"We are here to pay New Year's greetings to the village head."
"The door is finally open."
"Country Lord? Where is our Country Lord?"
The villagers outside the door were jostling each other and about to rush towards Lao Bai's house.
Seeing Xiao Fuyuan in the arms of the white board, everyone swarmed up and surrounded the white board.
There is a strong urge to snatch their country owner from the arms of the white wooden board.
The Bai family feels like they are facing a formidable enemy.
Although this was not the first time I had seen this scene, I was still worried that the villagers who were too enthusiastic would collide with Xiao Fukuoka.
Little Fuyuan was in the arms of the white wooden board, hugging her father's neck tightly, fearing that the enthusiastic villagers would take her away.
She wasn't afraid that the villagers would hurt her. The main reason was that she was hugged by the village elders and aunties in turns, not to mention the feeling on her body.
Even if it’s the Chinese New Year, everyone has taken a shower and changed into new clothes, but they can’t resist the smell accumulated over time.
In addition, villagers in this era didn't pay much attention to hygiene. Not many people like Lao Bai used green salt to brush their teeth and rinse their mouths every day. The taste in her mouth hit her face, and she didn't want to eat during the entire first month.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Bai Banban saw his daughter's confused expression as she was squeezed by the crowd, and hugged him all the way back to the yard. Bai Dazhuang was so strong that he pushed and shoved him. He rushed in with several brothers to protect his father and retreated. .
Emma!
The villagers are also very enthusiastic.
It’s not easy to get angry if you’re celebrating the New Year.
Besides, they also came from home to pay New Year greetings to Xiao Fuyuan, so the Bai family would not be unappreciative.
"Uncle Bai, you are holding the village master, how can we kowtow to the village master and say New Year greetings?" One of the young adults shouted in the crowd. He was the first to come and wanted to have priority to pay New Year's greetings.
"That's right, why don't we kowtow to the village master while holding us?"
"Isn't this just kowtow to Uncle Bai? We are paying New Year's greetings to the village head."
Everyone echoed the words of the young adults.
New Year greetings are secondary, the main thing is to enjoy the blessings of the village owner.
The villagers are not satisfied with the white wooden board holding the small lucky circle to accept everyone's New Year greetings. This belongs to the middlemen and will affect the concentration of blessings.
Bai Banban looked helpless, no matter how nice everyone said, he would not let go of his daughter.
Old Mrs. Bai stood in the crowd and shouted to everyone: "It's not that my granddaughter doesn't accept everyone's New Year greetings, but there are too many people and she is afraid of crowding the children. Everyone lines up and comes one by one. Otherwise, if this goes on, it will be the first day of the new year." Don’t even think about it.”
As the village owner, Mrs. Bai's grandmother still has a certain influence in Shenshu Village.
At her shouts, the villagers gradually retreated away from the white wooden board.
But before the incense was burned, the crowd started making noise again.
It’s a question of who comes first and who comes last.
Some said they came first and the cat was already outside Lao Bai’s yard when the rooster crows.
Some said they had already been here while eating dumplings.
The villager who came when the rooster crow questioned whether he came at the time of eating dumplings, saying that there was no one in front of Lao Bai's house when he came. A villager who came to eat dumplings said that although he didn't keep watch all the time, he made two marks with the dumplings. I don't believe that there are two frozen and hard dumplings of his under the stone at the door, stuffed with cabbage and pork.
When the two of them were arguing, the others were unhappy and continued to quarrel, which delayed the good time.
Someone tried to get in front of the two people. The two people turned to the outside world and continued to argue, so the yard fell into chaos again.
Village Chief Zhao rushed to Lao Bai's house to maintain order.
However, he was blocked by a crowd of people at the door, and he stamped his feet in annoyance.
When Village Chief Zhao went home at night, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that A Zhen's father's identity was unusual, so he went to A Zhen's house early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings.
I didn't see A Zhen and his son at all. They exchanged a few words with He Shunlao. As soon as I came out, I heard that the front of Lao Bai's house had been turned into a vegetable market.
He didn't recognize any of the strange faces, but he knew the other village chiefs in the crowd.
After thinking about it for a while, I realized that their village owner was so famous that this year not only the people from Shenshu Village came to Lao Bai's house to pay New Year greetings to Xiao Fuyuan, but also the entire Nanguan Town's ten miles and eight villages came to visit.
"Village Chief Zhao, although the head of the village is from your village, she was appointed by the emperor. She is the head of our entire Nanguan Town. Our village is also qualified to pay her New Year greetings and ask for a few auspicious words from her." Luo from Xiashan Village. The village chief said with a smile.
"Yes, yes!" The village chiefs of other villages nodded, and at the same time passed the cigarette pot to Village Chief Zhao, trying to join the queue or something.
"Hurry up and put out the cigarette pot. Our village owners don't like the smell of cigarettes. Lao Bai's house is a smoke-free environment. Those who smoke should go back to your village to smoke." Village Chief Zhao said with a serious look on his face.
After hearing this, everyone was like turning on a switch and extinguished their cigarette pots one after another.
"We, the villagers of Shenshu Village, have finished our New Year greetings before it's your turn." Village Chief Zhao said, "Give way and let me in."
At this time, the villagers of Shenshu Village who were at the end of the queue were unhappy.
The village owner is from Shenshu Village, so why should other villages come to pay New Year greetings to their village owner and steal his blessings?
If you have the ability, you can have a village leader in your own village!
"Village chief, you shouldn't have agreed. What will the village head do if he is so tired?"
"That's right, Lao Bai's family hasn't agreed yet."
The people of Shenshu Village were very dissatisfied and tried to close the door of Shang Laobai's house.
"The village owner was not appointed by you Shenshu Villagers, but by the emperor. Why can't we pay her New Year's greetings?"
"We are from Lijiazhuang. The village owner's grandma is in our Lijiazhuang. The village owner counts us as half a Lijiazhuang person, so our Lijiazhuang should be ranked first."
The people from other villages were not happy, so they pushed open the door and broke in.
Soon there was a quarrel with the people of Shenshu Village. The anxious village chief Zhao got stuck in the middle and circled around, but he couldn't turn around. No one paid attention to him while he was shouting to maintain order.
The prefect Liu Hong had a good sleep at Lao Bai's house. When he woke up, he found people in Wuyang and Wuyang outside the courtyard of Lao Bai's house.
After listening for a while, I couldn't help but smile.
It’s fake to wish Xiao Fuyuan happy New Year, but it’s true to get a few auspicious words.
As the prefect, he can understand, who doesn't want Xiao Fuyuan to say a few auspicious words.
He also thought that he wanted Xiao Fuyuan to wish his wife a daughter.
"Sir, are you awake?"
Several subordinates brought by Liu Hong were arranged by the white board to other rooms yesterday. At this time, they saw Liu Hong waking up and fetching water and entering the room.
"Let's go and maintain order in Lao Bai's house." Liu Hong wiped his face and said.
Anyway, he was not summoned by the emperor at this time and did not dare to break into the big house opposite, so he would stay at Lao Bai's house.
It can be considered that the first person who gets closer to the water tower can get acquainted with the emperor.
"Master Liu is here."
"Master Liu is here."
The villagers of Shenshu Village shouted.
People in Shenshu Village were very calm about Liu Hong's arrival. Last night, word spread that the prefect was celebrating the New Year at Lao Bai's house and watching fireworks.
The arrival of Liu Hong made the people of Shenshu Village very proud in front of the people in other villages.
Almost all the people from other villages were startled when they saw the prefect for the first time, and at the same time they were in awe of little Fukuoka.
The village owner is really extraordinary, even the magistrate came to the house in person.
"Everyone comes to visit the village head. They all line up and come from one village to another." Liu Hong stood beside the white wooden board and smiled. He also wanted to show off his magistrate style, but this was not for the Chinese New Year. He I'm afraid that pulling me down will affect my mood for a year.
The magistrate's prestige really worked. As soon as he spoke, the crowd instantly became quiet and they all lined up consciously.
(End of chapter)
