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There is also a custom during the Chinese New Year in the countryside called"worship your parents on the first day of the Lunar New Year and worship your mother-in-law on the second day of the Lunar New Year".

Because it was too late to play in the evening of the 30s and it was too hard. I fell into a deep sleep. As a result, on the first day of the new year, before it was completely bright, I was pulled and pulled by Michelle.

She started busy early in the morning, lighting a fire and boiling water, and cleaning every room, including the melon seeds, peanut shells and sugarcane peels left by all the people in Wanzi at my door on the 30th night. I saw her so busy, so I kept looking at her with a very strange look.

"Why are you looking at me like that? It’s just one day all year round. Today is the day when we should honor our parents."

After a while, the tea was boiled. I saw that my parents hadn't gotten up yet, but she pulled me, boiled the water in a serious manner, took the teacup, and came to the door of my parents' room together. She shouted I said goodbye to my parents. My parents opened the door, and we toasted each other a cup of tea, which made our parents crazy with joy. At this time, Xiaoqiang also got up on his own, and came over to pester me for new year's money.. Fortunately, I still had a few dollars in my pocket. I took out a dollar and gave it to him, and also gave Michelle a dollar at the same time. The two guys called me brother in unison.

After finishing the etiquette at home, People in the Wanzi began to walk around each other to greet each other. Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi told me that this is also a local custom. They asked me to take Michelle and Xiaoqiang to visit the entire Wanzi, and each house would call and send a message. Congratulations. Uncle Mi and Aunt Mi are relatively senior, so they stay at home to receive them.

In fact, I don’t know many homes in this area, I don’t know their names, and I have never visited their doors. Fortunately, Michelle is following me. There is an old saying in China:"New Year’s greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year—pick up good words."For all the folks in Yiwanzi Township, no matter what their relationship is on weekdays, whether they are close or distant, the New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year are always peaceful.

After everyone greets each other on the first day of the Lunar New Year, most of them stay at home. This is probably a day when the family truly reunites. Michelle took me to cook all the meals for the whole day. She said that worshiping your parents on the first day of the new year means being filial to your parents.

On the second day of the new year, it’s the day to worship your mother-in-law. On this day , except for the elderly and unmarried girls, they basically have to visit relatives. The married usually bring their children and daughters to pay homage to their mother-in-law. All young men who are not married must also pay tribute to their future father-in-law on this day. I went to pay my mother-in-law a New Year greeting. I woke up early and after breakfast, Aunt Mi also squeezed out a bunch of gifts and handed them to me. I was really confused at the time. Do I have to go to pay my mother-in-law a visit today?

Of course I have to go! Do as the Romans do in the country Well! You and Wu Wenyan are also officially engaged!

When Aunt Mi said this, Michelle looked unhappy. To be honest, outsiders may still have some gossip about Wu Wenyan and me. , but we all know it well, and no one has ever taken it seriously, and no one has ever been willing to take it seriously. We originally planned to just wait until the time was right, and we would publicly call it quits. If we follow the local customs and then spend the New Year After bowing, doesn't this become more and more true?

Regardless of whether it's true or not, as long as you still wear this name, you can't miss this etiquette. Besides, I don't have many relatives and friends in this bay. During the New Year and the holidays, The house was deserted. I went to pay New Year's greetings to others and send some good luck and happiness.

When Aunt Mi said this, I had nothing to say.

When I was about to pack my things and go out, I suddenly saw Mifu lowering her head. She walked towards our house with her head bent, and a few steps away was the person she had just been engaged to that year.

I immediately greeted the door enthusiastically:"Miff! Look at you kid! You are so polite to us! Come and sit in the house."Miff came in and wished us New Year's greetings one by one. The man also had a smile on his face. According to Miff's introduction, everyone called out affectionately. Michelle and I were stunned and agreed mechanically.

Miff After the person sat down, he put a large package of gifts on the table. When my mother saw such a large package, she was also a little panicked. According to the custom in the countryside, it was the first time that the new son-in-law came to the door. When someone is polite, we have to return the favor. This is called sending away. But our family never thought of it before, and we were not prepared at all. It was too late to prepare at last! My mother suddenly remembered a piece of fabric she pulled for me years ago. Fortunately, it hasn't been used for anything yet. In those days, it was heavy enough for a new son-in-law to come up with such a piece of fabric. Normally, a pair of socks would cost a lot of money. My mother couldn't help it now. I had no choice but to be generous once.

I watched my mother take out the piece of fabric and hand it to Miffy. I felt really weird and uncomfortable. It’s not that I couldn’t bear to part with the piece of fabric, I just felt that I should give my fabric to this person. Man, I feel really unhappy. This man seems to be older than me, but he follows Miffy and has to call me brother. When I heard him call me brother, I felt very awkward and had goosebumps all over my body. Miff probably knew that I was being tortured, so she only stayed at my house for a few minutes before leaving. But I felt that these few minutes were longer than a year.

As soon as Miff and the others left, Michelle and I grew older. He breathed a long sigh of relief. Michelle mumbled to my mother:"Miff is really worth it, how can you find such a man?"""Go! Go! Go! Children, please don't talk about being immodest. They are people who eat commercial goods. If Meifu can really marry in the county town and not have to live in the mud, rain, wind and sun, then she will be really lucky!"Can this be called a blessing?" I would rather suffer at home for the rest of my life than marry such a person. elder brother! dont you agree?"

Listening to the conversation between Michelle and Mom, I walked away silently. Fortunately, I walked away long ago. Otherwise, Michelle asked me this, how should I answer?

Professor Wu and Wu Wenyan said to me The arrival seems to be a bit unexpected. Maybe they, like me, don’t have a thorough understanding of this local custom. Or maybe they have forgotten the existence of my son-in-law.

Fortunately, we are all familiar with each other after all. We understand each other, and there is no big embarrassment about each other. When it comes to"paying my respects to my mother-in-law on the second day of junior high school", they both laugh it off. I'll take it as it comes. No matter what, my arrival really adds a special joy to the family. Wu The professor immediately ordered Wu Wenyan to prepare a meal, pulled me into his room, and talked endlessly about the latest progress and results of his research and exploration of those broken bricks and tiles.

After such a long period of study and accumulation, I have a deep understanding of those broken bricks and tiles. , that is, I can slowly understand it. However, at my current level, it is really difficult for me to reach the level where I can talk to Professor Wu on an equal footing and discuss together. At best, I am just a listener. However, as far as Professor Wu is doing now, It's a miracle to have an audience like me for these things.

Wu Wenyan prepared the meal in a while. Professor Wu was so happy that he was so happy that he asked me to drink with him. My drinking capacity is really bad, so I forced myself to drink. After a few drinks, I collapsed.