After the firecrackers were fired, Zhou Yang arranged for Li Youwei and his mother to rest!
But he was thinking about patrolling at night, and then took Fan Debiao out and rushed to the brigade headquarters!
Because the firecrackers had just been fired and the fire was going on, the whole village looked filled with smoke.
When I came to the street, I saw many children running around wearing new clothes.
These children were playing with the heads of firecrackers, and Zhou Yang couldn't help but laugh.
When the small firecrackers go off, some fish that don't go off will slip through the net. These become treasures in the eyes of the children. Children's happiness is so simple!
After a while, the two came to the brigade headquarters!
At this time, there were already many people in the brigade headquarters. In addition to Wang Ping, Zhang Genwang and others, the father-in-law Li Fengnian and the uncle Li Jianguo were also here.
In fact, my father-in-law didn't need to come here to patrol this year. After all, he was no longer a village cadre, but he came anyway.
What is even more unexpected is that in addition to the village cadres, other educated youth members in the village also rushed to the brigade headquarters one after another.
After a while, the entire brigade was surrounded by gay men who came to help patrol. There were no less than 2,670 people by visual inspection.
Good guy, basically all the men in the village are here.
After seeing Zhou Yang coming, everyone greeted him one after another, and Zhou Yang responded enthusiastically.
Everyone asked each other what they had for dinner and whether they bought new clothes for the Chinese New Year. It was so lively.
After chatting for a while, I felt that people were almost here, so my father-in-law immediately said: "Everyone, be quiet!"
After everyone calmed down, Li Fengnian said again: "It's still the same old rule. The main thing is to check for fires that have not been extinguished, and also to see if there are any open or dark fires caused by the firecrackers. Pay special attention to the livestock shed!"
"Let's divide into groups. One group will be led by me, Zhou Yang, Li Jianguo, Liang Feng... You few will follow me, and the rest will be the second group, led by Wang Ping!"
"One group patrols from east to west, and the other group patrols from west to east, let's go!"
Following the father-in-law's order, the two teams left the brigade headquarters in a mighty manner and began patrolling along the village.
This is the first time in the history of Babaoliang Village that a patrol of several hundred people was formed. It was said to be a patrol, but it looked more like a parade.
Everyone talked and laughed along the way, and used shovels to put out the fires that were not extinguished to avoid causing fires.
When passing by the livestock shed, you have to go inside and take a look at the big animals inside.
The members were happy and lively tonight, but the crackling of firecrackers frightened these big animals and they needed to be comforted.
After walking half a circle around the village, the two groups of people met in the center of the village!
After the two parties communicated, they learned that except for extinguishing two fires that did not burn cleanly, everything else was normal.
But it's not over yet. The entire patrol will last at least two hours. After all, some hidden fires are very hidden.
Ever since, the two groups of people started wandering along the village.
Good guy, hundreds of people stayed up late at night and wandered around the village. This is incredible!
At half past two, after making sure everything was fine, Li Fengnian ordered the patrol to end.
Then the team disbanded and everyone went back to their homes!
After Zhou Yang and Fan Debiao returned home, everyone in the family was already asleep. Then they went back to the main room and the west room to sleep separately!
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Early the next morning, Zhou Yang was awakened by the "bang bang" sound of firecrackers outside!
I opened my eyes and looked at the wall clock. It was just shy of seven o'clock.
I have the intention to sleep a little longer, but I think there are still many things to do on the first day of the new year, so I just need to get dressed and get up.
After getting up, Zhou Yang first stuffed some corncobs into the stove that was about to go out, and then added some charcoal.
Then he scooped a few ladles of water into the iron teapot and put the teapot on the stove, so that hot water would be available soon.
Perhaps hearing the noise here, Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong also got up one after another.
After greeting each other, one of them went to fetch water from the well, and the other took a big broom to the yard to clean up yesterday's firecracker debris and the ashes left after the fire burned.
Zhou Yang didn't stop him, but after washing his face with cold water, he was busy preparing breakfast for his family.
Breakfast is relatively simple, millet porridge, hot steamed buns and leftover dumplings from last night, no vegetables!
Before eight o'clock, Li Youwei and her mother also got up in the room, but Bao'er was still in bed.
There is no way, the little girl went to bed too late last night, and the older children followed Li Hu and the others and went crazy for half the night, so they were very tired!
Fortunately, the little girl had been thinking about asking for lucky money for New Year greetings on the first day of the new year. Li Youwei screamed twice and still struggled.
Although I was in a daze, I kowtowed and said hello immediately after seeing my grandparents.
This was the first time for Zhou Yawen and Ye Lifang to receive New Year's greetings from their grandchildren. They were so happy that they immediately took out the New Year's money they had prepared.
When Li Youwei and Zhou Yang saw the brand new unity prepared by their parents for Bao Er, they were both stunned!
The New Year's money is actually for celebration. Most people only have one or two cents, and the most are no more than one yuan.
Their parents directly gave them two big solidarity bills, which made them unable to spend the fifty cents they had.
But the little girl has no idea about money. There is no difference between fifty cents and ten yuan in her eyes!
As a child, I just like this process.
What Zhou Yang didn't expect was that each of Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong also prepared New Year's money for Bao'er, which was also a big unity ticket for each person.
Zhou Yang originally refused to accept money from them. After all, they were not married. No matter how old they are in Saibei, as long as they are not married, they generally do not need to give new year's money to their children.
Secondly, their identities are to protect him. Not only are they responsible for his safety every day, but they also have to work for his family and pay for it. How embarrassing.
But Fan Debiao and Liu Yunlong insisted on giving it, and said that the new year's money was for Bao'er, not Zhou Yang, and asked him to leave it alone.
Seeing their persistence, Zhou Yang had no choice but to let Baoer accept it!
After breakfast, Zhou Yang asked his parents to stay at home!
And he hugged Bao'er, took Li Youwei, and accompanied by Fan Debiao, rushed to the old house to pay New Year's greetings to his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and several uncles.
The old house was particularly lively today. More than a dozen children, both young and old, came early to kowtow to Li Fengnian and his wife to pay New Year greetings.
After each child kowtowed, Li Fengnian gave him one dollar. The scene was really lively.
This year, the family received three thousand yuan, and Li Fengnian was also happy. The new year's money has also increased. In the past, it was only fifty cents per person.
After Zhou Yang's family arrived, Bao'er first paid New Year's greetings to his grandma and grandpa, and then to his uncle and aunt.
At the same time, the children in the old house also paid New Year greetings to Zhou Yang and Li Youwei.
For a time, the whole old house was full of voices kowtowing and saying hello, it was joyful and lively!
After celebrating the New Year, Li Youwei and Bao'er stayed at the old house, while Li Fengnian took Zhou Yang and the family's four sons to the street.
According to the custom in the village, the first day of the Lunar New Year is to welcome the God of Joy.
But in recent years, the higher authorities have not allowed this, so everyone takes to the streets and walks in a certain direction.
Although no one said it with their mouths, they all knew it in their hearts.
All in all, many things have changed over the years, but some things have never changed, they just exist in a different way!
PS: The "receiving god" firecracker is the most important New Year custom in the Saibei area. This custom is found in many places in the north. It may be called differently. This is the same as the 12 o'clock time for the Spring Festival Gala in later generations!
