My 1991

The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is the New Year in the South.

Xiaonian usually refers to the days of sweeping dust and worshiping stoves, and is regarded as the beginning of the busy year.

The snow on the ground melted, and Lu An followed the people at the crossroads into the mountains early in the morning to chop firewood and use the new firewood to sacrifice the stove. It was an unwritten custom.

Seeing that he was not as sharp as Song Jia and Jingjing, Wei Fangyuan said, "Are you good at it? You don't think all your skills lie in your mouth, do you?"

How can a man say no?

Lu An didn't say anything. He chose a catalpa tree as big as a rice bowl and chopped it with 30 knives at the heel and foot. Finally, he closed the tree and fell it.

After chopping the branches and leaves cleanly, he asked the party secretary smoking next to him: "How much does this tree weigh?"

The branch secretary glanced at it and said: "It's about 80 pounds. You're a man, so you can get a hundred pounds so you won't be embarrassed when you walk."

His tone was full of disdain.

Lu An was speechless and called Song Jia and Jingjing: "I will split the tree in two from the middle, and each of you will carry one section."

Song Jia said: "Brother, don't be too strong. 80 pounds is enough. Anyway, Uncle Wei married Sister Fangyuan to you again. He will look down on you as much as he likes."

Jingjing helped: "Second brother, how about you chase Sister Fangyuan and make Uncle Wei angry to death."

Lu An looked at the big-eyed father and daughter next to him, shook his head, and searched for a 110-pound tree.

In fact, he is not trying to show off, but wants to see how his physical strength is now?

The result was that on the two-mile mountain road from the mountain to the crossroads, he changed shoulders several times without stopping.

It worked, and he was quite satisfied with his foundation.

In the afternoon, Liu Yang's brother and sister came. Not only did they deliver a leg of mutton, but they also left an IOU worth 4,000 yuan at home.

After the people left, Lu Yan held the IOU in both hands, like a treasure, with a smile on her face. She was not laughing about the money, but happy about her own vision.

Song Jia secretly said to Lu An: "Brother, it's terrible, look at the eldest sister's eyes are full of honeycombs."

Lu An reached out and patted her: "What kind of metaphor are you talking about?"

Song Jia covered her head: "What kind of metaphor is this? A honeycomb is full of holes. How can we live in it? I think the eldest sister is very stupid. The Liu Yang family is so poor that they can't afford to pay back a penny. What's the practical meaning of writing an IOU?"

Lu An couldn't help but hit her again: "The eldest sister who arranged things behind her back deserves a beating. Although she can't afford it now, people can't be poor all their lives. If you have the heart, you can do it."

Song Jia pouted, she still looked down upon Liu Yang very much.

Everyone has their own outlook on life and values. He didn't try to forcefully correct the little girl's thoughts. Instead, he was very pleased that with this girl's temperament, she wouldn't have to worry about being abducted by a man in the future.

On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lao Lu's family was making glutinous rice cakes. On this day, Meng Wenjie came with Meng Qingshui and brought some gifts.

After pouring a glass of water for the two of them, Lu An asked Meng Wenjie: "You guys are on holiday?"

Meng Wenjie was a little thirsty and drank half a cup in one gulp: "No, we are going to the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. If I have time this morning, I will come back to pick up grandma to go to Baoqing New Year."

Seeing that Lu Yan was about to cook, he quickly called out: "Sister, please stop being busy, we will leave later, we are in a hurry."

Seeing Meng Qingshui staring at him without saying a word, Lu An felt a little guilty. After thinking about it, he asked: "They are all busy, and it's not fun for you to be alone at home. Why don't you stay with us for a few days, and I'll send you off after 29?" Return to Baoqing?"

Meng Qingshui was a little moved, but after glancing at Song Jia who was hiding on the road, she gently shook her head: "Auntie's daughter is waiting for us in the town. If I stay, she will have no one to accompany her."

Seeing this, Lu An didn't say anything more and personally sent the two of them to the town.

The aunt's daughter saw Lu An in person for the first time and looked at him carefully.

Before getting into the car, Meng Qingshui walked up to him and wanted to say, "Lu An, let's make up, okay?" But when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back, looked at him quietly for a while, turned around and left. Got the shuttle bus.

The shuttle bus started to move. Looking at the familiar woman waving goodbye to him, Lu An, who had been romantically involved all his life, suddenly felt uncomfortable.

If it weren't for Sister Qingchi, he would actually be very willing to be good to her. Although he is a bit shrewd, he has nothing to say to himself, and he owed her too much in his previous life.

But I owe Sister Qingchi more.

Back home, Lu Yan, who was immersed in love, did not notice that something was wrong with her second brother, but Song Jia looked concerned: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Luan said, "It's okay."

Song Jia asked: "Then why are you unhappy?"

Luan said nothing.

After a while, Song Jia took out a freshly baked glutinous rice cake that was golden on both sides from the stove, and gave it to him as if it was a treasure: "Brother, my craftsmanship is pretty good, and there is no dust on it. You can eat it."

Lu An took it and broke it into half for each person.

The two brothers and sisters didn't say anything, and just started eating in the stove. One of them looked at each other and shared the food with the other.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, while fishing in the reservoir, Lu An specially bought three large grass carps, each weighing more than 5 pounds. He gave one to his two aunts and kept one for himself.

The next three days are filled with cleaning, making fish tofu, killing chickens, making meatballs, washing bacon, chopping New Year firewood, frying melon seeds and peanuts, and going to town to buy some loose sugar. All these tasks have to be done. The three brothers and sisters are very busy every day. There are so many chores and things come one after another. If you don't pay attention, it will be New Year's Eve.

In the afternoon he received a call from Li Meng.

She asked: "Xiao An, when are you coming out?"

Lu An asked: "Auntie, are you okay?"

Li Meng said: "We have temporarily decided to go to Chang City to celebrate the New Year this year. If you come out early, you can come to Chang City directly to see us. If it is after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we will almost be back in Baoqing."

Lu An thought for a while: "That's it, then I won't bother my uncle's house and come back after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."

Li Meng had guessed that this would be the case, and the reason why he called him was just to tell him that he was afraid that if he went to Baoqing in advance, he would miss out.

There was nothing serious between the two of them, but within five minutes of talking, someone called him to write Spring Festival couplets.

As the saying goes, people are afraid of fame and pigs are afraid of being strong. Basically, the Spring Festival couplets at the entire intersection were written by him.

The New Year's Eve of 1992 was extremely cold, with the north wind blowing hard and heavy rain falling continuously. Lu An put on a plaid scarf and asked Na Juan to take some photos.

"Sister, take pictures of our house."

"Help us take a picture of the snow-capped mountains behind us."

"Help me take a picture of the Tea Mountain across the river."

"Help me take pictures of the reservoir."

"You must be tired. Come, I will take a photo with you and reward you."

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I used my neighbor's sister as a servant and took a series of 360-degree panoramic photos centered on the intersection.

Na Juan pushed him away: "If I don't take a photo with you, my partner will be jealous if he sees it."

"Already have a partner?"

"I'm already 25, what do you look like? Why, do you have any ideas?"

"Uncle, that sister asked me if I have any thoughts about her?"

The canteen owner grinned and didn't answer.

Na Juan asked: "I will leave in my second year of junior high school. Where will the photos be sent?"

"Send it to my school." Luan said.

Na Juan took out a pen and paper and gave it to him: "Write down the address."

Luann wrote the address.

Na Juan stretched out her hand: "Give me the money for the film, registered mail, and stamps, a total of 52 yuan."

Lu An exclaimed: "It's so expensive? Why don't you grab it?"

Na Juan said: "You took more than 10 photos. According to the photo studio's charge, it is more than this price. I have discounted it. I know you are a rich man and you are not short of this little money. Bring it."

Lu An turned his back and walked home: "Oh, no more."

At this time, dishes have been placed on the table, Lu Yan is burning paper, and Song Jia is burning incense.

Lu An went to the gate and lit a big firecracker. In a burst of crackling, 92 years passed.

During the divination, Song Jia suddenly said to her eldest sister: "Sister, help me ask if my father is still here?"

Lu Yan raised her head with a panic look on her face: "Little sister, you are not allowed to say this during the Chinese New Year."

Song Jia let out a disappointed sound.

Luan felt sad to see it.

He knew that the little sister had been waiting for a letter from her uncle these years. Unfortunately, every year she looked forward to it, she failed every year.

He originally wanted to comfort her with a few words, but the little girl was stubborn and very opinionated, and would not listen to such empty words. The more comfort you give, the more sad it may be.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Lu An warmed a pot of soju and said, "We brothers and sisters haven't had a good drink in many years. Let's have some tonight."

Song Jia was afraid that her brother and sister would be unhappy with what she just said, so she immediately happily took the bowl to receive the wine: "I can drink, I want to drink half the bowl."

Lu An didn't dare to give him half the bowl. He only touched the bottom of the bowl and stopped: "Drink first. If you want to drink later, pour it again."

Lu Yan was a drunkard, so she ordered a big bowl, and the three of them happily finished the New Year's Eve dinner while cheering frequently.

In the middle of the night, Lu An got up to go to the bathroom. Unexpectedly, he ran into Song Jia using a hexagram to ask God under the shrine.

But she doesn't know how to make divination, and three consecutive divination numbers are all Yin divination.

What does Yin Gua represent?

Represents the dead man.

She burst into tears instantly, but she covered her mouth and did not dare to cry.

Lu An sighed and picked up the hexagram on the ground, "Ancestors, please show your spirit to see if my uncle is still alive? If he is alive, make a hexagram and I will burn more money for you tomorrow."

After saying that, he threw the hexagram high into the sky, and it turned out to be the holy hexagram when it landed.

With his skills, he looked like all ten hexagrams were holy hexagrams, which stunned the little girl.

Lu An turned around: "Are you relieved now?"

The little girl burst into tears and smiled brightly without asking why.

Luan is a man of his word, and he will fulfill the promises he makes even on his knees.

The next day, during the first meal of the new year to worship ancestors, he burned two large bundles of paper money, which made Lu Yan look stupid.

Lu An explained: "I dreamed about my mother last night, so I will burn more for her today."

He didn't lie. He did dream about his deceased biological mother last night. She sat on the edge of his bed, looked at him and said: I miss the three brothers and sisters a little.

Song Jia said: "I dreamed about my uncle, hanging on the beam, and I was frightened and woke up.

Lu An was stunned.

Lu Yan frowned.

After dinner, Song Jia quietly said to her eldest sister: "After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, eldest sister, please invite a goddess to come to your house to have some power. I always feel that my house is not clean."

Lu Yan nodded, "Okay, I dreamed about it last night too."

After saying that, the two sisters looked at each other, both feeling a little bored.

Lu An overheard the conversation between the two, and he was thinking that the reason for this was that the scene had such a heavy impact on the three brothers and sisters that they would never forget it for the rest of their lives.

On the first day of the new year, Lu An did not pay attention to the traditional saying of "the first grade of junior high school, the second grade of junior high school" and went directly to his two aunts' houses in the morning.

In the afternoon, I kept calling the Meng family.

For Yu Guanzhi, Chen Quan, Chen Weiyong, Hu Yue and Zhou Jingni.

At the same time, he also received many New Year greeting calls, such as Qing Shui, Ye Run, and Huang Ting.

All the employees of the company also wished him New Year greetings.

Somewhat unexpectedly, I received a call from Li Mengsu.

After asking, I learned that she had just spoken to Ye Run on the phone, and then asked for his home number and called him.

However, the two of them didn't say much. After all, they were in the canteen, so how could they say much? They were all extremely busy.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I visited all my relatives in the village one by one, and then ran to the party secretary's house and asked Wei Fangyuan: "I will go to Baoqing tomorrow morning, will you go?"

Wei Fangyuan didn't ask why, and replied very simply: "Go, I'm so tired at home, I just happened to go to spend some time with my eldest sister."

Lu An asked: "Why didn't your eldest sister come back for the New Year?"

Wei Fangyuan said: "She was unlucky and won the lottery for being on duty."

"Then you pack up and leave at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning to catch the 6 o'clock bus."

"So early?"

"There are few people in the morning, so you won't encounter any right or wrong people."

Luan was a bit taboo about this.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but I witnessed many such superstitious things in my previous life.

For example, there was a male neighbor who went out to do a side job. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he met an old man who picked up dog poop, a hoe and a dustpan.

This is very taboo.

The old man said that encountering such a situation is considered bad luck, and the best way is to go back home and not go out. Because the standard equipment for digging grave pits is these two.

But the male neighbor didn't believe in evil, so he left directly and even said hello to the old man.

The old man felt uneasy about his conscience and advised him to pick a day before leaving, and he stopped picking up dog poop for a while.

The male neighbor didn't listen and went out.

Then he came back half a month later, but this time he was carried back, covered with a white cloth, and killed by trees while logging on the mountain.