Rebirth 05, starting from never dusting

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, before dawn, my father dragged Zhang Yi out of bed.

"Get up and eat quickly, or people who don't want to pay New Year greetings will block the door."

Zhang Yi got up with his head buzzing. He drank half a catty of Maotai last night and several bottles of beer. He didn't go to bed until after two o'clock in the morning.

Celebrate the New Year and wear new clothes.

Lulu bought the clothes for him in advance. After putting them on, Zhang Yi looked much more handsome.

Zhang Yi walked around in the yard, feeling that it was a bit cold outside today, so he quickly went back home, changed out of his suit, and put on a black down jacket.

If you’re celebrating the Chinese New Year, it’s not worth losing your temperature just for the sake of this grace. If you catch a cold, it’s not worth it.

The floor of the living room has been covered with a red carpet, which is prepared for the juniors who come to pay New Year greetings and kowtow.

The Zhang family is not a very prosperous family in the village. It is not a wealthy family like the Zhao family or the Wang family. When people pay New Year's greetings, the red carpet has to be laid from the living room to the front door.

"Happy New Year to Mom and Dad!"

Zhang Yi and his eldest brother kowtowed to the second elder to pay New Year greetings. The elder sister-in-law, with her big belly, bowed lightly to the second elder.

Dad and mom sat on the chairs, smiling and nodding.

My mother took out three red envelopes and handed them out. The red envelope for her two sons was one hundred, and the red envelope for her daughter-in-law was one thousand.

"Thank you, parents." The sister-in-law happily took it.

"Xiao Na, it's very inconvenient for you to go out with your big belly. Why don't you go with me to pay New Year's greetings this year?"

My mother softly discussed with my sister-in-law.

My sister-in-law is due to give birth in two months. She is a baby in my mother's eyes, so she is worried that something will happen to her.

The sister-in-law nodded obediently. In fact, she didn't want to follow in the New Year greetings. Although the two had received the certificates, the wedding ceremony had not yet been held. There was always a feeling that the name was not justified.

"Hurry up and go eat, otherwise people will come up to pay New Year greetings, and you will have to go hungry for a long time with them."

Mom said and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

Breakfast is dumplings, and if nothing else, dumplings will be the staple food these days.

Mom had barely rested last night and looked a little tired. Zhang Yi hurried over to help cook the dumplings.

"After boiling the pot, add some cold water to the dumplings when they float up. Roll them three times and they are almost done." The eldest brother gave instructions from the side.

Mom said: "You stay here, ours is stuffed with beef, we need to cook it for a while!"

Halfway through eating the dumplings, footsteps came from the door.

Before anyone entered the courtyard, the sounds of New Year greetings were already heard one after another.

"Uncle and aunt, we are here to wish you a happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year to uncle and aunt!"

The New Year greeters came, and my father quickly put down his chopsticks to greet them. Upon seeing this, my sister-in-law quickly replaced my mother.

The younger generation kowtowed to the elder couple and paid New Year greetings. The mother smiled and distributed melon seeds, fruits, and of course red envelopes to the younger generation.

Dad gave out cigarettes and tea to the smokers.

A roomful of people crowded into the living room, chattering lively.

Everyone's first reaction when entering the room is: It's so warm.

Can it not be warm? Since yesterday, the stove has not been turned off, and the room has always been kept at 24 degrees. It is not even a bit warmer than those homes where only the air conditioner is turned on.

Talking about the thick firecracker skin at the gate, someone asked Dad how much firecrackers he set off last night.

Dad bared his teeth and said very proudly: "I don't know, the two brothers bought it. I didn't even ask."

Just as he was talking, Zhang Yi and his eldest brother also came to the living room to say hello and New Year's greetings to everyone.

"Let's go, let's go to celebrate the New Year together!" Cousin Zhang Xuan shouted.

Zhang Xuan is the eldest of the Zhang family, in his early thirties, and his family found him a job at the county's urban management bureau through connections.

In this way, Zhang Xuan can be regarded as a relatively respectable member of the junior generation, much better than Zhang Teng, a farmer electrician.

Therefore, the two of them disliked each other, and even their New Year greetings were deliberately staggered.

After coming out of home, Zhang Xuan came to Zhang Yi and said, "Xiao Yi, I seemed to have seen you on the commercial street two days ago. What were you doing on the construction site over there?"

"Ah? What are you doing there?" Zhang Yi was slightly stunned.

Zhang Xuan said: "What else can we do? Aren't there two groups of earthwork teams over there? It's the end of the year and the leader asked us to go over and temporarily increase our performance."

The urban management team inspected the garbage trucks, and they were professional and reasonable.

"Oh!" Zhang Yi nodded repeatedly and said, "I'm supervising the project there."

"Director?" Zhang Xuan asked.

It seems that he is quite familiar with the construction industry, at least more than that guy Zhang Teng.

Zhang Yi smiled and said: "How can it be my turn to be the director? I am just an ordinary supervisor."

Zhang Xuan said: "Let's leave our contact information so that if anything happens in the future, we can take care of each other."

After the two exchanged contact information, Zhang Xuan said: "Let me ask you something, how much does the first-phase house at Baimai Mansion cost per square meter?"

Zhang Yi said: "When I bought it, it was 2900, and I also got a parking space. I don't know what the market price is now. Do you want to buy a house there?"

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes, my partner is quite anxious. I want to buy a house as soon as possible and plan to get married during the National Day."

"I walked around one by one and found that there are only existing houses there. I heard that you bought a house there, so I wanted to find out if there are any internal preferential prices or anything like that."

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "There are not many good units left in the first phase. Their sales are mainly promoting the second phase. I will ask you about it later."

"Okay!" Zhang Xuan said, "When will you go to work? Then I will go to the construction site to play with you."

"It seems to be after the Lantern Festival." Zhang Yi said.

"By the way, what style is your home decorated in? I'll go take a look when I'm free."

Zhang Xuan is very good at climbing along the pole.

The two chatted incessantly and followed the New Year greeting army to a house. As soon as they entered the house, Zhang Yi saw the people in front of him starting to kneel down and kowtow.

Oh, I started kneeling at the gate, and it turned out that I was at Grandpa’s house.

The senior ones knelt in front, and they, the juniors, knelt in the back.

From the door to the gate, many people were kneeling.

At this time, if there is a BGM of "If the seasons change, the leaves fall to the ground and are covered with silver, and I can't go back to the place where I came from, I will have another dream for you.", Emma, ​​it will be absolutely shocking!

Zhang Yi kowtowed and then went into the room to take a look at the master.

My grandfather is getting old, his eyes are dim, and his ears can't hear clearly. He lies on the bed and looks at the young people who come to pay New Year greetings. He can only respond with his mouth open and "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh on me".

There were too many people in the room and the air was a bit turbid. Zhang Yi stayed there for less than a minute and hurried to the yard.

Seeing other elders in the family, Zhang Yi also shouted "Happy New Year".

The juniors wanted to pay New Year greetings and focused on a quick fix. At around 8 o'clock, Zhang Yi finally completed the task and returned home.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Yi lay down directly on the sofa. New Year greetings were not a light activity.

"Where's your eldest brother?" Mom asked.

"He went to his classmates."