The Strongest Dad in the 1980s: Fu Bao is the daughter of Heaven

Chapter 350 New Year's Eve

After the peanut cake, Chen Feng became even busier. The family was busy getting firewood, hay and hay from the mountains, burning weeds in the fields, plowing the soil, and digging out mud to dry in the sun and use as fertilizer next year.

In addition, the pond in front of the village's ancestral hall must be drained, fishes must be caught, and the mud must be dug out.

Plus the New Year’s goods prepared for the New Year, all kinds of things to buy and sell, it’s very busy.

During this period, Chen De also brought a bag of things after buying a bunch of things one day, saying they were for Tangtang and the two old people.

"We are getting married this year and we are adults. Buy some for Auntie and Tangtang." Chen De said to Chen Feng.

Chen Feng was smart. Looking at Chen De's smile, he understood immediately.

He waved his hand, "Okay, just buy what you want, don't buy too much."

"Well, not much, just some simple stuff."

Not long after Chen De returned, Dalu's sister Xiaoyu also came, also taking things bought outside.

Chen Feng also accepted it.

Chen Feng understood what they meant.

It's not good if you say no, because they just want you to accept it and make themselves feel better.

So, it’s better to accept it.

After that, it was busy day by day again.

With this busy schedule, the ten days passed quickly.

Soon, the little new year also came.

With the arrival of the new year, we no longer need to use knives or hoes to cut down things.

The fields also need to rest and recuperate, and they can’t be used until after the New Year.

Then comes the cleaning.

Chen Feng's house is newly built, so there is nothing to clean. Just tidy up the house and wash the quilt.

The rest is the woodshed that needs to be tidied up.

I have been busy for two days. On the [-]th of the New Year, it is time to make New Year's goods. All kinds of oil-pressed and sugary things are starting to be busy.

In addition to peanut cakes and rice cakes, Chen Feng’s family also makes various oil-pressed cakes.

When he was busy until twenty-eight, another pig was also slaughtered.

Some families plan to keep the bacon for drying, while others eat it during the Chinese New Year.

After the pigs are ready, on the [-]th day of the year, everyone has already started killing chickens and ducks.

The weather is cold now, so the meat can be stored for several days.

In this way, when the New Year's Eve comes, you don't have to be too busy to stop. After all, you have to eat early on New Year's Eve and there are many other things to be busy with.

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On New Year's Eve, early in the morning, there were all kinds of firecrackers and the sound of people outside.

When Tangtang got up, it was already noisy outside.

She rubbed her eyes, quickly got out of bed, and then came to her father in the yard.

"Dad, what's the sound?"

Chen Feng smiled and said: "They are going to the ancestral hall, let's set off firecrackers!"

Here, every village has an ancestral hall, because everyone has the same surname. Counting back several generations, they are all related by blood.

Every year on New Year's Eve, early in the morning, the adults in the village will carry steamed chickens, fruits, incense, etc., to the ancestral hall, and then pay homage to their ancestors, which is a way of telling the ancestors that the New Year is coming and they should eat Delicious.

When they go back, they will set off a bunch of firecrackers at the door.

Ordinary people will set off two rows of small firecrackers, and those with money will buy a circle of firecrackers. This makes them look more dignified and gives their ancestors face underground.

After listening to her father's explanation, Tangtang was moved and said, "Is dad going then?"

"Dad is going too. He wants to pay homage to your grandfather and your grandfather's grandfather."

Tangtang nodded and said excitedly: "Then I'll go with you too."

"Okay, let's go together!"

After Tangtang washed her face, Chen Feng took a covered basket, packed the chicken that had been steamed early in the morning, as well as fruit cookies and candies, and headed to the ancestral hall together.

At this point in the ancestral hall, many people have already finished their worship and are coming out of the ancestral hall.

Seeing that Chen Feng had Tangtang with him, someone asked, "Are you going to the ancestral hall?"

Chen Feng nodded, "Well, let's go to the ancestral hall to pay our respects. My mother and the others are going to the back of the bridge."

The man nodded, then looked at Tangtang and asked, "Are you going to take this child with you?"

"Well, our ancestral hall didn't say we wouldn't bring it to you, right?"

The man shook his head, "That's not true, but girls, it's pointless to go without a lamp."

"Interesting." Chen Feng replied, "A son must be good? A daughter must be bad."

The man choked, and Chen Feng continued: "You are a woman yourself, and you still add lights to the lamp. I just go to worship my ancestors. You still care about adding lights and flowers, but you haven't seen that your son is so good to you? Why not?" Isn’t your daughter-in-law nice to you?”

The man blushed when he was told something, and finally muttered something, and could only leave quickly.

Chen Feng doesn't care whether you are an elder or not. As long as what you say is wrong, he will say it.

He doesn't mind other people's stubborn old ideas, but just don't disgust him here.

He loves his own daughter. Even if she gets married, she is still the daughter he raised by Chen Feng.

Is it wrong to go in and pay homage to the ancestors and show filial piety?

Tangtang looked at the person walking away, then looked back at her father, "Dad, let's go!"

"Well, let's go!"

The village's ancestral hall is actually just a small room with a patio in the middle. It has been in tatters for many years, but the people in the village do not dare to disturb it. After all, it concerns so many ancestors in the village.

Chen Feng placed the things, lit the incense and candles, and bowed in the direction of the altar.

Tangtang followed her father's example, clasped her hands together, bowed to the memorial tablet, and muttered: "Bless Tangtang, bless dad, bless grandma and the others."

Chen Feng bowed briefly and gave Tangtang three sticks of incense.

"Come, you say goodbye and put it in the incense burner."

"Uh-huh."

The little guy held three sticks of incense in both hands, with pious eyes, and said to the altar: "Bless Tangtang, and Tangtang will be good."

The stone carvings behind the tablets looked at the people in the hall with kind-hearted eyes, until the father and daughter left the ancestral hall.

When he came to the incense burner outside, Chen Feng bowed again, put in the incense candles, and took out two rows of firecrackers from the basket.

"Dad, what is this?" Tangtang asked curiously.

"These are firecrackers. If you shine brighter, daddy is going to set off the firecrackers."

"okay."

Tangtang just stood aside and stared in the direction of her father.

I saw him tearing open the paper on the outside of the firecracker, then pulling out the guide inside, and then gently touching it towards the incense burner.

The primer was lit, and a big hand quickly threw it out in the direction of the pond down the slope.

The firecrackers had already exploded in mid-air before they reached the pond.

The crackling sound still startled Tangtang, and the next second she quickly covered her ears.

Chen Feng threw one firecracker, then two more firecrackers in succession, and that was the end.

The smell inside the firecrackers was mixed with the smell of paper from the coat, and Chen Feng couldn't describe the smell as pleasant.

This also means that the New Year is coming.

He stepped forward and took Tangtang's hand, "Let's go home."

"Uh-huh."

On the way, Tangtang looked up at her father and said after a while, "Dad..."

"what happened?"

Tangtang said doubtfully: "That's a firecracker."

"Well, that's a firecracker. Is it fun?"