very politely and feel beautiful just looking at them.
After dinner, when the adults gathered together, they felt that the grandpa's family was about to move to the south, so why not treat it as a New Year's reunion in advance and have fun giving out lucky money to the children.
New Year's money, Zhu Ping'an didn't know why, maybe because of his body, his mood became a little childish, and he became inexplicably excited.
Since coming to this world, he has never touched a penny at all. Now that I can receive money, it would be strange not to be excited. Only when you have money in hand can you not feel panic.
"Happy New Year to grandma and grandpa." Zhu Pingan took advantage of his sweet mouth and cupped his chubby hands to greet his elders. Although kneeling is inevitable due to feudal customs, for elders, kneeling is also a beautiful tradition of respecting the elderly and loving the young.
Because of his sweet talk, Zhu Pingan received a lot of extra New Year's money from his grandfather and aunt's family, especially the grandfather and aunt each gave him an extra silver bean. Zhu Pingan secretly observed that the grandfather and aunt seemed to only give You are a handful of silver beans, and everyone else is a handful of copper coins. Only you have this benefit.
Grandfather and grandmother are still partial. Zhu Ping'an saw with his own eyes that his grandmother gave Zhu Pingjun one penny more New Year's money than he did...
After going around in a circle, Zhu Ping'an's little pocket was already filled with lucky money.
I saw Mrs. Chen walking over at this time, with a smile like a wolf grandmother.
At this time, Mrs. Chen's mentality was like this: This little slick guy saw that you just received a lot of extra New Year's money and some silver beans, haha, your son is awesome, so be obedient to your mother.
"Hey, dear, come here. Mom will collect the New Year's money from you first. It's safest to leave it with Mom. When you want to buy candy, come and get it from me." Ms. Chen walked up to Zhu Pingan and rubbed him. The little head said with a smile, and then stretched out his hand.
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Looking at Grandma Chen's wolf's smile, Zhu Ping'an had a dark look on his face.
Mothers cheating their children out of lucky money seems to have been inherited for thousands of years. The standard name of the trick used by mother Chen is "making something out of nothing". It is simple but the most effective. Think about how many innocent children are cheated by their parents every year. Mom used this trick to defraud me of the new year's money. The magic touch of this trick is that I will help you collect it. This magic touch is like the finishing touch, making this trick come alive. How many innocent children have been deceived by my mom's trick. He willingly and nonchalantly took the initiative to hand over the new year's money.
However, Zhu Ping'an obviously does not belong to this kind of simple naughty child.
His answer was different, his refusal was original, "No, I still want to save up for a wife."
Zhu Pingan's words made all the seven aunts and eight aunts present laugh. They all laughed at Zhu Pingan for thinking about saving money for his wife when he was just a little bigger.
Mrs. Chen had a dark look on her face. It didn't make sense. This bastard had been deceived by her for so many years. Why didn't it work this time? How could you think of marrying a wife at such a young age? Who taught you? He turned to glare at Zhu Shouyi.
Zhu Shouyi, who was drinking, was lying on his back. His wife choked on the wine and waved his hands repeatedly to show that he was not the one who taught him.
Something went wrong out of nowhere, and Chen used another trick to fish in troubled waters, and he couldn't make a bad face out of a red face.
"Do you know it's dangerous for a child to take so much money? It's a good boy to hand it over voluntarily." Mrs. Chen put her hands on her hips and raised her voice deliberately.
If he were an ordinary naughty child, he would just say with tears in his eyes that I was wrong, and then hand over the lucky money.
Unfortunately, Zhu Pingan is not.
"I will put away the money for my wife's marriage soon and won't take it with me." Zhu Ping'an waved his fat paw, saying that he would put it away without bothering you.
Chen was disappointed again.
Now the aunt and others came around with interest. After all, almost all the children's New Year's money had been defrauded by their parents in various ways. Zhu Pingan was the only one who could not be defrauded, so All curious.
Zhu Ping'an also noticed that almost all his brothers and sisters had their New Year's money defrauded by their parents using various means.
Just now, Zhu Pingjun was deceived by his eldest aunt, "Mother will keep the money for you, and I will buy new clothes for Jun'er later." As a result, Zhu Pingjun happily emptied his pockets and took out the New Year's money that was full of body temperature. Hand it over obediently.
Xiao Yu'er was also deceived by her third aunt, saying, "Good boy, Yu'er, I'll use two handfuls of melon seeds and peanuts in exchange for a handful of your lucky money. Don't exchange one handful for two handfuls. It's not too cost-effective."
"Okay, thank you, mother." Xiao Yu'er nodded cutely, looking like she had earned it.
Although Zhu Pingan feels that he should "cheat" the New Year's money from his parents like other naughty children, money is very important to him, whether it is education or capital to make money, even if it is there for emergencies, it is necessary, so for the time being, it is still necessary. You cannot hand over the lucky money.
Seeing that everyone was watching, Mrs. Chen was too embarrassed to coerce Zhu Pingan's red envelope anymore. She thought of waiting for her relatives to leave before asking for Zhu Pingan's red envelope.
"Well, then you put it away yourself. I won't hit you if you throw it away." Mrs. Chen settled the matter and went to chat with her sister-in-law.
However, this scene still made many people remember Zhu Ping'an in their hearts. This little guy with a tough head and a tough brain was interesting.
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