Little Farmer Big Star

The next day, the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, is also known as "Little New Year's Eve".

Today, the workers of the engineering team will leave the village, all kinds of construction equipment will be transported away one after another, and the second phase of the farm's project will be completely finished.

At yesterday's banquet, Li Fan said goodbye to Wang Qian and the workers of the engineering team.

For the villagers of Sansheng Village, there is a very important thing to do today.

Among the traditional customs, there is a very important custom today, that is, "going to the grave to invite the ancestors".

The so-called "going to the grave to invite the ancestors" is to invite the deceased old people and ancestors to come home to celebrate the New Year.

In the early morning, all households took firecrackers, incense candles, money paper, offerings and other items to go out, went to the graves of the deceased old people in each family, and invited the old people to go home for the New Year.

The Li Fan family is no exception.

Li Fan, father, mother, Su Qing, Qin Yulin, as well as Sanshu, Sanniang, and the little girl also took the corresponding items and went to the grave of the deceased old man at home, inviting the old people to go home for the Chinese New Year.

Su Yilin and Qin Lie also followed.

This is the second time that Su Qing has "visited the grave to ask for the ancestors" at Li Fan's house. On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month last year, Su Qing also participated in the "visited to the grave to ask for the ancestors".

On the other hand, Qin Yulin was participating in "About the Tomb and Asking Ancestors" for the first time. While in awe, he also found it very interesting.

She used to spend the New Year in Qin Yuewan. Although she wasn't in the city, she didn't have this kind of attention, and it was much more interesting to celebrate the New Year here.

The process of inviting ancestors is not much different from the usual ancestor worship, but the words spoken are different.

In front of the old man's grave, he lit incense candles, burned money paper, chanted to let the old man go home for the New Year, and then kowtowed and set off firecrackers.

They went to the graves of the deceased old people respectively. After inviting them one by one, Li Fan and his party returned to the outside of the courtyard.

At this time, at the gate of the courtyard, it is necessary to burn the money paper again and set off firecrackers again.

And he bowed to the door, meaning: the old man in the family is going home for the Chinese New Year, please ask the door god to make way.

After that, you can enter the gate.

After entering the gate, you also need to place a peach wood stick at the gate, called "door blocking stick".

It means to stop those evil spirits and not allow them to enter the door.

Then, a pair of bright candles need to be lit in the main room, which will not go out all night.

At this point, the entire "Going to the Grave and Asking the Ancestor" is complete.

You only need to wait until after dinner on the second day of the first lunar month, and burn candles and paper outside the village again to "send the New Year" for the elderly.

After the completion of "Going to the Tomb and Asking Ancestors", there was nothing else to do today. Time passed in a flash, and in a blink of an eye, the next day came, New Year's Eve.

Except for a few families who celebrate the New Year early, most families choose to celebrate the New Year today.

It was the first time to celebrate Chinese New Year at Li Fan's house, and Qin Yulin seemed very excited. After getting up in the morning, he had been in the kitchen helping his father and mother to prepare the reunion dinner at noon.

Li Fan walked around the village and came back. The time was slowly approaching 12 noon, and the reunion dinner at noon was ready.

This fellow Li Fan ran out for a walk instead of helping at home, which made Qin Yulin roll his eyes, and Li Fan smiled, not paying attention.

At around 12 noon, as in previous years, the sound of firecrackers was blaring everywhere in the village.

In the yard of the third uncle's house next door, there was also the sound of firecrackers being set off.

Li Fan saw that the time was almost up, and he also lit the firecrackers that had been prepared in his yard.

The explosion of "crackling" filled the whole yard in an instant, and it was another new year.

After the firecrackers were set off, the family sat down around the table. The table was already filled with sumptuous dishes, and the reunion dinner was officially started.

About an hour later, after the reunion dinner was over and the dishes and chopsticks were cleaned up, Li Fan took Su Qing and Qin Yulin's two daughters, and went to visit around the village, very leisurely.

At night,

After dinner, the family stayed in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

The time is getting late, and at exactly 12 o'clock in the evening, the New Year's bell has rung.

The new year is finally here again!

The sound of "crackling" firecrackers was set off again from all over the village, and Li Fan also lit the firecrackers in the yard again.

The red throbbing flames illuminated the entire yard.

As soon as the firecrackers were set off, footsteps and giggling voices came from outside the yard.

Li Fan laughed, and he could naturally hear the voices of Fengzi, Taozi and others. These guys obviously didn't plan to sleep.

Of course, according to traditional customs, you shouldn't sleep today, because you have to watch the New Year today and you have to watch it all night.

"Boss Li, Gong Xi Fa Cai, bring the red envelope." Entering from the gate of the courtyard, Feng Zi, Tao Zi and others shouted that these guys are here to "blackmail" the red envelope.

Naturally, Li Fan wouldn't let them succeed. He "banged" a group of guys out of the yard, and then ran out with Su Qing and Qin Yulin's two daughters. After walking around the village for a while with a group of guys, he returned home. Sleep with lights out.

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The night was silent, the next day, the first day of the first lunar month.

Today is the first day of the new year, everything is a new beginning, and there are more tourists in the village.

For many people, today is a day to travel, and it is the same for Li Fan.

He and the two daughters Su Qing and Qin Yulin took the little girl and spent a day in the county town before returning to the village when it was dark.

Another night passed, and it was the second day of the new year.

Starting today, Li Fan's "good days" will come to an end temporarily.

Because, from today onwards, people will continue to come to visit Li Fan in Sansheng Village.

All visitors are guests, no matter who comes to visit, Li Fan will receive them with courtesy.

By noon, Li Fan had already received several waves of visiting guests, and after several waves of guests, Li Fan's cell phone rang and it was an unfamiliar number from the capital.

"Who is it?" Li Fan muttered, then answered the phone, and after saying "hello", a hearty laugh came from the phone.

After the laughter came the voice of a middle-aged man, "Mr. Li Fan, Happy New Year, I'm very sorry to bother you. I'm Wang Xuejun from the Ministry of Education. Do you have any impressions of Mr. Li Fan?"

Wang Xuejun of the Ministry of Education? That should be the Deputy Minister of Education Wang Xuejun, Li Fan was slightly taken aback, the call made him a little surprised.

He and Wang Xuejun have never met, so they are not familiar with each other, but they also have some intersections.

At the end of the Spring Festival last year, Li Fan's enlightenment reading "Three Characters Classic" for children, and the couplet from a few months ago, "The mountain of books has a road, diligence is the path, and the sea of ​​learning is boundless and hard work." The Ministry was very happy, and Wang Xuejun also got in touch with Li Fan.

"Minister Wang, Happy New Year. To be honest, I was a little flattered by Minister Wang's call." Li Fan said with a smile.

"Mr. Li Fan don't want to say that. To be honest, I called Mr. Li Fan. Apart from paying New Year's greetings, there is one more thing I want to discuss with Mr. Li Fan."

"Minister Wang is very polite. If there is anything, Minister Wang can just say it."

"Is such that……"

It turned out that Wang Xuejun asked Li Fan if he had any plans to produce another work that would be helpful to children's education?

In the late Spring Festival last year, Wang Xuejun was overjoyed by Li Fan's release of "Three Characters Classic", and he wondered if Li Fan could release another work during this year's Spring Festival that would be helpful to children's education?

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