portable space

When I got home, a large group of little children had gathered in the yard, all waiting for Zhang Taiping's lucky money.

When Zhang Taiping came back, the black boy was the first to say, "Uncle handsome, you said yesterday that you would give us some money. You don't keep your word, do you?"

Zhang Taiping put Cai Yazhi down and said with a smile: "How can your uncle's words not be ignored? I will never break my promise to you brats. I will give it to you later."

"Oh, oh! Money is loose!" the dolls cheered.

Zhang Taiping took out the red envelope wrapped last night and said, "Should there be any expression?"

The children pushed and shoved each other, but in the end it was the black boy who knelt down and shouted loudly: "Uncle, handsome uncle, I wish you a happy new year." He kowtowed to his elders. This is a custom. Children should pay tribute to their elders.

When paying New Year greetings, people always kowtow, and when they kowtow, they get lucky money.

Zhang Taiping laughed and said, "Okay, I'll give you a red envelope!"

With the first leader in mind, the other children all kowtowed and received red envelopes from Zhang Taiping. Zhang Taiping gave each of them twenty yuan. In a mountain village, children who are not relatives can only give this amount of money as a lucky gift.

Quite a few.

When they opened the red envelope, it was twenty yuan, and all the children were beaming with joy. You must know that the economic level in mountain villages is different from that in big cities. There is no such luxury as spending hundreds or thousands of yuan. Some children receive New Year's money during the year.

The total sum may not exceed 20 yuan, and receiving 20 yuan at one time is already a large amount in their eyes, and they are all thinking about how to spend the 20 yuan.

Seeing that all the dolls had received red envelopes, Wukong's eyes lit up, and he stretched out a hand and squeaked twice, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Zhang Taiping still had a few red envelopes in his hand, so he smiled and gave him a red envelope.

Wukong was so happy that he scratched his head and opened the red envelope and looked at it under the sun. He rolled his eyes and pushed his companion forward.

"You are quite smart." Zhang Taiping smiled and gave the little monkey a red envelope.

However, the little monkey's red envelope was not warm in his hand, so Wukong asked for it. The little monkey hesitated and gave it to Wukong.

Fan Ming said with a smile: "This guy is really domineering!"

A group of dolls received lucky money from him and couldn't bear to stay any longer. After a while, they all left and were eager to go to the store to buy things. Wukong also followed them out.

When they arrived at the store, most of the children bought snacks and firecrackers. Wukong also followed the store. He looked at all the novel things and pointed at them with his hands.

Wang Bajin's wife knew that this was the monkey raised by Zhang Taiping's family, so she didn't dare to ask for its money randomly. She said to Yaya: "Yaya, your little monkey stole the money. You should collect it quickly. Later,

Don't let it get lost."

Wukong was very sensitive to the word "steal". He bared his teeth angrily at his wife, and snatched the twenty yuan she handed to Yaya.

Yaya said: "This was not stolen by Wukong, it was the New Year's money given to Wukong by my father."

"Your dad is so generous, he actually gave a monkey lucky money."

When Wukong saw that the other dolls had opened the snack bags in their hands, but his own was still empty, he was already impatient with this woman's nagging, so he hammered the counter twice angrily. This was still

It stayed in Zhang Taiping's house for more than half a year and gained a lot of popularity. It lost the wildness it had in the mountains and forests, otherwise it would have jumped in and robbed it.

"You have quite a temper." Wang Bajin's wife said, "Since it wasn't stolen, don't worry. Give me the money first, and then tell me what you want."

Wukong looked at the things in the hands of the dolls, then handed the money to the woman and started to order wildly at the counter.

Baskin's wife took out the items that Wukong ordered and gave him three yuan in change.

When Wukong saw one card being exchanged for three, he had a silly smile on his face. He thought he had taken advantage and jumped away happily with his things. He stuffed the three yuan into his clothes, then took the snacks and shared them with another little monkey.

Come.

After leaving the store, the dolls started to play the box of cannons they had just bought. Unfortunately, Wukong only remembered to buy snacks, so he returned to the store to buy some cannons. This time, the one he took out was still twenty yuan.

I just exchanged one for three and bought a lot of things to make me think I was taking advantage.

Sure enough, as he wished, after buying a few boxes of cannons this time, he got back more change, a dozen pieces of money, which made him even happier.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first day of the New Year, people are idle and do not do farm work. If they have anything to do, they put it off for other times. Zhang Taiping is also idle at home. In previous years, he spent this day outside and

Others are playing cards, but this year he did not go out, but stayed at home with his family.

In other places, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the younger generations in the village will go to their houses in groups to kowtow to their elders to pay New Year greetings. Although Wangjiagou all have the same surname, they may have been from the same clan a hundred years ago or even decades ago.

, every household in the village can have some relationship with each other, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are family relatives, but there is no such custom of visiting New Year greetings from house to house. Therefore, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is a lot less excitement in the village.

.

Several women in the family gathered around a table of mahjong. Zhang Taiping did not participate, and no one came to ask him to play cards this year, so he started preparing lunch.

In the south, the most sumptuous meal is dinner, but in the north, the most sumptuous meal is lunch, especially at noon on the first day of the lunar new year. This meal is especially sumptuous, indicating a good start.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Zhang Taiping was already preparing to make lunch. A group of people came to the house, all carrying gifts in their hands.

"This is..." Zhang Taiping was a little confused.

"Haha, we are all here to pay New Year's greetings to the old man."

The old man is the most senior person in the village, and in the past few decades, with his superb medical skills, almost no one in the village has gone to outside hospitals. Now everyone knows the fees in outside hospitals, and the poor people simply don’t know.

Dare to go to the hospital, because even if one hospital visit can not bankrupt the family, several years of savings will be wasted. From this point of view, the old man’s contribution to the people in the village is not insignificant, so people remember the old man’s kindness every year during the Chinese New Year.

No matter how light the gift is, it will always come for a visit. The gift is light but the affection is heavy, and it expresses one's sincerity.

Zhang Taiping said: "Since everyone is here, don't leave. Eat lunch before leaving!"

Wang Laoqiang looked at Zhang Taiping's attire and laughed loudly: "What else do grown men do to cook? Come on, let's go over and play drums. It's also lively."

Zhang Taiping didn't take Wang Laoqiang's remarks seriously. He didn't think there was anything wrong with men cooking. He spread his hands and said, "No, I'm preparing to cook."

Wang Laoqiang said: "There are so many people in the family who cannot be hungry without you. We will lose a lot of energy in beating the drum without you."

Cai Yazhi said: "You go out for a walk. You don't have to worry about lunch. I'll call you when I'm ready."

Zhang Taiping didn't insist. He took off his waist and said, "Then you should play less cards."

After leaving the yard, he asked Wang Laoqiang and Wang Peng: "We won't see you playing cards this year?"

Wang Laoqiang smiled and waved his hand and said helplessly: "Uncle issued a ban on playing cards this year. He is arresting people from house to house. He is not allowed to play cards on the 30th night and the first day of the new year, so he can only play drums."

Some people say that the poorer you are, the more you love gambling, and the more you gamble, the poorer you are. Zhang Taiping understood that this was because the old village chief wanted to change the village's atmosphere. It is not an exaggeration to say that he worked hard for the development of the village.

"Then don't fight, it's not a good thing anyway." Zhang Taiping said with a chuckle.

Wang Peng asked: "Brother, have you really quit playing cards?"

"Stop doing."

"How did you quit? Tell me." Wang Peng seemed to be seeking a teacher.

Zhang Taiping had no idea, but he didn't have much interest in gambling by nature. He smiled and said, "Don't you seldom play games now?"

"I rarely play cards anymore." Wang Peng scratched his head and said, "But sometimes I still can't help but want to go over and play a few games."

Zhang Taiping glanced at him and said: "It's simple. I just tell Zhuang Yu. I believe she will cure your problem."

"No, no, brother, please don't." Wang Peng quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother, we can't let her know this."

Seeing Wang Peng being so afraid of his wife, everyone else burst out laughing.