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Chapter 198 New Year's Eve Dinner

We arrived at Tin Hau Temple, what a guy! It was chaotic and noisy.

The smoke from incense and firecrackers almost enveloped the entire Tin Hau Temple. For those who didn’t know, I thought there was a fire inside!

Fortunately, Zhang Yaohua's family still had some face, so everyone gave up their position one after another.

"Ahua, please leave it here. I've bowed down and prepared to leave." A voice came.

Mother Zhang quickly thanked her: "Thank you so much, Aunt Six."

The old woman was about to leave with the tribute, when someone called to stop her.

"Ah! Aunt Six, you made a mistake! That's my chicken."

"What about my family?" Aunt Six stared.

"How do I know? Just look for it!"

Zhang Yaohua almost laughed, what are you looking for? There was a big table, filled with similar chickens, and the baskets used by each family to place tributes were also similar.

At this time of year, there are more than one or two cases of getting the wrong thing.

Zhang Yaowu went to tear open the packaging of firecrackers and waited to set off the firecrackers.

Mom placed the tributes on the offering table.

Zhang Yaohua lit a handful of incense and handed it to his mother.

The burning incense cannot be blown out directly with the mouth. My mother holds it horizontally, shakes it a few times, then bows, and puts the incense on each incense burner. Each incense burner contains at least three sticks of incense, and five sticks are also acceptable.

It seems that even numbers are rarely inserted.

Mom started praying.

He made a lot of wishes, and the women next to him also made them with all their heart. Zhang Yaohua, who was standing by, wiped his sweat for the gods.

It's not easy to order tributes from the diners.

"Come here and pay homage to Mazu..."

There is more than just Mazu in Tin Hau Temple, but she is the largest in this temple. There are other gods nearby, such as mountain gods, earth gods, He Xiangu, etc.

In short, temples in rural areas are generally a hodgepodge of gods and goddesses from all walks of life, including Buddhism and Taoism.

Zhang Yaohua and others bowed devoutly a few times, and Azhen also taught the children how to pray, but not to fool them casually.

After worshiping, Zhang Yaowu went to set off firecrackers.

After returning from Tin Hau Temple, I continued to offer incense and worship when I passed the Pek Kung Tree.

Worshiping the Bogong tree is also their tradition here.

I heard that some places in Fujian still worship stones! There are also people who consider stones as godfathers.

If a child in the family is weak, sick, and difficult to support, most of the time they will ask a godmother for him.

There are three reasons for worshiping stones for marriage:
  It is said that if a child's birth horoscope shows that he or she has a "hard life", then he should look for a stone as a bride to avoid hurting his family members.

Secondly, some people think that it should not be a "hard confrontation" but a "softness to overcome the hardness". Only children whose birth horoscopes are weak or who are weak and sick should pray to stones for marriage.

Finally, there is another saying that worshiping stones as god relatives is to make up for the lack of the five elements in the child's birth date according to the five elements' mutual development, such as "earth generates gold" and "the five elements lack earth".

But in Zhang Yaohua's place, the Bogong tree will bless every child in the village.

When we got home, we started worshiping our ancestors and notifying all our ancestors to come back and eat.

After everyone has finished praying, it’s time to start cooking New Year’s Eve dinner.

I believe it is the same across the country, and they attach great importance to the New Year’s Eve dinner, which is also a reunion dinner.

At this time, the village director took the village cadres to deliver gifts and red envelopes to tourists celebrating the New Year in the village, wishing them a happy New Year and a happy life here.

The tourists did not expect that they had not received the red envelope yet.

"We have set up two or three tables at the Ashin Restaurant. Let's go over and eat after a while. Think of it as a token of appreciation from our village. Don't dislike it!" said the director.

"How could it be? Thank you, Director Chen, thank you all, and I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance!"

They then shared their treatment online. Although the red envelope was opened and there was not much money in it, everyone was moved.

"There is still a sense of humanity here." "Yes! There will be fireworks tonight. We are doing the right thing by staying here to celebrate the New Year this year."

"Should we seal some red envelopes too?"

"Ask for it! As a courtesy, I will give one to the child tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year."

"How much should be sealed?"

……

When they were discussing, someone from South China F3 suggested that they just seal the deal for five yuan, and don't push up the local market, as they don't want friends from other provinces to bring bad vibes.

So, they prepared to seal it for five yuan.

"I have no cash and no preparations. Do you have any? Give me some change."

"Neither do I. I haven't touched cash for a long time."

In the end, they could only find Zhang Yaohua.

Zhang Yaohua took out several stacks of five and ten yuan coins.

Zhang Yaohua got these back from the bank in advance, and they are all new banknotes.

Other banks are also prepared, knowing that as the Chinese New Year approaches, many people will withdraw small amounts of new banknotes to seal red envelopes.

"Five yuan is enough! Ten yuan is too much. We usually only give ten yuan to relatives, and five yuan to those we don't know well. In the past few years, there were two yuan, but now there are less." Zhang Yaohua told them .

no way! Red envelopes also rise with prices.

For family members, it is usually a little more, one or two hundred yuan.

For example, Zhang's mother plans to give two hundred yuan to her son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter this year, and one hundred yuan to her nephew and niece.

There is a difference between closeness and distance! It’s best to manifest at this time.

After hearing Zhang Yaohua's words, the tourists calmed down. If the island owner says so, then there is no problem.

They sighed again, what a great atmosphere! In their hometown, five yuan would really be frowned upon. In fact, let alone being disliked by others, I am even embarrassed myself.

But here, everyone gives it like this, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Oh! Also, just give it to the child. You don't need to give it to those of you who are not married yet, and I don't plan to give it to you either." Zhang Yaohua reminded again.

In fact, here, anyone who is not married can receive red envelopes, no matter how old they are.

"Ah! Is this appropriate?" The tourist was shocked.

You earn so much and you are still in your thirties, are you sorry?
  Zhang Yaohua spread his hands: "I'm not married yet, what's wrong? Last year, my brother gave me a red envelope. I was a little embarrassed to take it."

Tourists call him good guy.

Fine! Respect local customs.

"By the way, your New Year's Eve dinner tonight..."

The tourist quickly said: "The director asked us to go to the restaurant to eat, and two or three tables have been prepared for us."

"That's good! If you want to eat, you can go and tell the restaurant owner. Don't be embarrassed. The village committee reimburses you, not the restaurant owner.

Fireworks will be set off at half past eight, so everyone goes to eat early. "

After bidding farewell to Zhang Yaohua, the tourists went back to seal their red envelopes and immediately headed to the hotel.

At this time, the hotel has hung up lanterns and the atmosphere is good. There is also a red envelope placed on every seat, prepared by Ashin to thank tourists for their support of his hotel these days.

Although tourists are celebrating the New Year in a foreign country, they still feel full of care.

With the standard eight dishes and one soup, everyone was not picky.

What's there to be picky about?
  When Zhang Yaohua's family was preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner, Shui Wang came.

"Brother Hua, do you want Nian oranges?"

He brought back six trees, placed two in front of his house, and sent two to the village committee. The director asked for them. The remaining two trees were sent to Zhang Yaohua's family.

"How much, how much?"

(End of this chapter)