A young educated youth who repays his gratitude

It's over!

"Woke up."

Bai Lele was in a daze, his cheeks were rubbed a few times, and the warm breath made him itchy.

"Wake up." Huo Changqing saw him frowning, looking uncomfortable, and smiled lightly: "Lele, wake up."

He raised his hand to smooth Bai Lele's eyebrows, his movements were gentle but unquestionable, and he was wrapped up and hugged.

"Don't you want to worship your ancestors?" Huo Changqing pinched his earlobe, lowered his head and rubbed Bai Lele's cheek, "If you don't get up, it will be too late."

"Worshiping the ancestors?" Bai Lele heard these two words, dozed off and ran away, "Yes, we want to worship the ancestors."

Huo Changqing told him yesterday that he just kept watch until midnight and slept too late after eating dumplings.

Bai Lele was really sleepy and had already forgotten about it.

"What time is it?" He yawned and asked sleepily, "It's still dark."

Bai Lele felt that she was woken up just as soon as she fell asleep, and she couldn't open her eyes.

"It's past five o'clock." Huo Changqing said, "We're busy this morning, so we need to hurry up."

If it weren't for the matter of worshiping the ancestors, he wouldn't be willing to call Bai Lele up, so now he can only harden his heart.

Urging Bai Lele to get dressed.

"En." Bai Lele replied vaguely, and with the help of Huo Changqing, she put on her clothes, "Got it."

He half-closed his eyes, and with the assistance of Huo Changqing, he cleaned up after washing.

"Come with me." Huo Changqing said, "First fill in your name on the family tree."

"Didn't it be added?" Bai Lele was puzzled, and asked in bewilderment: "Why do you have to add it again?"

"That's the family tree." Huo Changqing held his hand and explained to Bai Lele: "This is the family tree."

The clan is dissolved and the genealogy is distributed to each family, which is the personal genealogy.

But that was only a copy, the real genealogy was still handed down, and the patriarch was secretly in charge of the worship.

Not many people know and will not come to worship.

Huo Changqing took Bai Lele to the warehouse in the yard. These were two rooms where food and agricultural tools were stored.

"Come in." Huo Changqing pushed open the door of a room, and the light poured out all of a sudden, "It's very fast."

"Yeah." Bai Lele walked in, suddenly surprised, "Are you ready?"

It is said to be a utility room, but it is clean inside, so there are no sundries in it.

There is only one large square table, on which there are rankings and offerings full of offerings.

"It's like this every year." With a serious expression, Huo Changqing stepped forward to pick up the incense and lit it, "It's just that this year there is an extra item for you, the genealogy."

The last time I presented Bai Lele's family tree, although he also invited his ancestors to rank him, it was because it was against the rules.

So I didn't invite the family tree.

Huo Changqing put the incense in the incense burner, took Bai Lele's hand, knelt down in front of the altar and bowed solemnly.

Perform three worships and nine knocks.

Bai Lele heard him muttering words, but the voice was too low, he couldn't hear what he was saying.

He wanted to ask, but Huo Changqing's serious expression made Bai Lele feel that the atmosphere was solemn.

So he shut up and said nothing and asked nothing.

"Get up." Huo Changqing got up and helped Bai Lele up again, "I'll add your name now."

"En." Bai Lele nodded, and obediently stood aside.

He didn't understand these things, and Bai Lele didn't move forward, so he just stood aside.

Wait for Huo Changqing to finish his work.

It's just that Bai Lele didn't expect that after Huo Changqing finished writing his name, he would show him two small boxes.

"What?" Bai Lele was curious, and opened a small box to look, "Wow..."

He was stunned!

A small box one foot square, full of gold and silver, is a variety of jewelry.

Bai Lele opened another small box, which contained more than half of the jade products. He couldn't help touching his neck.

"Is this the place where you got the jade buckle you gave me?"

"Yeah." Huo Changqing smiled, pointed to two small boxes and said, "They were all traded in the black market before, or they looked good."

"How much are these worth?" Bai Lele said happily after hearing this, "Didn't you post it?"

"These are not for sale." Huo Changqing said with a smile, "I'll keep them for you."

"Yes, yes, yes." Bai Lele nodded again and again, these things cannot be sold, "We are not short of money, so keep these."

He doesn't know if Huo Changqing understands it, but Bai Lele knows a little bit, these things are not something that can be bought just by thinking about it.

They're all valuables.

Bai Lele smiled, watching Huo Changqing put the two small boxes back into the cellar.

"Oh!" Bai Lele clapped his hands and said meaningfully, "If I knew you had these things, why would I go out to earn money?"

"Just let you keep it."

Huo Changqing: "..."

Isn't he just afraid of Bai Lele's troubles.

These things were originally planned to be kept for a few years, and when the external situation becomes more relaxed, there will be no further changes.

Give it to Bai Lele again.

But in the current situation, according to Bai Lele's tossing around, and being rejected and guarded by others in Beijing.

He decided to take these things out ahead of time.

Let Bai Lele know in his heart that his family is not that poor, and let him feel at ease and have something to rely on.

"All these are for you." Huo Changqing said, "From now on, you will be in charge of it yourself, and you can use it however you want."

"Yeah." Satisfied, Bai Lele said with a smile, "You gave me all your wealth."

"If you don't give it to who?" Huo Changqing raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes and said, "I'm yours now."

He leaned closer to Bai Lele, his warm breath hit his ear, and whispered: "I don't care if I want to or not."

Bai Lele: "..."

His face became hot, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed, so he stretched out his hand and pushed Huo Changqing.

"Don't make trouble." Bai Lele gave him a reproachful look, and motioned Huo Changqing to look at the altar, "Your ancestor is here."

"Pfft!" Huo Changqing couldn't help laughing, the sound of "haha" echoed in the small space.

"Let's go." Huo Changqing took the first step and took Bai Lele's hand, "Let's go to pay New Year's greetings to the elders."

After they come back, they should hurry up and have breakfast, and wait for other people to come to pay New Year's greetings.

It won't stop all morning.

……

"Happy New Year." Huo Xingyi was the first to come to the door, and when he saw Huo Changqing, he knelt down and kowtowed, "Happy New Year to Uncle."

Bai Lele: "..."

He almost spit out a mouthful of water.

"Cough, cough, cough." Bai Lele coughed violently, looked at Huo Xingyi with reddish eyes, "Are you really knocking?"

"Of course." Huo Xingyi stood up quickly, and said indifferently: "Isn't it right to kowtow to the elders during the Chinese New Year?"

Bai Lele looked at Huo Changqing, seeing him sitting calmly, and then looked at Changping, Changan and the others.

"They..." He pointed to Changping and Changan, and asked Huo Xingyi, "Are you knocking too?"

As soon as his words fell, Huo Xingyi's buttocks also fell, and he sat firmly on the edge of the kang.

Bai Lele: "..."

He was a little embarrassed, what he asked was nonsense, if he had knocked, he would have knocked.

Still waiting to ask myself.

"No kowtow." Huo Xingyi shook his head and said with a smile, "They're underage, we adults don't kowtow to them."

Seniority is one aspect, and there is also the issue of age, which is a bit particular.

He knew that Bai Lele didn't understand.

"Oh." Bai Lele nodded, and said with a smile: "The rules and customs are different in different places."

He kicked Huo Changqing quietly, and said in a low voice, "You don't even tell me about this."

"I'll understand after a while." Huo Changqing didn't take it seriously, glanced at Bai Lele and said, "If you want to know, just open your mouth and ask. There's no need to be embarrassed."

For a long time to come, these are trivial matters, it mainly depends on whether Bai Lele is willing to associate with the brigade.

If Bai Lele is unwilling, Huo Changqing can't force it either, as long as everyone stays in peace.

Just as Bai Lele opened her mouth to say something, someone came in again, they were those who worked in Bai Lele's hotel.

A dozen young men and women.

"You're here." Bai Lele greeted them happily, holding the candied melon seeds on the table, "Sit down quickly, and take whatever you want."

"We haven't kowtowed yet."

A dozen or so people all kowtowed to Huo Changqing and wished Bai Lele New Year's greetings.

Bai Lele was still a little uncomfortable, but when he saw these people, his face was filled with a bright smile.

Also let go.

"Boss." Huo Hongjuan grabbed a handful of melon seeds and asked while nibbling, "When will we open?"

"Yeah." Huo Zhiyong also asked: "I'm fine at home, let's open the business early."

Looking at the eager eyes, Bai Lele was a little speechless. These children are too active.

"Isn't it Chinese New Year?" Bai Lele was a little helpless, and said with a smile, "I think it's not easy for you to come back because you are far away from home, so I want you to stay at home for a few more days."

Bai Lele thought that during the Chinese New Year period, when there were few people traveling, he would not be in a hurry to open the business.

Let them spend the fifteenth day at home before talking.

"The Chinese New Year will be over after the fifth day." Huo Zhiyong said, "Let's start business early and make money earlier."

A dozen or so people talked one after another, trying to persuade Bai Lele to open up, and everyone wanted to go to work early.

Seeing them like this, Bai Lele no longer insisted, nodded and agreed: "Okay. After the seventh day, let's pick a date to open, and I'll go there with you too."

"Great." Huo Hongjuan cheered: "I can see what the New Year is like in the city."

Bai Lele: So that's what happened!

He looked at his employees blankly, and got an accurate answer from himself.

Immediately throwing his boss aside, a dozen or so people got together and chatted, discussing what fun things to do during the Chinese New Year in the city.

He looked at Huo Changqing and found that he was looking at him smiling, so he couldn't help showing a smile.

"Hey!" Bai Lele said with emotion, "Am I being put together?"

"I was fooled by these children." Huo Changqing was amused, and raised his hand to tap Bai Lele's forehead, "Why are you the boss?"

"This is Uncle Bai's kindness to them." Huo Xingyi answered from the side, and said with a smile: "Don't treat them as outsiders."

Bai Lele immediately took over the step, looked at Huo Changqing confidently and said, "You also said that they are children, how can I prevent them from fulfilling their wishes after the Chinese New Year?"

He didn't admit that he agreed to open early because he was actively infected by them.

Huo Changqing looked at Bai Lele's guilty eyes with a half-smile, and said amusedly, "That's right, you have to be more tolerant during the Chinese New Year."

He patted Bai Lele's arm comfortingly, "Let everyone have fun."

"That's right." Bai Lele suddenly became happy again, and said with a smile on her face, "We're just trying to be happy."

People who come to pay New Year's greetings come and go, and some leave after paying New Year's greetings.

Some stayed and talked for a while before leaving.

It was not idle all morning, and it didn't stop until noon, when Changping, Chang'an, Erchengzi and the others.

He also came back with Baowa.

"It's still lively during the New Year here." Bai Lele was very happy, and said to Huo Changqing: "In the city, there are not so many people visiting for New Year's greetings."

"Yeah." Seeing him happy, Huo Changqing couldn't help laughing and said, "How crowded do you like people?"

He stroked Bai Lele's cheek lightly, "If I knew you liked it, I wouldn't have let you stay in the Westinghouse last year."

Bai Lele also celebrated the New Year here last year, Huo Changqing was afraid that he would not like the noisy scene, so he sent Bai Lele to the Westinghouse.

Receive these New Year's greetings alone by yourself.

"I like it." Bai Lele smiled brightly, and said firmly, "Of course I like it."

He held Huo Changqing's hand and said with a smile: "This is the place we will stay for the rest of our lives, how could I not like it."

People who came to pay New Year's greetings today, no matter whether they recognize them or not, they all take the initiative to say hello to him.

Say Happy New Year to him.

Especially those who planted greenhouses, they got closer to him when they saw him, and said without hesitation that they had earned money.

And thank him again and again.

Thank you Bai Lele for giving them the opportunity to make money and showing them hope that even those who stay at home can make money.

Although there were just a few words of thanks over and over again, which were so plain and unpretentious that it made people feel numb, but Bai Lele was still very happy.

It proved that the people in the brigade accepted him, accepted him as a member of Huo Changqing's family, and treated him as one of their own.

"I'll go to work in the future." Bai Lele looked at Huo Changqing with tender eyes, with tender eyes, "You are farming at home. We won't go anywhere, we will stay here for the rest of our lives."

What about doing business, going to live in a big city, Bai Lele put everything aside.

Because he knows: there will never be a place that will accept him as one of his own, especially in a situation like him and Huo Changqing.

"Yeah." Huo Changqing lowered his brows and said softly, "Send all the children out, and we will be left alone in the future."

"It was easier then, we could live as we wanted, and we didn't have to worry about it."

He was tired from working hard outside, and he had experienced too many things that went well and badly, and he didn't want to live that kind of life that was full of exhaustion.

I just want to live a simple life in the country.

No matter it was fights or any estrangement, the entire brigade was unanimous.

It will not pose a threat to him and Bai Lele.

So after Huo Changqing and Bai Lele got together, he became more determined to stay here, even if Bai Lele had different ideas.

Huo Changqing persisted as always.

Only here, with the people and places I am familiar with, can Bai Lele protect me well.

Let him not suffer unbearable harm.

"You've changed." Bai Lele suddenly raised her head, looked at Huo Changqing and said very seriously, "It's different from before."

No longer so indifferent and unscrupulous, the irritability and impatience gradually disappeared, and the whole person changed from cold and severe to unreasonable.

He became more and more gentle, as if those instant temper tantrums had never appeared in Huo Changqing.

"It's not right to change something for you." Huo Changqing lowered his eyes, his affectionate eyes met Bai Lele's, "I will be whatever you want me to be."

When thinking that she wanted to get angry, Bai Lele's eyes were terrified and worried.

Huo Changqing felt distressed.

He said solemnly, as if promising, "I will gradually become a more suitable person for you."

"En." Bai Lele nodded heavily, and said happily, "I like it, I like everything."

He was moved and threw himself into Huo Changqing's arms, his eyes gradually turned red, "No matter what kind of you you are, whether you change or remain the same, I like it."

"As long as it's you, I like it."

There were tears in Bai Lele's eyes, and a bright smile appeared on the corners of his lips. He was so happy that he was about to fly.

There is a person who is willing to change himself for you, just to be more suitable for you, which he never thought about.

I never expected it.

"I'll work hard too." Bai Lele reflected for a while, and said solemnly, "Try to adapt to this place and everything here."

Adapt to the people and things here, get along with each other, and fully integrate yourself into it.

It is also more suitable for Huo Changqing.

(end)

The author says:

About kowtow to pay New Year's greetings, do you guys know about it?My family has experienced it, and it feels very novel when I listen to it, but it seemed normal at that time, so I wrote it out to see if the babies know about it!It's over... I wanted to sum it up, but I found that there is no one left!well!I cried... Finally, I still say thank you, thank you babies who have read this article, thank you for coming...